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ESTABLISHED 1879 AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1890. QENT5- PWMSHIMQa -QOOD5 At 25 per cent, cheaper than you will find them in Ameri- cus. Eveiy article in this line right new. The choicest stock of Underwear, Hosiery. Gloves, Handkerchiefs and Suspenders in the city. Note these ex- rdinaiy prices on derwear: One lot Shirts and ■awers to match, ihly worth $1.50, for 88c. per suit. One lot Shirts and Drawers to match, beautiful weight and excellent qua lit y. $1.16 per suit. 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 goods at 2.25, 2.75, 3.50, 4.00 and 4.75 in Americus. A CONTESTED SEAT. GORDON'S CHAMPION TO HAVE A CONTEST FOR HIS SEAT. What the LesUlatar* Did Yesterday- Little Sons In the Sensto—Colored University Bill. Bpcclal to Recokdxr. Atlanta, Nov. 20.—The Home has decided to establlih a separate University tor negroes. The Senate muet still pass upon the question. The House tint adopted a Joint resolution, that the State of Geor gia hereby accepts the donation from the United States of a part of the proceed, of the public land* to be paid and used as provided in an Act of the Congress of the United States, approved August 80, 1890, entitled ‘-An aet to apply a portion of the proceeds of the publle lands to the more complete endowment and support the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and meehanio Arts, established under the provis ions of an act of Congress, ap proved July second, eighteen hun dred and sixty-two,” upon the terms and conditions prescribed therein. The amount appropriated for this year, the first after the passage of the act of Congress, is $16,000. Then the bill establishing the school for negroes, whtoh was read the third time this morning, and passed. It provides for the annual appropriation of $8,000 for the ne gro eohool, in lien of any olalm of the colored population upon the proceeds of the Land Scrip dona tion. The school "for the education and training of colored students" Is tojbe established In connection with the State University, forming one of the departments thereof, un der the control of the University trustees, under the general super vision of the chancellor. The resolution and the bill refer red to are by Mr, Pope, of Ogle thorpe. Mr. Sibley, of Cobb, has a bill to appropriate $24,000 to this oollege— enough to purchase grounds, and begin building. This amount Is the three years accumulation of the annual $8,000 appropriation that need to go to the Atlanta Univer sity; but forfeited by that eohool for educating white* and blacks to gether. This has been kept In the treasury until It could be advan tageously appropriated to the edu cation of colored people. The school, under a provision of Mr. Pope’s bill, 1* to be looated at that city or town in the State which ehall offer the best induce ments for such location. ■That honorable body," eta., did nothing to-day but read House and Senate bills a second time. GENERAL NOTES. The House had a quantity of local bills, but exoept these—and the colored University matter—little or nothing of general Interest charac terized to-day’s proceedings. Norman, of Liberty, the man that elected Gordon by chanzlng his vote, introdoeed a bill to pre serve the purity of the (ballot box, providing tor the suppression of all Intimidation. Liberty, It will be remembered, bad a negro repre ■entail ve In the last bouse. IS SHE HIS WIFE. A Strange Woman Xskins Trouble for a Newly Harried Han. Special to Bxoobdsb. Atlanta, Nov. 20.—Is she his wife? A gaunt, pale-faced woman; shabbily dressed—Is she the wife of a young man married to another woman here Tuesday, and now In Washington, D. C., on bis bridal tour? The young man Is A. L. Sloan, a railroad freight elerk here with the B.AD. Only two days ago be married Miss Lily Soarratt, of At lanta; an estimable and popular young lady. This woman who appears now, claiming to be 8loan’i wife, is un known here. She makes some highly sensational statements; one to the effect that unless justice is done her, she will tell about the B. A D. robbery at Greenville, 8. C., five years ago. Sloan’s friends say the woman’s story is a fabrication of the whole doth; and that she It demented. The police are investigating. The woman is of more than ordi nary intellllgence, seemingly; and ■Uokato her text with a persisten cy that gives some chow of credi bility to the story. INSOLENT NEGROES. TAKE YOUR CHOICE. THE PRIMARY ELECTION COMES OFF TO-DAY. est Being 1 HanifSsted—Ths Candi dates and Their Friends Hustled Around