23 Jun 1899
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1899
Page
1
On or about July 15 the seller moves stock to the Americus Jewelry Company building at 421 Jackson Street. The sale offers dry goods clothing shoes hats gents furnishings and more with inducements to buy now rather than move.
Cash only sale on a large stock of fabrics including Shirtings Percales Batiste Organdie P K pieces and Madras. Notable discounts on Caress like 5c yard 10c yard and 8 1 2 yard items. Limited quantities with slashed prices on Glo ghams Edging and Hamburg laces. Ends soon while stock lasts.
Neckwear stock offered at sacri fice to clear space for new shop. Tecks Puffs our-in-Hands Ban Bower String Ties and 5-ply Linen Collars priced at 1.50 per dozen. Big lot of 500 neckwear for 25 cents. Also negligee and white shirts on sale including 16 and 16 1/2 sizes at drastic cuts. A line of boat necks and 502/750 negligee shirts in Americus.
Clothing Department announces a quit sale on crash suits with no value retained, while full lines of fancy cassimere and worsted suits and blue serges remain. Shoes are new with no old stock. Goods sold from 10 to 25 percent under rival prices, with broadly reduced prices across departments.
A Milwaukee style riot and gunfire erupted at Evansville Indiana as imported Black miners near the Sunny Side mine were fired upon in the dark while en route from Kentucky. Six men injured including James Moore shot in the back, with Henry Smith and John Philips gravely hurt. Police and physicians rushed to aid victims as the town feared a replay of Pana violence. The mine remains idle as management declines comment and Governor Mount may be asked to halt further importations.
President Nat Baxter of the Tennessee Coal and Railroad company leaves for the east to close the purchase of Sheffield Coal Iron and Steel assets for about 850000 pounds. Reports say officials have acquired Logomarsino block and bank property in Sheffield for 42000 dollars and Sloss Iron and Steel eyes the Ensley furnaces. Miles cites Manila tensions. volunteers possibly discussed.
A Black man named Dantel Patrick was captured in Scranton on Tuesday after abducting and assaulting Miss Bessie Ireland near Scranton on Pascagoula road. He confessed, was hanged by a mob at an oak near the depot, and died within minutes as the crowd dispersed. Ireland rests easy today.
In Dus West South Carolina on June 21 Rev T DeWitt Talmage spoke at Erskine College commencement. He offered no fixed subject but urged practical advice, warned against overloading occupations, and stressed stick-to-it-ness temperance and domestic harmony. He anticipated arbitration and disarmament becoming reality and noted a shared godly sentiment across the north and south.
Griesville June 21. Lawyers for Mrs Mattie A Hughes pursue former jeopardy argument despite a pending mistrial. Judge Gage notes merit and aims to bring the question before the court delaying circuit court actions to next year. Hughes remains out on bail as bond validity prompts debate about future terms. School reelections linked to state teacher convention in Convuna with July 1 changes announced for the Teachers Association meeting and summer program.
Detectives and bloodhounds return from Boddy after a fruitless chase for a negro who assaulted a white schoolgirl named Mirtie Bell. Over 1000 armed men scour the country, and lynching—if caught—seems likely. The victim, 15, is J A Bell’s daughter. The mob has detained several suspects with no conclusive identifications yet.
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