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pHERICojj
Recorder
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». L. GLKSSNKIt,
Kflltor
Official Orsnn of A tn.rlmi.
Official Oman of Humt.r Comity,
official Organ of W.bater County.
APRIL 0, 1889.
FRIDAY. - - - -
Tbe Amfrici’H BKCounaB :« pnolubcd
Dally anil Weeklr. Jurlnn the year.
The DAILT -*.'oki>*k Is Issued every
morning except Mondays, .luring tbo year,
atsuo per month, or fd.'Wper year.
Tbe WKKKI.Y ItyroRDKR Is Issued every
Krldny morning, »t 11.00 per year, paya-
oieln advance. I‘baa I lie largest circula
tion of any paper In Southwest Georgia,
circulating laigel; in tb counties of Hum-
ter, Lee. Terrell, Stewal t, Webster, Hcbley,
Marlon, Mncon, Dooly and Wilcox.
Entered at Amerlcus Poat-Ofllce as sec
ond class matter.
All communications should bo addressed
o H.C.HTOREY. Publisher.
The lust session of the Superior
Court for Dooly county cost about
if] ,1 ;V).
The Buchanan Banner bus been
purchased by a stock company,
, who propose to improve the paper.
Tbe Oglethorpe bunk building nt
Brunswick is to cost $25,000. John
O. Smith, of Savannah, is the con-
raclor.;
Postmaster General Wanamaker
will, it is suiii lend liotli “Christ Be
fore Pilate" and "Ciilvery" to tlie
Paris Exposition.
Tli in seems to lie an era of railroad
building fur Southwest Georgia.
We hope tlieera ol'railroad bursting
is a long ways of!'.
India rubber is being tried as u
substitute for asphalt in pnvomeuts
111 Berlin and the result is said lobe
good, but expensive.
Californians are beginning to
think the dandelion a nuisance. A
few years ago it was introduced
from the east and now it threatens
to crowd out everything else.
It has Just been discovered that
out of Jo,000 natives Kanakas in the
Island of Noumea, 4,000 are Billeted
with leprosy of the worst sort. Ef
forts to stop the scourge are under
way.
The Savannah News shyly insinu
ates that Col. Hawkins wants the
business men of Bavaunah to give
him enough money to build a road
from Meltae to Savannah and let
him own and run it.
Zola has obtained permission to
ride upon a locomotive during one
of its longest and fastest trips, and
in his next book will Introduce the
the experience, with remarks upon
engine men and their work.
The Rkcokiikk is afraid it has
•roused a “fence” discussion, by
allowing a correspondent to make
aome observations on that subject.
Thai shows bow wary an editor
must he with the matter he pub
lishes.
Ash Wednesday no longer inter
feres with theatrical performances
in Loudou. Wbareas all the thea
ters used to close on that, only two
this year paid any attention to it,
and these merely announced that
they would keep opeu.
The hotel project hangs lire. The
people want one, and want it badly,
hut they are uot read}- to donate tiie
square and $25,000 with it. Why, a
company could issue bonds and
build the hotel and uot invest one
cent. A more reasonable oiler will
have to be made, or we will have to
go hotel-less.
A DAISY PAPER.
Tbe Macou Telegraph now eoiucs
to us fresh from a Goss perfecting
press, witli a complety new dress.
The type is large and clear, and the
printing is perfect. With its in
creased facilities the Telegraph will
now lend the procesnion instead of
keeping up witli it. It lias been
vastly improved since Mr. Estill
bought H, and now is second to no
paper in the South in brilliancy,
reliuble news and enterprise. I.ong
may It wave.
YOU ARE MISTAKEN.
Mr.G. W. MeMeekie, in an article
in the Cedartown Standard, says:
“Now l want it distinctly uuder-
stood that I am in favor of promptly
putting up water works, knowing it
would greatly reduce the rate
charged for tire insurance, and in
many other ways benetlt our town.”
We regret to inform Mr. MeMee
kie that he is mistaken about water
works, nomatter how good, lower
ing insurance rates. The agents
may promise such tilings before the
waterworks are built, but afterward
it is a different matter. Georgia is
under control of what is called
Tariff Association-, and it has been
the sad experience of Amerlcus that
tile rates were raised after the water
work- were finished, iustcad of low
ered. If Cedartown builds water
works on that supposition, we ad
vice it to have an iron-clad contract
with the insurance companies.
GO SOUTH, YOUNG MAN, GO
SOUTH!
Manufacturer's Record.
