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TRJ- WEEKLL.Y.
VOL IV.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING JUNE 111, 1882.
Henry S. Davis.
Mkrrei. Cam. a wav
NEW FIRM!
OLD GRANBERRY CORNER.
FROM FRIENDSHIP.
Davis & Callaway
-HAVINO LATELY l'l’IK'llAKEl) TIIE-
BEAOTIPUL STOC:
nr MR. JOHN WINDSOR, ARE DAILY ADIIINO TO THE NAME TIIE
!LATEST PATTERNS AND DESIGNS!
ABB fum.
Domestics,
Sheetings and
White Goods, Eto.,
Kditor Hecobdkb:—Wo lmvc
glided quietly, almost impercepti
bly, into the long, the hot, and hal
cyon days of summer. The season
mqst propitious for the engage
ment of the majority of the favor
ed descendants of Ham. Every
day at sultry noontide, the averago
ones betake themselves to some
sunny nook and, reclining upon the
warm bosom of mother earth, turn
their black and shining laces up,
which vio with old Sol in splendor
—being drenched in pot liquor,and
receive his vertical rays unilinch
ingly, and . willingly pay a goner-
erous tribute to gentle Morpheus.
And, ns I gaze upon them in the
full enjoyment of their noon-day-
siesta, the applicability of these
lines:
•IN PULL SUPPLY !=
ANOTHER I.AROE AND FRESH INVOICE OF
Ladies and Grents Shoes
SOON TO ARRIVE !
DAYIS & CALLAWAY,
(I ran berry Corner,
AMERICUS, GA.
AIMS VARIETY WORKS,
AMERICUS,
GEORGIA.
0. Ill, WHEATLEY, CONTRACTOR AND MULDER,
Sash, Doors, Blinds and Windows, Lumber Plained, Woodwork
if of every kind done with promptness, Furniture, Bedsteads
and Coffins, Plans Drawn and Estimates Furnished.
I li.vr Just received a large .lock of atrnni and water IRpelng and I'i|K* Hum tool., and am |>rr-
; pannl to do all kinds or plumbing.*t chart notice In a first class manner, Furlin' at a distance, corn**
. pomllnn with roc, will rccclyo prompt attention,
t , roylOafm
C. M. WHEATLEY, Prop',
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Rotlisehild’s Shirts.
6 FOR $9. w ~*
Delivered Free Everywhere.
In hi* case ia very forcibly sag-
gcated to my mind. But I an
happy to say that our Iricnda of
the colored pursuation are not
monopolizing all the joys. No, we
pale faces arc having a right good
share of wordly pleasure, but on a
different scale from theirs. While
they are sleeping we arc feasting.
Yes, Mr. Editor, we arc having a
glorious tunc luxuriating on the
rich, the luscious, the golden
fruits which nature has given 11s
spontaneously, and with an unstint
ed hand. Our fields and hedges
and swamps are teeming witli them
of numerous varieties, in short we
arc in the garden of Eden again
Wo have whortleberry and black
berry pies every day now, tho las
of which makes most delicious
and incomparably good pics. Lord
Byron says:
i-Hweet is the vintuRi-, when tho shower
ing Kriipos
In lliiehnnnl profusion reel lo enrlli,
1’nrpla nnil gashing; sweet
enpes
From civio rivalry hi rural mirth;
'Tis sweet to win, no mutter how, one’s
laurels
By blood or ink;’tis sweet to put an end
To strife; 'tis sometimes sweet to hnvo
onr quarrels.
Particularly witli a tiresome friend,
lint sweeter still than this, than llieso,
Ilian all
Ojr first love—It stands alone.
