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Americus Recorder.
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VjMBI OrwB or WebslerCoanlJ.
FRIDAY. MAY' 16, f~' T ‘ T
THE TARIFF VOTE.
An analy *i* or the forty.one vote*
-givqn l>y Democrat* against tbc
Morrison urili liill »bow* that twen
ty-three Of them came from tbe
three Hate* of IVnnsy Irani*, Ohio
and Illinois, neither of wbicii ha*
«iren an electorial vote to a Demo,
cratic candidate for President in
twenty-lire year*. Four rotes from
California and Irora Connecticut,
each of these State* baring given
their electoral vote* to the Demo
cratic candidate for President once
hi twenty-lire year*. There were
fiat Arc vote* (counting Finerty as
a democrat) we*t of tbe Ublo State
liae, and but four *outh of tbe Ohio
River and the State of Maryland
recorded in favor of the motion to
etrllce out. The much boa*ted
“pivotal State” ol New York bad
traded u* off again, and the ala
Democratic vote* from that Slate
CaCt against us would have given
the revenue reformer* a good work-
Ing majority bad they been thrown
in-oar (avor.
There It aomelblng in these feet*
that are worth thinking over by
Democrat* who desire the success
of their party. Tbe policy of the
Demooratic party hee too long been
controlled by a minority Taction
Loaded by "rale or ruin leader*,”
who bavo sought their selfish ends
rather thsn tbe good of the party,
and who bavo net scrupled to ally
themselves with tho enemies of the
party to attain llielr ends.
A number ol merchants and man*
ufucturers of New York City bold
« meeting at the Windsor Hotel
last week, to discuss tbe means of
tariff reform. Several interesting
addresses were made, one or two
in favor of a tariff strictly for rove*
aue, but the most of them in favor
of aueli n revision of tlic present
(tariff ns would cut down excessive
«r. prohibitory duties and admit
raw materials free. This meeting
eras preliminary to a delintte or
ganisation wblub la to be known as
the manufacturers’ tariff reform
league. An executive oommUtco
of flvo woe appointed by the chair-
•man to draw up a plan of the or-
•ganlsation and the meeting. It la
a business movement entirely, and
has no connection with party poll*
dies.
Tho sale of lota in tho new city
of Sheffield, Ala., last week was
phenomenally successful. About
K awes of land wore sold for nearly
45,00,000. and tho proposed town
appears to l>c -n a regular boom.
Tho lot* brought high price*, aud
•many of them probably cold for
more than they will bring live
years from now. Investment* in
dote at fancy price* in towns that
are to be developed iu the future
are generally risky. However, tbe
-company that has bought land at
aboui ten or fllU-ou dollars |«r acre
and i* selling it at $2,000 to $8,000
per.sore can't bo in danger of los.
sis
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AS IMMIGRATIONSOCIETY.
lisrtow county baa just done
what Sumter ought to have done
year* ago—organised an immigra
tion society. X meeting was held
in response to the following call:
C'AUTentvn.ut, Ga. April 11, I SSL
Dear Kir—Tbs umleraigoed lie Here that
grant good would malt to our eoantjr by
proper!* organising s t clety, composed
of enarget.e eitiaana iu each district; to
encourage immigration and brioit onr
county and its wundrrfnl natural silvan
lagea baton iba public. Such organize-
tlnni have proven beneficial is oiler to
cslitiaa, sod Bartow county poseaars
many Inducements tor a good class of
immigrants and the investment ot capital
Her natural attractions should be folly
made knoan and pmeoted to Iba world
in a proper manner. Therefore, io order
to eariy out theae objects, you are res
pectfully invited to meet with us at tbs
opart house, on naxt Thursday morning,
st tan o'clock, to taka tba matter into
cooelderatoin. Any of your neighbors
wbo reel an intsrsst io tbs nutter will be
welcomed.
