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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
4
A Fayette County statement praises orderly justice in the Jim Bennett case, urging against lynching after his murder of a local citizen and wounding another. The piece lauds Sheriff Brown for protecting the accused and asserts mob law would worsen crime and stain the county.
The piece defends the local court system after a harsh verdict and praises Fayette county for orderly conduct and fair trials. It emphasizes loyalty to law, safety of property and life, and the community’s steadiness in facing legal outcomes. It also promotes Beers Laxative Cough Syrup and DeWitt's With Hazel Salve sold by local drug firms.
Demand floods in as railroads expand and lines extend. Enroll now. four to six months to qualification for promising roles. Telegraph operators earn from 50 dollars and up. Our twenty year established school offers up-to-date facilities with guaranteed outcomes. Board in Newnan affordable. town noted for cordial people. Two main line railroad wires connect to our rooms. Write for free literature.
Hundreds attest to Pineules relief for kidney trouble rheumatism and backache. The medicine purifies the kidneys and tones the system promising a renewed, healthier feeling. Sold by Fayetteville.
For sale forty acres of land near Coxs bridge with two tenant houses and twenty eight acres of open land. Most of it is fresh land and suitable for a young man seeking a home. See G. T. Cox at once.
Excellence is the keynote of Sparks shows as he secured top acts like DuRell Mendoza Mayo troupe Millette Family Gardella Sisters Aerial Valentinos and Kioto Japanese troupe. Two performances will be given at Fayetteville Monday Oct 5 with trained animals clowns and novelty acts.
125 acres in Hopeful District north county known as the James Boyd place. Will sell all together or in small divisions. Well improved farming land in a good settlement. Contact J. E. Thornton or J. L. Boyd, Route 3, Fairburn, Georgia.
For sale 350 acres of improved farming land now in cultivation including a four horse farm. Located within 2 miles of Central railroad and north of Brooks Station in Georgia. Price one thousand dollars cash with balance on liberal terms. Apply J. T. Arnall Senoia Ga for details.
To those with kidney and bladder trouble, backache, rheumatism Pineules for the Kidneys bring relief in the first dose. Hundreds testify to their health and tonic properties. 30 days trial one dollar. They purify the blood. Sold by Fayetteville Drug Co.
September 1 1908 Fayette County Georgia a tax levy ordered by the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for school purposes across several districts with specific per hundred property rates. Woolsey 87548 at 50 cents, Brooks 88404 at 50 cents, Bethany 29942 at 40 cents, Sandy Creek 38423 at 50 cents, Glenn Grove 40621 at 40 cents, Mitchell Hill 28500 at 40 cents. Clerk J W Culpepper signs the order.
The document records a divorce complaint Lou Welch versus C C Welch and a Fayette County administration notice. It cites court deadlines for appeal in September 1908 and requires appearance of the defendant, with official statements by Judge E J Reagan and clerk J W Graham. It also notes A O Turner seeking permanent administration on J Z Gray’s estate with a citation to creditors and kin.
Application filed to obtain leave to sell land of Martha Haynes estate for debts and distribution. Hearing set at the regular Fayette County Court of Ordinary on the first Monday in October 1908. L. L. Haynes admi nistrator of Martha Haynes estate authenticated September 7, 1908.
The September Term 1908 of Fayette County Georgia sets an 87 cent per hundred levy on $1,219,259 in taxable property to cover county debts courthouse and jail repairs sheriff fees jurors poor relief road maintenance and public works totaling 10,607 55. The ordinance itemizes seven specific purposes and their per hundred rates.
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