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TELEPHONE, 20.
JUST RECEIVED
FRESH GOSHEN BUTTER.
“ CREAM ChEESE.
EVAPORATED APPLES.
•• PEACHES.
IRISH POTATOES.
FRESH LOT COP FISH.
“ *• RAN ANN AS.
Call or Semi Us Your Orders.
Joiner & Nieiiolson.
HALF A 3IIILLI0N
invested in americus build
ings
WMlilu III. Short Period of Three
DUBLIN AND ABBEVILLE-
A Railroad to be Unlit Between The**
Points.
To Attend the Convention.
The delegates from the Americus
churches will leave on next Tues
day for Thomasville to attend the
State Suuday school convention, to
be held in that city.
The Alliance.
The Alliance meets Friday and
will probably diacusy the cotton
factory. It is said that Mr. A. C.
Bell will become a member of the
organization at that meeting.
The Baptist Revival.
Rev. W. Ti. Y. Pickard, of Bir
mingham, left for his home yester
day, after conducting revival serv
ices at the Baptist tabernacle for a
week. The services will still be
continued.
Xorrman'i Plan Accepted.
Tlie plans of architect Norrmnu
were accepted by the directors of
Improvement Company, yestsrday.
As soon as detailed drawings can be
secured bids will be received from
contractors.
Death at Leesburg.
Mrs. D. W. Tison, of Leesburg,
died last Sunday at her home
in that place. Wallace has
many friemlB in Lee county who
deeply sympathize with him in his
misfortune.
Street Railway Change..
Mr. G. W. Wells, of the Thomp-
son-Houston compauy, left for his
home In Boston yesterday. Mr.
Hllllcr, of Boston, will take charge
of the trolloy wire of the electric
street railway.
Don’t let worms eat the very life
out of your little children. Restore
them to health by giving Dr. Bull’s
Worm Destroyers.
The Abbeville & Wuycro**.
The work of gradlug on this road
Is progressing nicely. About ten
miles have been graded.
Contracts have been let for 1,000
tons of steel rails, or enough for
more than ten miles of track.
*vmtli«»r Arte«lnn Well.
Mr. E. it. Hathaway will com
mence drilling another artesian
well on Mouday at the Americus
guauo works. The well now belug
used has a How of thirty-five gal
lons a minute. It Is necessary to
have sixty gallons.
a New city.
Bricklaying on two structures
will be commenced to-day—the iron
foundry and the furniture factory.
That section iu which these enter
prises are located is building up
rapidly, and It would seem us it a
new city had suddenly sprung up.
A Small Fire.
Near Lacrosse on Saturday night
the bed clothing in one of the
rooms of the residence of Mrs.
Maud Hudson was destroyed by
fire. Two of the boys had been
secretly smoking cigarettes and
sparks fell on the clothes and set
them on tire.
Residence. In Demand.
Mr. C. A. Bell Is erecting a two
story residence on Forrest street.
Yesterday, although the work had
just been begun, he was offered $20
a month rent for the dwelling. In
stances of this kind occur daily,
and it is impossible for all to be ac
commodated.
Pr.ib&oly no town in the .South
has invested more money in build
ing enterprises within the past
three months than has Americus,
and no town lias made less fuss
about it. There has been no beat
ing j1 drums and blowing of horns,
but everything has been done in a
quirt and business-like manner
Following is a record of the build
ings contracted for since the first of
January:
Hotel. $100,000.
Machine Shops, $50,000.
Variety Works, $40,000.
Furniture Factory, $.'10,000.
Cotton Bagging Factory, $23,000.
Baptist Church, $25,000.
City Hall, $20,000.
Wholesale Grocery House, $20,000.
S. A. M. Building,$20,000.
Public School Building, $12,000.
Making a total of $342,000.
In addition to these there are un
der contract and in process of erec
tion residences and other buildings
amounting to not less than $1.50,000
Making a grand total of half a
million dollars.
You don’t have to keep an eye on
Americus to see it grow—you can
feel it.
FeU Johnson Gone.
Pete Johnson was taken to the
penitentiary yesterday by Guard
N. H. Turner. Pete’s sentence of
twenty years imprisonment rids
Schley county of a bad and desper
ate negro. Pete’s father was at the
depot and took his sou’s departure
pretty hard.
To Ersct a Fine Store.
