Recorder
BMN.
There will be a layman and Dea-
con'r meeting held with the breth
ren of Klnloh church, Sumter coun
ty, on the flret Wednesday in Feb
ruary. A largo attendance la ex
pected. Subjects for discussion:
1st. Who are exempt from the
support of the gospel? Opened by
Bro. B. B. Chambliss,
2nd. Should all church members
attend Sabbath school. Opened by
Bro. A. T. Johnson.
J. H. Daniel, Chm’n Com
EMMA ABBOTT.
More Ou Lights.
Gas lights have been placed In
front of the barn where the engines
and hook and ladder trucks are
being kept. They were not placed
there any too soon.
Stockholders' Meeting.
The annual meeting of the stock'
holders of the Bank of Southwest
ern Georgia, will be held to-mor-
row, commencing at 10 o'clock a
m., fit their bauk building.
A Good Business.
Mr. Charley Byrd, produce com'
mls-dnn merchant of this city, did
a business of a little over two hum
dr, d thousand dollars last year.
He says that he will increase his
sales’Ha year.
An Old Lady Dead.
Saturday there died at her home
In Hast Amerleus, Mrs. Dickson
receuily removed here from Cor-
dele. She wa» an old lady of whom
all had the highest respect as a
Christian and good woman. She
was ourted yesterday afternoon at
three o’clock.
Paulo Frioaa
Fully realising the condition of
the money market, M. Friend, the
merchant tailor, has made his
prices to correspond. He is deter
mined to close out his winter stock
regardless of cost, so now Is your
time to seouro good clothes for lit
tie money.
Architectural Adverttaarasat.
In another column will be found
tbs curd of Mr. G. L. Norman,
arc! licet, who has opened a branch
office in Amerleus. Mr. Normau
has prepared the plans of some of
the best buildings in Amerleus, and
he is ably assisted by Mr. Hall, bis
superintendent.
A New Lodge.
The Masons Instituted a lodge
last night at DsBoto, whloh begins
life under the most flattering cir
cumstances. Messrs. J. E. Built
van, Frank Olver and Bob Oliver
went over from Amerlons to assist
in the work. The Masons are In a
most prosperous condition In this
city and the surrounding country.
Our Fog Horn I f)
Can’t something be done to stop
that never ceasing noise caused by
escaping steam, whloh comes from
down about the guano factory. It
start:. about seven In the evening
and quits at seven next morning,
much to the discomfort of the en
tire population of the city. It
should bsdeclared a nuisance If It
is not stopped.
Fainted Deed Away.
Little Edward Leamon fell in a
dead faint Sunday while ou his
way to church. He was suddenly
attached and fell flat on the ground.
He was taken home and attended
by Dr. Hawkins, who Boon got the
little fellow all right. He has not
been subject to fainting spells, and
no reason can be assigned for the
sudden rttack.
The lips of the beautiful singer, that
trembled with melody’s breath,
Are silent now, and tbelr kisses are those
of the angel of death.
The way that he walked was lonesome,
through valleys devoid of bloom.
And he needed a soul of music to gladden
Ite grief and gloom.
He envied onr earthly sing**—this angel
unloved, unbleat;
He came In the dark and wooed her to
to bis ley and dreamtess breast.
O,.voice that Is hushed forever in divine
and enduring peace,
The memory of your music will live till
all eongs shall esase.
—FBAKK L. 8TASTOH.
How About This f
Mr. George W. Council, one of
our most reliable and progressive
farmers, waB in the olty yesterday,
While conversing with some of bta
friends, the great American hog
question was brought up. “Why, 1
said Mr. Connell, “I don't care the
snap of my Anger about the meat
question. I killed and housed at
my home place, live miles from
town, eight thousand pounds of
meat, and at my plantation
housed thirteen thousand pounds
And besides this I have got over a
hundred porkers growing for this
year. Don’t mention the meat
question to me, It makes me
tired.’’ With these remarks he lit
a cigar and walked off to engage in
more entertaining subject to
him.
Smashed to Fllndere.
Mr. B. H. Jossey had the misfor
tune to have a line piano literally
smashed to pieces yesterday. He
Is moving out to bis new home, and
the piano with some other articles
were on a dray In charge of the
driver. The dray made jerk over a
bad place Ih the road, and the piano
was thrown to the earth. The fall
was such as to break it into pieces,
keys, strings and works being scat
tered promiscuously. It will have
to be sent to the factory to be
flxed.
The negro drayman greatly walled
over the accident, and seemed to
regret it even more than Mr. Jos-
»»r-
A Card.
