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Americus
Recorder.
Established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1885.
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“ We do hereby certify that toe supervut
New House. New Goods,
amekiuus.
Americus is th.' c »unty hoi
ountv. Georgia, shuaK-d oo
western railroad, 71 miles
M.k od, and about 80 imies
Fleriou line It is situated
t of Sumter
the Sontfi-
«outhwe»fc of
mrth of tli**
n the finest
etion of Georgia, rnimnn a K^atei vuri-
ctv ofauntultur.il and horucuiturnl pro
ducts than any other part of the South,
combining all the ft nits, grain and vege
tables of the tent] e ate and gami-tropical
cones—wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, Irish
zud sweet potatoes, peanuts, chulas,
aotton peas, sug»r cane, apples, pears,
peaches, grapes, plums and other fruits.
The climate is mild and equable, and one
of tho most healthy in the world, the air
being pure and ■ ry and most beneficial tor
lung and throat diseases. All kinds of
outdoor work cau be performed without
inconvenience fro'm biiu.no r heat or
winter cold. Ann ricus has a population
of 6,OiK), is beautifully situated on high
and rolling ground and lohbU of some of
the handsomest business blocks in tho
South. The city has fine public schools;
good churches; a large public library-
one daily, ono semi-weekly and two !
w< eklv newspapers; a new opera bouse,/!
completely fnrt ished witu scenery ami |
capable of seating 1.000 person-; a well [
organized tire department, including j
two fine »t earners; I be streets are w. 11
paved, sewered and lighted; there are |
two flouring mills, a cotton seed oil mill, j
planing mill and vori* ty works, carriage j
factory, and anumber of minor manfacto-
ries; about two hundred firms are engaged
in mercantile busings-; three banks with |
an abundance of capital; two g »od
hotels lurnish good accommodatiiou.
Americus is the centre oi trade for six
connlies coinpri-ing the richest agricul
tural stetiou in Georgia, the average an-
nualcotton receipts being 30,000 bibs, j
which will be largely increas d by the
completion of the Preston and Lumpkin
railroad now in process of construction. J
It is the largest city in Southwest Geor
gia, and has been appropriately named |
the ‘•Commercial Capital" of that sec
tion, and it is rapidly g owing in popu
lation and wealth. As a place of bu-i-
ness residence it presents attractions
eqn.led by few cities in the 8oulh.
Property of all kinds is comparatively
cheap, although rapidly advancing in
value; the inhabitants of both city and
conn try are cultivated, courteous and
hospitable, with a cordial welcome to im
migrants. To enterprising tradesmen, ju
dicious capitalists and industrious farm
ers tins section ol Georgia offers tine op-
poitnnines. Any information in regard
to city or country will bn cheerfully fur
nished by addressing tho Amkiucus Rk- j
CORDEit, Americus, Ga.
la try Elis.
C. R. Mcl’KOKY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,;
the arraiuy merits for all the Monthly an4
Semi-Annual Draftings of The /soumana i
State Lottery Company, a nd in person man- I
age and control the Drawings themselves, \
and that the same are conducted with hon- !
esty, fairness, and in good faith toward aL j
parties, and we authorize the Company to
use this certificate, with facsimiles of oui
signatures attached, in its advertisements.'
I BREEZE FROM THE X«Ri H.
A GEORGIAN IS FI.OlilDA.
Incorporated i" 1868 lor ?;'» vears l,y the LczMa*
lari' for EMiic itlonal an I Cbarimhie lurpoFos—
wiili a capital ol to which n reserve
fomi •*! ••ver #550,000 ha> t*ince added.
Tty «n overwhelm mg popular vjio il n franchlne
w in made n part -f ibe pie«*nt &t»ie Con-titutioi
adopted December 2d, A. !>.. 1879.
