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Newspaper
Newnan News
Location
Newnan, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
5
Visitors and residents from Newnan and surrounding areas are listed with where they came from and what they did, including doctors, lawyers, and merchants. Several announcements mention holidays, sales, and local events, with notes on health, property, and upcoming church activities. Local businesses advertise goods and services, while residents travel to Atlanta, Rome, and Florida for various reasons.
City Court will continue sessions this week with a busy docket. Summary so far through Thursday shows cases including Rawls estate of Mary Sewell, Bradley & Banks v Robertson, Atlantic Compress Co. v Burdetts, gambling and drunkenness pleas with fines or six months, and several continued matters involving the Atkinson and Harris suits.
A small but carefully chosen collection of high end gifts is showcased. Lockets emblem pins and hat pins join unique patterns and exquisite decorations making the display highly attractive for May gifting.
A vendor promotes hand-made Japanese dresser scarfe center pieces and doilies as gifts. The offer highlights belts and handkerchiefs suitable for customers seeking durable Beat Stock items.
The record shows verdicts and sentences including George Sims guilty of malicious mischief with fines and costs, Spencer Caldwell guilty of selling liquor with penalties, Lint Newell guilty of wife beating with penalties, and cases continued to the second week. Bailiffs elected for districts one through six named.
Last Saturday saw bailiff elections in six Coweta districts with polls open. In districts lacking elections, justices and notaries public will appoint bailiffs upon vacancies after January 1 1907. The six contested districts elected unopposed winners.
The service at Uncle Ike Smith's Sunday afternoon drew a good crowd. G B Pope and family visited relatives at Kedron. Mrs J C Lewis of Rock Spring spent time here Saturday. Curtis Askew of Union Grove and Rosa Hammock attended Line Creek singing. Mrs H N Hammett stayed with daughter F T Spearman last week. Johnnie Overby and son William from Newnan visited Tuesday. Willie and Lillian Bagwell visited sister Mrs Will Phillips at Palmetto Sunday.
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