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Recorder
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' W. L. ULXSHNKR,
Official Orc*n of Sumter County*
Dotcml OritHu of Wtjb■ trr County.
SUNDAY. - - DECEMBER 14 1890
The AUKKicua Recohdek It publla
Dally and Weekly, during the year.
The Daily Recorder la laaued every
morning except Mondaya, during the year,
at 60c per month, ortC.OO per year
The Weeelt Recorder le laaued every
Friday morning, ai II00 per year payable
bn advance. It haa the largest circulation
any myer In 8oathtreat Georgia, circula
ting largely In tbe oountlea or Sumter, lee,
Terrell, Stewart, Webeter, Schley. Marlon'
Macon, Dooly and Wilcox,
Entered at Americas Poet-Officeaaaecond
e aaa matter.
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to AMERICUS PUBLISHING CO.
The legislature nays "pay tbe
teachers" and then cuts off the
branch colleges without an appro
priation.
Some of the members of the leg
islature are doiug too much talking
for the small salary of $4 per day.
They should talk less, or demand
an increase of pay.
This is education with a ven
geance: $190,000 for the lunetic
asylum, and $22,500 for the Techno
logical school. At this rate the ap
propriation should be,and will have
to be,largely increased.
The Albany Nows will raise the
price of Its dally from $5 to $C per
year on January 1st. Even that is
too low. $9 a year is not too much
for a good dally paper, even If it
does not print the full telegraphic
service.
Hiram Wood, the veteran turf
man, died in Augusta Thursday
night. As usual with such charac
ters, he died In poverty. Ketting
may help the present generation,
but it usually leaves the coming
generation to shift for itself.
The Houthern Cultivator for De
cember Is on our table. It comes
out In a new Christmas cover, and
la tilled with choice articles, Oov.
Northen's inaugural being pub
lished in full. The Cultivator im
proves with age, the current num
ber entering its 49th volume.
CHRISTMAS CHIMES, 4^
Bight gladly and merrily do tbe
people prepare for the Chrlitmae
festivities. Without analyaing tbe
reason why, we permit ourselves to
rejoice that tbe festival season has
arrived, and haunt stores, book
shelves, and shops of all kinds in
an endeavor to make our loved ones
a present that will be a remem
brance of tbe affection we bear for
them. How happily we trudge
homeward with our purebaees, our
thoughts going forward to that
most mystical of mornings, when
each member of the family opens
the presents.
What a conscious thrill goes
through us as we conjecture the
pleasure our boy will have when he
flnds the article he has been wish
ing and hoping forfor so long! And
then we grow sober in the thoiight
that perhaps the dear wife would
prefer some other article than the
one we have got. Each separate
present has Its own particular joy.
What a pleasure itts to give to those
we love, aud how little an uuselflsh
heart thinks of what its portion
will be.
And if we find so much pleasure
in giving which shows the pure
gold in our human nature, how can
we Scotland refuse to believe In the
great gift our dear I.ord gave to this
world! Hurely we are but follow
ing In ills footsteps as far as our
nature allows.
Atl hearts are open at Christmas
time to noble and good impulses,
and while we are sheltered in cosy
ami comfortable homes, we should
not forget those who are not. No
matter what the causes may be
that thus deprives them of these
blessings, they should be over
looked or forgiven, aud for the sake
of 'he name that these joyous dines
bear we should strive to make them
more comfortable. I)o not do tills
as a charity, but as the love one
man should have for another.
THE YOUTH OF PARNELL
AN INTERVIEW WITH ONE WHO
KNEW HIM MANY YEAR8 AGO.
The lAah lewder That Wm to Bo Inher
ited Firmness, Courage and Nerve—No
One Thought He Weald Be * Public
Men—Hie School Days.
[Special Oorrcepondeuce!
New York, Dec. 11.—Parnell’s career
has been so brilliant and impressive that
anything which illnstmtea his character
or explains its strength, and the reasons
for the bent of his intellect, possesses the
greatest interest. His public life is
known of all men, but of his early days,
the promise of his youth, his habits and \
associations, much less has been heard. '
Mr. U. B. Hammond, now the presi-
dent of tho* Indianapolis and Decat nr !
railway, who lives in New York, had j
an opportunity to sen Parnell when he
was in his college days, and to share in |
some of the social delights which made ,
Mrs. Parnell’s city homo in Dublin so J
attractive some twenty odd years ago.
would develop into » respectable,
loving country (quire. Be had i
ited from hia uncle. Sir Ralph Howard,
of London, a comfortable property,
which waa well invested, and it was
known that he expected to possess the
Wicklow estate, of which he was very
fond. He displayed, too, a mighty
love of* athletic sports, especially of
shooting. In hia vacations he was ac
customed to go wherever good shoot
ing could be obtained, and he usually
spent the Christmas holidays in grouse
shooting in Scotland. He was also very
fond of riding and driving—a trait
which he had in common with other
members of the family—and he wanted
the most spirited horses, and was happi
est when ho had a nervous animal
master.
