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Americus
Recorder.
Established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1885.
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AMERICUS.
Americos is th3 county seat of Sumter
ountv, Georgia, situated on the South
western railroad, 71 miles southwest of
Macon, 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 Irnits. groin and vege
tables of the temperate and semi-tropical
cones —wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, Irish
znd sweet potatoes, peanuts, chufus,
uottou peas, sugar cane, apples, pears,
peaches, grapes, plums and other fruits.
The climate is mild and equable, and one
of the most healthy in the world, the air
being pure and dry and 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 0,000, is beautifully situated on high
and rolling ground and toasts of some of
the handsomest business blocks in the
South. The city has fine public schools;
g, od churches; a large public library;
line daily, one semi-weekly and t*r«;
weekly newspapers; a now opera house,
completely furnished wit., scenery and
tunable of seating 1,000 persons; a well
organized fire department, including
two fine iteamera; the streets nro well
paved, sewered and lighted; there are
two flouring mills, a cotton seed oil mill,
planing mill and variety works, carriage
factory, and anumberof minor manfacio- I
lies; about two hundred firms are engaged
in mercantile buaimaa; three banks with
an abundance of capital; two good !
hotels tarnish good aecommodattion.
Americas is the centre of trade lor six I
counties comprising the richest agricul-!
tmal section in Georgia, the average an- !
nual cotton receipts being 30,000 bales, j
which will be largtly increased by the
completion of the Preston and Lumpkin
railroad now in process of construction. |
It is the largest city in Southwest Geor
gia, and has been appropriately named !
the “Commercial Capital” of that soc- i
ti«m, and it is rapidly growing .in popu
lation and wealth. As a place of bu*i- j
ness residence it presents attractions j
equaled by few ciiies in the ^outh.
Property of nil kinds is comparatively
cheap, although rapidly advancing in j
value; the inhabitants of both city and i ^ n ctw .;,,D v of <,>,wlc n r»rl
coniitry are cultivated, courteous and i 1RRKC R Specialty Oi oet(lS *111(1
hospitable, with a cordial welcome to im-I ]iandle Only tile best. It is
migrants. To enterprfsiug tradesmen, ju-j * : , .
dicious capitalists aud industrious farm- Ciieftper to buy £00(1 seeds lit
era this section of Georgia offers fine op- first, for then VOll will not be
portnnities. Any information in regard %
to city or country will be cheerfully fur- I disappointed Or lose VOUr time
uished by addressing the Amkuicuh Re- i labor
(order, Americus, Ga.
£T*CAP1TAL PRIZES 9fS,(NN).jil
Tickets only 05. Sharea tu proportion
Louisiana State Lottery Go.
“ He do hereby certify that we supervise
the arranyemente for all the Monthly and
Semi-Annual Drawings of The Louisiana
State Lottery Company, and in person man
age and control the Drawings themselves,
and that the tame are conducted with hon
esty, fairness, and in good faith toward al
partite, and we authorise the Company tt
ute this certificate, with Jac-timiUs of our
signatures attached, in its advertisements."
DRUG STORE I
THEY HANDLE SEEDS FROM
Which arc perfectly pure and
fresh Remember that they
LA Ifl'EltS.
C. R. KeCBOBl,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ll.LAVII.LE, ga.
TKHMX—All claim, tow $30 ur under. $3;
f r„m BKI to Moo, ten per antt. i over fW, wtvcu
Icr edit. No f liiinff, unle*. cofiectiSnf tro made.
Mu} 14-tf.
At ISC EL LA NEO VS.
J.M. It. WESTBROOK. M.l).
Physician and Surgeon
A.MKRICU8, GA.
Office at Dr. Eldridge’s drug store.
Residence on Church Street, next door
to W. D. Haynes. feb7tf
W. D. SMITH,
Contractor and Builder
AMlMtttWV, GA.
Plans, specifications and material fur
nished. All carpentry work done in best
and most workmanlike manner.
jin21-dlm
82,000
At small cost can be t secured for your
loved ones, by joining the
Knights of Honor.
Let every husband and father <h) iL Regu
lar lodge mtetfng first and thlru Friday
7 i*. m. For pai titulars call on
R TAYLOR, Die.
or, D. K. Brinson, Reporter, decllyl
Kdw* J. Mdler. O. Horace McOgtt
J. A. &D.F. DAVENPORT,
LAMAR STREET,
CrOOrflA.
Yew House. New Goods.
