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Recorder.
Established 1870.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1885.
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I’KOPUSSIOSAU- BUSINESS CARDS Louisiana State Lottery Co.
Then, pilgrim turn, thy cares l«»rego
All earth born cures are wrnnpr.
Man wants but little here below
Nor wants that little long.
AMERICUS.
Americus is tha county seat of Sumter
ountv. Georgia, situated on the South
western railroad. 71 miles southwest of
Macon, and about 80 miles north of the
Florida line It is situated in the 11 nest
Heotiou of Georgia, raising u greater vari-
etv of agricultural and horticultural pro
ducts tlnm any other part of the South.
combining all the fruits, grain and vege
tables of the temperate hud semi-tropical
cones—wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, Irish
znd sweet potatoes, peanuts, chutas,
aotton peas, sugar cane, apples, pears,
peaches, grapes, plums and other fruits.
The climate is mild and equable, aud one
of the most healthy in the world, the air
l, e iog pure and nry and most beneficial lor
lung and throat diseases. All kinds of
outdoor work can bo performed without
inconvenience from summer heat or
winter cold. Americus has a population
of C,000. is beautifully situated on high
and rolling ground and Leasts of some of
the handsomest business blocks in the
South. The city has fine public schools;
good churches; a large public library,
one daily, one semi-weekly and two
weekly newspapers: a new opera bouse,
completely furnished witu scenery and
capable ot seating 1,000 persons; a well
organized tire department, including
two fine steamers: the streets are well
paved, sewered and lighted; there are
two flouring mills, a cotton seed oil mill,
pinning mill and variety works, carriage
factory, and a number of minor manfacto-
ries; about two hundred firms are engaged
in mercantile business; three banks with
an abundance of capital; two good
hotels tarnish good nccommodattion. |
Americas is the centre ot trade for six |
counties comprising the richest agricul- j
tur.d section in Georgia, the average an- |
nualcotton receipts being 30,000 bales,
which w ill be largely increased by the j
completion of the Preston and Lumpkin :
railroad now in process of construction.
It is the largest city m Southwest Geor- ;
gi», and has been appropriately named j
the “Commercial Capital” of that sec- j
tion, and it is rapidly growing in popu- j
lation an l wealth. As a place of bu*i-
nehs residence it presents attractions j
eipuled by few citios in the NHltti.
Property of all kiuds is comparatively
cheap, although rapidly advancing in
value; the inhabitants of both city and
country are cultivated, courteous and
hospitable, with u cordial welcome to im
migrants. To enterprfsing tradesmen, ju
dicious capitalists and industrious farm
ers this section ot Georgia offers fine op
portunities. Any intoruiation in regard
to nty or conntry will be cheerfully fur
nished by addressing the Amk.HICUh 11k*
cokdku, Americus. Ga.
i “MV do hereby certify that ice supervme
the arrangements for all the Monthly ami
I Semi-Annual Drawings of The Louisiana
Stute Lotte ry Company, and in person man-
aye and control the Drawings themselves,
and that the same are conducted with hon
esty, fairness, and in goml faith toward a 1.
parties, and we authorize the t'ompany to •
use this certificate, with Jar-similes of imr
signatures attached, in its advertisements.'
Begone i
the pilgrii
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Incorporated in 1MM for years Lv tin* I*
tun* for Educational and ('naritnlile purp
with a capital of f1,000,000 to which a r«
fun i of over #.'.’>0.000 has ^Ince U-cti added.
By an overwhelm in* |*>r»ular vote it* frnr
adopted December 2d',' A? I ^ 1879* * OII " ,,
11
twin nr potrjionrr.
Ita Ursnd Single Number Drawing*
take place mouthy.
A MPI.KNUID OPPORTUNITY TO 1
WIN A FOIll'INK. SKCOND OKA Nil |
DRAWING, fl.AsS II IN TIIK Al'ADKMV
OF MUSIC. NI W UKI.KANS. M EsDAY.
Primary 10. 1883 177th .Monthly Draw '
In*.
Hut how about my woes .'
I need a plug hat for my head.
And a dim Grow suit of clothes.
Soft as the dews from heaven descend
Let your kind accents fall,
And tell me where I’ll find a friend,
With plug hat. clothes and all.
With this request the hermit rose
liis face lit up with smiles,
O, Pilgrim if you must have clothes
Re sure to go to Gyles.
moral.
Raiment venders ever need.
Their friends of ready wit.
A Goldsmith take, and cotton ni.tn,
They’ll never fail to Hit(t).
