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Americus
Recorder.
Established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1885.
Daily, Pkh Ykar,...$6.00
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IWiMSSI0.\.\U Bl’SIMSS CARDS Louisiana State Lottery Co.
ameiucus.
GEORGIA SEWS.
“ HV do hereby certify that we supervise
the arrangements for nil the Monthly uni
_ Semi-Annual Dravinys of The Louisiana ,
is th > coontv seat of Sumter State Lottery C,rmpany,and in person wian-
A,l! "" , .iuiiite',1 on tliu Souili- age and control the Drawings themselves, \
! " 'oi,iTl mill's simtliwest of; and that the tame are eondueh d vith hon- .
' "iTiioi'it HO mill's north of tin- \ esty, fairness, and in good faith toward aL i
M ‘ml,.' It is Situated in the finest ! partus, and ire authorize the ( ompany to \
1: 1 "* 1 , r ,.j t raisinK a (.renter vari- t nee this eertifieate, with Jae-nmtle* oj out
- 1 " ' "itural' and horticultural pro- signatures attached, in its advertisements.’
i? k than any oilier part of the South, ,
. ‘ . I'.ittii, - all the fruits, (train and vige-
)‘i , t the temperate anil aemi-troptcal
1 . s-lwlit-al, coin, rye, oats. rice. Irish
m l meet potatoes, peanuts, chulas, |
, p. as, sugar cane, apples, pears,
plums and other funis.
I inii.it'' is mild anil * >piahle. and one
,. ,|,o most healthy in the world, the air
• r nine and i.ry ami most beneficial !<>r
1 .tlol throat diseases. All kinds of
' in U>or work can be performed without
mi-'iuvetiience from Hummer beat or j
nit. r cold. Americus Ua* ti population
is beautifully situ«led on high I
[ j-,,lima ground and to.‘Mis of some of
l|„ handsouiesl hit
ks in the |
has fine public schools: |
T.T'hu'ridi.sia large public library.
daily, one Bond-weekly anil two
a eklv newsiiapers; a new opera house.
, ..ofetelv furnish* d wiiu scenery and ,
|.able oi seating 1.000 persons; a well
i oozed fire department, including
Oo, line aim rs: the streels are wi ll
I sewered and lighted; there are]
im , tiunrmg mills, a rattouseed oil mill.
Ulna mill and Variety works, carnage |
v 7 ninl u number of minor manlselo-
O... ■ about two hundred firms are engaged j
in, i.'antdo buaintas; three hanks with
abundance of capital; two good ;
1., , !- tnrtiish good accommodattion. |
tin, rii'iis is the centre ol trails for six .
' ...nut's iprming the richest agricul-[
tural siciion in Georgia, the average an-1
total • ■ Hon receipts being 3(1,000 bain,
Winch will lie largely increased by the I
. ,‘phtioii ol the Preston and Lumpkin ;
raili-.ia.l now 111 process of construction. ,
It - the largest city in Southwest Geor- ;
,.i,,l ha. bein'appropriately named j
I],, "('ommercial Capital" of that sec-I
ti,.ii, aud it is rapidly g,owing in popn-
In ,n and wealth. As a place of bu-i-
id - s rthidtncc it pr* Hent« attracti 'ns j
oil,led by few cities in the i-outh. 1
I , port} ill all kinds is comparatively I
1, .(., although rapidly advancing in
.,11,i.■. ilm inhabitants of both city and |
....„i,,,• v |,re eirltivated, courteous and
|o j,;t. i 1 . With a cordial welcome to ini-
1., : jrants. To enterprising tradesui, n. jn-
.1,. I US capitalists and industrious fariu-
li- toll S, nlh111 ol Georgia oilers fine op-
p i nui'ii s. Any inlormaliou in regard
to I, or country will bo cheerfully fur-
iiishe.i by addressing the Amkiui’I.s Uk-
eoiincii. Americus, Ga.
lnrorinratm m lviS f-r »•’. i
Im I ..vsr (MO,DIM Its- sine.
