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gwcrmts |Uc0y(ltt' ♦ | Prof. R. V. Forrester, formerly presi- ' l of the college, was in the city yes- TO ROSTMASTEHS. | te »*day, representing a publishing house. Wlam newspapers a-cimt called for it Is made I ** Forth and w ^ e » Miss Jessie Inty of 1’o^imniicrn under the law to notify i Forth, a ud E. Tiuinrernmn, registered at the .proprietor* oft hL fact. Ciudt>, already print* j Brown's National, in Macon, this weok. ed, are furnished on application to the Postmaster whose only duty wlff ho to till out with the nnim • of the party tiot {jetting the paper. LCOAIi COIjUMN. Kj II. C STOREY, l.ocnI Editor. xTEiMrs Aisin iodie^.s. The quarterly term of County Court is the .‘Id Monday. Justice Mize holds his monthly court on the first Thursday. The “fence" men carried Hancock coun ty by a large major* ty. The Light Infantry will appear upon dress parade on the square this evening. It is appropriate, if not Christian like, to put holey money into the church contri bution box. Our lawyers have been attending court in Schley county this week, and Ameri cas has been quiet. Our people do not seem to be particu larly interested in the coming city elec tion, only nine having registered. The holidays are-near at hand, as is evidenced by the display of toys and fancy goods made by our merchants. It is said that the new style of winter bonnets may bo photographed by slam Mr. Will Elam has returned from Mont gomery, and will fill the vacancy at the depot occasioned by the death of Captain Picket. Welcome. Col. Jack Brown, formerly of this city, is a candidate for doorkeeper of the House of Itepr< sen tut i vex, and claims that he will make the South solid lor him. I.envlug Georgia. ltev. Sylvanus Landrum and lady who liaVv been vi&itiug their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs Bussey, left yes terday for New Orleans. Some weeks ago, Dr. Landrum severed his connec tion with Mercer University to take the pastorate of Coliseum Place Church. The University, the Baptists of Georgia and tlm State at large can ill afford to lose the services of this sainted man. Hundreds of loving friends here and in Tennessee, ever mindful of his life of devotion and Rell-sncrifice, will watch with peculiar in terest his coming and his going, asking the blessing of God upon him and his wheresoever their lot is cast. We will not withhold our congratulations from the membership of Coliseum PLce Church, and from Louisiana, though they create a void in Georgia which none can fill. Hog Lmv The Cit^jCouncil has passed an ordi nance {Adhibiting hogs from running at tiling n ripe tuiuntu n H niii8t a board |«iee within the corporate limits after the fence. The lutoRt thin in the wnv£$*<>cial amusement is called a “m^biting,” a — ~firiyftiVutffV r vnn trx .tji/opAlon who can + * take the largest bite out of Jpie. A glass hen or somo othp kind of a fowl that would turn out few dozen eggs would be an acceptable addition to the population of Amcriciisjust now. • Messrs. Hardy & Tommy, are agents for a new substitute for lard, called “Cookolene.” It is prepared from vege table oil and is pure and swqet, as well as much more economical, jj Being as yet comparatively unacquaint ed in the city, wo have had to rely upon Mr. Callaway to fill up o\u* local columns, and ho is entitled to the credit of all the good things in it. It would be amusing to the peoplo of Americas if they knew how the pretty lit tle village of Andersonville is regarded by people in the North. X visit from such persons would soon dispel all their fears. Wo would suggest lo our merchants that now is the time to advertise for the holiday trade, and the Suuday issue of the Rf.coudkr will afford them n splen- l did opportunity to make known what * they have lor sale. Don’t forget tho prize drill and hop ol the