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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. VOLUME 1 Ben fruit! The weather Jthis season has “forbidden |fruit” |to many of our customers, but Geo. D. Wheatley Takes pleasure in offering a “FULL CHOP” of NEW and SEASONABLE DRY GOODS at prices within EASY REACH of all. CASE AFTER CASE of new goods opened during the past week has about completed OUR SPRING STOCK, and close relationship to the manufacturers enables us to present this season a] line of goods UN APPROACHABLE in QUALITY, STYLE OR PRICE. AMERICAS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY: APRIL 22, 1891. NUMBER 15 PROGRESSIVE CORDELE THE NEWS OF * DAY IN THE "MAOlO CITY." Cordel* Machine Shop*— Plenty of Ice— Lay I DC the Sewer»-Antl-ProhlbitIonUts Want an Election Held—Other Interest* In* Newt Items* SCALDED TO DEATH. A Terrible Wreck on the Alabama Great Southern. SjK'cial for this week— j 25 Pieces Beautiful 25 Pieces Beautiful SOLID COL’D FIGURED SOLID COL’D FIGURED CHINA SILKS FLORENTINES 20 pieces LOVELY; WOOL CHALLIES, solid and figured, at 20c. per yd. Just 15 more of those SUPERB CAMELS’ AT COST THIS WEEK. HAIR Pattern Sluts go 40 patterns BLACK SILK GRENADINES, tinest quality, 75c. to *1.25 this week. THEY ARE BEAUTIES and worth from *1.00 to *2.00 elsewhere. A perfect profusion of BLACK SILK DRAPERY NETS—the correct thing this season, at prices which will astonish you. Opr BLACK DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT, the very best in the city. You can find JUST WHAT YOU-WANT at a very moderate cost. Grant us the pleasure of showing you our LACES, EMBROIDERIES, and NEW WASH DRESS GOODS, consisting of everything new in WHITE GOODS. - :: Plain and figured PERSIAN MULLS, CHINA SILKS, FAYAL BATISTES and GRENADINES, MADRAS CLOTH,’ GING HAMS, ETC. 15 do*. Black SILK MITTS, at 25c. per pair this week. 18 do*. LADIES’ BLACK SILK GLOVES, 40c., (worth 65c) this week. Forty do*. Diamond Dye LADIES HOSE, absolutely stainless, at 25c. per pair this week. BE SURE TO ATTEND OUR OPENIN Gr SALE OF SPRING CLOTHING THIS WEEK. Our Stock is Warranted Matchless in QUALITY, STYLE OR PRICE. Cordele, April 21.—Of the many useful manufacturing enterprises Cordele, there ie not one that is doing more for the town and surrounding country than the Cordele machine (hope. Under the skillful and intelligent management of that enterprising and high-toned gentleman, Ur. A. C. Harris, it is accomplishing wonders for this growing section of Georgia. They are prepared to make, and are turning out moet every kind of machinery that is used about the many railroads, factories and saw mills in and around this “Magic City.” The foundry has recently been com pleted, and they are making most any kind of iron and brass castings. In the wood working department they make a specialty of fine mouldlngi and brackets. For the past two weeks Cordeleans ba-e been kept cool with ice manufact ured by the Cordele Ice Works, which are turning out about ten tons daily. Past experiences of towns without ice works have demonstrated the foot that when other towns are depended upon to supply ice they usually get left occa sionally. We are informed that Ur. George A. Earl, of Americas, hss been swarded the contract for putting sewers in this city. Mr. Crotts of Montgomery, assisted him in making surveys and maps which were completed last week. The water mains are being extended also. Few larger places can boast of better water works or a greater supply of good spring water than Cordele. Elijah Saffold, the negro who was shot here from ambush last Wednesday night, died yesterday. The perpetrator of this crime is yet unknown, lint sus picion strongly points toward. Bill Smith, another negro, who it Is rum ired threatened Saffuld’sllfe on account of a Bhiminuiiam, April 21.—[Special.]— A terrible wreck occuared on the Ala bama Great Southern railroad at mid night hut night near SprlngwiU, twenty miles north of Birmingham. Some malicious person deliberately re moved the fish plates, causing the rails to spread. Passenger train No H, the north bound limited, was ditched and the engine and four cars turned over. Engineer John Cotton and Fireman Charles George were scalded to death, George was killed instantly, and Cotton died soon afterwards. The pdstal olerk and express messen ger were slightly hurt. The passengers v-ere shaken up but not hurt. Both the dead men lived in Chatta nooga. Cotton was thirty-eight yeara old. He leaves a wife and six children. George waa aged thirty-two, and leavea a wife and three children. The accident happened on down grado, and the escape of all from death was miraculous. There Is no clew as to the perpetra tor. TiTTvR# T*(l*I*11l> Leslie, Ga., April 21, 1801.