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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1890
Page
2
The Augusta Chronicle backs John Temple Graves against Felton while Brunswick Times boosts Brunswick talk. Cordele opposes a Dooly county county court, Western Union is praised for fast service, and editors like Graves and Seay shift roles as Rome Tribune news shifts with Everett. Georgia press buzzes about elections and alliances.
The piece urges united civic effort to turn Americus into a self supporting city through home produced goods and local contracts. It cites the 3. A.M. road, compresses, the hotel, iron foundry, water works and other enterprises, and argues small factories grow into major industries via corporate backing. It endorses corporate enterprise as key to lasting prosperity.
The Athens Banner questions Gov. Gordon's silence after Dr. Felton's Rome speech and 7th district independents endorsement. It notes Gordon seeks U.S. Senate through the Democratic party and wonders if other party endorsements would bind his responsibility. The Recorder’s cipher love letter and the Thomasville winter resort advert appear, plus Johnson & Harrold's building progress and store fitout details.
A collage of notes from Georgia and national papers on politics, roads, cotton prices, editors, and state affairs. Mentions figures and papers such as the Montezuma Record, Atlanta Constitution, Macon Telegraph, Dawson Journal, Oglethorpe Citizen, Tribune of Rome, Brunswick Times, Columbus Enquirer-Run, Americus Recorder, Thomasville Times-Enterprise, Sparta Ishmaelite, Hawkinsville News-Dispatch, Ellaville News, and local merchants backing cotton pricing and public enterprise efforts.
Mr D B Hill of Americus extols Congress man Charles Crisp praising his memory for faces and names and his steadfast duty in Washington. He notes Americus population around 6200 and cites local industries, Grady’s praise, and county delegates Cotts and Wilson named for the direct trade convention in Atlanta on September 10.
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