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m AMERICUS. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY: MAY 13, 1891. NUMBER 33 When you lay this Paper down, kindly place it with OUR ADVERTISEMENT ON TOP. ME BLAZING FORESTS. IBNEWB AT PUTNAM. COMING TO AMERICA Geo.D. Wheatley TOWNS AND VILLAGES SWEPT BY FIRE IN MICHIGAN. Til* Cham Against Cottte-EffecU Broucht-Othrr N.W1, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL dry GOODS, NOTIONS,.. CLOTHING, • Shoes, Hats, Etc. A Widespread Line of Disaster in That State-Millions of Dollars Worth of Prop erty Destroyed—People Flee for their Lives—The Damage Done. By so doing you not only oonler a alight favor upon ua, 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 yon may take your choice of 25 brand new pattern suits that cost ns from $18.50 to $19.00. TO ADMIRE is but TO SEE our LOVELY" FRENCH CHALL1ES nd SIGHT becomes POSSESSION when your choice different styles is offered at 18c. per yard. of 20 LARGE FIGURED CHINA SILKS AND SOLID FLORENTINES In oil 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 oi 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 124o per yard this week. Pink, Bine and Block MARIBOU PLAID LAWNS (white ground) lOo per yard this week. ( NOVELTIES IN WHITE GOODS! Hemstitched White Lawns and Flounces for Skirts. Bordered White Lawns for Aprons, Children's Dresses, eto. All Over Embroideries, All Over Laces. Plsln White, Polka Spot, and Embroidered Swli* Hnillus. Black Ground with White Polka Spot Swiss Muslins (very new and stylish.) JDST OPENED! SHIRT WAISTS. Yon will find our lino of CARPETS AND MATTINGS The very best and cheapest in the city, We control the BEST 50 OT. UNLAUNDERED SHIRT in the world—No one shows better value for 76o and onr “MON- ABCH PUFF BOSOMS" for fine trade is the handsomest and best shirt in the market. FOR 10<j. ONLY FOR 15c. ONLY The Best 4-ply Belfast Linen Collar, any style desired. The Best 4-ply Belfast Linen Cnfis any style desired. OUR GENTS’ FURNISHING G000S Stock is BRISTLING WITH JUST SUCH BARGAINS: only ask the opportunity to show you OUR GOODS nnd OUR PRIOES will speak for themselves. CLOTHING »"o CLOTHING WE ALWAYS Dl Clothing. NO COMPETITION in onr Clothing Trade, and WE ALWAYS WILL lead the van in BTJY TO TRY IS TO Our Clothing, because onr itook is the largest. Onr stylSsAre faultless and OUR PRIOE8 ARE MATCHLESS. We stand By our Advertisements every time. - ; .... Geo. D. Wheatley Oor. Layar St. and Cotton Aye. Detroit, May 12.—Only the mo»t meagre reporta are being received from the vaat district in the central part of the etete, that hu been the scene of the devastating forest fires for the past three days. These reports more than confirm the. worst fears, and show a widespn—d line of dleaster not equaled since the great woods fires of 1871. The fires have burned down the telegraph linee, made railroading dangeroui, and wiped out barne, houses, stores, churches and mills, with millions upon millions of feet of lumber and logs. A smart gale has swept the flames about at will. The airie filled with black smoke and a myriad of aparks that set fire to every thing they touch. Clinton, on the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan railroad, was totally destroyed yesterday, not a building be ing left standing. The Mill of Wagner A Pierce at that point and 2,000,000 feet of logy are a total loss, and about 1,000,000 feet of lumber wasj destroyed, owned by Hyde Bros, of Stanton. The people had barely time to escape with their lives. Incoming passengers from the north My that the whole country la blue with smoke. The Chicago and West Mich! gan station at Shields, near White Cloud, has been burned. Eighteen C. A M. freight cars were burned at Lilly Junction. Deer Lake, near Rex City, 100 miles north of here, has telephoned to this city for aid, and a fire engine has been sent. Forests are ablaze, and the Osterhout A Fox lumber yard, with $250,000 worth of lumber, ,1k surrounded by flames. Walkervllle, a small town In Oceana county, the terminus of Butter’s and Peter’s logging road, was totally de stroyed by fire. The hotel, livery ■tables, stores, saloons, blacksmith shop, and nearly all the dwellings went up In ■moke with 500,000 hard-wood logs. Forest fires are raging In every direc tion aronnd Traverse City. Standing pine, hard wood, cord wood, and mneh Valuable hard wood timber is being de stroyed. Many farm houses and barns In the the anrrounding country are threatened and In several dircct’ons in the suburbs of the town foreea of men are fighting the fires to keep them from the village. The air la eo thlok with smoke, uhee and cinders that It la difficult to breathe. Lata dispatches from several point* indicate that rain began to fall this eve ning, and the worst la thought to be over now. The Inhabitants of Bear Lake, Man istee county, were horned out to-day, and compelled to wade Into the lake op to their neeka to eave their lives. The long railroad bridge at Sturgeon river was burned today. Putnam, May 5.