VOLUME 1
AMERICAS. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY: MAY 6, 1891.
NUMBER 27
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For $12.60 you may take your choice of 36 braud new pattern suite
that cost us from $18.60 to $19.00.
BLAINE AND HARRISON
ARE THE PRESIDENT AND THE
PLUMED KNIGHT ESTRANGED?
Prlae.ReM.UWa* tee Preriou, end
PebUe.tIoalaaUMagsila.Bas Basse,
dared Bitterness In the Rapeblleaa
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nd SIGHT becomes POSSESSION when your choice of 20
different styles is offered at 18c. per yard.
LARGE FIGURED CHINA SILKS AND SOLID FLORENTINES
In all the newest shades.
NOW IS THE TIME to buy your WASH
DRESS GOODS. In this department as in
ALL OTHERS, we are “fixed to suit you
We carry the best stock of Wash Dress
Fabrics in the city, and Our Prices cannot be
matched in the state.
We do not propose to BAIT YOU one moment and BITE YOU
the next, bnt we offer EVERYTHING at prices uniformly as low as
CONSISTENCY WITH GOOD VALUE will allow.
Another lot of those sheer quality BLACK LAWNS (satteen
stripes and plaids) at 12Jo per yard this week.
Pink, Bine and Black MARIBOU PLAID LAWNS (white
ground) lOo per yaid this week.
NOVELTIES HI WHITE GOODS!
Hemstltobed White Lawns and Flounces for Skirts.
Bordered White Lawns for Aprons, Children’s Dresses, etc.
All Orer Embroideries, All Over Laces.
Pl*in White, Polka Spot, and Embroidered Swiss Uuslius.
Black Ground with White Polk* Spot Swiss Muslin* (very new and stylish.)
JUST OPENED !
FULL LINE OF BOYS,’
MISSES’ AND
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You will find our Uno of
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The very best and cheapest in the city,
We control the
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in the world—No one shows better value for 75o and our “MON
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shirt in the market.
Wa«hixqton, May 6.—If It is not the
deliberate purpose of Bussell Harrison
and others to produce an estrangement
between Secretary Blaine and President
Harrison, the course they are panning
la extnmeiy liable to lead to suoh a state
of things.
Young Mr. Harrison’* publication,
stating In effect that to the president and
not Blaine li due the credit of the red-
procity treatise, would have been Ill-ad
vised, even were it truthful. It being
essentially contrary to the records and
the history of reciprocity In all the
stage# of its progress, It bebomes much
more than simply indiscreet.
Bo at least say friends of Blaine, who
heretofore have not said much shoot
either him or the president as candidate*
for president Nor would the Harrison
publication been worthy of much mors
notice than as proof of the Indlaoreet
zeal of aeon for bis father had not Major
McKinley Indorsed It and said specially
that to President Harrison Is due-the
credit of the invention of the machinery
whereby the existing reciprocity treaties
tod others that are to come were
wrought out
McKinley says he eaw It in Harrison'
own handwriting. “I do’not dispute
any statement of Major MoKInley,” said
a member of the committee of confer
ence that pnt the finishing touches to
the tariff of the last oongraee, "bat I am
able to say that the resolution aa It waa
adopted by the committee and agreed to
by congress was not in Harrison’s band
writing, bnt 8enator Aldrich's.
The foroea whereby reciprocity ha*
been woven into a policy of the govern
ment originated with and were directed
by Blaine. 1 have been In a position to
speak with positlreneu about the mat
ter daring the thut congress, and- the
present attempt to give to some one else
than Blaine the credit of reciprocity as
tonishes me.”
These word* are entitled to weight all
the more from the fact that the gentle
man uttering them It not and never has
been much of a believer In reciprocity,
though he la a great friend of Blaine's
and In frequent Intercourse with him.
