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Saturday Morning. January 6,1883.
Official Organ of Sumter County
Official Organ of Schley County.
Official Organ of Lee County.
Official Organ of Webster County.
A Chance to Use Coal.
From a circular issued by the author
ities of the Western & Atlantic Rail
road company, it appears that the
freight on coal is to he reduced -J of a
cent a mile, on and after the Ist, inst.
Now if Captain Raoul, President of the
great Central and its tributaries, will
respond in favor of the cities situated
on this great artery of commerce, they
can all have fires and be warmed. The
proposition applies to domestic and
steam purposes. If our fixed engines
find that it is to their interest to use
coal of course they will do so. While
many already use coal for domestic
purposes, the fluctuation in the sup
ply of wood and its prices make this a
necessity. We hope this movement
will meet a hearty and prompt response
in favor of the people and that a thrifty
trade in coal will spring up in conse
quence.
About twenty mines already are
heaving ont their treasures over the
Western <fc Atlantic, and there is no
want of healthy competition in the sup
ply. All tnat is needed is to have low
tiansportation to build up a trade all
along the lines of Railroads in Georgia
and Alabama.
Election in Lee County.
Without having the official returns
we know that all the last county offi
cers were re-elected except the treas
urer, Mr. Wm. Newsom being elect
ed to that office. It is stated that
there is a probability of a contest over
the returns from a precinct in which
it is claimed there was irregularity.
The following are the names of the
officers elected.
Sheriff—James Salter.
Clerk Superior Court—James Mor
gan.
Tax Collector—R. A. Forrester.
Tax Receiver—James L. Hines.
Treasurer—W. H. Newsom.
Surveyor—George Luke.
Coroner—James Leßoy.
Official Vote of Schley.
The following is the official vote of
Schley for county officers:
FOR SHERIFF.
T. B. Myers, 502.
H. W. Cockrell 259.
CLERK SUPERIOR COURT.
J. N. Cheney, 757.
FOR TAX RECEIVER.
J. M. Thornton, 764.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
W. C. Kelly, 202.
J. S. Allen, 199.
N. Glover, 148.
J. H. Stevens, 96.
Daniel Kilcrease, 65.
S. B. Halstead, 55.
J. R. Snelgrove, 7
FOR TREASURER.
C. R. Tondee 392.
W. A. Daniel, 375.
FOR SURVEYOR.
C. B. Strange,. 706.
I. N. Mott, 58.
Coroner, L. A. Gyles.
B. A. Strange.
Webster County Election.
A friend has kindly forwarded the
official vote in Webster county.
G. E. Thornton was elected Clerk
Superior Court without opposition,
his vote was, 556.
FOR SHERIFF.
Dan Davis, 538.
J. W. Riley, 16.
FOR TAX RECEIVER.
T. J. Stapleton 305.
F. M. McClendon 114.
N. F. Harrell, 105.
W. R. Statham, 29.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
R. S. Bell, 379.
G. E. Dennard, 158.
G. W. Dillard 24.
FOR TREASURER.
D. R. Shepherd, 231.
Baldwin McGill, 133.
B. F. Morgan, 85.
J. W. Summerford, 84.
FOR SURVEYOR,
C. E. Grubb, 150.
J. C. Layfleld, (nota candidate,) 117.
FOR CORONER,
R. L. Nicholson 113.
Wm. Jenkins, 49.
Webster county had a gayer time
than Sumter county where there was
no competition for officers.
Dangers of Coasting.
We regret that we did not get the
Troy Daily Telegram of January Ist,
containing a fearful narrative of the
colliding of the ice sled or bob sled
with a buggy. Among a dozen or
more who were injured are Griffith
M. Eldridge son of Dr. Eldridge, of
Americus and Mr. Wiley Deßose of
Washington, Ga. Morgan Eldridge
had a large piece of flesh violently
tom from his right leg. His nose was
broken and will probably never re
cover ftt normal shape. A severe
gash over his left eye and other un
important scratches. A letter receiv
ed from him by his father substantial
ly corroborates the published facts.
Mr. Deßose has a fractured jaw and
skull and is thought to be fatally in
jured as he is still unconscious.
He guided the bob, his head was the
Iflrst to crush through the buggy wheel.
Letter from Rev. P. B, Sims.
Rockdale, Milam County, Tex.
Mr. C. TV. Marcock, Americus, Ga.
DEAKBnoTHEr. Haxcock. Please send
me the Republican to Rockdale, Milam
county Texas.
