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ESTABLISHED 1879.
AMEKICDS, GEOBGIA, SATE I'DAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1890.
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cheaper than you will
find them in Ameri
cus. Eveiy article in
this line right new.
The choicest stock of
Underwear, Hosiery.
Cloves, Handkerchiefs
V and Suspenders in the
Mftfecity. Note these ex-
traordinary prices on
| P Underwear:
* One lot Shirts and
Drawers to match,
richly worth $1.50, for
88c. per suit.
One lot Shirts and
Drawers to match,
beautiful weight and
excellent quality,
$1.16 per suit
One lot natural wool
Shirts and Drawers,
worth $2.50, for 1.98.
1 lot Merino Shirts
and Drawers at $1.50
per suit.
The choicest lot of
goods at 2.25, 2.75,
3.50, 4.00 and 4.75 in
Americus.
THE PRIMARY.
WHO WILL BE THE OFFICERS OF
SUMTER COUNTY.
A Quiet Election—Though a Good Deal
of Interest was Shown—How the Vote
Went in the City.
Wheatley 11 Aasley.
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The agony isjover.
And the races for.coimty officers
have been run.
They were all decided at the bnl
lot box yesterday, and good men
have been elected.
In some the contests were close
and a full count was required to
furnish a certainty.
In others the raco 'was virtually
decided before the ballotting was
beguu.
For several days past the various
candidates and their friends have
been on the keenest edge of excite
ment and have been working heart
ily for votes. Great interest was
manifested by all, and the scene
culminated yesterday at the polls,
In the city the balloting begun
at six o’clock, and votes were slwo-
ly polled up to about nine when
they began to pour in lively. From
then on till nearly five the voting
was tolerably continuous, and be
tween this hour and six a number
were added.
Around the polls were gathered
an anxious throng. Tbe candidates
were there and olosely watched tbe
voting. After the polls closed they
remained, land far into tbe night,
until after three this morning they
remained to see how tbe vote stood
at the Americus precinct.
From the country, only partial
reports came la from many. Some
only gave the vote up to a certain
hour and others merely the vote as
regarded certai u candidates. How
ever from the best estimate which
can now be made the following
shows the officers of the county:
Clerk Superior Court—J. H. AL
len.
Sheriff—It. B. Forrest, with J. B,
Lamar, Deputy.
Tax Collector—T.M. Furlow.
Tax Receiver—J. W. Mize.
County Treasurer—J. E. Sullivan.
Coroner—J. B. Parker.
County tSurveyor—J. G. Shock-
ley.
That’s the way It looks, and la
certainly correct.
They are all excellent men, and
old Sumter could not be represent
ed by better offloers.
Here are some of the votes re
ceived. In the 29th It was as fol
lows:
For Sheriff—Forest 28, Markett
28.
For Clerk-Alien 62.
For Treasurer—Glover 28; Sulli
van 13, Small 7, and Sheppard 10.
Tax Receiver—MIxe 17, W. K.
Bailey 20.
Tax Collector—Fulton 48, Wind
sor 8.
Coroner—Parker 40, Lester 7,
Speight 7.
surveyor—Shockley 63.
In the Old 16th the vote stood:
Market 7, Forrest 3; Furlow 8,
Windsor 10; Bailey 8, Mize 4; Allen
10; Shepherd 0, Sullivan 2, Small
1, Glover 1; Parker 10; Shockley 10.
From the New 16th the vote was
aBfollows: Forrest7, Markett 11;
Furlow 14, Windsor 6; Bailey 10,
Mize 9;..Glover 2, Sullivan 3, Shep
pard 0; Allen 19; Parker 7, Lester
3, Speight 9; Shockley 19.
From tho 17th the following was
was reported: Forrest 39, and
Markett 23, fur Sheriff; Glover 22,
Sullivan 17, Sheppard 18, for Treas
urer.
In the 17th Forrest 39, Markett
23, Glover 22, Sullivan 17, Sheppard
18.
In the old 28th Markett’s major
ity was 14; in the new 20th For
rest’s 21; In the 28th Forrest’s ma
jority was 0.
In the race for Sheriff tbe great
est interest centered, aDd the re
turns were eagerly looked for by
the people.
It was four o’clock before the
vote In the Americus precinct was
counted. Here Is the result:
For Sheriff—Forrest 428, Market
876.
For Tax Collector—Furlow 699,
Windsor 111.
For Tax Receiver—Mize 638, Bai
ley 274.
For Clerk—Allen 813.
For Treasurer—Sullivan 897,
Sheppard 196, Small 107, Glover 106,
For Coroner—Parker 886, Letter
191, 8peight 223.
For Surveyor—Shockley 897.
