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IS VI Americus ?i . 3JOOT Recorder. Established 1879. ;iM< i >!(*•) !< I j »ih:ikA » I* 4 HktH « AMERICUS, GEORGIA*' FRIDAY? AUGUST 1, 1884. Tbi-Wsoclt. .'kltt'imr j£hr SDVDAr. 1AD .“nu if WKKKI.Y,, *• * Americus Recorder j : PUBI.IiBKD UV W. IM. GUH8J OFFICE «!» COTTON ATE.TCE PR0FFSSI01IAL ft BUSINESS CARDS ;: ^frxERS. L. BC. CARTER, ATT OH KB Y AT LA W, A.MEUICU?, SVMTBK COUNTY, : : Ga. Office, oM First National Bank, l’rompt attention given to all liusiueui^ntraatod, 4Jollfclloi.fi a apeeiulty and prompt attention guanoU*e«L ■ T ' ' ’ • " ' ^ C. R. McCRORY, A1T0RNEY AT LAW HXI.AVH.LE, GA. TERMS—All claim* from (30 or under, #3 I rom • JO to §500, tou per cent.; over §500, u.•refill. No charges unlci* collection* an- May 14-tC DOCTORS. Dr. 0. B. RAINES, IIGEO.V AND PII Jgera his proteaalonal aervicea, \ race ot 20 Venn, to tha people of vicinity. Office over Darla Jt Callnv SIlRtiEOlV AND PHYSICIAN with an expert' if Atnerieu* and Callaway’a Store. Ilea id Church * (Ion. >i DR. C. A. BROOKS, AMEIUCUS, GA. falls left at pAVenoort’a drug atoro will receive prompt attention Will bo found at night at tlie residence of CoJ. S. U. Hawklnr, corner Lee and Colladga street*. may 5 3m, MISCELLAKEO US. Nell FloRett, COMTRACTOR AND BUILDER, TALBOTTON, .... GEORGIA Will do Plastering, Brickwork and Housework Calwtninea apoclalty. Repairing dona. Orders promptly attended to. octStf Fresh Meats —AND— COUNTRY PRODUCE! I am now prepared to furnish the [ ubllc wit hole* meats, such as Beef, Pork, Mutton, an Kid. I also have on hand at all times chickens and Kgg*. Come around and try me. South aida i'otton Avenue, next door to P. If. Williams, funelltf W. F. 1IARK. qWWokk. 1 W„ul,l ri-KiKtri.lIy italu lo I hr pablle j I an now Hr.p«lrv4..e OLD GINS I After having bad au experience of '■( yeirain the largest gin multifile tor ic*. I that laau give satisfaction. All work gu iced. I am located with tnv father on alelferson ftris't, in rear of Oliver & Oliver's shop. Work solicited. |maySS5in| P. A. CAAIKROK, A BUEEAU AGENCY i woum nauectrui } I* | Tamm REPAIR NewsDaD8rs,E(c., Etc. I am now located temporarl'y In Dawaon, have dig lieeu oldiged to do so on account of tha rapidly bdllng health of my mothdr, who needa at all times my personal attention, I will open a bureau f r he collection of ttobLp, besides 1 am agent f all |>opular books, and will reedvo aubacrtptlons ou newspapnrH. 0 flic a In court Loose. W. K.|PII.NBUIIY. Dawaou, Oa.. April 4, 1*84. tf C. Horace McCull. XII,I,EK A McOALL, Proprietors, Niiilbwost Corner of the Public Square, AMERICUS, GA. Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Eto. of tlis best Italian and American Marble. -'66th EDITION. PRICE ONLY $1. ^CAPITAL PRIZE §75,000, Tlckotnonly§5. Bhnrca In proportion f£. SI. Louisiana State Lottery Co. “ We Ho hereby certify that we supervise the arrangements for all the Monthly and BemirAnnual Drawings of The Louisiana btate lottery Company, und in person Inan- age and control the Drawings themselves, and that the same are conducted with hon esty, fairness, and in good faith toward all parties, and we authorize the Company to use this certificate, with facsimiles of our signatures attached, in its advertisements.*' Commlsaloueric Incorporated m 1868 for 91, years by the Logisla. lure for Educational and Charitable pnriweeR- wlth a capital or #1,000,000-to which a rest fund of over #560,000 has since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote it* franchise ***•■•» P«rt of the niesenl Etiito Const it ut Ion adopted December 2d, A. D., 1879. The. only Lottery ever tnUd on and en, the JMOpIt n/any State. Jt never tcaln nr pott/nnet. „ **• <*r«nd Slngla Number Drawlugi twice place monthly. A IPLR7D1D OPPORTUNITY TO F 9,?. T i ME • KIUHTII grand DRAWING, CLASS II. IN THK ACADEMY OF MUSIC. NKW ORLEANS, VUESDAY, August l'Z, 1884-171st Monthly Drawing! CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000. 