Americus weekly recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 18??-1891, January 31, 1890, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextAmericus STABLISHED 1879. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1890. WHAT NEXT ? hotel and cotton fac tory III our Tuesday's issue we asked be readers of the Recorder to ex cess their opinions as to what en- erurises were next needed to ad vance the growth and prosperity of \mericuB. Below we give the an gers to tho question. While the inswcrsare somewhat varied, the aajority of them point to a largo ,e«’ hotel and cotton factory as the -reatest need. All the answers con- aiu good suggestions and show that our people are studying the inter ests of the community. Factory and Hotel. One of the main things is to build u cotton factory and hotel. Other things will follow. A. C. Speer. All Get Married Let every young man and young lady get married and build them selves a nice home. T. M. Fublow. Manufactories. Any kind of manufactories is the next best thing for .our citizens to turn their attention to. G. W. Gr.ovEit. A New School Uulldlng. Let the city buy the old college and build a nice school house on the site. That is what we need. H. J. Williams. Hotel anil Cotton Factory. Let us have the hotel, the cotton jagging factory and an iron foundry »nd business will move forward ■apidly. M. Speer. I Hotel and Factory. Build the hotel, erect the cotton ictory, bring here machine shops, nd we will have all that we can ttend to. H. D. Watts. Cotton Factory and Board of Trade. In reference to your enquiry, ‘what next,” will say Americus should have a cotton factory and Board of Trade. O. E. Lowe, Cheaper Money. To build up Americus we want plenty of cheaper money, so as to attract the trade and cotton all along through the country of the S. A. M. railroad’s line. . J. A. Ansley. Equal Freight Rates. We want equal freight rates with Macon, Eufaula, and Columbus, and the S. A. M road to go to Mont gomery. When we have those then let us discuss other matters. P. C. Cleoo. A BIX Hotel. We want a big hotel run in flrst- ilass style, no half way ail'alr. A ;ood hotel would attract good peo- >le, those who have the means to issist us In building up our city. Business Man. Concert of Action# Concert of action on the part of our citizens, a few more Glessners, J. B. Felder as Mayor for the next ten years, and a paid tire depart ment as soon as the finances will warrant it. * * * • ; Iron and Braei Foundry. Americus’ greatest need isau iron and brass foundiy. Let Rees park be improved further by placing in it another fountain, and iron seats be provided, so aB to attract the young gentleman and ladies. P. L. Holt. City Car Work.. Wo think that your suggestion to establish car works in our city the idea. I think that this of all other enterprises that have been sug gested, will be most benelicial to in vestors, and will certainly be a send oil'for our city. Let’s have cars. Railroad Max. Hotel and Factory. Americus ought to have two things immediately. Build a flrst- class hotel to attract capitalists, newspaper correspondents and other visitors from a distance. Also build a factory as a beginning in that line of development, for manu facturing draws population and gives all classes steady and remu nerative employment. Push. Go to Church. I am glad you are asking" wbat can be done this year for the continued improvement of Americus ?” Like other good citizens I am greatly In terested in the permanent welfare of my new home. I want to con tribute as far I can to the substan tial good of our people. I propose to give “one answer” to this ques tion to-night at the Methodist church. Be glad to see you, Mr, Editor, and other citizens present to hear It. W. M. Hayes. Union Depot and Hotel, The first improvement that I would suggest would be the build ing of a grand union depot, located somewhere in the Southwest por tion of tho city. Then I would do all in ihy power towards erecting one of the finest hotels In this State in the central por tion of the city. Then, when these are completed it is ray opinion that in the future little effort would be required to establish just such addi tional improvements as the enter prising citizens might want. B. H. Joseey. Car Work.. Wbat we want is not so much a cottou factory as factories that will employ many skilled workmen at large wages. The car shops would do that. One of this class of shops is worth two cotton factories. This is one of the best places I know of for a machine shop. Understand that I am not opposed to the cotton factory, but from experience, I kuow the destitution which haB prevailed among its employes should any accident throw them out of work. J. A, Fobt, Sr. Keep Fuelling. We must keep pushing. We have plenty of work before us now. The city will soon commence building a new city hall and a new school house, which will entail the ex penditure of $30,000. Then there is the hotel, and manufactories which are in contemplation, I don’t see how we can get along much faster. We must push along at these before we try anything else. Let harmony prevail, and all will be pushed to completion. When this work is done then it will bo time to think of new enterprises. J. L. Addebton. Several Things. “As to what Americus needs.” 