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Americus
Recorder.
established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1885.
Daily, Pbr Yxar,...$6.60.
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AMERICUS.
Americus is thJ county seat of Sumter
• »antv. Georgia, situated on the South*
western railroad, 71 miles southwest of
Macon, and about 80 miles north of the
j-'lnriitu doe It is situated in the finest
action of Georgia, raisin* a K reater vari
ety ul 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
cnne8 __wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, Irish
rn d sweet potatoes, peanuts, chulas,
aott<>n pens, sugar cane, apples, pears,
neaches, grapes, plums and other liuils.
The climate is mild and equable, and one
,,t the most healthv 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 has a population
of 6,000, is beautifully situated on high
Hud rolling ground and boasts of some of
the handsomest business blocks in the
South. The city his fine public schools;
. . .d churches; a large public library,
, , daily, one semi-weekly and two
w-cklv newspapers: a new opera house,
ci-inpletely furbished wit., sccneiv and
(..liable ol seating 1.000 person-; a well
' iganized tire department, including
two tine steamers; the streets are well
j, MVe d, sewered aud lighted; there art*
two flouring mills, a cottonseed oil mill,
11..Ding mill and variety works, carriage
t.icmrv, and a number of minor man facto- |
ties; about two hundred firms are engaged
in mercantile basin res; three banks with
ini ahundaoco of capital; two good
hotels luruish good uccommodatiion.
Americus is the centre ot trade f.*r six
counties compri-ing the richest agricul
tural section m Georgia, the average an*
nualcotton receipts being 90,000 bales,
which will be largely increased by the
completion ol the l'reston and Lumpkin
railroad now in process of construciion.
It is the largest city in Southwest Geor
gia, and has be»n appropriately named
the ‘•Commercial Capital” of that sec
tion, aud it is rapidly g-owiog in popu
lation and wealth. As a place of busi
ness residence it presents attractions
equaled by few cities in the $outh.
Property of all kinds is comparatively
doap, although rapidly advancing in
value; the inhabitants of both city and
conn try are cultivated, courteous and
hospitable, with a cordial welcome to im
migrants. To enterprising tradesmen, ju
dicious capitalists and industrious farm
ers this section ot Georgia offers tine op-
( ortani'ie*. Any information in regaid
to city or country will be cheerfully fur-
nished by addressing the Amkuhts Re
corder, Americus, Ga.
LA iri’Eits.
C. K. XcCKOKY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TO THE
LADIES.
U.I.AVILLE, GA.
I HUMS—All claim* from |30 <»r
'»* » ■" t*> S-VIO, leu p r c. i:t.; over 1
N>. charges uu lean collect ions
i.ler, |3;
M ISC EL LA NEO US.
J.M.H. WI STBUOOK.M.D,
Physician and Surgeon
AMERICUS, GA.
Office at 1 >r. Eldridge* drug store.
Kesidenc • on Church Street, ua' door
lo W. I). Haynes. feb7tf
$2,000
At small cost can hrq secured for your
lived ones, by joining the
Kaights of Honor.
I.*'tr-v. rv Ii'iMliuml and father do it. Reyu-
ur lo 'e 'meting tirat and thiru Friday
1 »i. I rpaiticulura rail -n
E. TAYLOR, Die.
1 E. 1 tinNsON, Reporter, declly
J Oil \ PR KL VILLI'.
Johnpreeville, March 23.—The
early birds say they haven't planted
corn yet. Oura is all up and a
splendid stand have ire. We are
not at all uneasy. We have seen
such weather before, and onrs being
soaked in good “red eye” there is
no danger. Those who did not
soak their corn may look out.
Cotton planting will commence
as soon as the weather turns warm.
Some fancy patches nave been
planted.
Henry Randle, col., living with
W. D. Jackson, while sitting by ihc
fire cooking his breakfast with fry
pan in haad, got up to stir the tire;
white up his wife pushed his chair
back, and in resuming his seat
missed the chair and fell on the
Boor, emptying weal, grease ant.
gravy in his face and was badly
burned. No other damage beside
broken plank in the floor.
