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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1897
Page
4
The Gazette notes it again issued sixteen pages last week and this week, claiming it is the largest weekly paper in Georgia. It asserts no other paper in Georgia, city or country, local or religious or literary, has sixteen pages as regular editions.
New pupils continue to enroll at Gordon Institute with high optimism from President Pound. He praises the earnest student body and notes all departments are prosperous and performing above average as the school plans greater future achievements.
Capt. J. F. Howard requests replacement rifles from the adjutant general. Old guns will be swapped for improved Springfield rifles, expected within thirty days. City council considers an armory at Gordon Institute for the Blues due to its advantages.
Messrs. Alva Matthews and Merritt Thurman left Barnesville on Tuesday for Atlanta to attend the Technological school. Thurman enters his first term and both are expected to make good records. Frank Hitch of Waycross, a Gordon Institute alumnus, also left Barnesville Tuesday after a few days here.
The article mixes political commentary and sensational notes. It recalls Buck Kilgore of Texas and mentions actions by Reed's speakership. It reports train robbers using chloroform and references Governor Taylor of Tennessee on Irish blood and pensions. Brooks and Grady Reynolds were not hanged at Jefferson. Reynolds was reprieved.
The piece notes cotton prices low yet the nation faring well with 340000 more workers last week than a year ago despite a coal strike. Editor Payne is quoted wryly on changing times and autumn’s approaching charm in Georgia.
The speaker, sixty years old, reflects on savings and labor, fearing no lasting remembrance after burial. He admits resignation to the common fate and mourns the absence of a personal memorial once he lies in the cold earth.
The New York World notes reports of internal combustion cases including a 50 year old drunk woman with bones charred in bed, Grace Pitt found burning on a kitchen floor, and Mime de Boisean near Dol who burned to skeleton as water failed to halt the blaze. Each case cites heavy drinking and flames arising from flesh rather than clothing.
J A Boos describes a method to brighten and soften indoor portraits. Stretch a muslin screen across the room near the window and suspend it from a string to reflect light onto the subject. Use curtains behind the sitter, position three feet from the window, dim the lower window, and close doors to avoid drafts for proper exposure.
A local note invites readers to a demonstration of price balance using five cent cotton. The author promises lowered costs for staples and urges community members to compare prices, joking about Uncle Remus and promising better exchange for hard earned dollars as hog killing time approaches.
Gazette readers are advised of local dealers handling Watts Eczema Ointment in this region. The list includes Wm. H. Chambers in Barnesville and Alexander Bros. in Forsyth, with Dr. G. W. T. Hannah in Thomaston and others in nearby towns.
The Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah will reestablish the direct line between Savannah and Boston effective October 1. Direct sailing from each port will occur every five days for both freight and passenger traffic. Passenger rates are available from Central of Georgia Railway agents or J. C. Haile, General Passenger Agent, Savannah.
Near Tillamook Oregon an old German farmer spotted a sea lion asleep on the sand. Jacob wove a rope noose from a wagon, lassoed the sea lion, and tied it to the wagon. The animal pulled toward the water and escaped by leaping to the ground and severing the rope with a jackknife.
A terse editorial contrasts a claimed cure for coughs with social stereotypes about masculine women. It criticizes feminine dressing and behavior as unrefined or difficult, labeling such traits as attractions or aversions among different groups. The piece also notes British warship flags produced in government dockyards, citing about 18 000 in a year at Chatham.
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