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Americus
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ESTABLISHED 1879.*
AMERICUS, ftEORQIA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1890.
BAGGING FACTORY.
MEETING of the stockholders
YESTERDAY.
The Machinery Purchased and Every
thing Moving Along aa Well aa Could
be Wished.
Alliance bagging factory.
Amerlcua continues to grow.
Everyday some new enterprise la
matured.
The Alliance is booming also,
and In no county in Qeorgia Is the
organization accomplishing nfore
substantial good for the agricultu
ral interests than in Sumter.
The Alliance In the adjoining
counties also and in fact all over
Southwest Georgia is making rapid
and telling strides upward and on-
ward and is carving out for the
farmers the way to solid and en
during prosperity.
For some time the Alllancemen
of thirteen counties including
Sumter have been preparing for
bagging factory to be erected in
this city, of which frequent men<
tion has been made In The Recor
der.
£Some time slnoe they purchased
the necessary land in Leeton, on
the S. A. M. Railroad track and
that line has already completed for
them an extensive side track.
A large amount of machinery has
been ordered from Lowell, Mass.,
and will arrive in the city in the
near future.
Other machinery has been nego
tiated for from other places and
will soon be coming.
The building materials are being
arranged for and will soon be put
on the ground.
There were but few counties rep
resented In the meeting Tuesday,
but the busiaesB of arranging and
planning the factory was carried on
with enthusiasm and precision.
The factory will hardly be open
ed in time to weave any winding
sheets for the snowy fleece of the
flelcls this season, but It will be
ready to commence early next year
and by autumn will have woven
thousands and thousands of pounds
of Southwest Georgia Cotton, and
the farmer will have the satisfac
tion of knowing that'hls cotton is
being covered with his gagging,
made in his mills.
FORCE INCREASED.
FOUR MORE BLUE COATS TO BE
ADDED FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION.
Meeting of the City Council Last Night
—Two Fountains to be Erected—Other
Important Business Transacted.
SMALL FACTORIES.
Small Industries Pay Best-The Things
Americus Needs Moat.
What does Americus most need?
Every day we bear this question
asked and answered.
Every man has something dif
ferent from his neighbor to offer,
and here is what a gentleman
from South Hampton, Mass., had
to say of the needs of Americus:
“This city, so rapidly growing
and so wonderfully developing,
just now recognizes' no greater
need than small Industries. Con
cern sjwhich cost but little to put
up and equip, and but little to op
erate.
“Small enterprises like broom
factories, mattress factories, cigar
factories, small wood working fac
tories and suoh things. Taken' in
dividually they amount, It is true
to but little, but taken collectively,
they form a surer and more sub
stantial basis for the .permanent
prosperity of a place than any ele
ment that can be instituted into the
composite make up of a city’s indus
trial life.
“I think Amerlous Is peculiarly
adapted to the successful operation
of all manufactories which work
in wood. Here you have all kinds
of the finest lumber in America;
you produce it at hand and of the
best quality. The raw material
could be had here oheaper than any
place In the world that I know of,
and all wood working and dotton
working factories could be made to
pay better profiia here than In any
northern City.
“When this faot is duly recognis
ed Americus will become one of
the leading cities of the South.”
Will Build a New Bine.
The Savannah correspondent of
the Charleston World, in speaking
of new railroads In Savannah, says
of ths S. A. AM.:
"The fifth one will be the Savan
nah, Americus and Montgomery,
wblcn will have Its tranks In Mont-
Komery ln a comparatively short
ti me. The present arrangement, by
which it uses the Eden extension
of the < 'entral road, from Lyons, a
distance of about oigbty miles, is
very unsatisfactory, anddhe man
agement, Itis understood, will soon
niove to get right Into Savannah.
The Council met last night and
transacted a considerable amount
of business of importance.
The question of more policemen,
which has been considerably agi
tated for some time, came up and
was passed upon by the Council. It
was recommended that the force be
increased by the election of four
additional officers. This addition
makes the police force of AmeTlcus
consist of eleven men including the
chief.
It was recommended that they be
put on October 1st, and that their
term of service continue until April
1st, 1891.