“How does Blaine relish this sort of
thlngf'wu asked." I can say nothing, at
to that. If I knew how bo felt I would
not say. I can only infer a* to this, as
I would as to any one else under the
like circumstances,” and hero the gen
tleman declined to panne the conversa
tion further on that line. He did not
hesitate to say, however, that Major
MoKInley, if he waa correctly reported,
had talked too much. The explanation
waa that the major and Blaine had a big
bone between them, and the former it
likely to Improve any opportunity to
pick It In public, “particularly when It
» Wi|CTQ will please the president and hii
H A1J10. friends," added the gentleman.
It is thus by degrees that the Harrison-
Blaine conflict develops, and It it liable
to become one of asperity.
"I saw and conversed with Blaine
only a few days ago,” said an ex-mem.
her of oongress, who is a lifelong friend
of the secretary of atate. “I did not no-
tioe that anything was tbs matter with
him. Except come traces of hard work
of late, I should say he never looked
better In bis life. Indeed, hie own re
marks as to his health bore ont this be
lief. No, there’s nothing the matter
with Blaine’s health.”
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Patsbsov, N. J. May 6.—John Van
Honten, a milkman, fifty-one year* old,
was driving from this city to his homo
at Willard Park last night, and bis hots*
became unmanageable and backed into
the Passaic river. Two of his little
daughters, who were with him, Jumped
ont of the wagon as soon as tbs vehicle
struck the water and saved themselves.
Van Honten and Us horse war* both
drowned. Van Honten’* body was re
covered before life was extinct, bnt he
not b* resuscitated.
NO COMPETITION In oar Clothing Trade,
and WE ALWAYS WILL lead the van in
We i .,
WE ALWAYS DI
Clothing.
TO TRY IS TO BUY
Our Clothing, because our stock is the largest. Our styles are faultless
and
OUR PR1CE8 ARE MATCHLESS.
Wo stand by our Advertisements every time.
Geo.
Oor. Lamar St. am
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Naw Yonx, Hay 6.—A special from
Washington to the Recorder says:
It is positively stated that Associate
Justices Field and Bradley wiH resign In
October.
Mr. Edwards, it to believed, will suc
ceed Justice Bradley, and some western
jnrtot will be chosen ro succeed Justice
Field. '
Blaine's Proposition.
Washington, May 5.—[Special.]—
Blaine’s proposition to totally suppress
seal catching within the Behring sea
will be communicated to-day or to-mor
row at the latest.
Kapioolon of n Dynamite Bomb.
Brussels, May 5.—Orsat excitement
in the entire city. Socialist* exploded a
dynamite bomb in front of a capitalist's
bona*. The on tiro front waa damaged.
Nobody injured.
THIS KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
HU* Macs ta Annual Conclave la Maaoa
Macox, G*,, May 5.—[Special.]— 1 The
Gnutd Commandery of Knights Templar
will meet In Macon to-morrow. There
will be a largo attendance from all part*
of the atate.
Headquarter* of the grand commander
will be established at the Hotel Lanier.
At 10 o'olock Wednesday morning the
eommanderiee will form in front
Hotel Lanier, and under command
Eminent Sir WllUsm Pitt Baldwin, grand
captain general, eeoort the grand eom-
mandery to the asylum of St Omer along
the following lino of march:
Up Second to Cherry, up Cherry to
Cotton avenue, np Cotton avenne to Pop*
lar, down Poplar to Second, np Second
to Flam, down Plum to Fourth, np
Fourth to Cherry, up Cherry to Seoond
and thence to the commandery rooms on
Cotton avenue.
The rlsiting Sir Knight* will then be
invited to partake of refreshment* pro
vided by the local commandery, sitter
whioh the grand body will open for the
dispatch of business.
On Wednesday night at 730 o’clock
the lino* will be formed in front of the
Hotel Lader and march to the First Bap-
Hst church at tbo head of Poplar street,
when the liturgy of the order will be re
cited end an address delivered by Sir J.
