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Americus
D aI
Recorder.
Established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1885.
Daily, Pkr Year....$6.00
Weekly, “ ... 8.00.
Americus Recorder
PCBMSB1CD BY
vV -_ Xj. OIiBBSMBH.
„ rr ilE ON COTTON AVEM E,
l llllFESSIO.VAL & BUSINESS CARIIS
AMERICUS.
\mericn* is tb3 county seat of Sumter
onutv. Georgia, situated on the Soutii-
uestero railroad, 71 miles southwest of
M llC on about «0 miles north of the
Florida lioe. It is situated in the finest
Hection of Georgia, raising a greater vari-
tv of agricultural and horticultural pro
ducts than any other part of the South,
combining all the fruits. grain and vege
tables of the temperate and semi-tropical
coDes—wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, Irish
*mi sweet potatoes, peanuts, chufas,
aotton peas, sugar cane, apples, pears,
peaches, grapes, plums and other fruits.
The climate is mild and equable, and one
r,f the most healthy in the world, the air
being pure and *.ry 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 lias a population
of G.tMHJ. is beautifully situated on high
and’rolling ground and boasts of some of
the handsomest business blocks in the 1
South. The city lisa fine public schools; i
good churches; a largo public library.!
daily, one semi-weekly and two
w iekly newspapers; a now opera house,
completely furbished witu scenery and
capable ol seating 1.000 persons; a well
organized tire department, including
two tine steamers; the streets are will
paved, sewered and lighted; there are
two tlourmg mills, a cottonseed oil mill,
planing mill and variety works, carriage
factory, and a number of minor manfacto-
nes; about two hundred firms are engaged
;n mercantile bueints*; three banks with
an abundance of capital; two good
hotels furnish good accommodation.
Americus is tho centre of trade for six
counties comprising the richest agricul
tural section in Georgia, the average an
nual cotton receipts being 30,000 bah*,
which will be largely 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 sec
tion. and it is rapidly growiog in popu
lation nnd wealth. As a place of busi
ness residenco it presents attractions
Mpnled by few cities in the houlli.
Property of all kinds is comparatively
cheap, although rapidly udvauciug in
value; the inhabitants of both city and
country are cultivated, courteous and
hospitable, with a cordial w elcome 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 Amekh i h Re
corder, Americus, Ga.
LA M YERS.
C. It. McCRORY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
hLLAVILLE, OA.
TKKMS-AII claim, from »80 or under, (A;
(r m $«M«$600, loo p-r rout.; oror *ic (I, -4-v.il
I • r cent. No cbario-w unless collections an- made.
. May 14-tf.
.»/ISCEL LA NEO VS.
|
■I. M. R. WES1BK00K, M. I).
Physician and Surgeon
AMERICUS, GA.
office at Hr. Eldridge’a drug store.
Residence on Church Street, net* door
to W. D. Haynes. feb7tf j
$2,000
At small cost can l»e l secured for your j
laved ones, by joining the
Knights of Honor. |
L**t e\ f ry husband and father do it. Hegu-
[«r lodgr turning tirst and thiru Friday
• f. m. For paiticulars call *n
E. TAYLOR, Die.
° r * B. R RfUKsON, Reporter, decllyl |
i To the people of Americus and those
trading in our city, 1 make herew ith the
announcement that I have returned from
| my Northern trip, where I bought and
I am now receiving one of largest and best
Stock Raising in Cotton States. j fer with different men. But I will
ArkaiM* Post. j give your readers the possibilities
I assure the Cultivator that for j of the experiment, of what can be
the last three years I have closely j done when all things are favorable,
studied the advantages of the cot- One man with a plenty of teams
ton states for cheaply raising and ! and a screw pulverizer can put in
fattening stock forizarket. 1 have 1 two hundred acreo in oats, wheat,
traveled oyer portions of Tennes. rye or barley. Then he can com-
see and Kentucky where raising j mence in January to plow for peas,
selecte 1 stocks of Dry Goods, Dress | »tock was the principal business, | a ud by the middle of April he can
ok... ii. .1 T_; i i __ j ..... .i_ . . . . . *
TO THE
LADIES.
j Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats and Trim
raings, Notions, Hosiery, etc., etc., ever
brought or exhibited in this city. Most
of the goods were bought at auction and
job lots, nnd at prices that I can afford to
sell them for a good pr >tit and then sell
goods for less than other merchants can
| buy them.
j My motto in the future will be as in
j the past, to n.ake my profits in the pur
chase of tha goods and give to my cus
tomer the benefit of any aud all bargains
I which I buy.