GEORGIA NEWS. ! might rcleac its grnsrj upon his
I slumbering sensibilities anil dispel
I Has ley correspondence News, j the hallucination that she was a
Jan. 21: A man by the name of j burglar. In a few minutes he
Mixgett, who lives a few miles awoke and saw what he was about
i from here, in this county, ate at do. He was horrified and trem-
one Bitting lart, night, at this place hied like an aspen leal. From that
4 2-peund cans of oysters, I i moment he declared he would never
pound can oysters, I 2-pound can J sleep with a weapon of any kind in
- peaches, 2 cans sardines, 2 cans j |,is reach. He made secure his
! beef, H pounds crackers, and 1 castle to protect the loved ones
pound of candy, besides taking a from the entrance of intruders, be-1
1 drink of whisky at the conclusion | lioving that there was more danger
Fig browing.
It is strange that in a country
where this delicious fruit grows in
the highest perfection so little at
tention is given to its cultivation,
and that in spite of the fine essays
on fig culture which have gone
through the press within the past
few years,not one farmer in ten in
Georgia, Florida or South Caroli
na has even so much as one fig tree
on his premises, when in fact, they
will flourish in his fence corner's
amt enable him to utilize many
j of each can. Mi/.gett is about 35 to his family from his own hand ' »P°t“ of rich mouldy soil about the
M-IWS FROM A.MIKRSONVILLK.
years old, and doesn’t weigh more | than from burglars
| than 115 grounds, his name indicat-
| ing his miniature stature. He is
| still living and well. There arc ai Andersonvillf., Ga , Jan. 24-
half dosten parties that will testify \i r Johnson, mentioned in my
letter of 20th inst., as having been
SIMM
I am authorized by Judge Fort to atate
4'AIMTAI. PHIZE. *T#,000. j tbat at the requert of a number of jurors
100,000 I lekels at Five Dollars Each. | partiea inlereate ,,. ll0 ,i „ n account of
Fractions, in Kirills, in Proportion. a failare to m , ike saitab | a arrangements
$75,000
.. 2.\'l00 !
.. 111,000 I
| to aecure another Judge to try the dia-
qualifietl busineN.s, that the Court for
I next week will be adjourned until the
2,000,!!!!...’!!.’.’!!.*.!!.’ lolooo Third Monday in February. Jurors,
1 JJJJ ! witneHseHand parties litigant, will tbere-
*o,00u I fore not be required to attend next week.
.1, H. ALLEN, Cleik.
January 15, 1885.
NOTICE.
to the truth of the above.
Henry .Ionian, a colored man
working on the farm of Lem Car-
roll. in Mill district, DeKalbcoun-
ty. was killed accidentally last
Thursday. He was hauling a load
of wood to Mr. Carroll s house, anil
as he was passing the cabin he
lived in his wife saw him sitting
on top of the load of wood. As he
drove down the hill from the house
his wife noticed the wagon stop,
and it remained still so long she
sent some of the children to see
what was the matter. The children
tound their father dead and com
menccd screaming, which attracted
the attention of others living near,
paralyzed, died on the 22d inst.
Mrs. Hr. Joiner gave birth to a
child on Thursday evening. The
child was still born. The mother,
who had been suffering terribly for
several days, lived but a lew hours
when she followed her little one to
their home beyond the skies.
Mr. Williams'son Hubert is very
low; the attending physician says
there is but slight hope of saving
his life.
A little girl about five years of
age belonging to Jenny Reese, col
ored, was so badly burned on Tues
day that she died Thursday. This
little girl was maliciously set on
1.W7 Pl Ur.
unllii
who went to see what was the mat- I fire bv her own sister, who is only
J ter. They found the negro with j some seven years of age.
i his head fastened between the It has been raining steadily for
j wheel and the wagon, and his neck I nearly twenty-four hours,
broken. His hat was found lying
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(. It. MrCRORY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
hLLAYILLE, GA.
only to iIn office «*f the Company in Ne
For further Information write rleuily,
full a(Mr.*-. FOHTAL NOTES. E
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BARRELS
M ISC Kir LA SEO US.
$2,000
At binall coat can bo a secured tor yonr
lived ouch, by joiuiug the
Knig-h-ts of Honor.
L I ev< rv husband and father do it. Regu
lar lodge meeting Ural and thiru Friday
’ i'. m. For puiticnlars call • n
E. TAYLOR. Die.
1). K. Brinson, Reporter, decllyl
E«lwt J. Mi'ler. C. Horace McCall.
flonuineiitiil Marble Works,
Mll.l.KK A. McCALL, Proprietors, j
tantliwsst Corner of the Public Square, !
