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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1874
Page
3
The Cuthbert Appeal reports club rate offers to readers to avoid borrowing papers, announces Rev. F C Johnson’s Baptist church sermon, and details court terms and rail service changes. It notes a tornado account, local personalities visiting, a humorous ad about Hoyt's Cologne, a reconciliation between Capt Temas and Col Harr, and a Powell's hall entertainment with calls for large attendance.
Members of Cuthbert Chapter No. 31 have elected officers for the ensuing year. Burke serves as H. P. G. W. Smith is W. B. Packett is G. S. T. E. Heilbron is C. H. J. A. Xilison is P. 8. N. M. Weaver is A. C. J. L. Brown is M. 3d V. J. M. Brooks is M. 2d V. O. P. Beall is M. Fst V D. Phelps is Secretary. J. P. Sawtell is Treasurer. FE. Peacock is 3.
Rev Dr Louie Pierce of this state addresses the General Conference in Louisville Kentucky noting his advanced age and long service while acknowledging his fading voice. He recalls four resolutions adopted long ago and mentions three papers he drafted to energize itinerant ministry and discipline administration for possible future consideration.
The Louisiana State Grange appeals for help for destitute agriculturalists after overflowed districts leave many Patrons homeless. Georgia Master and E Taylor urge subordinate granges to send contributions to support the relief effort. A full list of contributions will be published. Dr. Munsey and Mrs Westmore lectured in Augusta last week.
A letter to the St Louis Republican describes vast Mississippi floodplain devastation in central Louisiana. It details submerged tracts across Carroll Madison Tensas Concordia and Ouachita parishes with 30 miles of railroad flooded, thousands of cattle drowned, and extensive property loss. It notes poverty, emigration pressure, and social upheaval among whites and blacks, plus war-era declines and rising taxes. Also reports clashes for Louisiana gubernatorial support in Little Rock and local cucumber prices in Savannah.
The Georgia Republican at Fort Valley reprints a London Glover letter from Houston County describing a great freshet in Arkansas. It urges Black emigrants to stay where they have homes, detailing sick relatives, ruined lands, food shortages, and houses floating with people aboard as livestock drifted. The letter portrays a harsh, unhealthy river country and warns of disease without medicine.
The Chicago journals note a money surplus seeking investments in Chicago. Country banks offer loans, demand for government and city bonds exceeds supply, while stocks and real estate paper lag. Produce routes east and money returns from the country rise. farmers grow rich, with large Confederate money purchases advertised for debt payment.
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