1st. More men like Sam Hawk Ins with plenty of money and not so much mouth, as some in the city have too much mouth and no money. 2d. A good paper that thinks mure of tho city than it does of the Cen tral railroad, that five years ago even refused to put Americus on her maps. 3d. More money invested In man ufacturing enterprises instead of lying locked up In the banks, that only employ a few. 4th. More tracks for the 8. A. M. railroad, that reduced our freight rateB $1.00 per hundred to $10) on first-class goods aud others in pro portion, and that led ua out of the grasp of the Central railroad. A Taxpayer. Improve the Sidewalk*# As you have Invited suggestions as to what other and further im provements should be made to ad vance the Interests of Americus, and continue her in the rapid strides she has been making to the greatness and importance of a metropolitan elty, allow mo to call attention to the condition of the sidewalks on the business thorough fares, and to say that in the opinion of your correspondent the matter of their improvement Is one which should next engage the attention of .the honorable City Council. Dur ing the year just passed, Americus has accomplished a great deal; and the various aud substantial im provements made will be a lasting monument to the administrative skill and ability of the gentlemen who were at the bead of her affairs. Of course they couldn’t do every thing at once, but now let them give the sidewalks their attention, aud have them put in such shape that will be in accord with the other Improvements which they have in augurated. W. A Catholic Church. Ill my humble opinion the next best thing for the good of Americus is for us to build a Catholic church, as we are the only city in tlio South with a population of seven or eight thousand without a place of Catho lic worship. Manufacturers seek ing a location would hesitate to stop here, as they know it would bo a difficult matter for them to get re liable, skilled laborers (the majori ty of whom are Catholics) to settle in a place without a Catholic church, as no'.good Catholic who has not plenty of money and time to go elsewhere, will live in a city where he can’t go to his religious duties at least once a week. Ameri cus should, with true Southern hos pitality, open her arms to all de nominations, Inviting them to be come citizen*; but not having* Catholic church she partially cloaea her door* against the largest body of Christiana In the United State*, many •% whom woold be glad to settle among us. forming a commu nity of good and useful citizens. With the hope that in the near fu ture this suggestion may bear fruit, 1 am yours, W. Henry Smaw. Work Up the Wood. Southwest Georgia’s gold mine lies in her pine forests; aud that enterprise will help Americus most which will undertake to manufac ture here ueeded articles from the valuable woods that are both cheap aud abuuduut. The demand for cars is without parallel; and new car works must bo built to keep the de mand supplied. Nearly everyday a train load of lumber passes through Americus going West to make cars for Georgia railroads. Why not stop that lumber here and make these cars ourselves? The freight saved will represent a good profltonthe investment. In connec tion with these car shops, with the same motive power, could be built a wooden ware factory, which could make, from the abundant cypress timbers along the S. A. M. road, all the tubs, buckets, etc., needed by the large Bection now tributary to Americus. In manufacturing lies wealth; and in manufacturing our timber we will find the philoBO' pher’s stone that will turn yellow pine into yellow gold. Nothing else can do more for Americus than this, because of nothing else is the sup ply bo cheap and abundant. Yours truly, Bascom Mybick. Hotel end Small Industrie*. Why, a big hotel and diversified industries. Without these Amerf cub canuot grow, but it will surdy and qu ickly deteriorate. The terri tory open to our trade is not large enough aud rich enough to support a city of greater size than Americus now is, aud even our limited terri tory is being so cut up and invaded tbat'it is a hard struggle for us to keep what trade we have. Clearly AmertBus cannot depend for future growth upon extending her trade. She must have resources within herself. A grand hotel and numer ous small industries, employing people, paying weekly wages in cash and