Fayette County Historical Society

FAYETTE CO. HISTORICAL SOCIETY-OCT. 16 MEETING

2011-10-08T08:00:00.001-04:00

We are pleased to have Ms. Lucy Waller as our speaker at the October 16th meeting.. Ms. Wallwer will be speaking on "Vanishing Georgia: Small Town Life in Fayetteville" Growing up in Fayetteville in the 1940s and 50s. Come hear her recall this unique time in Fayetteville.Her story and period photos  are seen in a recent issue of "Georgia Backroads" magazine.The meeting will begin at 3PM

CB Glover

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2011-10-04T16:46:00.001-04:00

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Moreland, Georgia Museums Open House

2011-07-13T18:46:00.000-04:00

Got a call from this lady last night at the FCHS, about the info below. Sounds like an interesting trip. . The PP attachment is very nice.

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Hi,

On behalf of the Moreland, Ga. Museums and our company which provides management services for them, it is my pleasure to invite you to our Open House Saturday, July 23 from 10am to 3pm. It will be a day immersed in history and fun. Our museums are anxious to show off their new exhibits. It will also be a day to share ideas with others from area historical and cultural arts organizations.

Please see the attached invitation. We hope to see you at our Open House.

Best wishes,
Carol Chancey

Owner

Cloudland Canyon Entertainment

678.492.3161

New Hours of Georgia Archives

2011-07-12T13:55:00.001-04:00

Important message related to hours of the Georgia Archives. See Below:

CB Glover

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Beginning July 1, 2011, public hours at the Georgia Archives are now Fridays and Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The new hours are a result of reductions in the Georgia Archives' fiscal year 2012 budget. We regret the inconvenience this may cause researchers, and we greatly appreciate your understanding.

Thank you,

The Georgia Archives

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BROWN'S MILL BATTLEFIELD GROUP TO HOST CONFEDERATE LECTURES

2011-07-05T11:21:00.001-04:00

For information on the lecture series held in Newnan this month, go to our web site and click on "calender" The lectures will be related to battles in Coweta Co. and surrounding area.

CB Glover

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New Photos on Historical Society facebook page

2011-06-30T07:30:00.001-04:00

See new photos on our facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fayette-Co-Historical-Society/195253027179168?sk=wall

CB Glover

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New "OLD" photos on Facebook Site

2011-06-02T08:26:00.000-04:00

I have added a number on new "old" photos to our facebook site. See at below link.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fayette-Co-Historical-Society/195253027179168?sk=wall

CB Glover

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Gone With the Wind Manuscript Exhibit Opening

2011-05-26T15:38:00.001-04:00

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Buckhead Campus

>> Summer Camp 2011

>> Lectures

>> Special Offers

Midtown Campus

>> Summer Writing Camp 2011

Atlanta History Center

Margaret Mitchell House

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Margaret Mitchell House

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Summer Camp 2011

Registration open; Camps begin June 6, 2011

Atlanta History Center summer campers explore the past and the world around them through enriching and engaging activities. Join the fun with games, stories, crafts, and outdoor expeditions as well as interactive exhibitions.

Learn more about the camps.

Lectures

Admission to all lectures is $5 for members, $10 for nonmembers, and free to Annual Fund donors unless noted otherwise. Reservations are required for all lectures. Please call 404.814.4150 or reserve your tickets online.

Sidney Isenberg Lecture Series: Melissa Fay Greene
No Biking in the House Without a Helmet
Thursday, June 9, 2011
8:00 PM

Learn more about the author and program.

Elizabeth Musser
The Sweetest Thing
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
7:00 PM

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Gone With the Wind: Celebrating 75 Years
Inspired by Margaret: Four Georgia Authors Discuss how Margaret Mitchell Inspired Their Work
Thursday, June 30, 2011
7:00 PM

Learn more about the author and program.

Special Offers

Bank of America Musuems on Us
June 4th and 5th

Take advantage of the Museums on Us program on the first full weekend of every month for free! All you need is a photo ID and your Bank of America/Merrill Lynch card. Learn more about the program.

Blue Star Museums
Memorial Day, May 31, 2011 - Labor Day, September 6, 2011.

The Atlanta History Center is a proud participant of the Blue Star Museums program. We will offer free admission to military personnel and their families from May 31 - September 6, 2011.

Summer Writing Camp 2011

Registration open; Camps begins June 6, 2011

Our camps provide an opportunity for youth to discover the power and excitement of writing, while honing their writing skills in a fun, interactive environment. With 10-15 participants per camp, each writer receives individual attention, while learning how to create meaningful prose through a variety of techniques, like stream-of-consciousness writing, journaling, free verse poetry, and more!

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Historical Society Meeting/Photos

2011-05-22T17:26:00.001-04:00

5:25 PM

Click on below link to see photos and speaker info.

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Sunday Meet. Historical Society, 3PM, Today 22nd

2011-05-22T11:50:00.001-04:00

Last minute reminder

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Historical Society Meeting - this Sunday -May 22nd

2011-05-20T16:19:00.001-04:00

DONT FORGET THIS SUNDAY'S MEET, SEE BELOW:

CB Glover

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Don't forget the Fayette County Historical Society's May meeting is on Sunday the 22^nd at 3:00 p.m. at the Margaret Mitchell Research Center, 195 Lee Street , Fayetteville . Our speaker will be Carole Marsh. She is the founder and CEO of an award-winning children's book publishing company, Gallopade International, headquartered in Peachtree City . The author of thousands of books (fiction and non-fiction), she has more than 25 pages of title listings in "Children's Books in Print". While most recognized by children for her Carole Marsh Real Kids! Real Places! Mysteries, all ages will be delighted by her books, especially those on Georgia . American Milestones and 1000 Biographies are among her curriculum series used in schools in Georgia and across the United States . Most recently, she is the creator and author of a 6-book series, The Student's Civil War, non-fiction, graphic novels created to coincide with the 150^th Anniversary of the Civil War.

