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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
3
Advertisement notes a savings plan with 4 percent interest on deposits, encourages starting with 1 unit, and promotes a Home Bank free offer. It mentions the Office in Americus National Bank Building on Cotton Avenue and invites readers to call for details.
A major fire in Atlanta near Union Station destroyed an entire block including the Terminal Hotel. Losses, about 1 million dollars, affected multiple buildings on Madison Mitchell Forsyth and Nelson streets. No fatalities, several injuries, water pressure and wind hindered early containment, investigations cite a cross wire as the cause. Buildings burned included the Terminal and Marion hotels, a baking factory, and multiple businesses with extensive property and stock losses.
The Crystal Ice Company led by R. L. Maynard J. E. Hightower and Walter Maynard will start operations early next week turning out fifteen to twenty tons of ice daily. The plant is nearly ready with overhaul of machinery and new equipment. Water for ice will come from city mains initially, then from a deep artesian well at 300 feet. The company will become a corporation with the named stockholders.
Sid Tinsley pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a year on the county chain gang after involvement with another man named Smith in a Wallis Farm house robbery. They allegedly stole watches clothing and cash proceeds from the crime and sold the loot. Tinsley faced charges of burglary and chain-gang labor in Brand County.
Miss Willie Kent, a Sumter county student at the Agricultural College, won the Sumter chapter Daughters of the Confederacy medal for best essay on 1862 events. Her entry placed second in the statewide contest, with state winners advancing to Southwide honors. Superintendent Collum praised the Agricultural School for producing prizeworthy students.
A powder named Allen's Foot Ease promises to cure tired aching feet, callouses, sweating, and swelling. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with free samples. Address: Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY. A man believes what he has to, a woman what she wants.
Cedar View Miss merchant B G Stewart says customers get value as gold when buying De King's New Life Pills for constipation malaria or biliousness. Eldridge Drug Co sells 25c boxes guaranteeing benefits. One moral trouble is they hinder a good time says N Y Press.
Advertises a herbal remedy for back pain urinary bladder or kidney trouble aimed at women. Claims it is a pleasant regulator and safe. Sample package offered for 50 cents from The Mother Gray Co. LeRoy New York.
In Virginia Dr H B Crockett talks to former Sumter neighbors about the advantages of Southwest Georgia farming. He cites land quality climate and growth for homeseekers and notes his own investments in Sumter County. He aims to attract new residents to the Georgia garden spot.
If the forecast holds, three Sunday schools will hold annual picnics this week. Calvary Sunday school will picnic Thursday at Magnolia Dell, First Baptist Friday at Prospect Park, and Presbyterian Sunday school Friday at Myrtle Springs. On Friday the 22nd Farlow Lawn and First Methodist hold events at Myrtle Springs and Holly. The Red Men picnic of Columbus follows Calvary at Magnolia Dell on Thursday.
A fragment from Puck and Chicago News quotes a judge weighing a comic moral about paternity and reward, with a three-ball merchant failing to advance any payoff. The brief humor sketches a court decision as a tease, noting unresolved questions about life and paternity.
May 7. Prospects for a fine water melon crop in Andersonville look strong as the town builds its growing market. Indiana buyer R J Brown and experienced Melon buyer S R Reed visit, with Reed possibly buying this season. Local landowner J S Johnson reports flourishing early vegetables and shares surplus with neighbors. Mr. and Mrs. B F Easterlin visited Americus on Tuesday.
Historical voter figures from Sumter and Americas detail the 1906 gubernatorial primary with candidates Smith Howell EstillRussell J M Smith and Hoke Smith. Americas showed a razor close result while national totals leaned toward a larger anticipated turnout. The piece notes heightened interest and predicts a larger vote this year despite limited candidate options.
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