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Recorder
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hard time prices.
i, L. Raisin*, $2.60 for whole boxes,
*1.60 "half
ii •• 85 “ quarter ‘
.i “ “ 20 lib by retail.
5 000 lib forest nuts, at
■i') cts pound best Almonds.
« cts pound best Brazils.
171,; cts pound best Walnuts.
12W cts pound beat Filberts.
].’> cts best mixed nuts.
•}'> cts pound best Citron.
10 cts pound best Currants.
SO barrels Apples, 65 to 75o peck.
20 boxes Oranges, 25 to 85c doz,
’ll boxes Prunes, 15and 20c pound,
To barrel* Mallga Grapes, 20o 11b,
1,000 Cocoanuts,6 to8c.
Coll on us
Joiner & JMioiiolson
■ deeds Recorded :
The Past Week at the Court House by
Clerk Allen.
Mrs. M. E. Boone, Wm. Harrold
to Amertous Lodge, No. 18 F. & A
M.. city lot, (4,000.
F. E. Albritton and A. J. Wll
liams, executors, to J, D. Lawson to
lands in 20th district, $5,000.
J, W. May to Calvin May, lot
ldlb., lot 103 In 26th district, $2,600.
J. H. Daniel to A. J. Logan, lot
1011..,, 10% lot 122, In 26th district,
|1,000.
.Sarah Dupree to J. D. C-Uover
and A. J. Logan, 80 aores off lot 92
In 20th district, $800.
F. E. Albritton and M. A. Per
kins to A. J. Logan two-third In
terest In lot 123 In 26th district,
$S00-
M. Speer to Johnson & Harrold
lot Xo. 00, In 16th district, $75.
J. L. Addcrton, trustee, to L. G.
Hudson, two city lots on MoGarrah
itreet, $1075.
L. D. Wise to Geo.-W. Jennings,
112'- acres of lot 19 In the 26th die-
•let, $1150.
Oriu Hilliatd to A. J. Roberts,
ist part lot 62 in 15th district,
0225.
A. E. Rylander to John Windsor,
ity lot, $500.
Kite Callaway to Alex Windsor,
ity lot, $1000.
M. Speer to B. H. Wilkinson,
•rt lot 90 in 10th dlstriot, $125.
It. I.. Hargrove to Dr. H. A. C.
lagly, part lot 42 and 44 In 28th
Istrict, $400.
C. A. Bel) to Banaom Simon, olty
it, $75.
Americas Investment Company
J. T. Ferguson, house aud lot lu
leSoto, Sumter county, $800.
J. E. Lamar to A. J. Logan In
rest in lot 123, in 26th district,
00.
Malisea Hook to A. A. Booker,
ity lot, I.ee street, $240.
William Elllaon to Jennie Jeffer-
>n, city lot, $25.
Americus Investment Co. to
ays and Dane, city property,
,150. .
S. Sloan to Mrs. 8.C. Johnston,
miulstratrix, all her interest In
and personal property, $4,166.
M. Wheatley to Miller and
Daniels, city property, $800.
K. Duckworth to Gussle
wdtiH two acres off lot 87 in 27th
let.* $15.
Letter List.
™ following unclaimed letters
II be sent to dead letter office If
called for In teu days. Mention
rertiaed letters when calling for
office:
*’>Ii Askew, Henry Ashford,
J oe Addy.
Barton, Mrs. Annie Bar-
°utn, D K Burton, Mrs Johnny
Brenner, B W Bogg, Alexander
Bass,
H Cross, Ada Cook, J H Cole-
Jesse 8 Carter, Mra Mol-
He Collins.
' T D Dali, R 8 Dennington,
Caddie L Davis, Miss Sentha
Bsniel, Miss Sarah Davla.
’Bobert Ellaa.
Jj 1 ** Mary Foster.
Ml »» Addle V Gulce.Mlss Geor-
*,'» Greene, Mlsa Minnie M
Greeue, Mrs Sarah Greene,
Gurrau, Mlsa* Carmatie
Br«gg, John W Grant.
■Hubert Huson.
*bs Janie John.
Borgia Ann Key.
