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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1888
Page
5
The Americus column reports on rain and gardens, visits by Macon and Hawkinsville residents, court house preparations, street paving, hotel expansion, and rail shipments. It notes busier RECORDER job offices, barbered gossip, and upcoming court terms while listing local visitors, church and railway traffic, and a growing wholesale market.
Capt T J Brannon of this city preserves his 39th Alabama Regiment report on the March 19 1865 Bentonsville battle the last engagement of Gen Joe Johnston’s army. The document details skirmish actions lines of breastwork and final deployment with Walthall’s Division, noting Brannon’s service from private to captain and his wartime mementos.
Judge Fort affirms the stock law in 789th District G. M. of Sumter County after reviewing objections to a petition for election and notice. The court holds the ordinary’s declaration that the law is in force stands, finding the irregularities non fatal and the defendant rightful in possession pending damages.
Mr. C. G. King a planter of Terrell county had a tumor removed by the Specialist on Thursday. He avoided chloroform and blood loss to suit his planting duties and returned home Sunday with a nurse. Also noted were operations for growth over the eye and a throat growth for Miss Genevieve dams' daughter. Several others are under treatment for ostarch and ear and throat diseases.
The Camilla Clarion hails the new Americus Sumter courthouse as a magnificent structure and a good example for other counties. It notes the editor's thorough examination and frames the building as a benefit to the people, representing progress across communities.
Warren Williams reports rapid town growth along the Americus Preston and Lumpkin railroad from Americus eastward to Abbeville. He notes Bailey's Mills DeSota Cordele Seville Rochelle and Abbeville booming with new houses turpentine farms and large shipments of naval stores and cotton, forecasting Savannah a wider trade area with timber soil fertility and naval stores.
To settle with creditors I will sell at auction in a lump on the 31st of this month at noon at my Americus office all unsettled notes and accounts of the firm Davis and Callaway. Delivery of goods detailed in the accounts will be arranged.
In Savannah a Morning News report reveals H Hawkins of Americus and Capt. J N Bass discuss the Americas Pres ton and Lumpkin railroad. They claim 112 miles built from Lonvale toward Chattahoochee with Abbeville as eastern hub and plan boats to Brunswick and Savannah. They hint at standard gauge conversion and a western Pacific coast corridor, while noting Savannah’s tepid interest.
Subscriptions and contributions pour in as the T Wheatley Fire Co No 2 fair gains momentum. A letter to Miller McCall from Kenton Ohio March 21 shows support, including offers of jockeys and fence shipments, with local ads and testimonials mentioning Budweiser beer and a medicinal claim for Brewer's Lung Restorer by I A Howe of Milner Georgia.
Rain prompts Joan R. Siaw to advertise a big sale of rubber shoes coats gossamers and rain umbrellas at low prices. Deals feature bulk quantities and bargain pricing aimed at shoppers seeking weather gear.
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