Lively Yesterday—Tbs Hours Changed By the Executlvo Committee. Talking about negro repreaenta- tlves, what’a the matter with Leo tured Crawford, of Molntoah? You never see him upon the street* without a roll of "House of Representative's” conspicuously proclaiming his Identity, or some other unmistakable sign of his of- Invitations to the “legislature" je always aocepted by the brother from MoIntOBh. Last night, the hall of represent atives was turned over to the W. C.T. U. There, In bu seat, the only negro In that great audience was Crawford. His own seat oouldq’t well be taken away from him, and there be stayed until the addressee were finished. He looks upon his office as a { decs of personal property, paid or; and he propose* to get the full benefit of It. A CONTESTED BEAT. An Intensely contested election ease will be argued Monday after noon. The oontested seat Is that from Liberty oonnty, at praeent ooen- 8 led by a white man, Mr. N. J, frtiw***- The contestant is a negro Justice of the peace. W. J. James. James will be remembered a* the darkey who proclaimed himself the Christ, during the religious erase la Liberty over a year ago. . His followers In that excitement voted for him solidly in this race; the better claw of negrow being against him. Continued complaints come In concerning thejimpudence and in solence of the negro school chil dren who attack our white boys and girls coming and going from eohool. And It is not limited to this, as was demonstrated yesterday. One the the city’s fairest and best thought of young ladles while crossing the street near Wheatley’ corner was pushed aside by one of three negro men who were walking In an opposite direction. The yonng lady was roughly Jostled and one of the negroes was immediately arrested, but owing to lack of proof sofflelentto fix the occurrence on the one responsible, a discharge was necessarily the result. Somehlng must bs done to keep such affaire from oc curring. The children report every day attempts on the part of the blacks to take the sidewalk, which impudence la always aucocessfully resented by the whites. The boys have the spirit born and Instilled in them, and manfully rebuke any in solence. But the faet of the at tempt of thenegroee tojoveirlde the whites la a source of great dis pleasure, and they must be taught to keep In their places. Unless they stop auoh actions they will be summarily dealt with some day, and the parents and teachers of and negro school children had best advise them as to the course they should pursue. HOOPER APPOINTED SOLICITOR. 8- F. Simmons Judxt of Tsrrsll County Court. Special to Rzcoanaa. Atlanta, Nov. 20.—'The follow ing appointment* were ; confirmed to-day: F. A. Hooper, Solicitor County court Sumter oounty. Howell Cobb, Judge County court Clarke county. B. F. Simmons, Judge County court Terrell county. Primary Election. In order to give the fullest oppor tunity for all to vote at the prima ry, on Friday, 21st Inst., the Exec utive Committee have ordered that the polls be opened at 6 a. m., and oloee at 6 p. m., In the 27th dis trict. This Nov: 20th, 1890. J. A. Ansley, Chm’n. W. L, Mardre, Sco’y. At tb* Court House. Superior oourt convenes Monday, and everything Is being gotten In readlnew for the busy time. For the past few days the janitor baa bean olesnlng up generally, aoour- lng tho floors, etc., and by Monday the bouse will be as neat as a pin. Hotioe. Ths 23rd Installment of the Sum ter Real Estate and Improvement Company will be due and payable at my office (up stairs. In Barlow Bloek) Nor. 20th. Stockholders who fall to pay by 8 o’clock p. m., on that day will be subject to a fine of 10 per cent, on each share of stock. W. H. Kimbrough, Not. 10,1890. Sec'y A Tress. To-day will decide who will hold down the oounty offices. And many expeotant ones will have their hopes blown away by the harsh reality of a preponder ance of vote* on the other aide. While others will be made happy by witnessing a auccesaful.tormJna- tlon of their work to secure the office. Who will represent the first and who the seobnd will appear In to morrow’s Recorder. All the can didates seem confident of being eleoted, and tho ballots only can decide whose confidence has been misplaced. Up to the present week little In terest was manifested in the race except by the esndldatee and their closest friends. The other people had their minds filled with some thing else, the Senatorial race for one thing, and paid no more than passing attention to our county eleotlon. The interest has steadily I In creased, however, and yesterday the capability