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V • v VT V' ;VT ' ?/T •• ' * •• $ • ■ ■ \ ■ /. ■ ••. . Americus AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1883. : t •:• NO. 28. Americus Recorder. PUBLISHED BY Im. cHjESsubh. office oar cotton aveme, STi'oson.-pticn. Hates: * Thi-Weekly One Year, - $4.00. Weekly One Yeah. - • 2.00. Sunday Issue One Year, - 1.50. I profession mnm onus ' LA irXEJiS. ~ CHARLES F. CRISP, Attorney at Law, AMERICUS, GA. C.R. McCRORY, ^Attorney at Law, ELLAVILLE, Ga. • TERMS—All clulm* from $UU or umler, $.‘1; from $30 to COO, ton i>or cent.: over 500, seten cer cont. No charges unless collection* aru made. April 6- tf DOCTORS. Dr. D.P. HOLLOWAY, DENTIST, AMEIUCUS, GA. Work equal to the l»e*t. Ca*h i he lowest. Try him and Im- cm •yer Davenport & Son * drug stun W. P. BURT, DEN TI ST, AMERICUS, GA r rood paying patron*. TUom •lease reuiemUu* that I need I expect pay mint in the next 80 dav*. I Respectfully, U . 1. lit 11 MISCEL LAN DO US. W. B. OLIVER, Forvth Street. Up stair* over lie®. Stapleton** Store. DRAPER I TAILOR f AMERICUS, GEORGIA. Having received the latest fashions from London uud Paris, I am prepared to make clothing to order in the latest style and best workmanship. THE PllfflX FROM BROSHES. Tho finest IInlshcrt, most pleasant wealing elegant BOOTS ANU SHOES made. bu*t repairing done in the most su't-iantlal artistic style, and all on veasonablo terms. K to every gentlmnan in Ahum \cu*. Call * ....... ...>vr shop In front of Col. N. A. Smith’s of lice, t >*ii jitckson Street. Americas,Jft* TIDINGS FROM TIFTON. ADDITION TO THE TIFTON STAF— GYPSIES—IN' THE ROAD- SOUTHERN WOMEN. ANDREW DUDLEY. JunelO.tf NToil 3PioK.ett. DR. TALBOTTON, - - - - GEORGIA Will do Plaateriug. Brickwork and Housework Calsotninca specialty. Repairing .done. Order? promptly attended to. oct2tf EASON HOUSE, S. E. EASON, Proprietor, No. 46 Plum Street, Near Ttoiiot, MACON, GA. Board par Day $1.00. Single Meal or bodging, 35 Ceuta. SOUTH GEORGIA MALE and FEMALE COLLEGE DAWSON, GA. Opens each year first Monday In 8cpteml*er. and closes each year eccoud Thursday in June. Board and tuition for scholastic year, boys, 125 00 135 00 40 00 girls, Plano, Organ or Oultar, “ U*o of Instrument, 10 00 Dully lessons in l’».wnan*hi|y............ 5 00 Commercial course, 30 00 Fancy and ornamenial work |»er month,... 2 00 No school north or south is mote thorough and practical th «n ours. Wo will guarantee mental and moral Improvement in every one ofour pupils. Oar motto U: l)oCtl non JVocef. m ud for cutulotrae. mny4tl M. A.SIeNULTV, C, Horace McCall. Edward J. Mi‘ler. h Monumental Marble Works, MILLER A McUALL, Proprietors, Southwest Corner of the Publie Square, AMEltICL'S, GA. Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Etc. of the best Italian and American Marble. Iron Railing'for Cemetery Enclos ures,.* Specialty. oct3y __ __ To Country Merchants. Tieton, Ga., Deo. 3, "83. And now there is a new baby at our house. He weighed ten pounds down weight. Mr. John Ford has a portable engine at Tifton which lie intends to move to Sycamore. Irwincounty, or thereabouts. He will saw for the community. A party of English Gypsies are encamped at Tifton. Fortune tell ing and horse trading are their avocations. The patriarch of the tribe is quite an artist in wood ca. ving. He has the sides of his wagon aitorned with “From New York td Liverpool” and “From France to Italy,” carved in oak. They have some fine stock. One horse is valued at $800. Saturday a dense and suflocating cloud of smoke hung like a pal) oyer hill and vale. The cause was a great forest fire below Tifton. Considerable damage done. Warrants have beea issued for Joe Dalton, Wm. Edwards and Jim Lawrence, for getting drunk and cutting up on the public road, near Brookfield. Mr. Coarsev, whose two married daughters, Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Rhodes, were badly frightened by the boys, pro cured the warrants. Efforts are being made to compromise, and I hope they will prove successful. Business is unusually dull. In experienced men have injured both turpentine and truck, say those who ought to know. Mr. W. H. Wells passed through Tifton on a tour of inspection