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Americus AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1883. NO. 29 Americus Recorder. PUBLISHED BY or. Xj. GtiESSKran. OFFICE ON COTTOS AVENUE. SULToscrlption. Rates: Tbi-Weekly One Yeas, - <4.00. Weekly One Year, - • 2.00. ' Sunday Issue One Year, - 1-50. >S5S&MBHBB CARPS LAWYERS; ~ CHARLES F. CRISP, Attorney at Law, AMERICUS, GA. Puc17tf _ C. R. McCRORY, iYttornev at Law, ELLAVILLE, Ga. TERMS—All claim* from $3li or under, |8; from $30 to BOO, ten ;*cr cent; over BOO, seven ■cr cent. No charge* utiles* collections ore made. April fr-tf DOCTORS. Dr. D. P. HOLLOWAY, DENTIST, AMERICUS, GA. ■Work equal to th« bc.t. C«di rate. a« low a. be lowct. Try "nil be ctinvlnceil. u" l ‘ o mt Davenport tc Sou", druf .lure. aprxotf w.f. buht7 dentist, AMERICUS, GA. •M .oliclt the putroattc, at retmnUe prlne, of all cash or rooa paving patrons, Tho** who owe me, will please remember that 1 need the money end shall expwspeymsnt to the neat »{•!>■ •cpSl.ml Iteepectfolly, W. F, Bl HT. MISCJELLAREO us. w. s. OUYBR, Forsyth Street Up stair* over Geo, Stapleton'* Store. DRAPER i TAILOR AMERICUS, GEORGIA. Having received the latest fashions from London and Paris, I am prepared ,o make clothing to order in the latest stylo and best workmanship. THE MIX FROM HER ASHES. Thettneet flni*hcd, most pleawnt wearing and elegant BOOTS AMD SHOKS made. The b«Ht repairing done In the roost eu'*«taatlul and artlitie stvlo. tnd all on rpruonqble term* Kofi rs >" '^SSramrSmsuiT. 4Nael».tf Nell PloB-ett. TALBOTTON, - - - • GEORGIA will do Plastcrins, Brickwork .ad IIouMWOrk Cal *o mi no a apeclalty. Repairing done. Order* promptly attended to. ^Htf % EASON HOUSE, i S. E. EASON, Proprietor, No. 46 Plnm 8treet, Near Dcnot, 1 MACON, GA. 'ny-ELOO.. Hlnulc d«t«,3#<g»te. Sinai. Meal or DAWSON, GA. Open* each year ltr»t Moaday tn September. and clone, each year «cond '1 liuraduy in June. Board nnd tultloll lor Kholnetlc year, WlgJ IjjB 00 ftsno, Oresn or Gutter, " .’ JOJO lire of Instrument, *95! t ally loreoiiR tn i\nman“hlp 0 00 naiinercial course,.... •••••• nicy and ornamental work per mouth,... SO® No reboot north or rmuh I. more tlioroush and practical than cure. Wo will suornntce mental nnd moral Improventcnt tn every onn orour nuptl.. Our motto I.: itoe.l am. .Vo*/. SendI for endmr. tnnyttl * M. A. ideNULTY, EdwardjTMi'ler. C. Horace McCall. Monumental Marble Works, MILLER & McCALL, Proprietors, Southwest Corner of the Public Square, AMERICUS, GA. Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Etc. ef the beat Italian and American Marble. Iron Ratling for' Cemetery Enclos ures,.* Specialty. octly— POWDER Absolutely Pure. competton with the multitude of low test, ahor weight, alum or phosphate powder*. Sold only in tin can*. ROYAL BAKING IWDKR CO. 1(* Wall pueat. New York. octal yl. Ho! for the Good iuck Store —OK— IIR FOSTER, Cor. Cotton Ave. sniForjytliSt., Americus, Georgia. Owing to the short crop and short price paid for what little my planting friend* haro made, I Ime Marked Down I all ortho good* in rojr house to meet the Uuiea. All who trade With me will not hare cause to grumble, aa£I will give them raeb; bargain* the! they will all say “I can make niy small crop pan out n* much a* a large one would by purchasing of M. H. FC^TKRt who 1* underselling every one.» Where all good* are sold *o cheap, it I* useless to quote prices, a* I offer NO BAITS I in Domestics ns I* the usual cuitom among our merchant*, but I <ell every article In my house at prices to suit the cropland I mean ju*t what I M y HO come One nud;Al!, and see what immen*c bargain* I am offering in Domestics, Jeans, CALICOES! DRESS GOODS! CLOTHING! BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, TRUNKS, ETC., Housefurnishing Goods, Etc., To Country Merchants. I am jnowj manufacturing a nuperior article o Fresh Candies, Country lUrchsnu to bay .tom me. It >bould l« rsmembered that my candles