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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1890.
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MRNISHIHQ*
-QOODS
At 25 per cent,
cheaper than you wil
find them in Ameri
cas. Eveiy article in
-- this line right new.
. The choicest stock of
Underwear, Hosiery,
Gloves, Handkerchiefs
L and Suspenders in the
Note these ex-
irdinary prices on
hderwear:
One lot Shirts and
Drawers to match,
richly worth $1.50, for
$8c. per suit.
One lot Shirts and
Drawers to match,
beautiful weight and
P
One lot natural wool
Shirts and Drawers,
worth $2.50, for 1.98.
1 lot Merino Shirts
and Drawers at $1.50
per suit
The choicest lot of
;oods at 2.25, 2.75,
.50, 4.00 and 4.75 in
Americus.
isatley S Ansley.
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GORDON’S CHANCES.
HE WILL LEAD THE VOTE IN THE
SENATE.
There May Be No Election To-day—
The Speechee Lai t Night.
Hpcrlal to Rzcobdsb.
Atlanta, Nov. 17.—No election!
That’s the outlook for to-morrow
in the Senatorial situation.
“Gordon," said ono of the most
conservative members of the Sen
ate this morning, “will have a ma
jority In the Senate, but I do not
hope for his eleotion on the first
ballot.”
“Will Calhoun possibly be elected
on the first ballot?”
“No—decidedly not,” ,
“That means, of oonrte, that no
body can be eleeted to-morrow.”,
“Exactly that.”
“Who will lead on the |first bal
lot?”
“Gordon,” waa the prompt reply,
“I am very certain of that.”
“What do you expect after flrat
ballot?”
“I am hoping.” he said, “for the
election of Gen. Gordon. There’s
no predlotlng the result with any
thing like certainty, but I think his
ohances are better to-day than at
any time since bis Alliance Con
vention speech,”
I asked one of Mr. Calhoun’s
warmest supporters to-day If that
gentleman, he thought, oould be
elected on the first ballot.
“If the ballot were taken now,”
was his answer, “he would not bo
elected on the tirst ballot. But It’s
twenty-four hours ofl, yet. Be
tween now and then Mr. Calhoun
speaks. John Temple Graves
speaks with him to-night. The
victory of Calhoun in Newton
county, where the lssne wasjplalnly
pat between Calhoun and Gordon,
will have a decided effect. The
idea is that Calhoun Is growing
stronger every hour. I would not
oare to hazard the prediction that
Calhoun will be elected on the first
ballot, but It Is quite possible.”
“What after the first ballot?”
“Pat Calhoun.”
Then Gazaway Hartrldge had
word to say from a Norwood stand
point.
“I don’t see how anybody can be
nominated on the first ballot,”
said he. “Alter that, there’s no
telling what will happen.”
“What is the limit of Gordon’s
strength on the first ballot?”
“One hundred. He won't reach
quite that many, but I believe it
will go over ninety.”
The Gordon men did a clever
thing to-day In fixing the time for
the balloting.
That In the Senate is taken at
eleven o’clock—that of the House
adjourned, apeeehes were made at
the Kimball by Gordon; John Clay
Smith, of Atlanta; Tom Lyons and
T. Warren Akin, of Bartow, and a
one armed Confederate veteran, E.
J. Kiser, of Gordon county, all in
Gordon’s Interest. Gordon Is cer
tainly nearer eleotion than he has
been before. Chances, however,
are against bis olectlon.to-morrow,
as that would require separate ma
jorities in House and Senate. He
has that in the Senate, but the
House is probably against him. It
looks like Flem duBIgnon after to
morrow.
LODGED IN JAIL.
BREATHLESS SUSPENSE
THE PEOPLE OF AMERICUS, AND
THE SENATORIAL CONTEST.
Nothlni Elio Talked On Our Streets—
Men, Women, Children end All In
toreited—Who Will Be the Victor t—
An Antl-Oordon Petition.
Mr. William Welsh Who Beet up the
Negro Saturday Night.
The negro, Ed Crawford, who was
beat up so Saturday night, is doing
as well aB could be expected. Mr.
Will Welsh, who did the beating,
was arrested on a charge of assanlt
and battery, and In default of a
$300 bond, was placed In Jail.
Welsh's side of tbeaflkir changes
the story considerably from the
way It was first told, and looking
at It from his standpoint, he Is not
so mueh to blame. In substance
he says that some of his money was
taken by the negro, and on de
manding Its return, the negro abso
lutely refused. He couldn’t get It
back, and picking up a wrench he
made for him, bruising him up
considerably.
The preliminary trial comes up
this morning.
