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Americus Recorder. W. t., OIjKSSMKR. Editor. Official Organ of Sumter Count)'. Official Organ of Webster Count). "FRIDAY, APRIL 3. 1333. Macon bae raised by subscrip tion the required $10,500 to insure tbe bolding of tbe State Fair there this fall. President Cleveland’s idea of civil service reform is evidently to turn the rascals out and put bon est men in their places. An cx-Governor of South Caro- lina is in a Boston house of correc tion, and an ex Lieutenant Govern or of the same State is a waiter in a Washington restaurant. Land rent in the Island of Jersey is $43 per acre, while in some parts of Georgia 43 acres of pretty good land can be bought outright for that sum cf money. The negro voters of St. Louis threaten to desert the grand old party in a body. It appears that the negro is becoming more than ever a problem in American poll tics. The civil service examiners are having their hands full wherever they go just now. The boy throughout the South are liberally patroni/.iug the government school masters. Reform and retrenchment seem to be epidemic in their character. Even the Republican Senate has been infected and is reducing the expenses and cutting oil the sum mcr excursions of its committees. It is thought that the mortal end of General Grant is near. While we have never been an admirer of the General, we are sorry to see suffering, misfortune and death overtake him at an age when he should be enjoying the fruits of his labors. The large retail dry goods house of W. A. Juban & Co., in Macon, have made an assignment for the benefit of their creditors. Dull times, small profits and poor collec tions are said to be tho cause ol their failure. Their liabilities are $51,000, with assets of $75,000. The authorities of the Central Railroad at Macon are expecting the arrival of the Wadley monu ment on or about May 1. It will be erected at the intersection of Mulberry and Third streets, and will be a worthy tribute to the memory ot tbe late President. Postollloo removals arc working Southward. W. D. Whitchell is the new postmaster at Gainesville and J. B. McCollum at Xcwnan. In due course of time it will all ne straightened out and Joe Roney will have his sleeves rolled up and be stamping letteis in the Ameri- cus office. One of tbe noblesl^charities of the day is the “Confederate Bazaar” to be held in Baltimore from the 7th to the lltb of April. Tbe proceeds will be devoted to the re lief ot needy ex-confederate sol diers and tbeir families. Contri butions of money, supplies and articles of every kind will be warmly appreciated and devoted to aiding the veterans of the lost cause and tneir families. One of the features of the “Bazaar” will be the “Georgia Table.” The pa triotic ladies in charge of this table desire to make it worthy of the empire state of the south. Among other things they will want Geor- gia grasses, long moss, the coat of arms of Georgia, bales of cotton, etc. Tbe president of the Bazaar association is Mrs. Win. H. Brune, 129 St. Paul street, and the mana ger of tho Georgia table is Mrs. Edgeworth Bird, 40 Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore. It will require only a bare statement of the object of this charity to enlist the active sympathies of Georgians. The confederate veterans have no gov ernment pensions to relieve them when poverty and misfortune over, take them. Their only hope is in such movements as the generous people of Baltimore have inaugur- To SL’EDFO K LIBEL. The Recobdkk has needed but one item to make it the equal of any first-class newspaper in tbe land. Its enterprise and influence have been acknowledged—it is a favorite with its readers, its circu lation is large and increasing, its advertising patronage liberal—but there yet remained one little item of completeness, and that item, we are pleased to announce, has been - furnished. No first-class newspa- J per establishment is considered j complete, in this progressive age, j without a libel suit, and this tbe : WE ARE OFFERING AN ELEGANT C0RTICELLI ated. The Department of Agriculture has issued a report on the agricul tural exhibit at the Exposition. “Agricultural Graphics,” they are called. They show, by means of diagrams and sketches, tbe relative amount of land in farms in the var ious States, the amount of farm products, etc., in a quite striking and valuable manner. This report snows, for instance, that the State of Ohio has a larger proportion of its lands in farms than any