wo fresh »»d pnry, pat Bp In ottnetfr. shape, and will ottudf tha Sinsy.stils.sdnltemtrijiihort-welsbt stuir, sold by tbe Urye mwufcctorte.. Give me a Call and Tty it. B. W. PATTERSON, •Cotton Avenue, - Americus, Ga. tepUlmS and get yonr Ilorao Shoo to tack Over your floor price my good*before purchasing and I will con. vlnce you I moan jnat what I asj.W a Mr. S. FLEISCHMAN is with mo and will be pleased to too his friend*. We aro prepared to pay the Highest Prices for Hides, Furs and all Country Pioducc. Don’t mistake the place, M. 23. FOSTER, Corner Cotton Avenue anil Forsyth Street, auemvvs, oa. RBMOV A L. J. G. EDMUNDS0N Want* all hi* customer* and svsry one cl*# to know that he has removed to »tore.room Next door to P. H. Williams, COTTON AVENUE, Which he bn. ntted up In > r.rnt and auracll vc manner, and where ho will continue to supply Ms THE BEST LIQUORS IN THE MARKET be moklnr It a rule to keep I ho best that can be and, which he will farai.li by tbo .Irak or in .ay quantity wfabed. lie all# keeps a fine lice of Cigars, Tobacco, AND Fancy Groceries. Don’t forget “Jim,” nor where he la now located but tall and ass him. America*, Oa.,»3ept. 14,1B83. m3 BEAbTlFUL BJSBBUHi* A LAND OF PEACE AND PLENTY— PROSPERITY AND IMPROVEMENT —HER GREAT RESOURCES AND ADVANTAGES. Berrien lies in the second tier of counties in the central portion of Southern (“ Wiregrass’’) Georgia. Little river and its numcrons trib utaries waters the western side, New river and Withlacoochco flow through the central portion, and Alapaba traverses the eastern boun dary. These streams nnd the many small creeks furnish an abundance of freestone water, which, besides being of immense ad vantage to tbe farmer and stock raiser, also furn ish abundant water power. The waters are abundantly stocked with line fish, and,a good deal of game Is still found in the swamps. The Brunswick and Western Railroad enters the county three and half miles south of the north ern boundary line, and runs direct ly across tbe county at about tbe same distance from it. This gives Berrien a decided advantage over some of her sister counties. Tbe first station on the road is River side, in tbe extreme northwestern eorner of the county. A great deal ot spirits of turpentine and rpslnis shipped from Riverside. Most of tbe turpentine of western Irwin and Berrien, and much from eastern Worth is either distilled here, or else tbe manufactured products are sbipned from here. The village contains two stores, post oflice and express office and a substantial warehouse.' Going eastward, tbe next place is Tifton, three miles from River side. It is only a “half station,” yet there is a great deal of business done here. Cotton from Irwin, Berrien, Lowndes, Worth and Col quitt is brought to Tifton. Titt’s great lumber mill, which with its landed interest is worth a fair mil lion dollars, saws the long yellow pine l.iga from Irwin and Berrien, and converts them Into tbe finest lumber in tbe world. This lumber ie carried by rail to Brunswick and shipped thence to all parts of the habitable earth. A little army of laborers are employed in tbe busi ness. Connected with tbe mill is a large turpentine still, doing. a good business. Several fine farms are fertilized, in part, by the manure from his mule lots and stables. Be sides Tift’s business, there aro sev- eral thousand dollars invested by other parties. One dry goods house and one grocery do a large and pay ing business. A large freight bouse, post office, telegraph and express offices, complete commercial facili ties of Tifton. A boarding house and jeweler’s shop accommodate the traveling public and the com munity at large. . . Two miles down the road is Harrcllsvillc, where there is a. tur pentine still doing a good business. Two miles further is Vanceville, with a still, postoffico and express office. The product of unothor still is shipped from Vanceville. A dry goods store does a lively business. Several fine farms aro located in the immediate vicinity. Four miles further brings us to Brookfield, which was the pioneer in the naval stores business. Brook field is a whole station, beautifully located, containing postoffice, tele graph and express offices and four business bouses; two stills, with 'tbe product of two others shipped from this point. Enigma, four miles east, is a bussy little ville, with two stills and an adjacent lumber mill. Then wo come to Alapaha. 