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Newspaper
Sandersville Herald
Location
Sandersville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
3
Hetty Green argues the scarcest asset is a thoroughly reliable man. She says young men err by trying to do too many things and fail to master any one skill, while the reliable worker who adds value beyond expectations earns higher pay. A small Indiana town tale adds a local joke about a family nicknamed “the game family.”
Washington County briefs report B D Chambers harvesting 67 bushels per acre and W T Tompkins selling wheat. A new flour mill by Thomas Warthen at Warthen launches, boosting farming by near mills. Fire alarm, commencements, and Peabody Institute progress shown. Community schools, teachers, and a 15 year old student tall at 6 feet 1 inch highlighted.
The census work starts tomorrow with enumerators appointed to cover country and smaller cities by July 1. The Herald lists appointments including W. E. Martin, Chester, Boatright, Tabernagle, Tisher, Harrison, Newsome, Davis, Hattaway, and others to various towns such as Sanderaville, Hebron, Deepatep, Warthen, Tennille, and Riddleville, with endurance to complete their tasks.
Sandersville residents and relatives from Augusta Dublin Macon and Savannah visit family here. Mentions travels to Charleston Louisville Milledgeville and Athens, with local leaders and former residents noted. A local editor and teacher joins Houston High School Journal duties while church services and concerts attract attendees.
The article notes a needlework revival as an art form with demand for photographs of sofa pillows. The Ladies' Home Journal reports overwhelming submissions, surprising judges with the artistic quality of the pieces. The journal plans pages featuring fifty top sofa-pillows and more work appears to be done in needlecraft.
The notice from Savannah states Miss Annie Comer of that city will marry Hon Clark Howell Jr editor of the Atlanta Constitution at the bride's mother's home in Savannah on July 12. After the ceremony they will travel to New York and then sail for Europe. Comer was the daughter of the late H M Comer once president of the Central of Georgia Railway and a leading state figure.
Notices warn against selling items charged to the husband and mention a slave’s freedom tale. A household with typhoid pneumonia deaths in Tabernacle is described, with a mayoral or church context. The piece lists patent medicine ads, tax receiver schedules, and postwar period notices. It notes illness, deaths, and charitable appeals from the Johnson family.
Blacksmith and wood work offered by H. M. Little at the same stand. The rental indicates unified operations with prompt satisfaction guaranteed.
Elwell Neely, 18, shot Moses Holmes, a negro farm hand, after Holmes attacked Miss Neely and brandished a knife. In a struggle Elwell fired his gun, killing Holmes and ending a confrontation that began with the earlier assault on Neely’s sister. The coroner's jury acquitted Elwell.
In the United States district court a petition was filed by Mrs. E G Coffman W D Manley and C B Wrenn seeking an involuntary bankruptcy of the Georgia Handle company E G Coffman general manager and chief stockholder disappeared after leaving to Macon to handle insurance matters on the BBR Wilingham plow factory interests He has not returned and lawyers Felder and Rountree have tried to locate him with no success, raising concerns for his safety.
Atlanta carpenters and joiners strike after 600 members of the Atlanta District Council refuse to work. They demand an eight hour day, a minimum wage of 2 dollars per day, overtime at one half the minimum and double time on holidays, with union labor required.
Miss Florence Irene Leonard of Arlington Georgia visited Niagara Falls and was locked in the 800 foot observation tower overnight. A fierce storm drenched her as the elevator car was left locked by the on duty superintendent who forgot she remained inside. She was found nearly dead from exposure and fright.
Macon reports a plan to replace the government building with a 500000 dollar project after Judge Speer residence changes. A Bartlett petition urges congress to fund the erection of a much larger facility amid ongoing renovations.
In Washington County Georgia the Ordinary's Office notes appraisers have filed their return to allot a year's support to Elmira Thomas and her infant child from the estate of Tom Thomas deceased. All interested must appear at the Court of Ordinary on the first Monday in July to show cause why the return should not be approved and made the court's judgment. Dated May 80, 1900. Signed M Newman Ordinary.
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