RecORDER Office Open House and Local Notices
Invites subscribers and friends of the RecORDER to visit the headquarters in the new Recouper Building on Forsyth street, with desks, exchanges, pens, and reading materials. Includes local items on residents Gus Willett's Texas marriage, I C Johnson's death, census work changes, a snake sighting, bank prosperity, and the Improvement Company planning factory sites and stock.
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Bsubscrbers
Americus
Recorder Olce
Georgia
Forsyth Street
Texak Lassie
Gus Willett
Americas
Tyler
Texas
Julia Pabst
Gus
the Improvement Company
Improvement Company
G. L. Norrmann
Direcore
Wells for Representative of Lee county in the legislature
Mr. W. D. Wells of Smithville announces his candidacy for the Lee county Representative seat. He is described as a leading citizen who would make an able legislator. The item also notes several local marriages including Joseph P. Howell and Ella Raiford, W. G. Forrest and Olivia Davenport, Dave Mayo and Jennie Mayo, with ministers Rev R F WilHampson and Rev H Stubba officiating.
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W. D. Wells
Smithville
Lee County
Wells
Lee
Joseph P. Howell
W. G. Forrest
Olivia Davenport
R. F. Williamson
Dave Mayo
Jennie Mayo
Superior Court plea and assorted court actions
In the Superior Court Enoch Watson pled guilty to assault and battery and was fined 22 dollars. Charters were granted to Builders Supply Company and the Oliver Buggy and Wagon Company. The grand jury returned indictments including Lew Shell for murder and misdemeanor and Joseph Daniel for larceny. Various verdicts awarded sums to different plaintiffs, including Mority & Keldel versus Henry McLendon for 602 dollars and Stex, Krouse & Co versus Davis & Callaway for 517 dollars. A further verdict of 100 dollars was returned in A. D. Barnes & Co versus R. L. Oliver. An advertisement for Abbott's East Indians Corn Paint appears.
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Enoch Watson
Builders Supply Company
Oliver Buggy and Wagon Company
Lew Shell
Joseph Daniel
Mon Adams
Mihalobiteh
Fletcher & Co
A. Hirsch
Mority
Stex, Krouse & Co
Davis & Callaway
A. D. Barnes & Co
Personal notices from Americus society and regional visitors
A roundup of local social notes lists visitors and residents in Americus from Preston Ella ville Buena Vista and nearby towns. Names include T A Chappel Charles R McCrory B W Rushin T A Collins W D Wells and more with Miss Mollie Feagin and Capt J A Fulton among cited figures. Also includes a lengthy uncalled letters list and a note about revenue from a lodge treasury and barley malt whisky agency.
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T. A. Chappel
Preston
Charles R. McCrory
Ellaville
Mrs Tommie Rouse Granted Divorce In Superior Court
In the Superior Court on Tuesday Mrs. Tommie Rouse was granted a first verdict of divorce from William Rouse. The grand jury returned a true bill against Simon Blackburn for assault with intent to murder. The other suits against Bank of Americus, Johnson and Harrold, and J B Bolton were dismissed.
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Superior Court
Tommie Rouse
William Rouse
Ruussell Morgan
Bank of Americus and Johnson & Harrold
H. Hawkins, Jr
Bolton
Simon Blackburn
Bridge Closure for Repairs on Flint River Line
Mr Jas Davenport, manager of the Flint River bridge, announced the crossing will be closed for three weeks to permit repairs. The long trestle will be removed and a substantial turnpike built in its place. The owning company seeks to serve the public and earn credit for its efforts.
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Jas. Davenport
Flint River
Iron ore discoveries claimed near Stewart county
The Recorder reports rumors of large iron ore deposits in Stewart county near Richland with a specimen from M N Edwards and a prior sample by Col J M Lowe. Analysis suggests high metallic content, and prospects for Americus to become a hub for ore handling, shipping, and possible regional development if proven.
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Americus Capitaliata
Stewart County
M. N. Edwards
Richland
J. M. Lowe
Atlanta
Edwards
Lowe
Americus
Alabama
Americas Capitaliats
Alliance Day Big Round Trip Fare to Americus meeting
The Southwest Georgia Alliance Manufacturing Company, with about five hundred stockholders across Sumter Dooly Wilcox Lee Terrell Randolph Stewart Webster Schley Marion and Macon counties, plans a June 3 meeting in Americus to select site for buildings and arrange for machinery purchase. Central Railroad offers one fare round trip from Albany Cuthbert Van Horns Mill Fort Valley to Americus, sale starts June 2. SA M may offer similar rates.
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Americus
Southwest Georgia Alliance Manufacturing Company
Sumter
Dooly, Wilcox, Lee, Terrell
Randolph
Stewart, Webster, Schley
Marion
Macon
Tuesaday
Col. L. BF. Livingston
Alliance
Central Railroad
Albany
Cuthbert
Vanhorn’s
New Baptist Church
Nunally
Mercer University
Ueketa
Fort Valley
Vanhorn’s Mill
Americas
Savannah
Americus Guano Company Elects Directors and Officers
The Americus Guano Company held its annual meeting yesterday afternoon electing W. W. Crapo FE B. M”ndell Charles W. Plummer A B Harrold B H Hawkins J M and R F Sams to the board. John M. Green was named President R F Sams Manager H C Bagley Secretary and Treasurer. Green reported a prosperous year with a ten percent dividend declared from net earnings and the remainder added to the reserve fund. The firm did about $250000 in business.
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Americus Guano Company
W. W. Crapo
B. Mandell
Charles W. Plummer
A. B. Harrold
Green
A Sure Kidney and Bladde remedy
A brief notice introduces a remedy named A Sure Kidney and Bladde remedy by W. W. O. The item reads as a historical medicinal claim with no further details on ingredients or efficacy. The fragment suggests a period advertisement style common to patent medicine eras.
Georgia to spotlight peach belt at National Nurserymen’s Assn
Maj Glessner handed Capt J B James a large set of Georgia pamphlets maps and circulars to distribute at the National Nurserymen’s Association meeting in New York on June 4. Dayton Ohio nursery president N H Albaugh will assist. Georgia’s fruit growing prospects and a future Pomological Society meeting in Americus are highlighted. A related note reports a murder attempt near Florence and arrest of a suspect after a hatchet attack on William Epps, with Gaz Lee implicated.
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Maj. Glessner
J.B. James
Fort Valley
Georgia
James
New York
National Nurserymen’s Association
N.H. Albaugh
Dayton
Ohio
Capt. James
Albaugh
Althaugh
Americus
Troy Holder
Stewarts County
Florence
Gaz Lee
William Epps
Lee
Lumpkin
Holder
P. P. P. Cures Ulcerated Leg Sparking Savannah Fame
A chronic leg ulcer, long believed incurable, healed after treatment with P. P. P. The patient, once unable to walk, now runs and is described as apparently well. The remedy is hailed in Savannah as a notable example of the blood medicine’s reputed power.
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Savannah
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Americus Light Infantry
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the Plains
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Haberdashery
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Central
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Guano Company
Kholders’ Meeting
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M. T. Elam
Sans Souci
W. T. Ragan
Uamar Streoot
Tam Sue
W. T. Chrisoher
Montezuma, Ga
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W.C. Feptow
J.C. Roxy
JW. Porow
L. 5. Rawson
Senter County
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A.C. Speer
CATON
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Court of Ordinary
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Ingto J
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