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D Al L V
Americus
Recorder.
Established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1885.
Daily, Pkr Year,...$6.00
Wkkkly, “ ... 8.00
. Rmnntil'd aim tai. pui/.k *7-.
\ \ILKltLh I iWjUlvU.jil j TlckcUonlySI Sh.re. In proportion ■
HOW SUCCESS SUCCEEDS
I.IOIif.lv >EWS.
STUB AIM AMI I'llK RAILROAD.
PITBI.IHIfKl> liV
vV , Jj. OUBSSTOBH
,,[H( K <»> roiros AVENUE.
:-i:iiHSSIO.U!iJf«t'SI.\ESS t’AllhS Louisiana State Lottery Co.
AMEK1CL8.
The
•neriens is tlu> c >unty seat of Sumter '
,v. (Rorgi.i, situated ou the Soii'li-
t, ‘ni r.ulnmd, 71 miles southwest of j
on ami .Lout miles n**rih of the
ri '-i .ine It is situated in the finest
,,t Georgia, i"ina gr« ate* vari-
,,t .iuriciiltiir.il and horticultural pro-j
ts than any other part ot the South,!
Em my all the traits, ►train and vege.
,, ot me temp* rale and semi-tropical ,
•s—wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, Irish j
sweet potatoes. p«aunts, cliulas, |
ii peas, sugar cane. ap|»l«8, pears,
s. L*ra:>es, plums and other fruits. I
i Id i
i tide
.•nt healthV in the world, the air j
bei'i'* pure and ry and most beneficial or j
•.j, f , . t ij,J threat diseases. All kinds oft
Cud »or work can he pel formed w ithout \
inr.mv. i.ieiieu from summ*r heat <>r»
wint»-r cold. Amorims lift* a population
nt li.UOU. is beautifully situated on hit'll j
Hinl'roliing ground and i. ousts of some of j
Tin hamNoimst busmens blocks in the I
South. The city has tine public schools; j
.1 churches; a large public library;!
, rv daily, one seiui-weekly and two i
w• * lvlv newspapers; a new opera bouse,
completely flirt.isli-d wit,* scenery and
,■ i|, it)le of sailing 1.000 persons; a well
or-; miz* <1 fire ib p irtcueiit, including
tw'itme simmers; iho streets are u*ll
|,„ V i d. sewered and lighted; there ar*
tw.» lionring mills, ac »ttonseed oil mill,
j 1, mug mill and v ■ ri• ty w* rks, carnage j
l,,ch r>, and a number of minor mantacto-
ni,; about two hundred liruis arc engaged j
i!i mereautde busiii‘8'; three banks with ;
U! i abundanee of capital; two good j
hotel* turni-h good accomuiodattiou. j
Aim rieus is the centre oi trade for six !
,• oumies couipri ing the richest agricul-
turd s»eiion »u Georgia, the average an-
being 90,000 bah
m, ne (to hereby certify that ire supervise
the arrangement* for all the Monthly and
Semi-Annual Drawing* of The Louisiana
State Lottery Company, and in person man
age and control the Drawings themselves,
and that the same ire conducted with hon
esty, fairness, and in good faith toward aL
parties, and we authorize the Company to
use this certificate, with Jac-similes of our
signatures attached, in its advertisements.'
// fr. c ^ r
Incnf|iorfl*fd e> l&rtS t >r ?'» ■
lire *<*r Kilncalioi.nl an* Cl
ei:h a capital ol «l.'»oo,uoo
Hall's 01*1 Ini Hrnir Sbire Speaks.
Literal, Fair. Honest Dealing will Tell!
Quitman will gain a revenue of
$2,000 from liquor licenses tliis
year.
1 F.m nr j Speer l.lkelj to be Confirmed
Washington, D. C., Jan. 25,1885.
It looks as it Emory Speer would
, 7 „ ... ' be confirmed United States Dig.