and chances of eaoh candidate were discussed on all sides. Every voter had a prefer ence, and electioneering was going on far into the night. Every candidate ha* friends who declare his election certain, and who nso all their Influence to add to hla vote. The petition of the candidate* re questing a change of (the hours for ballottlng li( the city was granted by the executive committee, and yon may cast your vote any time between the hour* of 6 a. m. and p. m. This gives everybody an op portunity to vote without incon venience, apd suite all parties con cerned muoh better than the origi nal time fixed. Here lea list of those for whom the votes will be east: For Clerk of Superior Court, Mr. J. H. Allan, has no opposition. Ho Is the present Incumbent, and better man for the place cannot be found In the State. Mr. J. G. Shockley Is the only candidate for County Surveyor, aud Is the right man for the plaee. For Sheriff, there are two candi dates, Mr. Z. T. Msrkett, with Mr. William Ragan as deputy, and Mr. L. B. Forrest, with Mr. J. B. La mar as deputy. For County Treasurer there are four oanaldatee, Messrs. C. C. Sheppard, now treasurer; J. E Sullivan, S. W. Small and J. D. Glover. For Coroner there are three, Messrs. J. A. Speight, S. M. Letter and J. B. Parker. For Tax Receiver, Mr. J. W. Mize and Mr. W. H. Bailey are the esndldatee. For Tax Collector Mr. T. M, Fur- low and Mr. B. S. Windsor That’* the Hat of candidates, and in the list are the names of our next county officers. A Card. I am Informed there »a report In circulation that Mr. J. W. Mize recommended the appointment of D. A. Dudley as postmaster of the olty of Americus. It la due Mr. Mlse that I should say such report does him great Injustice. I have m all the paper* on file In Wash lngton, In the matter of the Ameri cus postofiico, aud there la none from Mr. Mize recommending the appointment of Dudley as postmas ter. Charles F. Crisp, Amrricu*, Nov. 20, 1890.— Knowledge having oome to me that it le being urged against Mr. J. W. Mize that he endorsed me for the positiou of Postmaster at this place, I swear that Mr. Mise never did endorse or sign any paper for me to be appointed Postmaster, and that be advised me to desist id my ettort to obtain the position and done what he could Id tb* In terest of other parties who were ap plying for the position. D. A. Dudley. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 20th day of Nov., 1890. J. H. Allen, Clerk 8.0. It will bo geen from the above that my opponents are resorting to unfair means to Injure my can- dldaoy, and I take this mean* of denying n report set in circulation by them. / J.W.Mun. THANKSGIVING DAY. Americas Hsrehants WU1 Close tad All Will Oslsbret* the Day In a Fitting Hanoi*. Next Thursday Is Thanksgiving, and our people will offer up their gratitude for the many blessings showered upon them during the past year. The following procla mation has been issued by. the Governor: State of Georgia, (Executive Department. Atlanta, Oa., No. vember 19,1690:—In grateful recog nition of the good provldenoeof Almighty God, and in aocordanoe with the Proclamation of the Presi dent of the United States, I hereby designate and appoint Thursday, the 27th day of November, instant, as a Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer. I earnestly recommend that on that day, the people of this State abstain from all seoular pur suits, and around their family al tar*, and In their accustomed places of worship, make reverent aud grateful acknowledgment of the abounding goodness of God, and invoke Hls fatherly care (and guidance In the years'to oome. Given under my hand and the Seal of the Executive Department, at the Capitol, in Atlanta, this 19th day of November, A. D., 1890. W. J. Northbn, Governor. The employe* of Americas will be given a day to offer thanks In their own Individual way, as ie shown by the following: We, the undersigned merchants of Amerloue, agree to close our stores next Thursday, Nov. 27th, Thanksgiving day, for tho whole day. Arthur Bylander, Calvin Carter A Son., Wheatley A Ansley, T. Wheatley, John B. Shaw, Little Mardre, W. D. Bailey, Williford, Matthews A Co., C. C. Hawkins, Geo. D. Wheatley, J. W. HarrU, J. J. Cranberry. Jas. Frtoker Bro., M. T. Elam, A. Maek A Co. J. E. Sullivan, D. B. Hill, J. W. Sheffield A Co., Ga. Loan and Trast Company, Tullls A McLendon George Stapleton, G. M. Davis Co., P. S. Holt, Allison A Aycook, Americus Grocery Company, Brown, Davenport A Co., HarrU A Payne, Butler A Berry, Miss O. Bright, Amerlous Times, JAmrri- cus Recorder. PERSONALS. Mr. D. H. Jenkins