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E. D. ANSLEY, Same Old Stand, continues to keep all the eatables. Volume i. GH». D. WHEATLEY AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY APRIL 10, 1891. stock of Gi is best and largest elty. — E. D. Anslet. NUMBER OFFERS Special Attractions to Close Buyers This Week. “No profit grows where is no pleasure taken.”—Shakspeare. . • ^ • The immortal bard probably had no reference to our husi ness when he penned these simple words, but they apply with force nevertheless, for experience has taught us there is only profit in trade when , our :< CUSTOMERS ARE PLEASED. We take a PERSONAL PLEASURE in our business and hope to derive a profit therefrom; but we also take a gen uine pleasure in PLEASING OUR CUSTOMERS and thereby contribute to their pleasure and profit as well. THE EXTREMELY LOW PRICES we have been offering * of late, in many instances yields us only a small ‘ margin above THE ACTUAL QOST Of our goods, but we are having the satisfaction this season of showing the Largest Stock, The Latest Styles. and Th e Handsomest Selections’ IN ■ New Spring Goods! Ever shown in this city. And the gratification is ours in know ing that thousands who have become our regular customers appreciate our efforts to give them at all tinfes, ^ The Greatest Possible Value for tbe least Possible Price. WE UNDERSELL COMPETITION EVERY TIME on EVERYTHING in our line. The following is a sample of what we will do this week, and may interest you: 20 Dot. Fvfoy linen Towel*, me 84 x 16 inches, 8*l, tegular price, 12Jc, 25 “ Linen Hnck Towels, same sixe, *4<l, 18 “ Crepe linen Towels, “ 9$*-. 40 “ Extra size, Turkish Bath Towels matchless value, at CRASHES! CRASHES! New Lot opened, “Loom Dice” TABLE LINEN, excellent quality, Pure White Satin Damask, “ “ Choice “Turkey Red” and Colored .Damasks, You can buy onr EXTRA SIZE FRINGE'DOYLIES, WORTH 75o per do«^ at 60c per doz., this week only. 200 yards pretty CURTAIN SCRIM, 5c PER YD. Other grades Scrim, and NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS at reduced prices this week. * Next door to a corset—the Ball waist. Shaped like it, but made for the women who object to a corset. Nothing to prevent it’s going , in the wash—nothing to prevent perfect free- ’ dom of movement. Straps for the shoulders, and buttons ' that won't come off, to support the skirts. If you don’t like it, after two or three weeks wear, you can return it and get your money. We live in an age of “Hustling.” Don’t waste your time coaxing others to supply your wants at a moderate cost, BUT COME DIRECT TO US, and let us SHARE WITH YOU THE BENEFIT of our modern business methods. 15c. 15c. 12Jc. 8 to 15c per yd. 25 to 40o '* 85 to 76c 25 to 60o Respectfully, ORA IS OUT. MRS. MCKEEACQUITTEO YESTERDAY IN ROME. Th. Jury Out About Two Bom—And Ro- turn • Verdict of Not Cnilty-A Bril liant Speech by Hon. Boabqui Wrlsht- The Verdict Whit Wan Expected. Rons, Ga., April 0.—[Special]—The McKee case is concluded, snd the beau tiful dark-eyed Ora is a free woman, ac quitted by a Jury of twelve men. The verdiet of oot guilty was brought in this afternoon at three o’clock, As tbe words freeing the wothao were spkoen, not a sound was heard, and no demonstration of any kind was per ceptible. Mrs. McKee puekered her lovely lips Into a beautiful smile. Tbst was all In any way noticea ble. Tbe verdict Is wbat was expected here. - Mr. Seab Wright began bis argument for the dpfenae yesterday. He Is a most majestic speaker, and bis argument ws* filled with brilliant flights of oratory and sound logic. At five minutes before 11 o'clock Mr Wright concluded bis speech, and Juta^ . Maddox, before beginning, asked tonne blU of indictment. It could not be found, so the judge or dered everybody to look for It, as ho 'said tho ease could not bo concluded until It was found.' The lawyers for tbe state all declared that Mr. Seab Wright bad the Hill late yesterday evening. Mr. Wright deoled it, and then a' gen eral search was Instituted. Col. J. J. Wright, for the prosecution, was just declaring