City Mail Delivery Set to Begin in Newnan
The First Assistant Postmaster General has notified Mrs. W Y Atkinson that Newnan will establish city mail delivery on August 1 2006. The system will use three carriers a substitute and twenty three steel mail boxes citywide. An exam for carriers is scheduled in Newnan on June 16 with eligibility rules and a filing deadline of June 9. Salary scales are 6000 to 8600 yearly.
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W. Y. Atkinson
Poost
Newnan
Civil Service Commission
United States
George 8. Donnell
Fifth Civil Service District
Atlanta
Singer Picnic At Pearl Spring Park Highlighted By Barbecue
M. L. Duke district manager for the Singer Sewing Machine Company hosted a party at Pearl Spring Park last Tuesday. Guests included Singer men H. T. Phillips and B. A. Winkles from Newnan and numerous colleagues from Carrollton Bremen Fairburn Palmetto Senoia and Newnan. An elegant dinner was served with barbecue prepared by Mr. Moore the cue artist of Newnin.
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M. L. Duke
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Pearl Spring Park
Mr. Moore
Newnin
Singer
H. T. Phillips
8. G. Newman
Newnan
B. A. Winkles
Bremen
H. T. Henderson
A. Foster
E.G. Mitchell
J. G. Campbell
Carrollton
W. ©. Hopkins
Fairburn
W. A. Wallace
Palmetto
W. H. Brown
Senoia
Mr Pringle Called to Charleston for Mother's Illness
Mr W B Pringle was summoned to Charleston, D C, last Tuesday due to his mother's serious illness, prompting travel and family concern.
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W. B. Pringle
Charleston
D. C
McIntosh Mills For Newnan Adopted Name
Directors of Newnan cotton mills met in the courthouse and adopted the name McIntosh Mills. A committee on charter and by laws was appointed, and stockholders were called to meet on the first Tuesday in June to approve charter and by laws and apply for charter.
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Newnan
New Cotton Mills Company
New Mills
Newnan School Bonds Bill To Define Fees And Elections
Notice of local legislation in the Georgia General Assembly to amend the 1886 Newnan city school act. The bill aims to fix resident pupil matriculation fees, define eligible children, authorize bonds, regulate voter registration and elections, and other fiscal provisions. City Attorney A H H Freeman signs.
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General Assembly of Georgia
Newnan
Georgia
A. H H. Freeman
Rev W A Sears Visits Senoia Father in City
Rev W A Sears of Senoia visited his father Rev A N Sears in Griffin after the elder broke his right hip Sunday night. Miss Willie B Smith of Powder Springs and Miss Maude Pinson of Newnan, blue ribbon students at Monroe Female College, stayed with Miss Hattie Kelly overnight. Crestelle MacLeroy, Newnan elocutionist and impersonator, returned home from Culloden after delighting a large audience with her original recitation. she was accompanied by Miss Eula Jones who plans to visit relatives in Senoia.
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W. A. Sears
Senoia
A. ‘N. Sears
Willie B. Smith
Powder Springs
Maude Pinson
Newnan
Monroe Female College
Hattie Kelly
Crestelle MacLeroy
Culloden
Eula Jones
Wilkes County Captain Visits Son in Newnan
Capt. W. G. Barrett of Wilkes county is in Newnan visiting his son E. R. Barrett.
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Capt
W. G. Barrett
Wilkes County
Newnan
E. R. Barrett
New 34 000 spindle mill under rapid construction near Newnan
The Newnan Cotton Mills Co builds a 34 000 spindle mill about 2 1 2 miles from the city on the Central Railway. When finished it will have 9 000 more spindles than the 25 000 spindle current mill and bring roughly 1 000 people to the area. Contractors are T C Thompson Bros of Birmingham with W H Thompson supervising from the Virginia House. Buy your sidewalk tile from new Newnan Tile Works.
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Newnan Cotton Mills Co
Central
Georgia
Newnan
T. C. Thompson & Bros
Birmingham
W.H. Thompson
Virginia House
Closing Exercises At Newnan Public Schools Week Long
Public exercises at Newnan schools run Monday through Friday June 4 to 8 with oral exams in all grades, promotion cards and honor rolls, and an auditorium program including speeches by Stephens Society members and a gold medal contest.
