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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1900
Page
5
A jumble of brief notes from Americus summarizing weather, cotton trade, local characters, and upcoming openings. Mentions Lithia water at Hudson's, cotton buyers from Rome, social clubs suspending members, a rock pile on Lamar Street frightening gamblers, teachers returning for fall term, a seven to eight drugstores in town, and railroad freight shifters keeping busy during cotton season.
Fragmentary report describes a cow incident near Americus with a Jersey calf, a rope entanglement, and rumors of a sale. The tale mentions Wilcox county and Ferruin as names, with unclear details about theft or ownership and a follow‑along dogged by confusion.
For Rent For 1901. The farm formerly belonging to W. F. Reid, now rented to W. Frazier, contains 380 acres. Please make definite offer and give references. The farm is also for sale. Bannen & Harvesas, Atlanta, Ga.
The city council debated an ordinance to ban screens at venues selling soft drinks. The committee advised delaying action until grand jury investigations. Four to three vote favored prohibiting screens, with Alderman Oliver pushing for immediate prohibition and possible $25,000 tax to enforce it.
Officials note no strike among hens but a bare egg market in hot weather. Grocers unable to secure supplies. remaining stock pricey per dozen. With cooler weather, stock should rise though hens may work overtime. Eggs fried sunny side up become rare treats as omelettes draw suspicion.
A complete list of unclaimed mail matter remaining at the Americus Georgia post office for 14 days before transfer to the dead letter office Washington. Names include Brown Charley Carter Charley Daniels W F and many others with Mrs Sallie Nelson and Miss Addie Lee Tompson among the listed recipients.
Georgia’s 1000 property tax rate was reduced from 5.36 to 5.0 by Gov Cardler and Comp Gen Wright under assembly authorization. The cut reflects rising returns since July, delivering about a one dollar saving per thousand. The rate might have dropped to 5.0 earlier if the last legislature had not appropriated 100000 more than expected.
Two parties were docketed yesterday afternoon on charges of violating local option laws in the sale of soft drinks. Two warrants were issued, but bond was furnished and the defendants demanded indictment by the grand jury.
Americas People and Their Friends recounts a parade of travelers and visitors returning home from trips to New York Atlanta Lumpkin Pelham Monteagle Asheville and Augusta. Several local residents, Miss Alma Jordan Miss Myra Westbrook and Lieut James W Farlow among others, are listed as visiting or returning from travels with brief notes on their destinations.
At the Cotton States Association convention in Ratrica Georgia’s O. B. Stevens urges southern farmers to focus on food production and moderate cotton farming. He notes Georgia wheat and meat gains and predicts a strong cotton crop, urging county farmer institutes, disciplined farming, and diversification to raise soil fertility and profits.
David Greenfield of Albany, Georgia telegraphed Springfield police last week to hold Smith and Blackwell, alleged gold brick men, as fugitives. Greenfield arrived and positively identified Smith as one swindler, while Blackwell’s identification remained uncertain. Smith denied any prior meeting with Greenfield or ties to Albany. The interview with Blackwell followed a similar tone.
Americus Ga August 20 1900 totals show 9202 warehouse receipts across the market with quotable levels for good middling middling and other grade proxies. Local figures indicate pricing cues and market activity across Americus with attention to warehouse stock and buyer interest during the period.
The executive committee of the Southeastern Tariff Association announced the removal of the 15 percent arbitary charges from Augusta fire insurance rates. The notice was sent via communication to J. Miller Robertson in Augusta, marking a policy change affecting local insurers and policyholders.
A large crowd gathered for a street tax summons day in the city. Over 200 debtors appeared, ranging from fashionable youth to bootblacks, many owing years of street tax. The court collected about $200 that morning, with matinees expected to push totals toward $500 as city officials express relief.
Mrs Dolly Pritchett and her sister Nelia Peak are jailed in Cantos charged with murdering an infant. The Pritchett father lives in Milton County and Peak's husband is jailed in Atlanta for blockading. Peak may be uninvolved but is held as a witness amid a series of other arrests in the area.
In Charestoy Captain John H Devereaux refused an $800 offer for the 12 foot whale jawbones from a harbor whale killed about 14 years ago. The jawbones form an entrance to a summer house on Allivan's Island with seating for 25, vertebrae seat, and vines adding a handsome look. In Osage and Kaw Census Gurung O T Aug 28 total Osages 1 783 in 1900 1 768 15 gain. Red River division business opens Henrietta. Aug 24 St Louis and San Francisco railroad Yoakum says new line ready Sept 1. Aug 28 Rome dispatch notes anarchist arrested at Carrara for alleged plot to kill King Victor Emmanuel II.
Decatur, Ga Aug 2 Hiram Sharpe a white man was hanged for the murder of his wife after she fled to her mother. The crime occurred when Sharpe shot the woman as she tried to leave with her mother. His wife screamed for help and fled toward the cabin door and the old mother pleaded for mercy as the gun fired. The mob moved toward lynching, the sheriff's authorities intervened, and the wife was sent to Atlanta to escape the mob. The case drew wide attention with tensions over lynching and justice.
In Detroit at Masonic Temple, large Pythian gatherings open as the Pythian Sisterhood and other orders conduct sessions. Reported removal of a Black woman from membership in the Sisterhood prompts discussion and actions among leaders led by Chancellor Thomas G. Sam. The exact outcome remains unsettled, with events continuing across the building.
Atlanta Aug 28 Captain Crenshaw died at Elkin Sanitarium after a long illness from a wound received in the Philippines He commanded Company A eighth United States volunteers and was brought home with a superb sword said to have been captured from an insurgent colonel
New York police puzzled by a shooting at the Vi hotel in the city yesterday. Harold ron of Chicago says John EL Eason attacked him. Ron was alive and conscious. Police Captain Bernie sought clues as medics treated the victim. Forest fires sweep California forests near Los Angeles.
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