So conspicuous was Parnell’s fondness
for sports that he was esteemed among
liis college mates as bound to make
career as a gentleman sportsman. His
own family seemed to have this opinion
of him; they never regarded him as
young man of especial promise, and it
said that some of them looked with
amazement upon the revelation of his
powers which he made after becoming
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rifup.fi'verVoneTo'c*
a. low .i »ny hou«lD «“te., and ere much lower than .om, *Pu»« Wha,
have not our facilities for buying.
WATCHES.
«s are
We buv Watches in very much largerquantltles than any ot her house In
tlon, and at much lowe'r*prieesTw* can therefore offer you a much larger assortment to
select from, ami will sell them closer than others <
DIAMONDS.
States consul to Dublin by President
Lincoln, and upon tho suggestion of
Charles Sumner and recommendation of
Secretary of State Seward. lie served
in that office from 1861 to 1804. The
Burl of Carlisle was then the lord lieu
tenant for Ireland, and Mr. Hammond
was a frequent visitor at the castle,
whero ho often met Mrs. Parnell. She
was held in high esteem by the Earl of
Carlisle, who pronounced her one of the
most remarkable women ho had ever !
met; who*, social anil personal charms \ happy and profitable
were equaled by her mental endow- pj ife aa . of in one of tho
southern states.
One of tho daughters, she who was es-
family was rather centered in the oldest
son, who Ixfaine a barrister and prac
ticed in London. Another son, John
Parnell, they thought would develop
into a great financier and would perhaps
become a political ]lower. Ho seemed to
have far more inclination for public
activity than ever Charles Stewart Par
nell indicated in tho days of his youth.
This son, however, was persuaded to
come to America and buy a plantation.
Ho did so, bought a peach farm, and has
The Brunswick Times sarcastic
ally remarks that though Oov.
Nortlinn was "dictated by what lie
believed to be bis duty to the best
interest of tbe State" iu his ap
pointment of Mr. Kradwell as
School Commissioner, he was
"biased just a little by Mr. Brad-
well’s superior ability as a spouter
at agricultural fairs.” As Oov.
Nortben lately Intimated iu an
interview that he wantetf a man
who could reach the heart of the
people on the educational question,
the Times, unconsciously, perhaps,
has recommended the man who
was appointed. The Times’ can
didate was a young maa named
Orr, who once lived close enough
to the olltce to acquire a yearning
for It.
If Your Rouso is on Fire
You put water on the burning tim
bers, noton tlie smoke. And if you
have catarrh you should attack the
disease in the blood, not in your
nose. Remove the impure cause,
aud the local effect subsides. To
do this, take Hood’s Sarsaparilla,
the great blood purifier, which radi
cally and permanently cures ca
tarrii. It also strengthens the
nerves. Be sure to get only Hood's
Sarsaparilla.
‘ THE INSURANCE LAWS.
Just now the consolidated insur
ance companies are being held over
legislative coals. A bill has been
offered which will forbid auy pool
Ing,of Insurance .companies, and
thus do away with the Tariff Asso
ciation,
The Insurance companies claim
that they have made no money lu
Georgia for aeveral years, their
losses eating up their profits. The
figures from the Comptroller Geu-
•ral’s office show that the compa
nies have made money, though
heavy losses lately have decreased
their profits. At any rate evety
home company la In a prosperous
condition, aud pays good dividends
to their stockholders.
In Amerlcus before we had water
works the insurance companies
claimed that a good system of water
works would decrease the rate of
Insurance. A fine system was put
fn. # The associated Insurance com
panies then made a new rate, low
ering the insurance on aboutone in
every ten buildings, and increasing
the rate on many. In other words,
while the rate was changed, os
agreed, It was not materially low
ered, as almost every business man
in Amerlcus has cause to know.
But under the preaenf conditions
the people are powerless—all the
companies being banded together
for the purpose of holdiDg up
rates.
