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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1882
Page
2
The Appeal notes campaign costs and distribution while reporting Georgia politics. It cites Alexander H. Stephens as a Democratic candidate, discusses state leadership and university trustees, and mentions local civic changes and social issues with a period-voice tone.
Physicians say Senator Hill may live three months at most but could die soon. He is kept quiet at home on Peachtree Street as delegates to the State convention gather. Griffin merchants report no harm from liquor laws in their city with some noting increased trade, while jailer John Willingham complains prohibition has ruined county jail profits.
Fragmentary notices report Daniel Webster debt remarks and a son’s loan note, Dr. Mali declining Mercer University theology chair, and the Chancellor’s withdrawal from the State University. A Lamar Howell dispute ends amicably. An artesian well project near Albany hits quicksand and equipment damage, delaying work. A dated pipe line item values unsettled funds at roughly eight to ten thousand dollars.
July 15 report on a Charles McDonald Brown scholarship funded by Bonator Brown to the University of Georgia, with a 50 000 dollar principal and a 60 000 dollar bond, plus 3 500 dollars annual income directed to loans for needy students. includes the clergy view on life insurance by Rev. T DeWitt Talmage urging preparation for dependents.
An interview recounts Ben Hill near death, his final resolve on race and government. He urges equal justice, warns that party dominance via black vote undermines stable society, and speaks through pain of his dying words to the nation. His words urge unity and caution politics.
A Quitman County bulletin lists community happenings. It notes social calls, visits, and travels by residents including Miss Emmia Goode, Miss Minnie Wingats, and Miss Nennie Ugiettes. It mentions political talk around Governor A H Stephens and Tom Hardeman, a few local events, and a brief obituary notice for Mrs Jim McLeod.
A garbled vignette notes a devout Child of God figure, a weary traveler in New York hotel life, and a Bergen clerk with Hop Bitters cures. It mentions frogs raining on Jackson Street and a Frogs shower flood over an acre, a Boston Globe critique of Southern negro voting and the Brown's Iron Bitters sales pitch.
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