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Americus
Recorder
ESTABLISHED 1879.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1890.
STEREOTYPES.
IvESTERDAY OUR FIRST STERE-
1 OTYPES ARE MADE-
■A Description of a Most InterMtlngPrp-
cess> Which Hae Revolutionised
Printing*
Yesterday afternoon we made our
Ijrst stereotypes from the outfit
(purchased from Carlton, Caps &
|co.,ofKausasCity. Mr. Loveland,
(the representative of that company,
(performed the work. The follow-
ling advertisements were stereo
typed: Dunlap Hats sold at Arthur
I Bylander’s, artist’s material at
| Brown A Mardre’s, plumbing by
I Harris AFayne,Insurance and loans
| at J. J. Hanesley’s, the Georgia
J Loan and Trust Compauy, Drugs at
(cook’s Pharmacy, and shoes at
|Williford, Mathews* Co.
The work Is of a most interesting
(character, and Mr. Loveland was
| watched closely by the attaches of
I the office as he prepared the matrix
| for the stereotyping machine and
(through tho subsequent operations,
A stereotype plate is a fac simile
| in type metal of a quantity of mov-
| able type. Its design Is to a void the
(expense of keeping In type work
|whlch constantly In use; to avoid
(the necessity of recomposition, and
(to reduce the fonts of type in the
(composing room. To save the wear
(of type on the presB, and to permit
(the use of the same type over and
(over in the composition of a news
paper, early suggested stereotyping.
4s with many other discoveries,
Itbere are several claimants for the
honor of this invention, Wm.Ged,
of Edinburgh, is credited with the
nodern mode of stereotyping,
vhleh releases the type for re-com-
Jposition. He was not a printer by
■trade but a goldsmith. In 1725 his
(attention was turned to whnt sub
sequently became stereotyping. At
(that time all the type used In Scot-
(land was cast in London and it oc-
(curredtoGed that a great saving
(might be effected if solid pages
(could be cast, which would release
I the type from re-compositiou. He
j borrowed a page of type and began
(experiments. In two years he suo-
|cceded in making perfeot plates;
but he had to contend with tho
prejudices of printers, who fancied
Jtbat their craft would be ruined by
Ithe uew process, and as has been
Ithe case with too many inventors,
unnumerable obstacles and difficul-
[ties nearly ruined poor tied.
Tho process of stereotyping Is very
bimple. The page of type being set,
{corrected, cleaned and flqed in
{frame, is laid on a smooth table,
{face upward, and a little fine oil Is
brushed over it to prevent the
uatrix paper from stick to the types.
A uniform sheet of soft and damp
|matter is formed by gumming to
other, first, a sheet of thin, yet
|very tough tissue paper: second, a
(sheet of loose and bibulous white
(paper; and third, a sheet of fine-
J grained and tough brown paper.
(The smooth and white side of the
(sheet, still soft and moist, is placed
(on the types.
The paper Is beaten down with a
(brush until a perfect Impression is
(taken. The dents made by the
(types, are represented by elevations
(on the outside of the sheet, and tho
| interstices are represented by cor*
| responding hollows. The latter are
J filled up at this stage by a thin coat-
| ing of stucolo laid on by a b> ush.
I The mould is then carefully re-
I moved, dried, and placed in a shal-
I low box of metal placed upright.
(The smooth or stuccio side or the
1 mould is pushed against the back of
Ithe box. The lid is then closed
(very tightly, leaving only an open-
ling at the top. Through this open-
ling molten metal is poured, and a
■plate is thus formed, one side of
■which, of course, is a cast from the
■ mould. It contains elevations at
■ places where there are wide spaces
■ between the types, aud these It Is
■necessary to remove with the chisel,
|ln other words the plate Is an exaut
■copy of the form.
