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ESTABLISHED 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 80, 1890.
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ONE HUNDRED BALLOTS
GRAND
REAL ESTATE.
AN IMPORTANT SALE YESTERDAY.
Thousands of dollars of Now and Seasonable Dry Goods to go
Chnjigo in the firm of course necessitated an inventory of stock
which has just bcon completed. Wo find wo have thous
ands of dollars more of Dry Goods than wo expected
ond in order to reduce our stock where we would
like it, wo propose to inaugurate .a,Grand,
Slaughter Sale for a few days.
OMMENCING MONDAY MORNING
We will offer tho following:
t lot TV Into Plaid Organdies 12 l-2c quality, 7 l-2c per yd.
t lot W'lito Plaid Organdies and Mull Chocks
15o quality, 81-2 per jd
l Lot Fiuo White Plaid Mdslius, .... 18 and 20c goods, }0c per yd.
25c quality at 13e; 80c goods at 22 l-2c.
Lots of Bemnants for almost nothing. . , , ,,j
The. inestWliito Lawns and lowost prices in Americas.
Our 9}c. quality will mntcli regular 12Jc. goods, and so on all
tho wey up to 25o. yd.
Too much in Wliito Goods to particularize.
'Thousands of Cbollics from 5c. per yd. upwards.
A fow choice patterns of thoso lino 05c. and 7Cc. French Chol-
ios to bo closed Monday at 49c. yer yard. Don't miss this oppor
unity.
A small lot of thoso sido Band Novelty Challios and otoer styles
reduced from 50c. to 35c. por yd. Magnificent quality nnd vary wide.
Clioico lot .of 25#. Wool Challios to bo closed at 19Je.
' Everything in Wool Goods at Cut Pricos for this sale.
Everything in Black Goods
At cut prices for this sale.
All Evening Shades at cut prices for this special salo.
Too many tilings in all tho ahovo to go into details'.
Thousands of Choice Ginghams from Co. fe'12$e per yd.
One Lot Elegant Hootch Zephyr Ginghams which have sold all
koiihou at 25c. por yd. to bo closed at 19}c
Crinkled Seer-Suckers:
frj, y Terrible cut to closo ont what wo liavo. 29c. Goods to go at (ij
H^per yard. All clioico pnttorns-
! RIBBO]V€ !
Wo carry more Itihbons than all tho balanco of tho Dry Gocds
houses in Amcricus combined.
Wo propose clearing thorn out at onco and terrible rednotions
will bo rnndo in pricos.
, LADIES’ UNDERVESTS!
Stocks and stacks of them just oponed, and as it is Into in'thfi
season wo intend clearing thorn out at ouco. Fivo hundred Elegant
Jcrsoy Rlbbod Vcsts regularly sold at 20 aud 25c. to bo sacrificed at
’0c. a pioco. 1 . . u
f The Finest 16a, 25., 30c., vests ever offered in Amorious at the
irieos.
Beautifully finished and splendid fitting Blcaohod Lisle Vests
75c. goods, to bo sold at 55c. each.
Choico Lot of Silk TJndorvcsts, $1,00 quality at 074c. each.
Splendid lot of Mitts sold heretofore at 50 and 76c. to go at 26
and 35c. por pair.
•| (All our Umbrellas and Parasols at cut prices.
Tho finest 25c. Ladies Hoso in Amcricus. Quantities of Odds
nnd Ends in Ladies and Children’s Hosiery to bo sacrificed.
Tho Choicest Stock of Hmulkorckiofs in Amoricus. Cut pricos
all through tho Stock.
Magnificent lot Now Torchon Laces just oponed nnd marked
at vory low prices. *
! 1 Largo lota counterpanes at ridiculous prices.
Our 41.25 Spread nt 98c. ... . ... .
Our $1.50 Spread at 11.19.
Our $1.75 Spread at $1.35c.
Tnblo Damasks, Napkins and Towols at tempting prices.