The Americus Grocery Compauy
are determined to do nothing by
halves. With this end in view
they are seeking a suitable location
upon which to erect a three-story
brick store building to be occupied
by them. The indications are that
this company will be the biggest
concern in Southwest Georgia.
E. J, Eldrldge is sole agent in j
Americas for Chase’s Barley Malt'
Whisky. Rich and pure, it Is a fine
Tonic for the weak and feeble.lt
Strengthens the lungs. 5
Foreign Money in Georgia.
Mr. J. Guthrie Smith, represent
ing the Scottish-Americau Mort
gage Company, of Edinburg, Scot
land, has been in 'the city for a
couple of days, investigating the
prospects of this country. So well
pleased was he with the evidences
of growth and prosperity in this
section that he made arrangements
with the Georgia Loan * Trust Co.,
of this city, to invest a large sum of
money in landed property in this
State. The Georgia Loan & Trust
Co. has done much to call the at
tention of capitalists to this sec
tion, and thus has made money
much cheaper and easier to get.
Securing the co-operatlou of this
great llnaucial institution will be
of great value to the city and State.
Camphorlln (a substitute for cam
phor), the most effective moth de
stroyer, may be used as a preven
tive against moths in carpets,
blankets, olothlng, eto. Will not
injure the most delicate fabric. Is
also tho best destroyer of aud pre
ventive against chicken mites.
Cook’s Pharmacy,
439 Cotton Avenue.
A Wonderful Piogreu,
A traveling satesmau three
months ago took a trip around tho
belt line. Yesterday he was again
In the city, and went around the
line again. He was astonished at
the wonderful growth which
the Southern portion of tho
our city had developed within tho
threo months. What will be ids
opinion three mouths lienee, upon
making the circuit again, when two
large factories will be hi operation
null two hundred new dwellings
have beon orected ?
A Slight Accident.
While an extra on the 8. A. M.
road was passing Leslie, yesterday,
the engine No. 107 collided with a
box car that had been left too near
the main line on u side track, caus
ing slight damages to tbeeuglue by
weakening the steam chest. Con
ductor Sapp was on the engine,
learning the road to a green engi
neer aud 11 reman, and when the ac
cident oc-nirrert jumped from tho
euging, sustaining a sprained leg.
For Cheating unit Swindling.
A man named Pitts, living near
Milam, was arrested by Deputy
Sbcritl Parker on a warrant sworn
out by J, S. Bolton, of this city,
charging him with cheating and
swindling. Iu March Pitts claimed
to have given Bolton ten dollars and
received change on that basis. Af
ter his departure it was discovered
that the bill was only a one
dollar bill. The case was compro
mised after the arrest.
In a Dad Condition.
The Cen'ral Railroad’s switches
and rails at the depot are in a very-
bad condition and liable to cause a
bad accident at any time. Where
the rails are joined by frogs they
arc worn so badly as to be almost
iu splinters, and It is a wonder how
the ears keep on them. People
who have to cross the track should
keep as far away from moving cars
as possible.
A Fine HuilUIng.
It is said that the Investment
Company will erect upon the lot
owned by them at Jackson and
Lamar streets, a handsome three
story brick building. The building
will be occupied by tho offices of
the S. A. M. railway and the In
vestment Company. It is the in
tention to make this building ono
of the most attractive In the city.
Caluaja l’bospbat.
for Soda Water is highly flavored,
and a valuable spring tonic.
The project of building a road
from Dublin to Abbeville is mate
rlalizing. and the prospect is fav r
able now for the beginning of work
ibis year.
Application for tbc charter has
been made "for tbe formation of a
company to lie known os the Dub
lin and Abbeville Railroad Compa
ny, to construct, maintain and ope
rate a railroad about forty miles
long, through aud into the couuties
of Laurens and Dodge, from Dublin,
or a point near thereto, or near Ab
beville, with a capital stock of $.50,-
000, divided into five hundred
shares of $100 each, said company
lo be governed by six directors, and
R. L. Warthen, J. W. Smith, O. H.
Rogers, G. W. Perkins, A. F. Daley
and Charles Hicks have been
named as directors for liio first year,
and until others are chosen iu their
places.”
A Romantic Marriage.
A little romance is connected with
the marriage of Mr. T. G. Walters,
of the Plains, to Miss Mila Ross, of
Forsyth. The wedding took place
Tuesday at the residence of the
bride’s relatives in Forsyth, nud
was entirely unexpected by Mr.
