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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1887
Page
4
The Americus paper extols Americus as a central cotton market with lower costs and direct-Europe buyers. It notes three reliable buyers, a cotton compress lowering freight, and rival towns overpricing only briefly. Also comments on Cleveland’s perceived imbecility and New York Tribune views.
The piece argues that a protective tariff does not create a profitable home market for farmers. It notes cotton and grain prices align with world markets, rail access and raw materials drive manufacturing towns, and Indian labor undercuts cotton prices. The author contends true benefits come from low input costs and open competition, criticizing the home market claim. It also cites a Philadelphia Times remark comparing Georgia and Pennsylvania education for white and colored students, highlighting state-supported higher education for both races.
The Macon community raises funds to advertise the Georgia State Fair urging active local support so it does not fail while Atlanta promotes with vigor. The article also critiques tariff claims, arguing the tariff touches every sector from meat and corn to steel and farming implements, denying insulation from its effects.
W.D. Hoyt & Co of Rome Georgia report four years of selling Dr King s New Discovery Electric Bitters and Bucklen s Arnica Salve with universal satisfaction. They cite several cures of pronounced consumption using a few bottles of Dr King s New Discovery with Electric Bitters, guaranteed and sold by E J Eldridge.
A negro physician and divinity student, Miler, was refused a stateroom for himself and his family on a Hudson river boat. The color line was drawn despite his graduation from Fiske Methodist University and Yale Theological Seminary. The incident drew little reaction from New York Republican papers.
Fifty acres near Holton are bought for a quarry to furnish blue gray and white granite to Macon and surrounding areas. Experts say the stone is equal to any used in Macon with inexhaustible supply. The site lies about 400 yards from the East Tennessee railroad and 11 miles from Macon, with a proposed side track for loading and no need for track extension for a decade. Dr Stiles of Atlanta declares Woolfolk insane but acknowledges a dangerous mood. Armstrong wins $5000 in the Louisiana Lottery. a Dodge Township farmer, about 55, a long-time resident, and a Clear Creek resident report a marked black adder snake with C R O on its scales.
The following unclaimed letters remain at the Americus Post Office for Sumter County Georgia. If not called for within thirty days they will be forwarded to the Dead Letter Office. List includes A J Alexander. B William Black. Jin Jack. Miss Henrietta Brown. O Miss Ella Cernican. Mrs Eoma Connigan. Tom Crambis. D Mrs Lillie Daniel. E Sam Ellis. F George Falfork. G Jim Green. Jeasie Galud. H G N Hancock. J C A Jowers. M Miss Annie Bell Methvin. Miss A Methvin. John Marvin. N Aston Nabner. O John Torr. P H Perry. Hezekiah Perry. R Frank Rowell. Miss Lucinda Roberson. AT Ramsen. Annie Stall 7B. Jore Ouusiotte Satos. Gim Turner. J C Ronny. P M Americus. August 4 1887.
Amorous merchants are retailing cash prices for various provisions. Sides 9¢/lb. flour $4.75-$5.00 per barrel. patent 5.75-6.00¢. coffee 4-5 lbs per dollar. salts 0.85-1.00 per sack. corn 80¢/bu. tallow 4¢/lb. Hides 10¢/lb. chickens 20-25¢. eggs 10-12¢/doz. meal 80¢/bu. bran 1.16 per 100 lbs. hay 1.25. sweet potatoes 1.00/bu. rice 15-18 for $1. cane syrup 50¢/gal. barrel goods 40¢/gal. speckled peas priced 0. Irish potatoes 35-40¢/peck. lard 10¢/lb. cotton sheeting 7¢/yd. cotton chicks 7-8¢/yd.
The ad claims scalp health and hair growth via Ayer’s Hair Vigor. Frederick Hardy of Roxbury, age fifty, reported his hair stopped falling out and his gray hair darkened back toward a twenty five year old shade after using the product, claiming dramatic renewal.
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