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Americus
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Recorder.
Established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1885.
AMERICUS.
oi’tHA house, we give full details of them in an-
i capable of seating 1,000 persons, I other article.
' j which i* fitted up with all mod-
The Column-rial Capital of trn improvements, including a
Southwest Georgia. | large stage, furnished with thirteen
| complete sets of scenery, besides
pieces, etc. Already engage-
The Handsomest and Healthiest Little
I'ltj in the Seats.
Iter of the largest and best travel-
, i mg companies to give entertain-
Americos, tbe county seat of! Mt# dor|ng lhe conli season.
Sumter county, is a city of 6,000 Tben we , |ave the bl , at
people, situated on the Southwest
ARTESIAN WELLS.
One artesian well of tbe depth
of tour hundred feet, tbe water ril
ing to within ninety ieet of the
top, supplies an abundance of fine
rnents have beeu made with a num- mineral water ior the entire city
ern railroad, 73 miles southwest of
Macon, and 173 miles south of At
lanta. Being the largest anti most
enterprising city in Southwest
Oeorgia. it may be said to be the
commercial capital of that section,
drawing in an immense trade tor
many miles in every direction. It is
A BRAUTIPUL CITY,
being situated upoa an elevated
but rolling plateau, about 400 feel
above tbe sea level, where ilcatches
tbe breeze from every direction.
Except in the business portion ol
the towu it is not compactly built,
the residences being generally built
upon Utge lots and surrounded
with trees. Many of the residences
ar.d yard t are very handsome, ami
in driving through its broad and
shaded g reets the Northern visitor
realizes more fully tnan in almost
any other city his idea! of a home
in the Sunny Suit'll. The people
PUBLIC I.1UKAKY
of any city of its size in the South
which has upon its shelves two
thousand volumes, embracing fic
tion , travel, history and belles let
ters, while upon its tallies can be
found all the latest periodicals and
newspapers. The Library Associa
tion owns its own building, which
is handsomely lilted up and is open
to the public from 2 to 10 r m. **• l ,rou ' 1 ,,f ber fire dc P» rt “« nt '
every d sy except Sunday. Every f,,r il '* ll,e hests.rgwnized and fin-
convenience is alforded tlioso who I e *t equipped of any in tbe South
wish to spend a few hour, in its or Xorlb - ln P ro P ortio0 10 P°P aU '
rooms looking over ils periodicals j
and Itooks, and it is a favorite re
sort for many of our people.
OUR ROAIIS
by means of a steam pump. An
election will he held next month to
dccitle upon the erection of water
works by tlio city. Another well
is being bored by the city and has
reached the depth of eleven hun
dred feet. The Central railroad
company is also boring an artesian
well at tts depot. So that it will be
seen that Americus will be abun
dantly supplied w'.tlithe best of
water.
EIRE DEPARTMENT.
Americus has reason to be, and
are good the rear round, the soil
being light and sandy, ami with
livery stables that turn out the
fittest horses ami carriages in the
South, every opportuuitr is ottered . ... , , , ,
, . ' . ,, i r hand engine and hook and ladder
for driving. Am mg the places of | . .
tion. It consists of two steam fire
engines, one hand engine, three
hose reels, hook and ladder track,
and chemical extinguisher and fire
bucket cart. The steamers are
manned by the best white citizens
ol tbe city, who are handsomely
uniformed, aud have finely furnish
ed halls in which to meet. The
interest arettnd Americus which
arc warm hea-ted. hospitable, oour :
3r ... i can be readied bv easy drives arc
teous and inted.gent, society being , MAllNl , UA RP „, N
based more upon intelligence tbatt
wealth.
ITS HEAI.THrlT.NESS
is not surpassed by* any city in the
United States, an assertion which
is borne out by its death rate.
During the sickliest months in the
year lhe interments rarely exceed
four [tor month, a rate equalled by
few if ativ cities ot the same popu
lation.
