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W. I.. QIEMHKK, Bdllor.
HtIlb\V, OKCKMIlElt 2, IHS1.
ROOD MOIt.WMJ.
Following newspaper custom, wc
introduce ourself to the renders of
the Kkcouuku as editor and pro
prietor, with the hope that a piens-
nnt acquaintance may follow—an
acquaintance that may ripen in
to friendship—and this hope is
strengthened by the very cordial
welcome that lias been extended us
by all whom wc have been so
fortunate as to meet. Wc have
come here to make a home and
business, to lie with you and of
you. In selecting Amcricus ns a
home we have been influenced by
three motives—a desire to regain
health impaired by the rigors of I porliiniti
Immigration lo tile Soulli.
i The following article Irom the
J Dalton Citizen contains a wor d of
! sound sense, and we commend its
I ideas to the careful consideration
of tile people of tins section. In
the development of a country ener
gy is worth more thus capital, for
your capitalist is a very careful
and conservative man, rarely yen
till ing into new and untried fields.
It was energy, not capital, which
developed the North, and llmt ener
gy and enterprise was first display
ed by .Southern people, who first
opened up the new fields of the
grent Northwest. I.el the people
of this eceth n show, by careful
cultivation, the wonderful resour
ces of Georgia, and there will lie
no need ol invitation (or Northern
men to come down and take up our
lands, for ho people are readier to
perceive ami take advantage of op-
>r betleihig their
rldlv condition:
some of tlie papers in the .South
Northern winters, to live in a so
ciable and intelligent community, , . .
and to realize a comfortable income j Dot h n.nti-s and •Ibitn-l iwm their
. twaddle about the immigration and
Irom our labor. Die mild climate i j l!( | ( .„niiaoamongst in lo ‘nlc-
and pure air of this section, the ! vt -|op our resources, till our land,
friendliness of the people and the j ami add to our wealth." We don't
enterprise of the business men of go much on this kind ol detchq.
Amcricus seemed to us to hold out
incut, ami if our people wait for it,
, j our judgment (is that, it will be a
a reasonable expectation of the re- 1 | (m , r ,; n)) . | l( .f nr( . .|, ( . South deveb
alization of our desires. [ops much. II tin- people of 1I1.1
believing that actions speak
louder than words, wc have few
promises to make as to our edito
rial conduct of the Hkcouiikr. Wo
shall endeavor to keep it up to the
high standard it lias attained under
Mr. Callaway’s management, and
through its columns aid in advan
cing the interests of Americus and
surrounding country. We believe
that our city and county have in
them all the elements necessary for
prosperity, needing but the putting
forth of well directed energy and
concert of action by our people to
become the commercial centre of
Southwest Georgia, and it will be
tho effort of the Kkcouukk to assist
in attaining that end.
We shall endeavor to collect and
serve up to our readers in attract
ive form all loeul happenings, milk
(f KOItlflA NEWS.
leihargie,—if
they had mole pu-li 11 ml vini,
they would fill their lands m re
thoroughly, III y would add to
their agriculture greatly without
having it done by strangers; mid
furthermore, if our moneyed men
(wc have thousands among ns)
would put their money into manu
factories and ihe developing of our
mineral ami other resources, in
stead of loaning it at a heavy per
cent, there would lie no necessity
of inviting cnptalists to come |
amongst us to develop our resom e- j
es,or bringing farmers here to till 1
our soil. We do not wish to lie j
understood as being opposed In the
right sort of immigration into the
South, wc have no objection to all
coining that want to; but the cter- j
ml begging of th;m to come is j
something that we are heartily sick
of. Who developed and built up
the North? Her own people, ol
course. I.et our people go to work
ami do 1 he same thing fertile South.
The election for fence 01 no
fence comes otr in Stewart on the
7th of December.
The management has decided to
postivelv close the Cotlqn Exposi
tion on tho 31st of December.
The Rcui|a f YisUt Artjui acknow
ledges the've^e'pt 0/a dozen nice,
ripe and juicy jftlaclies on the Sfitli
of November.
Grillin was made happy a few
days ago, by the passage through
the city of a live cabinet olllccr,
Postmaster General Janies.
The Home Jtulletin is respon
sible for saying that u little negro
girl, nine years old, fell seventy
feet into a well and was drawn out
not hurt in the least particular, lint
scared half to death.
The Public Library at Macon
will shortly lie in receipt, of the
camp chest of General Francis
Marion, of Revolutionary fame.
It will lie placed there on deposit
by Mr. F. .Marion King, of Perry,
Gil., in whose possession it is.
The Dawson Journal says If. II.
Hood, of that city, has ordered a
machine for the purpose of hulling
cotton seed. It will lie propelled
by steam, and in a lew days will be
in successful operation at the Pas
chal gin site. There will lie a mill
also attached to the machinery for
the purpose of reducing the con
tents of the hulls into meal.
