Cotton crop and local notices from The Appeal 1875
A compilation of Georgia items: court, ads, crop reports and local incidents. Rents in Columbus drop, cotton crop estimate for 1874 at about 3.8 million bales, telegraph line Fort Valley to Perry completed, fires in Camilla and Monticello, and various local business notes. Also notes on journalism, politics, temperance data, and the Beecher-Tilton trial costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Fort Valley
Perry
Houston County
Lovick Pierce
Camilla Enterprise
Monticello
Fla
H. Bernhard
Johnson & Bro
Paulston
S B. Baldwin
Chas. Parish
W. D. Saunders
Athens
Amicable Settlement Amid Randolph County Bill dispute
Curusert Georgia March 27 1875 reports an amicable adjustment between J P Sawtell and W M Tumlin over a bill to compensate Randolph county Ordinary. Text includes retractions and the act authorizing a Grand Jury recommended sum, with official attestations from state officials. Also notes a Washington dispatch on civil rights bill judicial opinions and a hail storm claim in Sandersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curment
W. M. Tumlin
Randolph County
Sam
J. P. Lawrent
CuraneEnt, Ga
James P. Sawtell
W. M. Test
Curasert
J. P. Sawrebt
Randolph
General Assembly
State of
Georgia
Tuus. Harpiman
House
S. J. L. Swear
House Representatives
T. J. Suamons
Senate
J. W. Murphy
Sec’y
Jas. M. Suir
Gxoraia
Sec’y State
Atlanta
N. C. Bargett
Secretary of State
Judge Emmons Sets Civil Rights Charge in Memphis
In Memphis last week Judge Emmons of the United States Court delivered a sweeping grand jury charge on civil rights. He stated that denial of equal accommodations to Negroes in theatres and inns is not a federal crime under Congress’ jurisdiction, and that aggrieved parties may file civil actions in this court with Supreme Court review possible. The remark is seen as foreshadowing the act’s possible defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cincinnati
Commercial
United States Supreme Court
United States
Congress
Memphis
Emmons
United States Court
Grand Jury
Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court
What the Great Tornado Looked Like in Georgia
A letter from readers describes a northern cyclone seen across Georgia traveling at about seventy miles per hour. It was cylindrical and ground-hugging, half a mile wide and high, with a smoky, phosphorescent glow and a blaze-like re illumination. The storm spread over Georgia for about three hours, with a roaring cannon-like sound and no thunder, and its path traced west through Alabama Mississippi Louisiana north of New Orleans into the Gulf of Mexico. The report cites damage at Mount Airy and Baughsville, including embers, toppled timbers, embedded joists and livestock blown clear, with many trees stripped or damaged and animals killed. The piece notes the Enquirer’s remark on the hurricane’s origin in the Gulf and includes other local notices on court verdicts and a Sunday fine for barber shops conflicting with can can performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock
Warren
McDuffie
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Gulf
Harris
Talbot
Columbus Enquirer
John Kennon
Mount Airy
Messrs. J
H. W. Pitts
Seasonable Thoughts on Cotton and Rail Rumors
The piece warns that cotton prices fix themselves by world demand and notes past mispricing in 1867 and 1873. It argues farmers should aim for surplus, debt-free production to gain independence, and critiques reliance on mortgages. A rumor claims a Brunswick and Albany lease by German bondholders could shift control toward a main trunk line via Waycross, prompting local protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Herald
South
A. Barmroap
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad
Brunswick and
Waycross
Eufaula
Alabama
Col. Screven
New York
Col. Haines
Gulf Road
Brunswick
Savannah
Valdosta
Doubtful Horror Tale From Texas Sparks Outrage
The New Orleans Times publishes Samuel Wright from Calhoun Georgia recounting brutal acts he witnessed as a guard over 500 convicts leased for the Texas Pacific Railway. He describes stocks and taunting guards, claiming Texas State penitentiary resembles pandemonium with murder, barbarity, and desecration as routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Times
New Orleans
Samuel Wright
Calhoun County
Georgia
Texas
Wright
Texas Pacific Railway
State Penitentiary of
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jas. P. Sawtell
Cuthbert
Earry County
Joseph C. Stiles
Macon Daily Star
Macon
The
Gwinnett Herald
Congregationalist
J. K. Barnum
Lumpkin
Independent
Butler
Jones
Georgia Agriculture
Georgia Baptist State Convention
Milledgeville
Georgia Baptist Convention
A. O. Jeffers
Beecher-Tilton
Board of Supervisors of
Brooklyn
Curusert
J. P. Sawtell
Esq
M. C. Epwarps
Spus L. Freuper
Capt. Tomlin
Sandersville Herald and
Georgian
Good Bye Civil Rights
Lee Superior Court
Leesburg
Henry Jackson
Henry Thompson
Jos. E. Johnson
Smithville
Maconims
Ralston Hall
Quarterman & al Y's
S. Powell
Quarterman & Ackerley’s
W. P. Jordan
Cook
T. S. Powell
T. 8
Powell
Fronefield
T. S. Powell’s, Drugmst
Perkin
S & House
T. 8S
Howe
Howe Sewing Machine
Tom Pratt
Billiard Saloon
Pees
Jas
O. Boon
T. J. Pratt
W. D. Stultz
Aaaa Tobacco
Burroughs & Wing, Aaaa Tobacco
Winesap Tobacco
Rosebud Tobacco
Silver Lake Fine Cat Tobacco
Lorillard’s Century Tobacco
Georgia Home Insurance Company
A. W. Gillespie
J. McK. Gunn
Eieadquarters
FOR
Hardware and Groceries
Allison & Simpson
Stinson & Co
Portland
P. O. Vickery & Co
Philo
Sateer R
Greg
EAS
America
Robert Wells
Wesg St
N. Y
Buckeye M
Ohio
Fayetteville
Excelsior M’f’g CO
Buchanan, Mich
Geo. P. Rowell & Co
Park Row
van Meter & Co
Charleston (Ill
National Journal of Health
Charleston, Ill
D. Landreth & Son
Philadelphia, Pa
Johnson, Robbins &Co
Weatherfield, Conn
Quagterman
P. Ackey
Fant
Fis and Flowers
Blackwell
Durham
Hiawatha
Gale
Crurgist
Bethel Female College
Emtrane
G. Hillyer, Jr
LEGE
A.h.flewellen A.M
Marie C. Bernunz
Jase Warn
AH Plewelden
Savannah Advertiser
G. N. Nichols
F. W. Sims
PGE Advertiser
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