. and endorsed* tji
The
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r postpones.
inilrer DrawlBfl
Its Grand Nlnelc
take place inoulli
■' SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO
WIN * A FORTUNE. THIRD UR AND I
DUAWINO, CLASS t iN TilK ACADEMY
OP Ml sic. KKW ORLEANS, r iUBsOAY,
Mured 10, IH8.Y —ITStli Monthly Drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000.
100,000 tickets at Five Dollars Each.
Fractions, in Filths, in Proportion.
LIST OF FRIZES:
1 CAPITA!, PRIZE $75,000
1 do do 28,000
1 do do lU,UiR
2 PRIZES OF 6.000 12,001
10,000
l,0e0 10,000
600 10,000
200, <0,000
100 30.000
50, 25.004'
-’6, 26,000
1,907 Pilzea, amonntlng to 9265,500
Application lor rutcH to clul»« rbould be mads
only to the o’l'ce of the Company in New Orleitn*.
93 md upward at Qiir c
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or M. A. DAUPHIN,
007 Seveuth St., Waahlo«ton, D. C.
Make P. O. Money Order* payaoie and addrcM
Registered I.ettar* to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK
New Orleau». La.
DEALERS IN
FANCY AND STAPLE
GROCERIES
Tobacco, Cigars, Etc.
Jackson St,. 2d Door aboie T. Wheatley’s,
AMERICUS, GA.
Having opened a stock of
Choice, Fancy and Staple Groceries,
we respectfully invite you, one end
all, to call on us when in need of
anything in our line.
CANNED GOODS,
VEGETABLES,
FISH, OYSTERS, ETC.
FLOUR, MEATS, LARD.
TOBACCO, CIGARS,
CANDIES, NUTS,
DRIED ANI) GREEN FRUITS,
In fuct everything usually kept in .First
Class Grocery Home.
All iioodt delivered promptly
free of charge.
Evansville, Ind., Feb. 10. h.u.u i...(k .m ». ci...b.ii.
Editor Americus Recorder:—I j twins oia Home.
Write to let you know that I re- J , Z - ...
„ ... The Gwinnett Herald prints the
ceire my Recorder every Monday story of Henr} , c> HoU H ome( who
evening, and I consider it one of just returned to “God's coun-
the spiciest papers that I ever got j try” Irons the jungles of Florida,
held of. “How do you like Florida?” he
Old Georgia takes the cake on w “®,* 8 *5 et *' . , , .
* . . , "It is a good place to make
matrimony. The latest is the p, one j an ,i j U8 t as good to spend
Squire marrying a couple acres* it. I quit a job where I was get
the creek at the top of his voice.
This afforded me a good laugh,
fully worth the subscription price
ef the Recorder for one year.
“Dawson Dots” are simply superb.
Although I am a stranger to all of
you, yet when you all laugh down
there the echo is plainly heard and
felt up here.
The weather is so cold here that
one hardly dares to look out doors.
I am in a quandary about my
expected Americus fortune. My
ting (50 per month, but
does not save much. Why, you
can’t get board there for less than
(20, and they charge you ten cents
lor washing a pocket handkerchief.
They charge you one dollar for a
pint of the meanest red liquor you
ever saw. Talk about dead shot,
that yankee stuff will kill a man
offhand. I was in Orange county,
near Orlando, and it is a curiosity
to sec a woman. There are no ne
groes there, and you havo to pay
two dollars for a day’s washing.
Mr. Minor carried a negro down
there he took out of the cliaingang
a fine buck recently that measured
22 inches between bis boms.”
“Well, how do they get through
the thick limber with such immense
antlers?”
“Obi that is none of my business.
The people live well during the
vegetable season, but in the fall
and winter it is hard tack.
Worse than soldiering. A fellow
cannot do good work on oat meal
and grits. I had as soon He down
and let the moon shine in my month
for a living. You never see any
man good butter; it is all goshen, ole-
margarine and lard. The cows do
not give enough milk for their
calves. It is all dried ap from eat
ing wire grass. They are little bit
of scrubby things that would not
weigh forty pounds to the quarter.”
better nature says I ought to offer here, and his wife mskes eight dol
ELLAVILLE, GA.
