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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1870
Page
2
The paper reports ongoing medical treatment for the editor of the Arrest, recent fires at Andersonville and the South, and critiques of advertising agents and the State Press Association. It notes Sumner’s civil rights bill reception, a Moscow telegram on Edmunds and Bullock, and various local notices including subscribers drive and a Chicago charity ball.
A digressive letter chain from Savannah and Albany condemns Griffin Hoff man Advertising Agency practices. The writers accuse agencies of inflating ad prices, claim Georgia Press Association supports minimum rates, and allege that many papers profit poorly from advertisers. They urge Georgia editors to resist agency terms and seek direct deals with advertisers.
The proposed bill to admit Georgia copies the Virginia and Texas measures with an added repeal cutting militia restrictions in unreconstructed states. It grants Governor Bullock power to organize a state militia and treats tenure of the Legislature as a Georgia question, not Congress. Farnsworth may offer a substitute for immediate admission.
Purport of a bill urged on the Georgia Legislature outlines an enlightened common school law a regular educational fund a progressive state superintendent of schools an active educated country a live board of education in every county teachers of integrity separate schools for the enslaved and the need for normal schools or a normal department in state universities and colleges
The Augusta Chronicle reports Capt. Jd. B. Bigsot remains in charge of the Augusta Post Office and has discharged one clerk recently. Prince is expected soon, but the public mood is not pleased with the move or the sleepy tone of local officials.
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