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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1879
Page
3
All attachments offered with the machine free of charge and guaranteed for five years. Sitar to call and sea us before buying any other. No trouble to show our machines and explain their advantages over others. Pet value at Barri Dry Goods Store.
An advertisement touts the Wheeler & Wilson New Improved Machine No 8 and notes a Paris Exposition award, claiming a Special Grand Prize for sewing machines among over eighty competitors, highlighting opportunities to purchase at Harris Dry Goods Store.
Committee led by J A Allison and others outlines the Watchifvi Fire Co No 1 parade and picnic program. Details cover bell ringing at 7 AM, uniform dress, band music, roll call, drag rope, marching routes, noon speeches by Col Ed McDonald and other orators, dinner, dancing, a kerosene fire demonstration, and dismissal procedures. Also notes badges and committee designations, plus a separate report on a cash outlay of nearly $20,000 for cotton from Eufaula.
In Fort Gaines the retailer claims stock of ladies dress goods and hats must be sold now, inviting customers to price items. The column also notes funerals, social chatter, weather banter, and a Lightning Day incident to Mr. W. C. Brooks, with Dr. Johnson visiting Florida.
Cant C Hay arrived back yesterday after a brief European tour. He centered on a mission to Bali amid growing concerns and reported improvements in regional welfare and cultural exchanges.
A long letter debunks a critic named Mr Hall in a Board of Education dispute over school funding and legality. The writer defends actions, asserts records are public, and accuses opponents of malicious charges. He cites voting for one hundred dollars to Prof Wright and defends honoring teachers.
Last Monday in Quitman Superior Court Judge Hood presided over a session with jurors summoned and sworn by the Solicitor General. The judge issued a strict charge against concealed weapons and minor whiskey sales. Grand Jury completed duties and was dismissed as court adjourned. A campus of civic notes followed with labor pleas, cotton choppers demand, and local anecdotes including a St Louis and Eufaula wedding. A tense incident involved Walter Green and Bob Castellow with a nonfatal leg wound by shot. a woman was present at the scene.
The store quotes daily grocery and hardware prices with fluctuations noted for bacon lard hams coffee flour and corn. It lists prices for bacon bulk meats salt flour yeast sugar coffee syrups and leather goods along with farm implements wagons plows and buggy wheels and invites customers to call at the store before shopping elsewhere.
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