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Americus Recorder. T f e “ mi,,bu J««°* n • ffo ^ 10 w
• a beUer price for these grades tbaa
those buyers who bare lo buy as
sorted lots. Where there is a small
W. b, OLKSSHKn. Miter.
OBclal unrsa of Webster Ceeaty.
FRIDAY. APRIL 39. IW4.
TOWH mo COUNTRY.
There (s, ere regret to say, a feel*
iog'of antagonism toward Ameri*
cos among many people in the coun
try surrounding it. This feeling
is by no means coQllned to Ameri
cus or this section,.for we have
noticed It in many other places.
While there is no good reason why
this feeling should exist, It never
theless does exist, and Its exist
ence is always detrimental both to
the town and country, for their
interests are Identical, and they
should always work in harmony.
Many pcoplo In the country bare
an idea that the people ot the town
lire off the labor of the people of
lbs oounlry—that the town lerys
tribute on the country, and this
tribute is a species of robbery.
That the people of the town do
tire off the labor of the town is
true, but that they do not return
value received ie not true—it is
simply an exchange of labor, and
should be so regarded.
If it is true that the country
builds up the town, it is also true
that the town builds up tbo court
try, aBd by affording a convenient
and profitable market for the sale
produce enhances the value of pro
duce sind oountry property. We
all know that a farm near a good
market town la more valuable than
a term epua|ly as well improved
and productive that lies some dih-
taooe from a town. We all know
that the larger the town the more
valuable.is the farm property which
surrounds it. It would seem then,
to bar to the interest of tbs country
that their market town should grow
in population and wealth, as follow
ing its growth is the growth of the
country. - Towns, too, are depend
ent upon the growth of the country
for' their growth^ In teotj to be
prosperous the town and oountry
most grow together. Their inter-
esta being mutual, tboir action
should be united and harmonious.
Now let ’ us make a personal ap
plication to Amerious and the coun
try surrounding it. Amerious is
the largest marhet town in South-
west Georgia, has an abundance of
capital to buy the prxluot* of tbs
country, good bcilitiea for band,
ling and abipping these products,
and liberal .bnyera. Being the
natural market for a number of
counties in this section, tbs people
of these counties should be* inter
ested in the growth of Ameri cm,
as its growth will afford them a
belter market for tbsir produots,
furnish them goods cheaper, and
enhaup* .the value of their lands.
At"Savannah and Atlanta are of
great advantage to tbo State in
the way ol markets, and Maoou,
Augusta and Columbua are of
great advantage to their sections,
so will the growth of Amcrtcus
benefit Southwest Georgia. T here
. is no reaaon why there should be
any jealousy toward Americus by-
other towns in this srctlon, for sa
Americus grows so will they grow,
by affording them a good markot
nearer home. As Savannah and
Atlanta bring a good market nearer
to tbc door* of every town in the
State, ao will Amerious bring a
good market nenrer to the towns
in.Southwest Ueorgia. As tbeso
towns continue to grow, they will
absorb the retail trade, and it will
be an advantage to them to have a
wholesale market near them.
The planters of Southwost Geor
gia are especially interested in the
growth of Americus as a market
for their cotton, for it is a known
fact that the greater number of
bales of cotton received by any
town, the more competition there
is among buyers and the better
prices realised. By concent-sting
their cotton In Americus the plan
ters of this section can secure bet
ter prioee ter their cotton, and at
the tame time procure their sup-
piles cheaper. One reason why
cotton commands a better price
at towns with lam receipts is
that* ejteh places ther* are
more mill Buyer*, who buy only
special grades, anti who must get
enough Wire of these grsdes to
mm It an' dbjeot In shipping.
quantity of cotton it does not pay
"M 1
special grade buyete to go, for they
cannot get enough of the grades
they want. By having a large
quantity ol cotton and mill buyers,
Americus could afford planters
better prieca.
For the reasons we have set forth
we hope to eee the people of Ameri
ous and surrounding countiss work
lug together in bsrmony to sd vance
their common interest. We arc
sure the business men of Amerious
will do all in their power to ad
vance the interests of the planters,
for the very good reason that it is
their interest to do ao, and we hope
the planters will do all they can to
advance the lotereats of Americus
for the same reason.