Qeneral meeting at Richland
next Sunday. Everybody invi ed
with full baskets. We expect lo be
on hauil, if nothing happens, with
sharp teeth and appetite.
No letter last week. Attended en
tertainment given by Miss Saville.
She sings well and mtist uc heard
to be appreciated.
Alt weli. Mayor.
THE NEW MEN. GEN. BLACK IIARI) AT WORK.
The Knormliy *f Hla ('orresp.mdcnee
Compel* Him to Uee a Stomp.
Washington, March 23—Edwin Washington, March 23.—Gen.
J. Phelps, who was nominated to- John C- Black has been Commis-
day as minister to England, is a sioner of Pensious for six full days,
prominent lawyer of Burlington, nn d is one of the busiest men in
Vermont. He is about sixty years Washington. Saturday be Bigned
of age and possessor of a moderate i over 2,000 letters and other mail
fortune. He is ex president of the matter, received 200 or 300 callers,
American Bar association, has an d attended to the ordinary busi-
practiced before the supreme court '"’s’ of Che ofllce requiring his per-
in Washington, and is highly sonal supervision. To day the rush
esteemed as a 1 .wyer and a man of of callers fell oft a little. Two
culture. He has several times been thousand signatures a day requires
■I. Ml’le
C. Horses MeCsR.
Mominieutal Marble Works
M1I.LEK & MeCALL, Proprietors,
s ‘itliwest Corner of the Pnblio Square,
AMERICUS, GA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc.,Etc |
of the tn-.t Italian find American Mnrble.
Gnu Itnlling (or r.m.I.rr ICaelee- I
u r«,. a Specialty. Ar
Cut lit Stem at Hatl's o:t Stmt ,'i
I- H. WIGGINS & CO. 1
«®its of .in, kinds, i John R. Shaw’s.
fancy AND STAPLE.
lino Wliisky and Wines a Specially, j
" ft a.Ko have a BAU connected with !
U ** , in .®‘ 8 where g^niM will
nud the very beat Whia*
ky, Beer, etc.
"* now hare on hand a full line of
Ary Goods. Boots, Shoes,
RATS, ETC.
llTf, ,1’ , v* 11 *“ 1 ' 111 « "price you
■•in-i U ®'J r “° '-“'ill'.
1 * t U W10GINS A CO.
The Chinese know the value ol
advertising. Here is the “ad” ol
an ink manufacturer of Canton,
translated: “At the shop Tuc-
Shing,(prosperous in the extreme)
—very good ink; fine! fine! Ancient,
shop, great grandfather, grand
father, father, and self make this
ink: fine and hard, very hard, pick
ed with care, selected with atten
tion. This ink is heavy, so is gold.
The eye of ’lie dragon glitters and
dazzles; so does this ink. No one
makes like it. Others who make
ink make it for the sake of accumu
lating base coin and cheat, while 1
make it only for a name. Plenty
of A-kwanlsaes (gentlemen) know
my ink—my family never cheated
—they have always borne a good
name. I make ink for the ‘Son of
heaven’ and all the mandarins in
the Empire. As the roar of the
tiger extends to every place, si
does the fame of the 'dragon's
‘jewel.’ ”
Emergency boxes are being
placed on tbe trains ot several
leading American railways. They
are light, japanned tin cases, appro
priately and plainly lettered, and
placed in positions where they will
lie readily available in case of ac
cidents which may involve injury
to either passengers or employes.
These boxes contain surgeon’s
adhesive plaster, Uingiass plas
ter, adhesive bondages, roller Ion
dages, rubber oandngcs, styptic
cotton, ligatures aud needles, scis
sora, safety-pins, etc. When the
lid of the case is thrown upward a
small pamphlet is the first thing
revealed, and this contains full di
rections for proceeding lo stop
bleeding, how to apply the handa-
[ ges and implements found within
I the case, aud what,should lie done
j in case of crushed feet, burning or
scalding, broken bones, wounds »y
I cutting, bruises, etc.
has :
A very interesting clock
just been fixed opooaite the Na
tional Provincial Bank in Bi-hops
gate street, London, it is on the
twenty-four hours principle, ami is
remarkable as possessing probably
the simplest method winch has ' et
been introduced for indicating
time upon the new enumeration.