Joiinpreyili.e, Jan. 26,-After trictJudge for the SoutUern Dis-
ten days of rai l and 'Sleet we are trict of Georgia. It is t.ue that
A lady in Hartwell wears a dioss having some pretty weather. We I protests against his confirmation
that slic nought twenty five years are very tineas, about our oats. I ** ave * ,een received and are still
coming up from the bar in the
cities and diderent large towns in
the district, and it is also true that
the ten Georgia Representatives
ago. It is still handsome and shows They are j^st peeping througli and
no signs of wear. I a freeze now would kill them all;
The students of Mercer arc try-! but as older heads say we hardly
ing to gel up a party, comp >sed oi j ever have a killing freeze moon , : *rc unanimously opposed to bin,
the students of that college, O rford shiny nights, we will trust to Prov- ant ^ that these influences have
, , . . . ... ., , . i . weight; but they are more than
and Athens, ,o visit the exposition idenee. A great many have been o( , sel by l||0 #f the Sena .
in a body. planted, and il they were to get tors, or rather one of them. Sena-
I.ast week Capt. Oliver, of Ath ' killed seed would be very scarce, tor Colquitt is like his colleagues
ens, Tom Hudson, and two other and demand good prices. Some of j'** the lower House, strongly op.
gentlemen, spent two days on a |
the early birds will be planting j l’' ,8e,i to confirmation, but Senator
J i s l |{ rown favors it. The latter re-
■Adopted !>.-<
Thf only l
the. prople oj
• i popular v.. e if* fi :i no Mm
I In- STute Count *1 lit i01
1. A. D.. 1879.
:rr tried vti amt nulnrtrJ'ly
it
fatf» nr pofijionr?.
Number Drnwluci
HAS BEEN I RA.Ml’KI) FOB
ROOM A l.l'NG TIMK AND
[S NOW EN’I.ARGIXG HIS
stork to ,irsT double
ITS FORM EH SIZE THIS
HAS BEEN CAUSED BY IN
CREASING TRADE WHICH
WHICH DEM VXDS A HEAV
IER STOCK OK
luses to sav much in the matter,
III UrNiiil SI ii if I
take |» I h i «■ in <i ii I Ii y
» SI'I.KMIII) OPPOHTUNITY TO
WIN % POUT (MO. sK M) <IU.\M)
DUAWi.vo, ri,\."S ii in rill*; ,\« \i»E\n
<»F .Ml SIC, N’l.W * nr I E \ Ns, ilh>l».\Y,
V* bum y 10, 1HH.1 l?7lli Monthly Draw
CAPITA!. PitIZT. $(75,000.
100,000 I IckdH at f ivr Dollars Each.
Fructlohs, in Filths i» Proporfloii.
LIST OF I’KIZKS:
1 CAPITAL PKIZK *7R,nni. !
DRUGS
AND ALL SUNDRIES!
bird hunt in Banks county, and I corn in l »o or three weeks if we |
killed 161 partridges - should have a pretty February,and | and talks in a general way ub»ut
The executors wound up the es- we “ lwa > - * do * flcr 9UcU a Januar >' \ ^ in * " ot oommittod, but he and
, , as the present one. | Speer have many close conferences
late of Col. L. M. Hill, of W likes We ^ S(J , t f weatlM , r a nd there is no doubt as to bis po-
county, last week. Itamounled to , silion. Were he and Senator Col-
prophet, and will furnish the read | q U jtt united in opposition to con-
er* of the Recorder after March j tirmation that mysterious thing
with the rains ami droughts for the | called “Senatorial courtesy,” to-
siirnmer months. We would com- g^her with the merits of the case,
would undoubtedly suffice to de-
KSRECIA IJ.Y
PRIZES OF
W hi
ill be
nt tl
i.l. .1 I
,.ctj
*1 by th.
r. ston und L'ltupkin
;uhs of <*■ instruction,
in Southwest Ge..r-
appropri itcly niiuiid
C'np tal" of that see-
pnlly i; owitiK in popu-
th. As a place of bu i-j
it pre*»nt* attriicti x.s |
enil
the
(•Ulh.