D is, perhaps, not amiss to mention
that the firm position uty competitors
I here have taken in my recent trouble lias
spurr d tne to such an extent that I am
determined to do the Cash Dry Goods
business of Americus whether it will
yield me a profit or not.
It is useless to quote prices. I am de
termine { to sell my goods and I will leave
it to those that
price my goods
and now I am satisfied that the ! be ready to plant two hundred acres
Cotton Slates can handle all kinds , „r peas. With a two-horse corn
of stock lor less than half the cost planter he can plant the two iiun-
in the Northern Slates. First, be- dred acres in peas in twenty days,
cause we have more glass and bet- Tnen with four hands, witn walk-
ter pra-s. Second, we have a Ion- j jng cultivators, he can plow the
ger time in which they can be kept peas over three times in thirty
on grass. Third, we have a climate days, if the fields are divided so he
so mild that when fed on grain ! can put in some e*rlv peas he can
they will put on as much iat during | turn hogs on them by tne first of
winter as during summer. Fourth, | July, or as soon as they have fin-
we have cheap cotton seed, upon | ished the oats. By this means he
which cattle and sheep can he Iat- can rat-e and fatten eight hundred
tened cheaper than any known | hogs. The profit on each hog should
loud: and last we have cheaper i he about $7, or |5,C00 for the la
land. For hog raising lie can have bors ol one man during the year,
pluius. peaches a.id apples—that and four men for thirty days. This
will furnish food from tne lath of can be done,and hetter, under very
May till the 1st ot October—then favorable circumstances, and the
we have the field pea that is cheaper land will improve each year. To
to ruise, and will fatten hogs iaster <| 0 this the farmer will have to pur-
than any grain that is used. Next chase most of his pigs, but that he
pect aud I we can grow tlie chufa and arti- J can do if he has money. Tennes*
h.lher 1 mean business 1 chokes upon which sows anil pigs i nessee will furnish all Georgia can
NARROW
| or not. Domestic*, until further notice,
I will Kb 11 Htrictiy i.t Factory cost.
Tne Btiigtiii Store in order to accomo
date the extensive Spring Stock has been
enlarged and iH one of tbe largest us well
s the neatest iu tbe city.
With a determination to sell and please
at any cost, a large selection and stock of
descriptions, a polite and attentive
corps of clerks to wait upon it* custom
ers, tbe Dirgain Store, thankful for past
patronage, extends an invitation to all to
and inspect their stock, satisfied that
it will be to your interest to do so.
Respcctful'y,
S. M. COHEN, The Bargain Man
Cotton Avenu-. opposite Rank ol
[ Americus, Sigu of Red Flag.
IMtoMrlnterest.
FOR SALE I
Twenty-Four llemitifiil
Building Lots
Within the corporate liiiits, situated on
the South side of tie handsome residence
of A. W. Smith, and nearly opposite the
elegant home of Mrs. F.E. Rnrke. These
lots have street running Eist and West
and one North aud South, also L-estre-d
on the East, winch is the must fashion
able and drsimble in the city and is con
sidered the
Boulevard of Americus!
These* lots are convenient in churches
ami Hchoo.s, ami within ten minutes walk
to the court house. The natural growth
of oak and hickory is abtiuilant ami the
soil level and fertile.
TERMS—Hilf cash and halt on twelve
mouths time with eight percent, interest.
Call on A. C. BELL end T. J. HRAN-
NAN and see diagram of thia valuable
properly.
march 3 ml
feed.