A colored alderman Imyjust been
elected in Chattanooga,and Atlan
ta is threatened with a colored
councilman, one William Gaines,
formerly chief porter at the Kim
ball House, w ho is hard at work
concentrating the colored vote in
liis favor, This secured, lie is sure
of an election, as the colored vote
is sufficiently large to carry the
Fourth Wind.
ing a faithful record of the goings ray,, | mve lt orand and glorious
ill and out of our people, their cn- j country, none belter under the sun.
terprise and prospcril v. For a time, ! —and if our people will go to work
' . iii ...hi l... .. Pwith vim and unflagging energy
as we arc strangers, this will be a „ withollt Stable help
stranger
difficult matter and we may fall
short of our aim, and must ask your
indulgence and assistance. If you
know of any matters o( local inter-
they can,
make it the richest and most invit
ing in America.
Oi k readers will regret to learn
est, don’t keep it lo yourselves, but j ‘ >« l 011 ; A ' »• S^icna «
straightway communicate it to us, j >"• »« •« I*.'" some-1
that wo may spread it abroad. | “""B llkc 11 ,l,,noron tl,u s " lu of j
Politically, the Kkuouiikh will in ! Ilia .
the future, as in tho past, advocate | j|,|, A „ |«. Jlenjainin lias written J
the principles enunciated by tho , rrionrlH in Witsliington that “the |
Democratic party in its Statu and
National platforms, believing that
the currying out of those princi
ples in tlic administration of the
government arc best calculated lo
promote the peace and prosperity
of our people. It will suppoi .lie
regular nominees of the party, be
cause only in organized action can
tho principles we advocate be suc
cessfully carried out.
We ask, mid hope to merit, the
patronage of the people of A mori
ons and surrounding country, in a
business way—giving value receiv
ed for all wo get.
And now, with this brief intro
duction, wo wish you all Good
Morning, with the hope that this
day, mid all succeeding days, may
bring happiness and prosperity to
the renders of the Kkoouhku.
Confederate bond flare-up is pure- !
ly fictitious,” and that “there are j
no funds on deposit in England for ;
the account of the Confederate j
States."
Ik tlic farmers of Georgia do
not pursue more careful methods
of cultivation and plant more grain
the coming year, it will not lie the
fault of the papers, for we can
sctucely pick up an exchange Unit
does not contain nil urgent appeal
to the farmers lo adopt a greater
diversity of crops.
It looks now as if the tillin'
question would lie a prominent I
I political issue in the next national ,
j campaign, and we sincerely hope :
it w ill, for there is nothing that j
j more needs a thorough ventilation j
than the present iniquitous tariff
laws, which “protects” only a
| syndicate of robbers, while Amcri-
...» ,. 1- - - | c#ll industry is made to pav trib-
North, who have lieen taught by ; . • , 1 •
. 1 ,... . .1 . utc to capital,
the radical politicians that it was . . ,
dangerous for a Southc-ii man lo j Mu. Ithiiue is said to bc"\vorlh"j
c ross MasoiTmid Dixon’s line, would j from one to three millions, and to i
come to Americus and experience ’ have invested in Southwestern I
tho kind mid courteous treatment i railroads and Pennsylvania eon! |
we have received, they would soon lands. It L not known how he lias j
Vi Danger.
If some of the people of the |
lie entirely relieved ol' their fears
and prejudices, and lie tempted to
exchange the rigors of their North
ern winters for tho mild eliimite
nsd pure air of Southwestern floor-
gia.
Congress.
Next Monday the forty-seventh
eongross will convene, and from
the uear equality of political par
ties as to numbers we may expect
an exciting session.’ We hope the
Democrats will maintain a digni
fied position, quietly and unitedly
advocating such legislation as will
best promote the interests of the
country,and opposing all schemes
o* jobbery and corruption.
acquired so large 11 fortune. It is
only known that, like many oilier
Ucpubliean leaders with 110 visible
means of acquiring it.or.ey except
their salaiics, lie lias become a
heavy capitalist.
Tiik committee of Confederate 1
bondholders in England say that!
their object is to bring about such a
state of feeling as will lead to the
removal of tho restrictions against ,
the payment of the Confederate j
debt, believing that when this is
done, the Southern States will pay I
the bonds. They reckon without j
their host—there never will lie.
any obligation upon the Southern
States, legal or moral, to pay the :
Confederate debt.
There is at the l’ublic Library
at Macon a large photograph of
the Sumter Light Guards, of Sum
ter county, Georgia, Captain W.
L. Johnson commanding, taken in
Augusta in ISfil. The company
had just entered tlic Confederate
service. Every likeness ot the of
ficers and members is good and
plainly recognized by the survi
vors of the corps and their friends.
The Athens Chronicle says that
on a recent visit to the farm of A.
F. Comer it learned from Mr. C.
that lie lias used lull one sack of
guano for the just five years, ar.d
used that under his turnips. He
says that lie made 011 his place,
this year, 2,500 barrels of corn, be
tween 1(10 and 200 bales of cotton,
besides a gooil crop of wheat, oats
and potatoes, and lins forty bags
fattening. He will clear over $800
on his cotton crop this year.
Mkssus. J. A. Jonhs A IIuotmku,
merchants of Camilla, in whose
store originated the lire which des
troyed tlie business part of that
town Inst winter, were arrested
the other day on a warrant charge
ing them with the crime of arson.