in the interests of the. new railroad from Macon to Lake City. lie speaks favorably of the old Union Road, and so Tifton may get the road yet. Mail} - hogs were killed during tlie cold snap last week. Dr. White 3ays that the reason he didn’t engage in the Tourna ment at Ty Ty was that lie feared his hand would tremble when lie came to crowning the queen of Love and Beauty. Mrs. W. U. Tift lias returned to Tifton to spend the winter. ' M. Quad, ol the Detroit Free Press, has discovered that the wo- men of the South were remarkable in their devotion to the “Lost Cause.” Could ho come down here and witness the self-sacrificing deeds of kindness that are daily being enacted,Hie would find that the women of the S3|tli are us hu mane and generous in peace as they were in war. Mrs. IJzzio Coker, a lady wfell known near Americus, is a notable example. So is Miss Maty Grayden, of Fort Valley. Though provided with good homes they each take it upon themselves to wait upon the sick, and without charge do many an act of kindness that the worthless darkies will not do tor pay. Truly, theirs is a labor of love. M. M. F. BEAUTIFUL BROS WOOD. SUGGESTIVE l.Ml'KOVE.MENTS- ROA1)—NEWS ITEMS. I am {now, manufactiirina: Fresh Candies, irom pefe granulated sues., « hich I am offering at socb prioe* aa will mnke it an In'Iucfrnt nt foi- Country Merchants to buy from me. It shoe! 11« nil, >old ainfv, — by the large manufc.etori< f Give me a Call and Try it. t B. W. PATTERSON, Cotton Avenue, - Americus. Ga. •cfisiml In company with Mr. J. C. Simp son we drove beyond the city limits on Sunday evening last, and with pleasutc noted the improvements among our friends who do not pay a “city tax” for a “cities privileges” Nevermind, gentlemen, if wo keep growing we will take you in. Mr. J. S. Waller has built upon the old “stock road” a neat sub stantial cottage, and lias under , fence an acreage that will “do you I fathers old home and with pleasure extended our hand and accepted ' his kind invitation to visit Chicka-1 sawhatchee and stop at his home I in tlie woods. We are comin£, | Billie, and break bread with you I and yours. STEWART uou.vrr r’fbis. Lumpkin Iml .‘pendent. There w,s no observance of Thanksgiving Day in Lumpkin^ A slight rain fell here on Satur. day night and some farmers began Just here I would ask why not i S0W ' n S oats 011 Monday. Let the open a public road from here, by, S 001 ^ w01 'k proceed, way of W. G. Simpson's, io“Unclc | On Wednesday last'a two year Billie’ Moreland’s settlement and I old child of Emma Robinson, col., thus draw that trade to us? It! was playing too close to the fire would be a “straight cut” to as fair when its clothing became ignited, a neighborhood as Terrell can boast of. Think of it, ye older heads, and badly burning tlie child before the flames were extinguished. The burns though serious are not eon- let us leave no stone unturned that j aidcred dangerous, is in tlie way to progress and im- We learn that a negro child was proveinent. 1 am assured if there 1 burned to death, one day this week, on Ben Daniel’s place, four or five was an effort made and an induce ment held out to this section, that we could control an interest that would redound to lironwood’s benefit and bring us in contact witlt a people with whom it would be pleasant to associate. Don’t think of a sint^l circle, ye denizens of as fair a center as we have naturally, but let your efforts reach after all that tlie situation makes yours. Rev. J. M. Rotter is finishing up a pretty home on Geise street. Aldermen Smith is preparing to to build on the corner of 1st and Thorntou streets. Mr. J. G. Wells is having some shingles placed upon his recent purchase of real estate, and the busy public arc asking lor what purpose are they to be used. Let us wait and watch Mr. Wells. Mr. T. N. Killen has gone to Florida to look after bis interest on the St. John's. It has been suggested that we or ganize a reading club or vote our selves into a euchre party and spend these long winter evenings with other society than that wo find gathered around fires lighted and kept up in a bachelors domi- tory. Misses Dozier and Farron, two of Dawson’s fairest daughters, have been visiting