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ini; the day. The route of tho
iii.Iiciited by the* <1 otter! line.
Arlington, President Clevo-
•nrv stopping place; No. 2, tho
the cupitol; No. 4,
r ,.i... when* the procession lie-
• -nreh: No. 5. Thomas circle,
.."sdoii wasdisborrlad; No. O,
• !‘iin :. where tho ‘nnuguration
\,. Washington monument,
i t \. | );s were let off. Thousands
attraebs! by the display.
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in over (lie White House Key anil
nil* **i»iiii* Valuable Suggestions.
lent (iii.v.-r Cleveland:
; sm; Th * |Niinful duty of turning
• administration of these United Stated
key to the front door of thj white
as ini-n assigned to me. You will find
ban ring insido the storm-door and
•ru p-L* upsuiirs in tho haymow of
i* trade a great many suggest ions to
going administration relative to the
•of tlie Indian bureau from thcdc-
|nt of the interior to that of tho sweet
The Indian, I may say, lias been
ce oi annoyance to mo, several of
-OQ'
ml)?r liavlng jumped nno of my most
b mining claims on IVhitc river. Still,
complain of that. Thi* mine, how-
im convinced would bo a good paying
r if pro|wrly worked, and should you
time widi to take tho regular army
l other help a. you may need and re-
it from our red brother* I would bo
give you n controlling interest in it.
find all ]ta|>ers in their appropri-
tou holes, and n small jar of cucumber
down cellar, which wero left over and
eii yon will ho perfectly welcome. The
mid heart burnings thnt wero tho
; result of a hot aiul unusually bit-
ttpeigti an- now all buried. Tako these
them as though they were your
e none too good for ypu. Vou
dim. We may differ imlitically, but
t not interfere with our warm por-
endship.
will observe, on taking ;>osBoxsion of
ministration, thnt the navy is a llttlo
'"*‘iei I eaten and wormy. I would
that it be newly [tainted iu tho
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The
. If it had been my gootl fortune to
f!‘.' , !, l .J" rity , * ln "uffragna of tho
''•lice which you now hold, I
lvtintcil tho navy red. Still,
,! ot influence you iu tho courso
have
no,-|
>'"t may Isee fit to ndopt.
you will receive tho foregoing In •
■ l’ lr| t. and whatever your convtc-
upon great questions of na-
. J aT 1 ’ foreign or domestic,
in ot “hdertako to blow out tho
m»ii rin *’. an d t,mt y™ will In other
now ir t ' 1 ' nntioipatiou. which
ilanrhcatcr (S. U.) Union.
j It is perhaps risky to express
opinions of a large portion of a
country or of its people when the
opportunity for observation is
derived from travel that admits of
but short, stops at best. Still the
I most ordinary person must observe
1 something.
I The "Sunny South” is a tnisno
! mcr as applied to it so far this sea-
j son. Southerners tell you that
I they have had the coldest weather
I this year ever witnessed in that
J latitude. At any rate the month
j of February was cold ami quite
! disagreeab’e, so that thick wraps
■ were a comfort the most of the
time in many parts of the South,
j There were days, however, when
the air was warm and balmy, and
those should probably be the stan
dard to judge the country by. The
Virginias and Carolina-' wero
decidedly cool, Florida was com
fortable and New Orleans atiH bet
ter. Still nowhere was the climate
what common report would lead
one lo expect.
The signs of recuperation in
many parts of the South arc nut as
marked a< hoped tor, though there
arc many great exceptions to this
general condition. Hut it can lie
only a matteroftime, for the South
has the resources as fast as they
can he utilized. That time cannot
be very far distant when it is un
derstood tlml the prevailing senti
ment there is, as expieased to
almost everybody when oppor
tunity offers, "We do not want
•r political preferment;
south wants is Northern
I enterprise to conic hero
is build up this great
Still another expression
ani to ibis ct’cC: ‘ 1’re.i-
. eland's administration
II not be troubled v.iih Southern
ollice seekers.” This is fill com-
mer.dabie, and indicates that the
Southern people have learned and
profiled bv the lessons of the past.
