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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1884.
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Amebicus Recorder
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ON COTTOW ATEHHJE
Jas. Fricker & Bro.
AMERICUS.
«,t rn r»Uro»J, 71 miles southwest of
uLVand about 80 miles north of the
Eorids lloa. It is situated in the finest
Lmtion of Oeorgia, raising a greater vari-
Sofsoriooltural and horticultural pro-
Se» than any other part of the South,
eomhiniug all the fruits, grain and rege-
tabies of the temperate and semi-tropical
groa—wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, Irish
Jed sweet potatoes, peanuts, chufas,
cotton peas, sugar cane, apples, pears,
pcacbesfgrapes, plums and other fruits
fie climate w mild and equable, and one
of the most healthy in the world, the air
bejoc pure and rtrr aod most benefioial lor
lunc and throat diseases. All kinds of
outdoor work can be performed without
inconfenience from summer heat or
winter cold. Americus has a population
of 6 000, is beautifully situated on high
ind rolling ground aud boasts of some of
the handsomest business blocks in the
South The city has fine public schools;
eood churches; a large public library,
one daily, one semi-weekly. and two
weekly newspapers; a new opera house
completely furnished witu scenery an
capable of seating 1,000 persons; a well
organized fire department, includiDf
two fine steamers; the streets are wel
paved, sewered and lighted; there nr
two flooring mills, a cotton seed oil mill,
planing mill and variety works, carriage
factory, and a number of minor manfacto-
ries;about two hundred flrtns are engaged
in mercantile business; three banks with
an abundance of capital; two good
hotels furnish good accommodattion.
Americas is the centre of trade for six
counties 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, aod it is rapidly growing in popu
lation and wealth. As a place of busi
ness residence it presents attractions
equ ile<l by few cities in the South.
Property of all kinds is comparatively
cheap, nlthougb rapidly advancing in
value; tko inhabitants of both city and
conntry arc cultivated, courteous and
hospitable, with a cordial welcome to im
migrants. To enterprising 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 be cheerfully fur
nished by addressing the Americus Re
corder, Americus, Ga.
FROSI HATCHER’S STATION.
AND DEALERS IN
PIANOS
ORGANS,
Barlow Block, - - - —. Americus, Ga.
PROFESSIONAL & liUSMESS CARDS
C. B. McCHOBY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ellaville, ga.
TRUU8—All claims from 80 or under, 8;
om 930 to 9500; ton pc* cent.; over 9500, seven
•r cent. No charges unless collections are made.
May 14-tf,
DOCTORS.
Dr. 0, B. RAINES,
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN.
Uia prolclon.l .orviec*, v.-Lt, .n expert-
cnee oi 20 year*, to the people of Americu» and
vianuy. Office over Davis it Callaway’s Store. Ree
acne* at corner of Jackson ai d Church streets,
wdis will receive prompt atteuilo \ tautmi
DR. C. A. BROOKS^
AMEBICUS, GA.
Calls left at Davenport's dra? store will receive
P«apt attention.- Will be found at uigbt at the
AIISCELLA neous.
J. Mificr. O. Horaco McCall.
Noflumental Marble Works,
MILLER k HcCALL, Proprietors,
SootawHt Corner of the Publio Square,
. AMEBICUS, GA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc.,Eto
•ftha bait Italian and American Marble.'
,r0tt k»IIIS| for Cemetery Enclos
ed » •peololtjr.
We desiro to oall the attention of the public to the fact that wo have at last got
settled in our new 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!
SOLID SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY,
GOLD PENS. PENCILS AND TOOTHPICKS,
WALKING CANES, OPERA GLASSES,
GOLD AND AND SILVER THIMBLES, ETC.
Wo aro Headquarters for
Spectacles and Eye-Glasses!
Can suit any and every one in Gold, Silver, Steel, Bronze, Zylonite. Celluloid or
Rubber Frames. Wo aro Sole Agents for KING'S CELEBRATED PATENT COM
BINATION SPECTACLES—tbo best in the world. tVotaell the
Davis and Williams Singer Sewing Machines!
and have constantly on hand Needles, Oils, Attachments and Parts for all Machines.
We have the best equipped shop for the
Repair of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
in this section of tne Slate. We employ none but first-class workmen and guarantee
all our work.
PIANO AND ORGAN DEPARTMENT.
