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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1876
Page
3
Embroideries sold at low prices from M A B L Pocaser Co and partners. Advertises linen shirts and drapery items. Promises relief from dyspepsia and liver complaints with T S Powell remedy, offering 75 cent cure and sample bottle.
An otiose early 20th century advertisement lists Lovepoel & Gicke Leg as agents and urges best names in the U.S. It promotes Ging ex Machine sales and factory products, offering liberal inducements to influential men. Contact S. C. Torpin at 90 Melberry Street, Macon, Ga for details and orders.
Under the new schedule advertisers should send notices by a cement meet to arrive by dawn Fridays. Weather pleasant in recent days. Carlton Smith expands stock and will wait on customers. Mr Nance, wanted in Arlington, rumored dead. N M Weaver runs a Busam Grain operation near the Y and ships up to twelve bales daily. Allison d& Simpson received 460 barrels of flour this week. A W Gillespie stocks fresh goods. Rev R W Dixon of the Methodist church left for a northern journey. Centennial will be the main observation. Andrew Female College Fall Term begins next Tuesday the 9th. large opening attendance urged.
Take Notice buyers can save on DRY GOODS SHOES AND HATS in Cuthbert with a good assortment of GS Jeans and Casimeres. Harris goods include confections and groceries. Boone stocked bakery items and fresh bread, plus cigars and luxuries. The piece mentions a railroad schedule change and reduced Fort Gaines service, reflecting community impact and local commerce.
The article lists delegates selected from several districts to back a candidate in the state legislature. It notes the delegates will meet in Cuthbert tomorrow to nominate a candidate and expresses support for the chosen delegation and the Democratic party. Also mentions local notices, ads, and community events.
The issue lists debt reminders for readers about the Appeal and invites readers to settle accounts. It notes the Democratic Executive Committee meeting at the Court House on Friday the 29th at noon. It reports Col. R. E. Kenyon nominated as Democratic candidate and praises his character and popularity.
Attention is sounded for the Fort Gaines Guards to assemble at the Court House on Friday October 6 at 10 AM with ten rounds of blank cartridges for company and skirmish drill. Bring all dues to be settled. names will be checked from the roll by command of the Captain.
Delegates from Cotton Hill Bluffton and Town District meet in the courthouse at 11 oclock to nominate one candidate for the Legislature. Balloting selects RR Blocker W L Jenkins to supervise, with two-thirds rule adopted. Ballot results show Kennon Wells and Johnson among nominees as votes progress toward a choice.
On the third ballot Ken received 20 votes and Johnson 11. Kennon was declared the nominee by the Chair, then the nomination was made unanimous by a rising vote. Delegates from each district moved to notify Kennon of the nomination and seek his acceptance. The committee included McArthur, Brown, and Sutton. Col. Kennon spoke for twenty minutes, urging thorough organization and persistent effort to elect the entire Democratic ticket. The Clerk was asked to furnish each Cuthbert paper with the proceedings, then the body adjourned after a pleasant, harmonious session. KK Pereagon, Chairman. W. M. Spear, Secretary.
Notices report the marriage of William R. Handley of Texas and Eliza Thompson of Eufaula, Alabama, at the residence of R A Cooper with Rev E J Moore officiating. Other items note Enon singing preparations, local political nominating in Georgetown, travel to the Centennial, and crop conditions with ongoing rainless drought plus a sugar cane fire incident and cotton market activity.
The News and Courier reports Charice ton, now Charles ton, endures a tense era with whites forming self defense groups amid perceived black aggression. The piece notes shifting violence patterns, white resolve to defend rights, and black citizens joining the Democratic party. It also mentions the Republican Convention in Americus nominating W. P. Pierce for Congress.
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