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VOL in
TRI- WEEKLY.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1883.
NO. 115.
jkmmntis | professiojval & busiivess cards
rCBLUHim UT
OFFICE oar COTTON AVENUE,
SMtoseUptioa. Rates:
Tki-Weeklv One Year, - $ 4.00.
Weekly One Year, - - $2.00.
Sunday Issue One Year, - $1.50.
Official Directory.
b. u. Button. j. c. matbews.
HINTON & MATHEWS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Will practice in all the countie* of this Judplal
Circuit, aleo In Dooly county, iu the 8upremc
wonrt of tdo State of (ieoriria, and the District
Court of the United State*, and In all other courts
oj special contract.
tJfnce m Hawkins'
July 12th, 1881.
v building, Lamar Street.
tMKRIOUS.
Americas If the county seat of 8umter County,
9 , 5 r **^ *"** 1* on the Southwestern
Railroad, 71 miles southwest of Macon, and ..bout
eighty miles north or the Florida line. It is a
city of 6,000 inhabiL-tnts beautifully situated and
handsomely improved. It I* the centre of trade
for a large section, comprising some tlx comities.
Its areia?e annual cotton receipts living SO,t»0O
bales, the average market valnu of which is |1,«
5(K),000. 'The climate la mild, the nlr dry and pure,
nnd Americas has for many years bad tho repu
tation of iHslnar one of the healthiest cities In
America living situated but a short distance
above the tropical region, nearly all varieties of
fruits, grains and flowers can be grown success*
fully, while vegetation ia luxuriaut and rapid in
its growth. The city has fine public schools, good
churches, a large public library, a new opera
house completely furnished with scenery and
which scats 1,'Xx) perron*, a well organised Are
department which includes tiro steamers, while
the streets are sewered and lighted. 'I
hotels furnish the best of accommodate _
the largest city in Houthwest Georgia, and Is r»p«
Idly growing in population aad wealth. At a place
of burinesx nnd a beautiful and pleasant residence
it presents at reactions possessed .by few cities in
the South, 1’snons.nt a distance looking for a lo
cation in tho South, will be snpplied with all furth*
er information they may desire by addressing the
Kditor of the ItEcoanxn.
CITY OFFICERS.
Mayor—J. B. Felder.
Clerk and Recorder—D. K. Brinson,
Aldermeu—\V. P. Burt, 1*. II. Williams, R. K.
Co oh, L. B. Bosworth, If. D. Watts. W. J. Uar*
per. City Council meets every Monday evening.
^Police Ferre—City Marshal, A. P. Lingo.
Pollermcn—W. W. Wheeler, Pat Erskiue, J
Cobb, a. H. Mitchell.
Sexton Oak Grove Cemetery—P. D. Hill.
Sexton Colored Cemetery—Richard Felder,
Bridge Keeper—1. P. Halford.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Chief—W. P Burt.
| Assistant Chief—I. C. Nicholson.
Wide Awake No. 1. (Steamer,) Foreman, W.
M. Uswkcs.
Vigilance No. 2—Foreman, Mingo Glare.
Hook and Ladder—Foreman, llenry Anderson.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Third District, composed of the counties of
Taylor, Macon, Schley, Sumter, Dooly, PulHski,
1 lodge, Montgomery, Wilcox, Telfair, Lee Web-
■ter, Stewart, Irwin, Coflee. Gen. Phil. Cook,
wiigressman.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senatorial District composed of the counties of
Sumter, Schley, and Macon. Senator, Dupont
Cuerry. Representatives, Thomas Feagin und
Jolm L AdUcrton.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Southwestern Circuit, composed of the counties
of ijumter, Schley, uncoil, Lee, Webxter and
Uewort.
Tndge, Lion. C. F. Crisp. Solicitor General, C.
Regular terms of Court are held ns follows:
Lee county, second Mouday in March and sec
ond Monday tu November.
Schley county, fourth Monday iu March and
fourth Monday Iu September.
Webster county, first Monday in April and first
Monday In October.
Sumter county, second Monduy in April and
tecond Monday In October.
