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Americus
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Established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1885.
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western nIiM 71 miles -uttawe.t of
Min-on, sod about SO miles north of the
Flnri.ti doe. It is situated id the finest
section ot Georgia, r«i»iiiK « neater vari
ety of saneidtural and bortionltnral pro
ducts than any other part of the Bomb,
combining all tbetrUits. grain and vege
tables of I he temperate and semi-tropical
rones—wb-at, corn, rye. oats, rice Irish
snd sweet potatoes, peanuts, chulas.
aotton peas, sugar cane, apples, pears,
peaches, grapes, plains ami other fruits.
The climate is mi Id and equable, anil one
of the most healtliv in the world, the air
being pure and .rv and most beneficial or
lung and throat diseases. All kinds of
outdoor work can be peiformed without
inconvenience from snnjmer best or
winter cold. Americas has a population
of 6,000, i» beautifully situ“ted on high
and rolling ground and coasts of some of
the handsomest business blocks in the
gontli The city has flue public sohools;
good churches; a large public library,
one daily, one aeim-weekly null two
weekly newspapers; a new opera lionse.
Completely furnished witu scenery anil
callable ol S-aliug 1.000 pcrauns; a well
organized lire department, including
two line steamers; ihe streets are will
paved, sewered aud lighted; there nrc
two rtonrmg mills, a cotton seed oil mill,
i Inning null and variety works, cariinge
factory, and anumberof minor uiantacto-
ries; about I wo hundred hriua are engaged
In mercantile buaintsa; three hunks with
an abundance of capital; two K (> od
hotels turuish good HCC«»minocUltioii.
Anitricau ia the centre oi trmle f• *r six
counties oouiprbing ibe richest nuricul-
turnl sectiou in Georgia, tbe average nn-
nualcotton receipt* being 30,000 bah*,
which will be largely inoreaa- d by the
completion of tbe Pre«ton and Lumpkin
railroad now in process of construction.
It is the l»rge*t city in Southwest Ge.»r-
gin, and has been appropriately named
the , *Comu)eroial Capital" of that sec
tion, »ud it la rapidly g owing in popu
lation and wealth. As w |dace of bu-i-
ne** residence it present* attracti ns
emitted by tew ci'ies in the >ouih.
Property of all kinds is comparatively
cheap, 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 ol Geoigm offers tine op
portunist*. Any information in regaid
to city or country will b»- cheerfully fur
nished by addren-ing the AMRiticr* Ue*
cohdek, Americus, Ga.
If 7ou Want
OF ALL KINDS, GOTO
LA WYERS.
C. R. McCKORV,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
bLL.VYILLG, OA.
TKUMH-Alt claims from $80 .
r>t50«, «
no*h r, $.1;
, §3«t, neveo
. Nu charKeit unleaH collection* *re made.
Mn> 14 tf.
MISCELLANEO US.
J. X. R. WEST BROOK, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
AMERICUS, GA.
Bee At Dr. Eldridge's drug store.
**idenc« on Church Street, n*x' door
r. D. H-iynes. teb7tf
W. D. SMITH,
Contractor and Builder
AM t.RILVS, iiA.
Plans, specifications and material fur-
nislie t. All carpentry 'v- rk done in best
and most workmanlike muuuvr.
•MMlm
$2,000
At small cost can be % secured for your
loved ones, by joiuiug the
3£nigh.ts of Soaor.
Letev ry himband and father do P, Regu
lar lodge meeting nrst nod thiru Friday
7 i*. m. For pal tioulars call n
E TAYLOR, Die
Or, D. K. Hkinson, Reporter, decllyl
•I. Mi'lor. C, Horace McCall.
lonamental Marble Works
■ILLKK * HcCALL, Proprietor*,
uibw.it Comer of the rsblio 8qu*re,
AMERICUS, OA.
lonuments, Tombs, Etc., Etc
of tbs beat Italian and American Marble.
DRUG STORE I
THEY HANDLE SEEDS FROM
lylanler Academy.
1885.
'J* Em MATHIS, Tri tpal.
I 1 will t.ke charge of tbe above .cbnol
P M'lB.I.y January 12th. next. I have
Ingbi for tbe people of Antmb ni bef.re.
I'd w..ulu respectfully eek a renewal of
ptrenppon.