The Recorder believes the pas
sage of tbe bill introduced will
cause the lowering of Insurance
rates. It it prevents pooling, it
will bring competition, and compe
tition always lowers rates. Many
thousands of dollars are taken
from Amerlcus in insurance, and
there haa not been a bad fire in
many yean. There is hardly a city
in the State so well protected from
fire, and we should have Insurance
rates in proportion to tbe risk. i
The astute editor of the Knoxville
Journal sometimes says a good
tiling. He now remarks that when
Henator Gordon, of Georgia, joined
the alliance, tbe question recurred
whether "Jonnh swallowed the
whale, or was it the whale that
swallowed Jonah?” At this dis
tance, this seems to us a very per
tinent query.—Chattanooga News.
The whale swallowed its Jonah,
of course. Give us something
hard.
Right in the middle of hard times
we are threatened with a beer war.
Surely, “it is an ill wind that blows
no one good.”
For Hen Only.
If you want an elegant and ap
propriate Chrisms* present for a
gentleman, just call at Thornton
Wheatley’s Monday. He will then
open the finest line of dressing
gowns and smoking jackets, in vel
vets, worsteds aud other materials,
ever brought to A Tuerlcus. Also a
lovely line of full dress vests.
Space and time will be devoted to
these articles. You are Invited to
call and inspect them Monday.
Thqse goods are especially applica
ble as presents to geutlemeu from
ladles.
LEMON ELIXIR.
Its Wonderful Effect on the Liver,
Stomach, Howell, Kidneys and Blood.
Dr. Mozley'e Lemon Elixir is a
pleasant lemon drink that positive
ly cures all Biliousness, Constipa
tion, Indigestion, all Sick aud
Nervous Headaches, Kidney Dis
ease, Dizziness, loss of Appetite,
Fevers, Chills, Palpitation of Heart,
and all other diseases caused by
disordered liver, stomach and kid
neys, the first great cause of all
fatal diseases. 50 cts. aud $1 per
bottle. Sold by druggists. Pre
pared only by H. Mozley, M. D.,
Atlanta, Ga.
LEMON HOT DROPS.
For coughs and colds, take Lemon
Hot Drops.
For sore throat and Bronchitis,
take Lemon Hot Drops.
For pneumonia and Laryngetis,
take Lemon Hot Drops.
For Hemorrhage and all throat
and lung diseases, take Lemon Hot
Drops.
25 cents, at druggists. Prepared
only by Dr. H. Mozley, Atlanta,
Georgia.
President National Bank.
McMinville, Tenn., writes: From
experience In my family, Dr. H.
Mozley’s Lemon Elixir has few, If
any equals, and no superiors in
medicine, for tbe regulations of the
liver, stomach and bowels. Dr. H.
Mozley's Lemon Hot Drops are su
perior to any remedies we hive ever
been able to get for throat and lung
■" W. H. Maonkss,
CZIAKLES STEWART PARNELL,
meats. She had been presented at every
ono of tho European courts, and had
gathered about her in her Dublin home
the beauty, intellect, wit and talent of
Irish society.
Besides her city homo Mrs. Parnell
had a country plnco at Wicklow, the
same estate which Charles Stewart Par
nell now possesses, and to which ho goes
when ho wishes to bo in retirement Into
the family circle os then established Mr.
Hammond was a welcome guest He
and Mrs. Parnell were Americans, and a
friendship lind been established years
before between Commodore Charles
Stewart, Mrs. Parnell’s father, and Gen.
Mansfield, the distinguished officer who
was lolled at Antietam, and who was an
uncle of Mr. Hammond. At that time
Mrs. Parnell’s daughters, Emily, Sophy
and Fanny were living at homo, and
two of tho sons, but Charles Stewart was
reading for honors at Oxford university.
The daughters were very attractive and
intellectual women, and Sophy was es
teemed a very* beautiful one os well.
Fanny was jnst beginning to take that
interest in the Fenian movement which
afterward bccamo so conspicuous.
Sir John Parnell, tho father of Charles
Stewart Parnell, had been dead for somo
years. Although ho had married an
American girl, of whom bo was very
prond, yet ha was not cordial in his ad
miration of Americans generally, and
hesitated not to express hia opinion free
ly. When his .opinions .were once proven
they ware liko granite', immovable, and
it is this trait of his character which
Charles Stewart Parnell has conspicuous
ly inherited. Sir John waa esteemed a
peculiarly set and obstinate man, and
even ns a child Charles Stewart was of
stubborn disposition. His family used
often to say that "Charlie” was jnst like
his father in that respect.
Tho austerity, reserve and chilly de
meanor which have so frequently been
spoken of in connection with Charles
Stewart Parnell therefore is not a man
nerism, as many have supposed, assumed
to defend himself, bat is a family trait
Tho children got it naturally enough.
