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Americus
Recorder.
Established 187!).
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 188b.
Daily, Pkr Ykar...$6.00
Wkkkly “ ... 3.00
Americus Recorder ... Hardware.
j ] W. SHEFFIELD & CO.
i"'i<i.iMiK.it m ** • Wholenale nd Retail Hardware,Hag
gles, Wagontq.Harness, 8&sb, Door,Blinds
■W". JLm. SR. | and Paints, Cor. Forsyth and J.iekon Sts.
^ | I \V. HARRIS <fcCl>7
OFFICE OY COTTON AVENUE I °' ™ , “« ftn ,iI Retail HardwareJLig.
i pies, Wapons, Harness, Sash, Doors,
OH! MY BACK
Kverjr strain or
and no
BRM
AMEK1CUS.
Blinds and Paints. Head Cotton Avenue. I
Am**
county, Georgia, situated on the SouM
western railroad. Tlfiuiles southwest r
Macon, and about 80 miles north of rh
Florida line It is situated in the linen
aection of Georgia, raising a greater vari
ety of agricultural and horticultural pro
ducts than any other part of the Month
combining all*the lruits. grain and vege
tables of the temperate and semi-tropical
cones—wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, Irish
znd sweet potatoes, peanuts, cliutas,
cotton peas, sugar cane, apples, pears,
peaches, grapes, plums and other lruits.
The climate is mild and equable, and one
of the most healthv in the world, the air
being pure and dry aud most beneficial :or
lung and throat diseases. All kinds of
outdoor work can bo performed without
Inconvenience from bummer Lent or
winter cold. Americus lias a population
of 6,000, is beantiiuUy situated on high
and rolling ground and toasts of some of
the handsomest business blocks in the
South. The city has tine public schools;
good churches; a large public library;
ere daily, one semi-weekly and two
weekly newspapers; a new ope*a tion«ns
completely furnished witu scenery and
capable of seating 1,000 persons; a w ell
organized nte department, including
two line steamers; the streets are well
paved, sewered aud lighted; there are
two flouring mills, a cottonseed oil mill,
planing mill and variety works, carriage
ftictory, and a number of minor man facto
ries; about two hundred firms are engaged
in mercantile business; thr«e banks with
an abundance of capital; two good
hotels furnish good aocommodattion.
Americus is the centre of trade for six
counties comprising the richest agricul
tural section in Georgia, the average an
nual cotton receipts being 110,000 bales,
which will be largely increased by the
completion of the Preston and Lumpkin
railroad now in process of construction.
It is the largest city in Southwest Geor
gia, and has been appropriately named
the "Commercial Capital” of that sec
tion, and it is rapidly growing in popu
lation and wealth. As a place of busi
ness residence it presents attractions
equaled by few cities in the houtl:.
Property of nil kinds is comparatively
cheap, although rapidly advancing in
value; the inhabitants of both city and
conntry are cultivated, courteous and
hospitable, with fi cordial welcome to im
migrants. 1o enterprising tradesmen, ju
dicious capitalists and industrious farm
ers this section of Georgia offers fine op
portunities. Any information in regard
to city or country will be cheerfully fur
nished by addressing the Ambhicus Rk-
COKDKit, Americus. Ga.
Saddfery anti Jltn
•ness.
TOHNM.
. C( KEIl.
*1 Df>alej
r in ha 1 !lf*rv, HarneaH, Lentb-
| ev and Fiu*
Inn/, Hardware, l
-’ntlerv, Jew-
elrv, Hilvpr
I’inted Ware. (Jiuara, Tobacco, i
aud .i full 1
ino of Yankee No
;ions, in and j
' t. • arrive.
Cotton Avenue. Ai
mericus, Ga.
Attorney* tit Law.
E. D. SHIPP,
Attorney at Law. America*
Will practice in all the com
J.
T .1. BLALOCK,
Attorney at La
Office in Court house.
j:
MATTHEWS,
Attorney at Law a
Office over Co
Book Stores.
A ONES AYCOCK,
Books, Newspapers, Music and Sta
tionery. Commercial Block, Forsyth St.