I desire to return thanks to my
friends and the public generally
for their liberal patronage extend
ed me while in business in this
olty. Having sold out to the Me
Math Brothers, I bespeak for them
a continuance of the same. They
are well known in this community
as courteous and accommodating
gentlemen and will serve you as
promptly as possible. My father,
Mr. T. B. Glover, and Mr. A. Wil
Hams, will remain with the new
Arm, and solicit a continuance of
your trade. Respectfully,
T. 8. Glover.
Amerleus, Ga., Jan. 12, 1690.
ANexro Fight.
Asa ltodgers and Dlok Hawkins
are two colored citizens of usually
quiet deineauor, but yesterday fell
out about some money matters and
proceeded to settle the matter a la
Kulllvan-Kllrain. They didn’t
proceed far, however, as officer
Chambliss acted us referee and
carried both to the guard house, on
account of ltodgers departing from
all pugi.lstic rules by slamming
hia opponent on the head with a
rock.
Partial to Fine Hata.
Mr. Arlbur Uylauder ie now con
vlnced I hat dogs are possoised of
gre_. ...lelligenus, and know a line
hat when they see one. Saturday
ni| hr the “police greyhound’’ was
locked up in his store. Sunday It
was found that this animal,
through hunger or natural mean
ness proceeded to chew up about
$26 worth of hats, and every hat
■wao - Dunlap.
Mr Rylandcr’s chagrin may be
imagined when he saw the frag-
moots scattered over the floor, and
It Is sate to say that he won’t give
another dog the opportunity of se
lecting the hat he wants to chew.
Caught in Brunswick.
Eph Walker la a colored individ
ual who was arrested for wife beat
ing not long since He was put
under a $60 bond to appear at coun
ty court this week, but when want
ed It was found that he had skip
ped. Chief Lingo had an idea that
Brunswick possessed attractions
for the Individual wanted, and
sent word to the police at that
place. Yesterday a telegram was
received from the Chief there that
Walker had been caught and land
ed in jail, and he was sent for at
once.
Two Finger* Shot Off.
Little Xeau Buchanon, the son of
our prosperous merchant, happened
to a painful accident yesterday af
ternoon. It seems that he with a
comrade were out shooting with a
single barrel shotgun. Too much
of a load was put hi, uud when the
little fellow shot It, the barrel burst-
ed, slashing the tlugers of Ills left
hand badly. Medical assistance
was rendered at on--', and second
and third (lnge-e had to bo amputa
ted near tl.e v„d.
HE IS A GOOD OME.
Mr. Jake Menko fell oil'a gully
bridge iu Brunswick one dark
nlgiit last week and broke a knee
cap. He will be laid up for several
days. Much an accident Is not cred
itable to Brunswick.
Hpeclal to Hgcnitncs.
Atlanta, Jau. H.—Lairy Gantt’s
placo us managing editor of the
Athens Banner is taken by T. Item
Crawford, of the Constitution local
stsir. Mr. Crawford wascity e-lllor
of the Banner, coming to Atlanta
several mouths ago. He went over
to-day uud at once assumed duties
of the position.
A New Bartender.
Mr. Eugene Harris Is now behind
the bar at Mr, Tom Guice’s estab
lishment, on Forsyth street. Mr.
Harris has recently been connected
with the S. A. M. road, and is a
young man of excellent business
qualification*. He will remain
with Mr. Guice until the end of
the month and then join Ills broth
er, Mr. W. K. Ha-ris, on Cotton
avenue.
I have removed my Pharmacy to
Lee street—SIup|«’y corner, near
irtesiau well—where I ofter cvery-
hiogiu Drugs and Medicines. Will
oe pleased to have you call.
, W. A. Cook. '
(Communicated.)
"Hush Ado About Nothing.”
To The Recorder:
Nothing more striking than the
above could be applied to the pres
ent Investigation muddle, for such
It Is, nothing more, nothing less.
A11 agree that the Investigation, or
rather the auditing of the financial
affairs of the varions city depart
ments should be bad; the point at
Issue I* as to who should make It.
Shall It be done under the super
vision of the finance committee and
thereby save the city several hun
dred dollars, or shall an outside
commission have the work done?
In either event a competent, thor-
oug accountant will have to be em
ployed, for it is not to be supposed
that the finance committee nor the
outside commission will personally
do the work so sadly neglected by
the finance committees of the past
several years, whose duty it Is to
make quarterly reports of the fi
nancial condition of the city.