Tbe meeting wns held, in purse,
ance of the call, and adilreaaes were
made by a nnra!>er of distinguished
gentlemen, among them tho vener
able Mark A.. Cooper, who was one
of tbe pioneer* ir. the work of de
veloping Georgia. A constitution
and by-laws were adopted, and an
executive committee appointed,
eonaleing ol*eleven members Irum
tho Carieraville district and one
from each other district in the
county. Among them are Hon.
W. II. Felton, Gen. P. M. B.
Young, Cbas. H. Smith (Bill Atp),
Col. J. J. Howard, H. II. Jones,
Hon. T. W. Miller. It will thus
be seen that the most prominent
and inflecutial men of the county
are engaged in tho work.
Sumter county and Southwest
Georgiaoffersunusual inducements
to in Tustrious farmers, and while
wc all realize the richness of tbc
resources of our section, it is not
tobvexjicctedthnt people hnndrccs
ol miles nway will know them tin-
led* we take some means of furnisl ■
ing them willt the information.
The time is ripe for immigration
•from tlte North of the very best
chins of people. They liuvo hud
hud crops for sevursl years, lira
winters liuve been unusually severe,
and many farmers have become
discouraged and arc looking toward
the South us u luntl of temperate
climate and sure crops.
To show how much could be
done by such n society ns Bartow
has organixed, and how ripe is the
time for such work, wc Instance a
fact which onme to our notice the
past week. Wo received a letter
from Mr. Bryant, Superintendent
of tlm National Cemetery at An-
dereonrille, stating that a few days
before two gentlemen from Iowa
bad atopped there wbo represented
thirty families who wished to locate
in ibe South, and they were look-
ing up a location lor them. Mr.
Bryant advised them to come to
Americas and sec tho editor of the
Recoups*, as he would be glad to
see them and afford them all the
information he could in regard to
Southwest Georgia. They replied
that they would be glad to do so,
but they bad appointments to meet
at other places and would not have ^'"St^Suimlsst»r
the time; but had they known of it
sooner they would have made nr-
ATLINTA’S Ft EFT SCRIBES.
CIIE8IIIBE WINS, WITH CAKTEB A
, - CLOSE SECOND.
Atlanta,May 10,11:85 r. m —
Atlantal* quintette of fleet-footed
•oribe* tested their mettle in the
much talked of labours go asyou-
please toot race to day under most
auspicious circumstances. An hour
before 10 o’clock, the time selected
for making the start, the warehouse
■elected as tbe scene of tbe race
became tbe Mecca toward which
hundreds ot spectators turned their
George Washington's Crypt.
London Trait.
An American correspondent
wr te*: For the benefit of those
who are disposed to join yon in
year contest against perpetual pen
sions and useless annnities t hat are
nominally charged upon the debt
side of the national budget, but
that praetic.liy come from the
pockets of tbc well to-do artisans
and agriculturists, I recall bow,
fifteen years ago, Gen. Benjamin
F. Butter, ot Massachusetts, U. 8.
A., then a Congressman iu the
American House of Represents-
foot-steps. A good number ofjtivesfand lately Governor of his
•- »*— 1 g- lW ) i made war upon the sinecure*
and quasi pens one, which, in a
small way. were leeches upon tbc
Federal body politic. He was met,
as you are met, by tbe whispered
word "patriotism”—recalling what
Dr. Samuel Johnson said shout its
being "a laat resort,” etc. But,
finally, Gen. Butler thus under
mined even that word. Sipping
and mining one day in an almost
torgo.ten catccomb under tbe
dreary bnlidingknownas Mie“C*pl-
tol,”at Washington, he encounter
ed a spectral-looking individual
who seemed disposed to escape ob
servation. ‘‘Who are vou?" que
ried the investigatingCongrosman.
