Old Jon Robinson's circus to Macon tomorrow
The Appeal notes Old Jon Robinson's circus heads to Macon for a tomorrow exhibition. Other items include Bishop Pierce returning from a Western tour, a Savannah fire caused by a skyrocket, and various Georgia political and social snippets from Augusta to Lumpkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Robinson
Macon
Bishop Pierce
Savannah
Grant
Missouri
Augusta
Central R. R
J. W. Tubuson
Columbus
J. T. Holland
W. C. Bryan
Stewart County
Ned Carter
Walton County
A Word to Farmers and Employers
A dated advisory urging farmers and employers to contract with care for the coming year. It warns to adjust wages and labor costs to actual conditions, noting past overpayment and credit habits. It argues for prudent budgeting based on four years of yields and prices, urging restraint to avoid losses.
The Credit System Editorial Appeal
The piece laments excess writing while urging decisive reform of the agricultural economy. It argues that crisis demands action and a reform to abolish outdated practices, urging leaders to guide the people toward necessary adoption and warning of continued misfortune if changes are delayed.
Crushed Credit System Urged to Save the Nation
Silvester argues to crush the credit business to avert feudal oppression and mass peonage. He condemns merchants and money lenders for extortionate charges, urges farmers to withhold crop proceeds, and warns that the credit system, if left, will ruin the country and entomb usury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Silvester
Col Hardaway On Farming In Lower Georgia
Col Hardaway estimates planters in lower Georgia will lose seventeen dollars per bale on the current crop, totaling seven million dollars. The shortfall will ripple through merchants, supplies, and labor, with the all cotton system hitting laborers hardest. He advises selecting the best land, reducing acreage, and concentrating manure on fewer acres to cut costs for labor, food, and tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
A Plan for Economic Rebuild and Self-Rooted Labor
The piece urges planters to abandon large crop farming on poor land, urging a shift to diversified crops and expanded hogs to reduce cotton reliance. It calls for self management of plantations, hard work by all family members, and equal but careful cooperation with Black labor, asserting white dominance while stressing education and fair wages. It closes with a note on notable figures who labored on farms and a coroner verdict about liquor-related murder.
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Tompkins
Savannah
Memphis
Macon Telegraph
Fort Gaines
Fort
the Americas Republican
Columbus Times
James Johnson
Johnson
Republican Party
Grand Jury
Early County
General Assembly
Washington
House Committees
Garland
Arkanas
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Cincinnatus
Rome
Gen. Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Mary
Jesus Christ
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Jas. P. Sawtell
Cuthbert
The
Lumpkin Independent
Messrs
Alexander H. Dismuris
Wm. H. Martin
Smith
Berrien County
Albany
Thomasville
Walter Knight
J. D. Knight
Griffin News
Georgia
the Credit System
Col. Hardaway
Providence
John P. Newman
Newman
H. Gamble
W. J. K. Kinscey
E. Ridgley
Kincry
Kincehey & Son
Eufaula
NEW Restaurant
J. G. L. Martin
Broad Street
Ranstoge
de Eincey & Son
Taleen Ph
Boven
Wuereas
Peo
Tion
Ciba
Man
Ufacturer
Ange Jeti As
Ani
Eters Ee
Dite
Owen & Sealey’s
Eagle & Phoenix
Delanes
Owen & Sealey
M.A. McNulty
E. B. McNulty
Richard D. Gay
Ellen Martin
Gay
Fort Gaines Academy
MO. W. Dozier
E. A. Keese
J. E. Brown
Low
Duke
Depot Street
Spiler
W. Irvine
Eattor
Douglass
Kempner
W. M. Tomlin
E. P. Partok
Cotton Avenue
Cherry Street
Crittenden &Bro
W. BR. R
Weer
Isaac Steverman
Ala
Isaac Steuerman
Clothier
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