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THE AMERTCUS TIMES--RECORDER: SUNDAY; SEPTEMBER 30, 189
AMRRICUS.
The Commercial Capital of
Southwest Georgia
Americas is the county seat of Sumter county,
Georgia, situated at the intersection of the South*
western Division ot the Central, the Savannah and
Western, and the Savannah, Americas and Mont
gomery railroads,*71 miles southwest of Macon,
1C miles south of the celebrated AndersonviHe
prison grounds, about 00 miles from the
Florida line, and €0 miles from Thoir.asville, to
which city it is in all respects equal as a winter
resort, by reason of climate and surroundings.
Americus is located in the finest section of Geor
gia, which, by reason of its great fertility and
favorable seasons, is enormously productive; and
during the last two years of the civil war produced
the bulk of the supplies for both the Virginia and
Tennessee armies of the Confederacy, ♦hereby
earning the title of “Egypt.”
This immediate section raises a greater variety
of agricultural and horticultural products than
any other part of the South; combining all thr.
fruits, grains and vegetables of the temperate
and semi-tropical cones—wheat, com,"rye, barley,
oats, rice, Irish and sweet potatoes, peanuts,
ebufas, cotton, peas, sugar cane, apples, pears,
perthes, grapes, plums and other fruits.
This is especially the land of the LeConte pear,
and all varietirs of peaches, some of the most sue*
•cessful fruit farms being in tliis section and neat
this city.
The production of sugar care * per acre I?
•enormous, some farmers having obtained resultsof
per acre in cane andsyrupin this count y.upoa
land valued at $10 to $25 per acte.
The climate is mild and equable, the tempo a*
tore seldom going below 30 degrees Fahrenheit,
«nd still more rarely below 25 degrees. Only about
twice in many years has it gono below 20 degrees
There is seldom any ice formed as late as March,
and killing frosts are due about November 10th
The summer temperature is never oppressive, by
reason of continuou-t breezes from tl»e Gulf ol
Mexico, about 150 miles south;-and a range of
10 r’^rees higher than in other sections farther
(0 1 e north and west is not nearly so oppressive
Su.ce the general introduction some years age
of artesian well.there is no more healthy sectiof
of the Union; t’.» :.e being absolutely no malarial
diseases prevailing, and chills and fevers ait
almost unknown. The air is pure and dry, and ii
most beneficial to throat and lung diseases. Con
sumption is very rare among the natives, and
many instancesof the cure of this disease among
the afflicted from northern sections who come here
are on record.
The country is high and rolling and the drainags
the very best, and all kinds of outdoor work cal
be performed twelve months In tho year without
Inconvenience from heat or cold.
Americus has a population of over 8,000, which
Is continuously growing; tho increase from 1886 to
1892 being nearly 4,000 or over 100 per cent.; and
there is today a greater demand for dwellings than
the real estate agents can supply. The city is
situated on high and prettily rolling hills*
and has some of the handsomest business blocks
and public buildings to be found in any city in the
country. The new county court house and jail are
among the finest of the kind in the State; the city
hall Is second to none In beauty, and the Windsor
Hotel block costing $150,000 is surpassed only by
the DeSoto in Savannah in size and beguty. The
new postoffice is a three-story Georgia marble
structure, and compares favorably with any
building in Atlanta or Savannah. The business
blocks are nearly all handsome brick structures
that would be creditable to any city of five times
the size of Americus.
The city has the best of public schools, and as
an indication of the healthfulness of the place*
the fact is given that out of an average school
attendance of 1,500 children per year, there have
been only three deaths in five years among them.
There are Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian,
Epispcopal and Catholic churches—the Baptist
church being a beautiful $25,ooo edifice.
The city has a good public library; one daily
and one weekly newspaper of large circulation in
this and adjacent counties; a good opera house
completely furnished with first class scenery and
capable of seating 1,000 people; a well organized
paid fire department; a first-class system of sani
tary sewerage; a Urge gas and electric lighting
plant; a telephone cxchaqgc; and a complete sys*
tern of water works supplying pare spring and
artesian water in abundance.
Among the industries are an extensive iron
works pUnt, a furniture factory, guano works
and oil mill, two ice factories, planing mills and
variety works, two carriage factories, a steam
laundry, railroad car shops and a number of
smaller manufactories, and about two hundred
firms engaged in mercantile pursuits; five excel
lent banks with capital of $409,000; and a loan
and trust company with very large resources and
connections; and three excellent hotels with ample
accommodations, one of which is a magnificent
winter resort hotel built In 1892, with special ref
erence to the wants of tourists at a cost of
(150,000, elegantly furnished, and second to none
of the Georgia or Florida winter tourist hotels.