HAVE FAITH IN YOPK OWN TOWN
The following, from the Mobile
Kcgistcr, is ao applicable to Ameri
cue that wc reproduce it, In tbc
hope that our citizens may And in
it a lesson which they will learn
with profit to themselves:
Confidence and combined effort
have made Atlanta what she i*
confidence and combined effort ate
needed to make Mobllo what she
should be. Do our people give the
same expression to confidence In
• Ism fillnvn /if 8 fa/tl *r salts* «a la ika
tbc future of their city as Is the
case in Atlanta? Anther as ready
as they should be to contribute to
enterprises for tbs public good in
which they have no psrtloolsr or
especial Interest? Do they suffi
ciently realise that what la for the
taeneBt of the pobllo will oltlmately
redound the benefit of each member
of the body politic? Troth com-
jiela^us to an*wer_tb#ee questions
negative. Our people have
some confidence and considerable
public spirit, but.neithera]
t baa
A coo-
the condition of affaire
made Atlanta what It is.
aldcrable number of our i
still disposed to speak sligh'tlngly
of Mobile when In laiger places—
you never find an Atlanta man
[ullty of this. If he finds btmielf
n New York, Bouton or Phitadel.
phla, be is telly prepared to point
out several pointa in whloh the
gate city is ahead of those over
grown communities. We have
men among us, also, who are still
indisposed lo subscribe a dollar for
public enterprises unless they can
lie shown that it will ho returned
to them doubled in a short time.
Others arc ready to subscribe, but
they seem ever hsunted by the
dread that they are giving more
than others. An Atlanta man glo
ries in giving more than others.
\V benever be doea so be goes borne
to bla mansion on l’achtreo or
Washington street with the sweet
conselousness that be has not lived
in vain.
The manufacturer* of cotton in
the South are beginning to make
themselves felt in the great cotton
trade of tbc world. The extensive
cotton mills of the Campbell Manu
facturing Company, at Manayonk,
Pa., which gives employment to
700 bands, will be shut down for
an indefinite period in two week*
Mr. Campbell aaatgnsaa the reason
tor the stoppage, the immensely
increased production of cotton
fabrics and tbc atroug competition
that has grown up in the South,
where he claims that tho cheaper
labor or that section has made the
Southern cotton mills formidable
contestants in tbc cotton trade.
On the forgoing tho Home Courier
remarks: “Neither the Home or
Columbus cotton mills were rep
resented ot lha recent convention
held at Augusta, of tho Southern
cotton men. But thoso who at
tended that convention found out
when they got there, that none of
them bad any grievances to rectify.
Southern mills are able to sell all
they could make. It la not over
production that la hurting north
ern manufacturers, Southern com
petition la dolug the work.”
faemimTtopdl ation.
The census shows that 7,870,493
people in the United States are
actually engaged in agricultural
work. Thie is a trifle over one-
sixth of the entire population.
Illinois has more pcoplo at work
on farms than any other State,
436,471. Georgia comes next with
433,304; then Ohio, 997;495; New
York, 377,460. Pennsylvania has
801,113, and Texas, 359,317, and
Indiana, 331,340; Alabama, 380,-
830.
Edward McMillan, of the firm of
ItsSiM 4 Peek, of Thomas coun-
ty, has a farm at over 9,000 water
melon bills, some of whloh are ran-
nlng.
80ETIWEST UEORGIA'
TION.
EXP0S1
A meeting of the Congressional
Commissioner* ol the New Orleans
Cotton Exposition was held in At
lanta last week to devise plana by
which the State of Georgia shall be
repreaeated bv an exhibition of ito
products at the Exposition in New
Orleans next December. The State
being geographically and geoiogt
cally divided into four grand divis
ions, each having products peculiar
to itself, it was decided to make
feur groups in the Georgia exhibit
—tbe groups to represent North
Middle, Southeast and Southwest
Georgia. In these groups are to
be placed the products of those
section*. We expect to see a| gen
erous rivalry between the several
sections, and we have faith to be
lieve that the people of Southwest
Georgia will see that their rich and
favored section is shown up to the
beat advantage. It is proposed to
collect the articles to be exhibited
together at tbe State Fair in Macon
and from there ship them to New
Orleans.