Here is a picture thatembellishes
a magazine and illustrates a story.
The scene ia a rolling prairie in one
of our Western Territories. In the
foreground a little New England
settlement with a church and school
house, a store aud several dwell
ings. On one side flows a rapid
river. All beyond to the horizon is
the broad boundless prairie, with
neither tree nor shrub to relieve the
eye, or to shelter men or animals
when the dog star is in the ascen
dant. To reach that distant settle
ment from the Atlantic Etntes one
must ride to St. Paul, thence to the
nearest railroad station, and thence
by wagon some twenty miles. This
means for the Eastern prospector a
journey of from three to five days,
at a cost of from $45 to $75. When
he gets there he will find a country
"good for mixed farming and stock
raising,” where land can be had
under the homestead act or pur
chased from its present owners at
government prices. Wheat, it is
said “will probably average as well
in a few years as in New England
or Ohio,” but “it should not be de
pended upon as a market crop."
Tlie settler is advised to breakup
40 of his 170 acres of homestead and
to sow grain of various kind-, to
plant eorn aud to keep a few cattle,
sheep and hogs. Witli this start,
and witli a fair endowment of in
dustry and economy lie may hope
to succeed. “NuJault will be found
with tlie climate by immigrants
from New England,” for the win
ters are never as severe, and there
is no long, wet, cold spring with
muddy roads andother tribulations.
The cost of lumber in large lots is
$25 per 1,000, and other building
materials cost proportionately. But
coal Is cheap, for all along tlio river
there are outcrops of lignite Hint
can be mined and delivered at $1.75
a ton. in fact cheap fuel seems to
he a chief attraction, for one writer
in referring to it naively remarks
that after spending a part of the
summer in a distant settlement in
the same territory, “on my return
I knew better how to appreciate our
coal for fuel. The fact that our
Southern neighbors are sreceeding
so well-(while twisting hay for fuel}
argues much for their patience and
perseverance.”
We might continue quotations
from the writings of these Eastern
emigrants who are apparently
pleased with their new homes two
thousand miles away from tbe
Eastern markets, where, amid tree
less wastCB, they are helulng to
plant civilization, hut those given
must suffice.
Now for another picture. Within
a day’s journey from Now York are
thousands of acres of as line land
as there is in the world that can be
bought at a few dollars per acre.
Within a short distance of and often
traversing these lands are railroads
that will carry farm products to all
the coast and interior markets. The
climate needs no apology or Invidi
ous comparisons. No severe win
ters; early springs; garden vege
tables rcudy for gathering
abmt tlie time the territorial
settlers are plantiug; land that
will produce all the cereals, all
the grasses, all the fruits and vege
tnbies of the West, and many that
can never be grown there nt all.
Add to all these things, healthful
ness, for there Is no part of this con
tinent where longevity returns are
as extraordinary. The West has
been settle’, and Is still drawing
immigration, because of the gla
mour that rests upon it, because
there is a fascination about tlie
stories of its boundless areas and its
rapid growtli Unit few can resist.
But as “all that glitters is not gold,”
so of many of the attractive tales
that come to us from beyond tlie
Missouri. Vivid imngiuatious aud
the pens of ready writers have led
tens of thousands of families to
breas up their old homes and make
new ones in the midst of surround
ings to which they 'were unaccus
tomed, and to engage In occupa
tions entirely unsulted to their
tastes or their training and experi
ence. Tlie glowing stories we read
and hear never mention tlie draw
backs and obstacles. Were a tenth
of them told, the rush Westward
would be diverted to the Sou III, for
in that favored part of our land there
are more avenues opening to pros
perity, ami fewer obstacles to suc
cess than in any other. Tlie time
has coine when every journal that is
called upon for advice by those con
templating immigration should
adopt tlie vigorous words of Horace
Greeley, changing only the direc
tion, and iterate and reiterate, Go
Boutli, Young Mau! Go South!
A ROAD FROM SAVANNAH.
Amerlcus can now rest assured
that a railroad will connect this city
with Savannah direct within tbe
next two years.
I'artles prominently connected
with the Central system have lately
been called to New York for an im
portant business conference, aud it
is surmised that the conference is
to devise means to raise the money
to build tlie long talked of Eden
and Amerlcus road.
Savannah parties are conferring
witli Col. S. H. Hawkins, of the S.
A. & M. road, trying to induce him
to build from Meltae, on the East
Tennessee, to Savannah direct. The
support of the business men of Sa
vannah is promised him if he will
so exteud his line.
