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Recorder.
Established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1884.
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nrfM'E Oy COTTON AVENUE,
' americus.
°“ s " ro railroad, 71 miles southwest of
SEm sod about 80 miles north of the
SSSiitoi. Itissitaeted in the finest
Son of Georgia, raising s greater vsri-
Iir ofseriooltural nnd hortioultnrel pro-
Seels then any other part of the Sooth,
bioioe.il the froits. groin nml vege-
i.H iof the temperate end semi-tropical
“oM-whent, oorn, rye, oats, rice, Irish
im! sweet potatoes, peannts, chufas,
■ u anno nnnlpa notipg
d and eqtiable, and one
Of the most healthy in the world, the air
being pure and nry and most beneficial lor
Inocaod throst diseases. All kinds of
outdoor work can bo performed without
incontenience from summer neat or
winter cold. Americas has a copulation
of 6 000, is beautifully situated on high
atul rolling ground and toasts of some of
the handsomest business blocks in the
South The city lias fine public schools;
coodchurches; a large public library;
one daily, one semi-weekly and two
weekly newspapers; a new opera bouse,
completely furnished wiu* scenery and
wpable of seating 1,000 persons; a well
organized fire department, including
two fine steamers; the streets are well
piTed, sewered and lighted; there are
two flooring mills, a ootton seed oil mill,
rising mill and variety works, carriage
factory, and anumberof minor manfacto-
ries; about two hundred firms nre engaged
in mercantile business; three banks with
m abundance of capital; two good
hotels furnish good accommodattion.
Americus is the centre of trade for six
counties comprising the richest agricul-
turalsectioa in Georgia, the average an
nual cotton receipts being 30,000 bales,
which will be largely increosed by the
completion of the Preston end Lumpkin
railroad now in process of construction.
It is tho largest city in Southwest Geor
gia, and boa been appropriately named
the “Commercial Capital” o! that sec
tion, and it is rapidly growing in popu
lation end wealth. As a place of busi-
new residence it presents attractions
equaled by few cities in the South.
Property of all kinds is comparatively
cheap, although rapidly advancing in
value; llie inhabitants of both city and
conntry are cultivated, courteous and
hospitable, with a cordial welcome to im
migrants. To onterprfoing tradesmen, ju
dicious capitalists and industrious farm
ers this section of Georgia offers fine op
portunities. Any information in regard
to city or country will bo cheerfully fur
nished by addressing the Americus Re
corder, Americus, Gn.
Jas. Flicker & Bro
JEWELERS,
AND DEALERS IN
PIANOS
•AJN-
ORGANS,
LATEST NEWS.
GEORGIA AT NEW ORLEANS.
Barlow Block,
PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS
LA WYEltH.
C. R. McCRORY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ELLAVILLE, GA.
TERMS—All ckim* from 80 or uuder, 8;
vm $ !0 to $300, ten per osnt.; over #500, sevu-u
No charge* uuleis collection* »ro made.
Dr. 0. B. RAINES,
SliRMEON AND PHYSICIAN.
Him hi. proiuilonid «emco», with »n experl,
*n«e oi 3d van, to iho people of Americus and
Danny. Office over Davis <St Callaway’* Storo. Ites
ernce at corner of Jackson and Church atreelit.
~#U» will receive prompt nttcution. lanSthl
DR. C. A. BROOKS,
AMERICUS, GA.
left at D.ivennort'a dnw store will receive
attention. Win be found at night nt the
ivii , ne * of R* Uawkln*, corner Lee and
L slreeta. may 6 8m.
mihcellaneo us.
J. MPlcr. C. Horace McCall.
Worts,
HILLER A HcOALL, Proprietors,
Botnkweet Corner of tho Public Square,
AMERICUS, GA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc.,Etc
•fthe best Italian and American Marble.
,r »» Ratling for Cemetery Knctea-
» *peclal»jr.
We desire to call the attention of Ibe public to the fact that we have nt last got
settled in our now store on the PUBLIC SQUARE and have on hand a large and
handsome stock of every thing in our line. Our stock consists partly of
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, of All Kinds 1
SOLID SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
TABLE AND POCKET 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 for KING’S CELEBRATED PATENT COM
BINATION SPECTACLES—the best in the world. SVc’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 equipped shop for the
Repair of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
in this section of tne State. We employ none but first-class workmen nnd gnarantco
all our work.
PIANO AND ORGAN DEPARTMENT.