I have a very pleasant appointment,
and am well pleased with my change
and look forward to much hard labor
in the Master’s cause with absolute rel
ish. This country to anew comer
presents many advantages over dear
old Georgia, and yet we must not allow
too much vim to memory or wing to
fancy but with single eye and steadfast
gaze, hasten to the goal of usefulness—
not ease or pleasure.
This is a wooded country, not well
watered but average for this State,
cisteins and wells and tanks, few run
ning streams, people healthy now,
even robust, landscheap and rich enough
seasons not variable, schools and
churches, people kind, civil, hospitable
and while I am not a competent witness,
yet am sure that many of the hardy
sons of toil might benefit themselves by
a move to this fast developing Empire.
Though I am not a land agent, still I
have had enquiries from planters here
to solicit emigration and offering aid
in that direction, and I will cheerfully
answer any enquiries from my friends
at home in reference to emigration.
Wishing you a happy new year and
many returns, with kindest wishes for
the dear old veteran the Republican,
beg to remain your’s sincerely,
Pat Sims.
Remember me to tho household.
The Bible text. “Asa shepherd
dividetli his sheep from the goats; and
he shall set the sheep on his right side,
but the goats oa the left,” seems to
have lost its force by modern customs.
At a sale of pews in a leading Congre
gational church of Chicago the other
evening it was noticed that nine-tenths
of the premium seats were on the left
hand of the minister. It is said the
same is true of a leading Baptist and
Presbyterian church of Chicago. As
such things do not usually happen by
chance, what is the reason for it? Per
haps it is because most ministers preach
“right-handed,” and in gesturing
mainly with the right hand the face
is necessary directed to the left. Any
one who will notice will find this to be
true and to hear well where hearing is
difficult the best place is to the left of
the right-handed speaker. The right
arm, when the gestures are earnest will
swing the body half-way around, in
spite of the best intentions. A few
statistics bearing upon the question
will be in order before taking the side
of the 6heep at par or giving a large
premium to run with the goats.
Lconic— I The Now Celebrated Wo
man Who Caused Gambetta’s
Death.
New York, Jan 3. —Gambetta’s
friends have sought to conceal the
gravity of the situation, and above ail
the agency of a woman iD the tragedy.
Nevertheless no doubt is permissable
that that which caused his death was
a bullet fired by a lady who is well
known in Paris, and whose pseudonym,
Leonie Leon, conceals the patronymics
of one of the most honorable Israelite
families of Bordeaux. She left her hus
band, the Councillor General of Geronde
Department, to follow the fortunes of
one by whose eloquence she was com
pletely fascinated, and meeting with
him in 1868 she deserted her family.
Their connection has lasted ever since.
He was impatient of the chain he could
not break, especially as a child was
born the succeeding year, whose patern
ity he refused to acknowledge. The
refusal caused scenes of violence be
tween the lovers. The man wearied of
the connection, and the woman clung
to him for whom she had sacrificed her
honor.
Two years ago Leonie’s husband
died and she summoned Gambetta to
fulfill his promise of marriage, but re
ceived another refusal. He made an
agreement, however, to provide for
young Leon, on the condition that he
should be educated in Germany. The
mother hesitated, but finally consented,
and accompanied the child and his fath
er to Dresden. This was the journey
commented upon last year by tho Euro
pean press, which ascribed political
motives to the presence of Leon Mas
sable ct al., dame at the German ho
tels.
The connection was continued after
their return, Leon going every Satur
day evening to his villa, where she was
accepted as mistress by the seivants,
and retuning Monday morning in his
carriage Their quarrels also contin
ued, Within a week three discharged
domestics revealed the mysteries of the
ill-starred establishment. Finanlly
the dissensions culminated in the scene
of the unhappy pistol shot. Gambetta
lost his temper, giving vent to abuse
and coarse language, such as he was
wont to employ in moments of passion.
She was exasperated, seized a revolver
and fired. He raised his hand to turn
aside the weapon and received the
wound. Everything else is conjected.
None but they know the truth; Gam
’betta died without a sign.
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Young or middle aged men suffer
ing from nervous debility, loss of
memory, premature old age, as the
result of bad habits, should send three
stamps for part VII of Dime Series
pamphlets. Address World’s Dis
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo,
New York.
OUR GOVERNOR.
Some of His Habits, Tastes and Opin
ions-Gov. Stephens Carries the
Habits of Liberty Hall into the
Executive Mansion —His Business
Methods and Recreations —A Few
Off-Hand Opinions.
