Pleasant Valley Notes on Crops and Social Visits
Cotton crops in this section are very poor though cold weather spared them from killing or hail. Lice are damaging fields as farmers plow corn for the last time. Mrs. C G Forehand has returned home after teaching at Forest. Bazemore of Pinehurst visited here last Saturday. Yawn and family visited his brother A Yawn of Vienna on Sunday. J B Forehand and family visited Mrs Forehand and brother J B Cooper of Vienna Sunday. Misses Margaret Reid Nellie McCall and Everette Swearingen attended services at Vienna Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forehand
Forest
JW. Bazemore
Pinehurst
Yawn
A. Yawn
Vienna
J.B. Forehand
ITEMS FROM FINDLAY FARM REPORTS AND EVENTS
Farmers are busy with crops as threshers begin work. The oat crop yields exceed recent years with over 50 bushels per acre reported by B. B. Bowen and B. J. Wilson. Wheat looks fairly good. schools nearly closed for vacation. Mrs Eula Dickson visits her mother Mrs L. J. Wilson. Prof J W DeLoach leaves for Harris County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen
B. J.T. Wilson
Eula Dickson
L. J. Wilson
J. W. DeLoach
Harris County
Snow Dots and Local Happenings Near Snow
Farmers are chopping cotton, visitors include Harvey Hickson of Cordele and relatives from nearby towns. Attendees at Pinehurst commencement were H J Corvey Otho Page Simmons George Rufus Hamp Clewis and Della Moore with Misses Annie Kate Clewis and Lennie May Moore. W C Monk and son Wallace visited near Marshallville. Rev W C Wade preached to a large Snow congregation. Drs DuPree and Mason from Atlanta Dental College were here practicing. School closes with exhibition Friday night June 21. Alonzo Parham relocates family from Richwood to Emerich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Hickson
Cordele
Big Sister
T. Simmons
Daisy Monk
Byromville
H. J. Corvey
Otho Page Simmons
George
Rufus
Hamp Clewis
Della Moore
Annie Kate Clewis
Lennie May Moore
Pinehurst
W. C
Monk
Wallace
Marshallville
W. C. Wade
Snow
DuPree
Mason
Atlanta Dental College
Alonzo Parham
Richwood
Emerich
Capron Notes reflect weather lag and local illnesses
The Capron notes report crops well behind normal for this time and list several residents affected by illnesses. G T McLendon suffered a stroke, Clarence McKenzie has erysipelas in the arm, Mrs H H Story is sick with measles, Miss Fannie Turner recuperating from fever, and Tom Joiner on the sick list. Social visits are noted with Mrs Belle Patrick and Miss Lillie from Vienna, and Mrs R D Avera and family hosting guests. F. M. For printing services advertised at the Progress office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. McLendon
Clarence McKenzie
H. H. Story
Fannie Turner
Tom Joiner
Belle Patrick
Miss Lillie
Vienna
Daisy Monk
R. D. Avera
J. D. Avera
Adella Wilson
Lizzie Turner
F. M
Death of a Child and Fire at Burns Plantation
Elder Butler mourns the loss of his five months old child buried at Mt. Vernon cemetery. Joe Burns reports his barn on the plantation between Ire and Drayton burned to the ground yesterday morning, with several loads of oats destroyed. This marks a second similar loss for Burns in a short period, with partial insurance noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Mt. Vernon
Joe Burns
Iire and
Drayton
Mr. Burns
Pinehurst Items and School Closing News
Local notes report a flourishing Pinehurst with the school closing Monday night followed by a splendid program. Miss Annie Whitehead earns praise for training pupils as loved by all. Numerous visitors and residents from nearby towns are named, with social visits and travel noted throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Whitehead
Ola May Harrison
Raines
Effie Snelling
Georgia Southern and Florida Ry Excursion to Macon Atlanta
The Georgia Southern and Florida Railway announces a special excursion from Palatka to Macon and Atlanta on June 19, 1901. Passengers travel via GS and F to Macon and Central Georgia to Atlanta, with partial stop times and low round trip rates from Valdosta Heartpine Adel Sparks Tifton and Ashburn to Macon or Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
Palatka
Fla
Macon
Atlanta
GS & F Ry
Valdosta
Heartpine
Adel
Sparks
Tifton
Ashburn
Vordele
Vienna
Unadilla
Georgia to Macon Excursion Train Special Low Rates
An outbound Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Company excursion runs June 19 with low through fares from Atlanta Cordele Vienna Unadilla to Macon and intermediate points as far north as Kathleen. Limited returning on June 24. Ice water coaches sleepers and a refreshment car. Full details from G S I Railway agents or O B Rhodes Macon. Government of Alabama: constitutional convention report adds lieutenant governor board of pardons board of conciliation. legislative term length and suffrage proposals discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Cordele
Vienna
Unadilla
Macon
Gs& I Ry
Georgia
Kathleen
Atelanta
Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Company
