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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1887
Page
5
Notice from Tar G Furlow publisher calling attention to subscription rates with prepaid terms. Advertises a two dollar yearly rate for advance payment and contrasts with one dollar per year in advance. Includes archaic spellings and printer’s jargon.
Prices of various provisions are listed with cents per unit, including corn meal, sugar, salt, barley, and potatoes, alongside regional price notes. The notices mention local merchants J. A. and D. F. Davenport, and mention obituaries for Johett Johnson and remarks on community events and upcoming exhibits. The piece also notes committee meetings of the Sumter County Agricultural Society and a promotional line for Buckeye Pile Ointment.
The city’s bridge over Flint River, eight to ten years old and costing about $12,000, was sold at public auction for $501 to a coalition of young bidders and wealthy buyer. The buyers include T. N. Hawkes, W. A. Dodson, J. A. Davenport, C. W. Lamar, Jobo Windsor, and J. E. D. Shipp. The tolls bring in roughly six to seven hundred dollars yearly, and the new owners plan to operate it as before. Also reported is a planned reunion of Georgia’s Twelfth Regiment in Americus, led by Putnam Rifles from Eatonton, with veterans from the Muckabee Guards anticipated to attend.
Floyd Smith, a young Ohio settler, buys Maj. M. Speer’s Walters farm near the Plains of Dura. The four hundred acre tract sold for 5000 dollars. Smith, who moved to Southwest Georgia about two years ago, learned Georgia farming methods then persuaded his family to relocate. He believes farming here will pay better and hopes his move will attract others from Ohio. Be sure to contact D. Ansley for supplies.
A lengthy Americus city report covers railroad charters for Eastman and Americus lines, A P and L operations, cotton receipts and prices, land sales, business prospects, and civic notes. It notes rail iron for the A P and L bridge over Flint River, heavy cotton shipments from Wilcox and Sumter counties, a judge’s murder case appeal, and bids on proposed waterworks being rejected for cost. It also highlights local real estate sales, business openings, and community notices.
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