Walters’ relatives and friends.
When Mr. Walters returned
from the war he was still a young
man. Miss Ross was visiti.ig rela
tives at the Plains, and she and the
young man became acquainted. A
courtship followed which ended In
an engagement. Before the day of
the marriage came, however, the
engagement was broken, and Mr.
Walters married another lady, aud
Miss Ross returned to her home.
She never married. The lady
whom Mr. Walters hud married
died about three years ago. About
a year ago Mr. Walters began cor
responding with Miss Ross, aud it
resulted in an engagement which
ended in the marriage of Tuesday.
A Finn Scheme.
Mr. B. F. Nysewauder has inau
gurated a new idea atnoug those in
terested in the subdivision of prop
erty in this city. It is a method
which has been used by northern
real estate men for a long time.
Recently Mr. Nysewander pur
chased of Major M. Speer, six acres
in the northern part of the city.
The property was subdivided into
forty lots. The plat of the sub
division was then recorded on tbe
deed book iu the office of the clerk
of the Superior Court. In making
deeds to any of the lots they were
designated by number, and in the
event of any future trouble over
property linos, by referring to the
recorded plat, tlie matter can easily
be adjusted.
The **Great and Good."
George P. Rowell & Co.’s Ameri
can Newspaper Directory, Just is
sued for 1890, which is nn authority
on such matters, gives the Week
ly Recoiideh a circulation of over
2,500, which is excelled by papers
only In Atlanta and Savannah. To
secure such a rating a paper must
be well known, and that the Re
corder has sucli a circulation is
attested by the heavy advertising
patronage it receives, aud the price
spaco in its columns commuuds.
The Daily Recorder is rated at
over 750.
When it is considered that from
live to ten people read each paper it
will he seen that nearly every
family iu this section of the State
reads the Recorder.
PEACH TREES KILLED,
SUCH IS THE OPINION OF A COM
PETENT AUTHORITY.
A, \V. Smith lleli-vr* that Ovrr-
...friction f-s.t Y-ur Kilted Ninety
Per Cent, of the Old Tree*.
Mr. A. W. Smith, Die well-known
horticulturist and seedsman of till
city, is of the opinion that ninety
per cent, of tlie old peach trees iu
this seetiou of tlie country will he
dead by September.
.Mr. Smith i- an au'hority upon
such matters, and lias arrived at
this conclusion only after a thor
migh investigation. Whatever he
may have to say upon tho subject
will have weight with those inter
est in peach culture.
"I iirmly believe,” said Loyester
day, “that nine out of every ten of
tlie old peach trees will be ilead be
fore September.”
What Is the cause for this be
lief ?" asked the Recorder.
‘Overproduction. The crop last
year was too great a one, and now
the old trees are dying from ex
austlou. An examination shows
but little sap iu tile old trees. The
limbs are slowly dying, and already
tlie Indications can be seen. The
young trees are all right, aud full
of sap, and will probably bear well
this season, but as I have said very
little can be expected from the old
trees.”
The loss of the peach crop will be
a serious blow lo the fruit raisers of
this section, and one which it will
take several years to recover from
The crop last year was an excep
tionally tine one, aud the fruit
culturists were confident that the
industry would he a thriving oue.
With this end lu view they had al
ready begun to make arrangements
to secure through freight rates, in
order to ship the peaches iu large
quantities. The failure of the crop,
however, will render all these ar
rangements unnecessary.
In connection with Mr. Smith’s
statement verification can be found
iu the facts given some time ago to
a Recorder representative by the
Heys brothers of the killing of
their fruit trees. They have twelve
acres lu peach trees, and not a sin
gle tree which bore fruit last year
but was dead.
flew Drapery Nets!
For lame back, side or cliest, use
Shiloh’s Porous Plaster. Price 25
cents.
Cotton llaKiiini; Factory.
Smithville is making a strong
und determined efi’ort to secure the
Alliance cotton bagging factory. A
delegation from Lee county met the
Alliance committee a few days ago
and made a most favorable propo
sition if the factory would be located
at Wells’ mill, a short distance this
side of Smithville. If Americus
wishes to secure this factory our
people should be up and doiug. Wo
think that the impression of our
citizens has been that the donation
of $5,000 by the Improvement Com
pany secured the factory to Ameri
cus, uud that it was not necessary
to do anything more, or they would
have moved in the matter ere this.
