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Americus
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Recorder.
Stablished 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1885.
Daily, Per Ykar,...$«.00.
Wkkrly, “ ... IN.
AR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND RUSSIA
I Now Declare War on High Prices in Americus!!
laving been to market for the past Four Weeks in search of Bargains, I have at last been enabled to come back with the Largest, Cheap
est and Best Selected Stock of
ry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes,
Hats, Caps, Domestics, lito., Etc,
!ver brought +o this city, and have put them at such figures that will defy competition. These goods were all bought for the CASH,
(AND NO BORROWED CASH EITHER, and as every one knows cash is the Lever. I have determined to sell my goods just I bought
[them, FOR THE CASH ONLY ! an d at such prices as will astonish the greatest unbeliever in low prices.
Remember these goods are all lev and Stylish and not mod vi any Rubbish. I
SHOES. SHOES.
Having bought out a line of manufacturer’s samples,
now sell you shoes at retail at manufacturer’s prices.
I can
i's handmade shoes at $2 50 worth $4 00
adies’ Opera Slippers at 75 worth
idics’Newport Ties at 1 (lit .. . .worth
idies’ Lace (Brighton’s), at 1 25 ... .worth
lf BLadies’ Elastic, “ nt 1 5ii worth
Oman’s Canvas Shoes, high cut, at 50 worth
IV,
1 25
1 50
2 00
2 50
1 50
(Woman's Slippers, at 10 per pair.
IStraw Hats at 5c worth 20c. Straw Hats at 10c worth 30c
Straw Hats at 25c worth 75c.
Towels at 5c worth 10c. Towels at 10c worth 20.
Youths’ Straw Hats with base ball thrown in, 25c worth 75.
Satines at 8c worth 12c. Best imported Ginghamsat 10c worth
15c. All new and Spring shades.
The new Dress, Toille De Princess, all woll, at 25c worth 50c.
The new Maritana Checks, all wool, at 35c worth 75c.
Lace Buntings, all wool, at 15c worth 35c.
Figured Lawns at 3Jc worth 5c. Figured Lawns at 7c worth 10c
Pacific Lawns at 10c worth 15. "White Lawns at 5c worth 10c.
White Lawns at 10c worth 15c.
Nun’s Veiling, all shades, all wool, at 15c worth 30.
White Nainsook checks at 8c worth 10.
Ladies’ 3 Button Lisle Gloves a f lo cts. worth 4o cts.
Handkerchiefs at Fire cents in fast colors. Borders hemmed and
ready for use.
4-4 Bleachings at Five cento worth 8c.
10-4 all Linen Table Cloths at Fifty cento each worth $1 ; 0(L
Ball Knitting Thread 3 balls for 10c.
Mens 2200 Linen Wamsutta Bleaching Shirt at 50c worth anjb
body’s one dollar and over.
HAMBURGS. HAMBURGS. HAMBURGSL
From lc up. In this line I cannot be beat, as I bought
them at my own prices.
CLOTHING. CLOTHING. CLOTHING.
Having determined to drop this branch of my business yon
can buy clothing at your owu prices—thisis bonafide and nohum*
bug. Linen Collars at 10c each, all linen and all late styles.
500 Just received, at 35c which cost 75c to import.
All I ask is a trial to coi. vince all that I mean just what I say. I am to be found at the famous “Foster Corner,” opposite Grange
Warehouse and under Allen House, so do not make any mistake. I have no connection with any other house in the city, so come and
trade as here you will get the biggest value for your Nickles, Dimes and Dollars.
M.B.
Cor. Horsy tli St. and. Cotton Avenue,
AMERICUS, GA.
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I W. Xj. GUjESSN HR.
•FFICE OK COTTON AVENUE,
AMERICUS.
Americas is the oiunty seat of Sumter
I rmritT, Georgia, situated on the Soutti-
»»»tern railroad, 71 miles southwest of
ilwton, and about 80 miles north of the
FlnriilM lino. It is situated in the finest
►ehon of (ioorni*, raising * greater vari-
Hjofaunoultural and horticultural pro-
duets tliau any other part of the South,
continuing all the iruits. grain and vege-
tables of the temperate and semi-tropical
conea—wheat, corn, rye, oats, tics, Irish
[ ont nweet potatoes, peanuts, chufas,
I w.tlon, peas, sugar cane, apples, pears,
peaches, grapes, plums and other trails.