Ttnira, Bath, Etc. :
binary Department tier month |2 f 0
MertueiHete, p. r m. nth 3 00
w*t-Ci««a, per month, 4 0(1
Tuition bna at tbe end oi each 8cbo-
K 10 month.
A M MATHIS, Friaetpol.
Which are perfectly pure and
fresh Remember that they
make a specialty of Seeds and
handle onlt the best. It is
cheaper to buy good seeds at
first, for then you will not be
disappointed or lose your time
and labor.
J. A.&D.F. DAVENPORT,
LAMAR STREET,
75 BARRELS
ISTEW
Louisiana
Cane Syrup,
JUST RECEIVED AT
G. W GLOVER’S.
Hew Utilise. Hew Goods.
WilsoilMitL
DEALERS IN
FANCY AND STAPLE
GROCERIES
Tobacco, liga& Etc.
Jackson St., 2d Door atnie T. Whatley's
AMERICUS, GA.
Having opened a atock of
Choice,Fancy and Staple Groceries,
we respectfully invite you, one end
ell, t<> vail no UK wlun in need of
i nyttilng in our 1 ne.
CANNY. I) GOODS.
VEGh.TAM.K9,
FltiH, CY8TEII8, ETC.
FLO r R. MEATS. LAUD.
TUUACCO, CIGAllh,
CANDIES. NUTS,
DRIED AND GREEN FRU1TB,
In tact everything uanallt kept in e First
ClaaK Grocery Uonee.
All nootU delivered promptly
freeafeharye.
FRO* HATCHER’S STATION.
IIatciier Station, Ga. Feb. 23.
—Our farmers seem to Lave got
used to the cold weatber, and do
not regard it as winter, or else
Ibeir anxiety for spring is so great
they conclMed to bring on a
change of weatber by planting corn,
risking tbe sympathy of thd
weatber manager, as a few of them
have commenced planting. Tbe
oat crop is considerably injured by
the severe cold weather on the
light or gray uplands. Some far
mers claim that fifty per cent, is
killed outright, wb.le others say
thirty per cent. But on hard or
red lands very little injury except
to check tbe growth, fur all seem
to come out except suub as were
very near the surface. If the old
adage holds good, “hard winter for
a good crop year,” we will surely
have it this year. While we have
had no extreme cold, it has been
uniformly cold since the 21st of
January, one continuous cold spell.
Tbe garden plants all kil.ed except
such as were protected iu hot bed*
or otherwise. I have several hun
dred cabbage plants thus protected
which are nearly ready for trans
planting, but all others, planted at
the same time—in Di ccmber—in
the open garden arc entirely killed
out and gone. Owing to the un
favorable weather for plowing,
much corn will be planted with
only a partial breaking. The guano
trade is not so good up to this
date at our depot by fifty o* sixty
tons as last year at same date, and
will uot reach the maximum of last
year. No evidence of spring de
veloped by fruit or otherwise.
We have had up to date in Feb-
ruaiy a rainfall ol live and one half
inches. Maximum temperature. 54;
minimum, 18; which is the voidest
point reached duri; g the wititer by
eight degrees Fahrenheit.
Mrs. Cairie Burnett, with her
two sons, Willie and George Al
exander, left a week ago for New
Orleans to sec the sights. Mes-rs.
R. D. Gay and Waller M. Dozier
left lor same point on yesterday.
Dr. J. W. Mercer, of George
town, Ga., lost 975 hales ol cotton
in the recent burning o' Hart’s
warehouse in Kufauln, all covered
by insurance in different compa
nies.
Miss Bettie King, of Alabama, is
visiting her relatives around Mid
way, Mr. E. R. King and family.
She is a dashing young lady.
Capt. G. W. Cook is in quite
feeble health, and has been so for
several weeks.
Rev. T. H. Stout bas taken
charge of the church at Enon, but
I fear he will have a job beyond
his powers to build up this orce
nourishing, but now broken down
church. Yet we should hope for
the future, as it can uow sea cely
stand alone and sustain an organ
ization. The trouble all grew out
of the purchase of and atumpt to
use an organ for church service.
Quitman.
