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AMERICUS. GEORGIA, TUESDAY: 3^1 AY 12, 1891.
NUMBER 82
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OUB ADVERTISEMENT on top.
WHOLESALE AND DETAIL
DKY.-.QOODS, „
NOTIONS,
_»jfeGLOTHI NG,
9 Shoes, Hats, Etc.
Br so doing you not only confer a slight favor upon us, but you become IN FACT
3 a PUBLIC BENEFACTOR, inasmuch as you materially aid us In
- attracting the public eye to the
REAL ESTATE REACTION
WHAT A LIVE DEALER THINKS OF
THE SITUATION.
IKltf CHATTANOOGA NOW.
I Central
KLINE IN AMERICUS.
Aral Oats the Chattanooga, Home
•nd Columbus. ^
The llottom Reached at Last and a Strong
Reaction Has Rerun— 1 The Demand for
Both Improved and Vacant Property
Steadily Increasing.
NUMBERLESS RARE BARGAINS
Which we a hall-offer PRO BONO PUBLICO who patronize us this week.
Do You Feel an Interest In
FINE DRESS GOODS?
For $12.50 yon may take yoiir clioico of 25 brand new pattern suits
that cost us fraU $13.60 to $19.00.
TO ADMIR
int TO SEE our
LOVELY FRMCH CHALLIES
nd SIGHT becomes POSSESSION when your choice of 20
different styles is offered at 18c. per yurd.
LARGE FIGURED CHINA SILKS AND SOLID FLORENTINES
In all the newest shades.
NOW IS THE TIME to buy your WASH
DRESS GOODS. In this department as in
ALL OTHERS, we are “fixed to suit you.”
We carry the best stock of Wash Dress
Fabrics in the city, and Our Prices cannot be
matched in th$’ state.
We do not propose to BAIT YOU one moment and BITE YOU
the next, bnt We offer EVERYTHING at prioes 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, Blue end Black MARIBOU PLAID LAWNS (white
ground) 10c per yard this week.
NOVELTIES I WHITE GOODS!
Wo control the ,
BEST 60 OT. UNLAUNDERED SHIRT
n the world—No one shows better value for 76o and our “MON
ARCH PUFF BOSOMS” for fine trade is toe handsomest and best
hirt in the market
Hemstitched White Lawns and Flounces for 8klrts.
Bordered White I«wns for Aprons, Children’s Dresses, etc.
All Ore* Embroideries, An Over Lnoee.
Plain White, Polka Spot, and Embroidered Swim Muslins.
Black Ground with Whlto Polka Sped 8MM*Ataally(vnans| and styiy»j
JDST OPEW^^^f^W WAISTS.
./A if i i
Yon will find onr line of
CARPETS AND MATTINGS
The veiy
'OR 10c. ONLY
OR 15c. ONLY
The Best 4-ply Belfast Linen Cuffs
any style desired.
OUR GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS
Itock is BRISTLING WITH JUST SUCH BARGAINS;
only ask th° opportunity to show you OUR GOODS and
OUR PRICES will speak for themselves.
CLOTHING and CLOTH/NG
We acknowL.
. ■ ALWAYS d:
iothing.
NO COMPETITION in onr Clothing Trade. 1
and WE ALWAYS WILL lead the van in
TO TRY IS TO BUY
Clothing, because onr stock is the largest Our styles are faultless
and
OUR PRICE8 ARE MATCHLE88.
We stand bjjtiva Advertisements every time.
Oor, Lamar St. and Cotton Ave.
For several weeks past there has been
s nottcesble Improvement In the demand
for city property, and not a few trans
actions at satisfactory figures have been
the outcome.
In order, however, to get at the true
facta iu the case a Timks-Rkcohokb
man button-holed Mr. M. Callaway yes
terday, than whom there Is no man In
Americus who gives this subject more
careful thought and attention, or who la
better enabled to speak advisededly
thereupon.
"Mr. Callaway, how la tlie real estate
outlook just now?