Lace Curtains and Screens. In this line wo have tho best stock
wo have over carried. Tho pricos range from 71*2 yd. to 96.00 por
pair. Splendid lot of Colored Curtain goods sold korotoforo nt 15o
to 26c per yd, tp go at 12 1*2 por yd.
'^ Black Drapery Nets.
MfaUtfe|<tily very few loft and are anxious to get rid of thorn
If you have any idea you would over enro to look at thorn wo will
make you prices you can not resist. Remnants of this wo will al-
m °^Oar press of business provouts giving an itemized list of n great
many attractions wo will offer.
Como nnd sco for yourself, and if wo cannot mnko it interesting
for yon wo will not ask yon to lmy.
No misrepresentations allowod, nor will bo tolerated for tho soko
of making a salo.* Wo nro anxious for your tnulo, bnt if wo cannot
get if honorably Wo do not want it.
The Leaders of the Dry Goods Trade.
Hr. HT B. Johnson Disposes of His Bos-
lUenon and Other Property Adjoining
—A Srndle.to Formed end tho Prop
erty Will Soon he Put on the Hunt.
There was an important reil es
tate transaction yesterday.
Mr. K. It. Johnson sold hit home
place and twenty-eight acres at
tached to Messrs. Arthur By lander,
George Stapleton 'and C. C. Haw-
kina. - **J
The grlfa paid wa» |13,000 and la
considered remarkably Aheap for
WV pra^tty wblcli’ftoiffh Bee,
Within a very short time after
the trade was closed, two of {be
gentlemen were offered a profit of
$1,500 on their two-thirds Interest,
which offer would amount to $8,000
profit on the whole property.
The gentlemen Intend to form*
syndicate aud have a survey made
of the adjacent twenty-eight seres
prepatory to placing on the market
in the shape of regular residence
IOC*. -f c**'”
It Is believed that when the sur
vey Is completed and the lots are
put on the mafket, they wilt be
readily disposed of, and that the
whole property will bring consider
ably over $20,000.
Tlie residence place of Mr. John
son is one of the most desirable
pieces of residence property In the j
On Every Hand There ia a Cry for Moro
Room-Many Peraona Unable to Find
Lodging. f / 4 *
Yesterday afternoon twcl goutle*
men rtood on a corner talking about
the boom which Is everywhere
manifesting itself in bricks and
mortar—and new surveys of lota
and a steady and substantial ad-
vance of prices.
Tho fir.it geuilemaa, who had Just
reached the city from the North,
was complaining that he was uu-
able to find lodgings for himself
and family. He said:
I have visited every place tu the
city that IJcould learn of, trying to
find board, but have been so far un
able to find such a place as we
want." * \ '
I have never,"remarked his com
panion, "during thirty-five years
residence in Amcricus known such
demand for houses. All kinds
re wauled end clamored for, aud
in many cares largo sums nro offer
ed for store rooms and other bu si-
;ness houses."
"Yes," responded the man from
the North. “If I had $.‘{00,000 I
would Invest every dollar of It In
Anjericns. I would buy these va
cant lots around hero which are
going up every day and I would
erect neat and attractive residences
on them all. By that means I
could gain In the way of rents a
much better Intcrost , than the
IN JAIL.
JOE WHITE SAFE BEHINDTHE BARS
FURNITURE FACTORY.
He is Charged With the Murder of An
other Negro in Stewart County About
Ten Years Ago.
Behind the bars!
That Is the condition of Joe White
this morning.
And the death of another negro
which occurred on Brown's planta
tion In Stewart county about ten
years ago is charged against him.
During the time which haa Inter
vened since the murder was com*
mltted, White haa wafcderad .about
under the alias of Wilson, and has
evaded many attempts of the ofll-
oers to arrest him. j
About a year ago lie was spotted
in this city by the police, but suc
ceeded in making his escape. .
Yesterday morning It was learned
by the officers that he was in the
city, aud lu a very short time the
police had him looated.
Last night they went out to a
small house near the north termi
nus of Jackson street aud found
White in bed.
