Americus daily recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1884-1891, February 05, 1885, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text* - 7 Americus Recorder. Established 1879. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1885. Daily, Pbr Ykar,...|«.00 Wbbkly, “ ... 8.00 Americus Recorder PUBI.I8BKD BY w . Xj. OIiaaSMBR. DITK il 0.\ COTTON AVENUE, riiliFKSSlO.VIL & BUSINESS CARDS AMERICUS Americus is thj county seat of Humter onnty, Georgia, situated on the Houth. wes tcru railroad, 71 miles southwest of Miwon, and about 80 miles north of the Florida line It is situated in the finest section of Georgia, raising a greater vari ety of agricultural and horticultural pro ducts than any other part of the South, combining all the fruits, grain and vege tables of tbe temperate and semi-tropical C on*-s—wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, Irish rml sweet potatoes, peanuts, chufas, action peas, sugar cane, apples, pears, peaches, grapes, plums and other fruits. The climate is mild and equable, and one of tbe most healthy in the world, the air being pure and«.17 aud most beneficial lor lung and throat diseases. All kinds of outdoor work can be performed without inconvenience from summer heat or winter cold. Americus has a population of 6,000, is beautifully situated on high and rolling ground and toasts of some of the handsomest business blocks in the South. The city has fine publio schools; good churches; a largo publio library; one daily, one semi-weekly and two weekly newspapers; a new opera house, completely furnished uit» scenery and capable of sealing 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 cottonseed oil mill, pinning mill and variety works, carriage factors, and a number of minormanfaclo- ries; about two hundred firms are engaged in mercantile busimss; three banks with an abundance of capital; two good hotels tarnish good accommodattion. Americus is the centre ot trade for six counties comprising the richest agricul tural section in Georgia, the average an nual cotton receipts being 30,000 bales, which will bo largely increased by the completion of the Preston and Lumpkin railroad now in process of construction. It is the largest city in Southwest Geor gin, and has been appropriately named th* “Commercial Capital” of that sec tion. and it is rapidly growiDg in popu lation and wealth. As a place of bu»i- ness residence it presents attractions equaled by few cities in the ?*outh. Property of all kinds is comparatively chrap, although rapidly advancing in value; the inhabitants of both city and country are cultivated, courteous and hospitable, with a cordial welcome to im migrants. To enterprfsing 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. | Issignee’sSale, FROM JOllAPREEYILLE. A grand closing out sale of ths goods and chattels of the late James McTyie deceased, consisting of If You Want OF ALL KINDS, GOTO DRUG STORE I THEY HANDLE SEEDS FROM NOTIONS, DRESS GOODS, LACES, RIBBONS, HOSIERY, Ladies' and Gents’ Underwear, CLOTHING ! Ladies’, Gents’ and Childrens’ Shoes, Hats and ^ Gaps, Umbrellas, Pirasols, Tranks, Valises, Traveling Bag 9 , and other articles of merchandise too numer ous to mention. Abo, Store Furnitnre and Fixtures. All offered to the public for the NEXT TEN DAYS, Regardless of Cost, for the benefit of the creditors. Come early if you would secure bargains After ten days the remnant will be sold out at Auction. TERMS, SPOT CASH. NOTICE Is hereby given that after ten days suit will b** instituted against all parses who are indebted to the late James McTyier. 80 save cost of suit by settling your notes and accounts at once. J. 11. FELDER, Assignee. Feb.MlO LA IVVERS. C. R. MeCRORY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ELLA VILLE, GA. TERMS—All claims from $80 or nniler, $3; I r in f ,0 to §500, ten per cent.; over §5eo, ieve I'orcuit. X<> charge* unlea* collections art* mad* Whicli are perfectly pure and fresh Remember that they make a specialty of Seeds and handle only the best. It is cheaper to buy good seeds at first, for then you will not be disappointed or lose your time and labor. M IS HE L L A X EO VS. $2,000 At small cost can bc t secured for your laved ones, by joining tho Knights of Honor. Let ev» ry husband and father do it. ltegu* Inr lodge meeting first and tbiru Friday < I*, m. For paiticulars rail ^n E. TAYLOR, Die. Ur > D K- Brinson, Reporter, decllyl E<lw* J. Mi'ler. C, Horace McCall. Monumental Marble Works, MILLER A McFALL, Proprietors, Southwest Corner of the Public Square, AMERICUS, GA. Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Etc *>f the beet Italian and American Marble. Go* Hailing for Cemetery Eecloi- ocpiy ur «e, a Specialty. Anderson ville School Hill Open Sprimr Term January l‘2th, 1884. «5.00. *90.00 «nd *25 00 per IM ,1 I * mblic fu " J ttbnnt w 00 per '• 1 “• and tuition ten dollars per ^♦■ks) month. Diiiil nmnililv in ad. J. A. &D.F. DAVENPORT, LAMAR STREET, Amerlouai, i Goorgla. 