It has every convenience kriuwn to modern hotel
buildings, such as elevators, water, gas, elec*
tridty, baths and steam heating, and is prepared
to supply every luxury and delicacy desired by
tourists. *
The railroad facilities of Americus are the
very best, there being three direct lines to the
North and West, and three to Florida. Savannah
and Brunswick; giving all the benefits of com
petitive freights to merchants here, who are la
consequence doing a large wholesale business with
adjacent counties.
Americus is the centre of trade for ten counties,
sing the very richest and best agricultural
the ? n P ual cotton receipts
iow 60,000 tales, and the sales of groceries,
y large.
Southwest Geor-
1 the "Commercial
s rapidly growing in
a healthful place of
radduce, winter udiumiwr.it prewnt, natural
attraction, equalled fay few dtie, in the country.
THE PEAR MIDGE.
- - -
The Damage Dene by Title Put imd the
Itettt Way to Hold It In Cheek.
The pear midge is ouo of tlio insects
which have been introduced into tbo
United States within recent years and
arc causing a good deal of injury in tbo
eastern states.
Tho adult insect or fly is described as
rnne-h resembling a diminutive mosqui
to. It makes its appearance very early
in tho season before tbe pear blossoms
open. Tho female deposits her eggs in
the latter by piercing tlio petals or tho
calyx. Tho midge lame live on tho
snbstuncc of tho pour tissue, destroying
the seed and checking tho growth of the
frnit, which decays and drops in early
snmrner. Our i 1 lustration shows a sound
yonng pear and ono deformed by the pear
midge larvae
Tho great difficulty eijcountered in
fighting this insect lies in tho fact that
there is no period at which it is within
reach of ordinary insecticides. Tho eggs
ore laid in tho bml before it opens, and
tho young lame get into tho heart of
tlio frnit before it is fnlly formed. Tho
adnlt fly does not feed and is lienee be
yond our reach. It is only after tho in
jury is dono that tho insect goes under-
gronnd and within reach of destructive
agencies.
As a preventive measure it is recom
mended that tho trees be examined as
soon as the penrs are well set and that
every infested or suspected pear bo
picked off and completely destroyed,
while if an orchard is generally infested
tho following practice is recommended.
Cultivate ns usual, or if thu orchard
is in grass or clover plow nudrr after
Jnno 10 ns soon ns may be. Top dress
with kui,iit 1,000 ponmls to tbe acre to
benefit trees as well as to kill tho in
sects. As soon as proper, say early in
Angnst, sow crimson clover. This will
use np tlio potnsh not required by the
frnit (roes and will store nitrogen as
well ns occupy tho ground. Early tho
following sirring turn this sod under ns
deeply as may be proper. It should bo
done before tho pear trails are developed
in order. to head off 'and destroy any
midges then in the pnpn state near the
snrfaco of the soil. This practice is at
the same timo tho best for tho benefit of
tbo orchard.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
IIow Spiders Work.
Mr. H. H. Dixon has been studying
tho locomotion of insects nnd spiders by
means of instantaneous photographs.
Ho finds that the limbs move together
in diagonals. In insects tho first and
third legs on ono side movo with tho
second on tho other, tho antenunr mov
ing with the first leg on tlio sniuo side.
In tho caso of spiders, which linvo eight
legs, tho first nnd third on ono sido
move with tho second and fourth on tho
other.—Nature.
CLOSING. OUT SALE OF THE MUTUAL BUILDING AND LOAN
CITY REAL jMjjjHBM
If not sold at private sale will be Bold at auction. For further particularejopply to Executive Committee.
E. D- ANSLEY, J. T. STALLINGS, H- D. WATTS.
No. 1.
ble for boarding house.
First cost about $2,208.
Good tenant, paying $15
per month. Assessed
No. 2-
Collins House. 2V7 Acad
emy. street 5 >170: 2
rooms; rents for IfiOpcr-
room. Ouc tool, occu
pied by Rosa ,K1 <. As
sessed value <t> : cost
No. 3.
R. F. Poole place. 221
cost 12.250 assessed at
*1.500. Renting to R. F.
Poole at — per month.
No. 4.
•:20 Hampton street. Lot
50x200. New 4 room
home. Rent tor *7.0j
per month by Davis
Lowry. Assessed at
*350: cost to build $100.
Close to S. A. & M. rail
road shops.
No. 5.
Thos. GiitT’a house and
lot, No. 117 Prince st.
lot 50x131, new. 10 rooms.
Rented to good tenant at
•KUO. First class neigh
borhood; three minutes'
walk to public square.
