Official Organ of Qumter and Webster Counties
The Amhnices Recorder announces its Daily and Weekly editions with pricing and delivery details. The Daily edition is available each morning except Mondays, monthly and yearly rates listed. The Weekly is issued every Friday morning at 1.00 per year in advance. It boasts the largest circulation in Southwest Georgia across multiple counties. Communications to H C Storey, publisher, are requested.
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Amhnices Recorder
Payne
Georgia
Sumter, Lee
Terrel
Stewart, Webster
Behley
Marion
Macon
Dooly and Wilcox
Americus Post-Onlce
H.C. Storey
County polls open at five in the morning primary day
The County Executive Committee fixes five o clock a m as opening time for the primary election polls tomorrow. One Terrell county precinct had its vote thrown out for opening early, so county managers are urged to strictly follow the prescribed hour. Dissolved. Hill and Lasseter on Cotton Avenue dissolve by mutual consent Tuesday.
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Terrell County
Hill & Lasseter
Cotton Avenue
Sheriff Davis Returns From Milledgeville and Weds
Sheriff Dan Davis of Webster County traveled through Americus on his way back from Milledgeville where he placed a lunatic in the asylum. He has just married.
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Dan Davis
Webster County
Americus
Mil-ledgeville
Sumter County Encouraged to Cultivate Figs for Market
The author urges Sumter County residents to raise figs for shipment to broader markets, asserting the climate and soil allow perfect fruit. They also question whether melon growers might try the experiment in a future year.
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Sumter County
A Thick Growth The Recoiper Hails Bunch of Persimmons
A Thick Growth The Recoiper reports a large cluster of green persimmons gathered yesterday. The fruit grows thick in this country, with three twigs bearing thirty six persimmons in total.
Davenport Brothers to Open New Drug Store in Corner Block
Messrs J A and D F Davenport rent the room once used by Mize and Smarn at the Cotton Avenue corner and Fo pyhi street and plan to open a handsome drug store soon. M G Hall of Cordele reports Cordele thriving and growing rapidly, promising a prosperous future on the A P L & L railroad.
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Messrs
J. A
D. F. Davenport
Messrs. Mize & Smarn
Cotton Avenue
Fo Pyhi Street
Posserpin
M.G. Hall
Cordele
Americas
Peach Grown in Georgia Sets Record Size
AWM z Peach presents a Chinese Cling peach weighing ten ounces with a 107 inch circumference. Plucked from a young bearing tree in Southwest Georgia, the claim highlights regional peach prowess and quality. The notice also promotes Chase's Burley Malt Whisky as pure and nutritious, sold by E. J. Eldridge in Americus, Georgia.
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A. W. Smith
Georgia
Chase
E. J. Eldridge
Americus
Stockholders Meeting of BV and EF Railroad Held at Buena Vista
President A. B. Harrold and J. M. Lowe led executives to Buena Vista for the BV and EF railroad stockholders annual meeting. Reports showed a 40 percent seven month earnings surge after the line moved to Americus. officers and directors were reelected and M. Belknap named General Manager of the Central railroad.
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B. Harrold
J, P. Boon
Buena Vista
BV. & EF. Railroad
Americus
Big Item Drives Americus Building Boom
Americus plans heavy construction with gas and water works the Thomas block and the guano factory. A P L compress and many residences rise requiring thousands of feet of lumber and millions of bricks.
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Americas
Gas and Water
Railroad Ties Replaced On Southwestern Line
In the Montezuma to Fort Valley span the old heart pine ties are being removed for standard rails. Supervisor Gresham notes the timber’s durability dating back to the 1851 road build. Local items report clerical change for J J Ball at the New York Store and active cotton factory fundraising. Reverend J A Cawood of Smithville is reported ill and later described as insane. Sheriff Dan Davis marries Miss Stapleton. Davis aims to uphold law. Legal blanks available at the RecoupDeEs office.
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Montezuma
Fort Valley
Gresham
J. J. Ball
Lumpkin
George D. Wheatley
New York
Ball
Messrs
J Waxelbaum & Co
Americus Georgia City Foreshortened as Healthful Winter Haven
A Detroit Free Press feature extols Americus Sumter county Georgia as a healthful climate with low death rates and year round blooms. It notes plans for a major new hotel, county support, tax incentives, and improved rail access, plus manufacturing potential and local attractions. It also reports a local accident at C M Wheatley Co and mentions a continuing police pursuit of a wild cat club.
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Detroit
Atlanta
United States
Tropics
Americus
Court of County Commissioners
Sumter County
Birmingham
Macon
Savannah
Jacksonville
South
Georgia
Planters' Warehouse Under Toole Promises Fair Weights
Cotton planters are urged to note the advertisement for the old Planters' Warehouse now run by Col. W. T. Toole a trusted Southwest Georgia warehouseman. He is praised for integrity and courteous treatment and for giving full weights to customers.
