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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1883.
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NO. 28.
Americus Recorder.
PUBLISHED BY
Im. cHjESsubh.
office oar cotton aveme,
STi'oson.-pticn. Hates:
* Thi-Weekly One Year, - $4.00.
Weekly One Yeah. - • 2.00.
Sunday Issue One Year, - 1.50.
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profession mnm onus
' LA irXEJiS.
~ CHARLES F. CRISP,
Attorney at Law,
AMERICUS, GA.
C.R. McCRORY,
^Attorney at Law,
ELLAVILLE, Ga. •
TERMS—All clulm* from $UU or umler, $.‘1;
from $30 to COO, ton i>or cent.: over 500, seten
cer cont. No charges unless collection* aru made.
April 6- tf
DOCTORS.
Dr. D.P. HOLLOWAY,
DENTIST,
AMEIUCUS, GA.
Work equal to the l»e*t. Ca*h i
he lowest. Try him and Im- cm
•yer Davenport & Son * drug stun
W. P. BURT,
DEN TI ST,
AMERICUS, GA
r rood paying patron*. TUom
•lease reuiemUu* that I need
I expect pay mint in the next 80 dav*.
I Respectfully, U . 1. lit 11
MISCEL LAN DO US.
W. B. OLIVER,
Forvth Street. Up stair* over
lie®. Stapleton** Store.
DRAPER I TAILOR
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
Having received the latest fashions
from London uud Paris, I am prepared
to make clothing to order in the latest
style and best workmanship.
THE
PllfflX FROM BROSHES.
Tho finest IInlshcrt, most pleasant wealing
elegant BOOTS ANU SHOES made.
bu*t repairing done in the most su't-iantlal
artistic style, and all on veasonablo terms. K
to every gentlmnan in Ahum \cu*. Call *
....... ...>vr shop In front of Col. N. A. Smith’s of
lice, t >*ii jitckson Street. Americas,Jft*
TIDINGS FROM TIFTON.
ADDITION TO THE TIFTON STAF—
GYPSIES—IN' THE ROAD-
SOUTHERN WOMEN.
ANDREW DUDLEY.
JunelO.tf
NToil 3PioK.ett.
DR.
TALBOTTON, - - - - GEORGIA
Will do Plaateriug. Brickwork and Housework
Calsotninca specialty. Repairing .done. Order?
promptly attended to. oct2tf
EASON HOUSE,
S. E. EASON, Proprietor,
No. 46 Plum Street, Near Ttoiiot,
MACON, GA.
Board par Day $1.00. Single Meal or
bodging, 35 Ceuta.
SOUTH GEORGIA
MALE and FEMALE COLLEGE
DAWSON, GA.
Opens each year first Monday In 8cpteml*er. and
closes each year eccoud Thursday in June.
Board and tuition for scholastic year, boys, 125 00
135 00
40 00
girls,
Plano, Organ or Oultar, “
U*o of Instrument, 10 00
Dully lessons in l’».wnan*hi|y............ 5 00
Commercial course, 30 00
Fancy and ornamenial work |»er month,... 2 00
No school north or south is mote thorough and
practical th «n ours. Wo will guarantee mental
and moral Improvement in every one ofour pupils.
Oar motto U: l)oCtl non JVocef. m ud for cutulotrae.
mny4tl M. A.SIeNULTV,
C, Horace McCall.
Edward J. Mi‘ler.
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Monumental Marble Works,
MILLER A McUALL, Proprietors,
Southwest Corner of the Publie Square,
AMEltICL'S, GA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Etc.
of the best Italian and American Marble.
Iron Railing'for Cemetery Enclos
ures,.* Specialty.
oct3y __ __
To Country Merchants.
Tieton, Ga., Deo. 3, "83.
And now there is a new baby at
our house. He weighed ten pounds
down weight.
Mr. John Ford has a portable
engine at Tifton which lie intends
to move to Sycamore. Irwincounty,
or thereabouts. He will saw for
the community.
A party of English Gypsies are
encamped at Tifton. Fortune tell
ing and horse trading are their
avocations. The patriarch of the
tribe is quite an artist in wood
ca. ving. He has the sides of his
wagon aitorned with “From New
York td Liverpool” and “From
France to Italy,” carved in oak.
They have some fine stock. One
horse is valued at $800.
Saturday a dense and suflocating
cloud of smoke hung like a pal)
oyer hill and vale. The cause was
a great forest fire below Tifton.
