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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1876
Page
2
Reports from Indiana and Georgia detail Democratic margins and party standings. The Indiana ticket led by five to eight thousand, with the Legislature split near evenly between Democrats and Republicans. Georgia cites cotton mill activity, race voting notes, and local election tallies, including a decline in some districts and a strong showing for Democrats in certain counties.
The piece reflects on electoral contests across states. It claims Republicans suffered defeats in Colorado West Virginia Indiana and Ohio while Georgia must organize the Democratic party to express the will of the people at the polls. It urges voting for Tilden and Hendricks to end Radical rule and restore governance.
The Macon Telegraph details Savannah deaths in September with 638 yellow fever or related deaths across Laurel Grove Cathedral Evergreen and Bonaventure Cemeteries totaling 735. Per diem mortality averages 18 with a third under 18 years. Also notes a drought on the Chattahoochee river and boat groundings near Woolfolk’s bar.
A. L. Smith, longtime Presbyterians member from Sweetwater Tennessee, died in a Georgia visit after a fatal accident. His remains were carried to Athens for burial, with family and church friends gathering to remember his devout life and faithful daily walk.
Macon Presbytery met in Hamilton Georgia on Thursday evening in September with Rev. John Beveridge received by transfer from Cincinnati. A meeting to ordain and install Mr I B English was arranged for Angueta South Carolina and November. Committees were named to review the New Book of Order and Discipline. Supplies for vacant churches were set for Newton Perry and Columbus visits. A political column notes Whiteley’s campaign and warns Republicans to counteract it, urging active effort to defeat him. A theological discourse is planned at Brook Station Georgia between Rev. John G well and others in October lasting four days.
Savannah News reflects on carpetbaggers and scalawags in Georgia after the Civil War praising Democratic restoration. It credits Republican rule with ruin then asserts post 1872 gains under Democratic leadership, claiming improved credit, prosperity, and stable governance while marking South Carolina’s fate as dire. The piece asserts Radical Republicans linked Democracy with decency and loyalty in Georgia.
In October 1976 teachers from Randolph Stewart Clay and Terrell counties met in Cuthbert to form a Colored School Association. Rev Thomas Crayton led singing and prayer, with R R Wright as temporary chair and N D Harris as secretary. A three member committee drafted business and Wright became president, Harris secretary, and Lucius E Brown treasurer. The three sessions discussed conditions of our people and adjourned late Saturday to reconvene.
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