75 BARRELS Oil, For few Orleans. P U ' J monthly in ad (artier iil U “ 0 * :l 00 P*' r month. Foi ‘'other information apoly to A. J. CLARK. Principal, deei ■ n Andoraonrillo, Ga. uec l'w*eodtf Cane Syrup, JUST RECEIVED AT Gr. W. GLOVER’S. Those contemplating, and those not contemplating a visit to the great Exposition, will find a line of the most beauti ful Clothing Hats and Furnish ing goods at our stand, (Gyles Corner) at prices never so low in our town. Everybody knows we keep tbe only first-class stock in the city, which is well proven by the fact that since our re moval to this store our salts have more than doubled what they ever have been before. Whilst at the same time you hear merchants growling on every side about the “hard times.” New goods daily ar riving. G7LBS, THE CLOTHIER AND HATTER, AMERICUS, GA, NOTICE. ; month. JtiSltf MATHIS, Principal. 1885, E. MATIUS, 1>ri tpal. , m Mom i',* 1 ” cbar 8 e of the above school ’""Slit for the neonle of 1 . Dtxt ' * b * T ® COBB for the patronage extended them «n i » 7 P^P* 8 of Amencue before, - „A “ re «P«'folly ask a renewal of ""‘t support. 1 KIOM, Kates, Etc.: jssa-JKi.esi-ir Dissolution ITotioel Notice is hereby given that the copart nership heretofore existing between the undersigned, under the firm name ol COBB A COBB, was on tbe ‘27th day of January, 1885, dissolved by mutual con sent. All accounts du*» the firm will be collected by T. M. COBB, who will also settle all accounts against tbe firm. W. H. COBB, T. M. COBB. A Card. Thanking tbe customer* of COBB A JBB for the patronage < I would remind them that I will continue tbe business at the old stand on Cotton Avenue, and will be glad to receive the patronage of all who wish good meats, good weights and reasonable prices. Respectfully, T. M Jan nan 29, 1886 ml GEORGIA—Sumter County. Notice is hereby given that thirty days after the publicHtiou of this notice the advertisements of the Ordinary’s office of Sumter coun.y will be published iu tbe Amkiuccs Recorder instead of ike Hum ter Republican. A. C. HPEER, Ordinary Sumter County. Feb. 4, 1885, d30 Johnpbeville, Feb. 2 Tbe oat crop is safe, and many still plant ing. We are now having some pretty weather, the flrst this year. If it continues we will plant some corn in a lew days. Guano haul ing is in order; droves of wagons pass daily. We guess it pays, or they would not haul so much of tbe sweet stuff; but we can’t see where the pay comes in, and will try it straight one time for luck. We have several hundred tons of our own make that we know to be good. We tried it side by side with guano last year, and it made three times as much as the guano, did not cost half as much. Take the guanos on an average and they may pay for themselves, but.you get nothing for your trouble—at least that is our experience. We think a great many buy it becauso it is sold on a credit, and we guess some of tbe agents think so, as they report very poor collections. Sell it lor cash, gentlemen, and the farmers will make it at home, as they once did, when we made a great deal more cotton than we do now. We are requested by Captai Parker te say to tbe Weston Grays to meet him at Weston on the sec ond Saturday in this month for the purpose of reorganizing. The guns arc now ready and will be turned over to the Company as soon as the officers are elected and commissioned by the Governor which must be done in tbe next thirty days, Don’t fail to come out on the second Saturday. We were also requested by Mr George Dennard to say that preacb ing at the Baptist Church at Wes ton has been cbsnged from the fourth to the first Sunday and Sat uidaj before, to take effect the flrst Sunday and Saturday before in March. Miss Susie Moore, of Weston has taken charge of our school in tho Ville. She lias taught for us for several years, and has given general satisfaction. Mrs. C. A. Kimbrough is quite sick and has been for several days. We hope she may soon recover. Messrs. Park»r li Alston baye opened a neat little drug store in Weston and arc doing a good busi ness. They have just received a fresh stock of garden seeds of all kinds and sell them cheap. Give them a call when in need of any thing usually kept in a irst-class drug store. Dan Jenkins says a gentleman below Weston has a machine that can plow without a man or horse : bis wife plows an ox. Dan says he likes it, and thinks of trying IffDUSTRT’S EXPOSITION. CorrospoBdeoe, Savannah Newt Naw Orleans, Jan, 30—The great exposition is now fairly shape. The financial difficulties which were so threatening a cou ple of weeks ago appear to have been overcome. Tho number of visitors is rapidly increasing, and there appears to be no doubt that the city will hare all it can do to provide for the thousands who are certain to come here during the months of February March and being made in Southern cotton manufacture, finer grades are pro duced, dyeing and bleaching estab lishments are being erected, and rapid strides nre being made to control completely the home, the Western, and many foreign mar ket®. Indeed, regular invoices are shipped weekly to China and Japan from several of the Georgia fac tories. Tbe water powers of the State