Farmers of County to Have Telephones
The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company plans rural service from Sandersville and Tennille to nearby farmers. A company representative will meet farmers expressing interest, signaling rapid southern growth in farm line telephones. Local church groups supported lease-system abolition, noting two years of advocacy for reform in the state.
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Sandersville
Tennells
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company
Tennille
South
Tennill
The
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Property valuations rise in Washington County despite panic
The 1908 tax returns show a notable increase in Washington County property valuations, despite recent financial upheaval. Overall up by eighty thousand dollars from last year, with about twenty thousand of the gain attributed to African American residents.
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Washington County
Georgia
Fat Men's Picnic Set for August Twentieth in Washington
The fourth annual Fat Men's Club of Washington county picnic and barbecue will be held Thursday August 20. Participants must weigh 185 pounds or more and notify secretary treasurer J M Armstrong Sandersville Ga. One dollar admits a gentleman and guest.
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Fat Men's Club
Washington County
J. M. Armstrong
Sandersville
Violet Rebekah Lodge No 9 Meeting Schedule
Violet Rebekah Lodge No 9 1 0 O F meets on the first and third Friday afternoons at four o'clock at the Lodge room Visitors welcome.
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Violet Rebekah
Duggan Receives Credit as Tax Digest Noted for Neatness
Senate committee killed Duggan proposed October election to choose judge and solicitor by popular vote. The tax digest Duggan completed for the Tax Collector is praised for accuracy and efficiency. Supporters and opponents debated the timing and politics of direct elections amid county sentiments and upcoming terms.
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J. H. Duggan
House of Representatives
Duggan
Senate
Joiner
Lord
Smith-Brown
Brown
Jury Revisers To Work This Week In Washington County
The jury revisers named Beall Walker Smith Graybill Frost and Webster will review lists this week to put them in proper shape. Also offering GF Mowing machines and parts for sale by M. H. Bran.
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Washington County
Messrs
O. H. H. Beall
C. O. Walker
T. N. Smith
L. A. Graybill
EB. R. Frost
A. J. Webster
Will Maupin on naming his mother in law
The excerpt quotes Nebraska poet Will Maupin advising on how to address a wife's mother. He recalls calling her Say in the first year of marriage then Grandma, reflecting on the sacred feel of the term Mother and personal experience with naming relatives. The piece appears in Everybody’s Magazine alongside light ads and notices.
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Will
Will Maupin
Nebraska
Maupin
Everybody’s Magazine
Anti Pass Law and Uncle Sam Mix Up in Georgia
Atlanta date Aug 5 Chairman McLennon of the Railroad Commission was asked to rule on whether a street railway may carry United States mail carriers under a bulk contract. The Georgia Railroad and Electric Company holds a federal contract paying a lump sum annually. The contract expires August 31 and could be renewed only with a commission ruling. If not approved, carriers may have to walk.
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Atlanta
McLennon
Railroad Commission
United States
Georgia Railroad & Electric Comepany
Blodgett
Commission
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