“Keeper of the Gen. Washington
crypt.” “But Gen. Washington
was buried at Mount Yernon, 20,
miles from Here.” Nevertheless
yonder is bis crypt.” “Are yon
paid a salary!" “I have SI,500 a
year, and I succeeded roy father
in the office.” This sent the in
vestigator to the record, wbo dis
covered that 65 years t roviously
a certain Congress, expecting to
entomb Gen. Washington under
the capital, had established a crypt
and a keeper to it. Other Con
gresses forgot the subject, but tbe
salary’ survived, while the “patriot
ism” of successive Secretaries of
tbe Treasury forbade inquity into
the subject. Very soon afterwards
upon narrating his tale in tbc
ladies lent their presence to the
throng, and the scene within the
building was one of extreme anima
tion. The band struck up a lively
tune, under its inspiring influence
the contestants started off at a live
ly gait aa they got the word “go”
promptly at tbe dick of 10.
TIIE CONTESTANTS
The list -J entries, all Atlanta
newspaper men, and none of whom
failed to toe the mark when the
appointed hour arrived, waa aa fol
lows: R. M. Cheshire of tbc Joui-
nal, Josiah Carter of Constitution,
E. C. Brutfey of tbe Constitution,
A. T. Btington of the Journal, A.
Sm'tb Clayton of ibe Sunny Sou'b,
8. W. Small of the Constitution,
IldoRsmsdell of the Georgia C rack
et , and C. T. Logan of the Consti
tution.
lUmsdcll, of the Cracker, took
the lead easily. He was first
choice in the pools, and scored 10
tulles in the first two hours, but
later in the evening trouble arose
from an old wound in bis lungs,
and nt 7:40 o’clock be, by order
ol hi- physicians, retired from the
track, with a score of 30 miles and
9 laps, ho having hud two severe
hemorrhages. lie was taken home
in a carriage and to-night is se
riously ill.
Logan had recently risen from a
sick bed and gave out shortly after
noon, 1ml returned to the track at
intervals, and did some pretty
walking between 9 and 10 o clock
to-night.
Brullcy, the short-logged repor
ter of the Constitution, surprised
every one by bis endurance, and
many thought, until lute in the eve
ning, that lie would come out the
winner.
Smith Clayton took tilings lei
surely and disappointed his friends
and backers, who expected, from
his reputation as an athlete, that lie
Reclaimed Herself
irtounw Traveler.
Women are skillful. “Wbo Is
that faorriu whisky bloat?'’ aaked a
lady ol an acquaintance, while they
stood viewing the guetis at a fash
ionable reception. “Which one?”
“That one with the red mustache
and awful nose. Don't you tee?”
“He ia my husband.” “Oh,” laugh
ed lira lady, “1 see that von are not
sensitive,” although she saw von-
S eance in the eye* of tbe insulted
Lily. “Several nights ago a friend
made a similar remark about my
husband and 1 became very angry.
I declared it would anger any wo-
man; but my friend said that you
having tbe best bushsnd in tbe
world, would not care and I wager
ed a pair of glove's that you would;
lint you see I have lost. I hear
that your husband is spoken of as
an available candidate lor Govern
or. How clever he must be.”
What Will the Harrnl He.
New Ycck Herald (Iod.).
Both factions of the Democratic
party will meet at Chicago to re
new the fight, and there Mr. Ran
dall cannot count upon ltcpnbli
can votes. Will Mr. Randall and
Mr. Holman lie able to turn tbc
party from tbe high stand it has
taken under the leadership of Mr.
Carlisle, Mr. Morrison, Mr. Hewitt,
Mr.dlqnt, Mr, Cox, and Mr. Her
bert Wilt there heWb'an empty
platform as Mr. ■ Randall’s oribe
policy of tbc progressive Demo
crats—“Taxation only for the (ittr-
pose of raising revenue for the
public nse?"
llowShTliot in Ahead.
ruueb.
“And so now they're engaged!
Well'Jessie, to think of you, with
your beauty and accomplishments,
and your lovely voice, being cut
out by sneb an ignorant little Irigbl
as that Maggie (juicksm:! Yon
sang to bint, 1 suppose?” “Yes,
bv lira hour! But she
mamma,
made him sing, you know.and play
House— sbott’s of laughter drown- el | accompaniments for him!”
ing | >k patriotism”.—Gen. Butler pas- j “Why,can he sing?” “No, mamma;
Sensational Features aniStartliiu Prices
Ws Store Famous
Its Like iuii Seldom been Seen in
the City of Americas!
