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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
8
The Macon Telegraph urges suspension of judgment on convicts system leaders and calls for broader investigations into lax oversight. It denounces leasing schemes, explores abuses by Jake Moore and camp inspectors, and stresses concrete justice while acknowledging reforms.
Capt. John A. Cobb spoke at Cornelia before the Georgia State Horticultural Society on preserving and canning fruits and their commercial sale. He detailed two Americus canneries, their capacities, costs, processes, labor, and profit, plus general costs for canning plants and notes on water needs and farming-community impact.
Local column highlights strong farm prospects if cotton holds, mentions a new creamery as a needed investment, and notes expansion of canneries and can factories boosting regional prosperity. References Muckabee, pension reforms, and utility of preserved fruit for future markets.
Mr. and Mrs. H Mgbert Allen and sons spend days at Indian Springs then Atlanta. Valdosta’s Mrs. Walker Lane visits her parents here. Miss Foy Mott returns from Athens summer school. Several locals travel to Indian Springs, Andersonville area guests, and Blakely. Mrs. Henry J. Webb welcomes a daughter. Eldridge returns from Maryland with family. Tom Scratchins takes a ten day Washington City vacation then joins Georgia Cotton Co. Miss Lula Hay heads to New York to select fall millinery. Various families and visitors pass through Americus, with trips to Hot Springs, White Springs, Cuthbert, and Atlanta. Dr and Mrs Houston visit near Americus. many locals entertain and travel for extended visits.
One of Sumter's most charming women, Mia. George We Bagley of DeSoto has been engaged as a contributor to a standard New York magazine, with opportunity to showcase her writing talent. A recent event featured Mrs. Hightower receiving guests with Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Duncan assisting.
A fragment notes how a poet's verse drew attention from publishers and led to immediate acclaim. The line hints at a renewed effort to publish the poet's work and public recognition following the lyric’s reception.
A farm wagon with nine cotton bales pulled into the Council's Warehouse, the first large loss load in market. The bales from Thomas H Hooks' plantation, five miles south of town, weighed about 500 pounds each, totaling 4,500 pounds. Four mules carried the weight to Americus along a smooth country road, illustrating road improvements.
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