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4 THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1891 THE TIMES-RECORDER. Daily und Weakly. • he Amkkk.ts Recorder Established 1879. The AMsaicct Times Ejt a hlh*hf.i» 1890. CONSOLIDATED, At'KIL, 1891. SUBSCRIPTION : D ULY, UXE YEAR, <*>•' Daily, Osk Mosttm • Weekly,One Yeah, L< Weekly, Six Moxths, • . For Advertising rates address Dascox Mvkick, Editor ami Manage!, THE TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY, Americas, Ga Business Oltlce, Telophoa Editorial Rooms, alter Telephone 29. Americus, Ga., Dec. 25, 1801. \ SPLENDID CHANCE! The Times Publishing Company makes the following offers of premiums for new subscribers, that are easily within the reach of any active, energetic agent, -ami so little time will bo uecessary to do the work that the premiums will be almost clear gifts. Young man, look at this! For lifty new annual cash subscribers to The Weekly Times Recorder, will be awarded a first class Type-Wiiting Machine worth $25 00. 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KAKTIl'8 GARDEN *!'OT The South in the days before the civil w r ar was peopled by only three classes the large planters, who owned and con trolled all the available lands; the small enant farmers, who were doomed to re mair. in a state of semi-poverty so long as the conditions existed, and the slaves, a happy, ignorant, careless horde, living only in anticipation of meal-time and evening revelry. The planter, through inheritance, had come into possession of immense area of arable and timbered tracts, and Ids slaves could work out of this an easy, comfortable living for the small village which usually constituted the farm set tlement. He was almost as a feudal baron in the number of his subjects, and no Scotch laird was ever invested with more absolute power over bis clan than was the ante bellum planter over bis people. ’Tin best that an end has come to this condition of affairs, else this section was in a fair way to come to the vendetta state of the Sicilian Islands. Family hatreds were bequeathed from father to son, and the accepted code of honor ad mitted of no medium betwen the fac tious. And yet, cultured, pleasure-loving and courageous as were the ofder genera tions, they have passed away to give place to a nobler set of men. Meu who realize and profit by the mistakes of their fathers and grandfathers. Men who have made this lovely Southland of ours great In wealth and importance. Who recognized the fact that the divine hand was laid with kindness upon this arcadian spot, ami when the smoke of battle bad rolled away they buried their dead and went to work to rear upon the ashes of a desolated section a mighty fabric <f modem civilization, even while the heart w as yet heavy with grief and despair. Nobly did they succeed, compelling the world to admit and res pect a coinage and perseverance, in the face of almost insurmountable difficul ties, which are unparalleled in the aunals of history. Endowed by nature with unlimited re sources and unsurpassed climate, this section is drawing to itself the tide of immigration which Las for so long flowed westward. The world is realiz ing that a locality capable of such vast development under such advensity and poverty, must of necessity hold forth in ducements to the experienced worker and capitalist. And marvelous as was the progress in all commercial enter prises during the past ten years, the next decade will witness a growth in population and improvement unheard of in this country. .SOUTHERN F»EVELOPMENT. The Manufacturers’ Record of Balti more, of December 10, in reviewing the industrial progress of the South, says: “The signs of a general improvement in industrial developments and in large investment operations throughout the South noted in the last issue of the Man ufacturers’ Record are even more do- ticeable this w eek, notwithstanding the near approach of the holiday season, when business men generally wait for the new’ year before going into new en terprises. There is a decided revival in the projection of new mining, manufac turing and railroad enterprises, and, de spite the very low’ price of cotton, the general outlook iu the South is daily growing better, though collections in mercantile lines may for a while con tinue slow. A general survey of the field shows that good ,progress is being made to.wards securing the full $800,000 required for the proposed steel works near Birmingham, while one or two other steel enterprises are in a fair way to secure the requisite capital. Important coal-mining enterprises are coming to the front in rp exas, and, while one company reported last week is put ting in a plant to mine 1,000 tons a day, another company with a capital stock of $300,0©0 is preparing for active work. The opening up of coal mines in Texas will give a great impetus to the whole State. Extensive railroad work is being is being pushed, and the opening of the Norfolk & Western’s briige across the Ohio river marks the beginning of an other era in the South’s foreign com merce and domestic trade as it will bring into operation