G8 & I’ Railway Co
O B Rhodes
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Committee On the Executive Department
Legislative Department
Mr. Blackwell of
Morgan
General Assembly
Nesmith
Oil Prospects Rise as Alabama Seeks Wells
In Birmingham on June 10, oil expert F. Z. Caracristi tours the south to study fields and help form companies to search for oil in both southern and northern Alabama. He declines details of early findings but suggests oil could be found locally. He arrives with credentials and speaks on oil matters and related markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
F. Z. Caracristi
South
Caracristi
Oil Prospect Hopes Rise In Alabama and Nearby States
The article notes optimism that oil will be found in Alabama as well as Louisiana and Texas once a successful bore is achieved. It suggests that the discovery would trigger widespread activity in areas suspected of oil deposits, with excitement centered on the first gusher or well brought in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiolia
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
Embezzler in peril as he returns to crime scene
W W Kidd, ex superintendent of Guntersville schools, charged with stealing school funds five years ago, travels from Newport Ark to the crime site after being captured in Memphis. He hovers between life and death in Acot, escorted by J W Wright and a nurse. He was shot during arrest near Newport Ark on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muttents
W. W. Kidd
Guntersville
Ala
Memphis
Newport
Ark
Wiich
Acot
J. W. Wright
Ao Nurse
Excursion Train Stoned Near Birmingham
An excursion train arriving in Birmingham from Anniston faced stone throwing at Sylacauga Hayetteville and Shelby. Over 20 windows were smashed and a passenger woman was injured by flying glass. Passengers fled to their homes amid the chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Louisville and Nashville
Anniston
Sylacauga
Hayetteville
Shelby
Amiaton
Traveling Auditor Scott Dead in Birmingham Operated for Appendicitis
W. H. Boott traveling auditor of the Southern railway died in Birmingham Alabama after an appendicitis operation. Scott, raised in Columbia, began as a railroad clerk and rose to auditor of the division and finally traveling auditor of the entire line. He leaves a widow and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Columbia
W. H. Boott
The
Southern Railway
Birmingham
Ala
Ranch Leaves & Widow
Tivo Chilen
Peabody Institute for Colored Teachers Opens in Cordele
A Peabody Institute will be held at Cordele for colored teachers beginning June 17, 1901, and lasting two weeks. All colored teachers in the county must attend or face a fine. FE G GREENE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody Institute
Cordele
Greene
Fleming Gheorghe and Bolding Attorneys at Law
Fleming Gheorghe and Bolding Attorneys at Law based in Vienna Georgia advertise office in Stovall's Corner Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleming, Gheorghe & Bolding
Attorneys At Law
Vienna, Ga
Ooffice In Stovall
Maltese saluting phrase noted in Notes and Queries
A quoted reminiscence from Malta in the seventies describes a common Maltese greeting pronounced sah-lahng, believed locally to echo Arabic salaam. The author finds it prevalent again upon returning to Moyland and discovering its use in London in the eighties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta
Valetta
Moyland
London
Rich Gold Vein Struck in Burke County
Morganton North Carolina June 10 a rich gold quartz vein assaying over 20 to the ton has been discovered by W L Bruce on his land in Burke county The vein is said to be extensive and has caused much excitement Refused to Register Negroes Raveich June 8 Chief Clerk Moody of the state treasury will go to Charlotte to face federal court Monday over allegedly denying registration to some negroes for the state election last August
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morganton
N. C
South Mountains
W.L. Bruce
Burke County
Raveich
Moody
State Treasury
Charlote
Federal
New Southern Postmasters Pass by Presidents
The June 7 report from Washington lists southern postmasters among others who have received passes by the presidents. The brief notice notes the changes and appointments affecting southern offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lsouthern
Pea
Ostayia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pleasant Valley Notes
Findlay
Capron Notes
Eula Borum
Emerick
Beulah Short
D. B. Folds
Emmia Owens
R. Whitehead
Ruth Wade
D. Thompson
Rev. Wade
W. M. Short
Lizzie King
W. M. Gunny and
Stella Wood
Mattie
Paueline King
Messia
Willie Loggitt
Charles Carroll
John G. Fitzgerald
Ed Felder
Ath
A, Taylor
OW & CO
Awyers
Washington, D
Wise
Rome
Miss Della M
Strayer
Tully
Kans
Cardus
Thedford
Ladies Advisory Department
Chattanooga Medicine Company
Chattanooga, Tenn
New Southern Postmasters
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