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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1887
Page
4
Exposition efforts in Sumter County move toward a strong showing at Atlanta and Macon. The Sumter display gains praise for taste and variety, with grounds improving, and the committee urging citizens to loan items to help secure a top prize. Local visitors from Southwest Georgia offer encouragement and assistance.
Yesterday afternoon the last part of the Sumter County Exhibit was sent to Atlanta in care of Maj. W. L. Glessner who traveled to carry it up. The additions to the exhibit were novel and attractive and Sumter county is poised to win a major premium at the Piedmont and State fairs, earning national recognition for its displays.
A Tilustrated Edition record thanks friends and patrons for favorable mention of Americus’s growth. The editors boast city progress, dismiss a letter from an Atlanta critic, and note Simmons Brady Hawkes Harrell among well known locals. An editor from the Manufacturers Record asks about an ax handle factory, replied that production awaits more fights.
Special to Daur Reconvan describes the Sumter Exhibit at the Piedmont Exposition in Atlanta, detailing a 21 by 72 foot section in Mechanical and Agricultural Hall. It lists nine posts with arches, showcasing agricultural products from rice straw to corn and cotton, plus a rustic pagoda, fruit pyramids, well curb, ice block, butter showcase, and leather exhibits designed by Charles Hardy and J. H. Black, highlighting the visual arrangement and materials used.
A detailed description of a Sumter county exhibit highlights a diverse display of goods and curiosities. The scene features furs, shells, fura otter coon beaver and wild cat, a persimmon tree with persimmons, and a lively possum. It showcases fourteen corn varieties ten kinds of peas several grains and garden seeds with shelves of preserves jellies jams canned fruit pickles wines cordials and other household items. Wall displays include quilts rugs needlework paintings and a large photo panel of Americus residences and Andersonville stockade views. A collection of sixty wood varieties from a single farm rounds out the display. The exhibit is widely praised though space constraints hinder viewing. Sumter’s chances for top prize look good.
Editorial notes Georgia's tariff sentiment shifting away from protectionism. It rejects New York Sun assumptions of protectionist grip, asserting Colquitt can win re election and nine tenths of Georgia Democrats favor tariff reform. It criticizes protectionists acting for personal reasons and predicts Randall's escort shortage at the Piedmont fair opening.
A Tribune reporter questions Representative Wright Brady in Rome. Brady confirms his identity and mentions a House subcommittee en route to Cave Spring to inspect the old oli building and asylum for a needed appropriation to install a new Mansard roof.
The following is a complete list of unclaimed letters remaining in the Americus Post Office. If not called for in thirty days they will be forwarded to the Dead Letter Office. Names include C Sam Coleman. Whiley Carter. Miss Mattie Dios. W C DeLoocke. Makabia Dixon. A W English. G Green. Miss Sudi C Gorham. Clastsing Humiconn. Sirah Harris. George Harria. W S Himmoch. Miss J Hagan. L Hart. Miss K C Hancock. Wm Harria. L H C Lawson. M N O M Lane. Mr Mitch. Lula J Patterson. Jno Roberts. Miss Ettie Rayse. S EL Spiney. P M Slocum. Jno Saward. Mr Tamlaston. Miss Dela Umphrey. Willy Watkins.
The list records cash prices from merchants including flour at 85.75 to 86.00 per barrel, granulated sugar at 7 to 8 cents per pound, coffee at 4 to 5 pounds per dollar, salt at 50 to 8100 per sack, corn at 80 cents per bushel, tallow four cents per pound, hides at 10.5 cents, chickens at 2 cents, eggs around 20 to 21 cents per dozen, bran 11.15 per 100 pounds, hay about 125 dollars, sweet potatoes 75 cents per bushel, rice 12 to 16 cents per pound, lard 10 cents, cotton sheetings seven cents per yard, and cotton checks seven to eight cents per yard.
Ayer s Sarsaparilla is credited with ending years of headaches tied to constitutional illness. The wife of Samuel Page of Lowell endured severe headaches linked to stomach and liver issues, finally cured. Frank Roberts of Boston also reports relief after trying the remedy.
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