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Recorder.
Established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1884.
Daily, Put Ykab,...#&M
Weekly, “ ... 2.00
Americus Recorder
fobmsokd ur
W. Xj. GlaBSSNZia.
OFFICE O.Y COTTON AVENUE,
AMERICUS.
Amedeos it thjcoaoty seat of 8amter
cranty, Georgia, situated on the 8ontb-
western railroad, 71 miles southwe*t of
ICzcod, and about 80 inilea north of tho
Florida line It is situated in the finest
section of Georgia, raining a greater vari
ety of agricultural and horticultural pro
ducts than any other part of the Houtli,
combining all the IruitM. grain and vege
tables of the temperate nud semi-tropical
sonss—wheat, corn, rye, oats, rioe, Irish
and sweet potatoes. peanntH, oliufas,
cotton peas, augur cane, apples, pears,
peaches, grapes, plums and other fruits.
The climate is mild and < q.iulrio. and one
•f the moat healthy m the world, the air
being pure and ary and moat beneficial tor
long and throat diseases. All kinds of
outdoor work can be performed witbont
inconvenience from summer heat or
winter cold. Americus has a population
of 6,000, is beautifully situ*led on high
and rolling ground and toasts of some of
the handsomest business blocks in the
Sooth. The city has fine public schools;
good churches; u largo public library;
one daily, one semi-weekly nud two
weekly newspapers; a new opera house,
completely furnished witu hcenery nud
capable of seating 1,000 persons; a well
organized fire department, including
two fine steamers; the streets are w i ll
paved, sewered and lighted; there are
two flouring mills, n cottonseed oil mill,
planing mill and vnrb ty works, carriage
factory, and nnnmber nf minor manfucto-
rics; about two hundred firms are engaged
fa mercantile business three banks with
un abundance of capital; two good
hotels luroisk good acoommodsttion.
Americas is tho centre ot trails for six
counties comprising the richeet agricul
tural section in Georgia, the avenge an
nual cotton receipt# being 30,000 bales.
Which will bo largely increased by tk«
completion of tbe Preston and Lnmpkiu
railroad now in process of construction.
It is the largest city in Si.utb vest Ge»»r-
£ », and ha* been appropriately named
e "Commercial Capital” of that sec
tion, and it is rapidly growing in popu
lation and wealth. Ah a place of busi
ness residence it presents altracti"us
equaled by few cities in tbe houlb.
Property of all kinds is comparatively
cheap, although rapidly advancing in
value; tho inhabitants or both city and
country are cultivated, courteous and
hospitable, with n cordial welcome to im
migrants. To onterprfsing tradesmen, ju
dicious oapitaliats and industrious farm-
,ew this section of Georgia offers fine op
portunities. Any information in regard
to city or conntry will bo cheerfully fur
nished by addressing the Amkiuous Rk-
CDADBR, Americus, Ga.
WORLD’S EXPOSITION AT NEW ORLEANS,
VIISW OF* THE EXPOSITION GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS.
OPENING DAY
WHAT IS TO BE SEEN.
PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS
LA WXEES.
C. R. HcCROIlY,
'ATTORNEY AT LAW,
k CLLAVILLE, GA.
■ TKBMS—All claim. from IU Kl*. $t:
from «r» to SM0, i« per evnL: SEW. mna
Kf M. No ckarf— wUm. eoUcetfeaa at* m-'-
Tuyu-tt,
MISCELLANEOUS.
Edyn J. ili'ler. 0. Bona* McCall.
lonnmental Marble Works,
HILLER A HcCAIiL, Proprietor,,
Southwest Comer of th. Publio Square,
AMERICUS, GA.
Monuments, Tombs, Eto,,Eto
ef Ike kwt Iulioa and America Marble,
bom Railing far C.
$2,000
At null cost can be. aeenred for jour
laved one,, by joining th,
Knlghte of Boaor.
Let every husband and father do it. Regu
lar lodge meeting first and third Friday
It. x. ForpaiUonlan emit on
E. TAYLOR, Dio.
Or, D. g. BnuraON, Reporter, dtollyl
Mrs. M. B. FOSTER
Wishes to inform her old patrons and
friend, that ah, will oonttn*d in the
Dnn Making business, but baa moved
to h*r rciido-ice, in tba houae with Mr.
