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tJNTAINS!
(from 15 to $5,000)
ing, Basins,
j n d other fixtures. Also
ON KAILINGS.
Frout Yard and Cemetery En<
F ’“ Greetings, Tower Final;,
r er Vanes, Hitching Posts, Of.
Railings. Bronze and Marble
S,
ONTJMENTS!
tnd Iti
oreign
good style and atrea-
,J. MILLER,
SUCCESSOR TO
iller & McCall,
(Jackson St., Americcs, Ga
si-Will guarantee prlcesfully
iotas cau be procured elsewhere
other markets. Workmanship
rinteed in every particular,
setStf
imericau and Italian Marble,
and foreign Granite All
put ui> in go
e prices.
ower Than Ever!
W. COR. PUBLIC SQUARE,
Wheatley’s Dry 6oods Store.
Size, Cabinet, Panels,
Size a Specialty !
Tin Types and Photos Copied
to Any Sire.
til and examine work before
udiug off to distant places by
at or otherwise. No Tin Types
AN RIPER
ARTIST.
CALL AND SEE
.W.MIZE
his now nuarters on Cotton Ave-
*, under Hawkins House. He
pt the finest
ines, Whiskies, Cigars
ETC,, £TO»
n. He always has on
kegs of the
tap
the home of the melon.
Th '' P .t r * t W * ( « r “«ton Shipped From
Wilmington Islauet in 1853.
AMOUS COOK BEER1
.best Beer ever sold In Americas
ANCY- DRINKS
west Living Prices!
S. keeps nothing but flrst-clas»
• tbem U<1 < * ou 4 e ^* T K* fancy prices
aau JOL. A T.Ta,
Inter-State
ILDING AND LOAN
Association.
TH0RI2EO CAPITAL, $7,500,000.
Shares, $ 100 Each.
Ubu: in Monthly Install-
“ents ok 75c. Per Share.
* 0 ™' ’’ Wand 810Lumber Excbanp,
Minneapolis, minn.
A. GRAHAM, Gen. Agtr,
Americcs, Ga.
MIDDLE GEORGIA
Mary and Agricultural
COLXiEGE.
'••LKDGEVIIXE, GEORGIA.
Profe*aor» and Teacher* 12.
. “"'I*, or Pupil, last Scion W.
11 “> ’>oth aexe*. The couneqrIn-
Include* all'“bunnr maMhen
a.. Llamlcal and Literary; al«>.
hrtr.'ii,, .‘-keeping, Ac. Strict Military
i* Prevail*. Uarracka forCadct* u
thoroughly repaired and fur-
Hoard reaaonable.
ION FZtEZl!
s "*»lon begin. September 4. Dl#
“‘o'.’ue, app,y to
bis., _ J. N. MOO"*‘
1,1 ■ M Sec. Board or Trustees.
Savannah Newt.
The question having arisen (as to
what section pf the South was the
pioneer in shipments of watermel
ons to Northern markets, Dr. A.
Oemler, of Savannah, in an Inter
view submits some data that will be
of general interest.
Dr. Oemler a^ya that prior to 1852
a^few melons may have been sent to
New York by Savannah fruiters to
All an occasional order, but no large
assignments had ever been made on
commission, nor had a crop been
grown in Georgia or in the South
expressly for the Northern markets.
Dr. Oemler says that in 1851 a half
dozen of his relatives who took pas
sage on the steamship Isaac Mead
for the North were furnished by Mr.
E. B. Barstow, also a relative, with
fifty melons grown on Wilmington
Island, but as the passage was short
the party was unable to consume
the melons, and they presented the
remaining to the captain of the ves
sel, but had he been willing to have
sold them, he could have command
ed enough to have paid the passage
of half of the party. When this was
brought to Mr. Barstow’s attention,
on tbe return of the steamer, he
conceived the Idea of growing mel
ons exclusively for the Northern
market, and in 1852 shipped the
first melon to the North, and while
there were several serious draw
backs the returns were so satisfac
tory after two or three years that
other cotton planters followed suit,
among whom were R. T. Gibson, of
Whitmarsh island, and W. Prit
chard, of Skidaway island, and Mr.
Pritchard had sixty acres of melons
in tbe year the war Broke out, which
of course was a loss, as he was un
able. on account of interrupted
communication, to market them
Dr. Oemler says the Btealage9 of
melons on shipboard in the early
days of melon shipments were so
great that growers had to place their
melons under the protection of the
captain or purser, taking them Into
copartnership and dividing with
them the net proceeds, and as the
melons often commanded $1 each,
the profit was then most salisfat-
tory.