Right here a pointed question pro
sents itself. The present finance
committee consists of MessrB. Biv
ins, Williford and Williams. I be
lieve the former was elected about
thirty daysago, without opposition
I might say; the other two defeated
two of our best business men
twelve months since, and their sup
port came largely from the business
element of the city. Have the peo
ple of Amerlons lost the confidence
they had In Messrs. Bivins, Willi
ford and William*? Would a re
port of an Investigation made by
an accountant employed by these
gentlemen and under their super
vision be less worthy of being re
oelvedand adopted “than one made
by one under the supervision of the
three gentlemen named as the out
side commission or for that matter
any other three business men of
our city? No; surely not. Hence
why all this fuss about nothing.
To quote Alderman Bivins, be
states that the citizens ol Amerleus
want an exhibit of the financial
condition of the city to see If the
tax rate of 1.46 cannot be reduced.
If a buslnes man notices an ex
pense In the conduct of his afTalrs
he thinks he can curtail, he cer
tainly stops It as quickly as possi
ble.
The eltizens of Amerleus enter
tain the opinion that tb*y have
business men at the head of the
city affairs; by this I mean the
honorable Board of Aldermen as
well as the Honorable Mayor and
our worthy Clerk and Treasurer.
A* a business man I propose this
query: Why not make this inves
tigation at as little expense to your
constituent* a* possible ? Where 1*
the economy to pay an outside
commission for doing nothing?
You don't ask, neither do yon ex
pect Messrs. Harrold, Council and
Eldrldge, or any other three gen
tlemen you may seleet (aud you
couldn’t well select three better
ones than the above named) to neg
lect their private business to attend
to this overhauling of the olty ac
counts of the past eight years.
Your Finance Commttteo cannot
personally do the work; hence It
resolves Itself down to the employ
ment of an expert accountant,
whose duty It will be to do the
work generally admitted necessary,
not that there W anything wrong
anywhere, but merely to gain an
Idea as teethe financtaljaffalrsof the
city. Cannot the Finance Commit
tee engage this man as weil as
your outside commission? And
since the Chairman of the presun t
Finance Committee Is one of the
new members, wouldn’t this inves
tigation, it made under his super
vision, or of that of his committee,
afford him an excellent opportuni
ty to become thoroughly acquaint
ed with the financial condition of
the city. A Business Man
QUIET, BUT ELEGANT.
Was the Wedding of Miss Cord*
Hawkins snd Hr. Purlow Gstewood.
Yesterday afternoon at three
o’clock, Miss Corde Hawkins and
Mr. Furlow Gate .rood were united
in the bonds of love aud marriage
by Rev. A. B. Campbell.
The marriage took place at the
residence of the bride’s father,
Col. 8. H. Hawkins, and while
quiet, was one of the most elegant
that has ever taken place in the
city. Bumor has for some time
whispered that at some distant day
these young people would be bound
together by the marriage tie, and
the countless friends have expect
antly looked forward to the happy
culmination. However, when a
few days since it was announced
that yesterday was to be the long
looked for day, all were surprised,
as no suspicion had been aroused
that the time was so near at hand.
Yesterday afternoon by two
o’elock those of the friends so for
tunate as to be invited began to
gather at the handsome home, and
the scene began to assume the out
lines of that rarely beautiful pic
ture upon which the last touches
were put as the soft words of prom
ise were gently uttered. The cere
mony was perfound in the usual
beautiful and graceful manner of
Dr. Campbell, and just as the clock
struck three the last part was fin
ished.
The guests were afterwards In
vited Into the large and magnifi
cent dining hall where was found
everything calculated to delight
the most fastidious epicurean. No
more elegant dinner was ever
served in the city, everything from
the lightest delicacy to the most
savory Bubstancial being found
upon the exquisitely dressed table
The presents to the newly mar
ried couple were most elegant, all
being beautiful and yet of a mas
siveness suggestive of great ex
pense.
This marriage Is a social event la
the city, both parties being well
known and prominent. Miss
Hawking has long been looked up
on as distinguished for loveliness
In every form, and many a heart
to-day beats the warmest of well
wishes for a life of continued
happiness. She Is possessed of
that great boon of nature whloh at
tracts and holds all a* friend* with
whom she comes in contact, and
no one who has taken unto herself
the bonds of matrimony ever be
gan the new life so urged on to hap
piness by sueh a flood of earnest
congratulations.
Mr. Gatewood Is one of theyoung
men of Amerleus whose business
capacity Is recognized as being of
the first order, and soolally he
ranks just as high. He Is popular
with all, and has a future which
sparkles with the brightness of
continued success.
All in all the match Is looked
upon as a most happy one, and no
clouds can be seeu where darkness
could shut off one lota of the sun
shine now eo conspicuously present
In their life.
c
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PERSONALS.