It lias only one hand, the long
minute hand, and the figures
' around are placed as heretofore;
j instead, however, of indicating the
i hours, they indicate the minutes
only, which are marked from
60. The hours aic shown
sunk dial revolving under the up
per dial, a space being left iri the
democratic candidate tor governor
of Vermont, hut far as known here
has never held public office. For
two years past lie delivered lectures
on law to the graduating classes
of Vale college. Mr. I'uelps is a
son of ex Senator Phelps, of Ver
mont, Senator Edmunds was his
legal preceptor.
Phelps is a personal fiiend of
.1 ustice Field, of the supreme court,
ho speaks in the highest terms
of his learning and ability.
Henry Routes Jackson, noini-
na'ed as minister to Mexico, is a
native of Georgia, and is G4 years
of age. He graduated at Vale col
lege in 1839, and was shortly after
wards admitted to the bar. He was
! c donel of a Georgia regiment in
the Mexican war, and the four suc
ceeding years was judge of the
Eastern circuit of Georgia. In
1853 he was sent lo represent the
United Slates at Vienna, Austria,
where he remained five years.
During the late civil war he was a
southern brigadier general, and had
command on the upjn-r Potomac.
Since tiie war Jackson lias practiced
the profession ol the law in Geor
gia. He lias of late years he'd no
public office. He is a man of inde
pendent fortune, and is highly in
dorsed by prominent men of Ids
state. Jackson is author of several
poems, “Tallulah” being among
them.
Robert M. McLane, of Maryland,
nominated as minister to Fiance,
was born in Wilmington, Del, in
1815. He was educated at St.
Mary’s cullcge, Baltimore, and at
tne college Bourbon, in Paris,
France. He was appointed by Gen
eral Jackson cadet at West Point,
and alter graduation there in 1837
served in the Florida war and in
tilt northwest as lieutenant of ar
tillery. He resigned from the army
in 1843; studied law in Washington,
and removed to Baltimore, where
lie began its practice. He was a
member of the Maryland legislature
in 1845 C; was a member of the
ihinirih and t hirty tint congresses;
was snpoimcd by President Pierce
in 1852 minister lo China, and was
appu'utcd by President Buchanan
minister U> Mexico in 1859. but re
signed in 1860 He was elected lo
the fortt sixth and forty seventh
congresses, and declined noruina
li m for the forty eighth congnss.
He was elected givernor of Mary
land in 1883, for the icrm f four
years, beginning January, 1884.
Ueorge 11. Pendleton, of Cincin
nati.the new minister to Germany,
was born at Cincinnati, 0 , July
19cn 1825, receivcil an academic
education in the schools ol Cincin
naii, and after wards in Europe,
studied law, was admitted to the
bar and has continued ever since
to practice at Cincinnati; was a
member of i he slate senate of Ohio
in 1854-5; was representative from j
Ohio hi the thirty-fifth, thirty sixth,
thirty-seventh and thirty eighth
democratic candi '■
a geod deal of writing for a man
both of whose arms are disabled by
old wounds, and the General lias re
sorted to a rubber stamp, the
legality of which has been ques
tioned, but be bolds that since be
can legally authorize a man to sign
for him, either in his presence or
absence, or by touching a pen to
his name alter it is signed make it
legally his signature, he can stamp
bis name as oitcn as required and
no court will ever question its
regularity. In fact, it will be a
physical impossibility for him to
get on without it. 0
The General has entered upon
his new duties very quietly. He is
not looking for opportunities to be
sensational. In the immense busi
ness of which he lias charge lie sus
pects that improvements may be
made, and, perhaps, some abuses
may be corrected. He is on tbe look
out for these. He says be bas no
desire or intention to punish any
body, as lie believes that punish
ment, generally speaking, was ap
plied So far as it need he applied at
the election last November. The
only thing he has discovered so far
demanding correction was in the
accounts of the special examiners
There are 3CG of these examiners,
and they are paid a salary per year
with uu extra allowance per day
when in the field, besides tl.eir ex
penses. The General was struck
with they fact that when their bills
came in that most ol them claimed
die per diem allowance for twenty
eight days in February. He docs
not believe so many of these men
were enterprising enough to have
broken four Sabbaths in such
short month. He also found some
fault with a man in Texas who put
in a bill for about $75 for expenses
incurred in traveli ig about the
State, and who reported having ex
nrnined only three cases.
