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Americus
Recorder.
Established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 18857
DAILY, Per Year,...*.*#.
Weekly, “ ... loo.
Americus Recorder
PUBLISH HD BY
W. Xj. OXjI
OFFICE OM COTTOW ATEHUE,
rROKfiSSIOMAL & BUSIJfKSSt'ARDS
AMERICUS.
Americus is the county seat of Sumter
county, Georgia, situated on the South
western railroad, 71 miles southwest of
Mscon and about 80 miles north of the
Florida line It ia 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 fruits, grain and vege-
tables of the temperate and semi-tropioal
cones—wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, Irish
snd sweet potatoes, peanuts, chufas,
nottnn peas, sugar oane, apples, pears,
peaches, grapes, plums and other fruits.
The climate is mild snd equable, and one
of the moot healthy in the world, the sir
beiBg pure sod ory snd most benefieisl tor
lung end throst diseases. All kinds of
outdoor work osn be performed witbont
inconyeoienoe from summer hest or
winter cold. Americus has a population
of 6,000, is beautifully situated on high
and rolling ground and Loasts of some of
the handsomest busiDess blocks in the
South. The city hss fine public schools;
good churches; a large pnblio library;
one daily, oue aemi-weekly and two ;
weekly newspapera; a new opera bouse, 1
completely furciahed witu scenery aud j
capable ol seating 1.000 persons; a aell !
organized fire department, inclndiog
two fine steamers; ihe streets are well
paved, sewered ' and lighted; there are
two flouring mills, a cottonseed oil mill,
planing mill and variety works, carriage
factory, and a number of minor manfacto-
riea; about two huodred firms are engaged
in mercantile business; three banka with
an abundance of capital; two good
hotels tnroish good nccnmmodattion.
Americas is the centre of trade for six
counties comprising the richest agricul
tural section in Georgia, the average ari-
nual cotton receipts being 30,000 bales,
which will be largely increased by the
completion of the Preston and Lnmpkin
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, aod it is rapidly growing in popu
lation and wealth. As a place of busi- I
ness residence it presents attractions i
equaled by few cities in the South, j
Property of all kinds ia oomparatiyely ■
cheap, although rapidly advancing in j
value; Ihe inhabitants of both city and
country are cnllivaltd, courteous and
koapitable, with a cordial welcome to im
migrants. To enterprising tradesmen, ju
dicious capitalists and industrious farm
ers this section of Georgia offers flue op-
poiluninei. Any information in regard
to city or conntry will be cheerfully fur
nished by addressing the Amkhkts Re-
cohdf.r, Americus, 6a.
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TO THE
LADIES
DAWSON DOTS.
NARROW
LA WYERS.
C. R. McCRORY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
&LLAVILLE, OA.
TERMS—All claims from $80 or under, $3;
f rum i3U to 0600, ten per cent.; over 9&00, seven
per sent. Nu charges anises collections are mode.
. May 14-tf.
MIS CEL LAJfEO US.
J. M. R. WENTBK00K, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
AMERICUS, OA.
Office at Dr. Eldridge's drug store.
Keaidenc" on Church Street, next door
to W. D. Hay nee. feb7tf
$0,000
At small coat can hep secured for your
loved ones, by joining tbs
Knlghta of Honor.
Let every husband and father do it. Regu
lar lodge meeting lirat and third Friday
7 f. u. For paitienlara call -n
E. TAYLOR. Die.
Or, D. K. Hiiimson, Reporter, decllyl
E twe .1. Mt'ler. 0. Romo* McCall.
Monumental Marble Works
MILLER a McCALL, Proprietors,
Southwest Corner of tho Pnblio Square, j
AMERICUS. GA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Eto j
of th. he.t Italian sad American Marble. ,
•raw Railing ,. r C.a.I.r, Cnclee-
eel'. •"•.•traetaMp.
2c.
TWO CENTS
2c.
wanKBii Bum ohm!
I. H. WIGGINS & CO.
WK KEEP A PULL LINK OF'
GROCERIES (IF ALL MIPS,
PANpY AND STAPLK.
t’iae Wkisky ui Wilts a Specialty.
" * * , *° have a BAR connected with
our business where gents will
find the vary bast Whis
ky. Beer, Me.
