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Established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1884.
Daily, Pkr Year,...$6.60
Wheels, " ... 3.00
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irriVEOX COTTON AVENUE,
AiUEKlpUS.
i^BfiS'.ssaritsc
„,|ro„J. 71 miles M.uthwe.t of
fi ^ atul nbnot sO miles mitib uf '
' " ’ i" , It is situated la tne u
i,, r L „rrt«oivK r»«i*ii»U » K^ater i
arnl iioriieottnrjl;
rtncts than any other part of the Soi
d hiniim all tlm Units- (train and vr B =.
S ! "f,l>s temper.ie and semi-tropical
. com, rye, oais, nee, Irish
.r sweet potatoes, peannts, chulaB.
, .. . ,ug,r cane, npplis, pears,
50 h°« erases, plum* and other frnim,
Cdima^-mildan l . q.i.dd.h and one
mast healthy in the world, the air
Kpiireand-nand mostbeneaoial lot
Snesnd llirost diseases. All kinds of
ntlior w„rk can be peiformed without
^ .dence from hammer beat nr
winter cold. Americas lias a popnlaii.»
,'rsllllO is beailtilolly situated nil high
..Hrallino gmiin.t and toasts Ilf some or
llie handsomest business blocks in the
L.nlll Tne eitv his Bile ptlblio sclionh.-
led charcbes; a large public library
' g 41 |, one senn-weekly and two
irtklv newspapers; a new opera hints.
,,n,p etely tnrLishe.ilin., scenery and
Jhl.nf.ea.lng 1.000 person-; a well
oiniied fire depirtment, including
... hue i earners; ihe streets are w.p
liv ,d sewered and lighted; there ar,
mo flaormg mille, a cttonseed oil mill,
rlauieg Ulill BDil v-ri.ty works, caniage
,,„ r ° Htul rt number of minor tuunractu-
g .about t wo hundred firms nreeoKARed
ulercantile bariin**'; ibree banks witb
;; Hbnnd.nce «-f capital; two on,,
lintels Inrnisb Rood accoromodftti ».*
injfricns is tl»« centra ot trade f.»rc«.s
counties oimipri iug ihe ricli»»t*t nuri-AA*
tur>il s-ctioti in Oforain. tbe average ».•,
Dimlcntion r*cei|'ts being 30,000 billow
which will bo iuJVdy increased by t
cninpUtimi of the Piston and Lumpkin
railroad now in pr« cess of conutruciion.
Jt ia ihe hugest city in Sonilnrent Ge«-r.
gi.i y and has lie»n appropriately nntrnd
tbe '•Conmurcial Cupful" of that sec
tion, sort it is rapidly g owing in popu
lation nn-1 wealth. Ah a place of bu*l*
necs residence it pres* nta attracti »ns
rqu.lcd by few cities in the houtb.
Pr.iperiy of nil kinds is comparatively
chf-ap, nltln'Uih rapidly advancing in
raim; th« inhabitant* of both city and
conntrv are cultivated, courteous and
1 iispitilh*, with a cordial welcome 10 im
migrants. To enterpifsing tradesmen, jn-
dicioas capitalists and industtious f.irra-
tn this section of Georgia offers fine op
portunities. Any information in rogaid
to city or country will be cheerfully fnr-
nisboil byaddres-inu the AMEltlcus Re-
coiiDf.it, Americas, Ga.
“ R| Jas. Fricker & Bro
JEWELERS,
AND DEALERS IN
PIANOS
f!iOFESS10.\AL & lUISl.fESS CAlt l)JS
C. R, JIcCRORY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
fcLLAVILLE, OA.
TEKMX-A1I from |S0 or nndcr, $8;
om %a to $600, ten p r cent.; over f&'U, reven
per coot. Nucliurgc* union co;Uctlon« are made.
^ DOCTORS.
Dr. 0. B. RAINES,
SVltliEBV AND l-IIYSICIAN.
dfltrs his pm'cm'oiihI services, with an expert*
eticeot JOvcirfi. tolht* peoi.le or Amcrleu* and
uetimr. offin.-owr Davis* t•*! : «w<v\’* at.oe. K*»
oence «i corner of .lackron and Church
.allt will o-ccivu pruuipt nttt-utlou. lanttltil
DR. C. A. BROOKS,
AMERICUS, GA.
Catt* left at D.renn-irt'i dm? atore will receive
Prompt nttHRMou Will bo mund at night at the
reudetiec of O.d. S. II. Uawklnt, c.rccr Lee nn-i
WMs *ueeu. muy 5 8m.
