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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1883
Page
3
Readable fragments show Cuthbert merchants and agents outlining cotton prices and market prospects. W D Barney and partners push hats and shoes on cash terms. Mero Tennill reports on cotton and grass worms. Col. Merge Tennill discusses local crop damage. rail service updates hint at regional transport. Stock offerings for Cuthbert Factory and hog stock improvements are noted amid community notices and ads.
An itemized program lists instrumental music by Le Zephyr and Miss Willie Kidder, a drama featuring Aurora Floyd and James Conyers, with a cast including Mr Tobias, John Mellish, Talbot Balstrode, and others. Aurora Floyd, heir to a banker, is central to the plot amid secrets and schemes, with songs by Mia Eloisa McDonald and a finale of Last Rose of Summer by Miva Wilhe Kidduo.
A garbled list names Mr Gobbleton and Adelaide figures with several companions including Miss Adelaide and Mr F Anthony, plus a servant and a lawyer. The report mentions Minn B Powell and Mrs Gobbleton, and refers to a hunter in the low country who traps game, plans exhibition of a live deer, and a pet named Harper Amons.
The note suggests a promising investment with a promise to issue after a 30 day period. It references a timeline and potential fulfillment of an obligation but lacks concrete details on parties or terms. The text reads as a brief promotional or advisory line rather than a complete agreement.
Notices include Randolph Co factory bonds offering one hundred dollars each at seven percent, paid semiannually. Rev Mr Twitty leading Methodist church meetings. V C Hammock selling a 400 acre farm for 86000. Mrs Gleason's bereavement. Miss Florence Powell's return from travels. artesian well movement meeting at court house. a mention of Bill Barry headed to the 6th Georgia reunion with mixed items, plus a garbled grape request.
Juvenile news and local updates in Quitman County with remarks on land loans, cotton prices, and church meetings. Mention of figures like M. O. Epwanos and J. W. Les. reports on cholera among Georgetown chickens, a fatal dove hunt, and local clerking in Morrie Station. Debate on technical schools, district realignment, and civic matters. social notes include Miss Alice Goilwin visiting, and Major Peon’s revival campaigns.
Classified style pages show loans at eight percent for five years to farmers in Clay and Randolph counties, a Cuthbert boot and clothing outlet, cotton ginning services with two 50 horsepower gins, and general forwarding of cotton. Local merchants advertise shoes, hats, dresses, liquors, and building services while community notes praise residents, welcome new neighbors, report crops, and discuss Confederate graves and Georgia politics. Comedic local trivia and editorials punctuate the page with hotel plans and health remedies.
Local column advertises price limits for notices and fruit orders. W M C Waermontrann offers Scuppernong Thomas and Flowers grapes for delivery by mail. Sewing machine trade and mule sale promoted with two mules aged seven and eight years and a horse.
M A Bardwin announces The City Bakery at W T Bigby's Fruit Stand offering fresh bread and cakes daily and fish every Saturday. Also promoting cotton gins from O G W Findlay in Macon Georgia with airstream quality work at low prices.
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