Little items of Georgia cities bulletin item
Columbus reports a jealous dispute ending with pepper in the eyes of Louis Greer at a boarding house. Savannah notes a legal battle over Judge Walter S. Godbee estate after a shooting by Mrs Edna Perkins Godbee. Millwood reports a giant yellow jacket nest near 38 feet in diameter attracting visitors. Tifton items cite a fall fair demand amid crop damage from dry weather. Thomasville notes Dr. Robert H. Harris being offered Georgia state chaplain general post. Cedartown records a liquor receipt arrest after a night arrest scene. Vidalia says gins are running and cotton moves well. Higgston awaits rain. Athens describes police catching a tiger in operation and seizure of liquor receipts. Augusta outlines good roads congress planning with state and county officials and invites governors and senators to attend.
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Columbus
Cooper Oliver
Louis Greer
Savannah
Walter S. Godbee
Florence Boyer Godbee
Edna Perkins Godbee
Judge Godbee
Maggie Godbee
Augusta
Millwood
Ludowici
Yellow Jacket
Tifton
Tift County
Thomasville
Robert H. Harris
Cairo
State of Georgia
Preston
United Confederate Veterans
Harris
South Georgia Brigade
RE. M. Neghbert
Cedartown
Frances Brown
Atlanta
Robert H Brown
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Seaboard Station
J. P. Sanders
Vidalia
Higgston
Athens
Adolp Parks
William F. Eve
Georgia Federation of Good Roads Authorities
J. D. Price
Georgia
E. J. Watson
South Carolina
Butler Beats Fort Valley In Untidy Baseball Game
Butler defeated Fort Valley 10 to 9 in a rugged nine inning game Friday afternoon. The Valley battery Matt and Jeff, plus numerous errors by both sides, defined the match as pitchers Chapman and Peddicord logged six strikeouts each. Umpire Parker. time two hours. other items listed include paints and various oils.
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Fort Valley Boys
Butler
Matt
Jeff
Valley Crew
Fort Valley
Chapman
Brown
Beeland
Peddicord
Bartlett
Knight
Ft. Valley
Parker
Opening of The New Drug Store a Success
The Porter and Cameron Drug Store opened with a social evening in which guests enjoyed fruit punch and ice cream. Music by Mr Fields from St Louis accompanied the reception as a large crowd praised the store’s up to date stock and soda fountain. Dr H J Porter and M R Cameron are praised as experienced and capable owners.
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Porter & Cameron Drug Store
H. J. Porter
Amzie Chapman
Fields
St. Louis
Taylor County
Georgia
M. R. Cameron
Porter
Cameron
Range sales tout enamel ware and safes of various sizes
The speaker offers ranges and claims the PRINCESS or SPECIAL models. They promise 15 pieces of blue enamel ware with each range and invite viewing to appreciate them. A safe is also offered in three size options.
Georgia fee system prompts no further quarterly reports
State and county officers paid by fees avoid more quarterly reports to the comptroller general under a 1912 law. The 1913 data were to aid a proposed statewide salary system, but the legislature did not request the information. Comptroller Wright argues fee-based pay yields overpayment in city counties and underpayment in rural counties.
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General Assembly
Wright
House
Election for Tax Receiver in Taylor County Saturday
Voters will elect a new Tax Receiver to fill the vacancy after the death of W. L. Casey. Five candidates, Foster Cox, F. E. Casey, W. D. Parker, A. J. Taunton, and W. J. Griffith, contend as polls open at all precincts next Saturday with broad expectations of a close result.
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Taylor County
W. L. Casey
Foster Cox
F. E. Casey
W. D. Parker
A. J. Taunton
W. J. Griffith
Hardware Window Showcases Butler's Best Mechanic Tools
A local store invites customers to visit its hardware window to view what it claims is the best and most complete line of mechanic's tools ever shown in Butler. The proprietor urges shoppers to inspect the selection in person.
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Butler
Ira Chambers
High Priced Sermon and German Preacher’s Reward
A German preacher earns the highest annual fee from a French baron’s endowed trust. Fayart died in Eiberfeld in 1690 leaving funds to support sermons, with interest now totaling £920 per year as the preacher’s reward. The notice also advertises Keen Kutter branded items for satisfaction.
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Fayart
Eiberfeld
Fingerprint Identification Upset in Police Work
Francis Galton, renowned fingerprint expert, estimates the odds of two people sharing an identical print impression at no more than one in 640 billion. Police authorities deem fingerprints as the most conclusive, non disguisable method of identification.
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Francis Galton
Furniture on Installment New Stock to Select From
Local retailer announces new stock arriving for installment purchases. Shoppers can choose from a range of furniture items and pay over time with flexible terms. Store hours and contact details provided.
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IRA
Noahs ark play turns soggy noah and Katie out in rain
A fragment from Harper's Round Table quotes a mother and son in a rain scene. Jacky defends a game of Noahs ark with Katie cast as sinners kept outside. The exchange captures a child’s pretend play amid wet weather.
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Jacky
Katie
Noah
Harper’s Round Table
Junction City Social Scene Highlights Weekly Visits
Local notes record visits and guests in Junction City with many names highlighted. Social calls include Hart and Montgomery trips to Geneva, families hosting friends, church sermons at Mt Zion, and plans for a September 15 sale with a friendly greeting to customers.
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S . Hart
Geneva
Hart
S. A. Montgomery
Susie Kelum
Culpepper
Lida Hutcherson
Miss Gladys
Lucile Hays
Jim Hays
Mattie Hayes
Willie Blythe
Beland
Box Springs
Henry Gilbert
Rufus Layfield
Charley Boswell
W W Hayes
Howard
Hinton
Columbus
Frank Boswell
Nellie Lucas
LaGrange
John Boswell
Mt Zion
For Sale Stock Sales Stables or Cotton Warehouse
For sale by J. H. Peagler Butler Georgia. Stock sales stables or cotton warehouse adjacent to Wynn and Robinson sales stables. Prices right. Also offering stores and a new stock well assorted with flexible prices. Cash or installments accepted.
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Wynn & Robinson Sales
J. H. Peagler
Butler, Ga
IRA
Excursion Fares via Central of Georgia Railway
Excursion fares via Central of Georgia Railway to cities including Chattanooga Knoxville St Paul Minneapolis New Orleans Macon Boston Nashville with various organizational dates in 1913. For full details contact nearest ticket agent.
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Central OF Georgia Railway
Chattanooga
Tenn
Knoxville
National Conservation Exposition
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minn
Sovereign Grand Lodge I. O. O. F
New Orleans
Grain Dealers’ National Association
Macon
Grand Lodge of Georgia
Boston
Mass
American Bankers’ Association
Nashville
American Pharmaceutical Association
Do You Sleep Like a Top
A quirky note explains that the word top was corrupted from taupe the French for mole, a creature famed for long sleeps. The piece uses this linguistic mistranslation to illustrate how meaning shifts with word changes.
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Keen Kutter
Junction City
H. J. Peagler
Butler Ginnery
W. A. Williams
Butler Herald
Dan
Bersheba
Bill
W. A. Melvin
Agricultural and Mechanical School
Americus
State College of Agriculture
University of Georgia
M. L. Duggan
Walter E. Steed
J. M. Collum
Americus, Ga
Big Red
F. E. Glover
Reynolds, GA
Cotton
C. L. Pyron
Maund Bros
Watchmakers & Jewelers
Paschal
L. E. Peterman’s
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