" e ,0 * k*" on hud a fell line of
Cry Goods. Boots, Shoes,
HATS, ETC.
t^J* *■ * *•» and w. • III inrprieaycn
siohllml t M WIGGINS * CO.
MR. Shaw’s.
the meeting every morning at 9
o’clock, preaching every evening at j
7:30 o’clock during the week, per
haps longer.
Mr. and Mrs. McClung, of Dough
erty county, were in the city yes-
terday. Also Mrs. Mary Jordan, of
Georgetown, mother of Mrs. Me-
Clung.
Mr. Hiram Powell aod wife, nee
Miss Hattie Mercer, of Wards, ar
rived in our city yesterday on a
visit to Mr. J. R. Mercer.
Mrs. Crockett Baldwin left for
her new home in Auburndsie, Fla.,
yesterday, accompanied by her sis
ter, Mrs. Sallie Janes.
Mr. W. J. Speer, of Americus,
has moved with his family to our
city, and is occupying Dr. Farrar’s
Cpsidence on Main street.
Hon. Ja9. E. Brown and family
left to day for their home in Mo-
Dooough, accompanied by Miss
Carrie Brown, ot our city.
Mr. L. Crouch, depot agent, has
received instructions to furnish
transportatibn to the Dawson
Guards to the Exposition and re
turn at $8.95 each.
There was plenty of ice this
morning, and it’s cold as blazes
now, at 2 p. m. J. A. F.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Within the past four years the
trade and business ot Dawson has
more than doubled.
There is talk of pitting the elec
tric wonders, Miss Lulu Hurst, of
Cedartown, and Mrs. Dixie Hay-
good, of Milledgeville, against each
other at Macon next week.
A Montezuma man was at the
Union depot at Macon Thursday
night with an eyeless chicken,
which be was taking to the New
Orleans Exposition. The chicken
had no eyes, nor any sign of them.
A young lawyer •! Sylvania came
through town the other day driv
ing the bilance of his first law fee
—a yearling steer. The fee con
sisted ot eight dollars in money,
stack of fodder, a silver watch, an
old sow and the yearling.
A ten year old negro boy on L,
D. Norwood’s farm, in Houston
county, killed a lizzsrd the other
day, cooked the reptile, and forced
a smaller boy to eat it. No harm
resulted from the enforced fea9t.
except that tile cook and master ol
the ceremonies was severely whip
ped by his father.
W. T. Arraistead, a son of J. M
Armisteaa, of Oglethorpe county
landed in the Lone Star State some
twenty- years ago with only 25 cts.
in bis pocket after his route ex
penses were paid and by close at
tention to bis law profession, has
accumulated 20,000 acres of land
worth from $6 tj $10 per acre, be
sides forty-seven building lots in
the city oi Jetferson.
Near Cbickasawhatchee a line of
earthworks esn still lie seen which
were thrown up by Gen. Jackson
(Old Hickory) as a protection
against the Indians, on his march
to Florida through this section in
1818. These breastworks are
scarcely perceptible on first sight
but by close observation they can
be traced.
Dr. L. C. Mattox, of Clinch coun
ty, has an owl that roams around
loose at bis house, and is a terror
to cats and mice. Not only is he
useful for this, but he is a rare bird,
the Doctor having learned his owl-
ship some rare tricks. For in
stance, he will take the owl and
whiri him around and about in bis
hands, and will then put him upon
the floor or tabic upon bis back,
tide, or any other position he may
see proper, telling the owl to sleep,
and he remains perfectly quiet.
The Doctor can then tell the owl
to dream a bad dream and avakr
frightened, when, after about 3u
minutes, the bird will jump up
from tbs table, apparently in a
great fright, popping bis bill and
showing other signs of alarm.
The directors and managers of
the Kimball House Company and
the lessee ot the Kimball House at
Atlanta have agreed upon April
30 as the formal date of opening
of the entire hotel. By Ibis time
the hotel will be finished from top
to bottom, every store open and
every room finished and decorated.
The house will be thrown open to
visitors from the kitchen to the
roof. A banquet will be given
beginning at 5 o’clock and ending
at 10, at which seats will be provid
ed for 800. From 9 o'clock until
3 there will be a grand ball. Dur
ing the evening the Mexican band
will give a concert on lit • root and
in the arcade, and there will be
piano recitals in the grand par
lors. Invitations will be issued to
persons living in every city In the
State.
