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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1875
Page
3
Community updates from Cuthbert include Grange meeting reminders and remarks on local business changes. L. E. McDaniel relocates Singer Sewing Machine office to Standley Rock building, while S. W. R. changes affect the Macon night train schedule.
A reader recounts receiving a mysterious package in Atlanta era prose, containing a live Egyptian locust and a note about an appeal. The item blends local notices on shad, minstrel shows, lodging houses, a sewing machine push, and a regional agricultural convention in Thomasville.
A editorial excerpt argues the Negro race lacks morality and inevitibly fills jails. It cites crime patterns, court conviction ease, and alleged radical party influence. It decries moral guides, church divides, theft as a prevailing sin, and widespread idle living near Forsyth, urging readers to see an impending convict majority.
The New York Journal of Commerce compiles from the New York Cotton Exchange official records a year by year table of highest and lowest middling upland cotton prices in New York since 1825. Excluding 1861–1866 wartime years, the fifty year average is about 13 cents in gold, with 154 in current prices implying similar real value.
The governor signed a new usury measure setting a maximum of twelve percent annual interest on loans with provisions for forfeiture of excess interest, setoffs in principal actions, and one year to recover forfeitures. The act maintains seven percent as the legal baseline and requires written specification for higher rates.
Fraternal lodge meetings announced for Cuthbert and Washington Lodge No 19 with schedule details. Also endorsements of Dr Josiah Bradfield's female remedy and notes on cotton prices and Wheeler sewing machines. Promotional copy for Enamel Paint and Walker's California Bitters advertised with testimonials and health claims.
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