Considerable damage done.
Warrants have beea issued for
Joe Dalton, Wm. Edwards and
Jim Lawrence, for getting drunk
and cutting up on the public road,
near Brookfield. Mr. Coarsev,
whose two married daughters, Mrs.
Turner and Mrs. Rhodes, were
badly frightened by the boys, pro
cured the warrants. Efforts are
being made to compromise, and I
hope they will prove successful.
Business is unusually dull. In
experienced men have injured both
turpentine and truck, say those
who ought to know.
Mr. W. H. Wells passed through
Tifton on a tour of inspection in
the interests of the. new railroad
from Macon to Lake City. lie
speaks favorably of the old Union
Road, and so Tifton may get the
road yet.
Mail} - hogs were killed during
tlie cold snap last week.
Dr. White 3ays that the reason
he didn’t engage in the Tourna
ment at Ty Ty was that lie feared
his hand would tremble when lie
came to crowning the queen of
Love and Beauty.
Mrs. W. U. Tift lias returned to
Tifton to spend the winter.
' M. Quad, ol the Detroit Free
Press, has discovered that the wo-
men of the South were remarkable
in their devotion to the “Lost
Cause.” Could ho come down here
and witness the self-sacrificing
deeds of kindness that are daily
being enacted,Hie would find that
the women of the S3|tli are us hu
mane and generous in peace as they
were in war. Mrs. IJzzio Coker, a
lady wfell known near Americus, is
a notable example. So is Miss
Maty Grayden, of Fort Valley.
Though provided with good homes
they each take it upon themselves
to wait upon the sick, and without
charge do many an act of kindness
that the worthless darkies will not
do tor pay. Truly, theirs is a labor
of love. M. M. F.
BEAUTIFUL BROS WOOD.
SUGGESTIVE l.Ml'KOVE.MENTS-
ROA1)—NEWS ITEMS.
I am {now, manufactiirina:
Fresh Candies,
irom pefe granulated sues., « hich I am offering
at socb prioe* aa will mnke it an In'Iucfrnt nt foi-
Country Merchants to buy from me. It shoe! 11«
nil, >old
ainfv, —
by the large manufc.etori<
f Give me a Call and Try it.
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B. W. PATTERSON,
Cotton Avenue, - Americus. Ga.
•cfisiml
In company with Mr. J. C. Simp
son we drove beyond the city limits
on Sunday evening last, and with
pleasutc noted the improvements
among our friends who do not pay
a “city tax” for a “cities privileges”
Nevermind, gentlemen, if wo keep
growing we will take you in.
Mr. J. S. Waller has built upon
the old “stock road” a neat sub
stantial cottage, and lias under ,
fence an acreage that will “do you I
fathers old home and with pleasure
extended our hand and accepted '
his kind invitation to visit Chicka-1
sawhatchee and stop at his home I
in tlie woods. We are comin£, |
Billie, and break bread with you I
and yours.
STEWART uou.vrr
r’fbis.
Lumpkin Iml .‘pendent.
There w,s no observance of
Thanksgiving Day in Lumpkin^
A slight rain fell here on Satur.
day night and some farmers began
Just here I would ask why not i S0W ' n S oats 011 Monday. Let the
open a public road from here, by, S 001 ^ w01 'k proceed,
way of W. G. Simpson's, io“Unclc | On Wednesday last'a two year
Billie’ Moreland’s settlement and I old child of Emma Robinson, col.,
thus draw that trade to us? It! was playing too close to the fire
would be a “straight cut” to as fair when its clothing became ignited,
a neighborhood as Terrell can boast
of.
Think of it, ye older heads, and
badly burning tlie child before the
flames were extinguished. The
burns though serious are not eon-
let us leave no stone unturned that j aidcred dangerous,
is in tlie way to progress and im- We learn that a negro child was
proveinent. 1 am assured if there 1 burned to death, one day this week,
on Ben Daniel’s place, four or five
was an effort made and an induce
ment held out to this section, that
we could control an interest that
would redound to lironwood’s
benefit and bring us in contact
witlt a people with whom it would
be pleasant to associate.
Don’t think of a sint^l circle, ye
denizens of as fair a center as we
have naturally, but let your efforts
reach after all that tlie situation
makes yours.
Rev. J. M. Rotter is finishing up
a pretty home on Geise street.
Aldermen Smith is preparing to
to build on the corner of 1st and
Thorntou streets.