Dr. Oemler says that shortly after
the planters on the Islands about
Savauuah began to grow meloDsfor
the northern markets, Charleston
followed suit. Burke aud Rich
mond counties were next to raise
nielous for the North. In South
Georgia, George R. McRee, near
Valdosta, and W. R. Tally, of Ous-
ley station, began to grow melons
for tbe Northern market in 1878,
since which time Brooks aud
Lowndes counties have been large
ly devoted to the melon industry.
Dr. Oemler has himself been for
many years a successful melon
grower, and is careful to ship none
but the best melons, and in good
condition. He says that up to the
time of large crops aloug the line of
the Savannah, Florida aud Western
railway lie was tbe largest melon
grower in Georgia, having annu
ally from forty to fifty acres plant
ed, and selling the seed to Northern
firms, and lie says that in one sea
son he sold twenty-four bushels of
seed to one Northern firm.
The varieties that used to be
grown for the Northern market
were the “rattlesnake,” the “moun
tain sweet,” the “Pearson,” the
“scaly-bark” and the “Cuban
queen," but the “Kolb Gem” 19 the
principal variety that lias been
shipped the past year or two.
The melon industry has now-
grown to such large proportions
that it requires almost as much at
tention from the railroads aud
steamers as the orange crop of
Florida. *
A MODEL STOCK FARM.
What Mr. A. B. McDonald Ha* Done In
Floyd County.
Tribune of Rome. •
One who visited tbe farm of Capt.
W. L. Gordon, In the Flatwoods last
winter, would hardly know the
place this summer, Its new owner,
Mr. A. B. McDonald, having made
so many Improvements.
Mr. McDonald came to Rome last
January. He saw the farm of Cap
tain Gordon, about three miles from
Rome on the Summerville road. It
suited him exactly and he bought it.
During the past spring he erected a
handsome residence and moved hie
family from Canada to this city.
He is engaged in the business of
raising fine stock.
The land on which the farm is
situated Is on white sandy soil
known as the flat woods, and not
very fertile. There were many Im
mense gullies and ravines In tbe
fields. These Mr. McDonald cov
ered up by cutting down trees and
putting into them aud covering
over with dirt. He also reclaimed
several swampy places with drains.
His forage crop this year is so large
that he will have to build larger
barus to store it. He now has sixty
head of cattle, a great many sheep
and eight or ten head of horses with
two colts foaled during tbe past
summer.
Mr. McDonald is delighted with
bis farm and Floyd county, and
will have a very prosperous place
as soon as he finishes his improve
ments and gets the farm well under
way.
TheCedaitown Lumber Company
last week bought of Messre. Pace
and Herbert two lots lying south
and eastoftheirplaning mill. This
purchase will give the company 500
feet of railroad frontage. The
company is about to erect upon one
of these lots two large tanks, con
taining 80,000 gallons each, for the
purpose of supplying their works
with an abundant supply of water.
They will also furnish water for the
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus
railroad, a»d will be prepared also
to supply private parties.
The corpsof Engineer M. Pickett’s
geological survey have been around
Athens for several day-, and are on
their way to the Blue Ridge belt of
Georgia and South Carolina, to
make a survey for the government.
They came from Scotsville, and will
go from Athens to I.owrencevllle,
and thence to some point lu South
Carolina. It is their purpose to
make a thorough survey with geo
logical tests all along the foot of the
Blue Ridge througli Georgia aud
Carolina.
In the last year there have been
fished out of the river Seine the
carcasses of 2.021 •!"-•*, 1)77 cats,
1,257 rats, .507 chicken, aud ducks,
22 puppies. 18 sheen, ns pigs, 5 hogs,
27 geese. 00!) birds, 8 loxes, 2 calves,
3 monkeys, 8 goats, 1 snake, 2 squir
rels, 8 porcupines, 1 parrot, ISO
doves, 2 peacocks ahd one sea dog.
Besides all tills, a great number of
human bodies aud S.noo kilometres
of refuse meat were takeu from the
river.
In Carroll county there is a tract
of laud for which no owner cau be
found. The tract embraces ninety-
four and one-half acres of land and
is a fractional part of land lot No.