Carole is a Georgia native, born in Atlanta . She and her husband, Bob, are long-time residents of Peachtree City and members at PTC United Methodist Church .

I hope you'll join us to hear this special 2007 Georgia Author of the Year. She nominated again in 2011 for Georgia Author of the Year for her book Mary America: First Girl President of the United States.

New Photos

2011-05-16T00:49:00.000-04:00

I took photos today at the Taste of Fayette and Living History Exhibit . Check Face Book sites for the

Fayette Co. Museum.

Historical Society and

Camp 79 SCV site.

CB Glover

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Join Us as We Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Gone With the Wind

2011-05-11T16:04:00.000-04:00

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New Pepsi can

2011-05-05T14:07:00.001-04:00

I dont usually dont forward things like this, but this is worth the forward. See below

CB Glover

Don`t Buy Pepsi in new Flag Can
,words "under God" left out.

Subject: DON'T BUY PEPSI IN THE NEW CAN!
Don't buy Pepsi in the new can. Pepsi has a new 'patriotic' can
Coming out with pictures of the Empire State Building , and the
Pledge of Allegiance on them.
However, Pepsi left out two little words on the pledge,
'Under God.'
Pepsi said they didn't want to offend anyone. In that case, we don't
Want to offend anyone at the Pepsi corporate office, either!
So if we don't buy any Pepsi products, they will not be offended
When they don't receive our money that has the words
'In God We Trust' on it.
HOW FAST CAN YOU FORWARD THIS ONE?

Pretty darn fast!!

Lunch on Lawn-Court House Square

2011-04-28T15:09:00.001-04:00

A message from the president, FCHS

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A message from the president, FCHS

Alice

Remembrance Day, Gone With the Wind Celebration

2011-04-28T15:02:00.001-04:00

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Buckhead Campus

>> Free Admission: National Public Gardens Day

>> Closing Days: Eudora Welty: Exposures and Reflections

>> Magic Monday: Springtime in Bloom

>> Lectures

>> Homeschool Day: Books that Changed History

>> Spotlight: Great Innovations Summer Camp at AHC!

Midtown Campus

>> Gone With the Wind Celebration: 75th Anniversary

Atlanta History Center

Margaret Mitchell House

Atlanta History Center

Margaret Mitchell House

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The Atlanta History Center is a proud participant of the Blue Star Museums program. We will offer free admission to military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 31, 2011 through Labor Day, September 6, 2011.

Free Admission: National Public Gardens Day

May 6, 2011

Join us in celebrating National Public Gardens Day on Friday, May 6, 2011. Better Homes and Gardens and the American Public Garden Association want you, your friends, and your family to visit a local garden, including our Historic Gardens for free!

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Closing Days: Eudora Welty: Exposures and Reflections

Closing day May 8, 2011

A provocative look at Depression-era South, this exhibition explores Eudora Welty's photography and regional literary works.

Learn more about this exhibition.

Magic Monday: Springtime in Bloom

Monday, May 9, 2011
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Enjoy a walk through the Atlanta History Center's historic gardens and discover all the beautiful flowers in bloom and make a spring time craft.

Learn more about this program.

Lectures

Admission to all lectures is $5 for members, $10 for nonmembers, and free to Annual Fund donors unless noted otherwise. Reservations are required for all lectures. Please call 404.814.4150 or reserve your tickets online.

Elson Lecture: Erik Larson
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
8:00 PM

Learn more about the author and program.

Livingston Lecture: James B. Stewart
Tangled Webs: How False Statements are Undermining America: From Martha Stewart to Bernie Madoff
Monday, May 16, 2011
8:00 PM

Learn more about the author and program.

Michelle Au
This Won't Hurt a Bit (And Other White Lies): My Education in Medicine and Motherhood
Thursday, May 19, 2011
7:00 PM

Learn more about the author and program.

Homeschool Day: Books that Changed History

Friday, May 20, 2011
1:00 - 4:00 PM

Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publications of Gone With the Wind by learning about some of the books that changed history, including the Bible, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Anne Frank's diary, and many others. Please note: This special program will be held at our Midtown campus, the Margaret Mitchell House.

Learn more about this program.

Spotlight: Great Innovations Summer Camp at AHC!

Have an inventor in your family? Sign your kids up for the Great Innovations summer camp at the AHC where they'll participate in a World's Fair Exposition!

Atlanta History Center summer campers explore the past and the world around them through enriching and engaging activities!

Enroll now!

Gone With the Wind Celebration: 75th Anniversary

Saturday, May 14, 2011
10:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Experience 150 years of history with this special program by delving into the entire Gone With the Wind story and travel through time, including Civil War soldiers in the heart of Atlanta, the city in the 1920s when Margaret Mitchell wrote the book, and the lasting legacy of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

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Confederate Memorial day Photos 2011

2011-04-27T00:27:00.001-04:00

To see the photos taken today at the Confederate Memorial Day event, go to our face book site and type in McLaws camp 79, SCV and click on Memorial Day Photos.

CB Glover

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APRIL 26, 2011 7PM

2011-04-25T14:05:00.000-04:00

DONT FORGET.

'CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY' TOMORROW, 7PM, GAZEBO, FAYETTEVILLE, BE THERE

CB Glover

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"Happy Easter"

2011-04-24T09:07:00.001-04:00

CB Glover

I would like to wish everyone a :
'HAPPY EASTER'

Many old photos now on our Face Book page, link below

2011-04-19T14:16:00.001-04:00

Many new photos on our facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fayette-Co-Historical-Society/195253027179168?sk=wall

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GHS Headlines 4-13-11

2011-04-14T00:18:00.001-04:00

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Georgia Historical Society's

Annual Meeting & Garden Party

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Savannah

Honoring:

Lisa L. White, Berrien Award

Dr. Paul M. Pressly, Pinckney Award

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Historical Marker Dedication

Jonathan Bryan

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

11 A.M.

Franklin Square

Savannah

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Historical Marker Dedication

Phoebe Putnam Memorial Hospital

Thursday, April 21, 2011

2 P.M.

Phoebe Putnam Memorial Hospital

1008 N. Monroe Street

Albany

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Georgia Historical Society's

Annual Book Sale

Friday and Saturday,

April 29-30, 2011

Hodgson Hall

Savannah

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In The News

Nationwide Coverage of Atlanta CW150 Historical Marker Dedication

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Coming Up at GHS

GHS Annual Book Sale

The Georgia Historical Society needs your used books for its Annual Book Sale to be held April 29-30, 2011. Clean out your closets and clear away your clutter to support this annual fund-raising event!

Donations to the Book Sale are tax deductible. For more information or to volunteer, contact GHS at 912-651-2128 or email us at library@georgiahistory.com. Open to the public!

Inside GHS
Staff Updates

Elise LaPaglia is a Research Intern at GHS, and is dedicated to assisting in the development of resources associated with the Today in Georgia History program. She also provides logistical, research, and clerical support to the GHS Senior Historian and Research Specialist. Elise is a third-year architecture student at the Savannah College of Art and Design whose interest in Georgia history has led her to explore the GHS collections.

From the Archives

Charles H. Olmstead papers, 1861-1921 (MS

599)

This collection contains Charles Olmstead's memoirs, which detail his military career, five articles, and correspondence. Most of the collection pertains to his Civil War experiences, including the surrender of Fort Pulaski, being a prisoner of war, and raising the U.S. flag on Tybee Lighthouse in November, 1861. The collection also includes an article written by Olmstead about life in Savannah in the 1840s.

Fort Pulaski after the siege.

Charles Hart Olmstead (1837-1926) was born in Savannah, the son of Jonathan Olmstead (1798-1854) and Eliza (Hart) Olmstead (1802-1881). He was educated in private schools in Savannah and at the Georgia Military Institute, Marietta, Ga., where he graduated in 1856. At the outbreak of the Civil War he, as Adjutant of the 1st Ga. Vol. Regt., was ordered to seize Fort Pulaski in January, 1861. He was Colonel in command of the Fort on its surrender to Federal forces in April 1862. He was taken prisoner, sent first to Governors Island, N.Y. then to Johnsons Island, Ohio. He was exchanged in Vicksburg, Miss., and again served with Confederate forces in and around Charleston, S.C. and Savannah. He assumed command of the 3rd Military District of S.C., but was soon ordered to take command of the 1st Ga. vol. Regt, which joined the Army of Tennessee for the remainder of the War. In addition to his "Memoirs" and articles on the Civil War, Olmstead wrote a book and articles on Savannah history.

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Historical Society now on Face Book

2011-04-11T12:08:00.001-04:00

As with most things now you can find us, Fayette Co. Historical Society, on Face Book.

Type in the name, as I typed it, and you can see the new Face Book page. You can add comments, talk on subjects related to the Historical Society, or just comment on the page as a whole by clicking "liked it" and typing your comment. Pass this info along to family and friends. Thanks. CB

CB Glover

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General Message for Compatriot Roy Butts

2011-04-10T12:33:00.001-04:00

This is a request from compatriot Roy Butts to notify everyone who may have received an

"odd" message from his email. His email was hacked for improper purposes of sending out

"spam". He is in the process of correcting this.. Thanks

CB Glover

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--- On Thu, 4/7/11, Roy Butts <rebelroy61@hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Roy Butts <rebelroy61@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: Words of a Confederate Veteran
To: "cb Glover" <cbglover9@yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 10:13 PM

CB, I hope you got the message that my E-mail had been Hacked and I did not send you that strange message you had received earlier this week. Roy

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 14:15:08 -0700
From: cbglover9@yahoo.com
Subject: Words of a Confederate Veteran
To:

This is a copy of my article for the Historical Society newsletter. I know many of you will not be getting a copy, so I though you would enjoy reading the words of a Confederate Veteran so near Confederate Memorial Day.

Veterans Words

A Confederate veteran remarked one day "I never yet got an honest expression from even the most daring and reckless fighter that he did not admit a desire at times to escape the terrible dangers one confronts in battle. To me the greatest dread was always in anticipation, for once in the thick of the fight one is sustained by a sort of frenzy, a dogged determination to win, and ecstasy that lifts one above the thought of fear. The strain comes on the eve of battle, when you are held in reserve, when there is a lull that gives time to think or when you feel the temptation to stampede running like an electric thrill through the ranks. I once stood near a colonel when a bullet cut the skin from his cheek and the whistle of the balls was all about us. He was a slight , scholarly man, almost effeminate in appearance and I expected that so close a call would force some evidence of timidity or dread. But the gallant little officer never turned a hair. He did not change his position or wipe the blood that trickled from the wound. I learned after wards that it was a triumph of will power and moral courage over the instincts of nature.
"I wanted to turn and run", he said." There was nothing of money value in my possession or that I could command which would not gladly have been turned over in exchange for a safe place".
In the raw state of our service we thought it unmanly to put a tree or a log between us and the enemy. We must stand up and fight like men. But we got gravely over that false idea of heroism. The greatest degree of safety consistent with a proper performance of your duty is due your country, your families and yourselves,
"I have seen strong men stand pale and trembling as they awaited the order to charge, and I put them down as the bravest of the brave because they knew the keenest fear and yet had the courage to resist its impulses. Under like circumstances I have resorted to a thousand expedients to quiet my throbbing nerves, counting the buttons on a comrades coat, taking a critical invoice of his equipment, trying to be amused at anything odd which might be discovered in this inspection.
"And the same men are not equally brave at all times. I saw troops time and again that had been stampeded, overcome and completely routed, afterwards behave like heroes.