The climate is mild and equable, and one
of the most healthy in the world, the air
beiag p ur e and dry and most benefleial lor
lung and throat diseases. All kinds of
outdoor work can be performed without
inconvenience from summer heat or
winter cold. Americus has A population
of 6,001). is beautifully situated on high
»od rolling ground nnd toasts of soms of
the hsndiomest business blocks in tbs
booth. The city has fine public schools;
|0odchurches; n large pnblio library;
one daily, one semi-weekly end two
w«k y newspapers; a new open bouse,
completely furnished witu scenery snd
capable of s-uting 1,000 persons; a well
signalled fire department, inclnding
iwonne iteamors; ths streets vs well
paved, sewered and lighted; there sre
two Souring mills, a cotton ssed oil mill,
rinsing will and variety works, carriage
ifotoiy, and s number of minor minfscto-
"m;i,bout t wo hundred firms sre engaged
n mercantile business; three banks with
•n abnndanoe of oapital; two. good
tnrnish good accommodattioo.
*“«icna is tho centre of trade for six
. comprising the rioheet sgricul-
emfi ,ectiotl it* Georgia, the avenge an-
wki V °.? teceipta being 30,000 bales,
nmol 7' *" largely increased by the
'‘“Pletnin of the Preaton and Lumpkin
•tisth ?° W ' n P rooe ** °* construction.
rlUlFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS
LA WEEKS.
C. R. McCRORI,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
. LLL.AVILLE, GA.
TERMS—All claim* from |S0 or omlcr, fa;
— —>n ... 3500, ten p**r crr.t.; over aevt-u
f rum $:w «■/ *uw, mu jv-* wi»., *»»»» •
pcrciiit. X'lcburKfn unl««» collection*
Mny 11 -tf.
MISUELLAXEO US.
i J. M. R. WESTBROOK, M. I).
Physician and Surgeon
AMERICUS, GA.
Office at Dr. Eldridge'e drug store.
Residence on Church Street, next door
to W. D. Haynes. feb7tf
J. A. &D.F. DAVENPORT,
linn V crv5lul OL IURIBCC
| ui .’* a ' , , lt *» rapidly growing in poptt
t » !ln '* wealth. As a place of bust
rei, ;denco it presents attractions
by fow cities in the bouth.
et j* ,l J of all kinds is comparatively
v,i B f;.f 1, Uough rapidly advancing in
e 'nhabltante of bo.lh. city and
kosH^f 5 ! t nre cll 'tiv»tsd, cutttteott* and
with a cordial welcomo to im-
dt".„ “ "• V’ euterprfalng tradesmen, j u-
us ua! Ctt l’»»i*»ts and indnstrions fsrm-
pottni'. secllon of Georgia offers fins op-
tacit. Any information in regard
oishiu ‘i! r ooa “try will be cheerfully fur-
conu? D *,'*d dressing the AmUbiccs Bb-
- DF - K ' Americus, Gs.
t!,r ‘): *.i»w lli, ' ,r . own homw (dlatance noo»>|ec-
qiifth n r ., 10,11 hy mall; $2 to fS a Uajr can l-e
•teatit r ;'L ciinvaaiiUiC. Fi«a«o ad<!r«M at
Americus, Ga.
W. undenUnd this tiranch of oar ba.tsw. and
msk. it a .pcclalty. We M reliable dru«. la
DE SURE AND READ, IT IS
A SAVING TO VOU.
1,000
At small oost can bei secured for your
bred ones, by joining the
Knights of Honor.
Let every husband and father do it. Regn
lar lodge meeting first and third Friday
7 p. u. For paiticnlars call on
E. TAYLOR, Die.
Or, D. K. Bnutsos, Reporter, decllyl
Edwe J. Miller. C. Horace McCall.
Marble Works
MILLER A McUALL, Proprietors,
Southwest Corner of ths Pnblio Sqnare,
AMERICUS, GA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc.,Eto
of the best Italian and American Marbla.
