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Christmas Goods I oSer for next ten days the fol lowing very low prices: 9000 lbs New Crop L. L. Rai sins at 20a lb. 1000 lbs New Crop Nnscatel Raisins at 15o lb. 1000 lbs English Walnuts at 17% lb. S00 lbs Filberts at loo lb. 500 lbs Almonds at 25c ib. 500 lbs Brazils at 25c ib. 2000 lbs Mixed Nuts at 20e lb. 100 J£-Boxes Raisons at... ,85o bx. Thousands of pouuds of Fancy Can dy at 12% to $1.00 per pound. E. D. ANSLEY, THE FANCY GBOOER. HEADLESS NOTES. —Turkeys are roosting higher than ever. —Residents in Leeton don’t like tbe stopping of the cars, and are praying for more coal or cash, or whatever causes the stopping. —Tbe gns company started out yesterday to get some money, and every consumer who bad not paid bis bill was notified gas would be tnrned off unless it whb paid at once. It got tbe money. —The railroads are still having all they can do in tbe way of freights. —We should be thankful for get ting off with cold weather, when onr northern neighbors are having snow with it. —Americas merchants know howto get trade in hard times. They reduce prices and advertise in Tub Recorder. —Tbe small boy was working the minstrel Jobes yesterday. —Egg nogg will be beyond reach this Christmas. —Have you bought your present for your best girl yet? —The new council and the old Mayor will soon take possession. —The street cars were not laid up to be cleaned up before they needed it. In the—ofa Fix. A group around the Allen House stove got to discussing tbe Jim- jams last night, and ono told of an attempted Jok« on a pretty regular drinker. "Jim, aal will call him,” said be, “was a pretty heavy drinker, but had never seen the monkeys, und once after he bad been on a spree ior about a week, we thought we’d fix him. ‘•So one night when be was pret ty fall several of ns gathered in his room and told him if be didn’t let ap he would ‘have 'em' sure. We described the horrors of the condi tion, and told him that he looked as if he was on the eve of a spell. “He professed great indifference, and said he didn’t give a . We continued the subject until all were sleepy, and thru left him going to bed. When asleep we opened the door and turned loose in bis room a real, live monkey whloh we had borrowed for the occasion. And (hen awaited developments. “About seven In the morning be opened bis eyes and looked around. We were all looking and chuok- Ung, awaiting the time till he shonld spy his monkeyship. “There the little fellow sat on ths bureau, looking as hideous as pos sible. “Finally, Jim’s eyes rested on the spot, he sorter raised up on his elbow, gazed Intently for a mo ment, then said: “•Well I’ll swear. If that ain’t a monkey I’m In the — of a fix. But, reaching nnder the pillow and getting his pistol, ‘if it is a monkey; he’s in the — of a fix. ‘•Wi$h that he pqlled the trigger and kflocked the lights out of the little monkey, besides tearing up the bureau. He tnmed over calm ly, andl went back to sleep, while we went ok and paid for the monkey, and go j charged a big piles, too." *. Handsome Car. e Field’s minstrels were $ Recorder representative liown through it by Mr. [the press agent. The car imely furnished and oon- 7 arranged; and is the only fused by any minstrel .Junior is an affcble gentle- and l lsl— doing his press we ».pfe ,the * Udetr0mb0n# v can. Scrofulat forms, by P,1 strong and h| M toe nsec , even in its worst >., and yon will be In a short time IP. As Railroad Commissioner—Th* Papers All Bpeak of Him In the Most Compll mentary Manner—Extract* From |Hie Letter to the Governor. THAT IS,JUDGE FORT’S APPOINT. buT'^oTthTmud 0 ^^^: and tbe presence of oil Sol made everything look brighter and eberrier. Tbe day waa so much better than the proceeding ones, that tbe ladies were entieed out, and while not exactly a line day, tbe street! and stores presented a holiday appearance. Tbe show windows were bsndsomely dressed, and the interior of all stores with Christmas goods were elegantly fixed up. Holiday clothes have been put on, and everything seems to say that Christmas is coming. The appointment of Judge Allen Fort as railroad commissioner has brought forth Innumerable compli mentary notices concerning him. Every paper yet to band has a longer or shorter notice which speaks of our