TERMS—All cl«im« from *30 ot
under, $3; i
Horn I
EXTIUORDIMRV LWOOCEMEOT.
MlSCKl.fA NKO VS.
J.M. II. WKS’I It HOOK, M.D,
Physician and Surgeon
AMKIUCUS, GA.
Office nt Dr. Eldri«!R**’H drug store.
ItChidf*
to W 1). Hiivd
* G Church Stri »‘t,
door
feb7tf
W. D. SMITH,
Contractor and Builder
A M hit I CVS, UA.
Plans, specific itioos and M aterial fur-
nisheAll enrp< niry Work d« ne in best
find roost workmanlike manner.
j.n2MDn
$2,000
At small cost can bo k secured for your
loved ones, by joining the
Knights of Honor.
Li t ev- ry husband and father do it. Recti*
lftr lodge meeting first and thiru Friday
7 r. m. For paiticulars cull n
K TAYLOIl, Die
Or, D. K. Brinson, Reporter, deellvl
E !wr J. Mi'ltir. O, Horace McCall.
Monumental Marble Works,
HILLER* HcUALL, Proprietors,
hontliweat Corner of the Public Square,
AMERICUS, GA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Etc
of tWe bc»t Italian and American Marble.
Iron llaillug for Cemetery Kudos-
MITy • Sp.cl.lt,
Rylanfler Academy.
1885.
•f: E. MATHIS, Frt ipal.
I will take charge of the above Kchool
nn Monday January Pith. next. I have
tAught for the people of Americus before,
•nd wnulu respectfully ask a renewal of
their hupport.
Terms, Rates, Etc.:
1 rimary Department per month,. . ..$2 < 0
intermediate, per m< nth ... 3 00
* per nj..nib 4 00
ruti n ue at tLe end of euoh tichc*
Miltc month.
uvaiu *' K ‘ MATHXg »
Private business calls mo to New York
in ab >utlt-n da.Klnun now, hence I have
c (ucludtd that aa long ah I a ill be in the
m irket, to make this also a business trip.
A business trip with mo meunH Laving
lots of cash t> buy Barg ins with. In
order to meet this demand I will offer
until my departure and during my stay
in New York the remaining stock, espe
cially those that would otherwise Lave to
be ca.ried over tdl next tall at fabulous
lo v prices. I am not quoting, but under
the circumstances will sell at best prices
obtainable. My goods have all be*n
originally bought tor about bAlf their
value and wh u I state now that I intend
selling them at best prices obtainable,
you may expect extraordinary imluce-
I moots.
| The special presents off-red my cuf-
turners during the mouth of January lmv-
j ing m t with much favor, and appreciat
ing the lib~r.d patronage bestowed upon
me in the past, 1 have concluded to con
tinue them, with the promise to offer
even nior * valuable presents in the future.
Any orders left with me for goods that
cannot be found here will be faithfully
cmied out, and orders should be sent or
given to me early.
Remember that I mean business, and
no better chance to buy Dry Goods,
Clothing, Cloaks, Shoes, Huts or Notions
at such prices will occur soon again.
Come examine and bo convinced that I
mean exactly what the heading reads,
“STRICTLY BUSINESS.
Resp« ct fully,
S. M. COHEN, The Bargain Man.
Cotton Avenu •, opposite Bank of
Americus, Sign of Red Flag.
Dissolution of Copartnership.
The Hide and Commission business of
S M.Cohen & Co., foot of Cotton Avenue,
has b<en dissolved by mutual consent,
Mr. S. M. Cohen retiring. *The business
will hereafter be conducted tinder the
style and firm of C. A. Bell.
8. M. COHEN,
C. A. BELL.
In retiring from the above business I
wish to state to my triends snd the pub
lic that I did so reluctantly, havibg been
in it the past thirteen yeais, but since
starling the Bargain Store I coo Id not
g ve it that personal attention which it
required to please my customers.