1,9.17 Pi
A PI'li*
> i he
i lor r
of all kinds is
ith- u_*h rapidly
1 !)'• lUhtihllunts of both
i dull.* eliHIlId (m* tiki
i.ii|.Rny in New Orlem
mparative ;
r tin
' iiH -.Mo *. POSTAL NOTK
i M.m v Order* orN. w Y rk lixctia
| ii tv letti r. Curr. ih v l.y K\| i ••• (ud euiiii.
Wl) I’LlYRIiS' (iODIIS.
Iln now has in store nn loin
of all the RKS T YARlEiTJvS
i that he u ill sell
|.r.H
,,| j |1 iml upw,ud t>) Kxpieii
) ud
.d Indus:
.•on in ry
c ii'IdreH'i
smen, ju-
xeoigia ofl'ers fine op-
iiloiiiiatiou in rCktaMi
v 111 b • ehoerltilly fur-
iii the Amf.kici h Rk
Grt.
da if \ i:i:s.
I. It. McCllOHV,
ATTORNEY AT !
J'.EI.AVILLE, ga.
■; KUM~_.MI rMnw Iron, *30 or .
AW.
i//NC/;/ / /,.i.vi;**f S.
$2,000
At siiiall cost can l»«\ secured for jour
I tied ones, by joining the
Knights of Honor, j
1 *v n h'.sband and father d«> it. lt«*uu-
hu lodo.- mutiny nisi an I thir.i Friday i
7 r. m. F.*r paitioulur* call n
K TAYLOR, Die j
°r. I> K Ruin son, Rc»‘nt* r decll>l ,
K'lw# J. Mi'ler. C. Iloruuu McCall. I
M. A l> A I I*IIIN,
New OrlcnuH, l.n.
•r W. A. DAUPHIN,
007 Srwul Ii M., WnahliiKtuu, I).
Make P. O. Mime. O der- |»a\ an c and ad lr. sv
It. irlwteml Letters to
KKW OKI.RANH NATIONAL IIA \ Ii
New Orleans, La.
75 BARRELS
IXTE'W
AS LOW AS ANY HOUSF. IN TIIE
STATE.
SOME HARK \ AH IKT IKS OF
( !hd( K SOI TIIKRN GROWN
SEEDS ON II \ NI) Til \T CAN
NOT RK FOUND ELSEWHERE.
All goods in the drug line are now ve
l<i\v a* well iih Seeds. A little cash will
►>*» a loi.g way. Call at the
OLD WOODUV llRUi STORE,
.1 nsl above the Post Oftice.
over half a million of dollars, and
not a dollar of it was lost by a bad
debt.
Greene county has the oldest
Justice in the State, unless it be
Justice Butt, of Fulton. Squire
J. T. Dolvin; of the Hist district,
i and who sits In the election case,
was first qualified Ju tiee of the
| l’eace in 1857. and has served con-
| tinuously since that time,
i Among the town farmers of
I Gridin, Jack I’owell will plant
j 3 000 grape vines this season;
I j Judge Daniel, 2 000; Dr. Anthony,
! 2 000; and George Sievart, 2 000.
* Ii is estimated that there are 150,-
| 000 bearing vines in the county at
; this time, and still the demand is
j for more.
y | Mrs. General Hancock, wife ot i
j the distinguished general of that !
t name, and late candid .te for the j
I Presidency of the United States,
I who is spending ’he summer in
| Thomasville, is the guest of the
I Gulf House, but later will lie the
( guest of ler neicc, Mrs. Merriam,
of .Minnesota.
.Mr. O. VV. Vine, a citizen of Lee
I county, last Wednesday met with
j a serious mishap. In riding a mule
( . from Albany to Ids plantation in
I Lee county, about four miles from
town the mule reared and fell i n
I his back, breaking the arm of Mr.