BL Cohen, corner Church and Forrest
Streets, when aha will be pleased to m
Ml bar old cuatoniara and Manila,
daoltlf
DURHAM’S
IMPROVED
STANDARD TURBINE
1. lie bet ewutrwtrd aid to-
liked, gin. WHet Htmlua
■Ml. wa war, aadl. Mid br laia
■sowar. per boa pewer, ikaa
" uv eth r Tarbiie I. Ike world,
9 grtev pempMet amt free
bIoI.. «w T.v>, no. I
Ch.oap Engines.
I har. for aalo a few Cooper Portable
Enignea, the baat mad., which I will Mil
dirt cheap if called for aoon
R.T.BYRD.
WANTED!
OJffi FRE-H MILK COW to give
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Hj'pcUI Corropondcncc Recorder.
New Ouj.eanb, Dec. U. '84.
The great World’, Industrial and
Cotton Centennial Exposition tras
opened yesterday with the impos
ing ceremonies usual to suoli occa
sions, and Is now ready for tho re
ception of the thousands of visitors
who are expected for the next few
months to daily throng the elegant
buildings and capacious grounds.
Like all other grout expositions,
it has taken an immense amount of
labor and money to get things in
shape, and eveu now the exhibits
•re not full; want of lime and facili
ties having prevented exhibitors
from getting their exhibits into
shape. Georgia’s exhibit bas not
yet been placed in position, but
will be in a few days. It will prob
ably be several weeks before mil tbe
exhibits will be in perfect -shape,
and for this reason it is impossible
to give anything like a detailed de
scription ol tho many things to be
seen, even if it were possible for
my pen to depict them or any paper
to publish tbe account of them in
any one issue. I shall therefore
attempt only a general description
of the buildings and grounds, and
in order that your readers may gain
s general idea of their appearance,
I send you an illustration of them,
kindly farnished me by Mr. Wm.
H. II. Judson, Chief of the Depart
ment of Printing and Publishing.
Msny people have been puxxled
to know why It is celled a “cotton
centennial,” but the explanation is
simple. Tbe time chosen for the
exposition, when it was first pro
posed, was 1884, from the fact that
It would then bo just one hundred
years since tbe first cotton was ex
ported from this eountry, to Eng
land, wbiab was from tho port ol
Charleston, S. 0. It is bnt two
years since tbe projeet was con
ceived of bolding this exposition,
and tbe progress aohloved In that
tl»re baa been remarkable. No other
enterprise or a similar ebaraoter and
magnitude was ever brought to
such a state of perfection in as
short a period of time, and it con
tradicts the prevalent opinion that
the people oi the South are slow-
moving and without energy.
Tbe main object of tho exposition
was to illustrate tbo wonderful de
velopment in the production, manu-
factoring, usee and consumption of
that greatest o r Southern industrial
products—cotton. Afterwards, by
reason of receiving tbe generous
aid ot the United States govern
ment in tbs lean of a million dol
lars, tbe scope and general plan
was enlarged, and in place ot an
exposition devoted to an exhibit of
one industry, it now embraces all
tbe world, and becomes a means of
gathering together the machinery
and exhibits of tbe progress of all
civilized nations.
A worldt’s exposition, where ev
ery thing evolved by nature and
wrought by man can be seen vol
uminously presented, artistically
and attractively garnisbed with
magnificent and abundant bousing,
with all possible adjuncts of exhib
its and display, cannot fail to
arouse curiosity and assure gratifi
cation. A world's exposition beid
at the most unique and attractive
city on tho continent—a city cloth
ed in perennial verdure, wliilo else
where nature assumes her mast rug
ged and forbidding aspect will cer
tainly draw by this token many,
many thousands. When every line
of transportation readily and hear*
Illy recognizing its widely perva
ding influence in promoting gener
al prosperity, its surprising utility
in developing and extending trade
relations, decreasing its rates to a
minimum, it cannot fail to move
multitudes.
To the peoplo of the United
States and the Canadas the rich,
quaint and varied exhibits of Mexi
co and the Central American coun
tries will prove an unusual attrac
tion. The archaeological treasures,
relies and evidences of that remark
able civilisation which the Spanish
conquerors so ruthlessly destroyed;
the abundant epecimens and variety
of tropical products in fruits and
from ths fields, forests and mines,
and profuse exhibits of the choice
and peculiar handiwork ot native
■kill and industry, will prove in
tensely interesting and instructive
to tbe visitor. G ulf excursions will
prove a potent attraction. The
coasts of Mexico, Yucatan, Cuba,
and tbe Keys of Florida can be
reached in two or three days’ soil.
