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Recorder ^£ORG^ F, L. <51 ESSNF.U, t : : : : Editor. g&f . v ■ ■ -- Official Or|M of Sumter County. Official Organ of County. FRIDAY, * - JANUARY 2, 1890. The AMERICUS RKCORDRK Ih publluned Dally and Weekly, during the year. The Daix.y Recokiikk In isnued every morning except Monday*, during the year, at 50c per month, orfH.00 per yeAr. The Weekly Rkcoui>i?k In lHHued every Friday morning, at 1100 per year payable In advance. Hints the largest circulation any paper in RouthweHt Georgia, clrcula- ting largely in thecountieN of Humter, Lee, Terrell, Stewart, WebHter, Schley, Marlon* Macon, Dooly and Wilcox. Entered at Americus I'oHt-Offlceas second e nss matter. All comniunlcallonN Hhould l»o addreHHed to AMEIUCUH P1THMHHING CO. • ii4E COMING YEAR'S WORK. America lias laid out u big years . wor)c to be done iu 181)1. If she Is to jieepthe prominence she has at' tallied the past twelve montliH Christman of ’ill will find near 12,000 people in her incorporated limits, to say nothing af numeroiiH new industries, factories, stores, and hufidreds of dwelling houses. But what is best needed for Americus in the coining year? The Recorder would answer: First, a good, live energetic hoard of Trade. A board that every mer chant in Atnericti* would he a member of, and an active member. It may he that the Commercial Club will give us such an organiza tion— probably nut as a Hoard of Trade—but something 'hat will an- • swer the same purpose. This board, or organization, should make it its particular duty to advertise Ameri- cub; to see that every prospector is shown over llie city, and if there is an opening for his line of business that would be profitable, w.e that he lias the encouragement and backing necessary. Properly looked after, such an organization could locate a dozen no v industries in the next twelve months, not one of wliich are now in operation .if’here. Second, Americus needs a com pany which will build* houses and soil them on the installment plan. Just look at the available building sites there arc in the city limits, all easy i*f access. Such a company does not need a large working cap- ital—125,000 or $.'>0,(100 would be ample, as every hotii-e. as soon as m completed, \v< uld begin lo bring money into tlie treasury. A large body of land for building purposes could he bought now for a reason able sum, and that the housescould be icuted goes without question. Such a company, besides making a good profit, would be doing a great work for the city, for every new Conn r would buy iu preference to rentier, and. cv«rv citizen would .increase our population and our VERY SHORT SIGHTED. L*rry Gautt, of the Athens Ban ner, is responsible for a good many queer ideas, but his late denuncia tion of the Legislature audits work is probably the worst lie has yet fathered. Listen at this: “The body lias passed no hills of importance, and by its vascillating cour-e has succeeded iu making the members a laughing stock for the public. They would pass a law' one day and leconsider it the next. GOOD ROADS. Luckily for the farmers in the South, and Houth west Georgia par ticularly, very little bad weather is had, and as a consequence good roads are tlie rule, and not the ex ception. And yet Sumter county LITERARY NOTES. r Play at • HC- The only tiling of any importance j ous over bad hills, year after year they accomplished was to still fur tlier tax the whites to educate ne groes. While our colored popula tion only pay $40,000 in taxes, tills Legislature has voted $400,000 for the schooling of black children. All the important bills were laid over until the next session, as an excuse for further wrangling and vascillatiou.” Tlie above can only be excused or forgiven