He was arrested and brought to
the station house at midnight, bnt
not feeling that it would be perfect
ly safe to risk him in one of the cells
tne officers carried him to jail, nnd
there deposited him for safo keep-
log.
He had been nt work at tho new
compress of Cole, Sympkins A Co,,
IT WILL COMMENCE WORK MONDAY
An Enterprise That Will Give Em
ployment to Numerous Laborers and
Add Wonderfully to the Industries
of Amerioui.
THE PAIRING jF LOTS
Iu Brooklyn Heights will take place at the Counlll Chamber, In the old conrt houae, on Monday next,
September 1st, at 12 o’clock noon. All purchasers of lots snd the publlo generally are invited to attend.
The pairing will be conducted by a committee selecteed by the purchasers, who srlll determine the
meaner ot drawing.
Nearly all the lots have been taken, and no purchase! can be made after.12 o'clock Monday.
city of Americus,
The house baa but recently been
rebuilt anil great Improvements
made. It has been finished in
elegant style and is supplied with
large and productive orchards, and
many other things which go to
make a home pleasant and desir
able.
Mr. Jobnaon baa a large tract of
land adjoining this property. There
are about 150 acrea he Intend, to
have surveyed Into residence lots,
aud will soon offer them for aale.
All of It la very desirable property,
and will no doubt be early dl.po.ed
of and for a good price.
All over the country iieople are,
beginning to learn that Amerlcn.
dirt Is worth something, and every
dey bring, new prospector, who are
anxtou. to become Identified with
tRe plucky city which le exhibiting
present the moat healthful and
gratifying program of any place In
lie south.
Cotton.
There were received In tide city
yesterday 742 bales of cotton. There
was a .light decline in the market
thcaftornnou,biit that is thought
be only temporary. The receipt,
are st present double what they
have ever been during the present
month. III. believed that Americas
will handle considerably more than
has’ ever been received here before.
general review of the market
will ho given to-morrow.
Will CoetMt.
We learned from several promi
nent men, who live In Wilcox
county, that tho election, held there
on Wednesday laat for tho location
of tho Court house,will bo contested.
money couiil otherwise be made to
prodneo,"
That is wliat Amcricus wants
now more than anything else.
More bouses and a greater variety
of them—small, cheap cottages for
the multitudes of working people
who are coming everyday; good,
substantial and comfortable homes
tor the families of business men,
and great Irou and glass fronted
structures, into which msy be
moved the business of great mer
cantile concerns.
Americus needs these things and
ia beginning to realize it; and on
every hand there are hopeful Indb
cations, and It will not be long, no
doubt, before the building of houses
will be equal io Ibe demands of the
phenomenal progress of the me
tropolian! Southwestern Georgia.
Tbs Boss Snake.
Yesterday evening Capt. Cobb
brought in the boss rattlesnake,
in tire one that wan killed on Mr.
Jas. Murray’s place in the 2itb dis
trict, mention of which was made
in the Recorder, about six weeks
ago. Tire snake it seven nnd a halt
feet in length, and 1ms tbirty-one
rattles and a button, all of which
now remain attached to the skin.
The Captain placed it in the Library
for the Inspection of tho public.-|qrram iu to-morrow’s paper.
Mr Murray promised the snake to
tho Recohdek, and if we don’t get
tbit one lie wilt have to kill another
one for us.
No Noise.'
The electric car No. 2 will come
out Sunday afternoon prepared to
sgreeatly surprise Americas ear
riders. It w<ll glide along over Ibe
rails without any notes whatever.
Noiseless will be the name of It
but had stopped work for afowdays
on account of some slight jnjurles
be received there.
The authorities In Stewart will
st ouoe be notified ot hit arrest that
be may be at once sent for. He was
asked about the mo rder, and ha said
he could not remember the name of
the man whom he killed. He said
the man attacked him with an axe,
and thatby way of defense be struck
the man with s heavy stick, and
the msn died from the efleots of the
blow,
White Is a stout, black negro of
about thirty years of age, snd of a
very low order of Intelligence.
