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. rfclDAY. APRIL 11, 1884.
Iu another column we publish a
eomavnionlion from SmUhvlIlo in
redird toihe Preston and Smith-
viSrTMTWM. The writer starts
out wfA the presumpllan that our
r«Dort of the meetings', held at
Preston would be unluir toward
Smithville and colored favorably
toward Americus, a presumption
that we think will be removed when
he reads our report. While the
Kacemna very naturally always
advocate* the interest of the city
In which it is published, it docs
not seek to build up Americus by
tearing down its neighbors, nor
doe# It ever knowingly pervert
facts, even though they be antngo-
niatic to tbe interests of 'Americus.
The Reoobdek, too, lias a Jhraadt>r
mission than to build up Americus
—it seeks to aid in building up ail
Southwest Georgia, and has ever
been ready to lend its aid in that '
direction. It feels interested in the
- growth end development of Smith,
vllle and Lee county, and will ever
be found ready to say a good word
for the people of Lee and aid them
in: their, enterprises. We would
suggest to pur correspondent that
it is a little singular that the peo
ple oi Lumpkin as well as Aineri
cus should make the same ntistrko
an to the character of the meeting
at Freston, and also send a dclega-
tioi). Neither of tiicso delegations
participated iu the meeting of the
stockholders of the - Freston and
Smithville railroad iioroffercd any
interruption. In the public meet
ing which took place afterward they
had n perfect right, when called
upon, to advocate the advantages
' "Vjf a^ railroad to Atnorictis, and it
vSose advantages ami the induce-
7 menu offered by Americus should
outweigh those of tho Smithvillo
route, no one oan blamo the pcopla
of Webster county lor choosing
- that route irom. which they can se
cure the greatest benefit.
Lu'a Unrst is said to have al
ready netted $2,000 by her mes-
meric exhibitions.
The editors of South Georgia are
all reporting now potatoes for din
ner. Our share has nut come in
yet.
The Dooly Vindicator announce!
that Messrs. Jasper N. Summer-
field and Choice have become iu-
BOSE.
From correspondence published
on another page, under the head
ing of '‘Railroad Rumors,” It will
be teen that the directors of tlio
Buena Vi»U railroad liavo declined
to accede to the proposition of
Americus to build tho road from
Amerieu's to Kllaville If Americus
was made the terminal point, and
the contracts have heen 1st to grade
anu cross tie the road to Anderson-
vllle We are Sonythat such a
conclusion was arrived at, as wo
believe both parties will be the
losers by it. We do not think tbe
road to Andersonvlilo will destroy
Americut or make a city of Ander-
sonville; nor do we think that tbe
people of Buena Vista and Ellavllle
will derive as much benefit Dorn
tbla route as they would from tbe
route to Americas,,ju] It neccssi-
tates their going a longer distance
to market. We think tho interests
of Buena Vista, Kllaville and
Americus are Identical, shd any'at-
tempt to separate them must prove
detrimental to all. i
-' WIK TARiyy wjiiE East.
A few weeka ago tho Rkooboks
made bold toventure tho assertion
that if the Democracy went into
the presidential campaign on a
.tariff reform platform, they might
hope to carry Connecticut and
Massachusetts. And now comes
the Democracy or Connecticut and
in their call for a State convention
•ztaod a hearty .invitation to meet
with them all who favor tariff re.
form and the reduction of a war
tariff to a peace basts. It should
.be remembered that In Connecticut
.there are thousands of employes
In maanfactories who have come to
the conclusion that protection does
net protect labor, and who cannot
, lo "8 er hoodwinked by politi*
clan, into the belief that the manu
vies will be closed by a reduc-
A sleeping car on the Central
road,' Dorn Macon to Savannah,
was destroyed by fire Friday night.
No (Jives lest.
Fifty young men have signified
their willingness to becomo mem
bers of tbe proposed military com
pany at Conyers.
Wayeross is disousaing a rumor
that tbs Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway intends boring
an artesian well at tbe depot at that
Tbe aulhoritiec of Lowndes coun
ty are In doubt as to tbe identity
of the man whom they have in jail.
They can't decide whether he ia
John Williams, the murderer of
of Allen, or not.
Tho walls of tho. Kimball are
rapidly taking shape. The columns
will be up on the Wall street side
by tho end of the week, and the
second story of the Decatur street
side will be up in a few days.
The area planted in rice last year
is .considerably increased this year
in Liberty and Molntoah counties.
Black seed cotton and rice are tho
sources from which the money of
farmers is to he derived this fall.
. An engine on the Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway “ran
Smithvillb. April 10.