other State, about 95 per cent of the land of that State being in taj-ms while the next in the list, Indiana has about 90 per cent; Illinois, 88 per cent; Kentucky, 84 per cent; New York, 79 percent; Tennessee and Virginia, 77 per cent each Georgia, 68 per cent; Alabama, 62 Mississippi, 58; Arkansas, 36. Iu tbe United States tho proportion in farms is but 30 per cent of tbe whole. Recorder now has on band. Sat urday morning we were served with official notice that one G. W. Mur pby had through his attorneys, B. B. <fc E. F. Hinton, sued us in the Superior Court for libel, claiming damages to the amount often thou sand dollars for injuries sustained by his character by reason of said libel. It is true that the damages claimed by the plaintiff are not as large as in some suits which have been brought against other newspa,- pers, but it will do as a beginning. A woman’s will has long been recognized to be the most potent of anything earthly, and the case of Miss Becky Jones is but another proof. Some six months ago this ancient maiden lady was cal'ed upon to testify in one of the New York courts; but speak she would not and did not, and was thereupon sent to jail for contempt of court. Incarceration made no impression upon her will, and the court was compelled to discharge her from custody, thus verifying the lines : When a woman will she will, you may depend on it; And when she wont she wont, and thut' the end on it. Advertisements for bids for the new Georgia bonds have been placed outside the State in New York, Boston, Hartford and Phila delphia. John H. Inuan, of New York, has proposed to take the en tire issue at par, but Qov. McDan iel thinks he can do better by wait ing awhile. It would seem that the Railroad Commission is not iu high favor in Tennessee, for at a caucus of the Democratic members of tbe legisla ture it was agreed to vote for all new and amendatory bills first and then take into consideration the bill pending for the repeal of the Com mission act. The United States is in splendid condition for an Anglo-Russian war. Even the rumor of such a conflict has, it seems, stimulated the demand from England fer oats from the Atlantic instead of the Baltic ports. The shipments for March from New York alone prom ises to reach 600,000 bushels, which will exceed the shipments for asy one month heretofore. Tbe engage ments on board range from 25,000 to 30,000 bushels a day, and on Tuesday they footed up about 50,- 900 bushels. There are also large shipments of Canadian oats in transit by the Glasgow steamers. Most of the demand comes from London. Gov. St. John, the late Prohibi tion candidate for President, in his lecture at Atlanta, said: “I was told in tbe North that I had sold the government into tbe bands of whiskey-drinking Democracy, don’t believe it is as bad under Mr. Cleveland. [Applause.] He has started off well. I am not a Demo crat and never was, but I believe it is my duty and that of every man in every party to uphold President Cleveland in every act which tends to give us better government. [Ap plausc.] lie acts liko a man that keeps sober. [Laughter.] He knows how to shake hands, smile pleasantly and say something agreeable and then go ahead and do as he pleases. It is your duty to uphold the hands of Grover Cleve land in every effort he shall make to give your country a hotter and a purer government.” The Senate has been getting im patient and last week took steps to ascertain the President’s wishes with regard to the continuation of the session. They got at the wishes of the President, and he has signi fied that he prefers tbe Senate should continue in session for a few days longer. Mr. Cleveland has only within the past few days had time to consider tbe subject of filling foreign missions. It it understood that he will now make selections for some diplomatic posts, and that he would like to have the Senate pass upon them, ■o that tho question of confirma tion may be settled before tbe ap pointees go abroad. Tbe nomin ations will probably be made this week, and it is doubtful wheth* er the Senate will adjourn before Saturday. ‘ Judging from the character and ability of the gentleman nominated for foreign missions yesterday,” remarks the Cincinnati Times-Star, President Cleveland is better ac- quainted with ihe leading men of the country than he has been credited with being.” This em bodies the general sentiment of the country in regard to the appoint ments alluded to. According to tne Washington correspondent of the Savannah