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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TBIES-RECORDER: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1891.
NEWSPAPER DEPRAVITY
JOURNALISTIC EAGERNESS FOR
NEWS DESTROYS DECENCY.
Fellow Citizens!
Alliancemen!
And Friends!
Of Southwest Ga.:
With compliments ’of the season,
wo respectfully invite your
attention to our
IMMENSE LINE
The Minlern lteportorial Shark Unearths
Foul and Loathsome Happenings to
Spread Herore the Public Gaze—Let All
Such Dead Things Me.
The cycle of crime is spreading over
this broad beautiful land of ours, and
the question must suggest itself to the
thinking minds of all men and women,
Are we growing worse, and is it that
human nature of the progressive nine
teenth century is even more depraved
than the chaotic period of the dark
ages?
The metropolitan journals of the day
are filled with highly colored descrip
tions of hangings, suicides, murders and
unmentionable crimes of the most dis
gusting nature. Is it that the appetite
of the public craves such unsavory food?
Furthermore does the law of supply and
demand control the disposition of these
spicy journalistic viands which are
dished up under a triple plate, flavored
with the extract, imagination, the stock
in trade of so many newspaper reporters.
The newspapers wield a vast power for
good or evil in this great national re
public.
The freedom of the American press is
absolute. The newspapers of the age
are in a measure the educators of the
young, and journalistic enterprise mer
its true appreciation and universal ap
plause. But when to be in this line of
progress it becomes neccessary for the
journalist to invade the sanctity of
homes and decry the virtue of women
and make black the character of men,
it is time to put a check upon such en
terprise and invite the players in this
sensational “comedy of errors” to come
oil the public stage or , close their
foul and slanderous mothpicce.
I have frequently been asked to turn on
A FATAL SLEEP.
ON THE
TRACK
And Probably Never Waked—The Through
Freight on the S. A. A M. Railroad Sev
fr« HD Head From HU Body and the
Remains Are Found Later.
The sudden stoppage near Rochelle
of the west bound passenger train over
the S. A. & M. railroad from Savannah,
yesterday morning, created a commo
tion among the passengers, who learned
to their horror that the delay was caus
ed by the mutilated body of a white
man in front of the train. He had
been run over evidently by the through
freight and his head was entirely sev
ered from the trunk and lying on the
track some distance from it. The body
was otherwise terribly mangled, and the
poor follow had probably never realized
wbat hit him
He was a white man, and thought to
be of the name of Culbert. From the
best Information the reporter could
gain he had been in Rochelle the night
before and had started home on the
railroad and bad lain down on the track
and gone to sleep, when he was struck
by the freight.
There were some who believed that
he was first murdered aud then placed
on the track to avert suspicion but
there seem to be no sufficient evidences
to warrant such conclusion, as there
was not a wound on the body which
might not easily have been occasioned by
the passing of tho train over it.
Tho remains were carried to his home
and prepared for burial.
Mangled In a Cotton Oln.
Mr. Jackson Gammage of the 28th
district happened to a most distressing
and painful accident on Thursday,
While operating ids cotton gin two of
his Angers were badly mangled and the
hand split entirely open. Prompt med
ical attention was given the unfortunate
young man, and there is a chance to
save his hand. Many friends tender
their sympathies aud hope for success
ful recovery.
M.ELHEE’l WINE OF CARDUI (or Weak Nerve*
Cotton Ginning.
Chambliss Bros, are prepared to do
your glnulng on short notice at the old
Mitchell mill, near Central depot.
oct2-2t
LUNG DISEASES
Are more successfully treated with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral than with any oilier medicine.
For colds, coughs, bronchitis, and other affections of the vocal organs, this la the most
prompt and effective remedy. It relieves asthma and prevents consumption.
11 Twenty years ago I was troubled with a
disease ot the lungs. Doctors afforded no
relief, and said that I could not live many
months. I commenced using Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral, and, before I had finished one
bottle, found It was helping me. I con
tinued to take the medicine until I was
cured."—Samuel Griggs, Waukegan, IIL
The merits of Ayers Cherry Pectoral
cannot be over-estimated. It allays Inflam
mation and soreness of the throat and lungs
and cures a cough when all other medicines
fall. I speak from an extended experi
ence with those affections and their reme
dies.”—H. L. Smith, City Editor "Helena
World,” Helena, Ark.
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral,
Presarcd byDr.J.C.AycrtiCo., Lowell, Hue. Sold by .11 Drnggtate. Price gl; .lx bottle*.
The Next Attraction,
Mixed Pickles.
i High Glide
TAILOR-FITTING
FALL AND WINTER.
