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■HUL mmm wmm Americus QMLy — ■- -. ;'V ; ; ! 4 m AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1890. QUART BILL KILLED. BUT ANOTHER TEMPERANCE BILL TAKES ITS PLACE. The W. & A. Committee—A New Pen sion Law—A Compromise Brady Bill —Other Business Transacted, WHEATLEY AIM'S Prices marked down on way cleared out. Only a few of them left and the prices marked on them are carrying them away rapidly. Underwear fo Gent’s, Ladies and Children at popular prices. Blankets and Corn- portables in splendid assortment. Hpcclal to Krcobdkh. Atlanta, Dec. 4.—lu the house Mr. Hetrd, of Baker, introduced a bill “to protect litigants against excessive fees," making it unlaw* ful for [a lawyer to charge more than ten percent of the amount of judgment. Distnuke, of Spalding, intro duced a joint resolution fixing an adjournment for the 15th. Re ferred. A resoiutiou by Atkinso^, of Coweta, which wits passed, -sails for the appointment of a W. & A. committee, as was had in the fast general assembly. The bill by Boifeuillet, of Bibb, t o make the office of State School C ’onimisttioner elective by the peo- p! t, was passed this morning. Th * vote stood 143 to 2, Holtzelnw, of , Houston, and Dismuke, of Spald ing, alone voting against it. THE W. A A. COMMITTEE. Th ia is the W. & A. committee of the 1 louse, announced by Speaker Howe II: Atki nson,of Coweta, Chairman; Graves,, of Newton; Berner, of Monroe ; Huff, of Bibb; Tatum, of Dade; Bioitzclaw, of Houston; Goodwit V of Fulton; Colvin, of Richmon 41; Whitfield, of Baldwip; Dunwood «f Glynn; Trammell,/ of Whitfli <Ud; Morton, of Clarke; Held, of Putnam; Hartridge, of Chatham, and Seay, of Floyd. TIIE X HEW TENSION LAW. A joint resolution, by Senator Dick John am, .of the 2lst, was passed in th • Senate to-day, author izing the Go t.ernor to borrow money for the payn cent of authorized pen sions to the rldows of Confederate soldiers, in I he event the bill to authorize the same be passed by this general muembly. There le no money u aw In tho treasury available for 1 his purpose. IN T UE SENATE. Todd’s Anti -Barroom bill was killed tills mo: miug by a ruling of President Mitchell. Tho motion to reconsider being tabled, he said, could only be t aken from the table on the same d iy ft put there. In effect, the right to reconsider The two candidate? were H. P. Lumpkin and W. J. N unually. Mr. Xunnally was el teted. Solicitor Dan W. Rouutree, of the Southern circuit, re signed this morning, being now a .’esident of Atlanta. That brings on .anothor election by the legislature. The appointments of Dr- Miliar ■and Dr. Felton as University trus tees, aud of Jones and .Robb as city court judges of Albany and Macon, respectively, were confirmed title moral lg. ^ The bill by Sen. Terrell Is said to be a very important one. Its pro visions are general, but the meai- ure has a definite object In whloh every insurance company in thJe /section of the South Is interested. “That is,” said Sen. Terrell, “to break up this Southeastern Tariff Association, and to allow competi tion In the business of insurance.” HORRIBLY MANGLED. PUT A NEGROE’S HEAD SPLIT BY A CIR CULAR SAW, His Brains Boattered and Hia Hose Out Off—A Terrible Accident—His Wounds (Skillfull; Dressed, But He Cannot Live.1 MORE DELEGATES. To the Asheville Convention of the Southern Immigration Bureau. Special to Rbcohdeh. Atla nta, Dec. 4.—In addition to the list of delegates from each Sen atorial dis trlct appointed by Gov. Northeu y esterday aro the follow ing made pttblic to-day: CommUsioiterNesbett, of the Ag ricultural Department, has ap pointed Capt, K- J. Redding Supt. of the Experimental StatioD, at Griffin, and Dr. H. H. Carey, of LaGratige, to represent the depart ment. President Gleesuer, of .‘he Geor gia Press Association, has ai'P°l n t* edCol. J. H. Esteli, of the 8a nah News, and Capt. John Triplet.