Corner Stone Laying for Byromville School Building
A large Byromville crowd witnessed the corner stone ceremony for the new modern school building on September 3, 1908. Masons from Byromville Vienna Unadilla and other towns participated, with speeches by Cashier Dawson Col Laseter and Col Pound, and a Georgia barbecue feast. Local dignitaries Newt and R S Turner contractors, S B Byrom banker, and J S Byrom praised education as the region’s future, while trains were arranged but scheduling confusion kept some away.
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Bymville
Byromville
Byromville Lodge
L. W. Moblley
G. M
Vienna Lodge
H. A. Mobley
Unadilla Lodge
J. T. Graham
Goodwin, Jr
G. W
G. Adkins
Treas
W. E. Beacham
E.g. Adams
T. T. Ethredge
Tyler
O. G. Griffin
S. D
J. B. Smith
D.M. A. A. Joiner
D. M
Cashier Dawson
Dawson
Col. Lasseter
Vienna
Gen. Slades Barbecue Brigade
Georgia
Napoleon Epicures
Preacher Kelly
Delmonicas
Kelly
Bro
Ferrell
Gol
Harvard
Col
Watts Powell
Col.Hall
Will Hamilton
Cordero
Powell
S. B. Byrom
Byrom
J.S. Byrom
J. 8
Sona
Newt Turner
Turner
Altho
Newt
Thaw to Come to Pittsburg for Bankruptcy Exam
Pittsburg September 7. Unless blocked by New York authorities, Harry K Thaw will arrive September 11 to be examined by his creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.
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Pittsburg
New York
Harry K. Thaw
No Credit Sales End September First Says Local Merchant
D B Thompson of Foley announces no excuse to buy on credit after September first. He will keep regular customers’ books open only until that date and then operate cash books, focusing on cotton seed, seed cotton, and collections. He will buy seed cotton in any quantity.
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D. B. Thompson
Black man fatally shot near Byromville by ex husband
On a Byromville plantation Col. W. W. Harvard’s grounds Charlie Angeley shot and killed a Black man named Childs after seeking to visit his estranged wife. Angeley used a .44 pistol, firing two shots into Childs’s back at the rear door. An inquest returned a verdict of a serious case. Sheriff Bennett later detained Angeley and six others awaiting the November court on related charges.
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Byromville
Col. W. W. Harvard
Charlie Angeley
Childs
Angeley
Bennett
Dooly County
City council Requires $10,000 Near Beer License
The Vienna city council met Monday night and placed a $10,000 license on near beer. The move suggests few will pay the price for a near business, though the amount pales beside $29,000,000.
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Vienna
Georgia Cotton Crop Damaged 500000 Bales
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Hudson estimates the state’s cotton crop damaged by recent rains and heat, totaling about 500000 bales. He notes only two counties meet last year’s standard, with widespread shedding of bolls and squares across every acre.
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Atlanta
Hudson
Georgia
Charged floods to depletion of forests report warns
Atlanta Ga Sept 6 A M Schoen chief engineer of the Southeastern Underwriters Association reports that recent severe floods in the Savannah and other rivers overwhelming Augusta and Carolina towns were caused by timber removal in the Southern Appalachians unless forests are preserved similar floods with greater frequency may follow. The antidote for hard times in a little hard cash laid up in a bank.
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Atlanta
A. M. Schoen
Southeastern Underwriter’s Association
Savannah
Augusta
Carolina
Appalachians
Joseph M. Brown to Stamp State with Campaign Tour
Atlanta rumor claims Joseph M. Brown democratic governor nominee will campaign across Georgia for the party in state and national races. The report says a Thursday or Friday start on an intermittent tour places where details are uncertain. Brown’s allies offered no confirmation and expressed surprise, suggesting the rumor lacks foundation.
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Atlanta
Joseph M. Brown
Brown
Georgia
J Williams Narrowly Escapes After Train Collision
Mr J J Williams escaped serious injury when an A B train struck his buggy at the Sixth street crossing about ten this morning. The buggy was demolished but Williams leaped free just as the train hit, narrowly avoiding being run down. Local paper Cordela Rambler reports a remarkable near miss.
