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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1887
Page
5
Bottetard and Providence closes Wednesdays and Saturdays at 6 00 p m Hudson closes Friday at 6 00 a m Lamar and Job closes Tuesdays and Fridays at 5 05 p m The above arrangements will continue until change in railroad schedule J O Roney P M
Charlie Huntington, the young son of Col C A Huntington, accidentally shot himself Monday afternoon. The load struck his hand and face, but doctors report the wound painful yet not dangerous.
Four handsome new coaches arrived yesterday for the A P L railroad. They are finely finished inside and out and will greatly enhance the road’s rolling stock. The addition brings total cars to about fifty box cars, roughly twenty five flats, seven coaches, and four first class locomotives to pull them.
Alderman W P Burt tendered his resignation to the board at their regular meeting Monday night and it was accepted. He has long served on the council as a zealous and efficient officer. An election will be held to fill the vacancy. Another member is expected to resign at the next meeting due to time demands of the duties.
A city warehouse received sixty bales of cotton Tuesday morning from the A P L railroad, likely more than all Sumter county planters hold now. The shipment, the largest for a single firm, will boost local merchants as proceeds are spent in town. Disease prompt remedy noted with Ritchie Coussens Honey of Tar as an effective cough and throat medicine.
Thirteen carloads of guano were in the depot awaiting shipment to A P L railroad stations. Judge Speer and family moved from Church Street to Jackson Street near the college. A crowd attracted by a goat drove the city market. Almanac advice links 1881 and 1887. A silver water-set was bought for a McCrory Berry wedding gift. Master Mechanic Rees overhauled box cars into sleeping “palace boudoir” cars for the A P L shops.
Messrs A C Beil and A J Buchanan through counsel filed a bill of injunction before Judge Fort in Americus city council stoppin bond issuance for a water works system. The issue was settled by a large December election majority. Judge Fort granted a temporary injunction until the 12th when the case will be heard on its merits.
The cotton season wanes and handlers prepare to depart for home and recreation as Americus anticipates a next crop of forty thousand bales. George Stevenson urges perseverance as a path to success while noting the benefits claimed by users of Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for liver issues impure blood and chronic lung disease with health improvements reported by many.
The arrangements committees met at the Y M C A to plan for the State Sunday School Association. Rev A B Campbell selected as orator for the welcome. meetings to be held in the Methodist Church. a children's mass meeting planned for Friday with a seven member organizing group. City divided into four wards for delegate canvassing. finance committee named led by M Speer with M Callaway and N G Prince. secretary to inform papers.
A Sunday afternoon Presbyterian church gathering discussed hosting the State Sunday School Association in the city. Speakers Maj. M. Speer Rev. A. M. Williams and Mr. Lott Warren urged a warm welcome. A planning committee from multiple churches was formed at the Y M C A for the 2d inst. afternoon session. The committee includes J W Wheatley and others. The notice also touts Tabler's Buckeye Ointment as a cure for piles.
The Lumpkin Independent notes a shift in farmers’ trade from Columbus to Americus as banking facilities improve. It contrasts warehouse credit with cash loans at 1 percent to 1 percent per month, enabling farmers to finance supplies and obligations more flexibly. The piece highlights a new era of borrowing via banks and plain notes backed by security, reducing prior costs and heavy storage and insurance charges. The excerpt also includes a lengthy obituary poem honoring Memory of Mise Yousine Stewart, reflecting on loss, faith, and consolation.
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