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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1876
Page
3
A statewide Democratic convention is called to convene in Thomasville on the second Wednesday in September at 11 a.m. Delegates from Severn counties retain double representation and vote on adopting a majority of the two-thirds rule. D A Vason chairs the Executive Committee.
The page promotes Bargain wares at M H Paraski Co selling fabrics and clothing with heavy discounts. It also touts Bos Cure German Syrup for coughs and lung issues, offering a sample bottle for 10 cents and a regular bottle at 75 cents sold by T S Power.
Cash sale offers a splendid assortment of Percales at 11 cents a yard. Fabrics are 7 to 8 wide and cheaper than Prints, ideal for dresses. OweEN and SEALEY promote their campaign with a well supplied bar offering liquors and beers. J. O. BOONE advertises drinks, lemonades, ice, and lemons for sale at panic prices.
W M Tomlin of Cuthbert Georgia advertises as an agent for top line fire insurers including London and Liverpool Globe En Manhattan New York Marine and Fire Citizens Home Protection Equitable and more. He offers placements at short notice at low board rates and invites business from North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama.
The item reviews cotton bidding led by Charley Simpson buying six of seven bales, notes high prices, and reports steady market activity in Cuthbert while urging stewards to bring cotton to town. It also covers church proffers, a baptism in a bereaved family, a protracted Baptist meeting, storehouse renovations, railroad changes, Grangers’ warehouse plan, and Knights of Honor officers elected, with community announcements on storage rates and local governance.
An admonition on life struggles and harmful remedies contrasted with Dr Tutt’s Liver Pure drawn from vegetable ingredients. The piece claims cures for liver and digestive ailments and notes public sentiment in Alabama as reported by the Detroit Free Press.
Mrs RL Harvey of Calhoun brings the year’s first bale sold by Jno M Redding Co to J J McDonald for 13 cents. N M Weaver Jr, a young planter, sold the county’s first bale to Chas N Simpson at top price. Several bales have since arrived and buyers claim ready funds to pay top market value.
Boon & Bernine advertise fresh bread cakes and rent a wagon for daily door delivery in Cuthbert. J H Dennington W C Jenkins W I Mattox J A Allison J J McDonald named delegates to the county convention. Alsoads for a partner in a paying business and a discussion of political sentiment and ammonia treatment for snake bites in Australia and Atlanta.
Blymyer Manufacturing Company has filed U S court suits over Victor Cane-Mill and Cook Evaporator patents against various makers and dealers including the Kentucky Brennan Mills and Ramey Scxntlin and Clegg Evaporators. Penalties are severe with liability for manufacturers dealers and purchasers. Also notes upcoming state elections Arkansas September 4 Vermont September 5 and Maine September 11 followed by Georgia Ohio Indiana Colorado and West Virginia on October 4 or 10.
Fort Gaines edition lists the Democratic party committee members by district for Jay County. Included are district officers and delegates such as Wm Speight, Wm Graham, Jas Subtive, Lewis Paulin, R Q Lane, and others across the 4th 5th 7th districts with names like RM Brown John Jones and J F Mandeville.
A notice announces appointment of a beneficiary scholar from the Eleventh Senatorial District to the Louisville Medical College in Louisville Kentucky. The grant goes to the first meritorious applicant providing proper testimonials as authorized by W A Granam. Aug 10 1876.
The Clay Democratic convention failed to elect a candidate on first two ballots under a two thirds rule. After hours of voting and attempts at reform, the gathering adjourned to meet again on the first Saturday in September with calls for party harmony.
The Ware house and commission company stockholders in Georgetown elected a board of directors: L. P. Dozier president, W. B. McLendon, J. E. Smith, H. H. Suisten, Z. C. Coffin, with J. M. Oliver re-elected weigher. The warehouse is ready to receive cotton. Last Tuesday Laurence Harrison returned to town. Cotton in some areas faces rust. A shower refreshed the county. B F Lokey delivered the first bale to market in Eufaula for 15 cents, with Capt Webb and J. C. Jolley active. Prof. Humphreys visited town, noting bugs, while W. E. Harrison, Lumpkin Independent editor, was in town. Amateur astronomers find no stars as Georgetown’s telescope season ends.
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