MISCELL ANEO US.
Ei)». 1. Mi'ler. O. Horace McCall.
Monumental Marble Works,
MILLER li SlcCALL, Proprietors,
SneihwMt Corner of the Public Square,
AMERICUS, OA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Etc
•fth# b«t Italian and American Marble.
Iroia Ralllui for Cemefcrjr Encloa-
•etV •»pe«UUy.
Barlow Block,
ORGANS,
- - - - Americus, Ga,
We desire to call the attention of the pnblio to the fact that wo have at last got
settled in our new store on the PUBLIC SQUARE and have on band a large and
handsome stock of every thing in our line. Our stook consists partly of
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, of AH Kinds
SOLID SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
TABLE AND PI CKET CUTLERY,
GOLD PENS. PENCILS AND TOOTHPICKS,
WALKING CANES, OPERA GLASSES,
GOLD AND AND SILVER THIMBLES. ETC.
We are Headquarters for
Spectacles and Eye-Glasses!
Can suit any and every one in Gold, Silver, Steel, Bronze, Zylonite. Celluloid or
Rubber Frames. We are Sole Agents fur KING'S CELEBRATED PATENT COM*
BIN AT ION SPECTACLES—the best in the woild. Wo sell the
Davis and Williams Singer Sewing Machines!
and have constantly on hand Needles, Oils, Attachments and Parts for all Machines.
We have tho best e quipped shop for tbe
Repair of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
in this section of tne State. We employ none but first-class workmen and guarantee
all our work. wn*
PIANO AND ORGAN DEPARTMENT.
This branch of onr business is steadily increasing and all we ask is that parties
who expect to buy a Piano And Organ will o.iil nod examine our stock and get our
prices before they buy. If we cannot do ss well or better for yon than you can do
for yourselves we do not ask your patronage. Tbe fact that we have sold Pianos and
Orgaus to dozens of tbe best business men in Americas shows plainly that we sell as
low ns any one, and when yon bay from us you lmve no freight to pay and save tbe
trouble nt unboxing the instrument, ss wo place it in your house and «ive you s
FIVE TEAK'S guarantee. Wo also have on Imnd a large stock of small Musical In
struments, consisting ot Violins, Guitar*, Tnmbnnrincs, Accordeons and
Harmonicas, and also kfep Strings of the very beat quality. Violin Bows, Tail pieces,
Bridges, llosin and all kind of Musical Instraaient'Triinmings.
The Office of the Southern Express Company
is in onr store and their Agent, Mr. 8. C. COOPER is in our employ ns Book-keeper
and Salesman and will be glad to aervs all who are needing anything in our line.
CALL AND SEE US IN OUR NEW STORE!
rlltf JAS. FRICKER & BRO.
'■fl’ORi RENT.
The late residence of L C. Barrelt, on
tj-hurch Street, now occupied by A. A
lw5 m8 ‘ given Sepleaibei 1,
Dissolution, Notice.
H^ n *' our mitlin? interests in
ou rtty to the American Oil Company,
|ue firm <>f B tldwins A D-mnport is dis*
•olvtd by mutual consent.
„ A. J. Bai dwiw & Co.
Qct20daa3w Jo Davknpoht.
Cheap Engines.
* * r “1® * 7-* Cooper Portable
(ke beat mide, which I will .all
. 'fcr*n if called fur eoon.
- **P |7t f B. T. BYRD.
.. WANTED!
^Fnmaa WhU. Pool. ApggH
Pine Plantation
FOR SALE!
The J. W. Fiirloff Plantation,
In the Fifteenth District of Sumter County, containing One Thous
and nnd Four Hundred (1,400) acres of the finest (arming land
in Southwest Georgia: About seven hundred acres open and in
highest state of cultivation, balance in hammock and original
pine forest. Well adapted for stock farming. Place contains
new comfortable five room dwelling, new barn and smoke house,
nearly new gin house, sixteen good frame cabins, and all other
necessary out-buildings. Plenty of wa.er, good fences, labor
abundant and cheap. Place made in 1882, with twelve mules,
one hundred and forty-one (141) bales cotton, three thousand
(3000) bushels corn,|one thousand (1,000) bushels oats nnd other
small crops,
ffiom tbe Use of flee Pound of Gnano,
and will make eighty-five or ninety bales this year without it.
Purchaser will have refusal of twelve good mules, wagons, covn (
fodder, cotton seed, cattle and hogs on place together with all
necessary farm utensils. A splendid pl«cc and a rare bargain
given. Will be divided in lots to suit purchaser. Terms easy.
