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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1879
Page
3
The town announces a busy fair day with baby show at 11 AM, games, races, and amusements. notes new court improvements, a baby show, and a gander pulling ban. Obituaries for Mrs Mary A Butler and Mr J P Jordan are recorded, with local business notices and society updates.
Nathen Bush dies on June 20 in his 75th year. Easley moves into his new residence next week. Go to the Fair today and tomorrow to see county exhibition items. Fall weather noted with three inches since May. City Council torn down dangerous old Northeast corner stone. Minnie Gimmons dies. praised as faithful worker. Weather report records hot spell with 95 degree high and May mean 77. Winds predominantly from the East.
The notice states Dr Ashton will be absent next week to attend the Na fipass Dental Association convening in Augusta on the 8th. The editor claims Dr Ashton is up to date with dental science and will keep pace with advances. Additionally, Ralph Anthony offers a large tinware and granite iron ware stock in Cuthbert inviting local trade at low prices in west Georgia.
July 2 report from Pars Ward Station notes growing state debt from 15,200,212 in 1870 to 26,130,351 by 1878, with perils of rising indebtedness. Mentions: planter Frank Pickle’s sugar and syrup savings, debates on Black civic status, and reconciliation hints between political figures. Also cites 1,203 convicts with illness and fatalities in state camps, reflecting postwar tensions and race issues.
Reports describe ten days without rain stalling mills, a frog‑across‑the‑creek scene, and evening church violence where John Gerry and Bill Melove fought with a knife after an insult. Watermelon patches robbed and a sow killed marked a rough period. A two-girl house fire near Jenonboro left a frantic father watching his daughters perish as flames consumed their room.
Train departs Sundays excepted at 21 4 A M for Cuthbert and arrives Fort Gaines at 4 P M. A local anecdote recalls a drowned, soaked man and a slain pole cat, then notes a grim death of Conrad Linck in Elizabeth Street. The county education board met for teacher examinations with generally creditable results. Sympathy offered to Linck family.
Large selection of harnesses and baggy lines with prices from 15 cents to over 900. Wagon collars, lines, trimings, patent wheels, pistols, pocket knives, stoves, plows, stocks, and farm implements offered at low cotton prices. Cuthbert store advertises steel and iron stock, nails, and timbers with daily additions and a goal to be the largest stocked shop in town.
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