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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
2
Recent rains have caused only minor damage to Sumter County cotton with picking slowed but overall injury limited. In Georgia near the South Carolina line stalks lay beaten by heavy rain, yet local growers expect middling or better quality. Some fields show strong yields while warnings note potential harm if rain continues.
East Poland Maine resident W Stone endorses Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as ideal for sore feet burns cuts and abrasions. The product is sold under guarantee at Eldridge Drug Co for 25 cents.
An Americus club, comprised mainly of local players, lost two games to Smithville. The first ended 5 to 0 and the second 2 to 0, yielding a double shutout for Smithville. Battery details: Gatewood Bragg and Pantone for Americus. Hale Batts and Mc Michael for Smithville.
Passengers on Seaboard train No. 71 report a large fire in Rochelle Wilcox County consuming the town hotel two stores and a cotton warehouse. The blaze, already devastating, threatens the small community with substantial losses.
Mrs Chas BE Smith of West Franklin Maine says she likes Dr Kings New Life Pills for their painless relief. Eldridge Drug Co sells them for 25 cents. A VA Press quips that a woman's deception has more truth than a man's integrity.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic and alterative for health, praising Golden Seal root and other native herbs. It cites authorities and claims alcohol-free formula improves digestion, cleanses blood, and strengthens the body, offering the medical adviser and various formats for purchase.
After months of delay negotiations in Philadelphia, brick power plant work resumes at Americus Railway and Light Co. Carpenters are active on the roof and other tasks. The plant should near completion in a few weeks as equipment shipments arrive. Some items already onsite. The ad mentions Ely’s Cream Balm for catarrh with a 75 cent price and mail order from Ely Bros.
Mr. Edgar J. Guerry arrives in Americus from Tuczon Arizona to visit his birthplace area for a few days with Mrs. Guerry who has recently stayed with relatives. They plan to return to the West next week after his several years with the Southern Pacific. The pair express mixed sentiments about the West and the local hills.
The Americus Driving Club prepares for a two day racing program on September 23 and 24 at the new driving park. Expect trotting and running events with notable riders and high purses. Officials forecast strong entries from across the United States and finish work on the grandstand and stables soon.
Mrs M M Davison of San Jose California endorses Electric Bitters as a potent family remedy for headache biliousness and liver and bowel torpor. She asserts a bottle provides more digestive health than any other remedy she knows with drug store price 50 cents.
Mr Edward Stallings of Americus, long connected with the Seaboard Railway, is tendered the Cordele agency and will likely be transferred. He began his railway career twenty-two years ago with the Savannah Americus Montgomery line, now the Seaboard, and has since remained in service. Americus citizens regret losing him but wish him continued success in his new duty.
Mrs. Mary Lee of rural route 8 Zanesville Ohio credits Dr King s New Discovery with saving her husband James Lee s life as his severe lung condition threatened consumption. The ad promotes the throat and lung remedy with relief on first dose and a trial bottle free at Eldridge Drug Co priced 50 cents and 1.00.
Rev A C Wellons of Preston Baptist Church announced the revival ended after two weeks in Americas. Assisted by Rev W L Cutts of Vienna, the meetings drew large crowds and resulted in 39 accessions to the church. A second item notes Stetson Oil Co advertising sales positions in Sumter and nearby counties.
A reader tips a banana cream dessert using ripe bananas sugar and sweet cream folded with Lemon JELL-O dissolved in hot water. The mixture sets in a mold and is garnished with candied cherries and whipped cream. JELL-O sells at 10c a package.
A Georgia political observer warns Democrats face apathy and a potentially small Bryan majority. He notes cross party defections to Taft and even some Populists toward W Yancey Carter, with black voters regis tering to oppose the franchise and likely voting Republican. The remedy urged is county clubs to mobilize and increase turnout.
A letter from F W Devoe & Co extols Devoe lead and oil and Devoe paints noting New Orleans houses show six year wear, Florida reports near ten years in practice, and remarks that Devoe uses fewer gallons and costs less per job. The letter mentions Am ericus Construction Co selling the paint and cites local painters A C Callier and M Augustin in New Orleans.
A quip about the difference between a politician and a statesman lands as a fatherly joke. The punch line notes that the politician always has the job, echoing a timeless career distinction.
W. L. English of Americus Georgia advertises hundreds of acres for sale and exchange across Sumter Terrell Quitman Marion and surrounding counties. properties include 800 to 6 000 acres with easy terms and options to trade Chicago property for farmland or timber lands. many tracts near Americus Adams Station Oglethorpe and Buena Vista.
Rapid progress advances the Americus Creamery building toward completion within ten days for machinery installation. Full equipment for a modern creamery has been ordered and within about a month the plant should operate, supplying Americus and surrounding markets with high quality butter.
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