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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
VOLUME 1
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY: APRIL 26, 1891.
NUMBER 19
When yon lay this Paper down, kindly place it with
OUR ADVERTISEMENT ON TOP.
Geo. D. Wheatley
WHOLESALE AND DETAIL
DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS,
CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS, ETC.
MEMORIAL MENTION.
TOUCHING TRIBUTES TO THE MEM
ORY OF DEPARTED BRAVES.
Sonny Soulhlnml, the Home of the Lily and
the Hose, Virtuous Women end Stalwart
Men, Will Consecrate To-morrow aa a day
of lleverential Reminiscence.
By so doing* you not only confer a slight favor upon us, but you
become IN FACT, a PUBLIC BENEFACTOR, inasmuch as you
materially aid us in attracting the public eye to the NUMBERLESS
RARE BARGAINS which we shall offer “PRO BONO PUBLICO”
who patronize us this week.
Do you feel an interest in FINE DRESS GOODS? For $12.50
you may take your choice of 25 BRAND NEW PATTERN* SUITS
that cost us from $13.50 to $19.00.
Yon can buy the handsomest black silk or woolen GRENADINES
the city, with silk linings, trimmings, etc to match, from us for less
a i the material for dress alone will cost you elsewhere.
O ADMIRE is but TO SEE our LOVELY FRENCH CHAL-
and SIGHT becomos POSSESSION when your choice of 20
eut styles is offered at 18c. per yard.
Large figured CHINA SILKS and SOLID FLORENTINES
all the newest shades.
To-morrow is the day set apart to
commemorate the heroism of tho Ulus
trious bravos who surrendered the!
lives in the defense of the country of
their inheritance, the beautiful “Sunny
South.
To them their beloved Southland was
the home of the lily and the rose, of vir
tuous women and stalwart men, and the
nation who dared to desecrate these
tree-capped hills, to tread ruthlessly the
green grass of the blooming fields, was
justly designated a commou enemy. Ii
is human to forget, and one of the holi
est virtues of liutnany to forgive. God
grant that it should not be otherwise.
Therefore, it is not the purpose of the
writer to open afresh old wounds, to in
cite the slightest ware of contention, or
to bring forth tears of regret, but kindly
to remind the present generation, the
vast majority of whom know nothing of
the dark days of the sixties, that it is
their sacred duty to do honor to the
memory of the sleeping heroes, and ever
pay homage to tho surviving veterans
who incurred the dangers, hardship]
and untold privations of that bloody four
years’ struggle.
Should tho new south rear to tho
skies a.monument, it would be insignifi
cant in comparison with that majestic
assaulting column that was projected
across the field of Gettysburg.
The attitudo of the ambitious rising
young men of the ago towards tho old
soldier Is at times veritably inconsistent.
In sentiment they bow in reverence to
tho scarred faces and empty sleeves.
Standing In college halls, and from the
public rostrum they proclaimed his glo
rious achievements and irapotuous valor
in chaste and eloquent speeches, embel-
ished with the most beautiful rhetorical
figures, comparing his patriotism to the
kingliest kn'ght, whom early history
has immortalized. The same orators
will too often he found competing with
the poor maimed old soldier for the of
fice of door-keeper of tho houso of rep
resentatives or some minor position even
of a more trivial compensation.
Young men,self-sacrilice is true patrio
tism. Never push the old veteran
aside. Young woman, reward him with
your sweetest smiles, for the places
which know him now, will soon know
him no more.
Tho bugle call has sounded the last
summons to many the past year, and not
a few of the prominent and faithful have
crossed the dark river to join their
brothers In arms on tho other shore.
Only a few weeks past the south and the
nation at largo was called upon to
mourn one of her noblest sons and most
distinguished soldiers, Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston. He had passed on life’s high
way the stone that marks the highest
point, but being weary for a moment he
lay down by the wayside, and, using his
burden for a pillow, fell into that dream
less sleep that kisses down his eyelids
still. While yet In love with life, and the
good of tho world in lovo with him, this
grand southern chieftain “passed to
silonce and pathetic dust.” Speech can
not contain a people’s love for such men;
history cannot do them justice. They
are stars too far removed from common
sight and are brilliant mysteries that the
human mind cannot define.
