Fresh Goods and Church Delegates Head Toward Convention
Fresh Goshen butter cream cheese evaporated apples peaches Trish potatoes fresh codfish bananas. Delegates from Americas churches to attend the State Sunday school convention leaving next Tuesday for Thomasville. The Alliance plans a Friday meeting to discuss a cotton factory with speculation that A C Bell may join. Rev W I Y Pickard of Birmingham returns home after a Baptist tabernacle revival week. Norrman plan for Improvement Company approved. bids to be sought after detailed drawings. Mrs D W Tison of Leesburg dies. Wallace mourned in Lee County. G W Wells to Boston for street railway duties. Hillier to oversee trolley wire. Dr Bull's Worm Destroyers advertised. Abbeville & Waycross road grading progresses. ten miles graded. steel rails contracted for 1000 tons. New artesian well drilled at Americus guano works. current flow 35 gpm, need 60 gpm. Brickwork on iron foundry and furniture factory to begin. new city rising. Lacrosse bed clothes fire due to cigarette sparks. C A Bell builds two-story residence on Forrest Street. rent offers arise. Pete Johnson sent to penitentiary. father distressed at depot. Americus Grocery Company plans a three-story brick store. E J Eldridge as Chase’s Barley Malt Whisky vole agent in Americus. Rich and pure tonic boosts lungs.
Americus Builds Half Million In Three Months
Americus shows rapid growth with eight major contracts totaling 5422,000 since January and projected additions of at least 150,000 in progress. International investors from Scotland consider Georgiana properties, while local firms market new buildings and a three story brick office on Jackson and Lamar.
Dublin and Abbeville Railroad Charter Discussed
The Dublin to Abbeville railroad project advances with a charter application for a Dublin and Abbeville Railroad Company. It plans a forty mile line through Laurens and Dodge counties with 500 shares of $100 and six directors named for the first year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Abbeville
Dublin and
Laurens and
Dodge
RK. L. Warthen
J. W. Smith
D. H. Rogers
G. W. Perkins
A. F. Daley
Charles Hicks
Peach Trees Death Forecast by Horticulturist A W Smith
Renowned horticulturist A W Smith predicts that about ninety percent of old peach trees in the region will die by September due to overproduction last year. He notes little sap in aging trees, while young trees remain healthy and likely to bear fruit this season. The forecast alarms fruit raisers who had planned shipments and freight arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G. Walters
the Plains
Mila Ross
Forsyth
Mr. Walters
Walters
Mies Ross
Miss Ross
A. W. Smith
Hin Ely
Dr Eldridge Drug Store Free Trials Spark Big Trade
Dr Eldridge’s Drug Store reports a trade surge from free trial bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption. The remedy cures coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and throat and lung diseases. Trial bottles are free, large bottles $1.00, with every bottle warranted. Separate note on early season vegetables from Mr Charles Shriber on Lee Street highlights Irish potatoes corn English peas snap beans and other produce. Also advertised is a herbal tonic touted as the Elixir of Life described as a harmless invigorating purifier for rheumatism and old age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Eldridge
Dr. King
Charles Shriber
Lee Street
Letter List At Americas Post Office Uncalled Names
A historical notice lists uncalled letters at the Americas post office with names such as A Nola Anderson D M Aven and W Walker. It directs callers to say advertised when collecting letters and closes with an ad for Imperial Cream Whiskey Sours at J W Mizn's and Improved Cotton So.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americas Post Ofice
Nola Anderson
M. Aven
H. Atkinson
Wilber Brown
Will Brennek
Maggie de Burgar
Haney Coleman
Mary Everett
W. R. Higgins
George H. Howell
Martha Hern
Mias
Mary Hawkins
H. M. Johnson
Solomon Johnson
R. Fmith
T—Thomas Tisan
W-Scott Walker
Jacob Williams
Carrie Pwviitame
Mary White
Rayerspoon
A. Williams
Lewis Wilams
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Crord
Telephone
Just
Cartor
Joiner & Nicholson
Thomasville
A. C. Bell
Nevival
W. I. Y. Pickard
Birmingham
The
Baptist Tabernacle
Norrman
Improvement Company
Leesburg
D. W. Tison
Wallace
Lee County
G. W. Wells
Thompson-Houston Company
Boston
Hillier
Electric
Dr. Bull
Abbeville& Wayoroas
Ki. R. Hathaway
Americus Guano Works
Lacrosse
Maud Hudson
C. A. Bell
Forrest Street
Pete Johnson
N.H. Turner
Pete
Boiley County
Americus Grocery Company
Georgia
Americus
Chase’s
Americus Buildings
A. M
Georgina
J. Guthrie Smith
Edinburg
Scotland
Georgia Loan & Trust Co
Cook's Pharmacy
Cotton Avenue
Our City
Leslie
Sapp
Pitts
Milam
Parker
J. 8
Bolton
Central Railroad
Jackson and
Lamar Streets
Asbeville
B. F. Nysewander
George P. Rowell & Co
Atlanta
Savannah
Smithville
Alliance
Alliance Committee
Weils’ Mill
Dawson News
Columbus
FE. C. Lasseter
Lasseter
G. W. Farrar
Mary Baldwin
Sharp
Shiloh
Stewart Superior Court
Lumpkin
Pearson
Sturday
Wooldridge
TON Wheatley S
Weotarige
Ise
W. Howard
Pridge
J. W. Howard
Wooldridge’s Wonderful Cure Co
Columbus, Ga
W. B. Mayo
Agt
J.C. Rongy
J. W. Mizn’s
Walter
Plains of Dura
B. J. Waittens
W. L. Thomas
Ihereby
E.timmerman
Coupell & McGarrh
America
Stephens
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