This branch of our business is steadily increasing and all we ask is that parties
who expect to buy a Piano or Organ will call and examine our stock and get our
prices before they buy. If wo cannot do as well or better for you than you can do
for yourselves we do not ask your patronage. The fact that wo have sold Pianos and
Organs to dozens of the best business mon in Americus shows plainly that we sell as
low as any one, and when you buy from us you hove no freight to pay and savo the
trouble of unboxing tbo instrument, os wo place it in your house and gr j you a
FIVE YEAR’S guarantee. Wo also have on hand a largo stock of small Musical In
struments, consisting of Violins, Guitars, Banjos, Tambourines, Acoordeons and
Harmonicas, and also keep Strings of the very best quality, Violin Bows, Tail pieces,
Bridges, llosin and all kind of Musical Instrument Trimmings.
The Office of the Southern Express Company
is in onr store and their Agent, Mr. 8. C. COOPER is in our employ as Book-kcepor
and Salesman and will be glad to serve all who aro needing anything in oar lino.
CALL Afcl) SEE US IN OUR NEW STORE!
Mr)ltf JAS. FRICKER & BRO
Fine Plantation
FOR SALE!
For Sale.
pl«« of Forty Acres, well improved,
puuide the city limits. Good ncigb-
SL , n?i ’ htaRby locality, Wall situated
KrfHuMrgf Cun be bought low by
Wjlugtarly.al this office. novllml
Cheap Engines.
Wteluftrt Postil Poitabl
CSft th, bast made, which I will acl
^chtapifcMlcd for soon.
t B.T.BIBD.
.. WANTED !
* *inbOUt» Wtrfte Cook. Apply at
The J. W. Furlow Plantation,
In the Fifteenth District of Sumter county, containing One Thous
and and Four Hundred (1,400) acres of the finest laming land
in Southwest Georgia. About seven hundred acres open nnd 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 water, 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.Jone thousand (1,000) bushels oats and other
small crops,
Vint tie lee of Oee Foil of Guano,
and will make eighty-five or ninety bales this year without it.
Purchaser will have refusal of twelve good mules, wagons, com i
fodder, cotton seed, cattle and hogs on place together with all
necessary farm utensils. A splendid pl«ce 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. FURLOW, Americus, Ga.
If satisfhetory sale is not made in thirty days, place will be
frfljad for a term of yean with all stock, iorage and tool*.,
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Uatcueb's Station, Nov. 18.—
The dry drouth is still on us. It
is now the ninety-ninth day since
wo had rain. Our last was on
August 9tb. Gardens aro entirely
shriveled and dried up; no turnips
or other vegetables, which leaves
us a very dry living. The crops
are all housed, and the crop of
cotton, say live-eighths, measurably
till sold, leaving most farmers
moneyless nnd some in debt for
guano, with meat to buy for anoth
er year. Nearly all have corn to
supply them, with perhaps one-
third enough meat, the balance to
be bought on time with other nec
essaries. I am satisfied, however,
that it wilt not be so anotber^ear,
unless it tails to rain, as most, if
not all our farmers, are determined
to raise cereals and hogs for home
consumption.
Well, the election count is over
at last, and we are all at case and
delighted that honest government
will be once moro restored, after
the 4th ot March next. But we
fear now that wo may be in the
same unpleasant condition of the
fox, which had been long and
closely chased by the hounds. To
avoid his pursuers, ho ran into a
thick bramble. There be was cov
ered by a swarm of hungry flies,
which bit and sucked his blood
fearfully. After a wliilo a friendly
fox came along. Seeing the dis
tress of the fox in the bramble, he
olTered to drivo away the flies; but
the besieged fox said nay, for if
you drive away these flies, which
are now neatly died, a hungry set
will come and have to All up, which
will exhaust my life’s blood. How
ever anxious our people may be
for the ofllces, under Dcmocratlu
rule, we are willing, yea, anxious
to give them a trial. Time only
will develop tho results of the
change, and we earnestly hope and
believe the country wltl now move
on in prosperity, If the'abom-
inable and oppressive high
tariff and internal revenue laws
shall bo so modified as to
lessen the heavy burden which has
been horno by tbo down trodden
and victimized farmers nil over the
country, especially in the South.
Robert Henderson, an industri
ous and faithful old colored man,
and a tenant on ono < of W> E.
Gay’s places, had his crib and
stable flred one night last week and
ail of his corn, fodder, stable
buggy and 1 horse were burned. One
Bob. Woods, (col.) is suspicioned
as tbo incarnate fiend and is now
in jail awaiting a commitment trial
which comes off to-morrow before
Justice J. E. Smith, at George
town. Destructive Arcs are be
coming s* numerous that it bo-
comes everybody, private Citizen*
as well as officers of tho law, to be
careful and vigilant, for doubtless
some of them are the result of the
excessive dry weather and careless
handling of lire.