It is hardly probable, though, tbafr
both these roads will lie built, as
•two would not pay, while one would.
It is well known that the Central
people are anxious to build the
Eden line, thus giving them a bee
line from Kansas City direct to
Savannah, On the other hand,
Col. llawkin’s recent acquisition of
the Atlanta A Florida would make
him anxious to obtain a quick and
direct route to the ocean, overall
Independent line, and it is well
know that lie favors such a line.
Several important meetings of the
directors of the Amerlcus In vest
ment Co., which controls his roads,
have been held lately, and parties
who ought to know say that sucli a
road lias been freely talked of in
connection witli obtaining control
of tlie Atlanta & Florida, and as
that lias been done, it is supposed
tlmt tlie next movement will be to
ward Savannah, as the extension
to Meltae lias already been con
tracted for.
Americus lias nothing to fear
from the rivalry between these two
corporations, and if both lines to
Snvanuali are built, why, so much
the better. A few days or weeks
wiii determine tlie question.
PEACHES AND POLITICS,
As Discussed by Mr. John II. Purnell.
From the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution,
West Point, Ga., Nov. 17.—“Tbe
Georgia peach now has an European
reputation,” said Mr. John H. Par
nell this evening, while narrating
the incidents of a trip across the
Atlantic. “When I was coming out
of the room wherein the investiga
tion of the London Times’ charges
against my brother, Charles S. Par
nell, was in progress, I was slapped
on the shoulder, and turning, found
Sir Charles Itussell at my elbow.”
“ ‘Have you brought over any
peaches with you?’ he said.
“Sir Charles then told with wbat
expressions of delight the members
of parliament gathered around sev
eral crates which I had shipped to
my brother during tlie recent sea-
sou.”
DID NOT DO IT.
Tlie Cordelean says:
“Tlie Americus Recorder is
mistaken in its assertion that the
grand jury of Dooly county took
action in regard to locating the
court house. The last grand jury
of Dooly county wns a body of sensi
ble gentlemen, who wero not led
away by a few interested parties at
Vienna, who seemed to think that
It was now or never with them, and
who were anxious to commence
work on the court house when there
was not three thousand dollars of
court house money in the treasury.
We trust that simply because other
portions of the county are growing
much faster than Vienna none of
her citizens will get excited and at
tempt to get tlie county authorities
to commence to build a court house
before we are fully prepared. In
deed the bone and sinew of the
county, the sturdy yeomanry of
Dooly, will hold in check these pre
mature eftorts on the part of a few.
When a court house is built let It
be one that will reflect honor upon
this section. It wilt stand a monu
ment for a hundred years to the
enterprise of our people. Let not
the citizens be burdened by a heavy
tax but let the assessments ruti
over a number of years and the
people will never feel it.”
WITH
Tlivlr lluKitu‘»» lloominj?.
l’robaoly no one tiling lias caused
such a general revival of trade ut
Dr. E. J. Eld ridge's Drug Store as
their giving away to their custom
ers of so many free trial bottles of
Dr. King’s New Discovery for Con
sumption. Their trade is si nply
enormous in lids very valuable
article from tlie fact that it always
cures and never disappoints.
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis,
Croup, and uli throat and lung dis
eases quickly cured. You can test
WOULD NOT COMPETE
THEMSELVES.
The Cordole Cordelean makes
light of tlie Eden & Americus pro
jected road, and says of it:
The little talk about Eden and
Americus railway’s curly comple
tion did not have auy effect upon
the last grand jury as to locating tbe
court house. No one now believes
the road will be commenced the
f ireseut year. The Northern epecu
utors who now run the Central rail
road will hardly build a line that
will compete witli their own line.
It the Central railroad authorities
can use arguments to u. leat tlie
Olive till! In this way, however,
they will not hesitate to declare
themselves the people’s champion
or cry injury iuuoceuce.”
It is hardly likely, though, tlmt the
Eden mad would he much of acorn-
petitor against the present Central
road from Savannah to Macon, as
any eau readily see who ever looked
at a map of tlie State. But in the
matter of tlie Olive bill we have not
heard any of the Central authorities
declaring themselves anybody’s
champion, or crying about injured
Innocence. Even if the Eden road
was built, it would not hurt Editor
Burton’s town, as he would doubt
less have moved some eight or ten
times before it could be completed.
CONSUMPTION CURED.
