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Americus Recorder.
w. b, OI.KSHNKIl. Editor.
Official Organ of Sumter County.
001*1*1 Oriran of Webster County.
FRIDAY, APRIL If. IHHU.
War between England and Rus
sia seems almost in sight.
A Vermont doctor insists that
smoking protects tbe smoker from
contagious diseases.
Ex Governor Curtin, saysacoun-
try postmaster, is equivalent to ten
men in a political campaign.
Miss Sweet, pension agent at
Chicago, and the postmaster at
Home, X. Y., refuse to resign their
offices.
We are sorry that Bro. Howell,
of the Constitution, declined, the
consuship at Manchester, as we are
afraid it will give President Clevc.
land the impression that editors do
not care for such things and dis
courage him from miking furthur
appointments.
Norman J. Coleman, the newly
appointed Commissioner of Agri
culture. is in a quandry as to how
he shall manage bis big farm near
St. Louis and his government
bureau in Washington. He says
he has forty-two colls just ready to
break and they are promising trot
ters.
THE GtBERXATOBUL CAMPAIGN.
Tbe Constitution says that al
though “it is more than a year to
the Gubernatorial election, the
campaign is already shaping up.
There are two candidates in the
field, if current reports are to be
believed. These are the Hon. A.
O. Bacon and the Hon. Tbos. J.
Simmons, both of Macon. The
friends of his Excellency Governor
Henry D. McDaniel, insist that bo
is eulitled to another full term
under the constitution, if he should
happen to want it. The Hon.
Rufus E. Lester, of Chatham, and
the Hon. U. H- Carlton, of Clarke,
are also mentioned in connection
with this high office. In tbe mean
time it is said to be not impossible
that the Hon. W. H. Felton, of
Bartow, may head the Prohibition
hosts in a general State campaign.’’
From this it would seem that there
is but one candidate from the
Southern portion of Georgia—
Judge Simmons. While it is rather
early to do any great amount of
talking about the race, it is safe to
say that Southwest and Southeast
Georgia will have something to say
about who 6hall be the candidate.
The Southern portion of the State
has been left out in the cold long
enough.
Col. McClure has filed a plea of
truth in the suit of M. A- Dauphin
against himself for libel, and has
.Made a demand “in rcconv„-ntion”
under tbe laws of Louisiana for
his expenses and counsel fees in
the case. The trial is looked for
ward to with much interest by both
the friends and enemies of the par
ties.
The Louisville Courier-Journnl
learns that tbe President considers
that the Senate’s refusal to confirm
several of his appointments pre
sents a question as to the tenure oi
office act, and he has requested
the Attorney General to prepare an
opinion in the case. The question
presented, no doubt, is whether
consular and revenue officers are
embraced in tbe restrictions of the
T'enur>of Office Act, as nomina
tions of that description are those
upon which the Senate did not act.
We have received from Mr. Eli
J. Wancsley, of Evansville, Ind., a
copy of The Public, published in
that city, containing a four-column
rooster and the enthusiastic an
nouncement that “The Earth is the
Lord’s and the Fullness Thereof,
but the City of Evansville, tbe
State of Indiana and the United
States of America Belong to the
Government Party, the Immortal
Democracy." From all. of which
vre infer that an election cyclone
has recently passed over that sec
tion which everlastingly lifted the
Republicans out of their boots.
In another column will be found
an article from the Columbus En
quirer in relation to fine cabbages,
in which the question is asked,
“Why cannot we raise cabbage
like people in the North?” In reply
wo would say that we can. We
have seen as line cabbages raised
in this section as any wo ever saw
North. They, like all other vege
tables, to secure fine quality, re
quire careful cultivation. The
whiteness spoken of by the En
quirer is produced by burying the
heads in earth to keep them from
freezing, or being placed in a cool,
dark cellar,being blanched as celery
A genuine sensation has been
gotten up by the Tennessee Legis
lature, which has also abolished the
railroad commission, even over the
Governor’s veto. This time the
Senate bad under consideration a
bill to establish a general registra
tion law. Republican members,
for evident reasons, opposed the
bill, absented themselves from the
Chamber to break a quorum. A
Senator who was arrested by the
sergeant-at-arms, applied for a
habeas corpus writ, and a conflict
has grown up between the court
before which it was returnable and
the Senate. Tbe sheriff and ser-
gaant-at-arms are arresting and
electing each other, and the end is
not yet.