™°*8a Moss, Mra Margaret
Jorelaud, TL Martin, Jamea
■Bton.John lilddleton, Ran-
°tue Mallard.
Ir ge w Pugh, Ben PhlUlpe,
0|,
.‘1“ A B Russell, Miss Mary
?***», Mra J A Robinson,
'^adk Register, A W Rand.
1 Sheffield, W Ingraham
*»nield
E Turner, Mra Martha Thom-
BbiUlpa Thompson, J H
ltD P»on, Frank Train.
FROM THE TRAIN AND BROKE HIS
NECK.
An Unknown Negro Found Dead Yes
terday Afternoon—About s Mile
8orth of Amerleut—The Coroner Noti
fied.
A dead negro.
That’s what a section boss of the
Central found yesterday afternoon
About a- mile north of Americus.
The negro’s head was stuck In
the mud.
And he was almost supported
upou it.
His head was driven into the
mud almost out of sight.
Yesterday afternoon a section
boss on the Central, while up the
track about a mile from the city,
found a negro In this position.
Going up to him he, with the as
sistance of some hands, pulled the
negro out.
His body was cold, and besides
many bruises on the head, his neck
was broken. Stiflness bad set in.
and the man had. evidently been
dead several hours.
The body was removed by the
men to a bouse near by, and there
laid out.
There Is nothing known a* to the
cause of his death, as nothing was
beard of it until the body was
found. The supposition is, how
ever, that the negro left Americus
yesterday morning for Columbus,
and Instead of taking the train for
that place, took the train for Macon
Instead. When at the place wbert
the body was found, It Is thought
that he found out he was on the
wrong train, and not realising the
■peed at which the train was going,
Jumped off.
This Is the most reasonable sup
position, and the one held by the
Anders of the body, who say the
position It was in when found
makes this belief s certainty.
The coroner was notiAed of the
gnd, and will hold an Inquest
to-day.
IS MOST ENCOURAGING.
Tha New York Commercial Bui
lstln. In speaking of the South,
•aye:
“It Is not only cotton production
that It has grown since the war.
For the fonr years ending In 1800
the average production of cotton
was 4 000,000 bales a year. For the
four beginlng with 1865 it was 2,-
336,000. For the lour years endtug
last September the average was
8,945,000 bales. The crop rose above
,000,000 bales lu 1878-78, and his
not sinoe fallen below that amount.
Prior to 1800 the crop was only
twice above 4,000,000 bales and that
was in the two years 1850 and 1860
(to September or each year). In
this lastdecade, as the late census
will show, there has been an ad
vance all along the line, marked by
a diversified cultivation which
comes with a freer and more intel-
? unt labor.
’To the farniug Interest the
Bouth offers great advantages. The
leading cereals, orchard and root
crops are grown there, and there is
a vast production of crops familllar
here but grown earlier there. The
mild Climate shortens the season of
cold and offers great advantages In
rearing of animals, while it mate
rially influences the economies of
living. Altogether, the prospects
of growth and prosperity at the
South Is most encouraging, partic
ularly If the pressure of partisan
legislation is not laid upon it.”
The Macon Telegraph, In refer
ring to the above article, thinks
that a great exposition of Southern
resources at some place in the
North, as suggested by the late
Asheville convention, would be of
great benefit to the South. The
Asheville convention recommended
that the Southern States each ap
propriate $25,000 to advertising the
South, and In induoing Immigra
tion. Some of the States may do
this, but The Hecobder does not
believe Georgia will, for previous
experience with the leglalature
lead* ua to believe that they can
not see far enough ahead to find
where It will pay.
If a plan could be devlaed where
by a good profit was guaranteed by
such an appropriation, the legisla
ture might spend a few thousand
dollars that way-but It would want
an Iron-clod mortgage attached.
Th« Fortunate Winners of tbs Prises
• Offered by Mr. Calvin.
In June last Hon. Martin V. Cal
vin, of Rlehmond, offered to the
wives and daughters of Alliance-
men In Georgia prizes for excell
ence in poultry raising as follows
In the Tenth Congressional dis
trict, to the lady who, between the
Uth of January and the 11th
July, 1890, would show the best re
sults with hot less than twenty-five
nor more than 100 hens, a set of
Chambers Encyclopedia, ten vol
umes, sheep, household edition.
