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Americus
■ 114.
Recorder.
Established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1884.
Americus Recorder.
PUBLISHED ST
OFFICE Off COTTOff ATEJTIX,
FROFESSIOML & BUSINESS CARDS
LA If 1E US.
Xa. B. CARTER)
AT TO USE Y AT LAM',
AmericI's, Sumter Coixtv, : : : : G*.
Offlc.-, oM Fir»t Netl-n-l Bank.
Prompt .tt.nti.ii irftr.fi to all t-u.ittMV*- 1 ' , r*it«L
CoUtcfiei.* . ■fecnlljr nnd primp: .ttrntloit
fuannt(‘«*<l. d*c»tf
C. K. McC'KOKY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ULLAYILLE, ga.
TKKMrf-AII .lalni. until «S-1 or nuil.r, ,;J:
from HO to SoOO, ten j* r cwnt.: ovrr $b o, seven
ctr wnt. N«> charge* unle»« collections srr iusJe.
May 14-tt
DAM SOS DOTS.
DOCTOBS.
Dr. 0. B. RAINES,
SURGEOff AffD PUY8ICIAK.
tilers liis ptotesilonal service*, with an expert*
race of 20 rears, to tha people of America* and
vicinity. €>»■«» over Daria * Callaway'* More. Res
Jrore at corner of Jackson and Church atresia.
Call* will receive promt* atteutiou. 'anfihl
DR. C. A. BROOKS,
AMERICUS, GA.
Dr. D. P. HOLLOWAY,
DENTIST,
AMERICUS, GA.
Work mumI to the lw*» C**h ntea n« Lur ai
hclowvot. Try lilm at., he <„nvlnc«nl. OWce
oter Dari nport 4 8on*a drug store. aprtOtf
MISCELL A SEO VS.
NeU PioKett,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
TALBOTTOX, - - • • GEORGIA
Will «!o Filtering, Brickwork and Houaework
Vitamin? a apedalty. Repairing dona. OrdiW
promptly attended to. octStf
GIN WORK.
REPAIR OLD GINS I
After haring had an e*|«erienc* of several
years In tha largevt gin m«at»foc:«*rtej. I know
that I »a»n give aatUIaetl.T. All work gnaran-
•ead. I am located «!th tnv fitheron Jeflkrson
MWI. in t^»i* «f Oliver 4 Oliver** «bon. Work
artktiri. |may*S!»tn| F. A. CAMEROS.
Edward J. Mt’ler. C. Horan* McCall.
Monumental Marble Works,
BILLER k HcUALL, Proprietor*.
SontLn.it Comer of the Public Square,
AMERICUS, GA.
Monuments,Tombs, Etc.,Etc.
of tha Vat Italian and American Marble.
Jrsa Railing for Canister? Kuclos-
arca, a Specialty.
•c<V
A. A. Battle’s $3.01) Men’s Shots.
rgr\ Guarantee fr m ths Mnniifacturor.jp
I rlaitn tloit these ahosv nro made of Hit* licet
farther that can 1* produced. Thera i» n<» ahothly
hi them 5 they will wear coital ta any custom mane
Mhw that would nwt you live doliaaa. I do a large
vincas buy and adl |>»r cash, and th n-tore lain
r(tabled to defy comp* tiii«».i. I have taken this
iicthod «*r introdnetnx th'a :*! oo tocauitc there is
a Jama d fur an Ixiuest **hwf »t n Low Price war
ranted l»y the munafnittiter. I claim these Mime*
:• be atltrhed with the te st of silk, i*» d the but-
Tsmsre vi*wed on with the lest m'Bn hour s
thread, wl.lcli is Imported f-oni iVotljiU-l. Ties#
«;*•* nro m *de on the latent Improved l.fta, atd
tow »III had them nn e.ajr lit, auvryou have tml
one rwir vnn will wear a»ne that I- not stnimn-d
m Ike bottom “A. A. Battle’s 13.00 fthoe.’* M-
efrutre sale In Amcrieaa at the BAKOAIN
Fl'UKM of ti. M. COHEN, Co’toa Avc. maMitf
2Mlli EDITION. PRICE OSLT $1,
IHwson, July 9—The quiet of
to day here will soon give place to
an excitement attendant upon the
railroad barbecue to be bold in this
place on next Friday, the 11 tbinst.