M. McNlel, of Columbus, Georgia.
To-night* Special train arrived hero
from,Home, bearing the commandery of
that city. Coeur do Lion Commandery,
forty strong,joined them In Atlanta, all
in full uniform.
A large number of members of Yprrb
Tempblo, Myatio Shrine, will assemble
In Mseon Wednesday, at 6 p m., to par
ticipate In 'grand Arabic parade. All
the Shrlners will bo In fall. evening
drees with red fex.
This conclave will be a great time for
the Knights and 8hriners. V
toll SUIT DISMISSED.
The Casa of Mrs. Leach Against the City
...' xhvoba.q»tL*f1;
Atlanta, May 0.—{Special.}—The
case of Mrs. Leach against the city for
*39,000 damage* for the death of her
husband, the fireman killed by the fall
ing wall of the Jackson bnlldln'g, waa
nonsuited yesterday.
Messrs. Goodwin A Anderson, in open
ing thecase, presented • dfcmurrer, and
asked that the cake be ndnsulted.
The groimda of tjils demurrer were,
that the building stood on private prop
erty and that; sufficient time bad 1 not
elapsed aftey the . fire for the city to re
move the dangerous wall.
The detmirrer waa eustalned by Jndge
Van Epps angthe sate was thrown ont
of court.-'* - s ■
A Third Party Caavsatloa.
Cincinnati, 0., May 5.—Mach sur
prise was caused yesterday bjr the an
nouncement that the Knights of Labor,
of thto state, had ordered four hundred
delegates to attend the third party con
vention week after next, and that the
order bad done likewise in many other
Over two thousand delegates it
now claimed will attend.
•8,000400 (or ta*M Virginia.
Pabkebsbubo, W. Vs., May 5.—Ex-
Senator Camden authorises the state
ment that $9,000,000 ha* been raised to
•pend In railroad building In West Vir
ginia. lathe next six months railroad*
will bo built to the. Immense Iron ore
tract on Potts creek, recently purchased
by Camden and others.
KILLED BY HIS NEPHEW
A HORRIBLE CRIME THAT HAS JUST
BEEN REVEALED.
Msnbaat MeDougal Blackens HI, Pas*
aad Matters His Uocla Forth* Old Haa’s
Mossy-The Baal Mardarar Assist#
Arresting Aceasad Portias.
Charlotte, N. C„ Hay 5.—It has
been learned hers that the murderer of
oldmaaConoly, In Robinson county,
thto state, which occurred laet week,
was committed by hie own nephew,
MeDougal, a prominent merchant
Lanrensburg.
MeDonggj boarded the freight train,
and left it a little this side of Shannon.
Ho blackened his faoe and pnt on aid#
whiskers. He was seen by several and
they all say It was a white mao black-
About dark he went to bto ancle’s,
Simeon Conoly’s, and In a disguised
voioe, called him ont and asked to
shown a path that lead to Wilkes.
Whan two hundred yard* from the
house he shot Conoly, and after he fell
MeDougal plaoed the pistol to the dying
man’s head and find a second time.
The ballet was found In the gronnd
about six Inches deep when Conoly’s
htad was lifted up.
MeDougal then started back, and at
the river tried to mark the blacking off
and change clothing, but be must have
been frightened away, for be left hto old
pants and undershirt, handkerchief and
box of lamp blaok.
Ha explained hto dirty, greasy appear-
ance by saying he bad been riding on an
engine. When he came book to Maxton
every one noticed hto restless manner.
For a Week MeDougal has been very
active In having Moore, Parnell and
Kelly arrested. When he heard that hto
effeoto had been found at the river he
went and got them and said they had
been stolen from him.
MeDougal has been held In high es
teem by everyone. He was a prominent
member of the church, to unmarried,
and for some time had been paying hto
ancle’s debt*.
A few monthi ago Conoly wanted
horse to run a farm. MeDougal refused
to’advance the monejr unless 1 hto uaole
would have bto life Insured for his—Mc-
Dqngal’s benefit. Tbli was done, and
this, it to supposed, to the motive for the
murder.