Sir John Parnell was thns constituted,
and so was Commodore Charles Stewart,
Parnell's grandfather on tho mother’s
side.
Another family trait was known of
all the friends when tho children were
small. That was physical courage of
tho eopreroest sort That was an in
heritance from tho old commodore, whe
never knew what fear was. Fanny Par
nell possetned this quality in the highest
degree. She was daring almost to reck
lessness when she rode to hounds, and os
a driver was happiest when sho con
trolled the most spirited, nervous and
excitable horses to bo found in Ireland.
The other girls were bravo, physically
brave, and often displayed this fearless-
to tho admiration of their mates.
teemed most beautiful, married a Mr.
Livingstone, a very wealthy man, with
an establishment in Paris, and there sho
lived for some years, moving in thfvery
highest circles and dispensing hospitality
in a manner which charmed tho best ele
ments of Parisian society. She is now
dead. Fanny Parnell was thought by
all the family friends, however, to bo
the most brilliant member of the family,
and although her sympathy with the
Fenian movement brought her on tho
one hand in contact with persons who
had no claim to social distinction, yet
on the other she maintained with su
preme grace the honors <Jf lier mother’s
drawing room in Dublin.
Tho social position of the family was
of the very best. On Sir John Parnell’s
side tho family was connected with tho
British nobility, and the best of drawing
rooms would have been cheerfully open
ed to Charles Stewart Parnell had lie
chosen to enter society. Besides that,
the distinguished American family of
his mother had given him an additional
claim for social promincnco. But he
never cared for that sort of thing. He
found his pleasantest society in tho com
panionship of men, and was fond of a
quiet dinner with his mates, where he
revealed a genial sido of his character
which was not apparent to near ac
quaintances.
After Parnell was graduated from Ox
ford he was for a time in more Intimate
companionship with his mother and
sister Fanny than he had been since
childhood. It was tho time when they
were enthusiastically supporting tho
Fenian movement, and there is no doubt
at all that it is duo to the influence of
his sister Fanny that Parnell's attention
was first called to tho Irish situation and
his ambition stimulated. Ho did not
agree with his mother or sister as to the
success or advisability of the Fenian
movement, but he spent many months
in practical seclusion trying to solve in
his own mind tho problem. Ho decided
at last to follow where O'Connell had
led, and to attempt to win for Ireland
by constitutional methods and by the
process of agitation what tho Fenians
proposed to do by arms. Having his am
bition stimnlated, his opinions fixed, the
inherited characteristics of the man as
serted themselves, such as tenacity o(
purpose; great courage and a power ol
patience which was marvelous to those
who knew him as a rather impatient
youngster. Ho sought an election to par
liament, and his career began.
Those who know Parnell in his youth
and college days are not surprised at the
revelation which haa been made of the
weak spot in his armor; they tliink that
his weakness was always in that direc
tion, and they narrate some rather sub
stantial reasons for such belief. Had be
been ns invulnerable to such temptation
ns he has been to nil others ho would have
been perfectly equipped, his old acquaint
ances say, to carry on tho fight until he
won it. R. J. Edwards.
parchaeed over SEVEN THORSAND DOI-
LA RS worth of DIAMONDS, most of whirls we selected persmmliyvvlilleln New York.
Wori«n sell these goods ut whaiwmall buyers have to pay for t .em and make our pronr.
I iu ring the past few j
Ml Star ul Flirted Wan, Wj, Hi, fa aii Organ.
We buy all tbe above In large quantities, obtain special prices, and will sell l0 *’® r
thananyone. Don't fall to call upon us. ritor.f opan day and night. Oi*ou» \re sell en
graved free.
JAMES FRIGKER 4 BRO.
BAHLOW BLOCK
AMERICUS, GA
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W. D- BAILEY!
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
TOR TAX COLLECTOR.
My candidacy la subject to tho action of tl
Democratic primary If one la held
Kcspectfi *
A
it"/Wit
ran
cspcctfully, John Sims.
! We are authorized to announce Mr#
| DICK WINDSOR oa a candidate for Tax
; Collector, subject to tho Democratic prl-
I inary, If one bo hold.
J. B. DUNN
Announce* hlmzelf a candidate for the of
fice of Tax Collector of Bumter county, at
18 STILL IN THE RING.
■• vv *«•» v uiivahii vt uumwi liUUUUi *l>
| the cumin? January .lection, subject to
I notion of primary election.
Dec. 5, 18W.