Tho new fish trap erected in
Putaula, near tho railroad bridge
by Messrs. Hillman and Graham,
is quite a source of luxury at well
as revenue’in a small way, from
fifteen to sixty pounds are taken
from it daily, trout, white perch,
suckers and channel cat with'a
very few large cels; they find fl
ready market for the surplus.
Mr. James Cooper died very
suddenly last Saturday of malarial
hemorrhagic fever. . He was at.
tacked violently on Wednesday
night and died Saturday,at3 a. m.
He was attended by Drs. Dobbin,
Shivers, Gun and Mason Rains,
but all to no effect. He was an
energetic yonng farmer and a ten
ant of Dr. Dobbin.
Mr. Anton King, recently of
Dover, Terrell county, is visiting
liis parents and friends of Midway.
Tbe County Sunday School con
vention meets with Enon church on
Saturday, before tbe fourth Sun
day in January. A large attendance
Jlexpected, as the cbnreh has a
large, commodious and comfortable
building, and is laid to be the
finest conntry church In BoUthwtH
Georgia. Everybody-lnviUd^
ANDERSON VILLE.
November 18,—It would do your
eyes good to see tbe double row of
cotton bales around our little de.
pot awaiting shipment. Most of It
camo from points about Ellaville.
The political lover, which as-
Burned an epidemlo form about here
has nearly died out, but like other
stimulants (especially those we
have not been accustomed to from
youth) tbe reaction is somewhat
debilitating.
There is much aiekness about
our city. A fatal case of diph
theria occurred day before yester
day. Tho victim was a young col
ored woman named Eliza Ann
Epps. Among both whites and
colored, malarial and billons fevers
are too prevalent to inspire confi
dence in the bealtbfulness of tbo
climate.
Business is rather dull; tho result
of tbe election, probably.
Professor Clark has closed his
school until New Years, for the
purpose.of repairing the school
building. Thts sohool has expe
rienced a very prosperous season
on ono or two occasions students
were sent away for want of room.
As tbo south bound passenger
train approached Americus, last
Monday, a stone cams orashtng
through tbo oar window. The per
son who threw tbe stone was seen
and reoognizad, and it is hoped be
fore this be has found that throw
ing stones at a passing train is just
a little unsafe. Yours truly,
J. M. B.
A Lady in Coseytown discover
ed a mouse in tbe family flour bar
rel. She summoned her husband
and told him to get a gun and call
the dog and station himself near
tbo scene of onslaught. Gettlni
up on a high chair she commcnoci
punching tbe Jflour barrel with a
pole. Tho poor mouse soon nade
its anpearance and atarted across
tho Uoor, the dog immediately in
pursuit. In tho exoitement tbo
mah flred the gun, killing the dog,
and the lady fainted and fell ofl the
the chair. Tbe man, thinking that
she was dead and fearing arrest for
murder, cleared out and has not
been beard of since. Tbo mouse
escaped.—Hoiidaysbnry Standard.
“Look beah, Ransom,” said an
old negro to a young fellow, “1
doan’ min’ yer ’sociatin’ wid my
daughter, but I druther yer
wouldn’t come roun’ my bouse no
mo’. Time ’fore de las’ wbat yer
wes heah 1 missed cr waterbucket,
an’ de las’ time de bridle wus gone;
an’ now, cz I has a use for de sad
dle, 1 druther yer wouldn’t come
beah. I don’ say dat yer ain’t
bones', for T b’lebes yer Is; but
such cuts things happens while yer
is in de neighborhood. So, Jos’
ter please er ole man, what ain’t
enjoyin’ very good health, please
doan’ come roun’ dis houBo no
mo’.”— Arkansaw Traveler.
Illinois Legislature Democratic.
Chicago, Nov. 18.—The Cook
county canvass board to day dis
covered that tbo figures for State
Senator in tbe second precinct -of
tbe eighth ward bad been reversed,
those belonging to Brand (Demo
crat) having been credited to Le
man (Republican), and vice versa.
This elects Brand by ten majority
and gives tbe Democrats tbe Leg
islature in joint ballot. Tbo Leg
islature is to choose a United
States Senator to succeed Gen.
John A. Logan.
Indefinitely Postpeaed.
The resolution before the House
to eksnge the act providing for
tbe building of the State capitol
so as to allow tbe uro of Georgia
marble and which would have In
volvcd an additional appropriation
of $200,900, was indefinitely post
poned on Tuesday after a lengthly
and elaborate dlaousslon of tbe
subject.
Senator Brown.
