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Americus Recorder. 'stablislied 1879. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1885. JHii.y, Pkb Ykar,...*«.00. Wkkkly, 11 ... 2.00. AR BETWEEN ENBEANB AND RUSSIA I Now Declare War on High Prices in Americus!! aving been to market lor the past Four Weeks in search of Bargains, I have at last been enabled to come back with the Largest, Cheap est and Best Selected Stock of Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, IDomestics, £tc., Eltc., Ever brought *o this city, and have put them at such figures that will defy competition. These goods were all bought for the CASH, A XI) NO BORROWED CASH EITHER, and as every one knows cash is the Lever. I have determined to sell my goods just I bought them, pT(3R. CASH. OjVIj Y ! and at such prices as will astonish the greatest unbeliever in low prices. Remember fee foods are all Hew and Slylisli and not miied wild any Rntbisb I pole: SHOES. Dress Goods’ SHOES. Having bought out a line of manufacturer's samples now .v 11 you shoes at retail at manufacturer’s prices. Men's handmade shoes at §2 50. . . . worth $4 00 billies’ O pera Slippers. at 75. . . worth 1 25 | bidies’ N ewport lies at 1 00 . worth 1 50 I lilies’ Lt tee (Brighton’s), at 1 25 . . worth 2 00 l,:itlie>’ E l'Stie. nt 1 50. . . . . . worth 2 50 Woman’s ('novas Shoes, liifili cut. at 50. . . wortli 1 50 ! Handkerchiefs at Five cents in fast colors. Horders hemmed and ready for use. , 4-4 Hleacliings at Five cents worth 8c. 10-4 all Linen Table Cloths at Filly cents each Worth $1 00. Mall Knitting Thread 3 balls lor 10c. Mens 2200 Linen Wnmsutta Bleaching Shirt at 50c worth any body’s one dollar and over. \\ onuin’s Slippers, at 10 per pair. Straw Hats tit 5c worth 20c. Straw Hats at 10c worth 00c Straw Iltits at 25c worth 75c. Towels at 5c worth It c. Towels at 10c worth 20. Youths’ Straw Hats witli base ball thrown in, 25c worth 75. 1 can Satines at 8c worth 12c. Best imported Ginghamsat 10c worth 15c. All new and Spring shades. The new Dress, Toille De Princess, all woll, at 25c worth 50c. The new Maritana Checks, all wool, at 35c worth 75c. Lace Buntings, all wool, at 15c worth 35c. Figured Lawns at 3'Jc worth 5c. Figured Lawns at 7c worth 10c, __ . ifn TT nnci n Pacific Dawns at 10c worth 15. White 1-awns at 5c worth 10c. | HAMBURGeS. HAMBlJRGS White Lawns at l()c worth Ice. Nun’s Veiling, all shades, nil wool, at 15c worth 30. White Nainsook checks at 8c worth 10. Ladies’ 3 Mutton Lisle Gloves a* lo cts. worth 4octs. From lc up. HAMBURGS. In this line l cannot be heat, us I bought them at my own prices. CLOTHING. CLOTHING. CLOTHING. Having determined to drop this branch of my business you can buy clothing at your own ptic- s—thisi* bonnfideand no hum- hug. Linen Collars at 10c each, all linen und all late styles. CORSETS. 500 Just received, at 35c which cost 75c to import. -VII i ask is a trial to coi vince all that I mean just vvliat I say. 1 am to be found at the famous “Foster Corner,” opposite Grange A'arehousc and under Allen House, so do not make any mistake. 