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" aMERICUS.
^.mraUtoU 71 miles louthweet of
25 S about 80 miles norib of the
KSifiac. It is situated in the finest
Motion of GeorgK ruieioR a greater vatl-
rtr of sgrUoltnrsl and horticultural pto-
doota than any other part of the Sooth,
combining all the fruits. grain and vega-
teblesof the temperate nod semi-tropical
, 0 „es_*beat, corn, rye, oats, nee, Irish
Li sweet potatoes, peanuts, chufas,
cotton, peas, sugar cane, apples, pears,
Miches; grapes, plains and other fruits.
?be climate is mild and equable, and one
of the most healthy in the world, the air
being pure and (Irrnnd mostbenedoial lor
loag and throat diseases. All kinds of
oubloor work can be performed without
inconvenience from summer beat or
winter cold. Amerious has a population
of 0 009, is beautifully sitn»ted on high
and'rolling gronud and boosts of some of
the haudsomesl business blocks in the
Sonth The city has fine public schools;
solid churches; a large public library;
»co (UHy, one semi-weekly and two
weekly newspapers; a new opera house,
cwupletely furnished wit** scenery and
enable of seating 1,000 persons; a well
owmized fire department, includitg
two fine steamers; the streets are well
paved, sewered and lighted; there are
two flooring mills, a cotton seed oil mill,
rlaning mill and variety works, carriage
factory, and a number of minor man facto
ries; about two hundred firms are engaged
in mercantile business three banks with
an abnndanco of capital; two good
hotels lnrniah good accommodations.
Americas is tho centre of trade for six
coitnlies comprising the richest agricul
tural section in Georgia, the average an
nual cotton receipts being 30,000 bales,
which will be largely, increased by the
completion of the Preston and Lumpkin
railroad now in process of construction.
It is the largest city in Southwest Geor
gia, and has been appropriately named
the "Commercial Capital" of that sec
tion, sod it is rapidly growing in pop*
latino and wealth. As a place of busi
ness residence it presents attractions
equaled by few cilies in the bomb.
Property of all kinds is comparatively
cheap, although rapidly advancing in
value; the inhabitants of both city and
conntry are cultivated, courteous nud
hospitable, with a cordial welcomed im
migrants. To enterprising tradesmen, ju
(licioua capitalists and industrious farm
trs this section of Georgia offers fine op-
poitanities. Any information in regard
to city or country will be oheerfully fur
nished by addressing the Amemcub Re
corder, Amerious, Ga.
3TCAP1TAL PRIZB $73,000,
Tickets only 95. Shares Its proportion
Louisiana State Lottery Go.
" We do hereby certify that we eupervut
the arrangement. for alt the Monthly ant
Semi-Annual Drawingt of The Lmuiano
State Lottery Company,undinptreon man
age and control the Drawingt themseltee,
and that the tame are conducted with hon
esty, f aimed, and in good faith toward all
partue, and ue authorize the Company to
uze thin. certificate, with
n'gnaturee attached, in itt.
CommUaton.r.,
Incorporated nr 1MI for 25 year. hy Lire Legi«li.
ture fur Educational and Charitable liurpaoea—
with n capital of 11,000,(1110—to which « roaerra
fund of over $000,000 haa atneo been added.
By au overwhelmm, popular rote lla franehlac
wna mad. a part of tho pteaent state Constitution
adopted December 2d, A. D.. 187V.
The only Lottery rrtr toted on and er,darted by
the iteople of any Stale,
It never tcalei or pcitponrr.
Its Grand Rln,te Number Dratriu,!
OP MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, TUKSDAT,
November 11, ISO*-171th Monthly Draw
In,.
CAPITAL PRIZE, *T0,OOO.
100,000 Ticket, at Five Dollar, Each,
fraction,, In Fifths, In Proportion.
LIST OP PRIZE?:,
1 CAPITAL PRIZE.....7. ,70,000
25,000
CURSES THAT DO HOT RODST.
, Tho Don Jfnlanneo In Dawioo-Lftv-
Inn for Tain.
Dawson, Oct. 30.—Mr. T. L.
McUebee, of our county, after
selling out everything, left last
Monday for Sail Antonio, Texas,
where lie will make liis future home.
