Southern Georgia Towns and Town Gossip
A fragmented local column from Sumter County recounts village chatter and social goings on in Americus and nearby areas. It mentions love, rivalries, quilting requests, a young man teased about courting seven ladies at a Sunday School dinner, and notes on graduates from Americas. The piece closes with a rural aside and a cryptic signature.
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Jon
June
Miss Ida
Huntington
Tle
America
Lee Street
Quilter
Ling
Sbe
Americas
Clay County
Sumter
Job
Urre
Democrats risk in renominating Cleveland amid fears of his death
The Philadelphia Record notes Republicans mock the Democrats by predicting Cleveland's possible death from apoplexy or cholera within five years. It contrasts Washington and later presidents, arguing Democrats have fared better in office while anti Democratic presidents faced two natural deaths and two assassinations in thirty six years. The piece quips on fate shaping political outcomes.
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Philadelphia
Cleveland
George Washington
Caele Mose and the Schley county vote story
From Schley County, the article visits Caele Mose now aged and freed for over twenty years. It recounts his public idling at the Springs with two girls, fortune telling, and sharp talk on race and voting rights. It notes community events including school arrangements, local elections, and a tallier census showing 713 white and 1107 colored children. The piece closes urging a July 4 gathering on Mose’s rights.
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Pers An
Dine H
Caele Mose
Omavnea Jimgde
Schley
Segars
Royals
Messrs
Baldwin
McCrory
Murphy
Rainey
Singletary
G.T. Walker
Schley County
Sunday School Picnic at Rochelle Draws County Crowd
A Sunday school picnic was held in Rochelle on Friday organized by Rochelle schools with wide county participation. The program opened with song, remarks by Superintendent A M Baily, and an address of welcome by Master Oliver Boynton. Prof J I Lee spoke on Sunday Schools and their effects, followed by Rev A A Andrews and others. A grand barbecue dinner and afternoon songs closed the gathering as attendees dispersed.
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Rochelle
Academy
A. M. Baily
Oliver Boynton
J. I. Lee
A. A. Andrews
W. B. Mathews
Seville
J. W. Mashburn
A Voice From Schley on County Nomination Rules
A Schley county reader protests the Executive Committee's nomination plan for county offices and a state senate post. He warns it could suppress voter choice, encourage independent or Black candidate challenges, and urges a broad, democratic primary open to all voters to avoid dictatorial control.
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Behley
Schley
Noming
Schley County
Will the Farmers Alliance Antagonize the Democracy
An Andersonville reader defends the Farmers Alliance, saying it is not political and aims to oppose monopoly while aiding bankrupt Georgia farmers. He notes the alliance has grown to about 100,000 members, with eleven sub alliances in Sumter county, and urges readers not to misrepresent the movement. He claims the alliance is nonpartisan and essential to local reform.
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Defenda
the Alliance
Andersonville
Epior ReconDkr
Farmers’ Alliance
Jackson
State Alliance
Alliance
Georgia
Sumter County
Reepbork
Buena Vista extension railroad contract expected soon
Several railroad contractors were in the city last night to inspect the Buena Vista extension project. The contract for building the line is expected to be let soon, likely this week. Trains may run from Buena Vista to Columbus by mid September.
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Buena Vista
Buena Vista Road
Columbus Enquirer-Sun
Tadpole hunt and insect woes in Huntington
Last Saturday a group spent most of the day catching tadpoles in a pond while battling mosquitoes and gnats. Mrs. G W Morgan of Huntington visited Mrs J 3 Summerford at Cobb. Morgan returned home Monday and Miss Nannie will remain for the week with Lorrie Loves.
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E. T. Kinney
Frank Cook
Lee County
I. D. Graves
E. M. Butt
Buena Vista
J. H. Lumpkin
Americus
Hamp Stevens
Columbus
A. P. Wooten
W. T. Weaver
Botteford
Katie
Annie Dozier
Georgetown
B. B. Perry
J. J. Hill
Bronwood
Minnie McLaster
Dawson
Perote
Ala
Guineaville
W. E. Riordan
Eufaula
Wiil
Jesse B. Bragan
Birmingham
P. E. Tucker
Randolph County
Blanche Cox
Macon
J. W. Wooten
Annis Pilabury
P. S. Twitty
Cuthbert
JA. F
Hustington
G. W. Morgan
Huntington
Nancy Barwick
Prices of Provisions and Local Schedule Summary
Prices of provisions list various staples with unit prices including flour sugar coffee salt corn tallow hides chickens pea meal bran hay and syrup. Also includes a brief note on local railroad schedule for Americat March and connections heading north toward Cincinnati and Jacksonville with trains listed by destination and line.
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Virginia
Georgia
Teonts & Yard
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Geo. W. Johnson
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J.G. Armstrong
Atlanta
J. M. Paulk
W. E. Christie
J. W. Brown
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