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Newspaper Page TextRecorder °fiORG'- Pv THE RECORDER t5 of Sumter Cou nt,y. 1 i'l) ) I, mV. o THE RECORDER of Wcbsler County. is the official organ FRIDAY. - - - - MARCH 13. 1891. Tub Daily Kkcokpi except Monay, aud has lion of any daily in flit Hi District. Tiik Wkkki.y Iticu- every Friday, and ha r'.K 1* published dally the largest eircula- • Third CrngrCKHlon- )iM)i:it is published * a circulation six times larger than any paper in the Third Congressional district. Tin? Rkcokdru is entered at tiie Aineri 1 cun po*tofflce aa second clan* mull matter. All buslae** letters should be addressed to the AmericuH Publishing Company. All communications should be address) to H. C. SroBBY, Managing Editor, The initiation of Senator Gordon into the Alliance seems to give the member* of that body general sat isfaction. Atlanta will give her battleship namesake a $ 1 ,#00 present. This is Atlanta’s way. Judge Crisp is acknowledged to be in the lead in the race for Hpeak er of the next congress. „ The Illustrated South will illus trate Columbus in its April Issue. Americus should come next. “More rain, more rest.” From indications last night the farmers are getting too much of both. The doxology was a lilting finale to Reed's congress. It won’t bo sung, though, at the close of Crisp’s congress. Thu oldest inhabitant says it will continue raining until the first of April. »Such dire prophecies dis courages one. People know a good thing occa sionally when tiiey see It, hence real estate in Americus is beginning to sell at better rates. The Ohio party had a big recep tiou at Brunswick, and they say some mighty nice things about that town. General Superintendent James E White, ot the railway mail service, with Chief Clerk Alex Grant, are making a general tour of inspection over the Southern lines, Including Georgia. The Macon Telegraph has reduc ed the price of its daily to $7 per year, $0 without the Sunday edi tion. The Savannah News and Augusta Chronicle will have tofol- low suit. In the death of Col. Thos. Harde man Georgia loses a good and noble citizen. He has been tried and found true to bis people in times many deserted the South. All honor to his name. George Thompson, who mysteri ously disappeared from Milton county several months ago, has been heard from. He Is In South America, and has written for his wife to come to him. Mr. Livingston bus declared, In a letter to the New York Mail and Express, that he is the “real” edi tor of the Southern Alliance. This will surprise many people, who thought Harry and Larry had something to do with the editing of that paper. The Albany News fears that the calling of the county alliances of the second congressional district to meet in Albany to organize a con gressional district alliance means that at the next election there Will he three candidates in the field, the Alliance, Democratic and Republi can. The third story of the new winter resort hotel in this city has been reached by the builders, and it be gins to assume fine proportions. The Savannah Times remarks that in 1802 that place will have a big boom, which leads the Atlanta Constitution to ask why postpone it so long, Up to date the kickers are still kicking about t he encampment, hut the hoard seems to have got its hack up, and won’t move in the matter until it has to. The next Speaker of Congress Is at home again, and right hearty is the greetings he is receiving from his admiring friends—and that means every person in Americus and Sumter county. The advieory board has yet taken no action on the protests about the locating of the encampment at Macon. It is thought that Gov ernor Northen will call a meeting of the hoard to consider the pro tests, and discuss the matter of the location in all its phrases. Should bids he advertised for again there will he warm work for the cities bidding. The Ohio excursions to Georgia are hearing fruit. Mr. F. G. With- oft delivered a very instructive ad dress to the Montgomery County Horticultural Society in Ohio last week about fruit raising iu Georgia, In which he said some very pleas ant things about this state, its soil, climate, and possibilities. As a consequence dozens of letters are already reaching The Rkcori>bk, asking hundreds of questions. What a splendid chance for the state to get hundreds of good citi zens by