Social notes reveal a busy round of visits and travel
Forsyth, Stark, McDonough, Flovilla, and nearby towns figure in a long social column. Residents including Etheridge, Andrews, Terrell, Butner, Smith, McCord, Harris, and many others are noted across dates this week. A large funeral for Mrs. Ida Thaxton closes the piece with lines on faith and community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N. Etheridge
Forsyth
O. A. Andrews
Stark
Frank
Etheridge
McDonough
J. W. Terrell
Flovilla
W. E. Butner
Worthville
Lawrence Crawford
A. H. Smith
J. B. Settle
Lincoln on Negro Status in 1858 Debate
The piece recalls Abraham Lincoln's remarks from the 1858 Illinois debate with Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln states no support for voting rights or office for Negroes and rejects intermarriage, asserting a persistent physical difference and a belief in a superior white position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincon
Stephen A. Douglas
Illinois
Mr. Lincoln
Juro
Reflections and Maxims from a 19th Century Column
A compilation of aphorisms on love money fashion and gender relations printed in a New York Press column. The sayings contrast male and female behavior with humorous generalizations and social observations.
Fresh Bread at Allen & Co.
The notice mentions Fresh Bread at Allen & Co and lists several residents and visitors. Mrs Adah Roberts and Mrs J S Johnson are noted with family ties to Mr Roberts on a prospecting tour. Raymond and R T Carmichael spent Sunday in Forsyth. Luther Carters friends learn he is critically ill at home. Mrs T W Moore of Pittmans Ferry visits Mrs Z T Buttrill for a conference. Mrs J A Pittman and daughter Nettie Ray attend Bible Conference. Prof J T Jolly to arrive from Bainbridge to visit his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Etheridge
Houston County
H.S. Williams
Richwood
R. G. Bryans
Second Street
Laura Holifield
Lithonia
J. M. Trapp
Iron Spring
John McCallum
Burnie Murphy
Jonesboro
J. Joiner
B. C. Milton
N. R. McCord
Fannie Boyt Smith
McDonough
Col
Ernest Smith
J. M. Kinard
Towaliga
John McCalun
R. E
Laura
Bonnie Woodward
McKibben
W. M. Taylor
Berta Talmage
Brunswick
Berta Malone
Monticello
Lucile Pope
M.J. Lasseter
Johns
Edgar
Eatonton
Bob Thompson
John Stallworth
Fifteenth
Atlanta
Earl Hooten
Harben Miller
Shreveport
Monroe
John Miller
George A. Letford
H. EF. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
ARGUS
Nell Higgins
O. Ham
J. R
Adah Roberts
J.S. Johnson
Roberts
Jackson
Raymond
R. T. Carmichael
Forsyth
Luther Carter
T. W. Moore
Pittman’s Ferry
Z. T. Buttrill
J. A
Southern Wreck Near Juliette Claims Multiple Fatalities
A high speed head on collision occurred three hundred yards south of Juliette between a southbound Atlanta to Macon passenger train and a freight train. Engineer James T. Pittman and fireman Ed West were killed instantly. Dozens injured including Isaac Bashinski Mrs Bashinski Ben Pearson Judge M B Gerry J B Hendricks F K Lillard R O Cochran H S Penny Mrs J G Early Mrs Dora Nichols Robert Nichols A D Williams E P Johnson James Green and others. Conductor Elcott was slightly hurt. The crash followed a brake check when both crews anticipated the impact. Passengers were moved to Juliette station then to Macon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Atlanta
Macon
Juliette
Isaac Bashinski
Bashinski
Ben Pearson
M. B. Gerry
J. B. Hendricks
Jackson
F. K. Lillard
R. O. Cochran
H.S. Penny
J. G. Early
Dora Nichols
Robert Nichols
A.D. Williams
E. P Johnson
James Green
Gailey
Elcott
Walter J. Brown
M. N. Mixon
Rome
Pittman
Southern Railway Schedule From Macon to Jackson
Trains from Macon to McDonough and Atlanta pass Jackson, Ga. No. 9 daily at 9:38 a.m. No. 15 daily at 2:47 p.m. No. 7 daily at 8:45 p.m. No. 61 except Sunday at 10:25 a.m. From Atlanta to Macon and Brunswick pass Jackson No. 16 daily 7:04 a.m. No. 8 daily 1:17 p.m. No. 10 daily 5:42 p.m. No. 62 except Sunday 12:42 p.m. Through trains to Jacksonville and Florida via Jesup. Close connections at Atlanta for all points North, East or West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Macon
McDonough
Atlanta
Jackson
Brunswick
Jacksonville
Florida
Jesup
Doctor Fisk’s smoking ban at Northwestern Prep faces scrutiny
The Chicago Record-Herald reports Dr. Fisk vows to expel any boy who cannot quit smoking and offers to refund tuition. He cites years of statistics claiming smokers lag in scholarship, with two percent of boys smoking yet none in good standing, while thirty-seven percent of smokers rank in the lowest quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Normal School
Butts
Southern Educational Conference
the Normal
Georgia
George Peabody
Peabody
North
Normal
Oth
Frisk
Northwestern Preparatory School
Doctor Fisk
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alice Turner
Estelle Carmichael
Nadine Leach
J. L. Ware
W.J. Harris
Allen and
Isther
Indian Spring
Augusta Chittenden
Tallahassee
Fla
Mary Newton
Jennie
Lucile
Dovie Bryans
Henry Bass
Griffin
Mr. Bass
Tennessee
W. J. Harris
Ida Thaxton
J. M. Thaxton
Whaxton
Christ
Methodist Church
Concord
Presbyterian Church
Christian Church
Allen & Co.’s
Lincoln
Allen &Co.’s
New York Press
Allen & Co
James T. Pittman
Ed West
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
M. E. Church South
J. B. Robins
L. E. Fariss
J. R. Miller
Annie Manley
Franklin
Zebulon
Fariss
Cause of Missions
E. A. Gray
Conference Society
Henderson
Oxford
Gray
Foreign Missionary Society
General Board of Missions
The
Old Town
Bevil
Bucklen
Harris Drug Co
Jackson Argus
Eureka
Standard Oil
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