Storm Causes Property Damage and Personal Loss Across County
A Tuesday storm damaged trees and fences while hail harmed crops. Chimneys at Will Morrin and J Crumpler's stockade were blown down. Charley Thompson suffers a serious illness. John B Sentell is sick. Farmers report cotton picking and hay cutting amid community updates and visits among neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Morrin
J. ©. Crumpler
B.D. Kelly
Stark, Bla
Homer Morris
Pinehurst
G. B. Dinkins
John B. ‘Sentell
Pinehurst Items Show School Opening Notes and Local News
Miss Rosa Lee Ivey returns home from Snow after visiting relatives. Protracted meeting ends with good attendance. Pinehurst high school opens Sept 2 with strong trustee leadership and capable teachers. Miss Cora Anthony will lead the new term, and Miss Mary Knight visits from Elko. Local families, illnesses, and travels are listed with brief notes on community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Lee Ivey
Snow
Mya
Annie Haslam
F. M. Barfield
Bibb’ County
Rain Damages Cotton Crop and Local Social News
In Arabi notes rain harms the cotton crop while Miss Willie Dadly hosts Sunday school. Mrs. Irmanger hosts Lizzie Brannan in Sibley. Dr. J. R. Clements visits Doles relatives. many others travel to Vienna Unadilla Cordele and Hot Springs. A marriage is planned and school opens next Monday. Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Dadly
Lizzie Brannan
J. H. McKenzie
Unadilla
J. J. Hayman
First Baptist Church
Carnes
Vienna
Harvard
T. J. Royal
Leslie
K. M. Patterson
Hot Springs
Ark
Allie Summers
Atlanta
Lydia Clements
Red Cross
Pleasant Valley Notes Report Local Doings
Local pastor and visiting members attend church services as a revival continues ten days with growing attendance. Prof J B Folds closes singing school with about twenty one pupils. several residents and relatives visit or attend meetings and services across nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.B. Folds
Belle Clowis
Snow
Greene, Newton
Rufus Swearingen
H. T. Conner
Vienna
Annis Hughes
Hallen
McRae
J. F. Calhoun
E. W. Roberts
Howard
Roberta
J.B. Smith
Cordelo
W.R. Butler
J. N. Mayo
Flovilla
P. A. Mayo
Carl H
Liggon
Coney
J. J. Cooper
J. B. Forehand
J. W. Bazemore
Pinehurst
Bro, Snelling
J. W. Doriagoe
Bankineville, Vis
T. Rs
Varnadore
Misa
Bessie
Byromville News Highlights Local Life and Farming
The community reports a busy period with plow work and cotton picking. W H Page and daughter Edith recover. Sunday School under Mr Will H Page is active. A wedding of Miss Annie Moreland to A S Godwin draws local attention. several marriages and visits among Byromville, Dooling, Montezuma, and surrounding areas are noted. A buggy accident near Unadilla injured butAll escaped unharmed. Byromville boasts a progressive farmer, J S Byrom, sending cotton to Montezuma and Pinehurst for ten cents each. A Mt Olive foot washing gathering and a planned wedding between local residents are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Thompson
8. D. Thompson
Tort Weat
Mt. Olive Church
Annie Swearingen
Pleasant Valley
Kya Pope
Ethel Thompson
Julia Dupree
Col. Dupree
Montezuma
Byrom
Megara
J. W
J. L. Coleman
Big Creek
Houston County
Brown
Hardwick
Unadilla
Daniel
Godwin
Byromville
Pinehurst
W. H. Bryan
Vienna
Byromoyille
Dooling
Mt. Olive
Charleton
Farmers Save Fodder Amid Rain Delays Ginning Season
Tippettville notes report farmers struggle to save fodder due to rain while cotton picking begins. Local visits include Mrs. Moley Woods returning home, N J Grantham’s Vienna trip, and W H Hogsett at Hawkinsville court. Several residents ill or traveling, Sunday school thriving at Red Hill, and Tippett Bros preparing gin as cotton season starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Pope Jr
Hawkinsville
Red Hill
B. R. Hall
Ezekiel Holt
Union Church
Seville
Thomas Gregory
Tippett Bros
J. H. Holt
N.S. Grantham
Cordele
John Warren
W. J. Grantham
Findlay
Roe
Mitchell to Open Stock of Millinery for Fall and Winter
R. P. Mitchell will open a fine stock of millinery goods described as the best that can be bought. A full stock of trimmings and fur gowns for fall and winter will be sold at low prices with satisfaction guaranteed. Call and look before buying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Mitchell
Walden's Business College Ad Promises Cheap Short Courses
An old advertisement from Americus Georgia touts Walden's Business College offering four week courses equaling ten weeks elsewhere. It claims 26 years of experience from Texas former owners and 20 diploma scholarships at reduced rates. Board tuition and fees priced at 72 dollars and promises quick, practical instruction with a renowned Penman in the South. It urges immediate contact with L. R. and R. B. Walden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walden
Austin
Fort Worth
Texas
Georgia
California
South
Rise of Teachers and the Call to Higher Service at State Normal School
R. C. Powell of the State Normal School in Athens Georgia urges young teachers to elevate their craft and prepare for the profession with the aim of uplifting others. He cites Stonewall Jackson on personal resolve and calls for higher standards, continued study, and collective effort to improve education and community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dooling
Macon County
Bill
Earth
Hitself
Goldias
Stonewall Jackson
Dooly
State Normal School
R., C. Powell
Athens
Dr G Ri Glenn to address Houston High pupils Sept 6
Arabi announces public address by Dr G Ri Glenn State School Commissioner to Houston High School pupils and Arabi citizens on September 6. Prof H W Sims leads bookkeeping stenography and typing. The letter notes travel to Chicago Buffalo Niagara Falls and Canada and promises a strong new term with a large faculty at opening on Sept 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Ri. Glenn
State School Commissionner
Houston High School
Arabi
H. W. Sims
Thaye
Hicago
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Canada
Lawson KR. Brown
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Jasper Barchand
Misa Eula L. Ryder
Macon
M. BH. Hayden
Harmony
J. W. Dinkins
Miss Ryder
G. W. Hayden
T. ©. Peavy
Pinehurst High School
Cora Anthony
Mary Knight
Elko
John Brett
Corele
Hugh
JV. A
Snellifg
Arabi News
Pleasant Valley Notes
Byromville-News
Will H. Page
W. H. Page
R. FF. Phillips
Jasper County
Annie Moreland
Seymore
Kate Daniel
Misa Missy Minor
Tippetville News
Business College
Americus Georgia
L. R. and
R. B. Walden
Walden’s Business College
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