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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1890
Page
4
A writ of habeas corpus for Joe Dudley was heard in Superior Court. Judge Allen Fort denied the motion and set bond at 500 dollars, not yet posted. The Macon County Alliance store fight involves Oglethorpe and Montezuma with a vote to place the store in Montezuma.
Chief Lingo reports a Baltimore inquiry about Frank Wadkins, last heard from in Americus, with police unable to trace him. The Military Company elected F. W. Smith, Prof. Gee, Winkler, T. R. Slappy, D. B. Hill, L. B. Tower, and Jesse Cooper as members. Uniform bid from Pettibone Manufacturing Company accepted at 24.65 per uniform.
Mr. R. H. Daniel handed us a ripe mulberry yesterday and we consider it the first of the season. If the weather stays mild the tree will bear until next October. The mulberry and its wood gain notice as a tasty berry and furniture material. It is a hearty tree in this region.
The P C Clegg Fire Company, still young, is seen as seasoned by recent wins. They plan and complete an engine house near the 8 A M depot on Jackson Street to serve both the city and college hill. Also noted is the poor Spring Street railroad crossing and bad approaches to the fret bridge over the Muckajee. The riverbank washout near the last bridge continues. council will discuss the issue next Monday with interested parties.
Manager Glover plans season stage changes at the opera house to remove two large posts that support the roof and to reconfigure dressing rooms. The changes aim to increase usable space and allow larger troupes to use the venue without bringing their own scenery.
In Wilcox County Superior Court Judge Allen Fort Thureday granted a new trial for Mary Ann Barlow in her damage suit against Central railroad. Motions for new trials for Hill Thomas and Sam Valentine were overruled. A further motion for new trial in Walter Ford arson case was continued to the March term. The court adjourned until Saturday for further pew trials in other cases.
In fresh market notes strawberries are plentiful while several citizens enjoy English pens. Mr W M Pilcher stands out with corn stalks eighteen inches high and a nearby acre of similar corn. He also brought a large gympion weed three feet tall bearing five burs, signaling growth this season.
Washington reports reveal Georgia Republican Col. Jack Brown alleges the Americus postmaster Dudley was a personal Harrison appointment to keep Buck’s Georgia bloc in line. Brown says Dudley paid his own Chicago expenses while Buck allocated funds to others, ending with Dudley placed on Harrison’s ticket amid intra party bargaining.
The follow head and piston head of the street railway engine at the electric plant, destroyed days ago, remain unrepaired. Parts proving hard to obtain in Atlanta were ordered from Elmira New York. The electric light engine, a duplicate, is used at night and parts are shared, causing temporary stoppage of street cars until replacements arrive. The flaw in the casting, not motormen, caused the accident.
Thursday Tom Stallings sent George Myers a boy to obtain seventy dollars from his brother. The boy returned with fifty dollars and claimed to have lost the rest. Stallings had him arrested for larceny after trust. Judge J B Pilsbury dismissed the case yesterday afternoon for insufficiency of evidence to convict.
Charles Davis, day operator at the Central depot, has resigned to join C. M. Wheatley & Co. He will assume new duties as soon as a successor is found.
A rumor linked Bill Pledger to a $1200 check stolen from a Georgia Loan and Trust Company letter sent by Russell & Hughes in Athens. The Athens office reports no theft, stating the $1200 amount was mistakenly omitted from an enclosure and is now on deposit in Athens. The investigation found no theft occurred.
In Leesburg, a group of young men followed dogs hunting a mystery through mud and briars. They cornered a huge rattlesnake and, after dispatching it, brought the reptile home only to uncover a fox squirrel found inside the snake. The boys believe the dogs traced the squirrel all along, not the snake.
Sad death reported in Milledgeville as Mrs E E Hamilton, wife of Mr 8 W Coney, passed away after a year of mental alteration. The community remembers her kind, sweet disposition and the loving ties with her husband and two children. Her loss is deeply mourned by many friends and relatives in the city.
On Sunday the Milam bootlegger Dowdy killed a man in a shootout at a blind tiger on the B A M road. Reports say he fled the country then. Later notes say he plans to hold the fort until ready to move and remains at Milam defying arrest while packing goods for shipment by rail.
Brakemen on freight trains express skepticism about the Thurmond automatic coupler saying it sometimes pulls open. They believe future inventions can improve the device and make it a successful invention despite current shortcomings.
Mr. R. E. Cobb finished a very pretty six room residence in the city yesterday. He intends to rent it to a young married couple and says it is too pretty for an old couple. The Cape May Pony is warranted not to throw the rider at J W Mizn.
Tim and Lee Allen head the Mardi Gras party returning from New Orleans where they toured the Mint, Spanish Fort, cotton exchange, St Louis Cathedral and Hemischenis cigar factory. They described crowded hotels and grand parades while the rest of the group arrived later after missing a transfer in Montgomery.
A merchant recalls women being more sensitive about bills and credits than men. Customers often rush to pay small items then dispute the final balance, insisting they have already settled charges like cloaks while merchants explain the need for accurate debt and credit on each bill.
The Treatie Gang led by Capt. A R Coulter pitched tents across Muckalee trestle on the 8 A M road with two pile drivers two steam engines and a large workforce. They plan to raise the Muckalee trestle twenty five feet and level it with a nearby long trestle then widen and rebuild trestles and bridges toward Richland and Americus. A big Alabama contract is also sought for over a year of work. May you live long and prosper.
Real estate transfers show Mr. F. A. Hooper buying a building lot on College street in the lawn property and plans to start construction of a handsome residence soon.
The article recounts Capt. J Adderton’s shave memory from a Virginia battlefield dawn. He describes grim scenes, noting comrades and officers nearby as Civil War events unfold. Now aged, his beard has grayed, yet he jokes he may not shave again.
A party at Central depot notices small holes in wheel rims of several freight cars. A railroad man explains early iron wheel casting used to shrink during cooling. An inventor added a tin pipe in the mould forming a hole, around which metal contracted, enabling a new wheel design and making him a fortune.
A drummer in the city spent weeks on a spree but, after medical treatment, regained health and resumed duties before leaving town. It was his first spree in four years and his life was saved during treatment. He attempted to obtain liquor by any means. friends seized his money, yet he incurred a bar bill over eleven dollars. A Black boy aided by escorting him, but the drummer still obtained alcohol.
Tom Guice and W F Mims purchased from W T Mims the Lee street residence lot. W T Mims will erect a handsome two story residence on the adjoining lot. Lieut W W Wheeler will build a two story residence on his adjacent property. Improvements will boost neighborhood value.
The Americas Improvement and Manufacturing Company's capital stock is rapidly being subscribed. Books remain open but public subscriptions will close within several days, after which the syndicate will take the remaining stock.
A white man, posing as a United States Post Office inspector, mingled with Black residents in Mountain Pik. He registered at Hawkins House as Robinson from Atlanta, was found intoxicated, refused to reveal details, and left for Atlanta after being watched by white locals. The episode raised concerns about surveillance of Black communities.
The Baptist ladies near completion of preparations for a tent to be pitched on John R. Shaw's Taylor street lot. It will be floored with seating for the usual congregation plus guests and strangers and be lit by gas until the church is finished in November after starting work March first.
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