—'The farmers are having fine weather now for their crops, and everything is coming out with a new start since the rale. I believe everybody has planted cotton and corn. Home of It la up and growing very nicely. Oat; are flourishing. Much business is now going on at this placo. They keep very busy at the planing machine dressing and shipping lumber. Messrs. M. H Sims and B. L. Kober- son are erecting a handsome dwelling for Mrs. Fordham, which they will very soon finish. We have a full school taught by Prof. Edwards, and Miss Amelia Sims, sistant We have an Interesting reading oiub, known as the Leslie Literary Soolety, which meets every Friday night at 8 o’clock. Mr. R. L. Koberaon is ths pres! dent Mrs. U. S. Lockett and A. Park apent MRS. MARTIN TALKS. THE STATEMENT OF THE BIRMING HAM WOMAN. She Create* a Profound Santatlon aa She Tell* of How She Haa Been Hounded— She Snjra the Man Klllad Wae Her So il u car. A petition is being industriously cir-1 a Ml11 * John Sims culated by the antl-prubibitlooUt* to get j week. the Ordinary of this county, where lo-1 Se ’ , « rHl uf °" r y° UD 8 ™en and ladies cal option exists, to order an election j we,lt Saturday afternoon, and 300 CbllO’s Sailor Suits, M " mk - Boys’ School Suits, Knee Pints * •£*[ ! *2.50 to *5.00 suit, worth double elsewhere. good value, 25o. to *1.50 per pair, any size VE FULFILL OUR ADVERTISEMENTS! COME AND SEE ! on the prohibition question. The advo cates of whisky are displaying a good deal of enthusiasm in their undertaking. In arguing their claims they say that as mnrh or more liqnor ie being drunk now than if it were sold here, end that the town ou£ht to reap the benefit of a tax on it. Some go so far as to say the town cannot exist without It. On the other hand, the prohibitionists deny these statements, and remind them of the fact that no town In Georgia where liqnor was sold haa ever grown and prospered as Cordele hae without It, and argue that the morality of the town would be seriously affected by licensed barrooms. While the prohibitionists do not stem to fear that whisky will be voted book in this county, they deplore the harmful effects and bitter strife that would be engendered by a contest over this question. The protracted meeting at the Meth odist chuyeli increases in Interest. The pastor Is being ably assisted by Bovs. Darling, of Vienna, and Morrell, of Macon. Mltaes Jessie Littlejohn and Mamie Glenn have returned from a pleasant visit to Americus. Mia. Fknnle Matthews, of Amerleua, is vtsltlbg Bev. B. W. Davis. Col. Nelson Tift and Capb S. B. Wes- ton, of Albany, were in Cordele this morning. Mr. and Mia. B. F. Matthews and daughter, Quisle, spent to-dsy with His. N. D. Brooks. caiifilit three or four minnows. One of the young men said he didn't go to flah iq the Water, but on dty land. He didn't even get a bite. Rev. 8. 8. Kemp of thlsvllle, preached at De Soto last Sunday evening and night. Quite a large'crowd attended. Ha also conducts prayer meeting twice a week (Thnradsy and Sunday nights) for us. To Pay Their Fines. ‘ Atlanta, April 21.—[Special]—Mrs. Goff has been sent to the alms bouse and her two daughters have been taken In charge by the King’s Daughters. A gentleman advanced enough money In order that their fines would be paid the King’s Daughters. The ladles accepted the money to keep the girlafrom going to the penitentiary where they would have been thrown among erlmlnala. Thla money will have to be paid back to tho gentleman, and to do this the ladies are taking np a sub scriptlon fund Birmingham, April 21.—[Special.]— Mrs. Julia Martin made her statement thla morning, and created a profound sensation. She Ison trial for the murder of her brother-in-law, Ed Martin, and yester day all the evidence was given In. The court room waa paeked to-day to hear the prisoner’s statement, expecting startling developments, and they were not disappointed. She said that the man killed had hounded her with detectives, and when she begged him to stop he grossly In sulted her. She told of her marriage to Clarence Martin, and her' experience with detective C. W. Ebrey at Eureka Spring*, Ala. How he tried by every means to secure her ruin and disgrace. How he tried to lay plans to make her appear In a compromising position. A profound sensation was created when the testified that the deceased, Ed. Martin, waa her seducer, and that she gave birth to a child of which was the father. Afterwards he gave her the oold ■honlder, and she went to Texas. There she met Clarence Martin, her seducer’s brother, and after living with him two years, married him. The statement brought ont many ■tartllng situations In strong language. GOODMAN'S GOOD NEWS. Eeeoeresiac Telk About the S. A. A M. Aed the Crops Alone the Line. Action at Atwood. Atwood, Ga., April 21.