Strange as it may appear, nations always go to war for the sake of peace..

Submitted CB Glover

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Historical Marker Dedication-Burning of Atlanta

2011-04-08T07:43:00.001-04:00

Important event. Atlanta

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REMINDER

The Georgia Historical Society and
the Georgia Department of Economic Development
invite you to a
Historical Marker Dedication
for

The Burning and Destruction of Atlanta

Monday, April 11, 2011
11:00 A.M.
Outside of the Georgia Railroad Freight Depot
65 Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive
Atlanta, GA

Keynote Address by U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson

With additional remarks by GHS President and CEO, Dr. W. Todd Groce, and
Kennesaw State University public historian, Hermina Glass-Avery.

An Official Civil War 150 Event

◊◊◊◊

Marker Text:

The Burning and Destruction of Atlanta

After capturing Atlanta in September 1864 during the Civil War, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, before leaving Atlanta on the March to the Sea, ordered the destruction of all railroads, factories, and commercial buildings of possible use to the Confederacy. On Nov. 11, 1864, Chief Engineer Orlando M. Poe directed the demolition of stone and brick buildings using specially made battering rams. On Nov. 15, Poe's troops burned the wooden buildings in the downtown business district around the site of this marker. Though houses and churches were not targeted, some were burned nonetheless. Many houses had already been dismantled by both armies to make way for fortifications. Contrary to popular myth only 40 percent of Atlanta was left in ruins.

Erected for the Civil War 150 commemoration by the Georgia Historical Society
and the Georgia Department of Economic Development

Please RSVP to Brian Williams at 912.651.2125 ext.131 or bwilliams@georgiahistory.com.

Directions:

Northbound on I-75/85:
Exit at Central Ave./Fulton St.
Take a right at first light
Take a left at next light, onto Capitol Ave.
Take a left onto MLK, Jr. Dr., pass the Capitol on your left
Go through intersection with Washington St., the Georgia Freight Depot will be on your right, underneath the large mural of whales
The Freight Room is inside the front door, to the right

Southbound on I-75-85:
Exit at Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive/State Capitol
Go straight through three lights, pass the Capitol on your left
The Georgia Freight Depot will be on your right, underneath the large mural of whales
The Freight Room is inside the front door, to the right

*If using GPS navigation, use N 33 45.08, W 84 23.325.

In partnership with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, this event is part of a statewide commemoration of the Civil War 150 anniversary. GHS is conducting a program across the state to unveil new and recently replaced historical markers that explore the stories of Georgia's Civil War history as lived and experienced by all of its people during those tumultuous and transformative years. For more information on the Civil War 150 marker project, please click here.

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2011-04-01T00:48:00.001-04:00

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Historical Marker Dedication

The Burning and Destruction of Atlanta

Monday, April 11, 2011

11:00 A.M.

Outside of the Georgia Railroad Freight Depot

65 Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive

Atlanta

Keynote Address by

U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson

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Georgia Historical Society's

Annual Meeting & Garden Party

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Savannah

Honoring:

Lisa L. White, Berrien Award

Paul M. Pressly, Pinckney Award

Click here for more on this event.

Georgia Historical Society's

Annual Book Sale

Friday and Saturday,

April 29-30, 2011

Hodgson Hall, Savannah

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2011 GHS Garden Party



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Tybee Island Light Station

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In The News

Historical Georgia: There's An App For That
by Rickey Bevington, GPB

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Coming Up at GHS

Conquered Banners: Georgia's Civil War Flags

The next installment of the Conquered Banners exhibit, the Montgomery Guards banner, will go on display Tuesday, April 5. Commissioned by Captain Lawrence Guilmartin to the Sisters of Mercy, the Montgomery Guards banner was presented to the company at Fort Pulaski on March 17, 1862. The front of the banner features a cross of gold chenille above which appears the motto "In hoc signo vinces" (in this sign you will conquer) and below, the words, "God and our rights." The reverse of the banner shows a harp entwined with a shamrock, the name of the company, and twelve stars representing the Confederacy.

The Montgomery Guards were organized in Savannah in July of 1861 and initially served with the 1st Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. They were part of the garrison at Fort Pulaski (where they were surrendered) and later served as Co. E of the 22nd Battalion Georgia Siege Artillery.

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GHS Annual Book Sale

The Georgia Historical Society needs your used books for its Annual Book Sale to be held April 29-30, 2011. Clean out your closets and clear away your clutter to support this annual fund-raising event!

Donations to the Book Sale are tax deductible. For more information or to volunteer, contact GHS at 912-651-2128 or email us at library@georgiahistory.com .

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Staff Updates

The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) is pleased to announce that Brandy Mai has joined the staff as the new Director of Communications. Ms. Mai will be responsible for guiding the Society's communication strategies, media relationships, marketing, and promotions. She joins GHS with nearly 15 years of journalism and marketing experience, having worked as a military journalist, marketing writer/editor and federal contract investigator for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Ms. Mai is a graduate of Northwestern State University in Louisiana.

