Cordele News Signals Building Boom and Local Dramas
Local notes report a building boom in Cordele with plans for J G Jeffcoats to take charge next week and B B Pound to erect a brick block. The column mentions crimes and arrests, a jail transfer, hospital visits, travel to Hot Springs, and road maintenance urged by F J D Trevover. Describes community residents, visitors, and small-town happenings across Dooly county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Pound
Cordele
Ily
Picnic at Mr Ash Ley Sangster's near Vienna
A community announcement invites all to a picnic at Mr Ash Ley Sangster's five miles from Vienna on the Hawkinsville road this Saturday August 24. Attendees are asked to bring well filled baskets and enjoy a pleasant day for calls. Committee on arrangements J D Bullington I G Carmack W Sangster R I Carmack
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Sangster
Vienna
Hawkinsville Road
J. D. Bullington
I. G. Carmack
W. Sangster
R. I. Carmack
Capron Community Weather Lacking Rain Requests
Capron residents urge rain as a dry spell persists. Local social notes record visits among Snow, Lumpkin, Grangerville and Byromville families with Mrs. Kate McCorvey and Mrs. R. W. Wilkes hosting relatives.
Pleasant Valley Notes Local Visits and Home Purchase
Miss May Devane returned to her Adel home after a weeks visit to friends and relatives. Ladd Harden of Dooling visited his sister Mrs J H Forehand for several days. H E Roberts purchased a home below Vienna. E Walton spent Friday night in Vienna with his son A E Walton.
Local notables and residents report amid town updates
Movements and health notes fill the week with Huckaby moved to Howard Roberts's place below town. Mrs. Rome Walton of Findlay visits her parents the Swearingen family. Several residents recover from illness as H. O. Hughes and Prof. Mason regain health. J. B. Forehand travels to Montezuma, T. R. Smith circulates among Vienna cotton firms, and veteran warehouseman Rentz weighs much cotton amid farming interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woo. Huckaby
Howard Roberts
Rome Walton
Findlay
J. N. Swearin
Sandy Mount Locals Report Weather and Community News
Local items note rain and labor shortages affecting fodder pulling. J. M. White showcases fine peas. Prof J. G. Lasseter and brother Hugh attended Shiloh. W. E. Bryant improves after illness. Judge J. D. Hargrove inspected a local bridge. An infant of Mr. and Mrs. Turner died at the grandfather’s home after a month of illness and was buried at Liberty. The Bowens and Nolles families face sorrow and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. White
J. G. Lasseter
Hugh
Shiloh
W. E. Bryant
J. D. Hargrove
Tifton
Unadilla Community News Highlights and School Plans
ARABI NEWS reports D B Summerford visiting in Unadilla Siwiday and notes spring school openings with more applications and need for dormitory space. The Young People's Weekly Club met at the dormitory for needle threading contests with prizes. Prof Browns plans a Chicago return with insights for school and union. Miss Sallie May Wheeler from Cordele visited Miss Mamie Patterson. families plan moves and town housing rushes.
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D.B. Summerford
Unadilla Siwiday
Browns
Chicago University
Sallie
Wheeler
Cordelé
Mamie Patterson
Miss Maudey Shackleford and Urothes Enter Dormitory
Mrs Shackleford accompanies her children to the dormitory as applications arrive daily for catalogues and admission for the next term. Parties are urged to come on Saturday August Hist and be prepared for the opening in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maudey Shackleford
Urothes
Snowball News From Shaw and Unadilla
Mr T J Folds leaves bed to walk again after illness. Mike Pearl Hickson returns to Cordele with cousin Fannie May Simmons after a friendly visit. Mrs J McCartney is very ill. Rev Wade attracted a large Shaw crowd. Pinehurst family sig nings delay meeting. Crops expected short due to lack of rain. Philips returns from North Georgia. Unadilla citizens attend services. Prof Power praised as a capable teacher once at Galloden.
