New Hope News Lets Farmers Report Busy Cotton Season
Country correspondence notes cotton fields growing whiter and farmers gathering fleecy staple while fodder is stripped from corn stalks. Cattle are driven to market weekly as some households feast on sweet potatoes since July. Rev Rainey preached to a large Sunday audience amid active church life in Seville and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Rainey
Pinia
Seville
Lloyd
Williford
Union
Rock Springs
Bay Point
Emers
New Bethel
Methodist
Sumter P. C
Jack Dowdy
Jack
Bill Graham
Dover
Graham
B. V. Tison
Hillie Chatman
Atlanta
Life Insurance Co
Johnson
Vienna
Cordele
Capron Capers and Local Church Notices
Community news notes Rev. C W Snow missing a Pleasant Valley protracted meeting. Rev Conn er preached Saturday. Local visits include Mrs J E Gilmore and Miss Fannie Turner with J P Gilmore’s family. Miss Leebright Wilkes visited Eva Castleberry Lumpkin. Arthur Gilmore and Nellie of Snow visited I E Gilmore. A J McCorvey and wife stayed with sister R W Wilkes. Sophie Avera stayed with aunt R D Avera. J D Avera's family hosted J B Turner’s family. S Sunday visits by S C Bragg of Vienna to J B Turner’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Snow
Friendship
Pleasant Valley
Conner
J. E. Gilmore
Fannie Turner
J. P. Gilmore
Leebright Wilkes
Eva Castleberry
Lumpkin
Arthur Gilmore
Nellie
Snow
I. E. Gilmore
A. J. McCorvey
R. W. Wilkes
Sophie Avera
R. D. Avera
J. D. Avera
J. B. Turner
8. C. Bragg
Vienna
Community Notes From Cordele Area
The passage records a sequence of local brief items. The teacher plans a several week stay at home. Miss Janet Bush and Frank Musslewhite are ill with fever. Mesara B G Walls and John H Wright travel to Arabi to attend school. Parrot Lumber Co. cutting pine right of way of Waycross Air Line Railway. James Walls injured by a mule in Cordele then treated by Dr Edward. Mrs M H Reeves left for Rochelle. Mrs Willie Lankford of Higgs visiting relatives here. Mrs James Pounds and Misses Mattie Mosley and Manny Grantham visited near Cordele. W L Bush and Will Masse of Cordele were here. Misses Ola and Annie Musslewhite guests of Susie and Kate Wright. Mrs I B Weldon returned to Rochelle. Sunday School and B Y P U here progressing well. Best wishes to the Progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet. Bush
Frank Musslewhite
Mesara
B. G. Walls
John H. Wright
Arabi
Parrot Lumber Co
Jas
Walls
Cordele
Edward’s
M. H. Reeves
Rochelle
Willie Lankford
Higgs
James Pounds
Mattie Mosley
Manny Grantham
Joe Peavy
Kerns
N. J. Grantham
Jean Nelson
Seville
Tippett Bros
A. J. Nixon
Ben Raines
Ashburn
A. B. Tippett
Edna Nobles
Forsyth
M. S. Grantham
J. 8
Smith
Union Church
John Dickerson
Pittsville
Ola Holt
Abbeville
Vienna
Will
W. B. Cason
Messrs
Geo. Turner
Frank Reynolds
Mingo
Findlay
Etta Gunn
Pinehursts
Misses Rogers
Bessie Pilkinton
Billie Gammage
Minnie Peavy
Union
Mixon
Jossey
Jossey & Dorminy
Mixon & Dorminy
Tippetville
Rev. Smith
Cotton picking disrupts area as school closes for break
Farmers face bad weather hindering cotton picking. Our school closed Friday for a six week vacation due to picking, with Miss Susie Hall noted in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Hall
Byronville News Briefs and Local Happenings
Quiet Potomac conditions with rain and light cotton picking noted. Sunday prayer meetings at Methodist church invite all. Singing at Little Creek praised. Mr. Coleman not smiling. local youth attend Pleasant Valley services. Social events include Pinehurst attraction ending and a Woodruff musical. Edith Page and father Mr. W H Page back from illness. wedding rumors in Byronville. Mr Byron reports Houston crops poorer than local. O T Fitzgerald back home from Houston trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac
Methodist Church
Little Creek
G. Coleman
Steve