I shall ever rejoico that the hand of
fate afforded me the privilege of a per-
Pop IOc Only Tho best 4-ply Belfast Liuen Collar—any sonal acquaint™™ with .».»« of the
97 ' brave men who linked their lives, and
.stylo desired. t j fortunes with the war between tho
states.
NOW IS THE TIME to buy your WASH DRESS «OODS.
In this department, as in ALL OTHERS, wo are “fixed to suit you.”
We carry the best stock of WASH DRESS FABRICS in the
city, and OUR PRICES CANNOT BE MATCHED infthe state.
‘•It's our treat” if after seeing, you don’t buy one of our BEAUTI
FUL CHINA SILKS. Soft Persian Mulls or stylish Batistes, at 12$
to 15c per yard.
We do not propose to BAIT YOU one moment and BITE YOU
the next, but we offer EVERYTHING at' prices uniformly as low ns
CONSISTENCY WITH GOOD VALUE will allow.
Another lot of those sheer quality BLACK LAWNS (satteen
stripes and plaids) at 12$c peryard this week.
Pink, Blue and Black MARIBOU PLAID LAWNS (white
round) 10c per yard this woek.
NOVELTIES IN WHITE GOODS, HEMSTITCHED WHITE
LAWNS and FLOUNCES for skirts; BORDERED WHITE
LAWNS .for Aprons, Children’s Dresses, etc.; ALL OVER EM
BROIDERIES; ALL OVER LACES; [Plain White, Polka Spot,
ami EMBROIDERED SWISS MUSLINS; Black Ground with
White Polka Spot Swiss Muslins (very now and stylish.)
JUST OPENED; full lino Boys,’ Misses’ and LADIES’ SHIRT
WAISTS.
You will find our hue of CARPETS AND MATTINGS tho very
best and cheapest in tho city.
We control THE BEST 50c. UNLAUNDERED SHIRT in tho
world—No one shows better value for 75c and our “MONARCH
PUFF BOSOMS” for fine trade is tho handsomest and best fitting
shirt in the market.
10C Only the best 4-ply Belfast Liuen Cufls any j y en Albert Sidney Johnston; how well
stylo desired. * ! <In I recall the image of this grand
“The noblest Homan of them all.” It
Our Gents’Furnishing Goods Stock is BRISTLING WITH j was after the fall of Fort DoneUon.allof
JUST SUCH BARGAINS; wo only ask the opportunity to showIoverwhelming TumbL.
you OUR GOODS and OUR TRICES will speak fer themselves. | The was J 0S ^ a nd i,j g retreating
! army catnc through middle Tennessee,
Wo acknowledge NO COMPETITION in our Clothing Trade, j weary and worn. Hundred* fell along
WK ALWAYS Van WE ALWAYS WILL M «. »j
Clothing.
TO TRY IS TO BUY
Oar Clothing, because onr stock is the largest. Our styles are faultless
and
OUR PRICES ARE MATCHLESS.
We stand by our Advertisements every time.
Geo. D. Wheatley
0or. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave.
*
Gen. Johnston, faint and almost dead,
was taken to a hospitable Tennessee
home and tenderly nursed. He lay upon
his sick bed like a dethroned Ckesar, pale
as marble, and suffering physical torture
which was only surpassed by the men
tal agony he endured, caused by un
just censure. Friends, strong, hearty
men, forgot their own griefs and wept
with him.
“Like pure gold, he came forth from
tho furnace above the reach of slander,”
tho foremost man of all the south, ahd
had it been possible for one heart,
one mind, and one arm to savo her
cause, she lost them when Albert Sid
ney Johnston fell on tno field of Shiloh.
“Fighting Frank Cheatham” the hero
of tho battle of Franklin, everybody
loved him. He had a heart of gold, en
cased In a body of iron. It was by his
soldierly strategy that I lost my first
pearly tooth. Ten pounds of Confeder
ate candy. In one solid chunk,from which
It required a hatchet to cut a chip, com
pensated me for my loss; and ever after
we were, fast fricuds.
Gen. Cheatham’s death was that of a
soldier, buffering from a loug illness at
his home in Nashville, he was assisted
to a chair by a vlsltlug comrade. A pass
ing vehicle on the streets made a rumb
ling noise His eyes opened, and he
raised bis head.
