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AMERICUS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 2U882.
NO 75.
PERSONS WISHING PICTURES TAKEN
WILL PLEASE CALL SOON?
AS I SHALL CLOSE BUSINESS IN AMERICUS ON ACCOUNT OF HAVING
MADE ENGAGEMENTS ELSEWHERE. DON'T PUT
OFF TILL THE LAST MOMENT, BUT I
COME
SOON.
VAXT RIPER.
A NEW DEAL!
Having purchased from R. C. Black his stock of
Boots, Sloes, Hats, Cans, Umbrellas, Etc.,
I WILL CONTINUE THE BUSINESS AT THE OLD STAND,
Comer Xiamar St. and Public Square,
And will keep the stock up to the high standard in quality that Mr Black bad at
tained, and to that end bare secured tire services oi Messrs. J. II. Black, Jr., and H.
M. Brown, both experienced men in the business, who will be assisted by R. M.
Stewart. Not only do I intend to kerp up the quality ul the stock, tint my prices
shall always be as low as good goods can te sold for. *1 invite all the pslrons of the
old Arm, my friends, and nil who need anything in my line to call and sec me, ex
amine stock and prices
S. 15.
CROPS IN GEORUIA.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
. This t
viler r
r varies. A marvel of purity
com pet ton with the multitude of low tost, short
wdclit, alum or phosphate powder*. &»/</ only
in tin cant. KOVAL BAKING IUWDKR CO.,
100 Wall Street, New York.
aeplT top col nx to or fol rd mat ly
A VOICE FR0I1 THE COMER!
Wants the people to remember that be can still be found at his old stand,
Hortlietuat Oomor of tho Public Bqu.ro,
and is ready and anxious to supply them with
Olover&Perry,
HEADQUARTERS
MEAT,FLOUR,SALT
Dry Goods, Groceries id Provisions,
Amerlcus, On., Octoli
H. G. & J. K. PRINCE,
Livery, Sale and Feed Stables!
AMERICUS, GA.
celebrated LAND 18 BUQGIK8. with Dexter Queen, Brewster Bide Bar »nd Mleptk
Chapel, Shoo Fly, and Piano Dox Bodies, which we nro telling at bargain*. Will sell yon a
id Baiuomm fojr 4120.00,
a which we will tnko almost any price. Wo mean Wines* lor money, a nd give I
ober 15th wo will hare a car load of Batrgy and Huddle Honrs, which will sell you
an boy In Macon, Columbus or Albany. Will give you bargains In llarr.e*!, Mule*,
anythin* else In onr line. Come and ree u» Wore buying.
|3F"0mnlbUi attends tho two passenger trains, and carriage and baegtgge wi
NT. G. & J.
bargain*. About
you a* cheap as you
Cows, *• -
HOMES AG-AIKT
I AM NOW RECEIVING NEW GOODS OF
BAGGING, TIES,
Groceries Generally
MAKK A BUN ON
GOOD GOODS AT LOW PRICES
-BAKOAINS IN-
-AUENT8 FOB-
KEROSENE OIL,
GUN POWDER,
SHOT AND MATCHES
.«■ Ml, t
trxet.
DON’T FORGET THE PLACE,
ADJOINING THE OPERA HOUSE
Public Sale ol Land I
Tho following Ileal Ketate w II be sold in front
of the Court llotue In Amcricu*, Go., the first
Tuesday In December next. Term* one-third
Books, Stationery, Toys, Chromos, Frames,
FANCY GOODS, &C.
SCHOOL BOOKS AND SCHOOL STATIONENY!
FOR ALL THE GIRLS AND BOVS.
WRAPPING PAPER AND PAPER RAGS at SPECIAL RATES
WILL HAVE NEW AND BEAUTIFUL
GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
8VHSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED FOR ALL NEWSPAPERS AND
MAGAZINES.
Macon Telegraph, Atlanta Constitution, New Yo r k Herald
and other papers for sale ever}' day.
-Terms Cash..
s&Gxms &rzQQa&
DHIVHHHBI
SEEDSI Fo? th%%ARr
SEEDS'- 0 '
EEDS
EEDS
So.%
Mace oo Amerlcus and Lumpkin rood, six
mile* from America*, and adjoining Jn*. A Wil
son's form. Borne 886 acres, half oj ea und bal-
•>o. -J.
io W. T. Adam's place adjoining Btnnae
trick* plantation,' In the 16th district, con
ns 600 acres Mix or ***»n mule farm
a. In cultivation
No. 4.
The Philip's place—Lot No. 4. In the 15th
district, near Alex. Boss, containing to* and
half acre*, lias two mule (arm opvu.