THE CLIMATE
MAONl
with its chalybeate waters,situated
in :t tt.osl romantic dell, twelve utiles
trout Americus, over a road
n’totimling in novel scenery. This
spring is a large one, flic flow being
sixty gallons per minute, and ac
commodation* have been made for
j bathing, while in a pavillion near
by is a good dancing platform.
Then ten utiles in another direction
is
ANDERSON VILLE,
truck are manned by tne best col
oretl citizens, who also have hand
some uniforms, and who take great
I pride in the organization. A friend-
j !v rivalry exists between the white
and coloted companies as to which
shall first get to a fire and do the
most effective work after they get
there. The city is well supplied
i with large cisterns for fire purposes.
! Another organization of which
Americus i< proud is the
AMERICUS I.IOIIT INFANTRV,
a military company composed of
tne first young men of the city,
j who arc handsomely uniformed and
i, a happy medium between th. ^ ot tbe famous siockade, I are we „ ipped ,'jtb r ifl e *. They
scorching heat of the trop.es < whrre tbouiaD d* ol Northern prrs. we „ dri u* and U ke great
the rigorous c.dd of the North n were confined during the war. k lng up tt , eir oganiza-
the hottest summer months the ^ | ine cf stockade can still ^ (
thermometer rarely reaches over ^ lrace( , , )y lbe roltcn po sts of I 0 ua churches.
96 while the mean temperature is I w|ijc|j R constructed, while on
RAILROAD rAClLITIE*. | CAPACITY Of GEORGIA (Mills
At present Americus has but one , ' ,
. . . The various agricultural product*
railroad, tbe Southwestern, but a* common u bavi ' n(t
K ie one of tbe several great lines 1 given with minuteness in the cbAp-
Controlled by tbe Oeorgia Central 1 ter on soils aud Productions, we
railroad company, it furnishes di-! proceed to give the results of I
reel communication with the great j numbcr 0 '«P«rimefiti in the cut
.. . . a a tivation of tuote products, in each
Northern market, by way of At-1 of lboM dlvi.ioDW, conduetMl with
lanta, with tbe seaboard at 8avan- j proper preparation aud fertilization
nab, and tbe west by way of Mont —such as arc given in tbe more
gomery. A newrailroad, the Ameri-' ‘lefieely •ettled portions of the
“ J . .-1.1 A - I...S ll*sl.w I - ..Il-I 1
ciis, Preston and Lumpkin, a nar
row guage, is being constructed
from Americus to Lumpkin, a dis
tance of thirty-eight miles. The
whole distance is graded, bridged
and tied, while the rails have been
laid for about twenty miles, and
world. As but little is accomplished
by inadequate means in any d
partmeut of human industry, tbe
actual producing capacity of a
country can only be tested by the
results of judiciout eulture. Tbe
crops, to which we shall refer, were
reported to the various State and
county lairs within tbe past few
work is being pushed rapidly for- years, and both the culture ami its
ward. Tbe engines and cars are j results were verified by the affidavits
already here, and it i. expected of disinterested parties
that the whole line will be in opera
tion within the next ninety day*.
This new road will open up a large
territory, hitherto with out railroad
communication, rich in agricultural
resources, and will bring to Ameri
cus a large trade which has hereto-
In 1673, Mr. K. H. Hardaway-
produced on upland, in Thomas
county (Lower Oeorgia), 119
bushels of Indian corn on one acre,
which yielded a net profit ol $77.17-
In the same county, the same
year, Mr. E. T. Davis produced 96J
bushels of rust-proof oats per acre.
