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Americus
Recorder.
ESTABLISHED 1879.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1887.
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AMERICUS.
Americus Is the county seat of Somter
•ounty, Georgia, situated on the Houtli-
western Railroad, 71 tulles southwest of
Mim-oii. and about 00 miles north of the
Florida line. It la situated In the finest sec-
of Georgia, raising a greater variety of
agricultural and horticultural products
than any other part of the Houth, combin
ing all the fruits, grain and vegetables of
temperate and semi-tropical sones—
wheftt, corn, rye, oata, rice, Irish and sweet
potatoes, peanuts, chafes, cotton, pens,
migar cane, apples, pears, peaches, grapes,
pin,ns and other fruits. The climate la
.lid aud equable, and one of the most
canny in tne world, the air being pure end
ary and most beneficial for lung aud throat
sea. All kinds of outdoor work can be
performed without inconvenience from
summer heat or winter cold. Americus bus
i population of fl.iDO; Is beautifully situated
.n high and rolling ground, and boasts of
nine of lb" handsomest business blocks In
the South. The city has fine public schools;
ixl churches; a large public library; one
liy, one seml-weegly and two weekly
newspapers; an ojiera house completely
furnished with scenery and capable of seat
ing 1.000 persons; a well organized fire de
partment, Including two fine steamers; the
directs arc well paved, sewered and lighted;
the water la good, and water works, sup
plied from artesian wells, will soon l»e con
structed; there Is a cotton compress, ice
factory, planing mill and variety works,
carriage factory, anil a number of minor
manufactories; about two hundred firms
an* engaged iti mercantile business; four
hanks with an abundance of capital.
Americus Is the centre of trade for six coun
ties. comprising the richest agricultural
section In Georgia, Ihe average annual cot
ton receipts being 40,000 bales. Its trade Is
Mm: rapidly extended and Increased by
the building of now railroads; the Amertr
cus, Preston A Lumpkin Railroad I a already
In operation for a distance of fifty miles
westward and sixty-two .nlies eastward,
which gives us water connections and com
petitive rates.
It is the largest city In Southwest Geor
gia, and lias been appropriately named the
“Commercial Capital” of that section, and
It is rapidly growing In population and
wealth. As a place of business or residence
It preseut* attractions equaled by few cities
In the South. Property of all kinds Is eom-
onratlvely cheap, although rapidly advanc-
.ng In value. The inhabitants of both city
and country arc cultivated, courteous ami
hospitable, with a cordial welcome to Im
migrants. Toeuterprlsing tradesmen,Judi
cious capitalists, and Industrious farmers
-.his section of Georgia offers fine opportu
ne*. Any Information In regard to city
or Country will be cheerfully furnished by
addressing the AMERICIH KkOOMDEH,
Americus, ila.
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
A City Fanner's Views.
Respectfully tender to their
Friends and Patrons
their best wishes for a
inerry: Christmas!
Bank of South-Western Georgia.
SucciiMn ,11. W. Wh.it!,, k Co/i Bank.
PAID UP CAPITAL, *100,000.
DIRECTOR!*:
KjM-cr, E. J. Klfirldge,
li. It. Johnson, J. C. Nicholson,
It. J. Perry, C. A. Huntington,
J. W. Wheatley.
M MPKEIL President.
J. W. WIIRATLKY, Vice-President,
vV. ||. C. DUDLEY. Cashier,
A. W. HMITll, Ass t Cashier.
n retiring from the banking business we
•peak for our successors the same conn-
ice and liberality which a generous pub-
have extended to us for the past twenty
»rx. Part les having depoelta with us can
vc them transferred to the Bank of
uth w t-stern Georgia, or they will be paid
nejfPreft r - j w ^j;eaTLKY A CO.
VINEGAR
.BITTERS
or opium, stimulates stomach, bowel*
and kidneys into healthy actiou. Ladle*
It clears the complexion
We will continue in the
future as we have been in
the past-the friends of the
people-keeping prices on
goods in our line down
to the very lowest prices.
Very truly,
JULIUS L. MACK, : Manager,
AMERICUS, GA.
For Family Use! For Christmas!
AND FOR A GOOD OLD TIME !
JUST RECEIVED:
The following fine, old and pure goods, which are offered at
very reasonable prices:
First Quality of Imported French Sherry Wine.
.. nV. Win**
rgundy Port Wine,
tnaica Hum.
Bu
Jamaici.
Holland Gin.
Martel Cognac.
Noirt File <fc Co. Cognac.
Otard Dupois A Co. Cognac.
Champagne (3 braude).
1ST* A\f> I**® ** D BO, RBO *',_
I SMI NEW ENGLAND SUM.
INN! DOMINION MALT.