Yon were at Prestawoytfac 8th
I course will report tbe
i o/ jjbe niicilDgs held
eJntjresjDf gllroads,
and while wc could not expect that
these reports should he anything
else than favorable to Americas, I
ask in the name of your many sub
scribers in Mils county that you al
low me space in which to give all
the information from a Smithville
point of view.
This meeting was in the interest
of the stockholders of tbe Freston
& Smithville R. K., called for the
purpose of perfecting tbe organiza
tion. Then why, 1 would ask,
should Americus send out a dele-
gation to participate in the same! 1
It seems to us ostensibly to create
discord and frustrate forever the
building ol the road. I f lor any
other motive, I am free to confess
that it ie beyond my power of com-
prehension to fathom the iutent.
Smithville is in the county of
Lee, state of Georgia, laid down on
the map of tbe Centtal railroad, ia-
habited by people “free, white sad
21,” who led tbit the grand old
conatitution of the United States
confers upon ns privileges equal to
those of any other people, and if it
is our desire to build this road
(without any assistance from Amer
icus) certainly it is not in the pro
vince of any one to object. These
rights are oars, these wo claim and
these we propose to enjoy,notwith
standing anything Americus may
say to the contrary.
It does seem to tie that the prop
ositions coming to the people of
Webster from Americus are so ter
ribly flimsy that the crookedness
would he apparent to the minds of
the most ignorant. If Americas is
so terribly anxious and solicitous
of tbe welfare of the good people
of Webster county, why is it that
i lderly pleasure tourist* last Ausfi'":
and wna addressed to a setnl* clrrlo of commercial
travelers seated on tbe porch of the Unde 11
Hotel, fir., Louis. Mo.
“feV’Tr* oodfda New Tork* representative
Of tbe profession, -a drumtfo-r isn’t without bis
pleasure, but be runs his risks, too -risks outside
tho chances of railroad coilist ns and steamboat
sploslo- a*’ 9
W.
who was than travailnc for on Easter - ‘
and is known to merchants in all par 1
country: "The risk—which, Indeed, i
almost to a eritaintv—of getting tbe dyspeps a
Irom perpetual chamr- of diet and water and
from hating no Used hours for eating and eloen-
intr. 1 myaeli waa an example. 1 say, was, for
1 am all right now."
‘•No discount on your dljrestion?" broke in
Chicago dry goods traveler, lighting his agar
afresh
•'Not a quarter per eent. But ( had to give Up
travelii g for a while. The dyspvpsla ruined *<y
paper. FInallv I esme a tom an advrrti ement
o PAKKBB'fi TONIC. 1 tried it and It used me
up to perfection. T* ere is nothing on earth, in
my opinion, equal to it as a cure for dyspepsia."
Metre. Hi sc ox A Co., of New York, the pro
prietor, hold a letter from Mr. Franklin stating
that precise fact, PAHKER»8 T«»NlU aids di
gestion. cure- Malaria! Per ere, Heartburn. Hi ad-
ache, Coughs and Cob's, and ail chronic diseases
a. the Liver and Kidneys. Put a bo.tle in your
valise. Prices, 60c, ana ft. Economy in larger
COMPARE THE OLD PRICES WITH THE Iff
THE OKTIjY
n ‘i
LIQUORS,
BEERS,
CIGARS,
.sin
SEXtO.e Bto.
I have and alwnya keep on hand a full supply oi
Imported and Domestic Liquors, Deeis, Cham*
pftRtie, Cignra, etc., etc.,, which X am selling at
LOW ROT MARKET FRICKS. AlaoU Fresh
* snorted Stock of
MORE DETERMINED.
The fact that we have lost the
Buena Vista railroad should make
tbe peoplo of Arocriaus tbe room
determined to secure the 'building
ef the Uawkinavilie and Eataula
road. It ia no tiate now to call a
halt, hut It should nerve our peoplo
to p’Fompt and harmonious action.
There should be no more dallying,
no more working at cross purposes,
but all should unite In pushing
matters forward as rapidly as
, ulv possible. Dad the work that has
•W manufactories are eln»«l h.ir wen done tbe past ten days been
' ~ done six months Ago, tbi Buena
Vista road would havo been secured
and: we would .not .itow W threaten,
ed by a road from Preston to
tion of the tariff, from the fact that
said naaufaetorit
- tbe time as It fs.
