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Newspaper Page Textvm': Americus W Established 1879. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1886. Daily, Per Ykar...$<5.00 WbrKLY “ ... 2.00 Americus Recorder pum.isd ao at . av. ;c. otiHsais eh, Ot COTTON AVENUE AMERICAS. An ,.riea.i< then.unty seat of Burnt.,. Owrg< t, *Po>.»«t ou the South r»ii-o» I. 71 mil*S sruthwe-tn- „n,l ub .«« t0 miles north of th- STJ,,!,’, iiuo. U ia situated is the line* Ltum of Georgia. raising • ater Ten- "L oi ,,/ric.liur il end horlion<total pro- (ban uny other pert of the Booth, combining »U tbeltiiiu. gr»ln et.dTe*-- ^bitsol the loaipotHieeint semi-tropical -onc-wln-nt, corn, rye. oars. Hi e, Irish uit H»«et potetoee. poitnnte. ebufea, .Htwi HU a* r «*“*■ •PP'f- P*". Mujbrii, .trope", plume end other frails. VbT. hu. ite ■» mil l nn.l equable, end one Of ibe m st heelthT in the world. the eir haini! i.iire end nry end nroet beuefloiel lor hM and throat dleee.M. All kind* of ootiloor Work can be performed without iacouvtnieiioe from eoinmnr heet or eiui. r oold. Ameriona ba» e popnl.it. n ofM»iU. i» beeutiloll* nitn»t»d on blgli Hut rolliog ground end toanU of m«» rf the haudwMuesl buelueee bl.mks in the Suutb Tbu oily b w ttne public schools; uo.‘ii churches; e Urge poblio library; ; t . ,|"ilv. one semi-weekly end two euliy newepepere; a now opera booiee ouniii.e.. .! tun;wired wi'u scenery end een 0 i,le ..I swing 1.000 person*; a well ore.iiire.i nre deportment, inolndiog tail tins flearners; the streets era well gereil, sewered end lighted; there ere {we Couriug wills, ft ootkineeed oil mill, tbuiiug unit end variety Works, carriage htinr), -."'I a number of minormeofaot.*- dio; sli’iii t wo hundred firms are engaged in uiarvsutlle bnsioeee; three bank* with u uhiniUuue of uapilel; two good h,iul» iur iiub good uco iminoduMlon. iai'ocns m the centre of trade for ic loQii'iee comprising the rieheet egrieol- luritsection in Georgia, the average an- lUftlcntrou rtoeipU being 30,000 bales, which Will be largely increased by tb" completion oftbc Preston end Lumpkin nilm >d now in process of eonstruonon. b is the largest city in Southwest Oeur. jfu, sad baa been appropriately usmed the '•Commerotel Capital" of tlmt sec- li,;u,11 it ia rapidly growing ib popu lation cu I wealth. Aa a place of hnsi- >,m re-idenoe it presents attraetione tfUai"ii oy lew oitioa in tlie •'•outh. Property ol ail kinds ia coinpamtively cheap, iilthongb rapidly advancing in value; the inhabitants of both city and connuy are cultivated, courteous and hospitable, with » cordial welcome to ini- mi(jr,mta. To enterprising tradesmen, ju dicious c-rpiialiata and indnstrions farm ers this section of Georgia offers fine op portunities. Any information in regard hi city or country will bo ohoorfuliy fur nished by addressing the Ambdxcus Re- coKDBit. Ameriona, Ga. Hardware. J W. SHEFFIELD A CO. J Wbolaftiai. nil lb.tail Hardware, Bug. g.ea, Wago^ Harness, S«sb. Door.Bliuds .n l Points, (ji,r. Forsyth and Jackon Sts. J w. 11 a iiills & (J6T~ ■ * ^bpiesale and Retail Hardware,Bag- Wagons, Harness, Saab, Boors, Blinds and Paints. Head Colton Avenae. Saddlery anil Harness. J »HN M. COKRU. f> nl-r In Saddlery, Hanrets, Leath er and Finding, Hardware, Outl-ry, Jew- elrv,sdv-r Piftii* r Ware, Cigars, Tobacco, and a full line of Yinkee Nniinna, in and to arrive. (Jetton A venae, Auieriena, (is. Attorneye at Law. E. D. SHIPP, Attorney at Law, Ameriona, Ga. Will preolice in all tbaoonrts. U J. BLALOCK, Atle.n. Attorney at Law, or ffloe in Court house, J C. MATTHEWS. * Attorney »t Law and Loan AgenL Offlce over Council A Williford Hook Store*. A ONES AYCOCK] * Rmlru MnWu iia no. Books, Newspapers, Musio and Sto ner*. Commercial Blook, Forsyth St. it door tn Post nflloe. General Merchandise. (lEOROK BTAPLETON, General Merchandise. Furnt Specialty. Forsyth St. Front post offlce. T E88KAY COC K, Geurral Merchandise, Forsyth St. Under centerof opera bones. mnwm FIRMS F OLLOWING is., list of representative Merchant*, Dealers and Professional lute iu Ainerious. Our readers will find these gentlemen reliable and .oterprlelng in their different lines of business. Brokers) T B FELD Ell, '' Me/chandiso and Cotton Brokerand fegotiatcr of Long Loans Ofiiee at Planters’ Warehouse. D. C. N. HUI1KHALTER. Beal