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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1875
Page
2
JAS. P. SAWTELL reports on the May 14 1875 issue of The Appeal from Cuthbert Georgia. The paper promotes a one dollar Arrear offer for five-name clubs with incentives for old subscribers and mentions street railroad building in Chattanooga and a range of local items including weather, crops, taxes, and notable happenings in Georgia and nearby states.
A rural college page announces a special Friday morning train from here to Thomasville for the Floral Fair on Saturday. Prof McNulty secured rail arrangements for up to 200 passengers at about two dollars per person. Deadline for names and payments is next week.
Dispatches from London report the Eagle Line steamer Schiller sailing April 28 from New York to Hamburg via Plymouth and Cherbourg wrecking near the Scilly Isles. About 200 feared dead, with 43 known saved and several corpses recovered, including a woman with a child. Passengers from Hawkinsville Georgia Montezuma Georgia Macon Georgia Augusta Georgia are named among the passengers.
The Columbus Times recounts storm damage at H. M. Jenkins home where room was crushed, outhouses destroyed, and a plank pinned the couple. A Talbot county child quips about the Lord riding the storm as hail nears. Sparta Times letter praises Cuthbert GA as refined and healthful, noting colleges and schools and a Kentuckian’s lawful fence definition.
The Grand Jury reports on county offices and finances after inspecting the Ordinary, Clerk of the Superior Court, and County Treasurer books. They praise honesty in the treasurer Col. Coleman, note debts of $2,488.56 with $1,921.82 on hand, and urge tax relief if debt remains. They commend Notaries Public T. J. Ball and J. B. Clay, flag incomplete itemization, request road and school actions, and ask lawmakers to move court terms and pass the Local Option Law.
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