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Americus Recorder.
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OUtUl Organ «r Webster Conntj.
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CON HESSIONAL CONTENTION
The Democracy of the Third
Congressional District ol Georgia,
represented by delegatee, will meet
in convention, In Americus, Ga.,
at the Opera House, on
Wedneaday, August 0,1*044
at 2 o'clock p. in., for the purpose
ol placing in nomination a candi
date to represeut said District in
Congress, to appoint an Executive
Committee for the ensuing term,
and to transact such other business
as mny be considered to be to the
interest of the party.
The counties composing said
district are as follows, and are te-
spectively entitled to the number
of delegate* set opposite their
names:
Coflee 2 Montgomery,..2
Dodge, 2 I’ulaski, 2
Dooly 2 Schley, 2
Houston 4 Stewart, 2
Irwin, 2 Sumter, 4
Lee 2 Tcllalr,. 2
Laurens, 2 Webster, 2
Macon 2 Wilcox,.......2
By order of Executive Committee.
J. II. Hinkle, Ch’m.
C. it. Mi'tiuEl.L, Scc'y.
Ananias, Ga., June 24, 18X4.
W EBSTER COl) STV CON VETION.
The citizens of Webster county,
Ga., are requested to meet in Pres
ton on Tuesday the 5th day ot
August next, at 10 o'clock, for the
purpose of selecting delegates to
meet in Atlanta on the 1.1th of
August, for the purpose of nomi
nating candidates for Governor
and Slate House officers, and to
select the Democratic candidates
for presidential electors. Also,
they will lie required to give an
expression as whether a majority
are in favor of a nomination for a
member of tile legislature and to
elect a new Kxecmlvo Committee
for Webster county, Ga.
. J. P. Hkaty, Cli'm.
G. K. Tiiohnton, Scc’y. *
Ellavltle, July 1st, 1884.
COTTON STATEMENT.
The Chronicle's cottou articlo of
July 25th furnishes the following
facts relative to the movement of
the crop for the put week: /-
For the week ending July |5tb,
the total receipt* have reached 3-
860 bale* agalnat 8,810 bales last
week, 7,678 bales the previous week
and 4,055 bales three weeks since,
making the tout receipts since the
let September, 1883, 4,801,484
bnlee, against 6,933,490 bales for
OEOROIA NEWS.
Bainbriuge’s artesian well it ov
er 000 leet deep, and ia still going
down.
Mr*. Loner, of Milton county,
•ged 82, • pensioner of the war of
1818, died last week.
* A flock of 104 sbeepftrom Worth
county passed through Cuthbert
Monday on their way to Eufisuia.
A little boy in Fannin county
by the name of Garrett killed him.
the same period of 1882-83, show- self by driaking a pint of whiskey
Ing a decrease since September 1, ■ one day last week.
1883, of 1,182,000 bales,
At all the interior towns the re
ceipts tor the week have been 997
bales, since September 2,853,964
bales For the corresponding dates
of last year tho receipts were 5,886
Mr. Uad Broadwell, of Milton
county, finished threshing wheat
last week, having threshed, in
twelve days, 5,057 bushels.
The Griflln News says fifteen
hundred bushels ot peaches have
THE NEW COTTON PICKERS.
SOUTH CAROLINA INVENTION Olt
WHICH MICH IS EXPECTED.
bales for the week and 3,5b9,3.i8 i i^ tn carr i e d into Griflln in the first
bales for the season. These figures (t||rM ofthig week
show a decrease for the week of 4,-
40.1 bales, and for the scasou a fall
ing off of 715,374 bale*.
Taking Ike .eccipls from planta
tions, the net overland movement
to July I, and also the takings by
Southern spinners to the same
■late, llie total visible supply lie-
It is rumored that tbe Savannah,
Florida and Western railroad is
about to complete tbc purchase of
tbe Brunswick and Albany.
The Banner-Watchman, of Ath
ens, says some ol the finest peaches
that have grown here for years
comes 5,643,063 bale*, a fulling offj * lavc colnc kero ti *‘ i season.
a* compared with last year ot 1,-
291.269 bales.
Mr. S. Crowley, of Roswell, has
: an Irish |>otato that weighs one
Thu imports into continental; pound and five ounces, and meas-
ports this week have been 26,000 ures nearly seven inches in length
Ht'III.KY CONVENTION.
The Democratic voters of Schley
county arc requested to meet at
the court house in Kllnvillc on Sat-
unlay, August 2d, at .7 p. in., for
tho purpose of electing delegates
to the convention which meuts in
Americus August 6lh,lo nominulc
a candidate for congrca.
