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TRI-WEEKLY.
VOL TV.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING MAY 28, 1882.
N0.H.
ftm* dev.;
S. D.IVIS.
I'l UI.ISIIKII l.T
W. Xj. GXiXISE
ama.
OFFICE OUT COTTON AVENUE,
Tki-Weekly One Yeab, - $4.00.
Weekly One Year, - - $2.00.
Sunday Issue One Year, - $1.50.
JSTJS3W FIRM!
Mkkrel Callaway. ■ BOWX SOUTH. j return a clean profltofover $20,000 1 A New Hailrond Through the Pine licit.
1 . this year, and 1 ask if tlio North or ij.tm.n Time.
M !?,".rV«V.ir.1.* ,h * r T °"* ■' West can I .cat it * Tlio last week’s issne of the Time*
eorcia AS A HOME. wo ■o’S-in the publication orano-
Tlie Free 1‘res* I,as received so , l . ice °. 1 ' the foi ' raalio " of “
I now want to give the Northern
Official Directory.
aMKRIODS.
Americas i* the county neat of Sumter County,
Georgia. imd Is planted on the Southwestern
Unllrnad, 71 miles southwest of Macon, and about
eighty miles north of the Florida line. It is a
city of 0,000 inhabitants beautifully situated and
handsomely improved. It In the centre of trade
for n large section, comprising some rix counties,
itsnveratre annual cotton receipts being 30,000
hales, the average market value of whttb is *1,-
,00,000. The climate is mild, the nlr dry and pure,
and Amerlcus has for many rears had the repu
tation of being ono of ths healthiest cities in
America, being situated hut a short distance
shove the tropical region, nearly all varieties of
fruits, grains and (lowers can be grown success
fully, while vegetation is luxuriant and rapid in •
its growth. The city has tine public schools, jpwd 1
i-burcbcs, a large public llbrnrv, a new opera ;
house completely furnished with scenery and j
which seats 1,000 persons, a well organized tire !
department which includes tun strainers, while .
the streets are sewsred and lighted. Three good ,
hotels furnish the host of accommodation*. It is
! lie 'uvr.e-t city in Southwest Georgia, and I* rap
idly JP .»w inn HI population and wealth. As a place
of bnsiness nml a beautiful slid pleasant rpsuieticu
it presents alrractions possessed .hv four cities in
tho Kouth. Persons,at a distance looking for a lo
cation in the South, will be supplied with all furth
er information they may desire by addressing the
Editor of the Kixordek.
CITY OFFICERS.
Mayor—?, II. Felder.
Clerk and Recorder—D. K. Brinson,
Aldermen—\V. 1*. Burt. 1*. li. Williams. It. E.
Co-.b, I.. B. Bosworth, li. U. Watts, W. J. liar-
per. Cltjr Council meets every Monday evening.
Police Force—City Marshal, A. P. I dago.
Polleemen-W. W. Wheeler, Pot Krskine, J. W.
Cobb, t*. II. Mltclicll.
Sexton Oak drove Cemetery—P. D. IIII1.
Sexton Colored Cemetery—Richard Felder
Bridge Keeper—J. P. Halford.
FI BE DEPARTMENT.
Chief-W. P Burt.
AmdsUnt Cliiel—•?. C. Nicholson.
Wide Awake No. 1. (Steamer,) Foreman, W.
OLD GRANBERRY CORNER.
HAVING LATELY PI RPHAHKI) THE
IBADTIFUL STOO:
OF MR. JOHN WINDSOR, ARK DAILY ADDING TO TUK SAME THE
I LATEST PATTERNS AND DESIGNS!
_ _ , . Ulnae .
Hook and Ladder—Fomiian, Henry Andei
CONGRESSIONAL.