By nn ov.-rwliflmint,' popul *
w.-t* made a part *.f ihe pu - r
adapted December 2-E A. 1 .
purpowB-
ItaUmud Mingle Pit
il.y.
■ pr.sl/ion.'r.
in lie r Urnwlnci
HPI.KMUD OPPORTUNITY TO
WIN A KOHTUPIK. >K< "ND OK A NI)
DRAWING. UEAnS II IN IHE A' AHKMY
OF Ml SIC. .NEW OKI.FANS. 'I I’ESI) A Y,
Feliuary 10, 1H8.T-I77tl. Monthly Draw
( apitiIs pitiXE, *rvooo.
Tlu-ii, pilgrim turu, tby cart s loreR"
All earth born cares are wrong.
Man wants but little here below
Nor wants that little long.
Begone my cures, the pilgrim said,
But bow about my woes?
I need a plug bat for my bead.
And a Jim ( row snit 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
His face lit up with smiles,
< >, i’ilgrim if you must have clothes
Be sure to go to Gyles.
Ml) It AI-.
Raiment venders ever need,
Their friends of ready w it,
A Goldsmith take, and cotton man.
They’ll never fail to Hit(t).
SUITER SITERIIIR CHIT
I am authorized by Judge Fort to stale
that at the request of a number of jurors
Waycrosss is to have au artesian
well.
There has been only one sermon
preached in Lexington this year.
; The Dawson skating rink has
been reported to the city
as a nuisance.
A calf with live iegs was recent
He Hated Election Frauds.
Arlcauaaw Traveler.
“So you were not elected,” said
a politician to a man who had strug
gled desperately for an ofllce.
"No, that is, I was counted out
—all the result of a foolish mistake
1 made. The night after the elec
tion I started out with three good
council ; men to seize the Fourchc township
I ballot-box. I didn’t want the Man-
mclle box, for that township had
given me a large majority. While
were riding through the woods,
ly born near Dalton.
Ml. Vernon, Montgomery conn- we heard voices, and thinking that
| ty, is to have a newspaper. I ^oy were the men appointed to
Gainsvillo is at present without
a pool or billiard table.
There were but thiny-two inter
ments at Dalton last year.
Atlanta is said to have put $1,-
6(57,000 in new buildings last year
The Hogansville oil mill is now
bring in the returns, we secreted
ourselves until they came up, when
we sprang up with leveled guns
and demanded :
“What have you got there?”
“ Ballot-box.”
“What township ?"
" Fourchc.”
“I’ut it down or we'll kill you 1”
They dropped the box, and ran
making 700 gallons of cotton seed away. ‘Now boys,’ said I, ‘we’ll
100,1100 1 iek ets at five llol la rs T.itcli. j , j J,,, 11;, ■ -I in tcrealeil, unit on ICC on n t of
Fractions, in Fifths, in l'ro|iortiim
LIST OF rttlZE!
1 CAPITAL P1UZK
1 Ho Ho
1 Ho
2 PRIZES OK C.IJ0H ....
| a failure to make suitable arrangements
J to secure another Judge to try the dis-
11 qualified business, that the Court for
next week will be adjourned nutil Ihe
, Third Monday in February. Jurors,
I witnesses and parties litigant, will there-
II fore not be required to attend next week.
'I J. II. ALLEN, Clerk
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NOTICE.
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(\ K. MrCKOKY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
hLLAYlLLE, GA.
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M. A. DAl'PIHN,
New Or lea uw, I
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Make P O. Money Order* paynnle ..ml i.ddfo**
ReffUtered Letter* to
NEW Olll.KAXS NATIONAL BANK
New Orient*.. Ln
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HISVELLASEOVS.
$2,000
i .null enst can lie, secured for yn
1 .ved ones, by joining the
Knigh.t3 of Honor.
BARRELS
Louisiana
oil in twenty-four hours
Four prisoners made a successful
break for liberty from the jail at
Homer n few days ago.
A garden seed war is now hover
ing over Athens, prices have been
reduced to 25 cents per dozen.
