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^Vitli your name and address, mailed to
the Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga., is
necessary to obtain an Interesting treat
ise on tbe blood and the discases.incidcnt
to it.
s s s
flin'n Eruption Cured.
One of my customers, a highly respected and
influential citizen, but who Is now absent from
the city, bss used Swift's Specific with excellent
remit. IIO ssya It cured him of a skin eruption
tint be hnd been tormented with for thirty years,
and bad resisted the curative qualities of tuny
ntbermediclnis.
ItoazuT Cl noo, Druggtar, Falls City, Nab.
bye WHISKEY!
NATIONAL EXPORT
TFN YEARS OLD.
FOR BALK BY
P.B.WILLIAMS
Cotton Aw . Americas, Ur
CALL AND " r RY !T.
Thanking my many friends for their lib'
oral patronage In the past, I solicit a con
tlnunnce of tho same.
Polite and attentive jalesmen are
ployed at my house; your wants are my
commands.
P. H. WILLIAMS
GROCER.
Cotton Avenue. Aiuericu* ■
Water - Works.
Now that the water works are
completed we are prepared to fur-
iish the people with thi
fixtures to utlll:
he necessary
lize them, such as
FOUNTAINS
"(from IS to $5,000)
tping, Basins,
no and other fixtures. Also
“AN RAILINGS.
aeir.mt Yard and Cemetery En-
j ..'s, Creatines, Tower Finals,
teo *if Vanes, Hitching Posts, Of-
cornailiugs, Hrnnze and Marble
moo
by
own'
Manerlcan and Italian Marble,
man tle and foreign Granite All
j r .7>utnplngood style and airea-
XNTJMENTSn
L J. MILLER,
BUCCltfll'iOR TC
Miller & McOall,
314 Jackson 8t., Americos, Ga.
P. 8.—Will guarantee prices fully
as low as can be procured elsewhere
in other markets. Workmanship
guaranteed in every particular.
J. B. FELDER,
-DEALER IN-
REAL ESTATE,
No. 507 Jackson Street,
AMERICUS, CEORGIA
LUMBER!
id to furnish nil kind* of rough lumber
mi our load loth. Order* left at Dr. EIil-
rltlgc’h store will lie promptly Ailed.
1IA.YH BBOP.
April 8th. 1800—dim Amerlcus, Un.
| BlS G husiven onlvtr-
■ sal satisfaction In tha
1 cur* of Gonorrhoea and
I Gleet. I prescribe Hand
feel tala In rr ommend*
ln« It to all infftma.
u J. STO.fEB, M.D^
Dseatsr, IJJL
PRICE, 91.00.
„ Sold by Drossists.
11,4,0 b y H. M. Fleetwood A ;Co., Drug
Amorous Ua. 1
A CANDID WITNESS.
THE NEGROES OF GEORGIA-
Their Condition, Tl,«lr Merits, Tli.lr
Fault. iiml Tli.lr Pmaprcis.
OPIUM
WAUania.(ja. ofll
and Whiskey Hablta
cured at homo with
out rain. Lookoff ir-
tlenlan font 1 KlIE.
^■■■1B. M. WOOLLEY,M. D.
Atlanta, 8 a. offlee IM% Whitehall Bt
From the CongregiiUonnlUt.
I have just return -d from a sec
ond amnia! visit to Albany, Ga.,
in attendance on the second session
of the Georgia ('liiiutauijua. Iliad
the privilege of teaching twice
dally n class of Bible students,
composed of ministers, Sunday
school teachers unit others, many
of them visitors lo the city, but the
majority of them residents. I met
around the hospitable tables of
kindly hosts a number of leading
citizens of various parts of the
State. I visited aud addressed sev
eral colored public schools and
churches, and tailed freely with
the pastors and teachers. I found
both white and colored people ready
to express frankly and at length
their views of the relations between
the two races, and of the prospects
for the future.
Of the 12,000 inhabitants of
Dougherty county, in which Al-
bauy is situated, 0,000 are negroes.
In the city the proportions of the
two races are about equal. In the
country there are eight or nine
blacks to one white.