Mr. G. E. Bell, of Rlchlaud, is in
the city.
Mr. H. G. Lamar, one of Eu-
faula’H prominent cotton buyers, Is
in the city.
Miss Lena Sanders, ono of Gaines
ville's fairest daughters, Isjvisiting
la the city.
Judgo Allen Fort left yesterday
oil a trip to Atlauta. lie will re
turn the latter part of the veek.
Messrs. J. A. Dorman aud 1*. J.
Duke, two of DeSoto’s leading and
most clever citizens, were In the
city yesterday.
Mrs. Viola Delllngham aud Mrs.
Fannie Clemens, of Atlanta, sre
visiting the family of Mr P. D.
Hill, on Lamar street.
Mr. Howell Cobb, one of Ameri-
us’ brightest nud nio.-t popular
hoys, has returned to the city after
a seven mouths trip ill Mexico.
Everybody Isglad to see him hack.
Mrs. L. J. Dills ami daughter,
Miss Lottie, of Newport, Ark.,
passed through the city yesterday.
Miss Dills was at College with Mise
Hattie Windsor at Millershurg,
Ky. Mr*. Dill* and daughter will
■peud the winter at Monticello,
Fla.
OBITUAKV.
McCrea—Mre. Nancy I,. Me-
Crea, uee Dnpree. was born In Jef
ferson county, Georgia, February
1603, and died In Sumter county,
Georgia, January 4, 1891, Her pa-
routs were Methodists *nd had her
baptised in Infancy. In early life
she made a public profession of
religion, and united with the M. E
Church. In 1883 she came to Sum
ter county, remaining the rest of
her long life. After the division,
she was a member of the M, E.
Church, South, until during the
last war when the church in which
she held membership dissolved,
aud living beyond reach of a Meth
odist church, she joined the Free
Will Baptist, In which she lived
until death.
Aunt McCrea was a good Christ
ian, Through her long, long life
she possessed the spirit of meek
ness, aud though the last twenty
years slio suffered much from rheu
matism—seldom able to leave the
house—still she was patient and
unmurmuring. During her last
Illness the Good Spirit bore witness
to her acceptance and readiness to
depart. May tho aged brother aud
sister, and tho grief stricken chil
dren and grand-children join her
in the “sweet bye and bye.”
H. Htubiis.
Plains, Ga., Jan. 9,1891.
Editor Recorder:
Please state that we are too busy to-day
to write an “ad.” Just put this iu our space.
Will call and see you to-morrow.
Wfiealley&flnsley.
GLOVERS OPERA HOUSE
ONE NIORT ONLY,
Wednesday, January 21.
llie (treat I.yeeum Theatre HucceM, under
the direction ot Daniel Froliman. Man
ager Lyceum Q’heatre, New
York, Entitled
Mr. J. H. Williams soliciting
ageutof the 8. A. M. road, who has
been sick for some time, was car
ried to Birmingham Sunday night
by Dr- Brooke. Dr. Brooks will re:
turn home to-night.
A supposed truthful account of
how Bismarck resigned is now go
ing the rounds. The truth of the
matter is, probably, that his young
boss “fired” him.
A big lobby le reported to be
gathered in Washington to help
pass the Pacific mail subsidy bill,
which will cost the government
many million*.
OPERA HOUSE.
ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY!
ONE NIGHT ONLY
Saturday, January 17th.
Of the Brilliant, Romantic Actor
ALEXANDER
SALVINI
I Who will appear with hl» admirable Cora
| puny presenting D’Enney’s Great
Five Act Comedy Drama
DON CAESAR DEBAZAN
Mr. Salvtnl’s appearance here will prove
THE DRAMATIC EVENT OF HE
SEASON
THE WIFE
BY BELAHCO AND DkMILLK.
ACT I.—Mm. Ive»’ villa, Newport. July.
The umntuer IheatrlruU. The old affair
“The taover.”
ACT II.—Reception room at Senator Dex-
ter’H, Washington,! February. MY*.
Dcxtcr'a Ball. Thequarrel. “The nun-
band.”
ACT III—Library In Rutherford'* House,
\Y ntlilngton. Hnmo evening. The In
vestigation- The confeMlon. “The
niArrlage tie."
(Midnight view of the Capital)
ACT IV.—Hame Keene. April. The ed Ipse.
The mission to HU l'eteraburg. “The
Wlfe.'*»
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Htore. No sdvsiica |n prices.
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. ONE NIGHT ONLY,
I Monday, January 19th.
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