Next door to Post office.
Strtn|Tthrii
THE °
BEST TONIC ^
i the Nnwlri,
SliaitiM the Nrrrrii,
Kn riche* I hr Iilooil, <>lve* New Vigor.
Dr J. L. Mtprb. Fairfield. Iowa, mjh:
’’Brown's lion Hitters ia the bent Iron medic
it specially bcMieiLial ni nervom
tnn, and in nil debilitating iu>* ««*m .
heavily on the .•‘.YKtein.Une it freely in my own faintly
nedicinn I
ihvp found
Uine
•r. Made
ItAl.TIMOKK, MU.
tefiil and attractive, con-
icipea, information about
1 dealent in medicine, or
REPKESffMTHE FIRMS.
F OLLOWING is a list of representative
Merchants, Dealers and Professional
men in Americus. Our readers w ill find
these gentlemen reliable and enterprising
in their different lines of business.
Brokers*
J ii FELDER,
• Me/chandise and Cotton Broker and
D C. N. BURK HALTER,
• Real Estate anil Loan Broker.
Office over Council A Williford. |
Meat Markets.
C ' OBB & PARKER,
Cotton Avenue Meat Market and Fam- !
ily Groceries. Opposite Bank of Americus. :
Shoe Stores,
K YLANDEK & ARRINGTON. j
Ca>di Shoe and Hut Store.
Corner Lamar and Jacksou Streets ;
Bh y sic inns.
] B. HINKLE,
• Physician and Surgeon, Office o
Jackson St. Residence on Taylor Si.
D U. .j. A. FORT,
Physician and Snrgeoo. Office at
Eldridga’s drug store. Residence West ,
Lamar Street.
. BID )OKS,
Physician and Surgeon. Office ai
Davenports’ drug store. Residence at i
J. E. D Shipp’aFnrlow Lawn.
E. SMITH,
• ^ Reform Physician.
Office up stairs iu Eugiue House block. I
General Merckantlise.
(1EORGE STAPLETON,
^ General Merchandise. Furniture a
Specialty. Forsyth St. Front post office.
T ESSE AYCOCK,
w General Merchandise,
Forsyth St. Under center of opera house.
Bhotoyraph Artist.
VAN RIPER,
' Photograph Artist,
Over Wheatley’s store.
Gin Be pa i rin y.-
TJ W. HOWARD,
Gin Repairer.
Gins repaired and put in first-class order.
Work guaranteed. Address me by postal.
Hides and Commission•
C A. BELL.
• Foot Cotton Avenue, will pay best
prices for Hides, Pelts, Cotton Seed,
Beeswax, Dried Fruits, and Junk of all
Boot and Shoe Maker.
A ndrew Dudley,
Boot and Shoe Maker. Repairing
done in best stylo and on short notice.
S Jackson St., front Presbyterian church
Drays and Medicines•
JOHN E. HALL,
Pure Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery,
Toilet and Fancy Articles, etc.
Wooden Store, Forsyth St.
A j. Hudson,
• Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery and
Toilet Articles, cheap as the cheapest.
Prescriptions carefully compounded.
Southeast corner of Public Square.
A LITTLE SUFFERER
Cli'ansi'ii. l’iu'iiii :f. mill Beauti
fied )>y tlic (Jiilicurii
Remedies.
1,1”',;
UK llomMI.
C yANAKY BIRDS.
J Bird Cage*, Bracketts, Bath Cups,
Seed Cup*, Wire Bird neats, etc . f >r sale
bv W F MIMS, at Hall’s drug store.
ITCH
OLENCE$AN’S
“OBACCO
Wi-iterii Farmers lu tlic Soiitli.
The following, from the New
Orleans Times-Democrat, shows
j the success which is attending the
experiments of Western farmers in
( the South in adapting their modes
of cultivation to Southern soil and
climate. If this can ho done in
Louisiana, much more can lie done
in this section, lor it is better
adapted in soil:
We publish elsewhere a letter
from our special correspondent in
Jennings, La.,giving a lull descrip
tion of tne colony of Western peo
pic there. It gives a most flatter
ing picture ol the settlement, and
proves the success of the experi
ment—that people from the North
and West can settle in this Slate
and cultivate the soil with prolll;
that they will find it profitable,
health}' and agreeable in every re
spect.