another through line to the West and open the way for pushing Virginia and West Virginia coal into territory now controlled by Pennsylva nia coni. At Norfolk this road will at once commence the construction of very large machine shops, and additional piers and warehouses for the shipping trade. The building of a road from Ro anoke through F ncastle to Clifton Forge, which is to he pushed, will connect the two gi eat systems, the Norfolk A' Wes- and the Chesapeake A Ohio, and open, in connection with other lines, a direct route between Pittsburg and the South, in every direction such signs as these tell of the rapid advance which the 8outh is making. TO OUR StHsL’KIItERS. Money matters have been very tight and we have not asked you for money in several months. Our creditors have indulged us and.we have indulged you. But our creditors are now pressing us, They will take excuses no longer. We are therefore obliged to call ou you, One dollar isn’t much and you can spare it. We have a thousand dollars due us iu those one dollar debts. You can spare one dollar; we cannot spare the thousand dollars. Please call at our office and settle your subscriptions or remit by registeied letter, postal note or money order. Don’t put this off, hut attend to it at once. NOTICE. After you have sent us a remittance, please look at the next issue to see if the date mark on your paper is changed opposite your uame; if so, that is your receipt for the money sent. If we ac knowledge receipt by letter of all remit tances, as some subscribers have asked, the postage alone would cost us $25 to $50. If a remittance should fail to reach us, as indicated by the expira tion mark, write us, and we will advise you in regard to it cheerfully. PLEASE READ THIS. A blue pencil mark around your name and date means that you are in arrears, and that v\e are very much in need of money. We have many hundreds of dol lars due us, and as it takes fifty dollars a day to run our establishment, our creditors must be paid,] and paid at once. Please semi the money by regis tered letter, I‘. o. money border or ex press. The special quality of Ayer’s Hair Vigor is that It restores the natural growth, color and texture of the hair. It vitalizes the roots aud tollicles, re moves dr.ndruff, and heals itching hu mors in the scalp. In this respect, it surpasses all similar preparations. WHAT IT MEANS. , Congressman Amos Cummings of New York says of Crisp’s election: It means for the democratic party the attack and not the defense in the polit cal campaign next fall. It means economy and not, extrava gance in the appropriation of the public money. It means a reduction and uot an in crease in taxation. It means a surplus and not a deficiency in the national treasury. It means a thorough investigation of the census and pension scandals. It means free wool, free coal, free binding twine, free eggs, freo raw mate rial and free necessaries of life for free men in a free country. It means general and uot special legis lation and as little of it as possible In the halls of congress. It means a prudent handling of the excessive Democratic majority in the house. It means a careful pruning of the ap- appropriation bills uuder the supervi sion of William S. Holman, and other watchdogs of the treasury. It means an early adjournment of con gress In the interests of the people. It means the development of the American navy as a measure of defense, on the line laid down by the first demo cratic secretary of the navy in a quarter of a century. It means a restoration of individual rights on the floor of the house of rej - resentatives. It means legislation confined strictly within constitutional limits, and especi ally no federal iuterferance with the elective franchise. It means national wealth and pros perity-equal rights and equal privileges for all. means the election of a democratic president in November next. Blsixess failures seem to he hecom ing popular in our solid old sister city, Macon, several having been reported during the past few days. Some of the Northern newspapers arc publishing statements, alleged to have been authorized by interviews with Mr. Cleveland, declaring that lie will not iu any way work for the nomination for the presidency In 1892, and some even go so far as to say that if it he tendered him he will not accept. They claim that Mr. Cleveland has instructed his friends to do no canvassing in his behalf. These reports are without doubt false from be ginning to end, aud originate among the enemies of the ex-president in New Y*nk city. To keep the heard from turning gray, aud thus prevent the appearam e of age, use Buckingham’s Dye for the whiskers, the best dye made. DISGRUNTLED. , The People’s Party Paper, of Atlanta, has secured as its Washington corres pondent the “lone tlsherman” from the tenth congressional district, as is show n by the following clipped from its edi torial columns: , “The People’s Party Paper is pleased to announce that letters will appear in its columns weekly from Georgia’s great commoner, Hon. Tlios. E. Watson. These letters, it is needless to say, will he rich, rare and racy. They will give inside facts in regard to legislation —something the people are not accus tomed to seeing in the partisan press. If you want to see the present con gress through unsmoked glasses, sub scribe for this piper, and read Ton Watson's letter.