Educationally, the opportunities
for negro children are general and
increasing. Free schools, mostly
taught by colored teachers, are pro
vided by the State in most of the
school districts of the county for
four months in each year, with
prospects that the time will soon be
extended to six months. I visited
an academy in charge of two young
men who have beeu students,
though not graduates, of Atlanta
University. There were in the two
rooms about one hundred and thir
ty children doing fair work in the
common branches of study, and
the furnishings were quite in ad
vance of those of the average New
England country school house thir
ty years ago. While there is no law
compelling attendance, there seems
to be a growing nrabltiou ou the
part of colored parents to send their
children to school. White people
have become convinced that it is
best to provide elementaty educa
tion for the colored, and the county
School Commissioners, who aro ex
cellent men, seem thoroughly in
terested in the matter. Opinions
appear to be divided as to the ad
vantages of the Blair bill, but it is
my impression that national aid to
education would in that section
work more harm than benefit. The
State seems to bo able, and increas
ingly disposed, to provide for its
needB in this direction.
Financially, the outlook for the
"egro is hopeful. A dozen years
ago the whites were reluctant to sell
him laud, but their views have
changed. They believe it safer and
wiser to encourage him to make
aud keep a home. A good many
own land, and those who get pos
session of it seldom part with it.
A considerable number have excel
lent credit aud are as thoroughly
trusted as the soundest of their
white neighbors. More and more
various employments are opeu to
them than at the North. They often
outbid white men in small coutracts
for building, transportation of
goods, etc.
Socially, there are several grades
of negroes in this section. Those
on the plantations at e generally less
intelligent tlinu those in the city,
while those who have come from
the Carolina coast are sometimes
so ignorant and use such barbaric
language that it Is difilcult to un
derstand them. The large majority
live iu oue-roomed, windowless
cabins, with scarcely any furniture,
tenants without rent of the owners
of the plantations. But those who
own homes aud take pride in mak
ing them clean and attractive, tend
to form n higher social grade. The
two races associate with each other
less than during the year following
the war, and the tendency is toward
further separation. White children
and blaok play less together than
formerly. The negroes are coming
more aud more to have their own
quarters in each town, with their
churches and schools. Too large
a proportion of the young lieople,
tbe first generation since slavery,
have been allowed to grow up with
the idea that freedom means the
absence of all restraints; and they
swarm the streets at all hours, witli
the curiosity of children whenever
anything new is to be seen. I was
riding one day iu a procession, in
an opeu carriage with Governor
Gordon, Senator Colquitt and Dr.
Duncan. Several times thocarriage
stopped for a few minutes and each
time tlie negroes crowded oue an
other to look into the carriage aud
to shake hands with the Governor
and Senator. At one point a bright-
looking negro, about 30 years oil,
pushed ahead of the others and said,
“Are you Governor Gbrdou?”
“Yes,” said the Governor pleasant
ly, extendlnghishand. “Iamglad
to see -you.” The black man sur
veyed him deliberately for a min
ute and then aald, “Well, Governor
Gordon, you’re a very promising
looking man.” In the tabernacle
when the admission was free, as on
Sunday, many blaeka came in. I
preached to about 2,000 people, of
which perhaps one-fourth were
colored. They occupied a place by
themselves, except a few who were
kuown as preachers or teachers.
These came forward to the front
and sat among the whites. I can
not see how any closer mingling
could have been agreeable to the
white people, aud I think tbe ne
groes felt more at home by them-
selves.
Religiously, one’s impressions
vary according to his point of ap
proach. The pastors have great In
fluence over their people, aud
while some of these are good men,
others do uot inspire confidence.
I attended a conference of assistant
ministers and deacons in charge of
a Baptist preacher who has, it Is
said, over live thousand members
iu his churches. He vis
its each church once a mouth or
ofteuer, admonishes his people
plainly, aud occasionally adminis
ters physical discipline. Being
sent for one day on complaint of an
Injured husband, he rode to the
house, called the couple into tbe
yard, asked a few questions, ap
plied ids horsewhip smartly to both
parties and settled the case. He
was a slave till he was past thirty
years of age, but has since learned
to read and write. He has sound
practical sense, not a little elo
quence, and is universally respect
ed and trusted by both white and
colored races.
I attended another Baptist church
where the preacher displayed all
the nirs of a demagogue, with con
sldorable skill in swuyiug his audi-
euce. He had a Talmagean imagi
nation in picturing Bible scenes,
swayed hims£lf to and fro, shouted,
bent himself double, and occasion
ally paused to start a peculiar hum
ming sound, which was caught up
by his hearers, and ended iu shouts
and screams. The impression made
on me was uot favorable, and I
found that white people generally
regarded bis work with distrust.