A gentleman in Athens has been
offered $ 1,800 a year to take editor
ial charge of a prominent daily pa
per.
Mr. It. 15. Williams, of Ogle
thorpe, in cutting a ditch, found a
bed of charcoal six feet under
ground.
Little Jimmie Calaway, a nine-
year-old son of the editor of the
leslroy the Fourchc box, than go
over and protect the box front
Maumelle.’ ”
“We hurriedly built a lire and
burned the box containing the ma
jority lor my opponent. Just about,
the t'me we got through with the
performance, there came a large
body oi men with another box.
Wc fell in with them, and as we
rode along I asked a man :
“ ‘This is the Maumelle box, eh?'
“‘No: it’s the Fourchc.’
“‘Wliatl I saw some men just
now who said they had the Fourchc
box.’
“‘That was ToboGrider and the
I’aterson boys. They said there
was a liklihood of meeting you,
and that if you wanted to destroy
vour own majority, all right.’
Yes, sir, that’s what beat me
ltd I nml and faker .In it. ItogU- I
him ting lirst un,l thir.i Friday j
For imiticulnrri call n
K TAYLOR, Die.
BuiNRON, Reporter, riecllyl j
Dr. D
K.lwi J. Mi'ler.
C. Horace McCall.
Monumental Marble Works,
Mll.l.ljt i Met ALL, Proprietors,
bmuliwest Ciqnir nf the 1‘ublie Square,
AMEKICIS, GA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc.. Etc
f f . -t it , aua ;i „,i American Marble.
*«<tu lialllnK lor (>meter|r Kurina
urea, n S|m « Ih l(y .
Andersonville School
"ill (Ippii Spring Term .Isiiiiiiiry
12th. ISS4.
1 uti-'ii -I'. ISI. *20.00 and «2. r . on per
'I*: Min 1* ss public fund about 00 per
1 M J B urd ;in»l tuition ten dollain per
[ Mr wc. ks) month, paid monthly in ud-
v *h«’e. Music ^3.00 per month. For
* i’tl. r ini' rmatmn apply to
A. J. CLARK, Principal,
AndarsoDville, (»a
■L < 17-w*eoi!tf
1,M7 Prize*, amounting to •26. ,MX) , GEORGIA—WrmTRR COUNTY.
A pi») i«-»t ion lor rate* ty Hu'c* »h«>ttl*l D- made Notice is hereby given that thirty days
00 Kir7urti,i-Mnr .Mi| l *'h..ri'' l w*i'o‘ yiilv'sz after the publication of this notice the
foil inlHn s.. post a I. SOTKS. K - press advertisements of the Ordinary of Web
ster county, will lie published in the
Amkiiici s UnroniiKn. a public gazette
published in Snmter county, Georgia,
iind of general circulation in Webster
county, instead of the Hnuiter ltepiihli-
cn „ ' W. H. COSBY. |
Ordinary of Webster county.
January 21, 18H5. JOd
NOTICE
Is hereby given that thirty days after
the publication of this notice the SlieritV's
Sales of Stiinter county will he published
in the AmkiiuT's llECORDRIt, a public
gazette published in Sumter county.
Georgin. instead of the Snmter Itrpubli-
can. W. H. COBB,
Sheriff Sumter County.
IlKOkll AM) I'OIHIISSIW
MERCHANT.
I represent tho best bouses iu the line
: of corn, Hour, sugar, coffee and bran.
* Best prices in bulk meats, hums and lard.
Quotations rtceived everyday tor spot <>r
tut tire*. G. H. TOMMF.Y,
| Broker ami Uoinmiaaion .Merchant,
! Himil’s Block, Cotton Avenue.
jaulTdlm
w. D. SMITH,
Contractor anti Builder
.1 MMtlVVS, a A.
Plans, specifications and material fur
lishi-.l ■ All carpentry work di ni- in best
,ud most workmanlike manner,
j,21 dim
To Railroad Contractors!