Third District, c. mposed of the counties o
Taylor, Macon, Schley, Sumter, Dooly, Pulaski,
Dodge, Montgoniwry, Wilcox, Telfair, Lee Web
ster, Stewart, Irwin, Coffee. Gen. Phil. Cook,
engressman.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senatorial District composed of (be counties of
>umtcr, Ho.liley, and Mncon Senator, Duponi
Guerry. Representatives, Thomas Peugin and
•lohn L Addcrtuu.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Southwestern Circuit, composed of tba counties
of Sumter, Schley, Macon, Leo, Webster and
Stewart.
Judge. lion. C. F. Crisp. Solicitor General, C.
It. Hudson.
Regular terms of Court are held ns follows:
1-eo county, second Monday in March and aec-
ond Monday In Novotnber.
Schley county, fourth Monday in March and
fourth Monday in September.
SVehstcr county, tirsi Monday in April and first
Monday in October.
Sumter county, second Monday in April and
second Monday in October.
Htewnrt county, fourth Monday In April and
fourth Monday in October.
Macon county second Monday in June and
second Monday in December.
COUNTY COURT.
Judge, J. P. Pilsbury. Monthly term of court,
irst Wednesday in every month.* Quarterly U
third Monday in March, June, September
December.
ORDINARY’S COURT.
Ordinary. Thomas H. Stewart.—Court held
drat Monday of avery month.
• COUNTY OFFICERS.
< 'lerk of Superior Court, J. II. Allen.
Sheriff, J. W. Mix*.
Tax Coiltctor, W. it. Stewnri.
Tax Receiver,.?. A. Daniel.
Treasurer, G. CL Hheppcrd.
Surveyor. M. O. Logan. »
Coroner. W. W. Guerry
Domestics,
Sheetings and
White Goods, Bto.,
-=I3XT PULL SUPPLY !=—
ANOTHER LARGE AND FRESH INVOICE OK
Ladies and Grents Slices
SOON TO AHHIVE !
DAVIS & CALLAWAY,
Cranberry Corner,
AMERICUS, GA.
IMICUS VARIETY WORKS,
Meet Hr-*' Monday of every month.
J U8TICK8.
District No. 75 J ,|N*1I. White,*.1 P., W. II.
Phillips. N. P.
Dis:. No. 687, No Justice at prescr.t.
Di»t. No. 1107, James II. Roger*, J. I’. .John K.
N.P.
List No. 8*4, J. M. liatehcr, J. P., J««. A. Yin-
•on, N. I\,
Disk No. 1185, A, J. Williams, J. P., IL A.
Darden, N. P.
^ Diet. No. 789, P. L. Mize, J.P., Jam A. Stnbbs,
Van JRiper
HAS RETURNED!
His Photograph Gallery
NOW OPEN!
FINEST PICTURE8,
I.A TEST STYLES
AMERICUS,
GEORGIA.
C. 1. WHEATLEY, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
DEALER in
Sash, Doors, blinds and Windows, Lumber Plained, Woodwork
of every kind done with promptness, Furniture, Bedsteads
and Coffins, Plans Drawn and Estimates Furnished.
I hare just received a large stock of steam and water Pip* lug nnd Pipe Filters tools, and am pre
pared to do all kinds ofplumhliig.at shuri notice !u a tir-t class manner. Parties at a distant*, eoriw-
ponding with nir, will receive prompt ntiention.
my Iff.fin C. M, WHEATLEY, Prop’r.
Rotlisoliild’s Shirts.
0 FOR $9. ~
Delivered Free Everywhere.
oan be done with Georgia land
The belief is quite prevalent in tlio
North that Southern farms which
are not extensively fertilized are
plnyed out, and I want to show
likewise that such abcliefis a gross
error.
AnoiiT HAY.
On the 1st day of May 1 rode
out from Augusta with Capt.
Warren and the State Coiuinis-
: sioner of Agriculture on a little
' trip of insiH-etion. f'upt. Warren
is probably the only grass-farmer
in'the State of Georgia. Hu h is a
. meadow about three miles from the
! city containing an even hundred
| nercs, and on that day he had two
mowing-machines at work cutting
his crop of hay, and a heavy crop
f I it was. This first crop was a species
j ol grass culled “vetch,” looking
' more like a leafy plant than like
1 hay, bm. highly nutritious nnd
eagerly eaten by nil live stock. It
is g perennial plant and Is not. kill
ed out in winter.