To the lady showing the next best
result, a set of DiokenB’e work,four
teen volumes, clotli; aud to the
lady showing the next best result,
a year's subscription to the South
ern Alliance Farmer or any other
Southern weekly together with the
Massachusetts Ploughman or the
Youth’s Companion.
In the tenth congressional dis
trict, there were several entries, but
the number of contestants was
finally reduced to one.
Outside the tenth dlstriot, the
number of, contestants was large,
but from odc cause and another
narrowed down to four.
Mr. Calvin was anxious to make
the awarde upon closing the con
test, but delay was unavoidable.
Through the kindness of Bev. J.
W. Hunnlcutt, of the department
of agriculture, he Is enabled to an
nounce the result as follows:
In the state outside the tenth
congressional dlstriot:
Mrs. E. A. Barker, Barnesvllle,
Ga., Pike county, first prize. Num
ber of hens, 25; dozen eggs, 113Je
Down HO sold, 10, at 150 | l 60
Dozen Off■ consumed, 67, at lJo 10 06
Cblces told, 63, at 38c 20 75
Chicks consumed, 02, at 25c 15
Bushel. waste, OS*!, at50o 10(7
Total
Leu expense
Net receipt* 150 07
Average jer hen •. 2 25
Mite Carrie Woodward, Carsonvllte, Tay
lor county. Georgia, twelve yean of age,
second prime.
Number of hens, 40, dozen eggs, 201.
Dosen eggs sold, 101, at 15e (24 15
Dosen eggs consumed, 50, at 15e 4 50
Chicks sold, 75, at 20c 1500
Chicks consumed, 100, at 20s 20 no
Busbsls wasta, 24, at 50c 12 00
Total »75 05
Lssaezpense 10
Net receipts $50 05
Net receipts per ben I 47
Mr*. E. C. McKellar, America*, Ga.,
third prise.
Number of hens, 25, dozen egp 129%.
Dozen eggs sold 12% at 15c 118 19
Dozen ess*consumed, 87-hi, at 15c.. 1 2<
Chicks sold, 40, at Kc 7 20
Chick* consumed, 15, at 18c. 2 70
Bushels waste, 12, at 50c 0 00
Total 5 85 81
Lose expense 2 15
Net receipts $ S3 19
Net per hen I* 1 32
Tenth congressional district.
Mrs. William K. Nelson, Augusta, Rich-
wood county, Georgia, third prise.
Number heni. 60, dozen eggs, 196S,'.
Dozen eggs sold, 107, zt 21c 5 22 47
Dozen egg* consumed, 00, zt 21c 13 83
Chlckssold,64, at 25c 18 00
Chlcksconsumed.TS, at25c 18 25
Bushels waste, 32, at 50c >16 00
Total 1 5 80 68
Leu expense 0 50
Net receipt* 3 08
Net per hen 133
The results of this contest con
tain many valuable lessons. Be
tween the lines one can read very
much more than appear in the net
receipts. There are lessons in the
matter of keeping an accurate re
cord of the poultry yard, of market
ing eggs and chicks profitable, etc.,
etc.
Mr. Calvin’s thought, in offering
the prizes mentioned, was to dlraet
attention to the possibilities, In
dollars and cents, of the poultry
yard. The prizes are well won and
Mr. Calvin declares that he will
count himself happy If the results
of the contest shall give an impetus
to careful poultry raising in Geor
gia and the South.
Greek’s
How He rrepavre far It.
Fora month before Christmas every
pious Greek h$e observed a rigid fart,
■ayes traveler, consequently the “table,”
wMeh on that day la spread In every
hones, produces something sHn to fes
tivity.
My friends of the evening before
begged me to rit down and partake of
the meal that they had prepared. It
was somewhat of a struggle to me, I
moat own, for I expected it would not
be served in very magnificent style.
Still, I waa not prepared for what actu
ally happened.
On a small round table wm placed a
perfect mountain Of macaroni and cheese
—not such cheese as we ore accustomed
to put with ours, bnt coarse sheep’s milk
cheese, which stung my month like
mustard, and left a pungent taste therein
which tarried there for days. Then
there were no plates, no forks, no spoons.
