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THE AMERICUS t>kW? TTMEB^RECORDEfti SUNDAY, MAY 1 3, 1861.
THEY WOULD ONLY THINK.
Viilnrt In Ltf« and Ruilneu Avoided
Through Careful Meditation.
John Dnnham, tho wholesale grocer,
was Indulging in reminiscence a day or
two ago, and he nuule some interesting
comments on tho methods of credit in
vogue at the present time. Mr. Dunham
lias been a merchant in Minneajiolis for
. thirty-three years, thirteen of which
were spent in St. Anthony as a retailer,
r He deplored the want of system among
/. merchants in extending credit, and said
r too many merchants failed to keep post
ed abont the conditions around them, or
the markets—in short, they didn't think
or read. And then he repeated a story
told him by J. B. Bassett, the veteran
lumberman, in illustration of the point
“ ‘People don't think, and that’s why
so many are poor,’ said Mr. Bassett
‘Do yon know it takes brains to pile
lumber or shovel dirt? There's a right
do it’
’ “An»f“iheii uo told this story: He
ited hts lumber yard a year or two afco
and found two men piling boards,
load had been dumped in the alley, and
this was to be pnt in a pile, it was the
manner in which tho work was being
done that attracted Mr. Bassett's atten
tion. He observed that one of the men
picked np a board, carried it to the pile
and dropped it on the ground. Then the
other man jacked it up and placed it on
the pile. Mr. Bassett called tho two
men to him. and they sat down on the
pile.
“ ’Did yon ever think, you two men?
he asked.
“The met «-vro a little puzzled at the
query. 'Don't you men ever think of
improving yonr lot in life? Don't yon
ever think about it? ho asked.
“The men weren’t inactive that they
ever did think, and Mr. Bassett said:
“ ‘Well, I thought so when I saw yon
piling tlioso boards. It takes two of you
to do one man's work; did yon know
that? Now, instead of dropping that
board on the gronnd and picking it np
again, can't you drop the board right on
the pile where it belongs? Both of yon
can carry them from the pile, and the job
will be done in abont half the time.;
“That Uitlo talk of 'Mr. Bassett's set
the men to thinking, and he told mo not
long ago, as the incident was recalled,
that they are now two of tho best calcu
lators in his employ.
"It Is so with merchants, city or conn-
‘try. They sell goods without thinking.
Is the customer responsible? Will there
be any crop? How mnch bad the man
ought to have? These questions are
never thought of. and beforo long fail
ure follows. I kept a retail grocery
store in St. Anthony for thirteen yean
and never lost but $230 by bad credit,
and one year I sold (35,000 worth ol
goods. That shows what can he done.
I estimate that 15 per cent, of the gro
ceries bought, wholesale and retail, are
never paid for.”—Minneapolis Journal.
Bare American Stones.
The United States is fast becoming
land of precious stones. Diamonds have
been found in Georgia. Pearls are now
being picked up in Wisconsin, and Uncle
Sam is making arrangements for an in
voice of some of them for his collection.
There are some beautiful turquoises in
the cases which were brought by Maj.
Powell from Npw Mexico, and these are
quite as fine as the blue tnrquoises which
the government has from Persia. Of
lew expensive stones the beryls oro very
beautiful, and thcro is a piece of aqua
marine from Portland, He., which is as
big w yonr fist and which shines like a
diamond.
There is -an amethyst which is won
derfully beautiful. It was fonnd in
North Carolina and is supposed to have
teen used by tho men of prehistoric
times, it wjs originally in the shape of
a turtle, but Professor Clnrke tells me
that it wav spoiled in the cutting. There
are' also oriental amethysts, and the
amethysts from Brazil show all the
changes of that stone from a light pink
to a dark purple.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
A Ner H ay of Advertising.
One of tho most outrageous methods
of attracting public-attention ever adopt
ed was pnt in operation the other day in
Brooklyn. A colored man and woman,
both well dressed, were walking down
Fulton street, when the woman suddenly
turned upon tho man liko a tigress, and
began shaking him by tho collar and
scolding him. Tho man meekly tried to
stop her. A-crowd soon gathered. Then
the woman let go of the man and they
both walked quickly away. Aa soon as
this crowd had dispersed the woman be
gan to shake her consort again and gath
ered another crowd, and this scene was
repeated at almost every corner along
that busy thoroughfare.