The crop of “vetch” being cut
early in May, its place is taken by
Guiuea grass—a broad-leaf grass
which makes lirst-elass bay. Tlio
first crop ol Guinea grass is cut
about the middle of June, the
second in September and tiic third
about tho middle of October. If
the fall is a into one fifth a crop cun
bo cut a month later. Then the
“vetch” comes up again and re
mains until the next May. Her
then, arc four certain crops ol first-
class forage oil the same meadow
tho same year, with even chances
of a filth.
fertilizers are used on the
“vetch” early in tho spring, but
never to tire extent of over $5 per
acre. That 100 aeres will cut .‘!00
tons of forage per year, and last
year every ton of the loddcr sold
alj $25 per ton. There was an in
come of $7,000 m gross. Deduct
itiV ciipcnses of working, fertiliz
ing, baling, etc., and the owners
deardd at Ica9t $4,000 in clean
cash. That’s what hoy will do in
Georgia for a man who knows wliat
he is about, and if any other sec
tion can heat it tire Captain wants
to hear from It.
UEOI1UIA OATS.
Somo of our Western States
pride themselves on their oat-fields,
but let them reud what can be done
in this banner State of the South.
Tlris your ('apt. Warren reserved
six acres for an oat-patch. By u
blunder, bis men sowed seven
bushels of seed to the acre, instead
of two^ind a half or three. Every
one predicted that not a stnlk
woidd head out, blit lo ! bow little
they knew of their own soil. Thu
field ns 1 saw it may be described
as a perfect mass of oats, and in a
search of twenty minutes we could
not find one single stalk without a
plump nnd well filled head. The
average height wns five feet, and
the crop was still growing. The
Commissioner ollcrcd a wngir that
tho yield would lie sixty-live
bushels to the acre, while neighbor
ing planters put it at seventy. If
these figures make our Northern
farmers open their eyes they can
likewise depend upon it that I am
writing cold facts.
PLANTATION FARMING.
larmcr some close figures on what munv j , j h S t |,, r ° r the purpose of constructing
l„ ftnnn with u— t»nH ' tl)at ' I am trying to takl in every-I £ nd m T al " m « » railroad from
thing as I go along, i.et me repeat Sa ~ h to Columhns.to be known
that, the climate or Northern Geor-1 “ 1 1 ’'ISf
gia is six weeks ahead ot‘ Michigan. } W' - .T! 10 ra ® n w ! 10 !* ave
The weather is not so hot in ! «» /*«•*! «*>» enterprise have cap-
iuidsummcr that white farmers can- j ,t , u , 1 at tllc,r “ anJ . aro
not work the same as in the North, j able * carr - v 1 ,t tl tliro "« ha fiu L
It is a natural fruit belt for even- com P le f tio "’ a ” <, ‘ h f e , J"
thing except apples, which only do j “J, , *° in ™° “ ,lo,,bt tbat thc
lairlv well. Pei'-hcs, plums, pears, 1 l0a , ., w U ,^ bu,lt - . , , .
grapes ami J, a s., ' l - matter h a ,
and field immenselv. The tie,.'- ' lalke ''. al>«t.t for a long t.rac,
gin melon is the finest in the land, , '"i* 1 “ ,v ° TV ^ l
and such truck as cabbage, beets l " V last , 8 J ,r u 8- wllpl1
—a ssr-i.fisrLiKT? s
Wllht will run thirty tl nttv \ E” 1 Coovenli™. Wd m Ararat,..