107 in the ninth district of the coun
ty. When the land In this section
was given out or sold about 1821,
this strip, which is next to the Ala
bama line, was left untaken. For
some unexplained reason this land
has remained unoccupied, aud no
notice has been taken of it until
within the last two weeks. About
a dozen people from Carroll county
have been into the Secretary of the
State’s office asking about the land,
and one of them ottered Ben Davis,
one of the clerks, $100 If he could
find any record of Us belug given or
sold. The record could not be found
so the Secretary of the State will
order the sheriff to sell the land
at public outcry to the highest
bidder. Land lu that section s
worth about $10 an acre, but It Is
thought that gold has been discov
ered on this strip, which account#
for the anxiety of so many to find
traces of Its being sold. »
The Worst Naaal Catarrh,
_ matter how long .tandlng. lsjjb-
solutcly cured , by nr =«ge
Dr. Sage’
Catarrh Remedy ^ p^ u “es
merely give relief, nut prouueo-
permanent cure. In the worst cases.
80 cents, druggists.
A remarkaole sight was witnessed
at the Bailey depot, lu Cass county,
Missouri, on a recent evening. The
sun was gettiug 1 >w when a train
pulled in, and the engine began to
let off steam. As soon as released
the steam began to form, aud in a
short time a complete rainbow
could be seen a few feet above the
engine, and reached to the ground
on either side. It was a beautiful
sight, aud remained as long as the
eugtueer released steam from the
eugiue.
THE WORLD’S FAIR.
We notice that there is great riv.
airy between the cities of New Y ork
Washington aud Chicago in their
endeavors to secure the location of
the great World’s Fair to be held In
1892. Each city is now engaged In
sending out circular letter* setting
forth the peculiar advantogea of
that particular city over all other
competitors.
While Washington City, as the
seat of government, might be tbe
most appropriate location for this
fair, there are many other things
to be taken into consideration.
New York, representing as it doea
the great shipping interests of this
country, is not peculiarly an Amer
lean city. Its first settlement being
by the Hollanders, and afterwards
passing under English control, it
retains many of the characteristics
of those natious.
Chicago, built up entirely since
the formation of our government, is
essentially a fair representative of
this country. Situated as it is, it is
more nearly tbe center of the Uni
ted States than any of the three
cities competing. To a foreigner,
visiting this country for the pur
pose of examining Us resources, it
affords greater facilities than either
New York or Washington. It
would take him a thousand miles
through a country which has
been populated and developed
within the present century;
and traveling from New York,
or Philadelphia, to Chicago, he
would be taken through our richest
mineral, manufacturing and agrl
cultural sections. Chicago might
well be said to be the great grainary
and storehouse of this country, for
into It is poured all the agricultural
wealth of the great pralries|of the
Northwest, and >lso of the more
thickly populated Middle States.
It has all the conveniences of rapid
communication, Its railroads ex
tending and reaching into every
portion of the country. Its facili
ties for entertaining large assem
blages of people have a number of
times been tested, and have always
been found ample. All in all, we
believe It to be tbe best location for
an exposition whloh is intended to
show the great growth and resour
ces of this country i ;lne its discov
ery.
A dispatch of Monday from Little
Rock, Ark., says: Great excite
ment exists rmong the cotton far
mers of five or more counties lu this
State over the appearance, within
the last few days, of cotton worms.
They have appeared in the bottom
lands of Pulaski, Jefferson, Clark
and two other counties, as far as
heard from. Paris green Is being
freely U9ed.
D. C. Hoskins, chief engineer of |.
the long projected North River
tunnel,declares that the great under
taking will be completed in 1892, in
time for the World’s Fair. John
R. Dos Passos, the attorney of the
company, confirms this prediction,
and adds that the money needed to
complete the work is secured. The
tunnel will be in two divisians,
each 5,000 feet long, with approach
es each three-quarters of a mile
long on each side of the river, these
being spanned by a single arch.
About 2,000 feet of the north dlvis*
Ion have been completed and 588
feet ot the south division. There
has been no work on the tunnel
since 1882 unMl this week, when
operations were resumed.
J. J. O’Reilly, representative In
Pittsburg of the English syndicate
purchasing breweries in this coun
try, says that the syndicate will not
make purchases of less than $1,000,-
000; also that forty million dollars
have already been invested in
America, a large share of it being
In Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver
aud New York. There are at least
three big English syndicates In
America.
Dr. Robert Lowry, of Canton,
Miss Mary T. Foote, a daughter of
Judge Henry 8. Foote, of tbe
Supreme Court of California, and
granddaughter of the late Henry S.
Foote, of Mississippi, were married
in Jaekson, Miss., on Tuesday. It
was a runaway match.