12 miles, further. This lively little | town is supported by the farmers, i It docs.not depend, Us the others | do, on timber and turpentine, j There are a number. of thriving business bouses with postal con nections with Nashville and Irwin- vilie by star route. Tbe spicy lit tle Berrien County News, official organ of the county, is located here. Alapaha is young yet, but tbe day will come when it will be- a great commercial center. The great forests of pine timber and tbe fertile farmiug lands adjacent offer generous inducements to the man who has a few spare dollars to in vest, or who wishes a homo whore he can grow rich and fat by econo my and industry. Ten miles South of Alapaba is old, happy, drowsy, comfortable Nashville, tbe county scat, where tbe citizens grow premium erops of corn and oats in the back yard, and old fashioned home-like flowers in the tront. Nashville may never rival Americus or Albany in its commercial importance, but a man must regret to die who owns a home in Nashville. The court house and jail are substantial build ings, and several stores and a post office connected by Star routes with all tbe surrounding country, com plete the business importance of Nashville. Below Nashville, in tbe South eastern corner of the county, is Cat Creek Mills, surrounded by a wealthy farming community. Going from Nashville, Westward, we find a happy nnd prosperous people. This is the “Lower 9th.” A politician in a public speech once remarked: “I can oontrol all Berrien exoept tbe Lower 9tb, but hell itself can’t manage tbe Lower 9th.” So it is. The people are generous, hospitablo and industri ous; but with the independence and self-reliance begotten of prosperity, they submit to no dictation. The laws of, tbe country are enforoed, os much as needful, but tbe people delight in their cofiy homes and fertile farms, and meddle with other iolks as little os possible. Afton, Adel, and Avo are the post offloes. They arc all semi-villages. Near Afton is the Primitive Baptist headquarters at Salem (Lime-Sink) church. South of Ava, in tbe famous “gall-bend district,” wbiob comprises the Southwestern oorner of the eounty, is Antiooh church (M. M.), which is the chief taber- naole of the Berrien circuit. Other churches are scattered ail over tbe county, chiefly of the Methodist and Baptist denominations. Schools aro numerous and well conducted. Tbe Nashville school is the high school of tbe county. Publio roads intersect tbe county in alL'direc- ticns. Tbe old Union and Coffee roads, tbo first running North and South, and tbe last East and West, were long the cbiei thoroughfares of Wiregrass Georgia. Now the railroad .men are talking of trans forming the timeworn ruts of the old Union into bars of iron on which the iron steeds will rumble as they bear the products ol Berrien to distant markets, and bring tbe improvements of civilization to this already progressive land. Those who delight in home and home-like surroundings I can think of no place on earth that would please them bettor than Berrien county. Berrien’s farmers were the first to find out that provision crop? paid better than all cetton, and right well have they profited by tiie discovery. M. M. F. The Old Men’s Home. One ot the most beneficent charities in oxistenca is that which provides a resting place for weary and worn'out old men. They have many infirmities and diseases, one of tbo most common of which is rheu matism. Jnst here comes in the advan tage of Pbur* Davis's Pain KiM.cn, which