Atlanta Post-Appeal.
A Post-Appeal reporter awoke yes
terday morning feverish for an inter
view with somebody; and after a short
speculation as to who would be the
most available victim, finally lit upon
the Governor whom he knew to be ac
credited the most accessible celebrity
in the city, and the most placable of
public men when in the hands of an in
terviewer. The thought no sooner enter
ed his head than it was pinned and
laid away for reference at noon. A
short cogitation at that hour, and a
decision reached to call upon him after'
dinner. About two o’clock he saunter
ed up to the Executive Mansion and
rang the bell which was answered by
valet Jim, who has been fora long
time the Governor’s faithful attendant,
After sending in his card, the reporter
was ushered at once into the presence
of the Great Commoner. He sat in
his historic chair, surrounded by amass
of official papers, State documents, and
petitions, the mere contemplation of
which was paralyzing to the feeble
brain of the scribe. Though long ago
familiar with the most prominent fea
tures of tlie Governor’s ensemble from
pictures and photographs, the reporter
took in anew impression on seeing the
man that totally eradicated many ideas
and deductions regarding him that
had been formed by the imag
ination. He sat with legs crossed,
dressed in conventional black, a shirt
with the old fashioned rolled collar un
der which was a black band tied in a
“hard knot” with one end straggling
off under his vest and the other hid in
the folds of bis ample shirt front. His
shoes happened to be anew pair with
old laces, untied and wandering in such
an unconscionable iiregularity as to
suggest the untrammeled antics of his
black cravat. A pair of eye-glasses
hung by a black silken cord at his
side, which, when not put to ocular
use, are utilized in an ambidextrous
way for emphasizing a remark that he
may desire to be impressed on the
mind of a hearer. With his face every
one is familiar. Small and wrinkled
with age, prominent cheek bones; nose
of the average size, but coirugated at.
the junction of the forehead, with those
significant plicatures that are declared
by physiognomists to be indicative of
the greatest firmness. Brown eyes,
sunk back under the forehead, and flash
ing with a peculiar lustre; capable of
beaming on a friend with the benigni
ty of a patriarch, or penetrating like a
lance incision to the very soul of an
opponent, an ofliee-seekei or an inter
viewer. Forehead protruding over the
eyes, rises perpendicularly about two
inches, gradually retreats, and finally
recedes, and is lost among the snowy
locks that crown the master brain.
The room of state was plain, and
contained an iron bedstead that looked
as though it might have been the one
that Gog, a king of Magog, used when
he was making his earthly pilgrimage.
Barring the paper, the walls were bare
and devoid of all ornament with the
exception of a large gourd that hung
on a nail above the Governor’s head,
in mute suspense. This curiosity
came by mail from an admirer some
where in the State, and is about four
feet in length. An elegant carpet and
a grate full of red hot coals gave the
room a cheerful appearance and made
it sufficiently comfortable for its won
derful occupant.
Alter hurriedly taking in these sur
roundings, the scribe prepared to in
flet himself upon the nestor of South
ern polities.
Reporter—“lt would be interesting
to the public to linovv, sir, some of the
chief habits of your daily life while in
our midst.”
Mr. Stephens—“ Well, my habits
are simple euough, and plain. To be
gin, I rise at six o’clock every morning,
breakfast, and forthwith begin the bus
iness of the day with opening my mail,
which is generally a largo one, as I re
ceive on an average over thirty letters
a day. Meantime, I receive all visitors
or callers, whether on business or mere
ly on presentation. I have no forms
or ceremonies, but am accessible to all;
the humblest citizen will meet with the
same reception hero as a merchant
prince.
“The duties of the Executive Office
are discharged here in my own private
office. These are all promptly attend
ed to as soon as presented by my sec
retaries, or by any other person having
official business. No delays are suffer
ed in the affairs of the State. No bus
iness is postponed, but is transacted
on the very day upon which it arrives.
With these duties I am occupied until
one o’clock, when I take dinner, after
which I solace my nerves with a smoke.
Reporter—“lt is said you are a
great smoker, Mr. Stephens?”
Mr. Stephens—“ Not at all; I smoke
buts pipe full of Durham tobacco
three times a day—one after each meal.”
Reporter—“ Cob pipe, I suppose,
sir?”
Mr .Stephens —“No; a meershaum,
presented to me by Mr. Joe Myers, of
Augusta.”
