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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1908
Page
2
Amid strong sales we still hold abundant stock of the best line clothing in America. Buy now to save dollars and wear apparel unmatched in quality. Midwinter season is here and this stock must be cleared.
AW Smith Furniture Co promotes a Christmas trade sale featuring a large stock of cut glass bohemian and Japanese vases paints and works along with silver plated flatware bed room suites library tables and parlour lamps at Corner Jackson and Forsyth Sts Attericus Georgia.
L C Joiner, a convicted forger and declared criminally insane, will be sent to the State Prison Farm in Milledgeville instead of the State Sanitarium. A 1904 act bars criminally insane from the sanitarium, directing placement at the insane hospital connected to the prison farm. A motion for a new trial on his five year penitentiary sentence remains pending before Judge Littlejohn. The case may go to the Supreme Court and Pardon Board for clemency. Gov. Smith oversees the final disposition and papers.
York report details Lee J. Spangler issued a 1908 bulletin predicting the world's end this year. He warns of financial collapse, widespread plagues, civil strife, and cosmic signs, and speaks of a forthcoming gathering of the elect before a swift transformation.
Sheriff arrests John Charles Marshall after he shoots Gene Mathis on the Dodson farm in Americus. Marshall claims accidental discharge as the town endures a series of holiday fatalities among Black residents. He is jailed pending full investigation.
Women and men suffer from kidney trouble says a widely published ad. It states kidney issues affect mind, ambition, beauty, vigor and cheerfulness, even in children. The remedy Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer is promoted with prices and free pamphlet, urging readers to write to Binghamton, New York.
The Philadelphia Ledger muses on how much fuss would attend Mr. Foraker if he visited Russia, inviting him to size himself up by the reaction and attention such a trip would provoke.
A stranger wanders into the police station and peculiarly confesses. He says someone robbed him last night yet showed a scrupulous wish to return all he had. He notes the culprit overlooked a $2 bill and asks that it be given to the thief with his compliments if found.
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