-..” The People's Party Paper is fortunate in having secured the services of little Tommy,-inasmuch as he will he as hitter against the Democrats, whom he endeav ored to betray, as even that hitter sheet could desire. ’Tis an old saying that “we hate none so much as those whom we have injur ed,” and its truth is fully demonstrated in about three columus of solid gall which Mr. Watson sends to his paper as the first installment. About one column is devoted to hitter denunciation of his nine colleagues who were true the constituencies which elected them and the balance to a romantic and highly colored imaginary dream in w hich he figured as the Great Reformer, with a capital R. He ends the descrip tion of his “dream” In this wise: “Thus passed my Dream and I awoke heavy of heart, for I knew that To-day was as I dreamt, and the To-morrow might not come.” No, Tommy, To-inorrow will not come for you. You are doomed to pine during the term you stole from your people, and after that the bounce, which you will receive from an outraged constituency will he something painful to contemplate. President Harrison yesterday ap pointed Stephen B. Elkins of Maine to the cabinet portfolio of Secretary of War, until recently held by Sec retary Proctor. To some, Elkins’ ap pointment to the vacancy seems to mean the w ithdrawal of Blaine's claims to the republican nomination next year, hut the newly appointed cabinet officer’s un solicited avowal that his acceptance will have no effect upon either Mr. Harrison or the Plumed Knight may mean that he is anxious to forestall any criticism upon his action in so taking the proffer ed place, in case Blaine, of whom he is known to he a warm personal fiiend, should next year enter the lists against the present incumbent of the presiden tial chair. A PURE BAKING POWDER. A baking powder that can he depended upon to be free from lime and alum is a desideratum in these days of adulterat ed food. So far as can be judged from the official reports, the “Royal” seems to be the only one yet found by chemical analysis to he entirely without one or jhe other of these substances, and abso lutely pure. Tills, it is shown, results from the exclusive use by its manufac turers of cream of tartar specially refined and prepared by patent processes which totally remove the tartrate of lime and other impurities. The cost of this chemically pure cream of tartar is much greater than any other, and it is used in no baking powder except tin* “Royal,” the manufacturers of which control the patents under which it is relined. Dr. JSdwaru G. Love, formerly analyt ical chemist for the IT. 8. government, who made the analysis for the New York State Board of Health in their investiga tion of baking powders, and whose inti mate knowledge of the ingredients of all those sold in this market, enables him to speak authoritatively, says of the purity, wholesoraeness and superior quality of the “Royal:” “I find the Royal Baking Powder com posed of pure and wholesome ingredi ents. It is a cream of tartar powder, and does not contain either alum or phosphates, or other injurious sub stance.” Prof Love’s tests, and the recent offi cial tests by both the Halted States aud Canadian governments, show the Royal Baking powder to he superior to all others in strength and leavening power. It is not only the most economical in use, but makes the purest, finest flavored und most wholesome food. POSTAL CARDS. A Million I iit*it<U, A fiiend iu need is a friend indeed, and not less than one million people have found just such a fiiend iu Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds If you have never used this Great Cough Medicine, one trial will convince you that it has won derful curative powers in all diseases of the throat, chest and lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed to do all that is claimed or money will he refunded. Trial bottles free at E. J. Eldridge’s Drug Store. Large bottles 50c and $1.00. One day Brice and Thomas have de voured Inman, the East Tennessee lias sw’allowed the Terminal: aud the next, Inman is still cm top and everything is serene. Meautime, what the public wants to know is what does the talented hut retiring Jay Gould think of all this business? For pain in the stomach, colic and cholera morbus there is uothing better than Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera aud Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by \Y. C. Russell, Americus, Ga. <iecl*d*fcwlra. Died in Baltimore Jesse L. C. Berry, a retired fire-brick manufacturer of this city, died yester day, at his home, No. 1511 John street, from paralysis. The deceased had been associated with large fire-brick concerns of Baltimore, but for the past two years he lias been retired. Mr. Berry was seventy years of age, and was born in South Baltimore. He was a member of Mount Vernon Lodge of Masons and Mechanics’ Lodge I. O. O. F. He was also a prominent member of St. Mark's English Lutheran Church. Five chil dren survive the deceased, three girls and two boys. The latter are Charles C. Berry, in business at Staunton, Va., and Harry C. Berry, of Americus, Ga A daughter of Mr Berry married Dr. Mat thew \\\ Douavin, the w’ell-known dem ocratic.