on tlie ground of igno rance, and the Banner editor surely would not enter that plea. It is a notable, fact that the legislature just adjourned accomplished more than any previous one. True, they went there determined to do aw ay with the summer session, and they tried hard to.do so, hut tlie volume of business forced on them by their Constituents left no alternative hut to have a summer session, leave the business undone, or continue the winter session for a month or more. The summer session is a necessity on account of the hundreds of local bills. If a way could be prepared whereby these bills could he at tended to by the courts, it would make a forty day’s session a possi bility. As to the school appropriation, tlie whites are willing to help edu cate tlie negroes, if by so doing they can secure good schools. Tlie cost is willingly borne. Editor Gantt ca..not reconcile himself to Gordon’s election, and as a result he is placing himself and his paper iu a bad light. This is not like Larry, for a more whole- souled gentleman never lived. Ac cept Gordon’s election, give even the legislature its dues, and you will enjoy a happier Christmas, is The Recorder’s advice to him. William Allen Butler - 11 coll ‘ tribute to Harper’s We 1 ? l’ ub " Halted P.i-cmber 31st a Jig I’Oem I descriptive of tlie Bat I Oberrammergau, which *H a scries? illustra 10U "iapl takeu at .... present.-Hon f the I ,l ». v - It is passing strap* that farmers j ‘fo |tbe“ writer con11ibuted to |H 8an? '* * u " I nodical that popular >etical-atii lias some roads that could be vast- < com pan e >\ ly improved with a little judicious J l j OM8 work now and then. will wear out their teams aud wag- ! 1 when a few hours good work two or three times a year will make these hills so easy to get over that they w’ill no' he noticed. Public sentiment, in this county, at leant, seems to be against a county chain- gang, the argument against it be ing that the good one would “Nothing to Wt a»\" ,e l’ er * r.-.-t liujrarv prodmif’" of lts written in lliis.-nui'T. Tlie l' oe, “ .,n “Oi crammerg; Ifiting to a theme written iu qtF'e :i 'do i probably please a Uige n number | would not justify the expense. I of readers ns '• '* r ’ This may may be true, tlmugli Tilt: j eur.ier eft'j— Recorder is inclined to believe j The Foru lor January, that after one year’s trial of a chain The .January* on,m °l‘ eUH " although rc- diHerent, aud j •tlier style, will ! ' fa- , vith gang the farmers would largely fa- { a review ' f ihfdor.izatiou and di- ! ..... * 4 #}(>\vn to date, and a map, by Prof. vor it. % Good roads have a great deal to do with marketing the crops, and also with the cost of marketing. Many farmers have to repair their wagons as regularly as they visit a town, one or two had hills causing a break dowu. The road Jaws are very lax, ami are not enforced, but the fault lies with those whom the law was intended to benefit. Oc casionally a few road commission ers get a working tit on them, and for a few’ days several miles of road are lightly scraped over, to be worked again, probably, iu a couple of years. If every farmer would see to it that the road opposite his planta tion was always in good order there would be little need of road laws. exit syste' present would n ‘ Hires in-° not exi> cause I t« ni ofndir and tl* carl era I txatlo: THE CENTRAL’S NEW DEPOT. A “MARE’S NEST.’ The Rome Tribune thinks it has found a “mare’s nest’’ iu the ap pointment of Judge McCutchen on tlie betterments commission. It charges that McCutchen is a warm personal friend of Gov. Brown, aud lie was appointed in order to get Brown to agree lo tlie finding of tlie commission. This is a severe reflection on Gov. Northern The Governor answ» rs the charge at length in an interview in Mon day’s Constitution, in which he explains how ho came to appoint Me' utclien, and that bis old con nection with the Icsf-ees was dis cussed before and after his appoint ment. Tlie Tribune does not charge Gqv. Northen with being a party to any trade, but says lie “simply made a u.is.ake in Ids judgment.” Judging by tlie Tribune’s stand- The General Manager and Superintend ent Here Yesterday. Work will be begun on the now depot of the Central road early iu next month, possibly next week. So it has been ordered, and so it will he done. General Manager Gahbett and SuperiutendeutJMcIveuzie arrive* in Ame*icus yesterday morning I’d’ the purpose of looking over tIt* grounds. They stayed onl> a f*w hours, leaving on tlie early uft*r- lioon train, but remained bug enough to make Huai arrangeupnts for the erection of the depot . "hey see how badly it is needed, and how deficient the one now used is with such a large amount of fratlic. Recognizing this, 'he hulking of the new one will be begun as fjuick as possible, and next week will in all probability witness the breaking ofdiit. When finished it if to he a beauty, and we will have as coil veuient and pretty a c.ep »t as is on the line. vision of Afrit accompanied * I'.inilM il.- I.fieye. ' 1 ’ hi ” io 11 r0 ‘ j curd oi tl. ° r j ^(p].»!ii/atio., ;Ver Utuh-rtakeu, and j ji„ lullin'nci"» 'he future °1 «Ivili- z*itiou PHiirf yet l-B recouad. Mr. j Thomas (. HieaniiMM writes an , ;iH y ci:s>li yii “ "ho Coming Billion- | Hire,” lo tl* I under tin* pr-a j of federal taxation our i •o - lui :i d re d - in i! 1 lo mil r e s Rsarily become billion- •y yean-; hut he dots) ! a liillionairo i.t all, be- regards the present .->*• taxatlcn as doomed arlv coming of direct fed- - !«>;i as inevitable. I’rridou' J. C. l'rnv, of Livings- j ton college, N. bim^»*lf a color- , od nan, di'-cusscs tin- «jiie*lTon = wli'hcr 1 !ie negroes si*!, social cqHlity with the whites. Main- j ta'dng that bis race dots not seek j Htitu equality, lie argues that to sek it of to expect it thiough legis y,tion would be futile and absurd. f m- 1 iograidiical essay this mouth sly l'ie.-Jdciil Dwight, of Yale, vho points the relative advan- iagt-s Irom hi- point of view of the conimeri ial life and of the life of a teacher. Eliza Lynn Linton, after showing til* inadequacy of marri age in certain ways, argues the ne cessity of nndntainiug it as the* very preservation .if society. The Rev. Charles Dana Board- man, of Philadelphia, writes of “Conservative Progress” in church, in politics, and in society; 7) 0 0 —8 </) 0 < 0 03 S3 Z5 P 3 Q. i 0 o 3* PJ 3 > 3 0 -1 o' r; CO 7J ® M m ol oi 73? 7) £ m = (Jf> m mmm X TJ §■ o § 2 s. D § 5r 2 s Oi nr (j) <jto I Oi ns oi TO 1 o m rl D F 0 P H i (Ji 111 & 9 £+ 0 A rroRNKV A mericus, ( tentlon Ktvcn tql O O X m z tt 0 A' 1 NstlonJ all bii^ W. 15. ' A I AUD I J pleV HUDSON & BLALOCl Lawyers, Americus. - - Ga. Partnership min d tor. linrr'v, which mm law ; Edmund < iossi future of poetry as « arts : Mr. O *ei I is? S the construction ;i railwavs migiu !»♦ even rev*)liitioni/ed I). ( hamoji;:. Jr., t b of real • subject to I dies of the | f tiie great j show*, how i 1 ■ ov d and j and M r. John i Chewacla Lime. 1 The Best in tlie South. Plaster Paris, Cement and Hair At wav*, on hand, FOR THE CASH A. J. HAMIL’S, Agent. .11*■» Cotton \ venue, Hamil Blo^k Americus, Ha. For Sale. T. L. HOLTJi ITTOfINEV AND. A AT LAW* AbtjevJ tii-e l|i all lii«ronutleNfP fct IimiI ii.n k'.v, h :• t > my care. PHYSIC! AT J. M. R. WES j>HVsii I \ N A N J G. T. Mil |)ll VSICI A N AN I S 11. HAWKINS,.