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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
3
A promotional note explains that meeting consumer demand at acceptable prices is an art, not merely discovering wants. It asserts the store’s pricing is magnetic, drawing customers. The ad teases a quick read and mentions a notably cool shopper attire observed yesterday.
Atlanta July. Governor Joseph M. Brown's staff of colonels would rise from thirty to fifty if Senator McCurry's bill passes. The bill, at Brown's urging, would also broaden eligibility to include men who attended state military schools. A Soperton isolation bill seeks a new Emanuel Laurens Montgomery Johnson county formed with Soperton as seat. The House backs suppressing New York New Orleans Chicago Cotton Exchanges and urges Congress to bar them from mails and interstate trade. It favors farmer fairness by publishing cotton supply and demand data like crop reports. A request to Luther Burbank to include the cotton plant in experiments was adopted.
Various clothing items with low prices and wide range including blue and brown linen suits at 8.50, blue serge coats 5 to 7.50, Alpaca and Sicilian coats 2.50 to 10.00, Paragon Trousers 5 to 10, Hawes Straw Hats, high grade socks 25c, featherweight robes 50c to 1, and tropical weight worsted suits in vast assortment.
Mrs. W. L. Kilpatrick of Danforth Me credits Electric Bitters with a remarkable turn in her 70s mother after 20 years of dyspepsia. The tonic revived appetite and sleep, invigorates vital organs, and cured liver and kidney troubles. Eldridge Drug Co sells it for 50c.
After four months on the bench Judge Z A Littlejohn departs Tuesday for Nacoochee Valley Haber sham mountains to rest and recuperate. He will make occasional trips home for business but remains needed for injunction case delaying Amer icas electric lighting plant. He may render a decision soon after reviewing the cash matter. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are recommended for relief.
Atlanta July 10 The bill to raise Court of Appeals judges salaries from 4000 to 6000 per year occupied most of the morning in the house. The house decided not to approve the increase, but adopted Johnsons Bartow amendment keeping salaries at the present figures.
The Times-Recorder reports the Patterson murder case, where Henry Patterson is accused of ambushing superintendent McRee in his home. Evidence suggests the killing was planned, with McRee shot from above while inside the house. Patterson’s defense focuses on alibi and motive. McRee, about 45 and from Brundidge, Ala., was found dressed as he worked that day.
Scientists report finding bones of ancient men in a Swiss cave dated to 100000 years ago. A testimonial from A W Brown of Alexander Maine credits Dr Kings New Discovery with curing a severe lung trouble and stubborn cough. The medicine is advertised as preventing pneumonia and curing sore lungs and colds, with Trial bottle free.
Mr H W Smithwick enjoys a box of cigars costing little to grow on his Americus farm. He experimented with Sumatra leaf on a small plot to test Sumter soil. Cured locally at the Americus Cigar Factory, the product equals Florida cigars and he plans larger plantings when prices justify.
The Myrtle Springs farm of C. A. Chambliss, 595 acres, was sold yesterday under bankruptcy court decree. James Paylor, trustee, conducted the sale and J. Bolton purchased the property, subject to the lien.
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