A Delightful Entertainment.
The ladles of the Methodist
church Wig give on Monday eve
ning at tho old court house an em
tcrtalnment for the purpose of rais
ing a fund to purebaae a new organ.
A full program will appear in
Hunday’a BxcoBPin. Ths exer
cises will consist of a play, recita
tions aud inualc. Excellent local
talent has been secured, aud the af
fair promises to be one of the best
of the season. We commend the
object of the entertainment, and
Iio|h> the ladies will be greeted with
a large bouse. The admission will
be 25 cents. Look out for the pro-
Brooklyn Heights.
Ten lots In Brooklyn Heights
were sold yesterday. As the day
of drawiog approaches the people
seem the more eager to purchase
lots. Thtrs Is no property In
Americus which la ottered upon as
liberal terms.
It you w
per, buy ol
hundred at
Old Newspapers,
want cheap wrapping pa-
old nowspapera at I6e p
' the Recorder office.
Tho Furnlttfro Factory 1
It will soon be in operation)
Everything Is In readiness I
The machinery !• all In place and
nothing is now needed butwator.
! One well was dug and Immedb
ately caved In. Another has' been
commenced and le nearing oomple*
ittsw, art tip ttamgat thiir unity
of water will be reached by Mon*
day, and If (bat Is the ease the fae*-
tory will kt onco commence Its
work, and In a few -days will' til
turnlngont numerous styles ot bed
steads and tables and.varlous other
kinds of bouse furnishings.
About, twsntly-fivo lmnds will bo
put to work at once In the operation
of the various machines of tho fac
tory. The lumber which enters the
building rough and unattractive
will pass from saw and plainer to
one machine after another until
comes out st test a beautiful and
useful article for every day use,
Later when the taotory haa been
put In regular operation the capaci
ty will be Increased, new machines
audeil and Its amount of hands In.
creased to forty or fifty.
This factory Is one of the great
iterprises of Americus and will be
a solid addition to her growing In
dustrial prosperity, aud It Is hoped
that many other similar enterprises
will soon follow aud make Ameri
cus industrially what It already la
commercially—tho Queen of South
western Georgia.
Claim Your Baggage.
Hup’t Bees has ac(umulated quite
a number of articles that parties
have left on tho streetcars. A gsh-
tlemsn on College Hill camo down
town one day this week on the ears
snd left his umbrella on the seat,
Next morning while passing Mr.
Iloei ho casually remarked that bn
bad lost an umbrella by leaving HI
on tho ear, and didn't expect to see
It any more. Hup’t Bees carried
him around to the President’s of.
floe, aud'tliere found ills umbrella.
He then explained to the gontlo*
man that all articles left on the car
are tagged, with date of the month
and number of car, and placed there
until called for. He said that he
made an old negro preacher happy
on Hunday last. On Haturdayof
last week the old negro got on tho
oar at Wheatley's comer and rods
down to the depot. He had imbib
ed quite freely during his stpy in
the elty, and as soon as ho rsaehsd
the depot ho purchased his tloket
snd got aboard the tralD, leaving
bis valise on the street car. The
conductor turned It over to Mr.
Rees, who placed It In ths office.
Sunday ths old negro returned for
hte property. He opened It to sea
If anything was missing, when Mr.
Rees discovered that It contained
nothing but beer and whisky. The
old negro returned home happy,
bleaalug the street car msn.
Livingston Nominated.
Atlanta, August 29.—L. F, Liv
ingston was unanimously nornl-
uated for Congress by the conven
tion of the fifth district here to-day.
special lo Rxcoaoss. —
Athens, Go., Aug. 2fl.-The dead
lock Is still on. . _.. .
One hundred ballot* have been
east, and there is no break yet—
Lawson 14, Colley 10, Olive 10.
Tho general opinion Is that Law-
son will bo nominated to-morrow,
though Colley's' frlenffs"are still
confident.