A Phosphate Find.
Tlie Dawson News says that last
Friday a strahger who came to the
city on the Columbus Southern dis
covered on land belonging to Dr. E.
C. Lassctor phosphate deposits.
This rock is found iu large quanti
ties on lands belonging to Dr. Lna-
setcr, Dr. G. W. Farrar, Mrs. Mary
Baldwin, Mrs. Sharp and others.
A sample of it lias been sent to At
lanta to bo analyzed, aud if tho find
proves to be as large and as ricli as
is now retiorted the discovery will
lead to the erection of a large plant
to develop the deposit and work the
rock.
Shiloh’s Vital Izer is wliat you
need for Constipation, Loss of Ap
petite, Dizziness, and all symptoms
of Dyspepsia. Priec 10 and 76 cents
per bottle.
Stewart Superior Court.
Stewart Superior Court opened
on Mouday lust. There is a very
Bmall attendance. There were no
cases returned at this sessiou, which
Is, perhaps, the first instance of the
kind in the State.
There are nine jail eases to he
tried and other crimiual and civil
eases.
A number of witnesses, laborers
on the S. A. M. road, went overjyes-
terday to be present and testify in
a suit for damages by a negro wo
man, of this city, against tho road
for the killing of her husband some
time since. The negro was a labor
er on the road, and at the time of
tbe killing was excavating at tbe
side of un embankment, which fell
iu. Ho wus covered up by tho dirt
aud smothered to death. Tlie people
of Stewart are greatly excited over
the recent iron ore discovery. Tiie
surveying corps on tlie new road
from Lumpkin to Pearson, on tho
Columbus Southern, have reached
a distance of five miles on tho sur
vey. As soon as this work is com
pleted a large force of hands will bo
put to work and the completion of
the road pushed forward as rapidly
ns possible.
Lawyers and newspaper men pre
dominated dqrlng the first three
days of court, who are equally do
iug a small business.
Court will probably adjourn on
S-turduy.
Th.tr lluwln.*. Rooming.
Probably no one thing lias caused
such a general revlvnl of trade nt
Dr. E. J. Eldridge's Drug Store ns
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 simply
enormous in this very- valuable
article from the fact that it always
cures and never disappoints.
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis,
Croup, and all throat and lung dis
eases quickly cured. You can test
it before buying by getting n trinl
bottle free, large size $1.00. Every
bottle warranted. s
Early Vegetables.
Mr. Charles Shrlber, a merchant
on Lee street, comes forth with the
earliest Irish potatoes of the season,
since the last freeze. Ho has Irisli
potatoes about half the size of a tea
cup, aud corn measuring three feet
in height oil an average. English
peas in any quantity, snap-beans
and a variety of other rare vegeta
bles for this season of the year.
No Mercury, No PotaBh, No Min
eral Poisons. A concentrated ex
tract of native lierliB, iuvigorating
a worn-out system, rekindling the
lustre of health iu tlie cheeks, rout
ing rheumatismjfrom old joints, and
knitting new flesh thereto. The
real Elixir ?nf Life. A harmless
New Black and Colored ilks.
New Ribbons.
New Mitts.
New G-loves.
New Undervests,
AND NUMEROUS OTHER CHOICE NEW GOODS
JUST OPENED.
Gieam Diess Goods.
A most Enormous Stock consisting of Cashmeres, Hen
rietta Cloths. Serges, Mohairs, Alhatrossej, Tricots, Tennis
Cloths, Etc.
Most anything you can imagine iu the
* Goods Line at
The Leader and Controller.
* ( Rock ft byo baby, little Bo-Peep,
Your mother is tired and weary,
Scarcely your vigil® can keen,
But there is a boon, Oh! mother.
For tho baby and you.
In the use of Wooldridge’s Wonderful Cure,”
How many mother®, old and young, waste a good constitution by doing double
duty a® domestic and seamstress, when some good Blood Purifier or Alterative
would preserve their lives to ripe old age, and pleasure to themselves and family
For an overworked constitution, thin and impure blood, there is no elixir lik
Read what wonders It his dono for Rev. I. W. Howard and wife.