At that time the Council will
again consider the matter, and if
it appears necessary that the same
number be retained a recommenda
tion to that effect will be sent In to
the Police Commissioners, and the
officers will be retained.
But if it shall appear at that time
that their services are not needed
they will be discharged and the
force reduced to what It Is at pres
ent.
The city is growing so rapidly that
it is high prooable that by that time
the force will have to be increased
still more instead of being reduced.
The city that Is becoming the
metropolis of southern Georgia re
quires a large and vigilant police
force.
The resolutions introduced at the
last meeting concerning the liquor
license were reconsidered and with
drawn,and thelloense stand just as
was first decided, and run the an
nual course, as heretofore has been
the custom.
The council decided to establish
two drinking fountains to be sup
plied with artesian water. One
will be located at the crossing of
Church and Lee streets and will
be arranged for drinking purposes
only.
The other will be located near the
bank of South-Western Georgia on
Jaokson street below Forsyth street,
At this point a drinking fountain
will be arranged and also a water
ing basin for stock.
These fountains will be of great
convenience to the Americus pub-
llo and will serve a valuable pur
pose.
The petition ot George Philips,
asking to be allowed to build a
wooden building on his property,
whloh Is located within the fire
limits, was not allowed.
There are several other petitions
pending before the council asking
exemptions from taxation for vari
ous plots of land whloh are used for
farming purposes only, and by that
fact, included under a special
clause in the charter of the city,
whloh declares such property
exempt. '
These petlttions were all referred
to the committee on finance.
DROPPED DEAD.
SUMTER COUNTY'S SCHOOL COM
MISSIONER EXPIRES SUDDENLY
He Left Americus in Apparently Good
Health Yesterday Afternoon.
COTTON PICKING.
Planters Offering 75 Cents per Hundred
Bnt Unable to Gather Their Crops.
Cotton plokers!
There has never been such a cry
for them. The great demand for
labor about the towns and cities
has absorbed nearly all the male
cotton pickers, and the crop cannot
be gathered.
From all over the county comes
the cry for pickers, but to little
purpose.
In many instances the cotton is
wasting and the crops suffering In
jury from neglect, and planters are
offering 75 cents per hundred for
picking and even that falls to pro
dues the desired result.
Borne of the planters have sug
gested that steps be taken to import
piokers from the northern portion
of the state and from any section
where they can be obtained. If
wet weather should commence and
no pickers be obtained the planters
would suffer considerable damage
and loss.
W. A. Cook’s pharmacy was
moved yesterday from his old stand
on Cotton avenue to the Hudson
building on Lee street, near the ar
tesian well. Mr. Walter Brown
will open In the bouse vacated by
Dr. Cook In a short time. Ho will
handle general merchandise.
County School Commissioner L.
P. Howell is dead. .
Yesterday he came to the city
from his home at Plains.
He was apparently in good health,
and went about over the city and
transacted his business as usual.
He did not complain to any one
and no one suspected that his death
was so near.
He left Americus on the 3:10 S.
A. M. afternoon train for his home.
When the train arrived at
Plains he alighted from the cars,
and in a few seconds, without any
indication of suffering whatever,
he dropped dead.
He was taken up Immediately,
but no signs of life remained. A
telegram was sent to the city last
night, ordering a coffin for him, to
be sent to Plains on the next train. 1
The coffin will be sent down to
day, and the fuueral will occur at
this place.
In the sudden and lamented
death of Mr. Howell the education
al Interests of Sumter county looses
a strong friend and helper, and the
ranks of Sumtei’s citizenship re
ceives a vacant place which it wlU
be hard to fill.
Mr. Howell was about fifty-five
years old, and has spent his whole
life In Sumter county.
He was born about four miles
from the olty, on Muckalee creek,
and came to town when he was
quite a young man.
He bought out a book store from
Messrs. A. D. and A. M. Bruce,
and continued In that business urn
til the war came,
When the great struggle opened
he joined the Sumter Light Guard
and went away to the battle fleldk.''
When the war was over he re,
turned home and married.
One year was spent In farming
over In Schley county, after which
he moved back into Sumter.
Since that time, he has lived con
stantly in this county, engaged in
farming. He has been a good and
successful farmer, and an esteemed
and trusted citizen.