Wo have outdone ourselves this
season and excelled all previous
attempts in placing before you
more attractions and exclusive
Novelties in Clothing and Haber
dashery. We carry,beyond' a doubt
(and tho most of you know it) the
LARGEST STOCK of
MEN’S and YOUTHS’
SUITS
In this part of tho state, and are
offering them at tho very lowest
prices. Call and examine these
lines, as well as our complete
assortment in
Extra Sizes,
Stouts and Slims,
"hieh, as to stylo and'fit, cannot
he surpassed.
JOHN R. SHAW,
“THE CHAMPION”
Clothier and Furnisher,
117 Forsyth St.,
A.M&RICUS, - GA.
Mrs. Laura Hart, Beaufort, S. C.,
vritOH: “A loathsome form of blood
poison was killing me. My appetite was
lost, my boues ached, and parts of my
flesh seemed ns if it would come otf my
boues. A friend brought mo a bottle of
B. B. D. The sores began healing at
once, and when I had taken two bottles
the lights and uncover the dark spots, 11 surprised my tiiends at my rapid -re
but in answer give the language of a
celebrated English physician: “Open
these cess-pools and you will destroy a
hundred bodies aud souls whero one
will be cured and reclaimed.”
Social microbes are devastating and
insidious in their march, aud frequently
powder and shot alone will exterminate
these human pests.
No, I prefer to turn on the lights and
uncover tho bright spots.
Standing on the corner of Jackson and
Forsyth streets yesterday, I saw two
prominent men of Americas meet each
other. The usual pleasant salutations
were given, but there seemed a genuine
disinterested cordiality pictured in their
countenances, devoid of all business per-
very.
sept ls-eod-1 m
Thompson A Amleracm’. Opening.
The beautiful jewelry store of Messrs,
Thompson & Anderson in the new Hotel
Windsor building was thown open to the
public last week, and in its interior
fittings and complete stock it is a gem of
its kind; tho marble lioor and handsome
llxtures alone making it metropolitan in
its tasteful beauty. Aud then the stock.
In wedding presents (and the usual
autumnal epidemic of matrimony is ap
proaching) one must bo Indeed fastidious
in disposition and plethoric of
purse If he fails to find some
thing pleasing and novel in
their well selected assortmen t.*\Vatches,
eloeks, diamonds, jewelry, gold and sit
ver ware, opera glasses, field-glasses,
plexity. One of the gentlemen was called 1 ■PT'Kl®* 8 **. canes and indeed, every
aside by a passer-by, and I engaged the | *“«« tn a ‘^roughly *<l u 'PP<= d
other in conversation. The pleasant in- J cwt ‘ lr y business.
terview with bis companion seemed
fresh in bis mind, and when I spoko to
him upon some trivial topic his eyes
looked lingeringly after bis friend, who
bad crossed to the opposite square.
“No,” he replied, in answer to my
query. “I don’t know anything now. I
have just been talking over old times
with Judge M . We have been life
long friends for forty years.
“We have cllmbed|the heights together
and never have I found him wanting. He
has been oak and rook to me through the
fierciost of life’s battles, and when the
sunshine of prosperity began to dawn he
was fiower and vine. But for the com
fort aud support of that brave true no
bleman, all might have been different
with mo.”
Such sontiments of tender, loving con
fidence are refreshing in this day of mis
givings aud distrust. Tho eulogy that
this grateful man paid to his faithful
friend foil sweetly upon my ears. It
was full of pathos and trutli more beau
tiful and pleasing than any novelty,
Friendship and gratitude for fortylyears;
two men enjoy tho subliraest passions
which human nature is capable of enjoy
ing. Damon and l’ythias in roai life,
Strango, but nevertheless true.
Children and tho rising youth arc
such important characters in American
life, they fill such leading roles in the
household and tho hearts of a people,
that no ono need ever stop to apologize
for chronicling their movements, re
peating their sayings, or extolling their
virtues.
An Athenian statesman said that
ills children ruled Athens, inasmuch as
they ruled their mother and sho ruled
him.
A wise Americus father who loves his
handsome, talented hoy better than tho
ruddy drops of blood which encircle his
own heart, speaks kiudlv a word of
warning to me, and would rather that
tho manly virtues of this promising son
should not bo commented on by the
press, for fear of spoiling tho boy. To
this honorable and conscientious parent,
I would say, the young are sensitive
plants and in tho morning of their lives
need sweot, refreshing dews to aid and
strengthen them for the drouths and
storms, which sooner or later they must
surely encounter.
