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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1871
Page
3
Announcement from L W Hunt & Co druggists promotes a fertilizer formula enabling farmers to prepare their own nutrients. The offer claims widespread fraud prevention, a $32 per ton chemical cost, and promises bulk availability with early orders. Call or write for details and instruction.
City council in Cuthbert establishes license rates for 1871 including liquors by the quart or less and for larger quantities, wagons and drays, hacks, bowling alleys, keno, insurers, banks, transient vendors, and other entertainments. Exemptions for Powell’s Hall concerts and a $4950 commutation by T. S. Powell. Mayor Jas J. Kiddoo and councilors sign. Also a local drugstore ad promote W. E. Besson’s Broad Street shop for paints and medicines.
An OCR fragment reports a Saturday altercation between a white man and a Negro with no serious injuries. It mentions railroad notices, local commerce, weather, garden work, and rental ads. It covers newspaper promotion, printer’s ink proof, and a concert at Andrew College praising Mrs Anthony and Prof McNulty with positive reception.
The Bainbridge Argus column mocks a rival claim to southern prowess in hunting and dogs, notes a Washington letter on a Southern Pacific Railroad bill, and reports local civic updates. It cites a large Cherokee land treaty dispute, a jail death, a cry from a prisoner, and a church anecdote about work versus idle time.
Washington letters discuss tax proposals on whisky and tobacco, Senate investigations into the South, and President Grant's trouble over General Parker and Indian Affairs. Reactions harshly critique Horace Greeley, Sumner, and southern taxation, while rail bills move slowly and the Southern Pacific line gains support.
The article outlines District Courts created by the 1870 act, with age and residency requirements for judges and attorneys, monthly county sessions, and juror selection rules. It details certiorari provisions, jail detentions, court costs, and salaries by population, noting the 11th district’s totals of 1500 for the judge and 760 for the attorney, plus two human-interest items on employment drought and a miser’s misprint-induced ruin.
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