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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1891
Page
12
The Americus Times Publishing Company urges subscribers to settle one dollar per account as creditors press for payment. Readers are asked to remit by registered letter, postal note, or money order and check the next issue for a receipt date opposite their name.
A roundup of disparate items notes political buzz and newspaper jests. The Dispatch wreck near Agateuguo VA is cited with debt pleas and a plea for funds. It also mentions Germany USA cereal sugar trade talks and press monopolies. The piece pokes at Cleveland Harrison politics and a Tennessee Alliance quandary.
The Manufacturers' Record notes steady improvement across the South with new large scale enterprises. Plans include Huntington to build a railroad to Llano Texas ore district, Jefferson furnance to become steel works, Ashland Kentucky steel plants, a $1,000,000 mining company in East Tennessee, and tinplate and rolling mill projects in Savernake Virginia plus ore and coal ventures in Maryland and Tennessee.
South Carolina planters wary of a Sea Island cotton seed combine as not tied to soil, favoring skill and selection. W G Hinson of James Island faults seed pooling, argues combining seeds risks islands’ interests and stimulates opposition. He notes recent long staple cotton grown from green seed and foresees future varieties rivaling Sea Island grades.
A Monroe County correspondent reports on W A Thurmond the car coupler inventor and his family of twenty five children with eighteen diplomas. The piece compares Meddlebrooks and Haygood families, cites political force bill debates, notes centenarian county residents, Oklahoma color lines, and ends praising Confederate widows pensions.
The Manufacturers' Record warns the South must present strong display at the upcoming World’s Fair in Chicago or lose to rivals. notes vast pre-fair expenditure and fierce competition from Lake Superior ores and other regions. It urges energy to attract millions of visitors and investment, while contrasting free coinage debates and rail road整 consolidation news from Montgomery and Atlanta columns.
Editorial notes Pat Calhoun may lead a public battle over railroad regulation as Berner and Watson loom. Ireland's Parnell praised by allies seeking reconciliation. Keely’s motor hoax and Windsor Hotel ad schemes prompt calls for aggressive marketing and anti monopoly stance amid free pass hypocrisy in the Georgia Legislature.
The New York Herald notes the Court of Appeals awaiting a crucial ruling on the Tilden will. A ruling sustaining the will would dedicate 5 million dollars to a city public library, while invalidating the trust clause would shift funds to heirs, altering the intended benevolence.
The report outlines state and private funding for the Chicago World’s Fair. It cites Indiana and Texas investments, Russian and European delegation visits, a planned million-dollar Columbus building, and a list of major expenditure items totaling about five million dollars for grounds, utilities, and infrastructure. It notes no tower is likely and World’s Fair Day at Dallas.
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