—This section It needing rain very mneb, although both cotton and corn are looking welL Fishing is the order of the day, and large parties go out dally. Mr. Wm. Chapman’* mill pond is the most popu lar placo for hooking the finny tribe. Mr. L M. Johnson left Tuesday for Columboa aa a delegate to the Sunday School Convention, which convenes there this week. We hear that a fish fry Is talked of, to bt lo the near future. No sickness, no deaths and no mar riages to report, bat we think that prep aration! for the last will commsnoe Es-Jads* Calvert Dead. Nkwuarket, Vs., April SI.—Ex- Judge Geo. R Calvert died here yester day after five hours Illness. He waa flfty-flv* years of age. Cerebral hemoi* rbage was the cause of his death. Detsetlvss to the Scons. PiTTsnuno, Pa. April SI.—A squad of one hundred Pinkerton detectives, heav ily armed, passed through bore this morning, supposed to be on route to. tho ooke regions. Oor. Lamar St. and Odtton Ave. 1|Lt.i 4-1 /. yi JU i t . i I Sam'. Accounts Approved. Philadelphia, Pa., April 21.—Yes' terday at a preachers’ meeting, held In this city, the resolution offered ’by the committee appointed at the seaaion of April 13th, to examine the accounts and vouchers of the Rev. Samuel W. Small, was adopted, and showed a balance now in hia hands and due the University of Utah, of about *1,100. All of bit ac counts were reported at being correct and proper in form. ’lead In Each Other's Arms. New Yobk, April 21 —At the Grand Union hotel, In this city, to-day, a fine looking young man and a beautiful young woman killed themselves In their room. The couple lay in each other’s embraoe, and from tho gas bracket to tho month of aaoh extended a rubber tube. The couple registered Sunday morning as Benjamin Band and wife. A tag Bunk. Jacksonville, Fla., April 21.—The ferryboat Raventwood, running between Jacksonville and South Jacksonville, collided with the steam tag, W. T. Stockton, this morning between 8 and 9 o’clock, and sank the tug io fifteen feet of water. No lives were lost The Stockton was uninsured,and was rained at $80,000. She will be ndaed. Guilty of Msutauxbt.r. Atlanta', April 21.—[Special,]—Fay ette Dodd, an Atlanta barkeeper, was found guilty this morning of voluntary manslaughter. On the day of Senator Gordon’s all lion, James Cbasewood waa shot to death by Dodd. Cbasewood threw some beer on Dodd which aroused the anger of the latter, and drawing hia revolver bo shot Cbasewood dead In his tracks. Brained Bis Bratber. Raleigh, N. C. April 21.—In Wayne county yesterday, Charles Jorday, aged 10 yean, brained his brother Dawson, aged 22, with a hatchet during a quar rel. Dawson died within an hour. Alter praying with his distracted mother and making hi* peace with his dying brotbor, Charles fled. Insubordination In the Army. London, April 21.—The Grenadier Guard* are again Insubordinate. This morning tho battalion of Grenadier Guards, stationed at Chaise* barracks, this city, refused to obey the commands of their officers to parade. The war office was notified and s number of the men placed tinder arrest. She X.ver Grew. Mascoutad, 111., April 21.—A two- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Prod Hsrbeck of St. Lebory died on Wednes day weighing twelve pounds. The child was apparently healthy, but It never grew any after it was born, and weighed the same when it died. KUled to a SqunbbU. New Orleans, April 21.—A Lake Charles special says: A quarrel red Sunday morning at Dry Creek churoh, between E. Miller and Dr. W. A. Sigler, daring which Sigler shot and killed Miller. He was arrested. A Back Lino Wonte-L Can’t some enterprising cltlsen who wants to make somo money gat a first class hack line and run It properly. This is one of the crying needs of Amer icas jost now. It tsono of the hardest of matters to scours a haek of any de scription when yon want it, and they are often wanted now that tho itreet oar* are not running. In the day it takes quite a lot of searching to find a hack, and at night it is almost an impossibil ity. , The night trains ire seldom met by vehielea of n public kind, and it great ly Inconveniences the people arriving. Strangers can not bo hauled, and re turning cUlsens have to walk oftentimes great distances. A few nights since there were half a dozen ladies and as many gentlemen, comlngjin on the night train from Ma- con, who ware anxious for a hack. Not one waa at the depot, and it took aa hour to scar* np one. The city needs s better service, and money can be made ont of It by the right man. The Old CemsSevy. The old cemetery lain* most dilapi dated condition. The fenoes are all down, and meandering stock Is given full liberty to enter. There seems to be no attempt to keep tho old burying ground In condition, and It presents a moat un kept appearanoe. Let it be put In shape and kept to. It It by no means • pleasant sight, and la daily the mark of criticism. Fins o( Key VmtlvaL The festival announced for April 24tb, by the P. C. Clegg Hose Co., has been postponed, in order that It may be a thorough tuooeaa, until Friday, May the