Mrs. Martha Roop Dies After Prolonged Illness At 78
Mrs. Martha J. Roop wife of Rev W W Roop died after five months illness in Atlanta at Wesley Memorial hospital. Funeral at First Baptist Church with Rev Jesse M Dodd and Rev J I Oxford officiating. Interment in city cemetery. Born 1845 in Henry County she left a daughter Mrs Sam Copeland Bremen and husband. She was a devout Baptist and wife mother and Christian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha J. Roop
W. W. Roop
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Atlanta
First Baptist Church
Jesse M. Dodd
J. I Oxford
City
Sam Copeland
Bremen
City Council Grants Building Permits and Pays Hall Work
Council met with two members absent as W H Shaw presided. Minutes from July 7 approved. Action orders payment to B W Little for city hall work. Permits issued for a brick warehouse, a three room cottage and store near the railroad, a small wooden church in Dog Town, a two story brick building and multiple tenements on surrounding streets. Lighting ordered on Pearl street in Stick Lawn in front of a colored church. Meeting adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Burson
H. W. Long
W. H. Shaw
B. W. Little
City Hall
W. ©. Robinson
Rome Street
E. L. Pritchett
Railroad Crossing
Burson Avenue
Shade Parks
Dog Town
S. Holderness
Newnan Street
South Street
Austin Avenue
Pearl Street
Colored Church
Porch party honors Mrs Clark White in social week
Mrs J H Harris hosted an enjoyable porch party for Mrs Clark White of Atlanta. Punch greeted guests as they arrived served by Miss Cecil Cramer and Miss Reba Garrett. After games and music an ice course with cake followed. About thirty guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Harris
Clark White
Atlanta
Cecil Cramer
Reba Garrett
Preaching at Bethel Camp Ground by Rev. R. H. Robb
A weekend preaching event at Bethel Camp Ground with Rev. R. H. Robb leading. Sunday's sermon will focus especially on young men and the public is invited to attend the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Camp Ground
R. H. Robbunday
Newnan Street to Have Splendid New Building
Mr. Sid Holderness has begun a two story building on Newnan street planned for occupancy in early fall. It will be modern and well finished with law offices for Holderness on the second floor. The first floor will be for business use, with Citizens Bank possibly leasing ground floor and a mercantile firm as an alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Holderness
Newnan Street
Holderness
Citizens Bank
Boy of 14 Builds His Own Hand Cart in Local Shop
Cliff Byram, son of O. L. Byram, is praised for initiative and skill in a general repair shop. At 14, he welded iron, resized buggy wheels, created tires, and crafted a hand cart. The town lauds his hard work and industrious spirit, with his younger brother Ross set to follow as assisting in the shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Byram
O. L. Byram
Cliff
Ross
R, Lee Sharpe
Why I am a Presbyterian Sunday message at church
The church will hear Why I am a Presbyterian at the Sunday morning service. An evening lawn talk will target young men and women. No preaching in August due to the pastor’s vacation. Sabbath School and mid week prayer meet as usual. Prayer services focus on a Bible character. Sabbath School includes special features and the usual offering via envelopes. Members are urged to attend and participate.
Card of Thanks for kindness during illness and funeral
The Roop Copeland Redwine Bailey families express sincere appreciation for the kindnesses and expressions of sympathy shown during the prolonged illness and the funeral of our wife and mother. We extend gratitude and ask heaven's blessing on all who aided us.
Gin Burned Near Town Last Week
Fire destroyed the gin of Mr. Dave Horton four miles southwest of town on Wednesday night last week. The blaze broke out about 11 o clock with no cotton stored in the gin. Loss covered the building and machinery. origin of the fire is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Horton
Mrs Sarah Jenkins Dies at Bowdon Home
Mrs. Sarah Jenkins died last Sunday at the home of her son W. W. Jenkins in Bowdon and was buried Monday in the city cemetery. She was an esteemed Christian and will be mourned by many friends and relatives. The funeral was conducted from the Methodist church by Rev. Maxwell of Bowdon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Jenkins
W. W. Jenkins
Bowdon
Jenkins
Maxwell
Bowdon Announces Feverish Building Boom Early This Year
Bowdon faces rapid growth as multiple new structures rise. Prof. W. D. Whatley opens a new store with a stock of goods. Dr. W. L. Brooks announces a new drug store to be ready by August 10. The old post office site is cleared for a modern building. Hon. H J Reaves and J T Bradley of Carrollton oversee construction. C M Johnson buys Bennett lot for brick building and rents to Mr. Bird of Comer who will move into the Royal hotel mid August and start a business in the Johnson house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdon
W. D. Whatley
W. L. Brooks
H.J. Reaves
J. T. Bradley
Carrollton
C. M. Johnson
C. P. Bennett
Main Street
Bird
Comer. Ga
Royal Hotel
Johnson House
Prayer Meeting Invites Ladies Across Churches
All ladies of area churches are invited to a joint prayer meeting on Wednesday afternoon July 30 at 4 o clock. Meetings will be held at Mrs Huggins Alabama street leader Mrs J J Oxford Mrs G A Hogan College street leader Mrs John M Jackson Mrs W J Wiggins West Center street leader Mrs J R Styles Mrs Atwell Stewart street leader Mrs Bruce Merrell. Attend the one closest to home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huggins