No. 5.
800 seres In Dooly county, just below the Flint
rtrer bridge.
No. 6.
60 scree, being east side of lot No. 5. in the 17th
dlitrlc of Terrell county, formerly owned by A.
II. Adsms and J. D. .Jamison.
No. T.
Booth half of lot No. 810, In Dooly county,
talnlns luOtc 115 acres, In toik of big and
Pennyhatchla creek. «
No. S.
Lot of land No. 45, In lha 12th district of Tay
lor coun.y. containing 80*4 and a half acres.
For further iniormation. apply to Bank of
Amerlcus.
Also a homo and lot on Forest street, former
ly owned by Ua J. F. Pickett. x
Oct 24-tds.
lulletln.
There has never been a better
senson for farmers than this year.
The summer was not extremely hot,
with plenty of rain and never too
much. I Sever saw just such a
time, with no complaint from far
mers, no caterpillars on the cotton,
no rust, no frost so far, no blight
on the oats, wheat or corn, and we
have had nearly two months of just
such weather ns any farmer could
wish for gathering crops -of nil
kinds.
A month since, persons who nl-
wnys enn And something to com
plain of, said: “Yes, we have ha<~
as good u season as we wanted,
but ‘Vennor' says we shall have a
killing frost- early in October, and
then we shall be ruined, ns the cot
ton crop is late nnd a killing frost
early in October will cut oil the
crop a million of bales.” Tho crop
in this region is fully 25 per cent,
more than Inst year, nnd our re
ceipts up to date are 5,000 bales
more than this time a year ugo.
Last year our receipts here were
22,000 bales, whilst this year the
quantity received will be fully 30,-
000 bales; and if this portion ot the
cotton country is a fair sample of
the whole, the crop will turn out
over 7,000,000 bales. I know this
is not a favorite flgnro with the
Southern people; but Providence
has favored them this year, and
there is no doubt but their most
sanguine expectations will be real
ized as to quantity, oven if it should
he lower in price than they expect.
The corn crop is a tremendous
one, and selling now at Ally conts
to sixty cents a bushel. There
will be none shipped from the West
to this part of the county this sea
son, us what demand there is enn
be supplied by the neighbors of
those who need it at a much lower
price than it can be shipped from
the West. Bacon is always in de
mand bore, ns there are many rea
sons why it is better for farmers to
plant cotton tbau to raise their
own meat. It is selling here now
for seventeen cents a pound, and
if it should remain at that Aguro it
would pay farmers to attend to
growing hogs; but as meat sold
here a year or so ago at six cents
a pound, the farmcis are expecting
the return of low prices again.
Oats sold here for one dollar and
twcnty-Hvc cents a bushel ono year
ago; now they are plenty at fifty
cents. Sweet potatoes nro plenty
at thirty-Avo cents to forty cents a
bushel. Sugar cane is very Arm,
nnd syrup will sell readily nt twen
ty-live cents to thirty cents a gal
lon. Southwest Georgia is a Anc
country lor farmers to move to.
The crops arc all very line, and
people arc generally out of debt.
SLEEPINU IT IT II SERPENTS.
Discussing the “Jersey” Question.
“Joptha, wlmt is a Jersey?" nak
ed Airs. Jones, tho other evoning
as slip pondered over a newspaper.
“Tpo best milker in the world,”
nnsf ved Jones, who was just then
over some agricultural re-
e was interested in.
:ers? Oh, it is one of those
hings the farmers have to
ith? I thought it was somc-
j wear. It says “cut gored,
Professor Bell, tho Smithsonian
Institution’a ugent, shipped his last
collection of snakes to the North
two weeks aeo, and already has his
museum full again. It is surpris
ing how rapidly they become do
mesticatcd under his treatment.
During the recent cold snap some
of them that he turned loose in his
room at night climbed up the bed
posts and coiled themselves up in
Ids blankets. lie felt them hunt
ing for oozy spots about his legs,
and knew that lie ought to get up
and provide them with some loose
straw, but a sleepy man in a warm
bed of a cold night is not over-
obliging, and the Professor sue red
on, musically ns is his custom. The
reptiles crowded upon one another,
quarr ied, fought a little, hissed,
but the Professor did not budge;
only now and then lie would wnkc
slightly and cry softly, “Whisht,
boys! be easy, boys!”
At last a big “coaobwhip” snake
found an opening near the edge of
the blankets and slowly glided in.
There was general waving up and
down of the bed clothes as tho big
clay-bank serpent moved about get
ting himself comfortable, when
suddenly he slapped about two-
thirds of bis friged length against
tho warm log of tho dozing pro
prietor.
