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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1900
Page
4
An archival newspaper fragment lists standard publishing terms for DAILY and WEEKLY editions including ranges for one year and six months. It specifies to address all setters and make remittances payable to THE TIMES-Re and names MARIE LOUISE MYRICK as editor and business manager with a telephone number.
The Times-Recorder serves as the official organ for Americas city Sumter County Webster County and railroad commission districts for Georgia's 3rd Congressional District. It proclaims itself as the official voice for multiple civic authorities and regions.
In Americus on May 18 1900 readers are told the tricksters are defeated as the fort is demolished and disaster befalls their camp. The passage hints at loss of Wister and Teele Johns in a panicked scene with a crepe on the door.
The piece salutes E. B. Lewis for his Third District win and Clark Howell for a likely unopposed Senate presidency. It lauds Billy Osborne of Chatham, notes treasury gold coin losses, and mentions a Chicago policeman turned bodyguard. It discusses the Nicaragua Canal bill’s path and Philippine War context with Morgan guiding Dill.
Hon W T Lane and Hon B L Joiner have been elected to represent Sumter County in the coming general assembly. Lane, with two years in the lower house, is noted for ability and honesty. Joiner is new to public life but considered well qualified. The Times-Recorder laments personal entanglements in the campaign and urges continued democracy and good government.
In a controversial speech Bourke Cochran urged repeal of the fifteenth amendment, arguing South laws are effectively nullifying it and questioning federal enforcement. He warned against rapid citizenship for freed slaves, yet welcomed the Montgomery conference and its potential practical gains.
A wife describes extreme labor with her first three children lasting 12 to 14 hours and requiring chloroform. She credits Mother’s Friend with the successful birth of her fourth child, a strong healthy boy, claiming she could do housework up to two hours before birth and endured only minor pains. She calls the liniment the grandest remedy ever made.
An advertisement touts Mother's Friend as essential for pregnancy, promising a stronger body and clearer intellect, relief from morning sickness and nervousness, relaxed muscles, and shorter, nearly painless labor. It claims to prevent sore breasts and short recovery, selling for $1 per bottle via The Bradfield Regulator Co. of Atlanta with a free booklet offer.
Southern Industrial convention delegates tour local industries in Chattanooga with General Joseph Wheeler arriving to speak on The South and Its Relations to the Trade of the Philippines and the Orient. The Philadelphia Commercial Museum showcases textile and school exhibits including the Normal Ala college for Negroes with about 400 students from 20 states.
An advertisement for B B B Botanic Blood Balm claims it purifies blood and heals skin sores eruptions and bone pains. It targets a wide range of conditions from pimples to blood poisoning, touts 30 years of testing, and offers free trial bottles from Blood Balm Co Atlanta Georgia with free medical advice and a mail write request.
One day sale lists 1,000 yards of standard calicoes at 2 3/4c per yard, 1,000 yards of crash coverings at 4 7/8c, fifty dozen towels at 2c each, 100 gross pearl buttons at 4c per dozen, mill ends corded pique remnants at 12 1/2c, seventy five taffeta silk umbrellas at 1 19, and various silk umbrellas, corsets, shirts, and shoes at deep discounts. Prices apply Monday and Tuesday with limits on quantities.
A violent confrontation aboard a Georgia train ends with Whitney fatally shot after a seat conflict. A Black passenger was lynched later that night. authorities and crowds react amid widespread panic and mob justice claims.
Judge Purnell issues an important bankruptcy ruling stating that in voluntary partnership filings the firm is a distinct legal entity and the estates of the partnership and its members must be administered separately with separate fees for each person. The decision, a first impression, clarifies that the act governs not only debtors and creditors but court officers as well. The piece also notes a Denver area convention to oppose Stephens bill, and a Philadelphia order directing a Colombia voyage amid Panamanian tensions, plus patent filings for the McIntosh Cassava company with $20,000 capital.
While opposition sleeps, most shoe dealers let spiders stake out claims in all corners of their stores. We keep our stock cleaned right to close, nothing left half long enough to go out of style. We have just what you want.
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