When Dr. C. J. Toole opened the
(door of his office on Cotton Avenue,
(Macon, on Monday morning he
(found to his great amazement a
(targe pool of blood on the floor near
(a window. He then noticed that a
{pane <n the window had been bro
ken. and an examination of the
{window sill showed numerous blood
stains. It did not take the doctor
long to arrive at the following con
clusion, which Is evidently a correct
one: A thief broke the pone of
glass and thrust his arm through in
[order to undo the Inside fastening
of the window. He was In such a
“hrry that lie cut bis arm with the
sharp edges of the window glass,
eromtlie quantity of blood on the
“oor it is supposed that lie muBt
nave opened an artery. There is no
•toe as to who the burglar was.?
Iteal Estate Transfers,
The following real estate transfers
were recorded in the office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court,
foi the week ending January 18:
T. B. Hooks to Wm. Hooks, north
half of lot 149, north half of lot 158,
in old 16th district, consideration
(1,700.
Abram Shuler to Mrs. Saliie Max
well and J. A. ^ulliynn, administra
tors, place known as Sullivan place,
10 acres, consideration (100.
Mrs. M. It. Davenport to Wm. L.
Thomas, 4 acres of lot 81, in old 20th
district, consideration (200.
J. W. Wheatley and W. H. C.
Dudley to W. M. Allen, lot on For
syth street and Prince street, con
sideration (1,000.
Jas. J. McLain, D. F. McLain,
W. A. McLain, R. B. McLain and
G. T. McLain to John A. McDonald,
one eighth interest in lots 27, 41,42,
weBt half of lot 43, lot 62, 40 acres of
lot 01, lot 06, 3% acres of lot 8, in
new 16th district, in all 1,150 acres,
consideration (1,139.
C. M. McDonald, to K. M.
Donald, one-eight Interest in
lot 41, lot 96, west half of lot
43, lot 27, 88% acres of lot 8 in new
26th district, in all 750 acres, con
sideration (672.
B. L. Jones to Mrs. Mary A. Bla
lock, lot on Forsyth street, consld-
ration (276.
Kate Callaway to Thomas J.
Baisden and Hugh L. Mize, house
on Davenport street, consideration
(250.
James W. Bailey to Cora V. Wil
ton, lot on Bailey avenue, consider
ation (40.
Mrs. M. C. Jenkins to J. Wicker,
lot 246 in 29th district, considera
tion (600.
Mollle M. Harvey and T. W.
Harvey to T. J. Wicker and J. F.
Moreland, lot 282 in 2Sth district,
consideration (700.
W. T. Toole to Theodosia E. Toole,
lot 239 in in 27th district, consider
ation (1,100.
John B. McNeil, to James H.
Parker, 25 acres of lot 74 in 27th dis
trict, consideration (75.
Theodosia E. Toole to Matt Hart,
lot 282 in 28th district, considera
tion (800.
W. C. Toole to Matt Hart, part of
lots 50 and 19 in 16th district, con
sideration (600.
Americus Guano Ccmyany to E.
E. Nysowander, lot in city of
AmericuB on Spring street, con
taining 1% acres, consideration (560.
D. F. Davenport to Mrs. Ella
Bowland, lot on Davenport street,
consideration (62.
Mary F. Daniel to Jim Prince,
one quarter acre lot on Lamar street,
consideration (25.
S. T. Crawford to James Green,
sr., thirty-eight acres of lot 35 in
26th district, consideration (200.
Mary E. Green to James Green,
sr, 101% acres of lot 84 in 26th dis
trict, consideration (900.
8. T. Crawford to James Green,
sr„ 119.acres of lot 35 in 26th dls
trlct, consideration (1,000.
THE HOTEL PROJECT
THE ALLIANCE AND IMPROVE'
MENT COMPANIES COM
PROMISE.
And Americus Will Have Both a Fine
Hotel and Cotton B«|xlnc Fac
tory* it *the County Commis
sioners Will Agree to Bell
, the Court House Lot at
a Nominal Price.
