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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1876
Page
2
A strong rebuke of editors who publish harsh cutting pieces about well known figures to attract readers. The piece accuses editors of critical dishonesty and neglect of duty, arguing journalism shapes morals and deserves responsible, sober critique rather than sensational abuse.
Telegram dated Friday February 18, 1876 highlights House bills in the Senate session, including Randolph County court creation and consolidation of Randolph Tax Receiver and Tax Collector, plus transfer of Calhoun County to Pas taula Circuit. Also reports on a Griffin Sunday school joke, hydrocephalus exhibit in Cartersville, a Macon jail for a rape case, Governor Brown offering coal to Port Royal fleet, Dixie gossip on negroes and emigration, and deaths and business changes in Sparta and Savannah.
Editorial correspondence travels through Macon to Atlanta noting events including Booths Hamlet performance at Ralston Hall, a cotton warehouse fire destroying 400 bales with 200 rescued, and urban contrasts along the route. The piece comments on agricultural advances, grange influence, and local life as it nears the hub of Atlanta. The House of Representatives is cited with fifty four clerks at seven dollars a day.
In a garbled dispatch the Atlanta Herald reports on alleged rifts between President Grant and Treasury Secretary Bristow. Bristow’s supporters fear removal while Pierrepont allegedly opposes him. Rumors claim calls for Conkling to move to the cabinet and trigger a broader political shakeup.
The Savannah News reports Patterson of Pennsylvania pressures Washington to renew military interference in Southern elections. He argues troops protect voters and Georgia could shift Republican if elections are conducted fairly, while Senator Robertson opposes troop use. Also notes Dockray’s Spain to London letter about a Cuban rebel escape and Governor Galloway of Baker county death.
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