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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
8
A dealer advertises yard wide sheeting at 5c per yard and 7 1 2c Chambray in multiple colors. Full 36 inch Percale and Madras fabrics offered in dots and stripes. White Linen 21 2c to 19c Mouselline De Sole 12 12c per yard. Silk Dot Tissue 25c yard with imitation silk finish. Embroidered white linen belts with pearl buckles 25c each.
The Americus Light Infantry Company L was tested by regular army officers including Major Sanders and Major Palmer. The armory and camp gear were praised for neatness and condition. about fifty-eight men drilled under rainy conditions, with officials noting a likely strong showing.
Sunday schools plan a general picnic May 15 at Crump Park Macon if rail rates are favorable. First Baptist and First Methodist schools discuss the outing with other schools invited. Supt. Miller may decide on a holiday, while J. E. Hightower works with the railroad for a special train and reduced rates.
A long blurred report recounts Deputy Williams discovering a buried wildcat distillery near Americus tied to Whit Carello, with a still destroyed and operation halted. Carello denied involvement as bond was set in a United District Court.
A clipped Atlanta clipping places John A. Anderson of Americus, Georgia, at the center of a strange tale. A $100,000 note survived as a one dollar silver certificate with the warning This is the last of $100,000 Young man beware. Local inquiry finds no known ties to Anderson, while the message hints at a Wall Street victim.
The Americas Hospital is now wholly managed by women with female officers and a new Hospital Association formed after former officials resigned. The Ladies Auxiliary assumed full control, outlining policy and electing officers and committees in a cordial transfer for the charity.
The Savannah Chamber of Commerce launches an education drive on prohibition, aiming to prove light wines and beers should be sold. They predict the next Legislature will move to educate Savannah into obeying the prohibition law, aligned with Gov. Smith's idea.
The State Railroad Commission led by Chairman H. G. McLendon explains that under the Hepburn act a Georgia shipper can hold the first railroad that received the goods responsible for losses, even if damage occurred on a distant line. The decision cited is Judge John H. Rodgers ruling on constitutionality, applying to peach shipments from Sumter County to San Francisco. The Georgia road may recoup from the performing line for damages.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a cure for catarrh, coughs, colds, croup and asthma with testimonials. It claims Dr Philip Z Hart of Laconia New Hampshire endorses it and Dodson's Pharmacy offers a refund if ineffective. The outfit costs one dollar and follow up treatments are fifty cents.
In Atlanta on April 21 crowds packed the Kimball House to welcome Brown supporters from across the state. Manager J R Smith reported gratifying reports and a strong Brown campaign with clubs, mail, and county polling indicating a landslide. Brown met with advisors amid many calls, expressing satisfaction.
A Paris physician shows a sanitary truth after two young men kiss a woman on a public tour. Gelatine pads collected from the lips reveal that the whiskered man left noxious microbes, while the smooth shave yielded only harmless germs, suggesting health risks from whiskers.
Prohibition era tensions flare in Savannah as beer rules draw protests. Locals fear life loses charm in the tourist city if enforcement tightens around Sunday drinking.
Miss Mamie Wyatt returns home after a pleasant two week visit in Marshallville. Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Harrold leave Americus for Mexico City after a two week visit. Mrs. W. H. Stovall of Leesburg visits her daughter Mrs. R. B. Hightower in Americus. Miss Nannie Sue Bell ill with slow fever after Cox College. Miss Myrtice Strange visits her sister Mrs. Zack S. Childers on Tay-Tor street. Mrs. Frank Lanier hosts Misses Bessie and Jettie Lanier of West Point. Mrs. Frank Sheffield visits Albany during Chautauqua. Judge and Mrs. C. R. Crisp visit Col. and Mrs. Judson L. Hand in Pelham. Mrs. J. C. Pope returns to Americus from Griffin. Miss Mattie Lewis Dodson visits Miss Mildred Spratling in Atlanta. Mrs. Emmie P. Morgan and Miss Helen Morgan return from Moultrie. Merrell Callaway and family travel to Orlando to visit Rev. T. Furlow Callaway. Imogene Davis visits Columbus. Gen. J. E. De Vaughn visits Americus. Miss Marie Morgan will attend the Georgia State Sunday School Convention in Athens as delegate. Miss Mary Lou Baldwin visits Americus on her way to Atlanta. Mrs. Bessie Kleckley recovering well after surgery. Miss Gertrude White of Atlanta visits Americus. Miss Arva Thompson travels to Dawson and Albany for Chautauqua. Mrs. Charlesworth J. Hunter to return from Americus and move to a Montgomery cottage in May.
Americus, Ga resident Mrs. J M Cobb testifies she suffered back pains and headaches until Dean's Kidney Pills relieved her symptoms. She bought at Dodson's drug store and received continued relief. Pills priced 60 cents. Foster Millburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
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