Between the man's shoulders was a
placard pasted to hie overcoat advocat
ing the use of some new nostrum. Bat
the crowd was slow to understand
whether the woman was raattyabasfaig
the “sandwich" man or not No police
man cams in sight, though the scene was
unpleasantly well acted, and the crowds
obstructed pedestrians considerably.—
New York '
New England’s Disturbed Manufacturing
and financial Condition.
It Is not Intended by-, the above
heading to Indicate that New Eng
land’s manufacturing Interests are In
any financial trouble, nor that its
financial interest* are not on a sound
basts, but still there is disturbance.
Mauy manufacturers are contem
plating removal to the South, and
there is a great complaint by so con
servatlve a paper as the Boston Com
mercial Bulletin that “Massachu
setts Industries are Imperiled,” and
the legislature It urgently entreated
not to handicap the manufacturers
of that State by laws restricting the
hours of labor for women and chil
dren. “Massachusetts,” says the
Bulletin, ‘-is In no position to sustain
this discrimination sscorapared with
conditions which prevail In other
States. The time has come when out
manufacturing industries, on the
prosperity of which the welfare of
the State depends, must receive sup
port from the law makers rather
than be subjected to burdensome ex
actions.” The Bulletin sees the dan
ger of Southern competition, which
Is daily making itself more seriously
felt. Itsays: “Particular attention
attaches to the cotton manufactur
ing industry, especially the manu
facture of coarse and medium goods,
which constitute the largest part of
the product of our mills. Severe
competition is now experienced from
the Southern mills, and the pressure
from this quarter Is constantly in
creasing. Southern cloth Is on sale
in every large city in the country,
and the advantage which thesemille
now possess In the way of longer
hours, cheaper labor, cheaper cotton
mud exemption from taxation gives
them an advantage in the market.
• * * Again, take the question of
taxation: Our mills are taxed to the
foil valuation of the plant and the
amount of qulok capital. Very dif
ferent is the practice In the South.
Ten years’ exemption from taxation
Is the least of the inducements offer
ed,” And then It admits that the
machinery Is run at its utmost speed,
but that “some, at least, of the South
ern mills, owing to the wholly new
and Improved character of their ma
chinery, run at higher speed than do
onr Massachusetts mills.”
Such Is the feeling In Massachusetts
manufacturing circles, and In finan
cial circles there is also unrest, for
the 'West no longer affords a market
for profitable Investments, and New
England’* capitalist* are being forc
ed to look elsewhere. The Bulletin
says that In the Western States
granger legislation and Farmers’ Al
liances have frightened Eastern
capital from their development, and
that finding small hope of successful
operation In Western States, whose
citizens seem bent not merely on re-
duclng.tbe toll, bat on breaking the
bridge that connects .them with the
markets of the world, the great rail
road operators who built the Chica
go, Burlington & Quincy and other
road* have turned their attention
elsewhere, end for the time Will unite
In a railroad and development com
pany to operate in Colombia, and to
build a railroad from Cartagena on
the Caribbean sea, to a point on the
Magdalena river.
With the West no longer an invit
ing field for capital, and with the
certainty that few will follow theae
investors In Central or South Ameri
ca enterprises, the South stauds out
as the safest and most promising field
In the world for investment.
for Infants and Children.
“Cutorfals so well adapted to children that
I recommend itas superior to any prescription
known to me." H. A. Akchr, SL D.,
Ill So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. T.
“The use of 'Caztorla* to go universal sod
Its merits so well known that it seems a work
of supererogation to endorse it Few are the
iDtclilgentfamiltoa who do not keep Castorla
within easy reach.**
Carlos Marttk, D.D.,
New York City.
Late Pastor Bloomlngflakt Reformed Church.
Castorla cures Colic, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di-
Wil
Jlout Injurious
“ For several years I have recommended
your * Castorla,' and shall always continue to
ao so as It has invariably produced beneficial
results.’*
Edwin F. Pabdss, M. D.,
“The Wlnthrop,” 128th Street and 7th Are.,
New York City.
