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Americus
Recorder.
Established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1885.
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AmHPicni is thi manly scat of Hamter
. .untv, Georgia, si'Uated on the Sonih-
wuKtern railroad, 71 wiles southwest of
Macon, and ubout 80 wiles north of the
Florida do* 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 fruits, grain and vege
tables of the temperate and semi-tropical
cones wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, Irish
znd sweet potatoes, peanuts, chufas,
notion peas, sugar cane, apples, pear*,
peaches, grapes, plums and other fruits.
The climate is mild and equable, and one
•I the most healthv in the world, tho air
being pure and- ry and most beneficial lor
lung aD'k throat diseases. All kiuds of
outdoor work can be pet formed w ithout
inconvenience from summer heat or 1
winter cold. Americus lias a population
ol C.ouo, is beautifully situ-ted on liiph
and rolling ground and boasts of some of j
the handsomest business blocks in the
South. The city his fine public schools;
, mhI churches; a large public library;
. • daily, one semi-weekly and two j
u. ekly newspapers; a new opera house, .
ioiupletely furtished wiu, scenery ami
ispablc oi s-atiug 1.000 persons a well |
. iganized tire department, including j
two line steamers; the streets are well
I M ved, sewered and lighted; there are
two ilonrmg mills, a cotton seed oil mill,
t i wing null and variety works, carriage |
I tetory, and a number of minor limufacto-
ries; about two hundred firms are engaged |
in mercantile business; three hanks with j
mi abundance of capital; two good
hotels turuixh good accommodattioo. |
Americus is the centre oi trade for six
e.uuiiies couiprhiiig the richest agricul*
tunil section in Georgia, the average an- j
i.tjalcotton receipts being 30,000 hubs,
which will be largely increased by the
completion of the Preston and Lumpkin
tailroad now in process of construction. |
It is the largest city in Southwest Ge.r-
oj.i, and has be* n appropriately naund
the ••Commercial Capital" of that sec-
inn. and it is rapidly gowing in popn-
laiion and wealth. As o place of bu-i-
ro-s residence it presents attractions
qu ded by few cities in (he J-oinh. I
Property of nil kinds is comparatively |
leap, although rapidly advancing in
value: the inhabitants of both city nnd i
•onniry are cultivated, courteous wud «
I ospitable, with a cordial welcome to ini- j
migrants. To enterprising tradesmen, ju- i
lu ions capitalists and industrious farm- |
i*. this section ol Georgia offers fine op- '
I'ortuui ns Any information in regmd )
o city or country will b<* cheerfully fur- I
lislied by r.ddres-ing the Amkiucus Ur* j
oitDF.lt, Americus, Gii.
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GtBcs nt I)r. Kldridge's drug store.
Itesidenc on Church Street, n< x' door
i«» W. D. 11 ivnew. feb7tf
$2,000
At small cost can br* secured for your I
laved ones, by joining the
Knig-h-ts of Honor. j
I etevtry husband and father do it. Regu-1
•^vr lodge naeting lirst and thiru Friday |
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Monumental Marble Works
-MILLER A McUALL, Proprietors,
S'.uiliwooi Corner of the Public Squire,
AMERICUS, OA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc.,Etc
U,u I>o»t Italian nnd American Marble.
lro “ Mallln* for Camatarjr ICaelos- ■
ocily » r «. a Specialty.
Cni ail a* mt Bart’s OlIsS
• H. WIGGINS & CO.
we kee; 1 a ki lt, line UK'
‘■Roorils or ill miidx,
FANCY AND sr.Vl’I.E.
I iiie Whisky an I Wines a b'peeiaby.
^ e rt * K ° l )ftve a BAR connected with
our .••uaine s where gen«a will
fi' d the very best Whis
ky, Beer, etc.
Duw hav « on hand a full line of
% Goods. Boots, Shoes,
hath, etc.
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Pr "Y ard.
STEW ART COUNTY.
CAPITAL CITY CHAT.
I Llevrlnnd’aC Ini roll Pol 11 leal Point,
Lumpkin In i.prt'Wr.t.
While burnint; oil new ground
this week several Stewart, county Washington, 0. C., March 22 —
. _ . , ., ,, P. evident Cleveland ha* rented a
armers have met with consumable ' jn tb# p , wt PreHt , y , eria „
loss by the burning of feneinir. Church. Rev. Dr. Byron Sunder-
Notwithstanding the extreme land pastor, lie sent for the dia
c.ld weather that we have had K r *<n of the church yesterday, se-
•ince Christmas, Dr. Gregory has '« oteH “ P ew an(1 8ent *»*
Irish potatoes of this year’s growth
nearly large enough for the table.
