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THE AMERICUS DAILY T1MES-REC0RDER: SUNDAY. MAY 1,, 1891.
MRE.SHAV,
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
THAT 18 THE QUESTION WITH THE
IOOOS AT SUMTER CITY.
Tom Watson's Occupation Gone—A Strange
Monster Devouring All the Csnlnee—
What he Looks Like—Dog Owners Great'
lj Troubled.
“THE CHAMPION"
Clothier & Outfitter,
111 Forsyth St-. Americas, Oa.. .
Is prepared to clothe the people of
Americus and vicinity; in [fact
whole of Southwest Ga. with
Ms Made dotting
That is correct in style and|pcrfect
n fit.
Every garment is made by the
argest New York and other manu-
ufacturtrs up to the highest standard
of art.
No clothing house South of At
lanta can boast of such an admirable
assortment of
MENS. YOUTHS. BOYS & CHILDREN’S
SPRING AND SUMMER STYLES.
In our line of business wo aro the
r ecognized leaders, and we propose
to continue to carry off the honors.
While we possess all the requisites
necessary for the success of a legiti
mate and dashing business, WE
HAVE THE LARGEST AND
FINEST STORE IN THE CITY.
WE HAVE THE LARGEST AND
FINEST STOCK IN THE CITY,
and wo are known throughout this
section as the
Our friends and the public know
that we have for the last 22 years con
ducted a live business in Americas,
and wo will “win or die” on the field
m battle harness before we will sur
render our banner on which is
written '. ( .V
From the southern part of Sumter
county comes the most remarkable
ports, and that too from reliable sources,
concerning a beast of non-descrlpt ap
pearance, that Is playing havoc with the
ours of high and low degree wherever
he goes.
For some days it has been evident
that some strange fatality was besetting
the dogs, many of them disappearing
under conditions that Indicated that
they were being devoured, as no traces
of them were to be found where erst
while they roamed In careless happiness,
urmindful of Tom Watson’s malicious
designs against their beatific existence.
In the vicinity of Sumter City, a
station just below Americus on the
Central railroad, the owners of dogs
have been noticing that they were disap
pearing at night, amid a series of howls
that indicated violence, and when on
several occasions owners have rushed
out to protect their canino property
they have been horrified to see thorn
being attacked and devoured by a huge
animal, which seemed devoid of fear of
man or beast so intent was it on seizing
its prey.
This beast has been seen by a dozen
men, black and white, in the very act of
attacking dogs, and has, in ono or two
instances, actually followed Its fleeing
victims right into a house, and had to be
beaten off with chairs to save the dog
from being devoured right at its master’s
feet.
The various accounts of the animal
agree in goneral that It is, in ita appear
ance, like a monstrous dog so far as con
cerns Its body, while it has the head,
nose and mouth of a wild boar, and has
daws like an eagle on all four feet. The
tracks that have been seen by numer
ous people in and around Sumter City,
are described as resembling those of a
wild turkey, only much larger and more
hooked claws.
It Is not a wild cat, panther, boar nor
any other animal that anybody has ever
seen; for it hss seized and devoured In a
twinkling soveral well trained wild-cat
dogs, that had a record of whipping any
four-footed varmint that ever roamed
these woods, bolting them as if they were
mere puppies.
The monster appears to have an appe-
tltq for dog flesh similar to that which a
cat has for a mouse, and will follow
them anywhere regardless of people,
whom it does not appear to stand in awo
of at all. The dogs art) being devoured
nightly by the score, and the walls of
the disappearing canines can be heard
In every direction. In a few weeks more
there will not be one left in that part of
the country, and the alarm is spreading
lest the beast eat up not only the dogs,
but may attack other domestic animals
and children, as It never hesitates to
dash right into a house In pursuit of Its
victims.
Hunting parties are to be organized
at once to go In pursultof the monster,
and everybody around Sumter City is
determined to catch this strange animal
whose appearance and actions are In
spiring terror In the homes of the peo
ple, no less than among their dogs.
So far, it hss made no attempt to at
tack anything else, but so ferocious aud
powerful does it appear, and so fearless
of the presence of mankind, that there
Is much apprehension that Its depreda
tions will not be muoh longer confined
to the dogs.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS
OF FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION TO
MEET IN AMERICUS.
