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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1884
Page
5
The town buzzes with circus arrivals and market chatter as Americus residents discuss tax and court matters, cotton traffic shifts to Columbus buyers, and local merchants advertise a wide range of goods from canned foods to hats and shoes. News covers a deer of social visits, court delays, property fires, and upcoming events, all reflecting daily life in the era.
A visit to J M Johnson’s long established plantation near the Flint river reveals a 5000 acre operation run by Mr. Clay for the past decade. The site includes a gin house with steam powered machinery, a grist mill, a large store of cotton and seed, 482 enslaved workers, a 50 acre cotton patch yielding about 40 bales, and a hogs and beef production with 14 beeves shipped to Cobb and Cobb. The plantation features a hilltop residence, a pine grove, extensive outbuildings, and artesian water drawn for guests. The party traveled 21 miles in two hours and twenty-five minutes.
Sheriff Swindle and Cal Davie moved on Doris circus in Mitchell county as earlier train ejection clashes in Thomasville and Albany prompted lawsuits for 24000 dollars. A 300 dollar settlement closed the matter as two white men fled. The circus then pulled out Monday night after the dispute over wages and attachments. Also a Schley County U S Association meeting is set for Ellaville to address the Sunday School Convention at New Hope Church.
In a city rear gambling room hidden behind a wooden building three or four men ran a small operation when Alewk Kitchens aworg drew a revolver after a dispute. He fired a shot creating a panic and the group fled through an open window as one man, Doc McCoy, suffered a broken leg and a dislocated ankle. Kitchen fled once McCoy was hurt.
The notice pleads for subscribers to settle their dues, stating enough funds exist in subscription books to relieve necessities. It urges prompt, cheerful responses and describes paying now as honoring a contract and allowing the publisher to pay others owed.
The executive committee of Sumter county holds its monthly meeting at 10:00 a.m. on the first Saturday in November at the Presbyterian chapel in Americas. Full attendance is requested. A program for the association meeting follows the November fourth Saturday gathering at New Hope church in the county’s lower part.
Richard Wiggins died Saturday in Lome, Schley County, aged 60. An early settler, he was well known in Americus and regarded as a good citizen whose death is deeply mourned by the local community.
A battered ad filled with promises from the Cotton Avenue Bargain Store touts corn fodder oats potatoes eggs butter syrup wood meat and more at market price. It boasts millinery and dressmaking services and claims high turnover with low margins to attract customers during dull times.
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