Judge In the highest terms. Everybody seems to be pleased, and they certainly have a right to be. Along with application for office tbe Governor requests a letter, de fining the applicant’s idea of tbe character and duties of tbe office. Below will be found some extracts from Judge Fort’s letter, which will be of special interest to tbe Amerlcus people. THE POSITION. “The Grangers of tbe West, who were so dependent upon tbe trans portation companies in moving tbelr crops, believed that extortion was being practiced, and unJuBt discriminations were being made against them. So believing, they sought a remedy, and they were met at tbe thresbbold with stub born litigation over the very, prin ciple npon which all legislative control is based. They finally tri umphed in the Supreme eourt, and succeeded in establishing the great principle that tbe State baB tbe power to regulate and control' tbe railroads to prevent extortion and unjust discrimination. Much re flection on this subject satisfies me that our own law is the best solu tion of tbe vexed question of tbe mode of regulation. * • * • “I should say a commissioner generally should be an intelligent, upright, conscientious, Just, incor ruptible man of established charac ter. He should be conservative, careful, patient and prudent. He ought to be in sympathy with tbe purposes, the spirit of the law, ab solutely just and fearless in its ex ecution. While protecting the pub lic he should, with equal care, pro tect the rights and interests of tbe railroads. It would be as much a violation of the spirit and purpose of the law to do Injustice to the one as to the other. DUTIES OF THE POSITION. “In addition to the duties plainly pointed out in tbe statutes, I have always thought that the commis sioners ought, by actual inspection, as often as might be necessary, to acquire a personal knowledge of every line of railroad In Georgia, as well as obtain the Information as to the management, eto., con templated in the law. They onght also to familiarize '.themselves by aotual personal knowledge with the great commercial aud industrial interests affeoted by transporta tion. Show both the railroad and the public that they want'all tbe Information obtainable and ser viceable In tbeir office, and be ready to Impart to both sueh infor mation as may be desired in rela tion to the matters involved." BEAUTY’S BOWER Is Tilled With Artlstl Articles. Mrs. M. T. Elam's store, with its holiday goods, Is truly a bower of beauty, and the artlstlo eye is pleased with tbe artlstlo taste dis played in tbe selection of tbe vari ous articles. In plush goods there are dressing cases for ladles and Infants, writing desks, memoran dums, manicure sets, work boxes from 75 cents to $8.00, collar and cuff boxes, smoking seta, whtsp- holders, card receivers and purses. Their books from 50 cents to $2.00, pockets In velvet, cloth and paint ed chamois. In new and artlstlo goods, lambrequins, mats, scarfs, head rests, each a poem. Here are screens of all kinds, large and small. In willow ware, there are baskets, cradles, bedsteads and wagons. Dolls there are without end, of all sizes and styles. Tbe Japanese, Chinese and ivory ware la simply exquisite. The decora ted tete-a-tete China sets are dream* of delight. Then there are bronze goods, glove boxes, hand kerchief boxes, and hundred* of other pretty artloles, so that the taste and purse of all cau be suited. If yon want to see something that la handsome, spend a quarter of an honr at Mrs, Elam’s. Council Vesting. The city connell met last night and considered the olalm of Mr. J. O. Hogue for that part of Lamar street between Forsyth and Jeffer son. This corner was closed op not long since, but it was decided by the attorney of the city that tbe city owned it. The council last night reversed this decision, and that portion of the street will re main dosed. take and set ated. ».