spending a little money! THE STATE FAIR. There seems to he a prospect that the State fair will not he held in Macon this year, as there is a de cided disposition on the part of Macon’s city council to refuse to comply with the contract. It fact, it lies not done so, and the fair au thorities are disposed to ask to he released from the contract binding the agricultural society to hold the fair in that city. Macon takes hut little interest in the fair, and seems to he quite willing to give It up. Should the contract be annulled, then the agricultural society will ask for bids from other cities who desire to have It. This would he a good chance for Americus—that is, if Americus cares to have a fair. Atlanta, Augusta or Columbus might want it, hut in either case the fair would he tacked on as a sort of side-show to the regular ex positions in those places, and there would he a conflict between the fair managers aud exposition au thorities as to who should run it. With so many expositions in the State each fall, it places the agri cultural society in a had situation. Should they leave Macon they would have to look for a location where the interest iu the fairs could be revived, aud where no counter attraction would interfere, aud also a place centrally located, which could give them good railroad ac commodations, and he large enough to accommodate the crowds that would attend. Americus could do all of this, and as a fair has not been held here for about teu years it would he sufficiently new to arouse a great deal of local interest. All of South aud Southwest Georgia could he easily reached, and as this is pre eminently an agricultural section, the country would back it up en thusiastically. This is simply a suggestion from The Recorder for our people to consider. It may be that we will not even have the chance to get it, hut if we do, and decide to hid for it, there should he no half-hearted work in the matter—our people should be of one mind, whether it is for or against it. NEWSPAPER BEATS. The New Orleans Picayune has some timely remarks about “cheek, as seen by the editor,” in which it gives several illustrations of how a newspaper is imposed upon, as fol: lows: Thor© Is Mi ■ B„ a ve/y wealthy man, who writes a nice little note to his hear friend, the proprietor of the Daily Hangup: My Pear Tyro: The bearer of this, Mr. Brush, Isa young artist of great ability. He Gov. Dave Hill seems to have made a “ten strike” by his refusal to bouor a requisition made by the bogus governor of Connecticut. Hill is more than a Democrat. He is a level headed man. Will not some energetic gentle man, who is interested in the wel fare of Americus, start tlu ball rolling for a Board of Trade? The Recorder will tender its editorial rooms for a meeting at any time. The Recorder puhlhho? this morning, the poem, “Jones’ Ban ner,” by “Tom Howitzer,” of the Macon County Citizen. It is good, and tlie man who wrote it should not be afraid to put his name to it. Sixty days of raiu since Decem ber 20th. The South will have to petition for a new weather clerk for this section. It is to he hoped the clerk will not give us a drouth in the summer to make things oven. What a gallant hand is that of 101 Illinois Democrats who have voted solidly for Gen. Palmer one hun dred aud tlfty times for (Senator. Huch devotion to a party is hound to win, even in Illinois, even though Palmer is defeated this time. The Recorder is In receipt of the first number of the Illustrated South, issued by 1C. T. Byiugtoii & Co., proprietors of the Ledger, Co lumbus Ga. It is a finely printed illustrated monthly, of over thirty pages, and one of the best adver tisements for the South wo have ever seen. The first number Is de voted to Birmingham, though it also ct titains handsome cuts of the uevfr city hall and hotel of Ameri cus, l/« sides articles descriptive of many portions of the South. The price is $2."»0 per year, and every man In the South who is interest ed in its development should he a subscriber. The Illustrated South is on the right line, and will do more for the devi lopuient of Geor gia than a hundred trade journals. The Recorder wishes it tliegreat- est success. Editor Mack, of Ohio, missed the the best thing of his life when he failed to go through Georgia with the Ohio party. Georgians were “laying” for him all over the state with gold