Lagrange Reporter, has a collection There is such a thing as being too
of 100 varieties of eggs. enterprising. I’ll tell you what’s
, , v., „ • a fact, if elections in Arkansas
A Justice of the 1 eace in Ogle- “ , ' . . , , ,,
b don t become more honest, 1 shall
thorpe county was paid for marry- j 1(-avc> lhc RlaU , , (lcs
pise fraud.”
ing a eouide by the bride playing |
JUST RECEIVED AT
1885.
,f K. MATHIS, Tri qmi/.
1 "ill take charge of the above school
' ‘‘ilay .January 12th. next. I have
' ‘K l '( tor the people of Americus before,
1 " nl i r«spectfullr ask a renewal of
Cl. W. GLOVER’S.
Meat Marlto
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PROVISION STORE.
W. H.&T.M.COBB
Having pnrfhaat-tl fVum Bnr«* »V f .»b>< ih« M. a
Mark, i Mid Brovialon mo..- on
COTTON AVENUE'
keep on Ii tn<i the v ry heat ctKa < f|]
BEEF, PORK, KID \.M» SAUSAGE,
ami »]..) a full Ins- of
Grt'en Groceries and Provisions,
emhrartiuiall kin.lw ,>f V. uvi • “iiH I t n» in
lln-lr .e*.on. C .ns. H U. ...U, n,- I' - tl,. n nlm
to keen • flr-T < Im-i e#tal liehiTt* lit, »«•'• thair
co«tom. r« pimhI 9 at the ‘owea* j.i •
prix. i-at‘1 l*T Cat! «, II •«’*. ■
kiudi of country pro«lar .
Aniei leuc. Dec. 15.
him two tunes on a guitar.
The farmers of Uicenc county
say that the no-fence law has more
than doubled the yield of milk and
butter in the county, and the breed
of cattle is improving very rapidly.
The roll of students at Mercer
University, at Macon, now numbers
160 names—the largest attendance
that has been known in years. The
college is in line shape.
An Klberton lad attempted to
open with a pocket kniic a car
tridge which he had found on the
street. The result was an explo
sion which tore off three lingers.
Thompson and Staub, of Hall
county, have manufactured during
the past season, over f>00 gallons
of pure crape wine. They have
lately received an order from the
Swiss Counsel at New Orleans for
five dozen bottles.
There is a negro woman living
near Uuckersvillc, in Klbert coun
ty. who is drawing a pension from
the Federal government of eight
dollars per month. Her husband
belonged to the Federal army dur
ing the late unpleasantness and
cime up missing in some way.
She made her first draw someyears
ago,and got about one thousand
S-al d bills fur truck laving < n tho I dollars, being entitled to back ru-
tuierl ns. Preston A Lumpkin Uailroad , .
will lei roc ived at the I’restdeul * office, | lions.
Americas,Ga until noon February10»h. [ „ A ]„ Miller has set out an
188. r > Specifications under winch the , iiuu. zv.
work is to done will he liirnishid on re-, extensive orchard of young fruit
<1U |G l *'lt s 11 ,,A President ! trees on his funu one mile ci of
' - — j perrv. Mr. S. L. Norwood will
Dr. W. BTTB.T, set out four acres in LcConte pear
dentist,
1 lie Coining Grass.
If accounts be true the coining
grass for the South is the so called
Texas Blue Grass, described as
succulent, tender and highly rel
ished by cattle. The chief trouble
with Orchard, now foremost as a
Southern winter grass, is in get
ting it to grow thick enough to
cover the ground. This difficulty
is said to tie obviated in the Texas
Blue—that its habit is the opposite
of the Orchard grass and, instead
of a disposition to divide up and
separate in hunches, leaving a part
of the land naked, it thickens by
sending out underground runners,
something like the Bermuda, ami
soon forms a solid mass. Its
growth, as represented by those
giving it a trial in this section, is
slow dm tug the summer hut suffi
cient to be in order for lino pasture
at the opening of winter, and is not
affected by the cold. Unlike the
Bermuda, it is easy to kill out and
farmers need not dread its intro
duction. It can be started by
plants from the division of its roots
set out a few inches apar‘, but it
produces seed in the spring, which
may lie sown as other grasses. Its
tpublications as a hay producer
may bo estimated from its growth
or Irom 12 to 18 inches in height,
and its habit of clothing the earth
with a solid green of several tons
to the aoic. Kvcry thrifty farmer
should put it to the test, which can
be easily done on a few square feet
in the garden, and if its seeds are
feared on the farm cut and prevent
its fruiting until satisfied with the
experiment.