1 have no connection with any other house in the city, so come and trade as here you will got the biggest value for your Mickles, Dimes and Dollars. Coi*, Forsyth ©t. and. Cotton Avenue, AMERICUS, GA. . B. FOSTER, V.MEiiicrs Recorder ldmvssioaal vm M.tihss i.liilis p 0 pcKi.ismm iiv w. I., e> IjWssjm ian it i n i: OS « <ITTO\ AVENUE. AMERICUS. Aimihmu is tha county sent of Sumter' ■’ "rity G. or«iu, ni'imted on the 8o»rh- w.st. ru r.ulroud, 71 miles M*ntljwo»t of ! •M-aud about HO mi ten a*.nil of Ibe j 1 i n.i,i duo It inKitimted in the link'd H »»t ficurgi i, rai^iiiK u t<r* ntor vari- • ? > «l «liic dturul nn<l horticultural pro* 1 '• thau any other part of the South, •■Mj.hiniii^ all the fruits, grain and v*r**- ubh sol ihd temperate and semi-tropical t ones—wheat, corn, rye, oais, rice, Irish /.M l swrot potatoes, peanuts, chnlas, • tt"n peas, siigir cane, apples, pears, peaches, grapes, plums and other fiuiu. 11'“ '‘liimite is mild and Mfuable. aud one t the must healthy in the world, the air being pure and « rv and mobt beneficial 'or o 1 ti ro,it diseases. All kinds of ; : . i v.uik ,:in b.- peifonncd without •• n.. l*. i.ce (torn summer heat or •'* 1 °'d 1. Amnic’ta has a population <1'»,(». <», is Ltauuiully Ritu-deil on high 1 r "b'i ground ami u>uaU of go mo »f ‘ ■ h. ti.ls;,tm-si liusiness Iducks in the :! tli. i do city his fine public schools; ;■'"d eh'ux’h-s; a large public library, • '• duly, dr,e Memi-weckly and two " * Ah newspHpeia; a new opera house, '■■"“bo-bly fuu ihlod wi*,i i-ceu -iy and ' ' ‘l b < i s a'ing 1 000 persons; a well erguiiz.-d tire depaitiuent, including ,A " f V i '* rs; ihe streets are will » :iV "b ^-Acred and lighted; there are 1,0 mills, n cotton seed oil mill, i l ining mill amt v.iii. ty works, eariiage ' “•"•r\, and a number of minor unmfncto. n ' '’•“bout i wo hmdred firms are engaged no iv.iiitile buHims-; three bunks wiih !'“ “bi.nd.uiee i.l capital; two good »• luruih good ucc* * in mod at tion. aim rieus ih the C'-ntro oi trade f.*r six ‘ "umi. s you.pii i,,g rich^t agricuh ‘Di iUee'ioii ji, Georgia, the average an- .tn.n ncei,ita being :k),000 b.tbs, ■ l ' b «»!l la- lari'* ly laureate d by tin ‘ ’"I' 1 ''-I the P.>a,on und Lumpkin LA U \ KliS. <’. !'. XcCItOKY, ATTORNEY AT LAW. bU.AVll.LE, «A. 1 TERMAll *Mm» froi.i *30 «,r nn.ler, ft; j Tr mi •’«) in 1500, tea p . oi:l.; ov, r |>Ti, ^v.-n | I per rent. N • charges utile-- co l tion# art* nuute. I j May II tf. I M / SC EL LA X KO IS. .1. M. It. WkSI HliOOK, M. I). Physician and Surgeon | AMERICUS, GA. ! OfHe* at I)'-. Eldridge'a drug store. Itesid**pc- on Church Street, n« x» door to W. D. II.yneH. febTtf J.A.& D F. DAVENPORT, Prescription Druggists, OAK FIRM) I.KSS. A COU HIU S EXPERIMENT. a M,Ilia.I of Ullllmlaif Nor«|i m: unit: t\tt iif.au, it A St VI.VG TO toil. I.ulu Hurs f lias been “exposed” several times. The Greensboro Journil eontribules this addi'.ion to the list: "During the recent visit Coli'MBUs, Ua., .March 30.