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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1885
Page
5
Collector and Solicitor MM Folsom is duly authorized to manage all business transactions for the Rx company. All dealings in his name will be recognized and accepted by the proprietor, ensuring proper authorization and conduct of affairs.
A collage of local items reports rain in the region, exams and school openings, travels of merchants and officials, wedding and festival chatter, crop prospects, and small-town commerce. Names include Capt. Bell, Prof. A. J. Clark, Mr. C. L. Peacock, Walter Brown, J. D. Sheppard, and W. H. Cosby with mentions of Andersonville, Ellaville, Preston, Americus, and Macon.
The Sunday School Executive Committee of Sumter County 8 invites all lovers of the work to attend next Tuesday at the monthly meeting. Officers and teachers from all county Sunday Schools should send or bring their names for the county list. B. H. Wirkinson, Sevy 5. 0. 8. 8.
A seven mile dove shooting party reports scores led by Will Mims with 13 and Jim Wilkins 10. Bugg Chapman fails with goose egg. Also notes brush artists working on Walter Taylor advertisement at J. W. Guerry’s corner halted by owner. Lost gold sleeve buttons on Americus to Ellaville road marked W H Davis. fishing tale from Dooly County recounts sixteen rock fish totaling 105 pounds. Seed and feed sale at I H Winous.
Mr Z T Baisden of Schley County reports a fish culture observation on July 1. A red eye fish brood hatched numbering about one thousand to fifteen hundred. The diminutive fry were very small and guarded by the mother who nourished them from the gill filament as a mammal from milk. She kept them in the nest at night and buried them in sand and trash. He believes one fish per brood母 could be raised each season with proper care.
The notice warns readers to heed the invitation and consider inducements before purchases, stressing that ignoring advice may lead to grief. It mentions Joan RB and Davenport's Drug Store as sources offering best fame toilet powders and toiletries.
A group outing near Barlow Mills ends in mishap as steps collapse on the gin house stairs while four men share jokes and a jackfish memento. One buggy wash clears mud while others rescue toppled climbers. The scene blends fishermen stories with a tongue in cheek recounting of a picnic. Davenport's Drug Store advertises fresh compounding at reasonable prices.
A faded historic tin type from Messrs. O. J. Hawking and George Foster, taken by Blackshear & Larimore, shows a well preserved likeness. The item accompanied notes on local music selections from Gospel Hymns and prayer volumes for the county Sun Sunday School Association meeting at Bottsford.
A committee rejected a cotton bale as not matured and sold it privately for 5 cents per pound after a prior auction plan. The text notes a $100 bale in Houston and remarks on Mr Jones and old stock. It then covers County Sunday School events with meetings set for August and Bottsford, praising the association’s growth and upcoming convention songs.
A private letter reveals the escape of a Colquitt county jail prisoner in Moultrie. Arrested for a misdemeanor, the man fled en route to jail, was recaptured days later, and remained in jail eight days on public expense before breaking out again with tools supplied by an aiding individual. This marks a second similar escape from the same jail noted as built on a cooperative accommodation plan.
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