Pause and Head tbe Schedule
-op-
Aggregated Novelties.
IMMENSE STOCK
-OP-
STANDARD AND FANCY
DRY GOODS!
VAST CONCATENATION OF THE
i
sed bis nntisinccurc bill. What
Edmund Burke did in attacking
the pension scandals of the last
century is as nnen for imitations
bnt she
could!”
made him believe he
One of Lord Beaconsdeld's pen-
at St. Steplicn's now as it was at I cocks died at lira same time of its
Washington.
master, and its caress was given
to a hanger-on about tbe place,
who mado a small lortuno by sell
ing the feathers from the tail. It
cock kcpt'np the supply.
John F. Slater, who gave one
What Makes a Totva.
Hi;ion m d Recorder. _
Energetic, brave, and live men j was marvelous how the poor pea
, make a town. Men who arc hope-
would make ono of the best scores j ful—men who haven't got n nicklu
over made by an amateur. ! so near the eye they can’t see a . „ . , ,
•Samuel Small took a swinging, I dolln”. It would astonish any of I m * on dollars for educational pur-
steady gait, ar.d was probably the our young business mon (the old PI**** u> tho Soutli, died in Nor-
most graceful walker on the track, i men arc too “sot iu their Ways” to j wicb, Conn , Wednesday morning.
Bis loug legs failed, however,to put get up and stir things about.) to j • --
bint even witli Clayton. j see what is being done to-day in
CABTKR’e 1IABD WoltK. ! towns having a less population than
^ # , # , „ , . Milledgevillc— for instance, Hawk-
Carter worked heroically for first I i nsv ill«., Barncsville, Ameriens—all
place, and, during the last half hour j bavo banks, steam fire engines, fac-
of the race, was in an almost com-1 tories for turning out cotton seed
atose condition, his walking being , 0 j| t nn( j barrels, and wagons, and
merely mechanical. At 9'oclock J numerous other small industries,
thero was little difference between j a spirit invites new comers,
Cheshire and Carter and they stuck j om j j t brings them. In these days
together until tbc last quarter of an ; of labor-saving machines, compel!-
hour, whenCJieshire made a suddon lion nnd pusll , mc n must keep up
~ - • - . - w itb tbe procession or lie ran over
and utterly lost. Onr young bust
ness men must bestir themselves,
They owe it to thel” city, where
they make their money, they owe
it to themselves Vo work tor the
progress and prosperity of the
town they live in. Wc arc notask,
ing them to engage in wild schemes,
spurt and finished a half lap ahead.
Carter tried to run also, but failed,
and wa< tsken from the track in a
fainting condition and is now delir
ious, but the doctors any that he
will be all right when thoroughly
rested.
At the close of the race the crowd
seised Cheshire and carried him
It would ruptirc s sinsti volutin) to
cut.ilounc .very attraction, bnt mark tba
principal fralnr.x. Prices guaranteed to
suit all from the wiser to tne millionaire.
These Roods were made to aell, ware
bonglit to aell and have got to sell.
OUIt STOCK OF
LiM AND EMBROIDERIES
is unique end elegant, ciabraolng all tbe
latest and chastest designs:
Humbiirg Edgelng and Insertion and
All Overs tonmtcli, in endless variety and
prices, from 2Jo to $4.00 per yard.
Spanish, Orlent d, Escnrlal, Pompadour
aud Irish 1’oiut Luce, at matohlesa prices.
For Yokes »nd Sleeves wo have Black
Hpanlsb All Overs, All Over Laos goods,
Tueldng sad Pulling.
the match
THE SCURF..