In tbe joint session of tboLogio-
Iature Tuesday, Senator Joseph
E.Brown wsn unanimously refl
ected U. S. Senator. Mr. EUls,
of Fulton, placed tbe Senator in
nomination with a brief, bat elo
quent eulogy.
There are some oolored gentle
men who don’t want to go bade
Into slavery because In slavery
time their wives couldn’t support
then by taking in- washing.—
CMriiMOtuink ’■ ■
MR. PLANT’S WILLOW FARM. -
OmiIm' Ostsr Wlllmrs Frees cat-
«!■*§ PrMsriS la Swllurlaae.
Mtcon Tslsgrapb.
Our readeis will remember a de
scription given in these colnnons of
Mr. I. C. Plant’s willow farm near
Macon. Tbe article wti written
when tb i farm was in its infancy
and tbe cuttings only • few feet
above the ground. We promised
our readers then to inform them of
tbe result of tbe experiment, and
now that tbe willows bavs reached
their proper growth, we are ready
to fulfill tbe promise.
At tbe late State fair, commenc
ing October 91, Mr. Plant display
ed specimens which proved beyond
all question tbe success of tbe ex
periment, and showed that tbe
OBier willow thrives in tbe rich,
damp, alluvial river bottom lands
of tbe Sontb as well a* In Switier-
land, from which country tbe Uni
ted States draws the great balk of
its supply of willows. Tbe sum
mer just past was on* of remarka
ble dryness, eleven weeks passing
without rain. Notwithstanding
this drouth, tbe willows grew with
out any attention, and tbe crap
proved tn undoubted suocess.
Tbe epecimeus shown at th* ”
fair showed a growth of ftom five
to eleven feet, and will produce
from one to one and a half tons
per aore.
The cuttings put in last spring
are now from two to four feet high,
and will yield about one-bslf ton
per aore. This willow double* and .
trebbles In its prodnot every year,
aod forms a complete mass of out-
tingB after the third year, growing
up like tall grass without any
branebee or twigs, and prodnes*
from two to two and one-half tons
per acre on rich bottom land.
Tbere Is a good demand for these
willows at tbe North and West, at
from 8 to 10 cents per pound, say
$100 to $200 per ton, after tbe
bark is removed and It la properly
prepared for market. Tbe cost of
this preparing ought not to exceed
$6 or $8 per ton.
There is a large quantity of these
willows imported into tbit country
every year from Europe, but tb*
rleb, damp, alluvial river bottom.
lands at tho South and long grow*'
ing seasons produces much longer
and far superior arttole to any tnat-
fs imported from abroad or raised
in any of tbe Northern States,
where it is mostly oultlvated by
parties who work np their own
production into basket* and tbe
numerous other artiele* In wbloh
tbe willow' is used. It Is raised
from cuttings, whloh ora from ten
to fifteen inches long set out in ‘
rows five feet sport, tbe cuttings
being placed from twelve to fifteen
inches from each other. Mr.-Plant
put down 920,000 cutting*;last,
winter, mostly ftom the cuttings
set out the previous year, and did' -
not loso two hundred dotting*, as
tbe season was suited to their
growth.
The specimens shown sttbe fair
wore of tbe second year'e growth,
being tbe growth of the past Sum
mer, as Mr. PlantV first year’s
plantings were all out cloie to tbe
ground to obtain outtingi to-set
out lost winter, there betas UQ,000
of ono year'e growth ana 80,000 of
two year*’ growth, giving * him
300,000 willow plant* now growing
finely. • '. ■ . . '
Tbere te a man in Clearfield
county, Pa., that it 40 year* old,
who boast* of having I mothdr, 1
stepfather, 3 brother*, 8 (liters, t
fathers-in-law and 8 mothers-in-law,
28 brothers-in-law, 21 aisters-ln-
law, 112 niece* and nephews, IS
;reat nieees and nephews, and he
s alio tbe father of T children,
which make a family of 189.
On a trip around the world th*
most expensive link 1* that from
San Franeiioo to Yokohama, which
costs $260, with no ont rates/be
cause there is no competition.
And even at thee* flgnra* the
steamship company claim* to loan>
money now tlmt u^Mfennhag.
been plaoad og Ohjoiw* traygl..,
OMNIBUS
FOB SALE Oft TRADE
Vie bars s new Landis Omnlbsi; wbiah
will oirry sixtms pssasngsnt 'light Hth- ;
ning, esn b# drawn by two heavy bsej**
on goqdro»d,orrim on sny road with .
font light kons* Baa sad harases east
aboat 41,000. WiU sell Hat abigrvdae-
Usa from cost, or WiU trade for haggis*
WiU girt a good lad*,
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