100,000 Tickets at Fire Dollars Each Fractions, in Fifths, in Proportion LIST OF PRIZES: 1 CAPITAL PRIZE .- #76,000 } d® do 25,000 1 do do 10,000 2 PRIZES OF #6.000. 12,000 , 6 «1» 2,000, 10,000 10 do 1,000 10,000 *0 do 600, 10,000 *> do 200 **.000 » do 100 30,000 » <}o 50 25,000 » Approximation Prisms of $7N> 16,750 0 “ “ 500 4,500 '* “ 250 2.250 1,967 Prizes, amounting to §265,600 Application for rates to clubs should be made »ly to the office of tbo Company In New Orleans. For further information write) clearly, giving fbll address. Mako P. O. Money Orders pnyablo u uddre«s Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, Nexr Orleans, La. POSTAL NOTES and ordinary letters by ail or Express (all auma of §5 and upward by xprese at our expense) t* M. A. DAUPHIN, I. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La, r Seventh St.,’Washington, D. U STILL AT HER OLD STAND, OLD STAND (l.\ JACKSON STREET! gar M S. Rallies offer* her-diieer- thanks to the members of tha fire department, by whose noble efforts sbowasraved from serious low during tha Are, and etalled her to) greet her friends at the place wfcefe they have ho long been accustomed find tier, upnMti ATTENTION! A Great Elb.tt.tal Vitality, Xi-rroUi anil I'by.lcl |U.- olllty Premature Decline. In man. Errors of • oiitb, and the untold miseries resulting from|in- •llsrretton or picesaes. A Look lor every man >ounir, middle age and old, it contains 126 [ire. rcripUoaa for all aente and {chrome diseases, each °f which Is Invaluable. So found b? tin* an- «J°& experience «or M years Is such ns probably never before tell to the lot of any physi- *90 pages bound In b«-aiatfnl French tnu-lin, cmbtjesml rovers, fall gilt, gusiantced to be a finer *°rk in every sense—mechanical, literary snd professional—tbun any other work sold In this • oantry for #2.50, or the money will be refunded ‘® ”**7 iMtanee. Price only #1 by mail, poet P. .. *‘ 1 .o»trailvp' sample 6 cents. Bend now. “oM fuedsl Awarded the sntbor by the Netlonsl Medical Association, to the officers of which be refers. This book should be read bv the young tor In struction, and by the afflicted for relief. It will '^fft all.—London Lancet. rhere le ao membe.' of society !to whom thi 2®°k wUl not be useful, whether youth, parent' I"**vucter or clergyman. - A rgonau t. Address tlw Paabddy Madleal institute, or Dr. IF. Porker, No. 4 Bulffncb Htrcet, iBoston, who may be consulted on all diseases ic * “1 skill and experience. Chronic and obatl- | H £ A |_Jk,ll m IYSELF *urcb7w4w LIQUORS, BEERS, CIGARS, Etc.* Bto. I have and alway* keep on hand a full supply ot Imported and Domestic LI quota, Herts, Cham pagne, Cigars, etc., etc., which I am selling at LOW BAT MARKET PRICED. Also! a FTe*4< Assorted Stock of POWDER Absolutely Pure. r varies. A marvel of p compction with "tbo niultltuds of low test, short weight, alum or phosphite powder*. Sold only in tin cans. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO, 106 Wall Street, New York. ocl2lyL i when the Pores opfn freely r.ir, K; SSEU^i^lf^tiyas; I ad srary M*ea*e«ol d b) res. AbsceMC*. and Di*charging Wound*, try specie* of Itching. §oaly. and nmp<y * of the Skin and S< *l|> are mast opesdilr IT IS A FACT. 