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Americus Recorder.
W. t. OUtlllKII. Editor.
Why a Railroad I* Not Ituilt.
ManuXactnnr.’ Recur*!.
As wo have previously remarked
a railroad, even with liigli freight
nd n
d*tlio
able president, and in which other
Haiti more capitalists arc interested,
have planned an extension their
system that would have required
the building of a new road entirely
to August a, ns well us to one or
two oilier points in Georgia. To
build and equip this road meant
the spending ot probably from four
to six million dollars. The money
had all been secured and prepara
tions Imd about been completed for
actual .work, when this railroad
commission law was passed. That
at once put a stop to everything.
At the last session of the South
Carolina legislature, however, the
managers of the Seaboard A Roan-
oka Itoiid, seeing the dissatisfaction
of the peoplewith the practical ef
fects of their railroad laws, applied
AN IMMIGRATION SOCIKTY.
Bartow county has just done
what Sumter ought to have done
years Ago—Organized an immigra
tion society. A meeting was held
la response to tbe following call:'
CaUTEKSYU.LE, Ga , April 12, 1884.
Bear Bjr-j-TJis qmlersigpsd b# lie** that
great good would result to our county Im
properly organizing a society, composed
of energetto citizens in each district, to
encourage Immigration and bring nnr
copnty and its wonderful natural advan
tages before Ibo pnblic. Boob organiza
tions have proven beneficial in other lo
calities, and Bartow county poseurs
wady inducements for a good class of
immigrants and Ihelnvestmcntof capital
Her .natural attractions should be fully
mady known and presented to the woild
in's proper manner. Therefore, in order
lo catty out these objocta, you era res
pectfully invited lo meet with ns et the
opera house, on next Thursday morniug,
at ten o'cloek, to take the matter into
consideretoin. Any of your neighbors
who feel an interest in the metier w-ill be
welcomed. '
The meeting was held, in pursu
ance of the call, and addresses were
made by a numbfcr of distinguished
gentlemen, among them the vener
able Mark A. Cooper, who was one
of tbe pioneers In tbe work of de
veloplng Georgia. A constitution
and by-laws wore ndopted, and an
executive committee appointed,
contltlng of eleven members from
tbe Cartersvllla district and one
from eaoli other district in the
county. Among them arc Hon.
W. H. Helton, Gen. P. M. B.
Young, Ghns. H. Smith (Bill Arp),
• Col. J. J. Howard, if. II. Jones,
Hon. T. W. Miller. It will thus
be seen that the most prominent
and infiecntinl men of the county
arc engaged In the work.
Sumter county nnd Southwest
Georgiaolfeba unusual Inducements
to Industrious farmers, and while
wc all realize the richness of the
resources of our section, it is not
to bo expected that people bund reds
ol miles away will know them un
less wc take some means of furnish
ing them with the information.
Tbe tlAlo Ib ripe for immigration
from this North of tbe very be6t
class of people. They have had
bad aropa (or several years, the
winters liavo been unusually severe,
anil many farmers have become
disoobraged and are looking toward
tho South as n land of tcmperalo
climate and sure crops.
To show how much could be
done by suck a society as Bartow
baR organized, and how ripe is the
time for such work, wc instance a
fact which cauio to our notice the
paat week. Wo received a letter
from Mr. Bryant, Superintendent
of the National Cemetery at An-
dersobvi|le, ataliog that a few days
before two gentlemen from Iowa
bail slopped tburc who represented
thirty families who wished to locate
in South, and thoy were look
ing up. a location for them. Mr.
Bryant advised them to come to
Americas and sec the editor of the
Kecobdeb, as he would bo glad to
see tbem and afford them all the
Information be could in regard lo j Detroit Tim
Southwest Georgia. Thev replied i "Wildcat banking days? Yes,
that their would be glad to do so, 1 1 had so “ c *ittle experience of
w “ ow business w is done in those
lmt they bail appointments to meet j tjmes >• „i,i m, wiiii.... a r„li..
and Kllmore left me at Pontlsq
go to Lapeer. I did wbat I c’oi
and managed to get
no*es I be)
y any
turned I
e out, and be said -he
is notes redeemed 1
South Carolina, however, some of I full. ” I was surprised to bear this,
tbe people don't think that way, j because the Lapeer bank was con.
or, at least, they didn’t a few years j mdered the meanest in the whole
ago; and, moreover, the law makers t state. He said he ; bail a draft! on
ofjbal State bad an jdea that rail.. Detroit which would be paid all
road owners bail no rights which j right.. When to got to Detroit be
they were bound to respect. With ! took Ills draft to get it cashed, and
these ideas in their heads they j soon afterwards I saw him come
passed some most unjust nnd arbi- j up to bis store with n handkerchief
trary l,ws, that placed the control j full of money; be must have bad a
of the railroads absolutely in the j peek of it. Well, sir, the man on
hands of a commission I -urn whose i whom the draft was drawn had
decisions there could be no appeal. 1 paid him all Lspeer hank notes,
Naturally, capitalists were not | the same IbiDg that ho had so in-
quite so foolish ns to continue to dustrinusiy collected anil taken
Invest their money in building now j out to the hank.”
roads in that State, anil so a nnm- “How long- did wildcat banks 1
her of promising projects were • ffonrisb?”
abandoned. The Seaboard & Itosn-; “From about 18!S7 to 1839, if I
oke Kail road, of which Col. John j remember rightly. At first the
M. Hohinson, of this city, is the i notes circulated a little in neigh-
COMPARE THE OLD PRICES WITH THE NEW
boring state, but afterward tho act
ereatingthe banks was declared un
constitutional, and they collapsed.