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
We regret to bear that Major
Belknap, late General Manager of
the Central, is siek In Mexico with
galloping consumption. We hope
the r&mor may prove untrue.
Clever Clyde Bostick, long con
nected with the Central, haa ac
cepted the position as soliotlngagent
for the Georgia Southern, with
headquarters at Atlanta.
The office of statistician has been
oreated In the Central railroad, and
H. H. Woodruff, general freight and
passenger agent of the Tybee rail
road last year, has received the ap
pointment of statistician. Mr.
Woodruff is an experienced railroad
man, having been connected with
many of the large Western roads
and the roads in Florlaa.
Ground has been broken on the
Augusta and West Florida railroad
at a point eight miles South of
Augusta. The road will run through
the pine belt of South Georgia to
Thomasville, where it will connect
with the projected line through
Tallahassee to the Gulf coast. The
road is to be built by a construction
company, of which Jesse Thompson
of Augusta, a large lumber dealer
and manager, is president. It wijl
open an undeveloped country and
will not parallel any railroad sys
tem In Georgia.
Boekl.a*. Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts. Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt
Itbeum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chap
ped Hands, Cnilblalns, Corns, and
all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. It
Is guaranteed to give perfect satis
faction, or money refunded. Price
25 cents per box. For sale by Dr.
E' J. Eld ridge.
The committee appointed by the
Americus Manufacturing and Im
provement Company to confer with
a similar committee from the Al
liance of Sumter county to discuss
and determine upon some plan by
which the sale of the did court
house lot could be utilized to the
building up of Americas, yesterday
afternoon fixed upon a plan. This
insures the erection of a (160,000
hotel upon the Bite of the old court
bouse, provisional upon the agree
ment of the county commissioners
to sell the property at the figure
which the Improvement Company
will offer.
Those interested In the Manufac
turing and Improvement Company,
for several weeks past, have been
mueh exercised over the movement
of the Alliance. After the sale of
the court house site had been post
poned for sixty days in which to
allow the formation of the improve
ment company, which was to re
ceive the property as a bonus for
the erection of a hotel, the Alliance
took a step which greatly antagon
ized the movement of the company,
and retarded materially the forma
tion of definite plans.
At a recent meeting of tho Al
liance they decided to ask that the
county commissioners give the
property to them as a bonus for the
erection of a cotton bagging factory
with a capital stock of (25,000, to be
located in this eity. • *
Those Interested in the Improve
ment Company had already bad
cause to fear an effort by the resi
dents of the county in opposition of
the proposed sale cf the property,
and it speedily became apparent to
them that the proposition of an
organized body such as the Alliance
would not only result in the com
plete disruption of their own plans,
but would inevitably defeat both
projects.
They therefore decided to seek to
harmonize the movements, and to
mold both into one cause, which
would work out the advancement of
Amerlous.
With this object In view they suc
ceeded in bringing about a meeting
with a committee from the Alliance.
The first meeting was held on last
Tuesday afternoon. The meeting
was a secret one, but it is known
that only an informal discussion of
the plans of both bodies was held'.
At the conclusion an adjournment
was made until Friday. However,
at the meeting on that day they did
not succeed In adjusting their diffi
culties and adjourned until Satur-
urday.
Yesterday afternoon the commit
tee met In the county court room,
and before adjournment succeeded
in formulating an agreement which
will probably result In the anooess
of the plan to build the hotel, and
which will also secure the ereotion
of the cotton bagging factory.
Although the meeting was a seeret
one, we are informed upon good
authority that the terms of the
compromise areas follows:
The Improvement Company Is to
pay the Alliance a bonus for the
erection of the cotton bagging fac
tory, conditional upon the County
Commissioners selling to the Im
provement Company the old oonrt
house for (5,000, and the agree
ment to erect a (100,000 hotel upon
the property.
The amount of the bonus to' be
given by the Improvement Compa
ny to the Alliance baa not vet been
satisfactorily determined upon.