After the oats were harvested be
fore gone to other points. It is I planted the same land in cotton
contemplated extending this road , lin ‘* ,bt ' gathered 800 pounds
i .,, of seed cotton,
eastward as ...on as possible, open Mf Jt>hn j Parker of tbe , anlL .
ing up other territory and making counlv . produced, in 1874, on one
Americus the centre of a large trad- acre, 694j gallons of cane syrup
ing territory. j at a cost of $77.50. The syrup at
its iirowtii I 85 cents per gsllon. the market
,. ,, . price, brought 1520 87—net profit
The growth of Americus ha, not | rom |u3 37
been rapid, but il has been steady ]„ 1374, Mr. ,Viloy W. Groover,
and permanent. The buildings j of Brooks county .(Lower Oeorgia),
that have been erected the past few j produced, wt'h two horses, on
farm of 126J acres, without the aid
of commercial fertilizers, cotton,
corn, oats, peas, sugar cane anti
potatoes to the value ol $3 258 25
The stock raised on the farm was
Dot. counted.
Joseph Hodges, of the same
county, prodttued, on one acre,
been expended in the erection ol 700 p OUm j, 0 | ,,...,1 cotton; Wm.
years have generally been of more
modem and handsome style of
architecture and have added much
to the beauty of tbe business por
tion of the city. Within the past
year and a half about $70,000 hare
84
the mere
while tbe mean temperature is 64
During the hottest days of summe-
there is always a refreshing breeze
Of white churches we have Bap-
In the coWe.l winter montliB Ae gr|>|ini| c#n ,een the well. L #t> MelbodUt| K pi,copal and
rcury rarely goes below - , am , piu , Iu? b> . tbe prisoner, for ; ,. w , bylcritn . The colored people
while the nights arc always cool ^ tH . aut jr„|| v kept inciosure, where
enough to require a light covering. | Dur|e( j |j oo 0 tfcti,^ the long
Flowers of nil kind, grow the year , jneJ of marble bea ,| lVJIle , looking
round in the open air, and roses j bke an army of tue dead. In every
bloom in every month ol tbe year. direcliou be f ou „d
Flowets that in the North are con-1 streams and lakes.
rcsbyte
shelter and in attempts to escape. | >Uo bave Bevrral cburcbe s which
A short distance from the stockade
is found the National Cemetery,
Borden, 600 gallons of syrup; J
Bower, 500 bushels of sweet pota
toes; J. O. Mortoa, 75 bushels ot
oa'.s; Mr. T. W. Jones made 12
barrels, or 480 gsllon. of syrup on
one acre, and saved enough cane
for seed
In Bullock county (Lower
Georgia), 3,500 pounds of seed
cotton were produced by Samuel
Groover; and in the same county.
21 barrels of sugar at one time, and
700 gallons of syrup at another per
acre.
In Clay county, Mr. Hodge
produced from one acre, a few
are largely attended. As a class
tbe people of Americus have a high
respect for religion and generally
avail themselves ot the church
privileges oflcred them.
SOCIETIES.
In the way of secret and benev-
, . , , olenl Societies, we bave a Com-
sidered tender and rare grow nat- aboum jj n g game, fish, with an m4nd « r y, Chapter and Blue Lodge
“rally terc and in tue greatest lux- (X . casjonal .Uig.tor thrown in for of Kuig hts ot Honor, Hoy-
urtance. It is the home of the n0 , e | t y ) while over them fly ducks | Arcanun]i Legion of Honor,
magnolia, honeysuckle anil jessa- #ni , gnipei wbicb „„ be bagged by An( , ienl Order of United Workmen,
mine. It would be ba.d to find a ibc hnndred b y the skillful hunter. | Uome QuardUll .
climate more mild and e< l ua,jlc ' Those who have ambition for latger «.ur cemetery.
which with itsacknowledged health-1 auj(i M|| , n a day’s drive go to | A Xorlbern visitor asked us, af-
fulness and ozone-laden breezes the VMt , )inc lorests southeast ter |>cin K in tbe city several days,
should make Americus a most at- A|nerieu , t wb4 . rc they can try tlicir j „ have you a ceme tcry?” “ Why do
tractive | wkill at shooting tlcer. y OU a , k suob a question?” we re-1
WINTER resort for invalids, maunolia dell, plied, in surprise. “Because every-
and the day is not fardistant when on the edge of the city, is consid- wberc ) have been about the first !