that Mr. Seab Wright had the bill yesterday afternoon, when he hap pened to ruu his hand in bis pocket and there it was. He held It high in the air and begged the court’s pardon for having declared positively that the other Wright had it Judge Maddox then charged tbe jury, reading the charge. It was a clear and strong presentation of the law In the case. He said a great deal had been said about a motive in this case, and he charged the jurors that they were autho rized to find a verdlot of guilty if the evidence showed beyond a doubt that the defendant was guilty, although no motive could be shown for the commis sion of the deed. Heeharged theUw as to, flight, sad as to confession. Conolndlng his charge In about fifteen minutes, thr jury then retired, snd a buzz of conversation filled the room. Consigned to Earth, Atlanta, G*, April [Special]— T^e body of tbe late General Lucius J. Gartrell waa consigned to Its last resting place to-day. All that was mortal of tbe distinguish ed lawyer, statesman and commander was laid to rest. The funeral services ocourred at tho residence, 442, Decatur street, at 11 o'cloek this morning. A large concourse of the friends of the general were present, among them being members of the Fulton County Confed erate Veterans’ Association, Masons, embers of the Atlanta bar, and friendi of tho family. GEO. D. WHEATLEY, Wholesale and Retail Dr; Goods, Clothing, Etc. . 0or. Lamar St. and Cotton Aye. S.—Our New Spring Clothing has arrived. E styles this week in Men’s,“ Boys’ and Children’s wear. HiiiiHl«££S Hint Savannah, April #.—[Special]—The Presbytery of Savannah, embracing the Presbytprian churches of Savannah, Darien, Brunswick and Southwest Geor gia, will convened In tbe First Presbyte rian church this morning at 11 o'clock, and will remain In session unfit Sunday, when a union service will be held. About twenty-five ministers and dele gates are expected to be present, and will be entertained by the members of the church and congregation. Effects of the Freeze. Atlanta, April 9.—[Special]—Con flicting reports of the damage to the fruit crop from the late freeze are being received at the agricultural department. Some correspondents declare that the crop has been destroyed entitely, while others taken more hopeful view. On the basis of these reports Assistant Com missioner Hunnicutt estimates that the yield in tbe state will average about a half crop. Italian Immigrant* Nzw Yobk, April ».—Twenty-four Italian immigrants, who landed from the steamship Burgundla yesterday, were sent back by that steamer to-day by the barge office authorities. The Immi grants had contagious disease* and were without means of support. Burned to Death. Savannah, Ga., April 0.—[Special.]— Mrs. King, the grandmother of United States District Judg’o Emory Speer, was bunted to death at her home In Dodge county, yesterday. She was 80 years old. •4,000 a foot. Atlanta, April 9.—[Special.]—In Fulton Superior Court ’ to-d»y 44,000 damage was awarded Henry Williams, colored, for the freezing off of one foot while confined iu the county stockade. EPICAO SAVED HIM. Morrl* Reubens, Who Attempted Sulelda to Albanjr. Will Beeovar. ' The friends In this elty of Morris Reubens, who attempted suicide at the Central Hotel In Albany,a few daya stale, will be glad to learn that be Is now considered out of danger. Reubens went to Albany to obtain employment, but falling In this became very despondent. IN told a fellow boarder at tbe hotel that .he intended killing blmaelf, but uo . importance waa attached to the threat. The next heard of Reubens he had swallowed nearly an ounce of laudauum. Physicians were hastily summoned and emetics given soon had the effect of restoring Reubens to consciousness. One of the causes assigned for the rash set was that a man In Amorloua had cheated him out of all he bad, and that he found It hard to make a living. “Me want to die,” said he In broken English. “AU right, here is what yon left in the bottle; take It and die,” said Tom James, who was on hand assisting in re viving the would-be autclder, and hand ing him the bottle, which no longer con tained laudanum but eplcao, It was placed to hla mouth and awallowed greedily. The mult was as expected, and Reublus was soon relieved of what ever portion of the deadly drug that had not been taken up by hla system. The physicians say that Rubins did not take enough laudanum to produce death, though he evidently meant to do so, as was evidenced by the greedy man ner in which he swallowed the eplcac wblck waa handed him wfiscfc had ien. partially restored.' * Wouldn't Toast tlieguecn. London, April 9.