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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1887
Page
8
Aug 20 report from Caveen Hint notes heavy rain Thursday around Church Hill, hurting the cotton crop while peas and potatoes may benefit. Farmers grow downhearted after an apparently promising season, comparing hardship to famine and hoping for patience as hardship continues.
Frien dship notes cotton opening fast as farmers rush to pick. Fodder saved. little left. W R Dorn’s new storehouse nearing completion. W Richard son Bry to move stock into the current occupied store. Woe seeks school in Friendamp for next year with Mr Howell of White Plains accepting offer. Ada Jones Mattie Moore to move home next Thursday. Maggie Carter Georgia Harvey and Etta McGarrab back from visit to Oglethorpe. Rain is badly needed.
In Andersonville Georgia on August 1 a rainfall setback affectscotton picking. Prof. A J Clarke leaves for Cuthbert to assume presidency at the Agricultural College. Miss Lita Clarke and others depart, Thomas Gardner elected to replace Clarke, Mrs. Parrott and Mrs. Harden ill with fever, local doctors busy, David Mayo at work nearby, Captain Purley moving stock, stockholders hire counsel over damages related to the Buena Vista Ellaville Railroad contract.
In Oglethorpe on August 24 the hot dry weather caused sickness, with J A Phillips prostrated by fever. A buggy accident near Mrs. W. H. Stuart left Mrs. Winn with a fractured tibia and ankle sprain after the horse bolted. Several locals attended Schley camp and then returned. social visits and travel noted, including Bettie Williams’s return from Fort Valley and A A's plan to resume business in Mississippi with W J Parker & Co.
The Farmers Alliance held an important meeting at this place yesterday and arranged with J R Williams to store their cotton. Prospects for the staple are discouraging as harvest nears and sale proceeds will depend on a good market. Col W H Willis, our principal buyer, paid 8 to 8 for middling cotton. other buyers offer similar rates. Warehouse facilities are good and patronage is invited. The Lutheran High School closing exercises under Prof Jalisa begin Thursday with notable interest. A new barbershop run by a stock company opens here. Our young postmaster looks ill. Supposed to be caused by a fire moustache at an early age. Clarence.
Hot days and occasional showers persist in Webster County as cotton opens rapidly and farmers expect gains from higher prices. Longtime county commissioners Nicholson Simmons and Ponder are praised for debt repayment, bridges, a jail and taro pipes funded, while Nicholson mourns nephew Nich Alston. Local residents discuss health, travel, and plans for summer in Georgia.
Preston's cotton, raised by John Terry of Webster, weighed 513 pounds and graded middling fair, bought by J. R. Stapleton & Co. for 10 cents per pound. D W Nicholson finished three bales from his patch. The town notes religious meetings, baptisms, illness, and local politics, including R A Bell elected County Commissioner to fill an unexpired term.
Jim Harden, known as a great horse trader, was arrested Sunday night at the residence of Mr. Jack Pry by Sheriffs Davis of Webster and Holder of Stewart. He was taken to jail in Stewart County by Sheriff Holder.
A welcome shower refreshed Plains of Dura as cotton opens. Projections hint at a bale per five acres. A Lebanon Church revival draws many, led by Rev Underwood. Several residents and visitors are mentioned with sickness, travels, and family visits, including Miss Lee Chappell and Miss Bessie Allen. Sonny.
Farmers strive to raise funds by selling stock and increasing crop yields. They plant two rows of peas for every row of corn to learn farming value and improve efficiency.
Ricutano notes a week of heavy rains boosting crop prospects though more rain still needed. A Georgia migration swap shows Johnpreeville ties, Robt Saville to run the gin, and NIcholson buys Tracy’s store. Townsfolk and visitors share events from Lonvale to Preston, with church elections and a child’s sudden death prompting condolences.
August weather brings fine rain and turnip sowing as Scarborough and Jones haul fish baskets each Monday. J T Usry may trade his farm near there for 8 P Jones’s land as he contemplates Texas. Preacher visits, singing, and youth addresses planned while the county poor farm needs attention. Cotton on light lands suffers but some large guano patches yield seed cotton. Local fever cases appear, residents discuss political hopes, and farm management calls for more guano and home-made manure.
The Dawson area reports rapid cotton movement but expects a smaller crop due to rust and hot dry weather. Almer C Hill of near Bronwood notes a twenty percent drop, predicting about half a crop if conditions persist. Dr J A Woods and wife were injured when their buggy horses bolted at the Dawson depot. Aunt Martha Giles cares for them at the Cheatham residence. Sam Carter, freed in error, is recaptured and must serve six more months. County court sentences for petty larceny are noted, and P L Southerland awaits bond. Moore and Griggs organize a law partnership near the new Hatcher building. The Dawson cornet band is slated to perform in town.
Dawson Guards receive an invitation to the Piedmont Fair in Atlanta next October and will be reviewed by President L E Welch Jr and T J Nelson of Albany. Town notes cyclists from Albany travel twenty five miles in about two and a half hours. Visitors include Walter Dozier and sister Annie of Quitman county and others from Smithville Savannah Americus and Hartsboro. Post office moved to Kempner store. Dawson reports sixty bales of cotton this season versus last year, selling for 8 cents.
August 22 Lumpkin reports a string of illnesses including J J Thompson and F A Bush with Thompson improving under care, Judge Loved Bryan dies after long illness and served as County School Commissioner, infant of J E Bridges dies in Randolph County, a confrontation between J H Hartsfield and a negro ends with Hartsfield injured, Robt Hartfield shoots at assailant, and several social visits and greetings from residents like Dan Bradley and Mrs J A Thornton Jr.
Frank Pardy and David Sherman two Indian printer boys at the Genoa Neb Indian School aim to raise 250 dollars to outfit a small printing press for issuing a school paper named Pipe of Peace. Their subscription is endorsed by the school superintendent.
Paty received her first bale of cotton on Thursday from Hamp Stevens and stored it at W. D. Murray's house while room repairs at Knollton's mill top gave way injuring Knollton and his 12 year old son Hiram. A turnpike camp meeting was hindered by the day’s events. The community notes include furlough news for Capt. Waterhouse of the E and reports of local residents visiting kin and traveling for the meeting.
In Shiloh Sainon on August 23 residents report caterpillar damage to cotton, heavy rains ruining crops, and prices insufficient to keep homes supplied. N. P. Heone ginned several bales. Julius Turner of Texas spoke on unity for the Farmers Alliance. Hog losses and local stock protection concerns rise as portions of Muckalee swamps threaten livelihoods.
Bronwood Aug 24. Last night in company with Porter of Bronwood we drove to Smith and saw the game between Americus and Albany. I backed Albany and advise the club to challenge again for the town hall or a charming scene by Station ladies who visited Mrs. J. J. ilk. The place folks returned last Monday to their reg and Rev ML B L Binion assisted Rev Mr Martin of Bar county at the church meeting. Mr J T Lawhorn and a saddle lady of Dawson are visiting relatives. Cotton is coming in and buyers are paying notes. we are confident.
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