It hat alto come to light that Conoly’a
lifg had been Insured for about i year,
and last fall MeDongal tried to poison
him by giving him candy which con
tained strychnine. Officer* are now In
'pursuit of MeDougal, who left In the
dlrootlonof Charlotte.
A Bay Shoots a Bank Pnsldvat.
Louisville, Ky., May 8.—At Adairs-
vlllo, tost Sunday night, Dr. P. Town
send, president of the Bank of Adairs-
will*, was fatally shot by Marshall Meyer,
mere boy, the eon of Henry Meyer,
merchant
The killing grew ont of a bitter fend
between'the doctor and elder Meyer.
Sadist's Las* Nat*.
Washington, Msyfi.—[Special.] —Ru-
dini’s tost note published in Borne and
not transmitted to thto government def
initely seven diplomatic relatione. Le
gation not withdrawn bnt deprived of
representative character.
Albaxt, N, Y., May 5.—The engine
bolldlng of the Troy Steel and Iron
company was destroyed by fire last
nlghL Seven Dickson High power en
gines were ruined. Lon estimated at
*300,000.
Strikers In Jamaica.
Kingston, Jamaica, May 9.—Laborers
the Island of Navassa are on a strike,
and the United States steamer Kcarsarge
has landed a force for the protection of
people on the Island who are menaced.
Upon.
Halifax, May 6.—It is reported that
Newfoundland fishermen were fired
upon by a British man-of-war, which
has been interfering with fishing In
Fortune bay.
He la 1
London, May 5.—ArebbUhop York
died of U grippe thto i
The Work of a Veteran.
The workmon who placed In position
Monday the splendid new engine whioh
propels the presses and other machinery
in the Toe Tdies-Rxcorder Job rooms,
were ably assisted in their labors by Hr.
L. Stanfield, the superintendent of
that department This wonid he but
little In itoeif did it not recall the fact
that Mr. Stanfield has assisted In placing
In position the propelling powers of ev
ery office, with one' exception, thathss
been started In Americui during the
past twenty-five yesrs, and Is still on
deek.
More than that long ago he helped to
put np tho old Waahlngton hand press
for the veteran editor, CoL C. W. Han
cock, the founder of tbe old Sumter
Republican, and later helped to replace
this with the first cylinder press ever
brought here.
Since then improvements In power
presses have followed rapidly,’ and each
time aohange was made “Coot” was on
hand to boil the job. A year ago he
helped to pnt In the first water motor
ever used here, and on Monday when
thto was laid aside to give place to the
big engine whleh henceforth will drive
The Times-Becobdeb’s six presses, he
was the individual they required,
this was told aside to gig engine which
henceforth will drive The TThes-Re-
oobdeb’s six presses, he was the indi
vidual they required.
Thto work, aa usual, was executed to
the queen’s taste, and when a year or
two hence necessity demands the re
placing of the press now used with a
Hoe perfecting machine, it to to be
hoped that this matchless artist will be
there again to superintend the job.
■very Friday Afternoon.
The Christian Workers have asked ub
to announce to the public that they will
serve Ice cream and sherbeta, from the
Methodist church yard, every Friday af
ternoon at from 4 to 0 o’clock.
It may not bo generally known to oar
readers that thto noble sisterhood has
undertaken to raise a fund to go towards
building a new church. They have al
ready quite a nice sum In bank, and pro
pose to add to it as fast as they can.
The church yard is admirably suited
to the purposo of serving these refresh
ments; the shade and grassy lawn make
it a delightful retreat.
We bespeak for the ladies a liberal
patronage. Be aura to remember the
time and place, and contribute to a good
CASUALLY CAUGHT.
Short Items Gathered and Fat Under
Street eprinkltbg was mueh in vogue
yesterday, and good and efficient work
was done thereby, in laying the dust and
materially cooling the atmosphere.
