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Americus
Recorder.
Ostahlished 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1885.
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COTTON IS KING!
. J. WIXELBAUM k CO.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Dry Goods, Clothing*. Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps,
Fancy Goods, Carpets and Trunks
SILKS. SATINS, VELVETS AND FINE DRESS GOODS OUR SPECIALTIES.
GOODS RETAILED AT WHOLESALE PRICES !
All Wool Jeans ....
Good Wool Suits, coat, vest and pants,
Good Brogans, (> to 11, ...
Good Woman’s Plow Shoes, 3 to 9,
at 20e per yard.
Good fast color Calico
- at IT
Good yard wide Bleaching
at 71
Good yard wide Sheeting -
- at 5c
Columbus Checks
at (>i
Yard Wide Carpet
at 25c per yard,
at $5.00.
at 1.00 perpair.
at 50c per pair.
Call and See Us Before Purchasing and if he don’t Save you 25 per cent, in Buying from us,
and give you Five Times the Amount Stock to select from, THE MULE IS YOURS!
J. WAXELBAUM & CO.
Proprietors New York Store.
P. S.—Ladies can have their Dresses and Costumes made in the Latest Style, by experienced
Dress Makers, and all information cheerfully given on our premises. J. WAXELBAUM A CO.
ECZEMA
And Every Spccioo of Itch
ing & Burning Diseases
Cured by Cuticura.
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* * **f*« VUA KlaoLVKWI f ‘
Perhaps no innovation in rood-
ern railr. & ling is fraught willi so
mucli good to the general public •»
the excursion. It is a positive
blessing to the poor, ami ibo op
portunity to those more fortunate.
I note with pleasure the progress
made by our railroads in this di
reclion
and ,eo Tor yourself. A ramble vored belt. Here we have the
through the streets of St. Francis, j gouinl semi tropic warmth without
Cuna, St. Ueorgc aud St. Uypolits, U * enervating influence, and cold
a day in the old fort, a moonlight
sail upon Matanzas, and a dip in
Ike surf ofT Anastasia Island will
richly repay you.
»***
“Well, you sco our boom has not
subsided by any measure," said an
enthusiastic Floridian to me. And
he was right. The Florida boom
cnougli winter to neutralise
of summer. Here there ibrireaerery
cereal; here is the original cotton
belt; in no country do fruita and
vines more luxunkte; and si to
Togctahles anil small frnita we can
discount Florida.
***•
For nlluhle and courteous ofllcera,
polite servants, and a Brat class
makeup generally, commend ue to
».| imui'M s..i
irssllj.
t. .hi,
liuwti.n. tr\
l«*l» and liMtna. and
l«lrP bis I.ba*r
L . i,mb ? V*'* all known method*
r irrniin*iil had |.. ,. n applied mtliuut benefit.
r-mpUtely . urvvl *olel> bl tb* LlfTI-
t-tltA iU.MA.Mk... (waving a . leak and healthy akin.
•lohn Title I, Wilha.Urr*. Pa., writ*#:
m for OPPP eight
Id not attend to
«*rwl» cured i
•o bad l Lat I i <>uld no
r weeks at a tune Thrt
four bolt lea K> MILVENT hats
• of tbia dreadful disease"
TIIK ST. JOHNS UY MOO.t'UUIIT. It is a curious fact, this conla-[ Johns was Welaca, signifying a
gious spirit of improvement. I.ct chain of lakes. Some of these lakes
A oiii.pi. •« ik.UhS.»n*wire- a man paint up his premises and arc quite extensive, (lie largest
some of his neighbors are sure to being lakes Ueorgc and Monroe,
go ami do likewise. The great j Said a friend of mine, “1 have been
Florida boom which since the war j on the Hudson, the French llroad,
has swept over the Peninsular and Rhine, yet I have teen no
State like the spirit of a mighty nobler stream than ibis—they all
genii calling from its gloomy Imm have their peculiar churms."
mocks and sterile Hals such won- »*♦*
♦lerful life un.l progreaa, liaa «x- , A short stay at the mushroom
bended its influence fir into our ! town of Sanford; and through cour
' } however"alow they "have J Sulc a " d >' ou * ce “• work »" Rlon l? ts.y or Capt. Fitzgerald, a hurried
been in’adopting the methods of 1 the hne - visit to Indian Spring and it* or-
their more enterprising nrcthren , ***» ange grove the property of the _ .