E. 8. Baldwin, Ch’m.
G. T. Walked, Sec'y.
Kllnvillc, July 10,1884.
Streator, the celebrated Illinois
Greenback orator, is supporting
Cleveland and Hendricks. Ben.
Butler's surely losing his grip.
The national prohibition conven
tion met at Pittsburg on the 22d.
Dr. McDonald, of California, will
probably lo ■ lie nominee for presi
dent
bales. The cx|ior!shave reached a j and ten in circumference,
total of 20.572 Iwles, distributed [ Twenty-four car-loads of rosin
as follows: To Great Britain 17,- rolled into Brunswick, on tbe
440, to Franco 940. and 2,192 to Brunswick and Western, on the
the rest of tho continent. , 23d inst. This is the largest
The Chronicle sajs, speaking of amount received on any one day
the fluctuations: “On Monday tbc ; in some time,
early months closed lower, while Kemp & Mock of Alban hayc
the next crop was dearer. Gn I a j B p, neie persimmon tree in their
Tuesday a general decline took gordeu waich is so heavily fruited
place. On Wednesday the next | t| , at t|iey bave , iad to tie up tUe
cro : , was more active and slightly lilBb3 t0 keep tllcm from breaUing
dearer. Houston reported the down> T „ e IK . r8immon9 are now
receipt of a bale of new cotton, j about t|le 8izc ofa glliuea eg g.
\ csterduv there wns a demand to I , , .
■ , . , . I Two ol tbe prisoners in tbe Ap-
cover. contracts winch caused n 1 ,, ' . 1
pling county jail attempted to cs-
gcncrid advance and a steady clos
ing. To-day Miu opening was
weak under tlm appearance of many
notices for delivery on August
contracts, but us those were readi
ly absorbed an advance set in
which showed buoyancy in tbe
Inter dealings. As uoinparcd with
last Friday the latest figures utc
7 to 10 points dearer for tbe next.
cape last Thursday by removing a
stone from the inside wall of tbe
cell in which they were confined.
They were discovered before effect
ing a passage through the outside
cell.
CONVENTIONS.
The Congressional Convention
for the Third district meets in
Tbe following ia a brief descrip
tion of tbe cotton picking rarchine
invented by Mr. Maaon, of Sumter,
8. 0.: Upon a single axle, 4 feet
long, and wbeela 3J feet in diame
ter, resta a light frame-work of
white oak, hickory and poplar, 4j
feet loag and 5 feet high. To tbia
a bone ia attached at tho front
ngbt-band corner, and be walka
ahead of one wheel in a furrow or
••alley." The other wheel runs in
tbe next “alley,” and a row of cot
ton plants passes under and
through the middle of tbc machine
as it advances. Xear each of tbc
front corners of the harvester is a
perpendicular shaft, wbicli is made
to revolve by chain bands and gear
ing connected with one of the side
wheels. Each shaft bristles will)
sixty or seventy “picking stems,”
slender, pointed, tubular, horizon
tal, radiating rods—as if eight or
nine rimless wheels, each with
eight spokes, were strung one
above another on the shaft. And
these rods project so far that those
on one shaft overlap those on the
other. As tbe horse Jogs along
through the cotton field, therefore,
these fingers are thrust in among
the twigs and bolls of tlm plants
as the Tatter pass backward lio-
twceo tbe revolving uprights. Tiie
interlacing rods by the rotation
of the shafts move backward at the
same rate, so that they do not
break or seriously disturb the
plants. These hollow “picking
stems,” an inch and a half in diam
eter, and made of smooth, polished
brass, are pierced with numberless
oblong holes, through which barely
protrude sharp booked teeth so
delicately adjusted that a bard or
non-flbrous substance may be pass
ed over tbe surface of tbc rod
without catching. But when they
come in contact with the UJirous
contents of an open boil they lakl
hold and with a twirling motion
tear them out of the pod. As the
shaft revolves tlm horizontal rods
carry tlmir silken freight backward
and around lo tlm outside of the
machine. The teeth are then re
versed and drop their burdens into
boxes, whence an elevator takes
it to a bag at tbc top and rear of
the macuine. These bags contain
about seventy-five pounds, and
when filled ure detached by tlm
driver and thrown iff.
Oliver & Oliver
STILL LEADS!
