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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1890
Page
2
The Columbus Enquirer Sun discusses Ohio’s Democratic governance, a deadly Clinton cyclone in Kentucky with 11 dead and 53 injured, anticipated freezing weather, and mixed regional news. It mentions a census supervisor appointment, crop receipts, public school progress in Montezuma, resignations, and suggested editorial strategies on the negro question.
Subscriptions and right of way work led by Judge R F Watts push a Abbeville to Waycross railroad extension. The plan aligns with an independent route from Abbeville through Wilcox Trwin and Ware counties toward Waycross, seizing an Atlanta and Florida extension toward Jacksonville. Col S H Hawkins may serve as president. project aims to complete 276 miles of line, connecting to deep water via Savannah and tying Atlanta to Jacksonville.
A northern bias claims drinkers are common in the South and temperate people in the North. The piece cites Georgia with 1467 saloons versus Ohio's 14213, noting Georgia has one saloon per 276 voters, while Ohio has one per 50. It argues one third of Georgia’s population is illiterate and that many counties have no liquor sales. It also discusses Faulkner’s World’s Fair bill proposing a Washington expo with a 15 million appropriation and criticizes Northern Republicans’ actions toward the South while praising Southern growth in cotton, sugar, coal, and iron.
The South's farmers, forming alliances to control cotton prices, report rising independence from trusts. They plan timed sales, hold stocks during price dips, and aim to dictate terms as high prices tempt speculative selling. The movement gains confidence after beating the jute bagging cartel and envisions broader regional cooperation.
An unusually severe winter across the nation brings back lingering cold. A Sunday cyclone in St Louis causes heavy property loss and multiple deaths. Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska endure blizzards with drifting snow and blocked railways. Kansas City starts with freezing rain, Omaha reports two to four foot drifts, and Des Moines records six inches of snow.
Georgia begins a systematic census of agriculture manufacturing and stock raising. The Agriculture Department will send blanks to tax receivers for complete data under a new act. English capitalists bought Hartwell Tarver lands in Twiggs County, planning 50 acre farms with houses for English emigrants, to be managed by Col. Thomas P. Stovall and Tarver as agent.
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