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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1883
Page
3
A scattered collection of market quotes for cotton including Good Middling and Low Middling, plus a dense slate of local notices and ads. Items discuss agents Kempner and Pulaski Co, shoe and boot sellers, farm goods, a hospital physician event in November 1883, auctions by Owen & Sealy, and various shop promotions in Cuthbert.
Notice states debts owed to W H Dixson must be settled within twenty days or legal action will follow. It directs contact with Jas A Hay at Depot Street and offers no exceptions and urges prompt payment to avoid complications. It also mentions corn delivery bids and an advertisement for oil of joy by mail from Fort Gaines.
City tax books are now open for the year 1883 payments and will close December 1. Notices call for prompt settlement. Also advertisements for bargains on textiles, shoes, clothing, produce, and bakery items at local shops and stands.
An array of local items from Quitman County and Georgetown includes Rev M M Wamboldt delivering sermons on Progressive Religion drawing large crowds, Mrs Mary Warren moving to Kataula, and Mrs Sayers death from congestion. Reports cover Robert Hurriv’s preliminary bail in a voluntary manslaughter case, Sam Guerry’s family pride after a cat and fox catch, and a Florence merchant promoting liquor sales. A Hope party hosted by Mr Catchings delighted Georgetown attendees, while debate over the county jail's age and ventilation continues with calls for modernization without funding a lavish new facility.
Land sale in Randolph County lists lot 218 in district six with terms one half cash balance in 32 months. A ship, the largest sailing vessel built, arrives from Belfast to Philadelphia, 4000 tons cargo and 42,000 sq ft sails. Comet to be visible in four weeks, evening view predicted. Fat woman’s death attributed to heart disease. General notices include furniture bargains, a cotton bale picker invention, guano buyers’ black list, and legal notes on Vanderbilt will. Fire at Sagan destroys buildings and 5,000 bales of cotton. several retirements and weather conditions noted. Local hunting party misses pomum. county prison occupancy and finances summarized.
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