The proprietor made a violent re
mark. lie sat up in bed, gathered
a handful of snakes in each band
depositing them carefully on the
floor; then throwing back tho bed
clothes ho ndministed a kiek that
sent the coachwbip flying through
the dark to the further cud of the
room, encountering the lamp in its
lurinl flight and knocking from its
bracket on the wall tho fragile skull
of an ancient Florida mound-build-
“Freeze nnd be banged,” ex
claimed the Irate professor, “I’ll
share my bed with you, but you
shan’t drivo me oqt." Ho drew
the blankets over him. A few mo
ments later several pairs of little
red eyes moved up the bed posts
on cither side and soon snake herder
and snakes, in one couch, were lost
in. peaceful sleep.—Jacksonville
Times.
That $250,000 Grant Fun'll.
Correipondenc* Philadelphia IVes*.
When General Grant reads any
paper on the Elovatcd Railway it is
the one published by ills friend,
Mr. George Jones. tho originator
and collector of the $250,000 fund
to which Jnv Gould contributed
A good deal was beard about tho
fund when the schcmo was first pro
posed, as you may remember, and
very little ut- and alter the time
when the amount was Ailed up.
Mr. Hurlbcrt, of the World, would
be pleased to have the public be
lieve there is a mystery about the
Anal disposition of -tho fund, that
Mr. Jones, instead ofbanding over
the quarter of a million to the in
tended bencAciary, pocketed it
when Jay Gould’s back was turned
and aubiequently spent it 'or
candy, or somo other reckless's >rt
of dissipation.
The truth about the privacy at
tending tho Anal phase of tho G rant
fund is this, as I understand the
facts:
The original project was to make
Onr Taxes.
Pbltadslphs Bccord.
The people of this country are
taxed by the Federal government
ovre $1,000,000 per day. The to
tal expenses of the government,
economically administered, should
not exceed $200,000,000 per yean
they do not exceed $250,000,000
and in addition a surplus of $160,-
000,000 is drawn from the resources
ot the country in excess of any
need of the Treasury. Suppose
the $50,000,000 that are mlspent
and tho $150,000,000 that are not
needed were left where they are
needed, in the pockets of taxpayers;
the drain of $7,006,000 per week
could be then cut down to $3,500,-
000. Instead of paying $1,000,000
per day we would get off with $500,- ’
000 per day; or we might pay a
million on Mondays, Tuesdays and
Wednesdays, half a million on
Thursdays, and go untaxed on
Fridays, Saturdays and SundayB.
Is there any sane man who does
not believe that the eountry would
instantly respond to the relief
which thus could and should be
given to its business Interests! Or
is It true that we are enriched from
day to day by the demands of the
tax-gatherers!
fbhed like iijv __
that’s tho Jersey Lily,” .the fund a permanent one, the In
utile
RESTAURANT and (MFEITIOMY
J. J. HANESLEY
would call iha attention of firmer* and all other*
wishing n good meal to the fact that he is still
ranting the
Restaurant Under the Barlow House
where be will ■errejrou up a warm meal at any
hour. Oyster*, Flan and Game cerred In their
aeatun. lie alao keep* a full line of Confection*,
Fruit*, Cigars and Tohoren.
Americas, Ox, Sept. 19.m2
' MERCHANTS, BEND VS YOUR BUSINESS CARDS VOR TRADE LIST.
DAVID LANDRETH&SONSjSEED BROWERS,PHILADELPHIA
C. R. McCRORY,
-A-ttomey at Law,
ELLAVILLE, Oa.
Collections a Specialty.
ApiO-fr-tr
s, marking an article on
of wheat; “it’s a new spec-
If the Ccrus family; you must
Ivl feen it alluded to in the pa-
I ''fie to know when I And tlmp
tli
the papers- -But what docs
( ean? ‘Those of a dark red
'tty found the most desira-
—I knew it was; eurcly,
■$-ou arc not so ignorant as
;now that Jersey cows are
f<
cows are not buttoned on
older, and tight-fitting—
debat this Jersey is,” inter-
drs. J.
, Maria, if you know wlial
’ is, wbat did you ask me
ked Jones in an injured
k"v
-m, n here it la; I know now! It’s
i, 1 ;' fitting straight jacket kind
~}i g that Mrs. Langtry, tbo
nspirator that they ’re mak-
I a fuss about, wears; that's
Is—Jer-scy, Jcptba,” and
it' smiled eottly.
loses was mad and wouldn’t
Don’t IVante Money
(Mill extracts when joa can bay a
ttSXt cHumo co delightfully fragrant
thing as Florscloa Cologne.
era clef and troubled with dys-
Brown’s Iron Bitters will car*
come to go to the oldest living ex-
President That was merely a pre
text to spare General Grant’s deli
cacy about accepting a purely in
dividual beueflt. Neither Mr. Jones
nor ony other of the promoters of
the scheme cared a picayune about
any ex-President but Gen. Grant.