The master of the house had a knife
with which he attacked the dish, and
the one which on ordinary occasions fell
to the mistress was now kindly placed
at my disposal. As for the rest of the
family, they were an example of the
adago that .fingers were made before
forks, and these fingers grew perceptibly
cleane* as the meal progressed.
What a meal it was, indeed; as if it
were a contest in gastronomie activity.
Yet M wee pleasant to see the appetite
with which great and small entered into
the contest and filled their months to
overflowing with the savory ™*«* I
was left behind in the contest, and had,
I fear, to tell many nntruths concerning
my appetite and the excellence of the
dish, and great wm my relief when it
wm removed and dried fruits and nuts
took its place.
Te drink wo had resinated wine—that
is to say, wino which had been stored in
a keg covered with resin inside, which
gtres the flavor so mneh relished by the
Greeks, bat which is almost zs unpalata
ble to aa Englishman as beer most bo to
those whs drink it for the first time.
The wine, however, had the effect of
looeenlag the toogosa of my Mends, who
had been too beay as yet to talk, and
they told mo many interesting Christ-
"I remember a Christmas I spent in
Mr. BoMkh company many yean ago,”
aaldhywzg theatrical manager in the
foyer. "®» hod beoghl a summer resi-
denes at Cos Cab, Coen., tha previous
sommea, sad iwritod mo ap to play
Seats those aod do tha chimney act
Hie property wm a fair stood little
ootory of land, bnaded aa one side
by tha Cinaistiiat river, oa the other
side by Leo* fafand Snood, and the
Near 7erk nod New Horen tracks
farmed the ban koa. If there to anyone
read affketsd by toanpa it to that same
New Haven read, and whan I arrived,
two or three days before Christmas,
there was a Hoe at them waiting their
tnm at tha goto that reminded me of a
highly sneeeesfol advance' sale, one
tramp asar tha gats even offering to sell
his advanced position for ten cents.
Booth wm mush worried about the dan
gerous leaking fallows, sad it struck me
that a dog would he highly appropriate
otto gift
“I wired to a friend in New York, and
the day before Christmas the biggest
Siberian bread I over saw was waiting
at the little station for me. Booth was
tickled to death, and we managed to
chaia that dag juat inside the main , gate
near the lodge, and then we ebook hands.
It was aa awful big dog, bigger than a
Utile donkey that arrived on the next
train. with a go-cert as a present to his
little da tighter Edwins. Well, we fixed
np the presents that night I dressed np
in fur rags and traps as Santa Claws, and
bad arranged to drive the donkey into
the reoeption room and distribute the
gifts from the well laden go-cart The
dog wm to remain in the little shed we
had extemporized for him, bnt he didn’t
He wm there on badness, and he attend
ed to it promptly. Theohain broke like
pieoe of twine and I broke for the bal
cony, which I just managed to reach
from the cart Of course there was a
racket and I got into the window, and
by the time ws had anned onreelvea with
antique awards sod a revolntfonary mas
ks! the nates had subsided sufficiently
for us to venture forth. The dog wm
just aeea in the moonlight disappearing
over the stone wall, tbanaandaof dollars’
worth of prevents were scattered in the
deep snow, and donkey meat and fur
ware lying aa loch deep over the three
acme of tha Meath premises. The Sibe
rian Meadh—ud hod tom thedonkey to
JD A HD.
For you have'nt the time to read,
nor have we to write a 1
lengthy “ad."
We offer for your inspection un
questionably the moat attractive
stock shown In the city.
We invite a critical comparison
of stock, quality of goods and prices
with those of other dealers.
No Goods Charged
THIS WEEK.
n * on os.
We again request you to settle
you account with ua. Reapeotfully,
1 M It
£W*Untll Christmas our atora
will be open every evening until 9
o’clock.
Special:—4 Plash jackets
at#7-50each; value $13.50.
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-AT
W. D BAILEY’S
Poplar m
5g“«l H Veisy.
Willis. Willie Wilson,
Mm j b
*‘ u ' Warren Wells,
b ‘■OUBTH CLASS.
“I'zrnes.