W. W.C. lor sate at Cook’s Phar
macy, 439 Cotton Avenue, Ameri
cus, Ga. - ■ -•
NOW THE PROBLEM.
WHAT SHALL WE DO FOR SER.
VANTS7
And 8till the Report, Come In of the
Lack of 8ervante—Americas Ladles
Daily Complain and Our Country
Cousins Are In the Berne Box—How
About White Servants h
Again The Recorder Is com
pelled to mention the servant prob
lem.
Every day complaints come in,
aud tbe problem Is even more seri
ous than it was a few weeks since.
It is more difficult to secure a
servant than to make a fortune.
At least that’s what is reported and
If the reporters don’t know who
does.
The Recorder has- often men
tioned the subject but it still grows
In importance, and we are com
pelled to discuss the question again.
The great majority of servant
girls are incompetent, and of those
who are competent many are either
Impudent, careless or unreliable.
Their lot, it Is true, Is not always
as pleasant os It might be made by
their employers, and It may be that
they would strive to do better if
they were treated with alittle more
consideiatlon, but the fact that
they are not always dealt with
kindly hnd JUBtly does not excuse
their shortcomings. The truth is
tho most of them have hod uo
training for the duties required of
them, aud do not' make any effort to
qualify themselves for their work.
They seem to have an Idea that by
marriage or otherwise they will
soon be relieved of servant girl
druggery, or that If they lose their
places they will have no trouble to
get others.
In Philadelphia tbe ladies have
formed a Housewives’ League,
their object being to piotect them
selves agaiDst incompetent, Im
proper, impertinent and untrust
worthy servants. They intend to
make it impossible for such ser
vants to get employment. They
think the course they have adopted
will force'servant girls to strive to
give satisfaction, and to prepare
themselves for the performance of
household duties. So confident are
they that they have found the solu
tion of the servant girl problem
that they think of making the
league a national one, so that
housewives in all cities oan have
the benefit of it. They propose to
employ agents to keep the league
informed respecting the associa
tions, qualifications and habits
of servant girls, so that the desira
ble ones will always be sure of em
ployment and tbe incompetent,and
drunken ones will not be able to
get desirable places anywhere.
They also intend to establish
schools where girls may be trained
to cook and do all other kinds of
household work, aud where good
servants can find a refuge when
they are temporarily out of employ
ment.
It Is said that the best servant
girls in this country are found In
New York where a very large num
ber of English, German, Fronch
and Scandinavian girls are em
ployed. G Iris of those nationalities
are drawn to that city by the high
wages paid there for good service.
They are industrious, quick aud
trustworthy. They have not found
their way to other cities as yet In
appreciable unrabers, but they
will, perhaps, eventually.
Here In tbe South the servant
girls are, as a rule, colored, aud as
a class little can be said in their be
half. And ths worst of it Is they
show no improvement. Those of
to-day are muoh Inferior to those of
slavery days. Very little depen
dence can be put in them and they
take no pride in their work. As a
rule they are incompetent aud
shiftless. It takes two or three of
them to do what one ought to do,
aRd what they do la not well done.
When they are not In the streets or
attending some of the numerous
meetings of their race they are
waiting anxiously for tbe time
when they can get away from their
work. And the colored cooks
think it Is their privilege to feed all
their relations at the expense of
their employers. A colored cook
In the South is uot a luxury, and
yet la very expeuslve.
Of course there are good servants
among the colored girls, but the
number is not large, and Is becom
ing smaller, it would be a good'
thing If housewives in the South
should form a league, not so mnett
with the view of getting rid of
worthless servants, as for providing
ways for training girls for tbe per
formance of household duties.
MORE MAD DOGS.
MANY REPORTS CONCERNING HY
DROPHOBIC’.CANINES.
A Terrible Fight With One by Mr.
John Oastloborry—He Finally Kille
the Animal—Other Flying Reports.
Have our canines an epidemic of
hydrophobia.
Or are tbe many reporta of mad
dogs untrue.
For several weekB rumors have
been brought into tbe elty of such
anlmals belng Been orklllod around
us, and even in tbe city some are
reported to have been seen.
About two weeks ago tbe people
living near Wheatley’s Variety
Works reported to the police the
case of a dog supposed to be mad
which had been acting In a strange
manner, and had bitten several
dogs In tbe neighborhood. This
animal waa also heard of before get
ting in the city, and it waa said bit
many dogs in the country.
Nothing more being heard of It,
all supposed It to have been a false
alarm, but from recent develop
ments, it turns out that there may
have been something In it.
As reported In yesterday’s RE'
corder, a our, supposed to be af
flicted with rabies, was killed the
day before down near the Central
depot, after biting three ohlldren
and another dog. As to his condi
tlon, those jwho saw him say he
wbb either mad or had a fit, most
of them Inclining to the latter be.
lief.