»a..»»...1a, i 1 he discussion at that convention
bushels to the acre, and corn the I , convenwon
saute, nnd I have given figures on ' H , l 0 1 we<1 c ‘” ,cl «!"v c| y necessity
hay and oats. Whatever is raised j ‘ ' “ '“ l hon .h.Th
to’sell finds a readv cash market. !t l , , amP : ' lhon . , tbat , ! ’
There is not a town or city in l o built soonm or later b.i ,
. it was liardlv expected that it
Georgia wl. cl, ts not P”-'h>ng , >vollM , K . nn( , (M . (akp l so sooh .
ahead, and the same m ty Ire said
of the agricultural districts. If
the Georgians ever heard that there
was a war in which the South got
worsted, they seem to have
forgotten it. They give Northern
men a hearty welcome, nnd ate
ready to follow them in their im
provements. It is only within the
last four or five years Hint the peo
ple Imre come to know what their
own soil could do, amt that plant
ers have discovered that all cotton
and no
Prom the general route mapped
out. in the articles ofussociation.it
will be seen that the proposed road
passes through a section oftbc
State now witbont railroad facili
ties. Most of tire route is through
a richly timbered country, covered
witli forests nf yellow pine, and a
small portion of it takes in as fine
a farming section as there ts in the
State. This country must, lie de
veloped. Tlie timber must be util-
. ized. and the lands must lie brought
corn was not the wisest | under cultivation. But these tilings
policy. Harms worth only $10 per , calinnt Iiapp(m wifill01ll a , ai Uoad,
Wu 0S ° a,U W V 1 «"<! hence the very necessity oftl.e
|.,o. Why . B'cnnsc lie farmer i cllKe j nsilres t | 1(J construction or
lias begun to appreciate lire mine . t | 1(J j
Aside from the remunerat ion the
enterprise will return lo its tiudcr-
at his door. His iiOO acres of eot.-
ton laud liave become his fields of
wlieut, oats, corn, potatoes, truck
and hay, witli a few acres of not
ion, nnd if he fails in one lie does
not loife all. The area of oats is
thirty per cent, greater titan last,
year, and tire area of wheat is over
twenty, it is tho beginning of a
revolution which will make Geor
gia the richest agricultural State
of tlio South. M. Quad.
Whirl lie Would Uo.
it was in thc smoking car of the
New Yonk Central. There was
one chap who was blustering a
great deal and telling of bow many
duels lie had fought, and huhind
him sat a small man rending a
magazine.
“Sir,” said tire big man as be
wheeled around, “what would you
do if challenged?"
“Refuse,” wns the quiet an
swer.
‘Air! I thought ns much. Re
fuse nnd lie branded a coward!
What if tlio gentleman offered
von tlie choice of a duel or a
public Imrsewliippiiig— what would
you do?”
"I’d tnko the whipping."
•‘Ah—1 thought so—thought so
from your appearance. Suppose
sir, tiiat you Imil foully slandered
me?”
takers, it will result with untold
benefit to thc people along the rente,
and indirectly to tlie country gen
erally. It will enhance the value of
land from two to ten fold, as leys
been the case along thc line of the
Macon and Brunswick railroad. It
will enable men to realize a good
price for millions of feet ot timber
now almost- valueless. It will in
augurate new industries and give
employment to hundreds of people.
It will promote the mercantile in
terests of a large tract of country
and pave the way to tlie buildftlg
up of schools and churches and
ameliorating thc general condition
of the people.
Tlie citizens 'of this town and
community arc jubilant over the
prospects of a new railroad. They
will give it all thc encouragement
in their power. And all the people
a.'ong the line will hail it with re
joicing and delight. The iollowing
will probably ire tiic route as near
us cun Ire ascertained from the
general outlino published in thc no
tice of incorporation:
i liegtnning at Savannah, and run
ning through Chatham county-, it
cuts off tlie northern corner of
Bryan, thc extremo southern corner
of Bullock, passing through the
i central portion of Tatnall and
In every respect thc very he»t Milrts (lint we can produco AT ANY COST. Our Inrxc and
" ~ - ustoiuers in principal cities
V8TUM WORK
trmwinir »*usin<
our in
excelled by
Geutlemcn who have liitbcrto been cruder the impression that the
■old at our pricer nre invited toaive us u call. We Guarantee *
Our Rprini; i ••port.itiuus of Fancy rihlrtiiiRs include all the nev
Percale*, and ffeotch Cheviot 8liirtui||U.
f very best Shirts could not be
Perfect Sutlafnctlou.