canes, charms, watches, etc. He will get the presents, hut misses the hearty welcome. Aud J. H. McCorkle U dead! Peace to his ashes. McCorkle was a kind-hearted, genial, whole- ouled fellow, who was himself his worst enemy. He never did any man harm, aud was always ready to help those iu distress, either iu his professional services or from his purse. What induced him to destroy his own life, no one will ever know. He had frequently, of late, told kia friends he would com mit suicide, hut they thought him only la jest. It was only too true. HOW TO DO IT. Mr. Andrew J.Cobb, a prominent lawyer of Athens, iu an interview iu the Constitution, solves the prob lem as to how Georgia can have a State display at the World’s Fair, make the State pay for it, and yet uot violate the constitution. Mr. Cobb’s plan is for the legisla ture to take the money necessary for the display from the half of the rental of the State road that is not disposed of by a provision in the constitution. He has thoroughly studied the question, and says that such an appropriation would be perfectly legal. There is no doubt hut that the people of Georgia are largely iu fa vor of a State display at the World's Fair, if such display could he made with a reasonable amount of mon ey. But if such a display is to he made, the legislature will have to take very prompt action at their summer session, for it will he no easy task to get up a full exhibit of all the resources of Georgia, cata logue them, arrange them and pro vide to have them exhibited in such a manner as will attract attention among the great number of exhib its which will he there. The Rkc*oj»p!:k heartily favors such an exhibit, and believes it voices the sentiment of Southwest Georgia iu doing so. DID YOU EVER? Here’s richness for you! Judge H. P. Maddox, of Daltou, Ga., iu an interview in the Rome Tribune, says, iu speakitig of Ma con getting the encampment: “Wo feel, in Dalton, that North Georgia should l*o recognized to a greater extent and more attention paid tills portion of the State. Heretofore, Middle and South Geor gia have lmd everything, and it would seem t Hut this portion had been discrimin ated against." And so^he State should pav n»or*» attention to North Georgia? Tills \ is really too bad. The Recorder does iiot know if Atlanta is classed as in North Georgia, hut down here in the wiregrass it generally Is, aud (hat being the case, it is rather par- alizlng to claim that North Georgia has got nothing from the State. If there Is anything, outside the en campment, that the Northern sec tion has not got that she wanted it has escaped our memory. Just run over the list of State In stitutions, which have heeu built by the State iu the past ten years. There is the State capital, the tech nological school, the experimental station, white the girls’ industrial institution has gone to Milledgc- ville. One out of tour, and North Georgia tried to get the State to take charge of the Confederate Vet eran’s Home, In Atlanta. Out of all tile State house oilicers for teu yeurs, two have come from below the At’anta line— Clifford Ander son and Phil Cook. Judge Madd >x means well, hut if he expects North Georgia to secure the encampment on that argument, he had as well abandon it at once. his pictures can be found on sale. The pub lic will thank you, and I shall esteem It a oerso.iai favor. Your friend, eto. He dots not say “and send me the bill.” Oh, no ! that’s quite another thing. He would never think of writing a note to a grocer: “Will you kindly give my friend, Mr. Brush, a barrel of flour," or to a dry goods house, “Will you do me the favor to donate my fr end, Mr. Brush, a bolt of cal ico." Vet he reads the notice in the morn ing Hangup and congratulates himself on having done Mr. Rrush a good turn with out realizing that he has sponged from Mr. Typo at least >5 worth of time and space and typesetting. This, however, is buta mild form. Beating a paper often comes iu the form of an interview, when seme “prominent” politician visits the editor with the interview written out, in which he freely and effu sively advocates the claims of some aspiring candidate to some office, which is not news, and which the public.cares nothing about, hut which the editor is expected to pub lish, gratis, or incur the lasting enmity of the aforesaid “politi cian.” # «. Newspapers are expected to give notices