The effioleney of his faithful work
for the educational interests, of the
oounty is amply demonstrated by
the flourishing condition of our
public schools and the excellent
work accomplished by them during
his administration.
BLACK BALLOTS.
TO ELECT TWO REPRESENTATIVES,
ON THE CARS.
Thlnzs Which Passessors Leave on the
Seats and Are Found bj the Conduc
tors.
“Do you know what these things-
are?” asked Superintendent Ray
mond Rees last night to a Recor :
der man, holding out before the
reporter two bright new books.
The reporter did not know any
more than that they were two
handsomely bound volumns, and
Mr. Rees said:
“These are some of the things wo
find every day‘on tho cars.
“Passengers take things on the
cars with them, place them on
seat beside them, and when they
leave the car at their destination,
the things are forgotten and left.
The conductors oome around and
find them, and they are collected
together and restored when the
owners can be found.”
The things left consist of all sorts
of articles, but umbrellas, satchels
canes, books and small bundles
predominated.
These articles are of all grades
and express a great variety ot taste
and selection,
The canes and umbrellas are silk
and gold handled and ragged and
plain and oheap.
They tell the stories |of wealth
and poverty, of tastes fastidious and
commonplace.
The two books found last night
expressed rather a conflict of taste,
because one was entitled “The
Wayward Girl,” and the other the
“Fundimental Principles of Bap
tism.”
A Good Crop.
Mr. John Torput, who lives in
the vicinity or Plains, was In the
oity yesterday and reports that bis
crop for this year is much better
tban It has been for a long time,
He says that he will make fifteen
bales of cotton to each mule, and,
that is much better tban Is usually)
done in this section. Mr. Torput
Is a good farmer nud knows how to
make it pay.
That is the Search Schomo of the Repub
licans are Fixing up For Sumter
County.
The Democrats of Sumter county
have become so accustomed to
eleotlug their candidates for the
Legislature without opposition,
that as a general thing there is a
very light vote polled.
The^only contest over this olllce
has heretofore been In the primaries*
and when that struggle was over
the successful nominees were con
sidered as good as elected, and but
little attention was- paid to the
election. .
We do not suppose that there are
a dozen Democrats In Sumter coun
ty who aro giving any thought to
the approaching electlou, suppos
ing the contest to be virtually over.
It Is Id this oonfidenoe and
apathy that the danger lies.
And the danger consists in the
election' of two negro representa
tives from Sumter county.
The Recorder has never been
an alarmist, nor has It ever cried
“wolf” simply to create a sensa
tion. •
But it does believe that there is
real danger ahead whloh can only
be avereted by the vigilant aotion of
the Domocratsof this oounty.
On the 16th of August the Repub
licans of this county met in conven
tion and nominated two negroes, J.
M. Littleton and B. T. Little, for
Representatives to the Legislature.
But lit Me attention was paid to
these nominations at the time, as
it was not thought they would
amount to anything, and we doubt
if there is a dozen Democrats in
tho county who at this time re
member that such denominations
were made
The Recorder has received in
formation, which it considers relia
ble, to the effect that the Republi
cans of this oounty are secretly or
ganizing and are preparing to cast
a solid vote for tbeir nominees,
relying upon the apathy of the
Democrats to elect their candi
dates. .
The soheme is a shrewd one and
the prospects for success were good
as long as they attracted no atten
tion. for It must be remembered
that the negro vote of Sumter coun
ty is nearly equal to that of the
white vote, and by our system of
county and city politics the white
candidates have luude nearly all of
them legal voters by paying their
taxes for them.
There is only one wsy for the
Demoorats of Sum tar to prevent
the consummation of this scheme,
and that is for every man to resolve
himself into a committee ot one to
see that a full vote Is oast in Octo
ber for the Demooratlo candidates
for Representatives. This is a duty
we all, as Democrats, owe to our
candidates and ourselves, if we
wonld perpetuate our principles.
SOME OLD DEEDS.
FOR CHEATING.
A NEGRO AND WHITE MAN AR
RESTED
Baturdaj by ths Folios for Soiling
Mortgaged Property and Uaing tho
Money.