Mr. J. G. Wells is having some
shingles placed upon his recent
purchase of real estate, and the
busy public arc asking lor what
purpose are they to be used. Let
us wait and watch Mr. Wells.
Mr. T. N. Killen has gone to
Florida to look after bis interest on
the St. John's.
It has been suggested that we or
ganize a reading club or vote our
selves into a euchre party and
spend these long winter evenings
with other society than that wo
find gathered around fires lighted
and kept up in a bachelors domi-
tory.
Misses Dozier and Farron, two
of Dawson’s fairest daughters, have
been visiting Bronwood this week.
Miss Linnic ilnmil, of Americus,
is stopping on Second street, the
guest of Mr. K. K. Smith. K.
WEBSTKU WHISPERINGS.
Webster County, Nov. 31, ’S3.
Tlie cotton crop cf our county is
all gathered, and the farmers are
making use of the time non in re
pairing buildings, fences, etc. There
will be more pork killed in our
county this winter than for many
years. Backbone and sausage will
soon be in order, come over.
1 am glad you have secured a cor
respondent from Quitman county.
It was there that your humble
servant secured a mate to help him
steer his frail bark across the sea
of life. Wood lawn is a new name
for a familiar old place. Let us
hear from you often, “Lucky.” I
miles south of. town. This is the
season of the year when large num
bers of negro children arc burned
to death, either from carelessness
on their part or the neglect of
parents.
One day last week while a son of
Mr. Thomas Darby', of this county,
was playing with a pistol the
weapon was discharged, tlie ball
taking effect in the shoulder of his
little sister. The wound was not a
dangerous one but we suppose all
of the family agree that pistols are
not proper playthings for children.
On Wednesday last at the resi
dence of Mr. thomas C. Johnson,
the bride’s father, Mrs. Mattie
Hightower was united in marriage
to Mr. James U. Glenn.
There is a gang of thieves be
tween Lumpkin and Columbus who
are working the cotton wagons, in
some instances quite successfully.
They will steal the mules and they
are constantly on the lookout to
rob negroes who have sold cotton
in Columbus and are returning
home. Take a shot gun with you
and keep both eyes open.
On Sunday last Mrs. Mary Meyer,
wife of Major T. A. H. Meyer, of
Richland, died after an illness of
three weeks with typhoid fever.
Mrs.. Meyer was about 45 years of
age and was a lady highly esteem
ed and loved by all who knew her.
She leaves no children but the heart
of her devoted husband is crushed
in his sad bereavement. Her re
mains were interred at Richland on
Monday.
On Saturday last, Kdward Archer,
intont son of Miv and Mrs; 10. O.
Daniel, died after a long and pain
ful illness. Little Eddie was six
teen months of age, was a bright
child and was idolized by his fond
parents.
One night this week while Mr.
John F. Irvin's team was cn-routo
to Columbus and camped for the
night, two wiiite men drove-np to
the camp and stopped as if they
would stay all night. After the
negro driver of Mr. Irvin’s team
had gone to sleep they hitched up
think I recognize you. Is not your one of Irvan’s best mules to their
father a prominent M. D. at Wood-
lawn ?
Our Sabbath school at Walnut
Grove has closed for the winter.
The dry weather lias prevented
farmers from sowing oates.
Gus. Wilson now wears a 10x12
smile. It’s a girl, and weighs
thirteen pounds.
Married, Nov. loth, at the resi
dence of David Majors,Mr. Webster
Majors and Miss Kinnic Tyler.
Rumor says there are several
marriages booked for the winter.
Market firm with an upward ten
dency.
I am “ahoving a wheel” for the
I! kcorder. Let ’er roll. S.
buggy and left. When the negro
awoke ho found an old inule left by
them that wasn’t worth more than
$15. He describes the menus being
shabbily dressed and both wearing
new hats. The theft was a bold one
■'RDAUBEE.N” DAWSON.
ITIIIISTMAS S| ROIIK8—A. PRETTY PEN
PICTURE — DOMINO PARTIES—THE
COLLEGE SUPlfett.