- Hawk'ns PHYSICIANS /l Americus! Tiro Cusp weatll-. I aril, any lawyer who may become There are a number of other I eourmel for a railroad must eyer things Unit are badly needed, j after abalalu from aervice for the Country |iroduce la bardjlo get, and I Stale, on the ground of "prejudice.” half we cm;,nine i* shipped here. [ Kor the life of ua, we cannot aee Scvin.i line i.-farm, would pay ! anything wring- in McCiitcheii’a h-rd.-iie a- would a pou’try I appointment, even acknowledging yard. Sever.I good dairy farina 1 Mint (je is a warm pcraomil friend could sell all tii • blitter and milk it of (lov. Mrowu, and waa once an could supply at twice the price* 't the road We are aat- .. . , , ; istled the people—at least in tliis that prevu:. ui the r^orth. 1 he»e ! Me4 , ( ( on —prefer Gov. Northen’H :;rc a few -f the things we need that judgment to the Tribune’s, require but little money, though With small industries like these successfully iiDitir»irat.*.l, the larger ones would, naturally I II w. THE iNVESTIGAI iOii. fli regard to the in ve-tigatioti whicn was male of the charges against MeCuue, Polk ami Living ston at Ocala, the Southern Alli ance Farmer editorially sa \ *: The committee on iiivestigut.oi), which was demanded l»y lirothetH Maeuue, Polk ami Livingston, cum. piei- .,> e.v.’iotielalevl tho»«- u-nlie- from all of the Infam ..is which had been man* hem. One o?*th« hrethr :i sec! to object to an exliop. Dr. Maeuue because <f atating that once having retary-treas- Alliance and once, lie de- THE RECORDER'S CHRISTMAS. J The stall’of The Recorder was exceedingly favored on Christmas. | A half a dozen boxes of cltoice cigars, several quarts of good old Bourbon, egg nnggs without men tion, and oth*r compliments of tlie season were among tlie gifts of tlie day, to say nothing of a first-class Christmas dinner. For such kindly remembrances we feel deeply grateful. If Your House is on Fire You put water on the burning tim bers, not on the smoke. And if you htwf£ catarrh you should attack the disease iu tlie blood, not in >« e.r nose. Remove the impure omse, and the loeal effect subsides. To do this, take Hood’s Sarsapa- lilU. the gretW blood purifier, which radically and permanently cures catarrh. It also strengthens the nerves. Be sure to gqf.^nJy The Owner.* of the Country. Ayearago Mr. ThomasG. Shear man showed in the Fonim that one half of the national wealth wa-« o w tied J by 40,000 families, that Miree sevenths of it was owued by 21o.oro families, and tliat theie were 70 American estates averaging ??•*>,- 000,000 each. The statement was contracted. But lie sliov** in the January Forum, in his prophecy of ‘The Coming Billouiaire,” not only that his figures have not been dis credit ed, but that they could not be, for in the large majority worthy private information. Some of this information has been derived from bo Us, some from lists of securities, some from tax returns, and some from statements of the owners themselves. In short, there have been only three cases where any error has been established. But there have been errors of under statement which fully balance all possible eriorsof overstatement. , ho • ■'I'll|>|»<'•! •IniMi.r’s j Sts, w Jasboa St;::!, U. iM-ral >urg* r\ mid it,, trol EVE, EAR, THltOAT I’-rw.i’e. hMMim d. i. Tiie mo •due :u?H Z‘ The Davenport Drug Company hare made a large purchase of \V. W. C., Wooldridge’s Wonderful Cure, tlie greatest Blood Purifier and family medicine now on the market, for tlie purpose of supply ing the trade throughout this sec tion. Rend them your orders, and save freights front distaut points. We are impatiently awaiting Mr. Gould’s 15th of January, when money will be a “drug” oil thy marketr Mr. G. must have meuiit smother January. \V. Lo Virgil -ViiV , i" 1 i Hits.. d-lt Dftroit. Min E*»tlili ; i.