A BAD LICK.
excellent qu ality, k „„„. tlll 0oM „
$1.16 per SUlt. has a deolded majority In the Sen
ate ; bnt the fact eonld not be more
effectively put than by having the
official vote announced jnst before
the House begins balloting,
In this changing and changeable
State of affairs it would be hazard
ous to make an estimate twenty-
four hours ahead; but this would
be the result If the ballot were taken
this afternoon.
Gordon, leading, within 110 votes
of an election.
Calhoun next, about ten votes be
hind Gordon.
Norwood, with about 30 votes,
holds the balanee of power.
A few scattering, complimentary
votes.
Of ^course material change could
be made between now and the bal
loting to-morrow. One of those
names might be eleeted, or an en
tirely new man put out. But that’s
the outlook now.
A general anti-Gordon caucus
was held to-day at the Capitol, juit
after the Honse adjourned.
The call created something of a
sensation, and rumor has It even
yet the faotlons of the opposition
may be united solidly In time for
the first ballot.
PatJCalhoun spoke to-night at
the capitol. He was followed by
Col. N. J. Hammond, In response
to the call for him. John Temple
Graves followed In the Interest of
Calhoun. This ended the regular
programme.
Perhaps ISO people remained to
hear Mr. Norwood. Only thing of
note In hta speech was reading of
two letter* from L. L. Polk, de-
Sarah Fort, a negro woman of
some thirty years, swore out a war
rant against a negro girl of some IS
years named Alice Kelly. The wo
man says that her child, a girl of 9,
attends the publlo school, and that
yesterday jnst after school was at
tacked by Alice Kelly and struck
on the side of the bead with a heavy
slate. The lick was a bad one,
bruising up the ohlld’s (head and
mashing her ear.
The woman was fall of Indigna
tion against the girl and the school
She says that the exercises should
be atopped until somebody Is gotten
who can control the pupils. As It
is now, she says, they fight and
scratch all the time and none of the
ohildren can live In peace.
A Deolded Nuisance.
“Oregon Kit,” as he styles him
self, may sell good medicine or he
may not. On thla subject The Re
corder has nothing to say, bnt
one thing Is certain, he does dis
pense some of the most horrible
combinations of noises ever pro
mulgated on an Americus audience.
Taking It for granted that the eing-
Ing and comedy work Is exoellent,
It can’t be exactly seen why
these features should be thrust
upon unwilling hearers. They
make a racket, compared to whloh
Christmas horns make melody,
and everybody living within miles
of this medicine man’s camping
ground haa to either listen to the
discordance or buy a pair of patent
ear stoppers to keep It out.
The City Fathers should either
stop this altogether or counteract
it by hiring a German band to
play “Annie Booney” and an Ital
ian organ grinder to play an equal
ly popular and ohestnutty song on
the other corner.
Hurler's
Famous New York candles for your
aweethearts and wives.
Fine mixed candles and mixed
chocolates 80o. per pound In origi
nal boxes.
Candle* received fresh twice per
week by express.
Several Christmas orders have
been received from Americas.
Would ask others to send order* as
soon at possible, as Xmas supply is
limited.
Caudles will be expressed Deo.
20th.
Send all order* to Gray Goodwyn,
agent Huyler’s, Macon, Ga.
Orders taker for large boxes and
fanoy baskets of mixed candies.
When medicine Is given a child,
parents like to feel it la a safe and
proper one. Such a remedy 1* Dr.
Boll’s Worm Destroyers.
Advice to Mothers.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothino Str
op should alwsys be used for chil
dren teething. It soothes the child,
scjltit* aw wsaMfiSii sals,
ettres wind coHGt and is the bs
Twenty-!!
“Hurrah for Gordon 1"
"Hurrah for Calhoun 1”
"Gordon Is certainly eleoted!”
“Calhoun's election Is assured!
“The ldeaof a man like Calhouu
being the champion of the Alli
ance!”
“Just compare the two. How
can a sensible man vote against
Calhoun for Gordon I”
That’s the way the talk drifted
yesterday. Some for the General,
and others far the Alliance candi
date. This is a Gordon county,
and a majority of those who ex
pressed their opinion, spoke for
him, but there are a great many
who favor Calhoun, and they say
■o In no uncertain tones.
But who trill be elected?
That question was asked time up
on time, and the answers varied
from Gordon to Calhoun, and book
again, with a great many who
didn’t know. Borne Gordon men,
while expressing heartfelt wishes
for his success, wore very doubt
ful of the outcomo. And the same
with some of the other side.
