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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1875
Page
2
The Cuthbert Appeal surveys varied items from Feb 26 1875 including official notices, appointments and rumors, legislative actions on homestead reform and liquor proximity, railroad signaling changes, and local society items. It reports on Maj. R A Reid's death, Georgia Grange figures, hog packing totals, lunacy counts, dog harm to sheep, Macon soup house rations, and an excursion to Jacksonville.
The General Assembly approved a bill to bar payment or recognition of illegal state bonds tied to railroads. It adds a constitutional amendment forbidding re endorsement or repayment of specified bonds and directs a public vote after two legislative sessions. Wells J. Bray is re elected mayor of Eufaula with no opposition.
Special correspondence from Atlanta notes ongoing Senate passage of a McDaniel amendment to bar payment of certain alleged fraudulent bonds. It describes lobbyists, Georgia politicians, and railroad figures allied with carpetbaggers, with House debate uncertain and a Tumlin bill under revision. Also reports Brownlow buying stake in Knoxville Whig & Chronicle to push Republican victory.
A sub Finance Committee report faults the State Treasurer Jones for lax bookkeeping and unaccounted funds since January, with a $68,000 deficit and $4,000 unaccounted. It urges his resignation or replacement with a financial agent to oversee the treasury.
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