Tbe coast of Central America, the
Isthmus of Panama, the Bay Is
lands, Jamaica, and others of the
West Indies can bo reached in a
day or two longer.
The exposition is held under tbe
auspices of tlie United Slates gov
ernment, the National Cotton-
planters’ Association, and the city
of New Orleans. The general gov
ernment bos appropriated $1,300,-
000 for its purposes, the citizens of
New Orleans have contributed
$600,000, tbe city of New Orleans
bas appropriated $100,000, tbe
stato of Louisiana $100,000, and
various other states and countries,
cities and towns have appropriated
amounts varying from $500 np to
$25,000 for tbe purpose of having
their exhibits prepared and made
at tbe exposition; of foreign coun
tries Mexico leads with an appro
priation of $200,000, while many
others appropriate amounts from
$500 upwards.
The exposition grounds are lo
cated along tbe banks of tbe Mis
sissippi river, in tbe upper suburbs
of the city. They embrace many
acres of ground, which have been
laid out as perfectly as tbe resour
ces of time and money will permit
There is no natural soil in New
Orleans—all the ground must be
made by importing earth and fill
ing up tbe marsh which surrounds
tbe city in every direction, except
out in the broad waters of tbe
Mississippi itself. There was no
public park available for the uses
of tbe exposition, as Philadelphia
bod in Fairmount park in 1876.
Tbe only two puLlic parks or
breathing places, are the Spanish
Fort and West End, Loth situated
on the shores of Lake Poncbartrain
and several miles distant. But in
•pile of all tbe natural obstacles to
be overcome, tbe grass has been
made to grow about tho grounds
and tbe rich and- rare tropical
plants sent from other countries
will appear growing outdoors in
all the luxuriance of their native
lands.
Mexico bas set In the exposition
grounds a garden, where, as from
an opened book, tbo thoughtful
student may read tbo pages of iter
vegetation. Its loaves will oo em
bellished with cacti of strange
forms, agaves, yams, capsicum
pepper trees, plmontos, Indigo,
ipecaouana and India rubber.
South America bas followed tbe
example, for she, too, is an inter
ested party. Look well at her
garden plat, for it is a realm where
daring feet have hitherto ventured.
Now undaunted by scorching snu,
or matted jungle or poisonous ser
pent, yon may examine at your
leisnre plants and flowers rarely-
seen by any other eye thru that of
the bright-winged bird of the
tropics; Brazil-nut trees, cannon
ball trees, cow trees, trnmpet trees,
soup trees, cautcboue trees, and
tbe glorious Yietoria reginn. Un
justly perbsps, but very naturally,
Agricultural hall baa robbed South
America of ita greatest gift to the
race, the useful potato.
From tree to blossom, from
blossom to fruit *s a pleasant trans
ition, and brings us at once to
Horticultural ball. It is larger by
many feet than tbo horticultural
building and tbe pomologfcal an
nex at Philadelphia combined, and
it overflows with a wealth of fruit
■cd flowers from every land.
Under tbe opaquo roof is tbo
long center. COO leek in length by-
fifty feet in breadth, filled with
tables bearing the 25,000 plates of
fruit wbieb compete for tbe gold
and silver medals and tbe various
premiums; apples, |iese>ics, pears,
grapes, and small fruits of the
hardy north, oranges, lemons, pine
apples, bananas, and oitrons of the
south. These stand side by side
In generous rivalry with tho same
varieties from foreign sboros.
Hero Florida’s famous and favorite
orange appeals to tbe palate for a
verdict in its favor, while Louisi
ana, California and Italy, through
their fruits, contest tbe claim.
Young os tbe United States is, in
years, she has proved herself right
to be called the food producing
country of the world. Agricultur
al hall and its grounds demonstrate
what an attractive home a farmer
or a planter may possets; what
his fertile acres may yield in grain,-
wbat well descended, plump, cosh
bringing, animals may, with pro
per care, fill bis stables, cattle
■beds, sheep folds and pig stye.