I Vine in two places above the wris',
\ and breaking the mule's neck.
| On the 21st inst., Mr. W. M.
I James, near Green Hill, Stewart
mence now, but as the next two , , „ . . D ,
’ . , . Teat Speer; out as it is, the Kspnh
months are of so little importance j c .. in majority | )a ve no reason to de-
to (aimers as to the seasons, we J lay allirmalive action. Why Sen-
will wait until spring to begin. a "*r Browns prefers a Republican
We hope everybody will note our i for lif ® in *>« responsible an office
. , , , . to sucu a Democrat a« President
say,ngs of the weather, and sec " : Cleveland would be likely to ap-
we don t know as much about the point to the office is better known
weather as Mr. Grier or any other j to himself, probably, than anybody
man. We will go only one monlb | e ' 8c -
ahead at the time. j pick Yarwood, the pedestrian,
The business for the new year is w |,„ j„ rtat ched to walk 5,050 milos
about fairly opened, and general in 100 days, at Bordentown, N. J.,
business is now the order of the j ** n *l who has already done over
day, and every bo, ly will start their j half lhat ?'» tancc - has 1" it * an in '
J ■* icresting history. His real name
plows in a few days.
IVe hear but little of our railroad
now, only lhat the work is being
put t hrougb as rapidly as the wrath
cr will allow. Business men of
towns below Americus say lhat the
road will be worth but little or
nothing to the farmers of Stewart
county, as il will be run in the in
terest ot Americus, and to keep up
the road the freights will be so
high lhat we cau’t, or won't, pay
them. We will say this much. Il
w hen the road is completed we can
get freights down right, most ol
D George Miles, and his youthful
days were spent in Bordentown.
For having committed some boy
ish depredation he was arrested,
lint managed to give his captor
the slip while waiting at the rail
way station for the train, and for a
long while nothing was heard from
him. On reaching man's estate he
set sail for England, but was wreck
ed in sight of the Eddystone light.
Among the crew of the vessel was
a man named Y’arwood who was
drowned, and Miles decided to as
sume bis name. After living a
while in Kngland he was made a
member of the Queen's Life Guards,
hut tiring of the position, he re-
Stewart’s cotton will be shipped to | turned to America. He is a fine
Americus. If not, it will be hauled looking man, fully 6 feet in height,
to other towns by wagons as here- t ’****1 possesses a splendid physique.
„ i , • i His hackers arc confident of his
tolore, but if we can ship as cheap I . ,
1 1 | performing the task he has under-
r cheaper than we can haul, we
will, we think, i.icreasc your cotton
receipts eight or ten thousand
bales. We all have our teams and
Marble Works,
'Hi l l It \ Mit'Al.l,, Proprietors,
Kami,west Corner of the Public Square,
AMERICUS, GA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Etc
AndersonvilleSchool
0.
JUST RECEIVED AT
W. GLOVER’S.
I, MS
" ill Open Spring Term Jim turn
12th, Iss).
-l
e20.no an,I t >r, oil
s pubiir t ilii«l about tl DO ,
* il atlii t litii.n t*-U < I oil a I'M I
HuO'tti, i»ti.| monthly u ad
"ic i?9 ini p*-r month. Foi
rumtii.i* a|>i• Iv to
Y J. (.’LARK, l'rincipnl,
AmUrsouville, Ga.
; All School Sillies
IXS,).
h: - 'I • THIS, I’ri i/ial.
bwrge or the above school
January 12th. n« xt. I have
h«- people of Ameiicus before,
respectfully aak a renewal of
1 "ill ii«ki
r» M.
MRS. FRED LEWIS.
Americus, Ga., Aug. 24. 1884 (f
Then, pilgrim turn, thy cares forego
All earth born cares are wrong.
M in wants but littlo here below %
Nor wants that little long.