Cost to build (2,200; as
sessed at *8-000. Gas and
water. Splendid place
for a first class board
ing house.
No. 6.
room hour#’
assessed at 1175. Rent
for $3 0i per month, Oc
cupied.
' /
No- 7.
Schneider house. 111
Mayo street (west side).
Lot C2'ixl50; new four
room house; water.
Rent for IS.CO per month,
good tenant. Cost Com
pany $763.00: assessed at
$700.00. Near new school
house and convenient to
church.
No. 8.
cupled by P. II. Odum:
No. 9.
pledatprc
build f&O; assessed at
•500. Good neighbor
hood. close to church,
school and cemetery.
No. 10.
House could be rebuilt
for a small amount: a
very desirable lot near
new school and church.
City assessed at 12j0.
No. 11.
1&4. Newsroom house:
No. 12.
766 Ashley street, 3 room
house, rent for 1650;
new bouse, good re
pairs. Assessed at $350,
No. 13,
No. 770 Ashley street;
lot 69x93 feet. New 3
room house, vacant at
f tresent. Cost to build
350: assessed *350.
No, 14.
410 South Ashley. Lot
52x20i*. New 5 room
house In excellent con
dition: ceiled and plas
tered. Occupied by good
No. 15.
New 2 room house: rent
No 16.
*16 Lester street; lot
40x138. New 2 room
house. Good tenant at
*2.00 rent per month.
Assessed at *100: cost
*100 to build house.
Healthy location.
No. 17-
*1.25 monta. Cost $100
to build. Assessed $100.
Occupied by Jdo Brown,
col. West Brooklyn
Heights; beautiful
scenery; high, dry and
No-18.
186 Magnolia avenue,
St.xlOO; 2 room vacant
house. Cost *10'.'; as-
No. 19.?
No. 20.
73 Magnolia avenue,
•0x10): 2 room vacant
No. 21.
Mlm place, 205 Lee st.,
7 room, two-story bouse.
Gas and water through
all the house. All mod
ern conveniences. *20
per month; rented un
til Sept. 1st. 1895. 50x99.
Cost to build 63,SCO; cost
of lot $1,250: assessed at
$1,000.
No. 22.
Gllrcath place. XU Jet-
110.00 to J. H. Pool; two
minutes of courthouse.
Anstsscd value gjooo:
cost to build 12,000: size
No. 23.
120x180. Known as part
of T. S. Green property.
City assessed *lt0.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS-
307;Lamar Street, Americus, Ga.
E A. HAWKINS,
• Attorney a» Law,
Office in Wheatly Bldg., Newspaper Row
W. F
illpr
phone Exchange Building.
Americus, Ga.
DIXON,
Attorney at Lsw.
Americus, Ga
Office In Hauler building.opposite the cocr
Central Railroad of jeorgia.
H. M. COMER and R. S. HAYES, Receivers.
mxv. sAsir. joxxs.
aisssvssks luauv Its ciiuci UIJ IMI Or
ring lands are sure to bring a profit to the
ft at an early date. The inhabitants of both
from whatever quarter
In this favored section.
To enterprising manufacturers, judicious capi
talists and Industrious fanners this region oilers
tire finest opportunities. Every concession and
advantage wiu be given to those who desire to
establish manufactories, large orj small, in this
city, and with abundance of raw material at hand
and cheap fuel obtainable, no better location can
be found for successful manufacturing.
Farmers from the Weak regions of the West
could find here conditions That would bring
speedy wealth from the cultivation of a most
generous and productive soil; and the develop
meet that is steadily increasing by reason of rail
road extension in Southwestern Georgia will in a
few years cause lands to acQ for $25 to $50 per acre
that can now be bought from $5 to $15.
Untold quantities of pine, oak and cypress
timber are near at hand and easily accessible by
rail, and the manufacture of these into various
icles of trade, from railroad cars down to
et pins cannot but be very profitable. Capi-
swill find here not only every facility and
adyai age,, but ev'nr encouragement from tbe
dtize I to locate in Americas ar.d Sumter county.
An detailed information in regard to the city
or cc ntry will be cheerfully furnished by tbe
Timi -Recorder, Americus, Ga.
THE GREAT EVANGELIST
Tells How Genne'uer Has Blessed
His Home.
"Mvvflfe,
sick neadact
Royal Gsnni
lng wife had access to tnat medicine. Two
of my children were cured of nasal catarrh
by it. Ilfs truly
A GREAT REMEDY.**
It Is said th*t proprietary medicines art
usually endorsed only by tbe lower and more
fg&drant clMsel of tns people. Gennetuerle
a eatable etccptfon. Its endorsers and Its
friends Are sverpwhere among the very best
Aba mast prominent people. Tts very pleas-
Ant tASte And harmless nAture, Its singular
J unquestioned superiority reco:
o Intelligent people everywhere
••My wife, who was an lnvatld from nerrona
* Lche, has been entirely cured by
istuer. 1 wish every poor suffer
to that medicine. Two
__ nor and Bladder Troubles,
rinu, Fevers and all Malarial
Eluorder*.