■» ■ • Another well-equipped illicit dis-
It appears that some of the tlllery was discavered in the very
Illinois legislators art not altogeth- heart of New York thia week by
er above suspicion. It was stated revena-; officials. The moonshiners
the other day that the Finance ' were ought, but there was no ex-
Committee proposed to count the , citing moonlight hunt and romance
money in the State Treasury vaults.: as theie is in (be mountains. The
Some of the Treasurer’*' friends 1 officers detected the odor of burn-
objected to the count on the ground j iog hop* while they were walking
that it wonld put that official to ! along the elreete, and just stepped
the trouble of making a recount of in and pat the bracelets on the dis
til* money after the committee I tiller*, who wen busy drawing off
flalfihee. i lh * bl * h **•••'
DRUNKS ON THE SLY.
They tell a “short haul” story,
er Ilia Daviess That Sa-Callse I a ho U t ^ MO mi nen t ^ M 00 ’^ p 0l f "k*
Ttoipiraaet Ptjpu Kaaort t». | aoout * prominent railroad freight
ajent in that State which ie worth
Hew York Teiagram, | reprealing. He is an active Epis-
“Our business does not come en- c [ ) P*** a 9 a ®d * vestryman in the
Dawson, March 23—Rev. A.M.
Williams preached an able sermon
yesterday on the snbject of Prayer,
and another last night on the Prodi- _
gal Son. He decided to protract tirely from people who'^drin^for'a I ? burcl1 the littie town where he
good percentage of the money that :! re "'.. w “'?h '® not ver y far from
goes into the till oomes from those t le °1 1 ^.. '. re he ba ® his office and
who are supposed to be strictly **]* nd ? . bu, y bour8 - One day
temperance people,” said the cash- wben ? u ® l n e ® 8 was crowding, a man
ier in the barroom of one of the c *.?? e 10 who proposed starting a
large hotels thit fsoe Madison f *!“ al1 town ® loo « <■•»« road
square. “Hew do they do it? Ob, 7 h * d t0 P a Y ““d* more for
it’s easy enough for a man who I ,!" ei ® , tban . , lo * n ® father along
wants liis bitters to get them right route paid—in other words, It
here, even if he is an avowed bine ® u .^ ered tbe u ®“»l short haul die-
ribbon man. There was a Boston cr,m »> a tion. The visitor pleaded
clergyman stopping here last week. £?•„ J®!? , \ but| °f® our8 *. in vain.
Of course be does not drink—cer- . he h ^ ld OD - and w , i , lb hie P«r-
tainlv notl But every morning, at I .'' 8, * nc y b , e P r ® lt y well wore out
breakfast, we sent into the dining- “ 1 ®. bnll teil petience of the agent,
room a glass of seltzer lemonade . C9ld ® 8 k**P l| iff other people wait-
foi him, which he drank to ‘wake in ® wb< i, had , a1 * 0 , ca * l ®«I on busi-
hls stomach up,’ as ho told bis ne ® 8 ' Finally, be left and the next
friends at the same table. One- “ an , 8tc PP ed U P' "Well, sir,” said
quarter of that glass of lemonade |, e agent, “whereabouts
was pnre Holland gin, which, be-1 ? ,-f 0Ur d r d j? r, *t-n»ili f” "I,
Ing white in celor, could not be de- ir ’, wa ® tb ® meek reply, “am the
lected even by the person aftting reo H >r whom you wrote about
next to him. Ye<, of course we j conducting service next Sunday.”
knew the gin was in it, for he bat *f 18 .. d . 8 n ®^ mill was the
been slopping at this hotel when oburc “ ln which the agent was an
in the city for some fifteen years. | omoer -
and there was an understanding , .f, T " ,7.
reached between us a long while L,f ed o^g^ator CockreU the
^“Then there is the wife of a na- ^'"ni'^nino C m ° n,pl f aiDe , < » lhat b .«
va. officer of high rank who always -"^^0"^°.^^ ^
Russia has more soldiers and
more ships of war than any other
country in the world. In her stand
ing army there are 780,000 men,
and Blie has 358 ships in her navy.