Well, no doubt, tbc9carenll very
sweet, and the last the sweetest,
but I can’t help thinking that if the
great poet had eaten a blackberry
pie, saturated witli about a quart
of honey, before writing the above
lines the Inst one would be worded
a little differently. Our pleasures
are very frequent, but unfortunate
ly shortlived, for when we partake
of tho above mentioned delicacies
and go out to Helds and behold our
little, withered frozen and lousy
cotton, all our joy is killed effec
tually. It is a terrible thing when
you have toiled^and sweat and got
your crop in a nice condition; when
your licnrt beats high in your bos
om at the prospect of a bountiful
harvest, 1 say it is udreadful thing
at this juncture to have your crop
corn line here. Wo are hav
ing too much rain at present, but
I'll abstain from making auy odi
ous comparison in regard to it, for
one of our beauties says it rains
vegetables at her borne. It’s an ill
wind that blows nobody good,
have heard of its raining frogs’and
fish and manna, but this is the first
iustance I have ever heard of its
raining vegetables.
Gardens are all very fine, but of
course Mr. W. It. Dorn has the
finest. He’s a giant when it comes
to gardening. The ever bright
and cheerful face of Mrs. Dorn is
yery ' much missed now she tins
gone on a visit to re atives in South
Carolina. Her numerous friends
anxiously await her return; Mr.
D., especially, for he is having a
very serious time ol it. He is
chief cuok and bottle washer now,
and every day after lie has hidden
one of his ten pound cabbages lie
can lie seen lapping out the dishes
and setting them back.
Miss Mary Lizzie Harper, of
Botlsford, has been sojourning in
our midst for several weeks. She
is qiiite an addition to our social
circle and. we would be pleased to
have her remain some time.
We arc in a mighty stew now,
like a fish out of water, trying lo
get ready for the exhibition, foi we
are afraid it will turn-out lo be
an exposition instead of nil exhibi
tion. W.
thing good to eat, just come out to
the Preston barbecue, which comes
off the first Saturday in July, being
the first day also. This occasion
promises to lie the grandest ever
known in Preston. A goodly quan
tity of meats have already' been
subscribed and those who havo net
contributed anything yet are res
pectfully asked to do so. Meats
are to be delivered to W. S. Brown
by twelve o’clock Friday previous.
All arc invited to come and bring
well-filled baskets.
We were made happy a few even
ings ago liy the receipt of the pret
tiest. bouquet that was ever our
pleasure to see. Of course we arc
very tbanklul, but the fragrance of
these flowers are not ns nenr to our
henrtns tile beauty of the fair donor.
’ J. C. L.
V COLORED MECHANIC.
PRESTON.
Preston, Ga. June,10th, 1882.
Editor Recorder. It is with
sorrow that wc are called upon to
chronicle tho death of Mr. .lumen
W. Bell, which occurred at .his res
idence in Preston on Wednesday,
Juno 7th. no was stricken down
witli typhoid fever, and was con
fined to his bod about thirty days,
mir es- during which time luvsoffered great
ly. Mr. Bell was a man of sterling
produce AT ANY COST. Our l.ru :,,.d
rit-ncp, long lift of ru>tniiuT* in iirii,rii..l
•aylDg I Lai »«• pn*liu* ClVl'O.M WollK
In erery reaped the very beat bhlrlg tint
growing bu«int*M. ample flu lliilee, many year* expel
to whom our goods glre pvrfod aatUfaction, justify
•seeded by none
Oeutlemen who hare hitherto tieen nihler the impresalon that the very u-t Hhiita » oi M nd I*
aoldat our prlccf.oro invited twelve us a call. Wo Guarantee Perfect Mailafacliou.
Our Boring I uportntlon* of Fancy Hhlrun*« include all the u.w tliciji* >r» Krer.ch ( rHwtihp*,
Pennies, and Scotch C'henot Shirting*.
Und.erwear.
• Wc have now on hand the ! ary cat and beat wK-ctcJ Mock ol 14. II i C SIlirlM U lltl
otliHrtiild’N White Merino Shirt* at 60 rent* each,
otbschlld’n Royal Merluo Shirts und Drawers >i ;sn-m> <»a.
Rothschild’s Summer Cassimere Shirts and Drawers .,t oi,
Rothschild’s India Clauzc Shirts, whole or half BOe each.
