Our Agents and Local Matters in Georgia News
A list of authorized recipients for subscriptions in several Georgia counties is noted, with Sheriff Morris of Quitman County among them. Other items report slate shipments from Rockmart, Griffin’s rising debt, a Lumpkin Grange formation, Col. Lumpkin exiting the Atlanta Constitution, a fatal choking in Troy Alabama, railroad and bank concerns, yellow fever deaths in Montgomery, a torn garment found near Macon, Savannah cotton exports to Liverpool, large Sub Treasury bond disbursements, and claims about Fitch and Foster Blodgett related to Georgia trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Brows
Georgetown
A. McLespon
Fort Gaines
J." Walter
W. F. Davis
Coleman
C.T. F. Carven
Cotton Hill
Tuos
M. Khursesworth
J. P
G. M., Clay County. W.H. Macerper, Panama, Clay County Gsurrenpen & Bro
Wards
R. G. Morris
Quitman County
Troy
Alabama
Savannah and
Memphis Railroad
Jay Cook
Montgomery
Ala
Macon
Savannah
Liverpool
Sub-Treasury
Sam Bard
Atlanta
Fitch
Griffin Star
Bard
White House
Locking up on backs and market panic explained
The piece explains a practice of locking up money by using a lender’s funds as collateral to depress stock prices. It notes moneyed men in New York allegedly keeping panic alive to profit from cotton as farmers are urged to store or sell and wait out the excitement. It cites London gold shipments and currency drain in New York as September drags on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall
Atlanta Herald
London
Hamburg
Europe
Adams & Co
S Express
United States Express
J. G. Burrow
Lock Box
Baltimore
Panic Causes and Remedies in New York Markets
The Journal of Commerce urges importing gold from England to move crops and restore grain trade. The Daily Bulletin flags Produce and Cotton Exchanges as crisis flashpoints, cautioning against bank facility limits and proposing certified checks and open credit to restart commerce. The notes praise widespread bank soundness, announce agent expansions, and report an execution in Oregon as a grim parallel to political aims for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Journal of Commerce
England
Daily Bulletin
Produce Exchange
Cotton Exchange
the Bulletin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jas. P. Sawtell
J. C. Irvine
Cuthbert
Rockmart
Griffin
Lumpkin
J.T. Lumpkin
The
Atlanta Constitution
Shreveport
Foster Blodgett
Georgia
Careline
Clay
Quitman
Apprat
Mary
Jack
U. S. Army
Oregon
Surratt
W. B. Tackett
District Court of the
U.3
Southern District of
W. H. Phillips
Randolph
District Court
K. A. Quarterman
Bray
Block
Broad Street
Eufaula
Osnaburgs
Samuel W. Goode
Sterling B. Toney
J. T. Kendall
Col. H. H. Jones
Fos. J. Rogers
M. Gormley
O. F. Noel
New
J. McK. Gunn
Planters Warehouse
Randolph Street
Enfannia, Alabama
Bray & Bro
Conducted BY
L. F. Johnston & Co
W. Y. Johnston
T.S Powell
Dinggist
L. CO. Sine
J. Bradfield
L. H. Bradfield
Drage
Cartersyvi Lie
Jas
W. Strange
H.M. Weedon
George H. Dent
Weedon & Dent
Eufaula, Alabama
Forest Cavalry
Produce Dealers and Comprission Merchaners
Macon, Georgia
Masonic Temple
Lanier House
C. R
Java
Rio
Sunny
South
Oliver, Douglass & CO
Third Street
ASH Dry Goods House
Eufaula, Aea
Thomas H. Watts
A. W W. Barnett
Rowlett
Labatut
Mestaruant
Enfaula
Ovcu
Broad and
Orange Streets
Chewalla House
Isaac Steuerman
South West Georgia
Merchant-Tailoring
Fort Gaines, Ga
Im A. D. Stevens
Borgia
Ranpotop
Court of Ordinary
James J. Ethridge
Joseph Ethridge
Ethridge
Company
Powell
Cuthbert, Ga
Crugs
Koiler
Lubin
Liely Whitks
Jackson & West
AlFof
Florida
Carlinae
Brother Jonathan
Brother Jonathan Publ'ng Co
Beekman St
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