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^ERIC^ Recorder c £org^ W. L. GLESSXER, Offlrlal O.g.vn of Sumter Countj. Official Orfftn of Webster County. - JANUARY 9,189*. The AMKBICU8 Hkcordkb la published Dally and Weekly, during the year. The Daily Rkcordkh la issued every morning except Mondaya, during the year, at Me oer month, or $6.00 per year. The W f ekklt Rkcokdek in iaaued every Friday morniag, at 9100 per year payable \n advance. It ha* the largest circulation any paper in Southwest Georgia,circula ting largely In the counties of Hurater, Lee, Terrell, Stewart, Webster, Schley, Marion 1 Macon, Dooly and Wiloox, Entered at Amerlcus Post-OflSceaasecond c ass matter. All communications should be addressed to AMERICUS PUBLISHING CO. Now for a good solid year'* work building up Amerlcus. Let us be gin by organising that Board of Trade. Amerlcus, tbougli she missed it few dollars In the last quarter In securing a free postal delivery, will ■till put ou style lu a city directory, There Is nothing small about Amer- leus—not even her size. Vlce-Pres. Morton, it Is said, will not allow the gag rule to be applied while he is iu the chair. This is rather indefinite consolation to the Democrats, as it is an uncertain matter when the V. P. will occupy the chair. The Valdosta Times believes the people arc willing to trust Gov. Northen In appointing a commis sion to setlie the State road matter. Several more new dwelling houses were begun In Amerlcus yesterday. The building boom shows no inclination to stop for anything. People must have houses. For the benefit of a few of our contemporaries Thk Recorder ac knowledges that it did do a little free advertising for one “J. B. Bostick, late of Amerlcus” and other places. But it wou’t do so any more. In Douglassville the Baptist and Methodist ministers aro haying a red hot sectarian diacusiioD, and they call eacn other hard namea in a way to make a political stump speaker hide his bead. It will make more Christians sinners than vice versa. Larry Gantt believes with the Rome Tribune that Judge Mo- Cj:."hen's appointment on the !V. o.. V. commission was an error of “judgment" on Gov. Norlben’s part. Now the Tribune can take a fresh hold, with the acrobatic Larry to bank it. Tbe Koine Tribune finds that Mr. Pat Calhoun is a nice man, and though its editor “bit him pretty hard" during tbe Senatorial fight, he has nothing agaiust him at present. How relieved Mr. C'al houn must feel. What unbounded faith some peo pie have in Jay Gould! They re tain so much confidence iu him that they are flocking to New York, In order to be on hand on the 15th, when money will be "drug” on the market, according to Mr Gould. Georgia stands at (he head of the states for exeoutlous for murder, the total number for last year being eleven, with one hundred and two in all the states This shows that Georgia’s laws are enforced. Un fortunately, the number of murders are not given by states. Commission of Agriculture Nes- blt shows that the farmers have been fairly prosperous iu their crops in the past year. He lasueB an address to them, which smacks ■omewhat of a oountry editorial on farming, but as It comes from a state officer It must be the correct way to farm in Georgia. The Constitution Is very much Interested In why Mr. Pierce, of Mt. Holly, N. C., does not believe he has civil liberty iu tbe South. The Bkcokdeu would like very much to know, as the writer lived twenty years iu the North, and finds the South to be as free as the North iu every respect. Since the departure of Folsom and Stauton Southwest Georgia haH not been prolific In pouts. Is there not a young poet or poetess who wishes to gain fame by using the columns of The Recorder? Short Hues of verse will be accept able—but please excuse us from the sixteen stanza basket tillers. • ISSUE BUILDING PERMITS. The Mayor and City Council of Amerlcus can do their constituents a great favor by a few moments work, If they are so Inclined, by adopting an