—Mr. and performance of Miss Lulu Robert E. Masters, who lias cli vrge Hurst , the electric wonder, several Ainmriiii, (Jo. mnk* ii it ene< iahv. Wo n*'' r«*i\tb'»; • rnir- iu cotnp -un.lliu i*ii*l lram Iho l»..t ni:»i.uia«turvi>. wi>ril It f $2,000 At small covt can bc l secured f«»r your loved ones, by joining the Kn.igh.ts of Honor. Let * v* ry husband and father d<* i f . Regu lar lodge nifeting lirat and thiru Friday 7 r. m. For paiticulam rail ''n E. TAYLOR, Die. Or, I). K. Brinson, Report* r. decllyl F«ls J. Mi’ler. C. Horace McCall. I The Bargain Store, ever ready and an i ious to bring tbeuiHelvos and their goods j crimes committed lately'. | prominent before the public, have iutro- Jesse Doles, a young farmer liv* I duoed a new plan to benefit their cus- I seven miles from V icnua, the tomers, in the following way, which, if , county seat of Dooly county, was the different way , and mean* adopted by | on Saturday afternoon plowing in other firms to draw trade for is taken in Ids field, not very far from his consuleraiiun, superaedea anything in ita j house. His wife was as usual at- liue. It is not in the shape of a drawing | tending to the domestic atTaira. ora gift to the largest purchaser, or the i Abo’Jt o cIock in the afternoon lucky owner of u tick* t. but it is a plain j the aspect of the weather was threat- greenback certificate in hi/i* and color of j suing, and Mr. Doles unhitched his tne regular iw.nty -five cents paper cur- 1 *»ule and started home before the rency, and calls for (25c) twenty-five 1 «»nal time. Reaching the house cents for every purchase of ($5.00) Five • and entering he saw his wife stretch- Dollars worth of goods bought at the 1 ** upon the bed, lifeless, her throai Hirgnin-t.ire , cut from ear to ear. ber bead Htab W t t,ov.! unly a limited ,.mount ol t|.e«. ; l,c '' an, > ‘* nn » coniiderably brui.e.l, ticket-, mid ...Utien wbhiDK ... save twen- a,ul cver .V evidence of Itav tvrtvft cent, on every t'.v. DolUr. will *’**? *’* e 1 n ,n08t brutally neeaulted. plnaae call at once and aek for them. To Sbe bad b- en raped Wild wttb ,bo.e n.,t un.lorHUn.lins the »l,„ve ,le- I «r.ef, Mr. 1 olea Hou K ht bts ncigb arnt,tion, w., will -ate piuinlv, tb..t in I bo ;„» al “ 1 t^>Ul t!.e terrible tale. |.ur'l.aHin K live doll worth' of roo.1v 1 •*? * earch 1 ^i‘ an . anJ ll, « from ua. we will take four dollar-, and i“°™>ng tbe murderer was caught aevenly-live cents in money and Ihe I " < ‘ ar l }* e pl*ce where the crime w». twenty-live cent, ticket. ' I commuted. George House was bis Having adopted this mode of offering name, an cx convict, a coal black ind.icem-nts lo the patroua of the liar-1 negro. He confessed bis guilt to K-i.n Store, the Proprietor as-oirea all, ; || lc . arresting posse ar.tl requested The Uouee/i'u . \t.,„,l, ,)|J Tl.ar.ae 1 — --w....*.. ,. u I n. , lilt! V ICCl TIC WOl.tl C T, V-rat ticulars of the Dooly ceunty mur- i p . tbe ^lou . l(,ln b , department of the gentlemen formed the opinion that iicuiars oi me i^ooiy ceuniy mur Columbus iron works, has succeed- , verv trick she did thev could do tier have just come in and prove it | e( j j n accomplialiing what has never [ So they began practicing -- 1 to have been one ol the most revolt- before been done in any foundry I last Friday ni"ht after t intr crimes committed lately. .. .u.. ... .r last, r rttiav ni in, alter t and on .... the exer- ia this country. W lien he took u.jses oft lie High School were over, charge of the works lie found eighty an exhibition was given by Mr. thousand pounds of scrap steel on | Holcomb Harris. He performed hand, the trimmings rrorn cutting | i,u e umbrella and cane tricks, ran steel plows from Hie slab,for which men all over the stage, lilted two they could not even get a bid. Mr. Urge men with the palms of his • u lc 1 * "> >u -••I. i.ppr.ipriu.ly n,«m.d ’•’•I Capital” of tbai t-eo- 'I-'diy g ow ing in popn- “tli. Aw ft |,l,ice of bu-i- * it piv tn’w nitracti hh Hie apai nuili. lively MonuiiiPiital Marble Works Mll.I.I K ii tlel Al.l., Proprietors, Sonthwest Corner of the Publio Square, AMSHICUS, GA. Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Etc of the b»-Pt Italian and Amtrican Marti*. •Hi. liyh rapist ly a.lvunciug m • -iil.abifftDtM both city and tire * iiluvMte«L couric4.ua noil 1, witii ,i c«*r<Lal welcome to itu- 1“ * ni- r ( -1 f -1 r t_f Uftil.Miueo, j-i- •>|'i'aliwts and n«*ii**ii-< f..riu- * c, i' n of Gaoigm . fiVrk fine op- Any u*ininia'iou in iCi.'*"*! j iry will b- cl*» erfully fnr- 1 R-'l-irea-fig tbo AMFUKT.il Re- W. B. OLIVER, Draper and Tailor, IJiir.ln?* of Au.-rlcu- Actua ■ . f 11... « u*. u ANTED. *«> «* guarded and not jailed, goods for bus nt retail than the regular arrest was made early Sunday mcrchnoi c.n buy them it wholesale. ! morning. W« will make in. ntiou of the faetthat Sunday night the guards were r::n.w by»body». coo. b ..t we have .leterminul to htiil lower the determined men, and after Rouses price* ou nil otir goods. Oar stock i-» I body find been mulilalcd, be was e uiplete in nil u* branches, and we arc l stripped and was l»un^, and is now coat^r'no cokI ^ ^ n ° pr ' >flt ’ banging in lull view of passers by Wo continae 10 *ell ull Doiufstica at ! Horn Montezuma to Vienna. Some atiicdy factory price* and have a large of tbe prominent negroes of tbe assortment m every line. We comitine {county insisted on taking charge io r- c. ive goo.ls rouiiht rom auction , ^ tho p r j SO ner .and burning him at and chan je Kft|t*« and oft r apeci.il drive* * , , , .. *» . . d H**H8*.nablo go«»ds «*fteu »i ol* -foiirili | Hn* stake, but the vxniies would not <d tlieiroriginal coat. j yield him up. W« have u poliiecorp* of aalcMmen and i When House wa* caught, be J a o!;TaJLr,ltmoIa“hlv'.'Jr„ a m-*.'‘,n7l P.U , wa " ■J ,l ® tC . hed " ill " U « 1 * d - V ’ 8 h' 0 ®'. 1 ’ valno Inr your ui.-ney. We v. ill m,.ke n„ ! sn-l he hail cut out the knee of Ins miarep cumuli .ns sml will r. lni.d the pantaloons to avoid detection, money for any puuba.e, if b is r. t ns Xhis is one of li e many cases in repr, S nie.l Make no Bn ‘* i which the acts ol these wortny at ihe Bargain Store when iu need <»f auy ... J goods m Ihe D.y Good*. Clothing, .shoe, I Dooly county lyncher* will be tus- Hit and Millinery line, if the anving of | tained. mon*-y in yonr porchasea is uuy Li I*t> n! i-pmle I>rn o g jj, su ri*c*- -i, 'tierin:'. cle.nl r, npalri jt Ik ll-ii , plra* - ni *-'i-; tn , l,m4 eg :•*[.* dill V. Hpoi-**i gr-a-c o| I.- rns- (let* m» nl.|ec- gi a I kv I. out, lur. J I'ch an 1 |f »» . etc. -5 •* rfr U .ray ... •• rr ,. e . ,n«.irrai . lUv-.t u-.n II r •ia**i t **r • mi . i-. +■ ..a r M.t .\,>01U' » f I l.t\ > nr. Wit i lie •S[er.rM« In , Host, n, Mm.iui M44. ; t ,. # |l0 „ # | •*» Ortt |OUT patronage. i uamUIii ", B. OLlVSB. ohj-ct lo yon. Wc aillbe pl-ascd toshov i.i,3 price our -ov..| « hctl.