To assist the Library and Archives, Catherine Duffy has joined the staff as Reference Assistant. Ms. Duffy will be responsible for aiding researchers and patrons, as well as maintaining library resources. Before joining the GHS staff, she interned at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y., as well as the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah. She holds a BFA in interior design from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a minor in art history, and has also studied at Syracuse University's campus in Florence, Italy.

From the Archives

Griffin B. Bell papers, circa 1952-2009 (MS 2305)

Griffin Boyette Bell was born in Americus, Georgia, on 31 October 1918. He served in the United States Army, attaining the rank of Major, from 1941 to 1946 and graduated cum laude from Mercer University Law School with an LL.B. degree in 1948. Bell practiced law in Georgia from 1948 until 1961 when he was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Judge Bell served on the Fifth Circuit for fifteen years until President Jimmy E. Carter's nomination to become the 72nd Attorney General of the United States. Bell received the attorney general oath of office from Chief Justice Warren E. Burger in January 1977 and served until August 1979. In his private practice, Bell joined the law firm King and Spaulding in Atlanta, Georgia in 1953. He became managing partner in 1958, and served as senior partner until January 2004 when he became senior counsel of the firm. He conducted investigations such as internal reviews for E.F. Hutton's Board of Directors regarding fraud charges and an independent review of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska for the board of directors of the Exxon Company and managed the estate of Howard Hughes. Bell served on Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's ad hoc Advisory Committee on new rules governing military tribunals in 2002, served on the Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee for the Department of Defense, and chaired a study group regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Office of Professional Responsibility in 2003. In addition, he was selected by the Defense Department as a member of the Review Panel for Military Commissions and served as Chief Judge until resigning in November 2007. Griffin Bell died on 5 January 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 90.

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In April, commemorating the 75th anniversaries of both Gone With the Wind and the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, the Atlanta History Center and Margaret Mitchell House unite with the festival as a Lead Cultural Alliance Partner. Held at Piedmont Park, the festival runs Friday, April 15, through Sunday, April 17, 2011.

Stop by our booth for a variety of engaging history and literary activities, such as historical Travel Trunk displays, photo opportunities, a never-ending story game, enriching demonstrations, Poetry Out Loud performances, and craft-making activities for all ages.

Before or after your festival visit, stop at Margaret Mitchell House and receive free museum admission on April 16 and 17, 2011. Learn more about the Cultural Alliance Partnership online.

This Land is Whose Land? Using Land Records to Trace Your Family History

Saturday, April 9, 2011
10:30 AM - Noon

Deeds, maps, lottery registration lists, and other land records can place an ancestor in a specific place at a specific time. These records can sometimes tell us an ancestor's age, birthplace, military service, citizenship, literacy, and other personal information as well. Join Atlanta History Center archivist Sue VerHoef as she explains how to locate and utilize these records to find out the branches of your family tree.

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Magic Mondays: Egg Hunt

Monday, April 11, 2011
10:30 - 11:30 AM

It's the Atlanta History Center's annual egg hunt at the History Center's Smith Family Farm. Toddlers explore the farm to find eggs, and make a craft related to the theme.

Learn more about this program.

Homeschool Day: Relics and Remembrance

Thursday, April 14, 2011
1:00 - 4:00 PM

Commemorate the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War and learn how local military archaeologists and historians use artifacts to piece together the past and investigate the battles that may have been fought in your backyard!

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Lectures

Admission to all lectures is $5 for members, $10 for nonmembers, and free to Annual Fund donors unless noted otherwise. Reservations are required for all lectures. Please call 404.814.4150 or reserve your tickets online.

David Nichols
Eisenhower 1956
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
8:00 PM

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Membership Offer

In celebration of our annual Sheep to Shawl festival on April 16th, we're offering discounts on our most popular membership levels. Join or renew today and you'll also receive this festive Sheep to Shawl magnet. Don't hesitate! This offer is only valid through April 16, 2011!

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Literary Center at Margaret Mitchell House Writing Workshop: The Six Elements of Writing Southern Fiction

Saturdays, April 16 and 23, 2011
1:00 – 5:00 PM

Led by experienced, multi-published Southern author, Julie L. Cannon, this workshop will inspire and guide writers to discover the six essential elements that make Southern stories distinctive. Participants study the genre, with an exposure to a range of writers and styles of Southern fiction to become familiarized with the factors that create an authentic Southern story, and learn techniques to bring characters and plots to life.
This program is part of the Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind 75th Anniversary Celebration program series.

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Lectures

Admission to all lectures is $5 for members, $10 for nonmembers, and free to Annual Fund donors unless noted otherwise. Reservations are required for all lectures. Please call 404.814.4150 or reserve your tickets online.

Susan Lucci
All My Life
Monday, April 4, 2011
7:00 PM

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Meg Wolitzer
The Uncoupling
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
7:00 PM

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Diane Ackerman
One Hundred Names for Love
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
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Here are a few photos from the monthly Historical Society Meeting. Mayor Ken Steele speaker

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Historical Society Meeting

2011-03-20T08:56:00.000-04:00

Dont forget our meeting today at 3PM. Mayor Ken Steele will be speaking.

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Civil War Symposium at the National Archives,Morrow,Ga

2011-03-18T07:40:00.001-04:00

All day on April 16 beginning at 9:00 am, the National Archives at
Atlanta (located in Morrow, south of Atlanta) is having a Civil War
Symposium and a display of Civil War artifacts loosely based on Antiques
Roadshow. For full information on the speakers and topics go to

http://www.archives .gov/southeast/ public/workshops .html

and click on the link to Program and Registration or go to

http://www.archives .gov/southeast/ public/2011- civil-war- program.html

Registration is required. The cost is only $20.00 per person for the
day. Fees are non refundable, but substitutions are allowed so someone
could go in your place if something came up. The fees include
Continental breakfast, complimentary lunch, speakers and exhibits in the afternoon..