There are many reasons why our
people should exert thcmaelver to
mike a fine display of their pro
ducts. They will be seen and con
treated with those of other sections
by thousands of people from all
parts ol tbe country, many of whom
will be looking for a location in
whieh to settle. There is at this
time a tide of emigration setting
from the North to the 8outb, and
those sections of the South which
offer the greatest Inducements will
receive tbe moet of this emigration,
and it will enhanee the value of
lande and inaugurate an era of
prosperity. It is by these exhibi
tions of her produots, together with
liberal advertising, that has given
Florida ao many Northern settlers
and advanced the price of land to
almost fabulous figures. South
west Georgia can offer greater at
tractions to Northern farmers than
can Florida, and it remains but for
her people to embrace such oppor
tuoltica os these great expositions
to do it. Wo believe, lnrthcr, that
such an exhibition of products will
do our owu people good, as many
do not realize how bountiful naluro
baa been to this section or ho*
much they have to be tbankto! for.
It will also stimulate them in the
production of crops. Let us, theu,
all go to work and see how grand
an exhibition we can make.
HEATHS IN PRISONS.
The charge of wanton and sys-
tcmaticcruelty to Federal prisoners
confined in Confederate prisons has
been so persistently made that
there are few in tbe North who de
not believe that the moretlity in
Confederate prisons exceeded that
in Federal prisons by a large and
alarming per cent. Statistics in
the war department at Washington,
however, put the matter In a differ
ent light, and wc confess that we are
surprised at tbc results obtained
from them, for we had naturally
supposed that the rate of mortality
in Confederate prisons must be
greater than in Federal prisons,
lor the reason that the South la
bored under the disadvantage of
being unable, on account of the
blockade, to obtain supplies of
medicine, clothing or food, and
were forced to depend upon their
own limited resources; while the
Federal authorities, having more
moons at tboir command, were able
to give their prisoners much better
care and medical treatment.
The statistic* show that the Con'
federates had in their care during
the entire war, in round numbers,
370,000 prisoners, of whom 33,578
died in prison. The Federal had
in their care 330,000, of whom 36,-
438,died in prison. The difference
in morality is probably due, in a
great measure, to tbe vigors of the
Northern climate. That a great
majority of these deaths could
have been prevented by a general
and immediate exchange of pris
oners I* not doubted by any one.
UEORGIA NEWS.
Hon. H.‘ G.1
Tbe observance of Memorial Day
in Euteula has been postponed un
til Tuesday, the 39lk.
Whence the Expense Carnes.
The grand Jury of 6chley county
find that about naif the expense*
of the court* la caused by negro
stealing, pistol carrying, fights and
divorces, and that they pay non* of
the tax to meet thie expense.
Turner, of the second
Congressional distrioi, has called a
competitive examination or candi
dates (or West Point, to be held
on tbe lltk of Jane.
It is said that Ed. Walker, Alap-
aba, milks twenty-six cows, irom
which be gets an nvenge ol forty-
two gallons of milk aud nineteen
pounds of butter per day.
Captain Naylor, of tbe schooner
Derby, which came into Savannah,
state* that while tbe sea was heavy,
washing over her decks he tried
pouring kerosine oil ou the waters,
and found a very decided benefit.
Tbe Carroll County Agricultural
Club offers a premium of $15 ter
tbe best acre of cotton, $10 for tbe
best acre of upland corn, $10 for
the beat acre of bottom land corn,
and $1 for the largest water melon.
Mr G. W. II ay men a, living in
tbc corner of Irwin, Dooly and Wil
cox counties, got bis finger bit
while in a fight with Mr Jack
Sumner about two months ago. He
left for Albany last- Thursday to
have bis bind amputated.
The citizens of Vienna are ex
horted by tbo Vindicator to clean
up their cemetery. There is nothing
that reflects more upen the intelli
gence and good name of a commun
ity than the ncgleot of the resting
place of tbelr dead'
Ivey’s correspondent Irwinton
Appeal: “Losses on watermelons
last year do not seem to have em
barrassed the growers in the least.
Tbc patches within half a mile ol
this place are as follows: C. A.
