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Americus Recorder.
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TO JUN T
, C. ITOREV, - - I.oral Mllor.
Fishing parties are all the rage
now.
Tile new books for the
have arrived.
Library
Oar flower gardens are white
with the bloom of the bridal wreath
spirea.
House for Rent.
I desire to rent the residence 1
now occuoy on Taylor street. Nice
pear orchard on the place., Pos
session given thu 1st of April.
mcb26dlw. W. B. Buchanan.
Memorial Day.
We are requested to announce
that there will be a meeting of the
ladies of Americus at the Library
on Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock,
to make preparations tor the obser
vance of Memorial Day. This is
not a private matter, but a public
one, and all are requested to attend.
Ttae Excursion.
Yesterday morning the passen
ger train on the A. 1’ A L. rolled
in with one hundred and twenty-
five passengers, most of them ex
cursionists Irom Antioch and Hoi-
ence, in Stewart county. Among
them were the most substantial
farmers and business men of that
section, who brought with them
their wives and daughters to see
Americus. Many of them hud
never been in Americus before, and
they naturally wished to see the
new trading point which had been
opened to them by the completion
of the new railroad, especially as
they are now interested in extend
ing the road from Lumpkin to the
Chattahoochee river. Among the
excursionists were the following
prominent gentlemen:
From Florenoc— Hon. D. B. Fitz
gerald, W. W. Fitzgerald, Dr. W.
B. Prather, Capt. A. Strouse, J. II.
Parramore, T. F. Carter and Judge
J. T. Harrison.
From Antioch—Dr.W.lL l'atem,
M. D. Tatem, Osoar Sims, L. T.
Terry, Jobn Terry, J ohu Thomas,
N. U. Chambliss and Wm. F. Holt.
The excursionists were met at
the depot by a number of our oiti-
zena, who made them welcome.
The ladies were oarried up into the
city in Prince Bro’s picnic wagon,
to which were attached two line
■pans ot grays.
The excursionists visted the va
rious points of interest in the city,
inspected our business houses, and
expreaaed themselves as surprised
at the size and enterprise ol our
I OMl'ETITIVE R ITES.
How America, Can Staur. The
While Americus has, by the en
ergy and enterprise ol her business
men, made a steady advance in
growth and prosperity, it lias al
ways been hampered with the want
ol competitive freight, rales, which
has had the effect of limiting her
trading territory and allowing
smaller towns to, in a measure com
pete with her. For years our peo
pie have been looking to the Fast
for relief in this direction, hoping
and praying for a new line o‘
road from Savannah, as that is our
shipping past. In all this time it
seems never to have occurred to
our people that competitive rates
could be secured much cheaper and
sooner from the West; but a few-
long heads saw it, and quietly went
to work to secure it, and it is now
itliin our grasp.
The extension of the A. P. & L
road from Lumpkin to Florence
or some oilier point on the river
will give us freight rales nearly as
cheap as those enjoyed by Colum
bus, K ti fan la and other points on
the Chattahoochee river, for we
can then ship through from Amcri-
cus to New York and oilier points
over the A. 1*. A L., down the river
and over rival lines. It is not prob
able that the Central will allow all
Americus freight to be carried over
that route, and to secure it that
road will have to give Americus
competitive rates. To show the
diflerencc in the rates charged by
the Central at this point and there
charged by the boats on the Chat
tahoochee, we give below the rates
on a lew classes toN’ew York, Bos
ton and Philadelphia:
Central It. R. at Americus—
1st 2d lid 4th 5th (ith
1.60 1 411 1.23. 1.06 86 Hit
Boat at Columbus—
1st 2d 3d till 5th 6th
60 50 40 35 30 25
From this it will he seen what a
great reduction in rates can he se
cured by the extension ol the A.
P. A L. road to the river, and the
business men of Americus should
interest themselves
that extension.
But, say some, the exlenaion of
THE A. P.I.L. 14.14.
How 111* El
securing
the road to the river will draw away
trade from Americus, as it will give
other towns the advantage ot cheap
rates. It must he remembered that
the other towns cunnot secure com
petitive rates for the reason that
they have hut the one line ol road.
It is true that those towns will he
benelited and will secure cheaper
rate*, but not in the proportion that
Americus cau, and so lnug as
Americus can secure the lower rale
so long will it be the center ot trade.