ordinance requiring intending builders to take out building permits. By making this requirement the city can obtain a reliable statement of the buildiHg going on, which will be usoful in many ways. Every builder should state the character of the buildiDg, brick stone or timber, its cost, where lo, cated, and all necessary points that might be useful to the general public, and yet not place any re strictions on building. The growth of the city could by this record be easily ascertained. Such a record has been found to be of great benefit in those cities which require such permits to be taken out, as It places au official stamp on any statements that may be made. This is a small thing to ask, and The Recorder is almost certain that our progressive Mayor and City Council will see tbe wisdom of it on investigation. OVER THE STATE. Brunswick spent one asd a half millions for buildings in the past year. Athens, not much larger than Amerlcus, had her free delivery system inaugurated last Thursday A number of Albany gentlemeu have gone quite extenaively Into the pecan induatry, having planted extra fine nuts In their yards and ou farms. In a few years they will be heard from. Ex-editor McIntosh, ot Albany, has but little time “to croak or see saw with tbe chronlo klcksra of tbo town," but he is going to build a beltline street railroad and have a park. Col. Buck la repotted to have done a “graceful act" iu writing to Gena. Schofield and Milea, asking that Lieut. Garlingtou be promoted to a captaincy for gallant conduct iu fighting the Indians. Our esteemed contemporary, the Atlanta Evening Journal, Is pre paring thuH early In the new year for great achievements in the realms of newspaper work. A twiu press of its already luaguiticent webb picas i.i being put in, Mr. F. H. Richardson bun been added to its editorial waff, Us local and uews stafr has teen augmented by a number of bright young men, and it is getting iu shape to fairly “hustle." The Journal is a re markable afternoon paper, and were it to fail a single issue, a score or mors morning dailies In thin St it" would be left newsless. The Recorder wishes it tbe great est of niqcess. ITiut-riue clever lille of “The New Spanish Inquisition," iu Lip- pluenit’e for January, Julian Haw thorne writes of tile Spanish danc ers Carmeueitn anil Otero, who have taken New York by storm. "The New Spanish Conquest of America,” says Mr. Hawthorne, “eludes our torpedoes, und strikes home r.t the first blow; wo capitu lated at the opening encounter; we bow before the victors, and kiss their hands. The Inquisition is established in our midst; audits victims not only crowd to the sac rifice, but pay the inquisitors well for their trouble." The article Is Illustrated with pictures of the dancers in various attitudes. Deft For Macon. Dr. J. P. McFerran has left for Macon to take charge of the Mul berry street M. E. church at that place. He, with his wife aud daughter, left Thursday afternoon, aud all the morning the many friends weie expressing their sor row at his departure. Dr. MeFer- ran has gathered around him a large circle of warm frionda here, and has established for himself a name as an eminent divine and an attentive pu> ‘“r j !e is beloved by all. aud no n.itueu-r ■ ••<*r endeared himself to the people m a greater degree than has lie. Amerlcus congratulates Macon on the acqui sition of such a man. THE POSTAL SYSTEM. Postmaster-General Wanamaker has just issued his anuuai report for tbe fiscal year endiug June 30, 1890, which The Recorder is in receipt of. Mr. Wanamaker makes a splen did showing for bis department of the Government, even if he is a Republican. His suggestion for a govirnraeutal control of a postal telegraph system is clearly practica ble, and is sure to be adopted soon er or later, if not by a Republican administration, then by a Demo cratic. It would be of great benefit to the mass of the people, and, as The Recorder understands it, that is what a government is run for. His