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T. J. Folds
Mike Pearl Hickson
Cordele
Fannie May Simmons
McCartney
Wade
Shaw
Sigknéngs
Pinehurst
Wis
Philips
North Georgia
Unadilla
Prof
Power
Galloden
Private Schools to Open With 80 Plus Pupils This Season
Community notes report Miss Susie Hall guiding a growing school with 80 or more pupils. Local residents share updates on parish visits, illnesses, church meetings, revivals planned by Rev Wade Coleman and Rev Hobby, and farmers managing rain to protect fodder stacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Hall
Pinia
Cole
Vernon-Totter visit family and relatives travel
Walter Vernon Totter and family visited Mr. Royal's family. Maud Butler of Kerns and visiting relatives from Rochelle plus Alfred Wilson and George Williams passed through on Sunday returning home from a visit to Mr. Calhoun. Thomas Butler and daughter Ma were visiting near Cordele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Totter
Royal
Calhoun
Thomas Butler
hev.Butler
Cordele
Local Notes On Accidents Visits And Illness
Johnnie Lilly suffered a misfortune when his horse threw him injuring his thigh. Mira Bertha Bray and her brother visited in Pinehurst Saturday and Sunday. Little Galen, son of Mr and Mrs W A Ingram, is quite sick. Mrs Charlie Joiner and children of Vienna were here Sunday and Monday. Joe Jackson of Pinehurst was here last week with his thresher. Miss Balanqua left Friday for Cordele and Albany.
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Dooling
Charlton
Jno
Culpepper
Ashburn
Chas
Joiner
Baby
Vienna
Jne
J. Av Hollon
Drayton
Joe Joiner
W. Hi. Cain
Houston County
Kate McCorvey
Snow
R. W. Wilkes
Mra
Gilmore
Ada Turner
W. B. Weaver
Misa Eva Castleberry
Lumpkin
Sebright Wilkes
Corine Jones
J. B. ‘Turner
I. J. Gilmore
Mra. Shockley
Grangerville
Eva Castleberry
Annie Turner
Shockley
I. Hi, Gilmore
Hd Johnson
Mirmie
Byromville
Elihu Johnson
Arthur Gilmore
Mon McGlamery
I. E.gilmore
Messrs
J. J
J. Wi. McCorvey
Mira Bertha Bray
Pinehurst
Galen
W. A. Ingram
Charlie Joiner
Joe Jackson
Balanqua
Cordéle
Albany
Fairfield News Briefs Mention Homes Picnics and Local Trades
Farmers plan for better crops after light showers. M H Cross builds a mansion and may take boarders. W H Faircloth and Bron offer lumber and ginning services. Adak Bil Simmons earns local notoriety. A picnic near Hawkinsville on Blackshear road is anticipated after a successful courthouse gathering.
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M. Hf. Cross
P.O
Fairfield Ga
Fairfield
Adak Bil Simmons
W. H. Faircloth
Pay That Thou Ow est Debt to Our Paper
A satirical appeal by ANTONIO urges patrons to settle arrears with a local newspaper. The piece lampoons editors and promises protection after dues are paid, referencing Vienna and a metaphorical Gates of Pearl to pressure payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Pater
Gates of Pearl
Antonio
How King Kalakaua Escaped a Hawaiian Revolution
Account in the San Francisco Examiner describes a Hawaiian uprising wherein sixty seven native soldiers and about thirty officers mounted the palace assault. English friends appeared with a bulldog, which charged the troops and caused the army to retreat, ending the revolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Haking
Notice to Debtors and Creditors in Georgia
Notice given in Doory County that all persons with claims against B A Wood deceased must present them properly within the prescribed time to show their character and amount. All persons indebted to the deceased are required to make immediate payments to B S Wood Administrator of B A Wood on August 18 1901.
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Georgia
Doory County
B. A. Wood
B.S. Wood
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J. G. ‘Jeffcoats
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Mr. Lasseter
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Woodward
Emerich
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Anna Hamilton
Ashley Hamilton
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Dool¢ County
F . J. D. Trevover
Trudie Sangater
Near Herejai
J. A. Hollen
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Brinson
Capron Capers
Munity
J. B. Turner
Pleasant Valley
Smith
J. B
Montezuma
T. R. Smith
Smith & Walton
Rentz
Sandy Mount
Arabi News
Mi Vernontt
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Bold
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