Bronwood this week. Miss Linnic ilnmil, of Americus, is stopping on Second street, the guest of Mr. K. K. Smith. K. WEBSTKU WHISPERINGS. Webster County, Nov. 31, ’S3. Tlie cotton crop cf our county is all gathered, and the farmers are making use of the time non in re pairing buildings, fences, etc. There will be more pork killed in our county this winter than for many years. Backbone and sausage will soon be in order, come over. 1 am glad you have secured a cor respondent from Quitman county. It was there that your humble servant secured a mate to help him steer his frail bark across the sea of life. Wood lawn is a new name for a familiar old place. Let us hear from you often, “Lucky.” I miles south of. town. This is the season of the year when large num bers of negro children arc burned to death, either from carelessness on their part or the neglect of parents. One day last week while a son of Mr. Thomas Darby', of this county, was playing with a pistol the weapon was discharged, tlie ball taking effect in the shoulder of his little sister. The wound was not a dangerous one but we suppose all of the family agree that pistols are not proper playthings for children. On Wednesday last at the resi dence of Mr. thomas C. Johnson, the bride’s father, Mrs. Mattie Hightower was united in marriage to Mr. James U. Glenn. There is a gang of thieves be tween Lumpkin and Columbus who are working the cotton wagons, in some instances quite successfully. They will steal the mules and they are constantly on the lookout to rob negroes who have sold cotton in Columbus and are returning home. Take a shot gun with you and keep both eyes open. On Sunday last Mrs. Mary Meyer, wife of Major T. A. H. Meyer, of Richland, died after an illness of three weeks with typhoid fever. Mrs.. Meyer was about 45 years of age and was a lady highly esteem ed and loved by all who knew her. She leaves no children but the heart of her devoted husband is crushed in his sad bereavement. Her re mains were interred at Richland on Monday. On Saturday last, Kdward Archer, intont son of Miv and Mrs; 10. O. Daniel, died after a long and pain ful illness. Little Eddie was six teen months of age, was a bright child and was idolized by his fond parents. One night this week while Mr. John F. Irvin's team was cn-routo to Columbus and camped for the night, two wiiite men drove-np to the camp and stopped as if they would stay all night. After the negro driver of Mr. Irvin’s team had gone to sleep they hitched up think I recognize you. Is not your one of Irvan’s best mules to their father a prominent M. D. at Wood- lawn ? Our Sabbath school at Walnut Grove has closed for the winter. The dry weather lias prevented farmers from sowing oates. Gus. Wilson now wears a 10x12 smile. It’s a girl, and weighs thirteen pounds. Married, Nov. loth, at the resi dence of David Majors,Mr. Webster Majors and Miss Kinnic Tyler. Rumor says there are several marriages booked for the winter. Market firm with an upward ten dency. I am “ahoving a wheel” for the I! kcorder. Let ’er roll. S. buggy and left. When the negro awoke ho found an old inule left by them that wasn’t worth more than $15. He describes the menus being shabbily dressed and both wearing new hats. The theft was a bold one ■'RDAUBEE.N” DAWSON. ITIIIISTMAS S| ROIIK8—A. PRETTY PEN PICTURE — DOMINO PARTIES—THE COLLEGE SUPlfett. DaW8 on is robitfiv herself in Christmas garments. The very to entertain me in an unknown jargon. My eyes a ere almost pop ping out of my bead, when two gay young spirits danced gleefully up, and said, “Oh, Mr. Janes, we know you!” I could stand no more and air is beginning to be cold ami I retreated, but just asklSonyBan.es crisp, and to stir the bjood of both - 110 wil1 finisU m >' description, old and young, jjie merchants are filling their windows arid slielv<» with beautiful toys, and articles of all descriptions from “Santa Claus Land.” The bright eyes of the children .Sparkle* and the rosy cheeks o£ youthsnnrl maidens grow more blushing, and the smiles deepen, as on “fancy’s magical pinions” their thoughts pierce the veil whioli hides the future. Even our “four old Judges,” R., C., O., and C., are getting lively oyer the idea of