J. H. Moobe.
an lie cheaply fed during the win
ter—as our land seldom freezes so
hard as to prevent rooting. This ! Senator Beck says emphatically
luat is a great advantage as it ena- , that he indorses the opinion of the
hies us to raise winter pigs, that 1 man who said the best thought of
will be weaned and ready to go on tlie Lord's Prayer was “Lead us
clover and Bermuda grass pastures ; not into temptation," and, there-
eaily in March. These pigs then fore, when lie (being a member of
can easily tie made to weigh 300 the Senate Appropriation Commit
pounds by first of December. | tee) received at the Capitol the
The raising of hogs can be done card of the wife of Senator Logan,
very cheaply bv having an orchard j and knew that she came to argue
and glass fields upon which they | him into advocating an appropria-
ean graze, and an oat field to turn] tion lor the Garfield Hospital, he
them on in June; after which a pea " J u IJ
patch to field them till October,
after which they can lie ted on corn
till lendv to kill.
sen. wold to her that he could-not
see her. This did not discourage
the lady, who has had years of ex
perience in coaxing men to change
I have not a particle of doubt! their minds in regard to legiala-
bnt that raising hogs will pay the
small faimti double what he can
make raising cotton.
That raising stock and grain pays
better than cotton is evidenced by
the fact that tbe grain tarmcr can
pay his hands twenty dollars per
month and board, while the cotton
planter cannot pay over ten or
twelve dollars.
There is another advantage to
the small farmer in ra-sing stock—
lie can always make enough manure
for live or ten acres of land, which
tion and nominations, so she again
sent her card to the man who
thought to avade an interview.
The would be abdurate Senator
sent back the same message, only
to receive the reply that the lady
said she would see him, and would
keep her seal until he came out.
Tlie kindly nature of the Kentucky
Senator, as well as his gallantry,
appealed to him and forbade him
to keep her on guard too long, and
he gracefully submitted )o the ine
vitable. He tried to speak grullly
lie can put iu cotton and corn, the as he remarked when lie met her,
cotton can be gathered by the
children, which is all about clear
profit.
The fattening ol beef cattle for
the winter market is another source
of profit. For instance when a
man can get plenty of cotton seed
and has raised a lot of pea vine hay,
he can have sheds for ten or twelve
steers, which he can feed fiom 1st
ol December to 1st of February at
a cost of about six dollars per bead
and they will pay u profit at the
present pri e of beef of about thirty
dollars on each steer. This will
give the farmer $300 00 for three
months work, fully us much us lie
can make by one year's work in
toe cotton field.
1 sent word that I would not see
you I" She answered sweetly, ‘‘I
know you did, and 1 hope that you
received my message that I would
remain until 1 did see you.’’
Forthwith she proceeded to state
her errand and in the m >st capti
vating manner urged the need of
such a hospital as the one she was
now advocating, and that it was
especially adapted to Washington;
that it would tail if not ass steil by
Congress. She convinced the Sen
ator, in spite of his better judg
ment, and not only that, but he
adds in telling the story that Mrs.
Logan never lobbies, and only uses
legitimate means when she
wants something she has set
Dissolu.ion ol Copartnership.
K.lvi
•I. Mi’ler. C. Horace McCall. ,
Jlouuniental Marble Works
MILLER 4 JlcCALL, Proprietors,
konthwest Corner of the Public Kqnare,
AMERICUS, UA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Etc
,b * t' "! Italian and American Marbla.
'vo* Hailing for C.m.tary Kudo.
„cn,- “*•••,* SpseUUy.
ml Skisst Han's oasiati!
I.H. WIGGINS & CO.
"E KEEP A PI.’ 1,1. LINK OK
MOTRIES OK AIL kiws
eancy and staple.
liiif Whisky and Hines a Special^.
,1 *° >■*« a BAR connected with !
" U « j B . W| w l>*re R*»ntH will I
nuri the very beat Whu-
k >\ Be«r, etc.
nu '' * uv< ‘ cn hand a full line of
9ry Goods. Boots, Shoes,
Pr Yard.
The Hi-le and Oommi«sion hueinee* of
S M.Cohen <k Co , fool of Cotton Avenue,
hoH b«cn di-Holvd by uintnnl consent,
Mr. S. M Coheu retiring. The bnaineMt
will hereafter be conducted under the
Ktvle and firm of C. A . D ll.