Rothschild’s Summer Merino Shirts and Drawers .1 mi ( «,i.. «.•
Rothschild’s Rest Jeans Drawers r»i,.
Also, Beautiful Lines of Balbriggau and Silk Underwear.
-'desolated and your bright pros
pects blasted by such insignificant
looking little things as lice. It is
cnougli to Hliake , the saintship of
an anchorite. Our oldest farmers
say they never saw the lice so bad
before. They arc equal to the
famous Kooky Mountain locust in
their devastating qualifications.
They have pounced upon the old
King and nearly demolished him.
SPRUfG NXIOKWRAR.
Our stock is oow complete, and include* all the Utrit novelties i
Forvltn and Domestic market*. lair*.. lines of Club llonse, De.!oin\il!e, r|nu«l« nt ;*n.i l.«n.|
Heart*, in Plain and Fancy Colored Hllks anil tfutloa, 40 eta. to 81.60 each. Also laige |:n« > «.t
811k and fiat in Tiea, in Pnln and francy Colors, aoc to Me. each.
>i
qualities, and in liis death the com
munity sustained an irreparable
loss, the church a consistent mem
ber and his family a kind protec
tor. But the husband,—devoted
biinbaml; father, indulgent fathor;
and friend, constant friend—is
gone, and let us meekly bow to tho
dispensations of divine providence
und rcmcmlier ids words of counsel
and ills Christian examples, for
though dead, he yet speakctli. Wc
tender the bereaved family our
heart felt condolence in this the
hour of their trouble.
Tlie health of our section is by
no means good at present. The
leading disease seems to lie the ty
phoid fever which appears in a
very malignant type.
Farmers arc still buoyant over
their fine prospects. Corn is fifty
percent better than nt this time last
year. Cotton is not looking so well,
owing to the cool weather and lice.
Oats has been harvested and a bet
tor yield was never known In this
section. The “Georgia Mule” is
extremely happy,for instead of get
ting one bundle,as he did-last year,
he now gets two and three and the
independent smile that plays upon
his lovely countenance is indeed
amusing.
Mr. J. It. Stapleton, our efficient
.School Commissioner, lias recently
finished the enumeration of school
children in the county, lietwccii the
A good many of our farmers have -,'jes 0 f g j x a mf eighteen, which
been compelled to plant over again , lc .,„!ied as follows: Whites «7«;
and if this cold, cloudy, wintry C0 ] 0 rc-U, 880, total, 1,557, being a
weather doesn’t stop, they'll all i decrease of some two hundred since
have to follow suit shortly. I j the last enumeration,
never heard of rust in this climate We were requested by many
- at this season of the year. 'I he readers of the Recorder lo say
j col< > northwestern winds arc almost j Umt lhc clmllgc of publication day
| ^ All mount.clun.1 Inoorown factory Iron. ImportrJ Skin., v.ry U.t -(iiallly, SI [..-r r-alr. Si,ring j equal to the blasting SilllOOIl of the j w;l# not altogether satisfactory.
Hb.iii*,. jtotbaohiidPRFanoy UnlflloNo. ! Arabian deserts in their withering j \ ot t | lat t | icy w j*|, c a to lie conten-
aii tbe ».wMt J«ijw i" i* 1 '- j clfcct u P on our cotton. | tiolls i mt , IH ., man,., 0 f interest
Pl«l«, Colored and Brltlah Half Hoae fro., *«. 1 „^r.„w.,.i, | Mr. William Sml.h, I. mderstand, l0 thenl . As it is the Recorder
• | has the bent cotton in the county, I comcs at a time when the people
AII(I»||M, our o»nm»niir«cliirc. Hot Ulnulian. Embroil., fl. i it heinrr frno frmn lino nnil l„. ll.ol ......