"Welt, the market hai shared the
general stringency, and consequently
the usual number of sales have not
transpired. I have noticed, however, a
much better inquiry <n the past two
weeks. Several have money to invest,
butothoy don’t want anybody olso to
km>w It, and they have wisely concluded
tl#e Is such a thing as waiting too long.
I wish, myself, 1 had F100,000 lying
artmnd I would put It all in Americus
di^jP
"Has the absence of transactions les
sened the prices?”
"I don’t know of a single piece of
property that can be bought at less than
last spring’s prices. On the other band,
all business and central property Is ad
vancing. A year ago one ownor Instruc
ted mo to sell his vacant store property
at fifty dollars a front foot. He now re
fuses over $100, and Is not anxious- to
tako $122. Anothor piece of proper
ty which I then offered at eighty-five
dollars a front foot, I was recently of
fered 1135, by Mro; my price then was
$150 a front foot, and it cannot now he
bought for leu thaa $200.”
“How are theso figures u compared
with other towna ?"
"Some people think they are high, but
every real estate man, and every one else
who Is at all potted u to values In other
placed, know such figures are very low.
I make the prediction that two years
from to-dM bullosas property here will
lie worth ^rom fifty to one hundred per
oent more than the prices now ruling ’’
"Is the 'dtmand for hooaan'by tenants
aa great as ever T'
“I have seen no abatement In two
years, bnt rather an Increase, If snob
were pouible. And right here yon will
do Amerleut great service if yon can
Impress our monied men with the
neoeealty for more houses. Our city baa
suffered and Is now suffering. The
general prosperity of any place la limited
to the houses that are furnished new-
comers. When they find It Impossible
to find shelter, of course they are com
pelled to hunt other towns In whloh to
plaat.thelr enterprises. v—
"Another hindrance with us & the
want of eligible bonding sites conve
nient to $ho work ofwhlte laboring m^.
For this clast central vacant land is too
high, and East Americus .Is too remote.
As yon Imow, much of the prettiest and
most oonventent parts of Antsrlona 1s
ad by Our colored population. 1$
therefore behooves our people , to W
everything In thfir power to place the
laboring man wlthla easy access of his
work. • There Is no street-car for him to
ride In, and he would not be able, per
haps, if there was.”?
"Have yon studied the situation, .and
have yon anything to offer by way of re
lief or suggestion?"
"I have thought a good deal about Ik
It Is much easier, however, to deplore
toh !<>•■ and inconvenience nnder which
our working men and Americus general
ly suffers than to offer a remedy.
Messrs. Warren, Brown and Haynes have
alio discussed this want, for every man
who does'not keep a team must live
close In. One suggestion I would make
is to divide up the Immense residence
blocks, that reminds the stranger of
small plantations In a (tone's throw of
business. Another suggestion Is to
open np the vast territory that lies on the
west side of the Central railroad. This
land is all convenient, both to the busi-
ness and to the line of shops and worka
that lie np and down thli road for over
a mile.”
"Will the council open these streets?"
"I don’t know, bnt I understand they
will not They say If people want to
open streets they can do' so, and the
town baa already more streets than can
be worked. My own opinion la the city
would make money to open them, aa the
enhanced values and taxes would more
than repay, for any ontly. My referenc#
is to eligible properties, and I would
like to see them on the market without
delay.
Savannah, May It.—It la pretty well
settled that the Central baa secured the
Chattantoogx, Rome and Columbus rail
way, ana now hat a through line to
Chattanqbna. Gen. Alexander le In
New York, it is understood, to arrange a
consummation of the deal.
The new line, It li understood, will bo
-mo Mf.w mmm, .... mmmm.inw, w... Major Theo. D. Kline, general mans-
a part bf the Savannah and Western' ger of the Mexican National railway,
A proposition was
ikholders of the ChaltMdoga,
Columbus last week for the
of the property, to iodorse
first mortgage five per c»nL
by the Chattanooga, Rome
bus, and now outstanding,
lltion thereto to transfer to
the stockholders of the latter road $400,-
000 of Savannah and Western five per
Cambric stationery makee a charming
Writing material. It Is mads in limit*.
tlowof pure white and unbleached eeae-
hrie, a*d although the paper le slightly
quoted Inihe New Yoyk stock market
at elghty-Ihree cents.
