25 Jan 1900
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Newspaper
Sandersville Herald
Location
Sandersville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1900
Page
1
In Rawlin, Jan 20, Senator Butler addressed the Populist state committee, delivering a campaign keynote that denounces the new election law and Negro franchise limits. He frames Republicans as allied in the antiamendment struggle, urges a state ticket, and hints at possible Democrat joiners despite party tensions.
Two hundred Indiana Retail Lumber Dealers arrived in Montgomery on a southbound excursion train. They were welcomed by the Industrial and Commercial Association and given a trolley ride and banquet at the Exchange hotel. Captain J. M. Falkner spoke as the group planned to continue to Pensacola with brief stops at Alabama mills.
Florida delegates to the Philadelphia national convention were chosen as John G. Long Henry Chubb Joseph Lee and Mark White with White and Negro representation. McKinleys administration received endorsement while the delegation was instructed for any candidate. NY leadership favored Woodruff as vice president with Bliss also supported. Florida will follow New Yorks lead.
Stevens urges Georgia farmers and cotton commissioners to diversify crops, reduce cotton acreage, and rely on home production to improve trade balance. He lauds revived cotton manufacturing, calls for local mills, and stresses farming education in common schools, urging science and practical agriculture to strengthen the South.
Georgia agriculture notes a stronger year ahead as 1900 opens with lessons from 1899. The address urges Georgia to boost home production, plant more grain and forage crops, and reduce fertilizer costs while managing cotton area to maximize 8–11 percent price gains.
The notice advertises travel via Central of Georgia to Savannah then Ocean Steamship Company to New York and Boston, with steamship comforts, berths, and stewardesses. It promotes rates, sailing dates, and ticket agents, alongside Rev Irl Hicks Almanac 1900 and Word and Works subscriptions.
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