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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1881
Page
2
The Appeal reports a mix of regional notes including Hayes salary rumors, a booming for an extended fertilization plant, high potato losses from cold, and fires at Adams cotton factory. It lists deaths of local figures, political speculations in Cobb county, and social anecdotes from Dalton and Albany, with city gossip and limited editorial remarks.
In Americus on February 5 a prominent merchant and city council member, Jne J. Hudson, was found near his home after being dragged from his horse and left in a pine thicket. Authorities report three alleged black suspects jailed, with over $3,000 in state funds recovered. The distressed town also notes Welch & Bacon’s failure and broader reflections on local farming and economy.
In Atlanta last week Mrs. Goher, widow of a Morris coal yard worker, was buried at Oakland Cemetery after expressing a wish to be laid to rest there. Examining her grave revealed it had been robbed. the coffin lid loosened, the body gone, and the shroud and personal items left behind. Family members and friends later opened the grave site and found a torn headcloth and scattered grave goods, with stockings missing and no clear suspect identified.
The second week Grand Jury of the Superior Court recommends examining county books with the prior panel, appointing experts to assess the county jail and court house safety, and funding needed repairs. They call for a farm labor and pauper relief plan, curb road decay, support Local Option Law passage, and thank Judge Hood and Col. Guerry while urging continued representation.
A grand jury at Randolph County urges Georgia Governor Alfred H Colquitt to grant a pardon and commute the sentence for Jack Barnum, convicted of arson, after reexamining evidence and rehearing witnesses in the November act term. The petition lists numerous signers including Marion Edwards and Andrew J. Moye as foremen.
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