Election results in Dooly County show low turnout
The election passed quietly in Dooly with about 860 votes cast. Ryan led with 607 votes, Taft 271, Watson 87, and Prohibitionist 2. Pension amendment passed 478 to 91, Rural Police amendment 419 to 157. Ballot by district shows scattered tallies across towns.
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Dooly
Ryan
Taft
Watson
Prohibitioniat
Eeu
Taft Watson
Nadlilla
Inehurst
Jente
Salty Ar
Marriage of W. C. Wells and Georgia Gammage
Last Sunday at 10 in the morning Mr. W C Wells of Cordele married Ms Georgia Gammage near Tippettville with Rev Nelson officiating. The groom is son of Wells, manager of Hutchinson Lumber and Supply Co in Cordele. The bride, formerly Miss Boatright, lived near Tippettville. They left for Jacksonville on honeymoon. friends wish them happiness.
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W.C. Wells
Thieity
Georgia Gammage
Ippettville
Services at Pleasant Valley Church This Weekend
Pleas ant Valley church will hold preaching on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday at 11 o clock Rev. Chas Lane, noted preacher and lecturer, will deliver a sermon. He is a fine preacher and it will be worth going miles to hear him. Dinner will be served on the grounds. Everybody invited.
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Pleasant Valley Church
Chas, Lane
Festival to Benefit New School at Powell Plantation
A festival will be held Friday night November 18 at the new school house on J. Frank Powell's plantation about six miles southwest of the city. Proceeds go to the benefit of the new school building.
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J. Frank Powell
House and Lot for Sale in Vienna
T have a house and lot for sale in Vienna. House contains five rooms and half while the lot consists of an acre of land. Plenty of room for another residence. See me at once. Vienna Cot ton Oil Co. We are in the market for seeds and remnants of cotton and will pay the highest cash prices.
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Vienna
T. A. Adkins
Lotton Seed
Vienna Cotton Oil Co
A Cotton Factory Nursed for Vienna’s Boom
The News urges Vienna to back a cotton mill capitalized at 100000 to 200000, arguing it would boost employment, raise merchant trade, lift property values, and draw capital. It highlights two possible sites near rail lines, notes wage payroll benefits, and invites local citizens to invest when opportunities and dividends are framed as vital for the town’s future.
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Vienna
Georgia
Fair Grounds
Dooly
Vienne
Court to reconvene as term ends this week
Superior Court will reconvene Monday morning to hear the criminal docket, expected to complete the term and adjourn by week’s end. The grand jury adjourned until Tuesday morning. A new committee will be appointed to inspect county officers’ books after the prior committee failed to do so.
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Doory Superior Court
How to Relax Through Shaking Stretching and Breathing
A fragment on relaxing muscles outlines three helps shaking finger movements like a flag, stretching via a wall press and deep breaths, noting exhalation promotes rest. It then oddly pivots to a local sale ad declaring a final business career sale at Hill Department Store Montezuma Ga on Thursday the 12th at nine o'clock.
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Hill's Department Store
Montezuma Ga
Farmers' Union to Meet in Unadilla on November 7
The Farmers' Union announces its next meeting in Unadilla on November 7 at 10 o'clock. Important business will be discussed.
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Farmers’ Union
Unadilla
For Sale Fourmule and horse cash or notes
For sale four good mules and a horse offered by W. J. Page of Byromville Georgia. Terms cash or good note. Also notice of Hill's Department Store celebration sale in Montezuma Georgia opening Thursday November 12 at 9 o'clock.
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W. J. Page
Byromville, Ga
Dynamite destroys small Mormon church near Montress
Tucker Ga Nov 4 A large charge of dynamite exploded under the little Mormon church near Montress Monday night wrecking the building. No one was nearby, and authorities have no concrete leads. Residents heard the blast and two miles around felt the shock. More than forty dynamite sticks lay unexploded in the ruins. The church, formerly a schoolhouse, had been recently bought and refurbished with new chairs and paint. The deed shocks many who opposed the church’s presence.
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Tucker
Little Mormon
Montress
In Memory of Julia Peterman In Reynolds Georgia
On August 29 1908 Julia Peterman died after a long illness of consumption She was a Baptist Christian and devoted mother with four children Her funeral notes speak of patient faith and the church’s loss becoming heaven s gain Born April 16 1876 she lived 82 years 4 months 14 days The Vienna Cotton Oil Co invites readers to carry seed cotton for top prices
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Julia Peterman
Reynolds
The
Baptist Church
Earth
Evan
Jewel
J. Apkins
Alma
Bearded Scot Seeks American Bride In New York
Alastair Wilkie of Perth, Scotland, with a ten foot beard, boasts the longest facial hair after a Missouri rival. A rich cattle raiser, he says he came to find a wife rather than fame or money, planning to marry an American girl then return home. He may stay about a month, hoping his beard impresses a suitable partner. Visit Walton Bros for special prices on boys salts.
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Alastair Wilkie
Perth
Scotland
New York
Valentine Tapley
Missouri
Mr. Wilkie
Wilkie
Union Gin Co stockholders meet at Bradshaw school
Notice calls stockholders of Union Gin Co known as A R Brown gin to meet at Bradshaw school house Saturday November 14 at 2 o clock p m for important business. J L Peavy Jr secretary treasurer. Also mentions Hill's Department Store Montezuma Ga sale with low fixed prices likely to stir talk.
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Union’ Gin Co
A. R. Brown Gin
Bradshaw
J. L. Peavy, Jr
Sec
Treas
Hill’s
Montezuma Ga
Hill
Celebration sale offers shoes with gift knife at Pinehurst and Montezuma
For 30 days only shoppers buying a pair of four dollar Star Brand shoes for ladies or men receive a gold plated burnished knife. Offer urged at Snelling and Roberta Pinehurst Ga and Hill's Department Store Montezuma Ga with a note that the Mizera will all be there.
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Snelling & Roberta
Pinehurst
Hill's
Montezuma Ga
New Viennese Grocery Store Opens Near Ridley Furniture
An announcement from a new grocery seller in Vienna promotes a fresh line of fancy and family groceries opened next to Taylor Bro's and Ridley Furniture. The advertiser solicits local patronage and offers readiness to serve customers with any needed items in the grocery line.
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Vienna
Taylor Bro’s. & Ridley
Albanys First Nine Months of Prohibition
Albany Herald reports a 60 percent drop in city ordinance arrests in the first nine months of prohibition compared with 1907. police court revenue fell 82 percent, while the paper credits prohibition with reducing petty crime and saloon-related temptations. Hawkinsville Dispatch notes broader state support for the policy amid Georgia’s strong opposition to legalized liquor.
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Albany
Albany Herald
Georgia
Herald
Hawkinsville
How He Came
A juvenile narrator recalls a youth of mischief to explain his present life. He admits puffing up bravado, disobeying parents, fighting, disrespecting teachers, tormenting animals, chasing a rooster, and making faces at girls. He confesses these acts led to his current situation, framed as a cautionary verse.
Three Horse Farm for Rent Near Vienna
For rent a good three horse farm about four miles from Vienna. Contact L Le Woopwagp for details.
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Vienna
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Eustace Miles
Metropolitan
Hill Department Store
Scotchman
Walton Bros
Tas
Papa
Sister Jane
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