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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1843
Page
7
An editorial lament from The Washingtonian urges men to declare independence from liquor and refuse the grog shop influence. It recalls a merchant named H who grew rich then fell to speculation and alcohol, ending in a drowning reported as a drunken fit and immortalizing the temperate habit’s fallen victims.
A Washingtonian essay contrasts liberal donors who share wealth with those who hoard aid for benevolent causes. It laments a mercenary class that abandons the destitute while enabling vice, questioning why kindness often dries up for the innocent and flourishes for the depraved.
Condensed report from Spartanburg for temperance societies across the state notes missing data but shows a sizeable anti alcohol movement. Hamburg Washington Society lists 125 members, including 104 males and 21 females, while Beach Island and Edgefield groups report 440 and 54 females respectively. Reports also mention wages and broader world specie estimates, bank losses, a Charleston Jewish church election, a destroyed Vining’s Bridge on the Western and Atlantic line, and a remarkably tall corn stalk from Cherokee County.
A society named in the Atheneum as an association to exterminate dueling gathers 326 members including 34 nobles and heirs, 15 baronets, 16 MPs, 30 admirals and generals, 23 colonels, 44 captains, and 24 lieutenants in the navy and 17 majors and 26 army captains. It denounces the wager of battle as sinful and irrational and pledges to oppose it by example and influence.
Domestic notes describe cleaning a Kip Groves glove with milk and soap, a method for bright results. It also reports on sun powered soap making from ashes and fat, noting an economical household process and a barrel method.
The article describes methods to purify potash by caustic treatment, suggests placing lime in leach bottoms or Ley tubs, and notes salt water cleans fine wool of gummy matter. It mentions liquorine as a remedy for people struck by lightning, recommending immediate application of cold water to restore life.
A dense ledger lists exchanges and banks across Georgia and nearby regions including the Rail Exchange Bank of Brunswick, City Councils of Athens, Macon, Columbus, and Hawkinsville, and several Georgia rail lines. The long notice also includes attorneys Samuel T. Chapman and Snead & Melledge announcing legal practice in multiple counties and offices in Augusta, with details on return days and firm services.
Subscriptions paid by Aveusta Wm Edmonds Dr Bunch A W Rhodes Wm H Maharrey Warrassone Madison McCarthy Mount Yoran Ezekiel McCravey Oax Laws Dr G D Royston.
The Book Bindery and Blank Book Manufactory opposite the Post Office, newly established and complete, offers a cash sale to a single gentleman of the profession. The proprietor seeks to move to Florida. those wishing to purchase should apply before October 1. Information available from T. S. Stoy. Augusta, Sept. 2, 1843.
A fragment notes John Mill at the Phoenix Hotel on Broad Street in Augusta on the north side. The brief item lists a location but no further events or actions.
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