Reunion of Confederate Veterans at Byromville yields feast and orderly crowds
In Dooly County the annual Confederate Veterans reunion occurred at Byromville with a large crowd, a long table barbecue feast, and orderly behavior. The day featured a fine grove, music by the Byromville choir, speeches by local figures, and a later social evening. A Vienna Cordele ball contest drew a small crowd and passed without incident.
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Dooly County
Byromville
MP Hall
Vienna
Dar Crum
J G. Jones
Cordele
Byromnville
Camp Meeting Brings Joyful County Revival at Byromville
A historic camp meeting near Byromville fills the county with happiness as tents and a hotel ground hosting visitors enhance meals and shelter. Four sermons mark the event, with praise for landscape beauty, shade from large trees, and a steady water supply. The piece urges prayer for spiritual presence and a soul stirring revival.
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Tliges
Bryshtan
Uncle Joe Faces The Unknown In Narrow Escape
An old town tale tells of Uncle Joe a cautious city worker who fears the unseen. After being sent on an errand he encounters a chilling figure in white robes near the roadside. Startled, he drops his load and bolts toward town, sliding through water and missing a safe path over a plank bridge while the crowd watches in astonishment.
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Uncle Joe
Dod J.ba
Burt Turtons
Joe
Tuele Joe
Hawikings
Conti
Bowen family dinner customs and large landowner profile
A Bowen family gathering near Byromville featured a large annual dinner with watermelons and lemonade, described as pleasant and well attended by relatives and friends. The piece notes enduring interest in Bowen reunions and highlights Charles King of Corpus Christi, Texas, a major landowner with extensive cattle ranching and 1,800,000 acres across several counties.
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Byromville
Bowen
Charles King
Corpus yTex
Waa
Nueves
Hidalgo
Starr
Cameron
Death of Cozzie Cason An East Town Farm Boy
Sixteen year old Cozzie Cason died after a rapid illness marked by facial swelling and neck edema. He was the eldest son of Mr. Bennett Cason and resided on the farm east of town. He died Wednesday morning and was buried in the Christmas graveyard near his home.
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Cozzie Cason
Mr. Bennett
Cason
Toven
Re-election of Clark Howell to national democratic committee
Clark Howell wins unanimous reelection to the national Democratic Executive Committee from Georgia, continuing twelve years of service and set to total sixteen by the end of the new term. He has long held Georgia senate presidency and previously spoke as speaker, marking a notable career with steady leadership.
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Clark Howell
Georgia
National Democratic Executive
Howell
Qvorgia
St. Louis
Yelra
National ¢ Committee
Cleveland
Hill
Mr. Howwell
Georgia Senate
Fourte Sm
House of ,Representatives
Apeakan
Senate
Georgia moves to add eight to thirteen new counties
The vice governor urged a large message to the legislature as the state contemplates up to eight or thirteen new counties. The House passed a bill for eight counties, while the Senate amended to thirteen. both houses must concur before the measure goes to voters in November. If approved, a commission will redraw county lines to form new jurisdictions within two years, avoiding disruption to Dooly County.
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Georgia
House
Senate
Hanging Scheduled in Cordele Murder Case
Reports indicate Gray, an able bodied man, to hang for the murder of his wife last winter. He shot her at her mother’s house after she refused to accompany him. Captured during Babs burial term, tried at once, appeals denied, awaiting execution in Dooly county. The same rope used previously is to be employed.
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Vienna
Huon Gray
Gray
Ohorti
Cordele
Supreme Court
Dooly County
Strength and resilience in women amid life and health
The text argues that many young girls waste potential by chasing stage dreams while emphasizing a frail mother gaining superhuman strength when a child’s life is at risk. It stresses inner strength through faith, health, and cheerfulness, claiming women need rest, work, air, sun, and happiness rather than medicines or sanitariums, and warns that perpetual confinement harms them.
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