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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1888
Page
5
Steady market and weather updates mark Americus daily life with reports on cotton, real estate, and business activity. News covers arrivals, store moves, factory schedules, social clubs, auctions, and public improvements alongside local personality notes and schedule changes.
A review of recent town changes reveals hundreds of improvements in Americas. New residences outpace any previous year, with handsome houses boosting the city’s standing. Prices remain low at VAN ARPARS Gallery this August. Octott, Closed: Mr. Buchanan’s store at Cotton Avenue and Forsyth Street foreclosed by Peoples National Bank for 4000 dollars. Watch Club No 2 forms soon. pay one dollar weekly for fifty weeks to receive a $40 gold watch. Conductor Lewis of the A P & L reports a man injured by a streetcar at the depot. condition not yet known.
A called meeting of the Sumter County Farmers Alliance will be held in Americus on Friday September 14 at 10 o'clock a m for the transaction of important business. By order of the officers Pree Foa helig batt Fea P. O. Clegg & Co agents for the Old Mg coe
The Hawkinsville Dispatch reports cotton buyers in Hawkinsville paid about an eighth of a cent more per pound than Americus buyers. Prices quoted include Good Middling and Middling ranges with market steady despite mixed receipts. The issue also notes the local cotton compress active and warns farmers to remember Hawkinsville as a strong market.
County Court Judge Pillsbury returns to find a crowded docket with three umbrella theft cases. Rufus Walton was acquitted and discharged. Binion Anthony faced preliminary trial for carrying a concealed pistol and stealing an umbrella at a store, with bond posted for Superior Court. Dan Everedge convicted of umbrella theft and fined 25 dollars or five months in the chain gang. Advertised Letters list unclaimed mail at Americus post office with fourteen days to claim, death of Col. Adams in Eatonton, and assorted local notices and ads including Chase’s Barley Malt Whisky and Brunswick to Liverpool steam line plans teased.
A call urges all Sumter residents to register to vote and support the Democratic ticket. It argues disenfranchisement harms democracy, highlights taxes and prices, and honors Civil War heroes to provoke duty. The note ends with signatures of local party officials.
A Macon Times report recounts L. Cohen Co rebutting a Recorder item accusing local whisky houses of soliciting illegitimate trade in Southwest Georgia. Cohen Co denies the charge, stating they solicit only legitimate trade and have long protected their wholesale position. Jake Menko confirms some firms handle jug orders, asserting he acted in self defense.
The Sumter County Democratic Executive Committee is asked to convene at Americus city’s new courthouse on Tuesday September 11 at 10:00 a.m. Full attendance is essential. Also references a violent incident where Archle Hawkes died from a leg wound after self-inflicted actions. doctor treated him, condition described as not serious.
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