11 May 1917
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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1917
Page
1
The notice lists preaching schedules for Baptist and other churches with names Rev L P Glave Rev A B Sanders and church groups and Sunday School times. It reports local social notes including residents visiting relatives, purchases of a Ford car, and cotton seed meat sacks payment offer by Faytteville Oil Co. Also mentions teacher and demonstration meetings and upcoming exams and graduations.
Judge Reagan of McDonough was in our city a short while Monday, meeting local officials and residents during a brief visit.
Local notes report the Redwine Brothers plan a two story brick office and general store on their lot with a three room first floor and a second floor for offices plate glass frontage described amid broader church and community reflections. Funds and notices policy discussed as community paper aims to cover items of general interest while noting death of Tom Reid at about age 55 and funeral details with tributes from neighbors and a cousin.
The Fayetteville High School commencement exercises are set with a Sunday sermon at the Methodist church by Rev. C. C. Heard, a Monday evening music recital, and a Tuesday 10 a.m. diplomas and promotion cards. Graduating seniors include James Edwards, Roy Stephens, Arthur Wallis, Meriam Beadles, Inez Guy, Lucy Murphy, Mabel McKinney, Nannie Lou Stell, Marie Travis, and Annie Ruth Stephens. The public is invited to attend.
A Sunday May 18 service at ten o clock features a processional, prayers, children’s songs, recitations by Opal Davis Walter Lee Torris Mildred Stell Lucy R. Murphy and others, a cradle roll roll call, Bible story, offering, and closing chorus. Everyone is invited to attend.
Aberdeen residents urge practical farming with peas and corn while sharing recent fishing trips and family visits. Dr. G. C. Tuggle stays in Atlanta. Dr. Wallis passes Tyrone. Mrs. J. W. Spratlin recovers from illness. Ham Williams improves after illness. Memorial singing at Flat Creek drew a large crowd and a fine dinner. singing school planned for J. W. Askew in August.
The article extols women’s competence in handling money, urging them to open small personal bank accounts. It notes many women already manage their own finances and warns against sole dependence on husbands or relatives, who may not always be present. It frames personal finance as empowering and practical.
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