It costs $125,000,000 a year to keep
' er military rstablistiments on their
peace fooling, and her military
authorities say they can place
2,300,000 trained men under arm9
in war time. The English stand-
ng army is 182,000 men. This
includes the English regular troops
serving in India. The English
War Office authorities protess to
be able to put 642.000 well-drilled
and effective British troops in the
field if called on to do so. Tnit
does not include the Indian auxil
iary forces, which would swell the
total British forces at home and
abroad to over 1.000,000 men. It
costs England $90,000,000 a year
to keep up its regular army. In
1853 there were 52,000 kith sol
diers in the English army; now
there are only 31,000. In 1853 a
great number of Irishmen from the
Tipperary, Armagh, Kilkenny, and
other Irish miiiria regiments vol
unteered for active aervice, and
were sent to the Crimea. The Eng
lish navy contains 283 ships. But
while tbe'Ruseian navy contains
more vessels than the English
navy, it mutt be remembered that
England spends three times aff
much oa her navy at Russia spends
on hers.
A Nstton er Egg Eaters.
“There are at least 50.000,000
eggs consumed daily in the Unitqd
Slates,” said a New York whole
sale dealer to a reporter. “That
over 4,000,000 dozen, and at an
average price will amount to at
least $80,000. Think *f the outlay
and business activity required to
handle this enormous quantity.
The American people are egg
eaters. As a general thing the
upply it equal to the demand, but
about three years ago, late after
January, we ran ashore on domestic
eggs. What was the result? Eu
rope began to ship as pickled eggs
by tbe millions. Shiploads came
over. Prices went down, and the
European pickled eggs at fourteen
cent* a dozen became immensely
popular. This almost ruined our
home egg market. During the
months of April and May the eggs
are pickled by means of a solution
of lime water. They are kept un
til November and December and
then come in to lower the market.
Fresh eggs, though, are worth 30
cent* a dozen.”
stops here while her husband .s on Afler „„ en [Q them k £ u# j£’
one of bis cruises With dessert h<J made thi , f emtrk: UQ| S
at dinner she has two smal cups , bsye ^ “•
of very black cotfee^nd her friends Houte „„ th| , and ^
always speak of how much more ,, me Mr . CleveIand r ; ceived ™
animate and entertaining she is
becomes then a really brilliant talk- I j" tended'tofdo It, ri.ouw’h.ve
was tariff r pon™o1f°tbe 9 bestVrench ’■'»<E
brandy in each one of those little •» P« r Poee.
cups of bUck coffee. t0 p,,t fr,enda 'P 10 °® ce - Von
’it , , . can get some one else who can rev-
“Now look there; watch that" I* .„ |" wiH
said the speaker, stopping suddenly dhil , h |d f ‘“
and nodding h.s head toward the ^t I will not go up to the
door of the room, “Now you’ll have Ur,1* rw Itoiia< . , ®
a practical illustration of what I FTfr*
^ „ to break bis promises and ideas
As he spoke three gentlemen “IiutoMlo » dUty '* Ia ° rd * r
strolled in and walked up to the ^ ^
bar. fitch one of them wore silk ^ a
bats and large diamond soltaires in ™ e ediwr of lb t Au ® u9ta 8enl *-
their shirt fronts. Tney each or- " el . ® a n .®« ro aDd a “® n
dered drinks, two t.kiug whiskey U a PP«®®*.the position in
and the third a bottle ofgingrr ale. whicb hi ! P? 0 P le a '° P laced ' a “ d
Y,.u keeep it up bettor than j vspable of advis.ng them property,
thought you could, Aleck,” said , n * lale '*®. ueof h ,'® P*P® r be "P ;
one of the whUkcv drinker, to the We ® rc be,e a >»ong the
third man, as he'came up to the r ame people that oneo owned us.