suggestion of a postal bank ing system is not so clear, and is not so badly needed. It would work well iu the thickly settled districts in the eastern states, where it would benefit factory operators, but lu the South and West it would find but little favor. Mr. Wanamaker utilizes flguros with great ingenuity lu his report of the number of ebauges in third and fourth postmasters, and really makes it appear that three-fouths of the changes were because of res ignations, or “other causes.” There may be a few postmasters iu the South who resigned when the Re publicans as sumed charge, but we have yet to hear of any in the North, at least, voluntarily. So it would appear that these several tbousaud changes should be entered under the “other causes" head—which means the official axe. Now, if Mr. Wanamaker would only exercise a little of his bust ness tact and ingenuity iu getting his Southern route agents to do a little better work, and make them at least half as efllclentas The Recorder knows Northern route agentB to be, be would be doing this section a great service. But until that time, we would beg to be excused from auy more Improve meuts In the service, even at the risk of having to pay a stiff price for our telegrams. A SONG OF THE NEW YEAR- FARM POULTRY. In another column we publish an article from a New England farm er, Mr. Chester E. Perkins, on the profits of farm poultry, which is at least worthy of perusal. The Recorder does not under take to dietste to farmers how to farm and raise big crops, for it re alizes that the farmers know more about such thlDgs than any news paper man living. Our object Is to call attention to various features of the farm that might be brought to bring Increased revenue to the farmer from observing or noting the methods of different people. While visiting iu North Caroli na last summer we saw thousands of chickens and millions of eggs shipped, for which the producers ecelved from eight to ten cents for chickens, and six to eight cents per dozen for eggs. We inquired if it was profitable to raise poultry and eggs at that price, aud were toldlhatlt was no trouble, “they raised themselves.” Of course, though, some atteution was paid to them, but no estimate of the coat was ever kept or made. But as many mountaineers derive their principal revenue from the sale of chickens and eggs w» presume there must be some money It, even at such prices. If North Carolina people can live on such prices, how about the peo pie of this section, who get from fifteen to thirty cents per dozen for eggs, and from twenty to thirty- five cents for chickens. Even at these prices the market is never supplied, and shipments are re ceived almost daily. Could not our farmers add considerably to their revenue by raislug these things for the market? It would seem so. The Recorder would like to hear from some housewife who has made a practice of raising chickens and eggs for aale, and see If there not money iu It. Will not some one accommodate us? What shall the new year bring thee? Silver and fold? Freedom from toll's grim bondage? Pleasures untold? Days lull of dreamy leisure? Nights of delicious ease? Never a breath to ruffle Toe calm of life’s placid seas? Ah! wouM'st thou pray'twould hear thee Dove's rosy dreams? Days when thy Hie with wildest Ecstacy teems? Moments when Ups will meet the Warm with a waiting kiss? Hours that brightly greet thee Duden with purest bliss,? What will the new year bring I lice? Crowned desires? Hope’s unflllmenl? Gllef’i Ravening Area? Riches or love or laurels'.’ Whato'er to thy lot 1st sent, (Jed grant the new year’ll bring thee Peace and a heart content! —New York Ledger. E- A- HAWKINS. ATTORNEY’ AT DAW. Offlee np etalr on Granberry corner. "A LACK OF CONFIDENCE." The papers are teaming with ar ticles on the financial situation, an.i nine-tenths of them say that the present stringency is caused by a lack of coufideuce. What puz zlea The Recorder is where the lack of coufldence should be ap plied. Is it the mass of people, tli* toilers, the workers, the wago earn ers; or la it thu merchants, the brokers, the middle men, or bank ers and capitalists? Who is it that is responsible for this "lack of confidence ?” Trace the matter back to its be ginning. Who is first informed of a cloaeuess in the money market? Tile bankers, of course, What is tile result? They stop loauing money, and call iu their lime loans, sell all the stocks they have, which will bring a fair price. Does the public show any lack of confidence in this? Not at ail. The word is whispered arouud that the banks have shut down ou loans; those whose business re quires them to be borro wers become pauic atrickeu. The merchant im mediately refuses credit to even his best customers. The farmer is forced to sell hiB produce at uuy price, or go without the necessaries <f life. Then everybody cries hard times, while all this time, while this change is being made, the banka are slowly collecting thous ands of dollars and locking them up. At a result, we see in the an nual statements being printed In the papers, that banks have more cash on hand now than at any time in the year, and as soon us “confi dence” la restored they will begin loaning money again, as usual. The Recorder la not disposed to lay the blame on the banks—they act only on the defensive for their own protection—but on the finan cial policy that will allow such de pression to occur without any mode of relief. Jt is uot the people who have a “lack of confidence,'’ but tnose wtio have the money. Aa a general rule, a man Is always wil ing, nay, anxious to pay his debts, just as long as be can, and many failures are made because be cannot collect what is justly due him from people who cannot market their produce at fa<r prices. AMONG THE EDITORS. SIMMONS & KIMBROUGH. A ttorn eyh at law. offlee up stairs In Barlow block. BUTT* LUMPKIN. A TTORNEY’S AT DAW, Amerlcus, Oa Ollico iu Harrow Block, up sialrs. WHEATLEY A FITZGERALD A ttorneys at daw. onice <«> Jackaon atreet, up-stair*. Will prac tice in all courts. Julyle-ly. robtT l^maynard. A TTORNEY ami Counsellor at I.aw, Amerlcus, Ou. Proii'ptaud careful at tention given lo all liosloess entrusted to me. Offlee at No. SV, t Jackson Htri-et, up stairs. uep ifl-dAwJm* E. F. Hinton. E. H.Cirrrs HINTON &CUTTS- A ttorneys at daw. Practice in the Htateand Kt-leral Courts, offlee over Hart Building, on Forsyth street, mar 1 ly ANSLEY fit ANSLEY. A ttorneys at law, Americas, Ga. Will practice In tbo counties of Sum ter, He hie}', Mncon, Dooly, Webster, Stow art, In the Supreme Court, and the United States Court. W. P. WALLACE. A ttorney at Will practice in National Bank- J. A. HIXON, A TTORNEY at LAW, Amerlcus, Ga. Office In Kagley building, opposite Court House. Prompt attention given to all business. Iuu5*tt. W. B. Ucekry. DuPont Qukbky. AmericuK, Ga. Macon, Ga, GUERRY fit SON; I AWYKRH, Americas, Ga. Office in Peo- i ple’tt National Bank Building, Lamar atreet. Will practice* In Sumter Superior and County Courts, and in the Supreme Court. Our Junior will regularly attend the sessions of the Superior Court. The firm will take special cases iu any Superior Court on Southwestern Hallroad. HUDSON & BLALOCK, Lawyers, Americus. - - Ga. Partnership limited to c< vll eases. Office up atuiiv on corner of l^ee and Lamut streets, near Artesian Well, In Artesian Block. dec2v-ly. T. L. HOLTON, A T l9WSr. jftf8.°,uE? fa 4!? 