Large preparations are being made,
and us the hospitality of Dawson
and Terrell county is proverbial
and all may be assured that a feast
of reason and a flow of soul will be
ours on that day.
On that day a pleasing episode
will lake place, in which the base
ball club of Eufaula will meet the
base ball club of Albauy here in a
rivalry of contest, and it is thought
that the rival base ball clubs of
Dawson and Bronwood will also
play at some time during the day
in pleasing contest. “Let'er roll”
is the enthusiastic exclamation of
all here in anticipation of a good
time next Friday.
Politics is at “fever heal” here
and in the county. Stevens and
Pickett are good men, and no mat*
ter which one is elected, we all
feel assured that the interests of
this section will be looked after
unselfishly.
The farmers of this county are
“jubilant” in anticipation ot the
proiiflic yield that is before them.
The season so far has bec-n a most
excellent one and we are all happy
in looking forward to this rail, de>
spite the tightness of the money
market. From indications now
things will boom this fall.
The perfect stagnation of busi
ness at the present time allows
much time for recreation to mer
chants and clerks. Marble playing,
walking matches and foot races are
in order, and the Dawson of to-day
is a field for those intent upon in
nocent and pleasurable occupa
tions.
Baptismal exercises took place
here on lost Sunday, in which
seven persons were baptised in
connection with the Baptist church
in this city. The zealous efforts
of tbe pastor. Rev. B. W. Davis
and. Rev. Mr. Stansberry, in tbe
recent revival, met with much sue-
cuss.
The sympathies of the entire
community are with Mr. A. J. But
ler in bis present afflictive dispen
sation. His wife has been lying
at the point of death and both hiB
aged father and mother in Alabama
are in tbe same sad condition.
May this dispensation lie tempered
with mercy.
Mr. K. L. Rainy, of Perry, Ga.,
bus connected himself with the
Dawson Journal as nn associate
editor. All classes ot our people
are glad to welcome this gentleman
to a home among us for his sterling
qualities of mind and heart recom
mend him to all those who have
the'pleasure of knowing him.
From a postal received hero by
Capt. John A. Fulton and your
correspondenl. it is learned that a
re-union of the .)t.‘ Georgia regi
ment is in contemplation, to be
held in the city of Macon on the
21st and Slid of next August. Rally
to the beat of the drum, boys.
Your countv Treasurer, C. C.
this arrangement we get our mail
at least au hour sooner than for
merly.
James Sharp, son of Dr. Far-
Dum. of this city, who is a student
at Emory College, is at borne
spending his vacation.
Tbe efficient Tax Receiver, W,
R. Baldwin, reports the following
for Te-rell county:
Total tax returns on
property for 1384 $1,033,009
Total tax return on prop
erty for 1383 1.551,266
Gain $ 31,733
Polls for 1884 1,905
“ “ 1533 1,775
Gain 130
The accomplished Miss Belle,
daughter ot the Hon. Mark Holley-
man, of this county, was married
to Mr. E. L. Cobb one ot our most
substantial young men on last Sun-
da)*, the Hon. L. 51. Lennard per
forming the marriage ceremony.
It is the wish of all that it may be
a most bappv union.
On last month. Mayor W. B.
Chcatlmm and O. B. Stevens went
to Savannah to confer with the au
thorities of the S. F. & W. Rail
road on railroad matters, but re
ceived but little encouragement,
that “thorn in the flesh,” the Rail
road Commission, being in tbe
way.
The negroes held a Republican
political meeting here on last Sat
urday to take into consideration
the feasibility of running a candi
date for the Legislature. Tbe pro
ceedings reminded one of a “tem
pest in a teacup.” The meeting
stands adjourned to Saturday tbe
26lh of July.
It was determined at a Demo
cratic meeting held hereon the 4th
of July to have a primary election
held throughout tbe county oo the
16tU of July, in which tbe claims
of tbe opposing candidates fur the
Legislature, Pickett and Stevens,
will be cpntested. At the same
meeting L. C. Hoyi, R. F. Sim
mons, Geo. O. Hill and Jno. Witch-
ard were appointed delegates to tbe
Gubernatorial Convention, J. H.