Men who have had any experience
of that kind of currency are now so
across South Carolina, passiug anxious to see the present system
thiough Newberry nnd olherpoints j retained, and not have an unsecur
ed medium.
Spring Without Blossoms.
hale In Life to l-ook Tor Joy—Tot
Never loo Late to Head.
llctulm of Hawthorne'* “Howto of Seven
O-tblex” will retail the pathm with which poor
Clifford Pjucheon, who had been unjustly Impris
oned alnce hi* early manhood, raid, after bis re-
lease: “bit Ilf-* i* gone, and where U my Imp-
piuees ? Oh ! giro me my hnpplnc»».” But that
could be done only in part, as gleam* of wnrai
miufililiie ocuaaionnlly fall across tho gloom of a
New England autumn day.
In a letter lo Ifrsirs. IIifcox Ac Co., Mr. L. H.
Titus, of Bennington, N. J., Miys: “I have Miller-
etl untold misery from childhood from chronic
for :• charter for this new road, CX- ; di«ea*0 Of the bowel* and diarrhoea, accompanied
empting it from any control of the ;
railroad commission. Col. llobin- {
Mr. Titiw la genuine nnd voluntary; only he
doe* not adequately portray tho suffering ho has
- *— inn. He is my brotber-ln*
wdL He i* now per-
i roubles, nnd enjoys
uiblng it nlltol'AUKKU'S
'iKoran
organa; cure* nilmentn of the
all di«ca»e« of th** Moot).
A NEW HAT
THE PICNIC.
Mrs. ELAM
asked for no help of auy kind from j ham.'J- jIiV'i*t™*ei'ir > *i™ 1 s'*«e"^-SckLw 1
the Stato or from any of the conn-1 , *“.“ r .
ties; they- had the money to hui.d
the road and only wi.bcd the privi- ^ _
lege of managing their own prop- ] vndorod*V.!'»>* reir«.
erty after it had liecu built. The \ ^uV‘fre,. fr'i'm"hi' m,i irnnbiK.m-i enjoj-
charter passed one branch of the ! iroNic*" 11 llr *’ u " 1
Legislature by a very favorable!
vote, but was defeated in the other,
probably because the members did
not appreciate tbe fact that they
were dealing with men who meant
wlist they said when they cmpliat
ically l-eluscd lo build this road il
it was to be subjected to the con
trol of the commission. After the
bill had been defeated and when '
Col. Robinson was about to leave
Columbia, a number of tho Mem
bers went to him and beggeu him j
to reconsider the matter, but with-,
out indnclng him to change.
Now, here is a road which, if
built, would he ol vast benefit to
South Carolina; it would open up n
new country nnd furnish much
needed transportation facilities to
a large territory; hut until the law
makers of that Stale learn to lenvo
tho management of railroads to
their ownors, the people along this
proposed line, ns well as along
mnny others, must do without any
rnilroad advantages. Railroads arc
essential to tho development ol the
South, and without more of them
there would soon come a halt in the
progress of that section. Will our
southern peoplo be so loolish as lo
continue their unwise railroad legis
lation, and thus clleetually keep out
foreign capitals
PICNIC HATS!
OK T1IK KOLLOWIXO I'ATTKBNH:
CART WHEEL,
JUMBO,
SOUTHERN QUEEN,
CAPE MAY,
a xd mom: comno :
We promised in issue of the Recorder of January ‘id, to give you some prices so soon m
we arranged and marked down our goods. We are now prepared and ready to give you more
goods for less money than any house that sell goods on thirty days time.
Contemplate a few quotations and note the difference in SPOT CASH prices and thirty
days credit: 'W
Flour. Flour.
In this article we stand head nnd shoulders above everybody, having ransacked the big
markets of the West and Northwest in search of the best, nnd paid tho CASH DOWN. Vie
will sell you First Patent, (entire Roller system j
For 50 pounds, §1.90. Old price, §2.1;',
2d Pat., for 50 pounds, 1.70. •• . 1.90.
Fancy, for 50 pounds,. 1.60. “ 1.80.
Choice Family 50 pounds,.] 1.50. •• 1.6c.
We guarantee all. these Flours ns represented, and if not satisfactory you can return them
and we will cheerfully refund the money.
In future we will keep on hand the best grades of GRAHAM FLOUR—cheap.
Sugars Sugars.
.§1.00,
j Will sell you 10 pound* Granulated Sugar for....
“ “ lOf pounds New Orleans Clarified for '. 1.00.
