Dooly Superior Court Convened With Grand Jury Charge
The Dooly Superior Court convened with Judge Z H Littlejohn presiding and Frank A Hooper as solicitor. Grand jury organized with Judge D L Ivey as foreman and M Rushin secretary H H Hall bailiff. The judge charged jurors to enforce laws, review county finances, inspect convict camps and poor farm, and pursue crimes including gambling and liquor violations. He urged road improvements and warned against bias, stressing punishment to reduce crime. Page notes describe the court’s rapid start and the special charge to audit officers and county records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littlejohn
Solicitor Hooper
Superior Court of Dooly Co
Z. H. Littlejohn
Frank A. Hooper
D. L. Ivey
M. &. Rushin
H. H. Hall
Cordelo
Legal Terms of Courthouse Session On Monday
Jury verdicts favored plaintiffs in two cases J W Bivins versus Murphy and another on Monday. Attending lawyers came from Macon Americus Hawkinsville Montezuma Cordele Unadilla and Vienna. Court sessions stretch into weeks with growing legal rights as farmers and townsfolk watch. Now 18 the time to SUBSCRIBE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Davia
F. T. Rapeve
A.M. Gunn
Macon
Americus
Hawkinsville
Montezuma
Cordelo
Unadilla
Vienna
Mills of Justice
J. W Bivins
Murphy
That Cough Hangs On and Pushes Health Forward
An ad style notice claims a nourishing food medicine boosts strength to fight a persistent cough and prevent future illness. It promotes use for run down or emaciated individuals and lists price, then directs readers to druggists and the chemists Scott & Bowne in New York. It also mentions a separate legal call to D L Henderson at Bakers Cash Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott & Bowne
New York
Pinehurst Cash Store Promises Value Across Goods
In a promotional note J A Williams, Proprietor, Pinehurst, urges shoppers to visit for stock and bonds at a Stock Exchange while general merchandise groceries hardware seeds and seed peanuts are praised for value. Shoppers are told he beats the band on groceries and garden offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Exchange
J. A. Williams
Pinehurst Cash Store
Dooly’s Teachers List With Monthly Pay Totals
A scanned roster lists Dooly County teachers and monthly payments from the public school fund for numerous individuals across towns such as Arabi Bethlehem Bay Point Randolph Huntsville and Mt Hope. Entries show names and monthly amounts like 22.50 12.50 20 18 15 and 14 with various locales. The page also advertises seed potatoes and local merchants including Smith & Bakers and J F Calhoun & Co, plus notices on frost bites and DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve.
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Arabi
Peter N Smith
Arabi Catherine B Ayer
Bethlehem
Maggie Hawkins
Bay Point
Randolph
Beautiful
del E S Smith
Huntsville
Annie Jefferson
Kerns
Louise Buckholte
Little P
JS Sutton
Limestone
Sellers
Mt Hope E
G H Daniel
Pinia Mattie L Wilson
Pilkinton
Lloyd Brown
Red Hill
Mary Hill
Reedy Branch
Saphronis King
Rock Spring
Fannie Bryan
Richwood
Sarah A Buckholt
St Johns Mary Thomas
Shady Grove
Annie E Perkins
Turkey Creek
M L Seward
Unadilla
JJ Buckholts
Sarah I
Buckholts
Progressive ads from Vienna Georgia 1899 sale notice
An old street advertisement listing various services and goods. It promotes Jordan and Bro for meals, Dr Bivins selling cash papers, and a fall payment option. It features horse offers, Jersey cows for sale, and a broad price emphasis with slogan style lines. It also markets S F Summers and D B Thompson as local merchants.
Found Dead Near Dooling County Man Cornelius Patrick
Mr. Cornelius Patrick of the county area above Dooling was found dead in his lot on Wednesday morning the 22nd. He had gone out to feed as usual and was discovered at the barn seemingly asleep. Death is believed to be due to paralysis. He leaves a wife and three children. Remains were buried in Rackley cemetery last Thursday.
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Grand Jury
Gihit
Americue
Cordale
Cornelius Patrick
Dooling
Patrick
Rackley
Cordele Hornet Nest Targeted After Papermaking Allegations
A fragmentary note claims the Hornet of Cordele mocked exposure to smallpox. The writer vows to follow orders, travel to Cordele, and seize four shillings worth of brushes to “whip out the Hornet nest.” The report reads as a warning rather than a formal statement.
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Drar Enron
Hornet
Cordele
Vienna Town Council Regular Meeting February 27 1809
The Vienna Ga town council met with Mayor Pro tem Lasseter and aldermen Woodward Baze McDonald. Committee reports noted cemetery work and fence, gate notices, and water pump hours from March to Oct. Ordinance to close barber shops Saturdays at noon to Sundays midnight. license tax on fresh meat dealers set at five dollars. finance to publish 1899 minutes. Bills paid for Mill Supply, lumber, sheriffs costs, and various small items. Minutes read and adopted. Nicest line of Fancy Candies in town.
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ES Lasseter
Protem
Woodward
Bazemore
McDonald
Cemetery Committee
Hearst
Uunion Street
Weat
First Street
Drayton Road
Cotton Street
Fourth Street
Church Street
Pine Street
Vienna
Malory Mills Supply Co
Hutchinson Lumber & Supply Co
D. B. Thompson
Standard Oil Co
J. B. McDonald
J. H. Jordan
T. R. Smith
Bert Jones
John Powell
J. P. Powell
C. W. Johns
Lassurer
R. Kellem
Wanted Fodder Deliveries for Mr Wood in Vienna Ga
A local notice seeks 3000 bundles of good fodder to be delivered to Mr. B. M. Wood in Vienna Georgia. The item requests reliable supply and timely delivery to the stated recipient and location.
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B. M. Wood
Vienna
Local Fertilizer Notice From Macon Company
Farmers are urged to note representatives in Vienna and Unadilla Mr Jas R Kelly and Mr W D Wilson covering Dooly county. Plowboy Brand Guano and Black Rock Desolved Bone are old brands in Dooly. Rogers Potash Formula Pure German Kanit and cotton seed meal are offered by American Fertilizer Co Macon Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Jas
R. Kelly
Unadilla
W.D. Wilson
Dooly County
Dooly
Rodgers
American Fertilizer Co
Macon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scott
D L Henderson
Bakers Cash Store
Public
Smith & Bakers
Dooly Co
J. F. Calhound& Co
D. A. Taynon
DeWitt
C T Stovall
Smith and Bakers
Arabi JE Powell
Arabi L E Powell
Adkins M M Johnson
Susie Cox
Bay Spring
Coney Sara
Midway Annie
Snow
Annie L Monk
Sandy Mt
Fort Jordan & Bro
Jersey
S. F. Summers
Eli
Richard Poor
D. B Thompson
Vienna Town Council
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