Nothing probably shows so
much progress *n that country as
the railways. Though nearly fill
single track roads they are in good
condition amt arc operated by men
of brains and character. Many of
the oflicials arc among the bright
est ami most courteous we ever
met. Of course all of the roads do
not ride as well as onr Northern
lints, but it must not be forgotten
that even if the companies had the
ineas lo lay as heavy rails, it would
be impossible to make ns good a
road bed through the marshy lands
of much of the Southern section.
Still, as a general rule, tho roads
ride well, and trains are closely on
time. The savannah, Florida? &
Western is a system of railroads
running from Charleston to New
Orleans, and is under the manage
ment of live, energetic business
men threughout, and is one of the
most popular tines in the whole
South. Among the managers
worthy of mention are Assistant
Superintendant Haines, at Savan
nah, brother of tbe general man
agement of the ay stem; J. W. Craig,
Master of Road and Transporta
tion of the Charleston division; J.
II. Griflin, Fasscnger Agent, and
otlieis. The line from Charleston
to Richmond is equally as good
and in fully as competent hands,
and tbe same may be said of the
lino trom Richmond to Washing
ton. Tbe precautions taken by
some of the Southern railroads
against accidents arc in advance of
our Northern lines. Considering
the condition of the same railways
Dve years ago, the progress is in
every sense commendable and re
markable.
Perhaps the one th'ng thnt is
scrutinized by Northerners more
than any other is the progress of
manufactures in the South. The
writer of this article made every
effort to gain all the information
possible in so short a time on this
subject, in view of the quite com
mon idea in the North that New
England would soon be obliged to
look to her laurels because of the
many advantages possessed by '.be
South in that line. C irelul inves
tigation does not bear out this idea.
Many Northern men are engaged
in manutacturing in tbe South,and
the most industrious questioning
fails to secure from them any con
cession of advantages that are not
offset by disadvantages. For in
stance, freight on the raw material
*18 more than balanced by the difll-
culty of securing intelligent labor.
The “poor white” population as a
general thing will not work in the
mills and there they are obliged to
use negro help and import the rest
from the North. Helps do not ac
complish as much in the hot cli
mate of the South as they do in
the moro vigorous atmosphere and
temperature ol the North. Meet
ing a very bright New Hampshire
man, who is agent for one of tbe
largest cotton mills in the South,
he was asked, “what are your ad
vantages in cotton manufacturing
>» cherished in vm. t-Zir hT. vantages in cotton manuiaeturing
[ 1 ’ w ’i ,lu whosoaggk’gaJreye uLw over the North You ought to be
s_ v ., BillNy*. able to give every point, as you
t, toHn U i 1 ** a httie »urpri»ed, no have had experience in both North
“ «nd South.” His quick answer
016 w av and ''absorbed au gP£8 a wa *. »«| have not been able to find
them yet.” Still there is room for
Northern capital that must seek
other outlets.
It hss been generally understood
at the North that the negro race
was making great progress iu tbe
arts of civilization. This is possi
bly true of some of the border
States, but through the extreme
Southern belt, if there has been
any it is not noticeable. In fact,
it is the common opinion of those
studying the situation carefully
that it is strange with the advan
tages they now possess that they
prefer their old listless, lazy way
of living to any other. No amount
of effort on the part of people from
the North or South appears to
have any effect in arousing them
to a more active and-prosperous
way of living. However, they seem
to he happy and contented to a
fault, and perhaps if they knew
more would he less so. One thing
in Richmond, and one which might
teach our Northern church build
ers a wholesome lesson, was very
noticeable. The pastor of tlie
largest colored church in that city
stated that his church contained
over 4,000 of his people. The
edifice was built since the war at a
cost of $.'>5,000 and is entirely free
from debt.
Many prominent men of the
party in the recent trip South re
marked to the writer, "One thing
is certain, that the tone of the peo
ple nod the press of the South is
of the best,” and this opinion was
not confined to any political faith,
hut w.s general. In every section
of the South one meets Northern
men, with their brains, push and
enterprise, end everywhere they
arc welcomed with open arms.