James Gordon Bennett’s yacht
Namouna bas been provided with
one of the dense air machines
which is able to produce one thou
sand pounds of ice per day. Yet
it is so compact that it occupies a
space only seven teet long, lour
wide and four high. The cold a!r
above what is needed for making
ice is used (or cooling two refrig
eralor rooms, one of which holds
the bulk of supplies in the hold and
the other contains the temporary
slock of provisions on the lower
deck. The machine is worked with
steam from the main boiler and
haa the advanlage of being easily-
handled aud taking up little room.
To East Tennessee postmaster
waked up the other day and
sent his applic.tiou lor reappoint
ment to Postmaster General Hat
ton. He wound up bis letter by
saying; “I am running this post
office for the benefit or the United
Slates government and the Repub
lican party. I am a terror to the
Democrat* of East Tennessee.
The document wan Uled and *111 bo
duly aetaad on by the incoming
Democratic Postmaster General.
A Reform Saloon.
New Y ork city bas one saloon
keeper who it a strong advocate of
tempeiance, and he is consequently
instituting a reform in tbe ealoon
business. He has a nice bouse,
neatly furnished throughout. He
has banished tbe picture* of prize-
lighters and nude women and adorn
ed the walls of his saloon with
chaste but beautiful works of art.
On one side of tbe room is the
bar, and on tne other an attractive
lunch counter. His lunch consists
ol excellent beef sanwicbes and tbe
best coffee. He keep* pur* rye
whisky (new) which costs him at
wholesale $1 45 per gallon. His
coffee costs him 60 cents for 10
gallons. His pressed corn beef and
white bread he gets at wholesale
prices. He furnishes his custom
ers with a drink of whisky, a sand
wich and a cup of coflea for 5 cents.
His drinks average 65 cents to the
gallon, and hence each gallon of
whisky bring gross $3.25. Hie
coffee costs him two fifths a cent
per cup, and bis sandwiches aDout
threi-flfths of a cent each. The
drink of whisky, coffee and sand
wicb costs him a fraction over 3
cents lor each customer, and be
gets a clear profit ol about 1 j cents
on each drink sold. Ue sells an
average of 1,5011 drinks per day,
and bis net profits, after paying all
expense-, rent, assistants, etc., are
about $18 per day.
He contends, and with reason,
that when a man gets a drink ot
whisky and a sandwich and tops off
w.tb a cup of coffee, he is satisfied.
He condemns the practice in vogue
in many saloonsof keeping relishes
which increase the appetite for
strong drink. He thinks he is do
ing more good practically than the
temperance orators. His experi
ment is certainly a novel and inter
esting one. His example will
doubtless bo followed in other
cities. His plan - ill hardly satis
fy the piohibitionists. although he
appears to think that he is working
in the cause of temperance. It is
pretty evident however, that bis
chief aim is to make mon y and he
appears to be succeeding. The
time hasn't come yet for classing*
man as a temperance reformer be
cause lie lowers tbe price of wbll-
ky and attracts a new fi'.ass of cus-
tomers.
The Squirrel and Her Babies.
Toledo Blade.
Old citizens of Ti ledo distinctly
remember the time when there wm
an emigraiion ot squirrel* in tbe
vicinity. On a certain day a gen
tleman vas on the bank of Ten-
Milo Creek when the number of
squirrels moving was unusually
large. Among tbe squirrels wae
one that exhibited such motherly
love and affection for her two little
ones as to prove a most interesting
sight. She reached the bank cf the
creek where a crossing was to be
made. The little squirrel* were
quite timid about going near to tbe
water, but tbe mother coaxed them
until they seemed to be satisfied to
da as she wished. She ran along
i be shore, and finding a piece of
hark about a foot long and six
inches wide, dragged it tbe water’s
edge and pqsbed it into the water
so that only a small part of one
end of tile bark was resting on tbe
shore. She then induced her little
ones to get on the bark, and tbey
at once cuddled closely together,
when the old squirrel pushed toe
hark and its load into the stream,
and, taking one end of the bark in
her teeth, pushed it ahead of her
until the opposite bank was reach
ed, where the young squirrels
quickly scampered up tbe bank of
the creek, where tbe mother reeled
for a lew minutes when tbe jour
ney was resumed.
The Tehaeeo Care.
From Ik. Allies., Ua„ Haaaar.