One discouraging sign is tho ap
parent want of respect and confi
dence among negroes for each
other. By request I joined in mar
riage a young colored couple. Af
terward I tried to show the au
dience or colored people what good
results would follow If they should
maintain a Christian home aud
abide faithful lo each other, when I
was interrupted by an elder re
marking: “Idoubtlfdey do dat,”
and tills was followed by a general
expression, which showed that
chaste married life was not to be
expected. When I rebuked them
for this, and said that they ought
to expect it, aud that to assume
that it woul not be was to encour
age unchastity and shame, the idea
seemed new to them, though they
responded heartily. After remarks
by Rev. O. P. Gilford at auotlier
church, tho preacher said: "Dis
sermon take hold of me down to my
very to-s. Now, is you gwine to
take It home wid you dal way, or
Is you gwytie to go ou stealin’ aud
lyn’ aud goln’ with each other’s
wives, like you been doin’ ull de
time?” The greatest lack"among
them seems to bo the lack of wis
dom and patience iu home life,
discipline and culture of children to
obedience aud eelf-contiol. The
great majority have the heedless
ness, improvidence and irresponsi
bility of undisciplined children.
Politically, the largest part are
entirely unfit for the duties of citi
zens. I am convinced that both
they nnd tbe whites are moruliy
worse oil’than if suffrage had never
been given to them. Intimidation,
so far us I could learn, is not prac
tised in this section. But in other
ways the whites, and not alwayi
the best class oither, control thi
elections. Left to themselves, the
negroes In nuy precinct do not
kuow enough to comply with tile
legal requirements, and so the en
tire vote in such precincts can be
throwu out. Ordinarily, now that
the novelty has worn off, many of
them care nothing for votiug, and
in some seotious election days have
passed by before they heard of
them. When their votes are want
ed, bribery is common and open,
the price of a vote varying from
50 cents to $10. Frequently by va
rious doviceB the votes first put into
their bauds have been changed be
fore they reached the polls. There
are exceptions, growing iu number,
of uegrocs who are intelligently
seeking the public good, and who
vote accordingly. The only relief
which I can see is to apply to both
white and black some fair tests of
intelligence and responsibility as
prerequisites for citizenship. That,
with tlie secret ballot, would go far
tovard solving the political prob
lem.
There are cases where intelligent
negroes suffer hardships in being
shut up to the society of their own
race. There are cases where Inof
fensive blacks are unjustly treated
by whites. Cases are more numer
ous where aggressive and arrogant
whites come Into collision with ag
gressive aud Ignorant oolored peo
ple, in which cases the latter are
sure to get tho worst of it. But if
uiy impressions are correct, tho
majority of white people in the
South are disposed to deal patiently
and kindly with the colored race;
and the negroes iu general are not
discontented with their position.
There are encouraging signs of
movement toward better things. I
very much doubt if as little friction
would exist if iu any part of the
North the same proportion of col
ored nnd white people should be
brought together ns iu Georgia.
Our Christian brethren in the
South are entitled at least to fair
nud just judgment on the part
of their brethren in the North;
and, though I have visited nearly
every inhabited section of the
United States, I linvo nowhero
found a more Christian spirit, a
more honest disposition to treat all
men of every race with helpful
kindness, a truer culture, and a'
more generous and genuine hospi
tality than in this fair city of Al
bany, Ga. ' When March wiuds
were whirling the an owe over the
E " sachusetta bills and valleys, I
n the moonlight under leafy
m in air as warm as that of a
Northern June, and found Southern
homes and hearts as fragrant and
warm as tbe air I breathed. May
God bless them every one.
A. E. D.
Arthur Rylander
Has J ust Received a.Full Supply of
LADIES, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S
In Patent Leather, Bronze, Tan, Coffee and Terra Cotta.
CALL. A ND BEE THEM !
Blank Books. School Books..
-BASE BALL GOODS-
Newspapers and Periodicals.
106 AND 107
FORSYTH
SI REfT.
Fire Insurance.
X rtKPBEBENT
THE WESTCHESTER, of New York.
Capital $300,000. - - , - - - Net Surplus $400,457.35,
A I.BO
THE NATIONAL, of Hartford.
Capital $1,000,000. - - - - Net Surpluses,514.08.
I will be pleased to place a policy for you.
LOTT WARREN.
BAKERY!
R. F. NEHRINC,
PROPRIETOR.
Mson street, Under Allen House
.‘AMERICUS, GA,
LIG-HT BREAD A SPECIALTY!
for Cake3 of all Kinds FrompUj rM! Bread and Caks Wagon Goss rat Da2j
Country Merchants supplied with bread at wholesale prices.
W. W. WHEELER & CO.
GRANBERRY CORNER. AMERICUS. GA,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
HARNESS OF ALL KINDS,
Saddles, Bridles, Whips, Tie Reins, Collars, Halters, and
Leather of All Kinds.