has rolieved the sufferings of many an old man by driving away the most se vere rheumatic pains. A man away up in Buffalo, N. Y., is buying up hundreds of barrels of holly branches for the holiday trade. He wants those with the red ber ries in ’ pieces from five to eight inches long. He gets iiis finest specimens from tbe South. Forty years’ experience, in every clime on earth, bee proved Ayer's Cherry Peo- toral to bo the most reliable remedy for colds, coughs, end ail lnng diseases* Neglected colds often becomo incurable ailments. Deal with them in time, and prevent their becoming deep-teated in the system. T1BINHB FROM TIPTOJt. Tifton, Ga., Deo. 12, ’83. The Gypsies fell out la9t week. An assault and a row between fatti er and son . in which a son-in-law was involved caused tbe issuing ot a dozen warrants. The cost bill, outside of the attorne*' fees is now upwards of $G0. Tile difficulty is not yet settled. Daring tbe first days trial several audible smiles were provoked by a woman whe was'under arrest. Sbo bad a very fretful child, and growing tired of trying to qalet him she rose and left tho court roam remarking,’' “Ef yer’r ’oner-r sends fur me ag’in, ye may jist sind a man to nur-rse tho baby." In a conversation with Dr. R. T Kendrick, of Ty Ty, a physician of thirty years experience, I was in formed that the fever which has been so prevalent in this section daring the fail is different.from the the old bilious fever in a good many respects. He says that phy sicians have become better ac quainted with the disease and are consequently enabled to treat cases with more snccess. Mr. J. W. Morrison, of River side, has purchased the Mitchell turpentine interest', eight miles be low Ty.Ty in Worth. Crugcr is the recipient of a good deal of chaff since he appeared in justice court, Tuesday, in the capacity of C. 0. Tifton distriot A motion to adjourn Christmas till tt rains Is now under considera tion. We are not prepared to cele brate it. Tbe hens have struck for an increase of wages. Egg-nog will likely appear on tbe half-shell minus tho egg. Dr, T. M. Cherry was found dead in bis room at the section bouse No. 12, Sunday,December 9. Coro ner Jack Riggins snmmonedja jury and held an inquest on tho remains. Tbe evidence went to show that he came to his death by an overdose •f chloral, taken unintentionally. Poor Cherry, there wero some sterl ing qualities, though he 'loved a dram a little too muob. Ho wqs. a man of fine talent, but the wheat was badly overrun with tares. As a physician,be' was successful when sober; andjasja mon be was a con firme^./oker«nd;was well liked by those who '• knew hhn best. His wife,with whom he has not lived -forisome time, resides. In Albany, anct a son is connected with tbe Advertiser. ’ ;,. ’ __ M. M. F. BOASTFUL BUO-NiYOOI). Tbe hammer is still beard, which shows that our- people are enter prising, full of life and do, indeed, intend to make our town “.Beauti ful Bronwood.” We do not claim tbe advantages qpd privileges that our larger sister Cities have, but wo do claim that we have a gooji territory of coun try to back our cffoi i.s. There arc seven steam engines in hearing, some sawing and p!aro ing lumber, while others grind corn and gin cotton. It takes money to run these, and where there is money there is lile, snd where there’s life there’s prosperity. We have had a flourishing school this year, and hope to have one an other year, for there is nothing that will add more to the growth ot our town than a good school. Wc hope all the citizens will unite nnd build up a first-class school. The academy needs some repairs This, too, wo hope, not only those who are personally interested in the school, but ail who wish to sei Bronwood ppsper, will take held and keep the house in good order. Why not, gentlemen, as wc have over a thousand dollars raised, solicit tho railroad authorities to help us, and sink an artesian well at once ? Candy pulling is all the go now, and