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Americus Times Recorder

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Americus, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1891

Page

10

Indefinite Postponement Defeats Georgia Railroad Bill

In Atlanta on October 9 the Georgia Senate indefinitely postponed the Smith substitute for the Berner railroad bill after tense lobbying. The vote stood 20 yeas to 15 nays with seven absent, and the House was immediately notified of the action.

Atlanta Senate Committee On Railroads Callaway Smith Terrell Ellington Yeas Messrs Beard Cabaniss Candler Flint Gill Glenn Golden Harlan Harp Hodges Culpepper Johnston Lamb Mullis Patton E. B Vincent Walker Williams Zackey Beck Boyd Calloway Culver Eason Hill Irvine Johnson McRae Nunnally Todd Warren Witcher Bennett Brown Tatum Strickland J. D Lamar House

Honest Man’s Protector Trial Nearing Verdicts

In LayTA October 10 the Honest Man’s Protector conspiracy trial of James Wiggington and eight others proceeds in U. S. court. Two defendants pleaded guilty. six are likely to be convicted while one, Mr Fields, may be freed. Seven co-defendants previously linked to an arson case in Pickens county were also convicted and sentenced to life. Carter Tate led the Pickens case and prosecutes the current federal matter, praised as a strong legal figure and popular Georgia figure. The jury began deliberation this afternoon with a verdict expected tonight.

Layta James Wiggington United States Honest Man’s Protector Fields Pickens County Superior Carter Tate House of Representatives Georgia Pickens County Superior Court United United States Colonel Tate

McElree’s Wine of Carroll for Weak Nerves Featured

The Carrollton Times reports that Mr Tumlin hatched a hen with twelve eggs and four kits, citing the sale as evidence of the remedy’s effectiveness. The piece presents the claim within local home remedy lore prevalent in Carroll county.

McElree The Carrollton Times

Meeting of Sumter County Commissioners October 5 1891

The Sumter County Commissioners levied a tax of forty nine and two tenths cents per one hundred dollars for the current year. It equals one hundred sixty one and one third percent of the state assessment with portions for building a new jail and for current county expenses. Funds allocated to indebtedness court house jail bridges officers fees coroner's fees county court.

Sumter County Commissioners of Roads and Revenue Court House

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