The Improvement Company has of
fered (2,500, and the Alliance will
hold a meeting shortly to decide
upon its acceptance or rejeotanoe.
WHO IS THE SENATOR'S HEIR.
Joe Brown Reported to Favor a Savan
nah Han for Governor.
[K. I. C. In Brunswick Timet.]
I had a letter yesterday from a
widely known oitizeu of Atlanta
which contained some information
I have conoluded to mske public.
“You will find,” the letter says,
“thatatthe right time F. G. duBig-
non will be brought back into pub
lic life. I have recently talked with
prominent young Democrats in half
a dozen cities of the State, and it Is
their opinion, almost without ex
ception, that duBIgnon must be
compelled to make the raoe for gov
ernor. My information leads me to
believe that duBignon will not be
able to resist the pressure that wilt
be brought to bear upon him. I am
satisfied that no other man is likely
to be the next governor. I have
recently been told that Governor
Gordon favors duBignon as his suc
cessor. I don’t suppose that Gov
ernor Gordon will make a public
declaration to this effect, but bis
influence privately exerted would
be powerful. A citizen of Bruns
wick, who was in Savannah a few
days ago, saya that he was told
while there that Joseph E. Brown
had expressed a desire to have a
Bavannah man elected governor, I
believe the Senator would support
duBignon.
THh ^ATEESKA.
Congressman Im Bar's Pet Hirer.
A FENCE FIGHT.
Nature In Convulsion,
la terrific. Volcanic eruptions, cyclones
earthquakes are awfully and tremendously
picturesque, but scarcely desirable to emu
late In action and effect by the administra
tion of remedies which produce convulsion
and atony in the abnormal portion of the
human frame. Such Is the effect of the old
fashioned violent pnrfatlves happily Call-
Ins more and more Into disuse, and of which
Hostellers Stomach Bitters is the whole
some pleasant mnd far more effective succe-
dscenm. They weakened the Intestines—
the Bitters Invigorates them. They left tho
bowola Inactive, because Incapacitated by
ensuclng feebleness. The Bitters on the
contrary, and bedause It enables not forces
th-m to net—a vast and fortunale differ
ence—perpetuates their activity and regu*
The liver Is beneficially stlmnlated oh
the kidneys also are, by this medicine
htch easily conquore , also,malaria, nsrv
mines aed rheumatism.
It lpoka very much as though the
contest for the nomination-for rep
resentatives in the legislature for
thi* county will turn upon the fence
question.
It Is understood that Hon. Wright
Brady will bo a candidate for re-
nominatlon. and his opponents are
urging against him that he intro
duced a no-fence bill in the legisla
ture, after promising that ho would
never do so.
In justice to Mr. Brady, and
knowing all the circumstances of
the introduction of the bill, we de
sire to say a few words in his de
fence. It is true that he did prom
ise, before the last election, that he
would not of hlB own free will, in
dividually, introduce a no-fence
bill, and we olaim that he faithfully
kept that promise. He was impor
tuned by a delegation of influential
men from this county to Introduce
such a bill, and he also received
many letters from leading men of
the county, imploring him to Intro
duce such a bill. It was claim
ed that a majority of the white peo
ple of tho county desired such a
bill. To these importunities be re
plied that in justice to himself he
could not do so, that he was Indi
vidually bound not to do so, Final
ly, after repeated and empbatio as
sertions that it was a desire of a
large majority of the people of
Snmter county that a no-fence law
should be passed, he, in conjunction
with his colleague, Mr. Simmons,
published a card In the Becobdbb,
stating that they desired to obey the
wishes of their constituents, and
in order to ascertain what their
wldbes were they would receive
petitions for and against a no-fence
law up to a certain date, giving
ample time, and whatever a major
ity of the. white voters desired
should be done. Both sides accept
ed this settlement of the matter,
and both went vigorously to work
to secure signatures to their peti
tions. These petitions were taken
to Atlanta, and after they were
carefully compared It was found
that the no-fence voters were large
ly In the majority. Then, and not
until then, did MTr. Brady introduoe
the bill. He felt that the responsi
bility was no longer upon his
shoulders. The lntrodootion of the
bill was not his indlvidnsl act, but
an act directed by his constituents.