Tlie Melon Crop.
Savannah N«w*.
Iu Southwest Georgia, at least,
the Albany News thinks the area
will lie doubled, notwithstanding
the pledge to each oilier of the
growers, at t'uoir Quitman meeting
in January, to reduce the aiea 50
I cr cent. Tlie News thinks this
pledge had the opposite etlect, and
reproduced the old story of the
reduction of the co'.tou area. K ich
member, relying upon the good
faith of the rest, hastened home to
double ills own area and make his
fortune upon the credulity of his
neighbors. It turns out, iio vnycr,
as usual, nobody was credulous
enough to put faith in tho pledge,
and the indignation of the melon
growers against the railroads last
tali for swallowing up all tlie profits
of the business in high frcigtils re
solves itsult into a double area crop
to be cultivated better and shipped
at much less cost than heretofore.
If the News is correctly infotmed,
and the season should prove favor
able, that section will immortalize
itself this year and send the North
a crop of melons it will scarcely
have room for. If the railroads
were put to tbe utmost of their re
sources to move tho crop lust year,
they are forewarned lo make ex
traordinary provision this year,
or permit the interest of the melon
growers to suffer lor tho want of
transportation. Whether tueli a
crop can be sold er not at remuner
ative prices is, in our opinion, only
a question of distribution and de
livery, provided tbe melons arc ol
good quality,which depends mostly
upon rapid transportation and the
ripened state ol the melons when
served from ibc vines. A melon
pulled grcea never was aud never
will be fit for tbe palate' or for
health, and growers who disregard
the palate and tbe laws of health
in their haste to reap early high
prices arc destined to come in con
tact with boards of health, especial
ly during the coming season, when
the cholera now ravaging Europe
is, with fear and trembling, ex
pected in this country.
But it may not be ttue that the
melon area will be doubled, or even
materially increased. There is no
reason whv it should be, unless the
growers arc assured of better distri
bution than heretofore, upon which
success chiefly depends.
IIow could the News or any one
else know hclorc the arrivsl of
plauting time? The talk about in
crease is not very reliable—it is
the planting that decides the urea,
and it any of the planters in that
section haVe been putting in meloa
seeds during the cold wet weather
of February, they may as well be
informed that both the seeds and
the labor arc lost. It will not pay
to plant melons in the open ground
until the weather becomes perma
nently warm. However well they
may grow during the warm spell,
stimulated by compost underneath,
a cold snap will give them a hack-
set, from which they will not re
cover before better vines could be
produced from later plantings.
Stunted vines, like all other stunt
ed plants, arc permanently injured.
They never will do as well as if
they had not been stunted. Much
of their fruit will be under size and
deformed, and it will be less in
quantity, if not inferior in quality.
APPRECIATING TUESE TWO LAMENTABLE FACTS,
L.B.B0SW0RTH
-IS OFFERING THE-
Groceries
Largest and Finest Stock of
IN AMERICUS,
AT THE VERY X.OWBST
Spot Gash Prices !
FOR TIIE MONEY. HIS STOCK COMPRISES THE
BEST BRANDS FLOUR,
SUGARS. TEAS, COFFEE, SI'ICES. DRIED FRUITS, CHEESE,
AND THE USUAL STANDARD GROCERS, WITH
A POSITfVELI* FINE LINE OF
Canned Goods!
WHICH ARE OF FULL WEIGHT AND THE BEST QUALITY.
HE ALSO KEEPS
TURNIPS, CABBAGES, POTATOES,
AND OTHER VEGETABLES IN THEIR SEASON.
BRAJNT AND M2EA.L
AT LOWEST PRICES. IIE WOULD ALSO CALL ATTEN TION
TO Ills STOCK OF
Liquors aud Beer,
WHICH ARE OF TIIE BEST QUALITY AND PARTICULARLY
ADAPTED TO FAMILY USE.
(jggfXiivo him a call, examine his goods and prices. You
will find him on
JACKSON STREET, ONE 1)0011 EAST OF POST OFFICE,
AMEHICTJ3, GA.
