Georgia Agrarian Notes and Local Ventures Collected
A Georgia compilation reports W C Green of Cobb County making 42 cents a gallon from two grape vines and selling at 1.50 per ton. Cincinnati capitalists buy gold mining property in Hall County with a new stamp mill planned. A Lawrenceville whirlwind lifts fence panels, no further wind evidence. Ezell yields 361 bushels corn per acre from six acres without fertilizer after sixteen years of cultivation. Quitman ports more fruit than any U S town, shipping 1,000 cars of watermelons and 50,000 crates of LeConte pears with other produce. Greenville reports a logged well vein of pure water after a long log, while Waynesboro friends fish sit near. Terrell County court case over land ownership ends with Foreman occupying the home and Tracy appealing. Central Bank and Savannah railroad plan a quarry ballast line to Griffin with a half mile track, improving connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Hall County
Lawrenceville
Robert I’. Ezell
Thialand
Ezell
Monticello Thues
Ed Barrett
Augusta
Georgia
Aletter
Quitman
America
A, I, Co. Eorrox
Atdckholders
A. I. Co
Cordele
A. P. & L. Railroad
Americus Investment Company
Col. Hawkins
Americus
Tot Georgia Imrovement Co
A. F
A. P
Marshallville Peach Boom Spurs Local Horticulture Surge
Marshallville holds a thriving fruit belt as officials estimate over 100000 bearing peach trees among orchards of Rumph Moore Rumple and others. Shipments could reach 300000 crates with vast crate and car needs, while evaporators near Van Tassel and Frederick may process hundreds of bushels daily. If markets hold, June and July will be busy with unprecedented activity in this farming hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshallville
H. Rumph
Willow Lake
Messrs
B. T. Moore
L. A. Rumple
Everland & Keller
Hiley Bros
J. F. Murph
J. W. Frederick
E. B. Baldwin
D. B. Frederick and
Sperry Bros
State Horticultural Convention
F. J. Frederick
C. D. Niles
W. H. Rice
E. M. Rumph
Pesches
Rumph
New York
van Tasse
Frederick
Reclining ruse on a train and Woolfolk murder rumors spark bet
A tale from a New York Sun account describes a bold passenger who sat beside a deaf and dumb girl, then vanished, followed by rumors from Macon and Perry about Milas Pearl Woolfolk’s murder. Details include a trunk of clothes found at Green Lockett’s, a picnic basket missing, and testimony shifts. The piece notes Henry Grady challenging Chauncey Depew in New York and signals public doubt about sensational stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Utica
George
Inez
Macon
Woolfolk
Perry
Milas Pearl Woolfolk
Wesleyan Female College
Green Lockett
Woolfolk Plantation
Miss Pearl
Tom Woolfolk
Tom
Lockett
Felton
Henry Grady
Chauncey Depew
Southern Society of New York
Grady
Twenty-Three Years Searching for His Family
A Globe-Democrat account recounts a remarkable Civil War era reunion. A slave family Lindsey was separated. after 23 years the father traced his son Allen in Paris Texas, learned Jim’s railroad work and Amanda’s near Denison, and finally reunited with Jim and Amanda. The tale notes the dramatic voyage to find his wife still missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laula Globe- Democrat
Globe-Democrat
Lindsey
Independence
Missouri
Allen
Paris
Tex
Jim
Missouri & Kansas Railroad
Amanda
Denison
Refutation letters discuss cotton warehouse dealings in 1888
In a Republican column a rebuttal from J J W C W Felder and J D Shepherd claims a prior report misstated the A P & L warehouse's handling of cotton wrapped in sheeting. The text cites a Sept 8 1888 Farmers Alliance meeting in Preston GA endorsing a boycott of the Americus warehouse, with Webster County alliances voting to withhold patronage to oppose a perceived monopoly. Additional notes mention Dawson business plans, new storehouses by A J Baldwin, a New York to Salt Lake City freight move via Savannah, and Postmaster General Wanamaker dismissing 1016 Democratic postmasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. W. C. W. Felder
J. D. Shepherd
Preston, GA
Farmers’ Alliance No
Webster County
A. P. & I. Warehouse and Compress Company
Americus
Sumter County
Georgia
Compreea
Americus Racor
Salt Lake City
New York
Savannah
Central
Kansas City
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Georgia News
W. C. Green
Cobb County
Kyron Robertson
Greenville
George Lawson
Waynesboro
Terrell
J. W. Tracy
Kn’. Lamar
H. R. Foreman
Mre. Illis
Tracy
Foreman
Reed
T Griffin
Central Broad and Banking Company
George H. Beecher
Ant
Mana Thas
Wits
Ciany
Marshallville Fruit Gro
Evormons
New York Weekly
Country Town
Gotham Theater
Pumpkinville
London Times
K. H. Lewis
The
Sparta Ishmaelite
Sidney Lewis
Ishmaelite
Robert Lewis
Mra. Winslow
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Boston
New England
Denmon
Nous
W. P. Rice
Comptroller-General
Wright
Mr Gladstone
General Aerieee
George Washington
Geo. B. Loring
Cherebason
A. J. Baldwin
Dawson
Wanamaker
Reynolds
Ashland
Ohin
Cuticura
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