Cotton Compress and local civic notes in Americus
Six car loads of machinery for the A Po and L cotton compress arrived, signaling business for Americus with an expected 0.10 bale yield next season. Alliance organizer A H Ogletree is commissioned to recruit in Sumter county. inquiries go to Americus. Methodist ladies offer refreshments on tournament day to fund parsonage repairs. Excursion tickets from Americus to Dawson totaled 315, with 222 sold Wednesday morning. The new brick water tower’s first brick was laid by Mayor Felder as work on the water system progresses. Board of Education members visited public schools finding both white and colored schools thriving. A Sunday social at Rochelle ended with a knife cut and a baseball mallet assault but no serious injuries. Rosa Ann Gilmer, widow of John G. Gilmer, died in Orange City Texas on May 7. Buena Vista and Ellaville Sunday schools plan a picnic at Dr. McMichael’s on the 18th, with free train use for students and a later free Americus excursion offered by Mr Harrold in June or July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Ann Gilmer
John G. Gilmer
Americus
Orange City
Texas
Buena Vista
Ellaville
McMichael
Harrold
Mortgage Foreclosed On Buena Vista And El laville Rail Road
The Central Railroad Company has foreclosed its three mortgages on the Buena Vista and El laville Railroad for about 88000. If not paid by the next term of court, the road and its franchises will be sold. Also noted is street work by Overseer Ratford, filling a large gully below the new courthouse and planning a railing to prevent accidents on Forsyth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Railroad Company
Buena Vista and
Ellaville
Ratford
Court House
Forsyth Street
Stabbed to Death Near DeSoto and Local Civil Events
The report recounts a fatal stabbing near the Col 8. H. Hawkins plantation south of DeSoto after a quarrel among laborers. The assailant fled to the woods and had not been captured at press time. Also covered are a Miss Mary Donahan and Mr John Larson marriage in Leeton, a local peculiar character Samuel J Pegg’s death in Atlanta, and promotions at Central Railroad with Morgan Eldridge taking charge of maintenance. Georgia fruit notes praise Vienna growers D B Leonard and early fruit prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Chappell
Ed. Littleton
Leeton
Mary Donahan
John Larson
Pine Bloom
Berrien County
J. O. Branch
Winning Numbers From Louisiana Lottery Draw
Prominent citizen H. C. Bagley features in a local illustrated issue with his plantation photo. A Northern reader requests price for a copy. Louisiana State Lottery results list prizes: top prize $150,000 to 55 315. second prize $75,000 to 21 492. multiple $10,000, $5,000, and $1,000 awards to the drawn numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illustrated Recorder
H. C. Bagley
Compress Machinery Being Unloaded For A. P. L. Cotton Plant
Machinery for the A. P. and L. cotton compress is being unloaded today. Preparations are under way to finish the compress promptly and a strong work force will be stationed immediately. The plant will be ready before the next season opens to begin operations.
Big Gobblers Hunt Records with Giant Bearded Turkeys
Webster county hunter J. R. King has two extraordinary gobblers in two weeks with beards of ten and eleven inches. He also reports about a dozen hawks killed, one measuring five feet across the tips of its wings, highlighting a remarkable stretch of game for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. King
Webster County
Americus Guano Company to Add Acid Plant
The Americus Guano Company plans to expand by building an acid plant at a cost of 25 000 dollars. The project will boost capacity and create many new jobs. Lumber has been contracted and construction starts soon to be ready by September first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus Guano Company
What Does it Mean Mitchell Correcting False Statement
Mr H C Mitchell of Atlanta Ga is in town to rebut a false statement by a Port Royal correspondent of the News and Courier dated April 25 Beaufort Sea Island News The item was sent by Mr Bs H Dunbar of Beaufort to publish as Mitchell is an old Americas boy Mitchell is well known and regarded as the soul of honor. Foxes Council Receives Foxes From Thomasville Box of young red foxes shipped by J R Thompson to be raised for hunting with dogs. Kirvin Death Old and respected county citizen S W Kirvin died at home near the city Thursday night of heart disease He was over sixty and father to engineers Sam Clide Jim Kirvin and Verlin Kirvin Burial at Rehoboth Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Pegg