I dislike to see our gbod citizens
leave Georgia for other States, and
think they could succeed as well
here as anywhere. However, men
are benefitted by change, and I
hope our friend will never have
cause to regret the step lie has
taken.
We have had a little coo! spell
in Dawson, but there «as not
moisture enough to make a re
spectable frost, so wc will have to
wait till it rains. Our ppnds have
gone dry and the wells aud creeks
arc rapidly failing. Cows and hens
are also drying up, and butter and
eggs can almost be numbered with
THE XEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION, j gerative to say that the Latin race
l'of this continent is at least thor-
> ougjily awake to the faet that thia
New Orleans, Oct. 28, 1834.—
Tho usual autumn boom of business
here is more marked than ever be
fore. Tho laying of new and of
more car tracks, the building of
new houses, the improvement and
extension of old ones, are good and
sufficient signs of the times. Even
Is tfiR nineteenth century. The
commissioners of the Japanese gov
ernment, 'Messrs. Takamino and
Tamari, have\also arrived with a
demand for larger apace in which
to display the development of their
country. Everything now points
to the conclusion that not satisfied
with being one ol the positionally
the formation of new olulisamong i g rea t cities of the world, New Or-
the young men is an item not to be leans is resolved to prove herself
left out in the calculations ot an
observer of tho present prospects
of this place, which many years
ago some audacious prophet in the
Encyclopaedia Britannica declared
would be the greatest commercial
city on this continent if not in the
world.
The prediction doos not now
seem so hopelessly wild of aim, for
the last five^ycars. whoso progress
has sought expression in the hold,
ing of a world’s exposition hero on
a scale simply gigantic, have been
even more —
. 10,000
1,000
SCSI
200,
PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS
C. R. McCRORY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
r.LUVU.LE, GA.
TKKMS—All iflahn* from $00 or Otydcr, $3;
rvbi ®(o to $500, ten per ceut.; over $500, rftvru
can. Xo charge* tml*«* collection* ero m*dt\
May 14-»C
_ DOCTORS:
Dr. 0. B. RAINES,
tfURGEOAf aD PHYSICIAN*
•filer* his protcmlonnl amice*, with an expert*
«•»«• ol 20 Yenr*, to tha people of Amerlcu* and
uciniiy. Office over Darin Ac Callaway'* Store. Ilea
.rfw’* at corner of Jackson and Church •ti'*et«.
Dww will receive prompt uttcutlon. • lanSAil
DR.C.A. BROOKS,
AMERICUS, GA.
0*j!» left nt DAveupnrt'a drug store will receive
.prompt attention. Will bo found at night i ’ ‘*
J miscellaneous*
J. Mt'ler. C, Horace McCall.
Works,
JIULEU* MeCALL, Proprietors,
Southwest Corner ot the Public Squire,
* AMERICUS, GA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc.,Etc.
•fMj* be»t Italian and American Marble.
,r *“ for Cemetery Kudos-
9 Approximation Prize* of $750,...
9 " •• .
10,750
4,500
2.250
1,907 Prize*, amounting to $295,600
Application for rate* to club* ahonld be mnda
only to the office of tho Company in New Orleari*.
For further Information write clearly, eivlng
full address. POSTAL NOTES, Gxpre**
Money Onlers, or Naw York -Kxcbanre in ojrdl*
n«ry letter. Currency bjr Kxprrfs (all snma of
J 5 and upward by Express at our oxpenne) ad-
re**cd
orM. A. DAUPHIN,
®OT Seventh — *
Make P. O. Mom
UeRtatcred Letter*
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK
Now Orleans, La.
Meat Market
PROVISION STORE.
W. H.&T. M.COBB
Having purchorti’d from Ultra 4* Cobb iiu> Uts
Market and Provision Slto.e <m
cotton avinnm
keep ou loind the very beet uul* of ;
BEEF, PORK, KID AND SAUSAGE,
and mI«o a full Due of
Green Groceries nud Provisions,
embracing nil kind* of Vc«*(:ib|e* «n*l l'ruita In
their Mason, Canned Uoods, etc. It Is their nlm
to keep a first clas* eatabllahment, nnd Rive their
Uktomer* xodd goods nt the loweat prices.
