25 Apr 1902
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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1902
Page
1
Local notes report candidates touring for county commissioner races in Shakerag and Mire districts. Visits by Mire. 0. Speck and others, illnesses and recoveries, family gatherings, travel to reunions in Dallas and Kas Texas, church and school area updates, and several brief visits among Oak Grove Nyson Senoia and Rock Springs communities.
Farmers favor more cotton over corn if prices hold around twelve to thirteen cents per pound. The piece notes high provisioning costs and possible market shifts, plus social updates from Line Creek, church sermons by Rev. E H M Hooten, and locals visiting family. Ed Stephens and John G Hightower travel to Dallas for a veterans reunion as the Spring term of the Little Flock literary show nears its close.
The record notes regular appointments at Line Creek with Rev. M. Hasten on Saturday and Sunday. J. A. Ware of Plat Creek and Huddles of nearby place are mentioned in connection with the services.
Oak Grove folk including Mr H Gay and wife and W J Harper join a Dallas excursion. Mrs H L Speer recovers from a severe bronchial pneumonia with hopeful outlook. Mrs George Raven improving after illness. Abe and Sam Carmichael of Senola visited their aunt Mrs I C Speer. Watch for potato crop as Irish potatoes begin to sprout leaves. Miss Onie Knowles visits sister Mrs Ira White.
Brooks Station reports a quiet Saturday with residents wishfully greeting visitors. Doc E Matthews returns from Florida to cheers of friends. Alma Huckaby visits Griffin. Uncle Porter Burthune is very ill. Cotton seed planting underway. Rev McBrayer fills appointments. Huckaby and Johnson families featured. Bob Gilbert visiting from East Point.
Local notes remark that early corn planters report a half stand and that a Mount Spring correspondent is targeting someone for calling the area strainer. The tone blends casual observation with pointed editorial jab.
The writer recalls visits by Dan Sheppard and Maggie Drewery with daughter Mise Mainie of Alabama. Miss Mamie Reeves visits Clara Brown and Celeetia Pollard at Brooks Station. Luke Smith, a noted fisherman, has moved to the river and claims to have caught about six hundred pounds. Walter Arnall, a leading gentleman, spent time in Charleston last week.
Local tidbits report that plow boys are returning to work after extended breaks and Mrs. T. F. Banks recovers from pneumonia. Wm Harp Jr. visits on terracing plans and J R Jackson stops by on business. Lola Preston staying with sister Mrs Banks. Burl Perry family visits. Sunday singing at Wm Cox’s draws a large crowd. editor praised for few typographical errors.
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