8 .TO5 lice In nil the counties of the State. Prompt attention given loall collections entrusted to my care. u Trouble Brewing III the S. A. M. or the Central get the freight on Hall's Immense Stock GardenSeeds That are just beginning to arrive. Listen for Competitive rate*. The struggle for Pearl Ouiou Bets bus commenced—first comes, first served. All know that HAL! keeps the best of everything—doo get left! Call at BALLS DRUGSTORE Everybody kunws where it is WANTED- 100 bushels nice peanuts. Will pay high* it cash price. S. M. Coiikn. jan4-lw. FOR SALE. ve shares of stock of the first series of the Amerlcus Mutual Building aud Loan Association. Apply to II. M. Brown or J. B. Felder, 507 Jackson street. Knights of honor The Lodge In Americus Is over ten years Insures for 92,000. Assessments light Safest and cheapest life insurance. For □ formation apply to may ;7- PHYSICIAN AND UROBONS. DIVIDEND NOTICE. The directors of the Bank of Americas, at the regular semi-annual meeting, this day held, declared a somi-annual dividend of 0 per cent, on its capital stock, payable ou demand. W. E. Muhimiky, Cashier. January 6,1891. * J. M. R. WESTBROOK, M. D. pHYSICI AX AND SURGEON. Office ton, Chare*! »treoi. G.T. MILLER, M- D. P HYSICIAN AND HUkGKON. Office at Davenport’s Drag Store, and residence, corner Church and Prince streets. S. B. HAWKINS. Sr., Telephono 3tt. C. A. BROOKS' Telephone 72 Hawkins & Brooks. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS Americus, Georgia COfliee In eerontl etory in old (Jranbery Eornvr, Ct*!!.-t by telephone, or left at a drldge’i drug store, prouiptlyattentloe might. Fine Mulea. E. K. Rasa Jt Co. have just ar rived with a fine lot of mules at Clark's stables. Call aud see them before buying. The Negroes Celebrated. Thursday was celebrated by the colored people all over the country as the anniversary of tlio emanci pation proclamation. Tile colored people of tills section gathered at the Plains of Dura, and went through along program of exercises. A large crowd was present, and the whole day spent in celebration. Mr. C. T. Swift, who died iu At lama last Tuesday, was the orig inator of the celebrated S. S. S. medicine Lieut. Garlingtou, who distin guished himself in tlie fight »t \younded Knee, is a former At lanta boy, and was a class mate at Athena of Mr. Ed Angler, Mr. Charlie Harmon, Mr. Walter Brown and otbe r ! t!ant boys. Larry Gantt proposes to ruu au excursion from the North to Atheus early in the spring, and thus en large Athens’ population. A Long Trip. Tills morning at 0:25, engineer C. E. Russel leaves iu charge of en gine No. 121 for Providence, It. I., am) this afternoon at 1:80, chief engineer G. A. Nix leaves with en gines Nos. 120 aud 122 for the same place, these engines being refused by the S. A. M. road. The engines will be taken as dead, and the trip will take 17 days. Ileie is tlie route to be traveled over: From Americus to Cordele, ou K. A M.; Cordele to Macou on G. H. A F.; Macon to Chattanooga on E. T. V. A O.; Chattanooga to Cincin nati, C. S.; to Alberton Junction, J. M. A. I.; to Detroit, Wabasli: to Niagara Falls, Grand Trunk Line; to Rotterdam Junction, Westriliore A Lake Erie; to Winater, Fitzburg; o Providence, N. Y. P. A B. Editor Gunn’s Opinion, om the Cuthbert-Liberal Enterprise. If the money bosses would let ua kuow a few weeks ahead when they are going to lock up their cash aud bring ou a pauic, so a fellow could borrow a quarter lu advance, it would make us feel more kindly toward them. ilk J. I, isi. 1. Have one of the bent furnluned and ben equipped doctor'll office* iu the South ft, SIS Jacks Street, Aaericu, Ga. General Hurkery and tbe lre-.imu.it of t EYE, EAR, THROAT snd NOB® specialty. Ponton, having defective vlttlou will ilr. trull to call ana have their eyes carefully examined and ttsted and gluttsus fltte* suitable to the eye. DR. A. D. HINKLE hits recently lake a second ex tended course of special la »! ruction at the New York Post Graduate School at el Hospital OFFICE HOURS: Sell A M to leitl P M and3:30 P M to 6:00 P >1 and on Tuesdays, Thursdays aud Hutu days from 7 to 8 o'clock at night. And Still Cutting. From the Brunswick Times. Here’s the latest timber laud tale. A Michigan editor tells it: “C. F. Gibbs, of Atluuta, traded a horse for forty acres of piue land on a 15,000 estimate. Ho lias already cut 250,000 feet of piue, and he’s still cuttiug. The horse was worth about |35. Very Correct. From the Macon Telegraph. All tbe people oit.torgia sympa thize with Governor Northen in