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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
4
In this plea a local writer urges officials to overhaul the aging Fayette courthouse. They mock its dilapidated exterior and suggest cementing the outside, painting patriotic scenes, and installing a clock in the steeple to reflect a "progressive spirit."
Columnist Col Henry Watterson criticizes the Republican platform and candidate Taft as a straw man, accusing the party of imitating Roosevelt while masking Rockefeller ties. He invokes a Hornbook reference and warns voters of the party’s past and present tactics.
A historical editorial attacks Theodore Roosevelt’s successor and the Taft lure for the White House. It ridicules James Sherman as a figure linked to Wall Street and labels the Republican platform as theater masking reform promises. It laments past sins of the party and urges independence from cotton interests, urging farmers to live at home and board at the same place.
Union News reports President Duckworth touring Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama to meet thousands of farmers. He discusses varied farming methods, noting many rely on the simple plow and grow only corn and cotton, and emphasizes home-based farming practices observed during the trip.
Georgia Fayette County official notice cites all creditors and next of kin to appear at the Ordinary’s office by law to show cause why permanent administration should not be granted to L L Haynes on the Martha Haynes estate. Dated June 1, 1908.
Georgia Fayette County announces Mrs M L Christian has applied for permanent administration of the estate of G G Raven. Creditors and next of kin are cited to appear at the Ordinary's office within the legally allotted time to show cause why administration should not be granted. Court date noted as the last day of June 1908.
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