^- of the Thomaiiville Times-Entcr- prise. THE ACADEMY BURNED. NflVpRv qnif-q hp ha ' 1 expired by legislation. JNUVeit^, 8UIC8 to t>e This Is the ruling of Jno. G. Car- Wheatley l Husky, Successor! to Thornton A Wheatley. m: mm lisle, who was written to upon the subject aud made that answer. There was no appeal from tho decision of the chair; and now the Todd bill—the original one--is dead sure enough. But, as if to make up for the lose of that bill, another temperance bill was introduced by Sen. Todd. Its object is to make the man that sells liquor to A, liable for actual and exemplary damages for harm done by A while intoxicated, whether harm to tho person of any member of hia family, or to the person or property of anybody else. “Its object,” said Sen. Todd, “ia to make the man that sella the liquor responsible for what he does.” Amongst the new bills introduced to-day was oue by Senator Lanier, of the Otb. It Is for the protection of landlords, vesting in them the titles to crops made on rented premises until the tenant has fully paid the rents, together with all advances made by the landlord. It is made unlawful for the tenant to sell, mortgage or in ahy way en cumber the crops, without the con- sent of the landlord, until the rents have bten fully paid. Another by Senator Ellington is to regulate the rate of storage charge! by railroad companies, to prescribe conditions npon which It can be charged, and to provide method by which unreasonable charges may be contested. THE BRADY BILL COMPROMISE. The Ellington Bill “to regulate tho salo of fertilizers”—what Us author has christened "a compro mise) on the Brady bill”—was favor ably recommended by the Senate Agricultual committee this morn ing, and made the special order for to-morrow. There will be a lively debate upon It. The essential feature of tbla, aa of the Brady bill, la provision for a pleading of failure of considera tion. OTHER BUSINESS, In joint session this morning the legislature elected a solicitor forth# Rome clroait to suceeeed Ran. C. a. Janet. Wednesday The Recorder re ceived special from Lumpkin tell ing of the burning of the Stewart Academy at that place. It was dis covered in blaze about midnight 1 Tuesday night, and nothing could I he done to check the flames. It zras totally destroyed with ail its con- teuts. The building was insured for $1500. The Are was said to be of in cendiary origin, although no clue could he found as to the probable origin. , This is quite a loss to our little neighbor, ub the building was a most excellent one. It Is not known whether it will bo rebuilt-or not. A horrible acoident happened to atrobng negro dowb at Bell’s Plan ing mill yesterday. He had only been In Amerloue S v weeks, coming here from Mar- alville where hls home ia. Few 101% city knew him, and beseem- Ad to-be unknown-to atT his race. His name, according to an old ne gro with whom he stopped during the first days he was here, ieElljah Carson." The acoident happened about 9 o’clock yesterday morning, and the boy’s head was almost split in halves'. Mr. Bell says the boy came to him yesterday morning early for work, and having a little extra to he done, employed him for a couple of hours. He had finished his work at the time of the accident, and was standing out near the en giue house. Near here was a rip saw, under which had accumulated a pile of saw dust. Some one told the negro to get the shovel and re move the saw dust, which he began doing. The saw was exceptionally well guarded, and there seemed no pos sibility of any one’s getting hurt. After removing k few shovelfuls the negro stopped and crawled al most underithe saw, exactly what for no one knew. Another negro standing by told <blm to be carefnl -r he would get hurt, to which Car- 80Q answered with an oath that he ku wtoaa he was about, Hardl * tlj e words left him m * Round Ami THE NEW HOTEL. Work Progressing s Little More Bepld- 17. Our msgnifleent new hotel is be ginning to assume the looks of building, and each day it .is added to In height. The foundation for the second floor has been laid, and work is expected to be pushed more rapidly than has been done recent ly- It is beginning to loom up, how ever, and not many months will elapse before it will exactly resem ble the handsome cut The Re corder uses on the back of its on veiepes, thus advertising our beau ty in all parts of the U. S. and else where. Prohibition Pencil Pushers Pullsd. Special to Rkcohdkh. Atlanta, Dec, 4.—Three prohibi tion editors were arrested to-day, all upon true bills for libel. One Is Chas. D. Baker, publisher of the Southern Star.” . The others are J. M. George and G. M. Evans, publishers of the “Prohibitionist,” a short lived paper that flourished during the Todd-Venable race for State Senate. The libels were against Venable in that light. All three editors gave bond. Highland's Primary. • Special to HXCORDXB. Richland, Dec. 4.