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Photos of the event held Sat/12th. Herb Bridges on Margaret Mitchell and GWTW

2011-03-14T12:02:00.001-04:00

Enjoy the photos taken at the event held by the Museum and Historical Society, Sat. March 12. The speaker, Herb Bridges, was excellent in his talk on Margaret Mitchell and how the book, Gone With the Wind" came into being. Go the the Historical Society web site and click:

"Museum Photos and Events" In the museum section and you will be on the page.

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Frank Buckles, Last US WWI Vet, Dies at 110

2011-02-28T14:39:00.001-05:00

Amazing story. Worth keeping

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HDF House Museum Event on Fayette Front Page

2011-02-21T12:38:00.001-05:00

We now have the Museum event discussed listed on Fayette Front Page under the Blog

"Hooked on History" See below link

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New Displays Fayette Museum

2009-10-17T16:31:00.001-04:00

When I went by the Fayette Museum today I noticed several new displays and items, one of which is called the "Victorian Mourning Exhibit" I took several photos, which are on Photos page 2 of the Historical Society's web site. They can also be seen by clicking on "Victorian Mourning Exhibit" to the right of the Fayette Museum photo. This is an excellent place to visit with family and friends. See John Lynch, curator, for details.

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"Today in Fayetteville" January 13, 1905

2009-10-10T09:52:00.001-04:00

Interesting happenings in early 1905

The Fayetteville News
January 13, 1905

Rigid Vaccination Ordered

The appearance of smallpox in the Dasher district, Lowndes county, has made the Valdosta city officials take a determined stand to prevent the disease coming to the city.
A strict quarantine has been established against the infected districts and rigid vaccination laws have been adopted. The names of all the infected houses in the Dasher district and parties from them will be arrested and sent to the pest house unless they are able to show a good health certificate.

Jack Bone Escapes the Noose

Jack Bone, the floyd county murderer, sentenced to death for the murder of farmer Zach Hall, has been pronounced insane by a commission of physicians appointed by Governor Terrell, and instead of going to the gallows, he has been sent to the state sanitarium at Millegeville, there to remain until his sanity shall have been restored.

Local News

We regret to note that Sq. Ben Adams is very ill at this time.

Misses Ola and Mary Lou Adams visited their grandfather, Mr. McElwaney, of near Hopewell, one night last week

Miss Cora Thomas and Mr. Henry Norton both of this Community, were happily married Dec, 23, 1904. We extend to the happy couple best wishes.

Paul Adams was hauling two sisters Sunday afternoon. Guess he thinks if he cant get one he will take the other.

There is a certain man in our community who killed a hog last week, and after he hung it up, he went into the house to get a knife to cut it up, and when he came back the cats had the hog and were gone.......where, he did not know.

The many friends of Miss Vergie Chapman will be glad to know she is rapidly improving from her recent illness.

To Observe Lee's Birthday

State School Commissioner WB Merritt has prepared a very attractive pamphlet which he is now sending out to the different schools in the state to be used as a program for exercises which are to be held on the birthday of General Robert E Lee. The birthday of the great general comes on January 19th, and in every school in Georgia there will no doubt be some observance made of the occasion.

submitted by CB Glover

"Today in Fayetteville" September 15, 1891

2009-09-13T15:39:00.001-04:00

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THE FAYETTEVILLE NEWS
Sept. 15, 1991

Inman, Ga.

The summer is gone, The soft, sweet tones of the "belle" are heard no more, if we are to judge from the forlorn expression of the faces of some of our boys.

While attempting to kindle a fire in the furnace of his steam engine, the other day, Mr JB Hightower had his face badly burned. We are glad to say however, that he is improving rapidly now and we think he will soon be well again.

The lumber is on the grounds and the building in process of erection for the co-operative Alliance store at Inman.

Rev CM Verdel preached a learned and impressive sermon at Liberty Sunday, Text: Looking diligently lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright, Hebrew X11, 16. Subject: The downfall of the wrong and triumph of the right. As usual, he handled his subject magnificently.

Bring your cotton to Fayetteville

Fine tobacco at Davis and Kerlin

Fine dress goods, just opened, at ST and AO Blalock

Our town will be crowded with people next week attending court.

The confederate veterans of the county meet today at the court house.

It is the thought that the next term of our school will be the most prosperous one in its history. There is no better place to send your children than to the Fayetteville High school.

Dr JE Tucker has moved his office. He can be found in the little building between the jail and JW Kitchens store in the day and at the Burks House at night.

Atlanta & Florida Railroad Schedule south bound

Atlanta    4:00 PM
Yard    4:15
Selina 4:59
Fayetteville    5:15
June    5:52
Williamson 6:17
Zebulon 6:30
Junc. Upson Co. RR 7:00
Yatesville Junc. 7:14
Leave " " 7:30
Arrive Chiloden 7:43
Arrive Knoxville 8:12
arrive Fort Valley 8:50

Submitted CB Glover

"Today in Fayetteville" June 3, 1932

2009-08-31T11:35:00.002-04:00

The Fayetteville Enterprise

June 3, 1932

Parker-Banks

Of interest to a wide circle of friends in the county was the marriage of Miss Janie Parker to Mr. Ezra Banks, The marriage occured Sunday, May 29Th. At 11:30 at the home of the brides parents, with Rev. WF Burdette performing the ceremony. Mrs. Banks is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Parker of New Hope. Mr. Banks is the son of Mr. Britton Banks of New Hope.

