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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