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Newspaper
Cedartown Record
Location
Cedartown, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1874
Page
3
A town resident is sought to learn the printing trade. Applicants should be about 18 with a fair English education and good character. Terms require advance payment. Local reporters and agents in every post office area are invited, with liberal commissions offered.
The issue reports a record heat wave with 104 degrees in the shade and notes a busy Superior Court session led by Judge McCutcheon. It lists visiting lawyers, including Akin and Brown, and mentions a criminal docket start, a dangerous chase involving a Black man named Davis, and a race around the courthouse. Local business and subscription concerns are raised, with pleas to settle debts. A church project near completion gains praise, and a tour of a Pennsylvanian farmer's estate highlights springs, crops, and plans to raise more grain. The Cedar Valley lodge installs officers for August and comments on a rival paper’s credit practices.
A masonic lodge memorializes brother Melville Lodbetter with a blank page in the lodge minutes. The body offers condolences to his family, orders 40 days of mourning badges, and directs publication and transmission of the resolutions to the deceased’s relatives.
The new crop is coming in freely with several bales recorded. The first Florida bale weighed 480 pounds and arrived yesterday at J W Lathrop & Co from Hamilton county. A second Georgia bale arrived today from Burns Bridge. Additional bales were consigned to Earle & Perkins in New York and to Joh A Togles, with a bale from Madison also noted. Marion Outs remains in precarious condition after being shot by a girl in Athens. an abscess has formed on his leg.
A reflective meditation on how conviction and fervor drive influence, citing Ruskin and historical figures. It contrasts active zeal with empty form and urges living faith, urging Christians to embody truth and burn with purpose rather than merely preach.
A short editorial laments misdirected charity urging true aid to the poor, condemning stingy or punitive acts toward the hungry. It argues against exploiting poverty and stresses dignified support for those out of work, widows, and orphans, highlighting a new publication named the Sanday Newn.
A 1870 era ad extols Bradfield Female Regulator as a universal remedy for uterine and kidney ailments claiming pain relief, regular menstruation, improved blood tone and skin, and mental vitality. It features testimonials from Dr W J Ferrelle and Rev W H Johnson praising its efficacy and urging women to procure a bottle, manufactured by Bradfield & Co of Atlanta, Ga.
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