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Americus Recorder.
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OBclal Orxsn «f Webster County.
WEDROD4I. *l'«. ttihUM
“ HE.YATUH1.IL COSVKfTIOS.
The Democrats of counties ol tbe
Ruiuter, Schley and Macon, arc in
vited to send delegates to a Con
vention to be held at Americus on
Wednesday the STth ol August,
for the pur|K>se of placing in nomin
ation a candidate for Senator for
the IStb Senatorial District. The
Convention will convene at the
Opera Mouse »t 3 o’clock p. m.
L. O. Nn.es,
Cbm. Ex. Com. 13th Sen. Dis.
TWELFTH IIEXATMUL IHHTBICT
CVAFERTIOR.
A convention to nominate a can ■
didate for Senator from the Twelfth
Senatorial District, composed of
he counties of Stewart, Welwler,
and Quitman, is called to meet in
tbe Court House in Lumpk'n on
Tuesday, September 2d, at 12
o'clock, m. Jamxs Babmim,
Chairman) Executive Committee
Twelfth Senatorial District.
Lumpkin, Qa., August 12.
The New Varik Huu is getting
more and mo/c anti-Cleveland
every day: In fact, is waging a bit
terer war against him than all the
rest of the papers combined.
Mr. Blaine, toe great aggressive,
who it was thought would paint
the country red after his nomina
tion, seems to have changed color
nnd is now atllicted with 'h-.-
blues.
The Dougherty county Demo
crats are talking of sending Henry
McIntosh back to tbe legislature.
They could not do belter, for he is
a live man and will stand up for
what he thinks is right.
Ben Butler lias given expression
to bis opinion of the Republican
party, and now if the latter wouid
retaliate and give its opinion ol
Ben Butler, there would be some
thing interesting in the papers for
at least a fortnight.
The l’hilbdelpbia Times says:
“The Republican Nalioual Com
mittee has deuided not to let Logan
go on the stump Just now. It Is
probable he will be held in alto
gether. Hi* mouth is rather too
uncertain when iu motion.”
The Democratic and Orecnback
State central committees ol Iowa
held a secret session at Des Moines
Thursday, and decided to make a
fusion on the electoral ticket, the i
erats seven of candidates for elec
tors.
WI THERS POSTOFFICES.
In another column we publish an
article from tbe Sedalla(Mn.) Dally
Democrat on Southern postoHlees,
which sustains tbe position we
hare always held, that the south
ern mail service waa the most de
tective of any in the country. The
authorities at Washington seem to
look upon tbe people of the South
as having no rights which they
were bound to respect, and con
tractors are allowed to make their
schedules to suit themselves. What
between ignorant negro route
agents and careless postmasters,
there is little hope for tbe imme
diate delivery of mail matter. One
reason for the inelllciency of the
mail aervied in the South is that
there are barely enough Republi
cans to hold the offices, nnd they
are generally Republicans only for
tbe sa^e of officp. They know that
there is little chance of being
removed, and run their offices to
suit their own convenience. In the
North, where there are hundreds of
office-seekers, to ono office, they
act as spies upon the officials,
reporting every dereliction of duty
in the ho|ic of procuring the re
moval of the officer and their own
appointment. So far as the South
is concerned, we wish to make nn
exception of the Auieri-us post-
office, for wc believe Moj. lllnck
tries to do Ids duty ->ii(l accommo
date the public as fs r ns possible:
but if we arc not mistaken there
are n number of cross-mails which
arc carried in direct violation of
contract, to serve the convenience,
of the carriers.
There has lately been an awak*
ening by the Republican party to
the justice or the nerd ol giving
the negroes a little official |mtron-
age. A number ol them have been
introduced into post-offices or made
route agents. As the Presidential
election is near at band, and these
appointments last for only a alioit
time, the policy of the step ia quite
appstenl. But wo see that a negro
appointed as asaisi ant weigher in
the custom bouse at Philadelphia,
as a bait to catch the colored vole
of Pennsylvania, was roughly treat
ed by the other officials of the es
tablishment—white Republicans
all. lie was hooted at and threat
ened with ducking.
FARMING DON’T FAV.
The following article has been
going the rounds of tbe Georgia
papers, and so far as we have seen,
it has not been contradicted. Aa
it is calculated to injure the price
of lands, discourage our farmers
and prevent immigration, we desire
borrowed money to buy his pro
visions, and in a single year cleared
$2,500; but lie stayed upon tne
plantation, superintended every de
tail, and put bis band to tbe plow.