Tbe St. Louis Republic of Monday
reports: Eugene Mercadler, of the
Excelsior Rowing club, successfully
swam the river yesterday afternoon
with his arms and legs tied. He
started from a point on the east side
directly opposite tbe foot of Mullan-
phy street to within 100yards north
of the bridge on this side.
The Largest sad Best Assort!
GARDEN SEED
ever opened in Americus at
Hall's New Drug Store.
not a branch house to work off old stoc
nor In any ring or combination* but i—
gooda are New and of tbe Very Beat Qual
ity, I sell
Landreth’s largest Rise Papers
Branded for tbe Trade ofttse, at
?i Cents or Two Papers for 5 Cents
and other brmndaequall^low in proportion
PEAS, BEANS, CORN,
AND ONION SETS
anil Heed* In Bulk at Lowest Prlcea. HeedJi
at Wholeaale in lot* to ault. Come see me
before you buy.
decs tf J. E. HALL
The stealing ot an umbrella on a
clear day is held to be a theft by an
Omaha judge, but the stealing of
the came article on a rainy day Is
held to be j ust i II able on the ground of
self defense. We presume this de
cision was rendered In order to pro
tect the coarts.
TO MERCHANTS.
Now It the time to order your Sta
tionery for the fall and winter trade.
Look over your drawers and see
what you want, and then call on or
telephone for the business manager
of the Recorder to give you fig
ures.
We are now prepared to take or
ders for Blank Books of all kinds,
usual forms, or made to order, or
for any kind of Lithographing.
Commercial work of all kinds ex
ecuted promptly, neatly and at
prices that will compete with any
houae in Georgia.
Recorder Publishing House.
The most gigantic Irrigation
scheme in the United States is that
carried on by the Bear Lake and
River Canal company of Ogden,
Utah. The canal is to cost three aud
half million dollars aud will e 180
miles long. Its source will he Bear
lake of Idaho teirltory, which Is
thirty miles long and seven miles
wide. The water in tbe lake Isas. ..... . .
clear as crystal. The canal will go I » 1 ’ 500 wlU bu > - 490 acres of flne
through Montana. timber and one 25-horse power en.
Rev. Mr. Spurgeon write, to the I * lae aud boller (Frlck make) ,n
newspapers that he will sign n petl-! B° od ruuningorder. This maehln
tiou for the release of Mrs. May-1 ery and timber is on the Ocmulgee
brick and will commend to his con-'
Engine and Timber for Sale.
Hooey to Loan
REDUCED RATES
IN
Sumter and Adjoining Counties
A mrttea dntrlns Loan* will *ave
by calling on ms
I AH ALSO AOIKT FOB
F -mers* Improvement and
Savings Association.
.looney Loan*d to number* at * per cant.
Internet.
NO COMMISSIONS!
SUPPLY UNLIMITED I
D. C. N. URKHALTER,
No- 61 IXIaokson Street,
AMJTUC3U8, : GEORGIA
gregatlou the advisability of follow
ing his example. The parliament
ary petition in behalf of Mrs. May-
briek has been sigued by ninety-one
members of the House of Commons.
W. J. Hays, of St. Simon’s, oilers
to run auy old gentlemen over 62
years of age, a race for the cham
pionship. He does not want to
wager anything, but wishes it as a
test of fieetness and endurance. The
ground covered will he 600 yards in
length, and the one that reaches tbe
rope first to be champion until the
honors are wrested from him. Mr,
Hays is himself 62 years of age and
is one of the best preserved men in
the county.
Catching frogs to sell them to tbe
restaurants is a brisk Industry
around Chambershurg, Pa. The
hunter carries a torch which he
dashes on the stream, and if a frog
Is there it sits dazed, and with a
dexterous thrust of a spear he pins
It.
An illusionist at the Madison
Square theatre, New York, has be
come so expert that he places a pota
to on the neck of a kneeling female
assistant, and with one blow of a
sharpe knife cleaves the potato
without touching the woman’s
neck.
The negro villain who assaulted a
beautiful young lady near Savan
nah on Friday evening last was
caught Sunday morning at Pooler’s,
ten miles west of Savannah. He
confessed the crime and after being
given time to pray was then hanged
and bis body riddled with bullets.
It is reported that in Latah eouu
ty, Idaho, a party of geologists dis
covered a bed of moss, which they
removed and discovered a vein of
ice 500 feet long and from four to
six inches thick. Tiie several lay'
era of bowlders, debris and ice alter
uated to a deptii of forty feet. The
geologists think the formation be
longs to the glacial period.
A special from Fort Payne, Ala,
to the Birmingham Age-Herald
says: It Is expected that Governor
Gordon and staff will meet Governor
Seay and staff at the Chautauqua on
Tuesday, the 10th of September.