o.u.r.i.lock of FunUhius ouod.,Collar* and Cuffs. Cambric, Linen H Dcl "?, rrom llee > and l>> the nrc ovcr stocked with papers, ns
and Silk Handkerchiefs, Suspenders, .nd Gentlemen's Jewelry,: way, Will is a thorough going young | most a i| the papers coming to tins
•Vs* Kfilt ISmom mud Collar .nd st*.™ isttou, or eicsant i.t (»of shirt Hindi.i.m man and don't you forget it, girls. .,| ace and Weston arrive on Satur-
AAmBi «cfi halMouu of Rotl.Kl.lld'. Ciutoro Shirt*. « ...... . 1
The following is pnblisitcd in the
Washington Republican from a let
ter from a thorough, practical and
accomplished watch and clock
maker in Detroit, Mich., (a colored
man), to a gentleman in than city:
Dear Sir: 1 have met with ex
perience since 1 came here, which
serves ns a valuable lesson to me.
My experience hero and in IoA-a,
Illinois, Indiana and other States,
proves that a negro meclianie who
comes applying for work is on a
fool’s mission. Trades-unions of
the North prevents the negro Irum
learning any mechanical art, and
bar those from practicing that
which they have by clinncc learned
in the South. Such a state elf things
causes me to think. Were the men
who made tbe laws through which
tlie negro is the equal of the white
man in point of citizenship, sincere
in what they did? Or was it done
in tlie heat of passion, simply to
humiliate tlie Southern rebel?
When you read tills,no doubt, you
will say I wonder why he writes
tills to me; I am not a negro, and
cannot be reasonably expected to
sympathize with bis race in prefer
ence to mine. I don’t want to be
so understood. Not being able to
get work at my trade, I have been
forced to work in a hotel. Tbe pay
is too small for the amount of work
required. .1 thought you may have
friends in Washington through
whom you could get mo a job as
messenger in some of tlie depart
ments. Hoping that you will do
this much for ono who wishes to
prove himself worthy of that citi
zenship which yon Northern peo
ple have given us, I am, etc.,
ion.Quarterly Isa success. Its
cost is only fifty cents a year, and
if its publishers propose lo give
for that price four books of equal
merit with the one before Us, they
quite deserve the success we wish
them. The Magazine is issued by'
Ehrich Bros., Eighth avenue, New
York.
Tho Very Modest Orator.
Boston Journal.
The Boston paper hasnewrepor-.
ter who is enterprising and willing,
as most young men are when they
first begin work in “journalism,”
but who doesn’t yet know us much
as lie probably will at a later period
of his career. He came in with a
report of a public meeting the oth*
er day, in the course of which he
had stated that “the Hon. Mr. So-
and-so followed the previous speak
er with a few feeble remarks upon
tbe ease under discussion.”
The city editor remonstrated
with tlie young man, and was not
appeased when the roportcr told
him that the honorable gentleman
in question had himself said when
lie first got iqion his legs that all
he could contribute to the debate
weuld be a few feeble remarks. So
tbe editor took up his own pen and
changed tlie reporter’s manuscript
so that it read “the Hon. Mr. So-
an-so then made a few trenchant
remarks upon the case in point,
whioh he delivered in the eloquent
and scholarly way which is charac
teristic of all his public utterances,
and having achieved this feat
with proficient case, tie sent tlie
reporter back to bis desk, and ear
ly the next morning Hon. Mr. So-
and-so sent his ufllce boy around
and bought fifty papers," whereas
if tho reporter’s original “copy”
had got to tlie composing room
unchallenged lie would probably
have come lip to tlie office ill per
son with a club.
Hunplr*. Direction* for *elf« emu re merit, an<l da acrfptive clrcnlara Railed flee. Hpecial Price-LUt
to the trade. We refer to all New York.
IV. H. ROTHSCHILD & CO., Broadtray & 8th St, New York.
KSyljwtAU
Corn bids fair to make a bounti
ful yield. Mr. It L. Worthy, I
believe, has taken the lead in the
day.
Well, Mr. Editor, if you wish to
sjiend a pleasant day and get some.
A Summer Visitor.