—At a dinner given yesterday evening by the Deven Congre gational Union at Tavistock, Devonshire, a sensation was caused by the presiding mlniatA, Rev. R.' Dhvls, who said that bo could not propose the toast to “The Queen,” and that he would therefore eall upon Rev. Mr. jthnson to perform tho talk.. Rev. .Davia added that he (JohnsOD)'vright also toast the Prinoo of Wales and all the gamblers if he Aliose to do so. .Rev Johnson, consequently, proposed the toast of the “Queen,” say ing that her majesty had no more loyal subjects than the dissenters. Thereupon tbe assemblage, with tbe exception of Rev. Davis and hi* wife, rose to their feet and sang the national anthem, “God Save the Quepn." At Law Over* Plod of •ITS. New Tofik, April 9.—A curiou* case Is before the New Jersey court of chan cery. Four small boys were playing on a garbage dump In the city of Elizabeth six years ago. They found a stocking whi ch contained 4775. One of the boys adzed the money and took It home. HI* mother, being an honest woman, de livered the stocking and money to Chief of Poltoe Keren. He spent 460 In advertising the find, but no owner ap peared. The father of one of the boys brought suit for the money. Senator Marsh yesterday filed a bill to have the mAney divided equally among the beys. The supposition is that the money waa hoarded by some servant who died, and the old ^stocking was thrownout with bar rags into the ash barrel. British Oold CoralDE Sauth. New York, April ».—A special dis patch to the Times froiq Chattanooga, ■ays: At a meeting of the Tennessee Goal andiron Railway Company at Tracy City an offer of two and a-half million by an English syndicate for tho property of tbe company In Tennessee was con sidered. There waa some opposition, and the meeting adjourned to allow the stock holders to consider the proposition. It la said that all opposition will be overcome by the next meeting, and that the property will likely be sold. She Wanted Bora Drum. Wilmington, Del., April 9.—The wife of Wesley Alexander, a’ well known res ident of this elty, haa eloped. Mr. Alex under waa in comfortable circumltances, but was unable to gratify the extrava gant tastes of hla wife for drea* and so ciety, and *0 she made up her mind to go off with somebody who could. * Besides her husband she leaves two small children. OFFICERS ELECTED OF THE GRAND LODGE KNIQHT8 OF *• HONOR. Who They are—Resolution! of Thanks— All Basin*#* Finished and the Visitors Returned to Their Uomss—A Successful .sod Pleasant Session. The sixteenth annual session of tho Georgia Grand Lodge Knight* of Honor haa come to a close. The last Item of buainesa was con cluded at the session yesterday morning, and the afternoon trains were glled with departing Knights. A great deal of buainesa was attended to, and several thing* of importance de cided upon. Grand Lodge officers for the ensuing year were elected, aa follows: Past Grand Dictator—’W. T. Heldt, Jonesboro, Ga. Supreme Representative—C. B. Mo- Cregor, Warrenton, Ga. Grand Dletator—J. J. Printup, Rome, Ga. t Grand Vice Dictator—J. B. Wallace, Atlanta, Ga, 1 Grand Assistant Dlotatator—T. H. Shockley, Marietta, Ga Grand Reporter—Edward Elder, Barnesvllle, Ga. Grand Treasurer—I. N. Nash, Stone Mountain, Ga Grand Guide—JudCrabb. Ccdartown, Ga Grand Guardian—W. P. Raid, Canton, Ga. Grand Sentlnal—A. O. Blalock, Fay etteville, Ga. Grand Chaplain—W. A. Milner, Sum merville, Ga. Grand Trustee*—N. J. Tumlln, Cave Spring, Ga; W. T. Kimsey, Jonesboro, Ga; John Thompson, Warrenton. The place of next