1SN1 PEACH AWDAPPEE.
California Wines, American Gin, Ale, Porter, Beer Imported
Waters, American Champagne, Ginger and
Cherry Brandies, Etc.
CORN!
The best made in the Southern States.
A. HIRSCH,
Manager.
l°o. for 10 °'
fpir.TV CENTS
YOU CAS r.UY A
Handsome Christmas Present
TEN CENT STORE,
Cor. Cotton Avenue and Lamar Street
M. SONTHEIMER.
Houthorn Cultivator.
A recent trip to Houthwest Geor
gia furnished food for thought and
reflection an I rode through the
country and looked over the farms.
Leaving Shellman, in Randolph
county, and driving southward, I
passed through a flection that Ifl
rather thickly wooded, with here
and there an opening Hhowlng up
Koine tine farming land, which I*
.lightly undulating, enough bo to
give pictureflquenend to the »cene
and admiration to the progressive
farmer with sulky plows, grass
mowers, cultivators, etc. The
trouble is, the stumps are in the
way; the farmers seem to give little
thought towards their removal and
final extinction. It Is n surprise to
me that the farmers do not try to
get rid of stumps, and then with
sulky plow, reapers, mowers, culti
vators, etc,, make farming a pleas
ure. What a beautiful sight this
section will present when this time
shall come; it will equal the prairie
lands of the West, but with a
climate unsurpassed in the wide
world. Another surprise is, why
are Dot these lands studded witli
with beautiful farms? I know it
takes time to do tills, yet we are
obliged to think that the huudreds
of people seeking farm lands and
homes are ignorant of this beautiful
section of Georgia. Of course I mu
not certain that these lands are for
sulc; simply take it for granted
that the owners we ild not object to
selling off a few thousand acres. All
along our route, for fourteen miles,
did I see tills broad territory of
luuilfl, any part of which can bo
made to produce two or three crops
|K>r year when once in cultivation.
I saw, however, a marked im
provement in the matter of new
framo houses instead of log cabins,
and around these new board fences
In place of rails. Whenever these
people wake up to the importance
of tiie stock law, then surely enough
will Southwest Georgia come to the
front. The farmers are generally
using more fertilizers per acre than
formerly, thereby enlarging the
yield of their crops and giving let
ter satisfaction when properly and
Judiciously handled. The two-
horse plow in preparing laud, deep
breaking up with fertilizers plenti
fully distributed in deep furrows
will go a long ways in resisting the
drouths aud bring better crops.
I could not help thinking over
Prof. Gully’s plan of restoring worn-
out lands ns we pussed the cotton
lauds of ante-bellum times; how
easy, with a little patience and good
judgment, this much can he accom
plished, and what Is called worn-out
lands easily restored. Home peo
ple, however, have an ideu that
lands once worn-out are valueless,
but when we read of lauds In China
and Japan that have been cultiva
ted hundredsof years,aud are better
now tliau ever, we know there is a
reason for it, whluli can be nothing
elsu than care taken In those coun
tries in returning to the soil what
is drawn from it, in the way of
manures and crop rotation. The
same theory is applicable to our
farm lauds here in the Houth.
Mr. W. L.Glessuer.of the Ameki-
cc* (Oa.) RbcobdM has been doing
a vast amount of good in his pub
lished articles on grass and stock,
and sooner or later the people will
see that his ideas, if carried out.wlll
be of lasting benefit, and his grass
crop more valuable than our cotton,
because It makes the farmer and
country self-sustaining. Already
have many farmers departed from
the old ruts and made a good start
in the new grooves. I have observ
ed that while they are slow as u
general thing in experimenting,
when shown theerops and the prac
tical workings of the system with
its results, they “catch on" very
quick,
I am more than ever satisfied
that the word “contraction” should
he written on the gate-post of every
farmer; lie should draw in the
fences, plow deeper, manure heav
ier, have barns and] crib* near the
house, stay at home, let disturbing
politics alone, read the Hou them
Cultivator and keep pure breed
btook and poultry. This reminds
me of a neighlior who tried the ex
periment of keeping up one pig to
see what he could do. The result
was reached a few days ago—a 400
pound hog was butchered. Another
neighbor, whose hogs got lost in
the swamp, say^te I* (?<>tng to put
up four pigs next spring and see If
he can have some decent pork next
tall, as he ha* to buy lard, and be
evidently thinks something Is
wrong’ln his way of raising pork.