Times, the President has bis eyes on Georgia, and will begin his changes in our local Federal offices in due time. He gathers from Senators Colquitt and Brown, how. ever, that Mr. Cleveland proposes imself to have something to say about the matter, and will most likely spring a few surprises on our people yet. Not unlikely. If the President is an adept at anything it is at political surprises. The wars and rumors of wars on the other side of the ocean bid fair to give tbe people of America good prices for their produce. There is now a large demand for oats, and soon will be for breadstuff’s. The large packing houses in Chicago and Kansis City are filling enor mous orders for canned beef for the British army. Cotton, however, bids lair to snfler by the war, as it lessens the consumption and puts down the price. The interesting discovery has been made that the President’s sis ters are staunch Republicans, and have not abated a particle of their faith since they came into the White House. This has prompted certain disappointed office seekers to say that tho President is himself anything but a Democrat, and that this is tho teason be has passed by their claims to take others who have not earned promotion. Mr. George W. Childs, of Phila- delphia, has sent bis check for $1,000 as a contribution to the fund being raised in Baltimore for the relief of tbe needy Confederate sol diers. This generous act is highly appicciated by the society, and again illustrates the liberal spirit ot tbia benevolent gentleman, who in bestowing his gifts, knows no East, West, North or South. Such men are an honor to any country CONTAINING ONE FIFE, Two Cigar Holders, One Cigarette Holder, One Cigar Cutter, and One Match Box, TO TIIE SMOKER WHO PURCHAS ES THE LARGEST NUM- BER OF OUR THURBER IN SKEINS! .fiLLL COLORS! Id per Skein! The Quality of the Silk is MUCH BETTER IfFou Want OF ALL KINDS, GO TO No. in .or on Cards. The COLORS IRE .1LS0 BETTER. CORTICELLf DRUG STORE! THEV HANDLE SEEDS FROMI CIGAR! BEFORE MAY 2, 18%, Whether times are prosperous financially in this country during the present year or not, there will not be much danger of starving. It is estimated that 675,000,000 bush, els of corn remain in the farmers bands, while tbe Urge speculators in wheat are complaining that there is too muob of that staple in the country. This means an abund ance ot cheap food for man and bcaat if nothing else. After their recent and brief ex perience in journalism, we are sur prised that tbe attorneys for the plaintiff in tbe libel suit against the Recorder should have bad the faintest idea that ten thousand dol. Iars, or any other sum, could bo collected from a newspaper. THE PIPE AND HOLDERS ARE OUARANTEEN GENUINE MER- SCHAUM ARTICLE. LOME MB SEE IRE C1SE. Miiprt & Roney, SPOT CASH STORE. ALL COLORS. Ladies, Try It, THE BEST SEWING SILK MADE! Which are perfectly pure and fresh Remember that they! make a specialty of Seeds and handle only the best. It is cheaper to buy good seeds at first, for then you will not be disappointed or lose your time I and labor. J. A. &D.F. DAVENPORT, UMAR STREET, morlouw, i Georgia, | GATE CITY STONE FILTER! PURE WATER, HEALTH, LIFE! MCBRIDE & CO, Atlanta, | Bolo Owners. McBRIDE A OO , Atlanta, Sotitheru Ag t I SSetU Thomas Clocks. Sold Agent^ Laiobeth’s Fly Fans, anil | Dealers in Crockery, China, Cutlery, Silverware, | Wood,.Tin sad Houhefurnishing Ware Erery Spool Warranted Daemialled or Hand or Machine Sewing: Smooth, Stron£ and Full Length. Jolm R. Shaw’s, Souse for Sent, The Stewart pl*oe, on Forrest street, near the Poblio School building, is oiler- ed for rent There is ebont one end a half tores of ground, good dwelling, out honsee and well. Also two attbles. Ap ply at this office. jan!8tt A CARD HarlnrpurehAned nn interest In the BEKF run by the firm of HARP A COBB, I respectfully solicit a share of the p*t* ronngeoftny former customer*, thanking them for past favors. Respectfully, mtrchttdlm ft J. HAWKINS. FORSYTH STREET, AMERICUS, - GEORGIA. $100 REWARD. I will pay on. hnndred dollar, reward to anyone who will armi, and farniah evidence anfficlent to conviot, the person or peraona who fired my barn on Uorcb 17. marSldlfit a C. BLACK. TAX NOTICE. My books will be opened tor the purpose of.r** ceiYing the Tax Returns of Samter countyffor State end,County, on April *nd, 1**6. I cm be (•and at toa court home every day until dose ot books, unless absent making my rounds. Pltss* make yoor Returns os early as possible. mar24tf J A. t/ANIKL,&T.E8.C.