meeting was dis cussed, and Griffin was ohoseu. Just before adjournment the follow ing resolutions were introduced by Hon. H. H. Cabanlss, Past Grand Di-tator, and unanimously adopted: Resolved, That tbs thanks of th* Grand Lodge of Oeorxla hs. and the same are re turned lo the officers and members of Ameri cas Lodge No. 027, for th* courtesy, kind, hospitable and iratoroat treatment we have received st their hands, snd to the mayor andaltlxensorAmsricasfortbe IreoJom of the city, and the open weloome exteoded to their bom and hsa’te. Resolved farther, Thai w« tuank the pro prietors of the hotels In Americas far kin I treatment an 1 reduced rates. This was the last item of business at tended to, and adjournment was taken Immediately afterward. The session has bean a moat success ful one from a business point of view, and one of the most pleasant In the his tory of the Grand Lodge. Ali the guests concur In expressing their delight at the treatment they have received here, and also their apprecia tion of our beautiful and enterprising elty. They seemed loth to leave Ameri cas, and Americus’ citizens certainly civ joyed their visit among them. Mrs. Massey's Wanderings. Brunswick, Ga, April 9.—L.‘McIn tosh, of Douglasvllle, brother of Mr*. Massey, an account. of whoso alleged trouble waa published, has arrived here sod gives a statement that adds addi tional myatery to the affair. Molntosh aays Mrs. Massey Is In perfect health, has plenty of money and friends, and has no excuse for noting aa she ha* In threatening suicide. She waa traced from Brunswick to Albany, tbenee to Jacksonville and lost sight of. He 4111 continue his search until Mr*. Massey Is found. The threatened suicide la supposed to be a joke to mislead, her frienda A Terror Shot Used. Bainbridoe, Ga, April 9.—Ata coun try store near heae, In this oounty, Riley Singletary, with a double-barreled shot gun, Instantly killed Charles Bell, alias Holmes, while Belt was advancing upon him with a drawn revolver. There bad been a previous difficulty and Bell had been hunting Singletary for the purpose of shooting him, and had threatened to kill him on sight A coroner’s Jury found a verdict of justifiable homicldA Bell waa from Mississippi and had killed man there ard had to ran away. He was a terror In the neighborhood. Wont» Week Without Sloop. Detroit, Mich., April 9.—George Cunningham to-day completed the sleep fast of 168 bourn. Ho waa the only one of the contestants to complete tbe pre scribed limit- Townsend, tbe old time pedestrian, avoided sleep 100 hours and then col lapsed. He exhibits strong symptoms of insanity. * For• Confederate Monument. Cuaiilotte, N. C'., April 9.— [Special] —A patriotic North Carolinian living in Nttor-CIycsrioe Blows Up. I'etbolia, Ont, April 0.—Breadley's nltro-glycering work*, half a mile from this town, blew up this evening. How the explosion occurred will never be known, as the three workmen, Albert Brsdley, James Chambers and D. Mc- Dermand, were instantly killed. Suffi cient of their remain* have been found to Identify them. Where the building stood there Is a holo 15 feet deep and 30 feet wide. There were thirty quarts of nltro-glycerlne in the building. Nibrulu'i New Law. Omaha, Neb., April 9.—All over Ne braska yesterday the municipal elections MANY APPLICATIONS For Pensions or Widows ot Confederates— Some Instructions. The new state pension law recently gone lnto-effectls already beginning to do good. Ordinary Speer says there have been many applications, and they are still coming in. , -j | .C'7gjj Several of these have bcon sent back on account of tho Information not being dcfinlto enough. With these the fol lowing instructions were sent, which should be carefully followed by all. In such cases where the death result ed long after tbe servtoo In the army, there must be a very full ami explioit history of the case furnished, and by positive proof, show that tho death of tho soldier was directly caused by tho injury received In tho arpiy. If any thing else contributed to tho death of th^husband, the law does not provide. It