As I have before stated, these
Southwest Georgia lands are just as
well if not better adapted to stock
raising than the Northern or Middle
States; just ns nice butter can be
made there as in New York; juntas
fat hogs and cattle as can be grown
any where; so With fruits; in fact,
anything that grows out of God’s
grccu earth can be raised in this
section. Some Johnson grass was
cut on my place (In Calhoun coun
ty) this year that grew eleven feet
high; of course this was some left
standing after the rest had been cut;
It shows, however, what can be
done there in the grass line. I am
Hctttlng out several fields in llermu-
da grass, and hope to have some
meadows before Ionic that will look
inflnitely better than the bare Holds
denuded of everything calculated
to keep lands in proper condition.
W. H. Pakkins.
Atlanta, Ga.
"Oh, wad some power, the stole xle
To see ourselves as Ithcrs see us"!
Few women want to appear sick,
anil yet how many we sec with pain
written on every feature, who have
been suffering for months from
female weakness, and who could
easily cure themselves by the use of
Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription”
to be found at any drug store. This
remedy is a specific for weak hacks,
nervous or neuralgic pains, and ail
that class of diseases known as
“female complaints." Illustrated,
large treatise on diseases of women,
with most successful courses of
self-treatment, sent for ten cents in
stamps. Address, World’s Dispen
sary Medical Association, (KM Main
Htreet, Buffalo, N. Y.
An Incident In Ihn Southern Doom.
Detroit Free Press.
The Colonel hud left Birmingham
without being able to get within
twenty feet of the general delivery
window of tlie post ofllce owing to
the crowd of colored people, ami
when we got over to Anniston ami
found it still worse, he went out
doors anil ant down on a dry goods
box and spent an hour In reflection.
By anil by he brightened up nnil
made a bee line for a printlugofllce,
ami Inside of another hour a boy
was going about tlie street anti
banding out to every colored iierson
ho met a dodger reading: “Don't
miss it! Prof. Klba and Ills cele
brated s|K>tted cuntlurango will
arrive at the dc|s>t at 8 p. m. this
afternoon. Only one ever brought
to this country. Colored people
can see it without charge.” At J
o'clock I went with the Colonel to
tlie |n>st ofllce. There wasn’t a
colored person within a block of it,
and the postmaster was almost In a
doze. At 3 o'clock he went down to
the depot, and there were 700 or 800
colored people waiting around to see
tlie spotted cuntlurango. "How
much did It cost you?” I asked as
he sat down on a barrel to read ids
letters. “Only 70c.,” he replied,
“and I got twenty-two letters which
hail been trying to find me for
three weeks.”
The Old Oumlnlnu Nrvsr Trisa
Quite a deal of excitement wus
created to-day by the announce
ment that some one here had drawn
$15,000 In The Louisiana Htate lot
tery, and there was a general scru
tiny of tickets by those who had
Invested. In a short time it was
learned that Mr. T. M. Henson, the
efliclent chief clerk in tlie ofllce of
the Old Dominion H. H. Co., was
the lucky possessor of the ticket.—
Norfolk (Va.) Virginian, Nov. 11.
John McHliaiie, the millionaire
Omaha Congressman, was a cowboy
without a eeut in 1871.
Sore or Inflamed Kye. Speedily tore,!
By the use of Darby's Prophylactic
Fluid. It allays the inflammation
anil Irritation and is peculiarly elll-
caclous by reason of its power in
cleansing aud destroying all poison
ous matter. Chafing, bruises,
humors, eruptlous, bolls und sores
and tiliso! more serious and tenuci-
ous maladies, Hcalil Head, Halt
eheum and Kryslpelus, are speedily
cured by tlie Fluid.
y In i
Ayer’s Hair V'igor never fail
restore the youthful
color to failed and gray hair. It also
eradicates dandruff aud prevents
the hair from falling.
Ben Butterworfh u-eil to be a
plantation boss in Virginia.
Physicians prescribe Ayer’s Har-
saparilla in case of scrofula, aud in
every form of Chronic disease, be
cause this medicine is safer to take
and 1* more highly concentrated,
than any other preparation. It ean
always be depended upon aa an ef
fective blood puriflor.
INFANTILE
SKIN DISEASES
Oar oldsat ehild, sow sis years sf sgs, tin sa
infant aii month* old vss attaokod with a virn-
loot, malignant *kin diass—. All ordinary nsi
diaefailing, va called our familyphjraieixa. »bo si*
tempted to oura it; bat it aprasi with almost in
credible rapidity, until tbs lower portion of tbs
little fellow'a person, from tbs middle of bis book
do-vi. to kiakiwea. waa one solid raab. e«ljr, pain
ful. blotched, and malicious. W* bad ne rest st
nifht, no pesos by da* Finally we ears advised
to try the t 'cm i ha Remedies. The effect was
• imply marvellous. In three or four weeks a com
plete ears was wrought, leaving tne little fellow's
parson as whit* and healthy aa thoe«h be had nev
er been attacked. In my opinion, vonr valuable
remedies eared hie life, and to-day E# ia a strong,
healthy child, perfectly well, no repetition of the
disease haring aver occurred.
