Peace and politics drift through early 1900 Georgia notes
The column reviews Georgia weather, cotton markets, and political chatter. It notes floods in watercourses, smallpox in towns, and W J Speer’s health leading to non reelection. It touches on Roosevelt as McKinley’s running mate, white primaries, Confederate Reunion rail rates, and South African war implications. It reports on Goebel murder intrigue, Colorado marriage board exams, and the starvation cure fad in Philadelphia. It discusses school funding in Mississippi and Georgia militia uniforms, plus tax repeal and isthmian canal urgency.
Cotton Prices and Josten Balsers.
Cotton rises past 4 and eyes 9 cents as English mills adjust estimates and planters weigh future acreage. Georgia Populists discuss triad race while river disasters prompt calls for congressional funding and oversight. Conviction of W D Smith for injuring Mrs Hilliard noted.
In Memoriam for John T. Harrell at Waienan Ga
A memorial notice from Masons in Waienan Georgia dated February 1900 honors John T. Harrell who died February 2 after a long illness. It notes his thirty five to forty years as a Mason, devotion as husband and father, and calls readers to prepare their houses in order. A resolution expresses sympathy to his family and preserves his memory in proceedings. The Oak City Drug Co advertises paints and sundries with low prices.
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Grab Car Discontinued Across Plant System
The Plant System ends the grab car and money lender scheme that bled Waycross merchants about $5,000 monthly, a move celebrated by business leaders in Waycross and across the Plant System line, with hopes for better policy under new administration. The shift provokes cheers from Thomasville and others who saw siphoning of local trade.
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