If tbe farmer ol Europe it able to
put more of comfort and beauty
into bis home, more of solid money
value into bis held and herds, than
his neighbors in America, he must
prove it beneath this roof and the
satisfaction ol competent Judges
From- agricultural to art, from
perfect animal, perfect grain, and
model borne to tbe picture or tbe
sketch of tbe master, is a distance
easily passed. In art ball you
study the canvass glowing with
scenes of nature, history or human
life.
Let us cow make a tour of tbe
gi
iilllo cars propelled by electricity,
for the doublo purpose of resting
and getting a view of the main
building. Look now I See lim
it looms abi-vc you, no longer a
dream, but palpable iu its grand
proportions. Lift your eyes In
tbe dome which rises 116 feet
above the entrance; lot them travel
slowly over the long, long fronts,
nay with flowers ami llutterin;
flags, elaborate with high-archer
do,.rs and paneled windows, and it
will dawn upon you for tho first
limo what thirty-three acres mean
when lliov nro enclosed under ono
roof. Gtand as the building is, it
is but tliu symbol of grander facts.
It commomorates two dates—1784,
when the infant south sent but bor
first liny cargo of six cotton bales;
1884, when she exports 85 per
cent, of tbe material for tho cloth
ing of tbo whole world.
Thus, with almost reverent anti
cipation you cross tbo threshold to
pause^dismayed, for wliilo ail the
world is before vou, "where to
choose a place of rest” is a prob
lcm. All of the sovereign states,
all the territories, and twenty-three
foreign nations invito you to come
at once to their department and
sec wbat they are doing for man
kind and themselves under the
monster roof, u vast that tbe hun
dreds of supporting columns seem
to light and graceful for their task,
are 1,656,600squire feetof lurface,
and every foot represents some
thing fair to tbe eye or etitzalatlng
to tbe brain. Here a year could
be spent in.this ono building with
profit and interest to the sightseer.
When the Georgia exhibit is
pltccd I will try and give you a
detailed description of it, os well
■■ many other exhibits of interest
to your leaders. In tho meanwhile,
let your readers possess their souls
with patience and wait a few weeks
before visiting tbe Exposition, al
though at present they coulj find
much to sco in the city Itself.
F. B. C.
Savanna!), Florida* Weston
(All tnlM of tills road arc run by Central fM|
Meridian time, which b M murataa slower than
Havanush time.)
Bnperlntendent's Office, I
Savannah, Nor. 1, lilt f
rVH AND AFTER SUNDAY. NOV. 9, StN.
\J PamenferTrains on thfa road will ran as lei-
lows:
ATLANTIC COAST LINK EXFUK8&
Le-iro Hamnnah dally nt fl IS in
Attlve at Bavaiiiinb dally at 7 40 pm
Arrtvo at .Teaup dally at 110ana
Arrive nt Waycros* dally at • 19 am
Arrive nt Callahan daily at 11 90 am
Arrive at Jacksonwtile daily at IS SO p m
Htn a at all regular stations between Savannah
and Jacksonville.
FAST MAIL.
Leave Savannah dally at
Arrive at Savannah dally at. ..
TOlaaa
, • 17 pna
Arrive at Je«npdally at Ittia
Arrive at Waycroea dally at 9 90am
Arrive at Callahan daily at 1119 am
Arrive at Jacksonville dally at IS 09 m
Artlveat liunoul drily at 11II a an
Arrive at VaJdo-ta daily at. 19 Oi p aa
Arrive at Oulitnan daily at. 19 40 am
Arrive at Ti oiiia«ville daily at 1 SO pm
Arrive at Italnbrldve dally at 999pm
Arrive at Chattahoochee dally at 3 AS pm
Stops only at stations named above and at «V
stations bet weeu Thumaarille a»d Chntiaboocbea.
Passenger* for Brunswick take this train, ar
riving at Bruuswlck (via II. A W. Railway) 91
19 46 p m.
Passengers f r Fcrrandlna, Waldo, Ocala, Lam
_ ... Jacksonville daily Her
Often CoteSprluicA, St. Anaustine, Pa'aUa, Eo-
terprise, Saniurd aud.all landings on St Juhrt
river.
Passengers for IVnaaco’a, Mobile, New Orleans,
‘ ‘ ike this tram.
Mobile S49»
Jltnan buffet and sleeping? cars Waycroos la
Naw Orleans.
CHARLESTON EXPRESS.