—Baltimore American. The many friend* of Mr. and Mrs II C. Berry regret to hear of their bereave ment and unite with The Times-Recor- dkr in exrendiug them their sincerest sympathies. As Ayer's Sarsaparilla outstrips all other blood-purifiers iu popular favor, so Ayer’s Almanac is the most univer sally familiar publication of the kind in the world. It is printed in ten lan guages and the annual issue exceeds fourteen millions of copies. Ask your druggist for it. Iu Silken Tie#. On Sunday afternoon, at the residence of the bride, some three miles from Americus, Mr. Will Dupree, aged six teen, lead Miss Ida Patton, age seven teen, to the altar; Rev. H. Stubbs offici ating. Mr. Dupree Is the son of a pros perous farmer of Sumter county, and is a young man of many fine traits. His bride is an accomplished young lady of extreme comeliness, whose rare graces recoiumeud her to all with whom she comes in contact. The Time*.Recorder wishes them nil the happiness that life affords Two New aud Handsome Si/e* Are Now Ready For l *e Two new sizes of postal cards went into effect yesterday. Yesterday morning the postoffice de partment wa8 ready to issue them to postmasters, to lie known as “A” and “C” cards respectively, in addition to the “B,” the one now in current use. The A will be of fine quality of loft- dried paper; the C of a strong, finely finished jute paper. The former will he pearly gray in color and 2 15.16 by 4^ inches in dimension, with afportrait of General Grant in the upper right-hand corner. The card will he printed in dark blue. The C will be light inauilla, JjxO^ inches, designed very much like the other new card. Postmasters will not he permitted under any circumstances to redeem pos tal cards in the hands of the public, nor to exchange one kind for another. Here is a statement, the truth of which is not generally known: “Only once in a quarter of a century —in 1882-1883, just prior to the inaugu ration of two cent postage—have the department receipts met the expendi tures. The estimates of 1893, which have been prepared for the action of congress at the coming session, show that the service may be made to reach a self-sustaining basis by July 1st, 1803.” In the additional railway postal ser- ice established during the year, the south comes in for a full share. Of the 8,000 miles increase, three-fourths were applied to southern and western states, the south having 2,400 miles. The postmaster general meets the ews of a big number in wlmt lie has to say about the telegraph. “I want to see,” he remarks, “the two great servants of the people, the postoffice and the telegraph, reunited, and the telephone brought in to enhance tlie value of the combination. Public interests, private needs, and the popular will call for these ageueies to perfect the great postal system of this country. Sixty four millions of people are taxing themselves to-day to the amount of $70,- 000,000 annually to maintain the post- office plant, and are deuied the right to vitalize this maguificent machinery with the mightiest force which science has given to render that machinery most effective.” As to reducing letter postage to a uni form rate of 1 cent, Mr. Wanamaker has to say: “To do this means exactly that the department will lose one-half of the re ceipts from letter postage. One half would he $20,710,064.75. I have hereto fore stated that 1 cent postage will he successfully demanded in time. I be lieve that time is not far off It would not he just and fair to a service upon which every effort has been spent for two years to make it self-sustaining, and which now premises to become so in the next fiscal year, to heap upon It, the instant the balance sheet becomes clear, a burden of millions.” The postmaster-general believes that li tter carriers should not be weighed down like pack horses, that railway postal clerks should he paid for the dan gers they face daily; that it is wrong pay a fourth-class postmaster $100 year who has to pay $200 for fitting his office with boxes, and that rural deliv ery should he widely extended. Then comes a valuable item regarding newspapers which he says could he car ried free. “It is possible from July 1, 1S93, to take off the entire tax on news- pa pel’s, except for city delivery, if all hooks of every kind are placed on a level with other merchandise and tho postage may he reduced by consolidat ing fourth-class matter with the third- class. INTERVIEWING SPEAKER CRISP. fine lluft.. ■Sumter county challenge, the world on a record for raising hogs Mr. .1 Honey killed two that, when dressed, tipped the beam at 1,000 pounds, ( apt. Adderton has also raised several hogs whose avoirdupois averaged almost as much. The Atlanta Journal Give, a Bright and Shadowed Picture. It was a perfect autumn day, such as