Alabama Street
J. J
Oxford
G. A. Hogan
College Street
John M. Jackson
W. J. Wiggins
West Center Street
J. R. Styles
Atwell
Stewart Street
Bruce Merrell
Perdue Webb Mates In Quiet Sunday Marriage
Miss Marie Perdue and Mr. Will Webb wed last Sunday afternoon with Rev R A Ed mondson officiating. The couple, with many friends, will reside at the home of Mr Jim Webb after a short stay in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Perdue
Will Webb
R. A. Edmondson
Mrs. Webb
Atlanta
Jim Webb
You Take No Chance Coupon Offer At Red Cross Drug Store
Beginning Saturday July 26 a cash purchase comes with a coupon. For returning $5 in coupons you receive 25 cents in trade. No chance at premiums. You get what you pay for and then some. Phone us and we will send it to you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Drug Store
Thirty ninth Carroll County Sunday School Convention Meet
The thirty ninth annual Carroll County Sunday School Association meeting convened at Temple July 19 20 1913 with sixteen Sunday Schools represented Bowden Methodist led by eight delegates. Devotional by S O Fielder welcome by R T Williams and addresses by Rev T W Dimmock State Secretary D W Sims and Miss McGee of Mississippi highlighted a two hour noon recess and a full program of district reports and officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Sunday School Association
Temple
Bowden Methodist Sunday School
S. 0. Fielder
T. Williams
John T. Hixon
W. E. Dozier
T. W. Dimmock
Carroll County
93rd Birthday Celebrated by Capt. W. G. Johnson
Capt. W. G. Johnson of Mt. Zion celebrated his 93rd birthday with a large gathering of friends and relatives at his home. The event included his son aged 73 and a sister aged 83. Even as he nears 94, he remains hale, sharp, and active in the celebration, with wishes for many more prosperous years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Johnson
Mt. Zion
Capt. Johnson
Whitesburg News Highlights Local Doings and Scouts Camp
Col Sid Holderness of Carrollton visits on legal business. Boy Scouts arrive soon for a ten day encampment under R Lee Sharpe, pitched near Moore's Ferry. Local crops look fine. watermelons and cantaloupes abundant. Various residents travel, marriages noted, and a convict camp relocating near the Kelley farm by the Misa Hoddsway stream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Holderness
Carrollton
W. P. Addison
Cedartown
J.P. Jones, Jr
Atlanta
Willis Jones
James Kelley
Bob Jones
Heard County
R. Lee Sharpe
Pope Jones
Moore's ‘Ferry
Whitesburg
Davis Brown
Orville M Tift Dies in Tifton at 40
Orville M. Tift died Tuesday morning at 6 30 at his mother's residence in Tifton after kidney trouble. He left Carrollton weeks ago for medical help but his condition worsened. Survived by his widow, four children, his mother Mrs Eliza G Tift postmistress of Tifton, and sister Mrs Katherine Jones of Pittsburgh. He had lived in Carrollton about a year running a soda water and cigar shop on Newnan street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville M. Tift
Carrollton
Eliza G. Tift
Tifton
Tift
W. O. Tift
Katherine Jones
Pittsburg
Europe
America
Newnan Street
Cobb & Burns
Watermelon Wagon Draws Brisk Sale on Square
Last Saturday the first wagon load of home raised watermelons arrived on the square for sale. The market was brisk with many buyers, and a very good crop is reported. Officials say there will likely be plenty soon as this commodity never overproduces and always meets demand.
Good Street Improvements Transform South Street and West Center
The city council finishes major street work on South Street, widening and straightening it to boost beauty and desirability. West Center is similarly improved, widening and straightening near Depot Street and the new Baptist Tabernacle. Sidewalk pavements along one side of each street are now completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Street
Weat Center
Depot Street
New Baptist Tabernacle
West Center
No Sunday Services at First Baptist Church
No preaching at the First Baptist Church next Sunday morning due to the pastor's absence who will preach in Bowdon as Mrs. C A Duncan hosts. Walter Hines is ill with typhoid fever Ed Stevens has a boil fever. Mr and Mrs Other Brantley hired from Chattanooga to visit their son Mr and Mrs W L Brantley. Hubert Brantley has joined the army and is deployed in North Dakota. Ms and Mrs Ongood Watkieley with relatives near Ocean
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Camp
Douglasville
W. GC
Merk
Jonas Houston
Houston
Kelley
R. J. Shackelford
Mt. Zion
Whitesburg
Marvin Watkins
Chattanooga
Fairburn
Lookout Mountain
T. H. Watking
Mra
Ben Kelley
Soar
Newnan
First Baptist Church
Bowdon
Other-Brantley
W. L. Brantley
Hubert Brantley
Army
North Dakot
Ongood Watkiiley
Oean
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council Proceedings
Mrs. White
the Presbyterian Church
Mrs. S.5. Copeland
Annie L. Redwine Bailey
Mrs
U. S. Association
H. J. Reaves
Miss McGee
D. W. Sims
Jas, L. Robb
James Beall
C. Fielder
C. K. Henderson
C. R. Mallings
Emma Johnson
LK. Smith
Tyus
New Mexico
Victory
Shiloh
Flint Corner
Mandeville
the Ninth
C. Q. Martin
A. K
Snead
Association
Tom
Fitts’ Drug Store
Capt
Jas. A. Kelly
John Billy Mays
Jackson
R. G. Strickland
Ben Strickland
Misa Hiodsway
Grantville
Walter Hines
Ed Stevens
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