HIRROR OF EVENTS IN CITY AND SUBURB
Bits of news from Americus and nearby areas detail crops, business shifts, and social notes. Walton Callaway joins Gatewood Grocery. Rev Dean’s letter reports Mrs Dean improving. Judge Crisp taxes Will Handy’s case. cotton prices and mills loom. cattle fattening near Americus. alcohol tanks at barracks. kerosene sold in carts. Seamon house on College street rented to Chartes Oliver amid heavy applicant interest.
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Nad
Walton Callaway
Jway
Atlanta
Gatewood Grocery Co
Farlow Street
James Riviere
Louisville& Nashville Railway
Pensacola
West Florida
Americus
Seamon
College Street
Times Recorder
Chartes Oliver
Bought Barrels of Plunder At Court House Auction
Chief Wheeler held a morning sale of stolen loot and unclaimed goods at the courthouse. The stock included pistols and assorted plunder, with buyers among lawyers and doctors who valued the items, while a dozen gallons of blockade whiskey remained with the police. Prices ranged from 50 cents to $1.50 for pistols, and overall sales stayed brisk and merry.
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Chief Wheeler
Court House
Marshal Feagin
Ne Rro
County to Sell Old Bastile at Forsyth and Prince
The county commissioners ordered the sale of the old county jail and its corner lot at Forsyth and Prince streets. A special three member commission will conduct the sale for best bid. The jail, long used as a residence, is a well built structure on a large corner lot. Only minor business was handled at the meeting. a new bridge over Muckalee at Guerry crossing is planned but not yet specified.
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Forsyth and
Prince Streets
John A. Cobb
M. B. Council
W. A. Wilson
Americas
Muckalee
Guerry Crossing
North Carolina
North Winxestone
N. C
Watauga County
Watauga
Ashe
Alleghany
New River Valley
Norfolk and Western
Ashe County
Ballou
New River Development Company
Maynard, Tenn
North
South Carolina
Chestnut Yards
North Wilkesboro
Blue Ridge
West Virginia
Laurel
Keddie
Burglar Proved a Sprinter at Prince Street
A nighttime chase on the premises of G. M. Davis at 110 Prince Street followed a prowler seen in shadows. Davis summoned two young men to help. the thief dashed for the fence with three pursuers close behind but unarmed, and escaped after a tense pursuit. Americus vows firm action against such criminals.
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G. M. Davis
Prince Street
Justice as Master Mechanic at Seaboard Americas
Justice takes the permanent Master Mechanic role at Seaboard System shops in Americas succeeding Fr McGee. J H Evans returns to his former Seaboard post in Montgomery after a temporary assignment, while Motes advances to general superintendent of motive power system wide.
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J. D. Justice
Florence
Fr. H. McGee
Seaboard
Americas
J. H. Evans
Montgomery
Justice
Mot#es
Evans
Beautiful new home planned for Americus on Church Street
Plans drawn by Denny of Atlanta outline a $20,000 residence for Mr. L. G. Council. The house will sit on an eminence on Church Street and feature spacious piazzas and lofty pillars. Completion is expected by early summer.
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Americus
L.G. Council
Denny
Atlanta
South Georgia
Church Street
Court of Ordinary Handles Long Monthly Session
Judge T M Allen presided at a lengthy monthly session disposing of many matters. Administrators guardians and probate of wills dominated the docket with routine office business likely to continue today.
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T. M. Allen
Court of Ordinary
Caught with Kodak About the Depots in Americus
Local notes report visitors and residents in Americus including Col. W. M. Hawkes from Atlanta, Capt. Joseph B. Scott from Dooly, Hon. James P. Walker of Webster, and many others. People travel for business, shopping, and visits, with several leaving for New York, Baltimore, or Washington, and local arrivals at Forrest Street, Windsor Hotel, and Reese Park.
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Col. W. M. Hawkes
Atlanta
Capt
Joseph B Scott
Dooly
Justice Transferred to Seaboard Shops in Abbeville
Master Mechanic J. D. Justice arrived yesterday and assumed his duties at the Seaboard shops in Abbeville South Carolina. He succeeds J. H. Evans and was described as a thoroughly competent man who comes highly recommended. Justice left Americus last night to begin his new post.
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J. D. Justice
Seaboard
Americus
Justice
J. H. Evans
Beaboard
Abbeyills
South Carolina
Grand and Traverse Jurors Drawn for Webster Superior Court
The Webster Superior Court April term 1901 selections list grand jurors drawn October 6 1900 including J F Stapleton J N Foremay D L Stapleton J W A Hawkins and others and traverse jurors named for the same term. Names include Robert A Bell W J Alston J A Reeves Zack Sime J M Gordon J H Beel B F Shivers M W Majors T M Lowery and more.
