Elder's Cotton Plan Promises Profit Through Futures
A 75 year old Randolph County resident H B Elder proposes a plan to reduce cotton acreage and raise prices. He suggests district meetings, futures purchases, a pledge not to plant cotton, and reinvesting profits into southern factories to cut cotton output and lift prices, claiming a $50 per bale potential. The piece also notes a historical tale of a bale tracing cotton production to consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph County
H. B. Elder
Europe
New England
Money to Loan Offers in Georgia Counties
Advertises loans available in Dooly and Wilcox counties from $400 up at a low interest rate. Applicants instructed to contact John H. Woodward in Vienna, Georgia for negotiation and terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iam
Dooly and
Wilcox
John H. Woodward
Vienna
Snow Christmas Tales From Snow Georgia 1894
Snow and surrounding county celebrate Christmas with sleighs and a horned mule ride to Unadilla a jolly party for children, recitations and tableaux at Sabbath School and multiple mishaps including broken bones and near misses. Hog killings feed families while farmer profs boast ample lard. Annual feast scenes and a warm toast to Snow community and a fine local school.
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Unadilla
Santa Claus
Ed Moore
Jesse Alsabrook
Jesse
Emmett Pattishall
Thom Parham
Ellick
Thom
Moreland
Simmons
Wallace
Snow
Dooly
Schort
Hans
Widowers and Widows Seek Love in New Year
The passage depicts widowers trying the sit up plan, visiting at night to woo, while widows read love letters with enthusiasm and reject several suitors. Despite loneliness and missing mothers, both sides seek hopeful, prospering romance for the New Year.
Dooly County Sheriff Sale Advertisements and Orders
Multiple notices from Dooly County Georgia detailing sheriff sales and court orders. Properties listed include Cordele city lots, blocks 14 and 247, and lots in Vienna and Unadilla areas. Auctions involve E A Perry T A Culpepper and partition actions under Margrate Duncan et al vs David Carter et al. Dates cited January and February 1895 with commissioners and guardians referenced.
Sumter County Farmers Propose Cotton Wages Plan
Farmers in Sumter County propose paying laborers with lint cotton instead of money. Each average laborer would receive 100 pounds of cotton per month, effectively tied to the price of cotton and altering wage practices for cotton production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumter County
Testimony on Sarsaparilla’s cure by Hillsboro businessman
M Hammerly of Hillsboro Virginia testifies to a long standing leg injury and erysipelas being cured by Sarsaparilla from J C Ayer & Co. Lowell Massachusetts. He reports great relief after the first bottle and a complete cure after the second. Cuthers will cure you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Hammerly
Hillsboro
Vienna Social Season of 1894 Ends With Pleasant Gatherings
Youthful social life in Vienna closes the old year with socials, receptions, musicals, and lectures. Judge A. V. Whipple and Mrs Whipple hosted a small evening gathering, while M. E. Rushin’s home offered a lively reception led by his daughter Miss Lida. Little Miss Bertha Leonard hosted a Friday entertainment for many children with games, music, and refreshments in a festive, fairyland mood.
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Vienna
A. V. Whipple
M. E. Rushin
Rushin
Lida
Bertha Leonard
D. B. Leonard
City Marshal's Sale in Cordele Georgia February 1895
City of Cordele will sell at the courthouse on the first Tuesday in February 1895 to satisfy 1894 city taxes. Property list includes numerous lots across blocks 9 22 24 40 41 42 46 76 85 90 98 100 110 111 112 116 125 127 128 141 147 156 162 163 171 177 182 183 184 198 199 201 212 219 267 268 808 331. W H Bussey Marshall.
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Georgia
Dooty County
Cordele
Court House
City of
W. H Bussey
Receiver's Sale Under Superior Court Order
Under and by virtue of orders of the Superior court I will sell to the highest bidder for cash at the courthouse door in Findlay Georgia on the first Tuesday in February 1895. The property includes locomotives, wagons, lumber cars, saw mills, pumps, boilers, engines, belts, all lumber on Findlay yards, and all other real and personal property owned by E. E. Baily Agt in the equity case W. B. Lindsay et al v s E. E. Baily Agt. Sale date January 7 1895. C H Everett Receiver Henderson & Harvard Busbee Crum Busbee Attorneys.