The admission of Mr. Hender
son that there is an increase of
wealth io the State, even though it
to say a few words in reply to Com. in ‘“"'“h >» P r °° r lb * t forming
missioncr Henderson: i in Gcor « ia does pay, for it is cm-
mu Aai.. ( . , phatlcally an agricultural State,
The Atlanta correspondent of, 1 ; • u .
the Savannah Times says: I had a | »»<> “» increase in wealth must
u talk the other day with Hon. J. come from the lands. The wealth
T. Henderson, the State Coin inis-1 will continue to increase in the
sioner of Agrlcnlture, and he made lo0nn 90 lon _ a# tl|e f nrlner , CO n-
'» W a* “• a*
hands of the merchants.
We agree with Commissioner
around.
“Does farming pay in Georgia?”
I asked him.
“It does not,” he replied.
I was so dazed that I did not
venture another question for a mo-
meat or so, and then I remarked creasing tbe profit or farming,
inquiringly, I As to the lalior problem, we
“You do not print that sort of ; think it can lie solved only by the
information in jour report.?” ^ lw of improved implements and
j Henderson as to the need of im-
1 proved methods of farming and the
use of natural fertilizers, us in-
Oliver & Oliver
STILL LEADS!
“No,” he said
courage everybody.”
! the personal superintendence of
II it is truth, I would piint it." the farmer. A merchant cannot
I answered. “Do yon mean to tellj be successful in business who leaves
me,” I asked, “that a man must, in |,i» „tore to lie run by his clerks;
SXW‘ng' ?rWOrkala °! norC!,nll,e farraer 1,6 8l ~ fu >
"Well,” said the Commissioner, wll ° docs not. superintend his labor,
“it is nearly that way. Inspire ol We arc surprised that labor is as
the reports in the Comptroller*! good as it is under the circuoi-
General s office, I am convinced, stances. Too often the negro is
that overv day the sun sets it sets , , . , , . ,
on a poorer |>ooplc than when it| ,oWlo 8° and P« tor “ 0 terloi "
rose. The increase in wealth is Job of work without any definite
the increase in towns. Georgia; instructions, or even adequate
must change her policy before she! tools. We notice those who com-
can claim any true prosperity.
Our lands have been bled with cul-
plai-i most of labor arc those who
tivalion until they have lost their, P*>' 1 le least attention to it in the
power, and they arc not lieing re-1 way of superintendence,
claimed. Wc have sapped our life- With improved methods, careful
blood out and arc doing nothing i management, diversity o( crops
to restore the lost vilalitv.
The Atlanta Constitution of Sun
day contains a description of tbe
new Constitution building, and wu
infer from it that it is tbe largest
and liest lilted newspaper cslab.
lishmcnt in the South. We re
joice in the prosperity of the Con
stitution. for it is the represents-
live paper of the South. ar.d its
, ... i prosperin' reflects credit over us
Grcenbsckera taking six and Demo-. ^ T|lr Conrtltttlion (lo , rrvc<t the
liliernl patronage it lias received,
I for it lias at all times advocated
, the best interests of ils section,
ami we »ro glad to see ils pros.
Only six Slaton hold llicir local
fleet ion* prior to the Presidential j
election. These are: Arkansas, i pcriiy- The newspaper growth of
September I: Vcimont, September 11 !“' South is but a relies ol its com-
■ %t . ^ n .. | nu* rein I growth, and the people
2; Maine, September 8; Georgia, j g|)o(lW M , K Hn( |,
October I: Ohio and West Vir
ginin, Oct. 14. The interest will
cent re
Virginia.
The natives of Stonington, Con
necticut, assert that it has never
rained thereon the lOtli of August
The presidential campaign may
in Maine, Ohio and West I he regarded «s virtually settled,
| after reading the lollowiiig item
I taken irom the Findlay (O.) Cour-
i ier:
i Tito Republicans of Marion town-1
, ship challenged the Democrats to
tor lot years. That ia the day play a game o( base hull to decide cent, interest, nhen we take this
into consideration, together with
farming in Georgia can lie made to
pay the farmer even a larger per
cent, than it now pays the mer-
NOTICE
“V/hat must lie done?
“The farmers should at once ev-1
cry one begin a system of reclaim
ing with pea-vines and clover j chant,
wherever the latter will grow
That done with judgment and per-
sistance the Stare will again bios-
som like a rose." I TO
On the subject ol labor, the Com-
missioncr has> some very pronoiinc- j RaUl'OttCl COIltl’aCtOl’S.
ed views. He says education!
ruins negro lalior, and he laments j
the disappearano*) from tbe face of , . , ,
the earth of the old-time darkey, | 2"p£l£&&2
Anuru '' ------- ■
in whom a man could put his faith.