wc shall see it th’ refuge for hull j ered by visitors one of the most ^ b | ng lbe people boastcil of was
dreds of persons fleeing from the beautiful groves in the county. It tbeir lino cemetcry, and here I
rigors of the Northern winters. A j is situated on a point between bavc not bcar d it mentioned.”
number of persons who have passed | Muck alee and Town creeks, and is j bile we have a cemetcry which is
the winters here and in Florida | one mass of umbrageous shade af- twcuty-two years old and ltand-
declare their prclerence for Ameri- forded by magnolia, beech, water! son)c ]y i a id out, in size it is noth-
cus, the air of Southwest Georgia I oak and sweet gum trees. It is a I j n g 7o t,o a8 t of.
being drverhnd purer than that of j favorite spot for picnics anti other j ^ manufactures.
Florida, while the climate is equally social out-door gatherings. j This being an essentially agricul-
utild. Many Northern physicians | on our streets, tu*al country, wc cannot boast of |
have expressed the opinion that | duting the fall aud winter months, j maD y manufactories, although an
Southwest Georgia is a much more can be seen many novel and inter- j nPcrcs t is being manifested in this j
favorable climate for invalids titan | eating sights to Northern eyes. i, rsncb 0 f indnstry that we have
Florida, and an invalid who had Long lines of wagons laden with r <, a9 on to believe Will lead to the 1
spent six winters in the South pub- bales of cotton pass through the | cm ploymcnt of a large amount of '
lishes an interesting article in I.ip- streets on their way to the large cspiial j n manufacturing enterpris- !
pincott's Magazine, in which she warehouses, the receipts of cotton i eg within the next few years. We
advises invalids not to go farther J at Americus living 30,000 bales per j ba y e now a cutton-secd oil mill,
South than Georgia. While Amer-I year. The sidewalks filled with ^ wo steam and one water grist
icus is not provided with the hotel happy negroes, who seem intent [ m jlls, one steam gin, sash, door and
accommodations that it ought to 1 only upon getting the largest furniture works, two carriage man
have, it has two very good hotels, j amount of enjoyment out of tbeir j ufactories.
which with a few excsllent board- J year's wages. The study of the
new business buildings, and about
$20,000 in residences.
BUSINESS.
Surrounded by a rich agricu’tu-
ral country and without a rival
within a distance ot forty miles,
Americus is the natural trade cen
tre for a large territory, ita trade
being drawn from tha counties of
Sumter, Schley, Marion, Webster,
Stewart, Lee, Terrell, Dooly aud
Macon, and ils business men are
each year, by means of their eoergy
and tbe superior inducements they years ago, 4,500 pounds of seed
offer in tbe way of large stocks and : c 0 * 100 - , , „ ,,
, , .. , , Mr. J. B. Kespass, of 8cbley
low prices, reaching out farther | counl y t gathered the present year
and farther. It must be remem- 1 < j87l»> a little upwards of 500
berea tha* this trade is a wagon bushels of oats from five acres,
trade, and Americus it tbe natural , Mr. J. It Kespass, of Schley
outlet for the produce of tbi. va.t I ? ou , n , l - v 11 ' owo , r i“ *'T’
• by the uses ol fellltzers, grew on
territory an.l the base of its sup-1 (i ; c acrea of naturally jtoor land,
plies. There are in Americus j 15,000 pountlsof seed cotton, which
about one hundred and seventy-flre ' netted him xhen sold, $00.02 per
business houses of all kinds, whose ! * c ^‘ ,, r , , , „
. . . , , .. , Mr. II. T. Peeples, of Berrien
trade is estimated by those who j cnun , y| repoK , to ” bi( Dep . rlmenl
bave the best opportunity of know- I a crop 0 f 8 00 bushels of sweet pota-
ing at $1,500,000 per year. Tbe I toes grown on olio acre ol pine
cotton receipt arc annually about lauu-
30,000 bales, or 15,000,000 |iounds. , , " . I8T ' 5 ’ M , r - ,w. . J ,' 1>rak0 ' of
’ ' ’ 1 | ripaldirg county I Middle Georgia),
lue population of the territory ' pio< lu, ed 74 bushels ol corn on one
from which Apv.ticus draws its | acre of land,
trade is o-er DO,000. Americus: Mr. John Bonner, of Carroll
has a larger banking capital than ' uountv, made three bales of cotton
.. . .. , (500 pounds each) on one acre,
any city south of Macon, tbrso Mf R ' „ Springer, of the same
banks doing a business of over CO unty, produced nine bales from
$600,000 per annum, while the
Georgia Loan and Trust Company,
with principal office in this city,
loans a large amount of money on
linds throughout the State. Our
business men a, a class are caicful 1
and conservative, which has given 1
stability to business and to them f
high commercial standing.
