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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. *r*m m its