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Col. W. T. Toole
Georgia
LeConte pears gifted by Georgia fruit man Reichert
J. D. Reichert of Smithville sends a crate of mature LeConte pears not the small shipping stock. He is noted as an experienced fruit man whose knowledge comes from practice and helps readers appreciate a fine Georgia harvest that ripens with mellowing in a closet.
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J. D. Reichert
Smithville
Reichert
Georgia
Fine Crops Highlight Sumter Farmer's Success
A traveling gentleman praises J. M. Bird of the 17th district for having the finest crops in the county. Bird, a noted Sumter farmer, attributes any poor season to the weather, not his efforts.
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W. A. Parker
Elton Parker
Alex Duncan
Marion County
Dead River
J. M. Bird
Birthday Present for Callie Wind sor on pony ride
A birthday moment shows Callie Wind sor seated proudly on her pony as photographer Mr. Beck, the traveling artist, captures the scene. Father Mr. John Windsor presents the fitting tribute to his daughter.
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Callie Windsor
John Windsor
Mr. Beck
Public Meeting Advocates Building a Cotton Factory
A mass meeting in Americus unites business leaders to plan a cotton factory, citing Griffin’s success with two mills and strong dividends. Backed by Judge Allen Fort and Capt. John A. Cobb, residents approve forming the Muckabee Manufacturing Company to organize banking, subscriptions, and a directors board.
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Americus
John A. Cobb
Felder
Tl. J. Brooks
Griffin
Allen Fort
Griffin's Mills
Americas
Manufacturies
England
Far East
America
H.C. Bagley
J. E. D. Shipp
Superior Court
Sumter County
Muckabee Manufacturing Company
Local Factory Subscriptions Planned for Muckabee Mill
A town meeting endorses forming the Muckabee Manufacturing Company with tax exemptions sought from the city council. canvassing committees are organized to raise stock, with offers of land and capital from two prospective grounds near a railroad. Residents urged to subscribe promptly to fund the cotton factory project.
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Canevas
Cottey
Distinguished Governors and Leaders Reported to Have Regained Sight
A Mexico to Georgia list of high profile figures including governors Ireland Hughes McEnery Turner Bloxham Gordon Gregg and others widely cited as regaining sight through Hakes Crystallized Lenses. The claim attributes successful eye restoration to Dr. E J Eldridge Ameritus Ga with all eyes fitted and guaranteed.
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John Ireland
Texas
Stiimon P. Hughes
Arkansas
3. C. McEnnery
Louisiana
E. B. Turner
U. 8. Court
Hubbard
Japan
Marion Martin
W. R. Miller
E. A. Perry
Florida
Bloxham
John B. Gordon
Infant death notices from Church Street address
The child of Mr and Mrs T F Joiner died Friday from teething and will be buried at Oak Grove Cemetery this morning. The infant son of Mr F G Olver died Monday night and was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery yesterday afternoon. Rev J C Branch officiated. Sorrowing relatives receive communal sympathy.
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B. Raines
The
Methodist Church
Church Street
J. J. Williford
T. F. Joiner
Oak Grove Cemetery
F. G. Olver
J. C. Branch
Bank of Americas Seeks Boost for Melon Trade
The Bank of Americas reports 82000 in activity as people who sold watermelons paid notes within the month. The melon industry is a huge business and expanding shipments could bring needed money and revive a lively trade at a typically dull season.
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Bank of Americas
Fatal Feud Ends in Seville Cutting on A P L Road
An old feud between Mr Gibbs and an unnamed man reignited on Friday at Seville on the A P L road. Doris is reported to have suffered a fatal back wound from a barbecue style clash. The other party was arrested and placed in jail.
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Seville
Gibbs
Doris
Jo Jal
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Qumter County
Geo. Woods
Chass Hawkins
Ed. Cheney
J. N Cheney
Ellaville
Albany
New Methodist Parsonage
J. FE. D. Shipp
Lee Street
Goodrich
Stockholders’ Meeting
B. V. & E. Railroad
Bob Griffin
Mr. Geo
TD. Wheatley
Bob
Feagin
J. A. Cawood
Mr. Cawood
Stapleton
RecoupDeEs
Southwest
Detroit Free Press
Avarices Recorder
Georia
W. E. Hawkins
Americus Investment Company
Knowles
C. M. Wheatley & Co
Wild Cats
Wild Cat Club
B. Pp
Hollis
Yy M. Hawkes
W. K
Murphey Jy
Muckabee
Ulb. Harrold
M. Speer
B. J. Eldridge
C. M. Wheatley
SH. Hawkins
J. W. Sheffield
H. BR. Fatinson
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