“There go tho troops,” he said,
Bring mo my horse; I am going to the
front ” %
His head fell, and the veteran of a
hundred battles bad gone to the front.
The lamented General Bragg was a
man acquainted with grief. His impas
sive, rigid features marked him im-
measureably harsh. There seemed no
magnetism in his soul. Yet this genius
of solitude inspired admiration as he set
meditating over charts in his lmmhlo
headquarters. “Castle Dangerous,” an
old red brick house on the outskirts of
the village so named by the school boys,
because of the legend that haunts and
goblin’s stalked through its corridors
by day and night.
I had never known the old house to
have an occupant until the great com
mander of the army of Teunessee chose
it as his dwelling place. There in that
deserted place Gen. Bragg spent many
ary weeks. His suffering* and anx
ieties will ever be unwritten history.
The signal corps occupied tho same
quarters, and when tho tired General,
with responsibilities seemingly too great
for one man to live under, stretched
on his iron cot for a few hours restless
sleep, his instructions were: “I must
be called every time the lights change
color on the mountain.” The last sig
nal finally came:-three ominous, great red
lights hung liigii over “old horse moun
tain.” Bragg read the fatal message,
which was “Thomas’s army is marching
forward, forty thousand strong.” He be
gins Ids retreat, and hurries on to Chat
tanooga.
In the grey of tho morning, June27th,
1863,1 saw Gen. Bragg and Ids chief of
staff march slowly over Tullatioma pike
on their sad retreat; their adieu was the
dignified salute of soldiers. All that
memorable dav a constant stream of hu
manity flowod by, and thus tho great
army of Tennessee, bravo chivalric men,
the flower and youth|of tho south, march
ed to their death at Chlckamauga. The
eene was sad and pathetic, impressing
ono, even of my tendor years, with tear
ful emotions.
In my memory many of those heroes
till live.
To my thinking, nothing Is too good
for tho old soldier. Ho should be
crowned with every available honor, and
if there arc any soft places in the ranks
of business, gratefully bestow them upon
him. Thanks to a grateful country who
honors such men as Buckner, Walthall,
fhceler, Longstreefc, Withers and
osocrans with offices of public trust,
or whether they wore tho blue or the
grey true soldiers deservo to bo honored
y this generation, who now live in
peace and prosperity.
The common soldier who fought and
spilled his blood iu tlm defense «>f tho
south can hope for no comforting govern
ment pension. If in need or distress his
only source of relief in his declining
years must come from sympathetic and
generous young southern men who
stand as representatives of the now
south; but who are bound by the ties of
blood and memories ever sacred, to tho
old south, which produced some of the
most chivalric spirits that ever left their
impress upon z nation’s Ifistory.
To the dead we owe a more sacred
duty. Their memory should ever bo
kept fresh and green. The nobie wo
men of this broad land will remain faith
ful to this trust. They will teach their
children to perpetuate the beautiful
memorial custom, and the 20th of April
will always be the south’s sacred holi
day. When the faithful of this age are
silent iu death, generations yet unborn
will be found ready to don the mtfntloof
patrotism so honorably worn by their
mothers and grandmothers.
Yes, there will ever be patriotic wo
men, who will wreathe in garlands
nature’s choicest offifrings, the laurel
and the rose, with which to cover the
mounds of the heroic dead.
This time honored custom will live as
loug as latots the country that holds the
sacred dust, and as the south grows
richer, shiniug shafts of marble will be
raised iq every lodge and hamlet, em
blazoned with golden inscriptions for
those whose lives of sacrifice are now a
blessed memory'. M. Louihk Myiuck.
SOCIETY’S WINDOW.
A GLANCE INTO THE WORLD OF
FASHION AND ART.
A Bmww of the Wok*. Doing Inn Social
Wily—llow the People Have Been Knjoy-
inf Themiel.ee—Koeente Mention
Mnny Happening..
One can now say tbatthe winter gal
etles are practically over tor tho season
of ’DO-’Bl.
The social lights have deserted tho
german hall; the garlands lie dead, and
all bat momories have departed. The
thoughts that are at present occupying
the minds of pleasure seekers run in the
country jaunts, picnics and fishing
frolics.
