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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1890.
THE APPROPRIATIONS
hrioes marked way
down on '
taGoofls, Cloaks
AND
Ms Mings.
I8UAJ3ATP?
Novelty suits t* be
eared out Only a
lew of them left and
he,prices marked on
iem are carrying
3$ away rapidly.
Underwear for
’g, Ladies and
lildren at popular
Blankets and Com-
Portables in splendid
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uaileyi Ansle;,
- 1 ' 1 • |DThornton * Wheitl.y.
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ARE HAVING A HARD TIME OF IT IN
THE HOUSE.
The Branch Colleges Left Out—All In
stitutions Buffer Alike, and Some are
Left Out Entirely From the Bill.
Boecial to Ruokdkr.
Atlanta, Ga., December 12.—
The bouse commenced business to*
day In committee of the whole with
discussion on Humphreys amend
ment not to appropriate the earn of
$24,000 for the maintenance and
support of the Girls' Normal and
Industrial College at Mllledge-
vllle.
Humphries aud others spoke fa
vorlng the amendment, and Atkin
son of Coweta, Bolfeulllet, Reid
and others spoke against the
amendment and favoring the ap
propriation.
After a long aud bard light the
amendment was lost by a vote of
70 to 46, and appropriation will be
made.
Eight thousand dollars was ap
propriated to negro colleges, and
Hve hundred thousand dollars and
whatever funds may be In the treas
ury by sections 1271 and 1272 of the
code of publio schools. The total
fund to common schools this year
will be considerably over a million
dollars.
AFTERNOON SESSON.
At the afternoon session the prin
cipal inoldent was Increasing the
appropriation for the State militia
from $7,000 to$25,000. A number or
strong speeches were made iu be
half of the military, and even
Humphreys, of Brooks, favored the
Increase.
An appropriation of $1,000 for
this year, and like sum for next,
for beautifying the Capitol grounds
was knooked out.
BRANCH COLLEGES LEFT.
After the committee *of the
whole had reported bill as amended
strong efforts were made to get the
branch colleges back into bill, but
this failed by a vote of 74 to 63.
The bill was passed as reported
from committee. •
THE SENATE.
In the Senate this afternoon two
hours were spent In discussing the
Zsohry resolution aud Terrell’s
substitute.
On the first vote the substitute
was killed by a vote of 21 to 18.
The vote on the original resolu
tion was then taken, whleh stood
20 for, and 19 against it. The chair
held that It required a constitution
al majority of 23 to pass It, and de
clared the resolution last.
Senator Cablnles gave notice of a
motion to reconsider.
The defeat of both the resolution
and substitute leaves the matter
just as It was before.
THE ELECTRIC METER.
DISGRACEFUL SCENES.
HUMPHREYS, OF BROOKS, AND
BALDWIN, OF RANDOLPH,
Hurl Piquant Words st Each Other—
Friends Interfere, and a Knook-Down
Spoiled In the Houae.
One In the Recorder Office Which Hu
a Movement.
The gas meter has been the sub
ject of many sarcastio flings, some
deserved and eome not, bat the
time has come for the wit* engaged
in sneh work to turn thAJr attention
to the little Instrument registering
the amount of eleetrlolty used.
The first or these to be putnpln
Amerlout now rest* securely at
tached to the wall In The Re
corder office.
And It Is a hummer.
The gas meter, ’Us said, moves
rapidly, but quietly. The eteotrlo
metre does its work no less to the
advantage of the company, bat goea
with each a movement as to bring
forth a charming mnslcal note.
That la, charming to the eteotrlo
light company.
It's a dead marebjto the consum
er's pocket book, however, and
as bs pencils a heavy editorial, his
heart Is made jast as heavy and
his finances correspondingly light,
by the atsrnal hum carried by the
flying wheels ot tbs little meter.
Jt'e a daisy, and well worth your
time to have Ughte pat In just to
Vetch it move.
As Important Masting.
Vast Tuesday there will bean
Important agricultural meeting, at
whleh bRUlaUeadanoe la earnestly
urged. Resides other business of
importance two delegatee to the
convention which meets nest year
will have to be elected. The Presi
dent, Jndge-J. ,L. Adderton, Mj
ealthUMe meetlef. end**xt>4]
to be promt who possibly can.
If yon want some thing nice for
Xmas presents call on Jao. T. Cot-
nsy, the Forsytbsltcct Jeweler.
Special to Rccosdsb.
Atlanta, Dec. 12.—There were
red-hot times in house thie evening,
and for a time It looked aa If Ser
geant-at-arms, Speaker and mem
bers could not prevent a knockdown
and drag out fight between two
members. These were Humphreys,
of Brooks, and Baldwin, of Ran
dolph.
It was aboot slz o'olock, while
the house was still in session,
working on appropriation bill.
