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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1895
Page
2
A letter from Senator Tillman of South Carolina praising Georgia journal and seeking success in Washington signals his plan to unite the South and West against Cleveland's policies. He aims to reform currency laws to increase money supply and will publish a detailed financial piece in The Proannes raiders, offering his long term financial views.
Cleveland is blamed as Democratic Senators block the free and unlimited coinage bill. The vote was stymied by lawmakers seeking guidance from the President but refusing to back the measure. Critics warn of demoralization and hard times without free silver coinage, while predicting Cleveland’s influence may shape events in two years.
Tim Dahlionega Nugget argues the Gainesville & Dahlonega railroad talk is false and that no line will be built. He says the only chance would be from Lula and that insinuations by a business group won’t help Dahlonega secure a road.
An old excerpt recalls the dear old days when whiskey sold for 70 cents per gallon and bacon 18 to 20 cents a pound, flour at 12 per barrel, and cotton and other goods priced modestly. The piece laments current prices, noting the toll on drinkers who must pay far more today, and humorously suggests guards would be needed every fifty feet if whiskey remained so cheap.
The Daw son Advertiser reports a supposed meteor event seen in Guisesville Dahlonega and nearby towns last week with residents awake as houses shook in Dahlonega while Cleveland observers deny the spectacle Atlanta rumors mock the claim noting small towns brag over imagined danger and local panic fades as rail concerns loom over Dahlonega
Marion Woonwanp of the Daltonega Signal notes the OeeVeLAnd Progress has changed hands to W. W. Price known as Big Will, a Democrat who ran the Signal. Price vows to serve White County and his own interests, aiming for a county edition dedicated to home people and their welfare.
County correspondence notes cattle and hogs freezing in the cold, twenty eight lambs dead, rabbit hash and snow counts, locals discuss village acts and school plans. Visitors include Robert Kemmer and Jarrard in Augusta, Macedonia School to celebrate Washington's birthday.
A rural column notes Whitecounty remains pale in tone with town gossip. It covers politics among women, a weekly Progress paper, home news, upcoming weather, fruit prospects, local travels, church services, and village humor about a weather prophet's forecast.
In White County the river frost allows a man to walk across while constable R D Pruitt arrests Henry Robinson and Wesley Robinson for hog theft with stolen meat found. The Robins ons claim hogs were skinned to wet the hide for soup to wash Aunt Melvin s dresses. The Rob inson s bound over to court. Park Street visits noted. Alley obtained a warrant for the Rob inson s after a missing hog. One hog tracked from a hog house. Julius Johnson contemplates revenue service if paid. John Satterfield s old gray mare died, leaving him horseless. Bailiff Pruitt urges boys to walk turkey on Blue Creek. J W Moore returns from Gainesville business trip and spends time with his mother Saturday.
Town Creek notes celebrate a newborn girl for George McAfee and wish Mrs. Jasper Allen a speedy recovery. The Town Creek district reports about 500 rabbits caught in snow. Alex Davidson plans Atlanta as future home. A. I. Henderson Jr. lost a calf in the cold snap. John Satterfield to Dahlonega to take photographs. J. K. McAfee shows a heavy white and red hickory mulberry chair. John Senderson of Cornelia visits Pawn Creek. Prof. Chas W. Merritt of near Cleveland on a business trip. Donald Adams sick but improving. Turkey hunting yields five turkeys but many colds. New editor Dike retires, wishes for success. Young men show interest in Sunday Schools. A Loudsville Sunday walker keeps going despite weather. Mrs S B Ash visits daughter Mrs John T Chirk of Loudsville.
Sunday visits by Bob Henley bring jokes to the community. J Eddie Beach and sister Miss Lou visit Mrs Uimb y of Union County. Johnny Glen retires from The Progress office. editors hope to match his lively column. Snow halts public schools. 10 to 14 inches measured locally. T J Winkler and boys trap rabbits, claiming sixty in a week and beating a local correspondent. A wedding last Friday joined W S Ash and Miss Janie Saxon. another may follow if snow persists. One rooster froze to death amid ongoing cold.
Salesmen wanted with good wages to sell nursery stock. Immense stock planned for spring and fall including apples pears peaches plums apricots cherries and more. Also small fruits shade and ornamental trees roses and large planters. Wholesale pricing offered with six twelve or eighteen month terms. Write for wholesale prices. Sorrusix Nursery Co Winchester Tenn.
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