Tho weather the past week has In
yoked the admiration of many Americas
people; and the beautiful country, green
Holds and clear meandering streams are
coming in for a good sliaro of their
spring popularity.
Miss Namio Lou Hawkins tendered a
delightful picnic to her circle of young
friends on Thursday Her father's pri
vate car was brought into service, and
tiic picnic ground was a picturesque
spot near Coney, on tile S. A. A- M.
railroad.
Such ecstatic expression of delight f
have never heard reverberate from one
day’s happening. Ono young lady says:
“I novor enjoyed anything more in my
Ilfo.” A young man of pronouncod
taste, says: "It was groat." Miss Hawk
ins may justly feel flattered, for ail pres
ent say licrs was tho picnic of the season.
day was enjoyed replete with many
pleasant amusement
Mrs. Clay served a sumptuous dinner
snch as only she can prepare. There is
not a more accomplished thorough host
In the land than hospitable CapL Clay
and TnK Timxs-Kf.cordkb ventures to
say hundreds will voice this sentiment
The Club met at the residence of Capt
T. J. Brannon on Taylor street Friday
night It was an evening with Dickens,
and many creditable papers were read
extolling this celebrated author. Motio,
reading and entereating recitations made
up a highly enjoyable program.
Misses Carrie and Julia Brannon, the
charming hostesses played the agreeable
to all, and the occasion was one of the
most pleasant In the history of the Club.
Miss Ibb Prince entertained a pleas
ant party of friends at her home on
College street last evening.
Dancing, card-playing and other en
joyable ammusements were Indulged In.
The usual number of society people
were in attendance, and all report a
charming time. M. L. M.
BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
An Old Letter of I'roelitent Brown Says
the Leneree Must Pay.
Tho genllemon’s club are spending
their spring holiday at Cumberland Is
land, fishing hunting, discussing temper
nnco and other topics of interest to tho
country. Tiicy report a grand time,
and will return effervescent with start
ling rlmenlscencos which they will doubt
less relate to tho edification of tho mem
bers who wanted to go and couldn't.
Miss Lizzie Furiow was united in mar
riage to Mr. Davo Hedgers on Wodnos-
day April) li'-'nd Tho ceremony was
impressively performed at the residence
of the bride’s mother, Mrs. T. M. Fur-
low, by tho Rev. J. B. Johnston.
No young lady raised in Americus ever
deserved more happiness than tire lovely
woman who bocame a wife on tills occa
sion. She wus sunshine, flower and
rain to her lame ated aged father, fully
discharging the duties of a daughter, ns
fow of her ago aro either capable or will
ing.* May her future bo bright ahd de
void of all shadows;
Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers aro spending
their honeymoon in Savannah;' they will
return ami make their homo in Ameri
cus.
Atlanta, April 25.—[Special.]—The
betterments commission to-day adjourn
ed over until Tuesday next.
Tim attorneys for the lessees sought
to withdraw from evidence tire letter of
President Joseph E. Brown, written In
1871, in which it Is stated that the les
sees would be obliged to go Into their
own pockets for a half million dollars to
put tho road in proper shape.
No mention was made in this letter of
the state’s refunding any money, and
the presumption is that President Brown
had no such idoa at that time either, but
construed tho lease contract as the state's
attorneys now construe It, and conse
quently entertained no hope of better
ments.
The letter was introduced by tho les
sees' attorneys, and Judge Anderson
vigorously opposed Its withdrawal,
which the commission decided should
not be permitted.
CAN THIS BE?
A Scoundrel Attempts s Hellish Deed and
Gets Bond.
Give More Proof,
Ordinary Speer has had a number of
the applications fur widows’ pensions
sent back to him on account ot lack of
proof. Nearly half of tho total niimlter
sent off have been returned because of
this, and all applying should take notice.
If you want a pension you must take
pains to liavo all the proofs conclusive.
To Bn Hurl«f.
This afternoon at 4 o'clock Miss Rosa
Holley and Ur. O. T. McGarrau will be
joined in wedlock at F riendship. Both
partiea are well known and popular
here, and many congratulations wll!
forth to them.