Begone my cares, the pilgrim said,
Rut how about ray woes?
I need a plug hat for my head,
And a Jim Crow suit of clothes.
Soft ss the dews from heaven descend
Let your kiud accents fall,
And tell me where I’ll find a friend.
With plug hat, clothes and all.
With this request the hermit r*».se
His face lit up with smiles,
(>, Pilgrim if you must have clothes
Re sure to go to Gylk*.
MORAL.
Raiment venders ever need,
Their Iriends of rea ly wit,
A Goldsmith take, and cotton man.
They'll ue\er fail to Hit(t).
imoki:ii ,un coiitiissiiw
MKIU'IIAVr.
I represent the best houses in the line
of c »rn, ll >ur, sugar, c- slid hmu
R»*st prices in bulk m*Ht-, hams and lard.
Quotations received •■V#TV*lnV I" 1, “not or
future*'. G H TOMMKY,
Rrok»r and Commission Murcuant,
I county, was cutting Gown a tree, | L l ,a y an Y Lig freigbts.
A c all want to do our trading
with you, and if we don’t do il
when the road in completed it
won’t be our fault. Sixteen bales
and while falling the top became
entangled in some vines and broke
oir and fell on his head, breaking
: the skull and exposing the brain.
He lingered in an unconscious
mate about thirty nix hours, wlien 1 1,181 Tliuraday, such weather as it
life departed. He leaves a young " as - IWt lUat ' l ,rov,! wliat ' " e
taken.
Roswell Grant, a farmer, aged
85 years, died at his home in St.
Albans, \V. Va., Saturday. He
was the last of a family of eight
ehildrcn, all of whom lived to an
old age. He was an uncle of Gen.
U. S. Grant, and was born in Ohio.
During the war he sympathized
with the South, hut predicted in
of cotton p issed through the Ville 18 ,;i lhat t | ie South would not
succeed, because Ulysses, bis
wife and one child.
Albert Dcihl, an Atlanta furni
ture dealer, was attacked by a foot-
pud, Saturday night, who attempt
ed to stub him will, a long-Mailed
knite. A medal which he wore be
neath his coat prevented the blade
from penetrating to bis flesh. Help
which came in response to Mr.
Delhi’s cries, frightened away his
assailant. Robbery was undoubt
edly the motive of the attack.
A German tramp struck the
town last Saturday even ; ng and
announced himself as a tailor in
st arch of a job. He was ricog
nized by Major Singer as a jour
neyman tailor whom he had
brought to Lumpkin from New
Y’ork in 1859, and who had worked
for Mr. Singer fsr several months.
The Major set up the lager and
the sweiizer, and sent Johnny
Strius on his way rejoicing.—
Lumpkin Independent.
Robert Hart, of Valdosta, was
riding by a place one night last
week that was supposed to be
haunted. His horse became frigbl-
have just been saying? Look out
for Stewart when the whistle blows!
Mr. L A. Lowrcy, of Dawson,
spent last Thursday in the Ville.
Mr. L. is an old neighbor and
nephew, was on the other side. He
was married three times, and sur
vived his last wife. He voted for
seventeen {’residents, all of whom
were elected.
NOTICE.
friend of ours, and we are always ' GEORGIA—Webster Coumty.
•dad to nee him . Notice ih hereby given that thirty Uhjh
n .. . i, , , . - .. after the publication of ihm notice the
Mrs. Crockett Baldwin, of Daw- a j vettU( . ffieoU of tUo Ordin.ry of Web-
son, is visiting in the ville, guest j H , er county, will be published in the
other mother, Mrs. W. C. Saville, j Auk lures Rkcohokr. a public gazette
while Mr. B. is on a business trip published in Sumter county, Georgia,
to Florida. She is accompanied i UD, ‘ ,,f « eneml circ ' ,Ulioa io
. .. . %i . . . , county, instead of the Humier ltepnbll-
ov pretty little Mias Daiaie Janes, I n w H COSBY
of Dawson. i Ordinary of Webuter county.