Wishing for my successor, Mr. C. A.
Bell, thl same liberal patronage which I
received in the past,
1 am, respectfully*
8. M. COHEN.
To assuming charge of the Hide and
Commission business of 8, M. Cohen A
Co., I wish to state that the dealings had
with my retiring partner have been at all
times pleasant and satisfactory in every
respect, and I cheerfully bespeak of my
friends for Mr. Cohen tbeir liberal pat
ronage in his Bargain Store business,
saticfled that yon will be treated honestly
and fairlv by tracing with
Respectfully, 0. A. BELL.
ic to a friend at Andersonville. My
selfish nature says I would like to
have something from Americus
myself. But then the blind* God
dess says wait until you see what
you are going to get. Well, I
gness I will wait.
I am astonished to read in the
Rbcordkr about you folks down
there making gardens and sowing
oats, when it is so cold up here
that I was really afraid that my
horse and cow would perish in the
stable last night. I sometimes
envy your sunny clime and home,
I would like an introduction to
the Ricordir family if our kind
editor thinks proper.
Eli J. Wambley.
JAY GOULD’S START.
special Sotice.
Everyone who are indebted
to the firm of Oliver & Oliver
are requested to come forward
and settle, otherwise their ac
count will be placed in the
hands of an attorney with in
structions to sue. We will also
stute that all work done by us
in the future will be for the
cash. We will not deliver any
work until it is paid for.
Oliver & Oliver.
feb 10-2(11
NOTICE
Is hereby given that thirty days after
the publication of this notice the Sheriff*!
Sales of Ssmter county will be published
in the Amkricl’s Recorder, a pnblio
gazette published in Sumter aounty,
Georgia, instead of the Sumter Republi
can. W. H. COBB.
Sheriff Humter County.
Early Goodrich.
Early Rose, N. Y.
Burbank, il
Peerless, “
Beauty of Hebron.
At ANSLEY BROS.
NOTICE.
vJEOROIA—Sumtkr County.
Notice is hereby given that thirty day*
after the publication of this notioe the
advertisements of the Ordinary's office of
Humter county will be published in the
Americus Recorder instead of the Sum
ter Republican. A. C. 8PEEB,
Ordinary Sumter County.
Feb. 4, 1885, d30
NOTICE.
GEORGIA—Wesstek Covett.
Notice is hereby given that thirty day*
after the publication of ibis notice tbe
advertisements of the Ordinary of Web
ster county, will be published in tbe
Ahehicub Recorder, a public gazette
published in Sumter county, Georgia,
and of general circulation in Webater
county, instead ol tbe Banner Uepubli-
mb, W. a C08BY,
Ordinary of Webster county.
January 21, 1885 . 30d
" WARTSDr
Two or three BOABDEB* Apfly at
this 0*w. J»« UM
New York, Feb. 12.—Jay Gould
carefully read tbe published dis
patch from Port Jarvis, in which
it was asserted that he still owed a
cobbler at AUigerville, in Ulster
county, for necessary repairs to his
shoes when he was engaged in sur
veying tbe county, over a quarter
of a century ago. His eye twin
kled with fun when he looked up
from tbe newspaper clipping which
a reporter bad handed him.
“Ridiculous,” he remarked.
“Why, I ueed to mend my own
shoes. In those day. every far
mer’s son was taught to make and
cobble bis own boot*. I should n’t
have thought of spending money
on something I could do mysell.
1 was only sixteen years old then.
A man by the name of Snyder ad
vertiaed for an engineer to survey
the county for a map. I remember
well when I went to work for him.
He gave me no money, but only a
•moll book in which I was to put
down the names of persons with
whom I boarded and tbe amount
due them. He told me to get
trusted for everything. The first
place I slept at after I began work
I had trouble. I told the farmer
after I had eaten my breakfast
what Snyder had told me to do,
and I took out my book to make
tbe entry. The farmer squared oft
at me at once, and from him and
afterwards many others, I learned
that Snyder was in very bad repute
in a financial way. It put me on
my guard, however, and when my
work was done I refused to give it
up before I was paid. Snyder bad
no money, and the result was that
another young man, Mr. Tilson,and
I completed tbe survey, pud the
map was made in the next winter.