‘file D Tillman.
J.C. Roney. P. M.
Trappers in Town.
Yesterday a crowd waa attracted
by two trappers who had a numbe*
of akin* for sale. Among them
were baaver, coon and 'poaam“i “•*
aides others, and themenscemou
to have bad good luck recently.
They eMily found purchasers for
their wares.
Here’s a Merry Christmas to
•very Americuilte, Amerlcueonlan,
or Amerlcuaaer, or whatever It
maybe.
HI with Fneumoaia.
Messrs. Warnock & Miller, pro
prietors of the cigar factory, are
both quite sick at homo with1 pneu
monia. Their friends wish them a
speedy recovery.
making
land.
The Enqnlrer-Snn Is the only
paper In the State outside of Macon
which published the appointments
yesterday of the South Georgia
Methodist Conference. When yon
want the news look to the En-
qulrer-Sun.—Columbus Enquirer-
Hun.
The Enqnlrer-Sun must have a
"pull” with the conference. The
Recorder wired the Macon Tele
graph for the appointments, but
failed to g*t them. The Constitu
tion also got left, so The Re
corder wm not the only dally shut
out.
Georgia Is having a plentiful crop
of weddings. They are marrying
and giving In marriage on every
band.
ZM All Orer.
Frost—Wall, it's all ever.
Snow—Wbaifs all overt
I say ft only oomes
, and Wa all wee until a
The MUsare
staff my wife
$asw—Vet by a jugful
nottn yet for V? thost
bought md ebarged to ms.
A Teuton Slre4n.
Employer (soxtoaely)—Dees Mr. De
Goods drink?
OsodlsoEii Ctscis—Wot a drop.
“Be lorn bam two hoore late for three
and Ire-leeks ae if be had been
sight. In Chrtotmas be gave
Good land, near towns or cities,
or olOM to a railroad station, can
be bad In Georgia for from $1 to $25
per acre, according to the improve
ments on the land, location, etc.
In a year or two any industrious
farmer can make enough money to
pay for a good farm.
1 Girt—DM yon bovo a mis-
ibeogkinyoarhsaeef
sad Sweet Girl—No, I bad ono
ready, bat fengst to pot it np.
“OfaMtbtogei Forgot itf”
“Yost yea tee, George and! somehow
r other Wama engaged the day be
fore.' 1 —Mealing.
Consist* of
Stylish Silk Hats,
Fine Dress Shirts,
Patent Leather Shoes,
Lovely Neckwear,
Silk andfLInen Handkerchiefs,
Sllk'jUmbrelUs,
WaiklnglCanes,
Collar and Cuff Boxes,
Gent’s Toilet Cases,;
Gents Toilet Slippers,
Black .8IIk;Half-Hose,
Traveling Baga,
Sleeve Buttons,
Scarf Pins,
Etc., Etc.
All at Botton Prices, ?
SBW* res-reteemre
a rest
r el the Rbcobdbb off
i few building lota and houses for sal*
^Lonta£teU|ueotpian. M. M. Cohen, Real
S OTICE—I hereby notify all eUlzens In
Eohley, Sumter, and all tha eurround-
I counttas of Sumter, not to hire or
sbelteranyormylamlly. They ran away
from me and ten in* last week, and my
object In thle It to-brtng them back home,
competent to control inera* mjt cciiiurcn •
names are as follows: CUarlle, Ambrose.
Jasper. Alec, Lizzie, and Liza Fuller. I
did not do anything to run them tram
home. Richard Fuller, my oldest eon,
persuaded them to leave, but aa he Is mar
ried thle advertisement to not refer to
him. Louie Fuller.
d-lt
Knights of honor
The Lodge In Americas I* over ten year*
Insures for 52,000. Assessment* light
Baflsst and cheapest life Iniursuee. For
ofbnn.t,on apply te DKBBI((80N
may it- Beporert
FOR SALE.
Five shares of stock tit the first serlts of
the Americus Mutual Building and Loan
Asmelatlon. Apply to H.M. Brawn or J.
B. Felder, 507 Jackson street.
WANTED.
Carpenters at Montezuma. Apply at
onoe. Good pay to whits men.
II. HAMrOHD.