S. M.COHFN,
C. A. BELL.
In retiring from the above hutuooHft 1
with to mate to my trionds and the pub
lic that 1 did ho reluctantly, havil.g been
in it the pant thirteen yearn, but mnee
starling the Dargaiu Htoie I could not
g ve it tbit personal attention which it
required to please my customers
Wishing I
1 sec it stated that ibu State ol j her heart upon. Mrs. Logan wrote
Georgia has paid for bacon within j down the sum wanted,and Senator
the last ten years more than one j Beck put it through as an amend-
hundred million dollars. j ment to the proper legislative bill,
All this could have been raised | and it passed, only the amount 1,
at boim-, and the people would have 1 cut don u from $17.50(1 to $7,500.
j been that much richer than now. i A half loaf is better than none.
This is a shame, and brings a bad - —— — • *
| name to a fair land, and places the ' In one block of warehouses in
farmers ol that State and all cotton Fhiladeliihin are stored 30,000 bar-
Mr C
States in a position of—well broth
er I'armtr, fill the blank yourself; I
cannot.
I am well aware that when a man
bus no money be cannot entirely
i|iiit cotton and raise slock, hut the
small land owner can gradually
work into it, if he will get a few
Au Example for our Colored Friends.
Sandy Ganoway, a colored man
in Baldwin county, soon after the
war sold his effects and removed
with his family to Liberia. He re
mained there about two years, nnd
then returned to his old home thor
oughly disgusted with the African
Republic. He is a reliable and
trustworthy man, and found no dif
ficulty in obtaining employment.
From small beginnings he contin-
tinued to accumulate until he is
now the owner of a farm worth
$5.000,and enjoys unlimited credit
in Milledgeville, and the confidence
of the community.
The same is true of Charles Vin
son, who is the possessor ot 500
acres of good land all paid for,and
and is much respe-ted. No one
thinks of requiring a lien or note
from either of these men, and tbe
merchants are glad to sell them as
many goods as they desire. Whon
pay day comes they are always
ready to respond with the cash.
This shows what industry nnd
honesty will do for tbe colored man
at the South.—H. H. J. in tbe
Southern World.
The scramble for places reminds
an old government employe of the
time when the Republican party
came into power. He recalls the
case of a particularly tenacious
ollicrseeker who bad gone through
all the stages from hotel to board
ing bouse and finally had landed
in the chenpest of the cheap, down
by tbe river. His aspirations had
likewise decreased, and his sole
ambition was to become a watch
man in the Treasury. One day,
while crossing the canal bridge, at
Seventh street, he discovered a
man’s body floating in tbe water.
On examination be found that tbe
dead man was none other than a
watchman in the Treasury whom
the very day before he had seen
about the building. Giving a hasty
alarm he ran to the Treasury, and,
rushing breathlessly into the pres
ence of tbe Secretary, he demanded
an appointment to the vaoaacy.
“Wuy, my Iriend,” said the Secre
tary. "the place has alreauy been
filled." “Filled," shrieked the mad
man, “by whom? why, 7 just saw
his dead body pulled out of tbe
canal.” “I don't doubt that," said
tbe Secretary, “but tbe place is
filled, nevertheless. I have just
given it to the man who saw him
fall in.”
The jugglers of India are unsur
passed in natural magic. Cham
ber's Journal furnishes an Illustra
tion, which, though not new, is re
markable. A juggler took an earth
enware pot, filled it with earth
moistened with a little water, and
placed among the earth a mango
seed which had lieen examined be
fore hand. Tms done, he threw a
sheet over the pot and almost im.
mediately removed it again, when
it appeared that the seed had, in
the space of say half a minute, be
come a young mango tree. Again
the sheet was thrown over the pot,
and, on being a second time re
moved, the mango tree bad doubled
in size. The same process was re
peated a third time, and now the
tree was covered with small,unripe
mangoes. This time tbe juggler
plucked the tree up oul of tbe earth,
displaying the roots and the re
mains of tbe original mango stone
from which, tbe tret- was supposed
to have sprung.