I sold out to Tilson and got (1,500,
I think, tor my summer's work. I
was rich then. After I fsund out
about Snyder 1 woiked my own
way by making noon mnrkern for
the farmers. They paid me one
dollar apiece, and that carried me
through in good shape.”
Tbe friends of Hon. C. C. Dun
can, of Houston, will urge bis ap
pointment with tbe new adminis
tration as u proper man for the
Brazilian mission. Mr. Duncan
wai a delegate to the Chicago con
vention that nominated Mr. Cleve
land, and was his warm supporter
there sod during the canvass. He
would make a creditable represen
tative for thin ainnioa.
The late Senator Benjamin H.
Hill ban two anrvtvmg brothers.
Lafayette in a wealthy (armor or
Middle Texaa, white Alloa id •
Baptist »ltii|«rlMhc fit Xsrt kern
Arkuu*.
l*is a week washing.”
“How is the orange business?”
“It will soon play out. Oranges
are as plentiful there as apples arc
here. They are worth only a half
a cent apiece in Orlando, and get
cheaper every t ear. I kgow a man
wdo has a fifty acre grove, who
says they will not pay the expen
ses of picking, packing and freight.
A woman who owned a grove that
she was offered (30,000 for a few
yeais ago, has not made enough
clear this season to pay her taxes.
Truck farming wilt soon he like
the oranges, more raised than can
be made profitable. Potatoes grow
there all the time. When I left
the gardens were treen. No
trouble to raise potatoes. Just cut
off a piece of the vine, slick it in
the ground and it will grow right
off, and you need not plant but
oner A neighbor told me he had
one that had been growing three
years. It had pretty well tilled the
patch, and he expected to move
out bis fence shortly.”
“It is a beautiful county?”
“Well, yes; what little country
there is. it is nearly all water,
with little strips of land to divide
off the lakes. A man who can't
swim had better stay a *ay. It is
the most changeable climate in the
world. It chuiig< s about every
fifteen minutes. Why I have seen
it as clear as it is now; directly the
fog begins to rise, and before you
cau put on your coat it is pouring
down rain. You may pick up
handful! of saud, and by the lime
the fleas all jump out, you have
only half a handful!. Musquitoes,
gallinippers and ticks—wl-ew! You
never saw a chinch bug, d d you?
They are as big as the end of my
thumb; you mash one in tbe hou e
and you cau smell it all day—it’s
awful. Why 1 have seen Jack
Minor walk around one alt day to
keep from mashing it. There is
one thing I don’t like. If you get
out of the sight of home you
are lost. The roads all look
just alike and you do not
Enow which one,lo take. Ask the
direction anywhere and they will
tell you just keep the straight road;
well, in less than hal r a mile you
come to a fork where three or four
roads branch off, all looking exact-
alike; you just shut your eyes
and take your chances. I got loat
one night and walked until 1 was
worn out and laid down to sleep.
could bear bears and wildcats and
varmints prowling around. I kept
listening to hear a rooster crow f- r
day, but 1 would have been there
yet it I had wailed for that rooster
business. If you get out ot tbe
pine timber into the swamp it looks
skeery—If there are any bugers
they are down there, it is a tine
country for fish. You can catch
as many as you want. 1 caught
thirty bream out of a lake one
evening. Fish are not as good as
they are here. People would no
more eat a cat fish in that country
than they would e rt a dead nigger.
You never was in Tampa, was jou?