Wilson ASmilli,
DEALERS 1N-
ture for Educational and Charitable purposes—
with a capital of 11,000,000—to which a reserve
fund of over #050,000 has tdnee been added.
By an overwhelming popular vote its franchise
was made a part of the present State Constitution
adopted December 2d, A. 1).. 167t.
The only Lottery ever voted on and endoried by
the people of any Stale,
Jt never tealee or postponet.
Its Grand Single Mamber Drawings
take place moMtmy.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO
win; a fortune, third grand
DRAWING, CLAW? C, IN TI1K ACADEMY
OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, '1UESDAY,
March 10, 1885-lTSth Monthly Drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE, *T5,000.
100,000 Tickets at Fire Hollars Each.
Fractions, in Fifths, in Proportion.
LIST OF rRlZE8:
1 CAPITAL PRIZE $78,000
1 do do 20,000
1 do do 10,000
2 PRIZES OP 8.000 12,000
6 do 2,000, 10,000
10 do 1,000 10,000
20 do 500, 10,000
100 do 200 20,000
800 do 100 30,000
500 do 50 25,000
1000 do 28 25,000
A I'l’KOX IX ATlOX PRIZE*.
9 Approximation Prizes of $750 8,760
» “ “ 600 4,500
9 “ “ 250 2,250
1,907 Prizes, amounting to 0265,600
Application for rates to clubs rhould be made
only to the office of the Company In New Orleans.
For further Information write clearly, giving
full address. POSTAL NOTES, Expre*
Money Order*, or New York Exchange in ordi
nsry letter. Currency by Express (all sum* of
05 and upward at our expense) addressed
M. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleane, La.
or M. A. DAUPHIN,
007 Seventk St., Washington, D. C.
Make P. O. Money Orders payable and addresi
Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANF
New Orleane, La.
MoiimiGtttal Marble Works
MILLER A McCALI,, Proprietor*,
8“ntbwest Corner of tbe Publio Square,
AMERICUS, GA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Etc
of the best Italian and American Marble.
Ivoa Hailing for
octly
nree, a Specialty
ameterjr
lelaltv.
1885.
E. MATHIS, Fri tpal,
I will taka charge of the above acliool
on Monday January 12th. next. I have
• n!?kt !o , r thc people of Americus before,
ana would respectfully aak a renewal of
their support.
Tf.bms, Batks, Etc.:
1 rxmary Department per month $2 00
p * r montb 3.00
P " “ ontb 4 00
U l°-° ^ t n * lb « end or each Scbo-
d«81tf 1 *■ 1UTHI8 '
FANCY AND STAPLE
GROCERIES
Tobacco, Cigars, Etc.
Jacteon St., 20 Door aboYe T. Wheatley’s
AMERICUS, GA.
Having opened a Mock of
Choice, Faiirv anti Staple Groceries,
we reapectfolly invite yon, one and
all, to cull on uk when in need of
imytbing in our line.
CANNED GOODS,
VEGETABLES,
FIS1I, OYSTERS, ETC.
FLOUR, MEATS, LARD.
TOBACCO, CIGARS,
CANDIES, NUTS,
DRIED AND GREEN FRUITS,
In fact everythin:,’ n«nally kept in a First
Ciasa Grocery House.
All floods ilcl ire red promptly
free of e ha rye,
fahtnfl
Special lotice.
| 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
, , ,. ... . | The Stewart place, on Forrest street,
hands OI an attorney with in- t uettr the Public School building, is ofter-
.. . w -I. » »ed for rent There is about one and a
structions to SUO. We will also half acre* of ground, good dwelling, out
state that all work done by us “tM.'offi'ce. A1 * 0 ‘ W0 “ ,b ‘“-.-Ap-
in the future will be for the
cash. We will not deliver any
work until it is paid for.
Oliver St Outer.
f«bl0.3a
To secure an outfit for yourself and
boy at the great reduction in prices we
have uiAtle since January 1, 1885. Our
regular customers have availed them
selves of many of these bargains; and
for those who have not been able to call
upon us and see for themselves, we quote
a few prices to give nn idea:
Reliable all wool Business Suits $5.00 to
$10.00.
Four-Button Cut-Away Dress Suits $12.50
to $15.00. (Many of these goods sold
for $20.00 during the season )
Fur and Stiff Hats $1.00 to $1.50.
Gents four-ply Union Collars four for 50c.
Brown and colored half-hose 75c per hall
dozen.