'hich may be bad by return mail > an* our author- tacious may NOW be permanently cured by Curi- CUIU RlXH-VKST. the new ltlo.nl Huritter. intsr- nally. and CtrrirVIM and COTH’fKA Boar, tha great Skin Cure* and Haautitler*. esternally, in ono-half the time and at one-half the espouse of GREATEST ON EARTH. ('irrirmi K»:Mm>iKNaretlieutesteht medicines n earth. Had tha wroret oa*<i Ball IUieum in this mintr.v. My mother had it twenty year*, and in cured un lurnally, ternally. ... juldhL.. My arm*, breast and head were ree yearn, which nothing relieved I n*ed the CUTicritA Resolvent, l Littrtma snd. Clticuka Soap, J. W. ADAM*. Newark. O. GREAT BLOOD MEDICINES. hundred. re diacSMis of Urn blood and akin, snd never und anything yet to equal the CtmoOKA Rkmb* CURE IN EVERY CASE. four n-ncuRA Rr.MEtilEH ont*ell all other failed ' C ' r> ln " UnC "' "ttfS iklin Fall*. N. II. KSsOLVmiT, el • an*r,3ii!p. if CatMlCAl. Co.. Boston. Maes' He nil for " How to Cure ss ,Tan And Meat Market PROVISION STORE, W.H.&T.M.C0BB COTTON AVBNUZ2 keep on bund tha v-r> i*e*t nita of 2 BEEF, FORK, Kill LID SAUSAGE, DAWSON DOTS. DxwgoN, Ga., July 30.—!Tadge John T. S n Chamhora at CuthbiR^'Gjki«oo rzsmanBs: on next Tbunday at 3 o'olook p. m., (or tb. trial of tho negro George Jonee, who committed tb, recent outrage. Sheriff Thornton wee ordered u> eurnmon the Grand end Petit Jurora Who were regu lar!, drawn and summoned to eerved at the UU May term of thle ohurt. to do eerrice at this apeoiel term. Hie Bonor in girlog thle order aiprawed himeelf in theee noble worde: “I do treat that you (the clet-k) end the offloera of tbe Oonrt end ell good eitizen will make tbe utmoet exertion—to prerent illegal rioltsoe.' Sorely the people qOn t'rnet^Ul tbe Odurt to enforce tbe low. and Wat M ]m>&ptly a» coneiftent with a decent regard to right. Surely no man ought to deelre to commit a murder when oil that he de mands o.n be attained through the oourte -rif he boa right in hi* oc*upl§int." This community to a law abiding manner le paUintly waiting for the law to take its righteoua course in this matter, and desires the penalty to be death to George Jonee. • • Quite * boss of enthusiaam boa been gotten up here In regard to the reunion Georgia^aodn w fte*3i^ and’ of next August. That captured flag of the regiment hov iiL/i&r ttendi 'of the gallant Capt. Young, formerly of tbe pedtol army, has quite a hlsldsfr J ’When Capt. Young restores it to the regiment we will give him a "yell" of delight, and kiss him too if he will let us. Fire men fell under the folds of that flag, and one of them, Tip Barnes, of the Uobley Guards, fell wounded, gallantly carrying it to the front. * We koow something about it, for we were there. ,,, , The death of Rev. J. M. Potter ia a source of much heart-pain to allofna here. Hia home was at Bronkrood, but a portion jof hfa ihinfatentl work waa in Randolph county where he died recently in harness." lie was a most laborious and painv-taking prcaohcr, and Methodist ohurch will sadly feel the losa of him. Prof. Adame and hie friend Mr. F. A. Buggies of Michigan hare retained from their trip to Florida, and are entbueUstio in regard to that State, but both of them will pat down their stakes here, i like "old Georgia" beet. | We]tin welcome Mr. Rugglee to t|h0dw and promise him unselfish Southern hospitality. We all wish for an immigra tion of Western men by thfc legion to help us bring out the riches of this aeotion. An effort is being made to raise a mill* company here.which bida fair.to be oss. Home of our best yoirqjl^Bien enrolled their names as members and we hope soon to see onr boys keeping step to the music of tbe c battalion can have add um, then yonr ui It another company, raaqd you Col. C. B. Wooten to corn- battalion will be the right Urci'ii Groceries anil Provisions, I kiln!- of W Fresh Cincinnati Deer on Draught I Always ou band at tie |n-r g!u*«. Free Lnncb from 10:30 A. H. to 2 P. If I have added to my pluec a g*od Billiard and Pool Table JOLLY J0HNPRKET1LLE. Johnpkkbvim.k, July 29.