You never saw the like of fish in
tbe world. The whole town smells
ot fish, crabs and shrimps. If you
stay there a lew days you won’t
want auy fish for a year. The peo
pie are clever and sociable. There
is a big Dutch settlement close by
where they fiddle or dance all day
Sunday. You always know when
Sunday comes from the shooting
ot guns and hunting. The sawmill
business is fine in that section
Pine trees stand as thick as oak
bushes do here, and lumber is worth
(14 per tbousaixi. It can all be
■old at the mill, tbe country is
buiidiog up so fast. And there it
plenty of game, bat they are being
■tiled out Very feet. A man killed
Crockers fence is one ol tbe
sights of San Francisco. When
Charles Crocker, the partner of
Stanford, Hopkins, and Hunting-
ton, of tbe Central Pacific Rail
road, and a man worth many mil
lions, bought his residence proper
ly on California street he met with
considerable opposition from a
property owner on Sacramento
street. Crocker bad acquired tbe
ntire block with the exception of
a single lot on the Sacramento
street side, The owner of this lot
demanded an extra fair price for
it, which Crocker agreed to give.
Then the price was doubled, and
Crocker accepted the raise. Again
and again whs the avaricious seller
satisfied until patience ceased to
be a virture. The railroad mag
nate got his mad up and sent word
"Tell him to—.” Crocker built
hie house, laid out the greunds
with rare gqpd taste, and then
“fenced in” his co-tenant on the
block. He built a fence 50 feet
high on three sides of the house on
Sacramento street. Only tbe front
view remained unimpaired, and, at
Sacramento street is very narrow,
tbe front view is not a matter to
care much for. The owner of tbe
house soon sickened of bis bargaiu
and removed it bodily away, but
Crocker’s fence remains.
An Arkansas murderer who was
to he hanged was respited by the
Governor at tbe last minute, where
upon a disgusted would-be specta
tor sent tbe Sheriff the following
note: “We have come here to see
a fellei hung, an’ we’re goin' to see
him hung if tbar’s money enough
in the crowd to buy a rope. We
don’t know whuther bo's g’ilty or
not, an’ we don’t kere a dried ap
ple doggon. That ain’t none of
our bus’ness. Tbar’s mauy young
women in this hero crowd who, if
disrpp’inted now, won't never have
ny mo’ confidence in man. It ain’t
right to cast a damper over young
feller of high character that has
just married the putties’ kind of
a gal on the strength of fatcbln’
her to this here shindig, and if the
thing don’t turn out to lie a suc
cess, blamed if I don't if I don’t
ihink she will apply tor a divorce.
That young feller is me, an’ that
young gal is my wife.”
Probable Death from a Singular Caase
Preston, Ga., February 12.—Mr.
Jack Brightwell, who lives near
this place, a few days ago had bis
daughter to hand him a stick of
wood to put on the fire. 8he acci
dentally let tbe wood fall and hit
him near the eye, which caused his
face to 8 well considerably. He
then took neuralgia in the jaw, and
the doctors now pronounce him in
a critical condition. Mr. Bright-
well also had the misfortune of
having the top blown from his
bouse in the recent storm of baiL
If this issue is a day 1st* you
may blame the weather. Tbe edit
or managed to get to tbe office
Monday and Tuesday by walking
the fences, snd, tbe remainder of
the crew being female help, ws
bare been chasing type about their
respective boxes, with oo help ex
cept a sore finger. But here’s the
Telephone; lake it for what it is
worth.—Canton (Me) Telephone.
Dr. Lampbere, of Saginaw, has a
cow which sports 60 well-developed
horns, and tbe animal recently
gave birth to a calf which promisee
to be quite ae much of a curiosity,
the little animal’s backbone show
ing indication* of turning oat fully
as many ho.’ns as tbe mother pos
sesses.—Bay City (Mich.) Tribune.
Tbe Washington monument boa
had at range visitors since it* erec
tion. A gaunt sad Aongry «Mt
climbed to tbe top; fire rote how
made tbe ascent to get the crumbs
from tbe workingmen’* lunches;
woope Duitd tbeir nest* and pig
eons roost nt night 414 Mat abort
Mm Dm BDDt