Georgia News Briefs Then and Now
Reynolds department recalls Boyce Ivy a Jasper county youth killed when a tree fell on him last week. Seaborn Gallman, 64, shot by his brother near Chatsworth, mistaken for a chicken thief. Adel home destroyed. L Richardson couple lose $800 secreted money. Keener trotsman Julius Brittleban plans 12th world trip. Paderewski to perform in Atlanta Feb 3. Dr. B. Terrell, 72, dies after month illness. Fingerprints and character study urged for prisoners in a joint assembly session.
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Boyce Ivy
Jasper County
Seaborn Gallman
Chattsworth
Joe
Paderewaki
Atlanta
Auditorium Armory
B. Terrell
Greenville
Joseph Terrell
Wesley Memorial Hospital
New Store Opens Ice Cream Parlor In Store Building
Mrs. 8. B. Liggin and Mrs. J. H. Essler open an inviting ice cream parlor in the former Robinson Drug Store location. They offer a full line of toilet articles patent medicines cigars tobacco confectioneries and school funds. Residents invited to visit and patronize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Liggin
J. H
Local Society Notes Travel and Visits Across Towns
Reynolds residents share weekend trips and visits to Macon Butler Atlanta and Americus. Names include Hodges Whatley Bryan Poe Marshall Halley Carter and many relatives with illnesses travel updates and guest appearances noted along with a garden plant advertisement by Harry Powell.
Missionary Society Program Opens with "Owen My Eyes I See"
The Methodist Missionary Society program featured a prayer by Mrs Barrow and devotions by Mrs Ricks using Miss Candle's Spiritual Cultivation on Christmas Day and the Incarnation. Stewardship topics were presented by Maggie Bell and others, with committee appointments to be announced soon and subscriptions urged for all circles. The meeting closed with Saviour Like a Shepherd Lead Us.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Missionary Society
Owen
Barrow
Ricks
Miss Candle
Maggie Bell
Sealy
Missionary urged women to register and pay poll tax
Mrs Willis, chairwoman of Christian Citizenship and Law Observance, urges all women to register and pay poll tax before the election. She asks if readers know thousands of homes and people have never owned or handled a Bible and stresses child Bible ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
Christian Citizenship and Law Observance
Urg
Jackson-Carson Wedding Solemnized In New York
Miss Elmer Jackson and Mr. Charles Ferdinand Carson were married on Monday December 29 in New York City. The Macon girl, a Lanier High School and Columbia University alumna, taught at John W. Burke School before marriage. Mr. Carson, from Reynolds, Ga, is Mercer University and New York University graduate, Phi Delta Theta, teaching banking and finance at NYU. They reside at Tudor Hall Englewood New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon Telegraph
C. F Carson
Reynolds
Elmer Jackson
Charles Ferdinand Carson
New York City
Macon
Lanier High School
Athens
John W. Burke
Columbia University
Carson
Mercer University
Phi Delta Theta
New York University
Tudor Hall
Englewood
N. J
Taylor Mill News social and visit notes roll in
Mrs W F Oliver spent last week in Atlanta with her mother. We have several on the pick list. We hope for them all a speedy recovery. We had 188 at Sunday school last Sunday. Supt J P Thompson back but sick and could not attend. W A Woodruff and M Seawell were in Taylor Mill on business last Wednesday. Murray Blair spent the weekend with Jake Windham. B Y P A had a social at the Teacher's cottage last Saturday evening. large attendance and good time. Eva Hightower spent Friday with Miss Tressie Reid. Edna Underwood was dinner guest of Miss Maurine Rogers Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Andrew Childree moved into our community. G L Windham, Lottie Windham and Earl Hightower Jr spent Friday with B C Crook. Lillian Merritt spent Friday night with Alice Childree. Harriet Eubanks visited Miss Stella Douglas Friday. Stella Douglas Sunday with Miss Fannie Childree. Johnnie Windham weekend in Columbus. Leila K Childree, Lannie Childree, Alice Childree visiting Mary and Eua Douglas. Claude Blair and wife Sunday with J R Blair. Sam Thompson Sunday visitor of C B Reid. Ruby Roberson Sunday visitor of Mary Douglas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Oliver
Atlanta
J. P. Thompson
Thompson
W. A. Woodruff
M. Seawell
Taylor Mill
Busi Ness
Murray Blair
Jake Windham
Eva Hightower
Tressie Reid
Edna Underwood
Maurine Rogers
Andrew Childree
G. L. Windham
Lottie Windham
Earl Hightower, Jr
B.C Crook
Lillian Merritt
Alice Childree
Harriet Eubanks
Stella Douglas
Fannie Childree
Johnnie Windham
Columbus
Leila K
Lannie
Mary
Douglas
Claude
Blair
J. R. Blair
Sam Thompson
C. B. Reid
Ruby Roberson
Mary Douglas
Missionary Circle No 1 Meets At Montfort Home
Missionary Circle No 1 gathered January 20 at Mrs. David Montforts home with fourteen members and one visitor. Opening songs and prayer followed by a devotional, business on officer appointments for the new year, sick visits, and subscriptions urged by agent Mrs. M L Griffith. Hostess served refreshments. next meeting to be hosted by Mrs H Ky Sally.
