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Newspaper
Sandersville Herald
Location
Sandersville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
9
Local social page catalogs visits and departures across Sandersville and nearby towns. Residents travel to Raleigh, Dublin, Athens, Athens area, Chattanooga, Wrightsville, and Darien while guests stay with families in Archerton, Davisboro, and Milledgeville. A real estate ad promotes four Sandersville residences for sale.
The speaker informs Dr Holliman they will be out of the city from next week until Friday night.
A life size portrait of William Jennings Bryan hangs in the Holt Building over the First National Bank as young men in the area spread word of forming a Bryan campaign club. Local Democrats foresee growing support and hope to help secure victory for the Democratic leader.
Mr J R Hitt has added a complete stock of groceries to his market business and is ready to supply patrons with anything in the grocery or market lines.
The Model Barber Shop relocates from the Julida Hotel to a new site opposite the Post Office and begins shaving at 10 cents. Also advertised are labeled Hokey-Pokey items sold by W. B. Lingo in Sandersville and Tennille, mower repairs, and Never Fail oil priced at $1.10 per gallon.
The Herald announces readiness for the fall campaign with two extra job printers joining Henano, bringing three skilled workers. Mail orders welcomed and guaranteed high grade printing with prompt delivery. To avoid rush, orders should be placed early, as local plant can handle large orders quickly and produce printing equal to any Georgia plant.
The fall Tennille Institute will begin Monday August 31 with a faculty led by N H Johnson A B Principal and several assistants in grammar music and business studies. Board members include Iverson Lord president J C Harman secretary and others. City court jurors drawn for fourth Monday in August listed by name. Wiley and Perrys Mixture Coffee advertised at 25 cents a pound.
James Wiley, once a Daylight Corner salesman, is manager of a new grocery business occupying the former W L Doolittle building on the east side of the public square. His father is a partner in the firm which offers staple and fancy groceries and aims to capture a good share of the trade.
Mrs. Emily Jane Mills, wife of J T Mills, died at her Tennille area home Tuesday morning at 8. She had been ill for two years and was 54. Burial was at Mt Moriah Cemetery Wednesday at 10, with Rev Mobley officiating.
Arthur S. Bussey, editor of the Wrightsville Chronicle and noted lawyer, moves to Ashburn in Turner county to serve as executor of his estate and practice law. The community laments his departure but praises his fearless writing and contributions to journalism and public life.
Advertising snippet lists mowing machines and parts for sale by M. H. Bran and Cherry Balsam for coughs and colds. Mentions Sandersville Drug Co as a source. Notes the simmer cold yields readily.
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