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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1887
Page
4
Market reports show total yesterday and previous receipts, with Good Middling and Low Middling values. Local ads promote holiday goods and groceries, rail line completion, and notices of a raffle winner. community notes include a death, a scalding accident, Thanksgiving observance, a prospective visitor, and a severe farming accident with a seriously injured child.
After months of delay the Buena Vista and Ellavite line finally shifted terminus from Andersonville to Americus. The first regular train arrived about an hour late, but will soon run on a settled bed. The change gives Marion and Schley counties a strong market, with trade from nearby lines and Buena Vista, boosting Americus’s growth as a trading hub.
Weather clerk Greely predicts a cold snap reaching southwest Georgia by Monday night while Harrold Johnson and Co receive the first freight over the B V E road from LaCrosse to Americus. Twenty three bales of cotton move on the inaugural train, underscoring local commerce and road completion.
An elderly enslaved woman known as Mammy Susan Hollis from North Georgia traveled from Dalton to Americus to visit her former master's grave. She has nursed three generations of the Hollis family and scraped together savings to make the journey, reflecting rare devotion and enduring affection in the old darkey.
A Thursday Thanksgiving Day special on the A P and L railroad carried a group of prominent business men to De Soto for a day of open air activity and hunting. The party was jovial and returned at dusk, satisfied with the day’s sport. the reporter could not determine the number of birds taken.
The Laing case was presented and argued before Judge Fortthorpe with the city involved. The discussion touched on the will and its potential impact, with attention from several days of proceedings and broad public interest in the matter.
A disputed Sumter County Agricultural Society exhibit report prompts questions on missing funds from Piedmont and Macon fairs. A letter to the editor questions money flow, cites a $450 balance, and names a volunteer committee led by Majah. Officials assert amounts and call for accountability while naming the article’s author.
Friday morning policemen arrested four tramps on the outskirts of the city and charged them with vagrancy. In the afternoon they were tried before Judge Pilsbury and released as nothing could be proven. It was believed they stopped briefly while passing through the city and the earlier idea they burned the gin house on Judge McCall plantation was discarded.
Married notice reports Henry Black of Americus and Sumter County united in matrimony with Pugh Howell last Sunday. It notes the community’s surprise and delight at the marriage and places the event in the local social circle.
The Sumter Agricultural Society Exhibit Committee discloses efforts to collect articles, raise funds, and manage display space for Piedmont Exposition. Despite poor local interest, J D Stewart, J F Ross, J E Thomas, Capt J A Cobb, J H Black and others contributed, Atlanta logistics consumed funds, and W L Glessner led shipping and premium efforts securing a 250 prize. Committee notes heavy outlays, partial reimbursements, and no compensation for members while asserting the exhibit was the county’s handsomest. An itemized balance has been filed with the Society president.
The city of Americus has experienced a sustained building boom for over a year with contractors busy to capacity. Local builders report high demand, orders piling up, and a reluctance to take on new work, signaling rapid growth and Americus’s emergence as a future metropolis in southwest Georgia.
The governor proclaims tomorrow Arbor Day in Georgia urging planting for timber scarce areas and fruit trees where timber is abundant. The piece touts climate and soil for fruit growth, notes trees provide shade and beauty, and calls locals to plant to enhance Americus avenues and replace aging trees.
Cousin Joe Roney pushes for better postal service as the Democratic Administration governs. He recently added twenty five new glass plated post office boxes to a growing assortment. Six are largest size four medium and the rest regular letter boxes. The boxes use heavy French plate glass and are noted as strong and durable. Rr- CORCER claims to have helped obtain cheap box rent for residents and more people are using boxes for reliable mail pickup.
News reaches the city of a gin house fire on the Judge McCall Place about seven miles above Americus near Andersonville. The blaze occurred Wednesday night and involved substantial loss including four bales of cotton and a large quantity of seed. details remain unclear as the report continues.
Yesterday morning work began on the Americus Telephone Exchange and by night substantial progress had been made. The new service promises first class day and night operation for subscribers, who now number enough to warrant a modern system. The paper notes a telephone is a reporter in one device and its value will only be fully appreciated after using it.
The Philadelphia North American attacks a reduction of whisky and tobacco taxes while demanding free sugar, salt, lumber, coal, and clothing. It argues Pennsylvania’s tariff policy uses high levies to enrich the state, cites tax burdens on sugar and salt, notes limited home sugar production, and claims clothing costs remain far above British and French prices.
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