Americus Light Infantry, at the Bar- low House, this evening. Every prepa ration has been made for all enjoyable time, and wo hope lo see a good attend ance of brave men and fair ladies. Mr. G. M. Hay, under the Barlow House, has contracted for an entire crop of Florida oranges, so that lie will be en abled lo supply bis customers with the freshest and sweetest fruit during the season. Ho has now on hand the first installment, and they are fine. In Rockdale county Gn., a negro hav ing robbed a store, attempted to escape. Tho posse chasing ordered him to stop, lie refused to do so and attempted to druwiiis pistol . The posse lived at him, ~ - ^ filling him instantly. The jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide. The new opera house in Americus will soon bo completed. It will seat eight hundred persons and will bo supplied with bandsomo scenery from tho pencil of Julian Reynolds, whoso work in Ma con is greatly admired.—Macon Tele- ' Now that our now opera house is al most completed, would it not be a good idea to make arrangements to have somo first-class theatrical troupes come lure during the winter? Missionary Meeting. The regular monthly meeting of the: /* Wome n’s Foreign Missionary Society w ill ' * be held at the parsonage on Friday after noon. December 2nd, at 3 1'. M. Every comfort for the ladies will he observed, and we do speciaby beg that a large number be present, as this will bo our last meeting before Conference. \Ne respectfully ask our beloved pastor to meet with us if his time v ill permit. The # following, questions have been sent lo every auxiliary society for discussion at the December nietiing: Who are the oflicersof your Conference Society? Who are the officers of the General Ex ecutive Association? How old i* this Association? What field docs it occupy? j^first day of January next, We believe 'this is a step in the right direction, for while it may cause inconvenience to some for a while, it will certainly be a benefit to the city in point of cleanliness as well as a protection to the owners of gardens. Any animals worth keeping are worth keeping well, and tho owners of hogs will find that their swine do better when kept up and properly fed than when al lowed to pick up a precarious living upon tho streets. We hope the ordinance will be given a fair trial. Death of Mr, .Jesse Hooks. For some length of time Mr. Jesse Hooks 1ms been confined in doors, with chronic troubles of the liver and spleen. About two weeks sines be fell apparently from paralysis and has been unconsci ous most of the time since. On Tuesday night last, at 8 o’clock, he passed to that bourno whence no traveler returns. His remains were buried at 3 1*. M., at the burying ground of Mr. Wm Hooks, relatives and friends attending. Mr. Hooks was near C3 years of age, and by a long life of honorable intercourse with neighbors and business men, was held in high esteom. A wife and four children are left to mourn their loss. Young lu Years, yet Old lu Slu, A little boy who rejoices in tho name of Georgo, about eight years old, was in custody of Col. Lingo for stealing toy pistols from Miss Agnes Aycock. George is said to lmvo astonishing dexterity# He has had astonishing success in petty larcenies, in various shops all about the city. Georgo Moore was put in the calabooso and afterwards set at liberty. What is to bo dolio with such cases? Too young in tho eye of tho law to bo capas dolt, yet a perfect adept to and skilled in roguery. Military Prize Drill and Hop. The Americus Light Infantry have their first grand prize drill and hop at the Bar- low House Friday night next, at 8 o’clock sharp. Invitations were out Monday, and tickets on sale. This is given com plimentary to the ladies who assisted the boys in the lato Fair, and will bo a grand success. Price of admission, $2 00. Geoiuik 8. Watts, Chm’n Com. An