AMKKICLS, <i.\.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Etc
'•tthe i*«t Italian rmd American Marble i
NEW
Louisiana
Andersonville School
"ill II|h*ii Spring Term January
12th, isst.
Taiiinn *1V00, $20.00 and 82.1.00 per ,
auntun U ss public fund about $3 00 per 1
l"‘l’d. R< nrd p.nd tuition ten dollars per | ]
' "ur weeks) nnnth, paid monthly in ail*
f ‘ n ‘! e - Manic *3.00 per tuontli. For
u,Uier «nf.»rmrcon apply to
L J. GLARE', Frincipig,
An.Ursonville, Ga.
JUST RECEIVED AT
(I. W. GLOVER’S.
Meat Marlto .
AND
PROVISION STORE.
W. H.&T.M.COBB
GEOIK 11A—Webster County.
Notice is hereby given that thirty days
after the publication of this notice the
advertisements of the Ordinary of Web
ster county, will be published in the
Amkkkth RF.roitPKH. a public gazette
published in Sumter county, Georgia,
and of general circulation in Webster
county, instead of the Kumicr Republi
can. W. II. COSBY,
Ordinary of Webster county.
| January ‘21, 1885 . 30d
NOTICE
Is hereby given that thirty days after
, the publication of this notice the Sheriff’s
j Sales of Sumter county will be published
in the Americus Recorder, a public
I gazette published in Sumter county,
I Georgia, instead of the Sumter Republi
can. W. H GOBB,
Sheriff Sumter Coui^y.
iiKiikn an comissioii
MERCHANT.
I represent the best houses in the line
: of corn, Hour, sugar, coffee and bran.
Rest prices in bulk meat*, bams and lard.
Quotations received every day for spot or
future*. (i. H. TOMMEV,
Broker and Commission Merchant,
Kamil's Block, Cotton Avenue.
janlTdlm
_ W. D. SMITH,
Contractor and Builder
AMtKICt H. tt.l.
Flans, specifications and material fur
nished All carpentry work done in best
and most workmanlike manner.
j in'il-dlm
To Railroad Contractors!
Scaled bids for track laving on the
Americas, Preston A Lumpkin Kuilroud
will he received at the President's office,
Americas, Ga.. until noon February loth,
1885. Specifications under which the
work is to done will be furnished on re*
quest. S. If. IIAWKINS,
dlaw3t-w2t President.
Dr. W. P. BURT,
DENTIST,
17-WAeodtf
Rylanflei Academy.
i8S5.
I: K MATHIS. 1'ri ,pat.
take chur)|t of Ifienl.ove school
“ n ' U -V Jsuuary i-2th. next. I have
hn I ° ( r People »f Amcricnsbefore,
° U 1 r *' K P*Ctfaly ask a renewal of
‘ r h Qpj>ort.
Tutus. Hat s. Etc.:
|,et :i <*0
Toition i , ’ , ' r niuntl ‘ 4 00
'utie lacjoth"* * l 1,1 “ 801 °* *“ c b Sfho-
l.iJilf -miK. Principal.
COTTON AVBNUH*
kt-ep oil L*ad lli«> Very Le*t of|l j
BEEF, PORE, kill AVI) SAISAM,
ami nl..) a full lure of
Grwii Uroteries ami Provisions,
i-m'-n. ; w .11 kind, of V.-sH iW. a mi l 11-.tv. In
tli.lr (U-....U, Conx-d Ooo.l.,r: It linn nlm
to a Sr«t . Uoa .-.tal.li.En.c-nt. itul ttlva their
ciurtoo . r. uo.i-l k-o." » -t the t-na.-s: [w icul.
pr-llIkEe-pri. l aid f-r t.'nlrle, llo,«, and •
kind* ot rouittrj pi.nlueo.
Amr. icuc, Dim . 15, Hhi.tt
FOR SALE RENT, OR LEASE
A plantation of 1,700 acres in Terrell
County; 1,000 ncres cleufed. Girod land;
go<»d bnihlings. Will mII on long time,
with fctooil security, and w ill sell all stock,
tools, forage, etc, Gf will lease orient
on go<> 1 terms, with good security. This
is a -pin.did i ppi.ru:n ty t. r an en
ergetic man withalittle capital. Enquire
at UeouHDF.H (thee.
November fi. 188'. w:f
F'
Americufli, On.