Of the modern educated negro he
says, “many promise, but few turn
up.” He regards the solution of the
negro problem as an incomparably
bigger thing titan the taritt ques
tion.
Having carefully watched farm
ing operations in Georgia for three
years, nnd having been conversant
witli farming in the Northern states
for thirty years, we feel justified in
saying that farming in Georgia
pays better in Georgia than in any
section of the country we have seen.
Farming or. ihc rich prairies of the
Northwest is not near so’profitable
as in Georgia. Wedo not mean to
say that the farmers of Georgia are
growing richer than those ot oilier
slates, for such is not the ease.
There is no business, mercantile
or aianufutiiring, that we know of
that can Ik- carried on successfully
for a silicic year by borrowing
money to run it and paying for
that money interest at tile rate ol
fifty to one hundred per cent per:
annum. And yet the farmcis ofi
Georgia do that very thing and |
come out even at the cud of the,
year. We have kuowii Georgia j
bu rners to btiv corn and meat in !
Bank, Americas, u*., until noon August
2Sth. ISM. for Gmdnlstion, Cross-Tics
and Trestlinq on the Americus, Preston
and Lumpkin Railroad, from Americus,
Sumter county, to Lumpkin, Hlewsrt
county. Profiles. Plum ami Specifics-
liens can bp seen at the Chief Enuineer’a
. nfltcp at Ampricua after August 20th, 1884.
; The work will lie let in
j THREE SECTIONS.
First Section—From Americus to Lana-
haaaee Creek.
Second Section—From Lnnnbassee
Creek to Kinchcfnonee Creek.
Third Section—From kinebrfoonee
Creek to Lmupkin.
Trestlinq, Cross-Ties and Graduation
will be bid for separately.
Contractors, whose bids are accepted,
will lie rcipiiied lo begin work under
their contracts liy September toll., 18IU.
Each bid must be accompanied by a
certified bank eheek for 1200.00. parable
lo President A. P. and L. It. It, to be
forfeited by Ihc contractor receiving the
work should be fail to commence work
within tbe s;>ccilled lime, otherwise
checks lo be returned In Ihe owner.
Tlie Company reserves Ihe right to re
ject nnv or alt bids.
II. L. COLLIER,
julyilOtd Chief Engineer.
We invite everybody and the public gen
erally to call at our shop and examine our
immense stock of First-Class Finished Single
and Double Seat Buggies and One Horse
Wagons, of all styles and sizes. All of which
are of our own manufucture, and will be sold
as cheap as it is possible to sell such work in
any market. In reference to our Single and
Double Seat Dexter Buggies, we will say we
were the first to intioduce 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.
Wheatley’s Corner,
Ho! every one in need of Clothing,
“COME AGAIN” to Wheatley’s Corner and buj
Tin* aplctnliil aurctM v»Mrh »tlcnd«l|ror>flrort*,li» introducing the Mile of
FIJNTE CLOTHING
in our,- , lias induced ns *.» brinx out for the Spring node the lar?c«t, haml«ome«t tod
iu«ot complete line of
Perfect Fitting Clothing
EVER SHOWN IX AMERICUS!
J Tlie«e jph*:* hav* been selected with great eare
iind durability of texture, that tew indeed c
move into the two store:
.Inly and pay fifty per cent advance I occupietl bv Messrs. J. U.Dunn
on Lite cash price for a credit ot 1
and HUnt a** nn elegnnce of il.Higu, heailty of f|r;t«!
in equal, nnd none iur|>!u*. In every Inataucc vr
guarantee perfect FIT OR NO Sale
We havo’ttUo a large and well selected stock of psr.'ect fitting
In a very short time i will i Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Neck and Underwear!
vthinx in the war of Gent’s Furnishing Polite nnd atteallr* 8ali*»tncn
.pleasure in tltAphiylng the*e beautiful itoo«U whether yon wl»h to buy or not.
pru*
three inonlii—tiro hundred
|a*r
llicv celebrate, and Ihe weather I the Prc.<idcnlial election. The
record they *av, ha* lieon aeon-1 «»•»•' W! ‘ s l''"ed last Saturday on
• ' : the farm ol Kd. Davis, and was
rntvly kept in the borough ever
since the first anniversary of the
battle ol Slotiinglon.