Iron Railing far Cemetery Enclos
ure*, a Specialty.
octly
W. B. OLIVER,
Draper and Tailor,
Fre4
OIT.r. bl.Wrlsi to tb. cltinM sf America.
and beat tit of any tailor III hurope o- America
I will CUT AN’11 MAKE »»tt» of .ay.tvle of lh«
day. bclnr In pop»ea»ion or the lateat styles, enfl
a tit (usraatecd, Aitcri..c» cleanlny, repalrieg
and binding a specialty. Spots of grease of any
kind taken out, tar, Pitch and axle grcaa/, etc.
Trices moderate. Having been a rrsWent of
Americus for thirty years, wit« the experience In
OLIVER.
The Bargain Store, ever ready and anx
ious to bring themselves und their goods
prominent before the public, have intro
duced a new plan to benefit their cus
tomers, in the following way, which, if
the different ways and means adopted by
other firms to draw trade for ie taken in
oonuderaiion, supersedes anything in its
liner It is not in the shape of a drawing
or a gift to the largest purchaser, or the
lucky owner of a ticket, but it is a plain
greenback certificate in aize and color of
the regular twenty-five centa paper enr-
renoy, and calls for (25o) twenty-five
cents for every purchase of ($5.00) Five
Dollars worth of goods bought at the
Bargain Store.
We have only a limited amount of theae
tickets, and parties wishing to save twen
ty-five cents on every Five Dollars will
please call at once snd ask for them. To
those not understanding the above de
scription, ws will state plainly, that in
purchasing five dollars worth of goods
from us, we will take four dollars and
seventy-five cents in money and the
twenty-five cents ticket-
Having adopted thia mode of offering
inducem- nts to the patrona of the Bar
gain Store, the Proprietor assures all,
that it will in no way interfere with bis
motto of Quick Salce end Small Profits,
goods for less at retail then the regular
merchant can buy them at wholesale.
We will make mention of the fact that
money ia and has been very scarce in the
past few months, and considering this,
we have determined to still lower the
prices on all onr goods. Onr stock is
oomplele in all its branches, and we are
determined to sell, profit or no profit,
cost or no cost.
We continue to sell all Domestics at
strictly factory prices and have a large
assortment in every line. We continue
to receive goods bought from suction
snd chance sales snd offer special drives
of seasonable goods often at one-fourth
of their original cost.
We have a polite corps of salesmen and
ladies to wait upon yon aud we assure
you fair aud honorable treatment snd full
value for your money. We will make no
misrepresentations and will refund the
money for any purchase, if it ia sot as
represented. Make no mistake and call
at tha Bargain Store wfa,n in need of any
goods in the Dry Goode, Clothing, Shoe,
Hat and Millinery line, if the saving of
ynnr money in yonr purchases is any
objeettoyoo. WewiUbepleasedtoabo#
ana price onr goods whether yon with to
purchase or not. Reepeotfully,
8. U. COHEN, The Bargain Man.
Sign of Red Flag, opposite Bank of
Americas, Cotton Avenue,
FROM HAiCHER STATION.
Hatch eh Station, March 21.
Our Superior court adjourned on
Thursday last at 12 o’clock. Very
little business matter was transa-t-
cu by the court proper as but little
was before it. On the criminal side
of tbe court only three cases were
tried. Thomas Ray, colored, was
tried and found guilty of shooting
at Dr. Rains and was sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary, or
pay a One of fifty dollars und costs,
amounting in all to eighty dollars.
Counsel for defense moved for a
new trial, which will be heard and
considered by tbe judge to-morrow
at Fort Gaines. John Thomas,
colored, was tried for unlawfully
shooting at another and was ac
quitted.
Bad colds, sore throats and head
aches seem to prevail generally as
an eDidemic. I never heard so
much complaint of bad headaches
as now prevails. Otherwise the
health is very good.
A splendid ram fell here on Sat
urday last, which was needed to
soften the bard and crusted lands
and to bring up corn, much of
which is already up. Garden vege
tables are very backward; a few
gardeners are so fortunate as to be
feasting on raw salads, radishes,
etc.. The first mess ot tbe season
appeared on our table on the 17th
inst. Oats look puny and dwarfish
as a general thing, a few patcbei
which were highly fertilized are be'
ginning to loom up a little. Tbe
general state of fatm work Is about
two weeks behind ordinary seasons.
The woods now look liko mid
winter, no evidence of spring to be
seen yet except a few fruit trees
blooming.
Mrs. Robert Caraway's babe,'
about six moaths of age, was badly
burned by turning a kettle of boll
Ing water over on itself. Tho little
sufferer bears tbe pain with great
fortitude for one so young.