Efttate and loan Broker. Offlce over Council A Williford. Meat Markets. flOBB A PARK KB, \J Cotton Avenue Most Market end Fern, ly Oroccries. OppositeBankof Amerlone Shoe Stores, T) YLANDER A ARRINGTON, * Cush Slice and Hat Store. Corner Lamar and Jackson Streets. Bhyslcians. J 11. IIINKLE, • Physician and Surgeon, Office on Jackson St. Residence on Taylor St. DRIXA. FORT, Physician and Sargeon. Office at aldridge’a drag store. Residence West Maiar Street, fj A. BROOKS, * l'hysioian and Burgeon. Oflfioe at Mvenporu’ drng store. Besidenee st Shipp's Furlow Lawn. ff E. SMITH, . * llaform Physician, Mace up rlairs in Engine Honse block. Groceries, L B. HOSWORTH, ~ ' M'boliaalc snd Betall Grocer; ■m»yth st., 2d door east of post offlce. BentisL l*. BURT, Lftcen years successful praotice in fhaencus give* nssuranoe that ha ia both ^Hictent and ralUbla. —- Watehes and Jewelry. J, E - SULLIVAN, Watohmakei and Jowclor, Bout aide of Lamar St. -Livery Stabtes. PRINCE, Peed and Exchange L 1 tr -' n Baaglse, Harness, Whlpe, Etc. Cotton A Dry Goods. QReapjjst HOUSE IN THE CITY. THORNTON WHEATLEY, , Shoes, Bto., Etc. Jackson Street Dr. n!5 u «ro«» issti l'hotoyraph Artist. y.VN RIPER, ' Photograph Artist, Over Wheatley’s store. Gin Kepairiny/ TT tv. ilOWARD, \ ~ Gin Repairer. Gins repaired and put in Hrst-okiasorder. Work guaranteed. Address me by postal. Bides rind Commission. C A.HELL , Foot Coloin Avenue, will pay best prio-s for Hides, Folia, Cotton Beed, Beeswax, Dried Fruits, and Jonk of all kinds. Boot and Shoe Maker. A ndrew Dudley, Boo' and Shoe Maker. Repairing dene in best style snd on short notice. S JackaoD St., front Presbyterian church Bruys and Medicines. JOHN E. HALL, ** Pure Drugs, Modi Toilet and Medicines, Perfumery, and Fancy Articles, etc. Wooden Storo, Forsyth St A J. HUDSON, , Drugs, Medicines, Perfnm Toilet Articles, cheap as the cheapest. Prescriptions car. fully compounded. Southeast comer of Publio Square. C ANARY BIRDS, Bird Cages, Bracketts, Bath Cups, Seed Cups, Wire Bir,ln-st*, etc., for by W. F. MIMS, nt Hull's drug store. i ml mi On account of the dullness this season I am determined of sympathizing with the publio in general and hence will do this to prove this assertion. I will as)' tho best LIQUORS TOBACCO, CIGARS, IMrOUTtSO AND DOMESTIC. Fancy aud Family Groceries 1 CANDIES, FRUITS, ETC., Lower thdn tho Lowest, end all I &slt is price my goods before purchasing elsewhere. I will do exactly what I say and mean no hum bug. Call and see for your self and be convinced. MEismis, COTTON AVENUE, Next Door to the Bank of Americas, dMlltt PURE BRED POULTRY. B rahmas, leghorns, wyandot- TES. No Fowls until fill. Eggs in season. No ciroulan. Write for wants with stamp for reply. Eggs 13 for (3;26 for |S; 39 for |7. Addressa HOWELL COBB, Name this paper. Athens, Ga aprill0-2m. PENNYROYAL PILLS "CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH.” The Original and Only Genuine. sumriisiSj, ssSSa! TlIKulUlIEimr i'tllb CLSfASS. HOW |V STANDS, Tbs following which we shall keep sUnding and corrected until the meeting of the Sute Convention, will Khaw the number « f delegates each coun- ly is entitled to. who the delegates are instructed for, if instructed, end those which are uniostniofed, with the total number of delegate such candidate haa hf cured to del-. We think our readers wilt find it interesting to watch this table each dsy. I? ? O 2 d a C « P a a 1 r * ? * Appling a Bft<er 2 Btldwio a Links 2 Birtow 4 11 mien 2 Bieb 0 6 llro -k> 2 2 '•j Bullock 5 Bnrku « 6 Butts s Oalhonn. 2 Camden 2 2 Campbell 2 Carroll 4 Catoosft 2 2 Charlton 2 2 Chatham .. .. ( CbffltUhcoahee. 2 Ch.ttnog*. 2 Cherokee 2 Olnrke .2 2 Clay Clarton Clinch 2 ii Cobb, 4 I Coff-e 2 Colquitt 21... Columbia 'j * Coweta 4 Crewf.-rd 2 Dad 2 . .. D iwfioii 2‘... Drcfttnr Dekalb,. ..... *2 V- Dooly i.. ... Doughorty * •u L) ’U«U( Krirly... jj. - to. * • E-U'-Ih. j I fflagbtni 7 Elbert - ...j... . eh 1 Fannin 2 Faywie Foyd « ... For>*' lb Franklin 2 0 Fulton . (i Gilmer Glusacock 2 Glvnu Gordon i 2 Gwinett j Hftbtnhtm — 2 Hull 4 H.noock 4 Haralson 2 Harris, 4 nart, 2 Heard 2 Henry, 2 Ho'iiton Irwin 2 Jackson, 4 JftMior Jefferson 2 4 Johnson, 2 Jones, Laurens 2 "a Le- 2 •I • • • Liberty 2 Lincoln 2 Lowndes 2 Lumpkin 2 2 —. McDuffie 2 Jlclntosb, 2 2 Macon, 2 Marion 2 Meriwether 4 Miller. 