—We bed a flue rein to-day wbieh we were Deeding end everybody glad lo eee. We now bet* bopea of ,*> good oqtton crop it not troubled by t^e worms, ae it ia a nr*' tUing to htite * dry Angnat, We farmer, ere now in flue aplriti; good crop, and a fine prospect of e railroad to your oily. Eterybody epeekt well of Amelias* end if you will build tbe road yon will get el least two-thirda of Rtewert county cotton which fa over ten thouianl bale*, no •mall Item. Amerleuo bad tbo reputation of gi.ing good, honeet weigbta. That ie the way to pleoao tbe fennera, ae many of ue in other piaaea here been paid a little more for eur cotton than you pay and oheated out of from tan to eltty poende to tbe bale. It I* tbe wieh Of everybody that tb* A, P. A L. road will be completed by the gneno aeaaon, that we may get it nearer borne. Many yet think and e*y tbe road will never be built, their reeaou ie they juit tbiuk eo. Weepentthe put two weeke in tbe uw mill bualneu, hauling our own etoek and renting tbe mill. While uwlng fine atock that looked to be perfectly aound, in alabingor straightening the tog three or four inehea deep, after the log poued tbe uw a well-known red headed wood peoker lew out and made for peach tree near by and presented bta bill to a peach in good earn eat We have often heard of froga, enakei, cannon belle etc., being found bat never before beard of a wood peoker. From eppaarenoea be had been in there for at leaat ten year* How did be live? Mr. Taylor Donnard telle ns the follow ing fleh etoriu! He has n fish pond. Ha and his neighbor Mr. Orymea went down one day last week for a fish. Wbile Mr. D. wu flaking a blue crane came flopping along just 01 be got a bite, got tangled np in bis line, carrying off line, pole anil a fine treat that would weigh live or eix ponnda, Tbe crane left for parte un known. Mr 0. wu amaeing binuelf by feeding tbe flab on bread crumbs. Mr. D. told him they would eat from bis hand if be would hold it ttllL He tried it with eucoua. Ha then told Mr. D. to make a flab book of hia linger and aea if they would bita that. So be orooked it up and alack it in tbo water end to hit eur- prlae a vary larga oatflsh, auppoaed to waigb at taut thirty ponude, took a bite, pulling Mr. O. heela over bead in tba water. He eaeeeeded In getting looio bat found bis, linger [badly skinned and bruised up. Bays be will fleh hereafter with a book. We are glad to report Mr. Kimbrough np and rapidly improving. Miaa Hnale Moore, of Weaton, ia visit ing Mrs. Hester, of tbe villa, tbla week. Matrimonial market excited. A. J. Buebsutn is wanted iu tbe rllle. Come out u ’soon to you can. Major. mend your battalion will be the right man in the right place, and wefeel tutor- cHtcd in everything connected with this gentleman, as he was long a foremost citi zen of this plaoe, and was Captain of the Dawson Volunteers when it went to the scat of war as 4 port of the 6th Go. Regi ment. ... it Much taste is displayed here in the cul tivation of flower gardens, and many of the pretty residencea in this oily are beautified by the growth of flowers. In one of the yards is a rose bash containing "green roses," a very rare flower. From telegraph dispatches and from lottcrs received here from Editor Cbever, wo learn that tbe newspaper men are having a “jolly" time on their excursion. , • These press excursions are "bright spots" putting woolly unnecessary 1 i,n,l Vnll.n.Inl/. nln.l.r,,. Tl>n elilnn Did Von Ever Think of It! “That buoklo at (bo baok of your and everybody’s pantaloons,” said u prominent tailor of Grlflln to a News man tbe other day, “li about as senseless an Institution as ex- ists. Do you know its originl 1 " Tbe reporter admitted bl* igno rance. “Well,” said the clothing man, “that buokle used to be put on trousers belord suspenders cai into use, and was employed for the same purpose. It ought of course to have been discarded when sus penders camo In, but through some strange freak tbe man who made clothe* then continued to use tbe buoklo, and tho tailors after them a* well, to that here we are to-day to tbo bard working