There lives in Athens an old gen
tleman, seventy-five year* of age,
who for filly-four year* has swal
lowed every drop of the juicefcall
it by any name yon please) of ev
ery chew of tobacco in his aualb,
and he chews constantly. He nev
er spits, and adopted this habit tn
1830, under the advice of a good
physician, to relieve him from a
stricture or pain produced by ex
cessive spitting. It acted like a
charm—relieved tbe pain, which
has never returned. Our aged
triend enjoys good health; bis nerves
are steady; no tremor in writing;
digestion better tbaa forty years
ago; and his genersl health excel
lent.
On last Tuesday 19,790 seres of
wild land were sold at Jdorgastown
to tbe highest bidder, bringing on.
ly about $M0.
How Beery (liar wen Pepplanty
Among Baekwoedsmt a.
Tbn story now curi ent ol Vice-
President Hendricks having brok
en seven successive clay pipes in
long distance rifle-shooting recalls
that which Henry Clay told of
bimself with great enjoyment.
When stumping tbe district for bis
first term in Congress he spoke at
a backwoods gathering where a
beef was being “shot for.” Those
present were mostly his political
opponents, backwoodsmen all of
them, bolding bim in something of
contempt for hit “store clothes.”
Hi* eloqnenoe had little effect on
them, and be was standing watch
ing the shooting in a discouraged
mood, when a grizzled frontiersman
slapped him on tbe shoulder and
eaid.- “Young man, you spoke
pretty well considerin'; less see it
you can shoot as straight as you
talk.” “I never shoot but with my
own rifle,” replied Clay, but be
was not allowed to escape. A gun
was banded to him, warrant* I
the best in tbe country. He braced
it to bis shoulder, squinted along
the barrel in a careless way, and
bored a bole through the centre of
a ball dollar stuck on a tree a hun
dred yards away. The feat was
received with thunders of applause;
the young man in store clothes
became a lion immediately, and,
after being congratulated and bav
ing his hand nearly shaken off, was
urged to repeat the shot. “Never
shoot at a mark twice in the same
day except with my own gun,” he
replied nonchalantly. He used to
say that this incident elected him
to Congress, and was tbe turning
point in his career. After it he
always believed in bie destiny, for
be had never shot a rifle before in
his life.
Blown Up in Air.
Stone Mountain, Ga., Feb. 23.—
di-astrous accident occurred here
to-day, through an explosion of
dynamite. Large quantities ol this
explosive are used in blasting the
granite in Stone Mountain. A drill
was made this afternoon, into
which the explosive was placed,
with fuse attached, and tbe hands
retreated a sufficient distance.
For tome cause the dynamite fail
ed to explode, when Ed Holmes,
Jasper Hamilton and Wyly Law
were sent to clean out the drili.
They had no sooner touched it
than a terrifllc noise was heard,
rock scattering in all directions. It
was iully believed that the men
were killed, hut tbey were found
alive, though horribly mutilated.
The deadly explosive bad blown
tbe rock away from around them,
leaving them on the spot where
tbey first stood. Hamilton gives a
thrilling account of bis sensation*
as tbn three men stood in the smoke
with great piece* of granite flying
up into the air from about their
feet. Holmes bas lost butb bis
eyes and will dio, while it is prob
able that the other i*i will escape.
“Death,” say* the Ne* York
Tribude, “wae Gen. Gordon's kind
eat friend. For many yeara he
bad anticipated it a* a merciful
deliverance from a life of unremit
ting toil and agony of mind and
body. When be wae in Abyssinia,
King Johannes said to bim: “Du
you know that I could kill you on
the spot if i liked ?” “Well,” re
plied Gen. Gordon' “J am ready t”
“What! ready t* be killed?”
“Certainly, I am always ready to
die; and. so far from iesring your
pulling me to death, you would
confer a favor on me hy to doing,
for you would be doing for me
that which I am precluded by my
religious scruples from doing for
myself—you would deliver me
Irjm all tbe trouble* and misfor
tunes which the future may
hare in store for me.”
The treacherous black who stab
bed bim in the hack at be wtt leav
ing the palace to rally bia troopa
at Khartoum, did what King
Johannea, abashed at tbe patience
and fortitude of bit prisoner, was
ashamed to countenance.