A resolution was offered to-day
endorsing Gordon's administration
as Governor, but not for tho Sen-
'» will bo discussed to-.
l-sw In Sumter.
Judge W. L. Calhoun, president
of the bbatd of trustees for tho con
federate veterans home In Atlsnta,
haa Issaed a circular to all tho Ordi
naries In the State, asking that
they send In tho number of disabled
veterans who would probably llko
to go to Atlsutaaqd make tho home
their dwelling place.
Judge A. C. Spear said to the
BxconfiXR reporter yesterday after
reading the elreulkrthath* thought
there waa not n single 1 old veteran
In this county who would go to At
lanta and consent to make bla
homo la the Institution. He,skid
ha thought there might be a few In
the county who need help, but they
want to be helped here at home,' ‘
and not carried to Atlanta; and'be-
sides, equal benefit could be pro
duced for tho old soldiers hero at,
homo with a comparatively small-:
dost to that ho might receive, j
from a considerable outlay when,
earrled to tho Soldiers’ Home.
Horn* Enterprise*
Hiraugers who come to Americus ,’
aud look oyer the city are astonish-
ad that, all tho work tboy see being
done Is by homo capital. And there
IS no better, and no more unmis
takable evldsnoo of tho 1 future
greatness of this oily than that
all the new houses, the elegant and
oostly reeldenoas, ths magnificent
hotel, the vast mauuboturlng en
terprises, the commodious mercan
tile pslaoee, In foot all of the
multttudloua Improvements,are be- «
lng paid for by money mado In'
Sumter county. '
The Breed Onego.
■ The transfer of passengers from
t|» broad guags car* to the narrow
Iguage, haa been done for tlie past
several days, at Biohland. The
(track Is now completed toLump-'-
Ikln nnd tho transfers will be made
from to-day at that place. It la tlia
Intention of tho management to
pines n local freight on the division
on and after Monday. The broad
gusgs track will be completed to
liouvftle parly next week. j <
Dr. King’s Royal Germetuer la
endorsed by Bar.7.8. Hawthorne,
pastor First Baptist ebnrab, Atlan
ta, Ga., who eegrsi “It Is a great
remedy.” Rev. Bam P. Jones says;
l“I Whitt every poor suffering wife
bad teem to that medicine.''
Thousands ot others attest Its vir
tues. Fifty gallons an drank IB :■
Atlanta dally, where It is perform
ing remarkable enrea. it removes
I the estate at disease sud bulldaup
from tho first dose. Send stamp for
full particulars, certificates of won-
dsrful emye L etc., to King’s Royal
CUBES WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS.
Prlpe.tl.fi0 per concentrated bottle,
which makes one gallon of roedl-
proas O. O. D. If your druggist can
not supply yon.
The Best Index.
If you want to know wliat Is tbs
solid foundation ot the prosperity
and golden outlook which He. be- oln . M p „ dirtibtlonJ «oomp.ny.
fore America.*, just consider her i__ eaehbottle. Can be sentlive!,
banks. The banks of Americas ate
lu a more prospermia condition than
those of any olty In tho South of
similar slut and what ia better
there are moro pf them than any
place of tho same numbor of In
habitants can support. Americus la
a banker'* olty, and that means a
wealthy city aud one destined to
become great.
Fifteen Cents per Hundred.
Old newspapers at fifteen cents
hundred, at the Krcobdbb
& r ,
For Bent.
■Mg the residence. *t the Isle it. K.
Wanted.
Any ont wanting snexytilaMed a reman
for stationary or portabtepngln., will
■teats address aw at America*.! u-hns w
eug»wl HAIUIUN BASH.
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Highest of sU in Leavening Power—U. & Gov’t Report, Aug. iy, 1SS9.
ABSOU/TEiy PURE
The Celebrated Royal Baking Powder Is sold in Americas by
, t E. D, AN8LEY
And other dealers In Hlgtt-CIase flieiisites