No, kind friend, be not afraid; words
of praise and encouragement never
ruined a boy yet, but have helped to
make great, grand men of thousand*
Speech cannot contain my love for the
young.
■ They've least ths taint of earl bly clod.
Ihey’re freshest from tbe band of Ood.”
M. L.M.
At the rear of the store are spacious
vaults, built especially for their busi
ness, and furnished with tbe latest im
proved burglar-proof locks.
Messrs. Thompson Jfc Anderson should
bo proud of their establishment and
Americus is to be congratulated on its
possession. •
WHISKEY
is often used as medicine, iu nhich case
the purity of the article is of the great
est Importance. I. W. Harper is a Ken
tucky distiller of national reputation.
The product of his distillery is shipped
direct to the retail trade; it passes
through no middleman’s hands to be
mixed, colored and watered. Consum
ers therefore have tbe assurance that I.
W, Harper's whiskey is sold in its abso
lute purity by ills agents.
An Invitation.
My friends, acquaintances, strangers,
and all, are cordially invited to come
to sco me. I need your patronage, and
I will mako it to your iutercst to buy
your goods from me.
G. B. Weaver.
This is not a show at the opera house,
but it’s a big show at E. D. Ansley’s Par
lor Grocery. Just think of a car load of
Mixed Pickles! I used to buy only one
barrel; now a car load. Of course I am
obliged to soil them very cheap to get rid
of so many. Then, I expect another car
December 1, so I am going to mako tbe
following prices to sell this car at:
Plain Cucumbers, 40c. gal., 10c. qt.
Sour Mixed, 00c. “ 15c. “
Sweot “ 75c. “ 20c. “
Gherkins, 75c. “ 20c. “
Pickle in glass at 50 per cent, discount
on former prices. Call and see the great
show of Mixed Pickles at the great re
tail house of Georgia.
E. D. ANSLEY,
The Leading 1 Grocer.
DO YOU KNOW
THAT
Butler & Berry
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER,
STATE OF GEORGIA—SUMTEtt COUNTY.
To the Superior Court of said County:
The petition of E.H. Ferguson,J. J.Caffrey*
both of Louisville. Ky., John M. Green of
Atlanta.- Ga., H. C. fiugley and M. 8. Har
per, respectfully, shows that they and their
successors desire to be incorporated under
the corporate name aud style ot “ Mnericu*
Oil Company.” That their objects and m
poses are for pecuniary gain for themselvi
their assoc la ten and successors; aud that the
business they propose to carry on is tta** buy
ing and selling of cotton seed and its pro
ducts, such a*, cotton seed oil, crude aud re
fined, cotton seed meal and cake, cotton *etd
hulls aud urlies, crushing, pre-sing and re-
fiulug of same; further, th-t of purchasing
and uealmg in seed cotton and cotton seed,
after the cotton has been ginned, of all kinds
and varieties and the manufacture, prepa
ration and sale o products derived ron:
cottonseed; and the carrying on, manage
ment and control of such bu^nes*or manu
facture couutcted therewith; and generally
to engage in all sueh employment* and lines
of business, where cotton seed or its products
ur* utilized who ly or iu part. Also, the
leasing and owning of tAnk cars, mnnufsc
turirg of barrels aud casks, and all other
comnuvttties In connection with said bu*l-
»•»-*. The main b-is!ness of '.he corporation
is to be tbe manufacture and sul**o< cotton
seed oil. and as incident thereto the ntllizln;
aud sale of all products or seed cotton an<_
cot ton seed. Petit‘oners further show unto
th > court that their principal place of busi
ness will be in the county of Sumter, State of
Georgia; bat that they d-slre to carry on
business, employ and send agents entewhere
tu said state, and tnto other states and t**rri
torle* of the United Stutes, and establish
branch office* therein, if they deem It ad
visable. That the amount of capital to be
employed by petitioners is one hunt* - "*
thousand ($100,000) dollars, fifty thou*
($50,000) dollars of which s actually paid In
before beginning business, with the privilege
of increasing tnelr capital to any sum
l exceeding one hundred and fifty thou*-
1 ($lfr i.OOO) dollars. Petitioners desire to be
arter from time to
... Petitioners desire
purchase, lease, hold,
Ilawkes’ Crystallzed Lenses in all
styles, specs aud eye-glasses sold with
a guarantee to please or money refunded
by E. J. Ki.dkidgk.
-THE-
Am Grocery Co.
Retailers and Jobbers of
Ths First Imparts aai Domestic
A full lino of Staple Goods, also
in our stock.
