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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1888
Page
7
Carter's Son promotes low prices on men and ladies shoes. The Man's $3.00 Lace Button Elastic shoe, Calf leather, no seams, perfect fit, long wear. Ladies' $2.60 Kid Button Box-Toe offers superior fit and style. Planters' Shoe at $2.00 for plantation use, easy wear and durability.
The past year brought major improvements to Americus. Rail expansions extended lines to the Ocmulgee river and Buena Vista, with onward aims toward Savannah and Columbus. A new courthouse cost 35000 without debt, banks and investment firms formed, a telegraph exchange grew, water works and gas plans emerged, merchants moved in, wholesale houses opened, and cotton receipts rose to 35000 bales as immigration and trade prospered.
Washington dispatch recalls Georgia Senator Brown and Maryland Senator Gorman sharing a luncheon table amid a New York interviewer furor. Brown teases Gorman about tariff views while Bassett, the Doorkeeper, is praised for his calm. A humor-filled exchange ends with Brown hinting at a sharper barb from a NY reporter. Mentioned notes cover Amherst freshmen smoking, a Phillipsburg tax scare, a Liverpool wire rope for coal mines, and Masai hunting lore.
Spicy correspondence from Bravereeer & Curtis and Mr Sidney W. Curtis of New York declines handling Americus bonds. The letters rail at Georgia’s past corruption and repudiation, arguing public sentiment would block municipal debt, while defending the South’s political scapegoats and banking caution amid rail road bond scandals.
Hon C C Sheppard of Americus, former Sumter County treasurer, called at our office on Tuesday. He is long a respected citizen of Washington and remains a loyal reader of the Herald, paying up to December 1888. He spoke of Americus growth, railroad extensions, and improved cotton receipts rising from 21,000 to 82,000 bales this season.
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