07 Feb 1889
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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1889
Page
1
Advertisements detail local notices about publication rates and conditions for announcements. No discrimination or favoritism is evident as notices outline general publishing terms for death notices and other announcements with standard rates and timing.
Americus is Sumter County's county seat in Georgia, a growing center of commerce and farming. It lies in a rich agricultural belt with crops such as cotton, corn, rice, and various fruits, supported by a developing railroad network and an active timber and manufacturing sector. The city boasts schools, churches, a library, an opera house, and a fire department. Residents welcome immigrants and promise opportunities for traders and farmers alike.
Public notice announces a municipal election in Americus on February 0 under city rules to decide whether to issue bonds of 35000 at 6 percent interest for thirty years to fund a sewerage system. Voters choose For Bonds or Against Bonds on ballots, per Mayor Felder’s order at the February meeting.
City council meets with Mayor Felder and aldermen present. Minutes approved. Street committee backs Patterson Street extension and a new street from Church Street to the guano factory. Award of 450 to Dr Hawkins for Church Street correction accepted. Gas lamps to be alternated. bids for city printing sought. Numerous petitions referred to committees. Notice prepared for March bond election of 1 000 dollars with specific ballot wording. Several sidewalks, lamp, and building permit issues addressed. Council adjourns after approving payments and routine business.
The report surveys Abbeville and Rochelle on the S A M road eastern division. It notes Abbeville as a healthy, scenic county seat with new docks, mills, and a promising river-boat yard. Rochelle is described as an old town expanding with a two-story hotel, mills, warehousing, and active merchants. Senator/observer Alk signs off, praising hospitality and future prospects.
A plan by D A Tompkins of Charlotte proposes forming savings fund building associations to finance cotton factories. Subscribers buy shares with small weekly assessments, forming a company loaned to fund mills. Charlotte already hosts two mills on this plan, with Rock Hill and Piedmont areas following.
Read like a mosaic of small notes from Georgia towns. Pension news from Dr H J Smith of Blackshear, a veteran of the Mexican War, with a $200 back pension and about $100 yearly thereafter. Col J C Nichols also from Blackshear reports pecan trees thriving, prompting expansion of his orchard. Jekyl Talents Club guests now allowed to shoot five pheasants each, earlier opening than expected. Cary Cobb of Whicox county suffered a thumb injury that worsened to rose cancer and led to amputation, then death last Sunday. Mr Cobb leaves wife and four children. Also scattered items mention slang ads, a secretary’s forthcoming role, and Mr Anderson saving 10,000 pounds of pork.
J. R. McKenney of Cobb county reports his son raised pigs over twelve months then killed a fat litter of eleven pigs averaging pounds each. He mentions a hog ring selling for 27 dollars, with one pig sold, one kept, and one remaining.
Applicants for the state experimental farm are reported from Bibb Coweta Greene Monroe Pike Putnam and Floyd counties and include the State University at Athens as part of the group.
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