The score in detail is as follows
vng very much. Prohably, however,
agouti portioft of the lots were j rungemeota to visit Americus.
bought by members ol the Sheffield j u l’ on rectfl P l ° r Mr. Bryant's let
Company. Towns have lioen boom- ler wu immediately wrote to the
«d la'ttmt manner in tbc past. <•„:. ' *—
The clllrena of Lee county are
requested to mcctaltliocourt huusc.
’itt.^sbuyg orj tbc Ural i»
June, next, for the purpose ofel-
eating delegates to tho convention
which meets In Atlanta on lira 18th
■of June to. clest delegates to lira
(national convention.
WU!' some of our protection
friends please inform us to what
extent the harmony of the Demo.
«Mtic party "has beer conserved liy
transferring the fight on the tariff
-question from the walls of Congress
<o the national convention.
When Messrs. Randall A Co.
-make their fight on tbc tarift in the
Democratic national convention
they will not have the aid of their
Republican allies to help them
through.
Tlte Philadelphia Woman's Silk
"Calturo Society iuu made two
beaultftil flag* entirely out o.
American Silk.,which arc to le
presented U> tbe United Statca
-Senate and House of Repmcnta.
Ur,-.
gcullcmcu at their homes ut Iowa
ami sent them ail tbo Information
regarding our country that we had
ou band.
The advantage of an Immigra
tion Association, if its work is
properly performed, is that it calls
the attention of the people to our
section, and those iitendiug to
emigrate from the Nortli to the
Sonth will be sure to visit it beforo
selecting a location. Tho great
work to be done is to attract the
attention of the people of the North
to our particular section and get
thorn to visit us, for we arc sure
Hist wficn they once see our conn*
try they will bo pleased with it.
We have repeatedly called the
attention ot onr people to this mat
ter, ami wc hope they will no ton.
gcr delay action, but will proceed
to organize at oneo and go to work.
American cotton seed are spread
ing even to the remote re;ions of
Central Asia. Several trade cara
van* loft Mtrjr recently lor Bokha
ra, Kltiva and Meshld, with a large
atoek of this seed, which was im
mediately bought by the Turco-
mans.
Joruh Carter IS
E. C. BrulTey 47
A. T. Byingtcn 40
A. Smith Clayton :<8
8. W. Small 37
IMoItnmwKtl 36
C. T. Logon 21
THE I’BIZK VIOXEV
This being the regular picnic
sciison, I deem it right and
proper to treat my patrons and
the public generally to one of
the nicest picnics ever held in
Americus. I do not propose to
furnish any cakes, candy or
carcasses oi mutton and veal,
but I do propose (and I hope
everybody will accept the in
vitation) for yon to come to my
store,select anything you please
9* I There are now 130 men employed I out 0 f mv WC H* and perhaps the
A 2 on tbe foundation of the Bartholdi . , / , ’ $ J
3 Rtatuc pedestal, and the concrete i best selected stock of Dry
I foundation is within 5 feet of the | Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats
** Tk " .ml Notion, in .lio city, .ml I
will price these goods so low
that not alone you can’t help
from the hall on their hands amid | or to invcBl their capital In enter-
Intense enthusiasm and cheering, prises of a purelv Bpcculativcbcope,
Four thousand people witnessed J but they enn and should put their
' heads and hands and hearts and
' money together and inaugurate
| some industry such ns now gives
j life and money to smaller commit-
' nlliea than ours.
i mcn are about evenly divided be-
The division of the prize monev ! twccn Italians and Irish. About
has not yet been made public, but 1 8,000 barrels of cement have been
it Is understood that tbe winner ustt * * n making the foundation, tho
' completion of which will require
another week or ten days. The
stone to be used in the {icdcstal has
were taken in at the gate, and the j B °t ^° cn selected yet, though many
will receive about $1,900. and about
half that amount will be divided
among the others. About $2,000
prizes ottered aggregated about
$600, but heavy expenses will re
duce the amount, giving to tbe con
testants the amount named above.
Almost everybody in Atlanta had
something wagered on the result of
tbe race, and it is estimated that at
least $10,000 changed hands.