Ail old physician, retired from
practice, having had placed in his
hands by an East India missionary
the formula of a simple vegetable
remedy for tlie speedy aud perma
nent cure of Consumption, Bron
chitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all
throat anil Lung Affections, also n
positive and radical cure for Nerv
ous Debility und alt Nervous Com
plaints, after Having tested its won
derful curative powers In thousands
of eases, has felt it his duty to make
it known to ids suffering fellows.
Actuated by this motive and a de
sire to relieve human suffering, I
will send free of charge, to all who
desire it, this recipe, iti German,
French or English, with full direc
tions for preparing and using. Sent
, ... - by mail by addressing with stamp,
it before buying by getting a trial aiming this paper, W. A. Noyes
bott e free, large size $1.00. Everv 149 Power’s Block, Rochester, N. Y
bottle warranted.} s dots- ow-ut -—
THE GEORGIA PEACH.
“But,” said Mr. Parnell, there is
nothing to equal tlie Georgia peach
I have now 00,000 trees In bearing,
and just before I left for Ireland I
set aside 200 acres to be planted this
fall. In 1872, after having traveled
over the union, I decided tlmt mid
dle Georgia and middle Alabama
furnished the best fruit country in
the world. I started peach culture
here with little knowledge of the
varieties suited to the climate, or
best adapted (o transportation. For
several years 1 failed, but every
year brought experience of tlie
greatest value. By degrees I dis
covered what kind of trees were best
adapted to tlie climate. I haveaiso
mastered tlie question of transporta
tion. The great secret is to have
trees which bear In July. In that
mouth the earliest and poorest
peaches of Delaware and Maryland
are flooding the markets of the
North. Just think of tlie juicy Al
berta peace from Georgia making
its way iuto market among such
competitors! In Augusta the
Northern peach crop is on, so tlmt
our chance is in July. Last year I
sent a consignment of Aibertas to
New York city. Tlie crates held
from 24 to 38 peaches. They sold
for $2 each. On the same day I
sold three Thurbers at $1.75 and
Stonewalls at $1.25. Tbe market, at
these prices for good peaches, is
practically unlimited. Instead of
wanting tlie Held to myself, I am
anxious that all my neighbors
Bhould engage in peach culture.
THE MARKET A LARUE ONE.
"If there wero growers enough at
work the South could give tlie
North an assured supply of this
lucious fruit, aud the 1 eturu, for the
outlay, would exceed that of cotton.
My experience in grafting up a tree
which could produce fruit suffi
ciently firm for shipment, and yet
losing none of the jucluess which
so captivates the palate, 1ms been
entirely successful. The Alberta
peach, which matures the first
week in July, for size, flrmnesBand
excellence of flavor Is really the
queen. A tree in bearing is a pict
ure to look upon, rivaling the gold
en orange of Florida as it hides it*
fruit In Its foliage of dark green.
The Thurber Is another flue tree, its
fruit comiug into market at tbe
proper time. There are several
other varieties equally goodj which
can be relied U|>on for regular pro
duct.”'
“Why do tome people fail In
poach culture?” Mr. Parnell was
asked.
“Because they plant from North
ern nurseries. The trees areunaccll-
mated, and it is no wonder they do
not do well. It takes time to pro
duce a tree native to the soil, but
when you have produced it, it is as
certain us worldly tilings can hope
to be.”
Application for Charter.
GEORGIA—SUMTKR COUNTV.
To the Superior Court of wild County:
The petition of YV. L. Glensner, H. C.
Storey. C. L. Olussner and E. L. Stunfleld,
shows the following facts,to*wit:
the name of “Americus Publishing Com
pany.” Thelrobject is pecuniary gain.
2nd. Tlie capital stock ofsuld company to
Ik* Ten Thousand Dollars, wl h the privilege
of Increasing the same by vote of a majority
of the stock to One Hundred Thousand Dol
lars. Thecapital stock shall bedivided Into
shares of One Hundred Dollars each, and
shall he transferable in sueli manner ns
maybe prese rllied by the by-laws of said
company, and each stockholder shall bo In
dividually liable to tbe eifdltors of sab!
company only to the« >nt of their unpaid
subscriptions to the capital stock of said
corporation.
3rd. The place of business of said com
pany shall be In the city of Amerlcus, Hum-
ter County. Ga.
4th. The business of said company shall
be that of prlntiug and publishing hooks,
newspapers and other periodicals, blanks of
all kinds commercial paper and publica
tions necessary for commercial and mer-
nntlle business, engraving, electrotyping,
TO
blank Ixioks, stationery, notbu
goods.
