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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1886
Page
7
The Americus record reports a gum fad sweeping streets as residents chew gum for pastime. Sheriff White holds fourteen prisoners behind bars with five new arrivals this week and a court session planned next week. A local seedling peach tree grows amid quirky notes, and Agnes Ayooch notes an Easter card promotion. The office adds a Gem lever cutter, boosting efficiency for quick, neat work.
Judge Allen Fort proposed moving Sumter Superior Court to the end of the circuit to free days for specific cases and finish the docket. The bar backs the idea and the legislature will be asked to authorize the change. Smith's Bile Beans claim rapid neuralgia relief in hours sold by druggists at 25 cents.
The suit by Murphy against the Recorper publisher for 10000 dollars in damages was dismissed on Friday morning on motion by the plaintiff's attorneys. The editors remark it was fortunate the plaintiff acted discreetly, as he would have exhausted himself trying to locate the sum.
The Superior Court sits in Lumpkin the week of April 26 and train service on the A P & L is adjusted to start from Americus at 1:15 am and return at 6:55 pm. Excursion round trips to Lumpkin on the 26th are offered at $1.00 with half fares at 50 cents for that day. Groups of twenty five or more may be accommodated on other days at special rates.
On April 17 1886 the M E Church at Ellaville hosted a supper to raise funds for erecting a church building. Attendees included residents from Americus Buena Vista and Eliaville with estimates near 950. A cake prize was awarded for the most popular editor Miss Alice Naylor the most popular young lady and Dr B L Joiner the ugliest man. The Americas crowd voted their editor Harpon as a rebuttal to cake prizes. The note ends with Yours truly OccasionalLy.
Thes D S and W mayor Felder reports a letter from A B Linderman president of the Savannah Dublin and Western railroad. He plans a city visit this week to press Americus for locating the road shops here and to show Georgia map details. Rumors say B W railroad president in New York aims Isabella Americus extension by November 1st with rail orders and prep work this summer. Americus must push for an outlet to B W or East Tennessee, even at cost, to secure the vital project.
Attention invited to our new spring and summer millinery stock direct from top manufacturers. Includes hats and bonnets trimmed and untrimmed, flowers, wreaths, feathers, ornaments, ribbons, and more at satisfactory prices. Shaw. Easter cards from 2d to 5d.
A reporter extols Macon as a thriving Georgia city on a riverbank with hills and parks. It notes East Macon and Vineville as attractive suburbs, sturdy enterprise despite hard times, grand streets, and a financially solid populace wary of baseball.
A retrospective on Macon city journalism contrasts the Telegraph and the Constitution. It details reporter routines, shifting personnel like Julian Rodgers and Prof Branham, and the demanding pace that wears workers down. The piece notes salary parity, publisher pressure, and the changing fortunes of local papers, including the Evening News under Byington.
The Georgia State Sunday School Association announces its Thirteenth Annual Session to be held in Macon on May 12 13 and 14 1886. Delegates are allotted by county membership and active Sunday School work. Officers and district superintendents are expected to attend. Also recounts a near fatal scare when Elam Tad and Walter Furlow were paddling Muckabee creek a moccasin snake leaped into the boat and nearly caused a drowning fright.
1 000 strong Macon Oromen arrange a special train to bring themselves and friends to the trecament in May to witness no great contacks and join the observed event with the Jolly One Thousand Maconiten expected to attend.
A reader notes books offer calm, cohesive escape from daily woes and politics. Maurice Thompson's Love's Extremes set near Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama shines with accurate portraiture and breezy storytelling. The piece reflects on love narratives and wider literature, praising variety and the revival of interest beyond old fiction norms.
A crowd from neighboring cities attended to gauge when our companies would finish in the Americas tournament. The goal was to inform their chances of winning the $200 prize.
The ice factory building advances rapidly as machinery from Consolidated Tos Works Company of Chicago is installed. The 40 horsepower engine and 60 horsepower boiler will power the Georgia plant, claimed to be the largest of its kind there with a fifteen ton daily capacity. Operation is set for about May 10, delayed by floods.
An 1886 Sumter notice addresses a candidate's pledge to run if nominated by the people, noting broad support from city and countryside. The brief also mentions the flourishing parasol trade and Easter cards now available at Agnes Aycock's.
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