to church fairs, festivals, etc., and they generally do this, hut isn’t it askiug a little too much for the editor to have to do the writing also? There are any number of people who expect a twenty line notice for a five cent cigar, or a column article for a dozen. There is hardly an editor in the State of Georgia but who does twice as much work for his town as any dozen men in it, and never thinks of being thanked—in fact, he is thankful if lie isn’t kicked out at the end of a year or two. All this is expected of him, exactly why,no one knows. It’s expected that a well regulated editor will puff any thing iu his town from a new dray line to a big factory, “because it booms the town, yod know,” and then when these fellows have any work to he done, it is sent oil’ to New York, because the home paper can’t do “line enough work for them.” But The Recorder can.truthful ly say that it rule Southern towns are “n.,t built that way.” The home paper is generally well sus tained, and as a consequence has the finest press of any State iu the Union. CRISP VOTED “NO I” Mr. E. V. Speer, Washington cor respondent of the Atlanta Journal, telegraphed his paper that Judge Crisp dodged the vote oil the reso lution thanking Reed, aud did not vote. The Record lias Mr. Crisp down as voting “no” ou the reso lution. The Augusta Chronicle rather criticised the Judge on the strength of Speer’s telegram, hut on being show’ll the Record, makes the amende In this pretty manner: The Chronicle makes correction since it took occasion yesterday morning to criti cise Mr. Crisp for dodging the question. That editorial was based upon the telegram from Mr. Eugene Speer to The Atlanta Journal. The Chroulcie writes the correc tion with pleasure. We felt at the time that it woulo have been had taste and hud poll!Us for Mr. Crisp to’have refused to vote upon a point where the Democrats wore so thoroughly uuited a ml where the parly protest was so pointed. But Mr Crisp’s usual eoel head and sound sense did not forsake him. He acted In ustraight forward way, it seems, and ids lead for tire speakership will not be hampered by tire charge that he failed his party in a vital crisis. Mr. Cri-p’* career during the hut session was characterized by courageous hut temperate opposition toSpeaker Heed. H* fought him a parliamentary way at ev ery step. He completed a good record by registering his vote against the resolution i Hi. The impression seems to \ rovail that the advisoiy hoard will stick to their decision giving Macon the eucampmeut. A FINE PARTY. The Ohio excursion party has come and gone. Friday morn- lug they arrived in Americus from Columbus, where they w’ere ex tended every hospitality imagina ble, as has been the case iu every city that they have visited. The party is a line one, and rep resentative of the solid class of people who hav* made Ohio the third Slate in the Union. They are frerq every branch of industry, almost, farmers aud fruit raisers predominating. They are inspect ing Georgia to see if it is what it is represented to he iu the way fruit raising, grape hearing. So far they are more than satisfied with the results of their trip aud what they have seen. The weather has heeu against them, it being rainy or cold every day since they reached Atlanta. What will he the results of their visit the future alone can tell. Hut even if it brings nothing hut a bet ter acquaintance between tile peo ple of the tw’O States it will he beneficial to the South, as it will help any prejudices that may have existed. The Recorder is pleased with the manner In w’hich members of the party spoke of Americus, for they have heard a great deal of our city, and expected much from it. That their expectations have been fully justified is ouly stating a fact, aud we look for still stronger evidences in their belief that Americus is destined to become a large aud important city. Mr. R. F. Powell, In the last issue of the Eatonton Messenger, advo cates the curtailing of the cotton crop to four million hales, contend ing that the rise in price would make this growing of cotton, even at one-half the present acreage, more profitable to growers. He asks the alliance to discuss and take hold of the matter. If a w r ay could he found to make every farm er reduce his acreage one-half,there is no doubt that it would greatly raise the price of cotton aud give planters a greater profit, and the idea is worth considering. Gen. Ren LeFevre, just from the South, declare* that people do not favor either Cleveland or Hill for President. What part of the South lias the general been visiting*.’