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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1875
Page
3
A local notice proclaims a full stock of dry goods clothing and related goods by M. H. Pulaski Co. at lower prices, inviting city shoppers to inspect. D. Kempner offers a large jeans stock and men’s apparel, with doors and blinds by P. Toale praised in related notices. eggs offered for sale and other general merchandise advertised.
Advertisements note high butter egg and chicken prices as Capt Pratt pays top market rates. Frost warnings and rain affect cotton. seed cotton ordinance noted and press claims Eclipse Cotton Press superiority. Carhart Card hardware ad praises 25 years in business. cotton prices quoted in Macon and New York. Frost prediction, oats sowing urged, and Dr Robertson’s delayed visits due to horse lameness. Spring Vale school remarks and Rev Dixon pastor gift of clothes from Methodist women.
Good News. We will pay customers one cent per pound on cotton above cash price for all cotton delivered by October 25. If not selling, we will hold until January 1 and settle at market value. Credit must be sustained. Owen & Sealey trust their customers. Black alpacas, 39 cents and up, at M. H. Putasxt & Co. Largest cheap clothing stock at same store. shop before you buy.
The item showcases Powell's catalog highlighting Dozen of Gross quantities and offerings from T. Dozen of Gross, a grocer and druggist, with emphasis on books, stationery, and medicinal goods. The brief notes Powell's as a local supplier serving customers with a wide range of goods.
A letter from the State Grange secretary announces T. J. Smith will speak to Grangers on Wednesday the 13th with Geo. A. H. Colquitt also addressing. A Pomona Grange will organize, and delegates from nearby Granges should attend with ladies urged to be present for a grand rally in Cuthbert. Col. Smith has important matters to present and a full turnout is hoped. In a separate note a freedman sale ends with a merchant charging 500 for mistakes in misdelivered meat. the buyer pays and leaves.
Advert shows BUG GY HARNESS for 10.50, a SADDLE for 3.75, CALICOS 5 to 10 cents, and DELANES at 25 cents, all from Owen and Stateys with several items formerly higher priced.
City ordinance requires licenses to buy cotton in the seed or unginning and sets fines up to five hundred dollars plus street labor. It requires oath by buyers and annual Monday reports to the Clerk detailing purchases, prices, and buyers with enforcement by the mayor and marshal.
Local readers are urged to visit S. E. Freeman & Co for tobacco and cigars. A Wesley Chapel singing event is planned for the 9th and 10th under Professor J. N. Bigbie with his son J. E. Bigbie. A public debate on party spirit will be held at Wesley Chapel on the 9th with an affirmative and negative panel. Dr. Paullin returns in good health and Samuel Freeman markets drugs and medicines. The Central Warehouse is run by Bennett and Paullin. A story recaps a humorous gift of a toilet set. The Board of County Commissioners of Clay appears in a card, with other local notes.
Curucent September 7 1875 ordinance requires sellers of malt liquors ale porter or lager beer without a retail liquor license to pay fifty dollars annually. The clerk issues a license upon payment. Violators face up to fifty dollars fine and possible confinement with chain gang labor on city public works plus court costs. Mayor M I Atkins and Clerk J Varner sign the ordinance.
Findlay advertises wrought iron screw presses formerly known as Nisbet Screw now with a patent conical roller. Posts include pin 10 feet log and 4 inches diameter. Presses suitable for hand horse water or steam power. Complete presses or simple irons available with wood-work drawings and timber supplied.
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