An Injun Engineer.
UUv#land L‘*d**r.
Mr. Daniel K. Sliougo, a member
of the New York, Pennsylvania and
Oh'o engineering staff', is a native
trees on his Poland farm and many geneca Indian, his father having
others in and near Perry engaged : been chief of the tribe that own
Amorlcu., C*«. lhe , an)c worU lasl week. These ' the Salamanca reservation in New
iviiou in.t» I.r 0ii«it»i.- l win not work Lr „ York State. He received a liberal
y .,c,p- fie L-A-IL operations may prove, within a e(lllcalion i(l an Ohio college, anil
io'iro.<.'i w»rk* I'rqwons'n'v "Vt i„ ^iu im- tew years, to he the fruitful source f 0 || 0 wing his natural bent, chose
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FOR SALE HINT. OK LEASE
A p intntii'ii of 1,700 screw in Terr 1 '] 1
Coun . l.«0O a<*ro« clear* »1- G<.o»l l inn:
t‘UiLlinKH. ill tin lot.x
with w»"od aecurity, ami « ill *♦ 11 *R Ht< ck,
l — , jitti ujtiuin, ;i ism tool*, etc. (>r will Ra-e °r rent
yt-UiiM. per ru<>utU 4 UO I oa gootl terms. mithgcoJ sti-urity. *
iGUiouqne^ 1 ^ tad OI tuch Scho- is a »plebdi«t « piM.nuu iv !• r au•
tMUc ttonth. argali a mau withalitila captUl Loqmra
J- K. MATHIS, Priacipal. | it lU okdlk « flic
1 '
Ieums, Rates, Hd
j rinoary DepaHmeni per month,
<*riuetliMe t per month,
jaoiltl
CHANGE OF FIRM
Hot is hereby riven tbnt I nave
ni- d y si,Li to Kn Stai.i.im s my
nf r oceries, fniits. cigais, em .
and lie will continue the business »«tb •
old land • n t'.itt.qi Avenue. Ha as-
, „n liabilities connected w ith the
store and will eolleet nil aeenlinls due.
Slore, »nn 4. T. STALLINGS.
.Pit
IlnwpV, who
Mft SpWCWltJ
rind morw «••«*< ths.n
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Kor.-mb. r n, J^bl
psnni-ndlrMTcunjdbyhin H;
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l>!f AB.^4EMKHDLE. !»■> « John8t.,N-w York._
WANTED.
Two or thrss BOABOtBi. AobWU
this Offle# )■“*"■
civil engineering as his prolession
Eight years ago he applied to
Chief Engineer Lalimtr, of the
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
railroad, for a position in his de
partment. Mr. Latimar recognized
Lite exceptional talents of the ap
plieant, and gave him a place.
of much happiness and prosperity
to the people of Houston county.
Alf Prater, of G iincsville is not
only apedcstrain moonshiner scout,
hut he is a genius as well. He has
spent three months building a
model of Brooklyn luidge, which j j^ ince | li8 initiation Mr. Bhongo
is is a wonder almost as great as | Jgs mastered every branch of bis
the sjlrasburg clock. The bridge work, and has achieved a rare de
ls 4 feet wide, 30 feet long, ari l grec of ability in his profession,
weighs 750 pounds. Three hun-! |» *®bitious to unite and or-
" , ' , , ganize the remains of the Six Na-
•lr*l a" 1 ' "'LV figures are kept mov- . « on| sQ famoU§ in American hia .
ing on it, representing men, w< >- torv.and ha*a we'l m t iured scheme
men. drays, carriages, cars etc., l for that object.
and under tLe bridge are boats in
real water, making a scene wonder
lully like the real bridge. The
mods! U on ■tblbUian at AtlaaU.