has returned from Atlanta. Mr. J. B. Crawford, of Eufaula, U In the city. Hon. O. F. Crisp returned from Atlanta yesterday. Mr. H, Blnlhenthal, of Atlanta, la In Americus for a few day*. Mr. Thomas Harvey, of Buena Vista, was In the elty yesterday. Mr. J. B. Stapleton, of.Preaton, waa in Amerlous yesterday. Mr. Sam Pinkusaohu, of New York, arrived In the oity last night. Mr. I Joe Fried, a prominent young lawyer, of Macon, U In the olty. Mr. J. C. Hooke, of Drayton, U In the oity shaking bands with hU many friends. Mr. John B. Richardson, a prom inent Stuart county farmer, was In the elty yesterday. Mr. C. Deane Hngbee returned from Savannah last night. He leave* for Florida thla morning. Messrs. W. H. West and T. W. Brantley, of Cordele, were regis tered at the Commercial yester day. Mr. Frank J. Cohen, of theSouth- era Printer*’ Supply Company, of Atlanta, and a most genial and popular gentleman, arrived In the elty last night- W. W.O. for sale at Cook's Phnr- maoy, 489 Cotton Avenue, Ameri cus, Ga. A MAD DOG WAS KILLED YESTERDAY, AFTER BITING THREE CHILDREN. A Whit* Girl and Two Negroes Attack ed—And All Beostv* Severe Wounds— Tbs Animal Silled by Policeman— Wss It Affected With Hydrophobia? Mad Dog! The very name U enough to make the strongest shiver with dread 1 Nothing (a so .universally ab horred, and la capable of exciting half so muoh tenor a* hydropho bia, and the more thought of a canine being affected' with It U horrible. ' Yesterday, a little after noon, officer Fletoher received a message from down near the Central depot, stating that a dog was mad and biting everybody in Its way. Meiara. Fletoher and Cnambleas rushed Immediately to theaoene and after a good many ebota and licks aueeeeded In putting the ani mal out of exUtene*. The dog waa a Utile our and be longed to a negro woman, Baobel Hunt. Wednesday, as the little 8-year-old girl of Mr*. Guerry waa coming home from eohool, she met the eanine on the sidewalk In front of her gate. Wlthont the least warning It leaped up, fastening 1U teeth on the girl’s arm, and growl ing savagely. Crying, she shook him off, but only to be bitten again on the breast. Neither wound was vary serious, and when the pain had oeasedno more had been thought of the ooour- rence, audit would have been en tirely forgotten bat for tb* pres ence of the soar*. Yesterday morning the same dog ■napped at and bit a little negro, and later In the day bit a little child of Baobel Hunt, the woman who owned the dog. She says the dog) began aoting strangely, Ilk* It bad a fit, and thinking It might ha mad, aant for an offioer to kill It. When the officers arrived the dog waa lying In the back yard trem bling and aotlng In a most peculiar manner. It had been tied, but es caped, and ran at the approaching offioer*. Acraek on the head with a elub and a number of pistol shot* settled the our. Whether 1 affected with hydropho bia or not, of course can not be poeltlvely stated, and It Is a matter of grave don^t.' Something was evidently the matter, a* the animal bad never been known to bite be fore, and its enraged and queer ac tions all pointed to some cause. The dogof Mrs, Guerry waa bitten, and will be looked upaa a teat. Thanks, Doctor. Dr.J.W. Jones waa out yester day In hie elegant new turnout, and the handsome equlppage and hors es brought forth a great deal of ad miration from all who saw them. He bad with him four negro mu- slelane who make exoellent music. The Eecordbb was serenaded yesterday, and greatly enjoyed the sweet singing of the negroes. The doc tor Is going to push hla medle!n*,O.O.C. O. O. for all it la worth—and that’s, a great deal. He will remain in Amerieuifor some time, giving exhibitions and ■oiling madlolnea on the lot by the marble yard, where he baa pntnp stand. Ho will then leave for other points, and introduce hla medletne all over the country. • C. C. C. O. C. la a good remedy, and The Becorder wishes the Doctor all auooest. Special Hotio*. The member* and friends of tha Second Methodiat Church are In vited to meet In special committee, at Mrs. Mayo’s to-night (Friday). Business ot importance to be trans acted. Ball’s Marionettes. • Charleston World. Bell's marionette! have taken the town by atom and are night ly playing to paoked house*. What was a good show has been vastly Improved upon. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. & Gov't Report, Aug. 17,1889. Ba§ing Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE Tho Celebrated Royal Baking Powder Is sold in Americas E. D, ANSLEY And other dealer* In Hlgh-Cls** Groceries. mm