Colored bordered pocket handkerchiefs
50c per half dozen.
Knit, under-shirts 50c piece.
Fine Gingham Umbrellas $1.00 piece.
Linen bosom and linen caff shirt only 50c.
As we are daily receiving our new stock
of Clothing, Ha18 and Gents Under and
Neck-wear, we are determined to run
our old goods off. These slaughtering
prices will remain only for a few dAys
longer.
Our trade has increased largely over
wbat it ever has been before, since re
moval to our new stand, and with our
increased facilities we can give you more
reliabb, better fitting and lower priced
garments of good workmanship than ever
before.
Special orders taken for Clothing, Hats,
Neck and UnderWear from pa tuples on
exhibition.
GYXdCS,
THKCLOTHIER ANDHATTER,
AMcRICUS, GA.
DAWSON DOTS.
Dawson, February 25.—Major
O. O. Nelson, of Montgomery, is on
a visit to our city, bis old borne.
Miss Hallie Byrd, of Houston,
Texas, is on a visit to relatives and
friends in Terrell county.
Mr. Willie Ross Allen, son of
Captain Tom Allen, is in our city
displaying bis samples of cotton
and woolen goods, and while be is
the youngest drummer on tbe road
be is capable of doing a good busi
ness.
We had a very heavy rain last
night. It is too wet to plow, and
tbe farmers have all come in for
tbeir'guano.
Dawson, February 86.—Mr. W.
E. Hurst, father of Mise Lula
Hurst,came down yesterday,spent
tbe night with us and left to-day.
Miss Luis will give an exhibition
in our city next Tuesday nigbl,
tbe 3d of March. As this is her
first visit to our town, and may be
her last, our citizens should turn
out en matte to see this great
“Georgia wonder” who has created
such a sensation and attracted
such attention from millions of
people all the way from Boston to
California. She will go from here
to Americus.
Mr. John Frazee, a native of
New York City, after spending sev
eral years South looking for a suit
able location, has at last purchased
a home and settled down in Terrell
county. He now owns, the farm
known as the “Burge Place,” four
miles southwest of our city. The
place has been sadly neglected of
late, and looks somewhat dllapi
dated; but the land is good, and
under the management of Mr.
Frazee it will soon become a beau
tiful home and valuable place. All
such men will always find a hearty
welcome from our best citizens.
J.A.F.
WORKING THE WHEELS.
NOTICE.
GEORGIA—Sumter County.
Notice is hereby given that thirty <lays
after the publication of this notice the
advertisements of the Ordinary's office of
Snmter county will be published in tbe
Amebicuh Recorder instead of the Hnm-
ter Republican. A. C. SPEER,
Ordinary Sumter County.
Feb. 4, 1885, d30
Bouse for Bent.
jsnl8tl
AAEON COHEN
I. pr.pn.1 to Cut, Clean, Repair end Alter
detain* la the beet .tyle. el reaeoaabie price..
SeiiaCeetion zaeraateed. KoreftS eirret, eppodte
t. It. KWe. »MSa *
For seventy-five years Mrs. Char
lotte Canfield lived in the village
of Derby, Connecticut, respected
ny all who knew her. About six
years ago she lost her husband,
and since then has lived alone in
a smalt cottage overlooking the
Naugatuck river. Her husband
left her several valuable building
lots and a good bank account.
Since bis death, and until about
ten weeks ago, she has not cared
for the society of men, not even
the deacons of the church to which
she belonged. About ten months
ago she became acquainted with
Henry Baldwin, aged twenty-two,
a clerk in tbe village store. Tbe
expertness whith wblcb he meas
ured cotton cloth and weighed ood-
fish infatuated the widow, and she
invited him to her house. He
called, and the acquaintance thua
formed ripened into love, and a
few weeks ago Derby waa astound
ed with the report that they would
soon be married. At about eight
o’clock Tuesday night they called
at tbe parsonage of the Rev. Dr.
Roberts, of Christ Church, An
tonia, and,in the pretence of tbe
minister’s relatives, were made
man and wife. Wheu it became
known in the town, the excitement
wss intense. Tin horns end eow
bells were brought forth, and at
about ten o’clock two hundred men
and hoys, headed by a drum corps,
marched to the house of the newly
wedded couple, where, in the pres
ence of five hundred more persons,
a serenade was given them. Tbe
band played “Old Hundred” in
honor of the bride. Cell after cell
wss made for the groom, and when
he appeared in the door, three
cbeeri were given. Tbe bride, who
bung bashfully in tbe shadow of
the door, was also cheered. Mr.