Tn Cottaur Coup ant, 77 Murray Strut, New Yore.
SCHOFIELD’S IRON WORKS.
FODNDBY AND .MACHINE trIIIOl*.
J. S. SCHOFIELD’S SON’S & CO., Prop’rs,
Manufacturers of Steam Engines, Boilers, Cotton Presses and General
Machine™-, Cotton Gins, Cane Mills and Saw Mills. Dealers in Mill and
Machinists’ Supplies. Special Attention to Kcpair Work.
<Ufcw4-7-6mo. MACON, GEORGIA.
FOR RENT.
Two dwellings, one of them suitable
for boarders.
FOR SALE.
Lacking for Mates.
A sea captatin called at a village inn
and asked the landlady, a young widow:
“Do yon know where I can get a mate!
I have lost .my mate.”
“1 am very sorry for yon, Mr. ,*
•he said, smiling. “I want a mate, too,
and cannot get t ne. Aa we are in the
same positio\ i’ll tell you what I’U do;
if yen’ll be mine I will be yoora!”
He doled with the bargain, end the
widow keeping her word he is now eup-
plied with two mate*.—London Tit-Bite.
A CHILD KILLED.
Another child killed by the uso of
opiates given in tho form of soothing
syrup. Why mothers gtvo their chil
dren such deadly poison Is surprising
when they can relieve the child of Us
peculiar troubles by using Dr. Acker’s
Baby Soother. It contains no opium or
morphine Sold by Fleetwood & Bus
sell, Americus, Ga. 10
Criticising a Young Laily.
“She would be a pretty girl but for one
thing.’’
“What's that?” asked Charley.
George—“Her face Is always covered
with purple and red blotches.”
Charley—“Oh, that's easily enough
disposed of. Used to be the same way
myself, but I caught on to the trouble
one day, and got rid of It la no time.”
George—“What was It?"
Charley—“Simply blood eruption.
Took a abort couse of P. P. P. I tell
you, it’s the boss blood corrector. The
governor had rheumatism ao bad|that you
could hear him holler clear across the
county every time he moved. He tried
It, ana you know what an athletic old
geut he la now. If somebody would
give Mlaa Daisy a pointer, she would
thank them afterward*. All the drag
stores sell it”
Central and suburban property at bar
gain figures.
M. CALLAWAY,
Heal Estate Agent.
Hu 4ST Letter* from Her Husband.
OoL Clark 8. Edwards, of Bethel, ...
while in the army daring tho rebellion, 1 Gen. of the State, Judge R.
-wrote home to hie wife 457 letters, which George Dasher, Macon, Go., Dr. L. P.
she eeved, end most of them are in ex- Doz,er > Georgetown^Ga., Mr. Jo*. liar-
A Common DImim.
Dyspepsia has become the moat com
mon disease of the country; all classes
are not exempt, attacking the young os
well aa the old, caused no doubt from
our mode of living and the too free use
of tobacco, eto., and yet It la one of the
moat difficult diseases we have to en
counter. In the lest five yean Dr. Holt
discovered a remedy, (Dr. Holt’s Dys
peptic Elixir), up to this time has not
failed to euro In a single instance. We
can refer you to W. A Wright, Comp.
Lyon, Mr.
istcnce now. They give a very good his
tory of tho war.—Portland (Mo.) Argus.
Mary W. Wliitnc-y, who sncceedei
Maria Mitchell as professor of astronomy
at Vaaaar college, advocates the atudy ol
science for girls, with the express objec
•f disciplining their emotional natures.
A*~
rison, Columbus, Ga., and hundreds
of others If desired. Manufactured by
Dr. Holt's Dyipepsl* Elixir Co., Monte
zuma, Ga. Bottles double former size.
Price (1. For sale by ell druggists.
Dr. Holt’s Croup and Cough Syrup
prevents and cnees croup. No cure no
pay. Manufactured by Dr. Holt's Dys
peptic Elixir Co., Montezuma; Ga.
ap21-lm
LITTLE MAEDRE,
The Old Reliable Stationer,
105 FORSYTH STREET,
Keeps always on hand a complete assortment of Books
and Fine Writing Papers; School Books for
every county in Southwest Georgia.