—William Cottle, the young man arrested In Dooly county iehv will not be (brought to Sobley till he answers a charge preferred against him by aDooly county grand Jury. About three year* ago Cottle wae ar rested in Schley on a charge of atMult, and wa$, bound over to the superior court He Is well connected and was represented by able counsel, but for some reason the ease was never tried, The last term or two of coart the case has been called, but Cottle did not put In an appearance, and as the result the court proceeded to collect the bond. There J* mueh complaint of poor stands of cotton. In. many instances the aeed Wero not planted till the ground had beeeine so dry, that It will impossible for them to come up till It rains, which must make the crop quite late. Schley county occupies the first p ages Id the history of the alliance In Georgia. Sho baa two or three of the first ten al- lisnoes organized in the state, and waa the first county In the state to organize county allfance. The tint demand for a state alllaoee was made by her county allianoe, which resulted In the meeting of a Aw counties in America*. At this meeting fiehley county was given the president land secretary of .what the members bf the convention thought to be* legally organized state alliance. The president of the Texas allianoe de clared the action Illegal, but due to Sobley’a agitation of the matter pressed to eall a meeting at Fort Valley that reautted In the organisation of a state alllanee. Schley has all the while had one, and now has two representa tives in the state alllanee. Up to,* few weeks ago there wae never a better pfoepeet for a bounteous harvest of small grain, but the last two week* of drouth ha* blytad the whole crop, and from the present prospects the crop will ba a complete fall tire. As many farmers expected- to finish up their eropa on oats, they will experience aheavylou by supplying their place with corn at the ruling MjfjkMML,, >*ufc a$| ' It Is the season now for the country school* toclose. Quito a number have already Closed, and the balance will oloee In the next two week*. The Glenn Holley tehool will close the coming Fri day. ; > Mrs. E. B. Jernlgan, who baa been so long affected with canoer, I* reported no better, but to be elowly falling. She It at present away from home, undergoing treatment. She and the family have the sympathy of the community. The .prorating of tbtaehool fund by the board of adnoatton etiU seems to he of Interact, a* 111* a rare thing for a number of citizens to get together and not dlac'uu the subject Really, at timeelt would seem that the sub-treas ury, or. “something better," the tariff, free coinage of silver and who will 'be speaker are only question! of minor Im portunes. ■ Throe Men to Bssf, Atlanta, May 12.—[Speolal.]—Judge Clark, In the anperior court to-day, sentenced three men to the gallows Charles M. Osborn, for killing James W. Bradley, to hang on Jane 20. George Washington, colored, to hang on July 3, for shooting down on Christ mas eve In cold blood, Ben Oliver, alio colored. When Washington wss sen tenced he smiled and (aid to the bailiff him: “Hope they’ll hang me In the morning soril get to hell in time for dinner. Elisha Underwood, for the mnrder of Alex Sayre last Marob, was aenteneed to awing bn July 10. Underwood and Os- burn are both white men, highly oon- neoted, and before the crimes were com mitted. were well thought of. Osburs and Washington are to be hanged pub licly. Only a Claw Picnic. The Tiues-Recoudek yesterday , an nounced upon good authority that the First Methodist Sunday-school would picnic on Saturday next at Coney Park, on the S., A. A M. railroad. This waa a mistake, however, as it had been decided some time since that the school would not have a picnic this year. However, there will be a number of class picnics given, and the plenlo men tioned for Saturday will be given by Mrs. Cody's, Mrs McCormick’s and Mr. Wallis’ classes only. These, .with a number of specially invited friends, will spend the day most pleasantly at this pretty park. TROUBLE AT ARAM. Armed Men do There From Cental* to Quell a Riot. CosiiKLz, Ga, May 12.—About e o'clock last night telegram* wero re ceived hero from Arabl, ten miles south of Cordele on the G. S. A F. railroad, stating that armed negroes were about to take the town, and asking for asslat- Tbe south bound passenger train was dne here In a few minutes, and by tho time It, arrived twenty-seven men had armed themselves and went down to help , protect the town from the threatening mob. Aorowdof negroes, some o% whom were armed with Win- cheaters, went from here to Arabt on the game train. When they arrived atAfabt affair* bad quieted* down, bnt it waa ascertained THOUSANDS OF RUSSIAN JEWS TO SETTLE IN EAST TENNESSEE. Baroa Hlrsch, the Greet Boselan Phllan tbroplet. Perches** ea Immease of Land-BI* Purpose I* to Colonise Hie Baatched Conatrjmen. Atlanta, May 12.