Repairing a Specialty.
JAMES FRICKER & BRO.
Having returned from the Northern market*, where they purchased a very large and
handsome assortment of tho atest style good*!In£thelr line, most cordially Invite the
public to call and Inspect thel stock.
Their stock consists In part of Watches In great variety, from tbe “Waterbary” up to
the most artistically decorated coses set with Diamonds and Rubles, Diamond Riugs,
Pins and Ear Rings, Jewelry of all kinds, Clocks tn great variety, Gold Pens, Pencils,
Toth-plcks, Fountain Pens, Latest Stylo Gold and Silver Head Canes and Umbrellas,
Gold and Silver Thimbles, Fine Scissors, Morocco and Pearl Mounted Opera Glasses,
Fine Table and Pocket Cutlery, and a very large Unoof Sterling Silver and best quality
Plated Ware.
ART DEPARTMENT.
We havo odedd to our already very large stock a flno and carefully selected assort*
meat of Art Goods, consisting of fine I'ottkkky, Novkltieh in Real Bronze, Solid
Silver, Ac. This Is a new departure and we urge everyone to call and see these beauti
ful goods, nothing In this lino having been shown here before.
Optical Department.
We have the latest and most expensive Optical Instruments and Test Lenses
wltn which we can examine tho eye and tell exactly what Is needed In Spectacles, and
can then lit you with “Kino’s” Glasses, the finest and most perfectly ground lenses
the world.
MUSIC DEPARTMEISTT.
We are headquarters In Southwest Georgia for Pianos and Organs. We keep thecele
brated Sommer, Kimuall, and “James FiUckkk A Bro.” Pianos and the Kimball'
and New England Organs, all of which Jwe Hilly guarantee. We also keep Accor
deons, Tambourines, Banjos, Harmonicas, and the best Violin, Guitar and Banjo Strings
made. Call and examine our stock, or write for catalogue and prices before yon buy.
We will save you money on a Plano or Organ and give you a home guarantee.
WORK. DEPARTMENT.
We havo tho best equipped shop for the repair of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Pianos
and Organs to be found Iu the State. We employ none but competent men, and our
prices are as low as consistent with flrst-clsss work. Call and see ua at our old stand In
Barlow Blools., Amorlous, Oo.
JAMSB F8XOS8S v & 880
W
ATTS HOUSE,
AMERICUS. GEORGIA
If. D. WATTS, Proprietor,
First-Class Accommodations!
Electric cars from Depot* lo Hotel
v Porters meet all trains.
B 1
ELL HOUSE,
PRESTON. GEORGIA
R, 9. SSSiSt* J^xopj-io-fcor.
P EACOCK HOUSE.
ELLAVILLE. GEORGIA.
NEW HOUSE, NEW FURNITURE.
Good sample and sleeping rooms for
commercial men and the public.
First-class fore and satlsfocdon guaran
teed. • „ .
Your patronage solicited. _
C. L, PEACOCK, Proprietor.
Pianos - Organs.
of Pianos, Invented by us, is one of tl
most Important Improvements ever made,
making the Instrument more richly musi
cal in tone, more durable, and less liable to
get out of tune.
Both the Mason A Hamlin Organs and
Pianos excel chiefly In that which is the
chief excellence in any musical Instrument,
quality of tone. Other things, though Im
portant, aro much less so thsn this. An
Instrument with unmusical tones cannot
be good. Illustrated catalogues of new
styles, introduced this season, sent free.
Mason & Hamlin
Organ and Piano Co.,
W ANTED—An active man on liberal
salary to permarently represent an
Association Incorporate ' to supply, at co
operate prices. general I« merchandise, and
and all kinds of artliUs for home and
family use, tn each sms!' city, town, vil
lage and rural district. 80,000 Members,
Credit well rsted. References exeb
Empire Co-Onerntlvo Association (1
lloxSIO.lN. Y. fcbCS-tu-
»skI*
C. BREMSTELLER,
AMERICUS. QA.
IMPORTANT TOGENTUU
I have Just received an elegant line of
'SPRING GOODS.
100 Patterns of Trousering I
Each and every one of different design ‘
Also
FIFTY SUITINGS!
LATEST AGONY.
I also carry ONE THOSUAND SAM3
PLEHof the very best Fabrle, represent!
* *“ leading * *~ * *“
ling bonses In America,
tine
Ml
IW*
Foreign and Dome.tic Goode. Any etjle
selected from .ample can be obtained in
three days notice, and all work will ba
turned out promptly.