five -acres, without manures, and
ninety-four bales from 100 acres by
the use ot fertilizers.
In 1873 Mr. W. S. Leak of the
same county pioduced on one
uere 40j bushels of wheat, worth
$80 50; cost $11.50—net pre-fit
$66.00.
In Wilkes county 123 bushels of
corn were produced on one acre of
bottom land; also 42 hnsbuls of
ing houses offers a limited number 1 negro here in his home is alone
of visitors good accommodations at
reasonable cost. To these visitors
we ean offer many attractions in
the way of amnaements, a* we hare
R sew, large and handsome
worth the vieit,
oea SCHOOLS
stand among the foremost in the
State as to excellence, and are so
prominent a feature ef our city that
NEWSPAPERS.
There are two newspapers—the
Americus Recorder and tbe Sumter
Republican, both daily and weekly.
Both hare the reputation of being
among tbe beet local paper* m tbe
State.
in conclusion | Irish potatoes on one-tenth of an
..... , , acre, the second crop same year on
wc claim for Americus, and base ta|11P , and) the , CC o Ild cr op very
our claim on the fo-egoing state- fine, but not so good,
meat of facts, that it is the hand ' Mr T. C. Wartbcn, of Washing-
somest, healthiest, wealthiest, and ton county 1 on .he line of Middle
most enterprising city of Southwest i Lower, Georgia) .produced in
„ , 1873, on l.lI2.iaeres,6,917 pounds
Georgia, offering) special, induce- , ecd coUoI)i equivalent to five
ments as a place of residence and bales of 461 pounds each, worth, at
business. Il has a bright future 1 17 J cents per pound—the average
before it and will always maintain 1 ! ,ricc that year—$403 37. Tbe
I cost of culture was $148.58; net
profit $254.79 for a very small frac-
its position as the commercial cap
ital of the Southwestern portion of
tbe Empire State of the South.
Delay ia dangerous when worms
are hourly conauming a child. You
will find Shriaer’e Indian Vermi
fuge a reliable remedy. It will nwt
tail to destroy and expel worm*.
Try It
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tion over one acre.
Dr. Wm. Jonea, of Burke county,
produced 480 gallons of syrup on
one acre. Wealey Jones, of tbe
■am* county, produced three bale*
of cotton, 500 pound* eaob, per
acre. Jae. J. Davis, in the seme
county, made, ln 1ITJ, with tww
mules, thirty-fonr bales el oottoo,
500 pounds each, 600 bushels
corn, and 300 bushels of oats. Wa
C. Palmer, of lame county, mad*
in 1877, with one mule, twenty,
five bales of cotton, 600 poued*
each, and a fair crop of corn
per acre, first year, on reclaimed
swamp, without manure.
Mr. K. 51. Brooks, of Pike coun
ty (Middle Georgia), produced, in
1873, un five aoret of bottom land,
500 bushels of rice The total cost
was $75—net profit $300.