\N. IV DUB I’, Do
CHANGE OF FIRM
VTOTICF. is ht-reby (fivr-tl tlinl I have
Xl Ibis day sold (o Ell STii.l.iv-s my
stnok of RTocorios, fruits, oigarit, etc ,
and ho will continue the I usiness at tbs
old stand on Cotton Avenue. He as-
stimes nil liabilities count- ted with the
Store and will colleet nil neeonnts due.
J. T.hTALlJNfJK.
January 2:1. IHSo <12*
„OOre la New 1 art.
From Am. J -urn*l of M*«1.
Mwnw, who
tnt'aB.^l'lfstKOU; »o. M.I .tioHl .M.- VodL
” WANTED.
Two or thret HOARDERS Apply at
thi* office. Janiaa
in the road, several feet back of
the wagon, and it is sui>po9ed his
hat fell oil, and in attempting to
eatch it, he fell heauf-remost and
broke his neck.
The office of the Ordinary of
Habersham county, at Clarksville,
was entered by burglars Tuesday
night. Wednesday morning, on
the Hoor, was found a large “sledge
hammer,” and a smaller one. Also
scattered about on the floor, in
front of the safe, were various pa
pers belonging to the .Ordinary.
The safe doors were atanding wide
open, and bolts thrown back, being
unlocked. The only damage done
to the outside was the combination
knob and dial beat ofr. It is cer
tain that the breaking of the knob
and dial on the door could not
have opened it, as it would have
had an opposite efleot, making it
impossible to work the combina
tion. Therefore, the reason for
mutilating the safe only deepens
the mystery. The safe was a mag
nificent fire and burglar proof one,
and has been purchased but a short
time. It is not yet known what
the loss to the county is, as the
Urdinary, who is the only one
knowing the contents of the safe,
is still too sick to visit his office.
In view of the surrounding circum
stances, it is apprehended that some
of the county’s most valuable hooks
have been tifken.
Marietta Journal: We hail rela
ted to us an incident that denotes
the danger that accompanies a
highly wrought mintl of the pros
pective visitation of burglars to
one’s residence. The subject of
burglaries had been discussed in
various phases by the famih before
retiring for the nights slumber.
The husband is somewhat given to
somnambulism. Before retiring,
he placed a pistol under the piliow
on which his head reposed, kissed
his wife good night and lay down
to pleasant dreams. But were
they pleasant ? In the middle of
the night his wife had occasion to
raise herself to a sitting posture. , A ^ fal|iug (Jlri the
To her horror, her somnambulistic j firP e | 8C tlle i algest po rtou of the
husband quickly grasped bis pis. . town would have gone to ashes,
tol and placed it to her temple, 1 Thu burnt district will mostly lie
and exclaimed: “If you move, j rct>ui " in brick soon.
I’ll blow your brains out!" She j A 11 the ice used in the City of
realized her imminent danger. .She I Mexico comes from the lop of
knew to toift-b her husband or at-1 Popocatepetl, and ia brought down
tempt to explain bis mistake, that ; lhc “0>>V U L in lb * ! Mckt °! " a
L II —A . Ka.llaa* - tlVCH ftQtl tllCD MOt tlXtj IClle* ID
be wauld send a bullet emitting the CM# to llje c | t y i w j, ero | t jg
Cocoanut planting in Florida -is
now in progress under direction of
.Mr. Kzat A. Orburn, of Middle-
town, N. J., who sent a vessel to
South America for 135,000 plants
to ho set out on Biscaync Island,
Fla., and who also sent via Key
West all the necessary men,houses,
provisions, boats, mules, etc. This
planting will occupy 1,500 acres of
land. The 100,000 cocoanut trees
Mr. Osbiirn planted last winter are
growing finely, anil arc from 3 to 5
feet high. He will plant an the
south end of his (0 miles of ocenu
front at Cape Florida. When lie
gets all of his 15,000 acres planted
anti the trees begin to bear (which
will lie in live yenrs from planting)
it will take all the monkeys that
can be raised during that time to do
the picking, as each tree will pro
duce from 150 to 200 lints annually
realizing a net return of $3 to $5
for each tree, if all goes well. Mr.
Osborn is also making atrange-
wents for planting 1,000 acres of
urunges on the famous Indian river
and then will be one of the largest
frujl growers in the world, and de
serves a large success for such an
audacious and bold venture. Mr.
Osburn intends visiting his planta
tion in Florida during January, ac
companied by Mr. Win. O. Me
llowed, of Newark, who is looking
after a profitable place t* use bis
steamboats during the winter, that
are run in connection with the Sea
Beach route to Coney I slant! dur
ing the summer.