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Missionary Circle No
David Montfort
Jesus
Anthony
Our Fathers
H. Ky'Sealy
Faith And Righteousness In Abraham And The Temple
A devotional reflection on Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Isaac and God’s view of faith as righteousness. It contrasts outward deeds with inner heart intent, noting God judges the heart and that efforts aimed at righteousness are never lost even if outcomes seem unclear. It emphasizes divine knowledge of motives over visible results and humility before judgment.
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Abraham
Jehovah
Local Society Notes From Panhandle Community
Palm Sunday social news records Mrs Thelma Barrow and Miss Lois Horton guests of honor with several weekend visits across Atlanta and nearby towns. Notables include Rev J F Jackson dinner guest at Kilbys, and Kathrine Duvall staying with Eula Hammock. Updates on Tom Montgomery's improving condition and upcoming Feb home return appear amid multiple courtesy visits and church notices.
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Kathrine Duvall
Eula Hammock
Tom Montgomery
J. C. Fuller
Horace Cosey
J. P. Jackson
Tax Receiver Rounds for 1931 in Taylor County Georgia
Tax Receiver C. C. Cooper lists 1931 rounds across Taylor County with dates in February March and April for Rupert Charing Mark Howard Wesley and various stores including G B Jarrells Norwich Mrs Rileys Dugger Ficklings McCants Southland and Potterville. Residents are urged to meet and file tax returns for 1931.
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Mark
Howard
Wesley
Southland
Robert E Lee praised as great American soul in Macon column
In a Macon Georgia column Oliver Orr extols Robert E Lee as a model American in war and peace. The piece quotes passages from Gamaliel Bradford's Lee the American and contrasts Lee with Grant, praising Lee's dignity, religious character, and love for country while urging unity and loyalty to the United States.
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Oliver Orr
Robert Edward Lee
Lee
Gamaliel Bradford
States
General Lee
Grantes
Thoulone
America
Grant
Lincoln
Washington
Robert E. Lee
United States
Macon
Macon editor expresses views on honest journalism
Chapel Hill January 5 192? Ethridge editor of Macon Telegraph argues duty of an honest accurate newspaper. He says editors should present facts clearly while weaving features for women with news sprinkled throughout. He asserts editors must be the outstanding voice in papers and warns against sensationalism.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Ethridge
Nana
Macon
Athridee
Maige
D.ie Orial
Trad Hot Joma
Vox Populi
Sweet potato sizing aids textile industry shift
The modest potato is becoming industry important as U S standards show sweet potatoes used as a sizing material in textiles. It protects fabrics from wear and helps color and texture, with 20 percent sizing content offering new southern opportunities through research outputs.
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U. S
Sermon Fragments on Hypocrisy and Sin By Rev Burnette
A collection of rough notes and observations from Rev J C Burnette criticizing hypocrisy among Christians. The fragments touch on whethery dress, speech, and conduct align with faith, noting the contrast between showy piety and genuine virtue, with satirical jabs at preachers and worldly temptations.
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Reynolds Department
Georgia State College F of Agriculture
Tn No Five
Adel
L. Richartson
Julius Brittleban
Keener Trotter
Charleston
Wowaa
Maren
Lyttle Griffith
Tifto
Margaret Montgomery
E. P. Hodges
Mrs. C. E. Whatley
Butler
H. Bryan
Robert
Mr. Paul Poe
C. B. Marshall
Colum
A. M. Halley
Miriam Carter
David Coolik
New York
J. H. Whatley
Sidney Bryan
W. J. Marshall, Jr
Americus
Belle Carson
C. E. Whatley
Ray Lucas
E. Whatley
F. M. Carson
GC. Cheatam
Oklahoma
Mary Harris
Garden Valley
E. T. .Neary
Messrs Lamar and
Merck Griffin
Eli Garrett
Miss Muldred Garrett
Elizabeth Cas
Ethel James
Wason
Susan Bryan
Frances Ricks
Betty Neisler
Bernice Hill
Ka- By
Chandler
Willis Saunders
Carl Wright
J. B.mangham
Mrs. Chambers
Henry Waters
Eddie Brogan
D. D. Montfort
Howard Neisler
Cordele
Wenn
Neisler
Mason
Harry Powell
Missionary Society Program
Jackson-Carson
Taylor Mill News
Missionary Meeting
Robinson Drug Store
Liggin & Neisler Reynolds
Panhandle
Thelma Barrow
Lois Horton
Messrs
Emory Parr
Osgood Young
J. F. Jackson
E. H. Kilby
W. D. Byrd
Ft. Valley
P. A. Jenkins
Amos Byrd
Near Builer
J. B. Byrd
J. I. Fuller
Sid James
Helen Neisler
Reba Whidham
W. J. Caldwell
Barron Fuller
Harold Byrd
Roy Philman
J. S. Fuller
Roberta
Will Casey
A. A. Thompson
George McCrary
Epworth
Hoke Byrd and Son
John Barfield
Rupert
Charing
G. B. Jarrell’s
Norwich
Dugger’s
Fickling’s
Potterville
C. C. Cooper
Taylor County
Georgia
Milton
Schieiermacher
Spinoza
God
Christ
Pin Point
J. C. Burnette
Lunatic Asylum
Moses and the Lamb
Heavenly Choir
Heaven
Mayenville
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