Daily Recorder Extras and Local Notices In Americus
The Americus Recorder issues daily except Mondays and a weekly Thursday edition at $1 per year. It proclaims the largest Southwest Georgia circulation across Bumter, Lee, Terrell, Stewart, Webster, Schley, Marion, Macon, Dooly and Wilcox.
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Daily Recorder
Wrexig
Georgia
Bumter, Lee, Terrell
Stewart, Webster, Schley
Marion
Macon
Dooly and Wilcox
Americus Post Office
H.C. Storey
Mrs. Mann to Move from Perry to Americus
Mrs. 3. W. Mann currently of Perry will relocate to Americus in a few days. She works as a slater for Mrs. W. H. Allen of the city and will join Mrs. M. T. Elam in her millinery business.
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Americus
3. W. Mann
Perry
Assignees Sale of Davis and Callaway Notes
The notes and accounts of the late firm of Davis and Callaway were sold at auction Saturday. They originally totaled $11,000 but with little value in dollars, bidding was slow. Mr. M Callaway purchased them for $400.
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Davis & Callaway
M. Callaway
Sheriff sale sells Wooten and Ford grocery stock
The Wooten and Ford grocery stock was sold at sheriff sale with slow bidding. Postmaster Roney bid $1,800 and was understood to purchase for the People's National Bank, which held the mortgage. Included items mention bird seed with fish bone at 10c per package. Farmer's Drug Store referenced.
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Sheriff Sale
Wooten & Ford
Roney
People's National Bank
Easter Sunday in Lersavung Churches Amid Good Attendance
On Easter Sunday churches drew large crowds with the Episcopal church notably fuller than others. Pastors delivered fine sermons while decorations and exercises impressed attendees across congregations. In a separate report from Lersavung GA on March 30, floods swept away the Hollis Jackson and Palmyra bridges on Kinchafoo mee. Stockville and Graves bridges on the Muckalee are also lost with uncertain extent of further damage.
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Episcopal
Lersavung
Hollis
Jackson
Palmyra
Kinchafoomee
Stockville
Graves
Muckalee
Directors' Meeting At Local YMCA Elects Members
The Directors of the Young Men's Christian Association held their regular monthly meeting Thursday afternoon. R J McGarrah was elected an active member and delegates to the State Convention were chosen: Jno W L Daniel, L C Beil, D F Davenport, W C Carter. Other business of importance was transacted.
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Young Men's Christian Association
R. J. McGarrah
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W. L. Daniel
L. C. Beil
D. F. Davenport
W.C. Carter
Sention Grandest 4 Cigar Offered to Public
A note advertises Sention The Grandest 4 Cigar offered to the American public by Carr & Brown, Bole Agents, urging readers to try them and be convinced.
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Carr & Brown
Man Dies Saving Dam at Major's Mill Pond
News from Stewart county reports Major's mill pond dam failure on Wednesday morning. John McKee, attempting to save the dam, drowned when it gave way and his body was recovered about two hundred yards downstream.
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Stewart County
John McKee
Marion Flood Causes Heavy Damage in County
A Marion county resident visiting Americus reports extensive flood damage in Marion. Holies mill and dam were washed away, many others destroyed or damaged, and plowed lands washing out may require replanting. The Young Men's Christian Association board saw Mr. Chas. 4. Hardy resign as general secretary effective April 1. Jesse Stallings and wife now preside over The Allen House in Preston, offering meals and a welcoming stop. A bridge crew encountered a mass of live water snakes washed into a ball by the current. all were killed.
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Marion County
Americus
Holies Mill
Young Men's Christian Association
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Allen
Preston
Jesse Stallings
Death of a Young Lady Miss Mary Lee Baisden
Miss Mary Lee Baisden died Thursday night at the residence of Mr. H. McGarrah in the city. She was the daughter of Sid Baisden of Atlanta and was en route with her mother to Ellaville to visit relatives. Burial is set for Ellaville today.
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Mary Lee Baisden
8. McGarrah
Miss Baisden
Sid Baisden
Atlanta
Ellaville
McGarrah
Young Lady Proposes State Shape Quilt Map
A RECORDER reporter learns of a new and unique quilt idea from a young woman. She plans to cut square pieces representing the states of the Union and assemble them into a decorative map of the United States, promising ease of construction and lasting value due to its novelty.
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Lumpkin Line Reopens After Washouts With First Train
The A P L road ran its first train to Lumpkin since last Tuesday's washouts at 3 o'clock. After unloading it immediately loaded and returned to American. The line faced many obstacles from the heavy storm but showed speed in serving patrons. Ladies Memorial Association met at the Library to plan Memorial Day observances. program not finished but to be published in Sunday's Recouper. Statewide preparations for military and civic processions and ceremonies are under way.
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Petrified Oyster Found On Train Route
While stopping at Davies Spring to inspect a washout on the A. P. & L. line, Judge Fort stepped over a ditch and discovered a petrified oyster in its shell lying on the ground. He will add the curious specimen to his collection.
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Davies Spring
Judge Fort
Fine Work Engine No 2 Brightens A P & L Shops
Engine No 2 overhauled under Master Mechanic Rees and turned out yesterday in top mechanical order. The A P & L line praises Mr Rees for saving thousands annually. Lawn and Bleachings have arrived. call at once for bargains at Banca Store.