Americus will in the futuru, as it
has in the past, have to compete
with other cities for trade, and the
way to do it is to secure us low
freight rates as possible aud do it
There art some people In Amen-
eus who pitiless to believe that the
extension ol the Americus, Preston
and Lumpkin railroad will injure
the Hade of Americus. It is
worthy of note that some people
believed that the building of the
road to Lumpkin would he injurious
to tlie trade of Americus, hut the
completion of the road has piovid
that their fears were groundless.
To show what other cities, who
have been enjoying the trade of
Stewart county, think about this
extension, we give below the fol
lowing from the Hufaula Times:
It wai briefly mentioned in yes
terday's Times, that a meeting of
tlie citizens ol Antioch, Stewart
county, Ua., was held last Saturday
to see what could be done toward
securing an extension ol theAmcr
ieus, Preston acd Lumpkin narrow
gauge from Lumpkin to Antioch.
A meeting ol the citizens of Lump
kin had been held on Thursday
night before to consider this mat
ter, and the proposed extension was
heartily endorsed and ail the ma
terial aid in the power of Lumpkin
people was pledged to make the
extension to Antioch aod later on
to Florence or some point on the
Chattahoochee river. The Inde
pendent says that - ‘if the road goes
to Antioch the nearest point to be
reached on the river will be Banks'
Landing, making the distance from
Lumpkin to the river about 16
miles. Florence is also aroused in
regard to the matter and we are in
formed that an effort will be made
to get the road extended to that
point. It is understood that the
terms offered by the railroad au
thorities requires a subscription
from the citizens along the route
the road will take of $2,000 per
mile. This is certainly reasonable
enough and it the people of An
tioch or Florence desire to secure
railroad facilities a better opportu
nity will never present itself.”
The question very naturally
arises: what effect will the exlen
sion of the road to Florence have
upon the trade of Kufaiila in that
direction? Again, it is believed by
some wise heads, that the exten
sion to Florence will eventuate in
a further extension westward to
Glcnnville and thence to Union
| Springs, thus making the A. P. A
L. a portion of a through line run- j
I ning from Savannah to Montgom
ery. A glance at the maps of Ala
bama and Georgia will show the
reader that Savannah, Americus,
Lumpkin, Florence, Glcnnville and
Union Springs are all on an air
line running due east aud west.
There is no doubt of the faot tnat
the above proposed extension west
ward from I.nnpkin will lie made,
and that, too, at an earl}' day. The
interests ami conveniences of the
people living between Florence and
Lumpkin demand it, and they are
able, by united and liberal action,
to pay for it. The small amount
of $40,000 from the people mostly
interested will secure the road, ana
we dare say it will be built within
the next twelve or eighteen months.
What is Kufauia going to do about
it? Will she spiritedly ‘‘chip in”
and secure the extension irom
AT-
J. WAXELBAUM & CO.’S
New York Store,
WE ARE ALL READ* I"" LI.OM L
yul AMi ARE ANXIOIS l' 1111
YOU Ti* SEE OI K
let Stock,
is NOW BEING RECEIVED AND GFENED Ab ltAPIDJA AS
AS POSSIBLE. DETERMINED TO BE
ASCERTAIN (it'll
Lew Prices,
OK Tills SECTION. WE ARE PCTTINl!
LOWER PRICES
ON THE GOODS THAN THEY HAVE EVER BEEN OFFERED
AT IN THIS MARKET WE ABE SATISFIED WITH A VERY
SMALL PROFIT ON WHAT WE SELL, WILLING TO MAKE IT
THE DEFICIENCY BY SELLING
LARGER QUANTITIES
IHIS lb NOT MERE TALK AND AN EXAMINATION OF OL'H
STOCK AND PRICES WILL PROVE THE FORCE OF THE AS.
SERTION ABOVE MADE.
Your Wants will Receive Prompt and Po
lite Attention at the
New York Store,
J. L. MACK, Manager.
HTLOOK OUT FOR OUR Bill "AO." IN' NEXT SUNDAY S RECORDER.TH
.1. \V. ,fc CO.