March 7, 1885. vl
GIVES AffAY!
Fine Doable Barrel
SHOT GUN.
We are daily opening onr stock of new
Spring Clothing, Hits, Underwear, etc.,
and selling off nil onr last seaRons gar
ments at, and below cost. Oar stock
consists of—
Men’ Fine and Medium Clothing,
Bovs’ Fine And Medium Clothing,
Children’s Fine and Medium Clothing,
Fine Nobby Style Hats,
Fine Dross Shirts,
Fine Hosiery,
Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs,
Drawers, Gloves, Walking Canes,
Neck Wear in Beautiful Styles,
Suspenders, Under-Shiits, Night-Shirts,
Silk and Imported Gingham Umbrellas,
Beal Leather Valises,
Water-Proofs, Bath Towels,
Real Leather Pockrt-B 'oks,
Sleeve and Sock Elastics,
Clothes Broshes,
Real Gold Plate Scarf Pins and Cuff
Buttons,
Onr Celebrated Children's Waists, 25
cents, and upwards.
Large line samples of new style clothes
in our Tailoring Department.
For every Five Dollars worth of goods
f urchased of us for cash since January
st to June 1st, 1885, wo will givo a ticket
to our gruud drawing for a tiuo breech
loading shot gun on exhibition at our
st<*re. Prize to bo awarded Juno 1,1885.
Come and guess at the beans.
Thankful for your liberal patronage wo
respectfully solicit u continuance of tho
same. Assuring you of polite attention
and honorable service at our hands. Wo
are very truly yours,
G'2T*BS,
The Clothier and Halter, and
Dealer in Shirts.
Gvlcs' Corner, Americus, G.i.
TIIE SCOT, OF LIFE,
Jas. Fricker & Bro.
JEWELERS,
AND DEALERS IN
PIANOS
ORGANS,
Barlow Block, - - - - Americus, Ga.
Prohibition Win, in Elbert.
ElbiSSTON, Ga., March T Elbert
county voted on prohibition today,
resulting in a victory for prohibi
tion by 400 majority. The excite
ment ran high, bjt no blood waa
obed.
We desire to call the attention of the publio to tbe faot that we havo at last go
settled in onr new store on the PUBLIC SQUARE and havo on hand a large and
handsome stock of every thing in our line. Our stoek consists partly of
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, of AH Kinds I
SOLID SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY,
GOLD PENS, PENCILS AND TOOTHPICKS,
WALKING CANES, OPERA GLASSES,
GOLD AND AND SILVER THIMBLES, ETC.
We are Headquarters for
Spectacles and Eye-Glasses!
Can suit any and every one in Gold, Silver, Steel, Bronze, Zylonite. Celluloid or
Robber Frames. We aro Sole Agent* for KING'S CELEBRATED PATENT COM-
BINATION SPECTACLES-the best in the world. We sell tho
Davis and Williams Singer Sewing Machines!
and hare constantly on band Needle*, Oils, Attachment* and Parts for *11 Machines.
We have the best equipped shopTor tbe .
Repair of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
in this section of tne State. Wo employ none but first-class workmen and guarantee
all onr work.
PIANO AND ORGAN DEPARTMENT.
This branch of onr business is steadily increasing and all we ask is that parties
whe expect to buy a Piano or Organ will call and examine oar stock and get onr
prices before they buy. If 'v« cannot do as well or better for yon than yon can do
for yourselves we do not ask your patronage. The fact that wo have sold Pianos and
Organs to dozen* of tbe beat business men in Americus shows plainly that we sell as
low as any one, nnd when yon buy from na yon have no freight to pay and save th*
tronble ot unboxing tbe iostrnment, es we place it in yonr house and give you t
FIVE YEAR'S guarantee. Wo also have on band a large stock of small Musical In
struments, consisting of Violins, Guitars, Banjos, Tambourines, Accordcnns and
Harmonicas, end also keep String* of tbe very belt quality, Violin Bows, Tail pieces,
Bridge*, Rosin and all kind of Musical Instrument Trimmings.