This branch of our business is steadily increasing and all we nsk is that parties
who expect to buy a Piano or Organ will cill and examine our stock and get our
prices before they buy. If we cannot do as well or better for you than yon can do
for yourselves we do not ask your patronage. The fact that we have sold Pianos and
Organs to dozens of the best business men in Americus shows plainly that we sell as
low ns any ono, and when you buy from ua you have no freight to pay and save the
trouble of unboxing the instrument, aa we place it in your house and give you n
FIVE YEAR'S guarantee. Wo also have on hand a large stock of small Musical In
struments, consisting of Violins, Guitars, Banjos, Tambourines, Acoordoons and
Harmonicas, and also kcop Strings of tho very beat quality, Violin Bows, Tail pieces,
Bridges, Rosin and all kind of Musical Instrument Trimmings.
The Office of the Southern Express Company
is in oor store nnd their Agent, Mr. 8. C. COOPER is in our employ ns Book-keeper
and Salesman and will be glad to servo all who are needing anything in oar line.
CALL AND SEE US IN OUR NEW STORE!
JAS. FRICKER & BRO
GOTO • •
CALVIN CARTER & SON
X*QS BQOTS^WS SSOS9,
Public Square, . , America*, Oa.
For Sale.
fcu 5lf.° • F 01t , v Aorn, well improved,
BMW® city limits. Good neigh-
J™jcui»il , hy locality, well situated
9*° be bought low by
Wogeerly aft thl* office. novl Ira 1
, Cj h®ap Engines.
®? r » few Cooper Portable
S«ek£nir b ttM a * 2willeell
kSgP 'fulled for 10011.
P ■ B.T. BYRD.
ujSSi&SitTTe,
.Cook. Apply »t
„°£f
JEST GOODS
FOR
LEAST HONEY 1
New Store
AND
New Goods.
INSURE WITH THE
Norwich Unto Fire lusmaice Scciet
ofEiigM.
ASSBTS $1,180,078.
A. L. HUES, Agent,
At Dank of Amerleu,
. Auguit *7.'m2
CHEAP LUMBER
1 em now faceted »t Bell*, blue. Bear Aai.ru-o
where l will deliver lcroWr rt mill iurKIzh
Dollue per IMS tret, nd..fa tbv c,t, fa, n.
Delian eer 1MB. if. It. W. JURD-lk
le Dole,,
Atltnta Constitution.
“So Georgia will be present at
the exposition after all.”
Thus a Constitution man spoke
to Commissioner D. C. Bacon.”
“She certainly will,” Major Ba
con replied. “I felt that it would
be wrong to havo Georgia’s place
vacant at this world's exposition
and I, therefore, determined to
take space for her and (111 it up
any how.”
“How much space did you get?”
“I secured a space of 4,000 feet.
A upurnirj CJa It is on the main aisle m the hall
-ri.JVHi.lvlL U o, UA. aIK ] jj cs poi feet aioug the main
aisle, through which all the crowds
must pas9. It is one of the vory
best locations of the whole exposi
tion, although not as large as that
of some other stales.”
“llow will you fill it?”
“There will be no trouble about
that. In tho first place, we have
always made an excellent collection
of Georgia minerals through Mr.
Pratt, which of itself will suggest
the amazing wealth of our state.
To this we will add Mr. Pratt’s
own private collection, and several
other collections of minerals own
ed by private parties or railroads.
The city of Savannah will make a
very fine exposition of cotton, rice
and naval stores that will cost
from three to five thousand dollars.
The city of Columbus will make a
fine exhibition of her manufactured
products. I think Augusta will
do the same, and so of Macon. 1
rely on Atlanta to make a line ex
position of the marbles, gold, iron
and wood that lie adjacent to her
coasts. While we have only
month to work in we can make
One exposition if wo can all pull
together.”
“How about decorating tho
placo ?”
“Wo have Ova thousand dollars
from tho exposition company, of
which perhaps two thousand dol
lars will fence our space in hand
somely and give it some decoration.
I hope Atlanta will take in hand
the two main entrances and make
on arch in similitude of the coat
of arms of Georgia for crch en
trance. One of these arches can
be made of marble and granite and
the other of granite and briek, nnd
could be made very handsome. I
understand that the Georgia marble
company are willing to give a do
nation of a car load of marble. At-
lanta is the capital city, and I ear
nestly bopo that she will take in
hand these two arches and giro us
something handsome. They can
he made the most striking features
of any state display. With a little
work Atlanta can make an expos!
tion in the Georgia department
that will bring thousands and thou
sands of dollars into her limits.
Everybody is looking for Atlan
ta at the exposition, and everybody
who gets there will expect to sco
Atlanta, ncr absence will bo very
detrimental to her interests. I
count fully on Atlanta’s enterprise
and earnest patriotism in this mat
ter, and there is one other matter
that I want to talk to you about.