The Attorney General hns ren
dered his opinion in the Lawton
case. He bolds that the pardon
granted by President Johnson to
General Lawton removed all his
political disabilities. He reviews
a case in which the United States
Supreme Court has touched upon
the questions involved, including
ex parte Garland, and comes to the
conclusion that the law is well set
tled. At the time when General
Lawton obtained the pardon that
was the only way in which his
political disabilities could be re
moved. He availed himself of that
means. The pardon removed all
disabilities. The fourteentn amend
ment was not retroactive, and if it
was it could.not touch a pardoned
offense. The Attorney General
believes firmly that this is the law,
or he would have had Congress
remove ids own political disabili
ties. He is holding! bis present
office under a Johnson pardon
similar to that which General Law-
ton received. It was because
General Lawton didn’t regard Con
gressional action as necessary to
relieve him of political disabilities
alter haviug Johnson’s pardon that
he failed to ask for such relief.
A r tco President Hendricks is
criticised with Borne asperity for
neglecting to absent himself from
Washington so as to allow the
Senate to choose a President pro
tern., and thus insure the succes
sion in the event of Mr. Cleveland’s
death, when Mr. Hendricks alone
would be in the line of piomotion
there being no President of tbe
Senate or Speaker of tbe House.
These same Republican critics
however, were not consumed with
anxiety when Vice-President Arth
ur adopted a like course of action
four years ago, so they are stopped
—in the opinion of sensible people
at least—from raising a howl now.
NOT A MISTAKE.
Very much has been said by the
Republican papers, and many of
tbe Democratic ones, about Gen
Black, tbe new Commissioner of
Pensions, asking for the resigna
tion of Miss Ada Sweet, pension
agent at Chicago. It was charged
that the removal was to be made
for the purpose of securing the
General tbe United States Senator-
ship from Illinois, and many Demo
cratic papers characterized bis ac
tion as a serious mistake. Haviug
known Gen. Black for a number of
years, we could not think that he
would use his office for tbe advance
ment of bis personal interests, for
while be has laudable ambition, lie
is not one who would ever use ques
tionable means in attaining it. It
now appears that he desired Miss
Sweet’s resignation for the purpose
of appointing to the office the
widow of Col. Mulligan, who com
manded the famous “Mulligan
brigade” in 1 SCI, and who was
killed in action in Virginia in 1804.
As for Miss Sweet, she is entitled
There seems to be a very fair
prospect -'or a war between Eng
land and Russia, which from tbe
present appearance of things will
wind up in a general European
war. Tbe effect of such a war will
be to advance the price of bread-
stuffs and lower the price of cot
ton. In fact the rumor of such a
war has already had such an ef-
lect. Tbe planters of tbe South
are interested in this state of
ntfaiis, for it concerns their wel
fare. For many years many of
them have been devoting their at
tention wholly to raising cotton,
claiming that they could better
afford to buy corn, flour and meat
iviili the proceeds of their cotton
than to raise those articles them
selves. When cotton commanded
a high price, this was probably
true; but the past five years have
proved that they can no longer do
this. And now if cotton is to go
down and corn is- to go up, they
can still less afford to indulge in
raising cotton alone. Necessity
will compel tbcm to turn their
to no special consideration, ns hers ; attention more to the raising of
was purely apolitical appointment.
Her father, who was a politician,
held the office eleven years ago. and
when he died there was such a
fierce fight for the office am^ng the
Republican politicians that Gen.
Logan was sorely puzzled to make
a selection from the applicants, and
fearful of offending many influen
tial politicians he compromised by
selecting Miss Sweet, who has held
the office for eleven years. There
is no reason why Miss Sweet should
not now give way to the widow of
an officer who did gallant Bervice,
and give way she will have to on
the first of July, as the President
has declined to interfere in the
matter and has left it in Gen.
Black’s bands. It will be found
that but few mistakes will be made
in this department, and this case
will not be one of tbcm.
An article of very great interest
to every farmer is promised for
breadstuff and meat, and this very
necessity may prove a blessing to
the South, as showing the varied
capabilities of our soil and climate.
With tbe prospect of low prees
for cotton and high prices for corn
and meat, our faimcrs should at
one: prepare for such a state of
affairs by endeavoring to raise as
much corn and meat as possible.