distributing their products at home and abroad. These and these only are the element of our future growth. These have made Atlanta. Americus must have them or retrograde, and we must work quickly. We cannot afford to have a dull summer after the unexam pled fullness and stir we have had for several years past. Even one season of stagnation will give us a backset from which it will be hard to recover. The great public im provements which have kept ua so busy for the past two years are now finished and we haven’t any more of the same kind for the year to come. We must go at something else, and let it be something that will be a constant source of revenue and distribution of money in our town. So let’s at it, with a will and altogether, and right now. De lay la dangerous. Unlty and ener gy are our safety. Gentlemen of the Improvement Company, start the ball in motion, we will help you roll it. C. Georgia Advertised, We clip the following kindly no tice from the Jackson (Mich.) Pa triot, as showing how Georgia is being advertised in the Northwest Tile Patriot is indebted to Thomas O. Doremus for a copy of the “Southern Empire,” a monthly journal published at Americus, Ga., for 25 cents a year. This num ber sets forth in pink color the at tractions of Georgia as the finest agricultural, stock raising and fruit growing section of the South, and gives the experience of Northern men who have settled there and are engaged ln| prosperous farming. Bermuda grass, said to be a native of the Bermuda islands, grows lux uriantly, of which as many as five crops are cut in a year from the same land, will prove to be, al though a pest to the cotton growers, the salvation of the South. Grass is king. Saved HI* norae*. Mr. Amos Wiggins, of Schley county, saved his three horseB from a burning barn by a clever strata gem. Mr. Wiggins lives five miles southwest of Ellaville. On Janu ary 15th his barn caught fire and it became impossible to drive out the three horses confined in the stable. As a last resort be went behind the barn, and discharged his revolver. The noise overcame the animals fear of the flames and they daahed out. They were not a moment too aoon, for aa the laat animal passed ed out, the root of the stable fell In. A few more of those choice Im ported Hyacinth bulbs left. Call qolok if yon want a good select Cook’s Phabhaoy. COTTON ADVANCING. The Price Pusses Ten Cent*, and the Re ceipt* Increase. Cotton lias passed ton cents. This will be good news to the thrifty planters who have beeu holding back tlfoir cottou until that figure passed. YeBterdayoue hundred and fifteen bales of cottou were received at the warehohses, the prices ranging from 10J»o. to 10c., according to the grade. Wlieffltbe news of the advance has spread ntf tbh country contributory to AmetlMitlie bales which have thus far been withheld will be brought Ifi, and our yearly receipts will be materially augmented. Speculation is the immediate cause of the jump. Alargeramount than usual kas also been exported. The export demand this year has been greater than had Over been heard of. Last year the English millers ran out of cotton. They did nof want to be caught again, eo they began buying from the very first. * As for the New England mills,they at first showed a dispo sition to hold off;their purchases. Theylrould not buy at the low prices which prevailed early in the seasotf, and they are now kicking themselves for it. They are buying wherever they can get. It Ur anticipated that'the good prioettof the present year will pre- vail fo* several years, and the fol lowing reason is assigned by cotton buyeffas the basis for thiB belief. The , yearly increase in the con sumption of cotton is known to be, in round numbers, 400,000 bales. The supply outside of America does not ijperease materially, so we are expected to make it up. This year the orop has shown an increase of abou$ ; 400,000 bales—it has been a good crop—and yet the world’s sur plus .Will remain about as it was at the ehd of lust year, l'bat surplus groww less each year, despite the ucrefze in the production here in > South; the . Beal Estate Truntfore. i The folloafing real estate transfers Were recorded in the oftlce of the Clerk of the Superior Court, foi {he week ending January 25: Mary B. Booue, Maria Harrold Win. Harrold toC. M. Wheatley A Co.,'one city lot containing \\i acres, at a point on north side o College street, where the A. E. & L. R. H.crosses; consideration $1,000. Fanny Conghton to Mary Givens, city lot; *25. Nancy Givens to U. M. Wheatley 4 Co., same lot; consideration $25. Henry Randall to C. M. Wheat- ley, city lot; consideration $20. Trustees of the Southwest Geor gia Baptist association, to Alfred Moran, lot on Patterson street; con sideration $25. Wm. A. Maxwell, administrator, to Fred Coleman,, city lot; consid eration $25. E. C. Speer and