AND oUlt METHOD OF D
BUSINESS
BI T OF COl BSE W E ABE
AFTER YOUR MONEY. YET
WE DON'T PROPOSE To
TAKE ONE CENT OF IT
WITHOUT GIVING YOU ITI.I.
VALUE IN RETURN. IK
GOODS ARE NOT .11 ST AS
WE REPRESENT ITIEM.
BRING THEM BACK AND
WE WILL EXCHANGE THEM
OR CHEERFULLY REFUND
TO YOU YOUR MONEY.
WE WANT YOUR GOOD
WILL AND CONTINUED
CUSTOM. AND WILL COX-
VINCE YOU OF THAT FACT
RVTIIF. MANNER IN W llli II
W E DEAL WITH YOU.
Miss Sue F. Daxii el
HAVING PURCHASED THE
Milliivery Stock.
Of Mr«. E. U. WARLICK & CO., will continue business in ihe store formerly occmj
pied by them in the Barlow Block, anil would be pleased to have *he
LADIES OF AMERICUS
and vicinity nail and axumna her stock before purchasing, ns she will
an
XOTK THE KOI,LOWING SPECIAL.
I IKS AM* PRICES.
1.347 Yds Organdie Plaids at 15c.
2 872 Yds 40 Inch Victcria Lawns atI2iu.
1952 Yds India Linen at 125 c.
SELL AT THE LOWEST PRICES4!!
and hopes to merit a liberal share of their patronage.
Price in Southwest Georgia
. j Lumpkin in this direction, or sit
as soon as possible. W ith oompeti- witl , fo | llc(J
arms and sec another
tive rates Americus can soon drive source of her traffic cut off and di- ‘
the jobbing houses of Macon out | verted to rival towns? We shall
of this territory and secure that 8ee w ^ at we "Hall behold.
I HAVE A LARGE LOT OK STRICTLY
FIRST-CLASS
trade for itself, and it is a
well worth securing.
Americas Abroad.
We have previously published
, extracts from the Columbus Kn-
. quirer, iu which the same fears
were expressed as to the trade of
We lind the following in the .Ma-' Columbus irom this extension. If
oity. One of them remarked to a ; con correspondence of the Atlanta Columbus and Kul&ula consider
Riooanu reporter that if they did | Constitution: that this extension will divert the j
not have a pleasant time it was no Your correspondent met that trade from those cities to Ameri- !
fault ot the people of Americus, able llnancier and well known rail- j cus, it is evident that the extension
will be beneficial to Americas, and ’
for that reason our people should
lavor the extension.
BARGAINS!
\VF. HAVE ON HAND A LOT OF
FOR-
for they bad been most warmly 'road man, Colonel 8. H. Hawkins,
welcomed and kindly treated, and I ? f Amer imis, on the streets to day.
a. r o. M , r ,. ,o;:„sr^uu.;r r .‘S
Georgia CaieSymp. | oi 0 tiiij,g 5 ^
ETC., ETC..
Damaged by later!
Pat Dp in Half Barrels t
with a most favorable impression
of Americus and a still greater dc-
•ire to aee the railroad extended so
as to have closer connection with
us.
Col. Hawkins is doing a good
work for Americus in running these
that the A P. A I,, railroad is do-
• ng well. There isoue regular train
daily from Americus to Lumpkin
and return, and business is fre
quently so brisk that the construe
tion train has to be called in to as
sist in transferring freight.
This road was built by local on- I sip
LOCAL. SCHBDDI.K.
On and *A*r Sunday, Oclobt'r4, train* will mo
a* follow*:
TRAINS sonm
Mail south * 1-2:47 p
Night Kxprera, —— ,w *•“ -
1
Mail north
WHICH! WILL bELL CHEAP.
AND EXAMINE IT.
R«h|iectfully,
Ukcwxia for lfont* .mi,
LOTT WA&&KN, Arm
jglil K,pr-a v .
excursions, and is showing our terprise, aud after completion was nitowus orr,mni»i»tuv 1| wniB for i
people of what great advantage the bonriod ’ Mli bids f » ir l ° P rove ■ _ ‘
* i. . ", . . p paying investment to its Incorpora-
road is to our city and the section I tors. H
through which it runs.
PEBSONAL*.
