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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1890
Page
5
Cotton market at Americus Georgia on December 3 1890 shows quiet trading. Only the total bales received to date are listed with no active price movement or demand noted. The brief market status suggests muted activity in the local cotton market.
The friends of Hon. John B. Felder announce him as a candidate for Mayor subject to the Democratic primary. Felder is presented as well known and unendorsed in this formal announcement.
City property assessors C C Hawkins George Stapleton and Arthur Rylander met last night to settle pending matters. The consolidated city valuation has been publicized, showing a near million and a half increase and a rise from two and a half to four million in a single area, a result the community remarks with pride. They planned to settle old assessments and appoint arbitrators for disputed cases.
A group plans forming a driving club in Americus to promote horse racing and track use. They aim to build a track along the Leeton streetcar line, claim local horses may surpass West Georgia stock, and seek early completion with skilled cigar makers supplying orders. Manager A Allison, Anderson, and Wannoox are listed among organizers.
A large Americus gathering at the opera house endorsed Democratic primaries for city officers. An executive committee to run the primaries was named with ward representatives and a city at large member, and a Friday meeting of the county committee was scheduled.
A North South immigration gap is described with railroads offering cheap trips West while South links to labor issues. Col Albert H Cox of Atlanta is praised for a labor plan using deferred wages to bind colored workers to farms, boosting crops and land. Three court cases reveal genteel alcohol concerns and a light verdict.
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