Stewart county, fourth Monday in April and
fourth Monday in October.
Macon county second Monday in June and
•c.ond Monday in December.
COUNTY COURT.
W. H. K1MBROUH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LEESBURG II, . . GEORGIA.
Collections a Specialty.
Mwyllwly
Lire’s Brightest Hour.
Not long since I met n gallant
gentleman who is assessed for
more than a million. Silver was
in his hair, beneath hia brow, and
be stooped beneath hia burden of
wealth. We wero speaking ol that
period of life when lie had realized
tho most perfeot enjoyment, or,
rather, when he had found the
happiness to be unalloyed. “I tell
you,” said the millionare, “when
“Old SI” Homesick.
' •lotkionvll.TImt.
Old Si was around early tills
morning to put oil in the lamps,
and empty the spring poetry out
ot the waste basket. Suddenly ho
remarked:
, “1 got awful homesick dis morn
ing—de fust time since I been dow
hyur.”
1 “What made you feel so?”
“Only dat I run across do fust
w. J. BEAUS,
W. I>. BEARS.
HR. IU. SHIRS & Sill.
ELLAVILLE, OA.
C. R. McCRORY,
-Attorney at Law,
ELLAVILLE, Ga.
Collections a Specialty.
A prills tf
Ors. Westbrook & Joiner,
Physicians and Surgeons,
ANDEB80NVILLE, : : GEORGIA,
H. 0. GARDNER,
ATTORNEY AT LA\y.
OGLETHORPE. GA.,
IJoa given to collection*. maylO.tf
Lawson, F. Collier,
Attorney-at-Law
—AND-
Real Estate Agfent.
DBA n oX, GKO KG TA.
first Wednesday la every mouth.'
third Monday in March, Jane,
December.
ORDINARY'S COURT,
.'Quarterly term.
September and
; COUNTY OFFICERS.
Clerk ut Huueilor Court, J. H. AUcn.
Sheriff, J. W. Mlxe.
surveyor, at. u. t.uguu,
Col oner, W. W. Guerry
Commissioner*, S. K. Taylor, C. A. Hunting*
ton, J. H. Hl u-k. a U. Hawkins, J. W. Whentlej.
Meet first Monday of every month.
JUSTICES. |
District No. 7-V, N. .11. White,J.J P„ W. IL
Phillip*. N. P - - -
N P.
Diet. No. 864, J. M. lUtchor, J. P., Jut. A. Vin
son, N. P.,
Dial No. 1185, A. J. William*, J. I'., It A.
Danleti, N. P.
Dltt. No. 789, P. L. Mire, J.P., Ja*. A. Stublv,
N. P.
Diet No. 745, F. W,‘Griffln, J. P.. K. B. Ral
ford, N. P.
Soabroa Feagin,
(Succrisor to J. IL Covlniton.)
FASHIONABLE BARBER,
undku t. Wheatley's, on the conn kb.
SHARP RAZORS! .
ATTENTI VE HELP!
T0NS0RIAL EMPORIUM!
ANDERSON & LUNFORI)
pEBPLCTFULLY announeeto the public that
IV H»**r Borber Shop is open at all business bouts
nnd on Saturday until 12 o’clock p. m. They have
recently fitted it up In a neat atyle and are better
prepared than ever to wait upon thier customers.
All who may wish to have Shaving, Hair Cutting,
Shampooing, etc., done In first-class style, they
ARCHITECTURE.
I A,?‘.l ir fP*" d ,D futnl " 1 ' D-t.UnDr.wlna and
lull Spcclficationii in<
HUKKN ANNE AND EAST LAKE
or any other of the modem style*, so medlfied aa
o tsoft both your taato and your pocket.
# Addraaa B. J. 8IX)AN, Architect,
feblS.lSm Amcrlcu*. Us.
J. E SUM,
JBWHLER,
West Side Square, Aiuerifus, (ia.
A SPLENDID STOCK
ffatete i Jewelry
Tlie XjAtoat Do«I»n«.