2 Milton 2 Mitchell, 2 2 Monroe, 4 Montgomeiy, . 2 Morgan, 2 2 Murray 2 Muscogeo 4 Newton 2 Oconee 2 Oglethorpe 4 Panlding 2 Pickens, 2 2 Pike, 4 Polk. 2 2 Pulaski, 2 Putuain J "2 Qnitman, Itabun Randolph a 2 2 G "o Rockdale, 2 Schley 2 Screven 2 2 Spalding 2 Stowart,....... 2 Sumter, 4 Talbot, 2 TaUiafeno 2 Tatnnll, 2 Taylor, Telfair, 2 2 Terrell', 2 Thomas, 4 Towns, 2 w.. Troupe 4 Twiggs 2 2 Upeon Walker 2 2 Walton'. 4 $ ■ • Wars. 2 Warren 2 Washington 4 Warn* Webster 2 2 White. 2 2 Whitfield 2 Wlleox. 2 Wilkes. 4 Wilkinson...... 2 Worth 2 Totals, 38 32 o 1 4 Total number of delegates 350. COLD FACTS. A Vigorous Hepljr to (he Constlttt- tlou'e Cbarire of Hlautfer. Near Cabtersville, Ga., June T.—Editors CoDtiiiutioD: I was surprised on reading yesterday’s Constitution to And you bad re. solved to attack me before you even Allowed your renders to examine Into my statements, which you de nominate slander. Yon make ad unqualified charge, and if you are correct I should be punishable under the law. If you are not correot you have slandered nie. I demand a hearing in the same columns in which the attack appeared. The isaue ia now be tween you and myaelf. General Gordon has deliberately ignored the plain unvarnished ohsi against bis pollticsl character, endeavored to silence criticism by calling them slanders, although he knows be cannot answer and con fess guilt by silence. But it is dif ferent with you. You and I are responsible to the public, and if you have spoken the truth . r de serve condemnation. If I have spoken the truth you owe me proper amends. I have no fear of the result, and you oannot de prive me of a hearing in your col umns without plsoing yourself in the attitude of a malicious and un just partisan,(on whose bead suob injustice must recoil. I would first remind you that Mr. Hill is dead. You ana Gener al Gordon have dragged his nsme into this canvass when he is not alive to reply tor himself. My newspaper controversywith Mr.Hill has settled up in his lifetime; I suppose satisfactorily to himself, as be made no reply to my last let ter on the subjeot. You are In correct fn saying I assaulted him when he was siek. I have Mr. Grady’s ibteivlew with Mr. Hill before me, iu which he ia authoriz ed to aay tor Mr. Hill that he was io the finest health aud-apirits,aud determined to attack me all .over Georgia aa endeavoring to “Afri canize the State.” I defemded my- sell promptly from the assault which Hon. A. H. Stephens de nominated as a moat unwise and unjust obarge. These are faota, and it is late in the day for you to rise up and defend Mr. Hill, where he declined to defend himself either in person or by proxy. You are incorrect in saying I pursued his good nsme with hatred or revenge. When bis son, Charles Hill, was a candidate before the Legislature for his present offlce, my vote and influence would have defeated him, jet I cast it for him. His brother thanked me ou the spot, and gave expression to tome kind feelings unnecessary to men tion. Remember Mr. Hltl is dead. Gen eral Gordon used bis monument and the exercises at which Mr. Davis was present for au unholy purpose, and I am well enough ac- S uaintcd with Mr. Hill’s opinion of leneral Gordon, in years gone by, to say he would have been as indig nant at the effort of General Gor don as was Mr. Davis when he be. esme fully aoqusinted with the methods employed by General Gor don’s friends in this campaign, when he wss informed of their ex tent and the purposes for which bis visit to Georgia was used by them. Nothing escapes Gen eral Gordon, however. As bo appeared as chief mourner at at Mr. Stephens’ funeral, when the latter wrote as late as September, 1830,? that General Gordon was “hollow hearted, deceitful, un principled, dishonorable aud unre liable iu every way.” I have the letter. He appeared at General Grant’s funeral as ohief mourner, with the infamous Belmont coal mine swin dle still hanging over him and a matter of open discussion in the courts of New York city. You cannot wonder, then, -that he Is now ready to ride into some office on Mr; Hill’s fame, although Hill himself informed me of the slander- oks loiters on bis private character written by General Gordon to mem bers of the Legislature to defeat Mr. Hill for the