Corner on cotton boosts Americus as top Georgia market
Americus farmers win a freight rate cut after Sumter County Alliance pressure. Communications from E G Goodman and W F Shellman show rail lines agreeing to 36 cents per hundred pounds from Americus to Savannah and Brunswick, with Central and East Tennessee lines to follow. Rate take effect September 1, benefiting local cotton buyers and sellers.
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Americus
Georgia
Sumter County
Allance
Albany
Savannah
Seaboard
D.C. N. Burkhalter
Central
Americas
Goodman
Shellman
R. R
Americus, GA
D.C
N. Burkhalter
Brunswick
Central R. R
East Tennessee St. R
Goopman
Mnet
W. F. Shellman
Trafic
East Tennessee Railroad
Amerous
Sumter
al- Hance
Putnam Notes and Local Happenings in Schley and Hopewell
Putnam August notes Schley County delegation to the State Alliance in Atlanta and local church gatherings at Rodgersville. A humorous bid for Marion county tax collector by J E Phelps is noted, along with jury revisions, a lamp blaze at Turnpike encampment, and praise for P B Stevens who saved the lamp. Baby training at midnight by Dock Wall and S J Rainey mentioned with light humor. An Alliance formed at Hopewell with camp bell rhetoric.
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Sumter Republian
Marion County
Ike
Schley County
Turnpike Camp Ground
Stevens
Dock Wall
J. Rainey
Hopewell
Gant
Jadge
Weston Personal and Politics Fishing School Opening
Weston news recalls editor Tyson visiting, social notes on Miss Walker and Miss Crymes, fishing trip with Saunders and Crymes, and a August courtship. new school opening by Prof Whitchard in September. early cotton bale by W W Simmons. local political campaigning on wooden blocks. lost boy alert ends with a stern warning.
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Weston
Tyson
Richland Gazette
Mary Walker
Chattanooga
Tenn
Annie Crymes
Richland
W. B. French
Columbus
W. J. Sims
Albany
M. F. Saunders
J.D. Crymes
Harrell
Nena Carter
Plains
H. J. Askew
Pbater County
Axy Webb
Terrell County
Pent York
Mercer
Academy
M. E. Church
B. F. Dennard
Stock Law Party
B. G. Smith
Thomas Josey
J. Kyle & Co
T. J. Black
M. Nussbaum & Co
W. W
J. H. Whitchard
James Shivers, Jr
Narrow Escape on Track as Train Nears Crossing
C L Battle escaped harm when a down passenger train nearly struck him at a crossing. His horse balked and the buggy nearly tipped as the train approached from ahead. The engineer did not signal in time. Newton Glover faces Wiley Spivay for the legislative seat, with Wiley hoping to win by appealing to his race.
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C. L. Battle
Newton Glover
Whiley Spivay
Wiley
Loyal citizens seek guardianship for Peter Faust’s estate
On Saturday friends of Peter Faust of the seventeenth district applied to the Ordinary to appoint a suitable person to supervise and manage his affairs due to mental incapacity. Faust is described as an old respected citizen, and the move is framed as a difficult but necessary duty amid concern over his mind.
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Peter Faust
Faust
Wiley
Dawson Doings and Local Civic Notes
The August Dawson column covers the Randolph and Clay delegates at the Senatorial convention with Col Clarence Wilson president and W C Gunn secretary. It notes Hill’s acclamation for the Eleventh District, revival meetings led by Rev W H Patterson, and church growth with 38 baptisms. Local commerce, land sales, and new factories are listed along with social notices and two car thief arrests at the depot.
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W. C. Gann
A. C. Hill
Terrell
J. G. Parks
W. B. Bryan
Clay
Hill
W. H. Patterson
Missea Lota Clark
Lizzie” Whitchard
E. M. Whiting
Cumberland Island
Waddell
Cuthbert
Dawson
Salvation Army
Methodists
Baptista
Presbyterians
Geo. A. Commander
Fannie Clay
M. B. L. Binion
Mr. P. Slade
Slade Bros
Texas
Central Depot
Aberdeen Jackson
Will Grimes
Montgomery
Ed. Hill
Smithville
Rail line proposal linked to rich timber belts and markets
The Buena Vista Patriot reports discussion of a new railroad from Richland to Buena Vista and to Bostick, with links to Talbotton and the Georgia Midland. The line would tap timber and turpentine areas north of town and pass through a premier southern agricultural region, boosting freight opportunities and regional development.
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Buena Vista Patriot
Richland
Buena Vista
Bostick
Talbotton
Georgia Midland
Yates
Sumter County Tax Returns Show Big Increase in Property Values
In Sumter County Georgia tax receivers report a $1,190,414 year rise, part of a statewide gain. Captain T. M. Furlow, chief clerk in Comptroller General Wrights office, notes Americus leads a building boom with higher valuations, as taxpayers increase property figures.
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Georgia
Atlanta
T. M. Furlow
Joe
Sumtes
Mize
Bumter
Theros
Uae
J. W. Mize
Aeroassovish
Aire Lan Ossors
Americus
Eorgia
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Central Road
Mr. BurXhalter
Golddman
B.A. Ms
Sen
Georgia Railroad Commission
Goopwan
Putnam
State Alliance
Party
W. W. Lee
Lowrey & Orr
Lowrey, Orr & Co
Dover
John Witchard
Dismuke
Stewart County
E.T. Kinney
Messrs
Frank
Perry Cocke
Oakland
Columbus Southern
J. H. Guerry
Col. J. M. Griggs
Mesers
J. A. Horsley
N. B. Barnes
J. H. Crouch
T. D. Sale
Cumberland
A.orr
G. 8. Johnson
M. I. Parker
Macon
A. Orr
Salt Springs
Mies Lizzie Tooke
Frank Bussey
L. C. Hoyl
Tennessee
Brooklyn Heights
East Americas
Leetow
Ponnibie
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