Regular Meeting of U.D.C. Chapter

The regular June meeting of the Fayette County Chapter UDC will be held on June 10Th at 11:00 am at Dr. Camps lake on his farm near Hopeful. This will be the last meeting of the Chapter before September, and the program committee has arranged for a picnic dinner on the occasion. Cars will be furnished for transportation of all members, and they are requested to notify some member of the committee in the event transportation is desired.

Gold

One way of putting the unemployed at productive work is to set them prospecting for gold. That is not so fantastic as it may sound. There are gold deposits in many places which easily yield enough to pay good wages to people who know how to get the gold out.

In Denver and other Colorado city schools for gold diggers have been started. Half a dozen experience placer miners are showing the unemployed how to wash the sands of the South Platte river for gold. Here inside the city limits of Denver, every Spring and Summer since gold was first discovered there in 1858, miners have been mining out 1.50 to 2.00 a day of gold per man.

Mr. AB Tinsley Passes Away

Mr. AB Tinsley died at his home near Ebenezer Church May 24Th. He was 90 years of age and had lived in Fayette County during his entire lifetime. he was one of the few remaining Confederate soldiers who saw actual service. He also served as county commissioner of this county for several terms. He married Miss Melissa Spur, who preceded him in death about two months. Mr Tinsleys sterling character was for him the love and respect of a wide circle of friends who sympathize with the family in his passing. The funeral was held at Ebenezer Church. The Rev. BP Yett. a former pastor officiating.

He is survived by one son, Mr G. Tinsley and two daughters, Mrs BJ Perry and Mrs Andrew Phillips, besides a number of Grandchildren.

Mrs Hattie E Murphy Passed Away May 24

This Community was shocked and saddened on the morning of May 24th when the announcement was made that Mrs Hattie E Murphy had passed away.This splendid womam had lived in this community for forty years. Mrs Murphy prior to her marriage to JR Murphy on Oct 18, 1892, was Miss Hattie Dean, daughter of Captain Burkett Dean and Mrs Lucy Christian Dean, Her father being one of the pioneer citizens of Clayton County. He was a gallant soldier in the War Between the States, and distinguished himself on many battlefields.

Her funeral was held at the Fayetteville Methodist Church.

Submitted by CB Glover

"Today in Fayetteville" January 5, 1917

2009-08-11T08:01:00.000-04:00

1917 was a new and exciting year for our "folks" in Fayette County. Let us take a look at what was of interest to them...

THE FAYETTEVILLE NEWS
January 5, 1917
LOCAL NEWS

The holidays passed so quietly that we hardly realized it was Christmas. The new year is with us and we should try with more zeal and courage to make it a brighter and better year than the one just past.

Several kind-hearted people of the county help to brighten the lives of the old people at the county farm Christmas, by remembering them with gifts of wearing apparel and fruits, which was highly appreciated.

EAST SIDE

This part of town has undergone a considerable change. Some families moved out and others moved in. Mrs. J.S. Millsapps moved to a farm 6 miles west of town and Mr. W. H. Tidwell moved into the house formerly occupied by her. Mr. J.R. Jackson moved to a farm four miles east of Jonesboro, and Mr. Bogan Farrer has moved into our midst. We welcome good people in our town.

Miss Anna Ruth Murphy returned to school at Milledgeville last Wednesday
Marcelus Kendrick is at Mr. B. Thornton and is just recovering form a case of measles.

HOME GARDENING CUTS DOWN BILLS

"A real garden", says Mr. Hastings, president of the Southeastern Fair Association and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, properly prepared and planted, and kept planted throughout the season, will help more to decrease store bills than anything else the farmer can do.

There are lots of what I term 'one planting' gardens. Gardens with a few struggling rows of beans, a few dozen cabbages and tomato plants, with some watermelon off in one corner, but that’s not real gardening any more than a youngsters first drawing of a cat or a dog on his slate, is fine art. Our southern folks generally don’t take the garden seriously when as a matter of fact the right kind of a garden, containing a full line of vegetables and kept busy all season, is reasonably sure of furnishing at least half the living of the family.

Submitted CB Glover

Today in Fayetteville December 31, 1909

2009-07-17T12:12:00.001-04:00

Take a look at what was of interest to our ancestos in 1909..

THE FAYETTEVILLE NEWS

Dec 31, 1909

Worlds Richest Woman

Estate of EH Harriman was really worth over 200,000,000 dollars

New York City-.Edward H Harriman was really worth at the time of his death over 200,000,000 although a recent appraisal of his estate placed its value at 149,000,000. Since Mr. Harriman's death his estate has profited by a rise in market values, and it is stated that the wealth of Mrs. Harriman may be conservatively estimated at 220,000,000, which would make her probably the richest woman in the world.

Colleges vote for football

Colleges want to retain the American game.

New York City-fifty colleges out of approximately eight-eight in the inter collegiate athletics assn. have voted for retention of the American football game, with the elimination of mass plays and other dangerous plays.

Five institutions voted that the preset game is satisfactory, except for minor details, Seventeen favored the English game of Rugby, seven take a midway position between the American game and Rugby, and 9 voted that either the American game should be radically changed or Rugby substituted.

Dixie First American Song

Yankee Doodle is second in the popularity contest.

Washington DC- "Dixie" has finally been officially proclaimed as the first in American songs and music in popularity. Such is the verdict of OGT Sonnect,

Chief of the Division of Music on the Library of Congress. "Yankee Doodle"

he says though no longer a national song is still second only to Dixie" in the popularity contest

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A very interesting addition has been added to the Holliday-Dorsey- Fife House Museum.

A collection of over 500 Creek Indian arrowheads and impliments, from the LIne Creek area, has been donated to the museum. Many sizes of arrowheads made of flint, quartz and other unknown rocks are displayed. Some are smaller than a postage stamp.

