Local Happenings and a Busy Week in Jackson
The Argus reports on fires in Willington and Greensboro, new patent news, military drills, and local moving notices. It notes legal actions, school resignations and replacements, a Truitt cotton stalk yielding nine bales per acre, Thanksgiving services, and social gatherings with family and guests in Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argus
Leach
Joe I. Jay
Butts County Court
Senate
Sherod Pope
Col. Y. A. Wright
THE
Usua Shriner
R. S. Brown
Annie Stanfield
Third Street
Rose Carmichael
Brown
Cliff Carmichael
Q. T
W. H. Fletcher
W. J. Bunn
Willington
S. C
Greensboro
Ala
Jackson
Elizabeth Vardeman
Atlanta
Louis Banger & Co
Washington, D. C
Elisha S. Winn
Elisha
Starr
Jackson Rifles
R. A. Franklin
Frank Outhouse
Franklin
Board of Education
Daisy Gray
Taylor Watson
Miss Watson
School of Expression
McGibony
J. H.ham
Ham
Chicago
Pittsburg
Beauchamp of
Butts
McIntosh Reserve
Moses
Coweta
Beauchamp
Data
Social whirl evident in local visits and travels
The column lists numerous residents visiting Atlanta for events and holidays. George Mallet, Tom Buttrill, Robert Brooks, Bluma Carmichael, Alice Maddox, Maida Williams, Dr. R. G. Bryans, Obe Hendricks, Frank Shelton, W. M. Taylor and clerks, Carrie Maddox, Julia and Annie Ball, J. W. Andrews, Threatt Moore, Ernest Combs, Maida Williams, Pearl Stallworth, Mrs. S. B. Kinard, J. A. McMichael, Senator Atkinson, Beauchamp, Robert Strickland, Troy Willis, Roggyroth, Lucy Plunket, Minnie Clotfelter, Elizabeth Vardeman, Lucy Nichols, Moon Mercantile Co, Mary Heflin, Willie Land, Adele Nutt, Rosalie Carmichael.
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George Mallet
Atlanta
Yeterniay
Tom Buttrill
Gate City
Poursday
Robert Brooks
Griffin
Bluma Carmichael
Cincinnati
Alice Maddox
High Falls
Maida Williams
R. G. Bryans
Obe Hendricks
Frank Shelton
W. M. Taylor
Carrie Maddox
W.M. Taylor
Julia
Annie Ball
McDonough
The
Argus
J. W. Andrews
Col. Threatt Moore
Ernest Combs
Locust Grove
Pearl Stallworth
B. Kinard
J. M. Kinard
Towaliga
J. A. McMichael
Senator Atkinson
Representative Beauchamp
Robert Strickland
J. M. Crawford
Troy Willis
Roggyroth
Fortunes of Readers and Bible Line at Book & Novetty
A catalog snippet advertises titles including Hearts Courageous Gabriel Tolliver Castle Craneycrow Temporal Power Fortunes of Oliver Horne and The Virginian from Book & Novetty Co. plus a yearn for a full Holman Bible line at Boox & Novetty Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearts Courageous
Gabriel Tolliver
Castle Craneycrow
Temporal Power
Oliver Horne
the Virginian
Local Social News From Decatur and Nearby Towns
Agnes Scott College remains in Decatur with Rosalie staying with her sister until Monday. The Argus notes a cash renewal from W B Collins. Col Ernest Smith of McDonough visited the city this Sunday. Several residents, including J G Kimbell of Jenkinsburg and Mrs Ernest Smith of McDonough, were seen in town. Various families hosted visitors and traveled to nearby cities for Thanksgiving and conferences.
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Agnes Scott College
Decatur
Rosalie
Argus
W.B. Collins
Col
Ernest Smith
McDonough
A. H. Smith
Levi Spencer
J.G. Kimbell
Jenkinsburg
J. W. Fletcher
James O. Beauchamp
Misses Rose
Tennie Brownlee
Powell
Migs Mittie
J.T. Bryan
Eastman
Charlie Thomas
Florida
Emma Mallet
Annie Crawley
Y. A. Wright
Annie Manly
Atlanta
Pat Newton
James Etheridge
Robert Etheridge
Cliff Carmichael
Ernest Hanes
Robert Carmichael
R. L. Smith
Annie McCalla
Martha Brown
Wesleyan College
Macon
Claud Hutcheson
City Democratic Committee Meets Dec 1 to Nomination Plans
The City Democratic Executive Committee overseen by L J Ball J R Carmichael J A Jarrell F Z Curry and Y A Wright is called to meet in the chairperson's office Monday December 1 at 3 pm to decide time and method for nominating candidates in the upcoming city election. Y A Wright chairman. Also a display notice urges visiting Hanes Jeweler’s show window through January 1 1903. A classified ad seeks trustworthy manager in each county with weekly cash salary and expenses paid from Chicago headquarters.