cashier’s desk 10 pay the check. I W « on The ™
“I’m blessed if I didn’t think Billy 18 f 0,rb « re ,or u ® l .° 000 d
would win inside ,f two weeks.” "° ,f . we aan . lcd to ‘ c0 ^'‘
I’m going to win th.t bet, and " ot ‘ e " d u .® “‘ ,icd - We
don’t you forget it,” said the third ® boald lh ® Dlt U ? d for tbe mc ®® o r®
man, complaceutly. “There's only ol P e , 8 ® e th ®’’. eJt ' 8t ® a “°"« “?• 11
a month yet and then the time’i could be n,ucb wor 1 ®«- U onl > "■
u 1, J mains for us to educate our ebil-
“The man who drank lh. ginger dren - buv , land ®- mako ou , r bo “ e ®
ale,” said the cashier, when they P" , re - dt « nlfled ' ®"«1 comfortoble,
bad left the room, “ia in the cu. and "® v « ™ < J"*>'-„ and * Ter r olber
tom house, pretty near the head of n * bt wl “
it. Ue made a bet of $5,000 two ,, „
months ago with one of tUo leadets . b r8, ^® b * e y. of Valdoeta,
of the County Democracy that he 18 ove J‘ eighty-nine years old, and
wouldn’t drink a drop of anything lbou S h her eyesight is .0 dlu. that
for three months. Two or three ® b « C8n ® C8, ; o * | y ®ee tbe key. on
times a day he comes in and lakes | th « P l8no - ® h ® P lav ® b *®“tl f ®»y-
a bo t'e of Belfast ginger nl* with
GIVES Am!
Fine Double Barrel
tome of bis friends. The barkeeper
over there will be $500 richer when
the custom house man wins the |
bet.”
“Why?” asked the reporter, I
doubtfully.
Don't you see ?” said the cashier QTT Al I » flTT^T
in disgust; “the barkeeper has a OAAv/ X VAUXli
peculiar box from which be takes w „ „„ d , ily op , ning „„ , look of
those bottles of ginger ale. Each Spring Clothing, Hats. Underwear, etc.,
bottle in tue box has been very »n«l aellingoff all our laei seasons par-
carefully opened so at not to des- nK, ' ow C08T ' 0#r ,to# $
troy the tinfoil capsule over tbe | ‘“’m"o’fVd. and Medina. Clothing.
cork and has been fixed with old
rye whisky—one-quarter whisky,
three-quarters ginger ale. Do you
’tumble’ now?”
“There was one fellow, a retired
merchant and a pillar of a Fif.b
avenue church, who slopped here
last winter, who always at bis
meals hsd a lemon sent to him in a
small glass. One end of the lemon
was nicely, sliced off and the lemon
was carefully U P in the glass
on the other end. He sucked the
(uice from the lemon after he had
finished eating and everybody
thought be took it to help his di
gestion. So be did, but tbe lemon
was aoout half full of “tbe old
stuff,” so that he got a good “whis
ky eon” every time. I could go
on for an hour telling you of games
l<ke these. It seemed lo be a
mania with a great many people
to bide the tact that they driuk
anything and they Will go to any
amount of trouble to deceive their
friend* and acquaintances. But
we who are behind tbe scenee, ** it
were, know all all about it. Of
course w* never give it away, for
it'* worth * good deal ofooney to
Unis' Fins and Median. Clothing,
Children's Fine and Medium Clothing,
Fine Nobby Klyle Hals,
Fine Drees Shirts,
Fine Hoeiery,
Silk and Linen Hsndksrehitfs,
Drawers, Gloves, Walking Cines,
Nesk Wear in Des .tifal Styles,
8aapenders.Under-8biits, Night-Shirts
Silk snd Imported Gingham Umbrellas,
Real Leather Va.isee.
Water-Proofs, Bath Towels,
Real Leather l’ocket-B »ka,
81-eve and Sock Elastics,
Clothes Brashes,
Real Gold Plate Soarf Pina and Gaff
Buttons,
Oar Celebrated Children's Waists, fifi
cents, ard upwards.
Large line eamnles of ntw style clothes
in oar Tailoring Department
For every Vive Dollars worth of goods
pmchaaed of na for cash since Jan nary
1st to Jane let, 1885, we will give a ticket
to our grand drawing for a floe breech
loading shot gun oa exhibition at our
et-re. Prize to be awarded June L1885
Come and gneas at tbe beans.
Thankful for your liberal patronage we
respeotfally solicit a oootinaaaee of the
same A-waring you of polite altealion
cod honorable service at oar hands. We
are very truly yoen,
11m Clothier tad Hatter, aad
Better ia BUrto.
Gy lee’
Os.