Reporter—“ The afternoon is employ
ed—?”
Mr. Stephens—“ln tlie same way
as the morning; public business is be
ing dispatched here every day from six
o’clock till dusk. The evenings after
six, which is my supper hour, are de
voted to tlie reception of friends and
recreation. We have a whist party
almost every evening in which I take
great delight, as this is a game of which
lam particularly fond, and one that
constitutes about the only mental re
creation I cnj 'V ”
Reporter—“ You retire early, I sup
pose, sir.”
Mr. Stephen*—‘l retire at 9 o’clock.’
Reporter— ‘fHow has yonr health
been since you took up your residence
here?”
Mr. Stephens—“ Though my health
is, and has always been feeble, yet 1
have not been confined to my bed a day
since I have been in Atlanta.”
Reporter—“l suppose you do not
have time to read much now, sir, since
you have undertaken the arduous du
ties of your office?
Mr. Stephens—“l spend a good deal
of my leisure time in reading the clas
sics, both Latin and English.”
“Reporter—“ Who is your favorite
among the poets, Mr. Stephens?”
Mr. Stephens—“l have no favorite-,
my favorites are Shakespeare, Milton,
Pope, Burns, and Byron. I don’t chink
much of Tennyson.”
Reporter—“ What do yon think of
our home poet, Longfellow?”
Mr. Stephens—“l can’t say that I
like anything about Longfellow; Bry
ant I appreciate highly, as 1 do also
Timrod, Ilayue and Richard Henry
Wilde. Hubnerof this city, and Tich
nor of Columbus, I legard as two of
the best poets produced by the South.”
Reporter—“ You never read novels,
Mr. Stephens?”
Mr. Stephens—“l have read, anl do
read a great many. In that line Cer
vantes ranks first in my favor; then
Scott. Bulwer and Dickons. I have
a high admiration, also, for Victor Hu
go and George Elliot.”
Reporter—‘And American fiction?’
Mr. Stephens—“Of the novelists of
the United States, I think that Mrs.
Mary E. Bryan stands at the head
Mrs. Cook, of Columbus, I look upon
also ab a novelist of great merit.”
Reporter—“ Who is your favorite,sir,
among all those who have cultivated
the historic muse?”
Mr. Stephens —“As a historian, I
look upon Hume as one of the greatest;
I have a great affection also for Robert
son and Haliam. Oa Constitutional
law, I have a partiality for Do Lohm,
Montesquieu and De Tocqueville.”
Reporter—“l suppose you have pref
erences among the great orators, also.”
Mr. Stephens—Yes; Chatham and
Burke, in my opinion, were two of the
greatest masters of that art. For Con
stitutional argument I regard Webster
and Clay as the first. For forensic
eloquence, Joel Hardin, of Georgia,
with a little more polish, would have
been without a rival. He was a sort
of diamond in the rough, and was
eclipsed in this depart ment of the art
only by Bufus Choate, who, I think,
was the greatest bar pleader that ever
lived. For concentration of thought,
however, intuitive comprehension of a
subject, and explosive volcanic utter
ance, Bob Toombs, of Georgia, stands
pre-eminent and alone.”
Reporter— “And pulpit oratory—
Talmage?”
Mr. Stephens—“ Preachers are not
in my line. Good evening.”
Reporter—“ Thank you sir; good
day.”
Drowning of the North Carolina
Convicts—Eighteen Unfortu
nate Sons Buried in a Watery
Grave.
New York, Jan. 4.—A dispatch
from Raleigh. N. 0., says; Lieutenant
Gov. James L. Robinson brought to
Gov. Jarvis to-day the details of an
accident which is the most awful that
has happened in any of the public works
in this State. By the sinking of a flat
boat on Tuckaseegee river, Jackson
county, in the Western part of the
'-■tate, eighteen convicts were drowned.
These convicts are a portion of 500
whom the State leased to the Western
North Carolina llailioad, which is
operated by the Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company. The particular
gang to which the unfortunate men be
longed had its quarters near Covvee
Tunnel, which passes through Cowee
Mountain, outlie line which is now be
ing constructed between Ashvillo, N.
C., and Ducktown, Ga., and was at
work on this tunnel.