J3THlKhest price paid for Cattle, Hog*, and a
ind* of country nrodnee,
Americas, Doc. 18, UMLtf 9
26fitli EDITION. PRICE ONLY $1,
•ally.
area, a Specially.
■TOR MUTT.
Th* lat« residence of L. C. ilarrott, on
.<torch Street, now oecnple.1 by A A.
j™"*. I'oeaeaion given September 1,
Apply to
J.no. M. CoKxa.
Aagttet *20tb. tf
Dissoluttoa Notioe.
*°y our “HIinfereet.i in
th* fiiU JjPf Americua Oil Company,
aolr^“» of B,a ^in« A Davenport is dU-
by mutual consent,
notorii « A* Baldwin & Co.
J*tt0dAw3«r Jo Davknport.
Cheap Zzigines.
Koinll Cooper Portable
ai 5‘P^ m K chIwmMn
uf wwu Curt.- Appeal
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I W '.HYSELF.
j Great Medical Work on Manhood,
Exhausted Vitality, Xervou* and 1’hyjlcal [De
bility Premature beclfuo In man. Error* of
Youth, and tha unfold mlaerlc* reunlttnif from In-
dlicmlon or excesses. A book lor every man
younr. middle aeo enfold. It eontaIna 124 pra
*rriptiona for all acute and chromic dUcesep, each
one of which IsInvalunMe. ft) found b? the au
thor, who** exiwrlcncc 'or S3 year* I* »uch n*
proha biv never before foil lo the lot of say phym-
cian. 300 pag< i bound in bcRUttrnl Erencn muslin,
cmbo*M*d eorent, foil gilt, fuaiantrcd lo \>e a liner
work In every »<ense— mechanical, literary aud
profc*»lonal—than aty other work sold In thl*
country lor $2.50, or ihe money will be refunded
In everv instance. Price only |l by mail, i*»st
paid. illu*irHiive *nmple « Cent*. Send now.
Cold mcdnl awarded the author by the National
Medical Association, to the officer* ef e hich be
I.ook «houM be rend by the young for ln-
Aructiou. and by the afflicted for w-Uet It will
benefit aU.—London Lancet. • •
There le no member of eoeiety to whom thl
hook will not be useful, whether youth, parent
eaar.llan, inwructor or clergyman.—Argonaut.
Address the Peaiwdy Medical Institute, or Dr.
W. II. Parker, No 4 Bulfincb Street, Boaton,
Mo**., who may be consulted on all dlneaae* re-
nniriiift vkill and experience. Chronic and oUU-
Late di sea-tot that have baffled I bo Li CA I *ktll
of all other phyeielana » specialtTOLMUty.
Such t reate.I tucceafally » UliT|J WO pip
oat an Instance of inllure. I niwLLr
xtareh*w4w ______
DURHAM’S
IMPROVED
STANDARD TURBINE!
1. tli..b*.t -xlutracti il .flit Sn-
hin d, gives liettcr pereentmue,
mote power, and t* «old tor leaa
money, per hose power, than
tnroth r Tnrbine In tile world.,
*V^W 1 ’Y• rJ' 1 * fr * # ’ b/
the things that tire past. But the
live hundred lice dogs continue to
perambulate our streets frqtn tho
rising to the setting of the sun, and
then sit upon their haunches and
“bay the moon from dewy eve to
early morn.” They often get the
largest dogs to barking, then the
chickens to crowing, the hogs to
squeeling and the cows to lowing.
It’s enough to make a- man who
has nerves use cubs words, provid
ed he had been raised an orphan.
I want a dog law enacted and exe
cuted in our city. Let every d og
be taxed one dollar, ami it will
pay the whole expenses of our city
government. Dogs are a nuisance
and especially Bcc dogs. Lot’s
abolish them.
Col. C. B. Wooten, of Calhoun
county, is on a visit to our city.
His son, Johnnie Wooten, will re
main with us and on gage in the
mercantile business with his uncle,
Wm. Wooten. Johnnie is an ele
gant young man, and we arc glad
to huvo him with us. > J. A. F.
WANTED.
A situation by a young man who can
writs a good hand, is quick at tigarea.