■ Tbe Christmas trade is hardly what it is usually, so our merchants report, bnt then the bad weather has been such for the past few days as simply to delay tbe trade, and from now on with good weather, lively traffic is expected. Yesterday was the best day in several, and trade picked op greatly Articles applicable as Christmas presents are more varied and beau tiful than ever, and it is compara tively easy to choose a gift for any sort of a person, provided you have the amount of money necessary. All sorts of presents can be found, ornamental or combining both qual ities. And that, too, at a much lest figure than you would imagine. And then New Year’s day is al most hers. And the question arises wlU there be any, and if so, how many homes open to callers. The idea of keeping open house that night is a pretty one, and Amerious by all means should not let the onstom die out. Nothing has been done towards this, and it is time tbe ladies should spesk. Nothing is more pleasant for the ladies than to receive on this night, and tell and be told things condu cive to the happiness of tbe season. To have well wishes extended them for a year of Joy, and to extend their well wishes for the same state. And 'tis a happy time for tbe callers, and of all tbe oustoms now in vogue, none is prettier or more pleasure giving. Then let some one start now, for it is only a short while till 1801, and let us while being thankful for the blessings of ’90 express our Joys and hopes for another year of hap piness even more so chan the past. Here is a good one on an Amerl cus young man, or the young lady, it’s hard to tell which. It may be old, but it certainly can’t be very old, for It has never been in print. It seems that the young gentle man in question is of a rather prac tical turn of mind, and on one oc casion not many months sinoe, waa sittlpg on the veranda at a country home not far distant from the olty. Tbe young lady la sweet and charming, and is of a most roman- tio and poetical nature. They were sitting out on the poroh, surrounded by all the bean- ties of nature added to by art. Tba silvery moonbeams softly fell on the lovely scene, and the veil of night, studded with twinkling stars, made all exquisite. Both were silent. At last she tnrned her fair head to him, and gazing up into his eyes, said: “Ah, isn’t this lovely . Jnst gaze out upon the beauties of nature, and list how that tree moans and- sighs In the breeze.’’ “Yes,” said be, “that's a persim mon tree, and you’d ‘moan and sigh’ too If you were as fnll of green persimmons as it Is." “Say mister,"' said a prominent and popular young soolety man, yedterdky, “I notloed that artlele in Sunday's Recorder about send ing Christmas presents, and it suit ed me toa'T. Iwant to send a lot of presents, but haven’t the wherewith to purchase them, and S sort of a prelude I sent off a nof your papers, and marked artlele. They will know what to expect now, I hope." “But say," he added, “I hope they won’t think that’e ell I ex pect.” It’s e poor rule that won’t work both ways. To ths Bufihnns. Over one hundred columns of voluntary certificates have been printed in the Atlanta Journal from each people a* Rev. J, B. Haw thorne, Rev. Sam P. Jones, Hon. H. W. Grady, Maj. Chaa. W. Hub- ner, late of the “Christian Index," Gen. James Longstreet, Col. yf. Avery, late editor Atlanta “Conetl- tion," and hundreds of prominent divines, editors, doctors, specialist* and others, certifying to remakable cures performed by Dr. King’s Roy al Germatner, after eminent physi cians and all known remedies bad failed. Send two-cent stamp to King’s Royal Germatner Co., At- Spring medicine Is now wanted, badly y p.V. r p! >,, ia 0 th^ T wm'2dy f< to-J l™**. tot b ° ok ot P«ticnl*rs. St. and get strong and Invljor. ^ rarely cures whan all sis* tall* PROSPECTS OF AN EARLY RELIEF. The Coal Kins* of Alabama Expected to Bssoms Work-8 team Can Hardly be Bought—What Mr. U. B.Barrold Bays of the Matter. “How about tbe coal famine?’’ said a Recorder representative to Mr. U. B. Harrold, of the firm of Harrold A Johnson, yesterday. “Well, we are not so seriously In convenienced as you ‘might thins. We secured two cars yesterday, one to-day, and expect another to-mor row. This, you see, is enough to supply the demand. Sometimes we rnn pretty abort, and have to put off a customer a little while, but have been able to fill all orders. We get Just about enough $o supply the people. “Tbe reason, as you doubtless know, for tbe eoarolty, is the strike of tbe coal miners in Alabama. We get oUr supply there, and there is little to be gotten. The coal there in the grate is Montevallo, tbe best there is. Anthraoite, of course, is not all affeoted, but