UE0KU1 t'S DAY,
New Oblkans, March 24—The
celeliraliou ol Georgia day was
an event lo he remembered as one
of the most imposing of the expo
silion celebrations. The visiting
miliiary aud citizens were out in
full force, and long before tbe ap
pointed liour for tbe exercises lo
oegin the grounds were covered
with enthusiastic multitudes. The
ceremonies began down town by
the formation of companies of the
armary, and thence inarching to
the hotel they awaited the coming
of the distinguished guests, among
whom were Gov. Henry D.
McDaniel, ot Georgia. Falling Into
line in the following order, the pa
rade took up the line to the steamer
Clinton: Invited guests in carriages
under command of Acting Hiate
Commissioner N. I*. I’ralt. of At
lanta. to whom the success of the
lay is largely due; Governor’s
FOUND AT A MINE’S MOUTH.
a “'« >» AfcaaWaaea WuhiS fraai a
D.a.rt.s Mia* la Marth Carallaa.
Raleigh, N. C., March 24—Near
Cencord, Cabarrus county, Robert
Paul bought a gold mine, which
years ago was opened by an En
glishman, at whose death work was
stopped. Tbe mine filled with
water, and a large mound of earth
from it became covered with Tines.
This week Paul hauled some ef the
earth from near tbe mouth of tbe
mine to his house. Among tbe
gravel was a lump ol gold. He
took the earth to the creek, washed
it, and got (335 from a cartload.
He kept tiie affair secret. There
are 2,000 bushels of earth at the
mouth of tbe pit, and a man named
Eli Hinson made Psul a cash offer
of $50 per busbel for it, which was
refused.
It is stated by a man 90 years
old that the mine was really worked
by the Englishman in a mysterious
way and with wonderful success.
It was in Cabarrus county that
gold was first found in North Caro
lina. The nugget weighed twenty-
eight pounds, and tor many year*
remained the largest on record
until surpassed by one found in
Californi i and later by one discov
ered in Australia.
A later account of tbe negro
lynching at Artesia, Mias., shows
that the colored people know how
to execute mob law with neatness
and dispatch. Having duly tried
a wife murderer, and condemned
him to immediate death, an old
darkey offered up a long and loud
prayer for the “po* unfortunate
brudder about ter vacuate dis
yea'll.” The doomed man then
kindly adjusted tbe noose to his
own neck, and after an experimen
tal drop, was launched into eternity.
Every stop of a train costs money
to a railway company. Keoent
statistics kept on a certain trunk
line showed that during a given
vear tbe 350 daily trains made
7,000 extra stepsevery twenty-four
hours, tbe traffic being largely
suburban. Experiments showed
also that each stop oost 42 cents,
reckoned largely in extra time to
employes who, for that number of
stops put in tbe aggregate 350
extra hours per day, making a
total lots to tbe company of nearly
$50,000 a year.
Appreciative Employer: “Mr.
Wiggins, I have been very much
pleased with your assiduity and
attention to business during the
past year, and I have determined
to reward your fidelity by making
you my junior partner.” Horrified
Employe: “Junior partner—me—
no, sir! Don’t doit—-just reduoe
my salary and let it go at that.”—
Puck.
