Local notices and updates from Americus area
A collection of brief items from Americus includes births, visits, and movements of residents such as Mrs G H Tomzmey of Cordele and Mr N B Stewart of Athens. Reports note farm day labor scarcity, housing plans for Max Altman on Jackson street, and fashion shifts in fishing tackle. Other items cover a city hall and college building bids, a court divorce, a laundry sale, a steam engine incident, a kidnapping investigation, a high school graduation with top averages, and military promotions within the A L I.
New Swiss Fringes and Drapery Goods at Thornton Wheatley
At Wheatley’s in the city a grand opening showcases Swiss frouncings, Nottingham Lace Curtains, black silk grenadines priced 1.00 to 1.50 per yard, wool charles, sari and fancy trimmings silks, mitts ribbons hosiery handkerchiefs gloves, ribbons and sash ribbons, the largest drapery nets and Sitka lining options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah
Thornton Wheatley’s
Sitka
Thornton Wheatley
Alliance Factory to Start in Leeton and Americus
The Southwestern Georgia Alliance Manufacturing company will begin building a cotton factory in Leeton and expand operations in Americus. Ground donated by Leeton Land Company will join nine acres from Leeton Park Company for factories and worker housing. A stockholders’ meeting set for June 17 will formalize organization and enable early start, targeting September machinery and bagging sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Alliance
Lmits
Southwestern Georgia Alliance Manufacturing Company
Glover's Opera House
Leeton Land Company
Leeton
Iron Works
Leeton Park Company
Allen Fort
Americas
Georgia
Board of Education Adopts Accounts and Plans for County Teachers
At a Sumter County board meeting the county school commissioner's financial books for 1899 were examined, approved, and adopted. The board urged white teachers to meet July 1 and colored teachers July 2 for association planning. Immoral conduct by teachers will trigger revocation of licenses for second offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education of
Sumter County
Court House
Charles C. Sheppard
J. E. Bass
Jnc. A. McDonald
county school commission+I
Sth
Cons. T. Sheppard
Census Progress Report From City Enumerators
In a city interview census enumerator Mr. F. G. Olver calls his task the biggest he has undertaken and says the count could exceed prior estimates. He declines to release numbers due to a five hundred dollar penalty and notes initial city estimates of 6,500 may be too low. The railway post office on the Bavanneh & Western will be renamed the Columbus&Americus post office. Through train schedules between Birmingham and Givannah have not yet been received and no postal cars have yet passed over the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Olver
B. P
Bavanneh & Western
Columbus&Americus
Birmingham
Givannak
Personal notices recount visiting and locals in Americus area
Mr. Max Altman left for Cincinnati on business. J. L. Pace of Cordele and J. L. Mack with wife visited Americus from their towns. J. H. Slappey of LaCrosse and Ollie Dorrman of Andersonville were in the city. Cora Middlebrooke of Barnesville visiting. Mrs. R. L. Green of Oglethorpe shopped in Americus. W. J. Wadley of Lumpkin and C. L. Peacock of Ellaville were in Americus yesterday. Charles Rouse of Montezuma made an initial Macon firm trip. J. P. Heard and A. G. Morgan, Dooly County leaders, were in Americus. Mamie Hornaday and Luia Murphy of Ellaville visited Mrs. W. H. Tondee and returned home. J. P. Heard of Vienna sought a contractor for a new county courthouse. N. C. Alston Jr. of Richland praised progress there. Capt. C. P. Terrel of the regular army arrived to open a recruiting station and will inspect at the Augusta encampment. Hon. R. L. Berner, Democratic State Executive Committee chairman, was in Americus. noted as a leader in the last General Assembly and praised for eloquence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Altman
Cincinnati
J. L. Pace
Cordele
J. L. Mack
Albany
J. H. Slappey
LaCrosse
Ollie Dorrman
Andersonville
Cora Middlebrooke
Barnesville
R. L Green
Oglethorpe
W. J. Wadley
Lumpkin
Americus
C. L. Peacock
Ellaville
Charles Rouse
Montezuma
City
Macon
Messie
J. P. Heard
A. G. Morgan
Dooly County
Missea
Mamie Hornaday
Lu‘Ia Murphy
W. H. Tondee
Vienna
N.C. Alston, Jr
Richland
C. P. Terrel
Regular Army
Terrel
Augusta
R. L. Berner
Berner
Champion Tale of a Swamp Monster Duel
Louis Warren found a nine foot alligator and an eighty five pound loggerhead turtle in a Kinchafoonee swamp net. The creatures appeared dead with crushed backs and broken shells after a claimed battle witnessed by many. The alligator’s teeth were scattered among onlookers and the head given to J P Chapman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Warren