V dealfns in Preucli Cretonnes,
Underwear.
1 have now on hand the laiycst and heat selected stock ot (•eUtH 9 Knit SIlirlS and
Draw Cl* tor Hj.ilnj; nod Hummer wear.
BothNChild’N White Merino Shirts nt 60 cents each.
Rotbscliild’s Hojal Merino Shirts and Drawers75 cents each.
Rotlischtld’N Summer Cussimcre Shirts and Drawers „t p
Rothschild's India (ionise Shirts, wm.or hatr .iktu,at sue <.ch.
Rothschild’s Summer Merino Shirts and Drawers »t m cent.i>.
Rothschild’s Rest Jeans Drawers m cent. m-h.
Also. Rcniitiriil l.iucs of lliilbriggan and Silk I'nderwear.
“Tlmn. C si“po<ie that I had \
coolly and deliberately insulted i ^‘ .i' I »nrenf h »nd
you; then what would vou do?” 1 " 0,lther " f® r ‘ ion ° , l,lure “ !ln,,
“I’d rise 111, this wav nut ,lown I CPntre of 10 Eastman, pass-
«... it.;, .v.iv ing °n through the southern edge
like this and take him by the nose j nLV.' l !!* l |lf.L. P 'v!fJi! r ,Jw!f.! t
“I asu£S23LSSst
, ig man’s nose, the man with the " ab ““ l tb ® “f r th “
We then rode on to the Eve white hat on began to crouch I . ' th ®
plantation to see liow laruiing was J down to get away from bullets, but. ,-^ bU n' a ‘
(lone on a laree scale. This ulanta- ' tlmn. wnc iin hlitiftlinir Tlie Ivitr I . rOftd 18 ftllBOst All fllrllQO. HpfC
and AI.I. STYLES
Snt islhrtIon Guaranteed
Prices Moderate.
OVRR T. WnKATLET . STORK,
done on a large sunle. This plnnta
tion contains 2,000 acres, and its
negro quaitcrs are standing as
they stood Ircfore tlie war. Here
was one solid field of 500 acres ot
rqst-proof oats, and it was almost
impossible to find u stock without
a plump bead. The Commissioner's
estimate of that field was fifty
bushels to the acre—25,000 bushels
in all. Last year this plantation
sold 1,000 bushels oi oats in oue
lot at $1 per bushel, und tlie aver
age of its sales was eighty-two
cents. Prices will lie lower this >e "‘L w :ii i......
y ear. Therefore, pu- the average |'v" r n 1
at sixty cents, and we find that. alta( . k „. (V0 s j e k n( ,
field yielding *I5,0UU. I make no j limn al „i expcn se.
there was im shooting. Tlie big
man turned red—then pule—then
looked the little man over and re
marked:
“Certainly—of course—thatit
exactly!"
And then thc conversation turn
ed on tho general prosperity or
tlie country.— Free JWsr.
it turns to the northwest and takes
ti very small purl of tlie southwest
ern corner of Schley;, u narrow
strip of the southwest side of Mu-
rion, and a very- small piece of t he
northwest corner of Webster. Then
it runs on through tire central por
tion of C'hatlulioooliee county hy
| way of Cussetta perhaps, and last
u,..„ • ly through the southwestern part
’ * ! of Muscogee to Columhue.