An Interesting ProcnuaArrsacod for the
Oceaslun—Delegates From Koch gchoao
Will Attend—The Dolly Order a I Bxor.
else.—Americas Hospitality.
Following Is the very interesting pro
gram of the Sunday school convention
of the Friendship association to be held
with the Americus Baptist ohurcb, Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday, Jnne 20th,
27th and 28th.
Friday—11 a m.—Sermon by Rev. J,
W. Beck, text, Dent. 81:12.
- 2 p. m.—Organization and enrollment
of messengers.
Appointment of committees. First,
condition of the work. Second, recom
mendations- Third, destitute Holds.
Reports from vice-presidents, superin
tendents and Pastors.
Address by Rev. W. H. Patterson.
Subject: “The needs of the work In
our association and how they shall be
met."
8 p. m.—Sermon by Rev. W. L. Cutts.
Saturday—0 a. ro.—Renewal of call for
messengers and visiting brethren and
sisters.
Report of committees and other busl
Going to Savannah.
The members of the Royal Arcanum
in Americus will endeavor to-morrow to
get up an excursion party of ten or more
of their order to go to Savannah, to be
on hand Wednesday at the session of the
grand eonnclt, and the banquent that
will be given to the grand council of
(ieorgia by Pulaski council of Savannah
The Forest city is noted for Its gen
erous hospitality on all Doeaelona, and
it Is said tliat Pulaski Council will spekd
upwards of‘*i,000 In the entertainment
of the grand council and the visiting
brethrns.
The object of the Americns delcga-
tlon'ls to secure^V naxtsanmJ sassW
of the grand oonnill for
when “the Alnatnbra” will ti'a've been
finished and ready to entertain such
bodies as the Royal Arcanum and other
Oonveutiona. .A». .BUDIHSISj
Commander-In-Chief of the Le
gitimate
Clothing aid Men’s
Furnishing Goods
Business of Southwestern Ga.,
1*6 FORSYTH AMERICUS, CA.
P- S.—This may not be niodeaty
bat it is Business all the same.
J.R.S.
- Neu** •• atwWwWw*. •• s $ jw
The sixth installment of 10 per cent
of the capital stock of the Americas
Manufacturing and Improvement Com
pany has been called, and most be paid
on June 1st, Inst.
John Wixuson, Soo’y and Treat,
•■naylfraw 1 j if.
Stockholder# Keeling.
The annual meeting of stockholders of
the Americas Guano Company will be
held at the office of the eompany at 4
o'clock p. m. Jane 2?tb.
IL C.Baolky,
m!2-tf Beefy A Tress.
The celebrated finest Tower Brand
Razors. If not satisfactory in thirty
days return it and get the money, at
Dn. Fldrioox’s Drug Stores.
New firm; new goods; the best of ev-
nd fsmily groce
Caxt
Address by \V. B. Hinton. Subject
“Wbatisthe work of the convention
and how may itbest bo accomplished.'
Address by W. M. Sears. Subject:
What may bo expected as the results of
faithful Sunday School work. General
discussion.
2 p. m.—Miscellaneous business.
Address.by Kev.i J. W. Beck. Sub
ject: - Whist constitutes a model Sunday
School.
Address by Bev. A. B. Campbell. Sub
ject: Who are responsible for the high,
est success In the Sunday School work,
General discussion.
8 p. m.—Sermon by Rev. W. H. Pat-
terson.
Sunday—9:30 o.m.-Sunday School ex
ercises.
11 a. m.—Sermon by Rev. T. C. Boy
kin. Text: Mark 9, 30.
2 p. m—Sunday school moss meeting.
Address by several brethren.
This annual convention is called by
the exeeutlve committee of the Friend
ship Sunday school association. We
earnestly request each Sunday school to
send at least four messengers, male or
female, to the convention. Pastors and
superintendents are urged to preseht tbfc
matter to the Sunday schools. All who
come will be cordially receive and en
tertained.
Fall Dead In the Ballroom.