He could not have done less and
been an honorable man. He acted
fairly and honorably by both sides,
and should be oommended, rather
than condemned, and if the people
of Sumter county were fairly repre
sented in their petitions, they will
see that no harm comes to a repre
sentative who did what they asked
him to do.
Eugene Speer, the Washington
correspondent of, the Atlanta Jour
nal. tells the following good one on
Mr. Turner, of the second district,
and his pet river, which will be ap
preciated by our people, who know
the navigable proportions of the
Flint river:
"Davidson, from the Tallahassee,
Florida, district, has a desk next to
the most sedate man in the Georgia
delegation—Mr. Turner, of the sac
ond—and even sedate Mr. Turner
is obliged to acknowledge that there
of eunBhine In the air when Bob
Davidson is absent from his seat.
Indeed, Mr. Turner ventures every
now and then to prod his neighbor
in the ribs with his thumb and call
“Bobber Bob,” because of his sys
tematic annual raids on the treas
ury, In the interest of Florida rivers
and harbors.
“Why,” said Mr. Davidson, the
other night, to a party in the hote
lobby, “Turner Is one of the best of
fellows, but he don’t appreciate the
fact that I have the seacoast to look
after—lots of it. Think of It—a ilne
of seaway from Pensacola all the
way down to Key West and then
Compare that with Turner’s baili
wick with not a river In It big
enough to float a flat.
“Why, sirs, Turner thinks more
about one river he has down there
than I do about my whole coast,
harbors and all. What does he call
It? "Thornateeska?” Yes,Thorn-
ateesks, that’s it. Well, pe Is for
ever snuffing me about that broad
and noble stream, and has even sug
gested. a scheme to have a naval
station and dry dock somewhere
down there—Bainbridge, I be
lieve, or Albany. Yes, I have lota
of worry to get Turner to appreciate
and understand what sea coast is,
especially Florida coast, and he is
forever threatening to get up and
give eome of my schemes a black
eye. Why; gentlemen, I hare mol
lify him at times promising to vote
for his d—n, (excuse me) d—n naval
station at Albany, and let all the
iron clads go up there and wallow
aronnd in fresh water.” w
GRAND SLAUGHTER SALE.
Prof. A. J.Cobb, of the State Uni
versity, has in his possession the
pen with which his father, Gen.
Howell Cobb, signed the constitu
tion of the Confederate States. It
is made of heavy gold with the
antique, workmanship character
istic of the ante helium period. It
is greatly prized by Prof. Cobb.
Tuesday the 2-year-old girl of E.
Edwards, of the Godfrey district of
Bibb county, while holding a pair
of scissors In her hand, accidental
ly, by a sudden jerk of the hand,
ran the sharp point oi the blsdes
11 of one of her eyes,
causing excruciating agony.
. oo loi
feared that the eye will o# lost.
Our Building Asioclstlone.
There is not a greater factor Lq
the substantial building up of a city
than tho building associations.
Through their aid many a modest
dwelling has been .erected, and
many young business man oan at
tribute their commercial beginning
to the email sums which he paid
regularly Into the associations.
Amerlous ha* always had a strong
faith In these institutions, and not
a little of her present prosperity!
cache attributed to them. ■■
At present abont 6,600 shores are
held In this city. It is estimated
that eighty percent, of the value of
these share are invested in new
houses. There are six companies
represented here. Two of these
companies are local companies.
