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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
4
An editorial urges typhoid prevention amid county cases. It cites hygiene, clean water, and careful food handling, warns about water contamination and the role of flies, and stresses distilled or uncontaminated water. It notes nursing quality affects outcomes and warns against reliance on luck.
A large audience attended a last Saturday educational rally at Bethany despite threatening weather. Prof. J. D. Smith presided with Rev. Gaines giving the opening prayer. L. P. Smith praised the event, Campbell county schools led by Bethsadia and Stonewall excelled, and four medals were awarded to top pupils from Stonewall Bethany Kenwood and other schools.
The Fayette County Singing Convention met with Glenn Grove and opened under Vice president J. W. Askew. Rev. C. J. Short led devotion as plans set for two yearly meetings, next at Antioch church in May, with leadership listed and praise for good order and improved results.
A long roster of jurors is listed including K. B. Banks W. N. Bearden P. Gibson T. M. Murphy and C. P. Jones among many others. The document shows numerous names spanning multiple families and streets with few details about the case or voir dire.
125 acres of well improved farming land in Hopeful District northern county area known as the James Boyd place. Property offered for sale as a whole or in small divisions. Located in a good settlement. Contact J. E. Thornton or J. L. Boyd Route 3 Fairburn Ga.
Complaint for divorce filed in Fiyette County Georgia naming Lou Welch as plaintiff and C C Welch as defendant. Defendant is ordered to appear in person or by attorney at the superior court on the third Monday in September to answer the complaint. Judge E J Reagan presiding. clerk J W Graham signed.
Georgia Fayette County notice to all creditors and kin of J Z Gray that A O Turner has applied for permanent Letters of Administration on Gray's estate. Citizens must appear at the Ordinary's office within the legal time to show cause why administration should not be granted. Witness S B Lewis Ordinary dated September 7 1908.
Georgia Fayette County notice that the estate of Martha Haynes seeks leave to sell land to pay debts and distribute assets. The application will be heard at the ordinary’s court on the first Monday in Oct 1908. L L Haynes administrator with will annexed requests the order.
Fayette County Georgia September Term 1908 levies taxes on the 1908 taxable property at 87c per hundred dollars totaling 10,607.55 to fund public debt courts roads poor and other county needs. J. W. Culpepper, Clerk B. C. C. signs the order.
Mr and Mrs W J Stevens thank friends for attention during the long dances of their little boy and for kindness during their hour of bereavement. Their sympathy and assistance will not be forgotten.
September 1 1908 notice outlines property tax rates for multiple Fayette County school districts Woolsey Brooks Bethany Sandy Creek Glenn Grove and Mitchell Hill. Levy funds support public schools with rates ranging from 40 to 50 cents per 100 of property value and lists district property totals and the clerk J W Culpepper.
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