no place can boast of sweeter girls and boys than ours. Mr. T. N. Killen and daughters returned from Florida on Saturday, and report a nice time. K. JOLLY JOHXPREEVILLE. JOHNI-BEEVILLK, DiC. 10, ’83. We received no Americus papers this week. What's the matter! Conductor Cosby reports nano brought to Weston. Please find out the cause, and don’t disappoint us any piore. There is no peaoe in the family without tbe Reoobdeb. We had a few showers last week, but nothing like a season or enough for oat planting on our red lands. I planted my wheat three weeks ago, and I notice ajpcc the slowers it is ccming up. I was afraid once I wonld have to plant OYer. The wheat crop next year wiil.be very small, it being a very -uncertain crop, and so dry this fall that very little has been planted. Messrs. Tracy & Son, of Weston, came very near losing their stock of goods on last Monday night by fire. It was fired by rats getting into the matches. Tracy was sleeping in the store and tbe pop ping of tbe matches woke him op to find his store on fire. A bucket ot water being in the store, thefim was stopped before mueh damage was done. Keep your matches where the rats can’t get to them. This is proof enough that they ctn burn you out if you will furnish them' matches. Some improvements going on In the ville. Mr. Jcsso Williams b patting him op a neat little cottage, and will move np as soon as com- pleUd. We are making arrange ments to havo an artesian weH bored and a large hotel built hj next winter, and with onr narrow gange, expect soon to be called a oity of many inhabitants. Mr. Albert Jones has moved up from below and become a citizen of tbe ville. Move on, gentlemen, glad to have yon with us. Tbo new dead-fall, I guess, b doing Very well, judging from the empty bottles and drank “niggers” scattered around. Mr. J[. Hsmp Swan and Mist Wamble, of hear Mt. Piseot, were married lastThursday, Judge Uriah Williams officiating. Hamp, your many friends wish you mueh joy [and happiness. {mmr. T. d. Hester, bf the ville, b ’ quite ill with typhoid pneumonia. Ho was a little better to-day. We hope in oar next to report him rapidly recovering. Miss Ida Hester and her little brother returned home from Daw son last Saturday, whore they havo been attending sobool. E. L. Bell, A. J. Buchanan daughter, arrived in tbe ville this morning. Messrs. B. and B. are having quite a time killing doves. A. J. B. came in this evening with a sack of empty shells and no doves. Later—Mr. Hester no better, and but little hope of his recovery. Mayor. Mjl Ex-Prcs'dent Jefferson Davis has captured the Supreme Court of the United States—so to speak—at least it has rendered a decision sus taining Ids claim to tbo largo estate bequa'hcd him by the will of Mrs. Sarah Ann Dorsey,who died in Mis- sissippl some years ago. It is not stated whether or not Mr. Justice Harlan let slip the opportunity of rendering a dissenting opinion. "Don’t Spill the Mitt, “There is no use crying over spilled milk," says tbe old eaw. If yon are not only bald, but have no life in the rootaaf your hair, there is no use crying otto that, either. Take both time andyour- self by tbe forelock while there ia a fore- lookleft. Apply Parker's Hair Balaam to 'yourhair before matters get worse. It will arrest the felling off of yonr hair and restore its original color, gloss and soft ness. It is a perfect dressing withsl, clean, richly perfumed, cools and heal* the scalp. dec3-lm In Connecticut the wooden nut meg geniuses are now making Christmas wreaths, ivy leaves and mistletoe boughs out of tin so neat ly painted as not to be distinguish ed from tho natural articles. The next step in the path- of progress up there will ho to make Christmas turkeys oht of sawdust. Tons up the system bytho use of Ajrw^i . .Sarsaparilla. It will make you fed lito a new person. Thousands liave found health and relief from suftering by the use of this great blood purifier when all other means failed.