Already two negroes have been
killed on tbe line of tbe A. I’. A L.
road ami a third one found in a
hole of water dead. Such occur
rences are common where so many
negroes are working together.
The English sparrow has made
his appearance again after an ah
sence of several months. lie is
strictly a domestic bird and mi
grates to the cities and larger towns
t) establish his winter quarters.
The early gardener says he will
have spring greens for dinner Sun
day, lettuce on Monday and will
set out cabbage plants when it
rains. He also reports an abun
dance of Lincoln hugs which are
feeding on the young plants.
All of the stalling on the A. 1*.
A L roail virtually completed ex
cept five-eighths of a in le which is
from the corporation line to the ter
minus of the road. Work on this
will probably be commenced next
week and it will only require a
short while to c implete it, under
the systematic working of Perkins
Brothei s contractors.
The committee appointed to can
vass far addi'ional subscription,
far the A. P. Si L. Road have been
actively engaged this week, and
while they met with much cncour
agement there still remains about
fifteen hundred dollars to be raised,
which wilt finish up the amount
required. Subsetiptious will be
received now in any amount from
$2o up. anil it is earnestly hoped
that this small balance will be sub
scribed at once without further
solicitation.
On Wednesday last a bone was
stolen from Andrew Jackson, a col
ured farmer who lives on the Kidd
place, two miles east ol Lumpkin
Andrew traced ike horse to to Saw
yer’s mill, after which no signs
could he seen to indicate the direc
lion til.cn by the thiel. As some
of the negroes lately employed in
grading the railroad have been leav
ing camp and returning to their
bomesin Alabama, Andrew thought
oropably the horse was stolen by
one of these negroes. He was look
ing far his horse yesterday ami is
willing to rewnrd anyone who will
apprehend tne thief.
A correspondent waiting Irom
Webster county to the Amehicus
Recorder says: “ We are anxiously
looking forward lo the time when
we can go to Americus on the A. j
Si L. U. It. Last summer,when
check to Dr. Sunderland for a year’s
rent. His fumilv occupied the pew
to-day. He did not go out of the
A bite House. Thirty-five years
ago Dr. Sunderland preached elo
quently in Butftlo. Mrs. Cleveland,
the President's mother, was one
of his congregation. The President
as a hoy thus listened to the cler
gy.-an who is now to preach to
him as a man. Mrs. Cleveland ad
mired Dr. .Sunderland who was then
in the full vigor of his powe:s.
M ss Cleveland recalled that fact
recently to Dr. Sunderland. It
was Miss Cleveland's desire to he
in Dr. Sunderland's congregation
again that prompted her brother's
choice. Dr. Sunderland is now
old, and no longer preaches well.
His congtegalion, once large, is
now very sina'I. He came here
a violent abolitionist. His anti-
slavery sermons split his congrega
tion helore the war. IKimg the
war his political sermons, coupled
with the tact, that he invited Fred
erick Douglass to speak in his pul
pit, drove away many of the more
influential of the remaining incm
bers of his congregation. The
remnant has steadily grown snial
ler. There is probably not a sin
gle Democrat in the congregation.
Several members of the church are
color-d. Since ihe war this church
lias never discrimina’ed against
anv one desiring membership oil
account ol color. The President’s
decision which was not known un
til today, has created much com
ment.
making appointments, be relies, as
he always has done, more upun bis
own judgment than upon the wishes
of others. If the President has one
hobby more than another in eon-
nee ion with the selection of office
holders, it is on tbe subject of
health. When a name is presented
for bis consideration, and after he
has satisfied himself that the can
didate has the moral and Intellect
ual qual ficalions he invariably fol
lows it up with something after
this style: ‘ What sort of a looking
nun is he? How much does he
weigh? Is he in perfect health? Do
you think he could perform hard
work and still keep his physical
condition unimpaired?’’ Tbe Presi
dent likes robust men, and sava
that it is a mistake to put candi
dat s into office who are more than
likely to either neglect their duties
or to retire with shattered const!
tut.ions. Consequently, candidates
who are not vigorous in a physical
sense meet with little favor
at the While House.
IIILI.S ADVICE.
THE DEMOCRATIC FLANNAliAN.