—[Special.]—An Atlanta firm has just doted a tremen dous real estate daal. The purobaaeria Baron Hlrsch, the great Russian philanthropist The tract of laud whloh he hae pur chased consists of 104,000 acres, lying on the plateau region of the Cumberland mountain! In East Tennessee. The price paid la $3.50 an acre or $304,000 for the entire tract Baron niraoh purchased It through hit New York agents from the Atlanta real estate exchange. The trade was closed last week in New York by Mr, L. M. Ward, who went there for that pur. pose. As Is well known, the Osar of Russia Issued an edict some time ago, expelling the Jews from Russia. Baron Hlrtch proposes as an sot of phllanthrophy to colonise as many of the Haitian Jew* as are willing to come over to America. With this grand objeot hr view he haa purchased this Immense tract of laud In East Tennessee. The land haa three coal teams In It, and Is adapted for agricultural, mining and other pursuits. The Idea of the philanthropist la to assign to esoh emi grant* little farm and give each tome kind of employment. PRRPABMO FOR THE RESORTS. turner Travel to Mountains and Sea shore to Open To-morrow, Hie summer excursion rates on all the railroad* composing the Southern Pas senger association go into effect to-mor row, May 15. There baa been some de lay In fixing tho rates, but they will be practically the tame aa last year. The large number of people who leave Aniericu*forthe’resorte every manner for a longer or shorter stay will soon be gin to ealonlate the cost of a rammer trip, the railroad fare being the chief Item In the calonlatlon, though it Is a no torious foot that hotel bills distance railroad fare clear out of sight, when it oomes to a summer trip, especially If It be a fashionable resort Many will go to Cumberland and Ty- wblle Indian Springs will catch hundreds. The mountains of North Georgia are besoming more popular every year, aw} thousands of people from all over the state flock there. They have found that Is just as pleasant In the moan tains of Georgia aa In Virginia or any other state. So many little plaoes are springing up that portion of the state and elalmlng the public sttenUon that accommodation very easy to obtain, and rate* are mneh lower tbaa at the fashionable re- aorta further north. Marietta, Gaines ville, Tallulah, Toeco* and other well- known places will of oonrae be well pat ronized. There will, as usual, be a large number of Americus people who will vialt the takes and other fMhlonable nortben resorts. that the negroes had been firing off many gun* In town, and that three or four attempt* had been made by them to bora the depot. The trouble teems to have originated about settlements with some of the ne groes for work done on the railroad. They did not attempt to do anything else improper, and all ta quiet to-day. . ' Golnx to Cordele. Soliciting Agent Argo, of the S A. A M. reports that , quite a large delegation of citizens will go over to Cordele to night to witness the performance of the Albany amateur company. In order to get the special train at least fifty tickets must be sold, and those who propose going should notify Mr. Argo at the earlist moment possible, that all necessary arrangement* may be made. He ha* the ticket* and can tup- i at a momenta’ notice. The fere H. HAwl tiro to eehwteta, both gotngaad rotnrw- lag. ■ - y. •% Death or Hr*. Chappell. Mrs. Alex. Chappell died at her home at Plains of Dura at 4 o'clock yesterday morning, after a long illness. t |For a long tithe Mrs. Chappell had been a sufferer from paralysis, and while the eed was not unexpected, her sad deatb,ca*t a gloom over the entire com- mpnity where she resided, and where the waa so much beloved by all. Yesterday morning a special train car ried to the Plains the relatives and friends of the deceased from this city, who, remained to attend the funeral services in the afternoon, Mrs. Chappell Levs Foead the Way. The truthfulness of the old adage that •love tanghs at locksmiths, etc.," wm folly demonstrated in Americas last night The only difference being that instead of lock* rad looksmlths, parental ob jection* or rather the objections of rel atives, proved the barrier In this in stance to tba nnion of two hearts, two route—two lives that pined one for the 4tb*r., But "love find* the way" whenever two young lovers, or old onto either, for that matter, determine to marry, and the cate 1a point proved no excep tion to this rule. Lett night a telephone raeassge reach- ed The Times-Rxcorder office, stating that a happy marriage had just taken piece at the parsonage. With this for a clue a reporter started out and soon got at all the facte In the case, which aubetanttally are aa fol lows. A young grocer of this city baa for some time been engaged to a pretty young lady living out in tba suburbs, but