newapaper men of the Htate, and tbey appreciate so mnob the liberality of tbe railroads in tending them. From present indications our schools will open well this fell. Dawaon has one of tbe best representations lar education al facilities, and tbe young ladli young gentlemen who attend ee! this city ere advanced in scholarship and The question la often asked, "what ia the matter with tba arteaian well?" We are growing tired of waiting on it* We are beginnings envy you for yonr "me dicinal well," and some here are talking about going up to yonr city and testing itn waters. ° On last Wednesday afternoon tbe hue j ball clubs of Dawson and Bronwood had P»y‘ n 8 I a content here. The base ball club of nud ‘Trulls In It Mtiftir Rim x«*t*|> a tir*t <'I**h vetatrllsl.ii enr, na.l '/tva thair totucre Huo'l k'HaIi at U»«* W»wi**l |»rVvn. tarill(flii'*r pitot* pil'l f«*r Until*, ll'V», and a klttil* of country prudnec, , Dx . 15.18vi.tr DRIED ERL'IT WANTED! In addition to my former arrangement* to buy and ship Dried Fruit. 1 have t«»r tbe coming HtMiaon tbe advantage lo lave the comiuishions usually paid to New York bouieft for haedliug them. I will leave fur New York fin or about the lxt of Augiwtand remain there daring tb<> Dried Fruit leunon. Bring if. your F and I promise yon, in addition t full value for 5'inr Fruit, to allow yuo ' Uronwood won. Th. aoore alood thus : also a part of the saving ,,t the commis- j troBwood 2r ; d»w|od 2.5. The leet inn- ...— iugs decided the gemo. Much enthu- iiiasm. Al a mee|ing of tba pfgrovi here gn B. Fitzgerald was nominate^ on tbe re publican tloket aa a candidate for the leg islature from tbla county. He U a school W. K. P. Respectfully, H. M. COUKN*. Foot of Cotton Avenue. jnljlSkf a maeling of tbe nigroei aturday, a negro by the ha CHEAP LUMBER From now until the ead of »li« saaaon I wii£kc»p Full Supply of Ice ou baud. !£ JAKE ISRAELS, \k'aa l : • Thn jblive Younff Men or I^uliwaIn ra< h Nezt door to Bird, of Ataericu'. C 'lton Avenue, H Ad4r A, w. ZlKQLKlt A UU, Auenru*. u.. eurcuii' yaiujupa.*, Fk ' uuiiuiug an acauemy. located at Bril’, place, near America her* I will deliver lumber {at mill torKigbt ! teac |j ere iKllar* p«r (Out) feel, auJLi“ city for Nla* ' .liars *»**r 1000. It. W. JORDAN Valdosta ia gathering up ten a month awd.Boahd r.|t ihM | t | 10UMn ,| j 0 || gr , f or th e purpose of abd bother (nto clothes. Tbe thing Ib of no more use tbsn two tails to a dog. Singular, isn’t it?” An Apt Illustration. New York Wo.til (Dear.) Among tbe many wise observa tions advanced by Logan In his letter of acceptance is tbe one to tbe eScet that wo could build wall around this fruitful country, shotting off communication with nil tbo rest of tbe world and live comfortably upon our own resour ces. Ol course wo could. Wo could beat tbo Chinese at that. The trouble would be to get rid o( our surplus. In fact wc suffet from some embarrassment on that account now. Still, we might wax lat inside our mural coniines, on tbe principle of tbe two Yankee boys wbo were abut up in a barn on a wet day and wbo managed to make fifty cents apiece by “swap ping” jackknlves a half dozen times. A CARD. To all wb* are ■uff.rrog from the error, and lndUeretlons of yonte, nervous weakness, early decaff loaa of manhood, fte., I will eend-s - ipe that will cure 7<fu, FREE OF C BARGE. Thi. great remedy waa discovered by a miaa ionary in South America. Bsadeaeir-addrswed aavtlop* to tb* R*v. Jot Era T, Ixxife, Station D, Acts Pert City ■ LIVE LASSO ROUND HER H0RRS. now A BLACK SNAKE DROVE A COW IN FRANTIC FKIUIIT UNTIL SHE DIED. On Tuesday last, stye tbe Carton (Nev.) Appeal; akForest's rsneb, near Genoa; one of the hands notic ed n oow charging furiously lot n tbioket. An investlgatipn sltowed that tbe animpi woe lightii blaek snake Andf trying to to death with her