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Americus Aims to Boom with Hotels and Factories
The Recorper reports Americus poised for growth as a manufacturing hub with plans for a Buena Vista Extension to Columbus and cheap coal and western freight. A large beer bottling plant is rumored, saving leakage of dollars and boosting local suppliers. The city pursues a $100,000 hotel and a $100,000 cotton factory, urging business leaders to seed the effort and form a board of trade to drive the project.
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Americus
Buena Vista
Columbus
Board of Trade
Perfume Prices at Farmer's Drug Store
Local note offers perfumes at 50 cents per ounce with samples for 10 cents. Mohii-tr store advertised as a sample friendly option for fragrance enthusiasts.
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Farmer's Drug Store
Mohii-Tr
Pay Up on Messia Darla Callaway Notes Sale
The notes and accounts of Messia Darla and Callaway were sold Saturday under an assignee J J Granberry for four hundred dollars. About eleven thousand dollars total. Callaway bid the sale. Sheriff Patterson transported a suspect to Bainbridge on charges including assault and battery and adultery.
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J. J. Granberry
Mr. Callaway
Fresh back beer on draught at Mize and Smaw bar
The Americus post office handles four to five thousand letters after the storm and should be classified as second class due to transfer mail and in‑town mail volume Credit goes to local banks for foreign bill payments which sustains the money order business The bar at Mize and Smaw offers fresh back beer on draught described as the best beer in Americus
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Americus
Petition Drives Big Ocmulgee Increase in Aid
A petition circulated on our streets urged Congress to raise the Ocmulgee river improvement appropriation. Col H Hawkins, president of the A P L railroad, forwarded the petition to Judge Crisp who signaled plans to press for 48 million dollars and to move work at once. The exchange included a bill copy and estimates. A violent fight broke out at Southwestern depot between Ike Walton and Pete Harris over a cigar, leaving Walton injured by a knife and bloodied. Harris was arrested by police.
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H. Hawkins
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Ike Walton
Pete Harris
Walton
Ike
Pete
Hawkins & Brooks
Will Feagin
Matting Factory Rumor Circulates in City
RECORDER reports Mr. C. A. Bell at Cotton Avenue store replying to chatter about a straw matting factory this summer. He says little was said and he may not proceed. He notes pine straw yields good matting and mattresses, process is patented, Americus would profit, but he has no firm plans.
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Recorder
C. A. Bell
Cotton Avenue
Mr. Bell
Americus
Walthis
Arconpen
G. W. Glover
Glover
Water Commission
A. E. Boardman
Macon
Felder
Albany
Jackson Street
Commission
Old Troup Street
Court House Square
Georgia
Supreme Court
Perat
Old Dam Collapse Sweeps Away Mills in County
Heavy rains shattered most county mill dams with Seal's and Black's being the only two that stood. In Webster county Captain A C Bell reports his vast dam broke after fifty years and washed away a hundred feet. The structure, possibly the largest in Southwest Georgia, spans a pond over a hundred acres and will be repaired at once. A coming Webster court trip offers a big fish frolic next week.
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Webster County
A.C. Bell
Georgia
Webster Court
Death of Mrs Hinton Widow of Col B B Hinton
Mrs Hinton died at her home Wednesday morning at a o clock widow of Col B B Hinton a prominent Americus citizen and mother of Roscoe Hinton Minnie a schoolteacher and Little Bay the youngest child buried at Oak Deom at four o clocks in the afternoon.
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Oak Deom
Americus Sets Up Water Works After Long Delay
Americus makes progress on public water works with G W Glover confirming a contract with A E Boardman of Macon to supervise the project. Mayor Felder aims to speed materials and site planning, with expectations of a July finish though exact timing remains uncertain.
Cordele’s Rapid Growth at Cordele This Season
Cordele is rapidly developing with several new homes under construction. Notable figures, Hon. Duncan Me, ex-member of the Montgomery county legislature, and Dr. McMilan from Thoma county, are erecting residences. The Hamilton brothers will start a hotel project next week, backed by ample lumber and brick. Captain Hosch begins a large sawmill costing forty to fifty thousand dollars, supplying Cordele and neighboring counties, with timber from Americus Investment Company lands. The Americus Investment Company drives growth, owning most surrounding land. A new G, F, and G road will cross the A P and L near early June.
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Duncan Me
Montgomery County
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Thoma County
Hamton
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Jackson County
Americus Investment Company
Local Bargains and Farming Advice From Sumter County
Advertisements list Budweiser beer sales by Harrison and Fussell and a Bargain Store with ladies bustles. A farming advisory from Bluffton Springs urges farmers to plant chufa patches for hog feed to winter without housing, noting benefits and risks of other crops and stressing hog care and feeding.
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Sumter County
Blufton Springs
Fire Destroys House on Church Street Near Cemetery
A Thursday night blaze razed a small Church Street residence occupied by Mr. C. A. Schneider. The fire alarm rang at 11 55 pm. personnel saved the adjacent Bagley home. The Cotney property in Jacksonville carried $900 insurance. Schneider's furniture insured for $300. The cause remains undetermined though suspected incendiary origin.
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Church Street
C. A. Schneider
H.C. Bagley
Syrup of Figs touted as superior remedy in market
The famous Californis quid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs is advertised as tastier kinder to the stomach and more beneficial. A testimonial from E. J. Eldridge claims one bottle will prove its merits.
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E. J. Eldridge Mareh
All kinds of legal blanks at the RECORDER offices
A brief notice notes various legal blanks available at the recorder’s office for public use. The item lists document types and locations within the office, signaling routine availability of forms and filings for residents and businesses.
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