egg-nogs, fat turkevs, etc., and would cut tlie “pigeon wing” and “tip the light fantastic toe” if they were not tearful of sotting a bad example to tlie younger genera tion. Cotton is all around us, on the right, on the left; cotton in front and cotton behind us. There are four warehouses,and two gins in the very heart of the city, which can gin and pack the raw material, as rapidly as it can be brought in; a grist mill, foundry, cotton seed oil mill, three drug stores, mercan tile houses, dry goods, groceries and hardware, by the dozen; two book stores, law offices too numer ous to mention, hungry looking doctors, black as thunder clouds, because the people are so healthy, standing on every corner; minis ters all corpulent, bccauso Dawson is ‘-‘a good placeseveral confec tionery stores, and a number ot beautiful little residences, nestled amid green trees, making altogeth er a delightful, busy and peaceful little town, whose people are con tented. No rain yet, and the dust is fear ful. The artesian is suffering for water, but the “gods aid those who qid thcmselvc8,”and tlio work goes bravely] on both day and night. Soon the “valleys will rejoice and the hills grow glad” over the bright pure stream that will gusli forth from the bosom of old mother earth. We regret to hear that the Rev, Geo. Johnston will not return to his church in this place next year, lie has made many warm friends, who will always cherish himself and family in kindly remembrance. I*rof. Lowery will close his school next Friday afternoon with public exercises, to bo fo.lowed by a “sociable” at night. The young people are rejoicing and anticiputo a gay time. Tlie Professor will re sume in January. Let any one who wishes to laugh and grow fat attend one of the school domino parties at the col lege chapel. These are not public, and are^'gotten up only for the re creation and amusement of the pupils, and conducted under the special care ol the President and hi3 wife. Being “one of the quill,” as I saw him there,and I hardly ex- peet he has gotten his face in order yet. The hotel gains additional praise from the traveling public under the efficient management of Mrs. VY. A. Alien. Commercial tourUts sing its praises all over the; State, and Dawsou now is one of their most pleasant stop): ing places. We have two livery stables, and quite a number of beautiful horses are seen upon our streets. We are glad to see so much attention given ,10 the improvement of stoek. The excitement over the supper to be given by the ladies at the college on the night of the 19th in place of the’ 20th, seems to be on the increase. One of the dainty Lee street girls, who is full of en thusiasm and zeal for its success, told me this week that forty-two well-filled baskets had been prom ised by the ladies of the town and Bronwood, and that the different tables would be presided over by the following ladies: Mrs.' Capt. Wooten, Mrs. Mary Baldwin, Mrs. Walter Dozier, Mrs. Tom Black, Mrs. Ella Mercer, Mrs C. L. Mize, Mrs. Alioe Baldwin, Misses Betty Orr, Sallie Roberts and Ellen Mar tin, Mrs. Eola Parks, Mrs- Fannie Harper, Mrs. Wilkinson and several others whose names I cannot recall. The attendants will be the school girls, half dozen at each table. With ladies so energetic, so skilled, and with so much taste, to preside, the supper iB certain to be a success —and it should. Let tho old and young men also aid in repainting the college. Go farther, enclose it, lay off the grounds, and plant with shrubbery and flowers; beautify it, so that it will not only be the pride and boast of the town, but this whole section of country. Noth ing so quickly builds up a place as a good school. Unaided by en dowment, or contribution, its Presi dent has made the South Georgia Male and Female College famous in a literary point of view. Now let its citizens unite, and make ila outward adorning satisfy the most artistic eye. Bronwood is noted for the hos pitality of its people. It is grow ing rapidly, and if Dawson does not keep her eyes open, will share the laurels with her in a few years. It lias been my pleasure to meet with quite a number of her citizens. There are nineteen railroad Ptesi- tho new , when time and business permited, ami as tho negro was asleep when r hac , a „ invitation t0 attcnd) which I accepted, and presented tlie thieves left there is no clue as to whicli direction they took. A Sialwart Old Enemy. One of the toughest old Adversaries of ... . „ . human comfort, end most difficult to ey- proud to witness in a lew years, terminate, is rheumatism. ?,!uuy middle- under his manaeemeiit. Mr. Wal- [ aged people suffer torture with it. sndtl , , . ... . , old folks woo have it hnd it tlie pest.