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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
8
Next week the Am ericus Railway and Light Company will begin roofing the power house. Ludowici tiling awaits placement due to a steel bar error corrected now. The red brick building, 118 by 44 by 33 feet, appears fireproof and will be among Americus’s largest brick structures.
Americas friends of Miss Lucile Linton recount a bold abduction attempt in Americus led by a white man in disguise as a black woman. A neighbor heard screams as the decoy fled, with shots fired nearby. Linton, visiting Americus, resisted and escaped with suspicions raised about conspirators aiming to rob a house of cash.
Mr. T. E. Castleberry, agent of the Seaboard at Huntington, has accepted a position as second dispatcher in the division headquarters of the road at Americus. He has many friends in Americus who will be pleased his promotion allows him to reside here.
Americus leaders protest to the Georgia Railroad Commission against delaying the westbound Shoo-Fly, which now arrives about 8:45 a.m. The Board of Trade cites harms to merchants who rely on morning trade and two-thirds freight commitments. Lee Allen signs the letter urging consideration of local business interests.
The Americus Cotton Exchange was closed due to high expenses. Cotton men will now receive 15 minute quotes via telegraph from Western Union, with reports from the New York market and Liverpool opening. Manager Jas L Williams departs for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Western Union expands staff to three to handle cotton reports.
A little girl enjoys her soup and comments that it tastes unlike the soup from a hotel dinner with her father. Grandfather prompts Jimmy to tell a hair raising story while reflecting on the aged man’s shining head.
Willis Rutland arrives from Leesburg along with other Lee county residents. D C Jones comes from Rift for city business. Mrs. R G Ferrell convalesces at home after fever. Eula Cannon visits Forrest street home. Bessie Duke from Andersonville shops in town. Lula Hines stays with Mrs. M J Hines while visiting. Glover returns from north Georgia mountains. Ethel McMath recovering from illness. ZS Childers returns to Americus from Chalybeate Springs. I B Small improves after illness. Rep. McMichael of Marion county visits Americas. Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield of New Orleans guests of Col and Mrs N A Ray. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hawkins Jr returning to Galveston. visiting Hawkins. Winona Evans, Plains belle, in Americus. Daisy Hughes and Minnie Geiger return to Hagan. Friends regret Mrs Carr S Glover's diphtheria illness. Mrs Edward Hines hosts Misses Little May and Myrtle Menard from Abbeville. Mrs L D Lockhart arrives from Atlanta after months away. May Wheatley home after South Carolina visit. Mrs Samuel Harrison and daughter Archie Harrison return from Columbia S C. Mamie Wyatt heads to Marshallville then Apalachicola for winter.
The Americus W C T U will be largely represented at the State Convention of the Womens Christian Temperance Union in Albany next Wednesday. Guests include J B Richards secretary of the Anti-Saloon League of Georgia and Rev T D Ellis of Macon with others from Tennessee and Cuthbert assisting in music. Thursday night Welcome night will feature addresses of welcome by Mayor Tarver H T McIntosh Rev Brownlee A P Wilson and Mrs J W Walters with Mrs B C Rowe delivering the response. Mrs Mary Harris Armor, state president, will give the annual address.
H W Smithwick showed samples from his Americus area grove proving pecans of fine size and quality. His 500 tree orchard, mostly young, is expected to become a gold mine as nut prices rise, with Georgia fruit moving to northern confectioners. Nearby groves also yield well while other local orchards mature. Night riders in Early and Baker counties burned 13 Negro churches and schools, spreading fear. list shows Mt Zion, Little Zion, Christ's, Pleasant Hill, New Salem, with no clear motive or lead. The region remains unsettled, with residents seeking safety and calm.
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