20 Dec 1918
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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
1
Local notes discuss school holiday closure and Christmas events, farm improvements, desire to start orchard and flower yard, and aspiration to acquire labor-saving machinery. Updates mention missionaries in France, pastor changes, and a countywide view on home ownership and tenant farming. Community letters urge better homes and farming practices for next year.
Albert Posey of Brooks dies in France on December 1 from pneumonia at age twenty two. He volunteered for service, left his Atlanta job, and planned to do his part. The Posey family and Fayette County mourn a loyal, industrious young man known for kindness and faithful church involvement.
A reader describes locals who gossip and stir trouble in churches schools and towns. They gossip about others and resist new ideas preferring the old ways. The piece portrays how such talk disrupts both learning and worship and hinders positive change.
A public notice from J E Travis urges all who owe him to come and settle at once to meet obligations as past due accounts require immediate action.
Nice Jersey cow and calf offered by RP Steinheimer of Brooks Georgia. In good shape with a pretty udder from a splendid butter cow. Price 100 dollars. Sale valid by December 21.
Notice advertises Watkins liniment medicines toilet goods and flavorings at Chas C Travis's Store near the depot. It thanks customers for past favors and seeks future business. For more information see W C Vollenweider The Watkins Man Fayetteville Ga.
Editorial notes that prosperity often dulls interest in community progress and duty to others. It cites church and school construction during hard times, urges warehouse storage for cotton to avoid weather damage, and calls for care for neighbors and public affairs alongside faith. Includes local social notes and a Christmas tree announcement.
Movable or colony hog houses offer shelter for swine in varying climates and are well suited for new hog farmers and pig clubs. They can be moved field to field, kept clean by relocation, built cheaply, expanded as the herd grows, and even traveled with renting farmers.
The Brooks community reflects on wartime losses and hope during Christmas. The Brooks school closes Friday for holidays with a musical program and supper. Local farmers report crops nearly gathered and hogs ready for slaughter when weather allows. Visits from Rev Jones and Rev Quitrell, plus neighbors from Bremen and East Point, noted.
Prof D B Lee of Sharpsburg teaches an engaging music class in Line Creek. Oak Grove residents Berta Moore and Berta Williams attend the school, while Callie Kate Spratley of Newnan visits relatives. An infant of W B Whitlock and wife from Oak Grove died and was buried at Whitlock cemetery.
An official Ukrainian statement from Petrograd says Generals Stusski and Dimitrieff of the Russian army were executed by order of the local soviet at Prapragorsk. M. Rukhloff, former minister of commerce and communications, was shot as well. General Ruaski led Russian forces in northern Poland and faced blame for von Hindenburg's Prussian campaign success.
A fragment discusses the difficulty of asserting independence with an empty pocketbook and no bank account. It contrasts this with the prudent man who saves, maintains a reserve at the bank, and can tide himself over a month.
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