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Newspaper
Cedartown Express
Location
Cedartown, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1877
Page
5
City and County notices announce Blance and King will collect owed money with speed. Local chatter notes Aug 24 1877, grand jury foreman, social topics, a new baseball club forms, a Potash Works meeting tonight, and a recent rain benefits late corn.
Christopher Columbus Turbeville escaped from the county jail last Tuesday night while under a ten year chain gang sentence. He crawled through a wall hole using a rope of torn blinkets, leaving fellow prisoner May unaware until morning. Durbeville’s escape delays sentencing and raises safety concerns across the community.
Sheriff Clements seeks Bill King alias Bill in a bold confrontation at G W Lindsay's area. King resisted surrender, firing on William Lindsay, drawing return fire. King fled, wounded in hand and arm, with authorities offering rewards for capture. The Pierce County Cedartown column notes local events, visits, church meetings, and a Baby Syrup advertisement.
Court convened on Monday and delivered charges to the Grand Jury. Several convicts faced disputes. one man was struck in the head and is critical. Presentments of the Grand Jury for the current term appear, with county officers commended. A colored convict escaped last Wednesday but was pursued for eight to ten miles. Prof Noyes suspended classes due to illness. a neuralgic facial condition is noted.
An old notice promotes a subscription to Georgia Granak or related journal for sixty cents, offering a specimen copy and urging payment of advertising fees before levies are made. It states the law requires advance payment and warns noncompliance will result in failure to see fines advertised.
Advertisement notes the book Our Children offered at the lowest affordable price. It urges fathers and mothers to read and buy a copy from Winiar D. Anperson. The notice hints at wheat payment options at market price and warns of no delay in payment.
W M Phillips & Co advertises bedsteads from three dollars and chairs wash stands and safes in stock. They offer furniture from manufacturers in sets or by piece with free delivery and charge.
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