J. C. Parker to C. M. Wheatley A Co., 8 acres on Lee street; oonaideration $1,000. C. M. Wheatley to C. M. Wheat- ley A Co., lot on east side of Jack son street, consideration $4,000. W. E. Murpbey to Frank A. Hooper, lot on Lamar street, con sideration $1,800. P. L. Holt to F. A. Hooper, half interest in building on Lamar street, consideration $2,500. H. R. Johnson and U. B. Harrold t<| K. E. Cobb, lot on Elmore street, consideration $200. R. E. Cobb to Glory Cohen, same property, consideration $400. James. K.O. Sherwood to Sam’l McGarrah, 171 acres of lot 227 In 20th district of Schley county, and lots 253,254, 65 acres of 255, and 115 acres of lot No. 2. in 27th district, In all 750 acres, consideration $10,500. S. McGarrah to Wm. McGarrah, same property, consideration $6,300. Janies Hill to J. C. Parker, lot in Americus containing 10 acres, $300. Administrators of estate of Joseph Brown to Mrs. M. M. Harvey, lots No. 311, 312, 345, 346, 282 in 29th dis trict, in all 1,012 acres, considera tion $5,550.- Mrs. M. M. Harvey toJGreen W. Easterlin, half Interest in same land $3,000. Administrator of the estate of Green W. Easterlin toT. W. Har vey, half Interest in said property, consideration $3,000. He hu Commence In Amertcne. It is said that Mr. E. H. Gould, of Atlanta, ha* placed on deposit in one of our banks $36,000 to be loan ed out. Mr. Gould made a fortune In the Michigan lumber forest*, and la at present largely Interested in Atlanta enterprises. His plaoing of inch a sum here bnt serves to in dicate the favor with which Ameri cas is looked upon by outside cspl- toilets, . ELOPING LOVERS. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS THEY ARE MARRIED. Mr. 8. G. Hall and Mamie Glover are the Contracting Partle* r At elopmnent took place yester day about noon. The parties were Mr. 8. G. Hall and Miss Mamie Glover. Mr. Hail is employed as railway mail agent on the S. A. M. road, and Mies Glover lias for some time past acted aB cashier at Mack's dry goods store. Both are about eighteen years of age. The mother of the young lady, Mrs. M. H. Glover, had objeoted to Mr. Hall paying attention to her daughter. However, the young people did not mind the interdic tion, and found many opportunities of seeing each other. The suit of another young man was looked upon with favor by Mrs. Glover, and to gain time the young lady ostensibly encouraged him and recently became engaged to him. Yesterday about noon the couple went to the residence of Rev, A. B. Campbell, and asked him to marry them. A brother-in-law of the young lady, George Woods, who had gotten wind of the affair, ap peared upon the scene and raised objections. By the advice of Mr. Campbell the young people re paired to the house of a friend, Mrs. N. H. White, on Lee street, while he went to visit the mother, and endeavor to gain her consent to the marriage. Mr. Campbell visited Mrs. Glover, and had very little difficulty in per suading her that the marriage should be allowed. Repairing to Mrs. White’s, Mr. Campbell In formed the young people of bis suc cess. When ceremony was about to proceed Woods appeared upon the scene again. He had succeeded In discovering their whereabouts, and it la said, tbreated to use force to prevent It... He was silenced, however, by Mr. Campbell, who informed him that Mrs. Glover had given her con sent, and that he Intended to marry the couple. The wedding ceremony was then performed. , Mr. and Mrs. Hall left yesterday evening for Abbeville, where the groom makes his headquarters. An Old Onqr Mole. Friday a freight on the 8. A. M. road bad* couple of cars loaded with mules, belonging to a railroad contractor, bring them to Amerious Between Milan and Horton the box containing them ran off the track, and while the train was moving the mule* burst open the door of the car and kicked an old gray mole out. It was ploked.up and brought on to Amerious. On Saturday morning the old mule was walking around aa spry aa a 2-yea-old. It la zald that gray mulea never die, and from the narrow escape of thle one, It looks as If the adage is true. Any other colored mule would .have beeu killed. Wot Wionglj Transmitting a Menace. Wilson A Pryor, saw mill men at DeSoto, yesterday entered suit In the county court against the S. A. M. road to recover $300 damages. They base their claim upon a wrong transmission of a telegram. They ordered by telegraph from Smith A Mallory, of Macon, a pulley. In transmlsson to this city, the meas urements were changed, and it be came Impossible for the Western- Union Company to transmit It properly to Macon. The delay necessitated the shutting down of the saw mill to the consequent damage of the plaintiff. The Telegraph Office* Tlie work of repairing the West ern Union office has been complet ed and it now presents as an at tractive appearance as any small office in the