All was quiet when, suddenly,
Humphreys, who sits in second
row on left, rote t o question of per
sonal privilege.
"I have heard It rumored," he
began, aud he looked full of fight
as he said It, "that report has been
put out that the leaders of the
farmers of this 'house In this bill
was intemperate, and that farmers
are being led astray by Intemperate
lawyers. I Jast want to say that
the author of that report Is a dog
and a demon at heart."
Before he had taken hts seal, Dr.
Baldwin, who sits within a few
rows of Humphreys, said:
I made the statement that I
smelt the fumes of alcohol on your
breath. Do you deny It?"
"No,” retorted Humphreys,
"when I want to I lake a drink of
whiskey and I’m not—”
Here Dr. Baldwin Interrupted
him with—
I fling the lie back into your
faco, If you mean to call me a liar,
sir, and I am responsible for any
thing I say on the floor of the
house, or off of It, aud fean whip
any Infernal acoundrel that dares
use suob language toward me."
Wbat Humphreys said in reply
was lost iu the confusion that fol
lowed. The Speaker’s gavel was
powerless to restore order, and Ser
geant-at-arms Wilson was called
He rushed to the scene,
friends of both rneu gathered
around, and kept tbein apart.
Humphreys’ friends got him to the
back of the ball.
Finally quiet was restored. Doc
tor Bsldwiu asked the pardon of
the House for his language, and
Humphreys followed suit and said
what he meant was that be didn’t
aspire to any leadership of Alliance
vote to yet back Into legislature,
and any men who said so was
wrong. He said he had no special
reference to Dr. Baldwin, but bad
always considered him a friend.
Then white-winged peace held
sway once more.
Thar Art Lovely.
•A Recorder representative was
given a glimpse at the dressing
gowns and vesta to be opeued at
T. Wheatley’s, Monday, and a hand
somer line was never seen by him.
For a gentleman no better Christ
mas present could be found. He
also has a line of full dress vests,
which are simply beautiful.
All apace will be devoted to their
exhibition Monday, and all, es
pecially the ladles, are Invited to
come ami look at them.
A HOARY LIAR.
IS WHAT SENATOR BUTLER CALLS
HIM.
And 8ays Senator Roar Told a Deliber
ate Falsehood-A Scene In the Senate
—Hews From Weahlntton—Orlip in
Hew York. -
A GOOD IDEA.
A Prettier Fount Wanted for the Ar
tesian Water.
"Say Recorder," said • promi
nent gentleman yesterday, "why
don’t you get the oily council to
have the old fount need for the or-
terlan deter replaced by a more ar
tistic one. The weter.it excellent,
both to the teste end ee e medicine,
and la popular with ell.
"I think it would be an excellent
move to put up a handsome fount
here, and make attractive showing.
"And while they ere at It, I wish
they would move that one engine
from the middle of the strict where
It now (tends to some vacant spot
on the public square or come where
else."
Court Yesterday.
Yesterday la Superior court Nor
ris Stewart charged .with assault
with luteal tohroiwer, «aC fboni
gullty of assault.
. Hormer Dorsey was found gull
ty of burglary.
Judge Jennings sentenced Jones,
the young man found gnllty of ee-
, to four years In the peni
tentiary,
Shad, Shad,
E. Sherlock’s.
to-day at A.
Speolalto Racoanaa.
Washington, Deo. 12.—The Sen
ate passed the Plnmb resolution
to-day, to hold sessions beginning
at 10 o’clook on aud after Hohday.
The night session clause was strick
en out.
Butler, of South Carolina, daring
the court*of collloquy ever a reso
lution introduced by Dolph, pro
uounced the statemeut on author
ity of Hoar that be hid discharged
employes from his farm for voting
the Republloau ticket a deliberate
falsehood. This episode oreated a
sensation.
Hoar retorted, that no gentle
man could bully him, by suoh lan
guage, aud a mau who was not a
gentleman could uot Insult him.
He then read from testimony given
by Senator Butler before an in
vestigatlng ' committee some years
ago to substantiate bis statement.
The matter was then permitted to
drop.
The geueral opinion seems to be
that the silver senators will aban
don Hoar and Spooner next week
on their scheme to pass tho force
bill.
Senator Colquitt was tu hie seat
to-day, but was too ill to speak,
He Is expected to speak Mouday.
Messrs. Blount and Crisp, of
the Georgia delegation, among oth
ers, were Invited to attend a grand
banquet, iu New York, last night
given by Mr. PullUer to coalmen-
date the opening of the new
World building. All the candi
dates for Speaker were of the party.
WE WILL HAVE IT.
THAT IS, AN EXCELLENT RACE
TRACK AND PARK
The People Are Heartily Interested In
the Movement—And We Bhould Cer
tainly Here Suoh a Plaee-It Is Want
ed By Spring—And Work Should Bo
tin 80on.
