Prominent firm to dispose of stock amid tax, court, and rail news
A mix of local notices reports a major business firm planning to sell its entire stock within days, tax collector Furlow noting only about one fifth of taxes paid with December 20 deadline looming, and a railroad consolidation announcement linking the Columbia Southern with the B and A SM line. Other items include arrivals, court actions, and local property transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furlow
Columbus
Columbia Southern
Abbeville Jail Destroyed By Wind And Fire
The Abbeville jail burned Saturday night during a violent wind and rainstorm. The old frame structure burned rapidly with no prisoners in custody. The fire’s cause remains a mystery with suspicions of arson amid discussions of moving the jail to Rochelle for the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbeville
Rochelle
A Safe Bank Exhibition at Frickers Bros Store
An exhibit shows a Safe Deposit Registering Bank that operates automatically with no key. It requires ten cents to lock and ten dollars to open. A dime is inserted, then ten more dimes must be deposited before the door falls off, compelling the owner to drop in ten dollars to recover one cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Af Frickers Bros
City Chaps and Country Boys Fight at Country Frolic
A Friday night clash five miles from Americus left country lads roughing city youths with damaged coats and cut vehicle harnesses. Jennie Brown was arrested for house theft but released when the witness failed to appear. Also noted: a windblown courthouse sign, a drunken-jar case, a beloved high school principal seeking a Columbus superintendent post, and Stewart County's ongoing dry versus wet campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Prince Albert
Jennie Brown
Squire Oliver
Emma Walker
Walker
College Hill
Brown
Alliance Bank via Farmers Gain and Local Crime Notes
Alliance leaders plan a new bank in Americus to loan at low rates using farmers notes as collateral. $100,000 stock, counties Sumter Lee Schley Webster Stewart involved. Also: two colored Americus men jailed for gambling. Andersonville Thanksgiving service and school fair at Baptist church with concert and supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Sumter
Lee
Schley
Webster
Stewart Counties
Ameri
New York
Americus
Andersonville
Baptist Church
Americas
Andersonville Silver Cornet
Barbed Wire Fence Claimed Hazard Across East Americas Street
Local tale warns of a hidden barbed wire fence crossing an old street near the Will Jackson property in East Americas. A young woman returning from the city reportedly entangled herself and needed aid, prompting residents to caution others to beware of the dangerous barrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Jackson
East Americas
Jackson
Weekly Cotton Statement and Local Business Opening
Weekly cotton report notes receipts at 35775 down from prior, shipments good, sales soft and price pressure. In Full Blast opens on Lamar street today with a knife stand and Cheap John foods house. Scarborough cough drops advertised with medical testimonial. drugs, dyes, and Cook's Pharmacy listed with address and price details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Ciy
Lamar Street
John Furnfahing Foods
Sumter County postpones sale of old court house site
County Commissioners met at nine to consider delaying the old court house sale. A 90 day postponement petition, backed by Sumter property owners and the 45 Improvement Association, was discussed. The meeting included M Speer, M Callaway, James Fricker, H R Johnson, E J Eldridge, John Windsor, and S H Hawkins. The board voted to postpone the sale sixty days after Hawkins promoted a hotel and manufacturing bonus plan. A separate incident reported a runaway horse on Lamar Street, colliding with a mule wagon, striking a telephone pole, breaking the buggy shafts, and causing about 25.00 dollars in damage before bystanders restrained it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Court House
Sumter County
M Speer
M. Callaway
James Fricker
H.R. Johnson
E. J. Eldridge
Hawkins
Lamar Street
Bell
Buchanan & Bell
Clark's
Jackson Street
Standers
Only a Joke in CHoxfre GA 1880 Confirms Local Marriage Prank
A letter from J C Maxwell disputes a November 8 report titled Married for Fun. The writer says the ceremony was a joke, the license unsigned, and the marriage not lawful. parties seek space to clarify while noting the groom agrees to hold the arrangement but the bride objects. The piece also notes new tenement plans near Americus Guano Works and a Milledgeville asylum trustees update with Capt John A Cobb named among Georgia appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choxfre
Ephor
J.C. Maxwenc
Value of Americus property cited by local business men
Americus real estate on Lamar and Jackson streets is valued highly by city businessmen. Proposals for the southeast corner lot recently reached Americus Investment Company with an offer of 100 feet at ten thousand dollars from P. Cy. Clegg. The lot is vacant and intended for a large store, but the Investment Company rejected the bid, after years earlier an eight thousand dollar offer was declined.
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Americus
Americus Investment Company
Lamar and
Jackson Streets
Lamar Street
P. Cy. Clegg
Injunction Halts Barlow Street Bridge Work
Sheriff served a temporary injunction on Savannah, Americus and Montgomery railroad president 8 H Hawkins restraining construction of the Barlow Street bridge. The order stems from a petition by Thomas E Greene for Susan M Greene. A hearing is set for the first Monday in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Or
Finn Streets
James M. Smith
Columbus
Basa
H. Hawkins
Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railroad
Allen Fort
Barlow Street
Thomas E. Greene
Susan M. Greene
Branch Office to Open in Smithville by J W Mize
The article notes J W Mize, a bar tender, leasing the bar privilege at the Afee House in Smithville and planning a branch office there. It references local business activity and an eastern man advertising oysters, while mentioning Dr Bull's Cough remedy and other products in a fragmented, era-specific advertisement context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Mize
Smithville
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MER
Ceorgi
Joiner & Nicholson's
Florida
Malaga
Atmore
Joiner & Nicholson
Calvin Carter, Jr
Richard Windsor
Albert Hinkle
Ragan & Ragan’s
Smith and Wheeler
Albany
Richland
Maj. Myers
Webster County
W. I. Murray
College Street
Holder
Stewart
Dan Battle
Henry Adkins
Valdosta
Mars Troy
John R. Shaw
Bill Williams
Pilsbury
Chain Gang
J. B. Mathis
J. E. Mathis
Publi Schools of
Stewart County
LOWE
Broker and Commission Merchant
Americus, Ga
Alliance Bank
Link’ Williams
Austin Gilbert
L. B. Forrest
Link
Gilbert
Blalock
Scarborough
Scury Co
Henry Scarborough
W. W. Cuaney
D. F. Davenport
Cook’s
Cotton Avenue
Oment Homes
R. F. Sams
Americus Guano Works
W. A. Cook
Cook
Church Street
Sams
Hus
Milledgeville
Gordon
John A. Cobb
Cobb
R. F Watts
Walter T. McArthur
Montgomery County
Druggis
Lamar St
Key West
Williford, Matthews
Bank de Amer
Holmes
Court
Murray Hill Java
Crosse & Blackwell
Flaccus Bros
Cotton
Telephone No
A. J. Cleghorn & CO
J. A.warren
Preston, Georgia
Brazil
the Steady Inc
Americus Property
Davenport-Crisp
Leila Crisp
C. F. Crisp
Branch
Taylor Street
Masonic Hall
Furlow Female College
Mack & Co
Thornton Wheatley
J. W. Sheffield & Co
D. B. Hill
C. Carter & Son
P. C. Clegg & Co
Glover & Lanier
J. J
Annie Pickett
Bank of Americus
Bank of Southwest Georgi People’s National Bank
A. Rylander
Guerry & Somneys
T. Coox
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