It work for a moderate
The pyramidal capstone of the
Washington monument Is complet
ed and -stands in the sheds of the
monument grounds, where it is an
object of great curiosity to multi
tudes of people. The pinnacle of
the marblo is cut away to allow a
copper apex to set into the stone,
which will lie connected with the
lightning rod on the interior of the
monument. The workmen say that
many people, especially young la
dies,’ insist op perching themselves
on this stone, in order to say that
they have stood upon the apex of
the Washington monument. This
involves, stsndlng upon a space
about C feet square and 5 feet from
the ground, which, lo most of the
ladies who try it, is as dizzy an
experiment as it would he for Ihe
average monument workman to’
stand upon the very summit of the
completed monument.
,A few days sineo a most laugha
ble mistake was made by James D.
Warren, editor of the ButJ^lo Com
mercial, who is making a vigorous
campaign fn behalf of Blaine for
the Presidency. A poem, which,
upon its face, was full of praise of
the Republican candidate, was ac
cepted and printed in that journal
and special attention called by the
editor to the beautiful tribute.
Upon a careful reading of the same
after it was in print, it was discov
ered that it was nothing else titan
an acrostic, which those who ran
might understand that it was their
bounden doty to “vote for Cleve
land.” The editor’s cou-ternstion
PBODlOAt. IN PERFORMANCE
than the past wits profuse in prom
ise. Much has been published of
I late on this subject of growth, but
one day at the exposition will out
weigh in fact-impressiveness whole
weeks ot statistical study.
Seeing is believing and the sight
of the new South in radiant array
this winter to win a victory of
peace will convince the world not
only of the sympathetic oneness
of the nation, but alsoot the won
derful wealth waiting here for the
wise and
btJuoino to re developed
into a splendid usefulness. The
“New South’’datcs from about five
years ago. The ravpgec of war
and misgovernment, the immense
loss of life, capital and labor
brought about by a prolonged
struggle, left it still prostrate and
impoverished as late as 1877 or
1873. It was then that tho first
dawnjifa new life was shown.
With the government in the bands
of the people, with tho hitter ani
mosities of war and political Btrile
ended, a new spirit was aroused, a
new enthusiasm revived, out of
which a new condition of affairs
sprang.
It was a hard struggle at first,
but the men nnd .women of the
Sonth never faltered. Confidence
wns restored, woallh created, new
ideas propagated. Mr. King’s book
on the “Great South” showed the
people ot the North and Kast this
impending
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION,
and capital nnd immigrants turned
their eyes in this direction. Money
was invested hero in rebuilding
and reconstructing the old railroad
systems, broken and bankrupted
by the war. This money doubled,
trebled end quadrupled itself. So
successful were these investments
that new li res wore constructed,
first In Texas and Georgia, and
then spreading over the whole
South. The roads thus built were
of the very best character, steel
railed and ballasted, with elegant
ears nnd quick schedules. Follow
ing the railroads, trade and com
merce revived.
Then came an industrial renais.
sancc’, a turning to manufactures.
It was discovered that the South
was especially fitted for the manu
facture of many articles, especially
of its own great staple, cotton.
Other Industries followed. The
mines of Georgia, Tennessee and
Alabama began to turn out coal
and iron at rates that startled Penn
sylvania, and assured the success
ful rivalry of the South in these
industries. South Carolina had al
ready discovered a mine of wealth
in its phosphates, which revived
tlic worn out fields of the older
South. This progress, this growth,
then started, has been becoming
more and more rapid every year.
But it must not be imagined that
prove
the expositionally great one of the
country.
guim-ouTed.
The Mikado of Japan Orders the De
capitation of aUeoralnjlVomen.
-Truth
and indignation upon the unearth _____ ___ __
ing of the fraitd may lie better im- \ | Hnv i n g the progress of this sec-
agined than descr.bcd. j t j on [j u ,| 80 ught expression in lbs
• In 1768 two' blacksmiths ^
Wyoming Valley, Pa„ erst llsc a | '”",1 meaiil. to imply any localism
anthracite coal, or as-it was com 1 to 111 *»
monly called "stone coal.” Judge all embrauive enterprise.