PRICES AS LOW AS THE LOWEST.
fresh lot of new Maple
Syrup just received.
We handle the following cele
brated brands of flour:
DAISY, KIND OF PATENTS,
OBELISK, 8N0WFLAKE,
ALLI8TA AND FLORENA.
Avera Grocery Co.
New No. 300 Lamar 8b
liege of renewing their
time aa they see proper.
the further right to pu _
own aud control, sell, asMlgn, transfer, or dis
pose of auch real estate, or I merest in real
estate, hh may be necensary and proper for
the legitimate and convenient transaction
of their bustnen*. Petitioners desire tbe
rl-ht and power to make nil such by-law*,
and alter the same at pleasure, hs they may
see proper; to have and u*e a common *eal,
and to change the lumo at pleasure; to have
a right tonue aud be sued, and to make all
necessary contracts in the conduct of it*
hUHitiCKK; to borrow money, and to secure the
Name by giving notes, indenture*, bonUH
mortgage* uud land, as the corporation may
«• proper to do; and further to be Invented
Itn all the right*, power*, privileges, lin-
.. unitie* and franchise* incident to corpora
tion* of the Kind,and necessary to carry on
and conduoi the object* and purpose* or the
buHiuctfrfof petitioner*. Petitioners further
dealt* that they shall be Incorporated *o that
no stockholder In the corporation shall be
bound In any way fo the debt* or liabilt'le*
of the corporation beyond the amount of hi*
unpaid subscription of the capital stock of
su'd company.
Wherefore petitioners pray that after this
petition Hhall have been filed, rec oded and
published, according to law, that tbe court
wt 1 grant an order grunting thisappllca'iou.
P.aYNKATYE,
I’etl i loner’s Attorneys.
Filed In office September 23d 1S91.
J. H. ALLEN, Clerk 8.C.
I certify the above and foregoing to be a
true extract from the Record of Cnarter* In
Sumter Superior Court this September 2ird
1891. J. H. ALLEN, Clerk S. C.
KEEP
STOVES?
' AND SCHOOL OF SHORT-HAND.
THE MOST 8UCCE88FUL BUSINESS COLLEGE IN THE 80UTH.
Cbcapeet and Most Practical Elegant Catalogue Free. COLUMBUS, GA.
MISS C. W. BRIGHT
MILLINER,
402 Jackson St., Amerious, Ga.
Is at home from New York, where she pur
chased a very choice collection of rich im
ported Novelties in Untrimmed Hound Hat*.
Bonnet* and Toques. Also a specially large
and attractive assortmeut of extra quality
plain French Felt Hat* and Bonnets, In
shape* unu colqr* that cannot be seen else
where.
Fancy Feathers, Ostrich Goods, Etc.
All the new style* of Imported Fancy
Feathers, in Pompous, Wing effect*. Fancy
Aigrettes, etc. Also a complete assortment
of Ostrich Tips, Plume* and Pompons, in
cluding many choice Imported novelties.
Ca.l aud examine her goods. You will be
pleased with the styles, quality aud prices,
oct 4
Lime, Cement, Brick,
Plaster Paris, Hair, Laths.
P.r Ml. for cash (>7
A. J. H A M I L ,
Hew Ramil Building.
TOHN E. SCHMIDT
Takes this opportunity of informing the people of Americus
and the adjoining country that he is now fitting up’in the best
of style, and will shortly open one of the
inest and Most Complete Restaurants to be Found in the Sonth,
He will spare no oxpensu or pains to mako it worthy of the
patronago of the very best people, and Americus can then
Boost of ft place whero everything good will bo served in
a style as uever before seen in this city.
Remember the place—Schmidt’s ReadingIRoom, Lamar St.
8-1 diwly Respectfully, JOHN E. SCHMIDT.
B. J. He MATH.
B. H. McMATH
McMATH BROTHERS.
DEALERS IN
Groceries, Provisions, Country Produce
BOOTS. SHOES, ETC.. ETC.,
WHISKEY, TOBACCO & CIGARS SPECIALTIES.
207 FORSYTH STREET, AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
We solicit a share of the patronage of tbe trading public, guaranteeing satlsfactlf &
low prices, and good goods. We deliver goods anywhere In the city. Call and see us.
McMATH BROTHERS.
BUGGIES
I will Mil you tta. best buggy la Georgia, price and,quality CO arid.rad. Repairing
alt kinds eollclted and executed promptly and neatly. All work warranted.
T. S. GREENE.
Cotton Avenue.,
• • Opposite'Prince’s Stables.
Americus, Georgia.