We ft thicket-was an isolated clump of sage brntb and tbe enake did not scorn disposed to leave it end trust its life iu the open country. Final ly the cow lowered bor head snd attempted to impole.tbe tra^e on her horns. In on instant toe snake sprang on to the coWY hiisd 'and rapidly oolled Itself about her horns The oow stoud dazed for itn'instant and then set off on a run, occaflipn* ally kneeling to rub her head against tbe ground, but she Was un able to rid herseir of her tneifiy. She again sought the sagebrush and tried to-brnsh tho incubus off, but the snake only colled Itself the tighter and refused to fio dislodged. The c*w seemed finally to realize that all her efforts were useless end, uttering a terrible bellow. 4et off at full gallop. The hands made an effort to follow herand tbrAher back, but in her frantio flight Abe outstripped the horses, and, when cornered, would charge everything In eight. Occasionally the snake would nntwlst Itselfand'iis head would play lofore tha cow’s eyes. On these occasions the' poor animal would bellow with‘terror and sometimes go fifty yards back wards to Gsospo. ,u ViU Juoda For three hours slpe ran .wildly about the fields, with tbe foam and. blood flying' from bbr lfps And sweat streaming from' her sides. The rest of the hired help tried: .to throw a lasso over her boms,, hut could not get near enough, and finally tbe poor brute dropped from sheer exbanstion and panted : out ber life. Tho snake was lnraie- bhck diately dispatch' snake lire feet loi Tbe Boss Bnake Btery. . , rittsburf Dispatch. , While Priscilla Martin jofSerogg’s Neok, was dusting the brioloeane last summer, a snake brought, in a finally 1 did various ourious things about the place. It returns every, iinn- mer, and is always weJepme A It ;oes down tbe woii and fastens tlie moket on whatever oil the" rope, and it hangs'from a beam by Us tail and holds the leatbor bag that tbe young nan of tba hQuae poinds back and forwards with bli fioifok- les. Last week,'when they were making (■ loti of toe nream fora Sunday school plcnlo, the. Make beat tbe eggs with Its Uil, and did It better ana about fifty times faster than it could have been done ui tbo usual way. 1 1 " *hih .at «•> 101 » » I ,I,*! IM ■ There is a controversy between tbe North and South Carolina pa pers as to tbo precise place ofGen, Andrew Jsokson’sbirth.- Bhthad mit that It was very near the line bei.wcen the two States, but the South Carolinians contend that it wae on their side of the 1 line/, 1 While tho North Carolinians insist that It was on theirs, though “by evor so few yards,” and thoy take pride in the belief that “much of tbe milita ry statesman’s sternness and deter mination was due to hlk birthplace.” This controversy resriSds ewfas Abe Lincoln used to ssy)ofitbe old lady who also lived quit* tbe line between tbe same but whose house was consfd be in South Carolina until a new survey was made, which located It in North Carolina by “ ever wfew yards;” whereupon the old Isdy ex pressed great gratification, saving ‘lat “ South Carolina always was sickly State.” : ! Temperance Itrsx. K Bill Soort, editor ol tbe Crosby County Clarion and 1 Farmers' Vin dicator, was In AnstlU' the 6th#r day, and we askeil him about tbe state of morality in.Crosby coun ty, since the local option taw Jorbldding the sale of Ihtoxtoatil|g liquors had gone Into effect. “Why, teere ain’t a prisoner in tbe cobttty jail. It is as empty as the bead of the fellow wbo is trying to ruaon opposition paper to mine (n f county.” “Is tbe vacant tian of the fail owing td ’tl option law!” “That’sjuStll. The Sheriff bad to go ovor into (he ad- joining county to get drunk, *sd while be was gone all the prison ers, about twenty-seven til aU, made their escape. Ob, 1 tell yob loeai option is doing Wonder* for Crosby COUntV.” o:.L,l *1*-