WsBotlee^tCbLaibt.Bnjwn „ uy r0 aa irom rrcston to
‘ J** n * PP ® inle ' i Tice President Smithville. What we would be
rtit ® Kepehlicau .party for t0 do a last resort should
Ml* Congressional district. H.. be done now., In securing rail-
road* there it no half-way business,
and lt is time our people found It
away”at Waycrpss afew days ago, j the charter of the Hawkinsvillc &
Eufauln rond has heen allowed to
lay dormant for thirteen years ?
No, they arc like tbe negro and the
savings bank, if Smithville Is go
ing to have tbe rond, they want it
bad; but if Smithville should “hands
off,” Americus' ardor for Webster
would suddenly cool. - t -'
Wc have no objection to Ameri-
cus building just as many roads as
it sees fit; we will never try to
frustrate any of tbeir plans s j long
ns they do not Interfere with plans
of oars previously made.
Quoting from another tills meet
ing reminded me very much oi two
parties designing to seine the same
pond for fish. One of tho parties
with only a small ten thousand dol
lar net, to use a vulgar parlance
got the “bulge” and secured the
first “drag,” and tbe result is they
gain the unanimous co-operation
of a whole county, while the second
party armed and equipped with a
$100,001) net, a ready raado charter,
and bankers, merchants, mayors,
lawyers,stablemen and two editors
to do the pulling, make a pull, a
long pull, aad a pull all together, j
and catch—not tven a minnow. I
am sorry that tho Lumpkin people
have been deluded into this grand
movement, though from the expire
sions of one of tho party we in-
furred that their faith was not the
strongest. Rad they combined
with Smithville and Preston they
must I tuink in a few months have
had the satisfaction of knowing
that to them a railroad was not an
impossibility, but now they are
certainly on tho wrong trail.
Ooe of the gentlemen front Lump-
kin said In his remarks before the
” "last drag” that were tho road to
come to Smithville their peoplo
would have to bunt another mar
ket for their cotton. In reply I
can only say that not a bale of cot.
ton was offered here last season but
what was promptly bought by our
buyers, and at better prices than
any neighboring town paid. Thjs
assertion can be substantiated by
prominent citizens of Webstar,
Terrell, Snmter and Lee counties,
as well as by tbe cotton men of
your own town. Smithville.
but after it had gone seven miles
steam gave out, and it enmo to a
atop. Another engine drew it back
to town. No damage was done.
Columbus Enquirer: On Sunday
Mrs. Lewis, tbe mother of John A.
Lewis, put what she supposed to
be hair oil on her bead. In a short
time her eye* and forehead began
to experieneo u burning Bensation
and a physician was summoned.
Upon investigating'it was found
that she had used oil of pepper-
mint. Her eye? .were still badly
swollen yesterday,7 but it Is not
thought that tho mistake will result
seriously
The false alarm fleuds are again
tjLo rampage' at Athens, and
sisyjjcal, times lately have called out
tbe.Src department. Mayor Dor
sey..-will pay $100 reward for tho
apprehension and conviction of any
pefson raising a false fire alarm,
anti will give tbe offender tbe full
extent of the law. He baa instruct
ed ‘ tbe polloo force to arrest any
man or boy on tbe street veiling a
word that even sounds like “fire.”
■Tbe Lumpkin Independent says:
“In 186T a book and ladder com
pany was organized, here witli a
roll of nearly fifty members. Out
of this number only half a doz
en are now living in Lumpkin, tbe
others having moved away or died,
fho writer la one of tbe survivors
of the “gallant” company, and bis
recollection Is thiit "Hie company
was formed just alter a serious fire
alarm. The organization was per
fected, a.subsoription list for appa
ratus opened, a constitution and
by-laws adopted, and then tbe com
pany went the. way of tho world.'
Fresh Cincinnati Beer on Draught!
; i/ Altv*jr« on lmnd at &e per glaM.
Free Lnnc& from 10:30 A. M. to 2 P. V
I havo added to 017 place a good
Billiard and Pool Table
From now until the end of the if aeon I will keep
Full Supply of Ice on band,
JAKE ISRAELS,
l door lo Bank of Ame ricas, Cotton Avcntt*-.
Americas, On. - mnrchSti
Mrs. FRED LEWIS’ BOOK STORE.
MRS. FRED LEWIS
lSOVFKltlKO nAIMAWS IN WZHT
THING USED IN TBE
school room.
SCHOOL BOOKS,
EXERCISE BOOKS,
SCHOOL PAPER,
SLATES,
PENCILS,
PENS, INK,
SCHOOL BAOB
AND ALL OTHER TIIINU8 NEEDED IXJ
THE SCHOOL BOOM.