< ler, although lie carries tlie marks tbeir lives. Tho ease of a venerable lady of “war’s disaster,” has the spirit j <>f L:-!«town, Msss , is.of great interest ‘ to the victims of this longh old enemy, and energy of the youngest and I jir. Swdt says: “I have been using ablest among us. • | Php.uv Davis's Pain Ktm.Fit for about —gilt years. As soon ns I apply Fain uiato Consternation lias been created in tlie National College of Pharma cy by the admission of a negro stu dent. Twenty-nine of the students 'have left the institution because the officials refused to bounce thenegro. The officials say tbat the negro is in flic institution to stay, and that tlie twenty-nine recalcitrants are at liberty to slake their thirst forknow- Icdgc elsewhere. Thus, even in the capitol of tlie nation, tlto colored dents and Directors in House af Representatives. One of tiicse gentlemen is r. director of eight railroad companies. There are five Congrcssirien who are at torneys for railroad companies. Twenty-four are either Presidents or Directors of national banks. Five are interested in other large ihirds corporations. Among two-thi: of the members of the House, not including any of the above, there are one hundred and forty-five law yers. myself “en masque,” thinking that I would quietly ensconce myself in a corner and enjoy looking on. Alas! No sooner had I seated my self, and before my sides had ceased shaking at the unique sight, a gay young Cornucopia danced grace fully up, made a low bow, whirled me off, nolens volens, to promenade, around the room. Not being of Snmsonic size, I made no resis- Kentucky is not in much"danger oi suffering from a whisky famine. nded October In the ten months ende 1 there were 1,313,440 barrels put in bond in that State, and only 190,- 000 barrels were drawn out in the last year. If the amount on band should be divided per capita it would give each man, woman and ohild in Kentucky about 30'gallons. Sold at ten cents a drink it would bring over $300,000,000 and would establish for Kentucky the finest brother is the cause of trouble and 1 tancc, and was overwhelmed with j P ublic school system in the world. anxiety. Mr. A. C. Hill lias made made an I Killer I have almost immediate relict addition to his already pretty home that bespeaks his taste and succe ss. We met with that prince Ot good fellow. Billie Fed Simpson, at his from pain.’ Si:- Charles Whcalstonchas shewn tltal a flash of lightning lasts less than a million part of a second. Hew often do wo hear of the sudden fatal termination of a case of croup, when a yonne fife might havo been saved by tho ■ prompt use Ayer’s Chewy T’ectoral! Re wise in time, and keep a bottle cf it on hand, ready for instant yise. An English lady named Rye is .transieririg parties ot pauper child ren to Canada. This presents quite a new phase of coming through the rvo. astonishment’ when the “McNulty house cook,” with a huge waiter of biscuit, insisted on my partaking. Before I could collect my scattered ideas, a fascinating “waitress ” glid ed before me, and offered at various prices, hop yeast cakes, soap, rib bons, etc., but ere I could reply she hastened away and a ghostly | Fish culturists will be interested in an enomous eel pond—the largest, in America—on a farm in the town of Riverbead, Mass. It covers five acres. About 2,000 dozen eels were put into the pond five years ago, and their number has now increas ed to millions. They are fed regu larly every third dav on “horse- feet,” a peculiar shcll-fisb,_and at meal time a crack from their own- looking nun placed her tiny handi cr » 8 whip will bring thousands of upon my other arm, and proceeded I them to the surface. lHbii+f*€+ fittiNT dgsas- “tmt'JZ' "it "a “