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Georgia
Dooly County
Margrate Duncan
Dooly
Unadilla
Said
S. David Carter
Henderson & Harvard
Vienna
D. L. F. Peacock
Thomas H. Johnson
R. H. Pate
Court of Ordinary
Court House
Said County
Cordele
Jas. A. Perry
J.B. Scott
Richmond
Fischer & Davis
May & Co
Findlay Ga
E. E. Baily
Appraisers Report On Family Support For Hill Estate
On December 31 1894 J D Hargrove O D C will pass on the report of appraisers appointed to set apart a year’s support of furniture from the Howard Hill deceased estate for his widow Cassie E Hill and two minor children Bettie T and George W Hill. The report was filed as required by law and addressed to the court. The hearing will occur on the first Monday in February 1894.
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Howard Hill
Casse E. Hill
Bettie T
George W. Hill
J.D. Hargrove
Elias Godwin
S. A. Godwin
Holmes
Norman Godwin
D. D.C
Cordele Votes on Franchising Electric Lights Deal
The Mayor and City Council of Cordele Georgia propose selling the electric plant to Industrial Fertilizer Company under a ten year exclusive franchise for city lighting. An election on January 9 1895 will decide whether to grant the franchise based on a two thirds vote, with notices to run in the Cardele Sentinel and Vienna Press.
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Cordele
Georgia
Industrial Fertilizer Company
Cordyle
Cardele Sentinel
Vienna
Council
J. B. Scott
Getting Famous Widowers and the Widows Jest
A curious tale in The Progress recounts widowers courting, with a lazy friend urged to call on a distant marriageable woman. She replies with a marriage invitation that unsettles him. Another widower grows desperate, decorating heads with colored drawings and endorsing love letters in bright pencils, while mischief and charm linger.
Assignee Sale of Findlay Co-Operative Alliance Store
The assignee of Findlay Co-Operative Alliance Store announces sale of all general merchandise stock and store fixtures at Findlay Ga on Saturday January 19 1495 at 10 am with bidding on per cent invoice price for full stock and accounts due. The assignee reserves right to accept bids and deliver or hold stock, and will also sell unpaid accounts to highest bidders transferring sue rights. January 1 1895. D A B Crum Assignee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay Co-Operative Alliance
Findlay Ga
D. A. B. Crum
Truluck Estate Seeks Dismissal Letters in 1893 Georgia Case
T W and D L Truluck executors of John Truluck deceased petition for letters of dismission from the estate in Dooly County Georgia. They cite full administration and summon all interested parties to show cause why the petition should not be granted, with the hearing set for the first Monday in April 1893 and dated December 24 1895.
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Georgia
Dooly County
M. E. Pitts
Chas A. Pitts
Ella Kelynee Pitts
A. H. Pitts
C. W. Kelly
M.E. Pitts
T.W
D.L. Truluck
John Truluck
J.D. Car. Fe
W. T. Traluck
Mys. S
Traluck
J. D. Hargrove
D. D.C
Daniel T. Mashburn
Georgia -Hooly Conny
D. Peavey
Martha A. Peavy
Martha A. Peavey
J. D. Haeecore
Sale of John Hall property in Dooley County
By power of attorney from John Hall dated 1886 the East half of land lot 102 in the seventh district of Dooley County is to be sold at auction at the courthouse on January 9, 1595 between 10 AM and 4 PM to pay the promissory note of 1886 for 3371.32 with 8 percent interest and 10 percent liquidated damages. proceeds first cover debt and costs, remainder to Hall or heirs. D. B. Leonard, Busbee Crum & Busbee attorneys.
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John Hall
Superior Court
D. B. Leonard
Busbee Crum & Busbee
Notice to Debtors and Creditors in Estate Case
Notice to debtors and creditors of the Niucleton Patrick estate to settle claims. The executor Jnc F Butler and executrix Mrs S Patrick request presentation of demands per law. Also a Georgia probate notice citing D Peavey as administrator of Martha A Peavy seeking discharge by early February 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niucleton Patrick
Decesed
Jnc
F. Butler
S. Patrick
Court notice in Dooly County for service by publication
In Dooly County Georgia Anna Hiers v J Q Hiers appears in the 1894 November term. The Sheriff reports the defendant does not reside in the county or state, so service by publication is ordered for four months in the Vienna Progress. The extract is certified from the Dooly Superior Court minutes dated November 19 1894.
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Anna Hiers
Dooly
J. Q. Hiers
Georgia
Dooly County
Vienna ProGress
Dovy
John & Thomson
Petri Ait's. C. C. Sagrs
Dooly Superior
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Switzerland
Georgia Weekly
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