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Newspaper
Cedartown Express
Location
Cedartown, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1878
Page
3
The Express lists grain quotations for Middlings and Low Middlings with varying prices. It advertises Cherokee Company clearance of stock including granulated goods and ready made clothing. Local merchants Burbank Jones and Bradford Allen promote seeds, worm remedies, whiskies, brandies, cigars, and glassware, urging cash payments and low prices.
A garbled notice touts a Sample Bottle for ten cents of Grobe Flower Coven Syrup claimed to relieve colds and coughs and even cure consumption, with references to Georgia figures and a Rome drug store. It also lists varied local business notes and a marriage notice from St. Louis.
The Ocean House Tybee Island will open for the season in late May under proprietor A G Ybanez. The seaside resort promises salt air comforts unique on the South Atlantic coast with a level beach offering safe bathing facilities and a daily steamer service between the city and the island. Telegraph communication to world centers will be prompt for excursionists and travelers.
Local report notes Dr. A Richardson Jr attended the State Medical Convention in Atlanta last week and that Everett was elected Orator for the next meeting to be held in Rome. The piece also mentions a homicide case near Buchanan and upcoming court proceedings, with sympathies extended to the victims’ families.
Cedartown in Polk County boasts two rail lines, three churches, two schools, a Knights of Honor hall, twenty stores, a foundry, and growing fruit drying trade. Land sells for 10 to 40 dollars per acre, rents are reasonable, wages up to 26 dollars monthly, and capitalists and a local bank are sought to fuel lumber and general prosperity. The paper welcomes newcomers and offers to ship sample copies and editor contact. A cablegram from Ozur triggers mention of a potential diplomatic dispute to be avoided.
The Rockmart column from April 41, 1878 covers strawberry ripening and dairy cravings, notes farmer W. B. Davis leaving office with wheat heads, and queries the Grand Jury on bridge work. It reports a death from diphtheria, two local criminal cases, a grocer moving to Rockmart, and a Cherokee Presbytery meeting with sermons and proceedings. A fatal shooting in Harronsburg ends with a later quip about strychnine.
Fragment from a motivational piece urging diligence and perseverance. It argues indolence harms success and that energy, effort, and persistence build character and fortune. It cites sayings like Where there is a will there is a way and labor conquers all things. It references Count Cavour and forward-looking vigor.
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