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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1909
Page
4
An editorial piece from Fayetteville in June 1909 reflects on social responsibility, home ethics, and the dangers of neglect in child-rearing. It contrasts southern values with northern race questions and urges moral guidance by churches and families to keep youths from temptation.
Public sale notices in Fayette County Georgia detail two parcels. The first three four acre house lot in the 496th district is levied to satisfy a fi fa against T V Lester in Blalock v. Lester, with tenant in possession. The second tract covers about 109 acres in the 58th district, lot 140, levied on J A Middlebrooks and Lewis Middlebrooks to satisfy an execution in favor of F B Avey, with tenant in possession. June 8, 1909. Sheriff B Brown.
The Southern Ruralist offers a subscription price of $1.00 a year and claims reach to 100,000 homes. It is billed as the greatest agricultural paper in the South, covering all farm and home departments. It publishes twice a month and offers free sample copies upon request. Prize specials pay $20.00 monthly for top articles from subscribers on topics like plowing, poultry, fertilizers, tools, gardening, and more.
An advertisement claims a shaving parlor in a town the size of Rarer offers massage, shampoo, hairdressing for women, and face cleansing with cream. M. G. Garland touts the shop as the cleanest and neatest, inviting customers to visit for barber and beauty services. The piece includes comic lines about reminders and forgetful letters from the London Mail and Chicago News quips.
Georgia General Assembly will introduce a bill at the next session to charter the town of Brooks in Fayette County. It provides for a Mayor and Council and grants them powers to govern the town and for other purposes.
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