Holiday G
THE LATEST
Books,
Soraps,
Fapeteries,
J. Gould’s Non.
The Gould family is looming up
in tlie theatrical line. One would
naturally think that .lay Oould
knew nothing of such things, but
he is said to have madothe discov
ery, on prowling through the
Grand opera house, that there wns
no green room. A theater, he said,
without, a green room, was no the
atre. liis son, George Gould, is
going to superintend alterations in
the Grand orera house, nnd it haa
been rumored that lie will be asso
ciated with Mr. Abbey in the man
agement of the house. Mr. Abbey
denies this.
I Young Gould is becoming quite
u mau about town, and may lie seen
at the boxing matches and similar
! places of amusement. His tastes
are »o strong in tills direction that
lie is under the instruction of a
professional pugilist, Hilly Madden
Sullivan’s trainer, in the manly art
of self-defense. This may not be
nlthogethcr a matter of taste, as
his father’s misfortunes may have
suggested it as a wise precaution.
This expert docs dotiblo duty. Be-
sides instructing young Gould in
his art, he shadows Jay Gould
himself, und tlie man wlio would
attempt to waylay the railway mag
nate would fall into horny hands.
This nervousness on the part of
Mr. Gould dates from tho time Ma
jor Solover avenged himself by
picking him up and throwing him
, over the railing in front ot n barber
shop. He has not recovered from
the fright, although lie and Mr.
! Sclover were friends again within
I a year.
. „ away from
the crowd?”
. “Well, dat’s de mos’ uselessness
qticschin what you cber axed me!
I tho't dot yon kno’d dat cr Geor
gy inule wuz like a nigger polly-
tifhun—when he kant liab his own
wjay no udder way he jess rare up
hero’an’ kicks up behine, nn’ fo’
yer kin tell which cend ob him is
i»do n’r dor ain’t nultln lef in sight
bat a cloud ob dus’ way down de
byr rode!"
. Which idea so tickled the old
irfan that he forgot hia homesick
ness and went out whistling gaily.
The West and South.
In an article on the comparative
advantages for residence and busi
ness In the West nnd South, the
Danville Jlei/isler says of the for
mer, that “with all tho nttractions
which that busy and progressive
ucople ami their fertile lands offer
1(7*110 sett er, there are ut tlie same
time some drawbacks whicii are be
coming more and more felt, from
year to ynsr and which after a
while may direct the tide of emi
gration in part to other favored
fields. As to climate, the north
west is n most inhospitable land.
Emigrants learn as much after
they got there. Tlie prairie winds
aic terrific and the blizzards are
quite past endurance. There is
scarcity of pnre water everywhere,
and a perpetual presence of chills
and fever in summer. Tho tornn-
do and drouth arc witnessed and
felt there to a degree of peril and
privation which is unknown in the
middle nnd Atlantic states. Add
ed to nil this, the recurring inunda
tions from the great rivers, which
destroy crops and impoverish tlie
people are calamities which deeply
discourage and demoralize the in
habitants.” Tho conclusion is
that “taken nil in ull, the mid
dle and southern Atantlic slope is
the most attractive counnry under
the sun.
was the happiest hour of my life, i 9 eor K-V m, do dat I’soseed in Flori
At the age of one and Uenty I had . !v’, , Ho was , a thorough-bred and
saved up $800. I was earning $500 : ! S°t climated ylt!”
a year, and my lather did not tuke .. " ,s bc “ 0 ' n 8 so extraor-
it from me, only requiring me to
pay my board. At the ago of / ’* . warn 11 doin’ nuflin dat
twenty-one I had secured a pretty j ft r °rdinary lor.a . Georgy mule,
little cottage just on the outside of' ffrt hit neared lipe er earthquake
the city. I was able to pay two- sot down on the sand on For-
thirds of the money down, and i 8 Tth street in front of dat stable.”
aleo to furnish it respectably. I j y‘ I)id they Imvo much trouble
was married on Sunday—a Sunday , , ,, ... .