Bell made u c c of it for domestic , On the contrary, the exposition,
heating in 1808. He made a wood i from its* present lookout, may lie
grate. In an old hook he made' likened to that scriptural tower
this note : “Feb. 11, of Masonry, j from which could lie seen, all at
1808, made uu experiment ol burn- { one, all the kingdoms of the earth
ing the common stone coal of the and the glory of them. It has
valley in a grate in a common fire-' become national, international, un-
place in my bouse, and find it will j ivcrsal in its character. The inter-
answer the purpose ol fuel, ma- j eat of foreign nations in it has ac
hing a clear and better fire than j cumulated rapidly in the last two
burning wood in the common way.” j months.
W ben the bard coal was taken to The commissioners from Mexico,
and will work foen
AJ.IrcM.
MlftUiV
X
art ui Rixohkku.
.A.
Philadelphia no one would use it,
thinking it was stone. In 1870 the
amount ol anthracite coal mined in
the United States amounted to
over $38,000,000 in value.
Spanish Honduras and Sonth
American countries have been tome
time in the city, actively engaged
in preparations of extraordinary
magnitude, and It, is hardly exag-
-New York, October 26
publishes the following:
A wonderful and startling story
comes to us from Japan via Paris.
One of the most beautiful women
America has ever produced has
been beheaded there through a
special edict of the Mikado, secur
ed through the prayers of the
prime minister. The woman was
the Countess Pourtales, nee Mrs.
John Beeoher, of New York. The
decapitation was caused through
the Japanese prime minister’s jeal
ousy and revenge. Tho story ol
the Cpuntess Pourtales was as fol
lows: After the war there came
an aristocratic mother and her
most beautiful daughter to New
York from Georgia. The mother
and daughter brought letters to
many New Yorkers, among whom
were Tburlow Weed, Hugh J. Has
tings, Thomas Murphy, Henry
Clews and others. The’ daughter
was so ravishlngly beautiful that
she made a sensation wherever she
went. She bad many suitors. The
suitor most favored was the
wealthy John Beecher, and many
New Yorkers remember their hap
py marriage.
During Mrs. Beecher's early mar
ried life no professional beauty re
ceived as maoh attention as she.
Accomplished, graceful, vivacious,
and with a color more transcend-
antly beautiful than the loveliest
rose, the young wile was always
the ueatre’of an admiring group.
Her toilet in the park nnd at Je
rome club homo was always the
envy of every lady who saw it.
Every New Yorker remembers
Mr. Lloyd Pbienix’s flotation with
Mrs. Beicher; how she shot at him
as be passed his sister's steps on
Fifth Avenue, and how, after her
husband had separated from her,
site fled to Europe in pursuit of
Mr. Pbienlx. The newspapers were
full of it at the time. In Paris Mrs.
Beecher, supported by her divorc
ed 'husband’s money, generously
given ber,Mgan a life of luxurious
pleasure. She drove the handsom
est turnout on the Bols, gave the
most sumptuous dinners, and was
the sensation of the gay metropolis.
One of her first suitors was the
Count Pourtales, formerly connect
ed with the J-’ronch legation at
Washington, wVose first wife was
the beautiful daughter of Bon IIol-
lldajr.
Mrs. Beeober and the Count were
soon married. Her transcendent
beauty was the craze of Paris, and
while the Countess was the talk of
the city she sailed with her bun
band for Japan, where the Count
joined the French legation. In Ja
pan, as the wife of an attache of
the legation, the Countess Pour-
tales was introduced to the highest
personages in diplomatic circles.
For a time she led court circles,
but soon she tired of her hush Aid,
as she had tired o( Mr. Beecher,
and began flirting with a French
officer. s
The Count now claimed that
they were not legally married and
sailed for France, abauddning (lie
Countess in Japan. The next
steamer brought the Countess to
Paris, where she commenced a
most profligate life. About three
months after her advent in Paris
she met a French colonel, who fell
in love with her. They were not
married, but ho returned to Japan
with her. Arriving 'as man and
wife she again met her old friends
in diplomatic circlet. Her pro
pensity to flirt again manifested
itself, and her third husband, so-
called, abandoned her. He said
the Prime Minister of Japan had
been too intimate with hit wife.