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Webster Superior Court
J F Stapleton
N Foremay
L Stapleton
W A Hawkins
O J Tracy
Robert A Bell
WJ Alston
RB Alston
John McDaniel
C Sapp
E Gos
Angus Wills
L W Harrell
D T Simmons
JB McGill
H H Kendrick
G W Sime
J N Foreman, Jr
GU Williams
W & Statham
C B Prateo
BF Tulle
J P Walker
P H Spano
A P Passmore
McGill
M A Culpepper
J W Moye
Robert A King
J M Sworde
T ‘Tyler
E Dennard
J W Tyler
J By Barrentine
BF Goss
Richard Marshall
J McTyer
LH B Webb
Wedding Unites J P Cannon and Elie Woods at Schley
On Wednesday the 6th at the home of the bride's parents in Schley, Mr. J. P. Cannon of Sumter and Miss Elie Woods were married in the presence of many friends. Mr. Cannon is a prosperous young planter of the county while the bride is described as one of Schley's fairest daughters.
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Schley
J. P. Cannon
Sumter
Elie Woods
Cannon
Tutt's Pills Promised to Cure Digestive Ailments
Advertisement touts Tutt's Liver Pills as a universal cure for stomach liver and bowel diseases claiming many endorse the remedy. Separately a Seaboard Georgia Alabama division conductor dismissals provoke commentary while local elections and a farmer selling sixty gamecocks for 180 dollars illustrate regional news.
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Tutt
Att
Castoria adverts and wartime gas supply turmoil in 1900s excerpts
The clipping notes Castoria advertisements and references to a gas supply crisis affecting factories and traction firms. It mentions a June or March event with foreign gas companies and a general disruption to fuel and operations. Also includes a report of Colonel John Clem visiting Porto Rico troops and a separate incident of a boy losing a leg in a turntable accident near LaGrange, Georgia.
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Cerone
Echoois
Owas Flotasteuster Traction Company
Litbie Boatan
Gatunet
Mente Ety Pimpa
Shiloh
John Clem
Atlanta
Washington
Porto Rico
Atlas
Advertisement for Herb ine tonic by John H Hudson
Cheerful health advice promotes HERBINE to brace you up. Public price listed as 50 conta. Sold by John H Hudson.
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Price
Conta
John H. Hudson
For Sale 10000 Strawberry Plants Reduced Price
For sale 10,000 strawberry plants at reduced price offered by M Gorpy in Americus Georgia. Contact details not provided. Sale appears as a brief classified notice from a local newspaper page segment.
Chief Wheeler Pursues Rest by Riding Eighteen Miles
Chief Wheeler took a respite from crime fighting to ride eighteen miles through the countryside yesterday. He used the outing to shoot birds and chase rabbits, seeking a quiet break from duties.
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Wheeler
Slavery in South Carolina shocks Anderson county court
A grand jury in Anderson County is to hear findings from an investigation into labor contracts used to keep enslaved Black people in bondage. Judge Benet condemned the system, linking it to convicts and fragile legal status, while alarms rise over widespread abuse in the state.
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Anderson County
Corcupra
D. C
W. O. Benet
Benet
South Carolina
Newell
Will Hull
Pure Medicines and Toiletry Goods Promotion
A fragment lists domestic medicines for internal and external use, toilet articles, brushes, combs, colognes, and hair care items. It emphasizes contributing to the dignity and beauty of the person and suggests a market or catalog style promotion asserting civilized living through these products.
Drunk Man Kills Wife and Wounds Sister in Atlasta
March 5. Will Gordon a negro in a drunken rage shot his wife Janie Gordon and sister-in-law Celia Spikes on McMillan street near Marietta, tried to shoot the mother-in-law, set fire to the bed, and fled. Janie died from a gunshot to the back. Celia was wounded in the arm and body. Gordon had returned home after buying liquor with money his wife had spent on a hat for shopping in town. A separate incident reports Tamorros, Go, where Settle Leonard, a negro, lost his house to fire, killing three children while she was away.
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Will Gordon
Atlasta
McMillan Street
Marietta
Janie Gordon
Celia Spikes
Gordon
Tamorros
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Hebuldre
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WernstEx County
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Rembert’s Drug Store
Postoffice
Sumter Co
Sumren Corety
J. T. Jobazon
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Ates McAuher
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Leslie, Georgia
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