To-dsy business was quiet and | Americas next Wednesday, at the
prices unchanged, middling
lands closing at 11 cents.
up-
Tlm million dollar bid of Dr. It.
II. McDonald,i>f California, for tlm
Prohibition nomination fur the
Presidency appears to have been a
shrewd advertising dodge, With j U „^’' ** ® M '
I Tlm VSsimlnv P
wlilc’i tbc convention wan not very
favorably impressed,
that Ids wires worked very nicely
■mill it got lo lie generally known
tliat he was the proprietor of a cor-
Opera House, at 2 o'clock I*. M.
The Webster County Conven
tion will be held next Tuesday, at
Preston, at 10 A. M.
The Schley County Convention
will be held in Kllaville, next Sat-
Tbc Sumter County Convention
It is said i w ‘" ^ held at l * le Court House,
in Americus, next Saturday, at 10
A. M.
A Cleveland colored campaign
tain nostrum known as “Vinegar club has been organized in Xcw
Tile Georgia Press Men.
Baltimore, Md., July 26.—Tlm
press party called on Ids honor,
Mayor Lalroim, this morning at
city hall, and met with a lieurty re
ception. At twelve o'clock tho
whole delegation boarded tho liny
steamer, Westmoreland, and were
shown the terminal facilities of
Baltimore, and the various sights
around the upper bay. Tlm parly
were in charge of Mayor Lntrobe
and a committee, numbering one
hundred of Baltimore’s business
men and a committee of tlm press.
An elegant spread was offered on
the steamer. The party was royal
ly treated. Many of the Baltimore
ladies were present. Mayor Lat-
robc welcomed the parly in a beauti
ful speech. Many of the Baltimore
delegation spoke and several of the
Georgia delegation responded,
We invite everybody and the public gen
erally to call at our shop and examine oui
immense stock of First-Class Finished Singli
and Double Seat Buggies and One Horsi
Wagons, of all styles and sizes. All of which
are of our own manufacture, and will be sold
as cheap as it is possible to sell such work ir
any market. In reference to our Single and
Double Seat Dexter Buggies, we will say wc
were the first to introduce them in this coun
try, and have from the beginning up to the
present time constantly improved them, and
we believe we now have them perfect. We
keep on hand all the while finished from 15 to
25 of these Buggies, with first-class Harness to
each buggy, and can sell you a Buggy and
Harness as cheap as anybody. All we ask is
to give us a trial.
A word now to those who have old bug
gies and wagons and desire to have them re
paired or made new: We will give you more
work, and a better job, for less money than
any other shop in Americus. Try us and be
convinced.
Americus, Ga., July 25, 1884.
Bitter*," which i* ten time* more : York city. The meeting was call-! among whom were Rev. J. \V.
bitter than lager beer, anil which, j ct) without regnnl to the prefer-1 Heidt. Professor Hopkins, Hon
Gov. St. John, of Kau*a*. is the
presidential nominee ol'tlic Prohi
bition party. He and Gov. Butler
ought to combine their forces so
a* to make a allowing.
unfortunately lor us popularity, is cnees of those who were to compose : Tyler People*. Colonel Eatell, and
.. ...... I . * 1 m Imra 'I'hn tinrr.V loft tllix ilftor*
We are pleased with the nomina
tion or Mr. W. C. Gill a* Repre
sentative from Lee county. He is
a man of line practical sense slid
will make a reliable representative.
not intoxicating, though it is said
to contain a traec of alcohol
Secrctarv Teller wants the pre
emption law repealed. He thinks
Bl'Ll.DOU UAI.LOTINH.
The Democritic Congressional
Convention of the first diatriet of
Georgia lias taken one hundred and
seventy-four ballots without mak
ing a nomination. •
The sixth district of Missouri
made a nomination on the 389th
ballot
it, and when it was opened a vote
was taken to decide whether it
oilier*. Tbe party left this after- j
noon for Washington, where Sun- j
day will be spent. On Monday tbc |
should be a Cleveland or a Blaine j delegation will lie in charge of a '
club, and a large majority voted ' committee ot the Pennsylvania ]
for Cleveland.
Tiic Republicans are said to
too many Irauds are committed mi- have many misgivings about Ohio.
der it. About 600,009 pre-emption
claims arc now pending Involving
about 75,000,000 acres of lar.d. It
is believed that entries covering
inanv million* of acres are fraudu
lent.
