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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1871
Page
1
The Appeal lists subscription terms with one year or six months advance payments and advertising rates, plus penalties for nonpayment and notices on candidate announcements. It includes a church directory noting Method ist, Baptist, and Presbyterian services with pastors, service times, and Sunday school hours.
Governor Bullock issues a proclamation from Atlanta on May 1871 offering a reward of one thousand dollars for the apprehension and delivery of Judge Smith of Whitfield County. A grand jury indicted him for murder in 1869 after failed efforts to locate him, with trial to follow once captured.
Rufus B Bullock issues a Cherokee County reward for Thomas Fletcher a desperado charged with horse stealing and accused of aiding a murder. Fletcher fled jail after crimes. proclamation offers one thousand dollars for his apprehension and delivery to the Cherokee Sheriff. Capitol Atlanta April 27 1871 Governor Cortina Secretary of State.
Georgia issues a proclamation offering a reward of one thousand dollars for the apprehension and delivery of John Capland, a desperate character charged with a felony in the 35th Senatorial District Court who forfeited bond and fled to another state. The notice is dated May 2, 1871, at the Capitol in Atlanta, signed by Rufus B. Bullock, Governor, with Secretary of State Davin G. Corrine.
Government notice states a murder occurred near Appling on April 24 1871. Victim listed as Steely Herrington alleged perpetrators Marion Tillis and Thomas Herrington fled justice. Warrant issued for Marion Tillis surrender. proceedings to secure delivery for trial at the Capitol Atlanta dated May 15 1871 signed Rufus Bullock and Secretary David G. Corts.
A long excerpted discussion explains Monsieur Larmanjat’s one rail railway concept. It details how a single central rail with planks or macadam supports locomotives, promising greater adhesion, reduced wheel shaft strain, and manageable curves. A Paris intermediate line near Montfermeil operates for two years with modest costs and modest speeds for small trains.
A fragment describing Marion Tillis as about 5 feet 2 or 3 inches tall with a sallow complexion blue eyes light hair a very small beard and weighing around 119 pounds. It notes she does not talk much and when she does speaks very slowly.
Governor Rufus Bullock issues a proclamation offering a reward of fifteen hundred dollars for the apprehension and delivery of Thomas E Finch to the Cherokee county sheriff and an additional one thousand dollars upon conviction. The proclamation cites Finch as a notorious desperado and member of a lawless gang, with indictments for murder and assault and battery. Location is Atlanta capital and dates May 13, 1871.
Rufus B. Bulloch issues a proclamation offering five hundred dollars for the capture and delivery to Bibb county sheriff of Sam Smith Lewis Lynch Steven Smith and Joe Trapp four men of color who escaped from Bibb county jail after assaulting the jailor. Civil officers have failed to apprehend them and the search continues. The notice is filed in Atlanta at the Capitol on May 20.
The document lists several men with physical descriptions and ages. Sam Smith is dark brown, toothless upper front, about 160 pounds, age 28 to 30. Lewis Lynch is mulatto, 130 to 140 pounds, age 23 to 29. Stephen Smith is five foot ten to eleven, ginger-colored, 189 to 200 pounds, square build, sounding congested, jaw appears long, very white teeth, age 30 to 35. Joe Trapp is black, 130 to 140 pounds, age 23 to 25.
State of Georgia governor increases reward from five hundred to one thousand dollars for the arrest and conviction of Wesley Redman, under the same conditions as the August 2, 1869 proclamation. Secretary of State David G. Cotting signs the order.
Practical men believe the Larmanjat system could solve the problem of placing railways on turnpikes by matching grades and curves of common highways. If successful in the United States, it could greatly aid mountainous regions and hilly New England areas.
A reflective piece on Masons principles including belief in God, charity, discretion, brotherly care, and defense of virtue. It urges humility and mutual aid, warns against gossip, and emphasizes protecting a brother’s honor. The essay then contrasts luxury with simplicity, criticizing ostentation and urging Americans to imitate English aristocratic restraint and enduring furnishings.
The Port Hamilton gun in Young Island is larger and heavier than the Royal Arsenal piece. It weighs 116,549 pounds, carries a 1,000 pound ball, uses 100 to 150 pounds of powder, and fires about three miles. A bigger Krapp-made Prussian gun, shown at the French Exhibition, is said to throw a solid steel shot of 1,100 pounds encased in 200 pounds of lead.
A collection of maxims urging daily courage in debt, frugality, prudent speech, and choosing integrity over wealth or fashion, followed by a vivid montage of social observations and a long humorous miscellany from a Portland Argus issue, including stories of mobs, editorials, and quirky anecdotes about cities, marriages, and manners.
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