Our correspondent, who is him
self a Western man, goes into rap
tures over the colon}-. It was a
revelation to him, he says, of tlior
oughly adapted m climate and pro
ductions Western Louisiana is to
the people of Iowa and Minnesota
They are introducing here the sys
terns of cultivation which have
made Iowa and Minnesota so rich
agriculturally, such large food pro
iucers. The prairie around Jen
nings, which a few years ago was
raw and forbidding, to-day pro
luces grain and hay in abundance
The most improved agricultural
implements and machinery are he
introduced and.thc best breeds
of beef and dairy stock. Fruit is
being grown, and it is predicted
that in a few years Southwest
Louisiana will supply the neighbor
ing States with nearly all the vari
eties of fruits.
Such a settlement benefits of
necessity all the surrounding coun
try. Tbe Western colony lias
has brought to Jennings colonists
from all the neighboring parishes,
and created a good and growing
business for the towns in the neigh
borbood.
There is a marked boom there.
The people who have settled thore
are prospering, find their health
Improved and arc better of! in every
respect. New colonists arc com
ing in from the North and West,
and there is quite an active scram
ble for land, although there is vet
land in abundance there. The
future is bright, and the experi
mental stage of the colony may be
considered as passed.
Tbo Jennings colony has been
started only a few years, and the
success it has met with in its short
period of existence is striking in
deed. The astonishing thing is
that a country, not proved to be so
rich and productive as this, should
have been so long overlooked. A
dozen years ago, Calcasieu was re
garded as a parish of little, if any,
agricultural value. It was a lumber
region, nothing more; today its
agricultural promise is great. All
tbe line prairie region of Southwest
Louisiana, Calcasieu and St. Lan
dry, can be placed in the same
catogory; it is all equally good t.
'I’ll* Negro anil tile Soiitli.
Atl'itns Banner.
| A gentleman who has just re
turned from an extended trip over
j the North, says the Southern people
| do not know how to perfectly ap
predate the negro as a larm laborer
and a domestic: that alter he saw
the trouble arid strife in tne North
and West, and the uncertainty that
surrounded every business, he felt
that he had reached an Kden of
peace and quiet on lauding in Geor
gia. While Culfee bus his failings,
he is the best and cheapest labor
the Soulb can get, and even were
it possible to rid tho country of
this race, it would be a sad mistake
on the part of the whites to do so.
The trouble with our farmeis is not
so much the fault of the negro, as
i he fact tnat it is hard for them to
get out of their old antebellum
ruts, wiien labo. was counted as
nothing and no effort was made at
improving the fields. Our farmers
instead of working five acres tc
grow one bale of cotton, should so
prepare the land as to make two
bales on one acre, and the same in
crease in the other crops. It is
just as easy to work an acre ol
land that will produce 1,000 pounds
of lint cotton, as an acre that can
grow 100 pounds. The negro is an
imitator ol the white man, and when
he sees former masters or landlords
scratching over a vast surface of
ground that can only produce
stunted crops, it is natural that
Oulloc will go and do likewise, only
a little more so. To improve the
negro the white farmer must im
prove himself. Examplo with this
lace is everything. Intensive farm
ing can be the only salvation ol
our agriculturalists. Sell oil your
surplus lands and pay your debts,
and then what yon do cultivate let
it ba thoroughly done. You can
hire two negroes lor less than one
imported white laborer will cost
you, and you can lind plenty of
darkies, too, who will do as much
work as any one. By reducing the
area cultivated, our planters can
let the black drones and idlers go,
and hunger will soon force them to
terms. By intensive farming, your
wages of hands ean be raised, and
whenever yon increase the pay of
any class of laborers you benetlt
all around them. So long as our
farmers persist in “butchering”
their fields they wiil grow poorer
and poorer, and the negro more
thriftless.
Try Son to Cafeli Fortune’s Fleeing
Steps.