Fire In (erhraii.
Cochran, Ga., Jau. 23.—A big
fire broke out here at 2 o'clock this
morning, it was from all the evi
dence of incendiary origin. The
fire started in the store of J. I).
Wynne. The following are the
parlies who suffered: J. A. If.
Colsy, house, $1,500; J. D Wynne,
stock of groceries aud liar fixtures,
$1,000; Harvey Jones, restaurant,
$250; B. B. Pound, liar, saved all
his goods; J. M. Forehand, two
stores, $2,000; It. L. Stokes, saved
all his goods, damage $50; J. P.
Marshruan, meat market, light; H.
M. Loyless, liar and groceries,
saved stock, loss $100; Jake Solo
mon, dry good, aud groceries, loss
light by damage; S. B. Whipple,
four storehouses, $2,000. The
houses were all wooden buildings
and no insurance could be obtain
ed on any of the property. The
loss is heavy on real estate owners.
ernahing
through her brain, Sba patiantly
waited until tba horriMa nightman
■old at wholesale at
ponnd.
10 cast* a
place scarcely anything elms cauld
occupy with profit. This is, per
haps, owing to the great resources
of the country. Where there are
so many varieties of fruits pro
duced, the neglect of one is scarce
ly felt and does not attract atten
tion: hut the Southern farmer
should he alive in all bis resources
and in this instance, probably mi
ller estimates its value. An Illinois
farmer recently published his abili
ty- to furnish plants and instruct
his neighbors on fig culture in the
North, asserting that they will
grow there just as well as in the
South. We know this to be uutrue,
but the effort to raise them in the
North should give us a valuable
hint. It it will pay, as stated, to
raise them in the North under al
most hothouse management, how
much better will it pay bere with
no tnanagem nt at all? With the
invention of patent dryers the
crops can now be saved aDd Geor
gia and Florida ought to fill the
country with the best dried figs in
the world. There is no fruit more
heullhful and profitable, and they
should be raised in sufficient quan
tities to bring down the prices for
common use.
New England has been eating
Georgia dried figs for breakfast for
more than half a century, but we
venture that not one Georgian in
one hundred is awnre of that fact,
showing how few have ever given
any attention to the matter. The
dried fruit is highly esteemed, but
the fresh is regarded as far su|>e-
rior to it, and now that we have
safe anil rapid transportation, there
is no reason why we should not
give our old customers a taste of
the genuine article fresh from the
Garden of Eden. Even if the ten
der delicacy of the fruit would not
hear transportation as far as New
Englaud, there are mil ions of peo
ple between here and there who,
doubtless, possess just as good
taste and would be delighted to see
our refrigerator cars turning out
at their fruit depots successive
cargoes ol fresh Georgia figs.
Cuttings may be taken anil pul
out all through the winter and wdl
generally begin bearing the second
year. They should tic taken from
the extremities of fruit-bearing
branches and not from water
sprouts or suckers around the root
or body of the trse, aud should not
be longer than eight oi ten inches,
set sloping in moderately fertile,
half sandv, moist soil. After grow
ing ouc year in the trenches take
up the now well rooted plants and
let out where desired, thirty feet
apart in rows, if the ground ia to
be wholly given up to them. If
tho trees are to be trained up to
grow large, prune to the desired
mimficr of large branches and keep
■down the suckers from the roots,
as these not only prevent the
growth of a single large tree but
greatly reduce its fruiting capacity.
The Old Liberty Bell.
1‘im.AUKLi-iiiA, January 23.—The
Liberty Bell was taken from Inde
pendence Hall this morning and at
s o'clock a procession of 500 police
men started to escort it to the
West Philadelphia depot of the
Pennsylvania railroad, whence it
will he taken to the New Orleans
Exposition. The truck on which
the old la-11 was hauled through
the streets was appropriately deco
rated with garlands of flowers and
flags, and was drawn by six bay
horses handsomely caparisoned.
There were four hands of music in
the procession and many houses
a'ong the route were decorated
with flags. At the depot the belt
was transferred to a special car
constructed by tbe Pennsylvania
Railroad Company to bear it and
its guard of three officers to the
exposition. This car is thirty-flve
feet long aud nine feet and a halt
wide, one-half of the platlorm of
which is taken up by incioaed and
comfortably farniahsd quarters for
the special police officer!. Tbe
platform is protected by brass rail
ing with posts decorated with gild
ed bells. Tbe Urge fnme upon
which tbe bell ie to be eeennd le
tbe only work upon tbe plat&m of
tho Mr.