The convict stockade in which they
are quartered is on the other side of the
Tuckaseegee River from the tunnel,
and tho laborers are ferried over the
stream where it is narrow but very
deep by means of a large flat-bottomed
boat, capable of containing fitly per
sons. On Saturday morning as thirty
convicts, in chaige of two guards, were
crossing the river in the ferryboat, some
of them noticed water and ice in the
bottom of the boat, and cried out, pan
ic stricken, that it was sinking. There
was an instant rush to the other end
of the boat, which careened and sank
with all on board, although the guards
called that there was no leak and
no danger. All were thrown into the
ice-cold stream, which there ran still
and deep, while above and below were
rapids.
Twelve of the thirty convicts and
one of the guards managed to swim
ashore though they were thoroughly
benumbed with cold. Eighteen of the
convicts were drowned by clasping each
other literally like knots of serpents,
and were thus swept down the lower
rapids, below which they were found
by twos, and threes, tightly clasped
together in their death lock. The other
guard was taken from the water un
conscious, and for hours his life was
despaired of. The scene was a terri
ble one, and was witnessed by a great
number of persons, the most ot whom
were unable to be of any assistance.
The cries of the drowning men, the
gasping of able swimmers made help
less by the frenzy of their comrades,
is never to bp forgotten.
As the bodies were brought on shore,
the utmost efforts were made to save life.
Nothing that would restore them to
consciousness was left undone, but all
was fruitless. The gang on that part
of the road is in charge of Mr. J. M,
Murray. M. E. Stamps, who has con
trol of all convicts in the State, was
yesterday afternoon sent to the scene
of the accident by Gov. Jarvis, to
make a complete examination into tlie
occurrence. No blame is thought to
rest on any one, as the boat was safe
and had been used to transport large
parties of convicts for sometime past.
Agents for tRe Telegraph & Messen
ger and Atlanta ponstituttori.
i Agnes Aycqcjk,
GENERAL NEWS.
Six members of the present Congress
and nearly forty ex-Congressmen died
in 1882.
At Snapps, in Woodruff County,
Ark., a well flows water that is as sour
as vinegar.
During the year 1882, 300,000,000
gallons of beer were consumed in Ger
many, jnaking the average number of
gallous drank by each individual about
twenty.
Competent judges estimate that the
France German war cost France two
provinces, a million of lives, and $3,-
000,000,000; It added $2,000,000,000
to the debt.
Texas ought to be the best educated
State in the Union by and by if it
makes good use of its public school
fund, which now consists of over $400,-
000 in interest-bearing bonds and
money, and $30,000,000 acres of land,
worth $1.50 an acre.
Madagascar is rather larger than
France. A belt of almost virgin forest
runs around the island. The popula
tion is about four millions, and the soil
will easily support thirty millions. In
dia rubber is a principal export. The
mineral wealth is enormous.
A Nevada man, who has been very
deaf for years, was recently severely
burned about the face and neck and
afterward found that he could hear
perfectly well. He attributes hi s cure
to the shock, but it is too violent a rcrn .
edy to be generally accepted.
A movement among Texas stock men
to disarm their cowbovs was derided at
first, hnt is now said to lie maldnsr con
siderable headway. Several stock men
annonneed that they would not employ
anybody who carried a deadly weapon.
It was predicted that they would soon
be compelled to rescind this order, but,
the Slock Journal says that tbev find
po difficulty in getting and keeping em
ployees, and that, as soon as tbe plan
is put on trial on adjoining ranches,
tbe cowboys will become its strongest
advocates.
Tbe United States enioypd tbe bless
imrs of prosperity ip 1882. Favorable
agricultural conditions prevailed in all
parts of tbe country, and onr fertile
fields yielded magnificent, crops of
wheat, corn, cotton and other impor
tant cereals. Nearly all branches of
business flourished. Tfie new year
opens with a promise of continued
growth and development. The victor
ies of peace, more glorious than tbe
victories of war, are enriching America
with tbe best fruits of civilization—in
the arts and sciences, in education and
morals, ns well as in tbe material com
forts of life. .
Although there were 1.720 people
murdered last year, only 101 murder
ers wore hung. It is this proportion
that swells each year the lists of mur
ders. Of self-murder there were 734
cases, against GOS in 1881. The in
crease of tho past year was chiefly
among the insane and the sick. An
unusual number of prominent people
committed suicide, including Cornelius
J. Vanderbilt, of New York; William
J. Land, chemist, of Georgia; Arch
bishop Nestor, of the Russian church;
William 11. Locke, postmaster, Eufau
la; August Ash. United States marshal
Nevada; J. L. Denton, superintendent
of public instruction, Arkansas, and
Lieutenant-Colonel Schofield, United
States Army.
