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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1886
Page
5
J A and D F Davenport of Americus Georgia promote fresh garden seeds from Landreth's and the Southern Seed Company plus patent medicines and toiletries. Special low prices targeted at country stores are emphasized along with complexion powders.
Americus recorder presents a condensed timetable for A P and L and B B lines with rail connections. It lists outbound and inbound times from Lumpkin Richland Preston Plains Americus and Buena Vista with daily departures and arrivals and notes a May changes to the schedule and mall departures.
The Well reports Mr. Sloan struggles to remove casing from a well as jacks fail to lift it. progress is made but the casing breaks. A Cotton Club forms in the city, linking cotton buyers and those connected with the trade, planning an annual spring frolic for members, with details to come.
Orrizen appeals to Americus readers to attend Friday evening’s festival at Armory hall with free admission. Ladies will provide a substantial supper and delicacies, with proceeds to buy new books. The Library is praised as a town pride and reading habit maker. a $1 three month reading membership is offered.
Macon cor lines report a lively Americus scene with many Stewart county visitors, a new road benefits, and optimism in business. Ellas and others move. an 80 strong local turnout. a baby boy born at Tom Cobb’s home. Prof White’s Agricultural Convention remarks draw Augusta and Columbus reaction. excursion trains bring crowds. civic meetings shift start time. immigration and land trade chatter. a New York move ends a 30 year Americus residence.
Burglars forced entry at J W Wheatley Co bank in Americas. A powder and a hole near the vault were found but failed to open the safe. The suspect, Davenport, was arrested in Fort Valley with burglar tools and an old path of disguise. He was bound over to superior court in 5000 dollars.
The Eltaville Enterprise editor A J Harp was in town with a string of acquaintances from Macon and Texan trips. Miss Myris Hill and sister Jars and others were noted as passing through. New York Store manager Julius Lut arrived with family and began duties. Simon hints at large stock and low prices in Americus while others plan visits to New Orleans and Chicago.
The past week brought inter town exchanges as Americus and Lumpkin people toured each other, praised the Americus Preston and Lumpkin Railroad, and noted plans for future business ties. Delegations from Americus enjoyed Lumpkin and shared admiration for its growth and for Mr. George W. Glover's Opera House. The message commends Col. Samuel H. Hawking for advancing the project and notes strong spirit of regional cooperation, with upcoming May 26 meeting at Andersonville and efforts to boost Sunday School work.
A brief classified notice offers a good buggy of best manufacture for sale. Enquire at this office for details.
A giant oak near Cortivelli, Georgia, astonishes onlookers with its immense girth of seventeen and a half feet and two equal branches. Major Walter Daley aided in measuring the base circumference, noting the tree’s impressive height and generous shade. The clipping mentions unrelated commercial notes about silk, piano prices, and embroidery, reflecting a mixed newspaper page.
The column recounts a New York cotton price note from J P Coates, a sermon by Rev Sam Jones offering $500 for sworn proof of not going to heaven, and a Windsor burial of Dad Freeman aged 129 with 186 descendants. Relic claims of others reach 127 years. Local chatter mixed with curious odds and ends.
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