Guorry and Eli G. Hill delegates
to tbe Congressional Convention,
and B. H. Hood, A. J. Carver and
S. R. Christie delegates to the
Senatorial Convention. All good
and true men.
Tbe Recorder will be looked for
with much interest on next Friday.
Such it tbe feeling of all here as
expressed to vour correspondent.
W. K. P.
THE FOURTH IX DOOLY.
Bolenvili.k, July 6 As the 4th
of July is set apart by the "eman
cipated” to celebrate in the way
of rccujieratioiis in tbe rural dis
tricts, your correspondent, in com
pany with Messrs. E. B. Lewis, J.
W. McKenzie, Joe Wilson, Louis
Lippmtin.M. L. Patrick and others,
by the time the “king of day” be
gan rising in the East, launched
lorlli from Montezuma cn route to
the annual picnic in the 2d district
of Dooly, on Little river, well
known as the “Cvclone Barbecue.”
made to make tbe occasion enjoya
ble, delightful and snecesafnl by the
superintendents. Indue time we
were ushered to the tablo where
eighty carcasses were served to
appease tbe almost insatiable ap
petites of tbe many fastidious epi
cures. And after tbe May “grass
masters” bad been served we could
see the untouched carcasses, with
other savorotis viands, lying nt
waste. Early in the afternoon the
dancing was resumed, but a refresh
ing shower soon put a quietus to
this enjoyment, and the crowd had
to seek refuge and disperse with
regretting hearts, but thinking this
day a sufficient epoch whence to
begin a new chronology in tbe
“State of Dooly.”
Juveries Scriptar.
FARM IX UIX SUMTER.
THE MOPEL FARM or MR. J. M. ROD-
OERS IX Sl'MTER.
MERRY MOULTRIE
Moultrie, June 29.—Col. Pat
terson will have his engine running
in three weeks. He will run a saw,
gin and grist mill. We will tben
cease from our mill-going troubles,
don't you kn6w? At present we
are dependent on Jno. Fincher’s,
five miles above here, and for the
greater part of the year nearly that
distance from water, steam, or oth
er motive power. In case John
don’t grind we fall back on Till
man, 8 miles south, which manages
to run every day in tbe year but
365, excepting leap year, when tbe
off days amount to 366. Both the
mills resemble tbe famous “millsot
the Gods” iu that they grind slow
ly, though there is nothing umall
about the product except tbe quan
tity. Once a facetious boy went
to mill to oao of those: “Why,
great jemini gosh, Mr. Miller, I kin
cat the homily as fast as yer darned
oio mill kin grind it.” “Yes, but
how long could you hold out?” ask
ed the miller. “Till I starved to
death, by grauny.” One other
alternative is Wheeler Norman’s,
9 miles, and he has only certain
days of the week to grind on.
Rains continnous, and whlrll-
gusts occasionally have driven the
last semblance of sunshine during
the past two weeks into hopeless
obscurity. Every fellow citizen
you meet is In pursuit of “tater
vines.” Crops are looking exceed-
ly well, except poor king cotton.
Aquarius bas entered into a league
with Gen. Green and I fear that
King Cotton’s accouterments will
rust ere the battle is over.
There is good deal of talk among
onr people in regard to a greater
diversifleation of crops. More In
terest is being manifested in tbe
care of orchard, garden and poultry
yard. Beekeeping is attracting
some attention, and experiments
are meeting with flattering success.
Five years ago I knew of plenty of
families in this county who bad
never seen a headed cabbage grow
ing. Some who had never been to
town, didn't know how a cabbage
bead looked. Xow everybody has
a garden, anil I have seen as fine
cabbage grown here during the
present year ns I ever saw any-
where.