in June—at my father's bouse. My .‘‘Well, dey look’d,like dey want-
j wife had come to me poor in purse, !f* cr lab 8Unl * cu **hun wid him,
but rich in wealth or womanhood. not ** ein ’ no Georgy nigger in
The Subhatb nigtit we passed be- j * F an 8 he jets tuk de flu’on his
nealh my father's roof, and oni ‘ moshun. By do time he’d
Monday morning I went to work, j 'Ipubbled up one darkey like de
leaving my mother and sister to * an ® an 8 nnudder obera
help in repairing my home. j r r“ 8 l ,r( ‘ e9 waggin dcre didn’t
On Monday evening when tlie # ’™ no m d’zireder ter interfere
labors of tlie day were done, 11 dat cyolone.”
went not to the parental shelter, as t ‘Did he finally get
in the past, but to my own home. 1 ° ‘""'™
The holy atmosphere of that hour
seems to surround me now in
memory. I opened tiie door of
tlie cottage and entered. I laid
my hat oil the little stand in tlie
hall, and then passed on to the
kitchen, our kitchen and dining
room were nil one then. I pushed
open the kitchen door and was in
heaven. Tlie tabic was set against
the wall, the evening meal ready,
prepared by the hand of her who
had come to be my helpmate in
deed as well as in name, and by the
table, with a throbbing expectant
look upon her lovely and loving
face, stood my wife. I tried' to
speak tint could only clasp the
waiting angel to my bosom, thus
showing to her the ecstatic burden
of my heart. The years have pass
ed, long, long years, and worldly
wealth poured in upon inc, and I
am honored and envied; but us true
as heaven, I would give it all,
every dollar, for tho joy of tlie
hour of that June evening, in the
long, long ago.”
The Assured Establishment or a Mill
at Albany.
From Ilia Htws nnd Adwrll^r.
The early establishment of a cot^
ton seed oil mill In Albany is how
assured. By this we do not mean
that the matter is any longer un
der advisement and mixed with
doubt, but that it has been fully
decided upon by men who mean
business, and lias become a fixed
fact.
Tho News and Advertiser is au
thorized to state that the Albany
oil mill company lias Itecn organ
ized with s capital stock nf $50,000,
and that tlie following olllcera have
been elected witli a view of pro
ceeding at once to the erection of
a mill:
G. II. Dudley, president.
G. C. Ball, secretary nnd treas
urer.
J. It. Forrester, superintendent.
Mossrs. Dndlcy nnd Ball are con
nected with tho mills at Montgom
ery aud Kufouia, and their expe-
lienees in tlie oil mill business
guarantees the success of tlie mill
nt Albany. Mr. J. It. Forrester,
who has been elected superinten
dent of the now mill, is well known
throughout southwest Georgia as
one of the most correct and ener
getic business men of this city,
and will bo the right man in tho
right place. 1
The mill will be located near the
Southwestern railroad depot, on a
site purchased from the Ccnlral
railroad company, and work will
he commenced at nn carl}’ day.
Albany is in the very center of
tlie grent “cotton belt” of South
west Georgia, and, with tho four
lines of roads, is naturally the
most available point for a cotton
seed nil mill in tlie statu.
TEFEGRAPHIC BH1EES.
Tho closure measure had bdtta
adopted by patliument.
Judge Batchford will tako his
scat on the supreme bench Mon
day.
The Indian bill is now before the ■
senate It appropriated about $5c'
180,000.
There is great opposition to the
proposed tunnel between England
and France.
A herd of forty deer' galloped
through Natehez the other day.
They were fleeing from the fldod.
Jacob Smith killed Joseph Bu
cher, qight miles south of Farwel),
Michigan, on Wednesday evening
last.
Jacob W. Kerr, the defaulting
teller of the Bank of the Republic,
in Washington, committed snicide
yesterday.
The House Commerce Committee
will report in favor of a bill of
some sort regulating intcr-Statc
commerce.
In the town of Salisbury, N. C.,
n paper is published entitled Hie
North Carolinn Home Magazine,
and edited by Mrs. I.aiighlin. She
is without a doubt a marvel of in
dustry nnd pluck. She is a voting
orphan not yet twenty years of [ ioll on the class which most <!f all
Killed by a Set Gun.