Property sold for division only. For maps or information call
on or address,
J. W. FURL0W, Americus, Ga.
If satisfactory sale is not made in thirty days, place will be
leased for a term of years with all stock, forage an l tools.
„_~£ V- "... • ' .T. ...
GEORGIY NEWS.
Dublin bss had but one alight
rain in 120 days.
Henry Bowles, of near Wood'
ville, who is 74 years old, one day
recently picked 225 pounds ot cot
ton by sun down.
Last Thursday morning Mr.
George Klllen brought to Fort
Valley a bunch of potatoes that in
some respects is most remarkable.
There were S3 potatoes on tbo
bunch, the product of one vine—
all grown in one hill. The potatoes
are of tbe Uayli variety, and grew
from vines set out about July
last, on a piece of ground near Mr.
Killen's residence in Perry. Com'
paralively little rain has fallen
since the vines wete set out. The
yield is remarkable.
There are filed in the cleik's
office of Pike Superior Court four
teen suits for damages against the
Central Railroad and Banking
Company. These suits grew out
ot the recent fire at Barnesville.
The entire local bar of that city
comprising eight lawyers, repre'
sent tbe various plaintiffs. There
will be filed ten moro cases of tbe
same character. The insurance
compinies sustaining losses a by
ibis fire will join in these suit* to
recover $49,000 paid on policies.
They will employ special counscL
It has been held by courts of last
resort in other States that a recov
cry can be bad in Bucb cases. Tbe
entire turn of damages is $175,000.
A writer in the Ncwnan Herald
says : As a matter of some public
mportance I will give a brief
sketch of some strange freaks of
nature in a family not many miles
from our town. Tbe father is con
fined to his room from which ail
light is excluded. His sight is so
sensitive that he cannot endure
the light for a moment, hence bis
room is kept constantly dosed, and
he never ventures out tinder any
circumsta ices. This bss been bis
condition for a number of years.
It is slated that he married hi*
niece. One son and two daughters
are deaf and dumb, and are living
with him. He remains mostly alone
and when bo needs attention, he
has a stick with a piece of red
doth tied to on* end, *nd run* that
stick through a bole in the side of
Lite house, which the daughters
seeing couic to hii relief. Are this
afflicted offspring tbe result of in
ter-marriage between blood rela
tions t Observation o< many year*
in regard to similar cases induce
me to favor such a theory.
Milton Democrat: Sometime ago
Major J. C. Blackatock,of Forsyth
county, w*s visiting here and told
me that he had a book that be
wished to give me for the reason
that it was the school book of my
father iu 1824, and in 1828 Major
Blackstock, then a boy, went to
tbe store of Truman Kellogg, in
Jackson county, where my father,
then a young man, was clerking
and asked to buy a book. There
being none in the store for sale,
ay father proposed to let him have
one that he hid used as a school
book CO years ago. Tbe Major
purchased it, an I fur nearly 60
years has kept it. Not a single
page is out,even the fly leave* are
good, and upon one of them ia my
father’s name in hi( own band
writing, done fully 60 years ago.
The title of the book i* tbe “Me
moirs of Andrew Jackson,” com
piled by a citizen of Massachusetts
anJ published by Charles Ewer, of
Boston. The closing paragraph is
as follows; “Time will develop bis
luture destiny—whether he will
yet lie the chief magistrate of a
great repubtic or whether bis name
will go down to posterity simply as
one Of tbe most distinguished war
riors and disinterested patriots of
the age.”
DAMSON
Rrjolcca Over the Democratic Victory
Dawson, Nov. 8.—There was
great rejoicing here last night over
the latest election news. Wo fired
a salute for every Democratic State
and tried to fire them loud enough
to be beard in New York. The
concussion broke out many win-
dow panes, and frightened many
who had not heard tbe news.
Several small torchlight proces
sions formed and paraded tbe
streets, and yelled like confederate
soldiers making a charge. Even
some young ladies and girls light
ed some torches and displayed
them ia the street in front of llitir
residences.
A few couples called on Miss
Lena Harper and spent a couple of
pleasant hours listening to some
fine music by Miss Lena and MiB9
Cora Anthony on the piano and
Messrs. Sam Slappey and Ira
Chambers on tbe violin.
Mrs. Mattie Harper, ot Atlanta
daughter of Mr. M. U. Baldwin, Sr.
is on a visit to het parents and
brothers in this city.
Fremont Pepper a colored artist
has pitched his tent in rear of tho
artesian hotel, and is taking
numerous colored pictures.
We are having frost every morn
ing.