North For years and years our Jacksonville’s modern buildings, millionaire Frederick de Harry, who sing to the unwary of Heape- and Florida. The company oon-
railroads pursued the autocratic immense hotels, and shipping, give completed the round up the river, j rian villas, the ever-blooming gar- l ‘ nucll > wll^ laviaji ^ hand, lie ,—
policy
anathema
the nubile;” but times have changed hour late; just In time to make the | »ew congenial acquantances, con- cannot be denied, these things arc , Hungs in (leorgia. How long
connection with the boat taking I sieting of a bright, light of the “ • ■ -* ■- ■
(leorgia press and bis estimable
wife; a cultured gentleman, bis two
sons and a daughter, a "bright-eyed
maiden, fair to see,” and two other
ladies aud gentlemen, we visited
the oldestcity in the United States,
St. Augustine.
2s suit, si., and so have railroads.
is Still being worUJ for all it J he s » v » nn *h, Florid* A Westorn
ti u. . • , . Railway. Mr. H. B. Plant, of the
worth. The State it full of sirens j»|. nt I„,e,tmeiit Go., baa worked
in the form of real estate agents, many wonders for South Georgia
"summed up in the laconic the city quite a metropolitan air. I Here the excurters parted for ra- dens of orange, palm and oily*. I *!? r
ma of king Vanderbilt,"dam Our party reached this point an nous points. In company with a their yachts and silver lakes. It, |„ n g ,'ince put a atop to aU such
ilic-" but times have changed hour late; just In lime to make the few congenial acquantances, con- cannot be denied, these things are j things in Georgia. How long will
„ bjr *li dmrrn
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BEAUr.il.,.
’rwt^rr.l b> th*
. Boston. M*>«
ij.l#«i"n
••Ti/tKn A*n irwivf .xrscLKs,
‘ryme Uuvufh count low* nerve* fur r*«» and m-
n A. '"■* I.*he manna !•> the children of
r MM M til.. I t II. MM Pi.a-TI.M to
»h* tirwd. o«nrw«r4 si, art.ing ninda.
iMnoi deny >.Hirer if the cmfort *f-
'I »•> this nr*, original and
\y antidnlr t.. pwm an.I irrtnnk-
>n. \t ilrugfots. Xk- Avr f<«r
* FvrrTMi Dnt .» *wi, < hcmi-
-1MEltICI S, GA.
,,,, us tip the river. The line aU-amer
About twelve or fifteen of our CkalUhooclie was ready at the
citizens joined the excursion of the railroad wharf to receive us. It
Savannah, Florida A Western was hut a lew steps from the one
Railway to Sandlord, Fla., at Al- W the other, and alighting from
bany. The passage was dull and ! the cars, in the words of one of the
dusty enough as far as Thomas- excurter*, “we went on the thing,
ville, but here we hitched on to the went upstairs and took seats out
fast mail express and then we fairly »■> the front porch."
flew over the course to II aycross,
I believe it was Tennyson, who
attributed bis love (or the Iwauti-
Thc lumber and turpentine men
seem to have held undisputed sway ful and bis inclination lor poetry,
in the country between Albany and to hia early surroundings. It is
Thomasville. I never sec a "lur- j certain that grand and beautiful
pcnline farm,” without a feeling of j scenery will thrill with emotion
sorrow and disgust—sorrow thsl | the dullest nature. To the uncul-
wbat was among the fairest J lured the lesson of a masterpiece
c i iandsc ipes, a noble stretch o! may be lost, but be that runs may
yellow pines with its feathered cat read the matchless beauty and
p«t ol wire grass, made a desolate j gradenr of the noble St. Johns by
LIMITED TO 1HIRTT-FIVE PUPILS. I » Dd unsightly waste, and disgust ; moonlight.