The Gorman's minstrels held the
hoards at Glovor's opera house Tuosday
night. Tho entertainment they gavo
was lor many reasons qnito refreshing,
there was a decided departure from tho
usual stereotype minstrel performance,
and tho imitations of the old time negro
wore the finest and most natuial ever
given in the city.
Tho singing was grand, and the per
formance splendid throughout. Among
the appreciative audience there was a
little baby girl. This littln innocent
could not have been more than a year
ami six months o’d. Situ stood in her
father’s arms during tho entire perform
ancc, nover showing tlio least restless
ness, her liquid bluo eyes were as bright
as two Btars, and followed every feature
of the porformanco with tho most intense
interest. I could but give this fair-
haired darling much of my attention,
and witli the reporter’s usual presump
tion longingly wished I could get her
ideas of her first minstrel show. Any
way 1 wondered.
W hat Is til" little ono thinking shout,
Very wonderful things, no doubt.
Unwritten history,
Unfathom d ni> stcry,
Bui—
Who can loll what tt baby thinks;
Wboca i follow the gotonru-.r links?
A prominent marriage is put down for
May. The bride’s trousseau, so said, will
be one of, if not tho handsomest, over
brought to Americus.
The meeting of the Lee toil Whist Club
at the lovely home of Mrs. H. C, Storey
on last Wednesday afternoon waa one ot
the most charming of all these delightful
gatherings. A full attendance and two
hoars of skillful as well as merry games
prepared each member to enjoy the bIx
o'clock lunch most heartily. This was
a delightful repast of strawberries, cake
and cream, served so olegantly, so dain
tily that each participant experienced
not only a wholly novel enjoyment, bnt
reserved admiration for the graceful
hostess, who is certainly a eonnoiseurni
tbo art of en ertaining.
CapL and Mrs. C. C. Clay invited a
number of friends to spend yesterday
with them at tholr beautiful country
seat near DeSoto. The party left'by the
8308. A. Sc H. train. Every possiblo
arrangement bad been made for the
comfort hi Lae guests, and an elegant
Atlanta, April 28.—[Special. - ]—Tom
i’adden, a 14-year-old negro boy was ar
rested here to-day for attempted tape
ou an eight year old ohlld of Mr. Postal,
who lives at Decatur.
The outrsgo was committed several
days ago. ‘.
The scoundrel waa frightened away,
before accomplishing his devilish de
sign, by the cries of the child, and the
voice of her father who with a neighbor,
rushed to the scene.
The Sheriff of DeKalb county took
the hoy to Decatur tilts afternoon.
A telephone message says he has boen
released on bond.
For Murdering Ills Wife.
Atlanta, Ob., April 25.—[Special.]—
Cwsar Woodln, alias John Clark, wda
taken In custody by the officers hero to
day, and has been apprehended as a.
wife murderer wanted at Winston, N. C.
Four years ago tho crime 'was commit
ted.
Recently a negro school mister, who
formerly taught Woodin's children In
the Tar Heel state removed to Atlanta,
and identified tho wlfo murderer, for
whom the state of North Carolina haa
offered a reward of $200.
Eight Tears For Forgery.
Louisville, Ky., Arpril 25.—[Special]
—Henry Clay, one of tho descendants of
Kentucky’s illustrious statesman, plead ,
guilty to-day to forging his grandfather’s
nama to documents on which he realized
$90,000. Ho was sentenced to eight
years in tho penitentiary.
That Barbecue and Flenfc.
Preparations for tho grand picnic and
barbecue ot Omaha on May 7th, under
the auspices of tho local lodge of the
Order of Railroad Conductors, continue
to go forward with a rush.
HEvery necessary detail Is being care
fully looked after by the knights of the
bell cord, and the belief Is general that
an immense crowd will encourage the
boys in blue by tholr presence on that
occasion.
As evidence of this it may be stated
that already more than two hundred
tickets have been sold right here In •
Americus, and the work has as yet but
scarcely begun. In addition to thin
number, crowds from every point along
the line will go to swell the vast throng
on that day.
Yesterday the chairman of the com
mittee on arrangements received a tele
gram from Lumpkin, asking that a
special ear be reserved for the good peo
ple of that city; In addition to the big
crowd that will go via tho 8. A. & M.
road, an effort is now being made, with
every prospect of succeos, to charter
steamboat at Columbus and carry
a large delegation from that city.
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