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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1888
Page
4
The Americus Daily Recorder and Weekly Recorder publish in Americus Georgia report the Daily Bread cigar offer and local notices. News items include a depot burglary confession, Judge Fort moving to the new courthouse, and a Farmers Alliance meeting set for the first Thursday in April with secretary R R Howe note.
Captain Lyman Hall, former Moreland Park Academy student, trains the Gate City Guards of Atlanta under Captain C. L. Anderson for a May drill in Austin, Texas, with confidence they will be well drilled.
The Americus Telephone Exchange distributed cards listing new subscribers as its customer base swells. With sixty three current subscribers, an increase of twenty three in a short period, the exchange readies for reaching one hundred users.
Yesterday ground was broken for the Americus Gas Works by Mr T G Macy of New York engineer of the New York Contract Co. The works will be south of the cotton compress and construction will move forward quickly. Gas light is expected in a few months.
Dawson resident Mr. Jack Carver arrived in Americus with a prized pair of mules. On Saturday Mr. George Council bought the pair for 500 dollars in cash, and he remains confident in the sale, stating he would not return them even for the original price.
Jim Cooper and Rance Turner were detained Sunday on suspicion of stealing a caddy of tobacco from Harrison Fussell’s bar on Cotton Avenue last week. They were discharged after proving where the tobacco in their possession came from. Advertisements for Cotton Ointment for ulcers and old sores from Davenport Bros. and W. F. Hill & Co. January 2.
An 1887 Leavenworth comparison article is contrasted with Americus figures. Americus reports property value at 1 747 120 and a tax rate of 1.16 per $100, including 50 cents for schools and 16 cents for water works. With 6 000 residents, per capita tax is about 3.338 dollars, well below Leavenworth’s level, highlighting Americas advantages in infrastructure and finances.
Waterbury Watches and James Fricker & Bro praise the repaired engine from the A. P. & L. wreck at the turntable. W. A. Gregory’s engine is ready to go out after thorough repairs. Poole and Nix are credited as masters of their craft.
Friday morning a fifteen pound box of tobacco was stolen from behind the counter near the front door. The box was near the door, easily accessible, and the thief likely slipped away while the front room was unattended. A Waterbury Watch reward offer appears for an unspecified recipient.
Early Sunday did robbery at Buchanan & Bell’s grocer shop. Thieves broke a window near the inner wooden bar, gained entry, and escaped with seven pairs of shoes, flour, cigars, coffee, sugar, meat, and other goods. Police on track. expected to bring suspects to justice soon. Also notes include Sumter County Sunday School Association meeting in Americus on Feb 26 1888 with absent delegates and impromptu address by Rev Dr Ryland Kendrick, and a donkey causing trouble during a Michael Strogoff play practice. Fortunes of Sumter county’s new courthouse nearly ready for occupancy with furnishing completed and full account to follow.
A brief note praises Judge Fort for his private office in the new court house. It argues salary concerns are offset by a prestigious private space, urging readers to visit when the court house opens. The ad hints at Budwoeleet beer on draft at the Exchange Bar under Hawkins House.
Maj. M Speer and Rev J O Branch were returning to the city when near Mitchells mill pond a frightened horse shied toward a central rail and entangled the buggy with box cars. The buggy top was torn off, Speer was thrown near the wheels, and the horse was hurled thirty feet into a side track. Branch feared for Speers life as both men escaped serious injury by a narrow margin.
Messrs Thornton Wheatley and J A Hendrick bought the brick block at Jackson and Forsyth and two extra Forsyth lots for 7000 dollars. They plan two brick business houses this summer signaling growth and strong faith in Americus future. Also notes local newspaper shifts and printer shortages at the Enterprise.
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as Nature's laxative, easily taken and highly effective to cleanse the system, relieve biliousness and constipation, and ease headaches and colds. It notes manufacture by the California Fig Syrup Company in San Francisco and sale through Bed Eldridge.
Citizens were surprised by Mr J R Bmapleton of Preston in Americus during the A P L railroad directors meeting. The event was explained when it was learned a twelve pound girl baby arrived at his house. A Waterbury Watch is advertised for 250 and Jaurs Facer & Bno.
In Sumter County the upcoming General Assembly race draws focus on budget and policy questions. Voters seek stances on state road improvements, funding for Joe Brown, tariff relief, farmer alliances, state advertising, and legislative salaries including a dedicated immigration agent with $25,000 yearly. Public officials, candidates, and constituents anticipate answers before ballots.
The committee in charge is at work arranging an instructive program to be issued soon. The first quarterly meeting will be held in the Association rooms on Monday night the 5th inst. Committees will report on progress. Rev J Ryland Kendrick of Poughkeepsie NY, now in the city, has agreed to deliver a lecture at the quarterly meeting with the subject to be announced.
Abbeville Times reports Capt J W Armstrong Mesars A Angleton and F Gouse have arrived and will start work at once on two new boats for the A P and L railroad. One boat to be finished in sixty days and another in ninety days with two more to follow. Each boat will carry 800 bales of cotton. Timbers are being laid at the river as about twenty hands are expected soon. The gentlemen are described as nice and clever.
Connecticut Capitalista Mr 8 C Truber and wife Bridgeport and Mr W H Williams Winstead have been in the city for two days. Truber is a stockholder and director in the Georgia Loan and Trust Co and a banker and capitalist. Williams is a banker and capitalist. They are well pleased with our live little city and with the Georgia Loan and Trust Co business.
A local shop announces a full case of sateens for ladies in lengths from 12 to 20 yards. To open spring trade they offer them at 10e per centary, a bold genuine bargain. Call promptly for offers.
A historical notice urges curbs on youth tobacco use citing rising cigarette consumption among boys, health risks, and a proposed Illinois law imposing a $20 fine for selling to minors. It highlights 2.4 billion cigarettes consumed yearly and notes teachers helped push restricted sales. A local ad promotes Arbuckle's Coffee at 263 per pound.
The remains of Wiley Chambless, long known in the area, were moved from Albany to Alapaha for interment after being thrown from an ox cart while driving near Baldwin County Alabama last Thursday. He died that night at 0:30 from injuries. His body was returned for burial today at Fiat Creek Church in Berrien County after funeral services. The Albany News clipping suggests he formerly lived in Americus and recently visited there.
Savannah correspondent reports President Alexander of the Central Railroad envisions a northward line from Tennille to Milledgeville and a bridge reuse via Oconee to connect Eatonton Covington and Savannah, potentially reaching Atlanta with no new bridge. January earnings rose with gross from 523,691 to 688,008 and net from 147,534 to 234,056, up over 58 percent.
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