DaW8 on is robitfiv herself in
Christmas garments. The very
to entertain me in an unknown
jargon. My eyes a ere almost pop
ping out of my bead, when two gay
young spirits danced gleefully up,
and said, “Oh, Mr. Janes, we know
you!” I could stand no more and
air is beginning to be cold ami I retreated, but just asklSonyBan.es
crisp, and to stir the bjood of both - 110 wil1 finisU m >' description,
old and young, jjie merchants are
filling their windows arid slielv<»
with beautiful toys, and articles of
all descriptions from “Santa Claus
Land.” The bright eyes of the
children .Sparkle* and the rosy
cheeks o£ youthsnnrl maidens grow
more blushing, and the smiles
deepen, as on “fancy’s magical
pinions” their thoughts pierce the
veil whioli hides the future. Even
our “four old Judges,” R., C., O.,
and C., are getting lively oyer the
idea of egg-nogs, fat turkevs, etc.,
and would cut tlie “pigeon wing”
and “tip the light fantastic toe” if
they were not tearful of sotting a
bad example to tlie younger genera
tion.
Cotton is all around us, on the
right, on the left; cotton in front
and cotton behind us. There are
four warehouses,and two gins in the
very heart of the city, which can
gin and pack the raw material, as
rapidly as it can be brought in;
a grist mill, foundry, cotton seed
oil mill, three drug stores, mercan
tile houses, dry goods, groceries
and hardware, by the dozen; two
book stores, law offices too numer
ous to mention, hungry looking
doctors, black as thunder clouds,
because the people are so healthy,
standing on every corner; minis
ters all corpulent, bccauso Dawson
is ‘-‘a good placeseveral confec
tionery stores, and a number ot
beautiful little residences, nestled
amid green trees, making altogeth
er a delightful, busy and peaceful
little town, whose people are con
tented.
No rain yet, and the dust is fear
ful. The artesian is suffering for
water, but the “gods aid those who
qid thcmselvc8,”and tlio work goes
bravely] on both day and night.
Soon the “valleys will rejoice and
the hills grow glad” over the bright
pure stream that will gusli forth
from the bosom of old mother
earth.
We regret to hear that the Rev,
Geo. Johnston will not return to
his church in this place next year,
lie has made many warm friends,
who will always cherish himself
and family in kindly remembrance.
I*rof. Lowery will close his school
next Friday afternoon with public
exercises, to bo fo.lowed by a
“sociable” at night. The young
people are rejoicing and anticiputo
a gay time. Tlie Professor will re
sume in January.
Let any one who wishes to laugh
and grow fat attend one of the
school domino parties at the col
lege chapel. These are not public,
and are^'gotten up only for the re
creation and amusement of the
pupils, and conducted under the
special care ol the President and
hi3 wife. Being “one of the quill,”
as I saw him there,and I hardly ex-
peet he has gotten his face in order
yet.
The hotel gains additional praise
from the traveling public under
the efficient management of Mrs.
VY. A. Alien. Commercial tourUts
sing its praises all over the; State,
and Dawsou now is one of their
most pleasant stop): ing places.
We have two livery stables, and
quite a number of beautiful horses
are seen upon our streets. We are
glad to see so much attention given
,10 the improvement of stoek.
The excitement over the supper
to be given by the ladies at the
college on the night of the 19th in
place of the’ 20th, seems to be on
the increase. One of the dainty
Lee street girls, who is full of en
thusiasm and zeal for its success,
told me this week that forty-two
well-filled baskets had been prom
ised by the ladies of the town and
Bronwood, and that the different
tables would be presided over by
the following ladies: Mrs.' Capt.
Wooten, Mrs. Mary Baldwin, Mrs.
Walter Dozier, Mrs. Tom Black,
Mrs. Ella Mercer, Mrs C. L. Mize,
Mrs. Alioe Baldwin, Misses Betty
Orr, Sallie Roberts and Ellen Mar
tin, Mrs. Eola Parks, Mrs- Fannie
Harper, Mrs. Wilkinson and several
others whose names I cannot recall.
The attendants will be the school
girls, half dozen at each table.
With ladies so energetic, so skilled,
and with so much taste, to preside,
the supper iB certain to be a success
—and it should. Let tho old and
young men also aid in repainting
the college. Go farther, enclose it,
lay off the grounds, and plant with
shrubbery and flowers; beautify it,
so that it will not only be the pride
and boast of the town, but this
whole section of country. Noth
ing so quickly builds up a place as
a good school. Unaided by en
dowment, or contribution, its Presi
dent has made the South Georgia
Male and Female College famous
in a literary point of view. Now
let its citizens unite, and make ila
outward adorning satisfy the most
artistic eye.