Fine * Pictures,*Framed * and * in * Sheets.
Large lot jf New Moulding just received. Send in yout
Pictures and have them framed. I lead, others follow.
REMEMBER THE PLACE.
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.
GEORGIA-Sumter County.
To the Honorable Superior Court of laid
County:
The petition of Jne. T- Cotney. R. L. Bull*
van, I.uther C. Bell. C. J. Wchnelder, P.C.
Ciegg,H.C. Bugley.w. E. Murpheyand V*. I*.
Wall In, citizen* of city of Americus, Sumter
County, Ge rgla. tend other*, respectfully
ahoweth iheir deat’e for t be-»• selves, treir
associates and *u cessor*. to be Incorporated
under the corporate name and atyle of the
“Atnrrlcu* Jewelry Company.’'
The principal office, plac« of business and
residence of said company/fchnll be iu Am? rt-
cus. Sumter County, Georgia, where a ma
jority of board of directors shall reside at al
times; but petition-rs prry ft#r privilege of
transacting business anywhere In or outside
of the state of Georgia, If the Board of Direc
tors should de lre and it is ihe tnterestof said
company to do so. Th*» rnnltal stock of said
coinnauv shall be FiftefiiTh usand (115 000'
Dollars, to be divided Into shares of One
mired Hollars •• -eh: bn petitioners pray
the prlvlteg • of h-al'inlng business when
1U percent of said capita) shade Is pn.d tn end
prey for ihe prlvdege«of increasing said capi
tal sU ck from time to time. In uiscretloi* ol
hoard of Directors, as occasion and business
may demand to an amount not to exceed One
Hundred Thousand Doi mis.
Th?object or tha> rassoH.it on Ispecunlary
gain ami profits for IU hint reindeers aud the
business they propose to*conduct, is that of
buying, *el!|rg. r» pairing«-r manufacturing,
watch**.clocks unit Jewelry of Hi kinns,
sllv* r and plated * are, also musical Instru
ments uml iiiUMcnl merchandise oa ah kinds
i ptlcal giK* w, preclou- * rones, art giuals.
brlcabrnc, rlasswuie, walking •ones, tim
brel a* and cutlerv and ell tuber artlc es
of merchandise u natty keui In Jewelry mid
musical Instrument house?* and petition, rs
pray for trie p<*tv!!ege««l (••iiilng or itasl
any of the a-tide-H4nf re-aid. or that-in _
be kept in jt-welry or inusicul Ins rument
houses,or sell same for rush or on the install
ment plan, or dispose oi same as may be to
Interest of said company. Petitioners also
pray for prl vll* ge to borrow money for cor
porate purposes, and secure the same by
morgage. .rust deed or otherwise, upon any
or all of Its corpora 1 o propertp; >o make
notes, accounta. to buy hold, improve,*ell
lease and rent real or personal property for
corporate purposes, and dispose of an v real
or port on*1 property held by said comps
rormsh, or on Installment*, to subscribe
orown stock in other companies if directors
should think it to the interest of said com
puny. To appoint nil officers, agents forth
management of Its bust ness, to employ sale-
men, drummers, workmen, and all other
person* for conducting said bu*!ness. Peti
tioners pray for the privilege to mnkeand
enforce such constitution, by-laws, rules and
regulation* for the government of said com
pany us may be necessary and proper, not
Inconsistent with the laws of Georgia; also
to b«ve and use a common seal, to sue and
l»o sued, topleml ami be impleaded, toenn-
trart and be contracted with, to have such
other powers and to do such other acts as
srecust in ary and proper, to carry out the
lntentadeslim and purpose of said corpora
tion. Petit l iner* pray to be incorporated
for the full term or twenty (20) years, with
privilege of renewal at the expiration of said
term according to taw*
And petitioners will ever pray. etc.
W. P. WALLIS,
Petitioners’ Attorney.
File t in office this8lh day of April, 1801.
J. H. Allkn,
Clerk 8. C. 8. C. Ga.
I hereby certify that the above is a true
extract from the record ol charters of Sum
ter court. This 8th April 1801. .