Nov. 10.—Lust Saturday night
we bad another jubilee over the
election. Cannon and anvils were
booming till a late hour and every
body waa jolly.
Mr. B. I. Chitty, of Etifaula, ia
in our city buying cotton.
Miss Minnie Wooten, of Calhoun
county, is visiting Dawson, the
guest of Mr. T. 0. Jones.
J. A. F
Ihe (mnt litud.
Niw Yobk, November 10.—To
The Constitution: Toe situation
unchanged. The republicans
admit now that Cleveland has
Dluralily on the face of the returns.
Their plan is to throw the mallei
into litigation before partisan
■dges. They will not succeed.
We are watching every point.
There is not the least question
about Cleveland's inauguration.
Joseph Pulitzer,
Editor New York World.
The Cleveland Electors M ill bo Coin
mliloncd
Albany, N. Y., November 10,
—Tne plurality in the stale, accor
ding to the official figures received
by chairman Manning from the
county clerks in the various coun
ties, is 1,234. Tbe vote will In-
canvassed by tho county boards
on Tuesday next. Tbe State board
ef canvassers meet nn tbe 19th last.
The Cleveland electors will cei
tainly be declared elected, notwith
standing the machinations ol the
republican managers.
Hand-made Mens’ Shoes, Double Calf
Uppers— waterproof,
octttf Ktundu A Abkiooton.
Governor Clerelsud to be Mnrrled.
Indianapolis, November 9.—
Rev. James McLeod, pastor ol lh>
Jj cond l’re-bvicrino church o
this city, and who formerly occu
pied the pulpit of i be Presbyterian
church at Buffalo, N. Y-, says he
has it on good authority idim Gov
ernor Cleveland will shortly be
united in marriage with a young
lady of Buffalo.
Tbe Official Majority 1,234-
Albany, N. Y-, November 9 —
Tbe vote of this county for electors
wao carefully revised last night,
and the democratic plurality was
found to be 640 instead of 540.
Tbe democratic plurality in the
state, according to official figures
received by Daniel Manning from
the county clerks is 1.234.
TbeUounljr Canvassers lobs Hatched.
New York, November 9.—Fifty
prominent lawyers met to night,
and discussed the law relative to
the procedure of tbe board of coun
ty canvasser*. As a result of the
discussion, it is probable that de
mocratic lawyers will be present
at tbe sessions of every board of
canvasser* on Tuesday next.
To make shoe pegs enough for
American use consumes annually
100,000 corda of timber, and to
make Lucifer matebea, 300,000 cu
bic test of tbe brat piue ere requir
ed every year.
Elberton South: George Worley
tells some extravagant gopher tale's
about Florida, fie eaye on one
oeession a certain gentleman went
to Florida, with tlm idea of getting
rich from an orange grove, end
was exceedingly anxious to bay
land. A tract was offered him at
a price that he thought would be
cheap for any kind of land in any
country, and he bought R and paid
for ft before he ever saw it. After
getting his deed he concluded he
would ride out and look for it. He
found it so full of gopher boles
that it was impossible for him to
ride over it, and he hitobed hie
horse and undertook to walk over
it. He did not go far, however,
until he became so disgusted that
he pulled out his deed, and, stick
ing it in a gopher hole, said:
“Here, d—n you, you have got
possession and I will givt yon the
title to it.” He then quit Florida
in disgust.
A. VOICE
FROM THE CORNER f
I HAVE SOLD OUT J1Y STOCK OF
LIQUORS AND SHALL DEVOTE
MV TIME AND ENERGIES
PRINCIPALLY TO TBE
TRADE, THEREFORE I
INVITE*ALL, ANDT2SPECI-
ALLY THE LADIES, ‘WHO DE
SIRE TO SELECT FOIt THEMSELVES
PURE AND UNADULTERATED
ARTICLES.IN MY LINE TO
GIVE ME A OALL 11
HAVE ADDED TO MY STORE A
LARGE ...
COFFEE MIL!
TltY SOME OF THE VERY BEST
GROUND ON MY MILL AND
PUT UP IN AIR TIGHT TIN
CANS. YOU WILL FIND IT
WILL SAVE TIME, TROUBLE
AND MONEY TO YOU.
v
ESPECTFULLY,
a. X>. WATTS.
Amtrious, Ga., OoL 8, 1884. tf
INSURE WITH THE
Nirwicli Onira Fire ImsMit
of ED£land.
ASEirra *x,uus.o7a.
A. L, REES, Agent,
AqSank../ Amtrlmu
AmwI tt.'mt