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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
2
Joyner's annual sale runs ten days starting January 18 featuring heavy discounts on fabrics, linens, coats, and shoes. The advertisement lists yardage prices and numerous clearance items including broadcloth, sheeting, gingham, bleached fabrics, overcoats, and children's shoes with heavy markdowns.
Commissioner of Agriculture T G Hudson reports better farm labor conditions in Georgia with few or no complaints so far this year. He notes lower labor costs by about twenty percent and plentiful labor in South Georgia while Southwest Georgia sees some immigrant workers recently arriving. Prohibition and sawmill shutdowns are cited as factors easing demand for labor.
The State Agricultural College exhibit train will reach Americus at noon on Friday March 6 over the Central Railway. The farm on wheels car will stay one and a half hours for public viewing and will then proceed to other towns, visiting several locales along its tour.
Fertilizer dealers report reduced guano sales this year signaling smaller cotton acreage in Sumter and the South. Georgia's cotton crop is expected to fall 15 to 20 percent in 1908 from 1907, with a proportionate drop in other Southern regions. Lower acreage could raise prices if demand holds, matching farmers' long warned trend.
James H. Rodgers returns from Haralson county with reports of valuable gold on his 40 acre Rogers tract in the north Georgia mountains. He displays gold nuggets washed from surface dirt and expects capitalists to visit his land next month for development.
Rev. C. P. Gilbert of First Baptist will give an evening address at Bessie Tift College on February 13 titled The Relation of the Churches to Denominational Colleges. The following morning he will deliver a pupil-chosen talk. Special services begin February 6 with pastors invited from various regions.
Sumter voters will choose successors for Representatives James Taylor and W W Dykes who will not seek re election. Dykes plans to run for solicitor general against James R Williams in the Southwestern circuit primary. The executive committee meets February 8 to set the primary for county offices and legislature.
Breath problems from nasal catarrh are claimed to be cured by Ely's Dream Balm. It is advertised as safe with no cocaine or mercury and suitable for worst cases, sold by druggists for 60 cents or by mail from Ely Bros., New York.
Americus realty remains steady with several sales at satisfactory prices. Lee Allen of Allen and Crockett says there is no reason to sacrifice property and expects gradual improvement as Americus upgrades. The electric railway construction this summer should boost growth and income from well situated realty.
The Funnel Club nights in Americus drop to quiet patrols as January shows only four or five drunkenness arrests. Chief Feagin notes most revelers are sober and police muster a near empty court calendar on Mondays. A lone incident involved DeSotonegro losing control over cane skimmings. A woman treasures old photographs amid fading memories.
Reports say Rev Dr Maxon of Roht will be elected bishop at the Georgia diocese convention in Augusta on February 12. Georgia recently split into two dioceses with Savannah as see of the southern diocese and Atlanta head of the Atlantic diocese.
An old bank ad urges saving with the slogan Anyone can make money but it takes a wise one to save it. It touts a plan starting with $1 and offers 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded. Office location is Americus National Bank Building on Cotton Avenue.
A Washington column argues Congress must curb federal liquor licenses to enforce state dry laws. It contends removing a federal license will shut down illegal saloons, asserting a single licensed tiger undermines state prohibition and invites widespread evasion.
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