$1.00,6 for $3/0. Sold by Druggists.
King's Roys! Sermetuer Co., Atlanta. 61.
kta.TH B WEIll n. - - Tm HUMP, Irani a nu tua.’
HHNERVE
^ BRAIN
DU. 3.0, PARSONS 1
GREAT NERVE RESTORER,
- A Sexual and Generative Tonic
always successful in sperm*
TREATMENT
l*HS A GUARANTEED SPECIFIC*
P/ Mj»ln«l»hy»Waa M
t ra?t on^wskTf u 1 n ess/men la J
premature old ai;c. misery, decay and
run s barren new and lost mmnbood,
up that vigor of constitution m much
MANI.Y MEN and WOMANLY WOMEN]
Pries by nxM Al.M per box; six boxes, guara*
teed tc cure or monfy refunded. 03.00. P«oi
Stamp t’or particulars, etc. Address
♦sCOEt" PHARMACV CO. fe «A«i*J
J. A. AKSLKT, hR. J A. AffSLir. JR
A NSLEY * ANSLEY,
Attorneys at Law.
Will practice In the counties of Sumte
Schley, Macon Dooly. Webster, Stewart, In
the Supreme Court, and the United Stater
court.
Offers hi* professional services to the peo
pie of Amiersonvllle and vicinity. Calls
promptly attended day or night Residence
at the Harrtson House. dcclStf
. npt
given to all buslnes entrusted. Office In
court house, 3 25 lyr d A w
f\K. GEORGE nOUINK
II .Office in rear of Clark A Hooper bTd
Practice limited to Eye, Ear. Throat and
Nose Office hours from 9 to a. m., from
to»p.tL a Jan 193
E TA *
ai MV,
331 Jackson Street, Americus, Ga
lal Attention given collections, and re-
Laliy,
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6:33
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$5:3C p ni
0:37 p rn
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12:21 p ui
sr Macon lv li:l5u n
....Griffin lv, 9:02ar
...Atlanta lv 7:30*n
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8:30 am
t Except Sunday. H Meals. $ 8und*y Only.
Train leaving^km*rtcte ^10:40 p m makes close cor nectlon at Albany for Jacksonville
1 Train arriving at Amei tenant 6:11 a. m. makesolose connection At Albany from faok*
sonvllle, leaving Jockr onville 6:80 p. m. 9
Hleepeison night trains between Savannah, and Macon and Atlanta.
For further Information as to tickets, schedules, route#, etc., apply to
J M. FAGaN, Agent. Americus. W. F. 8HELLMAN, Trafflo Mgr. Savanna
J V. HAILE* G P. A., BATOnab. TBEO. D. KLINE, Gen. teupt:. Savannah
• W* r. DAwSON. P. A. Macon.
What is
E HUNTER REID.
• Dentist
Office in Murpbey building, Lamai street.
Americus, Ga. 9251m
Worsham, No, 20Kf+ Lamar street.
K = AUTMOPimc
L INHALER
^TARRH
^mwri^uro you. a
Thr.mf,
NOTHING SUCCEEDS
LIKE SUCCESS.
If this be true about anything, surely It
must be with tbe Alabama Practical Busi
ness College.
Nine diplomas have been Issued within the
and general debility of the brain
and sexual system. Restores tbe
vigor of puth sud
snsp »!ld
gives full sexual
loss of scmlnsl jxmer,! „j x weeks, and seven out of the nine
itcrffiif, UrmiaM. «lf.l.u« ^ rtultcl have acccptcd Md are hjIdIa(
rcnumeratlve i«osltlons with different lead
ing firms of thU and neighrwrlng cities.
Prof. C. A. Johnson, the principal. Is doing
good work, and we advise every Young man
and woman desiring to acquire a thorough,
prtctical business education, to enter tor a
course In this higtwundlng institution.—
Montgomery Journal, August 38th.
FriceSt a Bottle: 6 Bettlss.15
Of c*7% N Broad8t. HomnQ to *.
For ranishUt or yrhrate infor*
reatloa, luidrrM with «Ump
01.1. C PABSOKt, AUanU.Cs
DA YEN FORT DIUU CO.
B. Myrick, Pres. Jno. Windsor,Caehfer
Lester Windsor. Assistant Cashier.
