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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1900
Page
8
The store promotes a robust Christmas selling period with daily activity from now until the holiday. It highlights bright sections with useful and ornamental offerings, urging eager customers to choose early and visit to inspect and buy when ready.
Ministers traveled home from the South Georgia Conference at Cuthbert which adjourned Monday after a harmonious session. Rev. G W Mathews returns to First Methodist Americas, while Rev Chas Jenkins moves to Richland and Rev T E Nease takes his St Pauls post. Presiding elder Rev K Read remains in Americus district. New appointments include Andersonville H Stevens Ellaville D D Bateman Smithville R M Allison Bronwood T R McMichael Parrott T O Gordon Omaha S H Bryan Georgetown E al Overby J E Wray Dawson E M Whiting Springvale L A Hill Fort Gaines O E Jackson Plains J G Harrison Shellman Graves W D McGregor Lumpkin L W Colson. Also noted is Rev Homer Bush reappointed president of Andrew Female College. A Philadelphia man recites a dramatic case of recovery using Electric Bitters. Only 50 cents at J Eldridge's Drag Store.
Philip A Jackson, a wealthy planter and prominent citizen with extensive lands in Americas and Sumter County, died suddenly at his plantation near De Soto likely from apoplexy. Funeral held Tuesday at Oak Grove Cemetery after a life noted for farming success and local influence.
Daily bustle continues as shoppers are urged to begin Christmas buying now to beat crowds and rising business costs. Early visits offer fuller stock and easier selections with a wide range of dress goods clothing wraps tailored suits carpets hosiery gloves underwear and more. A list of available gifts follows.
Textile items listed include gentlemen’s Four-in-Hand ties at 60c, Windsor ties and ribbon knots for Misses, White Fern pure white wool goods, full 104 size comfortables with down padding, Florentine Silk Comfortables double faced with wide ruMfe edges, quality at reasonable prices.
Capt J B Felder received a telegram from a wild man exhibitor seeking exclusive rights for the department. The wild man is described as a potential star at the midway. Also note a new line of Christmas present blocks from James Fricke s & Bro.
The Times-Recorder reports three white men died yesterday in separate incidents along the Seaboard line. At De Soto near Americur a section foreman shot himself. A piledriver crushed a worker at William, and another man was run over while attempting to board a moving train.
Col R L Berner and Miss Clifford Napier were married in Forsyth Georgia last night at 8 oclock. Both have wide circles of friends in Americas. Miss Napier comes from a known Georgia family and is praised for mind and heart. Col Berner is a renowned lawyer with a thirty year public profile. The piece ends with a lyric about the Colonel being far away.
Advertisement copy promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as a quick cure for sick and nervous headaches. Claims purify blood, strengthen nerves, and improve health. Easy to take with a money back guarantee if not cured. Sold by E J Eldridge, druggist.
A startling attraction at the Christmas Carnival promises a dramatic act as a woman will descend a blazing rope from a 135 foot water tower after the match is lit. The scene tops a list of free features, while a separate accident reports a four year old boy, Oscar Harper Jr, injuring his thigh when his weight toppled a cradle rocker and required surgical aid from Dr. Cato.
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