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J. J. Williams
Sixth Street
Williams
Negro Lynched At Keatler Georgia
Atlanta reported a lynching in Keatler Early county last night. John Towns an ex convict was seized from the calaboose by a citizen posse and hanged to a tree one mile north of town after alleged entry into a Wheeler home and attempted assault on Mrs Wheeler. Towns confessed to chicken theft but denied the house invasion.
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Atlanta
Neva
Keatler
Early County
John Towns
Wheeler
Calaboose
Wheeler Yard
Mra. Wheeler
Brown's Shoes Promoted as Best in World by Newby
An advertisement notes that Brown's shoes make life easier with a bold claim of superiority, endorsed by W. F. Newby. The message urges customers to buy these footwear offerings as the best in the world.
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Brown
W. F. Newby
Twenty five legislatures urged to resign today
At the state capitol reports say twenty five legislators may resign if a convict bill is not enacted today. Many lawmakers want to return home for business and may tender resignations if the General Assembly cannot finish its work promptly.
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State Capitol
General Assembly
Money to London Farm Lands
We offer loans on improved farm lands in Dooly Pulaski Crisp Wilcox Turney Irwin Ben Hill and Worth counties at reasonable interest and commissions. We deal directly with lenders and keep all commissions. Contact George and Woodward Attorneys at Law Vienna Ga for details and unlimited money supply.
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Dooly
Pulaski
Crisp
Wilcox
Turney
Irwin
Ben Hill
Worth
Union Gin Co Notice Promises Quality Ginning Service
A compact notice from Union Gin Co announces a first class ginnery, an experienced ginner for the season, and a pledge of perfect customer satisfaction. Endorsed by 4.L. Peavy Jr., the notice invites patronage from the community.
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Union Gino
Union Gin Co
L. Peavy Jr
See
Dinner party quip on fate of famous scoundrel X
A humorous exchange at dinner questions whether the notorious scoundrel X was hanged or acquitted. Lord Houghton’s sister, annoyed by his hospitality, jokes that if X were alive they would have had him to dinner by now.
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Lord Houghton
Canned Fruits and Dry Goods Ad From Unadilla
A. E. Graves of Unadilla Ga offers thousands of cans of peaches pears and tomatoes with emphasis on cleanliness. W F Newby promotes a complete line of fall dry goods with favorable prices.
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A. E. Graves
Unadilla
W.F. Newby
Glasses Sold and Guaranteed by Local Shops in Pinehurst
A. K. Hawke's glasses are sold with a guarantee from F. M. Barfield of Pinehurst, Georgia. The notice confirms product assurance and local business practice.
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Tfit
A. K. Hawke
F. M. Barfield
Pinehurst, Ga
McCormick mowers and rakes for sale in Georgia
F M Barfield offers McCormick mowers and rakes steel hay presses and Hoosier drills for cash or terms with contact in Pluehurat Georgia.
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McCormick
Local Echoes of Accidents and Oddities Across Georgia
Reports from Valdosta, Lexington, Macon, Moultrie and Gainesville detail a fatal rattlesnake bite, a pickle bottle tomato curiosity, August police arrest declines, a drying Dry Lake near Pidcock, a string of fires in Mra Knoblock’s home, and twin brothers in ill health from acute rheumatism, plus a local seed and shoe sale notice.
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P. H. Willis
0. M. Heard
Cordelo
W. L. McKenzie
Montezuma
Johny Robbinson
Carl Roberts
Tuke
Dooling
Col. Pound
Waycross
Pound
New South
Foley
Charlie Angely
Big Chief
Commissioner of Agriculture
Bryan
J. & Williams
Its
London
George & Woodward,Attorneys-at-Law
Vienna, Ga
Valdosta
Armory Mobley
W. H. Mobley
Fargo
Lexington
Will Brooka
Macon
Moultrie
Pidcock
Mra. E. Knoblock
Mra. Knoblock
Cicada
Gainesville
Henry Camp
Maysville
Dave Camp
Lumberton
Milledgeville
Lamberton
Pinehurst
Tam
Unie
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