are scarcely touched as yet, except along the granite formation Anvil in,.,.ii, . .that belts the State through Col- April. The talk about extravagant umbus, Macon and Aogusta and charges for entertainment is all non- whioh g ire , a great fall fn a* the sense. Living is a. cheap here as ri vers as they foil over its southern border. Many of the chief manu facturing companies have full lines of their goods on exhibition, and prominent among them may ba memtioned the Eagle and the Pbr*. nix, the Sibley, the Augusta, the John P. King, the Algernon, and others. The Savannah Cotton Exchange, by way of showing the advantage the farmer has in sending his cot ton to that market, has erected a very handsome walnut case, with a line of samples, showing the grad ing in that city of both the long and short staplo. Pamphlets of in formation accompany the case, which vis.tors interested will And it advantageous to study. in any city in the country. The exhibitors have recovered their spirits and are now in fine feather. The rainy season is over, and Northern visitors will have a chance to realize what really fine weather is during the month of February. mi obobgia Exhibit COBB. WA2TTXD. Two ot thrts BO AIDERS. thisOHee. NOTICE Is hereby given that thirty days after the publication of this notice the Hherifi's Hales of Humter county will be published in the Americus Recorder, a public gazette published iu Humter county, Georgia, instead of the Humter Republi can. W. H. COBB, Sheriff Humter County NOTICE. GEORGIA—Webster County. Notice is hereby given that thirty days after the publication of this notice the advertisements of the Ordinary of Web ster oounty, will be published in the Americus Recorder, a public gazette published in Humter county, Georgia, and of general circulation in Webster county, instead of the Humter Republi can, W. H. COHBY, Ordinary of Webster county. January 21, 1885 . 30d ColoredUglM 1 W1LL open s colored Skating Rink in Bell's new buildisgnnC .ttoo Ave'.ns, nsc to Meilin Grioton's shop, to-night at 7 "'clock. Admission 10 cents, 8kales Sj». T Y«'“Tnissisr one. Mrs. Jordan, of Georgetown, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Hester, of the ville. We are glad to say the matri monial market is gliding along smoothly once more, and the old bachelors are all happy. Look out, girls, they mean biz. Mayor. A suit involving the title to tbe land on which the Macon passenger depot stands was filed in the Su perior Court, in that city, on Sat urdty last. In 1831 Luke Ross made a deed of trust to bis daugb ter, Mrs. Griffin, conveying a lite interest in tbe land to her, and at her death the title was to vest in her children or her heirs. She sold her life interest, but aftei wards sued for its recovery. A compro mise was made, and one branch of tbe case went to the Supreme Court, where it was decided that Mrs. Griffin could not convey tbe iqtereat of tbe heirs. She died in 1880, and tbe heirs now bring suit against the Central Railroad for recovery of tbe property. is now ahout complete. For the past three weeks workmen have been constantly occupied in locat ing and raouuting tbe various parts of this State’s exhibit, uuder the direction of Mr. N. P. Pratt, of At lanta, who, as chief assistant, has charge in the absence of Maj. D. C. Bacon, of Savannah, the United States Commissioner. At each end of the space is a large,double-face sign, showing the limits to tbe right and left. They are conspicuous from all the ap proaches. Around the three open sides has been raised, alternately, railings and panels of native woods, finished in bard oil to show the natural grain of eaeh ot tbe many varieties. Very conspicuous among these are several large and hand some panels of bird's-eye cypress, one of the most beautiful woods we have ever seen. It is found in the cypress swamps of the State, along all the rivers as they approach the sea or the gulf. It is admirably suited to inside finishing of kinds. The Savannah Board of Trade has backed Maj. Bacon very sub slantially in bis untiring efforts to represent bis State here in the face o( no legislative appropriation, and among other things contributed a beautiful case made of native woods, heavy plate glass and roir rors, with its contents. The de sign is to show tbe forestry in a compact and attractive way. The caso is patterned after a large book case, and tbe woods are cut and arranged as books on their shelves, the bark being turned out to view; a part of this bas been cut away from each, the wood polished and labeled with its proper name. At tbe extreme left, as you en ter tbe space, is located tbe naval stores exhibit, contributed by tbe same body. Savannah bas long been noted for tbit branch of trade pringing from tbe broad belt ol long leaf pint that skirts Southern Georgia from Carolina to Alabama, and indeed it is growing quite for midable lo that of tbe Tar Heel State. Two sections of pine trees illustrate the piimary “boxing” and tbe subsequent accumulation of tbe crude rosin ready for col lection. A still, with its worm, it mounted cumplete