It makes no difference what hap
pens elsewhere, the Monthly Grand
Drawing of The Louisiana State
Lottery occur as announced, or the
Second Tuesday of each month at
noon, in New Orleans, Ln., person
ally superintended by Gen’ls G. T
Beauregard of La., and Jubal A.
Early of Va. The next, the 191st
Gram! Monthly Drawing will come
off on April 13tb, 1886, and infor
mation ean be had on an applica
tion to M. A. Dauphin, New Or
leans, La.
The first slave ship in this coun-
ry was the ship Desire, built in
Soinehotlj’s Negligence.
Fr.»in tliu Macon (<la.) Telegraph.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. B. D.
Bags.late, one of the Mercer Uni
versity students who accompanied
the remains of Mr. Percy Long to
Leesburg, made the following state
ment to a reporter:
“Wnen the party accompanying
the remains of Mr. Percy Long to
Leesburg arrived at Smithville
they found that Mr. Longs parents
had received no intelligence what
ever of his death, though a telegram
had been Hent before 6 o’clock and
another at 10 o'clock, when the
train left the depot. I don’t know
whether anything was wrong with
the wires or not. If not, I think
such negligence on tbe part
of the telegraph authorities should
be set before the public. The fact
of the young man having sickened
and having died at Mercer and his
remains reaching home before his
parents received any notice at all,
is calculated to cast quite n reflec
tion upon the faculty and students
of Mercer if unexplained. Two
letters of hi 3 sickness were written
on Tuesday, a telegram delivered
to the Macon operator at 6 a. m.
Wednesday, another at 10, and yet
a telegram from Smithville was the
first news tiie family received.”
“I heard a story the other day,”
writes the Washington correspon
dent of the Chicago Inter. Ocean,
“about the late Delegate Raymond,
of Dokota, who died early in the
year, which is quite romantic. He
was the last man to see General
McPherson alive at the battle of
Atlanta, fie was just in tbe act of
delivering a message to the Gener
al when the party of Confederate
horsemen came upon them, and
McPherson was shot down and
Raymond was taken prisoner and
sent to Andcrsonville. After he
had been there a year or so there
was au exchange of prisoners, and
the whole body of men in the prison
were assembled in lino to hear read
the list of those who were to be
exchanged. Those whose names
were read were ordered to answer
‘Here.’ and step forward. When
the office’ 1 in charge was going over
the roster he called out the name
of one who had died the night be
fore. Raymond had the presence
of mind to answer ‘Here,’ in the
place of tbe dead man and stepped
forward, and although his deception
was immediately discovered by
his fellow prisoners, they were all
ton generous to give him away. He
was exchanged under tbe name of
bis dead comrade, returned North,
and re-entered the army.”
Jewelry Store Itohbed,
A large Jewelry store in Boston
was robbed recently by some in
genious rascals who had 'secured
the combination for the safe lock.
They carried off about $20,000
worth of choice jewelry. This was
a serious loss to the jewelry, but
not so had as if he had been robbed
ol power to digest bis dinner.
Stolen jewelry iB hard to recover.
But Brown’s Iron Bittera will res
tore digestion. Mr. Charles Wolf,
equally gi^io try W as me s |,q» Desire, built m , r»i • j
land and can be converted into I ie.3R, at Marblehead, in the State <Jf! 0."^""’ fmn rimm. f
many and prosperous farms. Massachusetts, The first cargo of j ' .|, " *, , a u V1P
important result slaves (aside f.om a few brought th 1 f 1 y re8 llt *'
y it* tiie showing it | in a Dutch ship) wa* imported in : „ ~
0.
Groceries
L b bosworth.
• Wh’deMileand Retail Grocer.
Forsvth Kt., 2*1 door ea«t of pobt office.
Dentist.
W l\ BURT.
• Di-nlibt,
Fifteen years sucer»?*t<tid practice in
America* gives OHsurance that he i« both
competent and reliable.
THE CLINGMAN TOBACCO OINTMENT
Till'. HOST KFPKCTIVK- PHKPARA-
‘ Pilau. A S|'Hi; C| K i;
m nevejMfallei*
BREEDERS OF
rit (ilaiiie, Fiyiiioutli Rock and
Brown Leghorn Fowls,
AmorlouMs Ooorsla.