Apology. We feel called upon to npologizo to the city readers ot the Recorder for the ab sence of tho usual amount of local items, as being entire strangers in the city, mid having only one day in which to collect and write our nows, it must necessarily be short. We soon will call on the busi ness meu and attend to thoir wants, for wants they must have, and we hope to fill them. A Better Outlook. Wo learn from a gentlemau just from Leesburg, who says that things are look ing moro cheerful in a commercial point of view. Mr, G. M. Stokes, a large dealer in Leesburg stated that parties were com ing forward and settling quite promptly, and the gloom which at one time over hung their prospects lms been lifted and the outlook was decidedly more cheerful. Shake I Wc tip our hat und extend our hand to our neighbor of the Republican for the kind and cordial welcome given us in his columns, with the hope that our ac. quaiutance nm.v ever prove pleasant, and What agencies does it employ abroad? that wo may never give him occasion to Wliut docs it [mlilialiV Ultor hia good opinion of w- IIow many missionaries has it in the field? II iw much money has it raised l • IIow is it connected with the board ot mission ? .Court House Antiquities An idle train, they say, is the devil's workshop. This fact, perhaps betook us, to the court-house yesterday afternoon, for nobody ever noes there unless he is giving aid and comfort to his Sutuuie Majesty, or is trying to extricate himself from his royal meshes. Judgo Stewart, Judge Pillsberry, Joo Mize, Bill Cobb and Henry Allen stay over there. Tho regal personage of whom mention is made above would claim the lump but for the efficacious orisons of Dr. Stewart in their behalf, morning, noon and night. Sauntering into the clerk's ofiicc, we found gentlemen Pillsbury and Allen. The presiding genius of the county court had seemingly eaten a big dinner. Ho smoked his pipe, looked sleepy, wouldn't talk much, smoked his pipe, could think of no item for the Recorder, and utter smoking this pipe walked over to the Barlow House where ho could get some fresh 4 air and smoke.bis pipe. Henry Allen w as at his post. Of course he was; did you ever see him anywhere else ? lie is in love not only with the ugly walls of his contracted olfiee, but with every brick in Sumter’s beautiful (?) temple of jus tice, and when he dies the County Com missioners are going to build bun a sar cophagus as costly as that iu which 8c- sostris meant to sleep—that is, eli, provi ded the cost is not more than two dollars and the County Court will vjle tho ap propriation, •‘Come in Recorded,” says Henry, as we entered,looking as he always did. You. know he never looked but one way in his life. Amid the fluctuations < f teething, like tho philosophical child that lie was, he assumed at that stngo of his youtrful experience an expression of tho kindest benignity and this he has been wearing ever since. “Got a h eal for us up here, Henry?” ‘‘Nothing in the world. Nobody light ing or stealing or burning anything or getting married.” “Noi swopping wives?” “No.” Our journalistic jaw had fallen five de grees at this announcement when turn ing around wo spied a bundle in a pigeon hole of bis desk labeled thus : “Original writs for 1831, ’32 and ’33.” Here, thought we is an item, and with tho consent of our clerical friend, the next moment found us rumnging over the oldest docu ments ot 8umtcr county, ante dating, indeed, its organization in 1831. Wo singled out the two oldest writs for 1831 and 1832, both looking brown and ven erable with dirt and antiquity. The writ of 1831 was endorsed thus: JnineA Salter No. 4. ■ Tr< Frederick Ni lames M. Kelly, Plait tiff's Attorney. Suit was instituted in Leo before the organization of Suuiter, and afterwards transferred. The process was signed by Abraham Dyson, Clerk, and service