In consideration of the foregoing the
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus was
required to deliver to the Savannah and
Weatern ell property belonging to the
former read, rolling stock, roadbed, ter
minal facilities, and two-thirds of the
common stock and $1,140,000 of non-
cumulatl |e Income bonds.
The p upoiltlon was voted on by the
stoekhol ire and unanimously, accepted,
nearly t ree-fourtha of the stock being
represeni d at the meeting.
Tho de lias been pending for two or
three mo lbs, and Its final consumma
tion now inly awatts the official action
of the Cl tral authorities. The formal
transfer rill probably be made tills
week?
dent cftlio -Chattanooga, Rome and
Columbus, it is understood, will be made
division superintendent of the line from
Chattanooga to Griffin. 1
The Central will now have a through
lino to Cbhttanooga. The Chattanooga,
Rome and Coltimburs runs from Carroll
ton, when it connects with the Savon,
nah, Grll In and North Alabama to
Chattanoo a. It haa 140 miles of mala
and blrty-flve miles of branch
mineral r ids. The distance from Sa
vannah tc Chattanooga la seventeen
miles gtpa er .than by Atlanta and the
Western ai iRtlantle, bat being over Its
own mttle Central will have the ad
vantage it freight 1 hauls. The Chat
tanooga, oma and Columbus runs
through Cbtokamauga and passes direetly
by the state military encampment
ground.
GENERAL MANAGER OF THE (MEAT
MEXICAN TRUNK LINE
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Talks of Railroad las In Maxlae-Haw His
Lias Of TOO Milas Is Oparstad~S apart
irlty of
Employes.
and formerly superintendent of the
Southwestern division, CentA) railroad,
spent yesterday In Americus. '
Major Kline has been several years In
Mexico, and is now on a vaeatlon, recu
perating his health whleh had become
Impaired by overwork, supplemented by
the grippe and malaria.
Major Kline is taking It easy, and la
going from place to place In Georgia
cent bonds. Those bonds ore: noyr .among his old friends, before going back
to his post In the city of Mexico,
whither he expects to return In about
ten days’ If hla health continues to Im
prove.
He talks quite Interestingly of his
railroad experience In the Mexican
capital, and of the differences in con
ditions of railroading in Georgia and
Mexico. Hls line runs from Laredo,
Texas, to Mexico City, some TOO miles,
and la In three divisions, the American
end being manned by American officials,
tho middle division by a mixture of
"half and half,” while the Mexican end
proper has native officials only.
Major Kline does not think as favora
bly of the Health of the City of Mexico
as the public Is generally led to belieeve
it, for while the city Is about 7,000 feet
W. Williamson, former presi- above the sea level and tbo air Is cool
and bracing,the city is rosily In a basin,
THR DAY IN CORDKLE.
Alkaay’. Amatnsrs to Play There-Edrn-
n.ld will R.borer—Other News.
Cobdelc, Ga., May 11.—On Wednes
day evening next the / "Artesian City
Dramatic Company’’ will present the
beantlfnl comedy "SnowedJIn"at Shipp’s
opera house.
Onr people are more than delighted to
know that they will be favored with
aneb a nlee entertainment aa this popu
lar amatuer club of Albany proposes to
give.
Mr. E. S. Ed.enfleld, who was severely
wounded In the tragedy at Seville, last’
Saturday, was brought to Cordole Sun
day morning, and left for hls home at
Wayneaboro In the afternoon Hla
wounds were very severe and painful,
but hls physielana think he will get
well.
The remains of Mr. J. D. Floyd were
sent to Waynesboro for burial. Nothing
more has been heard from the brntiil
murdorer since hls escape.
Seve-al parties wore brought before
the mayor this morning charged with
running "blind tigers,’’ bnt they were
acquitted.
The Baptists are carrying on a suc
cessful revival this week. Several new
members were baptised In Gum creek
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Belle Beecher, a popular young
lady who has been teaching sobool dear
Cordelo for several months, returned to
her home at Grffln today to the regret
of her many friends.