Leave Savannah daily at. ..130pm
Arrive at Samnnab daily at 180 pm
Arrive at Jesnp <la ly at 981 wm ■
Arrive at Wayrroes daily at .»S9 pm
Arrive at Callahan dolly at 7 19 pm
Arrive at Jacksonville daily at ,...999 pm
Slops at all regalar Ostiona between Sarniadl
and Jacksonville.
Pullman pariorcars Savannah to JacksoariPa.
JEN (IP EXPRESS.
Leave Savannah daily at 499 pm
Arrive at Savannah da ly at 945am
Arrive at Jeeapdally at 70upm
Slope at all regular mad flag atailoas between
Savannah end Jnwp.
ALBANY EXPRESS.
Leave Savannah dally at 7 99pm
Arrive at Savannah dally at • 15 am
Arrive at Jeeup dally at 9 99 p m
Arrive at Waycn ii daily at 1199 pm
Arrive at Callahan daily at 4 46 am
Arriroat JsckMinrUte dally a* 915am
Arrive at Du^nt daily at 1 uOaaa
Airiveat LtvoOsk daily at. 947am
at Oalnesville daily at.
at Valdosta dal y at 530am
Arrive at Quitman dully ai 489am
Arrlvo nt 'l homiuville daily at 400am
Arrive nt Albany dally at 1010 am
Pullman paluco Bleeping can Savannah Ip
)alnasvtlle.
Pullman but
Jacksonville.
Pea engcre »
train, arriving at Brunswick at 416 a m.
l'.taaonuera from Fo nnndlna, Oait eavtlle. Cedar
K.v, Ocala. Wildwood. Leoabarg sad allatatloos
on Florida Railway and Navigation Company and
Florida Southern Railway take trie train.
P.saennrs for Madison, Monticello, Tallahas
see and all Middle Florida poieta take IhietraU.
Connections at Jacksonville dally with Peoplrt
Line Bleimera and Railroads for m. John's rhrar.
Throoyh tickets sold sad sleeping ear berth m-
eomraodations secured at Brea's Ticket (Jflm
No. 99 Bail street, sad at the Com|any*e Depot
foot of Liberty street. JA8. I^TAil OR,
Oenl Pass. Agent,
a O. FLKMINO. Geal Sap t
CLAY’S
Muller Oats!
Hoi.HK*' SUItK CUIIB MOUTII WASH AND
d.ntUrlc. Ismi infallibl. nr. for Ulo.r-
.fed Hor. Throat, Blooding Oum% Boro
mouth and Uloen. Clean, th. Teeth .ad
kaop. th. Qnra. bcnlthy. Prepared sole
ly by Dm. J. P. A W. it. Holmes, Den-
ti.fe, 102 Mulberry Htroct, Macon, G».
For e.le by Dr. if. P. Bart, d.nlut
J. E. II ill, sod ail druggists and dentist.
Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson,
of Mississippi, advises the Pro
testant Episcopalians not to em
ploy negro clergymen for the
Southern negroes, Separate con
gregations with white rectors are
what he recommends. He believe,
that the blacks entertain no res
pect for ministers of their own
color.
Tbo fet< freon has demonstrated that
oommonoats will not win. With Cfeyfe
McCnller O.ta, which out bo pfentodla
January, then is
to gat.good iUnd.
root proof sad
festsd. Do not
with the Clay otfe,
light, sad not Ifeblo to yield.
Clay osl is heavy, Arm, and fe a «nr» me-
dnoor. Their yisld fe litayi tosifiSl .
sura to come.
I have Throe Thousand (3,000) Baobab
on sale at
8CHUMPBBT A ROHErS,
HARRIS & JAMES'S,
and G. W. GLOVER'S,
which I offer at the extremely low prioeof
$1.25 per Bushel!
Addreea oil order* end remittance, to
C. 0. CLAY,
deogl.ano vim American, Ga-
THE SCIENCE OF LIFE. 0NLf$l
\ Great Medical
ACARD.
To .11 who oroauffenog from tbe error,
and indlaention. of yosttt, nerve a.
wcakneu, early dee»7 loo* of manhoods
Ac., I will send a ipe that will euro
you, FREE OP f LARGE. This gi
remedy wse discovered by a Missionary
In Sooth America. Read * tclf-addrewMp
envelope to the Rsv. Jossrs T. Inmah
Station D, New York City