At administrator's sale yesterday,
John J. Grier porobased 100 acres of
land belonging to the Seth Kogers es
tate, three miles east of Amerious, pay-
*1,200 therefor.
Wedding bells will ring ont joyously
to-night and two of Americas’ social fa
vorites will bow before Hymen’s altar,
there to pledge their affections one to
the other as long ae life shall last
Yesterday was return day for the May
term of Sumter Superior conrt, and
Clark Allen was kept busy all day re
cording the inlto filed. The criminal
docket promises to bean unusually full
The street fores to doing tome fine
work ont In Leeton. Elm arenuo to be
ing wldeaed and graded, and when the
work to finished it will bo one of the
prettiest drives In that portion of the
e'ty.
Contrary to annonncemeqt already
made,there will be no meeting of Ameri
cas ledge F. A. M. to-night Absence
from the city of several members ren
ders necessary a postponement of the
meeting until another time.
Many years ago, new comers to Amer
icas weie wont to ask when the new
post-office building, started about that
time, would be finished. Those who
have not died since then nover ask such
question now. They all know.
The new residence being erected by
Hr. A. T. Oliver, on Jaokson street, op
posite the residence of Judge Montgom
ery, to already assuming handsome pro
portions. It will be completed in a few
weeks and will be one among the prettl*
•st homes in the elty.
Tho gang of negroes sent to jail in de
fault of bond Monday by Judge Pits-
bury, on the charge of vagrancy, will be
tried In the county court this morning.
One of the women was released yester
day, bnt others of the gang will doubt
less go to tho brickyard.
The Amerious Fishing Club basin
eontemplation a trip to Ocean Pond at
an early dale. Not satisfied with their
recent success at the Satllla river, they
have determined to win more laurels In
second expedition this season. The
time of their departure has not yet been
fixed.
Will Martin, who until a abort while
ago waa one of Amerious’ most efficient
and best looking police officers, ha* laid
aside the baton for the shovel, and la
now feeding coal to a mogul engine on
the S. A. A M. Like "truth crushed to
esrth” Will to bound to rise, and ere
long will lay aside the shovel to grasp
the throttle on one of these Iron steeds.
Loeatinx the Lina.
When the city purchased the site of
the new city hall, now nearing comple
tion, the deeds called for a frontage of
100 feet on Lee street.
Adjoining this property is a lot be
longing to the county, and upon this lot
the stake whioh should mark the
boundary line of the city’s purchase.
But it seems that it does not. At
least it Is claimed by the county that an
encroachment of nearly five feet baa
been made by the city upon their prop
erty.
To aetUe the matter and define for all
time the boundary line, a committee
from the city consisting of Aldermen
Bivins and Wheatley and City Attorney
Hawkius, will meet this morning a com
mittee representing the county, coneist-
ing of Messrs. J. W. Wheatley, John A,
Cobb and B. P. Hollis. These gentle
men will have the ground surveyed to
day, and settle the question of a bound
ary line.
Was This Kay StoteaT
Yesterday Chief Lingo received a let
ter from the officials in Albany, In which
waa enclosed a nearly new folding key,
bearing the number “B 800.”
The key evidently belongs to some one
In Americas, as the letter stated that it
was taken from the person of a black
burglar, Shade Sutton by name, whom
the officers captured there a day or two
ago.
Sutton claimed Amerious as his home,
and if the key can be identified by any
one here the fact may lead to the un
earthing of one or more of the many
thefts committed hereabout within the
past year or two.
Important Notice.
Tho consumer* of water from the
Amerlcus water works are hereby noti-
fled that the hours for using sprinklers
are from 5 to 7 o’clock in the morning,
12 to 1 p. m., and from 6 to 8 o'clock in
the evening. That from this date these
rules will be rigidly enforced. The of
ficer* of the water works and the mar-
■bal and police are required by tow to
report all violation* which will bo dealt
with according to tow.
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