I have had hundreds of letters from
persons asking how they could get
accommodations in New Orleans,
and at what prices. 1 took the
trouble when I was there to call at
the department of information and
accommodations and ftilly posted
myself. I found its organization
perfect. They have secured a list
of every boarding house and hotel
in the city of New Orleans. They
have made a contract with each of
them, that they will charge a cer
tain price as i maximum during the
entire period of the exposition.
These contracts are on tile in the
department. A stranger goes there,
examines one of them, finds exact
ly what sort of house it is, how
many beds in a room, wbicb way
the rooms front, bow many meals a
day and at wlial price. He seleets
his boarding house, is given a tick
ct, goes to it, and is protected
thoroughly against extortionate
charges by the contract made be
tween the owner of the house and
the exposition company. These
prices arc very low. Furnished
rooms will lie from 75 cents a day
to $1.50 a day. Boarding and lodg
ing will be a dollar and a halfaday
to three dollars. The hotel* will
cliargo their regular rates, the St.
Charles $4, and the near hotels from
$2,00 to $3,00 a day each. These
rates will be maintained all through
the exposition and there need not
be the slightest fear of extortion or
of over crowding. 1 found the da
partment of information the moat
thoroughly ojganizad of any on tha
OMNIBUS
FOR SALE OR TRADE
We havo a new Laodi* Omnibui. which
will c .Sry sixteen passengers, linbt run
ning, can be drawn by tv o heavy herses
on good road, or ran on any road wilh
foar light horses. Bas and harms* cost
about (1,000. Will sell it at a big redac
tion from cost, or will trade for boggles,
hones or moles. We mean business nnd
will give a good trade. Cell on or ad
dress N. O. k J. K. PRINCE,
novlStdacl Americus, Ga.
ground, and the humblest visitor
who goes to the exposition will
find himself protected and inform
ed by this department.”
Major Bacon left last night for
Augusta from whence ho will go to
Columbus in the interest of the ex
position. He is thoroughly in
earnest about tho matter and with
ids well known energy and One ex-
eentive ability, his high reputation
and bis popularity he will, in spite
of everything, make an exhibit in
New Orleans of which the State
will be proud, and save her the
disgrace of not having been in lino
when the whole Union waB called
and every State responded except
ours.
FIRE IK BKU5S1VICK.
Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 16.—This
morning about 1 o’clock a five
was discovered in G. Fried lander’s
warehouse. Tho flames spread
rapidly, consuming property
amounting to about $150,000, as
follows:
A. Borchardt and A. T. Putnam,
livery stable.
W. A. Johnson, sboomaker,
J. C. Lehman, barroom,
C. H. McIntosh, hardware.
J. T. Blair, drugs.
Clover Ac Dunn, elothing.
J. B. Wright Ac Co. clothing.
F. H. Harris, law office.
Smith At Borchardt, law office.
Wm. Crovatt As Co., drugs.
D. T. Dunn, postofllce and resi
dence.
Crovatt Ac Whitfield, law office,
J. M. Dexter, bankei.
A. Kaiser Ac Bro., warehouse.
A. Isaaes, bakery.
M. J. Colson, bakery.
A. C. Ward, residence.
John Ward, residence.
A. Borchardt’s residence.
Several smaller house* wore
destroyed. Most of the property
was moderately covered by insur
ance, except D. T. Dunn and C.
H McIntosh. Tho origin of the
Ore is yet unknown, but many sur
rnises are made, some incendiary
and some not.
Macon county, Mo., oan boast a
man who was 18 year* old when
Sir Mote* Montefiore wa* born—
and has not been given a celebra
tion either. His name 1* Robert
Glbsou; be lives with hi* son two
mile* southeast of College Mound,
and is described as "rather small
of size, can get about the honsa
and go out into the yard, sit st the
table and eat without help.” He
was not a soldier in the war of 1812
—being too old to perform military
duty at ths time. He drank a good
deal of wbieky in bis early da} s, bat
finding that the habit waa grow
ing on him, abandoned it end
bat been a teetotaler ever since.
He has chewed tobacco for sixty
years, and “does not think it hurts
him.” He does not know when
he was born, as the family record
was lost long ago; but putting this
and that together, it Is made out
that ho first saw the light In the
year 1166 in Randolph county,
North Carolina, moved with hie
father to Kentuoky at an early day,
and went from that state to. Mis
souri In 1830. Ho bas been mar
ried twice, has 16 children, 12 of
whom are living. He has 150 di
rect descendants—children, grand
children and great-grandchildren.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
HVMiBtt vovvty.
The "Tribune” on the Result.
