Smyrna Socials and Church News Update
Smyrna residents host visitors from various states including Georgia and Florida. Local families, church members, and neighbors are noted visiting relatives, attending camp meetings, and celebrating recoveries. The Ladies Missionary Society meets Saturday at 8:30 p.m. with devotional, songs, and program on Educational Evangelism in Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Daniel
Gram. Carrollton
H. TL. Samples
G. W. Smith
Milas Vern Carter
Floyd Hutson
Newnan
Hosie Garrett
Waco
el. B. Aycock
Florida
Glara Stype
Atlanta
G. R. Mote
Irvin Mote
Bony, Als
Oscar Gray
A. M. Long
Rich Harper
Bud Harper
Ora Entrokin
Jake
Zell
E. Creel
Boaz
Ala
J. L. Carter
Hameau
G. P. Nixon
Ladies Missionary Society
Smyrna
What do you think of the game called Life
A Central Christian Advocate meditation on life and faith invites readers to view life as a journey with a divine plan. It questions choices like risk and reward, urging steadfastness, righteousness, and courage while hoping for home, harmony, and spiritual sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
The Better Way a Prize Won by Cheating Is a Lie
A poem from the Detroit Free Press extols integrity in sport and life. It contrasts losing with a clean conscience to winning through deceit, warning that trickery yields hollow glory while honesty sustains self respect and pride. The piece argues true worth lies in how one competes, not in the victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Rainy Roopville notes crops and family visits
In Roopville rain boosts corn prospects for the community. Several residents share visits, including Sam Craven with son Lee Craven, Mrs. Merrell with daughters, Shoomnake with Aderholds, and many others visiting relatives in nearby towns. O. G. Morris is on the sick list as camp meetings continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Craven
Lee Craven
W. F .Merrell
Eliya Morris
Laura
Mack’ Shoomnake
G. N. Aderheld
Frank Merrell
Tallapoosa
Robert Copeland
Bowdon
C. A. Smith
Carrollton
Master Manuel
Pauline Marchman
G. W. Marrell
Cliff Ragland
Stripling
G. N. Aderhold
G. W. Wallis
J. H McGiboney
Burwell
G. Morris
Horace Bonner
Besais Smith
Claud Lovvern
Mise Desser Maskey
Richard Loftin
Sear Creek News: Local Trip, Camp Meeting, and Farm Woes
Mr Grover Dean returned from a ten day mountains trip in Alabama and enjoyed a Birmingham visit including bathing at East Lake. Farmers fight boll weevils by burning infected squares and many abandon cotton for food crops. Camp meetings at Shiloh and Smyrna are reported as successful with community attendance and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Dean
Alabama
Birmingham
Eayst Lake
Shiloh
Charlie Dean
Atlanta
Sam
J. W. Dean
Misa Winnie Holmes
Grady Brock
Annie
Parker
Beulah
BE. G. Johnson
Bill, Olin
Harrison Akin
Pleasant View
Smyrna
Protracted meeting ends with four additions at New Lebanon
The Star Point church closed a protracted meeting at New Lebanon with four additions to the faith two by letter and two by baptism. Local residents attended regional meetings and trips, including a Glenloch session and a Carrolton visit. Rev Albert Davis preached a well received sermon at 11 o clock, as Sunday School interest grows with hopes for continued benefit from the Great Book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lebanon
Roy Lone
James Yeager Teft
Atlanta
U. S
Ona
Cleo McWhorter
Clemmie Atkinson
Andaluuia
Ala
For Sale Two Hoses and Sets for Ante 7-2-5 Sh
A. Hayes advertises two good hoses and sets for ante with a prompt to bring the catalogue. The note mentions improved printing capacity after installing a Model 14 linotype, signaling a readiness to produce more catalogues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sh. A. Hayes
In Memory of Mira Willie Brocknell Dies After Illness
Obituary note for Mira Willie Brocknell daughter of Mr and Mrs John Brocknell. She died after a long illness from typhoid fever at a young age. The notice laments her loss, lists grieving family and praise for a heavenly home, signed by Emma Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mira Willie Brocknell
John Brocknell
Willie
Willis
Reat
Emma Brown
France Enacts Compulsory Service for Allied Aliens
Paris reports the Chamber of Cadres adopted a bill allowing allied aliens in France to enlist in French regiments instead of joining the Foreign Legion. The law makes every alien serving in France liable for military service in their homeland if possible, aiming to mobilize Romanians Serbians Montenegrins Russians and even Mongolians where repatriation is difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Chamber of Carm Ades
Foreign Legion
Jackson Reunion Brings Two Hundred To Family Gathering
The Jackson family held its annual reunion in August at Mr Bee Copeland’s bar Bowden. Parents attended with six children and twelve grandchildren, reporting no deaths since the last reunion on August 1, 1910. Attendees from Coweta, Sargent, Newnan, Carrollton and other areas included J W Jackson and wife, James B Brewster, Margie Jackson, J W Jackson Jr, G T Jackson and grandson, and J N Jackson. About two hundred relatives and friends enjoyed a barbecue dinner, singing, and neighborly talk. The next reunion will be August 1, 1918 at Lamar Jackson’s father’s home near Tallapoosa Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Bee Copeland
Bar Bowden
Coweta
J. W. Jackson
Sargent
James B. Brewstur
Newnan
Margie Jackson
Carrollton
G. T Jackson
J. .N. Jackson
Carrolltony
Tallapoosa Church
Lamar Sackson
What Do You Know About Your Blood Supply
A historical promotional notice invites readers to request a booklet on blood health and purity. It touts Swift Specific Co as selling S.S.S. for over fifty years and offers free mailing of the booklet from Atlanta, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon Mfg. Co
South Fifth St
Brooklyn
N.Y
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
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John Hudson
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H. J. Goodwyn
Goodwyn
Georgia
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W. L. Fitts
W. T. Creel
Creel & Harper
L. J. Brock
Ollice
Shirley C. Boykin
Boykin & Boykin
Emmett Smith
Stewart Building
Harry T. Bledsoe
E. T. Steed
Law
R. W. Jones
Office
D. Jackson
R.D. Jackson &Son
Carroll
Harslasn
J. D. Hamrick
Chichester
Safeat
Smyrna News
Brazil
R. Mote
Mias Lorenw Lang
Zell Mote
Frank P. Rifio
Roopville
Sear Creek News
Raymond Robinson
S. C
Central Georgia Railway
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