Cotton Market, Post Office Notice, Jewish Holiday
Cotton market quiet at Savannah and New York with exports to Britain and the continent. Post Office notice sets Friday October 8th as last delivery window 5 pm. night mails close at 6. Jewish Yom Kippur observance begins next Wednesday at 6 pm and lasts 24 hours with abstention from joy and drinking. Local incidents include a floor collapse causing deaths. 500 pounds wool and yarn items advertised. Bank Directors Meeting notes changes in a director seat. officers listed.
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Mourket
Asf Lowe
Savannas
New York
Great Britain
Continent
Catares
Cotton market and Americus commerce in October hints
The bustling Americus scene reports cotton prices, rising stores, and new enterprises. Merchants, bankers, and farmers share brisk activity as guano notes mature and Western railroad projects progress, while local figures announce political and commercial events shaping the town's October outlook.
Rail route shift eyed to make Americus terminus
A Buena Vista letter proposes diverting the Buena Vista and Hilaville Road to Americus by laying new track from Americus to La Crosse and tapping the line there. Citizens of Schley and Marion counties favor railroad access to Americus and seek to know if Central controls can permit the diversion without consent. Also notes local rivalry in shooting between Ford and Chapman and advertises cheap hats and ladies shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buena Vista
Buens Vista & Hilaville
Americus
la Crosse
Andersonville
Schley
Marion Counties
Central
Voters in Sumter County Disfranchised by Registration Delays
The record shows scattered voter counts across districts with many whites and colored listed as unregistered. The article notes nearly half of Sumter County voters are disfranchised due to failure to register before banks closed. Also includes an advertisement for Smith’s Bile Beans priced 95 cents and sold by druggists or mail order.
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A. F. Crisp
Lee County
Leesburg
Webster County
Preston
Sumter
Lee
Sumer
Sumter County
16Th
Best Market for Sumter Cotton in Americus Ad
Farmers of Sumter and surrounding counties urged to bring cotton to Americus where buyers offer higher prices than any other town this side of Macon. Advertisers warn against rival towns and tout Americus facilities for handling and shipping. Local buyers ship directly to Liverpool factories and continental markets, saving farmers middleman profits.
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Sumter
Americus
Macon
Liverpool
Town Notes From Macon And Americus
New York trade orders reach local merchants as Miss Sallie Acree visits Camilla and Miss Carrie Buchanan calls Buena Vista home. Miss Leila Davenport returns from Macon Rome and Atlanta while Mr Jas Davenport of Americas plans a move to Macon with his family. Local cotton buying activity noted by G H Tommy of Americas.
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Sallie Acree
Camilla
H. Taylor
Carrie Buchanan
Buena Vista
W. B. Buchanan
G. H. Tommy
Americas
Dawson News
Leila Davenport
Macon
Rome
Atlanta
Jas. Davenport
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Micon
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Hamilton Journal
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Br. Dol
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Tarwear
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Daley
United States
Baroar Sone
Pris
R. Shaw
Bolied Haute
Dupurat
Shaw's
E. D. Bugue
Breteen
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D. Ansiey
Fricker’s
Whitman's
Estin
B. D. Ansley
M.T. Bram
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Bro
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Ecrema
Cons Avenue
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