In Scotch divorce case which re
cently AHRbe before tbe Court of
Session, the couple bad been mar
ried for thirty-five years, and the
wife, who was the petitioner, was
the mot'ier of fifteen children.
To the Front Again I
J. ISRAELS,
— DtALKR IN
IMPORTED anl DOMESTIC
LIQUORS!
Horae Guards, of Atlanta, Cept.
congresse ; w.s democratic candi I j F Milhdpe commanding;
date lor v'ue-president on the ticket c ha th., D Artillery, of Sevan.
hesded by George B. McClellan in na| Lieutenant R. F. Harman
1854; was democratic candidate for cou]malH , i0L ,. riUmitU Kifles, of
governor cfUhio in 1869;waselect Katoston, Captain J. D. Adams;
cdtolhe LulledStates senate as; Americus Light Infanuy, Lieu
(,. niint (v. M. Jones; Wa-bngton!
!rs;iMSi mb n Murar
steamer the parly were conveyed .
to the exposition grounds and en i alwAyh and
Prof. Stewart, of Liberia, says : j rou te was fired a salute in boner ONLY 5 CENTO PER CLASH.
“It is estimated that 79,000 gallons I of the visitors. Reaching the ex :
of liquor arc sent to Allies to ; position grounds the line re-forimd
every missionary.” Well! well! tn d marched to Music Hall.
We wouldn’t have be'ieved it. The j — # ■ » -
a 1 few missionaries wo have seen Senator Sherman’s Washington
lidn't look as though they were home is on K street and is worth
|iml to any sin It liing.— Boston [ at least $50 000 He bought the
democrat to succeed Stanley
Matthews, repub icsn, and look i
his seat March 18 li. 1879. Ilis!
term expired March 3, 1885.
BEERtl, ALE*,
PORTEB, WINE.
CIUAUN, TOBACCO,
ETC., ETC.
WILL SOON STtRT THE ICE BC8I-
NESS AND WILL ALW iY8 KEEP
A FULL SUPPLY OF ICE.
AND ALSO KEEP
%
upper dial In which the
figure co.nea forward inslantati
eouslv upon the minute hand coin
ple'.ing its circuit of rixt/ minutes.
In short, the solitary hand marks
the minutes and the sunk space
shows the hour.
hour Transcript. j ground for a song when Franklin
— • —— Park, which it laces, was a cow
There is great cruhusiam at Ips pasture and a hall ground, aud his
with. Dakota, ov. r the compete friends laughed at the idea of it
•liccesa of the aitesian well. At a ever lieing worth any great amount,
little less titan 1.200 feel a stream Now one could not buy tbe vacant
of water was reached that will ground there, if there were any, for
rise fifty or more feet above less than $10 a square foot,and tbe
FANCY GROCERIES,
TH4T I AM OrPBIINO CUAP.
HAVK AGAIN* STARTED
Tuning forks and giindulones i the surface, and in fair drinking
aic now made ot plans. K .ih and water, although a little warm.
1 sleeper* ere manufactured !rom the
| game transparent mater iai. The
producea’hard' g‘la*« cMting.’ .Ts tide which they cal. the “Dual
produces nar g a ol Lebanon.” It is sprinkled upon
cost of$1.82 a hundred weighL ir ^ fire tQ remove lb# uop l e . MIU
‘ hU i noUc “ be lB ‘
A London firm ot pencil makers
■ . i- and manufactures its shavings into an
new process i. a simple one, anti ..
best bouses of lue capital are all j
around it.
A French physician baa written
a long lel’er on the advantages of
groaning and crying. He tells of a
man who reduced bit pulse from
126 to 60 in the course of a few
boure by giving vent to hie emo
tiona.
Every Way Item lOtMamfe 12 m.
Tl so king tbs pnblis for their natron-
sgr kindly extended to me for the pest
end rrspecUmlj solicit a continueoe of
the easts.
A.I8«fiKA
Cotton Avenue, Americas, Os.
