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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
5
The ad proclaims Duncan's Store offers lower prices on equal quality with half to third price reductions. It targets hundreds of weekly customers who have used the advertised offerings and urges them to rise to the occasion and join in these rare values.
Readable items show a broad removal sale of ladies and men apparel and sundries. Silk spools, bed spreads, shirts, underwear, linens, laces, ribbons, curtains, belts, combs, umbrellas, and more offered at deep cuts with emphasis on quantity and value across fabrics and accessories from multiple brands and patterns. Numerous named goods and prices suggest a large urban bargain event with wide variety and substantial markdowns.
Legal advertisements detail public sale of several Americus properties to satisfy state and county taxes for 1907 and 1908. Parcels include lots fronting McGarrah Street Elm Avenue Jackson Street and Allen Street, plus a large Amoret G. Sims estate tract of fourteen hundred ninety three acres in Sumter County. Notices name deeds, buyers, and sheriff E. L. Bell as official witness.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in September 1908 at public outcry at the courthouse in said county within legal hours of sale to the highest bidder for cash. The property description is given in the notice and the terms of sale are stated.
The notice states legal advertisements must be brought to the business office by Wednesday noon to ensure insertion and payment of the fee. The rule will be enforced. The item appears in a Chicago publication, noting a gendered remark about a woman and a foot.
Atlanta dispatch reports the legislative Investigation committee continuing to scrutinize Georgia s convict lease system. Key witnesses Captain J W English and ex Chief Warden Jake Moore testified with more witnesses to come as the panel weighs expert auditor findings and prepares a report to the General Assembly.
John Leater Williams of Nashville represents Chicago Building & Manufacturing in Americus to organize 36000 in stock subscriptions. Plant costs 5150 to start, 860 for operating expenses, with 100 cows needed for a 9800 capacity. Potential dividends cited at 18 percent initial, rising to about 25 percent as milk intake grows, with past success in Kentucky creameries and a Bloom Kentucky plant with Wakefield stock. The venture promises steady farmer income every thirty days and notes pasteurization and high quality Elgin butter and cream products.
A Georgia editorial argues for replacing the long standing court fee system with fixed public salaries for solicitors and court officials. It labels the current fees unjust, prone to corruption, and decades old, urging state support through the public treasury and a nationwide shift toward salaried positions to ensure integrity and accountability in justice. It notes progress in reform and condemns reliance on "blood money" from fines and fees.
Opinion piece argues Gov. Smith cannot gain political credit from ongoing convict investigations. It accuses Smith allies of using the inquiry, says the probe started with Atlanta Georgian and Brown supporters, and asserts Smith did nothing to improve convict conditions or address leases. It claims his gubernatorial record shows inaction and political squirming.
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