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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
3
Local residents Howard Gilbert and J J Arnold open depot collaboration. Several Atlanta visitors including Mrs W D Gibson and Mrs Beulah Smith stayed with local relatives. Dr Seawright and Col Hugh Dorsey visited on business and social events followed. The week featured travel to Monroe College Forsyth and Kilijay connections, plus a fatal illness and a young girl’s death.
Fayetteville masons and Fayette county lodges plan an all day St John s Day celebration on June 23 with Col George N Napier of Monroe addressing the gathering. Mt thut Davidson and Sharon Grove lodges join in public exercises and dinner with baskets.
Fayette county’s annual institute continues this week with Prof. M. L Brittain of Atlanta as lead instructor. Attendance is strong and lectures Wednesday and Thursday drew praise. The session closes tomorrow with attendees including Miss Alice Ogletree and many others. local candidates and organizers are listed.
Fayette residents plan to showcase local entries at the State Fair this fall. Ed Speer contemplates entering his fine hogs while UH offers stock hogs with potential prize appeal. Citizens are encouraged to bring up exhibits from Fayette. a big singing return is uncertain. A Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar cough syrup from Fayetteville Drug Co is mentioned in a sworn manufacturer statement.
Col Wright of Jackson tours the county as a candidate for judge of Flint County. He has practiced law for a quarter century and stresses his understanding of judicial duties. He enjoys solid support from Butler County. The Baptist congregation met in the Methodist church during repairs. Many townsfolk visited Hopewell for Children’s Day. Fayette County Sunday School Association seeks a speaker for its August second Friday celebration. An advertisement promotes Kodo Oil for dyspepsia, claiming it aids digestion and rest for a tired stomach.
An article by Wm. Robertson from The Farm and Ranch, Dallas, compares profits of corn and cotton for Georgia farmers. It shows corn yields more acres, with 70 bushels of corn valued at 28.04 and cotton at 250 pounds seed cotton valued at 16.00, concluding corn is more profitable under stated prices.
Gilbert School House reports social visits from Corinth and Europe district families. Reverend W A Johnson officiates a county farm wedding between Mr Frank Lang and Miss Tourner in a bucolic ceremony amid local health updates and well wishes for Charles Gibson and others.
Promoters claim the remedy changes fear of illness into gratitude by curing Brights disease and diabetes in many cases. A user, Marion Lee of Conneaut, Indiana, reports relief after trying eight doctors and three bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure, sold by Fayetteville Drug Co.
An old advertisement lists photographers and artists offering portraits and finishing work for amateurs at reasonable prices near the square northwest of the Fayatteville area. It mentions M N Topp as a photographer and notes patronage and finishing services for Kodaks. Also promotes Kedneys Cure for kidney and bladder troubles with claims of cures, sold by Fayetteville Drug Co.
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W C Graves as administrator of Jasper L Graves estate petitions the court to discharge and receive letters of dismission on the first Monday in June 1906 in Havette County Georgia. He states the estate has been fully administered and invites any objections from interested parties or creditors.
Notice warns the public not to obstruct Fayette County public highways or plow near them with penalties as per law. Also lists individuals and dates relating to land sale petitions, probate, and administration actions in Fayette County GA with multiple entries and dates in 1906 to 1908.
Foley's Honey and Tar is credited with curing long standing asthma in a Davenport script. A customer recounts a twelve year cold turning into asthma, claiming the remedy cured twenty years of suffering after a single fifty cent bottle. The ad also promotes poplar and pine timber sales by Byers & Co. and extols Bucklin's Arnica Salve for injuries.
The annual teachers' license exam for Fayette county is set for June 239 and 30, 100. Dixox Company and the School Board announce the event, with notices about examination conditions and results. A separate medical ad promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy for digestive issues. Southern Real Estate & Loan Co seeks a hustling rep to sell City Lots in a premium contract offer. Viston, Ga.
E J Reagan announces candidacy for re election as judge of the Superior Courts in the Plint Circuit. He notes two prior terms, salary inequities since 1995, and requests Democratic primary support on August 22, 1906. He appeals for endorsement if his administration merits another term.
A historical political appeal declares Y A Wrigit seeking the judge position in the Waite or Frint Jupierat Circuit. The candidate stresses twenty eight years of legal practice, a fair swift administration of law, and equal justice without favoritism, inviting voters to support a principled, uncompromised tenure.
The Bell Telephone Co in Atlanta offered to install a telephone in the home of five winners who wrote why every family should have a phone. Mr L Cartier of our county was one winner and will receive a free telephone for one year. His reasons emphasize keeping pace with civilization and progress.
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