—A primary was held- here last night for the purpose of nominating city officers for the coming year, and resulted aa follows: For Mayor, J, C. Lay- field; Aldermer, T. F. Carter, J. R. Tompkfo , W. B. Saville, Jas. E. French and Dr.T. B. Miller. This ticket was elected by acclamation, and seems to he the most popular one that could have been put out. Great unanimity prevails. Carried to MUledgeviUa. ‘Old Annt Joe -Box,”, an old- negro of Buena Vista, was brought through Amsrieus by tho sheriff day before yesterday, being carried to the Insane asylum at MIHedge- Wile. before a'ci sound/was bea.” 1 ' and the boy v, ^ to dr0 P to the ground, the bloo ^ ,n di rections. C'rawlin c T ®' 1 ^’ ® e *ted himself a few steps a Plant ing a bloody and horri . •pcota- cle. His nose washanglngbJ T * , | >r ® d abd fils Hpwas split aud cut His face was one mass of blfc' od t and from I he out on the bead ooze.fi out the brains. Horrible was the sight, and those who saw it sickened as they saw this mutilated being attempt In speak. Hurriedly putting him in a wag on he was driven to the office of Dm. J. B. and A. B. Hinkle. No remuneration was offered for their services, but being full of pity, these gentlemen at once began the work of dressing the wounds. The lip was sewn up and the nose placed on. Out of the brain pieces of the skull were thken whloh had been driven in nearly two inohes. About two ounces of brain were lost. All this was done with as muoh care as if the patient was able to pay high for the service*. The boy was then taken over to the home of Emma Sparks, by the artesian well, where he was taken care of. He was in a terrible oon ditlon and it is wonderful that death has not ensued. The Doctors Hinkle were seen, and stated that there waa no hope for his recovery. The>pllt through the skull was large enough fora hand to be slipped In. The nose was nearly off, the out extending from the upper lip to nearly aa far baok at the back of the head. H e may possibly live two or three daya but his deato Is expected every RUMORS DENOUNCED. THE-ALLIANCE LEGISLATORS DE NOUNCE CERTAIN RUMORS. The Mission of Alliance Legislator*— Gordon’s Election No Defeat—Th* Feature* of the Address. 8occlal to Rscordrb. Atlanta, Deo. 4.—An address Is furnished for publication to-day, prepared by Sen. J. P. Walker, Sen. C. M. Witcher, Sen. C. H. El lington, and representatives J. B. Hill, of Cherokee; M. V. Calvin, of Richmond; A, H. Jaokson, of Oco nee, aud T. M. Merriwether, of Wilkes, a committee of Alliance members of the legislature. It is addressed “to the sub-alll- anoes In Georgia,” having been adopted at a general meeting of the alliance legislators. It aliudeB to the "rumors” during the Senatorial contest, newspaper charges of Improper motives, influ encing some Alliance votes, and “protests against these Unfair and groundless charges,” and further on, "denounces” them in the usual “unquallflcattons.” The commit tee then go on to eay that the Alii- ancemen, in the legislature, have a mission—reduction of taxes,'revis ion of the oommon sohool system, looking to a six months term and payment of teaohers monthly or quarterly, aud the enlarging of the power of the railroad commission. The committee state that Gordon Is elected but that "one order Is greater than the success or defeat of any man.” Farther, “the Alli ance Is not a political organiza tion.” It.closos with an assurance that ‘brethren, we are here, doing our duty” and that like true Alllanoe- ARAB “vs have consigned to the peat whatever differences obtained among us on the Senatorial ques tion,’’ THE LUSCIOUb ' BIVALVE- Two Barrels Cleaned up by - Wednesday Night. WILL NOT BE LODGE’S. THOUGH A FORCE BILL WILL BE PASSED BY THE SENATE. THE PRIMARY CALLED. Mr. Bell wrote to a gentleman in Marthallville to Inform the parents of the injured negro, and they will " id to ‘ ■ doubtless attend to him after to day. or If dead will take charge of the body. APPOINTED TAX COLLECTOR. Mr. H. Callaway Appointed to Till th* » Unexpjred Term. The tax collectorshlp, made va cant by th* death of Major Furlow, was temporarily filled yesterday by the Ordinary appointing Mr. M. Callaway to serve through to the next term. Ordinary Speer also wired the governor to bave the bond made out and forwarded. This appointment gives univer sal saltsfactlop, as Mr. Callaway la gentleman of well known ability and popular with all. Major Fnrlow waa nominated as the Democratic candidate for the next term, the election oomlng off January, and now this place will have to be filled. In another oolnmn will be fonnd two annoanoementa tor the posi tion, that of Mr, Callaway and Mr. B.J)unn. Ono of the moat pleasant little I 1 ' •ffalra of the season look place Wednesday night