1 and fnney
Petitioners therefore prny that they nnd
their successors, be created a laxly corpor
ate. for a period of twenty years, with the
privilege of renewal at i
I 1
said time. That they bo granted powers
' * nbefore named, of
of said businessand conducting
uslncss aforesaid. That they be grant
ed |X)werto sue and be sued, haven com
mon seal, and to do and |K*rform all oth i
acts unit jiowcrs incident to said business.
Men, Boys
and Children
•tltloncrs further pray that they lx*
granted all other and further powers and
rights incident to corporations under the
laws of the State of Georgia. And peti
tioners will ever pray, etc.
II ever pray, etc.
SIMMONS A KIMBROUGH,
Petitioners Attorneys.
Filed in Clerk's office, Superior Court
Sumter County, Ga , this 1.1th (lav of March,
1M«. .1 H. ALLEN,Clerk.
A true extract from tlie minutes o' Sum
ter Superior Court, this 13th d «y of March,
1880.
.1. II. ALLEN. Clerk S. C.
SUMTKR COUN'l Y.
UKOIIGI A—YY'khstkk County.
Whereas, L. C. Durham having In di
form filed his petition for letters of admin-
l the estate of .1. L. C. Durham,
These are therefore toelte ami admonish
nil parties concerned, whether kindred
i, to show cause
beloro the
Ordinary of
... the first Mon-
next, why snld }>etltlou
day In „
should not be granted as prayed ft
under my hand and official signa-
inv I
turethlsA ril2, Ik«
YV. H. COSBY', Ordinary.
W ERST Eli LOVNTV.
Our immense stock Is now in. To
everyone who expects to buy a
Bpring Buit we extend a cordial In
vitation to examine our stock. Wo
guarantee to save you 10 per cent,
on all investments, We are head
quarters for
GEORGIA—Wehstek County.
YY'hereas, .1. F. Owens having applied for
letters of administration on the estate of
John .1. Oliver, deceased, letters to bo. cast
George E. Thornton,
These are therefore to cite ami admonish
all nitrile* concerned, whether kindred or
ilitors, to show cause on or before the
Monduy In May next, why said peti
tion should not ho granted as prayed for.
YY’itness my hand and official signature,
this 2nd day of May, I8«*.
i .me, io«i.
YV. H. COSBY’, Ordinary.
NOTICE.
Sumter county for the removal of my disa
bilities! incurred by reason of the last ver
dict of the Jury In the divorce unit of YVIIlle
Jordan vs. It. W. Jordan, and that said ap
plication will be heard ut the May t«
IHHB, of Sumter Superior Court.
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R. YV. JORDAN.
Spanish Ground Pea.
All order# filled promptly.
marl.Vwlm
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Ink], Pent, Psncilt, Slates,
Envelops], Writing Pnpor, and
ALL KINDS OF STATONERY
Thomas’, Arnold’s, and Stafford's Inks,
Good Noli Paper al 10c per Quire,
Fine Paper Ruled and Unruled,
Toys lor all tha Children
Ruckin'. Arnica salve.
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Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chap
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BECAUSE HE WAS BOUNCED.
The Macon Telegraph reports R
H. Jackson, late president of the
Farmers’ Alliance, and now travel
ing lecturer and subscriber-solicitor
of the Atlanta Journal, ns saying, in
answer to a question as to iiow the
alliance was getting along:
"I am pained to say that the alli
ance is not in a satisfactory condi
tion. There seems to be a lack of
enthusiasm in the order aud con
cerning its work and purposes tliaf
T must say I was not prepared to
Und. 1 am at a loss to account for
It. During my trip, extending
through forty days, I have made a
number of addresses. I:i the forty
days I have spoken over one hun
dred hours. I have endeavored to
awaken some enthusiasm. I do not
Wish to boom the association, be
cause I think it should stand on its
merits. Rut it is a fact that has be
gun to ebb."
Probably the fact that the reins
are not Mr. Jackson’s hands lias
something to do with his opinion.
It would be all right if he was presi
dent, but as X is, it L all wrong.
Agnes Aycock.
AMEWCU8 GA.
we offer at a bare commission above
the cost of importation, they belli*
staple goods. We also deal largely
in
and keep a large assortment to suit
everybody.
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ala, and KKIIY'OITS disorder*. It re lie re* _
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build* up worn out Nervea t aid* <11 gets!ion ; re-
■tore* impaired or lo*t Vitality, nod bring* bock
*. and used regularly braces tbe System *g*«n*4
tbe depressing Influence of Malaria.
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