made by Martin G. Mims, Sheriff. From the writ wo gathered that James Salter lost a mule, “a fox-eared sorrel mule,” which was taken up the samo day by defendant Newsom. Salter charges that ho converted tho mule to his own use, and institutes bis suit for damages in an action of Trover and Conversion. No judgment is entered vs. defendant upon the writ, and very likely none wm; ever bad, and if there wore, it will never bo found on record, for some naughty people, in order to get rid of indictments and forged laud deeds, took Sum tec's records from tho court-house about the year ’40 or ’41,and burnt them on a brush- heap, which things were numerous in this city ot that day. The other writ selected iu our antiqua- an search, though not piito so ancient i the one above mentioned, carries with it a deeper interest from the fact that it the first ever filed in Sumter after her organization, iis front side reading as follows No. l. Recorded . i*i.\ THE LIVE (ilSOCKKS M- fl Ford & Go. COillPl.KTK STOCK FOR I SKI. . . J. ~\7W. SliefSeld Oo. ^ IIKAVV ANJJrANOY CS-1* 0-0 eries! Americus —PUREST— WINKS AND LIQUORS. i -0- Georgia EXTRA DRY CHAMM, ('(■ills |>iT liiiHle. FRESH; ASSORTMENT mm) iiootis am) (Minus. FAVORITE BRANDS OF Tobaccos <Sc Cigars REMEMBER THE I.umur SI. • - ■ tine rims. (in. j I. H. Ford k Co. mps. m. e. Raines (Several Makes) ■aggies, Stoves, Hj u ‘lipss ci ixcl Sfidd-lcs. J W .SHEFFIELD &Q0. , Toys, Doi.i.s, Tasks, S.mokino Tuii.kt Skts, Wash JIJoxks, Whit in ii Dksks. HaNDKEIUTIIEK BoxES, G i.oyk Boxks, X Kl'KI.Al'KS, BRACELETS, Statues.-;, Cm'S and Saucers, Muds, 1’lTCMKRS, T E A SETS, T E A S KT S, Wauons, Trains, Stoves, Haunino Koiis, Harmonious, Horses, Cats, Hods, Guns, I’istoi.s, Bakes, Marat.es, Toys, and eveiylliiiiR to pl.siso ami clmnii 1 he little ones on that most mysterious and happiest day lift lie year when the spirit ual andstcmporal Heeni to inret. Let all who are in search of Christmas presents for old or young bo sure to call on j. I These interesting questions w ill bedU- cussed and responded to, so that each member that attends our Friday afler- noou meeting will bo enlightened on this noble work of woman's work for her Mater. Mils. Belli: Brown, Ure a. Allis. S. S.KriXivAN, Seel’y. Admitted to the Bar. Geo. Fort, Esq., of Lumpkin, after ex amination before Judges Butts and Ans- ley, Cols. Mark Blanford, Eugene Hawk- j ins'and the Solicitor, was admitted to the , bar this week. He stood a good exam- j iuation. _ Monday the Fifth. 0„ next Momlay will be I'Gd "'ir monthly Connly Court, OrdinaryCourt, Commissioner's Con.t, and Super,nr Court at Oglethorpe. Word _ Mims. ell Cobb, Plaintiff* Attorney The “Howell Cobb” named is not meant for ex-Governor Cobb, but Colonel Cobb, then of lloustou county, the au thor of “Cobb’s Forms,” and the finisher of tho “Belgian" fair, held in Macon, just before the war. Plaintiff Bell represents in his suit that he was a citizen of untar nished reputation, his character “among all his neighbors,” as pure as the tear drop on Diau’s cheek; but “of and con cerning himself* defendant Mims lmd used “the following false, scandalous and defamatojy wards, to-wit: ‘You stole corn * out of my crib to pay the wagoner for tho j tobacco you got of him.’” By tho use of j such indiscreet language, bethought him- | self damaged to the amount of one thou- I sand dollars. Defendant plead “not ! guilty,” the jury sustained bis view of : the matter, and tho plaintiff and h in latr- i yer Mr. Cobb, got mulcted for the costs. ; Legal friends, how would such n rule ! work now-a-days? You would have to j put oil specks to find a ease on tho docket, j and Judge Crisp could hold court for the j universe. James M. Kelly and JohnO. j Moore were counsel for Mims. t Schley Court. Judge Crisp has gone through the ci\*1 - docket and is now sounding th- criminal docket. The probability is that the j court will adjourn Saturday, The Hawkinsvillc News has left in its \ ofiicc a radish which grew to the length i of five feet ten inches, and the root M j about 20 inches in length and 12 inch.