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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
5
Duncan's Store advertises a July COST SALE featuring substantial discounts on fabrics and notions. French lawn, lace curtains, ribbons, linen, belts, scarves, hosiery, underwear, and accessories are offered at notably reduced prices, with per yard and per item details and quantities.
A special military train carrying several south Georgia companies arrived in Americus at 8 am from Chickamauga Park. The Fitzgerald Rifles detached a car to spend the morning in town before noon departure. The soldiers, 45 men under Lieut. Reid, praised Camp Taft and headed toward further duties.
Sunker's representatives informed the Board of County Commissioners that the proposed wide tire bill may not pass this session yet the measure will be introduced to facilitate a hearing next session. The board urged a minimum tire width of 2 inches for single wagons and 3 inches for two-horse wagons to protect road surfaces.
The Times-Recorder reports that William Jennings Bryan did not vote for Hon. Charles F. Crisp for speaker in the National House. Bryan backed Springer at caucus but later, on the House floor, voted for Crisp. Judge Charles R. Crisp confirms the record, noting Bryan later visited Speaker Crisp in Americas.
The Board of Trade committee has secured 305 Lamar Street for a county industry display room next to Cotton Avenue, on property owned by Jos. Hightower. Possession comes in September. The room, about sixty by thirty feet with a skylight, will showcase county and city products and industrial prospects, with hours not yet decided and visits by prospective investors encouraged.
Georgia lawmakers clash over the Holder measure to lease convicts. Proposals seek one year leases with race separation on a Milledgeville state farm and humane reforms as passions rise on the lease system amid broader appropriations and investigations.
Early in the year the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company offered three cash prizes for Third District Agricultural and Mechanical School pupils for the best essays on Fertilizers and Their Uses. The entrants conducted careful research and inquiry, gaining valuable information to carry back to their farms. Mr. Kenyon resides in Stewart County.
Mr. R. P. Kenyon, sole county attendee at the school last term, won first prize and entered the highest class. Son of farmer G. W. Kenyon, he earned a meritorious record in studies and in the Mechanical Arts Department, and passed into the Junior Class opening Sept 1.
The son of J. R. Cook, originator of the celebrated Cook Cotton, secured a first prize in the fertilizer contest.
Cecil Collum, son of Wy BL Collum, is linked to a ship in Georgia while his father remains stationed in St Louis. At his young age, Cecil is described as part of the clan, with a note that no house scout has tasted ember and no better class record exists.
Professor Paul Haupt of Johns Hopkins University hosted a dinner in Berlin on July 20 to introduce the American ambassador David Jayne Hill to university and literary circles. Attendees included Professors Adolph Karnack Count von Baudissin and many Berlin University faculty.
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