Alliance bagging factory boosts Southwest Georgia growth
The Americus Alliance reports rapid expansion with plans for a bagging factory in Leeton on the B A M railroad. Machinery from Lowell Mass arrives soon and building materials are staged. Though not ready this season, the plant aims to weave thousands of pounds of Southwest Georgia cotton by next year, keeping farmers’ cotton locally paged and secure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Americus
Georgia
Sumter
Thz Recorder
Leeton
Lowell
Mass
Small factories for Americus prospering city growth
A South Hampton Massachusetts observer says Americus needs small industries to build permanent prosperity. He cites broom, mattress, cigar, and wood working factories as low cost, high potential, leveraging local lumber and cotton. He asserts wood and textile factories could outpace northern cities and elevate Americus as a leading Southern city.
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Americus
South Hampton
Mass
Acon
Americuss
America
Will Builds New Line in Savannah Rail Hope
Savannah correspondent of the Charleston World discusses new railroad plans in Savannah the Savannah Americus and Montgomery line aims to reach Montgomery quickly. The current path uses a Central road extension, covering about eighty miles with steep grades and favorable grades.
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Savannah
Charleston World
Americus
Montgome
Mallee
Steen
Americas City Council Votes to Add Four Police Officers
The Americas city council last night approved increasing the police force from seven to eleven, with four new officers to begin October 1st 1890 and serve through April 1st 1891. They also reconsidered liquor licenses, resolved to install two artesian drinking fountains, denied a wooden building on fire limits, and referred tax exemption petitions for farm land to the finance committee.
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Americas
Georgia
Church and
Lee Streets
Jackson Street
Forsyth Street
George Philips
Committee On Finance
Cotton pickers scarce as planters struggle to harvest
Planters offer 70 to 75 cents per hundred for cotton picking but faces a labor shortage as male pickers migrate to towns and crops suffer neglect. Proposals consider importing workers from other regions to prevent losses if wet weather worsens the shortage. Also reports W A Cooks pharmacy moving to Hudson building and Walter Brown planning general merchandise in the vacated Dr. Cooks shop on Cotton avenue.
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W. A. Cook
Cotton Avenue
Hudson Building
Lee Street
Walter Brown
Dr. Cook
Death of L P Howell shocks Sumter County education
County School Commissioner L P Howell died suddenly yesterday after arriving in Plains from Americus on the 3:10 A M train. He was about 55, long a resident of Sumter, former book seller, farmer, and trusted leader of local education. Funeral plans are being arranged for Plains, with the coffin to be sent by the next train.
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L. P. Howell
Plains
Hoe
Americus
Howell
Sumter County
Sumter
Bumter County
Muckabee Creek
Messrs
A. D
A. M. Bruce
Things Left on Cars Tell Stories of Taste and Loss
On the cars passengers leave items like umbrellas canes books and bundles. Conductors collect them and owners are sought for return. Two books found last night included The Wayward Girl and Fundamental Principles of Baptism, showing varied tastes. Also, farmer John Torput reports a better year with cotton yields of about fifteen bales per mule are expected.
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Raymond Rees
Rees
John Torput
Plains
Torput
Sumter Democrats urged to prevent negro seats in Legislature
The Recorder warns Sumter County Democrats of a Republican plan to elect two African American representatives. It alleges organization to buy votes and urges every Democrat to vote in October to protect their candidates and principles.
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Sumter County
Recorder
J. M. Littleton
B. T. Little
Sumter
Old Deeds Trace Rees Park to Original State Grant
Raymond Rees filed old deeds with his attorneys asserting title to Rees Park. He sues the city of Americus claiming failure to fulfill obligations tied to the park’s flotation. The deed dated 1789 shows the original grant from the state, then in Lee County, to a northern-state owner.
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Rees Park
Raymond Rees
Americus
Lee County
Pants Thief Nabbed After Pursuit Across Creek
Yesterday morning Officer Barrow and Officer Feagin tracked Dolly Dorney to the city after a theft two years past from Aaron Cohen's store. Dorney was chased across Muckabee Creek and captured just after crossing, likely to face chain gang time in New Quarters. The notice also reports plumbers Garris and Paynes moving to new quarters in the Artisan block.
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W. C. Barrow
Bill Feagin
Dolly Dorney
Muckabee
Aaron Cohen
Chain
Messrs. Garris & Paynes
Cheating Arrests In Ellaville Stir City
Police moved quickly when alerted by a telegram from Ellaville about a white man named Marshall and a Negro named Bunk Black charged with cheating and swindling. Marshall was arrested at the Central depot and turned over to Deputy Sheriff Anglin. Black was later captured and jailed in the guard house. The pair allegedly mortgaged cotton in Schley County and sold it, prompting foreclosure and subsequent arrest as the case moved toward Ellaville.
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Ellavile
Marshall
Bunk Black
Smith
Anglin
Schley County
Black
Ellaville
Americus Lady Riders Shine In Equestrian Arts
The people of Americus favor horseback riding as a premier pastime. Boys and men ride buckles while girls and young ladies ride horses. Afternoon streets show pairs and small groups of lady riders, who rival Southern peers in grace and skill, a point of civic pride and social progress.
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Americus
Americus Stoam
No Inquest in Budden Death of Local Negro
Early yesterday morning William Holliday, a Negro from Augusta and former B A M Road employee, died suddenly in a Bottoms tenant house. Coroner Parker investigated and decided no inquest was needed. Some say he was ill several days and lacked relief. others praise Judge Allen Fort for moving swift justice in Dooly County last week.
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William Holliday
the Bottoms
Parker
Augusta
Dooly
Allen
Geortada
Sevenths talk and party lines cloud Georgia politics
A small group discusses state politics with strong views on Felton and Jeffersonian democracy. Names like Wright Corput and Aiken appear as party actors while Col Graves and editor John Locker are noted for their careers. A Sumter bank meeting plans a fifty percent capital call due October first.
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Felton
Georgia
Ted
Warren
Beab Wright
Felix Corput
Everett
Iain Colt
Jef
Sonia
Wright
Aiken
Job Ple Graves
Graves
John Locker
Col. Graves
Bt. Louis
Polt
Bank of Sumi@es
of Sumter
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