Atlanta
Pegg
Americus
Sidney Pegg
H.C. Mitchell
Port Royal
News and Courier
Beaufort
S. C
Sea Island
Bs. H. Dunbar
Mitchell
Americas
M. I. Council
Thomasville
J. BR. Thompson
Councill
W. Kirvine
W. Kirvin
Kirvin
Sam, Clide
Jim Kirvin
Verlin Kirvin
Rehoboth Church
Ware
Cornet
Recorder
Farnum House
We Give It Up On Beer Question In City Editor Debate
We yield to the Republican city editor on the beer issue after acknowledging his long experience. We withdraw all insertions made in ignorance and defer to one with better knowledge to speak by the card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Republican
New Engine N B White No 9 Rolled on Track
Yesterday at 3 43 PM Mr Poole with Messia Reviere Kirvin Reese and others moved the new engine N B White No 9 of the St J and H R R onto the A P and L track. They built a level track to load and pulled the engine off with another A P and L engine. The name and number will be changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poole
Messia
Reviere
Kirvin
Reese
N. B. White
Hawkins to Remodel Lee Street Residence into Handsome Home
Col 8 H Hawkins plans to remodel his Lee Street residence over the next months. The house will be nearly rebuilt, with plans by Bruce Morgan of Atlanta. When finished, it will be among the state s handsomest homes and the Hawkins family will occupy the lawn during remodeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Hawkins
Lee Street
Bruce & Morgan
Atlanta
Col. Hawkins
Barbecue Club Opens Season With Old Members Reunited
The Americus Barbecue Club held its first dinner of the season at the usual place. The same members gathered as last summer and pledged to make this year one of the most pleasant in club history. The usual exercises were conducted and attendees left the grounds in high spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus Barbecue Club
Victory in Defeat by Timekeeper’s Watch at Dawson
Wide-Awakes fell at Dawson not by running but by a partial time-keeper’s watch. The writer argues it was a moral victory, preferring defeat by unfair means over a disputed win, and views the result as a victory for their boys under the circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
Youngs
Cuthbert i
Plu
Io Younge
Chattahoochee
Sirays
Mayor Dunn
Brunswick
E. C. Parker
Syrup of Figs Gains Popularity for Health Tonic
The famed California liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs is praised for its flavor, efficacy, and cleansing action. It is claimed to tone the system, relieve headaches, colds, and fevers, and is sold by E. J. Sisi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
E. J. Sisi
Wide-Awake victory anchors Dawson tournament pageantry
May 16 events in Dawson feature a festive welcome, a parade to the armory, and speeches by Guerry Ingraham Burt and Edwards praising firemen and the city. A dispute over Wide-Awake member eligibility sparked a brief withdrawal before harmony returned, as racing teams from Americus, Brunswick, Montezuma, and others prepared for the running contest led by the Wide-Awakes or Dawson Protection.
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. H. Ogletree
Sumter County
Methodist Church
Felder
Board of Education
Rochelle
DesSo
Morgan Eldridge
Central Railroad
Georgia
D. B. Leonard
Vienna
Dooly
Dawson Depot
Smithville
Young
Montezuma
Dawson Guards
J. J. Cguerry
Col. Guerry
Edwards
Dawson Tire Department
Dr. Burt
W.a.’S
J. F. McMath
W. G. McClintock
A Thompson
Dawson Department
W. A
Dawson Company
Wide-Awakes
Protection
Flint
Oconee
Chattahoocheee
Eufaula
E. B. Youngs
Watchfull
Cuthbert
A. J. Carver
A. J. Ballwin
B. B. Perry
Plug
O. B. Thomas
J.D. Hatcher
Frank McNulty
Chas. Griggs
J.D. Laing
Frank Nanworthy
Geo
McLane
Hirsty
W. W. Davis
J.C. Nelms
Flint Montezuma
O.«. Mann
John
Plugman
H. H. Parker
John Hagerty
Cut Loose
Geo, Whitlock
Pipeman
Dan Mabry
C. P. Roberts
J.D. Rhodes
C. D. Locke
KF. A. Parker
H. Dent
Qo.t. Roberts
E. H. Roberts
W. T. Flournoy
J.T. Kendall
Young America
Cutienert
H. Tobias
Forenan
J.D. Gunn
Ass’t Foreman
Geo. McDonald
A. Hood
J. H. Sealy
Sam Tison
Key Simpson
Will Harvey
W. T. Douglass
Henry Moye
W. A. Roberts
Geo. Morris
C. A. Mathews
B. L. Dunn
H. A. Redding
W. C. McNeil
Charlie Hawkins
Annie Bell
Mathis
Jordan
Coot
Aley Ayell
Montezimo
Brunewick
Chattahoochees
Willie Carver
Epior
Thompson
Alabama
W. W. Thompson
M.cohen
Cohen
Regan
Cobee
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