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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1900
Page
4
AMERICOS TINES-RECORDER published daily and weekly in Americus Georgia announces rates for daily and weekly editions, lists editorial and business manager Marie Louise Smyrick, with an editorial room contact and address.
The Times Recorder identifies itself as the official organ for Americus Sumter County and Webster County. It also serves as the official organ of the Railroad Commissions of Georgia for the 3rd Congressional District.
The piece notes that occupation brings happiness, cites growth in US newspapers from 5,871 in 1870 to 21,178 in 1899, and mentions Ohio governor appointments with only three applicants. It also comments on American stage progress, Parisian censorship, cannibal attacks on the General Pell crew, and Kentucky military readiness under governors Beckham and Taylor.
The Times-Recorder backs Augusta Chronicle in urging Sumter and Georgia communities to elect two of their best men to the next general assembly. It stresses the urgent need for wise, conservative legislation and protection of property rights amid recent tax decisions.
Judge Emory Speer spoke at a Savannah toast praising southern soldiers. He claimed every soldier’s grave would outlast time, saying the dead would live again in successors and their valor would crown the nation’s glory, unyielding to any force. He invoked reunification and national pride.
The Montgomery Advertiser notes mint prospects are strong as spring nears. A Montgomery Signal preview says the mint crop shows emerald shoots, bees pollinate purple blossoms, and fragrant growth promises later harvests for drinks and flavoring.
The report predicts John H. Reagan will write his Confederate War recollections, pleasing history students nationwide. Reagan, last survivor of the Cabinet of the Confederacy, knew Davis and other Southern leaders better than any living man and will craft an enthralling narrative of the Confederacy’s rise and fall.
Dr Hathaway treats catarrh bronchitis asthma lung and stomach diseases and many other conditions. With over twenty years in practice he uses electrical appliances and his own medicines prepared in house to purify and tone the blood and restore health. Free self examination blanks are offered for men women skin diseases catarrhal diseases and kidney issues. Consultation is free at his Atlanta office.
The article argues next season demands 11,000,000 bales of American cotton to meet trade, with a 2,000,000 bale surplus carried from the start of the year, while visible supply dwindles and prices seem misaligned with future crop prospects. It notes uncertainty about crop size and criticizes selling before seed is in the ground at prices below current spot. An opium den raid in Paris uncovers intoxicated elites including society women.
An advertisement touts B B B Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for long stubborn blood poison. It claims mucous patches, eruptions, bone pain and other symptoms disappear, while digestion improves. A free trial bottle is offered, with bottles sold at one dollar or six for eight five dollars, and mail order medical advice from Blood Balm Co in Atlanta.
A sales ad lists 120 crash skirts priced at 29c to 60c with value estimates. 32 styles of printed organ dies at half price. 1500 yards of fabrics at 11 a yard though marked 20c. ladies oxfords at 1.25 a pair. various laces, cottonades, buttons, and white goods with deep discounts for Monday and Tuesday, plus men’s hose at three pairs for 25c.
In Hot Springs North Carolina on March 28 J W Floyd Guy Turner and Duke Lamb led a drunken parade with drawn guns shooting deputies Jack Paria Hartzell Smelzer and Richard Ralston while Chief Rector shot Floyd and Assistant Chief Daniels fled. Sheriff Ramsey arrived with a posse arresting all involved. town panicked and businesses closed amid fears of further trouble.
The gun boat Vixen sailed from San Juan to Isla Devenques near Crab Island southeast of Puerto Rico. The navy explores there on the Naval War College suggestion, aiming to establish a fortified coal base if a harbor is found, to control eastern Caribbean entrances should the U S fail to secure the Danish West Indies.
March 28 Cumberland island Ga. Mrs Lucy Carnegie heads a family building winter residences. Morris Carnegie nears his mother, George Carnegie erects a home at Plum Orchard, Will Carnegie upgrades the old Stafford place. Andrew Carnegie, in New Orleans on a wedding tour, plans to begin soon. Rickston, Mrs Carnegie's son in law, will build next summer.
Aman pursues verification to ensure his judgment is correct. He aims to establish factual support through inquiry and deduction, seeking reliable evidence before accepting his conclusion.
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