his illness. No governor has ever increased faster the hold on their altectiou and respect, after induc tion lut y office, than lie. The Augusta Chroutcle finds the biblical editorials of tbe Macon News exceedingly lively. Sam Wbitinire seems to be able to stand a great deal of puffing up without getting a swelled head. The Brunswick Times announces that it is now receiving its annual supply ot passes on railroads, steamboats and streetcars. T!ie*Atiantu Constitution, in the hurry und bustle of puttiug in a uew press, takes occasion lo say that “tlieSouth is getting there.” Now you'ro sin,tiling sure. The Buena Vista I’atriot announ ces that in four year* it lias been burned out, left iu debt, bought a new outfit on credit, and now owes not a cent. Good work, Chris. Editor Iml it wood should put better ink and more muscle on the Clarion, instead of less ink and more muscle, us Stanton of the Constitution suggests. Stanton may be a good editor, but he is a poor printer. W, L. Bullard 1110S >5tli Avenue, Columbus, On Blindness, Deafness, Catarrh, etc , fcyi Ear, Throat am! Nose dl^-ttse* exclusively Hospital advantages in New York, Lonrfoi ml Vienna. U-dAWly. I>E 'TISTN, DR.W. P. BURT, D ENTIST. Dental parlors over Orni berry *a store. DR. J. J. WORSHAM. D ENTIST. Dental part ora over National Hank. dec lotf. MHOKMAKKKS. P. R. STANFIELD* P RACTICAL SHOEMAKER and r. pair- er, An.i rlcus.Gtk. ltepnlrln>; UMpccuity S.H. HOLSEY. H oot and shoe makkr. a specially. Shop up stair* o Kylanuer’* shoo store. _ CONTRACTORS. SAM STEVENS. COL~. /lONTK V TOIL Ik prepared to do any Vj kind* of budding and moving at reason able prices Wind mills a specialty. IXCK. W. T. A. DUNN, Agent. P EACOCK : HOUSE ELLAVIU.E GEORGIA. NEIV : HOUSE,: NEW : FURNITURE Pie commercial i FI Pit-Clan nUeJ, id sleeping room* for nd the public. and Kuti'faction guar- W C. L« 1‘e.ACOCK, Proprietor. ATTS HOUSE. AMERICUS. GEORGIA U. l>. tVATTB.jPiupri.tur, First- Clans Accommodations! Electric cars from [Depot* to Hole ■‘orten meet all trains. A pplication. LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION. GEORGIA—Sumter Cocntt. Wboroaa, E. C. Clarke has made applica tion to be appointed administrator, with the will annexed, of the estate of Honor.* li. •larkc, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all parties concerned, whether kindred or creditors, to show cause on or beforo the February term of the court ofOrdluaryof Sumter county, to be held the first Mon day In February next, why said petition should not be granted as prayed for Given under my hand and official signa ture, this 5th day of January, 1891. A. 6. Nl'HKU, Ordinary. ***f ® to *dinow;eogeo tlie leading remedy for tienorrhcea afc Gleet. The only uue remedy for Lenoorrline orWfaW . I prescribe Hand fee\ I _ ifffMirkT safe In recommending f HHlfHMCHimcpP.0 to ail euffbren. muuTi.OjRBB A. J. STONEB, M. DSC*TV*. Ilf, 8o, A&J?»»?*■ Chewacla Lime. The Beat iu the South. Plaster Par.s, Cement and Hair Alway.nn hand, FOR THE CASH A. J. HAMIL’S, Agent 515‘. Cotton Avenue, Hamil Block Americus, Ga. For Sale. 550 acres—One of the most ueslrable home! and farms In the vicinity of Ameri- nus,<! miles from AmoricuH Healthful local Uy, good Improvements, church and school privileges c nvenlent. Kent* (hi* year for bale* * / o >»(•>». beside* a four-horse farm reserved, ou which the owner Kay* ho will make tills year about hule* of cotton and 1.2JU bushel* of corn. Lands mostly level and easily cultivated; with a railroad (lag station of the farms r Americas. FINE SHOW GASES .f^Ask tcu catalogue. TERRY MT’G CO.. Nashville. Ten* SUFFERERS :OF: Youthful Errors I,o»t Manhood, F.arly Deoay, t?tc., vto., can aveure a homo trualiHefree )>y arttlroHHlng a follow Hullerer, C. W. l.ei-k, P. O. llox 818, Itoanoke, Virginia. B ell house, dRESTON. GEORGIA S- 9- CBI.1*. First-class accommodations and polite waiters. Porters meet a! 1 trains. ATLAS ENGINE WORKS, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.