BIT GA ME EGGS,
$3.00 Per lliiz. $5.00 Two Doz., ..
• . |*rim*U»le«, ol ihi l’l BI ST ‘•KHATItl
Ely mouth Bock and Broirn Ley. im.iu.imii.ntj*, w.n, th« panut
__ ... v I Tol-.’ieco flour, and te specially recommended for
horn Eggs, $2.00 Ber Id. ; Croup.W^orlJtkaof tbeBraart.and forth*!(lw.»
febG ti
JORDAN & FORD,! jti«kn«*num»muM
1 f.*r llrtiimf Pile**. Hu never I
•ruinpt relief. Will cure Anal UIl ,
1 inf nla. Teller, Salt Khemn BarU-r’a Il.li, Kin«-
Pimpled, Snrva and BdiIh. Price tfOrtn.
THE CLINGMAN TOBACCO CAKE
NATI UK's OWN KI TlIiMV, Cum all
Wouud*. Cma. Bniiaea, Heroin*. Eryaipelaa, Boil*,
Cnrlmmdei* B .nc I Vlona. Ulcer a, Horen. Sore £>•-*,
Sore Tlir.mt.Bunionn.Oonm, Neural«ia.KheumatiMu,
• Vr.-hifiH lBf.iit. Rheumatic (lout. Cold*. (Jouffha,
ml Dor Bites, Httnff*
Hut Ihe most
of this colon
mak«*H in regard to the netLlcmcnt the ship Desire, into Ihe harbor of
of Western people in this Slate. ] Salem, Mass., 1638. One hundred
Since they have been here the Jen- (ffty years aficrward the llev.
"ing* colonists have enjoyed the Jeremy B-lsnap, in his history of
best of heulth—far better than at - Massachusetts, says that rum dis-
bome; they have escaped the rigors j tiffed in Boston was the mainspring " r ' n g» an *' when he went up to see
of Minnesota and Iowa, and with to the slave traffic * ,ow we " * le ^ sc * 8llot ** e l> er
them rheumatisms and catarrhs;
they find here lands costing one-
tenth what tbev would iu their
Young Mackenzie, of Waverly,
Lid., was firing at a mark with a
rifle on Tuesday. He did not
know that his mother bad entered
a cow shed against which ho was
llr.im l.ilK Milk Lee. I
< ! Iti-u etc. Ac. Iii fne-t *iin> > ail local imr.-uion am
luU.nuuiaiion from wbatovt.i c.»um*. I*ri» t 2»t rln.
THE CLINQMAN TOBACCO PLASTER
l’r» lutrril ucronlinff ft* tin* mo*! M’lciillflc
i.rii"i|»l«-*, ol itic HI BI ST M-.DATI\ 1
- or in.Ummal
laladU’H. A cbm t
1 Skill.
Watches aa<l .Jewelry.
: ff.SLI.UVAN,
J.
r Si.
Eggs for Hatching,
FROM
l*ure-Hrc«l, High-( la**
PLYMOUTH ROCKS.
$2.00 per 13. $3.50 per 26.
tbe MRtera,
t 1 ' • »i.’»t ia unable to Ixsar thentr.mfferapplicali.ai
<>l II..* T .baccoCak* For Headache ..r other Achre
and I'ama, it ia invaluable. Price 15 cln.
A.ik your drurfftst for them remedies, or write to the
CLINGMAN TOBACCO CURE CO
DURHAM, N. C„ U. S. A.
TgkAV: HtA-tTM^TMC J
homes, equally ns fertile, and near
er the markets of the world. There
are thousands of acres of similar
land in Southwestern Louisiana
ar.d in other portions of the State
—ample room for all the colonists
who wish to come here from the
North. Let us hope that the sue
cess at Jennings will induce other ... , . , . , ,
. , . ’ , with pleasure bv bringing back a
Western people to make Louisiana - 1 , r -, , , ,
their home. »pnng sloca of desirable goods.