for some reason her relatives op posed the match. The moat pathetio appeals of the young folks were of no avail, and aa a last resort the affianced pair very wisely concluded to take the affair into their own hands and settle it according to their own way of thinking. Last night was the appointed time, and at a seaaonable hour the groom-to- be Vent In la carriage to the home of the young lady. She was ready, and In lets time than it takes to tell it they drove to the minister's home, where the nuptial knot waa tied. As In all tuoh ease* the obdurate reia- will eoon give in, if they bar* not ‘ ' ' young couple with the M»- SCOTT THORNTON. Wbet the Athens Rimer Ha* to Sey Con cerning His Appearance There. In view of the fact that "Lawrence Barrett’s successor," Atlanta’s eccen tric tragedian, will play “Blohellen” at Glover’s opera house Friday evening, it will be interesting to the people of Amerions to know how be wm received at other ptaeM outside the city of hit nativity. Just a week ago yesterday Scott and hit wonderful company played In Ath- the classic oliy of learning and culture. He was given an ovation there, as the - following extraeta from an artlele which appeared on tho front pag* of the Ban ner, with a "scare head" of nnnsual depth, will explain: “Scott Thornton. “The Immortal, the Inimitable, the overwhelming Scott, "Played Rlohelien to the most enthu siastic audience of the season last night “That the performance was enjoyed goes without saying, for Scott Thornton played the leading role and hit support “Words cannot do justice to that sup port It wm unique and original, as wm the whole performance. “By the time the curtain rote tbs par quet wm comfortably filled by an audi ence which wm eompoeed largely of students, and one whloh, at a glance, oonld be seen bad come to enjoy itself. Daring the progreM of tho play the ap- ptause wm deafening, It waa nproarous, and a fitting tribute to the actors. Every one went wild with joy, and the floral offerings were aa varied aa they prolific. So enthused wero those preeent that they conld not wait for the others to do their part. Their offerings were OMt upon the stage in all their beauty. It wm a spontaneous offering, whloh might have made the heart of a Booth swell and qnlverwith excitement There hu never been anything like It in Athene. So deepl/ was the etaraffect- ed that his feelings got tlie better of : him, and he wm unable' to carry the per formance to a close, nil position was appreciated, however, by tho crowd, and It raised no objection when be left the stage. HE OP LX YOU KNOW > Ton Don’t, Who Como nod Oo In n Day. Hon. W. M. Hawkea left yesterday for Oglethorpe, where he goos to attend the regular scMlon of Macon superior court. M(i. W. E. Murpbey has returned home from a pleasant visit of several day* to rotative* in Auburn, Ala., her former home. Hon. D. B. Harrold camo over fro nr Richland yesterday, and reports hie plucky little city as still flourishing and growlng.npldly. Mr. Ed. Durant, advance agent for' Soott Thorton’s “Richelieu” aggrega tion, was in the city yesterday making necessary arragomente for the appearanco of “Barrett’s successor" here Friday night next. Mr. IT. B. Harrold and O. A. Cole- wardens of Calvary Episcopal church, accompanied by Mr*. Harrold and Miss Anna Harrold, left by the 8. A. M. train last night to attend the Epis copal convention which convenea In Christ church, Savannah, this morning, “ Mr. J. H. McGehce haa become one of tha editor* of tho West Georgia News, Talbotton, Ga., Mr. James T. Dixon haring resigned to engage In the mercan tile business at West Point Mr. IMxon will be remembered by our people u baring been connected with the Ameri cus Timoa during last December. The Early Clu.lng Movement. Now that the warm summer months are coming on, whqn trade is dull and comparatively but little is doing, the clerks and other employees are anxious know when the 0 o'clock closing movement will take effect For years past it has been the general custom of merchants and others here to close their places of business at 0 o’clock m., thus allowing their faithful assis tants an hour for pleasure and relaxation from business. This from long usage lias become the established rule, and no exception will be made this summer. Already in many of the cities in the state the 6 o’clock movement has gono into effect for the summer, and there Is no doubt but that the same will bo done in Americus shortly. No argument Is neqded to induce our merchants and business men to make this concession, and it is safe to pre dict that in a short while both employer and employee will put aside business for an hour's relaxation towards the close of evening. AU that is noceeeary to be done is for some prominent busi ness man to start the movement off by circulating the uaoal Ust for aigaatai agreeing to etaee at 6, and tha work oppo-dUtoirtod^^^h.,. to starting the movement right V