07 Sep 1905
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Newspaper
Sandersville Herald
Location
Sandersville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
1
A three year old Jersey cow with a five month old calf is producing three gallons of milk daily at present, while the calf is young, the cow previously yielded four gallons. Also mentioned are a few very fine Belgian cows.
A Scarborough studio promotes a September offer for portraits with reduced sizes and prices. The advert invites customers to bring friends and have likenesses captured, noting scaled pricing for smaller formats.
A large county audience gathered as Superior Court opened with prayer. Judge Parker condemned blind tigers gamblers dynamiters of fish and tax dodgers and urged strict enforcement of the Calvin vagrancy law. He advised jurors to evaluate property values pensions and eligibility while noting wider state concerns and inviting visiting attorneys from several cities.
An attorney at a superior court session joked at the unusual crowd of judges ex judges legislators and would be judges. Notables included B T Rawlings A T Parker Beverly Evans James K Hines Roger L Gamble Hines Gamble Evans Rawlings Parker Taliferro J K Hyman Matthews and others with politicians Slaton Lawrence Safford Duggan Walker and ex representatives. The event featured a mock tally of rivalries including Rawlings vs Saffold as they argued motions. Joe Hall is expected today and more candidates may drop in for a lively political year.
Washington county faces a surge of divorces with twenty cases on the term docket. Judge Parder warns that advancing costs have not curbed filings, describing the trend as a menace to the region and likening the county to a growing divorce mill.
A labeled notice from Sandersville offers a lightly used McCormick mower and a McCormick rake for sale. The seller, N B Bateman, quotes a total price of 40 dollars for both items. The brief public-sale style notice indicates casual local commerce.
Last Wednesday's municipal election produced a full ticket sweep total 78 votes. Mayor D L Cheatham and Aldermen M R Tucker Mack Dugan F M Arnau W A Bell and F Stacer with City Treasurer M D Jamerson were sworn in. Cheatham begins a third term.
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