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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1871
Page
3
Pastor R B Lester delivers a strong sermon after recent trials as church services resume. Fort reconstruction advances with old fort dismantled and a new brick building planned at 175 by 33 feet. Local notices praise plums and premium onions, urge monthly fruit fairs, and report crops and weather affecting cotton and corn. Tragic Burials and local crime brief updates.
The article previews Andrew Female College events for commencement week including a sermon by Rev. B. Johnson, public examinations, a grand music concert led by Prof. Erdman and Miss Walker, and the Thursday address by Hon. B. H. Hill. It notes expected literary essays, school leadership, and strong community interest amid concerns over scarlet fever.
A varied column reports a Saturday scrimmage at the Court House, new cotton blooms and crop notes, Mayons Court reception, legal cases, millinery goods from Mrs Cooper, disorders and fines, praise for Mitchell Perry dry goods, a new St Paul church fundraising drive, Mercer University college program, and a damaged bridge on Fountain's Bridge with urging to repair.
A letter notes heavy showers harming crops with rust on small grains while corn and cotton suffer. a bear hunt ends with a large black bear killed near the depot. A joyful Union Hill picnic recounts music, dining, and community spirit. also notices on through bills of lading at the railroad, college bell distribution, and a nonfatal gunshot wound to Judge Jas B. Jones.
The Fort Gaines column notes a dry day amid wet weather harming crops with rain washing lands and grass choking cotton. It criticizes a road decision by the Brown's Mill route, urging Judge Wells to follow the Grand Jury’s cheaper public route and public interest.
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