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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1890
Page
4
We sell gilt edge Goshen butter for 35 cents, Elgin creamery butter for 30 cents, Jersey butter for 35 cents, country butter for 30 cents, Kennesaw cheese for 20 cents, and cream cheese for 15 cents. All fresh and kept in our cold refrigerator.
Mr Graham Forrester is named City Editor of the Recorpen and praised for prompt writing. Reports mention real estate deals, cotton, and local incidents including a mad dog, an exploding lamp, and a car theft probe. The town sees civic plans, festival committees, church meetings, and ongoing public notices.
The Americus Vigilance No 2 firemen recall last year’s double first prizes but prize money was held up then and, after efforts to enter Macon, a series of drunken meetings led the executive committee to deny payment. The team did not compete as $25 entry was resisted, and locals lament the refusal while claiming the Vigilance team intimidates officials.
Mr J F Wood brought a strange plant to Schley County News claiming it grew where a corn stalk should have. The stalk resembles a tiny corn plant with pond grass like blades and millet style branching. Seeds sprout at the top with corn silk and grains inside. The grains are scattered, but the plant makes good hay. In a separate note, Warren Postill sought a warrant against George Price for pants theft. Price paid for the pants, resolving the dispute.
Farmers hailed recent rains as clouds parted for showers and sun. A heavy rain followed by a stretch of sun is expected to boost cotton, already in good condition, with forecasts of a strong crop for Southwest Georgia after years of fair yields.
The Baptist Laymen's Union will meet the first Wednesday in August in Andersonville at the Baptist church. Brethren are urged to attend in large numbers. G. H. Beig, Cor Sec.
In Sumter County a dispute over delegate listings is resolved as L B Bosworth clarifies that all names published were appointed delegates. He notes four votes for the convention and that the first four may be delegates while others are alternates. W J Norris enClosures confirm his selections of delegates and the Recorder and Times publish corrections.
The site once an empty field covered with sedge and weeds is rapidly becoming a full iron works complex. Brick buildings rise, machinery is installed, and the plant nears operation. The new works promise many jobs and increased business for Americus merchants as the city forges ahead.
Massrs Schoeder and Strickland have opened in the former Sawyer iron works at Cotton avenue foot. They manufacture tin, copper and sheet iron ware and offer galvanized iron cornice, tin and iron roofing, hot air heaters, and heavy iron smokestacks. They are well fitted, well recommended, and promise quality work likely to win liberal patronage in Americus.
A playful verse centers on Miss Katie McDoyle who discovers an embryo boll and fears wrecking her pleasures. It notes she cannot join the parties that repair to the popular drug store of Fleetwood & Russell for drinks like Spanish Cream Turkish Sherbet or Pineapple Bon Bans.
A street car conductor recalls ten years on the Fourth Avenue line with about twenty parasol pokes daily, totaling roughly 75,000 interruptions. Meanwhile Colonel William F. Vilas is urged by Wisconsin Democrats to lead the party for governor this fall.
Mr. Hirsch returned from Washington confident he will be postmaster of Americus, disputing Inspector Sharpe’s favorable Dudley report and noting Col. Buck’s Georgia influence. He says Crisp opposes Dudley, while the tariff and force bill remain unsettled in Washington, with three names circulating for the post.
A Recorder visit highlights Hays and Lane of Americus, a thriving planing mill and sash, doors, blinds maker on the S A M road. The firm operates a 30 000 foot dry kiln with 15 000 feet daily output, stores over half a million feet of lumber, and plans large additions. Oliver Hays and D T Lane bring decades of expertise and railroad experience, with prompt orders via telephone.
Thieves broke into the Lee street residence of Mr. P. C. Clegg in the early hours Tuesday, taking a $150 gold watch a coat and vest and various other items. They moved next to Judge Allen Fort's home resecuring the safe where eatables and a spoon were also stolen. Strong suspicion points to pending arrests today.
New York Herald notes southern cities show rapid growth in population with large gains in St. Louis Louisville Memphis Nashville Atlanta Savannah Macon Galveston Dallas Chattanooga Birmingham Fort Worth and more. It cites a Souther n prosperity trend and calls for continued industrial and commercial gains. Also mentions Souvenir of the Southern Female College TaGrange Ga and a pocket-picking incident in Americus plus a Ohio visitor and a note on Brazil adopting a US-like constitution.
The American Horticultural Society may meet in Americus following an invitation from W W Thompson of Smithville Georgia. A letter from Secretary J A Popenoe of Manhattan Kansas explains that while Americus offers generous terms, no site is yet decided as several invitations compete and an executive committee meeting is pending.
Alex Duncan turned himself in Saturday after being accused of shooting James Barrow. The warrant by Barrow’s father had been dismissed and no charges remained, leaving Duncan free.
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