From the Hannnr-Wutchmun.
For three times in suceession
the store of Mr. John Wesley Bell,
near Treadwell’s mill, In Walton
comity, was broken open. Mr. B.
did everything in Ids power to
catch tho thief, but in vain. On
Tuesday night he set his rifle in
the store, so that by opening tho
tlic..trigger-ffia 8 pjiUsd.... linx-
ly in tlie night he heard its report,
and proceeding to his store found
the door broken open, and the
floor bespattered witli blood. Tlie
perpetrator was tracked for three-
yuarters of a mile, and was discov
qred to be a negro man named
Code Hughes, who was found to be
in a dying condition. It seems
that upon opening the door the
gun fired with deadly aim, tho ball
passing through tlie thief's bladder.
He died in a short time, but re
fused to tlie lust to tell tlie numc of
his accomplice, although lie ad
mitted having one.
Major Eddington, at Sail. Lake
City, shot and killed Eugene Chil
ton, Wednesday tight. It was a
case of self defence.
Bradlaugh’s opponents are try
ing to force him into bankruptcy,
in order to vacate ids seat in the
House of Commons.
Striking working men are Caus
ing so mucli trouble in Spain that
martial law will probably be pro
claimed in certain providences. '
The military have been ordered
to Danville, Va., to prevent, tlie
threatened rescue of a condemned
murderer by a colored secret so
ciety.
W. W. Pnrker, his Bon Theodore
nnd n man named Bowles, called
G. Dookhoul out of hiB house, in
Archer county, Texas, last night
and killed him. , . ,
Tho United State Government
lias asked for a respite for Doctor
Damson, convioted of murder in
London, in order to produce eri-
(TetTco* of insanity. *W -*y
The Senato lias passed n bill to
repay Georgia $27,175.50, money
advanced by tho State to defend
the frontiers against the Indians
from 1705 to 1818.
i Mu. Hakius' Back Pay A
, Washington correspondent says
| that a very good story of back pay
j is told by ex-Ueprcseatative liar-
age, witli an invalid husband and
a widowed mother dependent in
part on her labor. Site sets and
distributes all the type, makes up
the forms, corrects proof and does
everything except locking up the
form. During the pnst two issues,
site not only did all the work on
the magazine, but ail tho cooking,
ironing and house work, and hud
the entire care of a little child
besides.
Growers of tobacco arc the only
persons in tlie country who cannot
dispose of their crops how nnd
where they please. A fanner can
not soli a few pounds of tobacco to
a neighbor lor u sheep wash with
out paying a special tax, and
thoughtless infractions of the law
have caused men to be curried hun
dreds of miles away from home to
stand trial for their ofl'enco. A far
mer cannot sell his tobacco at all
save to it licensed dealer or by him
self getting out a license. The
thing is utterly nt variance with
tlie whole traditional polity and
trudo theories of the American
deople, is wholly unnecessary, is
partial and sectional in its opera-
should lie encouraged rather than
hnrdened, tlie class who till the
earth, ami is in every uspeut and
senseoiitrngcous and intolerable
ALL REPAIR WORK
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
J. E. SULLIVAN.
Commenting on tlie address of
tlie Georgia Independents recently
issued to the voters of this State,
tlie Boston Advertiser says that
tlie said Independents enunciate
many principles which commend
themselves to Republicans. Among
■ | them is cited that plank of the
quick and Sure. | p| a tf 0 nn which favors the “honor-
Many miserable people drag j anle payment of all honorable
themselves about with failing debts, both public and private.”