* j in circumference. D shows no evidence of going io seed, and had it not been f‘*r tho frost, it would have probably grown as high ;v» the tallest pin** .) KWJOlvm't, AM KB IGUS, - GGOKGIA, Spi.KNixn Sto.ik ok Wibtolies and «X ewelry Of the Latest Designs All Rkpaih Work l’UOMITLY DONE. ,T. E. Sullivan I. It. ST.VI’LETOX & CO. PRESTON - - - GEORGIA. Invite the inspection of their stock by the citi/.'-ns of Webster und the ad joining counties. Willi a full line and Well selected FALL AM) Vi mil! STOCK —Ol''— hi; y hoods, shoes, a noa minis, —AM>— HEX EE A I, MEh'H/fAXJ) /SE. Til.a- ,.1'ou.i ».,! I'. Ke I'NDF.USOI.I) in ni, \ k. I'li,!, l„ IV Kuyini! I I '.'.ilii'iv. J. B. STAIT.KTON & GO. • oiiJ.lm SI 0l> [Iir Am* (In,-of li,.. in . i .1 sii.il.lc li.imi'S in tlifi l.ltl'1. I'll,. " .:>»> ■•■■■■' well imlTOV.l. iv.i.y I- Ii. .,uirk. Mi inn i. en.i.AwAY, i: ii Kmii.- Vv ni. Apes Aycocl j Booscller, I News dealer and Stationer. t New Hoods for the Holidays. Orders for books ; periodicals, music, pat- I terns, or anything per taining to the business promptly filled. Agues Aycock. Fur any Washing Machine that will Wash Cleaner, ((uickiT and With LESS LABOR THAN TIIK Knhhiiis Family Washer and Blmlicr It Is Shelf Operating-Re quiring No Rubbing. - No more yellow clothes. No more hunt work on Wa*hiug day. No more ruLLlug clothes full of holey. No more tame hacks washing harvest whirls, If you will use tho Hobbina Family Washer and bleacher, which will do it* own work without any uiodstunco. SeeltiK in believing; and If you will try it once, you will never again wash without It. or line nay other machine. It m the best iu tho world; and will wash anything froina lace curtain to a horse blanket, wetland au'ckly. It cannot 5m brokeu or yet out of order.' Address, . J. T. UKSKKY, Americus, Un. October HO-w&tw flw. DISSOLUTION. The drill of A, O. BKLL A CO., U dissolved by mutual comer.t, Mr. A. O. IMS rolliln*. Mr. K. .Id iHirtiier. Mr. F. K Darke, and I take plmauto u oommi tall k him to llie trade and public gen- •rally, as entitled to the fnllo.t eonlldeimo and jeiug of the strictest integrity. A. C. I’.ELL. , No tf J. It. COVINGTON, r ,4 Ml I OVA III. F, liAHMER, i UNDER f. WllEATI.KY’s, ON THE CORNER. i .SHARP RAZORS ! ATTENTIVE IIEM’! ! CALL 2 J). G. A VERA ' Groceries,, Spi'intf 11 !.l^, <'nail's. Window Shinies and Mali inir-. ises and Caskets Aldo Cases, Coffins and Casket.;, in all woods. <)rdera by telegraph promptly attended to. W to /.•inter llu A/. I COY, 0,1. r ooerxes^ ©eries. Hosiery, Notions, Millinery, BARLOW HOUSE, W. II. CLAY, Proprietor, Ami'i'idis, - <la. ('rockery, Hardware, Storks, Plow CANNED GOODS. Flour, Flour, D. G. AYERA, Large anil Xittly Fitted Saiiiplo Homns Give us » trial aiid.be onvlucvd. t #.v.3-lwandw nit €n-. Gins for Sale O N K new W» » w Cidfoti (Hn; al«ro one -i i wiw mvond-lu .d (Jin, in r>hm1 rej air. For rale vrry «heap, doth warranted. i«le on the first Tuesday In December next the following nropeitv to-wlt: I.otn of landNoa, 101. 102, 10U, 101.^85. D7, 99, 00 :nd HO. .itimted and luring and lying In the ninth (0) district of Dooly c >u ii ty, Georgia, mid lands levied on os the prop erty of Kotiiud Heddiny di-ce vsed In the lianas of A. G. Morgan admlnUtmtor do bonis non lo lie administered, said lands levied upon us the prop- ejty of the said Roland Redding deceased to sat- 1 Isfy a certain fi fa I^ned from die Superior court o* lbvd-y county in favor o« W. J. Tillman, ad- Riiiitsirator or iV. .1. Coipt-pper, deceased and tr .n»;ermi to »V. W. Mi I on ion. Said t! fk now i-iocecfiing or the bem fit «»F said tiaiKfirm*#. F. T. It A I’M, HheritT l>.