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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1890
Page
4
Local ads list fresh Goshen butter cream cheese evaporated apples and peaches along with Irish potatoes and fresh cod. Community notices mention a May picnic at Seal's Mill, a new law office opening by Judge Clarke, a Baptist revival drawing crowds, a theft warrant for Bill English, a death in Columbus, and plasterer demand. Also details on a steamboat excursion, post office unsolved letters, and an updated Americus address list.
In Americus Georgia stores closed on Memorial Day as nearly the entire population attended the ceremonies. Wilson's band led a procession to the grounds where Rev A B Campbell opened with prayer and Ben McLendon of Thomasville delivered the oration. Flowers adorned veteran graves and three volleys marked the funeral salute.
Dr Hawkins encountered a dog displaying dangerous convulsions near College street and near the Harrold and Hancock residences. Fearing harm to women and children, he shot the animal three times with a revolver, later finishing it with a club after it was mortally wounded. The dog belonged to T. M. Merritt.
The article states that horse traders selling in Americus must pay a license tax to operate. Proposals fix an annual tax of fifty dollars for traders selling more than twenty-five horses or mules, and one dollar per head if twenty-five or fewer are sold. Americus is a central hub for southwest Georgia traders with many yearly sales.
Fruit men in Grimin Georgia discuss prospects after a March freeze. Grapes may yield three fourths, peaches and pears face heavy losses, apples likely exceed, strawberries strong, and persisting uncertainty shapes plans for orchard owners from Orchard Hill to Sunny Ride along with local growers A. J. Sutherland and J. D. Cunningham weighing in. Also notes on garment cutters finishing in Sumter and Wilder Bros. choppers for cotton planters. an alligator incident near Muckalee.
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