I rise to esquire if the Macon
AtUate Conelticloa.
bi'MTER CITY, July 8—Few per
sons live in this great state, and
know the remarkable developments
of tbe farming interests in tbe past
few years and wbat can, by per-
severance and energy, be brought
forth. When tbe war closed it
found fields barren waste and own-
era without means to cultivate the
umilled soil. It was a hard strug
gle for the poor farmer of south
west Georgia to get a start, but
with the line lands,and a determin
ation to succeed, combined with
energy and economy, they have
pushed forward and risen to
point where their farms and inter
ests are unequalled by any section
in America.
On the line of tbe Southwestern
railroad are to be seen some valua
ble farms, among which are tbe
ones of Mr. J. M. Rogers, of Sam-
ter city, Sumter county. His
plantations are within the* radius
of ten miles of the place and em
brace 2,400 acres COO of which is
cotton, 393 corn, 175 oats, and the
balance in various product* for the
support of bi* home life. His resi
dence is situated about half mile
from the depot. Tbe location is
on a knoll overlooking a vast ex
panse of tbe finest farm land to be
found. The a-chltecturo is of
modern style and is surrounded by
yards of the most beautiful flowers
and evergreens. Just opposite is
a grove of large oaks, whose majes
tic proportions tower above the
surroundings and form an unequall
ed shade. Everything is well ar
ranged for the conveniences of a
form of the highest order, with
barns, glnhoaacs and stables, em
bracing accommodations and con
veniences. It might well be des
cribed as a model country home.
At the close of tbo war Mr.
Rodgers settled with his wife at
this point with $80 in cash and
380 acres of land unpaid for, with
a determination to succoed, rolled
up bis sleeves, and with the help of
his good wife, began a farming
career that promised not only to
add to his own advancement bat
to that of his native state. Hia
tax returns to-day show forty
thousand dollars, and the posses
sor of tho greatest number of acres
ol land of any person in the Mo
tion. He runs twenty-one plows,
and baa tbe largest binning inter
ests south of Americus.
BOW THIS ACCUMULATION WAS MADE.
The secret of bis success has
been in bis management of labor
and raising home supplies. Tbe
high price* of commission mer
chants were not depended on, but
be went to work and live! at
borne, accumulating gradually, un
till be became possessor of bis en
tire surroundings. The use of
guano is not known on the crops.
Ho depends on acid phosphates and
home-made composts. He uses
cotton seed in great quantities, and
last year used seventy-five tons, to
great advantage. He approves
raising peas in worn out lands to
fertilize and as pasturage, and
thinks the cultivation of cotton, n
most essential feature of the farm,
not so much lor its saleable value,
but for the seed as u manure. Af
ter experimenting for years be ad-
advocates subsoiling, and does not
believe in turning it over. He
manages everything In a most sys
tematic manner, and superintends
the work himself. He divides the
labor—some lor wages, others
croppers, all negroes, and does not
KNOW THYSELF.
X Great Medical Work on Manhood.
Cx):«s«teJ Vltnlltr, Xerroy* and PkyriCfol p.- _ _
kdii) I’n^mri’ Ua lins In man. ICrrora of . M _ . . rf . , \
at.j theiiriom nn>«rie* resulting frooifin*' by a visit. He tael witii a hcartv
•jM’rrtton or rxemara. A book lor erery man I
ftnnff. mid tie a?c ui4 old. it cor.Ul' a 124 |>rr. t "ClCOme.
fCTtptloB' far all at-Kc and .chronic .Jura***, rack
•■M* of which la InxrmJualde. So found hr Un- an-
ttior, whim earnrione* •ot S rear* la m b at
rrafcaMj never b. fore loll to tbe Im «f aajr
rten. ROt.racra bouad In bnutttfn! I renes ■ Malta,
mboHcd covers fall flit, ywuantecd I# ben tfner
Sheppard, was upon our streets on
last Tuesday. lie was full up with j esque loveliness, which would now
business. I and then burst forth upon the gaze
Rev. Geo. IS. Johnson, of Camilla, | of the traveler, and the novel sccn-
once a pastor of the Methodist I erics of the undulating landscapes,
The day was refulgent, the balmy _
air exhilarating and the ctherial j ^' r k' ne ra '* ron< * is not appropri ..
songsters sent strains of mdodv to ote| Y naracii? to «• that it « card .