Saturday the officers received a
telegram from Ellavlle instructing
them to arrest a white man named
Marshall and a negro named Bunk
Black, who were charged with
oheating and swindling.
Offioer Smith at once set out in
search of the parties who be sus
pected were somewhere in the
oity.
He went to the Central depot
where he found Marshall preparing
to take his departure from the elty.
The officer at once took Marshall
In charge.
Deputy Sheriff Anglin, of Sohley
oounty, had arrived In the oity, and
Marshall was turned over to him.
In a short time officer Smith learn
ed that the negro was also In the
oity, and after a short search suc
ceeded in bringing him Into cus
tody.
Black was carried to the guard
house and locked up. It had just
been finished and the locks put in
working order. Black was the first
man to find how the new orimlnal
quarters were adapted to the use ot
the publto. • ,
It appeared that the negro bad
some cotton mortgaged to some
persons in Sohley county, and when
he was ready to sell It, it was car
ried to the gin and also to mar
ket as belonging to Marshall and
was sold by him.
The holders of this mortgage,
when they found the cotton had
been sold, foreclosed on It and took
it from the parties who bad bought
It.
As soon at this was done the men
who had bought the cotton and
paid for it at once commenced pro-
ceedlnga to arrest Marshall and
Black.
The deputy sheriff left with them
both for Ellavllle last night.
HORSE BACK RIDING.
A Favorite Amusement Among Amerl
cua Ladle*.
The Title to Beea Park Traced Back to
the Original Grant From the State.
Yesterday Mr. Raymond Rees
filed tome old deeds with his at
torneys.
He Is bringing suit against the
city of Amerlous for the recovery
of Rees park, alledging that the oity
had failed to carry out the obliga
tion under which the park was do
nated.
The deed he filled embraced the
original grant from the state and
bore the date of 1789.
This county was at that ttmo Lee
county aud.the property was deed
ed by the state to a man living in
the northern part of the state.
FOR LARCENY.
A Pantaloon Thief Fleked Up After
Two Yean at Largs.
Yesterday morning officers W. G.
Barrow and Bill Feagtn learned
that Dolly Dorsey was in the oity,
and In a short time were on his
trail.
He was chased down across
Muckalee Creek, and Just after he
crossed the creek he was captured
and brought back to town.
He stole a pair of panta from the
store of Mr. Aarou Cobeu about two
years ago. He has frequently been
pursued by the officers, but until
yesterday succeeded in eluding ar
rest. He will probably serve a
term on ths chain gang.
In Nsw Quarters.
By reference to their new adver
tisement It will be seen that Messrs
Harris & Paynes, the popular plum
bers, have removed into new and
commodious quarters in the Arte
sian block, and are receiving a new
and splendid stock ot sanitary and
gaB fitting goods. But tho best vfay
ig to go and see what they havo got.
The people of Americus ride a
great deal.
It Is a favorite amusement, In
deed it seems to be the leading
amusement with many of the
yonng people.
The boys and men ride byoieles
and the girls and youngladies- ride
borsebaok,
Almost any afternoon lady
riders oan be seen on the' streets in
pairs and small groups.
The lady riders of Americus
are as wall up In the equestxlen arts
as any ladles In the South. They
even seem more graceful and ex--
perienced in the saddle than the
female riders in many large and
fashionable cities.
- Thsrs is nothing of whloh Ameri
cas is more proud, and there is no
higher compliment to the progress
and refinement of the society than
the accomplishments of its lady
horse book riders.
NO INQUEST.
The Budden Death of a Negro Aroueed
Borne Buepielon Yeeterday.
Early yeaterday morning a negro
named William Holliday died very
suddenly in a tenant house in that
section ot the oity known as “the
Bottoms.”
Coroner Parker was notified ot
his death and at once proceeded to
investigate the matter.
He at first thought the circum
stances surrounding the death of
the negro justified an inqneet, but
after Investigating further con
cluded that no inquest was nec
essary.
The negro came from Augusta,
and bad been an employee on tip
S. a. M. road. He wee a good band
to work and always had plenty of
money. The negroes lay that a few
days ago lie became alek and they
were neve- able to give him any re
lief.