Dr. Pierce’s “Pleasant Purgative
Pellets” are sugar-coated andinclosed
in glass bottles, their virtues being
thereby preserved unimpaired forany
length of time, in any climate, so that
they are always fresh and reliable.
No cheap wooden or pasteboard boxes.
By druggists.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR CONSTABLE.
I announce myself as a candidate for Con
stable of the. 78‘jth District G M. Election
first Saturday ill January 1883.
dec29-2t J. D. DUCKWORTH.
&lew Juivrscetmcttts.
E. G SIMMONS. '
•Attorney at Eaw,
AMERICUS GA.,
Office in Hawkins’ building, soutli side of
Lamar Street, in the old ofiice of Fort &
Simmons. janOtf
GLOVER’S OPERA HOUSE
Thursday, January 11, 1883.
M Operatic tat!
Miss LAURA MOOR,
ASSISTED BY THE
AmOH CLUB.
A RARE MUSICAL TREAT!
ELEGANT PROGRAMME !
Miss LAURA Y. MOOR Prima Dona.
Arion Olub Orchestra.
Truly a wonderful voice.—Boston Daily.
She lias a fine Mezzo-Sopranno voice and
sings with good taste—BostonHome Journal
She sings With great power and pathos;
lier execution being accurate and captiva
ting.—New England Journal.
ADMISSION 50 Cents.
Reserved Seats, 75 Cents.
Tickets for sale at Mrs. E am’s. jan6-2t
SEED o*l TS,
Oats for sale on the plantation of Dr. D.
Bagiev. The genuine Rust-Proof Harde
way Oat—made last year fifty bushels per
geye, Price 70c per bushel. janstf
New Years Greeting!
THE OLD RELIABLE
an, earn
AND DEALER IN
MI SEED!
Comes to tlie front again and makes his an
nual how to his many friends and
patrons, with the hold announce
ment that he is better than ever
prepared to serve his cus
tomers. Having a much
LASGEB STICSSt GSEATEIVAUIT?
of Choice Garden Seeds in papers, and in
hulk, wholesale and retail. Corn
and Potatoes will he on hand
in their seasons. In
Drugs and Medicines,
lie lias not been idle. His stock is greatly
improved in extent and variety. Come and
see me at tlie Illuminated Mortar, next door
to John R. Shaw.
I wont say that I can put up prescriptions
better than anybody else, hut I do say that
1 can and do put them up as correctly and
as neatly and CHEAPLY as any man north
or south of Mason and Dixon’s line.
GIVE ME A CALL.
JOHN E. HAIL'
FORSYTH STREET. AMERH US, GA,
janG-lw
Lee Sheriff Sale for February.
GEORGIA— Lee County.
Will he sold before tho Court house door
in tlie town of Leesburg, Lee county, Ga.,
between tlie legal hours of sale, on the first
Tuesday in February, 1883, the following
property to-wit:
Lots of land numbers 76 and 53, the west
half of lot number 20, the west half of lot
number 19, and forty acres off of the west
half of lot number 52, all in the thirteenth
district of Lee county. Levied on as the
property of Mrs.E.A.Barrow and her minor
children by virtue of and to satisfy a fi fa
from the Superior Court of said county ill
favor of Philip A. Jackson, vs E. A. Bar
row', et al. Property pointed out in fi fa.
Also at the same time and place will be sold
Town lot number 98, and the improvements
thereon, consisting of a store house and ap
pertenances, known as the house in which
Tison & Carter formerly transacted a mer
cantile business, in said town of Leesburg.
Levied on as tlie property of Tison & Carter
by virtue of a mortgage 11 fa from Lee Supe
rior Court, in favor of S. Waxelbaum &
Bro. vs J. T. Carter, surviving partner of
Tison* Carter. Property pointed out in fi fa.
Also at the same time and place will he sold
One horse mule name Elic, one sorrel mare
mule name Minnie. Levied on as the prop
erty of Geo. A. Deaveous by virtue of and
to satisfy two mortgage fi fas from Lee Su
perior Court in favor of II A. Harris, sur
viving partner of Burkhalter & Harris, vs
said Geo. A. Deaveous. Property pointed
out in said fi fas.
Also at the same time and place will he sold
Three bales cotton, more or less, in the field;
fifty bushels corn, more or less, in the field,
five bushels peas, one stack fodder, one
large basket of corn, and five bushels peas,
more or less, in the field. Levied on as the
property of Bill Allen, alias Bill Blackshear,
by virtue of a distress warrant in favor of
E. Taylor, agent for Mrs. Clora E. Taylor.
Levied 011 and returned to me by B.F.Salter,
constable.
