Americus Local News Roundup and Market Notes
Americus features diverse items from local commerce and transport. C W Chears of Columbus named southeastern agent for the Georgia and Alabama railway with headquarters in Atlanta. Americus plans a barber shop run by white operators, and a vacant store next to Dodson Pharmacy will host it. Apple and seed shipments arrive, including 5000 sheet music at 5 cents each and various seed offerings at Jodson's, Furlow Walters, and other outlets. A run of housing inquiries shows high demand, while partridge shooting tests game laws. Frost forecasts miss, mornings cool, rain pending. Cottonseed from Farmer James Murray draws curiosity for black, smooth lintless seeds. The market activity includes Fort Gaines cotton buys and a busy freight line to the circuit. Marriages spike, a Macon boy is found after leaving school, and a runaway son is returned. A diamond pin theft during the carnival prompts sympathy. Line up at Central depot for papers, with no quarantine on watermelons, and a push to locate the G and A Railway offices in Americus. The Friendship Baptist Association plans a school, with Americus favored for location and court appeal for G and A relocation. Yellow Jack sentiments appear in ads for Cascarets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Chears
Columbus
Southeastern
Georgian& Alabama Railway
East
Alabama Street
Atlanta
Americus
Razor
Dodson Pharmacy
James Murray
Deaser
Green Bros
Whitley Grocery Co
Macon
Col
Robertus Oliver
Fort Gaines
Americas
Smith
Friendship Baptist Association
Supreme Court
G. & A. Railway
New Home Sewing Machines Sale Ad
Excelsior Machine Oil 10c marks a catalog entry for New New Home Sewing Machines offered at reduced price. The terse line suggests a midcentury classified style advertisement focusing on discounted sewing machines and related goods.
New Hartman Book Free on Chronic Catarrh
Dr Hartman releases Winter Catarrb a six lecture work from the Surgical Hotel introducing chronic catarrh details. Lectures cover nasal, posterior nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea and all-cells. The book promotes Hartman remedies like pe-rupa and offers free copies from The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company Columbus Ohio with a 1898 almanac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman
Tirat
Scond
Naval
Han
Social visits and conduct of local notable residents
A long list of social calls and movements among Americas residents includes Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Statham visiting friends, Capt. John R. King in town for business, Mrs. M. L. Myrick in Atlanta, and Sheriff McArthur traveling to Nashville to see a show. Visitors from Sumter and The Plains stop in, while several locals travel to Macon Nashville and New York for events, visits, or studies. A Grand Lodge meeting in Macon and a winter art study trip to New York are noted along with hotel patronage for court week and a prominent Georgia journalist in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Statham
City
R. L. McLeod
Nashville
John R. King
Webster County
M. L. Myrick
Atlanta
Oliver
the Plains
John A. McDonald
Miss McDonald
Sumter
Sheriff McArthur
Annie Ansley
Lillie Brown
Tennessee
A. W. Smith
Richmond
Eva May McAfee
Smithville
John W. A. Hawkins
Webster
William M. Harper
L. D. Lockhart
Barlow Street
Mattie Wheatley
New York
Macon
Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia
T. G. Hudson
Lawson Stapleton
Albert G. Crane
Oliphant
Capt. W. W. Crane
Americus
Washington
Carrie Speer
Fear of fever eased by quarantine on refugees
Officials report no fever in Americus as quarantine rules remain in force. Trains entering the area are monitored and several refugees on the northbound Central were refused entry for lack of papers. Dr. M. T. Davis, chairman of the health board, says no fever suspicion exists and dangers are kept at bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americas
Montgomery
Central
Ozark
Ala
Wheeler
M. T. Davis
Board of Health
Americus
City Council Sets 1.25 Tax Rate for Current Year
City council last night fixed the total tax rate at 1.25 for all purposes. General expenses and sinking fund are set at 1.193 per cent combined, with 0.0825 per cent already levied for bonded indebtedness. The result matches last year's rate.
