Atlanta notes and regional updates from 1873
In Cuthbert on April 25 1873 Atlanta boasts 700 business houses. Early Irish potatoes fetch 25 cents a quart at Enfanta. A seven year old boy dies of drunkenness in New Jersey. Northern Georgia wheat prospects grim. Griffin Georgia faces a $100 000 bonded debt with about $8000 annual interest. Macon hospital reports 40 to 50 email pox cases mostly among negros. Savannah bankers Ketchum & Hartridge fail liabilities around $200 000. Master James Sheridan dies after moving from Cuthbert to Talbot county. A Augusta woman claims to be mother of 49 children at age 62. Confederate graves in Atlanta to be decorated May 10, Stonewall Jackson's death anniversary. Grant salary near 137 daily. Congressmen about 22. common worker 1 to 2 daily. Covington to tax billiard tables $300 yearly. Columbus Enquirer recalls 1842 plowing, 1873 corn early growth. Government estimates over 6 million to exterminate the Modoc. Palatka resident reports nine hundred alligators killed, hides yield $900 in four months. Biswell Pierce appoints R F Williamson to Albany Methodist church post. Spann’s Webster hanging confession offers little. Albany News notes Southwestern Georgia crop optimism. Americas Conference urges debtors to be disciplined. Macon bank to buy 50 000 Georgia 8% bonds. Enlarged Atlanta papers last Sunday prompt debate over enterprise. Hawkinsville to Eufaula road contract awarded to Col A J Lane. work to begin.
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Griffin
Macon
Ketchum & Hartridge
Savannah
James Sheridan
Cuthbert
Talbot County
Augusta
Atlanta
Stonewall Jackson
Gen. Grant
Covington
The
Columbus Enquirer
Choen
Palatka
J. F. Spann
Webster
Albany News
Georgia
Americas
C. A. Nutting
City Bank of
New Georgia
Constitution
Sun
Herald
Enterprise
Hawkinsville
Eufaula
A. J. Lane
Montgomery and
Extra Session Sought on Labor Plan for Georgia
Milledgeville Colonel urges an immediate extra Legislature session to create Land and Labor Courts and Copyhold Tenure to fix homes for negro families and attract foreign labor. He touts patriarchal laws and wages tied to service, while Savannah News questions practicality and warns immigration should come from capital, not coerced labor.
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McKinley
Milledgeville
Georgia
Savannah News
South
Northwest
Florida
General Assembly
Judge Strozier opposes juror pay in Dougherty County
Albany News reports Judge Strozier urging the end of paid jurors in criminal cases and endorsing the old system of suitors paying verdicts in claim cases. He argues citizens should serve to expose and punish the guilty without pay, while the paper notes most Southwestern Georgia jurors are poor and need compensation. The piece contrasts with the belief that public service should be paid via taxation to equalize burdens. It also notes an A New York letter predicting A T Stewart's days are numbered due to Bright's disease amid a $5 million estate with no heirs.
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Albany
Strozier
Dougherty County
Orgin
Georgia
Meno
Early County News
New York
A. T. Stewart
Bright
America
Berilla
Chicago
Baltimore
Colfax Conflict Report from The Louisiana Troubles
The Times describes a Grant parish clash as negroes defend Colfax with improvised cannon and fortifications. White forces led by the Sheriff retake the town, many black residents killed, estimates range from forty to thirty, and US troops are sent from New Orleans to garrison along the Red River.
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New Orleans Times
Colfax
Times
Grant Parish
Mr. Hadnot
Ward
the Times
United States
New Orleans
Red River
A Plan to End Debts and Elevate Honor Economy
A Georgia advocate urges repealing debt collection laws to create equality based on honesty. Debtors would be shamed for evading payments, while credit would rely on character and a man’s fair name. The piece envisions a society where paying promptly becomes a norm and public contempt punishes evasion. The note cites Campbell county reports on cotton growing methods and seeds per acre. It also contrasts state debt in Louisiana and New Orleans debt levels as context.
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Georgia
United Friends of Temperance formed in 1873 at Chattanooga
Delegates from ten Southern States created The United Friends of Temperance in Chattanooga on January 22, 1873. The organization restricts membership by race, binds pledges across life and membership, and forbids political or sectarian agitation. Georgia delegates plan a Macon convention on May 7 with rail passes and discounted rates, urging white citizens to send delegates nationwide.
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Chattanooga
Tennessee
United Friends of Temperance
Supreme Council
Georgia
Macon
Grand Council
Lanier House
Citizens Council
W. E. H. Searcy
Grand Scribe
Griffin
Usury Law Repeal Sparks Georgia Money Boom
The editor notes repeal of Georgia usury laws along with homestead exemptions may harm public interests. N Y Bulletin cites two months of data showing increased money supply, lower interest, new banks, and capital flow from older to western states. Ice to sell in Columbus this summer at one cent per pound.
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N. Y. Bulletin
Georgia
Atlanta
Minnesota
Columbus
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Monroe County
J. T. Fleweelen
Patania
American Journal of the Medical Sciences
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R&xpoLen County
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M. Gormley
ICE
Jackson & West
Ayer
Radway
Stillingia
T. S. Powell
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Jack ON & West
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Tr. R. Brow
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Mases H Rae Farrier
Spark
F.ling
Call and Gee Us
J T Kiypoo & CO
ST. McDonald
Jacot
Aving
Appeal
College Street
Tam Naw
Hese
Sorllif
Cornat Drug
JOS. T. Kidboo & CO
J. J. McDonald
Umbs
Georgia Company
Powell, Avent
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Spalding's
Crew’s
Taylor's
Arrowroot
Paul
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Filley’s
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ST. Louis, MO
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Byllings, Alabama
A. W. Gillespie
Magnolia Bath
Lyon’s
J. S. Powell
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