All hard workers are subject to | Tide is » very pretty route and
bilious attacks which may end m | j H a j| a | 0 „„ „i,out equidistant from
langcrous illness, larkers (ungcr , ol |rr,ilroads. It also gives tlie
.. , , 1 b'dneys and most Ji,ect route from the west to
liver active, and hy preventing the lll(> , ettboariL The day of its com-
loss ol, p | cl i on will lie one of general re-
pense. Ilclay at sueh I joicin
Hanger.- Df/nnt rremt. \ m , ,
. . coh linn. ! IVe Can't Talk
the big Held will be sowed with! ! ur .., . . .. c
... I Without showing the condition of
. peas, and when these are out the , y lr >s F McElwrentli came into, om . teeth. Every laugh exnose
1,1 OMi ww " f3ctury ,r ""' v«»7Ims$ quality, if .ts per psir. Hnrinif | vines will Roll for enough to make j ('ohb county Iroin Alabama a few them. In oriler not to be ashamed
notluichacl'sPMioy Balf ECowo. win^nlnne hrinw'mnnv i ' ,uy, ‘ “ K °’ and ra " ° ,r will ‘ • Mis, iof them, let us use that standard
in irur-LF-;v HALKHosEUen,t. Ml *r^,. | ^ asTdder " ' I TheV manied ! Oentrirrir e, SO/.ODONT, which is
lanetta. sure to keep them white and spot-
, less. No tarter can encrust them,
Thc blslluguisliini; ('harm. no canker affect the enamel, no
Sort-,
Silk
r slock is rinnp-eta*, nf«l iucliider nil tbc latest liovelties und choicest productions *»f the j ilpfiuptinn from tlioGG tleiirpa Lp j
in und J tome* tic mnrkcts. Unte liiex oTClab House, IWolinllle, t.laudsnt «i»<l Lord Stanley ! UeaUCil ° n ,rom UgUres DC- | times means
t, in I lain and Fancy Col..»e*| Silks aud Uatins, 40 ets. to «l.60 cadi. AJwo Urjre lines of Folded \ CallSC, US 8(K)II 08 the OtttS UfC OH, ! C 0 « | ipr rn
m*l S.tll, Tl'., ,n l’..!n an-l e.tory c..|nl>, :wc CiHV. IMel,. II..1.1 rain rar.l.’ • 01 ° l,,Cr 00
Plain, Colored und Britixli Half Hose f-o,„ Kr ,«ir up.aei.'.
Umtr r olla«.
All fisdr*. <
i manufae
Best Gingham Umbrella, $1.
Amorims,
sep24-wtwtf
; Georgia.
Prof. VAN RIPER.
Gensml stock of Furnishing Goods, C-OlIai'N mill C'UlfNi CmtlbrlCs (AllCII
and 8ilk UandkerchlerNyHiiRpenderN, and CJeiitlemen’.s Jewelry,
all at popujir prices.
An elMpint art of Gold Plated Collar and Hleeve Buttons, or elegant set (3) of Hhirt Studs given
with each half-dozen of Rothaebild's Custom Shirts.
Hsmpies. Directions tor self-measurement, nnd dsaeriptive circulars moiled free. Kpecial Price-Ust
to lha trade. We refer to all New York.
IV. H. ROTHSCHILD A C0-, Hroadway & 8th St, New York.
lit; 13, A—ly
, hundred dollars as fodder.
On that same farm were 200 acres
; of rust-proof wheal, and about the
same of corn, together with
. , A delightful fragrance ol Ireshly 1 gtrccics of decay infest the dental
Where farms’* Tramrauro cm!: K ttl,leml Uower » a,1 ‘ 1 »l'i«*» >' ll,e I bone, ir SO/.ODONT is regniaritly
.N >rtlie11) farms. Ten mcnaio cm* liiaiinniiSniiini* s.imem it'insiwinn na<ui ... ..
ten men at« ««• j distinguishinff charm of Plorcston
ployed the year roundand the j Cologne
machinery nnd tools are of the best.; * _ , . ,
The expense for this year is put | The Konntrie c**c cost Clarke
down nt $7,000. That farm will I county $2,500.
used. It is a botanical preparation,
and its Irciieficial effects on the
tcetli and gums are marvelous, as
ft removes oil discoloration, and
renders the gums Irani and rosy.