Mr. R. B. Rixter, of Haneook
county (Middle Georgia), in 187$,
harvested at the first cutting, flret
year's crop, 4,862 pounds of dry
clover hay per acre.
Mr. A. J. Preston, of Crawford
county, gathered from one acre of
Flint River bottom, 4.000 pou.ide
of seed cotton, and from another
on same place 115 bushels of oore.
Dr. T. P. Janes, of Greene coun
ty (Middle Georgia), produced, in
1871, five tons of clover hay per
acre, in one season, at twocuiting*.
Mr. Patrick Long, of Bibb coua.
ty (on tbe line of Middle and Low
er Georgia), harvested from oea
sere ef land, from which he gath
ered a crop of cabbagei in June of
the same year, 8,646 pounds of na
tive crab grass bay.
51r. S. W. Leak, In Spalding
county (Middle Georgia), gathered
in the fall of 1878, from one acre,
from winch be had harvested forty
bushel* of wheat in June. 10,72f
pounds ot |iea-vine bay. Net Droit
from wheat, $66; from pea-vine
hay, $233 08, making in one year,
from a single acre, a uet profit of
$299 08.
Mr. L. B. Willis, in Greeoe
county (Middle Georgia), in June,
1873, Irom one acre and a third,
harvested twenty bushels of wl|.-at.
and the following October 27,130
pounds of corn forage. From the
forage alone he received a profit of
159 22 per acre.
Dr. W. Moody, of tbe same
county, harvested at one cutting,
from one acre of river bottom, ia
1374. 13,953 pounds of Bermuda
grass hay; cost $12 87, value ot hay
$200 29. net profit $196.42.
Mr. R. Peters, Jr., of Gordon
county( Upper Georgia), harvested
in 1874, from three acres of lucent,
four years old, fourteen tons and
200 pounds of hay,or 9,400 poiiUfHT-s,;
per acre.
Mr. John Dyei, of Bibb county. '
produced in 1873, from one aore,
at a cost of $8, 398.7 bushels of
sweet potatoes, which he told at 1
net profit ot $290,92.
Mr. Haddon P. Redding, of Fel
ton county, in 1877,produced from
one acre 400 bushels ot 8t. Du.'lzgo
yam potatx-s, which he readily 1 -
sold in Atianta at an average of$i
per buebel.
We add the award made
the returni of a number of
testants for tbe ciopof 1334, wblek «
it is seen presents Georgia Agri
culture in a most favorable ligtdl
The iummtry it taken from tAw^
Atlanta Constitution, Dec. 15
1884, and is attested by names ol
the highest sutboritv:
FARMINU THAT PATS.
Messrs. George W. Scott A Co,
of Atlanta, manufacturers of C
sypium-l’hospbo, tbe Cotton
h
5
Com Fertilizer, offered prizee fog
the belt acres of corn and cottow
grown with their fertilizer. Tho
result was an astonishing ono.
Over 100 hundred farmers in dif
ferent lections of tbe State con
tested, and sent in tbeir retnn
properly sword to and attested.,
There were 75 farmers who plant- *
ed cotton. They averaged
pounds of lint cotton to the
with $15 an acre spent for fertilize
The highest yield was 1,5^5^
to the acre, or practically 4 half
to the acre of 400 pound* en
There were 16 corn planters,
made an average of 81 bushel*
the acre—the highest yield,f
tiag 116-2 bushel*.
The fire successful contra
made an average of 1.356
pounds of lint cotton per aera, 1
useil an average of 987 pou
Gossvpium.
The corn premiums show jus
gratifying results. There
sixteen contestants and then*
yield was eighty-one
the sere. Tbe first premium
taken with 116^ buebel* and
last premium with 103
These results are gratify
with the cotton yield
that the larmera of
making rapid progress,
if ever before a hundred I
tbe State could have mm
an average. It shows
are rapidly ooming to Ih
ln farming. It 1
fjing. ■
1 they
are abandoning the
nUon methods, and 1
SdStoem