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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1874
Page
2
The executive committee calls a Democratic mass meeting at the Randolph County courthouse in Cuthbert Georgia on Tuesday July 7 to organize for the fall campaign and take further action. W D Kirpoo chairs the committee.
E L Doucass denounces involvement with the Republican Radical party and clarifies he never intends to affiliate. He states he prefers the Whig label to Democrat and addresses readers and friends who misread his political stance. The message appears in Cunment on June 29 1874.
Judge Wason of Albany outlines a three-crop cycle for the cotton caterpillar with three waves of infestation. He urges planters to use Paris green to destroy the first and second crops to prevent the costly third crop and wide spread damage.
A political group endorses Col Herbert Fielder as their standard bearer for the Congressional District. They praise his popularity honesty and integrity and urge unity to defeat organized opposition amid a majority negro electorate in the district. They express confidence he will receive the nomination at the upcoming convention.
The piece cites President Grant’s 1873 inaugural on civil rights and social equality, notes a Fulton county case where the State road won about 50 000 against Scofield Rolling Mill, and reports on a powerful Grange with 1.5 million members plus a murder of J D Creswell by a Swedish worker.
The Fort Gaines Messenger endorses Col Richard E Kennon of Clay as the best choice for the districts congressional nomination. It urges rallying behind a candidate from the people with proven integrity and a track record defending the Lost Cause and resisting Radical policies.
Trustees announce delaying the Normal School opening due to financial strain. They plan to inaugurate the project after the Chattahoochee Musical Convention, to be held at Shiloh Church in Sumter County six miles northwest of Americas, with renewed public cooperation urged.
A Missouri Grange adopts an educational scheme by contributing fifty cents from its treasury for every dollar subscribed to a Grange designated newspaper, keeping members informed on current events.
After July 1 1874 return tickets will be sold to all points on the Central and Southwestern Railroads. Sales run through December and are good to January 15 1875. Conductors cannot sell returns from points where agents sell. The public should secure tickets from agents at stations or pay both ways, as agents do not always sell at night. WM Rogers Virgil Powerls G J Forbacre, Atlanta Division.
Local listing announces 10,000 bushels of mixed or yellow corn available for sale. Details on buyer, price, and delivery terms are not provided in the fragment.
A Baltimore seller advertises cash for bacon sides shoulders and lard. The dealer invites buyers to consult before selling to secure ready money and promises low prices for provisions.
Local supplier lists flour hay oats meal sugar coffee salt and more with the largest corn and bacon stock in Middle Georgia. Time orders filled at special agreed rates. June-im
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