mak< , p, . ■ , *„ . IU built altogether in air. and tl.nt I she idea Of lit Ing at home and
nothing
pleasant the journey. But J built^altogether in a.r, and that | E
g could surpass the pictur- t ie K ra< ' ,n Kt l,es < track, rolling p reilW8 tt person vividly us he
by living at bone. Onr farme»
make a great mistake by not watch-
ing and economizing more. Tkew
bay too maeh when they could raise
it at much lets. Let ut see. We
will take oorn which can be grown
at 20 cento e bushel, aod look at
tbe price paid for it. Here ate the
latest quotations which are 70 to
90cents. Cotton, incladingeveqr-
thing, can be put on tbe market for
8 cents, and even if we do not real
ize moie than the coat it payo ns
more in tbe seed for manure. We
must rotate every year and change
our products. By that means a
decline in price is not so badly felt.
Oats can be raised for 10 cent* end
sold readily at 40 cents. Take
meat and we can raise it for 6 cento
and that at little trouble. A hog
is less trouble than a person imag
ines. All he nteds is good food
like melons, groundpeas, etc., and
be thrives right along. Speaking
of profit, I planted three acrea in
sugar cane; at a yield of twenty
barrels yearly, the syrup is worth
75 cents, it costs only 25 cents to
make it, there is fifty cents a gal
lon net profit; is not tbst money
m iking? An important item about
a larm is lumber, tbst can be got
ten out for just half its marketcost.
We can sell it for 40 cants and it is
worth 80 cents in market. I am
heartily in favor of truck farming
and was pleased with the Ideas ad
vanced by The Constitution last
year. I shall begin at once to
plant largely of melons, canta
loupes and other fruit* for toe
markets. I am going to make e
specialty of cantelonpes.
I am also thinking of going inte
blooded stock. I have heretofore
raised only tbe common breeds, but
am gradually going into something
finer.”
During tbe drift of conversation
he pointed to tbe beautiful fields
surrounding the residence, all in
tbe most luxuriant growth, with
pride. Tbe late rains have been of
a very damaging nature to cotton,
and ha* ruined his crop about one-
fourth.
THE PEACH-OROW1NU INDUSTRY.
Within sight of his bouse, in
connection with his form, be points
to a densely-growing mass, and
says: “I am going into the nur
sery business body end soul.
There ere 75 acre* containing Tr
000 trees, that I planted lut March
a year ago, and they are bearing
heavily thla year. My partner in
tbe fruit baslnett ie Mr. J. C. EL
Sneed, of Morrows station, Clay
county, and we are going to de
velop a big industry for this sec
tion of the State. Wo have Down
ing or May 14th fruit, and lateroa
tbe Alexander, Amsden, Beatrice,
Baker’s early, Early Rivers, Wild
er and Crawford’s esriy and late.
Tbs trees are grown in ths shape
of sugar loafe for the protection of
the fruit from the sun and to gath-
er conveniently. They have borne
well lor the second year and over
1,400 crates bare oeen shipped
this season. There is ready
sale and more orders than fruit.
The packing is done by his sons
and is shipped to Atlanta, Jackson
ville, Brunswick, Richmond, Balti
more, Knoxville, Philadelphia and
other places. The requirement of
tbe railroads for prepaid freight
has not effected the shipments, and
about an average of sixty crates
are shipped daily.
Mr. Rodgers said: “The profit
on peaches is immense ami pay*
well. The crates we get from Ter
rell & Co., holding one-fourth
bushel at a cost of five cents, the
freight ten cents and take the cost
of gathering and truit al live cents,
and you have a cost of 20 cents, •
crate will average 60 cents; now
. j take tbe figures, 60 a day at 40
cents, mud you have for yonr day’s
church in this titv. gladdened his extension farms of fine corn, splcn-j P er * m ®* ie * - ^ orn ‘ s w °rth $1-1° | cotton ginned,
many friends here few davs ago ' did cotton and excellent grass. j to $1.25, where ,t can lie had; ba- neighborhood, anil nothing is
' About ten o’clock our journey l con at H to 17 cents per I bought but what is absolutely net
became monotonous, but our di-' P 0UI >d; beef4 to 5; mutton $2 each,] e "* #r J
Miss Lizzie, daughter of Judge i lemma was soon relieved bv the 1 arM * c * J ‘ c * ier ‘® an< * 15 to 25,
HOME EAlsED MEAT.