In the council chamber, where a number of friends gathered to examine the rnslde of two barrels of oysters in the shell, A long table was spread, and sev eral negroes wore kept busy roast- lug and throwing the steaming hot •hells on the board. Around it were some ten prize openers and swallowers of the close mouthed Inhabitant* of the briny deep. What they found between the sheila you may Imagine, but can never know the extreme dell- cionanesaof the juicy Interior un less you were present and submit ted to an Internal exploration by a few dozen. Of course there were other attrac tions whloh were highly enjoyed, and no spread could have so tickled the palates of those present. Mr. Stevenson received the oys ten from Savannah, and waa ably assisted in arranging the feast by Mesafr. W. K. Bell and Hugh M. Brown, Sohmldt, tbs caterer, as well aa others Among those who assisted In the delightful work of emptying the barrels were, first, Mr. W. 0. Gray, who for the best of reasons, should be mentioned aa leader. Mr. C. M. Wheatley oomee among the first, and In fact, all are Justly entitled to a place of honor for their great working capaelty. Among the others present were Hugh Brown, Stevenson, W. K. Bell, W. C. Bus sell, Coot StanfleN, O. W. Lamar, B. H. Jozaey and Alf Harper. -W City Executive Commute* Appoint Next Thursday. day for <iut$ K. of F. Please take notice that a meeting" of great importance will be held Monday, Dec. 8th. All moneys due the lodge will be collected also. 8. M. Cohen, Master of Finance. 'entire committee ap* The city exc. pointed by the m*. ,terd * y “® nesdAy night, met yc. set next Thursday as the holding a primary to nom, oily officers. Lees than a week remains for electioneering, and thing* will be lively from now nntll after Thurs day. Here Is the oall of the exaontlre committee: TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF THE CITY OF AKBRICU8. The exeeutive committee, chosen by the mass meeting Wednesday night, have appointed a primary eleotlon for Thursday, Deoember 11th, 1890, for the purpose of nomi nating a Mayor, three Aldermen, and a Clerk and Treasurer for the oily of Amerlona, subject to the same rules and regulations as gov ern the county primary. ~ *• John Windsor, Chm’n Executive Committee, City of Amerlous. , Attest: , James A.*Davenport, Seo’y. SNEED WASN’T IN IT. BoQsythe Witness#! lntb* Court Mar-. Atlanta, Deo. 4.—The court martial In the Gats City Gqsrds case began to-day. The' day was devoted to the Sneed ‘osas, and while U was oonolnded no decision will be announced nntU It Is re ported to the Governor. The other oases will be taken up to-morrow. All the witnesses to-day testified that Capt. Sneed knew nothing whatever about the attempt to se cure tbs program. Senator Fash Speaks Against the BUI— BurlaTof a Gallant Soldter-Valdoita Geta a Republican F. H. Special to HacoBDsa. Washington, Deo. 4.—At two o'clock to- day the Senate Republl- oansjbuckcd up against the fores bill again, and prooeededjlnthe course they have decided to adopt, despite the loot that publlo sentiment la against them, and despite the warning that came from the Alll anoe National meeting at Ooola. There le but little doubt but what a force bill of some sort will pass the Senate, but It will not be the Lodge Iniquity. It will take time to get a modified bill through, and the prooeedura will Involve a change of the rales of the body, whereby Senatorial courtesy will receive every painful strain. Senator Pugh, .of Alabama, was on the floor all of the afternoon In opposition to the bill. He spoke from manusoript. A BIO PENSION DRAFT. The House did some miscellane ous business early to-day, and then took up the pension appropriation bill. It carries $183,178,000, distrib uted among 657,745 pensioners, the largest number ever provided for at the statute* of the United States. OPPOSED THE COPYRIGHT. All the members of the Georgia delegation present voted against the passage of the oopyrlght bill. OEN. WILCOX BURIED. The remains of Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox, one of. Longstreet’s staff officers, were bnrled here to-day. Gen. Joe Johnston was one of the mourners who followed the hearse to the grave. "VALDOSTA’S POSTMASTER. Chas. W. Force waa to-day nom inated postmaster for Valdosta. He is a republican. Highest of aU in Leavening Power_U. & GcVt Report, Aug. ij, itk . % -m AMOUffBy ft The Celebrated Boyal Baking-Powder u mu Ameileu* by E. D, ANHijb, Y, And other dealers in High-Class Groceries. ImH -