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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1890
Page
2
The Americus Recover Daily and Weekly publications note circulation in southwest Georgia, with the Weekly on Fridays at 410 per year, and the Daily at 1600 per year. Other items mention Albany's Chautauqua funding, federal convictions in Georgia, national political maneuvers, and regional commentary on elections and finances.
The Camilla Clarion editor, a practical farmer and preacher, urges farmers to expect best but prepare for worst. He warns against expanding cotton acreage, promotes raising corn, potatoes, hay and livestock, and condemns credit-driven gambling in farming as unsafe and unsustainable.
Letters from citizens favor a large hotel and a factory as key next ventures to foster Americus growth and prosperity, with confident talk of completing both within the year under proper management. The piece also notes editor John Bemple Graves considering a ministry, pensions paid to disabled soldiers last year, and a resigning Georgia Railroad Commission chair.
The Atlanta Chronicle accuses some lawmakers of taking bribes from nonresident railroad magnates, but the Columbus Enquirer-Sun calls for named evidence. It argues a blanket accusation harms all legislators and urges proof and accountability.
A retrospective look by the Recorder imagines Americus in 1900 with a growing rail network from Savannah to Montgomery and Jacksonville. It describes a booming cityscape: factories, electric rail extending from Brookly Heights to East Americas, a hundred thousand dollar hotel, a grand Masonic temple, a thriving public square, a major post office, wholesale firms, a 25,000 volume library, numerous churches, and a busy Daily Recorder with telegraphic dispatches. It envisions a bright future ten years hence and notes a push for public good and local politics including a Dodge county candidate and the relocation of captive Apaches.
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