The rush of fall trade has par- j ymreo r r h my , ii‘. ,P wH t h th l t, rt /^a 0 ^p*l^‘
the county, I hereby announce myself a
ly, i nereoy announce myi
candidate for the office of Tux Collector
olyzed my stock somowhat, just! •“hiwtto the D * mo £Xiira m w “rha! l
as my low prices lmve
Wo tiro authorized to announce Mr. P. Y.
WESSON u. u candidate for Tax Col
lector, Nubjcct to the Democratic party pri
mary. If any 1. hold.
The Power or tho Speaker.
There are two phases to tho method:
by which the American house of repre
sentatives exercises its power—tho work
in committee room, tho proceeding:
in open session. Ono is tho brain
which inspires, the other tho body which
performs. Over .both ore tho power,
and tbe shadow, and the direction of the
speaker. He not only makee tho com
mittees in the first place, with the wid
est sort of latitnde os to men and their
viows upon measures, bnt after they ore
It is this quality of conrage which has mado and nro at work it is ha who gov-
diseases.
President National Bank
Our goods are reasonable. No
high prices, good goods, 'bottom
prices.
'John C. Sullivan A Son.
stood Charles Stewart Parnell in such
good stead.
With his brothers and sister;, how
ever, Charles Stewart Parnell was bnt
little associated after tho days of bibs
and nurses. He was scntcarly to school,
and afterward entered Oxford. During
tho long vacations ho sometimes came
home, but was more likely to remain
away, so that it sometimes happened
that tho family did not seo him for
months at a time. He entered Oxford
with a cousin named Edwards. His
chief intimacy waa with thia relative,
who is now, or was recently, a lawyer in
Boston, bnt whose homo is at Gardiner,
Me. At Oxford Charles Stewart was in
conspicuous. Ho was not a hard stu
dent He had not many intimates, bat
wu Dot so reserved or exclusive as not
to make many pleasant acquaintances.
His college mates thought that he
eras them with a nod or a wonl, who
[ gives them or denies them a hearing in
! the houso itself, who shapes things very
much as ho would havo them, or as ho
may think it best they shook] bo. Not
ranch that ho docs not want done is
done; nearly everything he does want is
effected.
This does not necessarily imply tyran
ny on his purt—it'is in the nature of
things. A man cannot become speaker
without tho aid of his party, and ’.rhea a
majority party chooaet a speaker it ia its
unty to stand by him. It has made him
king—the king can do no wrong. These
kings do wrong, of coarse, as all kings
do; they even offend their followers,
wound the feelings at their subjects.
Bat more than one congressman has dls-1
covered that there ia lev profit in quarrel
ing with a speaker. Better bow the knee
and get what yon cam
COMPETITORS,
But I am daily receiving tho la
test novelties for the Holiday
Trade, and have now on exhi
bition tho largest and most
varied assortment of
Gent’s Furnishing Goods
iu the city. Remembor tha
High Quality and Low Prices
will continuo to he the leading
feature of my business.
I hereby an nounco myrclf a candidate
during the ensuing term of two yearn, far
the office of Tax Collector of Bumter coun
ty, subject to the ratification ot the Demo*
ere tie primary, soon to be held.
If elected, my principal assistant will be
Mr. Jimmie Furlow, now a minor. My
candidacy It Iu tbe interest of bis fathers
family. They shall receive the perquisites
or the office, and It Is In obedience to their
expressed desire that I have consented to
ask the suffrage* of the people, who Major
Furlow loved so long, and among whom I
have spent the twenty-flye years of my
married life. M —’“" n —
Mkbbel Callawax.’
ONE CENT A11*
WtfSKEHs!SsiM£ ,UM *
Aon Installment plan. S. M. Coheui Beal
Kstr*- *—*
few building lota and honsea for aalo
an lnstallme - * -•— *“ ~ *
ate Agent.
^)UCjU New i
rats’ proata per month,
prove it or pay forfeit.
portraits JoetonL A ISAS
“tuple 'ent free to alL W. H. Chldester Jt
Hon, 28 Bond St. .
V. Y.
CHANGE OF BASE.
My Real Estate and Insurance offioe U
now at tbe Tax Collector's office in the
now Court House, where I will be glad to
serve my friends as usual.
Mbbbkl Callawat,
Real Estate and Insurance Agent.
TAX NOTICE.
On the 90th of this month (Deoember) the
Tax Booka of Bumter Count]
W. ]). HAILEY,
tx Book, of Bumter County wUl be closed,
, reon any piece of business, and must ask
every onelnterested tooometottieonlos.
^ja&ter