G. W. GLOVER.
ON THE STEAMER WILLIAM
LAWRENCE. THEY CAN
BE HAD AT
HALF VALUE
Yards Fiprcd Lawn at 35 cts.
2.966 Yds Whits Victoria Lawn at 4 cts.
Not mure than 14 jar,I* *<,1,1 i„
aii3’ one person.
BIK\A VIST A SCIUCDULK.
He* May 4, train* will
GOING BAST,
rm Vista at
Colonel Hawkins thiuks that "
Americus is now in a healthy and
growing condition, and, being one j utivogikviui'iii'
of the best equipped towns in Geor-1 Ln»)*KiiMin*„ > .
lUv. A. U. Campbell, of this city*, K 1 * P oint ot capital sod banking iS5Si VtirVat.
- .. 1 facilities, it mus; necessarily keep , going west.
1 A. P. * I«. RAILROAD SCHKDULK
On and after Sunday 7th. in*t. train*
I on the A. 1*. it L. B. K., will run an fol- j
; Iowa:
has been preaching to large au>
d fences in Albany this week.
Mis* Uannie Morris, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. H.
Solomon, left lor her home in At
lanta yesterday.
Dr. Westbrook visited Hon
....li aiu.
... 11 An „ i
... 12 20 p, r
in the front rank of thriving towns. t**v. ahUawd.iii.
When ssked about the fanners, I tg-TEpk
the gentleman said that they were j Ujjj
in better circumstances than usual. '
Borrowing very little monev, they
appear to be pretty well supplied |
for making a crop, aud unless the
coming season proves unusually
Kltavlllu
Putnam
Arrive *t ButMia Vi*U
I'll I* tmin conntN*l* with s.*atliw
id leave* on am
5 SO p. m.
torn train
.1 of tr*in
W. II. t'OCKUELL, Superintendent.
i Leave Lumpkin. . .
“ Rich land
" Preston
•• Plain*
I Arrive at Americas..
SMp.n.1 Law Americus
•• Plains
» “ Preston
•* Richland
! Amve at Lumpkin..
M.
...7:55 a. m.
.. S :45 a. M.
....9:30a.M.
... .2:15 p. m.
.. .3:10 l\ M.
.. ..4:10 P. M.
. . .5:10 p m.
.. .5:55 p. m.
GYLES,
J. B. Hudson. Geo. Agent.
JL Hudson yeeterdsv sod reports 1 they will come out j
... * • V allAAfl MAW. /_11 Ohm.aa _ u J * J
him in • very low state. He has
been in a comatose condition since
Sunday night, and it is only a ques
tion ot o fow days whso hs mutt
ahead next fail. Sumter aud ad-. u—,
j joining counties possess a fine class ot town. Enquire at this office,
of farmers any way
Cbiokering Fiano tor rent,
Jas. Pitexa* k Bno.
TO RENT
Two nice Room* near the bneinesspArt
the town '* ' '* ~
mch23- it.
WANTED!
10
Americus, Ga.
‘The Georgia Loan and
Trust Company ,
I i jrr\XTT?TT m/~\ t a Loan* money oa Improved Farina for
I MONEY TO LOAN, , TbrtM? or Five years in sum* t>l $200.00
I F yon want to borrow money on long
time, before making other arrange
ments apply to The Georgia Loan and
Trust Company, of Americua, Ga.
This Compsay losns money cheaper,
gets it ijuicker. end offers more advantage*
to borrowers than any other.
Don’t think of borrowing elsewhere if
▼on osn borrow of The Georgia Loan and
Trust Company. msr71c9m
I Our aim is to got your trade,
not to make all the money we
can out of you at the “first-pick-
ing ” We are not a sharjier,
but a mi rclianf, and we ask an
early call to convince you that
these are tacts.
Yours, etc.,
JO! K. SIMW,
and upward
Cheapest rsu-a, U»*t t
M- m**y j aid over whi
Yob i no take up loan
can p*y hack money bjr in*tailm
wit*- headquarter* rtn<l *1
middle men.
Don’t rely upon information from oth
ers, bat before making other arrange
ments apply at f&*3 “home oflic.V’ of tne
Comptoy in Anir.c*H Gi m»r7lo4(A
l»t>al s
-•nimlb*'
FORSYTH STREET,
Georgia.