Miss Llssle Wilmot, one of Cordele’s
most beautiful youhg ladies, will leave
for Thomasville In a da/ or two to at
tend the marriage of some of her friends.
VI
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Sf KPT BY FLAMES.
A Train Wrecks* Midst Barelas Woods
chd Many Mow Killed.
rt, Pa., May 11.—[Spe-
a train with 100 man
to fight the forest fires in
ity, was wrecked In the
burning woods. The en-
were destroyed. Eighty
imed to death.
Superintendent Badger, of the V.
railroad, and four men are still missing-
Tha entire, southern portion of the
county 1* spept by. the flames.
Atlanta, May 11.—[Special.]—'There
aa a meeting this evening at 3
o'clock of hfl the opera house managers
of the southern circuit, comprising the
tpllowiog cities: Atlanta, Chattanooga,
Knoxville, pecstor, Birmingham, Mont
gomery, Selma, Ala., Memphis, Tallade
ga, Twsealcfea, Anniston, Mobile, Ma-
con, Columbus, Savannah, Americas and
Borne. The session will last this after
noon and to-morrow. Mr. J. Tannen-
bsnm will be sent north to book attrac
tions for the opera houses represented.
All managers agree that the attractions
for hext season will snperoede all pre
vious years.
Boots Thornton Coming.
And AmeHcna Is to have Atlanta's
"great eccentric" sure enough.
Great Scott!
Last night Mr. Ed Durant, the ad
vance agent of this now but great celeb
rity, passed through Americus, en route
for Albany, where Cardinal Scott will
also hold down the boards.
Scott will produoe hls now famous
Richelieu” at Glover’s opera house
next Friday'night, and to say that the
show will be “great” bnt mildly ex
presses 1L
Everybody will be there; in faet it
will be the biggest house and hit of tha'
and )s below the level of the lakes Into
which the dralnago of the city must go.
Henee, the drainage must he forced up
by pumping, as at New Orleans, and the
oonsequencc Is bad drainage and a great
deal of malaria.
Major Kline says It Is very dtffloult to
delegate responsibility In railroading In
Mexico, aa the subordinates cannot bo
relied on to the extent that is done in
the United States, and this Is especially
true where the subalterns are natives.
The weight of responsibility Is there
fore greated upon the management, a
condition that haa helped to break down
Major KUno’s health by overwork.
He does not eneonrags going to Max*
loo, unless the emigrant has money to
invest and purposes to engage actively
In developing the resources of the coun
try..To the average young man who ex
pects to work hls way op by hard lieks,
Major KUnd Would say that the United
States presents better field.
The trafllo of the Mexican National la
constantly Increasing, and consists of all
the mlscellanous freight that would be
handled in this eonntry, and with the
further- development of Mexloo the
lumber and mineral trade will largely
increase.
Major Kline isn't "stack" on Mexico
as a place of residence, though the con
ditions of large salaries paid to compe
tent officials go far to overcome the ob
jections that would exist.
CspL W. G. Raoul, who Is the presi
dent of this same line, lives In New
York, sad benee doesn't have to wrestle
with the greasors, the grippe, and the
malaria as does the general manager.
Major Kline spent the evening with
Mr. Uriah B. Ilsrrold, after taking in
the lights of tha city in tha afternoon,
and leaves for Macon this morning
where he win visit a few day* before hls
return to Mexloo.
The people of Americus remember
Major Kline as one of the most efficient
and oourteous railroad men they ever
dealt with, and ha met a warm welcome
from the many friends In onr city who
knew him in his former capacity of
superintendent of the Southwestern
division.
Tickets will be put on sale to-day or
to-morrow, and those who would avoid
the rush had batter go'early.
i four sad five Millie* yswag
shad.
DeSoto, May 11.—Mr. and Mrs. Fer
guson visited relatives and friends In
Lee connty yesterday.
Miss Beulah Crocker returned yester
day from a visit to relatives in Lee
county.
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Avery, of your
city, spent yesterday In DeSoto.