However, It Is a source of great
uneasiness to the parents of the
bitten children, and they will await
developments with great anxiety.
Yesterday the story of a terrible
encounter with a rabid canine came
to the city. Tbe fight ocourred last
Wednesday night, and from all ac
counts it must have been a most
blood curdling and horrible af
fair.;
It seems that Mr. Castleberry Is
a well known oltlxen of the 28th
dlstriot, and has many frlenda In
Amerlous. Late Wednesday after
noon a child of Mr. Castleberry was
standing in the door when a large
dog came running down the path
directly towards her. Thinking It
their own dog the little girl did not
move until the animal reached the
steps. Sho then noticed that it was
foaming at the mouth and was
growling savagely. Seeing this,
and that an attaok was about to be
made upon her, she stepped inside
and shot the door Just In time to
prevent being bitten, and probably
torn in pieces by the rabid animal,
which dashed against the partition
and then turned off, running to
wards the lot. Here were several
hands, and a number of mules and
horses. The bands ran into the
barn, and the dog, after unsuccess
fully snapping at the mules, turned
back towards the house.
Mr. Castleberry was lu his house
and seizing his gun slipped out of
the bock door. The animal ran
straight for him, Mr. Castleberry
waiting until It was wltbiu ten feet
of him. Then he fired, striking
the dog In the back, but not falter
ing him In tho least. On It came
and was just at tbe muzzle of the
gun when be fired the second time,
tearing the head of the dog all to
pieces. Had the gun missed fire,
or had he waited a second longer,
ho would have been mangled and
had a hand to hand fight. It was a
close call, and Mr. Castleberry says
It was the scariest time be ever
saw.
Wbetbor this animal bit any
other dogs or not Is not known pos
itively, but reports have been re
ceived of a dog running around and
biting horses, cows, mules, and
other dogs all through that district
and others.
It seems that tbe county is af
flicted with a regular hydrophobic
epidemic, and all care should be
tasen with your dog. It may be
these reports are exaggerated, but
it may be they are even less feaiful
than the truth. That tbe dog killed
by Castleberry was mad there can
be no doubt, and every canine is
now a fit subject for watchfulness.
It cortislnly is not pleasant to
contemplate such a state as an epi
demic of hydrophobia among tbe
dogs,' bat it does look as if there
haver been several about In the past
few weeks, and there IsnotelllDg
howmany more may develop.
So 'watch your dog and be very
careful how yon play with yonr’sor
anybody else 1 # canine.
The policemen are on the watch
and witaklll any animal thought to
bo affected. They have been re-
ussted to do so, and it oertalniy
VERY SLOW WORK.
THAT BEING ID0NE IN THE HOUSE
AND SENATE.
An Important Bill—The Senate Ad
jonrned ’Till Monday—A Laughable
Incident.
Special to Recorder.
Atlanta, Nov. 21.—Little of In
terest was done In the Legislature
to-day. “That honorable body,"
the Senate, broke Its record by re
maining in session for two houre—
aud then adjourned until Monday,
It’s time was taken up In the
third reading of house bills a third
time; only one new bill—and that
making minor amendments to the
consolidated common school act of
’87—was introduced.
A laughable little lnoldent dis
turbed the gravity of that honora
ble body this morning. It was dur
ing the reading of a bill. A page
was sitting upon one of tbe press
tables, playing with a loy pistol.
Suddenly there was a sharp report
—the reading of the bill stopped
short, half a dozen Senator* sprang
to their feet, and the page and his
loy pistol were tbe most prominent
figures in the room. The little fel
low’s faoe was pale as death, and
the big tears rolled down bis cheeks,
his frightened face expressing the
keenest appreciation of his perilous
position. If ever a page was fright
ened In this world, he was. Tbe
toy pistol was as big as a church
steeple!
As everybody understood tbe sit
uation at a glance, a spontaneous
roar of laughter followed—the
breach of decorum was forgiven.
The reading of the bill waa con'
tlnucd, but it was several seconds
before the usual dignity of that
honorable body was entirely recov
ered.
In the House a bill of general In
terest was Introduced by Dr. Bald'
win, of Randolph. It it intended
to exolude drunken phyalolsnt
from praotlce. Its title explain
“to prohibit physiclant, ‘and pro
scription olerkt Ina drug establish
ment from practicing their profes
sion or ozlllng who may become in
toxicated from the use of Intoxica
ting liquors or opiates, and to pro
vide a penalty therefore." A first
convlotiou of drunkenness la pun
nished with a flue only; the second
conviction revokes the lloense.