Tb* Pennsylvania Senate has
been made the victim of the seduc
tive book agent. A bill waa intro
duced requiring tbe inatruotion of
children in the public school* in
the anatomy of drunkenness. Peti
tlona came from all tec ions of the
State urging the passage of tbe bill,
and the Senate adopted it without
a word ot comment. It now ap
pears that these petitions were pro-
oared b; agent* of a cheap work
on the eflccis of epiriuone ilqgors
upon the human frame, who desire
to see tbeir book introduced, an a
text-book ia tb* tchoole. Tbe
scheme was exposed before tbe bill
reached the Honae.
The measles invaded a household
where there were many children.
The first child to sicken waa given
a box of paint* and some prints to
color, to amuse bimself in bed. “I
wish I could get the measles,” said
a younger brother; “then I could
have a paint box too.” In doe
time he caught the infection, and
wfc also given a box of paint*.
“Papa,”said the little one wearily,
after being a ooupleofdayt in bed,
"you can lake tbe paint b ,x away.
I don’t want tbe meaelee.”
A Railway Paradox.
“DU you ever see a railway train
running in one direction while tbe
wheel* were going the other?” in
quired a conductor on the Illinois
Central. “Never.” “Well, down
on our Springfield divition, be
tween Gilman and Clinton, we had
that experience a few days ago.
Tbe fall of soft, sticky anow atuck
right on top of the rails, warmed a
little in the noon son, and in the Af
ternoon hardened in tbe cold. We
didn’t get a train through till near
night that day. Tbe rails were two
streaks of glistening ice. Up near
Pulaski we struck a big grade right
at a station where we were trying
to stop. The engineer put on the
brakes snd finally reversed the
lever and pulled tbe throttle wide
open. But it was no go. We went
down i.lie grade faster than I ever
traveled before, with tbe driving
wheels of our locomotive going
backward. It waa a three mil*
slide. Those who saw it go down
say it waa the oddest sight tbey
ever saw. I do..’t want any more
railroad tobogganing in mine.”
It is a somewhat unusual thing
for a reigning sovereign to appear
in the witness box at a police court.
Tbe other day, however, tbe Xing
of Italy, from good natured mo
tives, volunteered bia testimony
before a Magistrate in Rome. A
shopkeeper named Maranzoni bad
unfortunately injured a little girl
by riding over her in tbe street,
and King Humbert, wbo bad wit
nessed the accident, came forward
to say that in hi* opinion Maran
zoni had been in no wise to blame,
and that, in fact, bis horse bad run
away with him.
Iaaac V. Wilson, who i* discov
ered to be the richest man in Phil
adelphia, boasts that while acquir
ing hit fortune of $15.000.0U6 h*
also acquired absteminous habits
that bis personal expense* now are
not more than $1.500 a year, which
ia the income at 3 per oent. on a
fortune of $50,000.
A prominent poultry raiaer aaya
that 3,000 bens cared for in tbe
proper manner will show an annual
pr iflt of $9 000.
To secure an on'fit for yooraelf tad
boy at the great red notion in prieee wo
have made eiaoe January 1, 1886. Oor
regular customers here availed them
selves of mauy of thee# bargains; sad
fur those who have not been able to osll
npon as aod see for themselves, we quote
e few prices to give an idea:
Reliable eli wool Basinets Sails $6.00 to
$10:00.
Four- BultonCnt-A way Drees Baits 114.50
to $16.00. (Many of Ibese goods sold
for 840 00 dnriag tbe season )
Fur unit Stiff Hate 81 00 to 81 60.
Gents four-ply Union Dollars fnhr for 60s.
Brown and colored half-hose 76o pur butt
dozen.
Colored bordered pocket bendkerohiafo
50a per belt dozen.
Kail nnder-ebirts 60c piece.
Fine Gingham Umbrellas 81.00 piece.
Linen bonus, and liovn cuff shirt only 60c.
As we ere daily receiving oar new stock
of Clothing. Hat* and Genie Under end
Keek-wear, we are determined to ran
oor old goods oft These slaughtering
prieee will remain only for a few day*
longer.
Oar trade has increased largely over
what it ever has bees before, sines re
moval to oar new stand, and with oar
ioersased teoililiaa we can give yon more
rvliabl \ better fit ting and lower pciood
garments of good workssaothip thaa avas
befora.
Special order* taken for Otothiag^Ham,
Meek tad Under Wear torn)
exhibition.
THE CL0TH1EB AND
AMERICUS, tt
Dr. W.*
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