19 Aug 1892
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1892
Page
1
A promotional notice touts durable hats and Madras shirts with insistence on lasting value over quick sales. It argues buyers will become loyal patrons after a first purchase, promising no doubt about subsequent buys and stressing unbeatable rock bottom prices.
A head end collision on the Sam road near the Central railroad trestle injured engineer Joe Jeffries critically. Fireman S. E. Rodgers also hurt with head wounds, conductor Guerry and Horton aboard other train escaping with minor bruises as wreckage blocked the line until word of repairs.
Buena Vista’s baseball nine failed to win against Americus in Cordele yesterday. Mims pitched eight innings with sixteen strikeouts for Americus, while Buena Vista managed seven runs total. Griffeth and Evans starred for Americus as the visitors advanced to Cordele for another game. Also notes from Southern League results and a novel debt collection wagon idea by a Roman attorney.
A Schley county mass meeting nominates T. J. Hudson by 248 of 420 white voters. Judge Crisp delivers a decisive pro democracy speech to a large crowd, drawing praise from both Democrats and some third party supporters. Incidents include a larceny case against Ed Washington and a shoe theft linked to a local store, with arrests following police work.
Tobacco experts from Georgia and Florida tour lands and praise Georgia soil as capable of producing high quality plug and cigar leaf. Savannah Grocery Co and Tift of Tifton showcase leaf samples, arguing profits rival cotton with yields up to 1,800 pounds per acre and potential state leadership in tobacco.
The Georgia Democratic convention elects H. M. McIntosh as chairman with Ben E. Russell and O. B. Stevens nominated. Stevens concedes defeat gracefully and pledges support to the nominee. Russell speaks as the party reconciles and endorses unity amid a fast Central Railroad schedule update. General BE Porter Alexander joins a Columbia River engineering board.
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