Rather a queer thing la the way
this legislature “jumps on" tbe
running of excursion trains
Sunday. The matter nevor attract
ed any speolal attention before, but
three bills on the subject had al
ready been Introduced this session;
and yesterday there waa another—
(his time by Edenfleld, of Serlven.
Huff, of Bibb, Introduced a bill
Incorporating the Macon land In
dian Springe Railway Company.
This, with numerous other Im
provements In contemplation or
actual progress, will greatly On
hanoe the value of the State’s prop
erty at the Springs. Time 'was
when this was the most famous
resort lu the South—the Saratoga
of “the old regime," and it is rap
idly regaining Us old time popu
larity.
Tho committee called for under
tho house resolution by Gilbert, of
Muscogee, to devise a general
method for granting charters, waa
appointed to-day—Gilbert, Flem
ing, and Atkinson, of Coweta, from
the House; Johnson and Glcuu
from the Senate.
Holtzlaw, of Houston, * intro
duced a general law, revising the
law now governing tbe militia
forces of the State.
Governor Gordon left to-day for
Augusta, to be present and apeak
at the demonstration there to-night
In his houor.
THE SURVEY BEGUN
ON THE G. A. R- PARK AT ANDER-
S0NVILLE.
They Will Maks a Magnificent Perk-
And Will Commence Work Before
the New year—The Club House—A
Meeon Man Sarveyin* the Property.
Cook’s Pharmacy has been re
moved to the W. J. Slappey corner,
near artesian well, where can be
bad everything in Drugs, Pateut
Medicines* Ac. Respectfully,
W. A. Cook.
The work was begun yesterday
on the park of the G. A. R., at An-
dersonvllle. f..
This Improvement has bsen long
disoussed, and the buying dUhe
property long considered.
Now the arrangements have been
made, and the surveyor Is on the
grounds beginning tbe work of
transfomrlng the property Into one
of the most beautiful parka to be
found In the country.
The trade has been pending a
long while for the ground and will
be finally closed Monday. In faot
It might be said that the trade waa
Closed now, but the titles will pot
be passed until next week. :Ev-
erything 1* settled, however, and
tbe surveyor has arrived on the
grounds to begin the work of Im
provement.
Next Monday the titles will be
turned over to the G. A. B.
As has been stated through these
columns, the order Intends to beau
tify the property wonderfully, and
will build one of the finest club
houses In the country. The
grounds were owned by a negro,
George Kennedy by .name, and are
now sold to them for f1080. There
are 80 acres In all, and tbe work
will be commenced In a few weeks.
Mr. J. D. Crawford, secretary of
the Macon post, arrived at Ander-
sonville yesterday, and will begin
the survey at once. He will locate
the boulevard, avenue and olub
house, and make all plata for the
work. The entire work is to be fin
ished by next summer and the
grounds will be done In the best of
style.
Amerlous, of eourse, Is to be
greatly benelltted by tbe move
ment. Andersonville Is to be made
the plaoe of resort of the ex-pris
oners of that plaee, and the park
and olub house ths plaoe for meet
ing and pleasure, but these and the
other G. A. R. visitor* will make
our ally their stopping place. They
intend making the place the regu
lar resort, and our city will be
helped by this. They will have'to
stop here, and will only spend cer
tain portions of their time in An
dersonville.
The eleetrlo line mentioned as
being one of tbs probabilities, has
now beoome a certainty, and before
the summer months roll around,
Americas and Andersonville wlH
be connected by cars propelled by
that fluid.
At least a company Is being or
ganised for that purpose, and If It
falls, the members say It will bo
built anyhow and express this aa
a certainty.
Mr. Crawford, the surveyor, com
mences work at onoe, and will fin
ish his part at an early date.
PERSONALS.
Mr. J.C. Gray, of Baltimore, la
In the city.
Mr. L. W. Dixon, of LaCrott, la
In the city.
Mr. C. Deane Hughes left for
Florida yesterday. •
Mr. Claude Dixon, of Ellayllle,
was In the olty yesterday.
Mr. Joe Fried left for bis home
In Macon yesterday. ’ 1.
Mr. W. M. Sears, of Webster,
wss In the eity yesterday.
Dr. O'Daniel Principal Physician.
Special to Recorder. > * •'
Atlanta, Nor. 21.—Go v. Norfhcn
to-day appointed Dr. W. O’Daniel
Principal Physician of ths Peniten
tiary, and R. F. Wright, of Eibort,
Assistant Principal Kcepor-of'the
Penitentiary.
For Bate or Bent.
House and lot In the ofty of
Amerlous. Apply to A. C. Speer.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. & Gov’t Report, Aug. ij, 1889.
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