Fite and Workmanship cannot be ex
celled In Ibis mat* orelsowhere.aa ibava
a skillful so. ofbande In my employ.
Tbankiu. .00 people of Americas and
surrounding country for their liberal „Mr
ronafe heraoiore extended me. I will en
deavor by strict attention to bnelneea ana
R romptasuvery of favors to merit a con-
nnenceui tecearaa. ReapecifoUr.
W. P. WALLI8.
O RNEY ATILAW, Americas, Ofc
111 practice In all courts. Offlcaaret
al Bank.. .
E. F. Hurrotr. E. H. DOTH.
HINTON & CUTTS,
1 TTORNEYB AT LAW. Praclleelnt
A aute and Federal Courts. Oflle* r*
Hart Building, on Fourth »
ANSLEY & ANSLEY, _
k TTORNEYB AT LAW, America*. On.
A Will practice In tbe counties of Hom
ier, Rebley, Macon, Dooly. Webster. BUWj
art, tn the Suprema Court, and tb. United
States Court.
r. a. noons. f. a. nixox.
HOOPER & HIXON. _
* TTORNEYB AT LAW, America*, On.
A Office In Begley building, on eornero—
malic tbe new Court Houee. Promp
Motion ,1 van to all legal buatnei
rnerop-
■ttr-
INHIIRANCR.
INSURANCE.
L ife and accident. Thaoi—
and best. W. T. A. DUNN, Agent.
. E. A. HAWKINS.
4 TTORNEY AT I AW. Offlca np (tain
on Cranberry corner.
SIMMONS & KIMBROUGH.
A TTORNEY* AT LAW. Office up Italy*
In nnriow Block.
BUTT & LUMPKIN,
1 TTORNEVS AT LAW, America*, On.
A Office Is B irlow Block, ap stain. ■«»
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
JAMES A. FORT, M.D.
_ JBIOIAN AND BURGEON. OffMM
rc»ldence, two blocks w**t of sqaixsoa
street.
DHYC
f re*l
Lunar
J. M. R. WESTBROOK, M. D.
JHYBIOIAN AND BURGEON. OfflooM
hu , ^ 1 l d . o t?^s. n “^ oo “ toW ■ I, •
G.T. MILLER. M.D.
P HYSICIAN AND BURGEON. Offle* St
Dsrenport'* Drug Store, and residues
corner Church sad Prlnoe «tre*t*.
DR. W.P. BURT,
D ENTIST. Dental parlors over Oran-
berry's store.
DR, J. J. WORSHAM,
|^ENTI8T. Dental parlor* ov*r Ni
HOTELS.
HOTEL DE HAMILTON.
C ORDELE, GA., G. H. Tonuney, Fr
tor. Located conveniently to both
and depot. Hupper and breakfast I
Tollta *nd attentlv* waiter*. Table
filled with tbe beet tbe market 1
Term* reasonable.
WESSON HOUSE, ■
I NDER80NVILLE, 8A. MreTl
UWesson, l'roprlctrc.s. MUM
■Unlive servant*. TbsnMHSHH
1 with thebeet tho market afford*.
W. B. GUERRY, DUPONT GUBRRY,
America., Os. Mecon, Ga.
GUERRY A. SON.,
County Courts, 1 — —
Junior will regularly attend tbe eeeelons of
IheBuperlorCoart. The Arm wll take *
ctal cases In any Superior Court on r
Western Railroad. ■ Ill
anoRMliiunL
P RACTICAL SHOEMAKER AND BE-
""FAIRER, Americas, Ga. Bepslrlnca
S-H. HOLSEY,
!fD SHOE MAKER. Repalrin,
laity. Bbap np stain over Arthnl
ler'e shoe store.
CONTRACTORS,
8AM STEVENS. COU
ONTRAO * ' ‘
MORGAN HOUSE.
"rat wV. 1—v. -e 1 Grwk*w
Has been newly refurnlsbed, and erenr-
thing made convenient. It la within VC
fete of tbe «. A. M, depot Porter mMls
ez err train. tronageeolleltai aeplt
KENYON HOUSE
Lumpkin, Ca.
BY MISS EUNICE K NYON.
Table farnlabedwlthtba bast tbe beat t
market affordsr Rooms neat and a
bit. Convenient sample rooms f
menial tonrieta. Free hack to ~
depot.
S. MonoonkT,
President.
J°«» WtvpaoA .
All Business Strictly Pivate.
We appreciate prompt payiEgcBe-
temere and will give their wariti
oar special attention.
W. 0. FUBLOW, Bookkeeper.
CAPITAL - 660,090.00
SURPLUS - 26.000.