Matrimonial market n«t steady j January 21, 1885. 30d
just now, somebody in trouble. TflTfiTTffTT
Hope everything is O. K. by tins ! ........
‘ . c J : Ih hereby given that thirty day* after
time, and if they are well have t | )e publication of this notice the Sheriffs
several weddings to report in the Sales of Kaniter county will be published
course of a few weeks. Don't give | iu the Amkricus Bkcorder, a public
it up yut, boys. ga/ette published in Sumter county,
Miss Ida Hester returned Sun j Georgi., ins.cd of th. Sumter E*p«bli-
FOR SALK l()NT, OK LKANK -
H -mil’' R ock
j tn 17*11 m
’jttoh Avenue.
s "l'f
1 kums, lUTfs, Etc.:
J I/’ p 'itinp.|t l eriuonth,
” ,l11 ' ’ per U». nth
»-»-iu«.n»h 4U0|
' l u *' ul the end oi each 8cho- i in a
A plantation of 1,700 aero
I Cou »l> ; 1,( 00 acre** cleared.
g«D d buildings*. Will ►ell «>r
|2 <0 | wiili tf<K>d Hec*-rily. and will m
. 3 00 I tools, forage, etc. Or will 1*-
in
ell
ll lurid;
long time,
11 all at*>ok,
i-e or rent
ened, and, as usual, he saw the
| ghost; but this time he resolved to
Lost, Strayed or Stolen. ' 9ee ,unhir ’ an d « ot oir hi8 horse
'•Lib.
J.
►pi* lidl<l
ill. goo-l a curity.
pfHiriun ty i
1 his
On la*i Sunday the 25»h ins... one
Black and T*n Gor Ion Setter dog. When
lie left he bad on a cha n c ’liar with W.
W. R'l.Hwe* 'a narre * n it. He will cotne
lo tue natue of Pri *c*. I will p»y a lib-
E. MATHIS, Principal.
ergetic uitii with u liule capital Enquire erd reward t*> any ooeth*twid return
Al Mkcokplk « ffioe ' him to J- P CHAPMAN,
Nov«mb*r ft, 1M4. wit I Jauift-tf
day from Dawson, Georgetown and
other places, and rf ports a very
pleasant trip.
Dr. Copeland, of Pine Knot, was
over last Saturday and reports
everything at usual.
Our excuse for not writing last
week is ire were feeling very pale
and not able to write.
Mayor.
Holmes’ sluk cure mouth wash and
dentifrice in an infallible cure for Ulcer- |
ated Sore Throat, Bleeding Guom, Sore
mouth nn l Ulcers. Cleans the Teeth and
H. COBB,
Sheriff Sumter County.
W. D. SMITH,
Contractor and Builder
AM Hit ICVS, GA.
Plans, specifications and material fur-
nishe t. All carpentry Work done in best
and most workmanlike manner. •
j tn‘21-dlui
and ventured nearer the horribic
thing, and as it did not give
ground he drew his pistol and shot! seeps the Gom* healthy. Prepared soie-
it and then ventured up to fee 1 ly by L>r*. J PAW. It. Holmes, Den-
what he had captured, and found it j tiiU ’ Mulberry Straet, Macon, Ga.
Ubit cow. . Poraaio by Dr. W. P. Burt, dsatoa
GOW ' 1 J JC. Hail, and ail drug«UU and 4«atiatV
To Railroad Contractors 1
Sealtal bl.ls fur track laying on th.
tmelLua, 1’reaton A Lumpkin Railroad
will ba rec- ived at lb« Br-siii.uti office,
Anirricua, Ga. until noon February lOtb,
lsflo. bpeciflcalion. under which th.
wotk h to don. will h. mrni.hed •« r»-
quMt 8. H. HAWKINU,
dl.Wht-wBt fMiMI