Kinchafoonee
Preston
J. P. Chapman
Tobacco raising in Georgia shows promise for future
Mr. T. W. Maxwell of Wigham Decatur county declares tobacco growing a success with Havana quality leaves rivaling Cuba. He notes cotton abandonment for tobacco, averaging seven hundred pounds per acre last year at thirty cents a pound, yielding over two thousand dollars per acre, as he visits Major Moses Speer in Macon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
T. W. Maxwell
Wigham
Decatur County
Maxwell
Moses Speer
Macon
Havana
Isle of Cuba
Nore
Last General Admittance to Prison Grounds at Andersonville
About four thousand attended Decoration Day at Andersonville marking the final public admittance to the former prison grounds. Whites outnumbered Blacks, with several colored companies present but not in the parade. Trains from Americus and Macon carried visitors as speakers including Commander David Porter and Col. Hugh W. Washington. Salutes were fired by G A R members amid minor fights among Black attendees. a Macon Black man was shot in the thigh and an Americus Black man cut in the arm. Over nineteen hundred tickets sold to excursionists from Americus Central railroad office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andersonville
Americus
Macon
David Porter
Savannah
David E. Beam
Indiana
Hugh W. Washington
Providence Springs
Central Railroad
Alabama Press Association to Visit Americus in October
The Alabama Press Association plans to visit Americus on the 8th Inst. A city council committee of three members and six citizens was formed to arrange a reception. Col. H. Hawkins was elected chairman. Plans include escort to hotels, carriage ride, Plains road excursion, luncheon, and a meet with Georgia editors. Committees were named to handle speakers badges hotel meals transportation and music. Public reception aims to be pleasant with coordination for badges and arrangements. Garters Chicken Cholera Cure advertised at Coon's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Press Association
Americus
Col
8. H. Hawkins
Plains
Central Depot
Georgia
Alabama
Mesars
Speer
Williams
Cobb
Messrs
Mathews
Wheatley
Rylander
Hawkins
Brumby
Real estate transfers posted in Americus list
Real estate transfers recorded in the Superior Court last week total sixteen with values listed. Transfers include E. E. Nysewander to W. H. Scott in East Americas for 150, R. H. Stewart to J. H. Lumpkin at Church and Strife streets for 1,200, Rylander and Ansley to G. M. Byne and E. P. Kimbrough in Leeton for 1,200, and others such as A. J. Buchanan to Charles Catledge for 500 and M. A. Brady’s wide holdings for 4,000. Also noted are properties on Winn Street, College Street, Farlow Street and Brannon Avenue with various sums. parcels in 16th and 17th districts. In other items, Americus Baseball Club lost 23 to 4 to Albany. A campaign note promotes Wm. A. Dodson for Representative. Also mentioned are cotton yields from Parker plantation and a real estate update by C. E. Lowe of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
E. E. Nysewander
W. H. Scott
East Americas
R. H. Stewart
J. H. Lumpkin
Elbert Head
D. W. Bagley
Winn Street
A. J. Buchanan
Charles Cat Iedge
North Americas
C. A. Hays
H. H. Turner
Albert Brady
M. A. Brady
George W. Kennedy
J. W. Stone
I. D. Crawford
Andersonville
J. T. Eason
H. M. Brown
A. Poole
J. M. Lovelace
Jobim Leeton
Poole
Ella Latimer
Esme
Armand Hancock
Olivia B. Graham
Grace G. Jackson
U. B. Harrold
College Street
Geo. D. Wheatley
U. B
W. B. Wolot
Smith Street
Arthur Rylander
W. B. Worthy
Brannon Avenue
A. C. Bivins
T. N. Hawkes
Church and
Hampton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gmert
CroRd
Fancy Groger
ED. Ansley
Sam
Jersey
Tennessee
E.D. Ansley
G. H. Tomzmey
N. B. Stewart
Athens
Frank Stapleton
Philadelphia
F. 8. Singer
A. A. Arrington
J. K. Robingon
Dusiness
Robi. Burton
Crisp
Scarborough
Jackson Street
Griffin
Spalding County Alliance
John D. Stewart
Congress
8. E. Maxwell
Misa Leila
Hampton Street
C. A. Bell
Cloud
W. W. Cloud
College
W. B. Buchanan
W. N. Cooke
Dayton
Ohio
Cooke
Sam Road
Geccident
Bill Lowe
Bill
Sadie Babcock
Methodist Church
J. E. Mathis
Frank Lanier
Mathis
T Wheatley’s
Nottingham
Thorton Wheatley's
Cleveland
Bloomington
Ill
A. E. Stevenson
Mavon
Inter-State Building and Loan Association
Illinois
Atlanta
Fleming Au Bignon
Patrick Walsh
Gen. Stevenson
John G. Carlisle
J. H. Blount
C. F. Crisp
Board OF Education
Jno
A. McDoxann
Lamar
Ethelia
Mr. Jones
Jesus
Cc. P. A
Shepard
Webster County
Asia
Jackson Corset
M. T. Elam
Sans Souci
W. T. Ragan
Amar Street
Peter
Coon's Pharmacy
Humphreys
Coox's Phanmacy
Albany Downs
Americus Boys
Albany Boys
Joan
W. A. Dodson
Wm. A. Dodson
Will
Parker Plantation
C. E. Lowe
Inter-State and Loan Association of Columbus
Cotton Avenue
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