Branan, thirty acre*; D. N. Smith,
twenty acres; D. Bateman, fifteen
•ores; W. F. Ivey, twenty-five acres.
Patches from two to three acres are
too numerous to mention.”
The stockholder* of the Piney
Woods Hotel Company held a
meeting at Tbomasville Monday
afternoon for tbe purpose of issu
ing additional stock to the amount
of $30,099, said stock to be prefer
red. It wss decided to take this
step, and ail subscriptions to this
stock will bo confined to tbe old
stockholders for thirty days, when
the books will bo open to outsiders.
This raises tho capital atock ot tho !
company to $G0,000.
One of tho young beaux of Athena
while visiting hit inamorata, was
presented by her little sister with
bunch ol violets which sbe had
picked for him in the garden. As
reward lor her kindness the
yonng man kissed the little donor
and pronounced her a sweet little
thing, etc. A little colored play
mate of tbe child, who had witness
ed tbe whole proceeding, went to
tho garden at once aud gathered a
bunch of tho same kind of flowers
which she brought and presented
to tbe young man, expecting to be
rewarded in the same manner, but
the blushing young fellow was forced
to decline amid the hearty (reals of
laughter of his sweetness, who en
joyed the joke hugely.
Walton county has had a sensa
tion in the burning of Mrs. Millcy
Gowcr, an aged lady of 81. Sho
was on a visit to her daughter, Mrs.
Uarrict Smith. Mrs. Gower wss
left alone in tbe bouse by the fire
by her daughter, who never lor a
moment suspected that anything
would happen to the old lady. On
her return to the house from her
work she witnessed the most borrl-
blc sight she ever beheld. She
found her aged mother on (be floor
burned to t crisp, with not a par
ticle of clothing on her except a
a small piece o( the neck of an un
dergarment. Her fingers were tor-
ibly burned, showing that she bad
endeavored to put the fire out.
Mrs. Gower died in about thirty
minutes after she was found, and
was conscious to tho last minute.
Sbe answered questions intelligent
ly, but strange to say, would not
tell or explain bow the aocident
happened. The house was on fire
in but one placo, but was extin
guished by Mr*. 8mlth after the
entered. Tbe daughter notified
ircaMTAf. raus, st»,ooo_«j
Tlck.iisatySa. I harts I" erfaesl—
lesbians Mate Lottery Companj.
htrthg certify that tea avpertta*
the arrangements far all the Monthly end
Semi-Annual Draftings of Tks Louisiana
Slats Lottsrg Companj,uni inpsrsen man-
ago and control Ms Draftings IhemscUts,
and tint the same are condusttd frith hon
esty, fairness, and in good faith toward all
parties, and tec authorise the Company to
use this certificate, tsith fae-simOts efoitr
signatures attached, fit its aiterHsemtnis."
«fr rupUlv AMiiiuf is sad wr piopow'to
m»k* thins* llfriy hy rail Inj pH down
to flgureL
EMBROIDERIES and LACES.
Hamburg Edging 2Jc to $1.50
per yard.
WHITE GOODS.
INDIA LINENS.
VICTORIA, PERSIAN ANI) LINEN
LAWKS.
STRIPED AND CHECKED KA1N-
SOoK.
DOTTED AND FIGURED SWISS.
SWISS MUSLIN.
FRENCH MULL.
ALL C
, OVER TUCKING,
LACE CHECKS,
LACE PIQUE.
LACE U()ODS.
D8.
LONSDALE CAMBRIC,
IIUHU LINEN, ETC.
*AU In gi-Mt voj'.ly nn-t nt »hr right priori. *
l.OVKI.Y OMIONH IS
Nottingham Lace Curtains,
FROM yt'fO TO 47.00 PER PAIR,
CBAMBHAYS,
FIGURED I.AWNS.
CALICOES,
!«nlUS> tx Hpring «» already opt* Or iaapeetion
TURKEY RED DAMASK.
BLEACHED AND CREAM DAMASK,
NAPKINS, DOYLIES,
TOWELS, CRASHES,
LIKEN LAP ROBES
TABLE COVKH8.
BEDSPREADS AND QUILTS,
la od.mlxol yariety. So nch price, ttawtora
HOSIERY!
For Ltd I* •, Atlear* *>td Children.