-dled 1WJ. taloiftio '.INK WoltKM, ■' ran ht ■SCHIFFMANN S ASTHMA CUHEH TaflUnily Miovi-a tit* mott si. Ipot sttivck *nd In- i , uri*f r..inf..ri*t't*4pt»-^p No vnlltiiK i*.rrr-nltn. Jieinir uh*,| |,jr mhaUtion, »t« action launm^UX**. murincpn th* ir.w tnuitispiece \ i|v , American j b.'',’ ie J annul y j r. -" number of tlie Cosmopolitan. It is | a n production in colors of Fran- cois Fiameng’s famous picture, I of t “The Cake m ’I ’ and can scarce- I ar! l\ l e ili‘-mn’Uish* d from tiie im- j °J‘ t ported photogravure which i ex- j hibiit d in the dealers’indows, at j tin* pr!••«* of <7 copy. It is one of ; the finest of subjects, and is well worth framing aud preserva tion. i'ne Cosmopolitan ha* be come noted of bite for its frontis piece, ,i ml this very much txecB it- piw'otis cfijrls. T'ln* (’osmopolirau ran up from a Itl.OOO ‘‘dition at tlie close of D^S, to loi.iMtotopics I>.*c«*mber ls«»o. This reinarKalue i»•«•*•* use has kept pace witli tiie change iu tlie character of tiie i.ames wliich appeared upon its tab!** of con:cuts. Among those for January are Mr-. Van Rens- selut-r Crugvr, Frank* Dempster Sherman, Henry George, William H. Rideing, Hja’mar Hjorth Boye- sen, IMward Everett Hale, Ger trude Franklin Atherton, Murat j Halstead, John J. a’Becket, Col. j Charles W. Lamed. F. (>. C. Dar- j by 'posthumous', Elizabeth Bit-, y. . laud, probably as «trong a colls*-' tion of names as ever appeared in any number of an illustrated maga zine iu tii is country. The number eontnius the first of two paits of Mrs. Van Rensselaer Cruger’s m*w tmv*»i, Madeu»oiw»i|(» Reseda, i*r*.nonn••«*<! by critics who have retd P M»e best «>f her work. Mr- Cruger a woman win is iurt!inu*i> ••cquaitFe 1 vitii fasliioxie.blc circle both in rhi*- country and abroad. Site writes in a realistic manner, without any <■! the ntleiwiviMiess * f M*C :*v»rage realism. .Th** next arthb in ,ri portanee from the u ol Miss Hi-iaml, describing a visit the Ih op!. D Ihiiace u L nd»u. A most iutejesting po.-,thum«>us pap* r by F. O. r. >».’ by, w.tn i,i„ ou„ illustrations, is;,,-., *i Vel el’s clever story, Den (Gracias,!.*, j illustrated in a noble mauiu ■ tlie ( well-known actors, fSothern and Iss Earnetf, liavmg cousenUd to . ■»> the aituatio!4s of the novel, ^ produced iu DU. A. li. il I IS. KLE ha < i«H’k at nluhl. SUFFERERS : O I*: - Youthful Errors W. L. Builar Ibis .1th Av lie, ColUiiibus, *vh, CHitfrrli, * n In York, bond* e-iiiVwly. \ DENTISTS. all all in ** Sumter, not t-» Viiv ,,,, *.v i.-.mllv. They ran **it in** ln>.t w*.*'k. atnl '<* i* im.' iln n, hu<‘k In hi!,!:. . ;11y \v In- n. f h ‘•hr.,! m. My ehihir • • arln . » ml,i M/./i**, fn*l l.i/a Full*- \ tlUhK in I .ill Mu in I . ■lll-t DR. W* P. BURT. I ) , i N | T ! V, - t I'ul'or** m J. J- WORSHAM. Dental pnrltrs over National dec lu tl. i to I*- • hut as In* l a »e i» F t iiilll the- <-OhL of Hoisting HHV*-i1 to S!.*r. k* u|.«-*. Rutelierh. Farm* rs, Ma* n»nKt«, RiiUiierK ami (’ontrac- lors, an,I otlnis A*lmltt**I t*> he the en-ateat Improv* mi tackle Hlocks Freight SHOEMAKERS. P. R- STANFIELD* |>K \« Tl At, SHOEMAKERan«l repair- I • ’ . \il- rt<*u».(iu. ltl palriiiK anpccli' .l> SHHOLSEY* |>'"»I AN'DsltnK MaKEK. Kt-paning 1 * » spe- ally. Shop n|> Htair» over Arthur R.' 'tul* s atioe store. CONTRACTORS. "iAM STEVENS. COL~ / tONT : ACTOR, Ih prepared to do - - t km*;, of bundliitf.iml moving at roaao able pr. es Wind luillR u speoluity. INSUi; INCE. IKf AND ACCIDENT T |-hJ"c^ it. M.T.A.UC.NN, A* Trouble Brewii B.ii l the h. A. SI. or the (] g*i the freight on bail’s Immense OK Hem* un-,1 l,y mhalivtion, it* set dtruU »ucl rertuiu, aniacura cunbl^etai. A tingle tri^l r ekrptfe.il. Crfee, boo, and #1 „ ’ 'Free 1,-I Knights of Ho^or Garden '11*1,1 jllHl boginult'i ii fur Ooinpet'^ “truggie for , eomiiieiiceJI llrat .rvud. All kuii kee)"tl,t‘ beat of ,.,y get lit! Callar UveryFdJ