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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1871
Page
2
The Appeal announces its editors and proprietors J P Sawtell and Elam Christian. The note profiles the newspaper lineage and leadership, indicating ownership and editorial stewardship. The brief lists the publication’s title holders and press affiliations, consistent with early 20th century newspaper mastheads.
Cuthbert terse. Reports of postwar unrest in Lincoln county with a colored preacher and white resistance. Louisville streetcars open to black riders to avoid clashes. Paris turmoil as troops battle Communists. Tuileries burned. Lenore galleries feared. Atlanta forecast strong year sales at twenty five million. Brunswick bills of denominations planned. Bismarck travels north. Birmingham completes the world’s longest rope, six miles. Georgia shipments of Stone Mountain granite to St Louis, later New Orleans. Wheat rust threatens Wilkes county. Webster county pursues premiums. a nine hour newborn chick tests brave. St Louis offers 140,000 in cotton premiums for October show. Augusta mother grapples over teacher paddling at a picnic. Louisville cuts school day hours. Cleveland eyeing similar. Montgomery and Eufaula railroad track laying progresses toward Fort Browder. Judge Harrell’s plantation chicken crows thrice at two hours old. Alec alias Bob faces eighteen counterfeiting indictments in Pittsburg, up to 240 years. B. A. & E.R. R. bridge project let to Grant. Macon man building Tuskegee to Chehaw. Iron bridge to span the Chattahoochee. eighty five thousand dollars cited. Fort Browder location near Eufaula. Lufila News.
The piece attacks schemes to use foreign workers as labor substitutes, arguing the negro remains essential as a servant and labor force. It asserts racial hierarchy, dismisses non-African immigrant plans, and predicts the eventual self-reliance of families in labor matters, reflecting postwar attitudes. The column also reports a drowning death of a town child, a census note on yellow fever and mortality, the death of a prominent Mason, and progress on the Bartroop railroad project near Cotton Hill.
The february exchange defends the Grand Jury against claims of intimidation by Judge Harrell and Gov. Bullock. It argues the jury acted to rebuke vice and violations of law, asserts the judge’s public denial, and condemns federal and state meddling as an outrage against Georgia’s sovereignty and the Anglo Saxon race.
A Georgia delegation including Conley and Tweedy met President Grant in Washington on Feb 8 1870. They discussed the expulsion of colored members, Senate elections, and Republican nominations planned for Monday with an expected vote on Tuesday. The article rails at judges and presses the political clash surrounding Georgia.
Grand jurors report county books neatly kept. Funds and bonds totaling 2,384.39 on treasurer. Tax collector settled with treasury. Roads and bridges deemed in good condition given rainfall. Recommend examining Pachula creek swamp to decide road change and improving swamps with bridges or turnpikes. Question improper use of 89000 for school land, propose pro rata distribution and inquiry. Propose a county poor house and new jail lock. Endorse previous week’s presentments. Thanks to Judge Marre and Solicitor General.
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