“ “ 11 pounds New Orleans (Bellcwood) Clarified, lor 1.00.
“ “ 12 pounds New York Sugar, ior 1.00.
In this line we are fully up and advise everybody to seize the golden opportunity and pur
chase at once a sufficiency for the year’s consumption.-
Coffee. Coffee.
In this article alone (by buying from us) we can save you money enough in one year to bay
all the “Santa Claus” you want for the little ones. We deal 6^ pounds Choice Rio Coffee tor §1.
Thurber’s No. 41, (Roosted) n combination of Jnvn, Rio, and Moclm, lor 23c per pound.
Nn<. FRED LEWIS’ BOOK STORE.
SOfllla 2 St It*
Liverpool, full weight, for $1.20 per sack. Fine Salt, seamless A)ags, 150 pounds, $1.05 per sack
WILDCAT BANKIMi.
DAYS WHEN A ]>XCK IF MONEY DID
NOT AMOUNT TO MUCH.
at other places and would not have
tho time; but had they known of it
sooner they would iiavu made ar
rangements to visit Americus.
Upon receipt or Mr. Rrynnt’s let
ter wo immediately wrote to the
gentlemen at their homes tn Iowa
and sent them nil the ii.formation
regarding our country that wc hail
on hand. *
Tbe advantago of an Immigra
tion Association, il its work is
properly performed, is that it calls
tho attention of tho people to our
section, nnd those intending to
emigrate from the North to tho
Sonth will bo sure to visit it before
selecting a location. -Tbe. great
work to be dono is to attract tbe
attention of tho people of the North
to bur particular section and got
thqm to visit us, for wo arc sure
that when thoy onoe see our coun
try they will ha. pleased with It.
We have rcpontedly.- called the
attention ol onr peoplo to this mat
ter, and we hope they will no lira-
ger delay aotlon, but will proceed
to organize at onco and go to work.
Anqilla - Hardy, who has been
Fostmaaur it 'Kedrtjfa, Coweta'
said Mr. William A. Butler
yesterday. Banks nsed to be start
ed ou a capital or land; it was as
sessed at a certain value, generally
about ten times what it was worth,
and the bank allowed to issue a
proportion of the amount in notes.
On paper the scheme was perfec
tion, all the safeguards imaginable,
but it was all on paper. You sec
wc (ebons came from tbe east, and
i I imagined that fortunes were to
he made out here, but people didn't
have anv money to do business
with. So this wildcat money was
issued, ami as soou ns a man got
somo of it he was anxious to
change it “with a laugh." Tbe
mau who could change it quickest
was tho fellow who came out best.
1 remembered oue lunny instance.
At the time I was keepiug a store
1 bad some bills to pay in New
York. I had lots of wildcat money,
but unfortunately it was no good
down cast. 1 bad a neighbor of
the name of Ellmore who was
in about the'same fix. He propos
ed collecting all tho money he
could get on one bank and getting
it Mudmngcd. .
lie was pretty sanguine about
the success of his scheme, but I
wasn’t; at any rate I tild him we
would try It. Ellmore got all his
money on a Lapeer - bank, and I
MRS. FRED LEWIS
1SOKKKUI.no iUROAIXS IN EVE It Y
THING TSUI) IN THE
sciiooi. noon.
SCHOOL BOOKS,
EXERCISE HOOKS.
SCHOOL PAPER,
SLATES,
PENCILS,
PENS, INK,
SCHOOL HAGS
AND ALL omiKH THINGS NEEDED IN j
THE SCHOOL HOOM.
ALDEN’S MANIFOLD
CYCLOPEDIA.
>0.000 subject* »nd 0,000 illustration.,
_ » fra*. Book.-ior tiwlulio. before
Fostmuter' b^indfri " foTmiuTor ^^,10^“^ in B. A LDRN, Publisher,
county, fbrlbrly years, is dead. Pontiac. We drove out next day,
j We are slaughtering at the very low price of $1.15 per cwt. to make room for a car load ol
! SEED POTATOES.
Whiskies. Whiskies.
In this line we are full to overflowing, and to unload we lutvc reduced the priee on all grade*
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.
j We can undersell anybody—We offer ‘(Lucy Hinton" «( 57c per pound, and all other grade*
| proportionately. . '' " . ^
j We regret that we have not space suflicient to give full and complete quotations on all of our goods, but
.8 worthyop iN8^cTmN. r RHK.KKEP8 j you will hear from us occasionally. Remember that by OLving your goods from us and paying SPOT CASH
you do not pay from 25 to 50 per cent, for bad debts, as usual in credit store. J /- *
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A Word as Regards the Penny !
To all those who scout at the idea of Introducing tbe Penny in Americus, we say that wc stand resd.v
to redeem in goods or the cash any amount from be upwards. Bring them along and get their full val«a
THE ONLY SPOT CASH STORE IN AIERMS.
FIRST DOOR SOUTH OF J. W. WHEATLEY & CO.’S BAfctf
Very truly, ,HO|T*jMU8HO0 3“ a ''y/
SCHUMPERT & RONEY-
Americus, Ga., January 11, 1684.- - - F * m £