—Au gusta Chronicle. He had probably just arrived from the fourth story of the Consti tution building. MR. GLESSNER AND HIS FRIENDS. From the Illustrated South, Major W. L. Glessner la now steering through Georgia a party of Ohioans who are on a prospecting tour. This is ouly one of a series of such excursions in which Major Gleasner has interested himself, and in doing so he has succeeded, up to this time, In not only drawing immense amounts of capital to the South, but in winning for this fa vored section huudreds of the wide- awake farmers and business men of the Wesl. Major Glessner and his friends will visit Columbus on the 4th of March, aud will he royally wel come by the Board of Trade, city officials aud citizens generally. Major Gleasner deserves great credit for the work he is doing. His own home, Americus, is one of the leading cities of Georgia, and much of its rapid advancement and present marked prosperity Is due to the efforts of Major Glessner and the influence of his paper, The Americus Daily Recorder. As indicative of the spirit of en terprise with which Americus is so thoroughly imbued, the Illustrated South presents on other pages, views of the new hotel, city hall, court house, etc. Maj. Glessner has been ina.rumental in building all of these, to say nothing of his efforts in securing splendid water works, electric car lines, electric light plants, and the various manu facturing industries with which Americus is blessed. P. P. P. cures Scrofula, Salt Rheum and all humors, Dyspepsia, Hick Headache, Biliousness, It cures that tired feeling, creates an appetite, strengthens the nerves and builds up the whole system. P. P. P. is unrivaled, and since its in troduction has cured more cases of blood disease than all the other blood purifiers put together. AMONG THE LDITORS* Mr. W. W. Fleming was last week announced a * associate editor of the Cuthbert Liberal-Enterprise, Him this week it is uunounoed that he lias with drawn. It is said he will soon start another paper in Cuthbert The Recorder desires to make the amends honorable to the Rome Tribune. It published, the other day, an article headed “The Em pire State.” aud neglected to give the Tribune credit for it. We see it floating around our exchanges as original, though Tin; Recorder published it as a clipping, while th“ intelligent (?) compositor In- ?don leaving nut the credit. SIMMONS & KIMBROUGH. A TTORNEYH AT LAW. Office up *t*ir in Barlow Block. E-A-HAWKINS* A ttorney at law. office up stair on Grauberry corner. BUTT & LUMPKIN. A TTORNEYS AT LAW, Americus, Ga Office in Barlow Block, upstair*. wT tTlaneT A TTORNEY AT LAW, Americus. Ga. Room N i ti, Barlow block. Will practice In all courts. W. P. WALLACE. A TTORNEY AT LAW Americus, Ga ill practice in all courts. Office over National Bank. J. A. HIXOfL ~ A TTORNEY AT LAW, Americus, Oft. Office in Bagley building, opposite Court Iiouso, Prompt attention given to all business. InnO-ti. E. F. Hintok. E. H. Cftrrs. HINTON &CUTTS. A TTORNEYH AT LAW. Practice In the State ami Federal Courts. Office ove* Hart Building, on Forsyth street, marl-lj W. K. WlfEATLKY. J. B. FlTZOEUALD. WHEATLEY & FITZGERALD. ATTORNEYH AT LAW.Offlc* m n street, up-stairs. Will prac- Juiyl8-ly. ROBT. L- MAYNARD. A TTORNEY and Counsellor at Law Americus, Ga. Prompt and careful at tention given to all business entrusted t me. Luinar street over P. L. Holt*. aepl9-dAw3m* mi :T. L. HOLTON, A T I? W. A^„e?o^ S w f,LLOfl tlce in all the counties of the Htale. Prompt attention given to all collections entrusted to my care. U ANSLEY & ANSLEY. A TTORNEYH AT LAW, Americus, Ga Will practice in the counties of Hum- ter, Schley, Macon, Dooly, Webster, Stew art, in the Supreme Court, and the United Htales Lour«. W. B. Uuekky. DuPont OuKRr.Y. Americus, Ga. Mucou, Ga, GUERRY & SON; I AWYEItH, Americus, Ga. Office In Peo- i pie’s National Bank Building, Lamar street. WIU practice In Sumter Superior and County Courts, and in the Supreme Court. Our Junior will regularly attend the session* of tho Superior Court. The Ann will take special cases In any Superior Court on Southwestern Railroad. Tom Owna Up. From the