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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
2
About 30,035 bales of cotton were received at Americus five warehouses this season, all grown locally in Sumter and neighboring counties. Most sold at 13 to 14 cents, totaling roughly two million dollars flowing through town. Cotton commerce cements Americus as a thriving regional trading center.
An old advertisement promotes Granger's Liver Regulator as a first class liver medicine that wards off sickness and preserves wealth and vigor. It urges consumers to buy from Granger Medicine Company of Chattanooga Tennessee at 25 cents per box and to insist on this product only.
Los Angeles report notes Pasadena adopts a new price for city electricity of 3 cents per kilowatt hour for users over 2000 kWh monthly. Manager W Kolner says the rate is the lowest in the United States yet the system can still pay bond interest and fund a sinking reserve.
Sumter County awaits a $2300 prize for the best road on the Albany to Atlanta auto run. A three person Albany committee delayed, with Sumter leading over Spalding for the Smithville road. Residents urge payment or a symbolic blue ribbon and map display if cash is unavailable.
East Point Georgia resident E. E. Norton reports two years of illness improved after using one bottle of U-RA-CURA. He asks for two more bottles since it is not available in Atlanta. G$50 cent and $1.00 per bottle. Granger Medicine Company Chattanooga Tennessee sends free booklet.
Lilian Meier, 25, who briefly lived as a man after two years driving an ice wagon and working livery, is back driving a grocery wagon. She prefers horses and men’s work and resists corsets and skirts, saying jail would be preferable to female attire. Her stepfather Gottlob Meijer notes the change and states arrest over clothing would be unjust.
The text promotes De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills as effective for urinary disorders, backache, rheumatic pains, and groin pains. It claims antiseptic action, prompt relief, and full satisfaction with purchase from all druggists. A separate ad notes sobriety and walks, and a closing moral about appreciating a husband after widowhood.
Rev J L Irwin pastor of Americus Presbyterian church has received a call from the Presbyterian church in Jacksonville Florida and is weighing the move. He has consulted leaders and will announce a decision soon. If he leaves he would likely stay until January.
In Sumter County Georgia the British and American Mortgage Company Limited declares debt due on a deed from George M. Cannon dated October 24, 1905 for 800 dollars. With default on November 1, 1909 the company will sell North half lot of land No. 85 in the 17th District at public outcry on the first Tuesday in January 1910 at the courthouse door in Americus to satisfy the debt of 350 dollars principal and 28 dollars interest plus eight percent.
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