In the absence of sufficient evi
dence they were released, but the
Albany .Vines understands there
are parties who were dissatisfied
with tlic commitment trial and
who will probably lav the matter
before the grand jury.
The Grillin .Vines is responsible
(or the story that the other day
just as the I o’clock train started
out, a tramp made the blood cur-,
die in tho veins of the bystanders !
by quietly taking hold of the iron j
rod that hangs under the side ol !
the I'liHiuau sleeper, and by swing-1
ing himself around under the ear, j
complacently took a seat on tho j
trucks. His overcoat brushed the :
ground as lie swung under and ;
his body was not more than a fool j
from the wheels. Suppose he had
dropped—ugh!
Tuk editor of the Moulton (Ala.)
Advertiser was lately presented
with a bottle of cotton seed oil, mid
persuaded his better-half to test it
as a substitute for lard. He says
of it: The lest proved very satis
factory, and if there is any dill'er- i
dice between tlic genuine lard and
cotton-seed oil, it Liu favor of the
latter. It is a grand discovery,and
a great triumph for the starving
millions who have so long done
without shortening in their bread.
We cheerfully recommend it to our;
people, and we Mieve they will lie j
pleased with it. J
Warren Story shot with :
double-
barreled gun ami killed
George
Uial.M at a frolic on Wei
■leuli.v
night fist, in Worth count
, Rials
first sliqt at S'.oiy with a
pistol.
The Albany A're's states
hat the
Governor lias offered a re«
.'lid for
Rials for killing a man i:
D idly
county.
The Brunswick .hirerliter last
week interviewed Mr. Robert Clulib
the champion farmer of that sec
tion in a small way, to know how
many crons lie lias raised this year
on any given space, and the value
of these crops. “He Informs us
that he raised on 011c piece of
about three quarters of an acre,
Ol) bushels of Irish potatoes, Jo
bushels of corn, mid 50 bushels of
sweet potatoes, besides a number
of bushels of small Irish and sweet
potatoes, which lie 1ms laid by for
seed.”
J. W. Harris & Co,
Ax intelligent colored gill lias
been refused admission to the Phil
adelphia Conservatory of Music.
OT course this was not done on ac
count of prejudice.
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General Hardware,
Stoves, i
Tinware,
Glassware,
Crockery, Etc.
Wc take this method of informing our friends and the public that
we will boon hand this season with a much larger and la tter assorted 1
slock of goods in our line than we ever had la-lore, and we will make V
it to your advantage to call and examine our
STOCK AND PRICES
Before Buying. Our stock ol'
CiUNS AND PISTOLS WILL BE COMPLETE.
Isn’t it rather strange that 1 lie.se
insane people who kill other folks
are never discovered to be insane
until after they have kil'ed some
body ? The penitentiary for life is
the place for all such insanity.
Our stock of CUTLERY litis been imported, and we will
have the largest and best selected stock ever brought to this
city. \\ r e lmve also added to our stock
WAGONS AND BUGGIES (all grades.)
Tlie I? flee I ot Prohlbltlou.
There is no spot within the
knowledge of Georgia judicature
where the administration of justice
is had with more oeleiity than at
Ellaville. Since the adoption of
the Maine liquor law”by Schley
County, you can't got a drain within
the very quiet precincts of her
chief metropolis. The result is the
attending attorneys rush through
or continue their business in order
lo get inline. Some returned yes
terday to Americus, and it is
thought the rest will follow to-day.
Our readers will remember that
this is an adjourned court, owing,
it is said to tlic fact that his Honor
couldn't get a quorum of the liar
at the regular term.
WAGON AND BUGGY HARNESS 1
All of which wc will sell at bottom Prices. m> are also Agents for
PINE COOK STOVE,
(Tlic best in the market.)
Call and see us.
J. W. HARRIS & CO',
COTl’OA AVENUE, t1U.ltM I S. <;EOIt<
LH1M row,FROM
Iu Moiuorlniu.
At his residence in Sumter coun
ty the iMth of November 1881. X.
Hammond aged 7<» years 2 months
and 1" days. He came Irom North
Carolina lo this county- in IH:>I.
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let E ft
l.-op.y f. el;
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H. C. ODOM i
Groceries,
Dry Goods,
Whiskies, j
Tiie Finest
And Best
Brands, j
cigars Arm
TOBACCO. :
WOOD BROS.,
Whitchell Street.
ATLANTA, GA.
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lunycunrauEs. mtckkts.
HK.V1IMI STOVKS, IIIIOOMS.
COOK BTOYEtf,
KOIl .U.UKRMUX,
Thf* f.illnwing BPfttlemon will si
i*l‘c:»*.l C\.utivi!u;**ii f.»r tlio i-it
A«m :i*-us for th«* itiM-iii- turn:
Dr. \v.i\ nnrr,
II. D. WATTS,
n. k. cor a
November isei.
j Tho citizens of Lee and the : si;r
rounding section arc invited to
:!« ,u y FALL and winter
1 STOCKS. 1 will duplicate prices
1 from any point.
My motto is quick sales and the
i smallest profit. Call and eovince I
i rself.
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