Yet there are many who seem
confident, one wa/ or the other,
and a number of opinions were
backed by greenbacks, cigars, eta.,
yesterday. By far the majority,
however, while having an Idea of
which way the contest will turn
out, don’t stiok muoh faith to it,
and as one popular and prominent
citizen remarked yesterday, “One
man’s opinion Is as good as
another’s, and none of them are
worth a d n.”
A number of Americus’ leading
citizens are now in the Gate City In
the Interest of General Gordon,
composing the committee appointed
at the mass meeting last Saturday,
They are all able and distinguished
men, ant) are heart and soul for the
GovtrnoP, What they oan, they
will do, and suoh men cannot fall
to exert Influence.
As a counter movement to this
this, a petition was circulated by
the Calhounltes yesterday reading
as fol lows: “To Messrs Patton F.
MoDonald: We the undersigned
oltizene and farmers of Sumter
county do earnestly request you to
vote against Gov. John B. Gordon
for the United States Senate.”
Then came the names and there
were many of them. The petition
was telegraphed to Senator Patton
and Representative MoDonald last
night.
To-day the suspense will be ended,
and either the Gordonltes or the
Calhounltes will rejoice,
Whloh will it be?
You heard a good talker
Wheatley’s corner say Gordon.
And then heard this disputed by
another who gave equally as plausi
ble reasons why Calhoun was the
man. On Rylander’s corner yon
heard the same. And on every
corner In the city. And in every
store, and everywhere else.
So, “pay your money and take
your choice."
Good Mon For a Town.
The only men of worth to a town,
■ays an exchauge, or commnnlty,
are those who forget their own
selfish ends long enough; and who
are liberal enough In their ideas, to
enoourage every public and private
enterprise; to push all projects
calculated to build up the town and
enhance Its Importance. The en-
terprlse and pash of a town or
community constitute the founda
tion of Its permanent success. A
town may as well prepare for its
funeral as to become indifferent to
the enterprise in Its midst. Men
who come to a town to make It
their future home, cannot look far
enough before them to see that
money placed judiciously in a pub
lic enterprise will be lnoreased an
hundred fold In the appreciation of
their property, are to be pitied.
They are of the class who are ready
to take all they can of some one
else’a building enterprise, bnt they
are not willing to do anything
themselves.
THE LEGISLATURE.
A Groat Deal of Boutins Work—Bills
Introduced!
Special lo Rccobdkk.
Atlanta, Nov. 17.—The House
is dolug lot of routine work these
days.
Amongst the new bills Introduced
to-day were the following:
Atkinson, of Columbia,
amend Sec. 4602 (C) of the cod* of
’32, whloh prohibit* the sale of cot
ton In the seed between sun-down
and dark by making It unlawful to
b»11 cotton In the seed between
Sept. 18th and Dee. 20th, unless by
the written consent of the owner of
ths cotton.
Lewis of Hancock, to protect the
operatives of any cotton or woolen
factories In this State when the
mill Is shut down.
Wells, of Lee, to prevent peddling
In the State.
Hill, of Merrlwether, to amend
Seo. 8777 of the code.
Mr. Wooten’s committee
Fence Law reported a bill to amend
the fence law of the State and, to
repeal Seo. 1410 of the Code.
The Governor’s message, submit
ting the report of the trustees of
the State University, was received
this morning.
He urged the lengthening of the
common sohool term.
in the senate.
A bill was introduced by Senator
Hodges, of the 31st, making the of
fice of County Sohool Commission'
er elective by the people. The
bill provides for a first eleotion In
’93; the terms being two years; the
commission coming direct from
the governor.
Also the following bills of a gen'
eral nature:
Calloway, 17th—To provide for
the drawing of Juries in the Supe
rior courts of this State. Another
to alter the oath of witnesses be
fore the grand Jury In certain cas-
Also to amend the act of
providing for the probate of for
eign wills, and to deolare the ef
fect of the same In this state.
I The Davenport Drag Company
have mad* a Urge purchase of W.
W. C„ Wold ridge's Wonderful
Cars, the greatest Blood Purifier
and famHy medicine new on the
ingtbetrado throughout this sec;
tton, Send them your orfH
PL __ ardent Md
em freights from distant points.
New Mattlngi.
I hays just received a lot of CAN
TON MATTINGS, and am con
stantly adding new designs to my
stock of CARPETS and RUG8-
already large and elegant—and best
of all, I am still selling them at
former low price*, without sny ad
vance, in oonseqnenoe of the “Mc
Kinley BUI,” with only a few ex
ceptions, as my orders were given
before the mills put up the prices.
Terms cash and short profits.