J. H. Allkn,
NOTHING
LIKE SUCCESS.
WM. RADAM’S
ICROBE
MOST TRULY AM) CORRECTLY CALLED
The Greatest Hedlcine In the World
A WONDERFUL TONIC
AND BLOOD PURIFIER
ALMOST MSACTILOOB CUBES
•i. r». AI.I.KN,
Clerk 8. C. 8. C. Ga.
aseballs, Baseballs, Bats, Bats.
Our stock in this line cannot be surpassed in Booth Georgia.
HAMMOCKS! HAMMOCKS!
It will pay you to see us before placing your order elsewhere. Cro
quet Sets, Croquet Sets I We have just received a fine assortment in this
line, and can save yon money by trading with ns. We would not forget
to call your attention to the fact that we have added to our general hue of
Hooks and Stationery a full line of Moulding and Picture Framing ma
terial, and we have an experienced man at tho head of this department, and
can do you as good work as you can have done in Macon or Atlanta Mail
orders will receive special attention.
ALLISON & AYCOCK,
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER
GEORGIA—Sumtkk Countv:
To the Superior Court of Said County:
The petition ofO. R. Whitley, M. B. Camp
bell, James L. Montgomery. Liston Cooper,
J. T. Wortham, K. H. Chai-, L. B. Ritter
and W. 11. Cooke, of salt! county, respect
fully show that they have associated them
selves together and d*sire for themselves,
tbelr associate*, successors and assigns to bo
Incorporated under the laws of Georgia and
made a body politic, with the right or suo-
oesston under the corporate name oi the
Americas 8t< aiu Laundry Company.”
Th* object of said corporation it for pecu-
nlaiy gain and profit for its shareholders,
and the particular bus ncssf) be carried on
is that of. a general laundry, the washing and
ironing of clothrsof every and all character
and description, and such business as is
usual and Incident to a laundry.
The capital stock of said corporation shall
be five thousand dollars, divided Into shares
ofnne hundred dollars each, with the privilege
of Increasing same to a sum not exceeding
twen»y-flve thousand dollars.uud each stock
holder to be ln.tivually liable to the extent
or ht« unpaid subscription of said capita
stock. The place of business and prlncipul
office of said corporation wM be in the cl.y
of Americus, said county.
Petitioners for thcmse.ves and associates
pray that under the corporate name afore
said, they may bn Incorporated an i nuwe »
body politic for the fn'l term of twenty (20)
years with the privilegeof renewal at the ex
piration of that fine, and o have and enjoy
the following rights and privileges, to- It:
The right to sue and be sued, plead and be
Impleaded, to con*ract and be contracted
with, to use a common seal and adopt by
laws, ruh-.e and regut alto is binding on Its
stockholders for the government of its stock*
holdo* and officers hoi Incon-lsunt with
law. To establish branch houses in any
eounty In this nute or outride of this Ht te.
To borrow mouey for corpora* e purposes ard
Dur>*tho same by mortgage or trout deed
otherwise upon any or all ol its corpora
proper y.
To hive, hold, own, u*o and enjoy all
property, real and personal, as inay rm*
ossarr tor the transaction oflts said bumr.cn..,
and »o buy machinery to cany on their said
business, and to appoint all officers and
nKents for tho mange enrol li* business,
to employs lesmen, workmen ami all oilier
perron* necessary to carry on the • uld busi
ness. and to have and enjo all other rights
powers und privileges necessary to curry out
the • hjtcisof said corporation eonferrre<|,by
law upon corporations of like character by
the laws of Georgia
JA8. DODSON A SON,
Petitioners' Attorneys.
Filed in office April 25, 1881.
J. H. allkn, CleYk.
I certify] the above und forcglvlug to be a
true extruct from tho Record of Charter*,
this 15th day of Anrll, 1801.
J. H. Allkn, clerk 8. C.
810 LAMAR STREET.
ABIKEICU8, GEORGIA,
TD T-}
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE.
Insurance placed on Cite and Country Property.
Office on Jackson Street, next door below Mayor’s
PETITION FOR AMENDMENT
TO CHARTER.
STATE OF GEORGIA—Sumter County.