What with April frosts, chilly
spells in May, and other abnormal
meteorological phenomena, the sea
sons of the year 1882 are in such u
confused state, that anything which
mny be interpreted as a sign of their
regular sequonco is welcome on that
account alone. This is one reason
why wc are glad to receive tho
summer number of Rhrichs' Fash
ion Quarterly. Ancthor reason is,
that tho book is full of interesting
matter, and is dcoidedly tho most
agreeable melange of literature and
fashion that has been issued from
the press in a long lime. The cos.
tumes illustrated are sufficiently
diversified in style and cost to en
able ever lady reader to suit both
her taste and pocket; and a host of
well executed woodcuts serves to
show each fair subscriber the last
sweet things in bonnets, the latest
efforts in parasols, the prevailing
styles of fans, and so on, through
the entire range ottbat delightful
science which the fair denominate
“Shopping."
Tlie purely literary features of
the magazine arc excellent. Ebcn
E. Kcxford’s |>ooiii, ."The Fatter
of Little Feet,” lias a tender pathos
of which tlie greatest of our poets
might have fell proud. “The Edi
tor at Home” discusses current
topics with a quaint humor in
which n strain of earnest, purpose
is unobtrusively apparent; and a
charming illustrated story, entitled
Hard Times,” enchains tlie read
er's interest from end to end. Nor
is purely instructive literature neg
lected; tlie lessons in China-paint
ing are continued, and a beautiful
design lor a title is illustrated,with
lull directions for execution; an il
lustrated article on outline em
broidery introduces a pleasing oc
cupation for summer afternoons;
and the laws and methods of arch
ery and lawn tennis arc described
in a brace of well written articles.
Altogether, wc think the Fash-
Ueruiiuatlon or Cotton Semi.
A writer in tlie Boston Journal
of Commerce says: “A singular
discovery lias been made by ac
cident in connection witli soma ex
periments upon cotton seed which
may have a widely extended in*
flnence upon agricultural opera*
tions. With a view to ascertain
tlie situation of tbe oil colls in the
cotton seed, I’rof. Thomas Taylor,
the mlcrosoopist was requested to
make an investigation, and he
found that one row of these cells
constitutes a protection to the
germinating point. The Professor
resolved further to ascertain how
far these defences protected the
embryo from agentH usually des
tructive of idl organic life. In
using sulphuric acid he found that
one result was completely to re
move the adherent cotton, so leav
ing the brown shell pf the seed
clean without being visibly affect
ed. Soma of tbe seed that had
been thus treated was sown, and
to tbe surprise of every one, it
came up five days carher than the
seed in its natural state. Several
experiments were subsequently
made, wbieli confirmed tho fact,
that tbe treatment with sulphuric
acid stimulated tbe vitality of the
seed. The gain of fivo or six
days’ start, in tbe avoidance of
early frost or in the raising of
early cotton, for whieh premiums
are offered in some of tho Southern
States, can not be over estimated.
Another advantage is that owing
to tbe cotton hitherto ndberoht to
the seed, tbe sowing baa. bad to tie
broadcast, whioh bos been very
wasteful. Now tbe clean seed can
be sown by means of a drill, with
tbe result of producing a regulari
ty of growth which wilbtend great
ly to facilitate the subsequent
cultivation.
How to Save,
All hard workers are subject to
bilious attacks which may end in
dangerous illness. Parker* Ginger
Touie will keep the kidneys and
liver active, and by preventing tbo -
attack save much sickness, loss of
time aud expense. Belay at such
times means ilanger.-DWrotV Ihress.
See other column.
The Independent party-ir the
best organized in tlie Stale. It is
small but compact and well equip
ped. It has in Its rank* an ex
cellent preacher, two flhe physi
cians, several good 'lawyers nnd
some distinguished orators. The
orators arc of two kinds. The
liallclnjah orator and the spread-
eagle or Columbian orator. They
have no packed-meetings or con
ventions. Tbe Junta simply meets
and fixes everything- ilUledyeuille
Recorder.
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