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§l*i4'li W 2 fqmblicsn a—■Bgp—■———■■■— c. W. HANCOCK, boixor -ajstd peopeiutob. ADIEBICin, GEORGIA. 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. ...... ■ 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. ~€AM€MSST TUMORS AND ULCERS ! Treated by anew and wonderfully success ful method, without the knife or loss of blood. Send for descriptive pamphlet, “WAY TO HEALTH.” All forms of CHRONIC DISEASES a specialty. List of questions sent on application, which, when answered and returned, we give an opinion, prospect of cure, etc., FREE OF CHARGE. Address DR. E. 11. GREENE, 23K White hall St., Atlanta, Ga. 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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.