to illustrate the distillation of turpentine, tbe man ufacture of tar, and alt tbe grade« of rosin known to the trade. A very pretty easel holding a large case presents samples of all these products in their various colors and grades, the last being arranged artistically in the shape of a Mai tese cross. rwo BIG LAWSUITS. Holmes' suae cuke mouth waee axo deotitrlce it an infallible ears for Ulcer ated Bore Throet, Bleeding Game, Sore month end Ulcers. Cleans the Teeth end keep* the Gome health;. Prepend Sole ly by Die. i P.kW.K. Holmes, Den- Mem, IM Hal berry Street, Henna, CM. For sole by Dr. W. F. tut, dentMt, I. SHI, and eU draggliM and feeds*. A8 IS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN there ere tens of thousands of acres of land along tbe whole Georgia coast suited exclusively lo tbe pro duction of rice. Before tbe war much of this land was under a high state of cultivation, though not a tithe of it has ever been touched. It lavs there awaiting immigration, and when tbe proper means are taken to call attention in that quar ter the rice production of the State will rival its cotton and naval stores. The Savannah Board of Trade bas sent here a round wal nut and glass esse containing showy samples of all tbe grades of rice flour, r ce threshed and in the chaff. The cnee is surmounted with sheaves of rice, and it reveals to tbe visitor the grain in all its sta ges, from tbe field to tbe pantry. Georgia ranks first among the Southern States in cotton manu facturing. Thia fact ia significant, and shrewd New Englanders are beginning to awake to tbe ease. Thin branch ol manufacture there feels sharply tbe powerful Georgia competition in the coarser grades of goods, Just as tho Pennsylvania Iron msnutactursr drawls tho ooal Md iraa outlook ia Alabama. Saoh dbjr mw dmlogmsata ora ••The Site of ■ Macon, Ga., Jan. 31.—There was decided at a late hour last night in tbe United States Circuit Court a case that involves the sum of *700,- 000 and nearly every cotton gin manufacturing company in Ameri ca. It was the celebrated case of P. C. Sawyer, the inventor and patentee of tho Sawyer cotton gin. March 26, 1873, an application for a patent was granted. The various firms throughout the country began to use them and infringe on bis patent. He tailed in 1874 on this account. In 1881, the first suit, a bill ot complaint, was entered against the parties. It was heard by Judge Pardee, of (be United Slates Court, in New Orleans, in June, 1882, in Chambers. The de cree was made negalivfe in charac ter October 23, 1883. S. A. Dar nell, Esq., United States District Attorney, was retained as counsel. He has fought tbe matter closely since. October 21, 1884, a bill of injunction was filed by Peter C. Sawyer vs. the parties, praying an injunction against them for the use of tbe patent for cotton gins. This was claimed by Mr. Sawyer as haring belonged lo him as bis exclusive property,and that he was the original inventor of it. The purpose of his bill was to establish lis claim and rights in tbe pa'ented invention. The bill was taken at tbe January term rules pro con feree. Tbe defendants having made no answer, being wholly in fault,Mr. Sawyer’s solicitor moved for s final hearing, which was allowed and signed by the Chancellor, Judge Settle, in which decree it was or dered and adjudged that tbe letters patent number 6,169, granted Dec. 8, 1884, are good and valid in law, and that Mr. Sawyer was the first and original inventor of the gin, and thit be was the exclusive own er and patentee of the gin. An order of perpetual injunction waa issued against the dstendants from telling, manufacturing or using the gin with tbe Sawyer patent. Tbe effect was to establish tbe validity and priority of Mr. Sawyer’e pat ent, about which much litigation has been had. The solicitor, fm mediately on the signing of tbe decree, filed another bill of injunc tion against other parties from using or manutacturing tbe cotton gin koown as tbe Maesey Excelsior with the Sawyer patent attached, which injunction was allowed by the Chancellor, and a subpoena to show cause ordered. A suit involving tbe title of the land on which the passenger depot stands was filed in tbe Superior Court to-day. Id 1831 Luke Ross made a deed of trust to Ilia daugh ter, Mrs. Griffin, conveying a life interest in the land to her, and at her death the title to vest in her children or their heirs. She sold her life interest, but afterwards brought suit for tbe recovery of tbe property. A compromise was effected. One braneb of the case went to tbe Supreme Court, where it was decided that Mr*. Griffin ci-nld not convey tbe interest of the heirs. She died in 1880, and the heirs now bring suit against the Central Railroad and Banking Company for tbe recovery ol the property, valued at $60,000, and an annual rente! of $6 000, making in nil I76.00A She heirs are rep resented hjr Mr. M. 0. Bayae, of Mm JUton Mfi

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Americus daily recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1884-1891, February 05, 1885, Image 1