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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', - 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. Buehupslba.’ Quick, complete cure, all annoy ing Kidney, Biadder and Urinary Diseases. $!. Druggists.