Nrw York, Nov. 16.—The New
York Tribune this morning edito
rially says: “Gov. Cleveland is
elected President by a plurality of
a little over 1,100 in a vote of
nearly 1,200,000 in this State. On
the morning after the election wo
believed there was a plurality of a
few hundreds smaller than this on
the other side, and worn subse
quently confirmed in that belief by
the confident statements received
by committees as to errors and
worso in the counties of Albany,
Ulster, Sullivan, New York, Kings
and other counties. Tbe Albany
fraud proved to effect only a coun
ty office, and in tbo other cases
the boards of canvassers have
made only made small reductions.
We profoundly regret this result,
but it is the duty of overy good
citizen to accept it and to give to
the President-elect the respect the
office demands.”
For some years the Selectmen
of tbe adjoining town* of Avon
and Canton, Conn., have paid a
bounty of 60 cents each for all
woodhusks killed. The Avon Se
lectmen required tbe tail as a
voucher, and by the Canton Select
men the cars were taken as proof.
Recently it was discovered that
tbo number of animals on which
the two towns paid bounty was
precisely tbe same. Then it dawn
ed on the two honorable bodies
that the unprincipled boy hunters
of the two towns bad collected 50
cents from each town whenever
they bagged a ground hog. Where
upon tbe Selectmen of both towns,
with great dignity, deciJed to pay
no more bounties for woodhucks.
William Hsgerty, of Bankston,
Iowa, commenced sinking an artes
ian well on bis farm sorao time
ago. When down a considerable
distance the drill sunk into a cave
the bottom of which it did not
reach. Another hole was drilled
with tbe came result. He com
menced operations about 156 (eet
distant from tbo two holes. Tbe
drill was 80 ieet below the surface'
Saturday, when it again fell into
the cave, tbe bottom of wbicb waa
touched at 105 feet, thus showing
the cave to be 205 feet deep.
Geologist* and mineraliiia will
' give the matter attention.
What tbs Rew Ysrk Papers Say. ,
The World give* Cleveland I,-
10T plurality, and the Times 1,106
plurality in New York state.
Tbe Tribune concedes tbt state
by l,0t«.
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Wa sra authorized to announce tha
namt of W. W. GUEBltY as s candidate
for ths office of Justice of the Peace for
the 789lh district. tde
FOR MAYOR.
I am a eandidat* for Mayor at the Mu
nicipal election to be held on tbe 17tb
of December next, and respectfully aolleit
the support of my friends. If eleotsd,
my official acta shall b* is favor of rigid
economy in the oollsotion and dhbona-
montofall pnblio money. I shall fsvor
tho support, promotion, snd, whenever
possible, til 1 improvement of our pnblio
schools, and to this end I shall encouraga
friendly relations, and harmonious ac
tion betwean tbe city oounoil and tha
Board of Education. ■
I shall favor maintaining onr Fire De
partment at ita present standard of excel-
lenee. I iball favor restricting ad Valorum
taxation to one par eeot. per annua, be
lieving that thie rate will rapport tha
oity government, maintain our publio
schools, and also provide a fnnd to areot
pnblio school buildings. ,
Upon then rabjecte, and othsr matters
of pnblio eonoero, I shall b* pleated to
address tha people st some suitable Urns
prior to tbe election. Respeofully,
W. P. Burt.
Paaple’s Ticket far Diimkirpr, MS*
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The people want him for his ax pati
ence; for bit stern Integrity| for hi* ns.
compromising antagonism to lawlessness
and disorder; fer his fear]era and Impar
tial admlnlatration of jusllos; for his un
swerving advocacy of wbtl he bSHeVes to
be right; for hi* loyalty to his country;
for hie devotion to theeity;for bis nerve
to exeente the law—in a word, for what
be has done in past and for what they
may reasonably hope from him la the fu-
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Let's elect him without a scramble.
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FOIt MAYOR
We are authorized to announce tha
name of A. O. BELL as a candidate for
Mayor of Amerienaatth* Municipal elec
tion in Doeember next aogl U
FOR ALDERMAN.
Thinking that tbe mechanic* of our city
should b* represented in ths City Conn
ell, please snnonno* the name of A. T.
OLIVER is * nullable candidate for Al
derman at the Municipal elaethw In De
cember next. And oblige
novlStda 1 Mart Voters.
FOR ORDINARY.
I hereby annonne* myself a candidate
for tbe office of Ordinary of Bmnter
county. If elected to ths office, in Janu
ary next, I pledge myself to discharge
ths do ties which will b* Incumbent upon
m* to the beat of my ability. I respect
fully solicit the vote* of ths people.
novO-tde A. C. SPEER.
FOB BHIRIFP.
Wa are authorized t* ssnasns* ths
name of W. H. COBB as a eandidat* for
Shaeilfof Baaiatsoaaty. tt slsotsd, X,
H. White, of Iks IStfc Distrist, wtU bskla
dspity, it