Grand Jury reports recommendations after lengthy term
The Grand Jury for the November term adjourned after a ten day session during which about 160 to 175 cases were investigated and 86 true bills returned. The presentments urge replacing the fee system with salaries for county officials and outline reforms in court buildings and road work. An expert accountant’s 14 page report accompanies the presentments and offers plans to improve county affairs. The document is to be published in full in the Times Recorder.
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Sumter
W. M. Jones
Passage of police measure pursued in Atlanta trip
Mayor Folder returned from Atlanta where he pressed a local measure before the Legislature to amend the charter on electing police commissioners. The bill has favorable reports and broad support, despite Representative Lane’s opposition, but adjournment today may end the chance this session. An embedded advert promotes Herb ine a bile purifier by John R Hudson.
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Folder
Atlanta
Lane
War supplies requisitioned for Christmas sham battle
Captain Clarke of the Americas Light Infantry has requisitioned 500 blank cartridges for a Christmas day sham battle to be fought at the old military parade ground on Lee Street. The company already has supplies but seeks extra cartridges to enhance realism amid growing interest from Light Infantry members. The ad for Kes Shinsvanty cold cure appears among the odds and ends.
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Clarke
Americas Light Infantry
Lee Street
Still Deporting Wicked Citizens in Superior Court
The report notes a recess in the session with hearings to resume next Wednesday. Stonewall Houston pleaded guilty to shooting at another and is leaving society for a year as punishment. Multiple defendants, including Ed Gantt and Jeff Coleman, admitted to gambling and were convicted of robbery, awaiting two years in the gang.
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Superior Court
Stonewall Houston
Charles Smith
Ed Gantt
Jeff Coleman
Smith
Paul Tondee
Littlejohn
Master Mechanic McGee Returns to Americus Shop
The Times Recorder reports Frank H. McGee will again head Seaboard System shops in Americus as master mechanic of the entire fourth division. His duties cover lines in Georgia, Alabama, Florida and South Carolina up to Columbia, with Americus as divisional headquarters. He succeeds W. H. Justice who moves to a different post. the change takes effect at once with McGee starting tomorrow.
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Times Recorder
Frank H. McGee
Americus
McGee
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
South Carolina
Columbia
Seaboard
Portsmouth
W. H. Justice
Piles Remedy Pictured in TAKLER'S BUOCK EYE OINTMENT
An advertisement touts TAKLER'S BUOCK EYE PILE OINTMENT as a cure for piles. It promises relief and urges sufferers to try the product, noting prices of 50 cents for bottles and 75 cents for tubes under John R. Hudson.
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Takler
John R, Hudson
Ballard
J. R. Hudson
Holding His Valuable Bales
A Sumter farmer waits to sell cotton as prices rise while keeping twenty five bales in a warehouse. He notes no meat bills and few debts, having paid with eggs, potatoes, syrup, and chickens. He smiles at prosperity on his two horse farm and describes contentment. BAL LARD'S HONEY AND HERB SYRUP advertised.
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Americas
Times Recorder
Sumter
Debaters Shine in Ellaville In Southwest Georgia Meet
The Southwest Georgia Oratorical Association opened Friday night in Ellaville with ten contestants from Sumter Schley Marion and Macon counties. Prizes went to A D McMichael of Marion and little Miss Midgie Collum of Schley while Frank Timmerman and Ernel Markett represented Sumter with notable performances.
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Southwest Georgia Oratorical Association
Ellaville
Sumter
Schley
Marion
Macon
Frank Timmerman
Puich
Ernel Markett
Aunot Syvia
A. D. McMichael
Midgie Collum
Johnson's Tonic Promises Quick Fever Cure
An assortment of old advertisement snippets tout Johnson's Tonic and Chill and Fever Tonic as fast fever remedies, boasting cures in a day, appealing to health insurances and warning of quinine failures, alongside other patent medicines and laundry notices.
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Johnson
Persistent fool ends up at old stand in same way
A remark notes a fool who declares life not worth living continues business as usual at the old stand, repeating the same conduct despite implying despair. The fragment hints at a cynical view of stubborn behavior in adversity.
Dyspeptic Troubles and Cures in Local Notices
Broad quotes promote Dyspepticide and Foley remedies with testimonials from John R. Hudson and C. W. Lynch. Mentions of kidney cure, honey and tar, and a seed price note conclude the fragment, with regional attributions to Atwater and Abbeville.
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Lynch
Daily Post
Phillipsburg
N. J
Foley
Jobo R. Hudson
Chas. Replogle
Atwater
Hoe
John R Hudson
John R. Hudson
C. W. Lynch
Winchester
Iod
John T. Hudson
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