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A. B. McDougald’s wholesale Amoco Station and Firestone distributor is one of the
busiest places in Statesboro. This is their 37th year in business and is the biggest in
their history.
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Restored Eagle Tavern at Watkinsville, Georgia, one-time
important stagecoach stop, now maintained by the Georgia
Historical Commission.
(Ga. Dept, of Industry & Trade)
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WATKINSVILLE, Ga.
(PRN) — Eagle Tavem dates
from 1820 as near as can be
determined, long before the
crinoline and top-hat period of
the Deep South.
Not only is it an excellent
example of life 150-odd years
ago, but you see the results of
an architectural detective
hunt. Eagle Tavem today
restored to its original design,
is a far cry from the rambling
16-room structure originally
dedicated to the state in 1956.
As was so often the case,,
the original design was
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A group of those working for McDougalds Wholesale
place, reading from left to right they are: Billy Akins,
Al McDougald, Charles J. Bland, A. B. McDougald, Earl
Reside, John Rozier, and not shown in the picture are
two other employees, M. B. Hendricks, Jr., and Lesley
Nesmith.
obliterated through the years,
but the architectural
detectives of the Georgia
Historical Commission
completed- their task, they
uncovered the ancient
dwelling almost perfectly
preserved beneath the
non-descript assortment of
additions.
Legends abound concerning
the ancient structure, and
when the historical experts
attempted to establish that the
tavem was built around a log
blockhouse (which proved to
be just another legend), they
discovered the two-story
byilding core. As a result, they
decided to restore the original
building as it was in the early
1800’s.
However, establishing the
exact restoration date
presented problems, for no
accurate historical records
exist concerning the building.
But all clues, such as the wide
boards, square nails, grooved
planks and saw marks
indicated it was built around
1820, possibly even a few
years earlier.
On the first floor you find
two rooms, one used as a
frontier store, the other as a
dining room for the inn,
including its bar with a
wooden locking grill to keep
freeloaders from getting
drinks. In the former is a
well-worn wooden counter
typical of the period plus an
assortment of early 19th
century items including a
wooden mortar and pestle, a
primitive tobacco cutter and a
set of scales which still balance
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Bulloch County’s Court House has been a landmark for years for those visitirv the
county site of Bulloch County. *
after a hundred-odd years, as
well as a sausage stuffer, old
bottles and barrels.
The public dining room has
a large fireplace with a wood
mantel, typical furniture of
the early 19th century (which
was no plush period) as well as
practical tableware-no fine
silver, but solid pewter.
On the second floor,
reached via a steep, narrow
stairway which must have
been difficult to navigate for
those who would lingered too
long at the innkeeper’s bar, are
two bedrooms containing
handmade . beds, chests and
chairs. The absence of
bedsprings is immediately
apparent. The only softness
was supplied by the
basketweave “springs” capable
of sagging like a hammock in
the center, but, at that, better
than a hard board. There are
no closets.
The Tavern was operated as
an inn until 1906, its
importance gradually declining
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as the railroads surplanted the
stagecoaches and as the result
of the shift of the state capital
to Atlanta.
For a look at the life of a
tourist 150 years ago, take the
advise of the Tourist Division
of the Department of Industry
and Trade and visit
Watkinsville’s Eagle Tavem.
Work-Saver for
Mother: a Central
Vacuuming System
Installation of a central
“vaq” puts an end to the chore
of pushing, dragging, or lifting
the old machine-type cleaner.
Instead, the homemaker moves
from room to room, carrying
only a lightweight hose, a
three-foot wand and cleaning
attachment connected.
The system’s power unit may
be installed in the basement,
garage, utility room, or some
other out-of-sight location. This
unit is connected by tubing to
wall receptacles conveniently
located throughout the house.
When the hose is plugged into
a receptacle, the system starts
and dirt picked up by the at
tachment flows through the
tubing to the power unit’s sedi
ment tank.
Because the motor is re
motely located, the cleaning
operation is whisper - quiet.
Vacuuming can go on even
when Baby or Hubby are
sleeping.
The system, developed and
recently introduced by General
Electric, can be installed with
in hours in the average six
room house. Seldom is there a
need for major carpentry or
plastering.
For every person in the U.S.
and Canada, there are more
than 53 birds!
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In the computerized data
bank of Dun & Bradstreet,
which writes reports on busi
nesses so they can get credit, is
current credit information on
nearly 3 million firms from
Main Street to Wall Street!
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