Macon County Citizen. "Will the Macon County Citizen please tell us who wroi , or where it got. the poetical articioou ‘Jones’ Banner’? It has no cr. dit, and if Willis or Kersli wrote it they de serve to wear Will Carlo’ in’s shoes — A M K RIC US II ECO U D K n. If The Recorder will please ex cuse my agitation aud evident em barrassment, l will reluctantly ad mit that it was rocked as an infant am! grew to maturity in-niy misfit Carletonii.ii brain. My mine—Tom Howitzer, was signed in Die proper place. Howitzer, howev- r, in not my maiden name. I get up tho “(‘aught In the Chase” column at odd moments when I am not net ting type, working press or patch ing my pants. I make these brief hut brilliant remarks in justice to the gentlemen wlm have e milded tome the folcmn trust of retting the Citizen out in its .Sunday clothes every Wednesday. They .probably have enough to answer for already. As to Will’s shoes, it’s jint like this: If I don’t get his or somebody else’s I'll he barefooted iu a day or two. They are my “sole” depend ence now. Tom Howitzer. HUDSON & BLALOCK, Lawyers, Americus. - - Ga. Partnership limited to c.vil case*. Office up stair* on corner of Lee *nd Lamm streets, newr Arles',an Well, In Artesian Block. , deeliu-ly. DENTISTS. DR, W- P. BURT, D ENTIST. Dental parlors ov berry’s More. DR. J. J* WORSHAM. D ENTIST. Dental parlors over National Bank. declOtf. SHOEMAKERS. P. R. STANFIELD* EMAKERn Repairing a PHYSICIANS, J. M. R. WESTBROOK, M. D. PHYSICI AN AND SURGEON. Office J. residence, next h, use toC. A. Hunting ton, Church street. feb7tf G. T. MILLER. M. D. PHYSICIAN ANDHUkGKON. Officer at 3 Davenport's Drug Htor**, and residence corner Church and Prince streets. d A. FORT. M. D. O FFICE At Dr. Kldrldgo'* drug st< Can be found at night In tils room, a t Idridgc’i ding store, Barlow Block. Ian 8-!»l-tf S B. HAWKINS, Sr., C. A. BROOKS* Telephone »i. Telephone 7* Hiiwkms & Broks. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS Amen'ciis. Corgi,i old Granbery To the Suffering. Over ouo hundred columns of voluntary certificates have been printed in the Atlanta Journal from such people aa Hey. .1 H. Hawthorne, Kcv. Sam P. Joue., Hon. H. W. Grady, Muj. Charles W. Hubner, late of the “Christian Index," Gen. James I.onghtrvet, Col. I. W. Avery, late editor At lanta Constitution, and huudreds of promiueut divines, editors, doc tors, specialists mid others, certify- ln|; to remarkable cures performed by I)r. King’s Itoyal Germeteur, after eminent physicians aud all known remedies had failed. Send two-ceut stamp to King’s Itoyal Germeteur Co., Atlanta, Ga., for book of particulars. It Is truly a great remedy, and sure cures win u all else falls. CO.Sir. i »>■ -I Drt. r. J- KENNEDY, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SUWIBlN, llnvlns I live years experience, im.t recently token nil extended rolirsc In New York l'onl-Drndtinle Mciltcid school. Is iww pre- psred lu nircr his prolcclounl .crvl.es to Alncrlccs and Kurnnllulliifc vicinity, anil, left on hlnrinlcut Dr. KlitridKc'n drug store will receive prompt attention. At nleht J. 1 and A. 3. Have one of the best 1'urniHUPti and be* equlppc-l doctor'* office* In tho South No, 313 Jukson Street, America:, Ga, General surgery aud the treatment of th« EYE, EAR, THROAT and NOSE a specialty. W. L Bullard 11108 5th Avenue, (.'oluiubus, Ga Blindness, Deafness, Catarrh, etc , Eye Ear, Threat ami >oh« dlnea*en exclusively. Hospital advantages In New York, I.ondou aud Vienna. o-d&wiy. ARCHITECT. U L. NORRMAN. 2l\4 Pci OFFICES ARCHITECT. icbtree Street Atlanta. Barlow Bl'k, Americus Plan* and specideation* lurnlshod for DuildingH of all Mo-**ri pt ions- public build- lug*espenlttt^y. *’ ‘ T A KLUTTZ jinn snrai? AMERICIG Lamar Street, il’.OtUllA. Over Hits « Kansu* alliaucemen have indors ed Gov. Norlhen’s refusal lo meet Gould. The Houthem Alianc* Farmer will hardly publish their resolutions, though. James W. Lancaster, Hawkins* ville, Ga., writes: “My wife was iu bad health for eight years Five doctors and as many more patent medicines had done her no good. Six bottles of B. B. B. has cured her.” NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. JKNTUA I. IlAlI.ltOAO AM) BANKINO Ga., Feb. 1, 1801.—From till* adard storage and demurrag npanywlll bo enforced a A, T. Maxh’KL)., Agent Mi-Ask for catalogue. 1 TERRY M'F’G CO m Nashvlle, Tenn