It is true that it is late to plant
more corn, but hogs and food for
them can be raised. The farmer
who neglects this matter now will
find himself in a tight place a year
from now.
Jas. Flicker & Br
JEWELERS,
AND DEALERS IN
PIANOS
Barlow Block,
ORGANS
- - - - Americus, G
We desire to call the attention of the public to tbe faot that we have nt last
Bottled in our new atore on the PUBLIC SQUARE and have on hand a larga
handsome stock of every thing in our line. Our stock consist* partly of
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, of All Kindi
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 cne in Gold, Silver, Steel,^Bronze, ZyIonite.- Celluloid
Rubber Frames. We are Sole Agents for KING’S CELEBRATED PATENT CO
BINATION SPECTACLES-the beat in tbe world. Wo sell the
Davis and Williams Singer Sewing Machine
The Baltimore Nc»s has this re
ference to the Georgia table at tbe
Confederate Bazaar now open in
that city: “Mrs. Edgeworth Bird,
manager of tbe Georgia table, ac
knowledges tne receipt of seven
bales of cotton, one bale of manu
factured goods, three bales of hay,
one barrel of lurpintine, three boxes
the May number of Harper’s Mag-; of f WQrk an( , a , 90 valuable
ozine, on “Jersey Cattle in Amer-1 ,. nlltrihlltion9 from j. Se tb Ilonkins
ica,” by Hark Comstock. Por-
Considcrablc surprise is express
cd in Atlanta in political circles at
the promptness with which Walter
Johnson was bounced, while Bry
ant and Pledger, whom the people
believed would be tbe first to go
are allowed to remain. It is under
stood in that city that John W.
Nelms, Principal Keeper of the
State Penitentiary, will be tbe suc
cessor of Bryant as United States
Marshal, when Bryant goes out,
As Bryant bolds a commission for
four years he may not vacate until
his term expires. Col. J. W. Ren-
froe was very anxious to go into
be Marslmlsbip office, but has
withdrawn his claims at tbe in
stance of friends, and it is now
believed that Nelms will have a
walk over.
A San Francisco dispatch says
California farmers are anxious to
see war between England and
Russia, as this is about tbe only-
event which will make last year’s
crop profitable. The greater part
of tbe crop is still in the farmer’s
hands, they being unwilling to part
with it at present ruinously low
rates. There is also a big surplus
ot canned goods in California which
would find ready market in case of
war.
traits arc given, from direct photo
graphs, of a number of the most
notable butter-producing cows of
this stock, one of which, “Alphca,”
owned by Col. R. M. Hoe, produc
ed tinder unforced tests over twen
ty-nine pounds of butter a week;
while her granddaughter, “Euro-
tas,” owned by Mr. A. B. Darling,
produced seven hundred and sev
enty-eight pounds of butter in
eleven months and five days. Tbe
writer, wbo is one of tbe best au
thorities on tins subject, gives an
interesting sketch of the means
taken in the Channel Islands to
keep the breed pure, the laws hav
ing for a hundred years back ex
cluded all foreign cattle except
such as were imported for meat,
wbicb bad to be slaughtered at tbe
poit of at rival; and bis remarks on
tbe present state of tbo stock and
Its prices in this country arc of
practical value.
Tbe Athens Banner states that
Wales Wynton has at last succeed
ed in running down Brown, the
writer of tbe slanderous letter from
Macon, and will get a complete
vindicatiod of the charges against
bimscif (Wynton). "A desire to
clear his skirts is the sole cause of
Mr. Wynton’s absence. He intends
soon to publish an array of testi
mony to show that be is tbe inno
cent victim of a strong chain of
circumstantial evidence. Mr. Wyn
ton is not now engaged on any
newspaper, but has been offered a
responsible position which bo will
accept so soon as he stands vindi
cated before the world. We trust
that it will be speedy and thor
ough.”
contributions from J. Setb Hopkins
«t Co., Mrs. Isaac Guegenbeimer,
the Campbell Press Company of
New York, Mrs. A. G. Broadhent,
Miss J. McDonnell and Joel Gut
man. The little cotton bales, com
pressed and packed in satin, are
very beautiful parlor ornaments
and were donated by Mr. llobeit
Obi-r. There is also at ibis tabic
a sofa cushion, embroidered and
sent from Savannnb by a lady 73
years of age.” Of the Florida
table It says: “Tbe ladies have a
cake containing three gold rings.