Also at the same time and place will he sold
Thirty-three and one-third acres of land off
of lot No. 18, in the fifteenth district of Lee
county, being on the south side of said lot.
Levied on as the property of B. J: Hartley
by virtue of a fi fa from Justice Court 1,238
district of said county, in favor of E. Taylor
vs B. J. Hartley. Levied and returned to
me by J. L. Hines, constable.
JAMES SALTER,
janStds Sheriff.
Schley Sheriff Sales—February.
GEORGIA— SchIey County.
Will he sold before the Court house door,
in the town of Ellaville, Schley county, Ga.,
on the first Tuesday in February, 1883, the
following described property, to-wit:
Lot of land No. 177, lot No. 147, north
half of lot No. 174, and north half of lot No.
175. Levied on by virtue of a Superior Court
fi fa issued from Marion Superior Court,
March term, 1866, in favor of Chas. 11. Mc-
Call vs Rebeca Evenngham and Isaac Hart,
also by a Superior Court fi fa from Schley
Superior Court, April term, 1867, in favor of
the same party vs Isaac Hart, end’r, Mary
E. and Jane Prather. AH the above lands
being in tbe 30th district of said county, and
levied on to satisfy tbe above described fi
fas. Property pointed out by M.G.Statbain,
transferee. Tenants notified in terms of law.
Also at the §ame time and place will be sold
West half of lot No. 173, in the 30th district
of Schley county. Levied on by virtue of a
Superior Court fi fa issued from Schley Su
perior Court, April term, 1872, in favor of
S. W, Smith vs Robert Wiggins, the same to
satisfy the within described fi fa. Levy
made by K. C. Meadows, former Sheriff, and
property pointed out by plaintiff’s attorney.
jans-tds T. B. MYERS, Sheriff,
Application for Leave to Sell
GEORGIA — Sumtek County:
To All Whom it May Concern.
Notice is hereby given that application
has been filed in my office to sell the real
estato of Simon Harrell, late of Sumter
county deceased, itbeingtho widow’sdower
reverted to said estate,
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all parties interested, whether kindred or
creditors, to show cause on or before the
February term of said court, to be held on
the first Monday in February, 1883, why the
said letters should not be granted to the
said petitioner as prayed for.
Given under my hand and official signa
ture, this the 4th day of January, 1883.
janS-lm T. It. Stewaht, Ord’y.
Livery ad Sale Stales!
Besides Horses, wo have the AVEBSTER
WAGON, LANDIS BUGGIES, J. T.
BARNES’ ROAD CARTS, KENTUCKY
MULES, here and en route. To epitomize,
Horses, Mules, Wagons, Buggies, Carts,
and Harness to suit ail tastes and judge
ments, Fine styles, substantial goods at ex
ceedingly LOW FIGURES. Tlie times con
sidered in all our dealings. Call and see us.
N. G. & J. K. PRINCE,
Cotton Ave. and West End Jefferson St,
janStf Americus, Ga.
Don’t forget that the place to get
Baking Powders, etc., etc., is at
• Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store.
„ FOR SALE.
kosy cottage, five rooms and
HpvJ ?J * pantry, kit. ben and servants
house, splendid water, good garden, in ex
cellent repair, will rent for at least 810 per
month.
lEI J 900 Four room house and good
outbuildings, in one hun
dred yards of tlie Public Square.
$350. Caßh ’ D ,le aore *°t containing two
tenement houses, renting now at
§5 each, per month, 011 Spring Street.
SI,OOO Three and three-fourths acres,
, ~ , j om ' room cottage, good crib,
kitchen and out buildings, fine water, just
outside city limits.
SBOO Pour room new cottage, ten foot
T hail, and good kitchen, Troup St.
S4OO JJsglbje lot, corner Church and
Dudley Street, the three chimneys
now standing on the lot go with it.
Siso Beautiful vacant lot, corner Finn
and Jackson Streets, size 200 x 300
feet, new fence around lot, very desirable
and cheap.
$650 J'lrec Hundred acres, twelvemiles
east of the city of Americus, weli
improved and rich land.
$2,000 Desirable 200 acre farm in good’
order, 0A miles from town, half
cash, balance one and two years.
$750 Two story house, four rooms, plas
tered, acre lot on the hill.