What is true civil service reform?
is the question now agitating tbe
country. . With a view to throwing
quotation
rels of whiskey, and n curious sta-
tistician'has lieen trying to figure
out the number of good, old lash- .
toned drunks there is iu the lot. It .'« ht “ n lhe < t' ,e9 f tl °" , B
is estimated that there area million 1 of '* # ste . J * re 8 '
Black beiore the Electoral Com-
and a quarter gallons, or ten mill
ion pintsi This would make eighty
million drinks of one half gill each.
uni* hli-ral pstmuuge winch 1 | lo „ 9 ca ule and sheep, and care One-half pint will make an ordinarv
the nilHt, . I. I cl- r... 1 — .c-— : i. -i.iZ
M. COI1EX.
veil for them. It is no trouble for man drunk, so there is enough wliis-
any farmer in the South to raise his ; key there to intoxicate the whole
mission in 1876 has been republish
ed. He |TO| liesied as follows:
“The hiding place of falsehood will
lie swept away and the refuge of
lies uncovered. This mighty, puis-
fn Assuming , of the Hide and own meat, if he will only make up ; male population of the Unite,1 j “ nt ^ sk^'and
CommisAiop loHin-si nt S M. Cohen A his mind that he will try to do H. Slates. And yet this is only a -in k„ i__i„iuif i-_“.
Co.. I wi-h io stall- that ihe dealings had : There is one way in which the small part of the quantity of wliis- !
with my r* tiring pariner have t> en at all | artft , .,| &n tations can be profitably ! key now on hand in the country,
rWSl.SlW.l’S i u*ed, with very Rule labor. Take I not to mention wines and beer.,
triends for Mr. C.dim their liberal | ot. as an example a farm of four bun- Still a good many people want tb
n. JoIiii R. Shaw's.
aye in hi* Bargain Store 1
ith In
Hted lionently
T BELL.
«kem
>n<?i rtf LondonPhy
-inn l.wiiibliwht'w nn
Oltlcc iu Nrw \ «rh.
ru sLartutlofllwl.
(M-rialt) < fl
witniKit doubt irMted
Ilia Mit-owm hn* uniidy
mrd of rum n< over
....... Hr iniarant*•»*»» cure.*•
•tiMieut flew. Give P O. and
ik.' An. HLSEROLE, Xo. W.TobnSl .Nstr Vork.
she will shake her invincible lacks
in a manner you little dream of
now. Wait. The day of retribu
tion will come in due lime. Jus
tice travels with a leaden heel, but
Wail
till the floodgates are lifted and a
full tide of water comes rushing on.
There will lie fine grinding then.”
There seems to be an impreasion
hats, etc.
1 pri*** 1 “v^L 1 " U<1 "" * m *"rpr>e jrc
voces, lours resrertfnllT
I. H. WIOG1XS A CO
•chllwl
To Road Overseers.
1 MIE Ovrrset-r* nt Ro ds nf Hie ’27ib j lhe hogs to he fed,even pigs fed in
District arc noiitbd
| fads in order by tbe Apri
i Superior Court, nnd- r , m-lty of Ibe law
p W M PILCHER.
I mstisS* U..*i Commissioner
dred acres ol cleared land; then get internal revenue laws repealed and | ; . , . . .
a screw pulverizer; that with six this flood of Are water let loose on strilte ® wlt “ * n ,ron band-
good horses will plow or pulverize the people, at what may be consid-
twenty acres of land each day. j ered merely nominal prices.
Sow two hundred acies in tall outs, — —
and next spring plant the other Two .Negroes Drowned. ,, , , - .
IWO hundred acre* in peas. When! Albany, Ga., March IT.—Pope j-^ 1 UOW are
th»* oats are ripe cut enough to feed Yason, ion of Hon D. A. Yaaon, °l )<?ne ' er - 5, ri l ua , * n
stock on and turn hogs on the bal- went out this morning with two “ L ie ^ rin in 8 w • ow.
ance. By the time they have eaten negroes, Taylor Nash and Abe
the oats, the peas will be ready to , Scott, io a bateau in Kincheetoonee ' Twenty-five cents expended for
turn on, wiiieb will keep the bogs creek, about four miles from Al- °. n ® bottle of Shriner’s Indian
Iat and growing till ready to kill.' l>any, to collect dialing limber. I ' e.-mifuge will save your child
If the armer has money he can buy | The cr.ek was very high. The from the horrible agony of being
put. in.ir tpj, wav will make large hogs by
of the | [) eccn ,h eri
As to the profit that can bemads
1 by ibis style of farming, it will dif-
bateau turned over and tbe two
negroes were drowned. Vason
made heroic efforts to save the
negroes and bately escaped with
bis own 4/e.
eaten by worms.
Ptr laU.
Twe fine milch eow* with young cehree.
Cheep for eesh. Apply nt this mm.
Aft