Arrangements are being made for
their reception. Governor Gordon
has been requested to deliver an ad
dress on “American Manhood.”
Henry Shaw, the venerable phil
anthropist of St. Louis, and proprie
tor of tbe largest botanical garden
in this country, died at his home on
Sunday last, aged ninety years. The
Georgia editors will remember him,
as he gave them a most cordial re
ception during their trip to the
Northwest last June.
Boston proposes to erect statues of
heroic size In bronze to the memory
of Admiral Farragut and Generals
Grant and Sheridan, the last men
tioned to be equestriau. There will
also be one to Boston's pet, Hon.
John L. Sullivan. This will he
fistic and semi-nude.
river, and the best location In Geor
gia for saw-milling, etc.
A. W. FULLEB,
aulSlrn Slbbie, Wilcox Co., Ga.
REPORTER WANTED.
Patrolman H. F. Smith, of At
lanta owns the land upon which Pat
Calhoun and Capt..J,D. William
son faced each other on the field of
honor.
A young man to do the local re
porting for a dally paper. Must
be live and energetic, and know
something of the business. State
age, experience, and salary wanted.
Address Editor, care of Recorder.
MERCER UNIVERSITY,
MACON, GEORGIA.
full Faculties. Five Schools.
(1) The Preparatoiy Department.
(2) The College of Liberal Art*.
(3) The Scientific Depsitmcnt.
(4) The Deparment or Theology.
-) The Law 8*lr— 1
lit Ion FREE I
1 Arts, Science
ill Term her
(25th) lnHeptemb...
For Catalogue other Information ad
dress.
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
Military and Agricultural
COLLECE, '
Cutliloozrt, Goorgltt.
Full coi
Board, ‘
Send
:orp* of Protest _.
1,99.00 per month. Send for catalogue.
or ta CURK, PffSldwL
FOR SALE I
One Engine, about 7-horse power,
for $100.00, or 1,000 pounds good lint
coSon. Apply at Recorder office
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DR. J; W. JONES*
tandard Blood Remedy,
Thermo-Electric Remedy,
Female Remedy,
Bowel Remedy,
andEyeRemedy-
Koa Hals at Wholssali ahd Rctaix
at ths Laboratory or the
Americus Medicine Go.,
321 Lamar St., Americus, Ga.
People’s Restaurant;
116 Forsyth 8L, Opposite Post-Office,
AMERICUS, - • - GEORGIA
Meals at all hours. Cheap for cash. Tbe
best the market affords, with tbe beet cook
in the South. Lunches furnished at low
rates. Open day and night. All orders ap-
{ •reclated. Polite waiters to attend all cue-
omen.
o-zvn nm ▲ oaziZsi
AMOS 8HEALEY, Proprietor.
Jul 12tlllsepl
Junes B. Hinkle. M. 0.
Re*. 227 Taylor st.
Telephone No. 5.
Albert B. HUikl* M. 0.
Res. at Office,
315 Jackson street.
J. B. AND A. B. HINKLE
Tender their professional services to the
citizens or Americusand surroundingcoun-
t ry. H pedal attention given to general sur
gery and to tbe treatment of diseases of the
EYE, EAR, THROAT AND NOSE.
Db. A. B. HINKLE having taken a sped *
' ire<1 to
> the eyes.
THE FINE STALLION,
“John Morgan”
Will stand the Fall *eaaon. commencing
July «, at Lockett A Elam’a Stable*, ta
Am.rtcu*,
EVERY SATURDAY,
John Morgan" Is>
getter.
W. B. DRANK.
ar. c.
30 TC
Cooper,
Flnt-ela*. SttaT.r and Hair Dreaaer. Hot
and cold both,, Sunday Included. 4* Cot
ton Avaunt. )r-*—
Richland High School
1J1ALL TERM BEGINS AUGUST IP. MX
I? Inatruetlon* thoronfb In all grata,
xtra chart, for Book-Ktepln,, Lau-
[«*, and Vocal lluatc. A competent
contins to grade. ' For further Information
ul U?' tv. B. MERRITT. Jr., Prln.
BUSINESS COLLEGE
G. C. Falconer, Principal.
Scnool ol Book-Keeping and Shorthand.
In Barlow Block, Rooms formerly oc
cupied by Y. M C. A. ,
Hours op Studv—8 to 12 a.*. 7 tol0:*)p.u
Terms Easy. Correspondence sol letted
Visitors welcome. augl5wtf