J. J. Cranberry, Agent.
Cook’s Pharmacy haa been re
moved to the W. J. Slappey corner,
near artesian well, where oan be
had everything !■ Drugs, Patent
Medloineis Ac. Respectfully,
W. A. Cook.
Just Notice This.
Amerloue real estate fairly humpe
along and the Investor of to-day la
the msn with a fat pocket book to
morrow. Every day one hears of
wonderful increase in particular
cases, and desirable locations are at
a high premium compared to the
price a few months baok.
For Instance, Mr. Luther Bell
bought a centrally located piece of
property some three mouths since,
and was yesterday offered an ad
vance of $1250 for it. He refused
the offer. This Is a typical exam
ple, and an every day occurrence
with those who own olty property.
For Bent.
One three-room house on Forrest
strest. Mrs. M. T, Elam.
I have removed my Pharmacy to
Lee street—Slappey corner, near
artesian well—where I offer every
thing In Drugs and Medicines. WU1
be pleased to have you call.
W. A. Cook.
Those hyacinths have come, fresh
and CRISP. Will bo sold ohesp, as
McKinley forgot them In hie tariff
bill. Call at Cook’* Pharmacy.
Wm. Knauth.
AN ATLANTA SUICIDE.
A One-Spoon Baking Powder Traveler
Takes Laudanum.
Special to Rzcobdzs.
Atlanta, Nov. 17.—There was a
suicide in Folsom’s European hotel
last night.
P. H. McGrath took bis own Ilf*
with a heavy dose of laudanum.
He was the traveling salesman
for the One-Spoon Baking Powder,
of St. Louie. '
No cause for the deed cau be as
signed as many of hit friends say
he was very successful in his busi
ness, and baB a family to whloh he
was devoted.
Saturday night he came to the
hotel aud engaged a room.
Yesterday morning one of the
chambermaids came to his room to
olean It up, but he told her he waa
not feeling well, aud did not want
to be worried. She then left and
oame baok about 3 o’olook and
found him still In bed.
This morning one of the waiters
tried to wake him up but found his
door was looked.
He then went to a side window
and looked through and saw Mr.
McGrath lying on the floor In his
underclothes.
He hurried off and told'the hotel
olerk that the man was lying on
the floor and he thought be waa
dead.
The transom over the door was
taken out and a boy was lifted
through and the door was opened
from the inside.
Mr. McGrath wai lying in the
middle of the floor, where It Is
thought he had fallen.
Several doctors were summoned,
but could do no good, and in an
hour Mr. MeGrath died.
Mr. MoGrath lived at 701 Peach
tree street, where he had built a
beautiful new home only a few
years ago.
He leaves a wife and two boys,
one about eighteen year* old and
the other an Infant five months old,
Mr. MeGrath as a general thing
always carried hi* wife with him
when he went on the road, but of
late she has been staying at home,
as she has not been well for several
months.
The trip from whloh he returned
last week la hts first since his wife’s
illness.
Mrs. MoGrath was notified of
her husband’s death. His oldest
son Is out of the city, bnt will eome
home a* soon as he hears of his
father’s death.
PERSONALS.
Mr. W. P. Wallace le visiting in
Atlanta.
Mr. Alt Mack left yesterday for
the Central olty.
Mr. Thornton Wheatley left yes
terday afternoon for Atlanta.
Mrs. R. A. Wheeler and Miss
Bailie Goodwin, ;of sanford, Fla.,
are visiting Mrs. J. P. Chapman,
on Forrest street.
Mr. E. J. Hart, a prominent
young lawyer, of Dawson, left for
that place yesterday, after stopping
several days in the olty.
Miss Susie Sheppard is visiting
the family of Mr. Calvin Carter.
Mr. Lam Parker, a popular Cor-
dele policeman, wae In the city yes
terday. He ordered a handsome
new uniform while here.
Mr. Joe Thornwell, of Columbns,
wae In the olty yesterday.
Turtle Soup.
The Sans Souol bar and restau-
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rant will have turtle eoop to-day
from 11 till 12. Everybody Invited.
Bound Over.
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Albert McAfee, the negro accused
of stealing a watch Saturday night,
was tried before Judge Oliver yes
terday, and bound ovsr. Mr. Ed
wards, the loser of the watch, was
In the city yesterday, and saw the
negro, who stoutly denlsd taking
the time-piece.
Highest of all in Leavening Power,—U. S. G<Vt Report, Aug, 17,1889,
ABSOLUTELY PURE
The Celebrated Royal Baking Powder le cold lu Amerlc
. -lit; E. D. AN6LEY
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