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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1901
Page
5
The article notes rising costs for meat, corn, butter, and other table staples with prices up after holidays. It cites wholesale corn at 12 to 93 cents per bushel and breaching meat prices, predicting higher costs for the coming year as families struggle to fund daily meals.
A small frame pattern house at the Seaboard Railway shops burned briefly last night. Firefighters dragged hoses across tracks in bitter cold, saved valuable patterns and most of the structure. Chief Monahan estimates loss at 150 to 200 dollars.
Frank A Hill longtime Americus educator died Sunday morning after a period of declining health. He directed large schools in Americus and area and was well known in south Georgia. He is survived by an aged wife.
The Sumter county school teachers will receive part of their salaries this week as $400,000 is being distributed by Commissioner Glenn to educators across the country. The balance for this year’s work will be paid in January.
Sheriff Bell and Marshal Feagin pursued Wilson, a reportedly dangerous man, last night. Wilson escaped careering from a cornered house after a pistol shot, eluding capture on a back street amid the pursuit.
The Sumter County Grand Jury presents financial totals, land acreage estimates for Sumter County Georgia, and notes on returns of land, pension corrections, and county governance. It records a death resolution for Capt. Samuel McGarrah, recommends salaried officials, and requests better militia district facilities. Signed by Foreman R S Oliver and court officers, December 1901.
A list of unclaimed mail matter on hand at Americus Georgia post office dated December 15 1901 names recipients including Willie Allen Moses Anderson Willie Baldwin Willie Bolding J B Britt GF Curray John Canter John Henry Cunningham Mies Mark Dixon W K Ellions Abrame Ethridge Dr G Green Luraay Herrington Mies Irene Hill A O Johnson H L Klein A J Lawner Mr Mark Ladd Dr von Mame Mr A M Rondee Mr Samuel S Smith Miss Nettie Steward Mr B 8 contains instruction that items not claimed within 14 days will be sent to the dead letter office in Washington.
Hudson Mathews of the city’s Gre department is confined to his room for two or three days with symptoms described as appendicitis and serious illness.
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