country. A large deBk, arranged especially for the work, holds the four keys, each attached to a separate wire. A new and larger switch-board has been placed in position also, Coillns*F«ncock* Cards are out for the marriage of Mr. T. A. Collins, a prosperous merebaut of Ellaville, to Miss Jes sie Lee, the accompllehed daughter of Mr. C. L. Peacock, of that place. The ceremony will take place on Tueeday evening, February 6th, at the Methodist church in Ellaville. HICK'S FORECASTS Ortho Weather for February. Under date of January 16th, Rev. trl R. Hicks, the St. Louis, Mo., weather or storm prophet, gives the following “Meteorological Forecasts for Febiuary,” to his “Word and Works” monthly paper, and which, by special arrangement, the Re corder promptly furnishes its readers: The high barometer, or possibly at this time average pressure, with cold at tbe opening of February, ought to break into wide areas of higher temperature about the 3d, with active reactionary storms on tbe 3d and 4th. A prompt return of low temperature will follow, 'Baking distinctly the boundary be tween this and the next regular storm period. Between the 7th and the 12tb we calculate regular storm develop ments, in.very mftnyplaoes of the active type.' Vulcan Is on the 9th and Mofoury on the 13th' giving us theta combined disturbing strength 'frprq the8th to the 12th inclusive.. Ijt.tfce calender we have indicated 'the 9th, lOtl), 11th and 12th aa cen tral .or danger days. Meriury, let Jt be remembered, Is our sleet-god, and unless Jove lssuesan edict for .thunder and cyclone instead of rain freezing Into sleet, there Is good .prospect for more trouble with tbe Hires about this time. The gen eral disturbance of the period will be oharaoterlzed by blizzards in the north, turnlngto heavy snow and sleet in central parts, with much rain and tendency to tropical storms on the equatorial flanks. The whole will merge into cold, fair weather, except some possible mer curial, straggling flurries, until the elements react with warmer weath er and storms about the 15th and 16th. The next regular storm period Is central on the 26tb. This period will bo Intensified by the presence of the new moon on the 19th, and by the partial and steady approach of the earth to Its vernal equinox. From the 19th to the 22d Inclusive may be regarded aa days of meteor ological danger. The temperature, wind currents and general indica tions will show In a timely and definite way the kind of phenomena to expect locally. Sultriness with warm winds will indicate that yon are In an era denominated by equa torial current*', and that gathering storms may assume oyolonls form. The elemental war at this time be tween boreas and the growing forces of the approaching aun will be hand to hand, boreas finally gain ing the field and setting up his frigid reign over the greater part of the "north end,” until King Sol invades bis dominion on and near the 26th by warm waves end many storm*. The strongest earthquake Indications for the month are on or abont tbe 19th, 20th and 21st. Regard with apprehension very warm, brlghtdays at the beginning of February storm periods. Pursue your plans forth* opening season, but do not be thrown off your guard from all proper cat* of yourselves and your live stook. Judex D. M. Roberts Her*. Judge D. M. Roberta, of Eastman, Is presiding in the Superior Court this week. He Is disqualified In several cases In his own court In Lanrens county, over which Judge Allen Fort will preside dtarlng their hearings. Scratched 28 Years. Bwdjr cowered with Mai**. licking terri ble. Suffering endless. No relief. Det tori imd medicines fell. Speedily cured bjr CutlMr* ut a coit of S3. Cured by Cuticura Amount of suffering. My disease tpaoriaitoJoom- Alt tbs time, and my suffering was andlem and without relief. One thousand doUars would not tempt me to have tHedisease over again. Iam a poor mi.n, but fuel rich to be relieved of what aomo of Che doctors aaid was leprosy, soma ringworm, psoriasis, ate. 1 took . . . and... Haruparilla* over one year and a naif, out noeure. I went to two or three doctors, gad nr * — the ctmctnu Remedies t made my akin *a clear, am baby's. All I need of tbemy cuba, and three bottlee of Ctmcciu Resolvent, and two cakee of Ctmctnu Boar. If you had been here and aaid you would, bare cured me KsSna vsse2 (picture number two, ** How to Cure Skin Dis eases but now I am.ae clear any person ever was. Through force of habit I rub my hands over my arms and lags to scratch once inn while, but to no purpose. 1 small well. 1 ecratehsd twenty- eight year*, and it not to be a kind of ■e*ondns» *“* “ VL Cuticura Resolvent Bloood and Skin Purifier and purest and

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Americus weekly recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 18??-1891, January 31, 1890, Image 1