My wife has been n constant sufferer for twenty year* from what some physicians pronounced
j-uuumatism of tho liver, others neuralgia of tho liver, whilo other* said that thcro was enlarge
ment of tho liver, and ulceration—all agreed the liver was involved, though they differed a* to
tho cause. She suffered tbe moit excruciating agony, and no remedies afforded relief, until
she was induced to try your Wonderful Cure. Three bottles havo completely restored her to
health, and it affords mo genuino pleasure to testify to the good it has dono her. I always praise
tho bridge that carries me over, and I assure you that I nm continually sounding tho praises or
your great Wooldridge’s Wonderful Cure. You are at liberty to refer anyono to mo, or uao tan
certiorate for publication. In addition to tho testimony I have given you, I would like to tell
•ou of tho good that hascomo to mo personally from takingtwo bottles of your Wonderful Core-
_ was afflicted with Bhcumatism in tho back of my neck, great and constant pains in my nca«t
and eye* This pain was so constant ami intense that I could not concentrate my thought* to
study. Two bottle* of your modicino have relieved mo entirely of this trouble.
Columbut, Ga. t Jun4Very respectfully, REV. J. W. HOWARD.
W, W. C, for sale by all druggists. Manufactured by Woolflridgc'H
Wonderful Cure Co., Columbus, Ga.
Beef Cattle Wanted !
Highest Market Price paid for Fat Beeves,
Hogs, Sheep, and Goats.
W. B. MAYO, Agt-
Letter List.
Following is a list of letters re
maining uncalled for nt the Amer
icus postoflico. In calling for same
please say ‘ ‘advertised. ”
A—Noln Anderson, D. M. Aven,
H. H. Atkinson.
B—Wilber Brown, Will Brennek,
Miss Maggie De Burgar.
C—Miss Haney Coleman.
E—Mrs. Mary Everett.
H—W. R. Higgins, George H. Ha-
well, Martha Hern, Miss Mary
Hawkins.
J—Mrs. H. M. Johnson, Solomon
Johnson.
K—A. J. Kitchen.
I,—Mrs. Merner Larry.
M—Mrs. E. A. Mann. Fannie r.
Milam, R. Miller & Co., David
Montgomery.
P—Ben Pollard.
R—Charles Rinslurt, C. H. Ross,
Wiu. J. Beer, Charlie Rfmbert
Miss Worth Realts.
S—A. C. Sultan, Mrs. Gorman Ste
phens, Bula Stapleton, R. F.
Smith.
T—Thomas Tisan.
W-Hcott Walker, Jacob Williams,
Mrs. Carrie Williams. Mrs.
Mary White, Ray Witherspoon,
W. A. Williams, Lewis Wil
liams.
J. C. Roney,
April 23. Postmaster.
The only Imperial Cream Whls-
aud wholesome alterative is Wool- i ky Sours In the city at
drldgo's Wonderful Cure. I J. W. Mize’s.
I now oft'er tho eleventh improve
ment of the Walter’s Little Seeds,
at one dollar per bushel, or six
bushels for flvo dollars. Send or
ders to me at Plains of Dura, Ga.
S. J. Walters.
Mil, R. J. Walters:—]I have planted
yourcotton exclusively for flvo yean, end
each year procured some new seed f.om
you, therefore enn say It has Improved very
perceptibly, both In number of trolls and
stalkAund yield of Unt. 'TIs a tough, hardy
cotton, stands dry weather well, uud does
not full out cully. I prefer It to unyothcr.
W. L. THOMAS.
Plain* of Dura, Go., February, IStW.
I hereby certify thus I planted tbe Wal
ters latent Improved need* lost year, I made
a bale iter nerc weighing flvo hundred
pounds. Tho yield o$^nt from Bced cotton
is far ahead of any I huvo ever planted.;; 11
gins faster and) better Itlian any cotton Z
have ever ginned. E..TIMMEBMAN.
Smithvflle, Go., Jan. Sth, lst».
Mb. 8. J. Walters:—I havo planted
your Improved Cotton Seed two years. I
made Inst year thirteen and one half hates
to theiplow. I can gin about one third
more of It than any other variety In tM
same length of time. I wciOliod la care
fully fifteen hundred pound of seed cotton,
and ginned tbe same, and the bale weighed
six hundred and flvo pounds at Council *
MeGr.rrnh's Wanhouoetn Americus.
It. II. STEPHENS. -
Plains of Dura, Ga., Jan nary, UW.