The meanest man in Komtou' is
known as “The Sponge.” He never
buys a newspaper or advertises in
one, but he knows the vaiue of ad
vertising, for he said to a Free’man
reporter tho other dav: “If you
want an item you might say that
, tbe enterprising dealer,
has gone to the city on a visit to
friends, hut will combine business
lying dead with
through her head.
bullet hole
A good housewife in Ridgeway,
Mich., says that for a family of six
she has in the last year baked 4,-
1*05 cookies, f>92 pies, 263 cakes,
987 doughnuts, 698 loaves of
bread, not couuling johnny cakes,
short cakes, pancakes aud pud
dings.
t.leery Stable*.
N O. *.!. K. FltlNCK,
• Livery. Feed tin.l Klebanov Stables,
eal er, in Buygiea, ff,.reeve, W t.ips, Etc
WhI vine of r.iitnri \epniie
Jh’H (load*.
DrUEAFKST HOUSE IN THE CITY.
C THORNTON WHEATI.EY,
v Occ.lv, Clothing, Shoes, Etc., Eto.
Public Square aud Jsckion Street.
Circular.
\V. E. MYERS, M .
Its. <i
• Eureka Cottf n Planter
1 h*» ferment in this vicinity who pur
chased Enreka Coniliioation Corn and
Cotton FI tin ter and Gntno Distributors of
the Gent ml Agent are lien by notified that
they have be. n forwarded to us, and we
are ready «o deliver iheiu.
A few extra ones were seat with the
others, whL'h we will util to any farmer
wi-h'ng one.
BlSml. COUNCIL & WILLIFORD.
The Voice of the People.
___ It ih :i well knowft fact that wines
above all other liquors are grossly
A labor saving Yankee of Chap- adulterated, bpt when a pure article
invillc, Conn., has rigged a crank is placed on the market and peo*
Wingless llees.
From tho Key Weal (Kla.) l)m
Collector Harris has quite a \ attachment to a wheel of his wagon | pie have confidence in it, they^ all
°. U i-?» 8 !? . ,n . m. a - v ° f a Hfan< ! 1 of I connecting it with a churn that he ! with one voice recommend it. The
vine-
’aso&ic,
qualified
ogwo*«i
alingless bees. They are small.-r places in the wagon; and when the I'ort Grape Wine from tho
than the ordinary bees, and have ( cream is all ready he dumps it into j yards of Alfred Speer, of l’ai
lands like the Italians only the the churn, hitches up his horse and j N. ,L, lias received the uoqua..u«.
bands are gray instead of yellow, ukes a ride returning iioine in due endorsement of the medical faculty
They build their comb horizontally ; time with a nice mess ot butter and of thousands of iuvalids who
instead of liertically, as the ordi | that has indeed “come” very easily. I have been won back to health by
i: a !;V h . CC ;.. a : ia ,; ,n ! ^ ce . l ‘ s . w “ 1 ! .. . — • — - ! their Uw . For sale by L. B. Bos-
hold about half an ounce of bonev.
When, three years ago, two lakes
Horsforil’s Aelil I'liospliate.
tr «Unw^wu»pJ«j«iliiKi|i'a < u.. )i Ly«^ t M^J- | 1UO entrance to tne mve IS (|Ulte ! F..r Overworked kimalu i
small, and a sentinel bee constant- Dr. J. I*. Cowan, Ashland, O.,
Iv b ,uarJ in . t,le enhance, | says: “It proves satisfactory ’as a j in Lyioe, Conn., were Stocked with
sstunoomsTwiu. .KLi.rrsBBKnsTioK. and it is quite amusing to see his j nerve tonic; also in dyspeptic con- j black bass, they swarmed with
movements as other bees enter or ditions of the stomach, with gener- '
leave the hive—darting out of the al debility, such as we find in over
way, and back again like a flash—a - worked temales, with nervous head-
perfect automation. I aohe and its accompaniments.”
WANTED!
1 A SHARES A. P. 4 L. It R STOCK
IU if J. J. WILLIFORD.
perch and pickerel. The bass have
been protected by law and have In
creased largely, but the perch and
pickerel have entirely dtaappard.