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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1895
Page
3
Rates for advertising are one dollar per inch for the first insertion and fifty cents per inch for each additional insertion. Legal ads follow the legal rate. Bills for the same are due and must be paid in advance.
Locals report business trips and visits from Gainesville and Nacooch ee. Postmaster Glen and Fred Taher visited Atlanta on a combined business trip. Uncle Billy Meritt improves at home. Church services were canceled due to weather. The county court opens next Monday with Judge Kinsey en route to Clayton. The week features hunting reports, school matters, and local ads for furs and skins.
Fragmented notes advertise farm tools and timber purchases from S C Dinkins Co Gainesville Ga. Snow depth on the public square prompts mentions of school closure and local weather. Other items tout a 120 organ for sale, a cheap bogey toy, and a wine product, with county tax and land remarks sprinkled through the page.
Mrs Sallie Blick wife of William Jack died last week at her home in White Creek district. Her death is universally regretted and she leaves a husband and a number of children.
Mrs Sivuh Ducket sister of Mrs Wed Payne died on the JOU iist at her home in the county’s lower section. She was about a years old and was loved by all who knew her. She was buried on the lath at Mose Crees old cannny ground.
A Macedonian church in White Creek was burned last Saturday. Authorities believe a fire started in a stove caused the blaze during the day as a funeral was being prepared. There was no insurance, and officials expect the building to be rebuilt. The shovel W is cited as among the best in the county.
The two Robinsons father and son are charged with theft and likely to serve time. Constable Pruitt, who arrested them, found stolen meat in their possession and noted the meat was divided between them. Pruitt praised for detective work in catching the pair.
Elihu Cannon respected White County resident died Sunday at Wilburn Taylor home in Blue Creek after paralysis. He was 95 and buried Tuesday in the Blue Creek Baptist church yard.
Rumor claims at a recent Gainesville term Judge Kinsey sentenced a man to prison for burglary and fined another for killing. The facts: the man was convicted of burglary, not simple larceny, and the sentence should reflect burglary penalties. Kinsey's integrity remains widely regarded as high in the state.
Logan suffered a severe accident at work when three fingers on his left hand touched machinery. Two fingers were nearly severed and dangled by threads, the third was badly cut. Doctors Underwood and Norton reattached the digits and hope to save them.
School Commissioner Kytle cites Lon. CG. R. Geonn and the Attorney General, saying the Board of Education has no authority to pay unlicensed teachers. If locals hire them with private funds, they may, but no approved state payments will occur. White county teachers will get no more money until the end of the current quarter as poll tax funds were collected.
Unprecedented cold and wet weather paralyzes mining across the county and Georgia gold belt. Ditches and water sources freeze. at Baker mine owned by Me. Baker of Michigan only four days work this month and eight days in January. Repair work fills the idle time while miners see potential, with three tests on three properties indicating voids remain in the county.
Community leaders call for a public meeting to plan a credible White County display for the Athlete Exposition. They argue a well organized stand will attract international capital, boost mining and agriculture, and bring outside money to the county with minimal cost.
The letter attacks a move to authorize a one billion two hundred fifty million debt as a non taxable investment. It assails Cleveland era surplus funds and derides lawmakers who opposed the measure as the Senate race neared, urging the legislature to act with pride.
Reports confirm John R. Glen retires as editor of The Progress and W. W. Price from Columbia, S.C., takes control. The exchange notes Glen’s mixed editorial record, Price’s experience, and the paper’s bright, varied content as it passes to new management. Also mentions local rabbit warfare and odd rural musings as context.
Tina Apainse, Commodore Liu, and General Chang chose death by their own hands to prevent surrender of their fleet to Japanese forces. The act signals a dramatic collapse of resistance as Japanese advance compels last stands and dignified exits by senior leaders.
A fragmented notice urges readers to subscribe and warns delinquents. The tone is promotional and unclear about specifics, with garbled phrases mentioning a fit, sport, and payment. It reads like a disposed draft intended for subscribers.
An early spring health note extols Wood's Sarsaparilla as a cure to purify the blood, banish fatigue, and restore vigor before warm weather. It contrasts the delay for Valerion and promotes the tonic as best for elevating energy and overall vitality.
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