A Dakota woman has pass.nl a bad over the matter,
prohibition law so far as her hus
band is concerned. She says she
will shoot the first man who sells
: the crude and slip shod methods
, , , . , , i of cultivation, the leaving the man-
witnessed bv ncarlv a hundred iieo- ... ,
pie. The game Was decide.! ft, j agemontofthe farm almost entirely
lavor of Cleveland by a score of 30; In tlie bands ol ignorant negroes,
i to 2. The Rlainc boys feel very while the planter rides around the
K. T. Byril & Son,—Ixilli I THORNTON
made into one—ntul bclon* niov-, W llCD-tlej S CoiHOt,
ing 1 will soil ns much of my |
stock as possible at prices that
will suit purchasers. This, like ,
WHEATLEY,
: : Americus, Ga.
, country or loafs away bis time
A correspondence of the Havnn- town—we are forced to the oonclti- 1 will 1m* carried out to the letter
mv former otters, is gomane nnd HAVING MV stoc k THAT WAS LEFT from THE FIRE in ORDER,
■ In • AND REPLENISHED WITH NEW GOODS. I AM NOW PREPAR
ED FOR BI SINESS. NEW GOODS RECEIVED DAILY.
nah Times, describing some ol the
Mill siiitui till llint ill.in » lit# ntuo «• | * . ,,
or give, him a drink ot liquor, and "*•“ knowu n,c '' aliu >" Atlanta, but pays well
the saloon keeimrs are so well con-, ll ‘“* Brown's face I true that the pay goes to tt
vinced other earnest,icss-she has : '* «oM; Colquitt's I. ; ^ die farmer, b
killed one of them—that they are
letting her old man sillier from an
extremely dry drought. She does
not think it necessary to make a
political qiiesc.on of prohibition.
sion that farming in Georgia not
It is
tbe iner-
hut that;
Governor Me- 1 U the farmer's fault.
We personally know a number of
larincrs in this section who have
years
by simply attending to their
business in a business way.
: frank and sunny
| Daniels is dark and thoughtful, 1
dames M. Smith's is stern and
scowling, Henry Grade's is hoard. . , ,
less and happy, Horace'Bradley'sis 11 1 * 00 ®® >na lew
pale and studious, It. |, Kiinball's
is ruddy and full of energy, R. B
Come nnd he convinced.
S. M. COHEN,
Barg-.iin Store, Cotton Avenue. I
jnlylfilf
BOOKS O AND PERIODICALS
AT PUBLISHERS TRICES!
DRIED FRUIT ^ iea P es ^ ^ riting Paper and En-
WANTED! 11 ! velopes in town!
We are not only the greatest j Bullock s is pleasant and good g v rising tlieir own provisions, ,, , ( ChnnrFT T1 A if 111T r q
humored. N. J. Hammonds is ■ * . . • , In n.l.tition to my former arrangements DAMl I5ALL>,
agricultural nation on earth, but, sn d thoughtful. l or W ln 8 for lUtf,n ln caah * ,o bnv sod .tup DrW Frell. 1 have i.r! ,, „ n ’
according to MiilhalU Dietiorary . — . they saved for themielves the enor- ( t,o eoiuing season the advsntsge to save HAMMOCKS, LdlESS, AND
oft4tatistIes.au Knglish work, we ! President Arthur Is not losing I mous per cent, paid by their neigh-1 the commissions usually paid to Now r , p r
lead also in manufactures. Mill,
hall place* the value of British
manufactures in ISSO at $l,nl5,.
his sloop helping Mr. Blaine to the
Presidency. lie is among the
Catskills visiting the charming
coves, •*Fawn's Leap" Falls, “Pro-
500,000, and of the I lilted States t file Kock." and applauding the pri- attention to business and careful
products of manut.vlurc during vale tUo.urivals ot pretty girls, j management paid of that debt. and fall vitne for y
. - - .....sis... ll.A StMai.l-..* “ ' . .
the year at $.‘>.500,uu0.
ge-t tiling iu tlie world ought to lie
stile to protect itself in an open !
market.
The big- Whatever his motive, tbe president
» setting a good example oil
hands ott'. doring a Presidential
We know men who, a lew York house* for hnu.lliog them. I will
leave for New York on or about the 1st of
August and remain therednrinq the Dried
Fruit season, tiring ic your Fmit early
ml t promise you. in addition lo paying
nr Fruit, to allow you 1
string of Ihe rommis-
years ago, went heavily in debt to
buy a plantation, lint who by stiict
[election to his sue.
* tiiev mav be.
are to-day comparatively wealthy.
We know of one energetic young
man who rented a plantation uud
the necessary equipments to tun it:
•its,
' part
R~r
jc.lyt::n
the :
i-tfully.
S. M. COHEN.
Foe t m CottoL Avenue.
Light Reading for Summer Days,
BUTTERICK’S PATTERN GIVEN AWAY.
NEXT DOOR TO POST OFFICE.
AGKTBS AYCOCK.
AMERICUS, GA.