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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
4
The Georgia Legislature adjourned sine die after fifty days with few significant laws. Gov vetoes unsettled convict policy. extra session called to address felons after April 1, 1909. Critics condemn the Senate and call for lawmakers to pay extra-session costs. No precedents guide the extraordinary session.
The piece notes that no Supreme Court decisions on post 1877 extra sessions exist and discusses the Governor’s push to pass laws via an extra session for convict matters. It predicts felons will be used to build public roads after April 1, 1909, arguing free labor is unreliable and urging convict labor to improve roads at a cost.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson visited the South and issued a report on conditions. He urges farmers to improve soil care and increase domestic animals, stating there is no reason for them to buy animals from distant sources.
The discussion promotes regional farming shifts in the South, urging crop rotation, home saving of cotton seed, and self-feeding stock to raise cattle, sheep, and horses more cheaply. It notes eradicating cattle ticks, reducing stray dogs, and expanding Bermuda grass. Emphasizes scientific methods and experiment farms to lift harvests and Southern industry.
125 acres of land for sale in Hopeful District known as the James Boyd place in the northern part of this county. Will sell all together or in small divisions. Well improved good farming land in a good settlement. J. E. Thornton J. L. Boyd Route 8 Fairburn Ga. Pineules for the kidneys 80 day trials $1.00 guaranteed. Act directly on the Biennye and bring relief in the first dose for backache rheumatic pains kidneys and bladder trouble. Invigorate the entire system. Sold by Fayetteville Drug Co.
Fayette County will sell at public outcry before the Fayetteville courthouse on the first Tuesday in September 1908 the Gabriel Cox home place described as about 180 acres in Fayette County Georgia. The sale follows a fi fa in the City Court of Fayetteville in favor of Dr. J A S Chambers against Jason Cox and M G Cox as executors of Gabriel H Cox deceased.
A vintage ad promotes Wood's Liver Medicine as a tonic and laxative handling liver, kidney and bladder ailments and fatigue with first-dose relief. price 1.00, 21 times the 50c size, sold by Fayetteville Drug Co. followed by a legal notice in Fayette County Georgia seeking permanent administration for the estate of E.B. Stinchcomb with official date August 3, 1908.
Genorda Fayette County notifies all creditors and next of kin that Nannie Lee Henderson has applied for permanent administration of R H Henderson's estate. The notice, dated August 1908, orders interested parties to appear and show cause why administration should not be granted. Official signature of S. B. Lewis, Ordinary.
Notice to all creditors of Martha Haynes deceased to render an account and all persons indebted to the estate to immediate payment. Dated July 1 1908. L L Haynes Adm r of Martha Haynes requests settlement per law.
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