Tbe slices sell at twenty-five cents
each, and the rings were presented
by Messrs. Samuel Kirk, Heune
gen & Bates and Geary & Weale."
and have constantly on band Needles, Oils, Attachments and Parts tor all Macbia
We have tbe best equipped sbopTor tbe
Repair of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Wo employ none bnt first-class workmen and gnuui
in this section of tno Slate,
all our work.
PIANO AND ORGAN DEPARTMENT.
This branch of onr business is steadily increasing and all we ask is that part
wbo expect to buy a Piano or Organ will call and examine our stock and get c
prices before they buy. If we cannot do as well or better for you than yj>u_ can
rc
or yourselves wo do not ask your patronngo. Tbe fact that we have sold Pia'noSH
Orgafis to dozens of the best business men in Americas shows plainly that we sell
low ns any one, and wbon you buy from us you have no freight to pay and save
trouble of nnboxing tbe instrument, ns we place it in your house and aive you
FIVE YEAR'S guarantee. We nlso have on hand a large stock of small Mncicali
strumentH, consisting of Violins, Guitars, BnnjTambourines. Accordeons
Harmonicas, and also keep Strings of tbe very best quality. Violin llows, Tail pieo
Bridges, Rosin and all kind of Musical Instrument Trimmings.
The Office of the Southern Express Compaq
in in onr Htore and tbeirlAgent, Mr. 8. C. COOPER m in onr employ aa Book-k«j
and Salesman and will be glad to serve all who are needing anything in oar lias
Several membeis of the Presi
dent’s family occupied his pew at
Dr. Sunderland’s church Sunday.
The President was not there. He
was recognized, however, at an
Episcopalian church, where Miss
Tltursy helped sing tbe Easter
music. Dr. Sunderland’s church Is
as crowded as ever. Dr. Sunder
land receives quantities of congrat
ulations from all over the country
upon having secured the President.
Ue is in great demand at weddings
and funerals. He says that be bus
been asked to officiate at more
weddings and funerals in tbe past
two weeks than tn the preceding
six months.
The New York-Evening Post
ha» always been a strong Republi
can paper, but Is compelled in a
late issue to say:
There is probably baldly any
Democrat who does not get his
living by “politics” who is not
pleased Dy tbe effect which the
general policy of tbe administra
tion with regard to offices thus far
has had on the standing of his
party with the people at large. It
lias lifted the Democratic party,
one might almost say, inside of
four weeks, out ef tbe slough of
disrepute in which it was left by
Hie wai. No sensible Republican
nny longer maintains publicly that
the Democrats are unfit to be trust
ed with the government, and only
seek to get into power in order to
divide the offices among themselves
and allow the southern rebels to
empty the treasury. This sort of
talk, which bas for twenty years
formed the staple of Republican
stump speeches, has been killed as
if by magic. It will never be
beard again in any canvass.
This is a remarkably frank ad
mission that for twenty years past
the Republican party has won by a
resort to lying of tbe most flagrant
character, and that its days for
that kind of lying are over. Poor
old party.
CALL ANn SRFI us ix niTB new STORE!
JAS. FRICKER & BRO
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It would seem that the theory of
civil service reform is leaving in
office a precious set of rascals. In
tlie land department lately an at
tempt was made to steal over half
a million acres of public land for
the benflt ol the Southern Pacific
railroad, in direct opposition to the
explicit order or Secretary Lamar.
It would seem that a tew removals
in that department would be a good
tbiug.
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“Jim" Pmi.i.irs.
•Dick” Miens.
W. J. Phillips & Co.
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BAKERY.
Lunolioa a. Spoolalty.
Cotton Avenue, Americus,Go,
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AARON COHEN,
AMERICUS, OA.
Will make tip to order Suit*, or Single C*
rant* and Vents, and guarantee complete
faction or NO SALK.
CLEANING, BINDING,
^^.REPAIRINGAND^
made In the moat approved stylet, and all
damaged by me a Ul be paid lor. . ^
Having served at the Cutters counter end t** 1
for several years I yield to no competition.
My work will be as good as the best and t**
ty-flve per cent, lower than any competition-
Give Me a Trial!
Rurchllm* AARON COB**