Field’s Minstrels.
Al. G. Field’s great Minstrel
company, who' will be here next
Wednesday night, the 17tb, and
whom our people will remember
gave us the best minstrel perform
ance of last season, has the follow-
lug said of' them by the Atlanta
Conetitutton while in Atlanta this
week. Their tlekets go on sale this
morning at B o’clock:
Tbere.are some unique and unu
sual features In Al. G. Field A Co.’s
minstrels. The comedy and negro
dialect work of Mr. Field and Billy
Van deserve* the highest commen
dation. Both are artists In their
■pedal line and proved great fa
vorites.
The throwing of Roman axes by
Cradoo was a notable feature of the
performance. His strength and
grace are really wonderful, and
nothing like hie act has ever been
teen here before.
Perhaps the flnest feature of the
entire performance It the Magnanl
troup, but lately Imported by Imre
Klralfy. Their music la extracted
from (tone*, wood end other unique
Instruments end their work la far
ahead of the uauel "musloal moke"
it.
The military extravaganza enti
tled "The Governor’* Guard In
Camp,” was also very humorous,
and was highly enjoyed by the en*
thvsiastlo audience.
While the flrat pert le not elabor
ate as those of some other ehowe,
the company It teen to good advan
tage. The olio I* excellent; the
dancing le good; Morrlsey Brothers
do a knockabout song and dance
that catehea one; and Edward Eus-
tls, who will be remembered as a
feature of the show last year, Is a
marvel as an equilibrist.' As a
whole, the show Is a vary satisfac
tory one and is worth seeing. It's
the nearest approach to "old-time"
minstrels we have.
I never was strong and I married
a delicate little lady. We traveled
much In search of health, but we
remained invalid* until w* began a
use of Dr. Ball'* Sarsaparilla. We
both are now In better health and
feel stronger.—B. A. Mathews,
Harrisburg, Pa. '
To the Ladies.
If yon will inspect the elegajt
line of smoking jacket* and dress
ing gowns ta be opened at T.
Wheatley's, Monday, yon will
easily find a mart appropriate
Christmas 'present for hatband,
brother or friend. They are In all
otoesand materials. f
Com* pad look at them whether
yoa wsnL-to bey or not.
That race track again.
And it looks as If we will have It
before spring.
The people are deeply interested
And mean business.
It has long been discussed.
And will now oarry the move
ment to a successful finish.
Those owning horses In Amerl
eus and vicinity have for some time
been looking Into the matter of fix
ing up a race traok, and are more
In favor of the movement now than
ever. With a comparatively small
amount of money, one of the flnest
traoks to be found In the country
can be con structed. Land can be
gotten for nothing, and the money
neoessary can be seenrod by
little touble.
Enough laud on the south side
f the street oar traok out at Lee tono
has been promised, aud all necessa
ry to have an elegant traok lnshape
by sprln^la for some good man or
men to take the matter In hand,
and solicit subscriptions. Or rather,
not solicit, but merely see the peo
ple and put down the amount they
subscribe, for there will be no trou
ble In getting them’ to do this,
Yesterday, a number of the young
men approsohed The Recorder
and asked that the movement be
agitated. They were all willing and
more than willing to golqto the
movement and eubaorlbe from $25
to $100 apleoe. Others were seen,
and all seemed anxious for the mat
ter to be pushed now.
Said one of them: "Why It’s a
shame that we haven’t had suoh a
place before. There are 25 or8Q
around here who have fine ani
mals and who would delight to give
them a spurt almost any afternoon
They are anxious to telt their
speed, and put them against others.
This would furnish amusement for
themselves and for the people,
nearly all of whom delight In horse
races. There will not be the slight
est trouble in getting up the
amount necessary, forth* land will
be given and $1000 will flxnps
handsome traok.
‘Now Jast look at the number
ot those who own good hones, ev
ery one of whom will eubaorlbe
liberally. There le Cliff Olay,
Doo Hlxon, George Connell, Lee
Gounoil, Tom Gates, Farlow Gate
wood, Ben Campbell, Leweon Sta
pleton, Crawford Wheatley, Frank
Stapleton, John Windsor, Lester
Windsor, Bob McLeod, C. W. Le
mar, Charlie Chapman, Joe Jordan
and other*. That’s a good list, and
there are many others If a line
thing can’t be gotten up among
them, and with outside eubsortp-
tlons I don’t see why."
A gentleman atandlng by who
hat no horse then apoke up: “Yea,
I hare no hone, but I think we can
get more amnsement ont of that
than anything elae, and we must
have something. I will give ten
dollaro myself just to see the move
ment go ahead, and there are many
other onteldero that I know will do
the tame.”