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Newnan
The
Stephens Society of the Boys’ High School
A. R. Burdett
Milkmaids Convention Delights Audience With Musical Skits
Under Miss Helen Long’s supervision a new corps of entertainers staged a lively show Tuesday evening drawing a large crowd. The program featured Rollicking Comedy and songs by Mrs Goolsby and Miss Wright and Cole. Miss Long won the election for next chair, while Newnan reporters praised the event as top amateur entertainment in the area.
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Helen Long
Miss Long
Navarre
Mrs. Goolsby
Emily Wright
Ruth Cole
Medal for High School Oratorical Winner Forged by Local Artist
Mr H 8 Banta completed a handsome gold medal to be awarded to the winner of the Boys High School oratorical contest next week. The medal is donated by Newnan mayor Hon A R Burdett. Also advertised is sale of three 80 saw Winship machines and a Munger system with optional cash or time terms by Bb H Dial Newnan Ga R F D No 1.
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H.8. Banta
Newnan
A. R. Burdett
Munger
Bb. H. Dial
Newnan, Ga
Hoke Smith to Speak in Senoia Saturday Afternoon
Hoke Smith accepted an invitation to speak in Senoia, delivering his first Coweta county address next Saturday, June 2, at 2:30 PM. Citizens expect a large turnout from Coweta and Meriwether counties.
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Hlon. Hoke Smith
Senoia
Smith to Speak in Senoia Draws Big Crowd
Voters in Wether, Spalding and Fayette counties will hear Mr. Smith in Senoia. The Central train from Newnan will carry a large crowd arriving in time for the afternoon speech. His remarks focus on issues, with questions answered in his characteristic masterly manner.
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Wether
Spalding
Fayette
Mr. Smith
Senoia
Senolae
Newnan
Central
Benoia
Newnan Citizens to Convene on Chautauqua Plans
Newnan residents are urged to gather at the courthouse next Monday at 3 PM to discuss this year’s Chautauqua. Attendees will review new plans and features with the goal of a financially successful yet educational and entertaining mid summer assembly.
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Newnan
Court House
Southern Bell to Overhaul Newnan Telephone System
Local manager N. J. Moncriet says overhaul will start soon after material arrives. Superintendent Marpin visited Newnan and approved the plan to install an Atlanta style system with new phones, upgraded central office, and more operators. County lines to Roscoe Welcome and J W Bradley plantations will add home phones for Coweta residents.
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N. J. Moncriet
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Newnan
Marpin
Atlanta
Southern Bell
South
Roscou
Welcome
J. W. Bradley
P. Li. Sutherland
Coweta
Powerless Living Sermon at Presbyterian Church
Rev. ON Martindale will preach at 11 a m on Powerless Living and at 5 p m on Living with a Vim at the Presbyterian Church next Sabbath. Morning offering funds local home missions in Atlanta Presbytery. Prayer meeting Thursday night at 8 o'clock. Philip Orr returned home from Mercer University for summer vacation.
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Presbyterian Church
Martindale
Atlanta
Newnan Odd Fellows Lose Bid for Orphans' Home
Newnan Odd Fellows reported they won the contest for the orphans' home in Augusta last week but the Grand Lodge deferred action for a year. Macon opposed the bid and other cities urged nearby, with Newnan offering 10 000 for the institution if voted. Delegates backing other towns plus opponents of the project blocked final action, and Newnan will not bid next year.
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J. N. Orr
J.T. Williams
J. ©. Leach
A. Merck
Newnan Odd Fellows
Augusta
Georgia Grand Lodge
Newnan
Grand Lodge
Macon
Odd Fellows
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T. BE. Atkinson
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Thomas Stacy Capers
Bradley Burns Davis
Jewel Paver
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Mary Susan Milner
Frank Broch Orr
Mildred Lee Powel
Robert Rawson Stewart
Cary Pelham ‘Treadaway
the Milkmaids’ Convention
Belle Vernon King
Jersey
No Town
Hoke Smith
Mr.Smith
Coweta County
Meri
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Philip Orr
Mercer University
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