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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1880
Page
3
Randolph county readers witness a thriving Georgia Wine Company stone and tank project with a capstone ceremony and deposits from local leaders. Andrew College showcases its Movement Cure and free tuition offer, while community events include watermelon smashing at E L A Smith’s, a Powell’s Hall musical by Prof Wayne Wallace, and local births and deaths.
The Fair draws crowds to Charlie Campbell’s photographic exhibit. Though no premium was awarded, the Fine Arts committee commends Campbell for a big display. Delegates to the gubernatorial convention from Quitman County include two for Hardeman, with Goerry and Lee uninstructed but favored for Hardeman.
Homer B Mathews visits with bride Jennie Gwin as he forms a co partnership with Me W A Barnett. Friends and former classmates look forward to meeting him in Eufaula where teachers and locals anticipate future visits and cheerful greetings abound.
Editor Cuthbert appeals to readers warning about social vultures described as scandalmongers and gossips who attack reputations for profit. The long polemic decries their cannibalistic taste for scandal, calls them lepers of society, and accuses them of corrupting public virtue. Rex, Fort Gaines, Ga. July 1380.
Prof McNulty’s vacancy at Southwest Georgia Agricultural College is filled by the unanimous election of Mr William W Seals who accepted. Seals, son of Rev Thos A Seals, is a trusted editor of Sunny South and a graduate of Emory College. President Sonn T Coxant lauds the appointment as part of a strong faculty and improved facilities.
Mr. Morgan Hartley suffered crop ruin from a hail storm on July 1 with corn and cotton beaten to the ground. Delegates will be appointed to gubernatorial and congressional conventions on July 24. Mentions include Mr. J. E. Peterson of Swift & Son, Maj. M. A. Lott of Kylare in Lown, and Mr. E. P. TuPrado who left for Augusta for a new position.
In Quitman County editor Boone and Conley recount a Georgia anecdote about two nearly identical brothers in Cuthbert. One buys kitchenware then the other, claiming it his first visit. The clerk is shocked, the brothers laugh, and later the first man seeks the goods. The piece pivots to a warning against adulterated whiskey, endorsing W Hansen's Nelson County Whiskey as pure.
A letter urges Georgia voters to demand accountability from officials including Colquitt and Governor Colquitt amid calls to elect a trustworthy man free of past misdeeds. The writer, signing as A Sonstructor, advocates replacing entrenched figures, favoring economy, reform, and equal application of law regardless of party.
An 1900s advertisement notes Warner's Safe Liver and Kid Cure as highly efficacious for kidney liver and urinary diseases with testimonials from respected citizens. It announces a Ladies and Children's Fancy Hour at Pulaski's and promotes Dr Marshall's Bromoline with trial bottles free and regular size priced at $1, urging readers to obtain the remedy locally.
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