They sre the Sumter Real Estate
and Improvement Company, and
tho Mutual Bnlldlng and Loan As
sociation. The Sumter Beal Estate
and Improvement Company, al
though only doing actual business
for abont ten months, the first loan
having been madelate In February,
has had a very profitable year, bav-
ling cleard abont twelve per cent*
The Mutual Building and Loan
Company have not had so profit
able a year. They have had too
many Investors and no( sufficient
borrowers. They, however, will
hold a meeting shortly to remedy
this by changing their charter and
by-laws, so as to allow the loaning
of money to other than stock-hold
ers.
The stock held In this city le di
vided as 'follow: Sumter Beal Es
tate and Improvement Co„ 1,000
shares; Mutual Building and Loan
Association, 2,000 shares; Interna
tional Building and Loan Associa
tion, of Columbus, 1,500 shares;
New York Mutual Building and
Loan Aseooiatlon, of New York,
500 share; Southern Mutual Build
ing Association, of Atlanta, 200
share; Minneapolis Mutual Build
ing and Loan Association, of Min
neapolis, Minn., 400 shares.
Peter Henderson, tho well-known
seedsman of Now York, died a few
days ago. He was 65 years old and
had been in the seed business since
1845. He had not lately given
much attention to it, however, hav
ing placed his two sonB largely in
control. Ills name was a household
word all over the country, and he
made It so by judicious advertising
and honest dealing.
On Monday and Tuesday next
Thornton Wheatley will have a
grand Slaughter Sale of Odds and
Ends in Dry Goods old remnants,
such as Ginghams, Calicoes, Black
Goods, Flannel suitings, etc.
In addition, a great many Do
mestics that have become soiled
and spotted will be closed out. In
fact, extraordinary .inducement will
be offered in every department, as
we propose to take stook Thursday
aud are determined to clear oat
everything possltile. Remember,
the prices will be for Monday and
Tuesday only, and you will regret
it if you fail to call and see the spe
cial offerings.
Wo will also offer all the White
Goods remnants carried over from
last season. Torchon Laces and
Embroideries, Hosiery, etc.
THE CHARGES DENIED.*
Some weeks ago the Brunswick
Times published an interview with
former State Senator regarding
Col. W. J. Northen’s candldaoy for
Governor. The ex-Senator said
that Sol. Northern’s opponents
were saying that he was a Pennsyl
vanian by birth; he refused to re
spond to Georgia's call for volun
teers when the war began; and
that he forced the State Agricultur
al Society to pay (1,000 a year for
his services as president, while
Hardeman and Livingstone got
nothing.
Col. Northen’s friends deny these
charges.
They declare that Col. Northen
was born in Greene county, Geor
gia, that he was a volunteer in one
of the first companies that went to
the front; add that be devotes all
the salary paid him by the State
Agricultural Society to defraying
hie expenses while traveling in the.
soolety’s Interests.
This attempt of Col. Livingstone’s
friends to falsify the record of his op-
poslngcandidate is not likely todo
him mpeh good. Col. Livingstone’s
political record is too vulnerable to
allow his friends to stir up any con
troversy.
While the Recoreer is not com
mitted to any candidate, it can but
bear witness to the high character
of Col. Northen an! his eminent
fitness for the office to which be as
pires. He is a scholarly, Christian
gentlemen, of fine executive ability,
and would make a most excellent
Governor, one of which Georgia
would feel proud.
Fernoline Balsam for sale a
Cook’s Pbarmaoy, 430 Cotton
Avenue. nug27tf.
All three of the members of the
Ohio legislature who died recently
were Democrats. When the legis
lature met, tho Democrats had eight
majority on joint ballot. This was
reduced to five by the deaths of the
members referred to, and two more
Democrats who are seriously 111
have been taken home. The grippe
has fastened upon several others,
and tho Democrats may lose their
advantage.
Scratched 28 Years.
Body covered with scales. Itching terri
ble. NulVrlng endless, No relief. Doe-
tors and medicines IUII. Speedily
eared by Oatleara at a cost of £3.
Cured by Cuticura
(picture number two, M How to Cere Skin Dis-