Some of the heaviest subscribers,
indeed,tefused to accept conditions
which would give tho interest of
their money to Mr. Hayes, in case
of General Grant's death Tho
“oldest living ex-Prcsldent” feature
of the fund, therefore was quietly
dropped, end it became a contribu
tion exclusively for General Grant.
It was found that ho had no deli,
cacv about accepting it as such,
and that la bow tbo matter stands.
But so much had been said in the
Times about the beauty and patrio
tism of a provision for the declin
ing years of ail ex-Presidents, irre
spective of party, I l.atit was thought
proper to treat the final disposition
of the monev os a matter con
cerning nobody beyond the bene
factors and the beneficiary.
—. — >-—
How Many Gallons Makes Basket.
Mr. W. U. Hudson stepped into
a live grocery store -Saturday eve*
ning and asked how many gallons
mado a bushel. Helwanted to meas
ure sbellcd corn in a gallon pot.
Ho was surprised to be told that
ho co.dd not measure corn at all in
a gallon moasuie, and nothing but
occnlar demonstration could con
vince hint that eight liquid quarts
do not make a peck. A great many
people think eight gallons make a
bushel, bnt nine gallons fall short
of a bushel by about seventy-nine
cubic inches. Tho trouble arises
from lhadiflerencc in sizes of quarts.
The dry measure quart is larger
than the liquid measure quart. We
have been led to make note of this
in our local column by telling the
above circumstances in quite a
crowd of intelligent gentleman and
noticing that every single one of
them, Tike Mr. Hudson, thought
that eight gallons ought to make a
bushel. In like manner seven m$n
out often—and among them many
physicians—think that there are
480 grains ol quinine in an ounce
bottle, whereas a close scrutiny of
their old arithmetics would show
that there are only 437} grains.
These are both lessons of an emi
nently practiual character, bat the
ordinary school methods are too
dreamy to reach anything practl-
cal Calhoun Times.
A Deserved Compliment.
Wasiiiuton, Nov. IT—General
Uazen, Chief Signal Officer of .he
Army, lias issued the following
general orders: A
“The Chief Signal Officer invites
attention to tho conduct of MioHlai
McGouran, of this corps, at Pensa
cola, Fla., during the past season,'
when yellow fever visited that city.
In tho face or an epidemic which
unnerves the bravest men, Mc
Gouran attended promptly and
quietly to bis station duties, and
asked neither favors, change, addi
tional} help nor relief, but main
tained an unbroken series of ob
servations, which is of vsluo in tbo
study ot developments and pro
gress of tbe epidemic. HU faith
fulness under these trying circum
stances entitles him to public com
mendation.”
Armed to tbe Teeth.
Is a very common expression, bnt w*
think tbit armed to embellish end pre
serve them to e ripe old age is decidedly
more appropriate. This can be done by
keeping yoorself supplied with a bottle-
of that' splendid dentifrice. Fragrant
SOZODONT, which will her
beautify tbs
teeth and pweerro them from Iks ravages
of decay. SOZODONT oootaias no acids
or gritty substances which injure the
•Samel, bat it oompoeed of rare end
antiseptic hatha, which bar* a beneficial
effect on the « hole economy of tbe month.
Sold by druggists.
There is one consoling thought
about Jambo. He can’t go back
to England and write a book of
lies about this country.
Improvement for Mind and Boy.
Tbero is more strength-restoring power
in a bottle of Parker’s Ginger Tonic than
in a bushel ot malt ora gallon of milk.
As an appetizer, blood parider and kid
ney coneetor, there ia nothing liko it,
and invalids consequently dad
wonderful iorigomut for mind
—Cmmtreial
it
and body
Somehow staid, sober, religious
people can enjoy a good scandal if
tbe object is a deacon in some w's
other church than their own. • ’ ‘ ■
“The proper study of mankind'
is man.” 1’ope knew better tbak
to say “woman." Woman is too
woman.”
deep for anybody to undertake.
‘Buehnpalba.”
Quick, complete cure, all annoy
ing Kidney, Bladder and Urinary
Diseases. $1, Druggists/ -R
In writing for tbe press, if you
can’t put fire into your writings
put your writings into the fire.