There has also been additions to the WW1 and WW2 collection. Stop by and let John Lynch, the curator, show you around..

Submitted by CB Glover

"Today In Fayetteville" November 30, 1917

2009-06-29T12:54:00.000-04:00

Another interesting look into Fayette Countys past:

The Fayetteville News

November 30, 1917

Extract from letter of Pvt. Joseph B. Speer, Baker Co., I Camp Lee, Petersburg, VA September 29, 1917

I arrived here this morning, Thursday at 10:30. We didn't leave Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. till Wednesday on account of transportation. Woudn't send us until they could get a Pullman on fast through train. We were about 30 hours- fast riding, getting here. I passed through tunnels, over mountain passes, across big rivers and saw sights worth seeing, sure had a fine trip and you can't realize what a farewell a soldier gets on leaving his home state in passing through towns where trains stop to get water and change crews.

Many thanks for the ginger cakes, got them just before leaving Fort Oglethorpe and they sure did help out on our trip. We have good fare here, chicken, fish, eggs, butter, ham, coffee, oranges, cake ets., so don't worry on that line. We have the best cook in the whole army, he gets a good price too. Our Captain is the best ever, all of our officers are fine. Our Company is nearly all from Georgia, some from North Carolina.

We are in a fine section of the country and fine people too, just let them find out you are in the Regular Army and 700 miles from home and they invite you to church with them and home with them for dinner, and you will have good times and plenty of friends.

Some Sunday afternoons we go to Richmond or Norfolk and down to the beach where we look out across the deep blue, toward France. It is grand to go out a mile and a half in a small row boat and go aboard a large battleship when at anchor and see the waves coming and get the spray of salt water in your eyes. I want to go across some day.

The Virginia State Fair begins at Richmond 20 miles from here next week and I will get to go.

The car line comes in from 3 cities to Camp Lee- Hopewell, Petersburg and Richmond. Hopewell is what they call a "Mushroom" city, 45,000 people live there and the city is only 8 years old.

Tell the boys to enlist in the Regular Army- Come on, let's do our part. Don't be a Slacker. Do you want your mother, your sister, wife or sweetheart to suffer as so many "over there" are suffering? Don't you want to live in a free democratic country yourself: We have lots of work to do, but come on.

I have seen only one person I ever knew since I left home and that was at a distance.

Article by Betty Anne Sims

Submitted by CB Glover

Today in Fayetteville, April 16, 1909

2009-05-17T10:38:00.001-04:00

An Interesting look into Fayette's past

   THE FAYETTEVILLE NEWS

Today in Fayetteville, April 16, 1909

Home Affairs

Your friends in Senoia will be glad to hear from you by long distance Bell Telephone. A 3 minute talk cost only 20 cents. Call "long Distance.

   Dames of the Revaluation

The Dames of the Revolution is an American Society organized in 1896 and composed of women above the age of 18 years, of good moral character, who are descended in their own right from an ancestor who assisted in establishing American Independence during the War of the Revolution. It s main purpose is to foster the spirit of patriotism.

   War on Reckless Drivers of Automobiles

New York City-There is no mistake about it this time, public indignation against the "Scorchers" and "Joyriders" is thoroughly aroused and they are going to be vigorously delt with. The newly formed Highways protective Assoc. and the "Automobile Club of America" representing some and responsible owners and drivers of automobiles are prepared to aide in prosecuting offenders.
So much for the offenders when cough, and the arrangements for catching them are more wide spread and complete than ever before. As a result of the organization of the "special squad" of policeman mounted on bicycles, motor wheels, and some in automobiles.

Our town keeps growing. Tom Orr is building a residence and will soon move in. He will operate the Blacksmith shop.

Last Sunday night Miss Geneva Harper died at the home of her mother two miles north of here, She was taken ill the week of her fathers death and lingered along until her death Sunday night

researched and submitted CB Glover

"Today in Fayetteville" January 5, 1917

2009-04-04T12:11:00.001-04:00

Another look into Fayette Co. Past:

THE FAYETTEVILLE NEWS

January 5, 1917

LOCAL NEWS

The holidays passed so quietly that we hardly realized it was Christmas. The new year is with us and we should try with more zeal and courage to make it a brighter and better year than the one just past.

Several kind-hearted people of the county help to brighten the lives of the old people at the county farm Christmas, by remembering them with gifts of wearing apparel and fruits, which was highly appreciated.

EAST SIDE

This part of town has undergone a considerable change. Some families moved out and others moved in. Mrs JS Millsapps moved to a farm 6 miles west of town and Mr. WH Tidwell lmoved into the house formerly occupied by her. Mr JR Jackson moved to a farm four miles eaast of Jonesboro, and Mr. Bogan Farrer has moved into our midst. We welcome good people in our town.

Miss Anna Ruth Murphy returned to school at Milledgeville last Wednesday

Marcelus Kendrick is at Mr. B Thorntons and is just recovering form a case of measles.

HOME GARDENING CUTS DOWN BILLS

"A real garden", says Mr. Hastings, president of the Southeasten Fair Association and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, properly prepared and planted, and kept planted throughout the season, will help mor to decrease store bills than anything else the farmer can do. There are lots of what I term 'one planting' gardens. Gardens with a few struggling rows of beans, a few dozen cabbages and tomato plants, with some watermelon off in one corner, but thats not real gardening any more than a youngsters first drawing of a cat or a dog on his slate, is fine art. Our southern folks generally dont take the garden seriously when as a matter of fact the right kind of a garden, containing a full line of vegetables and kept busy all season, is reasonably sure of furnishing at least half the living of the family.

Submitted CB Glover