^Hiy |DT 13.10, or IB* Borsy ■
fc trerr taiUMf. PHw oily ft by —
IllQMintirtf • cmt*. sfc»4 Mow.
figo*UU W Jr.i th* lather by :h*
A—cunion. «• ike officer* of whk?b k*
Tbffi book tboold bo rend br the* youoir for In-
saaajtfiiss.’*»"*** * ui
1J«!‘Io<mIii * Meistvfto whom IM
•“•Aw® MU MTuI, fWUr youth, SM*»ti
HRMP-
J. B. Pilsbury, of your city, is here I merry greetings of tbe melodious
on a visit to her grandmother. j “airs” from tbe instruments which
The pulse of tiie people here | had been procured to make music
beats almost to a man in one di-: tor tbe occasion. This gave vent
rection, and that is for a tnodifica-! to us, approaching our randsome,
tion of tbe powers of the Railroad which seem to be tbe elysium of
Commission. Major B. H. Hood’s j twelve or fifteen hundred people,
recent expressions on railroad mat-! There ws found an extensive stage
ter* in the Recobder are endorsed built for the convenience of those
by almost every on* here. Let the | wishing to dance, and all, young
good work go on.
Tbe passenger trains, north and
south, now meet at this place .at
about two o’clock in the day. By
and old, grave and gay, were en
gaged in trying to “trip the light
fantastic toe.” Great care had
been taken and grand preparation*
stuck and all is of the same ethereal watches the-' life on this Southern 1 work $24. We are going to extend
material. The surveyed routes are J home. ! our orchard to 20,000 trees and
alor.c of the earth earthly 1 -Mr- Rodgers has three hoys and , »dd about half that number in the
Blackberries „r’o " ,, 4I I a uirl who are tho life of the place, j LcContc pear which promises,to
.c lies aic su mg at -The lumber is sawn on the premkes, I become a valuable product.”
‘ besides that of tbe Beside* these interests he ha* a
store on the place that carries s
stock of $2,200 and does a business
of $10,000 a year.
He is going to apply for a post-
office, express* office and depot at
Sumter City this fall, and is going
to try and build up the place.
Mr. Rodgen is comparatively a
young man, and will be one of the
most prominent men in Georgia at
no distant day. Wvntox.
AC ARd!
To all whs si* sufltaag ftom thsstrost
sod iwlisontioaa of youU, otrtoos
weakness, early Jscay, lew of men hood.
At. I will seed s recipe that will sate
you, FREE OF CHARGE. TUs greet
remedy wee discovered by a mltelonew
fa Sooth ISHrica. Sendaself-eddreeecd
envelope to th* Rxv. Joezm T. I.- sur.
Buttm A As Ttrh Ofir.
and 10 to 15, respectively.
W. K. P. mentions the buhl chir
ograph)' which has become the pre
vailing style among our lady writ-
Tbe tax returnsyesterday showed
opposite bis nsm: 150 bead of bogs,
Hie largest number in the county.
He believes in raising his own meat
and saves money by the operation.
era. He might also add that it is ““ “ rl ; a “ onc '. ?, ..X .« h.
the universal fashion among m.le ; JJ* ^S^/jJjccupenU. next
to which is an apsiry containing 11
awarms of bee* tbe yield from
whieb Is nearly 800 ptffind* of hon
ey annually. Besides tbste there
writers of these Utter duya. In
my humble opinion the modem
standards of penmanship as adopt
ed by school boards ana taught in
our schools is at Gault. By tbe
strict adherence to their rule*, in
dividuality in penmanship is be
coming extinct, and tbs eoarae
“copy band” Is rapidly displacing
the more artistic chirograph)’ of ye
olden time. M. M. F.
ere many other features of Interest.
some yrauRxa
During a conversation with tbe
owner of this wonderful place he
said: “I am determined to make
forming n success, and make it so