Pinehurst
Howard
Pleasant Valley
el Woodruff
Mr. Woodruff
W. H. Page
Edith
Byronville
Byron
Houston
Village letters hint at Cecil's future visits
A local note expresses hope that Cecil will return to the village weekly and not neglect its moral concerns. It notes the desire for ongoing representation and ongoing community guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil
Rev Snow Preaches to Good Size Byromville Congregation
Local notes list visits from Brown Wimberly of Henderson Lucious Coleman of Seville J B Byrom and J W Byrom family plans Joe Moreland W H Page family and a big saw mill business run by J S Byrom & Son. Prof Steve Johnson helps with Dooling school and attends service with Nesbit Vinson. Community urges continuance of the prayer meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Snow
Brown Wimberly
Henderson
Lucious Coleman
Seville
J. W. Coleman
M. BR. Ingram
Snow
Joe Moreland
Byrom
Lee Morgan
Montezuma
Steve Johnson
Nesbit Vinson
Unadilla
Pleasant Valley Notices of Sickness and Visits
J B Smith is quite sick at present. Miss Willie Mayo visits relatives at Floville. Mrs W R Butler is sick with fever. J H McKenzie and family from Macon county visited J H Forehand’s family. J B Forehand plans an updated dwelling bought from Mrs 8 8 Taylor. J T McKenzie has the contract. Mrs J B Smith suffers chills and fever. John Mayo confined with fever. Annie Swearingen and Charlie ill but improving. J B Page of Byromville attended services. Mrs G H Tommy of Cordele attended Mrs C P Swearingen’s burial. Church services continue nightly. no morning services due to farmers being busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Mayo
Floville
W. R. Butler
J. H. McKenzie
Macon County
J. H. Forehand
J.B. Forehand
Taylor
J. T. McKenzie
Annie Swearingen
Charlie
Page
Byromville
G. H. Tommy
Cordele
C. P. Swearingen
Arabs High Opens With Strong Enrollment and Staff
Opening reports show nearly 100 pupils on first day at Arabs High School with Prof. Brown as superintendent and Prof. Fred Brinson as assistant. The faculty includes Miss Pearl Rodgers Ida Sumerford Dora Bring Lane in charge of elocation and music. Local visitors and staff arrivals are noted along with a focus on improving prospects and a new business department led by Prof. Sims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Fred Brinson
Pearl Rodgers
Ida Sumerford
Dora
Lane
K. M. Patterson
Hot Springs
Ark
May Lindsey
Cordele
Willie Dudley
Lydia Clements
Jim
Doles
Pearl Ridley
Warwick
Bedgood
Warren Story
Isabella
Emmet Horn
Pinehurst
J. H. Norman
Ohe
White Springs
Glenn
Houston High School Opens With Strong Attendance in 1901
The Houston High School opened on Monday September 2 1901 with large attendance. J J Royal gave the address followed by speeches from Rev C A Norton and Prof Lawson E Brown. A new dormitory was secured for boys and Rev J G Winchester preached the opening sermon. The faculty is larger than before and Miss Brinson joins the staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston High School
J. J. Royal
C. A. Norton
Lawson E. Brown
J. G. Winchester
Cordele
Tippettville News Highlights Local Activities and Prospects
Tippettville residents enjoy good cotton picking weather as Tippett Bros gins thirty five bales. Visitors include Joe Peavy, Jean Nelson, and Rev. Ben Raines. Mixed health notes, church attendance, and community changes follow as N. J. Grantham attends court, Mixon & Dorminy expand, and railroad prospects boost town hopes.
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NEW Hope News
Capron Capers
Dire Bill Cure
Vienna Drug Co
Ceoreia
Byromville News
Pleasant Valley News
J. B. Smith
Ent
John Mayo
Arabi News
Norton
Oakfield
Will Rodgers
George Hyman
Winchester
Ida Calhoun
J. D. Pate
McKenzie
Hope
Red Cross
Tippetville News
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