-r you nub to purchase nr tot, K-»pectfu : ly. H. M. o-.IlKN, The llugsin Msti. Higb of He,I i'l«g. opposite Bank of Anserieas, Cotton Avenue. Messrs. Garland and Lamar are the two quiet no tubers of the ncur cabit.'et. Neither nf them will dn anything in tbe wey ofMitertoliMf. Masters conceived Lite itlea of melt ing these scraps in an ordinary cupola, but when lie mentioned •t the old moulders in the eetab lisbment only smiled at what they had always believed to be an im possibility. However, lie made the experiment, and after several at tempts he ascertained the degree of heat necessary '.o render the steel fluid enough to run the moulds. He then tnelled a ton o' llie steel and made it into plon points, and was rewarded I.) find ing that his experiment had proved a complete success. The metal, a- tt flows from the cupola, it is of .. beautiful bright color, and throws off an abundance of sparks. Mi- Masters lias since melttd 70,000 pounds of these scraps, and much of the steel has been used in mak ing the car wheels of which the Constitution iiad a notice a short time ago. Melting steel in this wav was a tiling her.-tofor unknown in the history of American foun deries. Dan Rice, the circus clown, is running a 10 cent circus in the French quarter of New Orleans. He talks sadly of the good old days when bis Floating l'alacc was the sensation on Hie fattier of waters, and thousands upon thousands of people swarmed from far and near to see him. He gave an entertain ment a few nights ago when not 300 persons were present, and about one third of those were pro- fessional and other deadheads. hands, and did the other wonders performed by Miss Hurst. He ex plained how he did tbe tricks and plaiuly showed to tbe audieuce was folly satisfied that anybody could do them by little exertion of muscular strength. Tbe audience was fully Kali-lied, anti Misa Hurst will never receive further patronage in our city. The so-called elec tricity and wonder of her t.-icks were plainly exposed on last Fri day night.” Some of our readers may remem ber tbe ancient definition “A noun is the ..time of a thing, as horae, hair, Justice." In the "Memoir of Adiel Sherwood, D. I),” recently published, Lite story is told of a voting man who stumbled griev ously at this point. “What is a noun, then?” he said: ‘‘hut first I must And out wi.at is a horse hair Justice.” He meditated upon this lor several days, until seeing bis father seated iu his legal capacity as Justice ut tli'c Peace in the old horse-hair settee, he exclaimed, with delight: "1 have fount! it; my father is u liotsehair justice, and therefore a noun.” It was Judge Theophilus Hat • lington, of Vermont, who required to Ire produced "a bill of sale from Almighty God” before he tvoultl deliver tip the fugitive slave, and not Judge Phelps, the fa'ltcr of the Hou. K J. Phelps, as the newspa per! erroneously would hare it — St. Albans (Vt.) Messenger. A Muskegon ladv, a worker Wendell Phillips left only about among the poor,informs the Chroni- 125 000. though once wealthy. Mrs. | cle that many families go to bed at Livermore anys that the day before dark and rise as late aa possible in he died he burned a small fortune | tbe morning, In order to make one in note* be held a gainst people for , load ofalabe anti one gallon of kem- wbom, ae he said, bit exeoatore; sees lest ull warm weather oomee. trouble. J— Lansing (Mlofa.) Republican. - ; '