Weather and court notes from Cordele area
Ten Topics notes light court attendance and upcoming fashion. Straw hats and spring poetry soon. A Tackey party at Dr J M Whitehead's Friday. Col Jobs Hall speaks at the court house Friday. Sunday’s ideal weather draws crowds. Game law takes effect today with bird dogs and shotguns retired. Cordele public schools reopen next Monday after small pox closure. Rev H P Jackson delivers sermons at Baptist church. Birds may nest today and pointer dogs are laid away. Hon Joe H Hall of Bibb to speak Friday at Vienna court house on state politics and corporate control. Take wives and sweethearts to the event.
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J. M. Whitehead
Col Jobs Hall
Court House
Cordele
H. P. Jackson
Baptist Church
Joe H. Hall
Bibb
Vienna
Court In Session at Dooly Superior Court
The adjourned term convened Monday with about 200 spectators and a growing docket. Cases heard include Rebecca Hertz et al v HW Bullock and Ally Peacock for timber lands with $800 verdict for plaintiff, JE Lewis & Son v J A Lane executor with verdicts for Lewis & Son, and Perkin & Co v Parrott Lumber Co for $800 with a mill balance. Divorce totals announced for Wade, Perry, and Buchanan pairs.
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Rebecca Hertz
Bullock
Ally Peacock
Lewis & Son
J A Lane
Verdier
Oglethorpe Saving & ‘Trust Go
M Byne
Fife
McKnight
Trust Company
Byne
Cordele
Mellnight
Perkin & Co
Parrott Lumber Co
Perkin
W A Wade
Sarah Wade
Julien B. Perry
Boxe I
Perry
Thos. Buchanan
Bertha Buchanan
Tom Coxi
Della Cox
Local Visitors and Returns Highlight Weekend
Durely personal notes recount local residents and visitors. Dr J M Whitehead returns from Butler. George Haslam of Pinehurst visited relatives. Mrs Homer Whitsett came from Cordele to spend the day with parents. John Henry Carnes returns from Atlanta Business College. J P Heard returns from Bibb and Houston counties. W T Christopher of Cordele sought orders. Mrs Samuel Carnes visits ailing mother near Helena. B M Harvard of Unadilla travels through town. W T Shinholster arrives from Macon with dogs as gunning season ends and law time expires.
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J. M. Whitehead
Butler
George Haslam
Pinehurst
Homer Whitsett
Cordele
T. W. Walton
Findlay
John Henry Carnes
Atlanta
J. P. Heard
Bibb
Houston County
W. T. Christopher
The
Christopher Sign Co
Samuel Carnes
Helena
B. M. Harvard
Unadilla
Tommy-Ray roads debate and tax reform in Laarogr area
A cloudy 1900 discussion blends road law critique with a local indignation mass meeting over a per capita tax. references to ex-Ray jurors, land value ad valorem ideas, and calls for equitable taxation appear alongside small ads for J P Powell and Heard & Sons. Rep Payne is pressed on currency value after Porto Rico peso change.
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Mr. Borror
X-Ray
Tommy
Tommy-Ray
Howell
Grand Jury
Cam
Yus
Tommy-Ray Lam
George
W.T
Fire at Pinehurst destroys building and furniture
A blaze at Pinehurst last night broke out in the neighborhood and swept through the structure. The fire damaged the entire building and nearly all furnishings, with estimated losses around £1,900 without insurance.
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Pinehuret
For Sale Adams Bicycle Guard oron eary installments
For sale a high grade Adams bicycle offered in installments. Apply to Paul A Lexnamp.
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Adams Bicycle Guab Oron Eary
Fire sale at Northalt Restaurant after blaze
After a restaurant fire, J. A. Suri offers beds and a square meal at 25 cents each from One Blech Northalt Restaurant, inviting patrons to the temporary residence while burned out seeking relief and meals.
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Mye
J. A. Suri
Wrightful Blunder Heals with Bucklen Armien Salve
A 19th century medical notice promotes Bucklen's Armien Salve as the best cure for burns cuts bruises and skin sores. It claims rapid pain relief and healing with a 25 cent price and a guaranteed cure, sold by Dr C T Stovall.
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C T Stovall
Dont forget the F CG Corsets Everyone guaranteed
Fragmentary ad line shows J P Heard & Sons and C W Johns offering goods during court weeks. Mentions family and fancy items at J P Powell, groceries and confections, evaporated peaches and apples, boarding house services through court weeks, and Gond board and lodging at 2b.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J P Heard & Sons
Swill
C W Johns
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Dooly
Durely
W. T. Shinholster
Macon
Mr. Shinholster
J P. Powell
J P Heard
J P Powell
JP Heard & Sons
Go Tod P Powell
Representative Payne
Ways Find Means Committee
T Hause of Representatives
Norton
Ohio
United States
Payne
Eoy
J. F. Calhoun & CO
Landreth’s and
Buist’s
DR. Co. T. Stovall
Georgia
Paul A. Lexnamp
Virnna, Ga
Ela
JP Hoard & Sons
Welle
Draytor
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