1IAXDKKBCHIEFH for th« MILLION
from 2\o to |’i.G0 each.
A I.ACOr. AND YAKIKD LINK OF
Ladies’ Roe Custom Hade Boots!
Always la ntock, fam stek well known
ZEIGLEIfH,
STKIBLBY * CO.
SMALTZ. MONROE A CO.
AND OTHERS.
Ctanlulenin.
rUMlr*Mn.
Incorporated in 1KI hr M)
Ian hr Kdacalhaal and uo
with a capital of tt.ooa^oo—l. which a rea.fr,
fas* of unr ,550.000 haa rtaca hnn added.
Bp an amwhrtmiar popular rate ita ftanrhb.
ttjrppn hr tho I
UhariiaM. par
•-to which a i
■oatoanaddeL
wiTa mad. a part of thi-p,ratal star. Coorttlatloti
adopted December S4. A. !>., IMS
lit people ./day i
ft never scales or peelpooet,
Ita Grand Single tlnmbar Drawings
take placr mommy.
a imnnio on .
d Hawing, - (cBSsk?*mrriiKACA
OF
oat,
Mar 14th, 1*0* -lesth Moeihly Drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE, *10,000.
100,000 Tickets at Five Delian Each.
Fractions, In Fifth!, In Propertied
LISTOrrXlXIU:
1 CAPITAL FKIXK 175,000
1 do do 18,000
8 PRIZE8 OF feOM. 1M»
500 do 8ft
APPROXIMATION MUM.
• AyyyonmatloB Price* of $708...
left! I'rlxeo, aaooalinf to
AppHrfttlen for rat** lo «l«b*
(tall
ahoald to Mato
la law OrlMU.
l rUlf, plad
, Orton pay. Wa
MW Omt-KAWS XATIOXAL (MX
X.w Orl.aaa, fch.
Kxprcf* at oar osptR**) U
k «Vw D SSSS;v-.
3V.^ WaAh thgton, D. O.
STILL IT HER OLD STM
faMRai*
IS OPENING HER STOCK
OF NEW
OLD STUD Oil JACKS0H STREET!
trn* R»Ine, offer, her sincere thank, la lh-
membera of the Are deportment, by whoa, noble
rSartastowaararodltomaerionilan rioting the
Her, nod enabled toe to greet her Mead, at the
rite, where they hare au long hen aectutoairri
to Had her. apnltti
Mrs. IT. Elam
BTWo will do bolter bytjou Unn oth-
tn can or will.
CALL AND SEE US
her close neighbor* and friend* a*
as possible,
soon a* possible, who did ail they
could lo allay the suffering ana
■often tii* grief
The republican* ol Illinois have
nominated for aovarnor General
Richard J. Ogleaby; for secretary
ornate, H. D. Dement; auditor,
Charles P. Swigart; treasurer,
Jacob Grom; attorney general.
George Hunt.
JOBIR. sniff,
FORSYTIl STREET,
Georgia,
Haa her Now Goods all ready for inspec
tion at brr naw aland,
WITH MBS. FRED. LEWIS,
South Side of Publio Square,
when aho will ba pleaaed to taeeira all
her old enatowen and aa many now onea
aa choose to favor bar with a ealL
HER GOODS ABE
t&XiZi NSW!
nam
lothiag was aavad from tho ffre, aara
e zephyr. 8ha haa all thr ntw shape.
io bonnets and hats for ladies, miaarn and
children. A fall lino of laoe and om-
broldered caps for ohUdren nod infant*.
The handsomest naex wear that aha ba»
aver had, beaded laoe, beaded front* for
dries ta, bneklaa for dresses, rnehlog.
gloT«aia
gloves in the new atyl.a and shade*,
ebfi^ran’a ‘ *■
ready-mad* drams, bibs, pan
niera, fan*, hair
net*, ate., ate. Comaaad
G*.. April 15th. 1884.
S. i. Battle’* $8.00 Mt«’s Shoes.
0TA Oaaiaata* Oaat th* Manafaeant^l
I data that ttoaa *ho*a anatotoaf th. tow
hitSThS^ntoWrfw-A lCmj.as.toto,
rioUaaa. Idoshrg.
ttboe hens there Is
mm