Mias C6ra Greene, of Ferguson, was
In onr village several days the past week
visiting friends.
The meeting of the Sunday school has
been changed from evening to morning.
It has a large attendance, and la doing
finely.
Mrs. Duke Is visiting her brother, Mr.
J. W. Murrey, In this plaoe.
Million, of Young Shad.
A car belonging to the United States
Fish Commission passed through Amor-
Icus yesterday-, en route to Washington
from a trip to South Georgia. The car
came hero from Thomasville, where i>
was sent several days since to stock the
streams In that section with shad. In ...
tha Mg tanka wtthto the ant were ha evening at 7 AO o'clock, at the reel dense
Moonlight Final# and festival.
Tha Sunday School of tha Second
Methodist chnroh has decided to hold a
moonlight picnlo and festival on Friday
evening, May 22nd, In the beautiful grove
at the intersection- of Jefferson and
Lamar streets.
A meeting to make arrangements
therefor le called for this (Tuesday)
of Mr. B. H. Mayo.
An Meads of tha school who are
wflMaf to a«ut, are invited to be yreeeat
Will Flcnlo at toner Fork.
There will be a grand ptenic at Coney
Paik, on the S. A. M. road, next Satur
day.
The Sunday school of the First Metho
dist church will hold It* annual celebra
tion there, and tho affair will be made
one of most delightful of the season,
.A large crowd will attend, and tbero
will be fun for old and young alike,
fcbe parents, children and their friends
will leave on the regular morning pas
senger train, whloh will roach the park
atSo’eloek, Returning, tho party will
reach Americas at 0:10 p. m.
Special coaehea will bo provided, andj
there will be plenty of room for all who
wish to go. .iWmmBEr
A very low rate will bo given the plc-
nlcers, and Indications are that tho at
tendance will be large. Mr. JolinT.
Argo, soliciting freight and passenger
agent of the S. A. M., will make all
arrangements necessary to insure the
comfort and pleasure of the exeur-
slonists.
j*
Special Train to Cordelo.
The entertainment to be given at
Shipp’s Opera Hone, In Cordele, to,
morrow evening by the Albany amatners,
promises to be a very pleasant affair,
and many Americus people have ex
pressed a desire to attend. In order to
accommodate theso the 8., A. A M. rail
road will run a special train there and
return, provided as many as fifty per
sons wlU go. A vary low rate will be
given, and there la little donb't bnt that
this number and even more will go over
to see the amatners.
If yon desire to attend the perform-
ice, give yonr name in to Mr. John T.
Aargo, aoliotttag freight and passenger
agent, who win furnish any further in
formation that may be desired.
Bffests of the Frost.
Frost in Hay in thts part of tha moral
vineyard 1* something unheard of, but
froet we certainly have had this year.
Aa proof of this, Mr. Samuel McGsrrah
received yesterday a sample of young
eorn taken from a field on Mr. G. W.
O. Munro’s plantation In this county.
The field, Mr. Munro stated, had been
recently plowed, which faet may ac
count largely for the-damage done to the
young corn.
The stalks and leaves were completely
withered and looked as If they had been
dried in the snn for n week. Mr. Mc-
Garrah thinks, however, that tho bud
will sprout again dud a fair crop gather
ed, although the outlook- Just now Is
anything bnt promising.
Tbs New Soliciting Agent.
Mr. O. P. Love, Who tojc tho past
several months has been connected
with the freight department at tho
Central railroad depot In this - city, ^as
been appointed goHcittng agent for tho
Centre!,with headquarters at Americus.
Mr. Lots is an affable, courteous
gentleman, and being thoroughly up iu
hls business, la just iuob a man as the
duties of hla position will require. He
succeeds Mr. ChasiesP. Beeks, who, it
la sold, has gone to Griffin.
**$« with hot
Almost a Firo.
The residence of Col. C. W. Hancock,
on Collego street, narrowly escaped de
struction by fire early Sunday morning.
The roof of the kitchen oaugbt fire from
a defective flue and In a few momenta
was la a bright blase, and had not
aMnaat cobs* promptly tha $
have been baaed to tbs |
backets of t