Wt promised in issue of the Recorder of January 2d, to give you some prices so soon as
we armnged and mnrked down our goods. We are now prepared and ready to give you more
goods for less money than any house that sell goods on thirl y days time.
Con .eraplate a few quotations and note the difference in SPOT CASH prices and thirty
days credit:
Flour. Flour.
In this article we stand head and shoulders above everybody, having ransacked the big
markets of the West and Northwest in search of the best, and paid the CASH DOWN. We
will sell you First Patent, (entire Roller system)
For 50 pounds, $1.90. Old price, .$2.15.
2d Pat., for 50 pounds, 1.70. •• ... j.go.
Fancy, for 50 pounds, r.... 1.60. “ 1.80.
Choice Family 50 pounds,. 1.50. •• 1.65.
We guarantee all these Flours as represented, and if not satisfactory you can return them
and we will cheerfully refund the money.
In future Ave will keep on hand the best grades of GRAHAM FLOUR—cheap.
Sugars Sugars.
Will sell you 10 pounds Granulated Sugar for.vii . $1.00.
“ “ 10J pounds New Orleans Clarified for 1.00.
“ “ 11 pounds New Orleans (Bellewood) Clarified, for 1.00.
“ “ 12 pounds New York Sugar, for 1.00.
In this line we are fully up and advise everybody to seize the golden opportunity and pnr
chase at once a sufficiency for the year’s comsumptioii.
Coffee. Coffee.
In this article alone (by buying from us) we can save you money enough in one year to buy
all the “Santa Claus” you want for the little ones We deni 6J pounds Choice Pio CofTee for $1.
fhurber s No. 41, (Rousted) a combination of Java, Rio, and .Mocha, lor 23c per pound.
Salt. Salt.
IIKK LINK OF
STATIONERY!
IS COMPLETE, AND HKIl LINE OF
Miscellaneous Books!
Wra^ing Paper!
Latest -Pkr^qdicals !
ALWAYS OX BAND. SHE ALSO KEEPS
CIGARS!
PaoM TBX CHEAPEST TO TBK BEST! I
W 1i ,y&,
Liverpool, full weight, for $1.20 per sack.: Fine Salt, seamless bags, 150pounds,$1.06 pei Wick
’uiliili s-; _iii:If 1 J
Sale of Freight.
Southwestern Railroad Cohpahi i
op Geosoia. >
Americus, Ga., March 14. 1884. )
The following: V"o4a -rrmstalnr I. tbs freight
bose. ■> Aavra-a. hMleRMS, w.ll be eel. Sv
At tbe Republican state conven
tion, held Id Atlantaon Wednesday,
B. C. Mitchell, W. D. King, II. J.
Martin, and A. J Taylor were el-
ected as members or the State cen
tral committee from tbla Congres
sional district.
bosee at Aturrl'-js uMhowCft. w.ll be rold Sv
pcMrt. aim trom the platform «l the
"sassacvsSBt r,TOrM: -
J. a. Myroy * Keg O der.
*• W- Cohn Al'OhI lluxex KrcCau*.
•’•.W Jordan. Jr., I Bax Book Cus-.
JV II Mathew* i Guano Cert.
S-L Littleton, I n<>.
C1«t* WIttn, l&h-k Rj».
kw/sasias**-
- C f r
,, W^ slau * hterin e nt the vcr J low P rice of $L15 per cwt to make room lor a car load ol
SEED POTATOES. ,
Whiskies. Wniiskiesk
In this line we are full to overflowing, and to unload we have reduced the price on all grades
from 25c to $1.00 per gallon. Think of it! Cox, Hill & Thompson’s genuine Stone Mountain
Com Whisky for $2.20 per gallon, usually sold at $2.50,
Tobacco and Cigars.
We can undersell anybody—we offer “Lucy Hinton” «t 57c per pound, and all other grades
proportionately. °
Wc regret that we havo not space sufficient to give full and complete quotations on ail of our goods, but
you will hear from us occasionally. Remember that by buying your poods from us and payine SPOT CASH
you do not pay from 25 to 50 per cent, for bad debts, as usual in credit store.
eUhflqeaifiSe i*
A Word as Regards the Penny !
To aU those who scout at the idea of introducing tbe Penny in Americus, we say that we stand ready
to redeem m gooci or tbe cash any amount from 6c upwards. Bring them along and get tbeir full value at
TIE W SPOT MSI
111 UERICE
R SOUTH OF J. W. WHEATLEY & CO.'S BANK.
.TUFl JiSiTiuueN&d
m snmTMPBPfr $ $$$%£,
Ga., January U, 1684.