will not answer to state or prove that the Injury was remotely the cause of the death, or that somo disease contracted in the Ror-lco caused or led to other diseases which produced the doath of tho husband. The Ordinary is most respectfully q urged to interrogate witnesses carefully, and to satisfy himself thoroughly that tholr testimony Is full, and that it fairly presents the facts In the case. If the physician who attended the applicant's husband in his last illness is livin'", or can bo found, his testimony short be furnished, showing tho imme diate anso of his death. The additional proofs called for must bo under oath and certified to by tho Ordinary, and returned with original of application. Sprinkle tho Streets. ^ Tho “dust problem” is already begin ning to disturb tho merchants of Ameri cus,-whoso goods aro greatly damaged thereby, and among them plans are be ing discussod for having the streets of the city sprinkled at least two or three times a week. The little street sprinklers do not effectually lay tho dust, and the constant passago of vehicles upon tho streets causos It to rise in olouds and settle like a pall upon the delicate fabrics In the dry goods stores, doing not a little dam age thereto. They are of the opinion, and correct ly, too, that the city council should de vise some plan for thoroughly sprink ling the streets during the summer months. The cost of doing this would amount to but very little, while the damage to goods from flying clouds of dust amounts to* very large Item In the aggregate, to say nothing of the annoy ance causod thereby to the public gen erally. It is said that a first-class sprinkler could bo had for a few hundred dollars, and as the city already owns several bead of stock, the total cost of operating the sprinklers would be but nominal. Many of the leading merchants have expressed a willingness to contribute liberally to ward,s tlie purchase of a machine if tbe city will operate It In sprinkling the dusty streets. Plenty of Sugar. A whole train load of sugar came (a yesterday for Americus parties ever the S.A. AM. road. This Is merely the first of many that will come in this woek and next, and all of our grocers will receive a lot. Tho duty on sugar was taken off on tho first of April, and looking forward to tlie reduction In price the local deal ers have bought only what was necessa ry up to that time. On this account everybody ran out or nearly out, and all are now filling up. It will take some thing overono thousand barrels to sup ply tlie domand at present, and this amount of the sacchariferous matter will come in during the week. The April delivery Is large for ail the wholesale dealers, and the retailers have also been holding back for the de cline in price. Granulated sugar is now down to about Bj cents. Attention. Do you play baseball? If so, and if you want to play, bo out at tho old grounds, Furlow lawn, Mon day afternoon at 4 o'cloek. A number of young men who play liavo decided to get together, and have selected tho above mentioned timo. Halls, bats, mask and everything will be on hand, and tho boys will caf ,,;e in practice. If you want to join In don't fall to be on band, If the day be fair. The boy* want baseball and are go'og to have it. Lowry In I stnbo. Macon; April 0.—'Special.]--Specials received here to-nig'it confirm reports of the capture of Rica Lowry, at Lowry has been loitering around for the last six weeks. He i by United States Deputy Marshall ] Baltimore wants a monument erected to were held under tbe new law, which era- the late Colonel Saunders, Secretary of braces tbe Australian plan of voting. State, in the capitol squire at Raleigh. The gentleman will subsoribq 4100 him- self, and a number of other .North Caro linians in Baltimoti will add their names to tbe tisl ‘ plan ox Reports from nearly every city and village in the state indicate that the Iaw U on? of the beet ever devised, general routine An America* Artist* The tailoring establishment ( Friend is tilted up for the The finest of tailors i satisfaction is guar art reasonable i dm a <