Americus is often blessed with, and the bright sunshine and cheery breeze coni, bined to keep the temperature at an even and delightful point Mr. Crisp had returned hut a fev hours before, and I knew to a certainty where I would find him, and get a talk for the Daily Recorder. To reach his home was but a walk of ten minutes. It seemed to me that never did a place carry sucli a deep im pression that it was a “home”—a home of joy, contentment and happiness. Back one hundred feet from the broad street was the house, unpretentious and evidently of many years standing. r f , the front were trained vines, and (low ers and shrubs grew around. There were chrysanthemums of all solid and variegated hues, and tall trees threw shadows on luxuriant, inviting grass. As I entered the gate I saw Mr. Crisp and Walter, his eighteeu-year-oid son, sitting close together on the veranda. One of the great democrat’s hands was lying affectionately on his son’s shoul der, and the other was patting the head of a pointer dog crouched at his feet. Never have I heard Mr, Crjsp laugh so heartily and look so merry as then, when he listened to his boy. A happy group it was, and the pointer evidenced his joy by thumping the lloor with his tail. “How d’ye do?" and Mr. Crisp’s greet ing was like it always is—a warm wel come that draws you to 1dm. “I was just listening tosomeof Walter's stories. Come in and join us.” Pretty soon reference was made to the opinion that was already sweeping tiie country as to his eminent fitness for the peaker’s chair. ‘ How proud i would be to see him get it," spoke the sou, and the two ex- changed glances that spoke volumes of mutual affection and pride That was a year ago. Not many weeks since a father ai red In Atlanta. With his face full of anxiety and with a hurried, nervous step lie hastened to the Journal office. P was Mr. Crisp, called by telegram from Ohio to the bedside of Ills sick boy —Walter. “Have you heard anything about Wal ter to day?" and his voice was net steady as he asked the question, A few hours more and lie was in Americus. A few days more and all was over They laid him under tiie sod at Oak drove, and there the green grass grows and the lovely Howers bloom and the wild birds sing, while far above some where in the happy eternal land the joy ous soul of Walter Crisp—him who was such a gentleman, so free-hearted, so high, pure and honorable—looks down with pride, and the father hears tiie soft breeze float down the whisper: "Don’t grieve, papa. I see all." Deserving I'raine. We desire to say to our citizens that for years we have been sellingDr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Dr. King’s New Life Pills, llucklcn’s Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, and have nev er handled remedies that sell as well, or that have given such universal satisfac tion. Wo do not hesitate to guarantee them every time, and wc stand ready to refund the purchase price, if satisfac tory results do not follow their use. These remedies have won their great popularity purely on their merits. Sold by Dr. E. J. Eldridge, druggist.. Stricken with Paralysis. Mrs. Brown, an aged lady residing iu the vicinity of Itecs park, was stricken with paralysis Monday evoning shortly past six o’clock, and since then she has been lying in a comatose state, and her (lea’ll is only a question of hours. Mrs. Brown is the Aiother of Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Zeke Taylor, and the grandmother of Mr. Ed Brown, of tiie firm of Perry A- Brown. She Is In her eighty-first year and has hosts of friends who will learn with sorrow of her precarious condition. ROYAL “X Powder >nly one made free from lime, alum, and all extraneous substances, and ABSOLUTELY PURE. It is in every way superior to every similar preparation. Witness : The United States Covemment tests (Chemical Di- j vision, Agricultural Department) show Royal Baking < Powder a cream of tartar powder superior to all others j in leavening strength.— See BULLETIN 13, Aq, Dep,, j P 599- j I find the Royal Baking Powder far superior to the others. It is pure, contains none but wholesome in gredients, is of 23 per cent, greater strength. F. X. Valade, M. D., Public Analyst, Dominion of Canada. I find the Royal Baking Powder superior to all the j others in every respect. It is purest and strongest. Walter S. Haines, M. D., Prof. Chemistry Rush Medical College, Consulting Chemist Chicago Board of Health, etc. The Royal Baking Powder is perfectly healthful, and | free from every deleterious substance; purest in quality and highest in strength of any baking powder of which I have knowledge. Wm. McMurtrie, E. M., Ph. D., Late Chief Chemist Agricultural Department. I have found the constituents of Royal Baking Pow der to be of a high degree of purity, free from adul teration or admixture of deleterious substances. J. W. Mallet, Ph. D., F. R. S., « Prof, of Chemistry, University of Virginia. ! j The Rpyal Baking Powder is absolutely put'. It j is undoubtedly the purest and most reliable baking | powder offered to the public. Henry A. Mott, Ph. D., Late Chemist for U. S. Government.