strength, feeling that they are J q> 0 which the Savannah News
steadily sinking into their graves, | pr mts this pointed rejoinder: *—e
< • - v , , . , . when by using Parker’s Ginger | don’t see how unv such principle
ns, ° r ’ "Biniu. I voted against Tonic they would find a cure com- j A s this can be commended by the
| the bill,” said he, “Imt I took the 1 mcncing with the Urst dose, and Republicans. Mnhonc in Virginia
A **d.ssa>*sB-rs1ea ! money. When I was up for re ] vitality and strength quickly and j enunciated cxnctly the contrary
.Za. w.IOgTQ/pAla j e | cct ; OM t | ICV t |, rcw j t uj, at me 6n ■ durely coming back to them. ; doctrine, anil the Federal adminis-
i tlie stump. ' I told them that I had We saw a tarmer“scll a hatch of! tr , ali ,°" al "‘ , tl ‘° f U P ubli ? u "? of *■}?
a \f) •. t 1 A I a a. .. . t , u lirmcr pen .1 naiui whole country indorsed linn. It
I . t , ned to l,oattl,c b11 ’ b,lt hid taken | fifteen dozen eggs to oneof our , therefore, Impossible for them
the money yet I thought they | merchants this week and an add- wjtl| oon8i , t ‘ cncyi to go bacli
n A ATUVnAAHQ woudforgivc mo Whentheyheard tional evidence of his b«mg the, on t[leir rccor(l aml •’ clldol1ie , 1011 .
r AINU I (jrUUJJo.,'! ' "*Giit. -I took right kind of a granger was that c9l No nia „ er , mrty w „ icb
1 lll P, money down into \ irgima,” he was smoking a cob pipe. Now bot aml c0 , d ou \ ol -' t |, e . same
■ said I, ‘and gave it to u poor wo- , in order to smoke cob pipes a man I nm uthcan lie trusted.”
; man witli seven children, und I i must have the corn cobs about his ' t t ‘
' told her to use it for herself and 1 crib Lumpk in Indej/endent. \ (iratcfiil to Invalids.
the children, and tho thing is not a j —- j Florcstou Cologne is grateful to
bit worse because that woman is j Rome is to have a ucw Mclho- invalids, because it is refreshing
my wife.’ I don’t think I lost a | dist Church, to cost upwards of without ’the sickeningeffcct ot most
vote by that liack pay business.” | $25,000. | perfume*
Agnes Aycock.
Uniteau’s Antics.
Mr. Scovillc, nsked how Guitcaii
wns feeling, replied: “He is sav
age. I believe If the court over
rules the motion for a now trial he -
will become desperate. What pro
voked liim cspeolally in my Chica
go interview was the statement
tliul his ucntenco might be commu
ted to life. His idea lias been all
along that he wouldn’t be punish
ed ut all—that he would be re
leased ns a public benefactor. I
believe he would rather be huhg
than imprisoned for life. He ex
pects to go away to Europe, return
hero when the excitement is over
and lecture. He says be will make
$50,000 next year. The arrange
ment ho wants to make with his
lawyors is to pay them as little as
possiblo now out of the proceeds
of his book, and then pay them
$5,000 apiece next winter. He-
does not see people now, and it'
makes him furious.”
Brother Shivers considers Broth
er Glessner, of the Americus Ri-
cohdkr, an Independent—just be
cause lie endorses the Democratic
doctrine of “a tariff for revenue.
only.” This is queer, considering
the fact that neighbor Glessner
stands squarely, without equivoca
tion or mental reservation, on the
Cincinnati platform. Does friend
Shivers think that rejection of the
whole or a part of the Democratic
platform :s necessary to constitute
a man a Democratic regular?—
S/nirla hh.maelile.
TrEminent Physician, J. Msrlou
Sluts, M. I)., New Torkt
"I am convinced that Prof.
Darhy’s Prophylactic Fluid is a
most valuable disinfectant.”
For smallpox and other contagi
ous diseases use Darby’s Prophy
lactic Fluid. Persons waiting on
the sick should use it freely. It
will,'pravent small pox, scarlet fever,
diphtheria, any contagious disease
from spreading, and the worst cases
will yield to its purifying and
cleansing effects.
Lydia E. Pinkbam’s Vegetable
Compound, the great medicine for
tlie cure of all female complaints,
is the greatest strengthener of the
back, stomach, nerves, kidneys,
urinary and genital organs of man
and woman ever known. Send, for
circulars to Lydia E. Pinkbam,
Lynn, Moss.