GEO. B. SMITH.
AtVy at Law and Ex-Pros. Att'y, Ashland. O.
HxrxxxpcB: J. G. Wotai, Droggiat, Sab Und. O.
THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN
Are born into the world every day with aoste se
isms tous affection, sash aa milk erwst. eoaM bead,
aourf. or dasdruff, ears to develop into an agonis
ing eoseiua, the itching, baraiag,anddiadgarnUon
sf which make life a prolonged tartar* nnUsa
properly treated.
A warm bath with OtmcOVA Boar, aa svqnMtn
Skin Beset liter, sod a aiagle appitontioa of OVTV
S a. the Great Bk*n O.re, with a little Ctmonu
ulvkst. the Mew Blood Poriisr. are oMsa
oient to arrest the progress of the diesis*, gad
point to s speedy and perm a nee tears.
ft*
in their beanty, parity, and heeltb.aad
jgnpon them a ekUtfi gee ale at labor-
itauce.— a akin without a blemish, and a body
nourished by pure blood,-should fail to MU total
of the GUTiousa Kkmadixs.
Bold everywhere. Prim. CtmcVBA. Ms. J BOXP,
SBo ; RESOLvmrr, |L Prepared by tbs Portae
Dnco AXO ( hehical Co.. Boston, Mate.
Off- Bend for " How to Caro Skin Dissassa. 1 * N
pages, Mil lustrations, and 100 tootiateaiala
bed by Otmcmu Mxmuatsd Boat.
Dr. Iloroe’s Favorite L iw* ■ —: .-vm
burlldmtn^rotfflsaCnytwwWgf IjMg**
women. It is a powerful, gx-n^rsi eMiOjt
uterine, tonlo and nmrlne, '»ti nr
and stronjrth to tho whole yitea
ciiroe weakness of stomach, indlys
luir, weak back, nervous prostr^
nnd slAppletsnoeg, In Hther seX.
scrlptlon Ifl sold by drufnrMe U—
pr.*T»T»o, .r..Y1EKuSJ
A lanm trcntlao on Pleeaa** off -
fuscly illustrated with colored ptftefl I
merotia wood-cute, sent for H) ono tqj
Address, Would'* D»r
Association, fffl Main BW-w — ■ —■ . — —
SICK hkadachu, Btnpu, H[Masks.
br dnwrtsfc.
Luxuriant Hair
Can only ba prsssrrsd br kscplng tfc*
scalp clean, cool, nnd (zoo from
druff, nnd tbo boily la •
condition. Tbs grant popularity of
Ayor’s Hair Vigor is do, to the last
that it cluanseo tlie soalp, promote# ttao
growth of tlie ball, prevents it tram
(ailing out, nnd gtvs, it thut soft and
allky gloss to essential to perfect beanty.
Frederick Hardy, of Boxbwry, Mm,
a gentleman fifty years of age, was fsrt
losing his hair, nail what remained was
growing gray. After trying
dressings with no offset, ho i
tlie use of Ayer’s Htlr Vigor. "I»
slopped tbs falling out," bo writes 1
"und, to my great surprise, converted
my white hair (without staining the
scalp) to Mr msm Mtnft of troHC N
had when I was 29 yean of age.”
Ten Years Younger.
Mr.. Mary Montgomery, of Button,
writes: "For years, I wae compelled
to wear a drees cap to conceal a held
■pot on the crown of my head ; but now
I gladly lay the cap aside, for jour Hair
Vigor ia bringing out a new growth. I
couId hardly trust my senaso whoa I
first found my hair growing; hot than
it is, an,l I am delighted. I took ton
yenr* younger."
A similar result attended tbs ne* el
Ayer s Hair Vigor by Mrs. 0. O. Free,
emit, of Cher lee town, Mast.. Mias lassie
If. Itedloe, of Burlington. Vt,, Mrs. J.t.
Burton, of Bangor, Me., and enmeroee
others.
The loss of hair may be owta* to Im
purity of tlie blood or rieranMinaiit of
the stomach and liver, in which oaee,
a course of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla Off ef
Ayer’e IMlIe, in connection with the
Vigor, may be necessary to give health
nnd tone to ell the functions of thn
body. At tho same time, K cannot be
loo strongly urged that noon of these
remedies can oo much good without
a penu veriug trial aud strict attention
to clcauly aud temperate habits* •
Ayer’s Hair Vigor,
Prmmrf ky Dr J C Ayw k O*., r-ew.ll,Mam
Hold ky IrrugfWte ul Hiifewee
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