The*Office of the Southern Express Company
is in onr store and their|Agent, Mr.;8. C. COOPER is in onr employ as Book-keepsi
and 8altsm*n and will be glad to serve el! who are needing anything in oor lino.
CALL AND SEE US IS OVD *>F.W STORE!
eovtltf JAS. FRICKER & BRO
M JiYSELF.i.
\ Great. Medical Work on Manhood.
niuMC'l Vitality, Nervous *n«t 1‘liy. lcal Dt-*
Premature Beeline In mnn. Errors uf
Youth, »nd tho untold mfsericM)resulting from In*
dUrrorton or exce»ser. A lunik lor every man
me, middle mre ntul old. It contain* 125 pre.
ptiona for nil oolite and chronic diwoaes, each
i of which la Invaluable. So found hr tVo nu-
r, wIkim cxnerienco or UX re art tt «urh as
probably never before tell to the lot of any ph'yM-
ri.ui. 300 |taut s bound xu beautiful French muslin,
embossed covers, full Kilt, pi a tan teed to bon liner
work in cverv aense—mechanical, literary aud
professional—tbuii any other work sold In this
country (or 92#'i0, or ihu money will b« refunded
In every instance. Price only #1 by mail, post
paid. Ilium rut ive »»tn|de 0 cents. £end now.
Hold medal awarded the author by tho National
Medical Association, to the officers of wbicb| he
refer*.
Ths Science of Life should ’u* rend bv thc’young
for instruction, nnd by the afflicted for relief! It
will benefit all.—London lancet.
There Is no tiicmbe<* of society to whom tbo
Science of Lifcwili not bo useful, whether youth,
parent, guardian, instructor or clergyman.—Ar
gonaut.
Address tho real»ody Medical Institute, or Dr.
W. II. Parker, No. 4 Uultlnob Street, Boston,
Muss., who muy be consulted on nil diseases re
quiring skill and experience. Chronic and obsti
nate diseasca that have buffled the |_l P A I skill
of nil other physicians a specif
Dissolution Notice I
Notice is hereby given tbst tbe copart-
nership heretofore existing between the-
undersigned, under the finn name of
COBB A COBB, was on the 27th day of
January, 1885, dissolved by mnlnai con
sent. All aceonnts due tbe firm will bo
collected by T. M. COBB, who will also
all accounts against tbe firm.
settle a
W. a COBB,
T. M. COBB.
A Card.
Thanking the customers of COBB A
COBB for the patronage extended them
I would remind them that I will continue
tbe business at tbe old stand on Cotton
Avenue, and will bo glad to reooive the
patronage of all who wish good meats,
good weights and reasonable prioes.
Respectfully, T. M. COBB.
21), 1885 ml
Januar) !
ABARGAIN
Is now offered, either for sale or ex-
change, for improved farming lands or
city property, (mnst be in condition that
will rent ro soluble,)* good grist mill
and cotton gins, good mill and gin house
bnilt in 1882, ell new end in good condi
tion. This is n fine location for a mill
and gin, being located on 1st street, in
seventy-five yards of the Southwestern
Railroad depot, in tbe enterprising little
town of Bronwood. Now is your time,
luoky man. I sm going to Florida. Call
or address tb* undersigned.
J, O. WELLS,
marCwlt Bronwood, Ga,
V-
Andersonville School
Opened its Sprint* Term January
12th, 1885-
Tnition $15.00, 820,00 and $25,00 per
annum—less public fund about $3.00 per
pupil. Board and tnition ten dollars per
(four weeks) month, paid monthly in ad
vance. Musio $3.00 per month. For
farther information apply to
A. J. CLARK, Principal,
Aodenonville, Ga.
decl7-wseodtf
CLEANING AND DYEING
Ladies’ and Gents’ Clothing.
T am now located in Americas for the purptwe
of cleaning and dyeing ladies and gents’ clothing
All work warranted. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Charges reasonable. •
Boom over lHvti * Callaway', flora. Entrant.
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