No. 13830.
Peoples National Bank,
OF AMERICUS.
Capital, .SO,000. SCBPLra. 10,(00.
ORGANIZED 1883.
J W. Sheffield, Past track She*r!d» Cashier.
C. A. Huntington, V. Pres t. Lott Warren. AuM Ciik'
BANK * OF • COMMERCE.
CAPITAL, $03,000.00
Liability lame as National Sank a
Commercial paper mscounted and loam
made upon approved collateral. Exchange
bought and sola. Deposlt^sollclted. Demand
and time certificates issued. A general bank
Ing buslnes transacted
DIRECTORS.
J. W. Sheffield, J. R. Stapleton,
C. A. Fricker. D. J. Sheffield
C. A. Huntington, Frank Lanier,Jr
W. A. Dodson, Frank Sheffield
Jani5 92 Lott Warren.
Tim fiat ol Sumter
oroaiiiid I no. cArixaL itocx 1100.001
auer.cui, Ga.
W. O. FOBLOW, Caihior
Diaccron: O. A. Coleman, B. B. Jatmtj
T. K. Hawkes, W. a Furlow, R. 8. Oliver
J. W. Furlow, R. M. Stewart, *. T ltethla
Arthur Rjlaader W. M. Hawkea, a J. 8ber%.
Liberal to lu cuatomera, accommodating to
te public and prudent In Ita management,
thia trank aollciu depoalta and other business
In ita line. febl
Tnde.jlarts obtained and all Pat.
Jentbruiaciecoaductcdfer MODCRATC Fret.' <
I OweOmce 1,Omerri O, s. PATtitTOmet
and we can secure peteolla km tun. win Uwec;
rSS ^SodeY^ISS^r photo* with descrip
tion. We (OriM, U patentable or wot, (tee of
charge- Uwr fee wot dae till potent it oecmwd. ,
a Pawwtur. ** HwtoOwdi Pateott. wnh
co.t otaeeMln the U. & And teejga ctnainee]
wnt free. Addrew,
C.A.SNOW&CO.
! Off. Patist Orncc, Washington. D. C. <
Caatoria ta Dr. Samufel Pitcher's prescription for Inlhnts
and Cblldren. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
Other Narcotic substance. It Is n harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil.
It Is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays
feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd f
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves
teething trouble* cares constipation and flatulency.
Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowel* giving healthy and natural sleep. Cos*
toria Is tho Children's Panacea—tho Mother’s Friend.
»»- *
r Castoria.
What Nerve Berries
have done for others
they will do
for you.
j:
-Outaria fa u excellent medicine (or chil
dren. Kothenkare repeatedly told me at Ita
good effect upon Ibelr children."
Da. G. (!. OeaooD,
Lowell, Bam.
“ OuterU la the beat remedy foe children ot
.nlch I am acquainted. I hope the day la not
far dlatant when molhacn wOl eonaidar the rati
Interest of their children, and uae Caatoria In-
■teed of lha rartoui qaack noatram. which an
deatroylnglhelr loved ooea, by forcing optiim,
morphine, eoothieg ayrup and other hurtful
agenta down their throrda, thereby arewllng
them to peematme grave*."
Da. J. T. Knrcnxtoa,
Conway, Ark; Allot a Barra, iVea,
lha Centaur Oompany, TI Murray Street, Vow York City.
Castoria,
“ Caatori* la eo well adapmd to children that
t teemnmaid Iteaauperloctoany preactfptloe
known to me."
B. A. Ancaxn.IL D„
111 8a Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. T.
"Our pbyalctana In the children'* depart
ment hare epoken highly of their expert,
ence in their outaide practice with Castoria,
and although we only hare among our
medical auppliea what la known oa regular
product*, yet we u re free to confer* that the
merits at Castoria ha* won ns to look with
favor upon It."
Ubird Hospital tm Dtsaaxiu*
VIGOR
OF IOTBDAT.
MEN Ad*/V/, Quickly \
and Permanent///tailored, oothi
a positive care for all WeaknonM. Nervousneu.
SS-assfS-s-Hig
wffih’iSsu’SssalSES^fSiSS'
no imitation. lulat opoa having tho grnaluo;
bjr ^T^V^t wo will M»nST6em
For gala by E. J.Eldrldgo,
Amorlcocg Ga
JOSSEY HOUSE.
B. H. JOSSEY, Proprietor.
MRS. J. D. ftoRTH, Manager.
IM Lamar Street, Amertcua, Ga.
First dam aervlc* and the beat of fare. No
palne will be ntared to make this In every
respect a MODEL HOARDING HOUSE.
BATES tl.80 PER DAT.