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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1900
Page
5
LaFayette Horton faces a second trial for the killing of Thomas Bivins, with national interest high as witnesses fill the courtroom. Prosecutors and defense counsel present, jurors seated, and Mrs Hortons and Bivins's widow attend as jurors hear testimony in a case that could redefine Horton life imprisonment.
Hundreds of children are set to join a special Sunday gathering as schools prepare for a next Friday outing. The event promises trimmings and a train ride to a big millpond, with the return scheduled for 7 p.m. The effort aims to boost reform-minded enthusiasm among youngsters and participants.
Perry 18 was remanded without bail in a Philadelphia murder case. Authorities describe a troubling scene and ongoing authorities pursuit as the case unfolds. A photograph circulated with details, while sheriff McArthur coordinates the response and results await further action.
Fayette Horton, the slayer of Tom Bivins, walked from the courtroom a free man yesterday after a jury declared him innocent of murder. The verdict came within an hour of deliberations, ending a sensational Sumter County case that began when Horton shot Bivins in his own home during a struggle to defend his wife. His first trial resulted in a ten year manslaughter sentence before a supreme court granted a new trial. His wife and daughter witnessed the night’s tragedy, and the courtroom reaction was one of relief and emotion.
The court recesses until Thursday morning to allow the twenty five candidates and 1 004 attending supporters to vote. Judge Littlejohn suspended court to accommodate voters and avoid depriving citizens of the chance to participate in the county officers primary.
The marriage of Mr. Albert Harrie of Americus and Miss Lowry Brooks of Oglethorpe occurred Sunday morning at the Methodist church after the service. Numerous relatives witnessed the ceremony. The bride is sister of Mrs Williams of this city, and the groom is known in local business circles. They reside at Mr. Williams on Jackson Street.
A fragment reports Homer English among a group at a picnic near Andersonville where a pistol was carried. Judge Littlejobe sentenced him to one year in the gang and a fine of $00. The text remains fragmentary and unclear.
A collage of brief town items: rail property values rise in Georgia by over two million, a Holly Springs picnic, a quip about cotton mishaps, police and street incidents on Church street, census efforts for Americus predicting a 9,000 population, local typhoid cases, new pastor at St Paul’s, a Chicago move by Clif McElroy, veterans reunion notes, and scarcity of cattle in Sumter county.
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by a claimed miracle cure. Provides prompt relief from bladder and back pain, male or female and helps with water retention. Advertised by B. J. Eldridge, a Americus, Georgia druggist.
The present grand jury expects to adjourn by week’s end after eight days in session. Committees have completed examinations of county officers’ books and records, and reports will be integrated with the general presentments. The jurors are praised for rapid but careful dispatch of business.
The first watermelons to reach Georgia markets are a small shipment of twenty from south Florida to Savannah. They sold for 50 cents each. The Americus crop is three weeks from peak, though the Georgia melons grown there are described as finest.
Partial showers fell in portions of Sumter county with the southeast, west and north receiving rain. In the city the rainfall was light but indicates a start, and more copious showers may follow. A general rain is greatly needed.
June 6 Losbon dispatches report General Botha retreating toward the Delagoa Bay line with full forces likely to join Kruger. Transvaal leadership including Steyn and Reitz remains safe to direct affairs. Lord Roberts may need a week to organize a counter move while Buller’s direction awaits next news. 200 Boers surrendered at Malmani per May 31 Mafeking dispatch.
Greenville June 6 The court of sessions abruptly adjourned with several cases postponed including murder and dispensary law charges against Mrs. Mattie A. Hughes and others. No murder verdicts were reached this term, only continuances and no mistrials reported. Ahmed Pasha expected to return to Constantinople. Turkish plans for a U S battleship fostered by local shipbuilders to be shown to the sultan. A fatal accident in Atuant left a boy dead when a falling planter struck his heart while a child attempted to place an apple on a shelf.
A compact list of social visits and arrivals in Americus with dozens of individuals from Mary Webb to Miss Hall and Col. Hawkes. Mentions visitors from Albany Lumpkin Cedartown and Louisville plus local church and college ties. Arm injury at milking noted.
In Havana on June 6 La Nacion publishes a veiled warning about United States security. It suggests hidden currents beneath Cuba's surface calm and warns that Cuban machinations could threaten U S interests if Cuba loses its apparent restraint. The piece implies unseen threats and calls attention to Cuba's complex stance.
In a speech on the anti trust bill Senator Bacon of Georgia questioned Pettigrew’s claim that the Cramps and Delphia contributed to the 1896 Republican campaign with ships contracts. Hanna denied involvement while Carter refuted money use claims. Pettigrew asserted a $100,000 1892 donation and pay, as Hanna labeled the charges as unfounded.
Talbert of South Carolina won a favorable report in Congress on December 14 for a bill to provide for a monument to the memory of Bonham and Bowie at the Kin(e) Slew His Brother. In Ohio, June 6, a car near Falls 10 miles from here killed William eer and wounded his brother Tom with a large pocket knife in an attack that caused fatal head and chest injuries.
Legal advertisements list a sale before the courthouse on a July Tuesday for property at a church street corner Sumter county with a 1 foot frontage and two hundred foot depth, tied to an execution in Sumter court for Sremeld Investment Co vs Mrs Emma Brogerty, plus letters of administration for estate of EB. The notices call for administrators and heirs to appear, with references to court terms and June deadlines.
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