First Day Highlights of Georgia Fruit Growers Meet
The State Society of Fruit Growers met at City Hall with about a hundred horticul ture leaders from Georgia and neighboring states. President Berckmans led opening, with Mayor Hixon and Sumter officials welcoming attendees. Papers by Earle, Massey, Starnes, and others sparked discussions while displays featured 300+ grape varieties and numerous peaches, pears, plums, and melons from Georgia nurseries and farms. The program included sessions on pest control, root pruning, and officer elections with plans for the 1890 meeting.
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City Hall
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Old North State
Empire State
P. J. Berckmans
Georgia State Horticultural Society
Southland
Berckmans
Hixon
Americus
John W. Wheatley
Sumter County
W. T. Gary
Augusta
A. W. Smith
W. E. Massey
Raleigh
R. P. Johnston
Smithville
Hugh Starnes
State Experimental Farm
Georgia Experiment Station
Redding
Starnes
Berckmans Nurseries
Sugar Hill
W. W. Stevens
Moreland
Coweta
G. H. Miller & Son
Rome
Mesus
W. W. Thompson
Arthur Rylander
Detroit
Crawford
Warm Springs
T. W. Zuber
Cuthbert
Zuber
Charleston
H. E. Stockbridge
Florida State Experiment Station
Geo. H. Fields
Windsor
Muckabee Creek
Americus Area Notes on Crops People and Prohibition
A local roundup reports healthy crops with Elberta peach nearing peak, praise for recent harvests, and ongoing prohibition discourse. Americus hosts Sunday visitors at Myrtle Springs, mentions of pears shipped to Detroit, and updates on local officials, weather, and a rain-related scare.
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Americus
Myrtle Springs
Central Depot
Board of Registrars
Sumter
Birds of Passage Recounts Various Local Visitors
A list of residents and guests arriving or visiting in the area. Includes Mr L G Council from Augusta, Mr T M Furlow from Jackson, Frances Nunn from Huntington visiting Miss Annie B. Mathis, and many others visiting relatives or on business trips. Also notes trips to Atlanta, Richland, Montezuma, and northern Georgia, plus several on leave or vacation. Mentions the fruit growers convention and the State Horticultural Society meeting. Also lists piano and organ rental availability.
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L G. Council
Augusta
T. M. Furlow
Jackson
Frances Nunn
Huntington
Annie B. Mathis
M. Speer
Eustace Speer
Atlanta
Susie Whitaker
Milledgeville
J. E. Bivins
Ehn Avenue
Ufa Ray
Richland
Capt. Johnson
Smithville
Johnnie Nicholson
Annie Belle Mathis
Lee Street
W. F. Mims
Capt. Wheatley
Camp Price
D. T. Wilson
Sarah Wheeler
Myra Westbrook
Montezuma
Poin's
North Georgia
J. M. Wilkes
C. W. Littlejohn
Zera
Woodburn
J. W. Walters
Lamar Street
A. G. Duncan
Olin Dixon
Clarke Duncan
Buena Vista
New York
LeRoy Gr. Henderson
Indian Springs
Col
J. A. Davis
Ohio
Ellaville
Inman H. Payne
W. E. Murray
Thomaston
Tutt's Liver Pills Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Tutt's Liver Pills as a cure for sick headache dyspepsia malaria sour stomach dizziness constipation bilious fever piles and torpid liver claiming a single dose proves their effects. Also notes a constitutional amendment proclamation by Governor Atkinson and a seed listing at Rembert's drugstore near the post office.
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Tutt
W. Y. Atkinson
Supreme Court
First Bale Cotton Sold Opens Season in Americus
The Times Recorder notes Americus celebrated the first bale of cotton hauled from the depot early yesterday. L. G. Council sold it to the firm Lit theton Lamar. The bale drew crowd attention in front of Council's warehouse, signaling a revived trade season across business lines.
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Americus
Times Recorder
L. G. Council
Littheton Lamar
Council
Electric Bit transforms a Philadelphia man’s health
John Oliver of Philadelphia recounts a near fatal illness with back and side pain and a weakening appetite. After three physicians gave up, Electric Bit restored his health in three weeks and he credits it with saving his life. Sold at K J Eldridge’s Drug Store for 50 cents per bottle. A Sunday School quip about teaching Spain a lesson follows, plus a note on turnip seed at Rembert’s near the post office.
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John Oliver
Philadelphia
K. J. Eldridge
Saloon Open on Sunday Case Charged Harris
A case was brought yesterday against Walter Harris for keeping a saloon open on Sunday. Chief Wheeler swore out the warrant. Harris waived committal trial and posted $150 bond for appearance before the grand jury. We pound at Rembert's next to the post office.
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Walter Harris
Wheeler
Harris
Navoally
Rembert’s
Post Office
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State Society OF Fruit Growers
P. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
L. A. Farmer
Louisville
W. H. Hopkins
Samuel Romph
Marshallville
Clingstone
Emma
Elberta
John Keller
Fort’ Valley
Carter & Williford
W. P. Baldwin
J. D. Husted
Vineyard
J. F. Ross
W. W. Daws
J. W. Wheatley
Buchanan Bros
J. W. Harrie
B. W. Stone
Thomasville
J. M. Mott
Mr. Stone
T. J. Morgan
San Jose
W. M. Scott
Americus Jewelry and Music Co
The
Saweilin Stort
Ion
Hudson's
Americas
E. C. Parker
J. W. Stallings
Rembert's Drugatore
Spain
Willie Brown
Rembert's
Chief of Police
Geo. D. Wheatley
Lamar ST
Wheatley
Cor, Lamar St
Cotton Ave
Americus, GA
Kale
James Fricker
Malsby & Coo
S. Forsyth St
Atlanta, GA
Gardener Governor Co
Erie City Iron Works
Geiser Manufact’g Co
the New Birdsall Co
Henry Disston & Sons
Munger
James Ohleen & Sons
Foos Manufacturing Co
Hoe & Co
Mercer University
Macon
al Gost
Maco
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