Various Local Notes From The Appeal Aboard April 24 1874
Augusta reports of Stephens arriving, health improving, and ice prices rising in Savannah. Georgia dental society to meet in Atlanta May 11. Cremation debate and cremationist dispatchal joke. News on guano demand, new church plans for Beecher, and wheat yield fears in upper Georgia after heavy rains. Civil and crime items include execution of four negro murderers in Thomasville, a lion attack on a Baltimore boy, and editor transitions in local papers. Fossil portraits in Florence hall overlook progress Humboldt Rubens Shakespeare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo. J. Perry
Arlington
Albany News
J. R. Christian
Thomasville Times
Sparta Times and Planter
Green
Atlanta
Georgia State Dental Society
Charles A. Dana
New York Sun
Savannah News
Beecher
Upper
Georgia
England
France
The
Columbus Enquirer
Stephens and Hill in a paper war over history and truth
A heated exchange erupts between A H Stephens and Ben Hill following Hills Southern Historical Society address about the Hampton Roads Commission of 1863. Stephens accuses Hill of lying about being in Richmond, while Hill says Stephens knew he was present and involved, and the feud is expected to continue on the newspaper page with vows to prove or denounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Stephens
Ben Hill
Stephen
Hill
Southern Historical Society
Hampton Roads
Davis
Richmond
Stephens
Georgia
Tull
Georgia Gold Fields Develop Under Hydraulic Plans
Georgia’s gold districts expand with two Ohio and Boston led operations on the Chestatee river. J R Bartlet of Boston controls nearly ten miles, while hydraulic processes promise enormous yields. Other firms prepare to mine as geologists debate ancient origins of the gold. Compulsory education bill advances in New York. Washburne’s Massachusetts Senate win seen as anti administration victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Chestatee
Appalachian Mountains
Lumpkin County
Chattahoochee
Tesnatee
Ohio
J. R. Bartlet
Boston
E. F. Stephenson
United States
Savannah News
New York
Direct Trade Union urged for Southern farmers in 1874
A Georgia prospectus calling for direct trade to end tolls and boost farmers profits circulated. A. H. Corqgurrt president urged subscriptions from granges in Georgia and other cotton states, with October 1 payment in cash or cotton. Also notes Texas land revert threat and cremation society humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Brethen
South
A. H. Corqgurrt
Direct Trade Union
Atlanta, Ga
Civil Rights in 2 New Dress
The Senate Judiciary Committee reports a substitute for the Sumner civil rights bill approved by all Republican members and two Democrats Thurman and Stevenson dissenting. It excludes private schools benevolent institutions and private cemeteries and retains a jury clause in a modified form. The last section allows appeals to the Supreme Court, signaling extensive litigation to follow. The rest remarks on cremation satire and Texas land patent meanings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sumner
Messrs. Thurman
Stevenson
Summer
Supreme Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jas. P. Savatell
Cuthbert
Augusta
Russia
Savannah
Thomasville
William
Joan Smith
Thurlow Weed
Louisville
Jefferson County
Muscogee County
Sumter
Dougherty
Baltimore
Atlanta Herald
James R. Sneed
Columbus Sun and Enquirer
Kate Bussy
Cosmian
Florence
Mass
John Brown
Humboldt
Rubens
Shakespeare
Gold Mining
Washburne
Massachusetts
Butler
Grant
Cotton States
General Gordon
Washington
Courier-Journal
Senate
Louisiana
Morton
Kellogg
Gordon
Texas
New York Cremation Society
Washinton
Whitely
New York World
General Land Office
Austin
W. B. Tackett
Depot Street
Cuthbert, Ga
Boris
Dante
UCD
Apri
J. B. McWilliams
Savery Sheet
T. S Powell
India
T. S. Powell
Poell
Powell
James. Foster
M. Gormley
A. D
R. A. Quarterman
Randolph
State of
A. Hood
Wise Parker
M. W. H. Smith
Marshal
Hey
Shou
Wheeler & Wilson
R & Wilson
Mi’g Co
Macon
Columbus
W. B. Cleves
Ellis & Graham
Randph
Calhoun
Clay
Quitman
T. 8
Druggis
the Isaacs House
J. OC
McClellan
E, Isaacs
U. S. Internal Revenue
Alvne B. Clark
Internal Revenue
J. W. Douglass
Office of Internal Revenue
Washington, D. C
Thomas
Ynd
Burke
Washington, Jefferson
Baldwin, Jones, Monroe
Upson
Harris
Leesburg
Lee County
Jacob Mathews
Wards Station
A . Surles
Georgetown
Macon Telegraph & Messenger
Cuthbert Appeal
J. McK Gunn
Owen & Sealey’s
Hoes
Hames
Augers
Sadirons
Confectionery and Restaurant
B. J. Tackson
BS Lang
My Restaurant
B. J. Jackson
L. Baldwin
Wis
rEeSee
Ham
Hoyt
Cologne
Cuthbert Bakery
Aving
Cordell
B. J. Jackson's
Adams
Isaac Easley
Jeweluer
Appeal
College Street
B. T. Babbitt
Washington & , N. H
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