Two new members havo been
elected on tbe court of roads nnd
revenues, viz: T. P. Kimble, J. E.
Harris, W. L. Cumbie nnd F. M.
Bledsoe were retained. W. M. Ten
nille was elected to fill tbe vacancy
in the Board of Education caused
by tho resignation of W. A. Jordan.
J. E. Smith was recommended for
N. P. for 811 district G. M.,and A.
H. Teel for 119C or Morris Station
district. Quitman.
~ OSkTiESiT LESS.
A Slob In -Mir Comity Taka tha Law
In ThalrOwn Hand*.
Montkzuma, March 20.—The par.
ticulars of the Dooly county mur
der have Just come in and prove it
to have been one of the most revolt
ing crimes committed lately. •
Jesse Doles, a young farmer liv
ing seven miles from Vienna, tbe
county seat of Dooly county, was
on Saturday afternoon plowing in
bis field, not very far from his
house. His wife was as usual at
tending to tbe domestio affairs.
About 3 o'clock in tbe afternoon
tbe aapect of the weather was threat
ening, and Mr. Doles unhitched bis
mule and started home before the
usual time. Reaching the bouse
and entering he saw his wife stretch
ed upon tbe bed, lifeless, her throat
cut from ear to ear, her head stab
bed and arms considerably bruised,
and showing every evidence of hav
ing been most brutally assaulted.
She had been raped. Wild with
grief, Mr. Doles sought bis neigh
bors and told the terrible tale.
Tbe search began, and the next
morning tbe murderer was eaugbt
near the place where the crime was
committed. George Rouse was his
name, an ex-convict, a coal black
uegro. He confessed bis guilt to
the arresting posse and requested
to be guarded and not jailed. The
arrest was made early Sunday
morning.
Sunday night the guards were
overpowered by a body ol cool but
determined men, and after Rouse’s
body bad been mutilated, he was
stripped and was hung, and is now
hanging ia lull view of passers-by
from Montezuma to Vienna. Some
of the prominent negroes of the
county insisted on taking charge
of tbe prisoner and burning him at
the stake, but tho whites would not
yield him up.
When Rouse was caught, he
was splotched with the lady’s blood,
and ho bad cut out the kneo of his
pantaloons to avoid detection.
This is one of the many cases in
which tho acts of theae wortuy
Dooly county lynchers will be sus
tained-
A COLUMBUS EXPERIMENT.
Columbus, Ga., March 30 Mr.
Robert E. Matters, who has charge
of'the moulding department of tbe
Columbus iron works, bat succeed
ed in accomplishing what has never
before been done in any foundry
in this country. When be took
charge of tbe works he found eighty
thousand pounds of scrap steel on
hand, tbe trimmings from cutting
steel plows from the slab,for which
they could not even get a bid. Mr.
Masters conceived the idea of melt*
ing these scraps in an ordinary
eupola, but when he mentioned
it tbe old moulders in the estab
lishment only smiled at what they
had always believed to be an im
possibility. However, be made the
experiment, and after several at
tempts be ascertained tbe degree
of heat necessary to reader the
steel fluid enough to run tbe
moulds. He then melted a ton of
tbe steel and made it into plow »
points, and was rewarded by find
ing that liis experiment had proved
a complete success. The metal, as
it flow* from the cupola, it is of a
beautif ul bright color, aud throws
off an abundance of sparks. Mr.
Masters has since melted 70,000
pounds of these scraps, and much
of the steel has been used in mak
ing the car wheels of which the
Constitution bad a notice a short
time ago. Melting steel in this
way was a thing heratofor unknown
in the history of American foan.
deries.
Dan Rice, tbe circus down, is
running a 10-eent circus in tha
French quarter of New Orleans.
He talks sadly of tbe good old davs
when his Floating Palace was tbe
sensation on the father of waters,
and thousands upon thousands of
people swarmed from far and near
to see him. Be gave an entertain
ment a few nights ago when not
300 persons were present, and
a boat- one-third of those were pro
fessional and other deadheads.
Wendell Phillips left only about
325,000, though once wealthy. Mrs.
Livermore says that the day before
he died he burned a small fortune
in notes he held against people for
whom, as be Sd d, bis executors
might make trouble.