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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
7
The Third district Republican executive committee met in Americus on Monday with good attendance. They decided not to nominate a candidate for congress due to no available person and futility. Resolutions urged peanut voters to support Taft and oppose disfranchisement.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder issues claiming dramatic results and offers a free sample bottle and an informational booklet by mail from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY urging readers to mention the paper.
A scrambled dialogue fragment contrasts boastful claims with cautions about marriage. The exchange includes comments on youth, burden, and a girl's view of surrender, noted in a clipped, arch tone. The text resembles edited notes rather than a full narrative.
Americus hosts the organization of Americus Division No. 638 of the Order of Railway Conductors with 29 charter members. Officers installed include H. M. Stokes as chief conductor and G. W. Poole as assistant chief, with meetings set for the second and fourth Sundays at the Pythian Temple.
Contractors push the grand stand at the driving park this week with C. G. Hall as building contractor. Lumber for bleachers stables and other buildings is arriving and completion is aimed within contract time. Horsemen from Georgia and other states request race information for September 23 24 as fans anticipate a big Americus crowd. An official program will be issued soon detailing events and purses. Tests of speed are planned on the track this week as horsemen visit daily to try the surface.
Dr. D. J. Neill, president of the Farmers' Union, announces that Texas lawmakers should prohibit telegraph firms from transmitting New York Cotton Exchange quotations in Texas. He urges making it a misdemeanor to quote NY quotes locally, claiming the practice defrauds Texas farmers and costs millions annually.
A twenty dollar contribution in cash was sent to Augusta flood sufferers yesterday by Rev. James B. Lawrence rector of Calvary church here. Collections on Sunday were devoted to that relief effort. Other donors may have sent from Americus as well, but none others were reported.
Receipts of new cotton up to Sept 1 for 1908-09 total 2,988 bales, compared with 1,580 at the same point last year. Prices are lower, with good middling near 9 cents, making value about $25,000 higher overall. Rain last week slowed picking, and growers show little tendency to hold.
In New York on August 31 Special reports bucket shops will be illegal under the Cassidy law. The measure bans contracts tied to public market quotes and standard gambling-like practices in stocks and commodities. Violations carry fines up to 5000 for corporations and up to 1000 or five years imprisonment for individuals.
A report from southern Georgia portrays tobacco growers facing a drastic price cut from promised forty cents per pound to eight cents. An Americas man notes buyers’ pressure and mentions a gunpoint demand for the promised price, signaling potential widespread farmer resistance.
The Americas Chapter urges postponing the Wirz monument unveiling at Andersonville and favors relocating it to Savannah. Ninety four chapters will decide at September meetings whether to request delaying the Oct 31 unveiling. Savannah convention will reconsider location in late October. Windsor entertainment planned for attending ladies.
A mix of flirtatious verse about guilt and a sudden sidestep to a shipyard update. The writer questions moral mischief and recalls a kiss while shifting to a note on Emperor William’s yacht spars. An old Chicago News line mentions timber from Washington fir and winter heat references.
A Sixith Di unit officer in China smoked opium in a hotel. General Wang Yiu kai sentenced him to three blows and dismissal as a warning. The troops knelt to plead for mercy, but the general warned that future offenses would draw beheading.
A Georgia Sumter County court records petition seeks incorporation of Farmers Warehouse Company for 20 years with principal office in Andersonville. It outlines business to buy and store farm products, real estate, warehouses, cotton markets, and mercantile activity with capital stock $1,000, expandable to $25,000, and common seal rights.
Debtors and creditors of the estate of Foster late of Sumter deceased are notified to present claims and attend the sale as per law. Advertisements must be filed with the business office by Wednesday noon with the required fee to insure insertion. The rule will be enforced.
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