Higgin» is the Democratic Flan-
nagaii. He occupies a room in the
second floor of ilie Treasury D<:
parlinenl, beyond those of the
Secretary and assisoam secretaries,
ami can lie found there from the
moment the clock strikes *•9" in
the inornirg until 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. Whatever else may oe
said of him, he is the soul ot punc
tuality. Personally he is a very
courteous, polished and popular
gentleman. Visitors who expel-
to find sumo rawboned Marylander
Irom the Eastern shore, who has
scivcd the most of his life in no
msler sloop will he disappointed
in Higgins. He is a tall, rat i-
er square nun, with hair and
inoustuelie liberally aprinkled with
gray. He will greet you with
the grace of a Chesterfield ami with
the genial temperain lit of a Boh
Ingersoll. Higgins appears to have
satisfied himself that this is a very
pleasant world, and mat sunshine
in life is a b.g thing. He is an in
voterale joker, and is fond of ha'in-
less mischief. Perhaps his best
joke was > ordering 5(10 dismissal
blanks the next day alter H -cretary
Manning had inad - a raid on the
•‘fraud roll” employes. It sent a
shudder through the treasury, hut
the clerks have begun to under
stand him and it will lake some
thing more powerful and direct to
reach them next time. He says he
believe) in giving the fullest pub
licity in relation to changes in the
John R. Shaw’s.
%
, ,. .. j i - . i . department, and that ho will take
the big meeting was held in Lump- 1 ,,
* * , 1 ;any responsibility which odbial
kin, the great fear of the Stewart 6U | )t , r j <)r s may desire to place U|W»n
county folks was that Webster him. Such a man will lie invalua-
would fail to come up with her end ble to Secretary Manning,
of the siring, and yet here we are
wailing for Stewart to fill up her
quota. Poor little Webster has
done ner liest.” “Straight E Ige’’
Isaac Hill, one of tbe Assistant
Sergeants at-Arms ot the last
House, and a grot man out in
Ultio, is overrun with applications
lor assistance from ihe office seek
ers A day or two since lie said to
an Ohio friend: “You dou't seem
to understand this new deal. You
have come on here with enough pa
pers lo stretch from the Treasury
to the capitol in a straight s'ring;
you want me to present those pa
pers for you, you fool, you. Do
you think I am going lo ruin you?
Didn't you kuow that papers don’t
count with this administration?
The more a man puts in of them
the worse be is offT. And you want
me lo|>ct up delegations for you,
too. Well, you are Irom the back
woods. Il I just wanted to lay you
out completely, I would go out to
the While Huiit-e with a delegation
You ask me what y»n shall do.
Well, I will tell you. You just go
home by the first train. Take>our
papers with you. Then, if you
want an office, really, you might
sent) your numeaml your |>o8loffice
address to the President. Then
wait anti see if lightning doesn’t
strike you. You stand a belter
chance that way than you would in
Washington with the biggest dele
gallon an-' the longest string ofps-
pers that was ever made.”
CLERKS WORKINU ON SUNDAY.
Under Attorney General Brew
ster it was customary for many of
the officials anil clerks in tbe
department of .IIIslice to work on
Sundays, clearing up matters that
had been left over Irom the week
belore. Mr. Brews’er held that
Congress did not give him money
enougu to hire a sulll.-ient number
of ele ks, anil that it wusabsolutely
necessary that the work uf the of
flee should be kept up. Today
Atlorney General Garland came
down to the office anil was surprised
to see quite a force of bis clerks at
work the same as upon week days.
H-;nt once ordered them borne, and
said that as long ai he was at tbe
Department of Justice that tbe
office w- uld be open for the trans
action of business on week days,
hut that it must be closed on tbe
dubbalb.
Mouthers Immigration Uooroation,
Savannah N«*f.
The Immigration Convention at
New Orleans completed its business
last Thursday. Tne Southern Im>
migration Association waa consoli.
dated with the Southern and West
ern Immigration Bureau, and a
board of directois, which is com
posed of representatives from all
the Southern States snd California,
was elected. Tne office ef the new
organisation is to he made to es
tablish an institution io that citv
something like Castle Garden at
New York.
About enough has been writtea
relative to immigration societies in
tbe South, and it is time that some
thing practical was being done bv
them. Tbe country has heard ail
it wants to hear about tbe societies
until it hears sometniog about tbe
immigrants.
There is no disposition to throw
obstructions in tbe way of those
"ho are trying to get an immigra
tion association organized that will
do effective work, but it does seem
as if there is not as much anxiety in
the South to encourage immigra
tion aa there ought to be. Of
course Texas and Florida must be
excepted liecause they have made
commendable efforts to increase
tlirir wealth and population by
means of immigration, and they
have succeeded beyond reasonable
expectations.
There la no reason why Georgia,
South Carolina, Mississippi, Ala
bama, and Louisiana should not be
as popular w t.b immigrant* as
Florida and Texas are. All tbati*
needed to make them so is
judicious advertising and work.
The money that Florida snd
Texas have epent in bringing set
tlers within tbeir borders bae be«n
repaid a hundred fold.
If the Southern States want tbeir
uncultivated lands turned into pro
ductive farms and tbeir towns and
villages made prosperous, they
must make tbeir resources known,
snd draw within their borders wil
ling worker* from other States and
oilier countries.