To the Honorable Superior Court of said County:
The petition of W. P. Burt, II. C. Bagiev, M.
Callaway, M. 8peer. P. C. Clegg, J. J. ifanesley
and B. Myrick show that they constitute the
present Board of Directors of the Americus
Times Publishing Co., a corporation that was on
the 30th day of February 1800, duly chartered
under the laws of this state, and under said
charter had an authorised capital of common
stock to the amount of T»n Thousand Dollars,
with the privilege of Increasing the same to
One Hundred Thousand and that Ten Thousand
Dollars has actually been paid into said com
pany.
Petitioners show that they desire—(all the
stockholders of said Americas Times Publishing
Company consenting thereto)—to have said
charter amended so as to authorize said corpo
ration, to wit, the Americus Times Publishing
Company to Issue, to an extent not to exceed
the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars, stock to
be known aa “Preferred Stock,” of said corpora
tion, said stock not to be increased above Ten
Thousand Dollars except by a three-fourths vote
of the stockholders, and to have the first Uen,
priority and precedence over all other stock
previously issued by the said Americus Times
Publishing Company, and the said Americus
Times rubliabinjr Company to guarantee to the
holders of such ‘•Preferred Stock” dividends on
the same at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum
on the par value of such stock to bo Mid on the
1st of January of each year out of the earniugs
of said corporation, and petitioners will ever
•** jX*8. DOD80X Sc SON, Petitioners Attorneys.
Filed in office April 4th, 1801.
T . hL H. ALLEN. Clerk C. 8. C.
I certify the above and foregoing to be a true
extract from the Records of Charters this, April
4th, 1801. r
• J. H. ALLEN, Clerk C. 8. C.
are constantly being made, it is
perform the impossible, by curing c
up by physicians, and it
DOES HOT DISAPPOINT EXPECTATIONS.
More people am oolng cored by Microbe
Killer than by all other medicine, combined.
We request a thorough Investigation.
History ol the Microbe Killer Ireo by
FLEETWOOD At RUSSELL, Solo Agents
for Sumter couuty. july22-dlyr
LIPPMAN SRI)).. Proprietor*
Druggists. Uppetea'e Rock. SAVANNAH. GA.
For sale by the DAVENPORT DRUG
COMPANY, Atuericue, Ga.
DOffllP 5
mm me warn meAe/seero/aa/te
WHAHfES GOLDEN SPECIFIC
It can b jgl ven In coffee, tea. or 1 n articles of food,
without the knowledge of pstlent if necessary*.
It Is absolutely harmless and will effect a perma
nent and speedy care, whether the patient Is e
moderate drinker or an alcoholic wreck. IT NEV.
EK FAILS. It operates so quietly and with such
certainty that the pstlent undergoes no Incon
venience, and soon bis complete reformation to
effected. 41 page book free. To be had of
Knr Hale ny Dr. U. J. Eidrldge
Americus, Ga.
sP
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE ffl&S
THORN 1'ON WHEATLEY
Americue, . - Georgia.
BY THE CAR LOAD LOTS.
Tho best Shingles made at the lowoot
prices ever known before. Address
8. M. Jon*s, Americas, Ga.
tlUm.y» D 'C. Jo.z», Le.ll.Ga.
DR. P. A. THOMAS,
Physician and Surgeon.
Will do a general practico in the city
anil vicinity. He will be found at
hie office when not professionally su
ed. Will keep slate on office door.
Office: Second floor, Artesian Slock.
ennAv ly 4-ll-n
SHINGLES
AND
LUMBER
HavingJnet flnlahed an ootdt to manu
facture the above named artlclee, we are
eroparad to furnish them on .hort notlceT
2)" dellvar at
°5‘ 's n I 1 !. 1 ®* from Amerlcna,
ou8.a.*m.h.
SUFFERERS
:OF(
Youthful Errors
Lost Manhood, Early Decay, eto.,
etc., can secure a home treatise free
by addressing a fellow sufferer, C.
Box 31 “. Hoauohe,
Virginia. '
Knights of honor
The UMgeln Americus Is ever ten years
2*£2«Siwl7to fror
P* ■ Repo re rt
habit.