Pools were sold here and in all the
leading cities North and West.
The audience were entertained tbe
last bourof the race by Smith Clay
ton, wbo successfully mimicked the
styles of walking of the different
contestant*.
The Drill at lion-dun.
IIorsTox, Tex, May 10—The
first prize, $5,000, in the inter-State
drill waa awarded to the Houston
Guards, of Ilonstoti; the second,
$1,600, to tbe Treadaway Rifles, ol
St. Louts, and the third, $600, to
the Columbus Guards, of Colum
bus.
Paul Jones, * wholesale liqnor
deslrr of the city, bid in tbe pres
ent tc.UMing of’the Atlanta Cons
titution, Wcdnctday, for $16,050
specimens from various qusrries
have been tested. A new *tcnm
launch, called the Bartholdi, is to
run at intervals, during Sunday*
and week days, between Bedlo'c’*
Island and lira Battery, commenc
ing next week, to take the place of
tbe small boat which at present
keeps up the regular communica
tion between the two points.
contains everything that ia neat and tasty
over manufactured in that lino.
India and Iriali Linen, Lawns,
Embroidered Dress ''alteraa.
Nainsook, Swiss Muslin,
French Mali. German Lsoe,
Checks, Italian Lace 1’iqne.
Itu-aian Cambric, eta., etc.
We ask an examination of onr kiR*
assortment of Nottingham .Lace Curtains
iu pairs—3} yards long.
A beautiful and select line of Cbsm-
bravs, Seersuckers, Figured Lawns and
Mulls. Including onr 40 Ineh Victoria
Lawn at lfic.
These goods are selling very rentals
and although we are constantly ordering
more, WO feer we cannot at ell times sop-
ply the demand.
Tnrkey Red. Bl-ached and Cream Dam-
ask—Choice and Cheap,
Ltrgo Hot of Bedspreads end Quills.
Oar Bure Lug* White 7So Coanterpene
Brats the World."
Randall’s Ulshonesly
PtlteMpM. Usseni Uni.)
Mr Randall i* doubtless an hon
est protectionist; bis dishonesty
consists in the pretense tbnt be is
also a Democrat. But Mr. Ran
dall i* not a fool, and the flood ol
candied bosh which U now ponred
upon hi* head by the organa of!
grateful monopolies will not mit- i
lead him into the belief that he; —
represent* any considerable Demo-
cralio constituency anywhere. Tbe
from buying them, but every
body who has liis (or her) heart
in the right place must admit
and will say, that this is as
promiied—one of the nicest
picnics ever held in Americus.
Those not contemplating
buying will have a regular pic
nic to come anil sec what effect
low prices and real hargoins
have upon the public at large.
Respectfully,
S. M. COHEN,
Cotton Avenue, Americus, Ga.
%
C. B. XcCROBY,
party has lionoict and'and trusted ATTORNEY AT LA Wt
him, and he has willfully betrayed
it into tbe band* of Its enemies.
KLLAVILLS, GA.
“ , m '! TERM)*—All rlklin. fiwm K0 or eafer. •*;
ThM HOt UWUt' A leader of him. I »eu prf cscL;$rrr |jt$, ravra
ll liuuhe* liis political career. *• * *£' eL ***' B:Je " *•'*«*»» w
Towel*, Crashm, X«pkin« nod Doyli«$
in sufficient quantity to keep hinds
clean for a generation.
Linen Lip Robes and Table Covers to
suit all.
HOSIERY!
W/fibi jV ‘ h i; ■( it
Lon a uid Short, Fine end Common,
Tlaok,
White, Black, fKin^ed^ Streaked
No one 1
aud failod 10 (_
Price. Come toO«
right
) good*
ility tail
•we will tree! yoa
<101HW,
THE
Clothier, Hatter,
Shirter, Shoer,
Dry Goods Dealer,
FORSYT1I STREET,
: : Georgia.
“For tte Me Hac&ins Hnmft,” Itc.