Those from tbe North and West
who bavo visited the New Orleans
Exposition, and witnessed the ex
hibits of the Southern States there,
have expressed their snrpriee at
the undeveloped wealth of the
South. Very tew of them Knew
that pig iron, as good as the best
in the world, was being made in
Alabama, in fourth-rate furnaces,
for $6 a ton lees than an inferior
pig iron could be made in Pennsyl
vania, snd still fewer knew how
rapidly the manufacturing interests
of the South had grown within the
last ten years.
There ie plenty of work for aa
immigration society—In faot, for
any number of immigration socie-
in the South Southern Leg-
islors will not be faithful to tbe
truste reposed in them if they do
not deal with tbe question oi immi
gration liberally. Tbe Sooth ought
to draw airength from the North
ern and Western S alee ot this
country and from Europe, aad ehe
can, if she makes tho right sort of
an effort.
T.) THE VICTOR THE M‘OII.8.
In Washington the majority of
the Democrat* one meets are hearti
ly in favor of the spoils system,
... , ..land arc not at all diffident about
is mistaken. Af.er t ie peop o o | j eno „ nc i„g President's course.
Sumter agreed to build the road I This does not disturb him in the
t > Lannahassec snd llie people oi j slightest. He is confident that the
Stewart lo Kineliatoonce we did I whole country will sustain him il
not doub*. the ability of Webster to he goes 'thead wi.b the government
nut / conducts i purely on business prin
fill up tlie gap. Notwitt standing I ciples. It is quietly intimated here
tbe fact that Stewart county w ill that Mr. Cleveland is closrly fol-
pay for several miie9 of work done I lowing the ad vice winch be received
in Wcbiter we will meH you at j from Mr. Tiiden sum.- months ago.
, t. When he visited Greystone lie
Phillip) and you won t have long to '
wait either.
Il is positively stated that Mor
mons will build a church in Ruth
erford county, N. C. Two of their
elder* will conduct it, while three
other* work ** missionaries in
North Carolina, Georgia, South
Carolina and East Tennessee.
The only international street car
line in the world is the oneconnec-
ing Paso del Norte. Mexico, with
fil Paso, Texas.
An Arizona editor discourses
thus on the foolishness ol office
seeking: “We don't want any of
fice We try to give our readers
a hangup paper every week, and
we find that doing tins takes all
our time. When an editor lias
made ilie round of all the saloons
for items, digested all the uewsl B S B i*- I,
from the Soudan and classified all
tlie paiii locals, lie has done a go< d
week's work and should not Ie
called upon to bear tho reaponsi
liiiities of any office. Wc are con
fident that President Cleveland
irill find men to fill all the offices
without taking us. If we did n >i
believe so we would gladly sacri
fice our private business for tbe
good of the country.”
To the Front Again!
J. ISRAELS,
-DSALBR IX
IMPORTED am DOMESTIC
LIQUORS I
PORTER. WINE,
CTUAIM, TOBACCO,
ETC., ETC.
FRESH BEER ON DRAUGHT
Grey
found that lie was heartily in ac
cord witli the “Sage” even lo ques
tions ol detail. This was pleasing
to both gentlemen, a id in the pres
A story that is perhaps apocry
phal, hut which is good enouzh to
be tiue is told of a Misaisaippian’i
visit to the While House in search
of a post mss’, rship. “How toon
does the incumbent's term expire?” j
ALWAYS AND
ONLY 5 CENTS PER GLASS.
WILL SOON 8TVRT THE ICE BUSI
NESS AND WILL ALW > YS KEEP
A PULL SUPPLY OF ICE.
AND ALSO KEEP
■ FANCY GROCERIES,
ent rather complicated condition ; inquired the President.
if affairs the President's firm grasp
is backed up, so bis friends say, by
tlie knowledge that tue best senti
ment and tue biniuiest men of bis
parly arc susiaiuing him. The
President pays the utmost respect
and deference to the opinions of
the “old stagers,” who go uo to
the White House pregnant with
■idvice and stoiies of tbe Demo
cratic Presidents wholiv.d before
he was barn, but when It name to
“Oh, in about three years unless
It is cut short.”
“Are there any charge* againat
him?”
“Well, yes. We Democrats don’t
like him.”
“ But on what ground do yon aak
for Id* removal?”
“On tbe ground. Mr. President,
that eleven mdlions of |ieot le
decided last November that they
wanted a change."
M
THVT I AM OFFERING CHEAP.
I HAVE AGAIN STARTLD
Every Dey hwmlOtMaale Urn.
Thsok'ng tbe pebUe for thsii patron-
sgv kindly extended w me for tbs pant
sad rrspsetteiiy solicit s aontinasae* nf
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