This was no doubt true, for as
soon at the Colonel was gone the
Countess beeame the mistress of
the Prime Minister, one of the
wealthiest and most influential men
in Japan. Here the Countess bad
every luxury but liberty. The
Prime Minister was so jealons of
her that be would not let her talk
to_any gentleman. Such a did
not suit the Countess, so one day
aba ran away and becama tba mis
tress of another Japaoeso official.
The aflair so exasperated the
Prime Minister that he went to
the Mikado and prevailed upon
him to Issue an especial edict con
demning the Countess to -he de
capitated. Her fourth husband,
so-called, was imprisoned. The
news has now come to Now York .
that the edict was carried out, and
the most besiitiful Georgia refugee
who dazzled New York and tho
lovely Countess who bewildered
Paris was actually decapitated. In
Japan nobles of high rank consider
it a heinous offense for a woman
who has smiled upon them to ever
afterward smilo upon another*
This strange custom cost Countess
Pourtales her-life.
failures In Augusta.
Auuusta, Ga., Oct. 29 Presi
dent Jackson's defalcation from
the Enterprise factory amounts to
one hundred thousand or more, as
shown by bis oonfession nnd the
statement of the bookkeeper. It
seems that the money ol the mill
has been taken from time to; time
for eighteen months, covered by
laise entries and omissions in the
books, unknown to the directors,
and when the revelation was made
everybody was shocked and sur
prised. It also seems that the mill
has been making money, and half
the deficit ia from tho profits, hence
the condition of the mill is not so
bad, and stock need not suffer any
great decline. In fact'it is said
that an installment of ten or twenty
per cent on the capital stock will
put the factory in a fine position
for a prosperous future. The
question of a receiver was disuuss-
cd to-day, but was resisted by the
first mortgage bondholders, who
want the mill run on ns before un-
ier a new management and a busi
ness-like policy.
Tho failure of George T. Jackson
Ac Co., necessarily involved the
stock brokerage firm of M. J. Ver-
dory & Co., as they were mutual
indorsers, and weak for some time
on account of the shrinkage of se
curities. The liabilities amount to
$80,000, with about $23,000 cov
ered by collateral. This collateral
is uncertain in value, however, and
it is impossible to say bow far it
will meet the total liabilities. The
asset* are merely nominal.
Augusta reports another failure
this evening—William H. Barrett,’
wholesale druggist, selling his
stock to Glascock- Barrett and
David MoMaster, subject to about
$30,000 preferred creditors who
bold mortgages. The ordinary
creditors otalin amounts to about
$ 17,000. Tho assets are about
$50,000 in aocounts, in addition to
the stock, which is about covered
by the $30,000 in moitgages. This
showing is a good one and will not
hurt Augusta, as sate was made in
the defense of the creditors and
against a forced suit brought by
distant creditors.
Jackson’s confession.
By tba Associated Press. For
several days past i.bere have been
rumors afloat of a heavy defalca
tion on the pari of George T. Jack-
son, president of the Enterprise
cotton factory, and a committee
was appo nted to investigate the
books of the company. Jackson
confessed to the defalcation, but
cannot give the amount. He
claims all -responsibility for the
deficit. Kneugh.^already known
fropi the, investigating committee,
Ubkever, to state that the defalca
tion is over $60,000, and may reach
$100,000. The money, it is stated,
was lost in various operations.
It will he several days before the '
full amount of the defalcation it
known. The loss in running the
Enterprise mill and the defalcation
will together amount lo $180,000.
These losses will make the mill
stand the stockholders in round
numbers $100,000.
Ileal b and Accident.
Buena Vista, Oct. 29.—Mr.
James Dorman, a highly respected
citizen of this county, died this
morning of a congestive chili. His
wife died last Wednesday—both
bad lived to a good old age.
Mr. J. W. Roberts was badly
•calded a few days since while
roofing Ids warehouse with fire
proof paint.
laeeodlarj fire Hear Tfeemasrllle.
Tiiomasvillk, Ga , Oot. 29—
The dwelling of- Mr. H. C. McLen
don, near the city, was destroyed
by Are. The Ore it believed to be
incendiary, as bis barn was recent:
ly burned and an attempt made to
burn bis stable. Dwelling insured
for $G60 and furniture fbr $300 in
Haitford, Hansdll <fc Hansel!
agents.