Newton County GaArchives News.....TOWN AND COUNTY, EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY May 2, 1889 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Phyllis Thompson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002524 September 9, 2005, 7:13 am The Georgia Enterprise May 2, 1889 ~Miss Sallie Wells is slowly recovering from a severe spell of sickness. ~Judge Jno. P. Harris spent several days recently in Greene County. ~Marshal Horton and Mr. T. J. Shields went trout hunting Monday on Alcova River. ~Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Lee spent Sunday in Rocky Plains district as the guest of Dr. Lee and Family. ~Mrs. Hogue, of Washington, Ga., has been on a visit to Covington as the guest of Mrs. W. H. LaPrade. ~Mr. Thomas Russell, of Waycross, has been on a visit to friends and relatives here. ~Hon. O. S. Porter attended a manufacturers meeting in Augusta this week. ~Judge P. E. Banks is slowly recovering from a serious spell of sickness. ~Judge Emory Speer has joined the Mulberry street Methodist church in Macon. ~Mr. Thomas J. Wright, has been seriously sick for several days, but is slowly improving now. ~Levie Christian, colored, has opened a neat ice cream parlor here and will treat all his customers right. ~Dr. W. J. Higgins is now ready to serve his patients. If you need any dental work call on the Doctor. ~Our friend, Mr. R. H. Thompson, is recovering from a serious and dangerous spell of sickness. ~The Potts plantation near Yellow River Railroad Bridge, is offered for sale. Good land, good buildings, etc. call on Col. J. G. Lester. ~County Commissioner J. W. Sockwell thinks that some of the land on the pauper farm might be rented to advantage. ~Esquire Harry Camp is confident that by united effort we can yet secure an extension of the Covington & Macon railroad to this point. ~Dr. Brittain and Mr. J. T. Corley, Sr., report a most pleasant time at the State Baptist Convention which was held in Marietta last week. ~Mr. George W. Woodruff has returned from Brunswick and South Georgia and will spend the summer here. ~Capt. Cunningham is well again and is stronger in favor of picnics, barbeques and fishing parties than ever. Long live the Captain. ~Judge Pendleton, of Atlanta, delivered a beautiful and impressive address upon the beauties and benefits of Odd Fellowship, at Music Hall, Friday night. ~Drs. Rogers and DuBose, two eminent Presbyterian Divines, preached several interesting sermons here during protracted services at their church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/newton/newspapers/townandc813gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb