LaFayette Mayoral Win and County Transfers Noted
A negro elected mayor of LaFayette in Walker county is reported alongside statewide notes. The Georgia Press Association plans a Macon meeting around May 5, while Decatur county’s chain gang moves to Lowndes. The item touches on taxes on drummers and local editorials with comments from Bill Arp and others.
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LaFayette
Walker County
Georgia Press Association
Macon
Decatur County
Lowndes
Wilkes County
Jim
DuBose Hill
Harrison
Projickin
Burglary at Folkaton and local church conference notes
A theft at Cayedo and Brown in Folkaton occurred during the night of the 26th. The burglars cut a back door panel to reach money drawers but left little cash and no stamps. The South Georgia Conference of the A M E Church met in Hawkinsville, led by Bishop Shorter, with Dr Embry delivering two respected sermons at the court house to a large white audience.
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Folkaton
Cayedo
South Georgia
A. M. E. Church
Bishop Shorter
Cincinnati
Embry
Philadelphia
Court House
Hawkinsville
Robbery Incident Involving Edgar Lee At Thomasville
Edgar Lee of Spring Vale was robbed after meeting a friendly stranger on a train at Lyle's Crossing. The man took eighty five dollars and a silver watch, promising to deposit his money later, then disappeared. Local aid funded Lee’s return home after word of the loss spread.
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Edgar Lee
Spring Vale
Florida
Lyle’s Crossing
Edgar
Thomasville
Cuthbert Liberal
Juulge Underwood
Uncle Sam
Abu
Congress
Richardson
Mississippi
Pger
Atlanta
Nabubs
Bayard
Atkinson
Wall Street
Horace Greeley
St. Paul
Tom [Ood
London
Savannah cashes alimony for asylum and university funding
State payments include 14582.30 for November asylum support and 8000 for annual Georgia University maintenance. Other notes report a Savannah steam fire engine parade, creek names in Colles county, a Wilkes county punching accident, a tragedy of a burned girl near Sunnyside, and land sales by T B Green of Washington.
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Joseph B.sisley
Savannah
State Lunatic Asylum
Atlanta University
Wager
Colles County
Luther Boynton
Sunny Side
T. B. Green
Washington
Massengale
Boston
Augusta Canal
Green
Augusti
Atlanta
Wilkes
LeConte Pears Promise Quick Profits Over Oranges
In Swainsboro Pine Forest the LeConte sand pear is praised as a Georgia favorite with early bearing and rapid profits. It beats the Florida orange for abundance and quicker maturation, offering potential fortunes from a small acreage in wiregrass Georgia.
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Georgia
Florida
Landor
LeConte
Swainsboro Pine Forest
Waresboro Booms and Educational Pride
A visiting correspondent praises Waresboro as a thriving town in Waycross County. He highlights its flourishing high school under Prof. F C Berry, notes strong community sentiment, and laments local division over educational funding choices as a barrier to progress. Dated January 23, 1886, Madsten, Waresboro.
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Waycross Heartrat
Waresboro
F. C. Berry
Wallareshuro
Waycross
Madsten
South News From The Ashes And Ambitions
Reports range from J R Crome’s election as Tennessee masons leader to Alabama oat crops and a Nashville headless crime identification. Also noted are Mobile and Brunswick deaths, Florida ice dangers, and regional church stats amid debates on silver coinage and northern wealth influence in Georgia coastal islands.
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J. R. Crome
Pulaski
Masons
Tennessee
Alabama
Nashville
Frank Armed
T. T. Tyree
Mobile
Electric Bitters Prove Worth in Curing Chronic Ills
Promises hope for hopeless cases from Kirdwey and liver complaints cured by Electric Bitters after other remedies failed. Claims the medicine cleanses blood, aids dyspepsia diabetes and similar ailments, and is safe and reliable for general health.
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United States Supreme Court
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Sandford
Rogue Self
Live Oak
Sumner
Allen
J.P.A DuPont
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Macon & Covington “Railroad
Smithville
Tyope
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Homerville
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Blackshear
W.M. Wilson
Smopey
Hoehan
W. B. Folke
Americus
Pilsbury
John Walton
Robert Toombs
Italy
Thomson
Washington Chronicle
Texas
Knoxville
Crawford County
Bronx Waresboro
Anastasia Island
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Petersburg
Brunswick County
N. C
Frank Willet
Gloucester County
Severn River
South Georgia Conference
Roanoke River
North Carolina
Coffeeville
Mivx
Benjamin Sears
J. E. Ingraham
Sanford Fla
J. W. Scott
Jacksonville
St. Agustine
Fla
Wavey
Dave Robertson
United States
Senate
Ohio
Long Island
Secretary of the Treasury
House of Representatives
Valdosy
Williams Bros
Valdosta, Georgia
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Stool
Estey Piano
H. L. Boone
Valdosta
GC. C. Varnedde
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Foles & Morgan
Retall
Parker's Lilek
Waycross Ga
Deruke
Sunhay Gils
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