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Beau
Sina
Parry Lee
Bob Lyons
Democratic Executive Committee
Wright
England
Old City
J. W. McCord
McCord
Argus
Maryland
C. S. Maddox
The
Jackson
Joseph Carmichael
LeVerte Pope
Sadie Hitchins
Adele Nutt
Ethel Goodman
Lotte Crawford
Bessie Bryan
Lucy Nichols
Bessie
Maggie Belle Thaxton
Dollie McKibben
Olin Barfield
Tom McKibben
Ernest Combs
Jim Etheridge
Earl Hooten
Charley Kimbell
Troy Willis
Walker Minter
James Furlow
J. Lee Byron
Mittie Powell
Eastman
Misses Mittie Powell
Gertrude Johnson
Beth Hitchins
Bessie Thaxton
Ethe Goodman
Minnie Browning
Nora Johnson
Lotge Crawford
Messrs
Beverly Roberts
George Mallet
Clarence Henry
Otis Ball
John Ham
Butts
Vaughan
Amiens
Annie A Ins Crum
Laura Daughtry
Newton
Rosie Carmichael
Davie Fletcher
City Democratic Executive Committee
L. J. Ball
J. R. Carmichael
J. A. Jarrell
F. Z. Curry
Y. A. Wright
Ch’n
Caxton
Chicago
Albums Line Up Noted With New Book and Novel
A neat sequence of albums arrives alongside a book and a novel titled TX. The items showcase a blend of music and literature, with no prices or authors listed in the fragment.
Letters of Administration in Butts County Georgia
In Butts County Georgia Alex Saunders Jr applies for permanent administration of the estate of Alex Saunders Sr. The notice cites all creditors and next of kin to appear at the administrator’s office within the legally allotted time to show cause why permanent administration should not be granted. Witness dated November 3, 1902. Ordivary H Ham.
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Alex Saunders, Jr
Alex Saunders
H. Ham
Ordivary
Guardian seeks sale of ward land in Jasper County Georgia
Prudie L Plymate guardian for Riley B Flymale announces request to the Superior Court of Burrs County to sell 120 acres in Jasper County Georgia. The sale aims to reinvest proceeds and will take place December 6, 1902 between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the courthouse.
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Ward
Prudie L. Plyma.ae
Guardian
Sheriff Sale of 100 Acre Land Tract in Jackson
Sheriff will sell before the Courthouse door in Jackson on the first Tuesday in December 1902 during sale hours to the highest bidder for cash the 100 acre tract in the 616th District GM Sal County where defendant J B Holifield resides. It is levied under a mortgage fi fa issued by Butts Superior Court in September 1885 to Lucian Goddard and adjoins John L Barnett Austin Smith and Julia Lee. Tenant in possession notified. October 6 1902. J M Crawford, Sheriff.
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Georgia
Butts County
Jackson
Sal County
John L. Barnett
Austin Smith
Julia Lee
J.B Holifield
Butts Superior Court
Said County
Lucian Goddard
J. B Holifield
J.M. Crwford
Foreclosure Sale Notice in Butts County Georgia
Special Commissioner EWIS B. HERRINGTON will sell at the courthouse door in Butts County Georgia on December 2 1902 between 10 AM and 4 PM for cash the lands described in the 1902 decree in F E J Emmons vs G W Ray. The property includes Lot 140 in the 1st District and multiple tracts totaling about 540 1 4 acres with boundaries and purchasers to be subject to court confirmation.
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Circuit Court of the United States
Southern District of Georgia
F E. J. Emmons
G. W. Ray
I. Lewis B. Herrington
Morta
Butte County
Georgia
Henry
Butts County
Mra. I. Cawthorn
Mr. Burford
Thomas P. Atkinson
Lewis M. Atkinson
J. A.C. Wynn
Alex Atkinson
Hattie KE. Atkinson
Thomas H. Greer
Geora
Ewis B. Herrington
Smith, Hammond & Smith
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Marguerite Fletcher
Ruth Carmichael
Joel Mallet
Lillie Harmon
Charlie Bailey
Estelle Gilmore
Fannie Rus Biles
Nell Hendrick
Lida May McKibben
Elizabeth Sams
Ned Furlow
Merritt Bailey
Julia Thornton
Delana Lunquest
Elsie Caston
Lilla Watkins
Myrtle Harris
Ed Henderson
Oscar Willis
Otis Ham
Joe Benson
Clarence Thompson
Ida Ogletree
Pitts McKibben
Clayton Thaxton
Julia Brown
Arnie England
Green Williams
Thalma Gilmore
J. S. Tarrar
Cedartown
Thalma
George Gilmore
J. Tarrar
Seaboard Airline Railway
Auditolurm
Boox & Novetry Co
Hanes
Wyley J. James
Nancy E. James
Marshall County
Alabama
Court of Ordinary
J H. Ham
Sheriff's
United States Circuit Court
Usimess College
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