Lawreoceville is perhaps the CB>
1/ town In Georgia that baa a young
lady action
■
An Old Hlne Discovered.
cli.ttanoogt Commerei.l.
Some mi'itths ago a man named
Odell came to this country from
j Western Arkansas, and reported
I that lie had been informed by the
; Indians that silver existed in this
I country near the Uhieamauga sta
tion on the Western and Atlantic
, railroad. He at once commenced
searching for the place. He had
been told a shaft had been sunk
and had been covered with logs,
j The search was continued without
! result, until recently an old shaft
was discovered covered with logs
as reported, on the farm of M. R.
Julian, about three miles beyond
Chicamanga, and 'hree-fourtbs of
a mile south of the Western and
Atlantic railroad. The logs were
removed and the work of clearing
out the shaft was at once begun.
A gentleman who has just re
turned from the place reports the
shaft has been cleaned to the depth
of twenty feet, at which point a
tunnel was discovered, which is
now being cleared up. Au Indian
hammer made of stone has been
discovered, and some ore thought
to be silver, but no assay has yet
been made of it. The work is pro
gressing. The explorers think the
tunnel leads to a vein of silver and
are working vigorously to reach
the cud.
G. W. Ward, of Greenville, 8. C.,
has a musical prodigy, who, it is
believed, will soon rival Blind Tom
and other musicians gifted by na
ture. The lad is about six years
of age, and, therefore, knows noth
ing ot musical instruments. While
at home he amused himself by mak
ing music with boards and sticks
arianged according to his own
ideas. When his father brought
him nn accordion—the first he had
ever taken in his hands—one of
the party present whistled an air,
and to the astonishment ef the wit-
nesseu lie played tho air. Every
air that was whistled he played on
the accordion. A gentleman pres
ent, who was deeply interested iu
the little fellow, took him to his
house and placed him in front of
the fit at piano he had ever seen.
On that instrument lie played with
one hand whatever aiis were whis
tled or surg to him. The boy’s
musical talent is unaccountable,
and all who witnessed his perform
ances are ot the opinion that with
proper training he will be the won
der of the musical world.
There appears to be a great deal
of sickness among the clerks at
Washington, or at least a great
many remain away from their du
ties liecause ef alleged sickness. It
Is asserted that the absenteeism on
account of illness is greater now
than it was before the law allowing
only thirty days absence during
ths year was passed. The head of
a division in one of the depart
ments has been keeping an account
of the number' of days lost from
illness by the ‘27 men and 78 wo
men in his division during the
year ended Dec. 31. His figures
show that the 27 men lost 290
days, an average of lOj days each,
wh'le the women lost 2,133 days,
an average ol 27A days each. Ons
man was absent 62 dayson account
of illness, two men were absent 54
days each, and 5 of the 27 lost no
lime whatever on account ol sick
ness. One woman was absent 243
days on account of illness, one 152
days, one 90 days, and only 3 of
the 78 women were not absent at
all on account of illness.
A lllstsrirsl Tree.
There is a daft palm in Fort
Myers, Fla., forty years old, that
has a history. It was planted dur
ing the occupation of Fort Myers
by the United States troops dur
ing the war with the Seminoles.
Gen. W. S. Hancock was in com
mand there for a time, and this
tree wus planted while he waa
there, and it is also said by his
hand. The General had a daugh
ter born there, who died at the age
ot 16. He subsequently visited
the place, and regarded the tree
and other mementoes of the place
with much interest, as connected
with the memory of his beloved
child.
A Lucky Han.
Mr. Andrew Jackson Packard, of
Buffalo, won 62 hats on Cleveland’•
election. Mr. Pochard is a lucky
chap. He was once riding in • rail
way car in the weat and picked up
a scrap of newspaper in tbe aisln
which contained n portion of the
school essay ef a down east girl.
;l ie now Mrs. Andrew
aad the Is a very devoted
loved wile mI