That’s the way they talk, and If
only a meeting be held, or some
goocf man go aronnd, and put down
the subscriptions, work can be be;
gun In e short time.
And It will be the best move that
oen be made Just now. The people
went some placo for amusement,
and thie will be Just the thing for
the iprlng. The Idea Is to make a
regular amnsement park out of
Leeton, There will be flret the
race track; then a base ball field,
and ground* for .a gun slab. All
thie will be fenced In, end no city
wlU be able to boast better grounds.
The traok will undoubtedly be
the beat In the State, and as good
as any la the South. The toll le
capable ot good jookylng, the place
is now almost as level as a floor.
That’a the way It atands now.
It la getting near spring, end U
the matter is to b* poshed, it Is
time for the ball to be started.
Thera to not the slightest doubt
about the ease with which the
amount of money neoessary can be
raised. All seem and are anxlone
and It only some good man will
the matter In hand atonoe,
Who
i Is assured,
will do it?
A lint line of watches at Snlllvan U d
nut
A Son’s.
I time to i
i speak at once, and
• Iron Is hot.
that the work can
done, and now i* the
A FLY DETECTIVE
IS PUT IN LINGO BY AMERICUS
OFFICERS.
Hsls Arrested For Trying To Beats
Hesro Out of 60 Cents—And Is Bound
Over At Preliminary Trial.
Detectives are eald to be fly.
And a fly one was jugged yester
day.
In fact, he was too fly to be al
lowed freedom.
The charge was cheating and
swindling, and apecifloally he tried
to best B. T. Hawkins, a colored
cobbler, out of 50 cents. i
John Hunt Is the name of
the shrewd and -daring man
hunter, and he baa been en
gaged In raveling out many dark
and mysterious crimes since hi*
stay In Americas.
His mein work,* it le said, baa
been on railroad business, but he
has not allowed hie talent* to be
olrcnmtcribed In such s small
sphere, end on several oooatlon*
he* branobed off In other direc
tions.
But yesterday he struck the
wrong track, and was toon switched
off Into jell.
It seem* that a day or two since
he carried* pair of .shoe* to the
oolored shoemaker, B.T. Hawklna,
and pointed out tho work be wished
done. The pries agreed npon was
60 cents, and yesterday the daring
and desperate calmnal catcher of
this part of the union returned to
get his patched footwear.
Hswklne turned them over to
him, and "Old Ironside!” removed
the shoes he had on and drew on
the mended pair. '
Hawkins then asked for the
money. Hunt refused, saying he
had to pay for nothing. Hawkins
Insisted end eald he would call the
officers. Hunt replied that no of
ficera had jurisdiction over hlmt
that be was a detective, end Lingo
nor BlUFagln nor none of them
could pull him.
With this he went down on the
street, while the shoemaker went
over to police headquarters, and
told hie tele to Capt. Lingo. Offi
cers Feazln and Martin then started
ont to find Hunt, and met him on
the street near Hawkins’ shop. He
enbrnltted without any words, end
wee landed In the look-np. '<
A warrant was sworn ont against
him for oheetlng and swindling,
and e preliminary trial was held at
onoe before Hie Honor, Judge Plle-
bury. The evldenoe wee dead .
against him, the only defense made
being that the arrest wee made be
cause of the prejudice of the offi
cers.
The Judge couldn’t see It that
ay, and bound him over, with
some word* of advice.
He expressed the strongest dis
approval of snoh conduct, end, In
faot, administered one of the most
scathing rebuke* be ha* given In a
long time.
The bond was not secured by
Hunt and he was pot in jail.
For Men Only.
It you want an elegant and ap
propriate Chrlsmt* present for a
gentlemen, Just call at Thornton
Wheatley’s Monday. He will then
open the finest line of dressing
gown* and smoking jackets, In vel
vets, worsteds and other materials ,
ever brought to America*. Alto a
lovely line of fall dress vesta. *
Spaoe and time will be devoted to
these artloles Yon are Invited to
cell end lnspeot them Monday.
These good* are especially applica
ble aa present* to gentlemen from
ladles.
Cook’s Pharmacy baa beau re
moved to the W. J. 8 lap pey corner,
near artesian well, where can be
had everything in Drug*, Patent
Medicine** Ac. . Bespectfally,
W. A. Cook,
I announce, a* Chairman ot the
Democratic Executive Committee
of’the city of Americas, that the
following named gentlemen were
nominated at the primary held mi
Thursday, December lltb, 1880:
For Mayor—J. B. Felder.
for Aldermen;-!**. A. Daven
port, Walter K. Wheatley and J. E.
Bivins.
For Clerk and Treasurer—D. K.
Brinson.. John Windsor.
Chairman.
Hone, G*., Dee. 12,1880.
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