Waycross News Briefs from Town and County
Local notes report Rev J M Cross at Brunswick church services and Rev H V Skipper preaching in town. Ads urge fire and tornado insurance, and Palmer the bed renovator runs a thriving business. Community remarks touch on politics, crop prospects, mail facilities, planing mills, and a confident view of winter prep. A short crime item describes four gamblers captured after a mail agent intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Smith
H. V. Skipper
Brunswick
Palmer
J.8. Smith
J. Smith
B. J. Sirmans
Gus
DuPont
BB. Johnson
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Sylvester Saunders
Waynesville Visit Recalls Civil War Era and Local Roots
A visitor recounts a long-ago Confederate past near Waynesville, describing the town as a site of early encampment two miles from the hamlet. The account mentions a Sunday School picnic at Sulphur Springs, local residents like Mr Mumford, the Monticello hotel ruin, the old Presbyterian church graveyard, and a new saw mill. The piece notes the B and W Railroad, plans for E Georgia and Florida railroad access, and the potential for Waynesville to grow as a railroad junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaptiain
Wilson
New Waycross
Waycross
Old Waycross
Jonah
E. M
Waynesville
Willie Smith
Homerville
Mumford
Monticello
Old Presbyterian Church
Mr. Wiggins
E. Ga. & Fla
District letter reveals wild tales and jokes from Georgia coast
A fragmentary dialect letter from Sarah A. Higgins in Lagoon Temple Georgia references county life, skur shuns, marriages among Gallast boys, local preachers, and a seaside journey with jokes about Pere pokes and a humorous accident with Gustavus Foaks. The piece blends family note quirks with coastal gossip and local humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah A. A7iggins
Lagoon Temple
Okyfenoky Swamp
Klinch Kounty
Georgia
Dean Toons Layxean
John
Abe
Tom
Bill
Agwine
Benny Trowser
Saint Simons Ilandz
Dexon Skinner
Biznes
Ickup
Ells
Gustavus
Gustavus Peter Foaks
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Heamsasre
Ware County
Ion
L. A. Wilson
Peasenay
Wo. Wright
Amidat
J. M. Cross
H. Hohenstein
Harper
Keate
Messrs
Strickland & Hendry
Waltertown
Bickshear
Lee
Tim
Dodge County
Stanton
Doll Cannon
Ince
Miss Kate
Doll
Will Lee
Will
B. Sirmans
Methodist Church
Mr. Whiting
Lloyd
J.oe Baugh
B. Sirmans and Brovnte
Tom Henderson
Hohenstein House
Old
E. M. Whiting
South Georgia Land Agent
Anp
Coleman
Weymouth
Atlantic City
N.Y
Dr. Blog
Folks & Morgane
Arapaha Star
Gordon
Hanlon
Alapaha! Star
Han Jon
Henry Hohenstein
Waycross, Ga
Ashley
Valdosta, Gu
Groceh
W.J. Ssntm
Casox & Mitrenr
Stadicer
Degas
GC. F. Stadiger
Front ST
Philadelphia
B. F
Albany
South Ga
Parker
Malace
Sirmans
Emstival
Ladies’ Church Aid Society
Krom’s Hall
Cobeats
Sioastishie Parece
Laninn
Youmans
A. R. Bennett
Clothing
B. H. Levy & Bro
Congress Street
Savannah
SBS
Mick
Ad Dreggtete
Ioc
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