Water power claim and farming feats in Georgia
A Georgia paper highlights vast water power potential in Newton county, catalogues large cotton and corn outputs by farmer A T Wiggs, and notes high value of LeConte pear orchards in Dougherty county. It also surveys crop estimates, factory prestige in Augusta, a dental bounty proposal, hog yields in Stewart county, and a Florence doctor known for large hogs and intensive farming practices, with weather and farming notes throughout.
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Stewart County
M.K. Monk
Wil
Race question in the South described by Augusta Chronicle
The Augusta Chronicle asserts the two races should separate with the black man leaving the country, yet we reject this view. It argues white patience and protection for the black man, predicts the Negro’s stay and potential prosperity, while the white man may not suffer. The piece frames the issue as a lasting, managed coexistence rather than conflict.
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Augusta Chronicle
Green
the Chronicle
Relic of barbarism opinion in The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution criticized public executions as barbaric and called for private executions only. It cited spectators drawn to hangings in Americus Ellaville and Marietta, urged legislature to ban public executions, and suggested reporters be excluded from coverage to curb morbid curiosity.
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Atlanta Constitution
Constitution
Americus
Ellaville
Charles Blackman
Georgia
Ed. Frey
Marietta
What a Farmer's Wife Has Done
Mrs. R. J. Bevill of Lowndes County shows farm success in 1888 by selling 275 dozen eggs for 41 dollars and 25 cents, 515 pounds of butter for 128 dollars and 95 cents, poultry proceeds of 10 dollars, and a 306 pound pig worth about 13 dollars, totaling 193 dollars and 20 cents.
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R. J. Bevill
Lowndes County
The South's Great Progress In Industrial Growth Revealed
The Manufacturers' Record details widespread new South enterprise from January to midmonth across states. Projects include Birmingham steel, Georgia coal and iron, Kentucky pottery, Maryland quarrying, Texas coal mining, Virginia zinc, Georgia cotton mills, Alabama woolen mills, and numerous electrical and machine works. The piece portrays a broad, solid boom across the entire South, signaling an era of unprecedented activity.
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South
Gate City
Als
Birmingham
Senator Brown
Georgia
Louisville
Waco
Havre de Grace
Dallas
Tex
Virginia
West Virginia
Roanoke
Douglasville
Emerson
Rome
Newport
Shreveport
Rockham
Corsicana
Coal Andron Company
Lynchburg
Eufaula
Ala
Macon
Alabama
Sheffield
Mammoth Springs
Ark
Atlanta
Lexington
Milledgeville
Americus
Florence
Lumber City
Reforming Politics in Brooks County Alliance Resolution
At a county meeting the Brooks County Alliance adopted resolutions denouncing bribery in elections. It condemns paying money or rewards to influence votes and criticizes hiring Black leaders to sway the colored vote. The group calls for cooperation of Alliance members and law-abiding voters in Georgia.
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Brooks County Alliance
Alliancemen of
Georgia
Georgia Alliance Calls for Bribery Reform Resolutions
The article reports a Georgia Alliance movement urging state press to copy resolutions and use influence to enact reform measures against bribery. It praises the alliance's role in purifying politics and improving public integrity across the state.
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Recorder
Georgia
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Ceoros
Omelal Organ
Sumter County
Helal Grean
Western
Amemired Recorder Jn
DALY
Ikcakoekr Jn
Momhiys
Theomoon
I T
Sumter
Terrell
Steware
Webster
Behl
Newton County
New England
A. T. Wiggs
Dubois
Dougherty County
News and Advertiser
Gordon
Henry Grady
Joe Chandler Harris
Albany
Charleston
New and Courier
News and Courier
Senate
House
Birmingham Daily News
Augusta
Adda
Memphis
Noahville
Senate of the United States
W. W. Davis
Calhoun County Courier
Courier
Morgan
Bucklen
Dr. C. McLane
Abadacee
Molai
Celeing Bos
Pitsburghy
Deorgia
Houmter County
Annie J. Hill
Atedger
W. F. Hill
Court of Ordinary
Ayolva
C. Speer
Thomas
Torbert
David Thomas
Dlamisson
Samter
Nana
Dinmirsion
Seerae County
F. Mask
Filer
Gamer County
Mons Dazio
A. C. Speer
Wenster County
W. L. Clark
Dla. Clark
G. M
Sumcounty
Katt
Ald
Ath
ALC
Speer
Webster County
Fronar
Cosby, Ordinary
B Hawkins
M.D
C. A. Brooks
Sori
Relephong
Churen Street
Furlow Street
Cook’s Pharmacy
Cotton Avenue
Coupes and McGarrah's
W. A. Cook
Ellavills Property
Henry Davis
Nellaville
Americus, Ga
Merrel Callaway
The
Ga. Loan and Trust Co
Advan Dope
SuMtTre County
Coleman
Hee
Treas
Georgia Loan and Trust Co
Psi
W. M. Jones
Notary Public
the Star
STAR
New York
Republic
Weekly Star
Club of Ten
Agenth
Broadway and
Park
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N Fe
Ander
Allen Han Hib
Lockett & Blam
Stabies
Arnold
Stafford
Macoo Telegraph
Murat Sim Rin Estate
Don
Agnes Aycock
Americus GA
Isaac A.sheppard & Co
Baltimore
W. SheMeld &Co
A. Reynolds & Bon
Harris
A. Reynolis & Son
Ofice
Jackson Street
Sturrord, Johnson & Co
Harris & Payne
Novis
St. James Hotel
O. G. Robinson
Dawson, Georgia
Southwest Georgia Agricultural College
Cuthbert
A J. Clark
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