Bronwood is noted for the hos
pitality of its people. It is grow
ing rapidly, and if Dawson does
not keep her eyes open, will share
the laurels with her in a few years.
It lias been my pleasure to meet
with quite a number of her citizens.
There are nineteen railroad Ptesi-
tho new
, when time and business permited,
ami as tho negro was asleep when r hac , a „ invitation t0 attcnd)
which I accepted, and presented
tlie thieves left there is no clue as
to whicli direction they took.
A Sialwart Old Enemy.
One of the toughest old Adversaries of
... . „ . human comfort, end most difficult to ey-
proud to witness in a lew years, terminate, is rheumatism. ?,!uuy middle-
under his manaeemeiit. Mr. Wal- [ aged people suffer torture with it. sndtl
, , . ... . , old folks woo have it hnd it tlie pest.<
ler, although lie carries tlie marks tbeir lives. Tho ease of a venerable lady
of “war’s disaster,” has the spirit j <>f L:-!«town, Msss , is.of great interest
‘ to the victims of this longh old enemy,
and energy of the youngest and I jir. Swdt says: “I have been using
ablest among us. • | Php.uv Davis's Pain Ktm.Fit for about
—gilt years. As soon ns I apply Fain
uiato
Consternation lias been created
in tlie National College of Pharma
cy by the admission of a negro stu
dent. Twenty-nine of the students
'have left the institution because the
officials refused to bounce thenegro.
The officials say tbat the negro is
in flic institution to stay, and that
tlie twenty-nine recalcitrants are at
liberty to slake their thirst forknow-
Icdgc elsewhere. Thus, even in the
capitol of tlie nation, tlto colored
dents and Directors in
House af Representatives. One of
tiicse gentlemen is r. director of
eight railroad companies. There
are five Congrcssirien who are at
torneys for railroad companies.
Twenty-four are either Presidents
or Directors of national banks.
Five are interested in other large
ihirds
corporations. Among two-thi:
of the members of the House, not
including any of the above, there
are one hundred and forty-five law
yers.
myself “en masque,” thinking that
I would quietly ensconce myself in
a corner and enjoy looking on.
Alas! No sooner had I seated my
self, and before my sides had ceased
shaking at the unique sight, a gay
young Cornucopia danced grace
fully up, made a low bow, whirled
me off, nolens volens, to promenade,
around the room. Not being of
Snmsonic size, I made no resis-
Kentucky is not in much"danger
oi suffering from a whisky famine.
nded October
In the ten months ende
1 there were 1,313,440 barrels put
in bond in that State, and only 190,-
000 barrels were drawn out in the
last year. If the amount on band
should be divided per capita it
would give each man, woman and
ohild in Kentucky about 30'gallons.
Sold at ten cents a drink it would
bring over $300,000,000 and would
establish for Kentucky the finest
brother is the cause of trouble and 1 tancc, and was overwhelmed with j P ublic school system in the world.
anxiety.
Mr. A. C. Hill lias made made an I Killer I have almost immediate relict
addition to his already pretty home
that bespeaks his taste and succe ss.
We met with that prince Ot good
fellow. Billie Fed Simpson, at his
from pain.’
Si:- Charles Whcalstonchas shewn
tltal a flash of lightning lasts less
than a million part of a second.
Hew often do wo hear of the sudden
fatal termination of a case of croup, when
a yonne fife might havo been saved by
tho ■ prompt use Ayer’s Chewy T’ectoral!
Re wise in time, and keep a bottle cf it on
hand, ready for instant yise.
An English lady named Rye is
.transieririg parties ot pauper child
ren to Canada. This presents quite
a new phase of coming through the
rvo.
astonishment’ when the “McNulty
house cook,” with a huge waiter of
biscuit, insisted on my partaking.
Before I could collect my scattered
ideas, a fascinating “waitress ” glid
ed before me, and offered at various
prices, hop yeast cakes, soap, rib
bons, etc., but ere I could reply
she hastened away and a ghostly
| Fish culturists will be interested
in an enomous eel pond—the largest,
in America—on a farm in the town
of Riverbead, Mass. It covers five
acres. About 2,000 dozen eels were
put into the pond five years ago,
and their number has now increas
ed to millions. They are fed regu
larly every third dav on “horse-
feet,” a peculiar shcll-fisb,_and at
meal time a crack from their own-
looking nun placed her tiny handi cr » 8 whip will bring thousands of
upon my other arm, and proceeded I them to the surface.
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