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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1874
Page
3
A local notice recalls the city treasury replenishment of 20 dollars, tax books closing May 1 for 1874, and a billiard-table installation by W C Brooks. Valen tine Vox to perform Monday, weather delays foot race at the baseball grounds, and a May day excursion to Forty Gaines with a planned battalion muster among the guards.
A Tennessee college program featured Mrs. Russell’s pupils with an impressive instrumental and vocal display. Titus L. Fielder delivered a spirited address on The Sources and Uses of Knowledge, praised by local critics for clarity and eloquence. The event included social interludes and a dramatic fire incident at Andrew College involving Miss Mittie Tompkins, saved from serious harm by Prof. Flewellen.
In a Georgia legal scene, federal court records show eleven hundred eleven bankruptcy applications in the Southern District of Georgia with debts from six hundred dollars to three million and a total value loss near fifteen million. Judge Erskine’s ruling dampens the rush, while many debtors seek relief under the bankruptcy act. The New York South notes labor scarcity driving Southern demand and Atlanta Young Men’s Christian Association negotiating with Henry Ward Beecher for a Southern lecture tour.
Doctors Tackett and associates announce charges for mileage day and night prescriptions and medicine by cast. They urge patients to settle past bills with Allison and Simpson, noting Tackett will continue practice in Cuthbert area and Baldwin is authorized to settle accounts for the late Smith & Tackett firm.
Officials report 640 prizes totaling about 126 662 dollars with six hundred aproximate prizes valued at each.
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