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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1901
Page
5
The Americus era reports cotton market declines and spot values, local jurors summoned for U S court, railroad growth plans, and community notes. May day forecasts, strawberry market talk, and a large vegetable train from Florida accompany local business and civic updates. A Confederate veteran and others contribute to civic projects while local courts pause briefly.
A dozen shots were fired near Louvale Stewart county early yesterday as Mr Burke clashed with school teachers Mosers Bell and J T Spivey over tuition. Spivey was wounded in the face and neck by birdshot. Bell peppered but not seriously hurt. The teachers went to Americus for treatment, while Burke warned them off from his field.
Following a cold snap wind damaged cotton fields. Tender plants died as winds gusted for days. Thousands of acres must be replanted, with many farmers lacking seed and labor. The consequence is a late and potentially smaller new crop for the state.
Mr. W. L. Glessner, active for new settlers and industry on the Georgia Southern & Florida Railway, visited Americus yesterday on his way to New Orleans to woo sugar planters to locate an eight refinery on the line. He expects sugar making to grow large in Georgia, cane growing ranking second to cotton in mileage, and pushes development of the industry.
Americus mills are shipping large quantities of cotton seed to Alabama amid disruption at Oil Mills. The reduced operations have forced replanting efforts and farmers along the Chattahoochee River and beyond are receiving seed to sustain crops this season.
A stream of visitors and guests are noted in Americus as Miss Sallie Wimbish returns from Danson, Miss Kate Hollis visits Atlanta, Miss Stapleton spends time in Americus, and numerous others including Mr. J L Horn, Mr. and Mrs. Derrick, the Fitons, Morgans, Pittmans, Shropshires, Wigerne, Stewart, and Allen travel or visit relatives. The notices list travelers from Ellaville, Tampa, Tampa, and Macon, with several attending memorial exercises and visits to Lee Street residences.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure and claims a reward of one hundred dollars for an incurable case. It promotes the remedy as a blood and mucous membrane healer, mentions per bottle pricing, and endorses Hall's Family Pills as the best. Multiple druggists and wholesalers are cited, with testimonials offered free.
Citizens urged to attend a Saturday meeting May 4 to decide on taking mortgage bonds for the Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad. The plan pledges 6 percent bonds, no stock, and no money until the line is delivered. Officials ask farmers merchants and professionals to show up at the courthouse in Americus at 10 AM to discuss the proposal and its impact on Sumter County.
W F Chestnut implicated Macon man B Jordan in the Southern Express car robbery near Macon Friday night. Jordan, baggage master on this division of the Central, was captured in Atlanta after Chestnut, a former police officer and ex engineer from Florida, confessed and pointed to the suspect.
Corvus C May 1 The attorney general accepted E Brooks Sligh’s resignation and named ex Sheriff George S McCrary of Laurens United States deputy marshal for South Carolina. The move surprises locals who expected Capers as district attorney and Croft as postmaster at Aiken.
Fragmentary OCR note references a doctor named Pierre and a Pleasant Feets cure. It seems to describe medical stipulation or advertisement language about a remedy claimed to aid constipation and feet, but details are unclear and names may be misread.
In Binsusowam Alabama May 1 a white meat market operator Charles Russell narrowly escaped lynching by a mob of about 500 black residents angry over a white man’s death. Walter Morehead was shot while sleeping under a trestle on Five Mile Creek. Coroner Paris calmed the crowd and Russell was later released after his innocence was shown.
The Rev Dr Charles H Parkhurst spoke at Madison Square Presbyterian about his southern trip and responded to Governor Candler over northern and southern views on education for Black people. He argued that both regions dislike the Negro, the southern openly so, and urged restraint and a focus on progress rather than polemics. He cautioned that former acts granting rights require ongoing statesmanship.
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