Senate. Mr. Grady has not forgottbn bis own denun ciation of General Gordon upon this matter, wbteh occurred in Wash ington directly after Mr. Hill’s election, and which words were noted, at the time, by other persons as well as myaelf. When yon go behind dead men to attack me, I can give yon a Ro land for every Oliver, bntyon shall always be the first to insugnrate such a fight, and I charge you again to remember, that Hill is dead. . j , NOW FOR GENERAL GORDON. As to General Gordon, I have made no statement without the proof. That you may be able to defend bim if you can, since he fails to defend himself, I will re state the charges here, ard unless you can successfully refute them, you will stand convicted before the people of the otiense charged by you upon myself. - 1 have charged, and shall oon tinue to charge, that General Gor don introduced a bill into the For ty-fourth Congress on the 18th of January, 1871, to antagonize the Thurman funding bill, whioh bill be advocated in a speech before the Senate. I charge that 0. P. Huntington; president of the Central Paoiflo railroad, oalled that bill introduced by Gordon “our bill,” and wrote to Colton, bis Oslifornia partner, that be oould pats that bill with $300,000. He did not pats it, thank God. He wrote to Colton two days after the Forty-fifth Congress oon vened, on March 7th, 1877, that his bill was in better shape to pass then ever before, as he stayed two days in Washington fixing up the Senate oommlttee on railroads. On the 10th of March be wrote to Col ton that “Tom Scott bad succeeded in putting one of his men off and in putting one of Soott’s men on.” “Gofdon, of Georgia, wss put off and Bogy, of Missouri, wss put on.” I obarge General Gordon with being Huntington's “man,” because be introduced Huntington’s .bill, and because Huntington calls bim “his man”—and General Gordon does not deny it The truth is not slander, Mr. Editor, and the truth has been told If the Congressional Record and O. P. Huntington are to bo ’be- ■lisved. I charge General Gordon with endeavoring to decoy thirty South ern Congressmen into the toils of Huntington, who skid that trip would cost the railroad $10,000. , I charge Gfenfir&rGordon with voting against the Thurman fund ing bill, When every/member ot the House of Representatives voted for it, but Ben B.uttlar and Mr. Lynde, of Wisconsin. S. S. Cox, in a speech that day said the railroad kings boasted “our best Senrtors have tbelr price.” ' Colonel Prinlup and Judge Un derwood told me General Gordon wss denounced in s hotel dining room as a man who had been bought by the railroads, with the pries ststed, while they were visiting Washington in the spring of 1878. Ask them if these things were not so discussed in their bearing at that time. I charge General Gordon with endeavoring to trade with Stanley Mathews and Charles Foster after Hayes and Tilden’s canvass for the Presidency was doted. The let ters written by those gentlemen to General Gordon and John Young Brown were published in the Con stitution by authority of Senator Joseph E. Brown in the year 1877- Governor Brown derided General Gordon; he held him up to public acorn, and he proved as true what General Gordon then oalled a slan- der, just as I have proved to be true, what you now call alanders. I charge General Gordon with being a convict lessee, on the origi nal contract bond, responsible now to tho State, and as the man who signed a contract with Edward Cox, Gordon to furnish sixty con- vlots for eight yean, for whioh he was to receive fifty bales of ootton as rental. I refer to the Supreme Court records for the proof. His statement to the Working World that his name was “never mention ed in the partnership,” I proved to be unqualifiedly false, by the same authority. Truth is not slander, Mr. Editor. I charge General Gordon with having left the United States Sen ate, as he has said, to accept $14,- 000 annualy, as general counoil for Victor Newcomb, who, at that time, was ordering Governor Brown to charge every man who received goods that were transported by the Western and Atlsntio railroad three cents per hundred pounds extra, if those goods were shipped from Cincinnati. I charge General Gordon with being in the employ of Viotor Newcomb, whose effort was to control the lease shares