It needs not an art
that lor a few paltry gallons of ' critic to interpret the meaning of
gum, as they call it, so featful a a great silver moon in queenly
aacriflcs should be made. Already majesty moving up in the East
the scientist and meteorologist have from masses of white clouds, a
sounded the note of warning, and , broad expanse of water, upoa
who can foretell the avenge of the whose riffling bosom glesms
"~7 pines and denuded landr, in luture j myriad* of diamonds of dancing
school is th«. mfof /h" •?»* raMpth* drought sod dearth. Let us lie moon beans, with statnly poko**,
•P^TsI 11*° or »>/ (b>a krul there i* at least a lull id i nestled in grove* of oak, orange
tort*bu ai.«] ooQf«fttou**io«*u<i. e fZr Uib vmkUI UitiocM, and bop« it, and palm oo cither hind,
tsrtmaw. appi, to ! will not b* revirml again to harm-1 ••••
sugiMawim Friamrsu. I fol proportions. Th* India* ■*•* (or th* B*.
This school will open Aunn**l Jl*t, soil
f. *«» nicnlhs, ilivid.d into s
s.l v.riu ,,( loor month., sad s Hprioa
l» rm of six nmiitba. four weeks .onsli-
uiioii » iu. mb The limited number
° l' n l’ds .nebles (be Priaeipsl t» give
* ,ll| l»i>t proper altentiou. Tuition
J*. ♦*.' 0 and ji 00 per n>. nih, parable
t the .nd of escb month No deduction
(Juiiint old City ol romance aud
antiquity I Every wall, every gate
and each narrow street calls up a
memory—"I am looking for the
towers of the castle of Ran Marco,
which must be mouutaiu high,hav
ing cost so much in years, in men
r.nd treasure,” said the king of
Spain three hundred years ago as
be gazed va.anlly over the sea. St.
Augustine received its name from
its founder Pedro Menendez de
Aviles, who took possession of the
place in the name ol Phillip II,
king of Spain, in September, I5f>5.
The city was named in honor of
the celebrated Latin father. A
number of the old buildings are still
m a remarkably good stale of pres
ervalion; the moat prominent sod
interesting of which are the old
there, but I notice that they are , tl*'* senseless policy continue to
without exception in live bands of ,,ri , ve e *P iul our border*?
.!„ |A. r , a. A-u...... a.:
Lorillards and tbe de Bsrrys.
Capt.
H. G. Powell, ike manager of ex
cursions for the 8. F. A W., my
Now, in the conclusion of the I heartiest thanks and best wishes,
whole matter: Has this great boom J ,e lbe rl « hl ,n » n 1 for ‘ b «
a .olid basis? I sincerely bop. it Ung m ‘ y h * W,V#I
has. Certainly there can be no riv-
airy between Georgia and Florida;
we arc woiking upon diflerent lines, i
However, I cannot see tbe elements |
of a sound prosperity in a country
dependent ooly upon its fruits and j
vegetables. Deny it as they will, {
and let them boaat of their sea
breezes as they do. still their yel
lowed complexion and enervated
gait betrays the ever-present mala
ria. Can a country thrive that is
compelled to import every b„le of
Hay, every grain ol corn and every
pound ol flour? Will the exporta
tion ofcarly vegetables and tropical
fruits to distant markets, with
the carriers’ heavy toll, perms
nently pay? 1 cannot think so.
Say what they will, the main factor
in th* boom is Florida’s winter
trav«L It is • big thing, sod pays
Aussie* a.
gates, the latbedral, and th* old ■T k * r# •** *° k9mn
loft. Oo* could spend spend day a ,B 8 ° oU " ori<U ' komm *“*»
in the old towa and sever lire; a
volume would scared j t*N lh*Ul*.
POWDER
Abioinfly I