Baldwin, attired in his wedding
garments, stepped on tbe veranda
in the glare of s hundred torch
lights, and thanked tbe crowd for
tbe visit. In conclusion he invited
them to s neighboring ealoon to
drink to the health of bit bride.
Mrt. Baldwin claime that she loved
her husband and married him be
cause she was tired of livibg alone
and unprotected. Tbe groom
claime that be, too, ie in love with
hie wife, not with her ducats.
A firm of bed quilt manufactur
ers has purchased an entire Tillage
in Connecticut, propoee to convert
it into a quilt-making esntrs. Tbsir
nsxt experiment will probably bo
to found a lunatic aeylum and ooo-
Tttt it Into a may quilt fketory.
New Yoek, Feb. 26.—Picture
Jay Gould going aronnd turnip
the crank or a hand organ am
leading a monkey by a string, and
and oatching pennies in bis cap.
When the two fell out that is what
Harry N. Smith said he would have
Gould doing. Gould has net come
to it yen. Hia present style of
traveling is not as a mendicant.
On land be rides in a private car
and on the water in a private yacht.
A forced settlement of Gould's
affairs now, however, would not
leave him any better off than the
average Wall street speculator. In
tbe first place, he is the greatest
borrower of money in Wall street.
If be were obliged to pay all his
loans at once, be would be materl
ally shorn ot his strength.
Gould is in constant fear of his
life. He is terribly afraid of being
attacked when he goes out at night.
Now and then in the evening he
goes to the Windsor hotel, directly
across the street from his residence.
He is quick in his movements, and
passing along the streets looks fur
tively from side to side, and ever
and anon behind him. Iq the little
run to bis house he trips nimbly
down the steps from his door and
skin's across tbe street. If he
meets any one he will look search
ingly, almost’ anxiously, into the
person’s face, and at the same time
seemingly edge away. He hurries
up the steps of the hotel and plung
es through the door as if some one
was after him. To see him a per
son would think he did not draw
his breath from the time he left his
house until he, wae safe in the cor
ridor of the hotel.
Gould’s affairs are like wheels
within wheels. By his plans he
can build a mighty fortune on a
mighty small foundation. Tbe ar
rangement too is simple, but it
takes tbs prestige and the potency
that Gould possesses to carry it
on. It is illustrated. The sum of
$1,000,000 may be taken as a basis.
This will be invested in certain
stock. The stook in turn will be
pledged with collateral on which
to secure the loan of more money.
The money thue secured will be
used to buy still more stock, which
will be pledged as wss the previ
ous lot. So Gould will go on until
he hss in bis own control severs)
millions of stock. A batch of
stock may have bean bought at a
very low figure, but it will not, of
oourse, be taken as collateral at its
full quoted value. Mr. Gould may
manipulate so as to inorease ita
market value twofold. In that
manner, beyond its first cost, s
money lender, in ordinary esses,
will probably accept stock from
Gonld as collateral at two-tblrds
or three-fourths its market price.
Through an operation of this
sort be qsn largely increase bis
working capital at will. He forced
Missouri Paciflo stock from s little
over sixty to above par, and he is
now using the stock for collateral
at one-third more probably than
when it was at the low figure.
Gould has not gone through tbe
heavy decline in values without
sustaining loss. In the early part
of 1881 the “street” credited him
with being worth $60,000,000 at
the values then Quoted; his decline
in paper hss, using tbe “street”
figures, been $30,000,000 and $35,-
000,000.
The constant changing of bis
securities makes it hard to set s
fixed value on the stuff that he
holds. When tbe great decline in
prices came Gould had vast quan
tities of the securities of the Wa
bash, the Texas and Pacific, and
the Miasouri, Kansas and Texas
railroads. Tbe event which pre
cipitated the decline wss unexpec
ted, and he lost fearfully by upset
ting of his calculations. The esti
mate of his losses wss $7,000,000
in Wabash, $3,000,000 in Texas
and Pacific, and $4,000,000 in Mis
souri, Ksnsss and Texas. These
losses wars all by the depreciation
of the values of tbe properties.
The Resell erProhibition.
Ellavilu, Ga., Febrnsry 25.—
Since 1875, at which time tbe sals
of liquors, beer, etc., wee prohibit
ed, crime bac gradually dscressed
until we seldom have a violation.