of the State toad, in his own interest, in open defiance of the lease law— and while Viotor Newcomb was tbns seeking to deteat the will of the people of Georgia, and to con trol the State road, John B. Gor don was doing some work for Vic tor Newcomb, for which Gordon was io receive twice the salary that the lessees of tho State road pay to Governor Brown. Now I de mand proof in reiulation of these charges, from the Constitution, which has entered the light, and denounced me as a slanderer. Respectfully, W. H. Felton. An Appeal to the People., Aug oat* Chronicle. The Bacon meo in this canvass need organizing.. They are in the majority in nearly ail the different counties, but they havo seen their delegations in many instances in structed for Gen. Gordon by effeoa live organization rather than by superior numbers. The Baooo meo here moved like unwlediy and unwielded armies, dovotd of sys tem and lacking in discipline. Their numbers hsve given them confi dence—too much confidence. While the Gordon msnsgers bare been sending out teams and bring' ing the Gordon men to town, the Bacon men bare relied entirely upon the natural popular prefer ence for tbeir candidate and have not tried to mass their strength at any one point or to concentrate their effort In any one field. No cause esn hope to succeed, no can didate can aspire for election who does not matoh force with organi zation, or who doe* not meet sor ties with well disciplined forces. ,, The Gordon men have prated about “primaries,” when they show that tbelr tactics are just suited to mass meeting*. Tho brass bands, the sudden appearance in countleh where meetings are being held, the packed conventions and their in consistent and inconsiderate action in counties whioh they control by party machinery—these show how far they are willing to trusl|the peo- pie. The Chronicle does not want the Bacon men to follow the Gordon managers iu all Of their methods. Wo are making this campaign to condemn many of theeo tactics, and to make them odious in the eyes of the people. But we appeal to our friends everywhere to corn* oontrate their strength; to make their support in every part of the county available; to put their col umn in marehing order; to be ready for the sudden movements of the other side; meet them In .open, honorable battle at every point, and rout them with superior num bers and thorough organization. This they can do if they will work, and this they must do if they would win. A Strong'Endorsement. Still they come and all in the lightest praise. Offlce Piedmont M’i’g Co., Pied mont, S. 0 Mess. Westmoreland Bros.: Nearly two years sgol con tracted malaria into my system, and suffered greatly from time to time from it m various forms in whioh it developed. Sometimes had severs chills and fevers—indi gestion followed it, and I was gen erally out of health. Last spring lor more than two months I was greatly troubled with a disordered condition of the bowels, whioh I believe was the result of the mala ria still existing in my system, I visited two or three mineral springs celebrated for the care of malarial diseases, without the slightest benefit. I was also treated as the different symptoms developed by the most skillful physicians, but was not relieved. About two months ago, I concluded to try Oslleayn Tonic, prepared by Westmoreland Bros., but I must oonless I had little confidence of being materiaHy benefited by it. I have taken five or six bottlo of the Tonic—from the beginning I felt relief and con- tinned to improve, nntil now I feci qnlte as well snd in as perfeet health as I ever did in my life, and be lieve I am perfectly well. H. P. Hammett, Resident. The effects ot malaria in the system is a bard thing to eradicate, but will promptly yield to the wonderful and sovereign remedy, Westmoreland’s Calisaya Tonic. Try it. ■ For sale by J. A. & D. F. Daven port, Wholesale Agtnts. Judge Crisp and Judge Holman on matters pertaining to the Pa cific railroad extension bill, indulg ed in a tart debate. Judge Crisp stood on his mettle and let the In« dianian know of what stuff an hoo- est congressman is made.—Albany News. m msI y

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Americus weekly recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 18??-1891, June 10, 1886, Image 1