Borne gentlemen from Dooly
report that Judge Allen . Fort
caused the people of that
coqnty to throw up their hats in
applause fur the way be dispatched
business there last week. It Is said
that he accomplished more in one
week than could have been accom
plished by any other judge in Geor
gia in three weeks. The judge knows
howto represent his native cltyt
STRAY CATCHES
WHAT THE TABLET FINDS IN THE
DAILY CURRENT OF LIFE.
Chata, Political and Othorwiao—Odd*
and Ends Picked Up Here and Thero
on tho Streots.
A small group were sitting to
gether on ono of the principal cor
ners yesterday ongaged in animated
conversation.
Tho group was composed of a ik>I-
iticiau, a lawyer; a doctor, a mer
chant's clerk, and two others, who
may boro be styled gentlemen of
of leisure.
The conversation, which had
commenced in a veryjmild way
with local politics for tho leading
source of inspiration, soon widened
in its subject matter until it took
In the far off fields of the “bloody
Sovonth.”
Tho politician warmed up to a
great degree and with enthusiastic
gestures said:
“I have known old Felton a long
time and I know what thore is in
him. Ho is a perfect terror. He
has more bitterness, more ilroy vlt-
uberatiou, and moro fearless, out
outspoken originality lhannny man
in Georgia. He is going to make?
things hotter up thero than they
havo over seon them, aud I’ll:
tell you, when tho ballots are coun
ted, Felton will walk over on top,;
notwithstanding Warren Aiken J'
Seab Wright, Felix Corput and tho
balance of them are' pulling alii
the strings for Everett.” «
“No, Felton It not in Cougrdss
yet,” answered ths lawyer, "and
thero will como a cold day in Au
gust when he goes back."
“I know what ho is,he is the same
old Independent that the “Moun
tain Colt” knocked out of the ring.
You may oall him « Jeffersonian
or any other kind of a Soulan, but
he is just the same old enemy of
organized Democracy that ho was
when he ran George Lester 'ajkl
Bill Dabney out of the field.
“I know the peopleof the Seventh
too well. They are not going to be
fooled by any suoh a scheme as
that Jeffersonian move. Hpab
Wright, Felix Corput and Wartou
Aiken are true Democrats aud they
know how the thlug is going.” |
And so the conversation weuFou
with alternating words for Felton'
aud against him, and finally sum
med itself up in Hji»: "That the
Seventh is truly a bloody district
and has more politlosln It than any
district in tho State.”
V
A gontlemau who is the Iwarm
personal friend of Hon. Jobrf Tem
ple Graves told me yesterday Ahat
It was very probable that when he
returns from his visit to Nov York
that he will enter the Presbyterian
ministry, and become the pastor of
ouo of tho leading churches of that
denomination in an adjoining .State.
. Col. Graves, he said, is l great
lover of classical literature aud
spends much of his time heading
in his prlvoto apartments. Ho Is
also a great lover of horseback ril
ing aud hardly a day passes iu fine
summer weather when he does not
take an afternoon jaunt'Jnto the
country.
I •** ! f
Editor John Looke Mb tiu, who
succeeds Col. Graves as managing
editorof the Tribune of 1 one, lias
the richest journalistio < iperlence
of any editor of his age it Georgia.
He commenced his can e on the
Chicago Inter-Ocean aim it tWenty-
flve years ago and has been con
nected with the leading jpupera of
Bt. Louis and other western cities.
Ho has filled with gre t credit
every position from police reporter
Ito managing editor, aud enjoys the
pleasure of seeing his bright editor
ial paragraphs quoted moj i widely
than the sayings of ai y other
Georgia editor.
He is a very quiet aud fnaasum
ing man aud spends all i f
at ills editorial desk.
Thb IUbeet
Bank of
Mouday
d elded to
subscribed
Bank of Burnt! -.
Tho Directors of tb)
Sumter held a uieetii
afternoon.
At tho mcetlug it was
call fifty per cent, of the
capital stock to bo due aud payable
by October 1st.
The whole capital slock of the
bank is (100,000, and the first call
will put Into tho bank vaults one-
halt of that amount. Ou tlie first
day of October the l ank \jill open
up and bo ready for business. This
acquisition to Americus’i banking
facilities commences its q^reer un
der highly favorable circumstances.