Tragic Freight Yard Death of Fourteen Year Old Williams
Master Williams, a fourteen year old Negro boy, was killed in a Central railroad yard accident while riding a freight car. He swung under a side rod, fell onto the rail, and was dragged by the brake beams, losing a leg and dying before aid could reach him. Witnesses and railroad workers saw the incident. no inquest was held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Master Williams
Central Railroad
Williams
Jim Williams
Cotton Avenue Crossing
Albany
Jim
Messrs
T. J. Baisden
Hugh L. Mize
Cal lay to his reward calls a venerable Albany citizen
A telegram from Albany reports the death of M P Callaway a long respected Albany area figure. He was the father of Merrell Callaway of this city and James Callaway of Macon who were summoned to his bedside Tuesday. He spent most of his eighty years in the Albany region and his funeral is expected to be held there this afternoon. Also a brief notice: Wanted to rent eight mules or horses at once from OC Rorau & Co. at wood yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
M. P. Callaway
Merrell Callaway
James Callaway
Macon
Rorau & Co
Wood Yard
The Chance Of a Lifetime All- Slip Bargains
A fragmentary ad like prose reflects on scarce opportunities and fashionable goods. The speaker notes youthfully resplendent items and hints at exclusivity, suggesting only some can afford to miss these chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abou Hassan
Colored Dress Goods Sale At Great Values
A catalog style notice lists 44 inch Matalasse mixtures in color pairings such as colorings of fine and black and green and black with many variations. 60s and 94 u8 inch dotted novelties in green brown garnet and blue ground with small colored dots are offered. 62inch extra quality ladies cloth in all colors claims top quality at a low price. Also noted are fine French novelties in browns, blacks, reds, blues and greens. A wide assortment of colored goods at lower prices is advertised.
Black Dress Goods Sale Prices Listed by Width and Type
The notice lists discounted black fabrics by width and material, including 50 inch Black Camels Na’r Diagonals at 1 per yard, 40 inch Black Diagonal all wool at 0.75, 44 inch Black all wool Serge at 0.75, 46 inch Black all wool Serge at 0.50, 88 inch Black all wool Henriettas, and 45 inch Black all wool Silk finish Henriette at 0.75. Prices given per yard with varying quality notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henriette
Dress Trimmings and Novelty Braids at Low Prices
Advertisement listing dress trimmings including Sete at 1.00 and 135 each. Iridescent imp strands in 8, 100, 150 and 250 yards. Wool and silk tubular braid in all colors. Boutache braid offered in all colors and widths.
Price pointers for silk fabrics in sale
Random values indicate silk fabrics including 28 inch Black all Silk Satin at $1.00 per yard, 24 inch Black Armore and Peau de Soleil Silke at $100 per yard equivalent, Black Satin and Taffeta Brocades at $1.00 per yard, 20 inch Plaid Taffete at 75 cents, 21 inch Brocade Silks and Roman Striped Silks at discounted prices.
Warm Blanket Sale Prepares for Cold Weather
Store announces low prices on all wool blankets including 10-4 Winchester and Burlington models with large savings per pair. Extra heavy all wool Banket offered at notable discounts and similar price cuts apply to men’s women’s and children’s underwear. Limited space for further specials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Burlington
Banket
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mima & Hudson
George Oliver
Jodson’s
Hecker
Furlow
Walters
Elisea
Cascarets
The
Music, Co. Tis Tissers
Cotney Bell & Co
Dr. Hartman
M. E. Love
Leesburg
Mrs. Love
Martin Lovisz Myrick
the Americas Ties- Recoxpen
J. B. Bivins
Dodson's Pharmacy
Riverside
Waymanville
Arnold Facies
Geo.d. Wheatley
Lamar Street
Cotton Avenue
ALSO
Sumter County
Davenport Drug CO
Americus, Georgia
James Fricker
BRO
Ose Raphy
Jackson Street
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