Thor* baa not been a warunt is-
aued since the first of January.
The Crap in Hehlsy.
Ellavillz, Ga., February 25.—
oats ware killed by tbs
old weather sad tbe fbll
oats badly damaged. Oar farmers
are badly behind la preparing
lands for planting oorn. Thia has
boon the coldest February we bnvf
had siaeo 104A
WEALTHY NEGROES.
1'hiladelphla rre».«.
There are 103 oolored men in
Washington who are worth $25,000
each; 52 worth $10,000 each, and
nearly 1,000 who pay taxes on
$5,000. George W. Williams, ex
member of the Ohio Assembly and
author of a history of the colored
race, is worth $40,000. Frederick
Douglas has $200,000, and now
lives in and owns a house opposite
Washington, formerly owned by a
man who so bated the blacks that
he refused to sell anything to one
of them. John F. Cooke, tax col
lector of the District of Columbia,
himself pays taxes on $250,000.
John M. Langston, United States
minister to Hayti, has $75,000.
John Lynch, of Mississippi, who
presided so ably at the Chicago
convention last summer, is very
wealthy. So, also, is Congressman
Smalls. Dr. Gloster left $1,000,-
000, besides a four storv drug store
in New York. John X. Lewis, of
Boston, mqkes tbe clothes of the
Beacon Hill dudes, and did a busi
ness last year of $1,600,000. He
was once a slave, and, ragged and
barefooted, followed Sherman and
hit troops in their march to the
■ea. Cincinnati has u furniture
dealer whose check is good any
day for $100,000, although twenty-
five years ago he was a Kentucky
slave. Tlie late Robert Gordon, ot
Cincinnati, owned thirty four-story
residences at tbe time of his death.
One day he entered a Queen City
bank and asked for government
Usnds. The cashier did not know
him, and when ho handed out bis
check for $150,000, the cashier ap
pealed in astonishment to the pres
ident of the bank. “Give him tbe
bonds,” said tbe latter, “his check
Is good for three times that.” San
Francisco has fifteen colored men
assessed above $75,000 each. De
troit has a colored druggist with a
big store on Woodward Avenue.
Jones, of Chicago, is worth half a
million,^nd Buffalo has several ne
groes who puv taxes on $30,000
each. Robertson, of St. Louis,
who lately died, owned a barber
shop whose fittings cost $25,000
and was acknowledged to be the
finest shop in the world.
Women Honest, True and Good.
We take great pleasure in pub
lishing the following, whioh we find
in the Lonisville Courier-Journal:
“There are forty women acting
as cashiers of banks in Dakota.
Not one of them has ever specula
ted, been short in her accounts, or
manifested the slightest bankoring
for the bracing atmosphere of Can
ada. Here we have forty examples
of women exposed to temptation
and not a single one forfeited her
integrity. Of man it cannot be
said, but of woman it can be said
with truth, she was made a little
lower than tbe angels. Some of
them are angels in human form.”
Tbe above is a remarkable testi-
money to her worth and virtues.
Out of a hundred so situated, there
might be one who would yield to
temptation, ont of a hundred men
perhaps twenty. Tbe hfstory of
women, in places of trust sud
honor, shows s brilliant record of
fidelity; in man many dark excep
tions. This can only be accounted
for in the superiority of their an
gelic attributes. We have no rea
son to say this but from observa
tions oi a long life extended beyond
the scripture limit.
Judge Richards, ot Fort Dodge,
has presented to the Iowa State
Library an autograph and hitherto
unpublished letter from George
Washington. The letter was writ
ten from headquarters at Valley
Forge, March 9, 1778, to Caleb
Gibbs,a Captain in the Continen
tal army, directing him to send a
company *s an escort for three
men mentioned in tbe letter. The
letter it vtlued at $1,000.
Pierre Loriliard has paid $1,500
for a blsck and tan pointer dog, a
female at that, and ottered $2,000
for one of her puppies, tbe celebra
ted Paul Gladstone, the property
of Wm. B.Gates,of Memphis,Tenn.
If any dog fancier wants to buy
Paul, all be has to do is to tend
Mr. Oates a check for $3,500. It
is not staled what Paul is valued
at for taxation purposes.
The Baeaa Visla Rood
Ellavillk, Ga., February 85.—
Tbe Buena Vista railroad is doing
a huge business. It waa finished
about a montb ngo, nnd it ban
averaged nix freight can a
since Ue eomp'otion. Tbe |