first, when they will serve their friend* In the most approved style with all the delicacies of tho season. It will bo given at their reel house near the S. A- * M. depot. Teaching Stenography. Mr. J. A. Ansley, Jr., stenographer at the Central, la one ot the beat of bis age to be found in the country. He is doing a great amount of work at the depot i, and does it extraordinarily well. Beside* this be Is teaching short hand and type writing at night, and has sev eral pupils who are progreasing with great rapidity. ■ Mr. E. 8. Goodman, of tho & A. & M„ talks moet encouragingly about the road and the crops along it. Yesterday’* Savannah News contains the following which adds much to the hopeful feelings of all: 1' “E. 8. Goodman, general freight and pasaenger agent of the Savannah, Ameri cus and Montgomery r-dlrcad, was In the city yesterday on hi* way to New York on business connected with tho road. He reports the Savannah, Americas and. Montgomery as having done a fine busi ness during the winter, and although the dull season Is about to begin, he does not think the road's trafflo will bo much decrease.), ns It passes through a flue farming section, and will do a big traffic In truck during the summer. The recent freeze, Mr. Goodman said, bad no appreciable effect on the crops, and everything along the line la in exoellent condition, particularly potatoes. The melon crop, he thinks, will be unusually large this season, and tho Savannah, Americus and Montgomery will handle a big portion of lb When asked aa to the possibility of his road being bollt Into Savannah, Mr. Goodman could give no- positive Information, although he said' ho thought it wonld be done soma time,, and he hoped soon, as it would boa. great advantage.” A Pleasant Fiesta, A congenial and merry plcnie party enjoyed yeeterday Immensely. Tho famous fishing ground* known as Chapman's mill was the destination, and many an nnatupeoUng minnow was roped In by the young ladles who -are ever the moet lnduatrioua on auoh oc casions. An elegant dinner bad been prepared, and it Is useless to mention that the spread was enjoyed by all. The follow ing young people made op the party: Mlaa Bolton with Charley Payne. Miss Howard with J. A. Hlxon. Hlsa Lou Smith with Hugh Brown. Min Leila Watte with Will Wrighb Min Laura Watte with Forrest Bunts. Chaperones—Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Tripp*. Gena Vie Caosht In a Swamp. Queen Viotorla Is the name by whloh a dusky damsel of Americus goes. She la quite popular In police cl roles, and her presence is nearly always desired in one of the 'city's cells. Last week she waa put on the street for sixty days, but Saturday the decided she needed a rest, and proceeded to take ib The officers have beon on the lookout for her since, and yesterday Lieut. Wheeler extracted her from the marshy swampe of Muolcalee. She will again try her hand with a plek and ehovol. A Pleasant Trip, A party of yonng people went up to Andeteonville yesterday afternoon and returned at nlgbb They spent the time moat pleasantly, and a delightful lunch was spread at tho spring. The lunch was gotten up under the supervision of Mr. J. L. Montgomery, who had It ar ranged to suit the taste of all. Thiele one picnic where the ladles didn't have to furnish edibles, and where gentlemen got up splendid re freshments. — To be Married. Neat and stylish Invitations to the wedding of Miss Emma Wessolowsky and Mr, Jake Menko were recclvod in the city yesterday. Miss Wessolowsky a charming yonng lady of Albany, and Mr. Menko Is known everywhere as a most successful and popular traveling an. Tho marriage is to take place at the synagogue In Albany Wednesday even ing, May 18th, at fiao o’clock. The Minstrels. Niblo’s Theatre was packed last night with “standing room only” displayed, with Gorman's Elite Minstrels as the at traction. The Gormans are to mlnstrel- *y what Patti 1* to the operatic stage. 'They stand head and shoulders above all competitors.—New York Herald. A Picnic Party. This morning there will leave for Co ney a pleasant party of plcnlcers. They leave In the private car of Col. Hawkins, and will spend the day In the usual hap py way of those seeking pleasure In the woods. The plonlo Is given by Miss Nannie Lou Hawkins to her friends. Rumor* or* Bin Cotton Fnllure. Telegrams from Liverpool state that rnmors are afloat about one of the big gest cotton firms there. Telegrams were received from New York yesterday saying that a big Liverpool cettoa house on the verge of failure. Dr* Campbell to I The revival at the Second Methodist church is growing in interest, and large crowds attend every service. Great good is being done, many professing re ligion. To-night Dr. A. B. Campbell will preach. The carp industry in Clarke county hae played oob The carp hare dnsrtsd the Ooonee river, end are now sotae where In the Florida waters.