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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1889
Page
4
The Leeton Land and Park Company received a charter from the Superior Court now in session. The issue also notes thanks from the Recorder office to Mr. J. M. Collum of Putnam for peaches, and mentions other local items including notices, stock advertisement, and community events.
Buena Vista extension officials led by President Alexander General Manager Belknap and Supt McClintock arrived after a trip to Columbus expressing satisfaction with road conditions Regular trains started on the new line yesterday A basket of fruit from Mrs E G Simmons brightened a randum day The Christian Workers plan an ice cream festival Tuesday the 18th to raise funds for Methodist patronage Male and female straw hats advertised with low prices
Rev. Wm. Lovett of Macon delivered a well received sermon at the Methodist church on Sunday. The 8. A.M. road issued new six percent thirty year gold bonds engraved by the American Bank Note Co. The Nichol son and Council trotting race in Sumter is declared off after a sale of Council’s trotting home for 300 dollars. Bartow Coker dies of typhoid at 21. John L. Adderton reports high corn and cotton fields in the Seventeenth District. Tom Lowe returns stolen pants after indictment. railroad suit Raiford vs Central Railroad verdict for defense. a couple leaves for the county poor house with their possessions.
Friday afternoon an altercation occurred on M. B. Connell’s property near town between Mack Pertee and overseer Mr. Moreland. Pertee shot at Moreland, missed, and Moreland fired back, injuring the negro’s hand and arm with bird shot. Pertee fled, leaving his pistol with Moreland.
An 1881 advertisement states F.C. Carliste offers whiskey guaranteed to be aged and pure, claimed to be received directly from the distillery by R. L. McLrop & Co. The ad is dated May 28 in Americus, Georgia.
The grand jury recommended Capt John L Adderton for the post of justice of the peace ex-officio notary public. The governor will issue the commission after forwarding the recommendation. Also notes Library Association meetings June 3 1889 with Crawford Wheatley and F Wyatt joining, thanks to J C Mathews for engraved Webster before the U S Senate, and donations from Americus Ice Company. Superior Court actions include guilty pleas for carrying a pistol and rape with mercy recommendation, and a big four arson burglary case proceeding. a cough remedy advert concludes.
A local tale recalls several youths taking Jewish friends on snipe hunts with a boy named Fresh later labeled as not so fresh. He recently stayed at a city hotel for weeks and departed without paying his board, prompting the landlord to seek repayment.
The Brultz & Bauer upright grand piano built to order for Carl J. Schneider on Jackson Street arrived Friday and was placed in position. Neighbors on the square heard music Friday evening, and the instrument is praised for workmanship and tone.
Notice from Prof Gannon Superintendent of Public Schools states annual examinations on the morning of the 13th and a night entertainment by white school pupils at the Opera House. Friday the 11th hosts high school graduation exercises, colored schools close Monday the 17th. Parents urged to attend to gauge year progress. Also note on cotton stalk judging by J H Black of the Plains describing a stalk two feet three inches tall with thirty five squares and one bloom and a stalk viewable at the office.
C. B. Byrd, a brokerage and commission agent for Kenesaw Mille Co and McFer ran, Shallcross and Co. celebrated Magnolia bars and lard in a feature detailing local trade and bar offerings.
The Savannah line schedule shows an 8 A M departure and Kansas City Through Line linking to Jacksonville with Florida connection. Contracts for grading trestle and bridge work east of the East Tennessee and Georgia road were let to current contractors, with signings expected Saturday.
John R. Shaw cuts prices across dry goods to clear stock and shifts to clothing and shoes this fall. He promotes new goods at bargain prices and claims to mean business, promising lower prices on sewing machines as well.
A conduct or Bartow Whigham was shot in the head by a negro tramp while confronting two suspects on a moving A M railway train near King's Crossing. Whigham fell, died soon after at Cobb, and a search began for the killer who fled into the woods. The incident sparked a large crowd in Cordele and a return train with Whigham’s body. The shooter’s identity is being pursued, with the pistol reported as a new Smith & Wesson 38 calibre in the possession of the railroad’s general superintendent. The article also notes railroad leadership comments on a large mortgage and Eden extension plans, plus an unrelated claim of perpetual motion by Abraham Champion.
Savannah news reports a renewed campaign to fund the Savannah Americus road at fifty thousand dollars. A reorganized committee of one hundred fourteen members, led by B. Lazaron and J. Young, plans a 4:30 PM meeting at the Board of Trade rooms to boost subscriptions, with twenty thousand already pledged. The effort emphasizes regional growth and trade, urging citizens to support the project to prevent stagnation and preserve economic progress.
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