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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1910
Page
5
Roger Glawson announces a peach feast for the editors during the Ware Progress Orchard outing on July 12. Finest Georgia peaches will be ripe, with buses and hosts providing the abundance for guests, families, and visitors to sample and take home.
Peyton M Hawes candidate Treasurer visited Elberton and spoke to citizens about his campaign for state office. He emphasized efficiency, training, and ability to carry out duties, saying he seeks support based on qualifications rather than party. Hawes touted good roads and rapid settlement benefiting industrious workers.
A runaway horse struck at 4 45 P M on Eight Street in Atlanta injuring Edith Bes ner McGhee and Augusta May McGhee both children of J re McGhee and a four year old girl, all four treated at the scene. The owner’s name was not ascertained.
The Immigration Department of the Central of Georgia railway plans a reorganized active office by July first. Immigration agent Mr. Jackson, after touring the state, praises Americus and Sumter county in a letter to the Americus Board of Trade. He hopes to attend the Georgia Weekly Press Association meeting July 12–13 and meet weekly editors, with invitations extended to Seaboard Air Line officials to attract settlers along its lines.
The funeral for Samuel A Harris was held at his Buena Vista home on Monday after his death from a stroke on Sunday at age 75 or 76. A longtime local farmer, he left a wide network of family and friends including Mrs Macon Council and his son Ja3 Harris of Americus. Attendants from Americus included Mrs Council and Mrs Elton Parker among others.
A fragmented agricultural piece urges farmers to eat more oats citing Quaker Oats as a leading brand and arguing oats boost labor productivity. The text mentions oats being packed in specific sizes and promotes feeding farm hands with oats to increase work output.
The sale of three wooden office buildings on Jackson Street beside the Bank of South Western Georgia was reported yesterday. John Sheffield bought the property from B R Johnson for a figure near 3500 dollars as an investment.
Forty prominent Worth county citizens planned to visit Americus to inspect Sumter county good roads, weather permitting, with ten automobiles and a warm Sumter welcome. The trip aims to showcase the county and provide a pleasant day for visiting officials and local citizens.
W T Lane chairman calls executive committee meeting in Americus Georgia at 10 am on the 23rd inst to name a date for a congressional primary for the Third District and to adopt governing rules. Paper copies urged. June 13 1910.
Sumter Lodge I O O F elected Noble Grand J. H. Clark Vice Grand W. H. St John Financial and Recording Secretary B. L. Guerry Treasurer D. W. Robinson District Deputy F. G. Olver at its last meeting The lodge continues to grow in membership with strong interest and meeting attendance as the new term begins and strength is anticipated
The Americus area endures relentless rain since Sunday June 5, causing widespread crop damage and blighted peach orchards. Weather Bureau records show about 5 1/4 inches in ten days with only brief sun breaks, and near 6 inches by 6am yesterday as storms continue to flood fields and disrupt business.
The Americus Camp of the Woodmen of the World will travel to Columbus on Friday July 1 on its annual excursion with a dollar rate open to all.
County convict forces were moved yesterday for two or three days of work along the Americus Ellaville road and near Sweetwater creek due to heavy rains. Work resumes at John W. Shiver’s plant after wind storm damage, with $1500 in losses including roof and interior damage as Texco pre roofing replaces damaged tin. A Seaboard freight train strikes a Mackabee catfish washed onto the tracks by rising water.
A terse remark notes that people seek his counsel on many matters, and he quips that few lie about their own success more than how often others consult him on their affairs.
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