tbe people here use very little of it. Steam coal is scarcely to be bad, this being that Just from the mines. “However, judging from what I see in the papers, and from private advices, the famine Is about at an end. The miners are on the eve ot returning to work, and then there will be no trouble.” “How about the price ? I* it any higher than natural for this time of the year?” “No, we have made no advance at all. It may have been pnt up in some places, but onrs is Just about what it usually is." So it looks as it the matter of fuel is not to serious, and that in a short time yon can get all you want. Tbe greatest trouble has been in getting steam coal, nearly all railroads, eto., having been obliged to patoh out wltn wood. This Is where the greatest incon venience has been and is now. Enough is In sight and on hand to supply ordinary consumers, and the return of the mlnera to work will be good to those using steam coal. Wood, too, is scarcer than it ever has been. It commands almost any price, and it Is the hardest sort of a matter to get any. All sorts of excuses are made by dealers, bnt excuses won't burn. The main trouble here Is in getting choppers and haulers. The negroes all seem to have something else to do, and though high prices are offered, they will not do mneh. Then there is a greater demand for wood than usual, the railroads, Eieotrlo Light Company, eto., using a greU deal. When the ooal famine la over, there will be mnoh lest demand tar the wood, so in a short time we are apt to have alt the fuel we want. -THE Miaj - Presents —AT— W.D- BAILEY’S Popular M #. Hatierflaslery Consists of Stylish Silk Hat*, Fine Dress Shirt*, Patent Leather Shoes, Lovely Neekwear, Silk and Linen Handkerchief*, Silk Umbrellas, Walking Canes, Collar and Caff Boxes, Gent’s Toilet Cases, Gents Toilet Slippers, Black Silk Halt-Hose, Traveling Bags, Sleeve Bnttone, Scarf Pine, Eto, Elo. :©?'■* All at Botton Prices. . - * ^. r . “sSl •> lb Arthur Rylander’s AND SEE ' THE LATEST STYLES rN Dunlap Hats Nellie Bly Caps. Is four Property Insured? I represent llrst-elM*companies and will be pleased to pi* j-policies tot you. LOTT WARREKT, Bank of Sumter Building. FOR v RENT! An excellent Truck and Dairy Farm, one-half mile from city. Apply to M. Callaway, - Real Estate Agent The. People's. National. Bank. B. Montgomery, President. J. C. Roney, Vice President. John Windsor. Cashier. E. A. Hawkins, Attorney. H. O. Mitchell, Book-keeper. ALL BUSINESS STRICTLY PRIVATE 1 CAPITAL, SSO.OOO. SURPLUS. $25,000. W. W. Wheeler <& Co. are now in their new quartern HAND-MADE AND NORTHERN HARNESS BY THE WHOLESALE ANr RETAIL. OALL AND SEE THEM. They have also scoured the services of A. First-class Shoemaker, Repairing a Specialty. Prices reasonable atd Satisfaction Guarantee# The Great Writers of the Day. To convince everybody, before subscribing, of the Ulgb quality an# Interest of our BEA'CTIFtJLLY ILLUSTRATED Journal In Us new form, we will send to any address S WeekLS fox* lO Cents. Send ten cents for a trial subscription, and we will send yon Mum numbers, ineluding our Christmas Number, with an artlstlo cover; also, our Calends? Announcement for 1881. with a painting—“The Mlnnet"— by J. G. L. Ferris. These three numbers contain tbe following resdiag matter: (I) Mrs. Amelia E. Barr’s new serial, “ t he Beads of Taemsr.” Mr*. Barr in tbe author of that moat sneosssfnl serial, “Olivia," just complete* in The Century ; bnt hereafter Mrs. Barr will writs exclusively tar The New York Ledger. (S) He*. fissrgs Bistro ft’s description of “The Battle of Lake Erie," beaaU- fully illustrated. (S) Margaret Debugs latest story, “To what end?" (4) Jaates Bsnsll Lswsirt poem, “My Book,” written expressly for Th# Ledger, beautifully illustrated by Wilson ds Meza, and issued as a FOUB-PAGE SOUVENIR SUPPLEMENT. (I) Mrs. Dr. Jells Hsusi Smith starts a series of articles giving very velaa- bls information to young mothers. (•) RstsrlQrssfs entertaining soolety novel''Mrs. Harold Stagg." (7) Harris! Prsscstt tested, Maris* Harts**. Mz’quii* List •, Mssrie* TkssipM* sad Bssrgi Frederic Parsons contribute short stories. (t) James Farits, N. W. HaztlUtt tad Oihsr 0y*r (author of “Great Senators”), contribute articles of interest. 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