The ", ood will" of the Cuthbert
Appeal hat been translenxl to the
Enterprise of that place. Mr. Saw-
tell, publisher of the Appeal, goes
to Chattanooga, having purchas
ed a half interest in the Daily
Democrat ol that city. Wc arc
aorrv to loie him,for he it a whole-
souled man, a good printer and
editor, and we with him success in
a*w location.
Tlie Democrats confidently claim
15,060 to 20,000 majority, and say
it is certain that the roou who
bolted the Ucpuolican party last
year hare not returned to it and
never will return.
It being Ism county’s turn to
name the candidate for Senator
from tbe district com|)oscd of I**,
Dougherty and Worth counties,
Mr. Henry L. Long was named at
tbe convention held in Lebaburg
last Thursday. Mr. Long will
make an excellent representative
from that diatriet, being a gentle,
■an'of fine culture and atria in
tegrity-
The Rochester (X. Y.) Union
publishes the names of sixty-two
Republicans in that city who de
clare their intention to vote for
Cleveland aud Hendricks. Among
their number are twenty-seven bus
iness and professional men.
Since ex.Attorney General Speed,
ol Kentucky, the only surviving
memlier of Lincoln's Cabinet, hat
declared for Cleveland, the plumed
knight may cease to talk about
the traditions of the grand old par
ty-
Hendricks aayrs that Tammany
will support the Democratic ticket.
It haa been staunchly Democratic
for a hundred yean, be aaya, and
ia too old now to be cuttiog politi
cal caper*.
Lee County Democracy.
Albany New*.
One of the largest Democratic
conventions ever held in Lee coun
ty assembled at Leesburg to select
a man to present to the Tenth Sen
atorial convention which meets in
Albany next Tuesday, and also to
nominate a candidate (or Reprcs.
entative.
Tbc two leading candidates in
tne Senatorial race were Messrs.
J. W. Fortesterand G. W. Warwick
When the convention met yester
day Mr. Forrester rose, and, in a
few well-chosen remarks, withdrew
from the contest, very much against
tbe wishes of his friends, who were
confident of his nomination.
A motion was then made to nomi
nate Mr. Warwick by acclamation,
but it did not prevail. Mr. 11. L.
Long was then put in nomination,
and tbe convention proceeded to
ballot. The ballot resulted in the
nomination of Mr. Long by a vote
of 114 to 92. Mr. Long's nomin
ation was then made unanimous.
Mr. W. C. Gill was nominated
for Representative.
Tho choico of Sir. Long by tbe
Democracy of Lee virtually makes
him tbe nominee of tbe district con
vention which meets next Tuesday.
Under tbe rotation fcystem, which
haa been adhered to heretofore, it
is Lee county’s time to name tbc
nominee, and Mr. Long will no
doubt be nominated by acclamation
when his county present* bit name
to the district convention.
Mr. Long ia one of the most in
telligent and progressive fanner*
ia this section, and will make a
good Senator.
press associa'ion, and will visit l
Gettysburg, the Indian school at :
Carlisle, Penn., near the summit of j
the Blue Ridge, and returning will 1
spend Tuesday at Luray caves. I
from whence they will return home.
All are well.
Birmixiiam, Ala., July 26—
[Special.]—Mr. L. S. Brown, gener
al passenger agent of the Georgia
Pacific railway, has authorized Mr.
Frank Evans, ol the Birmingham
Chronicle, lo invite the entire
membership ot the Georgia press
association to visit Birmingham on
a free ride over that road upon tbc
return ol the association from Bal
timore. The citizens here arc anx
ious for tbe Georgians to come
over and see the magic city.
AND DEALERS IN A COMPLETE LINE OF
ALSO DEAL LARGELY IN
The Democrats are organizing
tor a strong and hopeful fight in
Logan's State as well as Blaine's.
The Republicans cairicd Illinois
by a meagre majority at the last
State election, and the Democrats
claim that they have made gaina
since that time.
Flavoring Extracts, PerfliBiy.Lily fflite,
William Dunpby, a delegate to
the late democratic national con
vention, trom California, will bet
$10,000 that Cleveland will carry
Xew York, and anywhere from $1,-
000 to $10,000 that he will carry
California; and Mr. Dunpby ua»
the money to put up.
Hon. Wm. Daniel, of Maryland,
ia the Prohibition candidate for
Vice President.
TOILET AND LAUNDRY SOAPS,
Hair Brushes and Combs,
Tooth Brushes and Powder
XsXtO., EttO.
OAZaXi AND XXAMXN2.
J. A. & D. P. DAVENPORT.
Aaortcii, II, ISM.