1,000 f our room cottage, good out
buildings, Forest Street,
gu, 000—350 acres, 100 cleared, balance
splendid timber, good house, five plastered
rooms, good out-buildings and gin house,
land level and in three miles of town.
sl,Boo—a choice farm of 150 acres, about
60 in fine oak and pine woods, good improve
ments and near town,
§1,500—200 acres, mostly timber, about 40
acres have been cleared, small but comfort
able house, about 3M miles from town.
550 acres land 13 miles southwest from
Americus. Good neighborhood, healthy lo
cality, splendid water power that will run a
gin-saw and grist-mill all the year round.
New dam. For sale cheap.
287 acres of land, and good grist mill.
Near Magnolia Springs. For sale on easy
terms.
A splendid farm two and a half miles
from the city,containing 550 acres, improve
ments fair, well timbered and finely water
ed, excellent spring near the house, in good
neighborhood; a number of tenant houses
on the place so that it can be easily divided
into small farms for renting, f’ish pond
already made. Excellent place for dairy,
truck and general farming. Price, §5 per
acre.
Also, a desirable city place 3% acres, six
room house and good outbuildings, conven
ient to business, good neighborhood and a
pleasant home. This is a bargain. Price,
SI, 100—§500 cash,balance one and two years.
Just outside of city limits and free from
city taxes, a very desirable home. House
of four rooms with hall between, good kitch
en and servant house, i}4 acres of ground
on the place, and as line a well of water as
can be found in this section. The place is
high and healthy as any in the country.
Owner wants money and will sell this choice
place for §OOO cash, or §1,050—§500 cash,
balance in December, 18S3.
For exchange for city property in Ameri
cus, or a farm near town, one of tbe best
and most excellently improved farms in
Schley county, 13 miles from Americus. A
lino opportunity.
Two hundred acres of land 9 A miles south
of Americus, for sale very low, two room
house on place.
AVANTEL)—Property of all kinds to dis
pose of, and buyers for any sort of property.
1 have for sale a lot of tenement houses
plying good rents.
LOTT WARREN,
Real Estate Agent and Broker,
novltf Hawkins’ Building, Lamar St.'
Certificate of Authority.
Treasury Department, )
Office of Comptroller of Currency, [
Washington, December loth,’B2. )
AVhereas, By satisfactory evidence pre
sented to the undersigned, it has been made
to appear that “The People’s National
Bank of Americus,” in the city of Ameri
cus, iu the county of Sumter, and State ot
Ge rgia, has complied with all the provi
sions of the Revised Statutes of the United
States, required to be compled with before
an association shall be authoribed to com
mence the business of Banking.
Now Therefore, I, John S. Lang wor
thy, Acting Comptroller of the Currency,
do hereby certify that “The People’s
National Bank of Americus,” in tlie
city of Americus, in the county of Sumter;
and State of Georgia, is authorized to com
mence the business of Banking as provided
in Section Fifty-One Hundred and Sixty-
Nine of the Revised Statues of tlie United
States.
In testimony whereof witness my hand
and Seal of office this 16th day of Decem
ber, 1882.
[seal] J. S. Langworthy,
Acting Comptroller of the Currency.
dec23-lm No. 2839.
Official Notice.
The Superior Court met according to ad
journment. Upon consultation with Attor
neys, and advisement with parties interest
ed, Judge Fort adjourned the Court over to
the fourth Monday in January, 1883. The
jurors, grand and traverse, also witnesses
and litigants, will take due notice of the
date and be present at 10 o’clock a. m., on
that day. J, H. ALLEN,
dec2otd Clerk.
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Rosser & Gunnels.
New Bar aid Billiard
SALOON.
Messrs. G. S. ROSSER and P. W. GUN
NELS have opened a Bar and Billiard Sa
loon in the new building of Hamil Bros., on
Cotton Avenue, where they liqve a fine
stock of pure
Brandies, Wines and Whiskies !
Also tlie National Drink,
ANHUESER BEER,
the best in tlie land. The best Cigars and
Tobacco always on band.
Our Billiard Saloon is one of tlie best in
the city—everything new and good. We in
vite tlie public generally to give us a trial.
In a few days ouf RESTAURANT will be
opened, and we promise that it shall com
pare with tlie best and be surpassed by none.
ROSSER* GUNNELS,
septStf Americus. Ga.
Pure French Brandios, Wine, Gin,
Rum, and Whisky for medicinal and
other uses, at
Df. Edridge's Drug Store.