News reached Americas yesterday of
a very sad affair which occurred at the
Harris House, la Fort Valley, Friday
evening or early yesterday morning.
A ball was In progress at the hotel,
and among the gayest of the young dano-
ers was Mrs. Whitfield, the proprietress,
who formerly resided in fhomssville,
where she Is well known and much cs-
teomed. : *
MWhile the festivities were at their
height Mrs. Whitfield was seen to stag
ger, and the next moment fell to the
floor a corpse, death having resulted
from heart disease. The sad affair east
a gloom over the entire community, and
the announcement will bring sorrow to
Mrs. Whitfield’s many friends through
out Southwest Georgia.
TBE CITY IN BRIEF.
8HORT ITEMS PICKED UP AND PUT
’ UNDER ONE HEAD
Mora (louses Ralldlnf—An Interesting
Trial—Am*' leu.' Cotton Roeolpts—An
America. Bo,', Success—Other latere.t-
Inx Bile of City News.
Ufe te but a running race,
The hind ones end the bead onee,
Where many s live men tele the (woe
For a running after dead onee;
But be, at last, shall peter out
And tumble down a d) Inf—
Shall need a wooden overooat—
8o woerefore are we orylngT
For all tbe world shall peter out;
The butchers and the bakers.
The benkere and the drummer*—end
At Isattbe undertaker#— — L.8. T.
Divine In Doranoe Vito.
Will Divine, who Is anything Imagina
ble except divine, was captured yester
day by Lieutenant Wheeler, of the city
police, and Deputy Sheriff John Lamar,
who securely handcuffed him and lodged
him in the county-jail.
Divine kicked up a row In Cordele
several months ago, since which time be
bis been s fugitive from justice. It is
also said that he is wanted in Florida for
crimes committed (hare, and that s re
ward of t300>s offerfd for him. Hs Will
be held until the Cordele and Florida
officials can be heard from.
Hair all gone, scalp covered with erup
tions, and pains in allot bis limbs, a
waa affected, and the patient, the mar-
ahal of ' MontlceUo, Fla., says his hair
hss grown’out, and that he is a well
man. This cure spread far and wide,
and now the drug stores of MontlceUo
’ ‘ :«qi
special
For spot cash w,e will sell
•Brick In car-load lots deliver
ed in Americus at six dollars
per thousand.
Ocmulgee Brick Co.
mar 15-d2 w.
Coras.
Removed .quit
Abott’s East Ind
nnd surely by using
Corn Paint.
Axiihkwh A Caxtkh’s.
Pun fruit juices, pineapple less,
cream melange, ginger sis, and ererv-
that Is good, at Davenport's soda
thing that
fountain.
Advertising is to business what steam
is to machinery—The great propelling
power.—Lord Macaulay.
Cat tail millet! Cat taU millet! Want
ed, 600 pounds, at Dr. Eldridge's drug
store. .
Brick for Male.
We have on hand 1,000,000 well burnt
brick. Must be sold in the next thirty
days. Address,
Chuokk A Pack, Manufacturer*.
mayb-dzw Albany; Ga.
Garden 8eed, Seed Potatoes, Golden
Dent and other ssrly eon, direct frets
Laadiwth’a warehouses, nnd warranted
gtuuias, at Dr. Bdrtdgs*s drug atom.
‘Quiet reigned In Warsaw,” and there
was no mayor’s court yesterday morning.
There was a calm and serene peaco
around the city hall that was truly re
freshing.
Every member of the Presbyterian
church is earnestly urged to be present
at this morning’s service. A matter of
much importance to tbe church will bo
considered.
A habeas corpus case, Involving the
possession of a little three year o]d girl,
will bo tried before Judge Pilsbury to
morrow morning. Much interest Is man
ifested in the outcome of this trial.
The cotton receipts show that we are
slowly creeping up to tbe 75,000 bales
point, and we shall probably go consid
erably above those figures before the
season closes on tho first of September
next.
Capt A. T. Maxwell, the Central's
popular and very efficient agent at this
place, has leased the desirable rosldenoe
on Church street, next the home of Mr.
J. L. Mack, and will take possession of
tbe same to-morrow morning.
Mr T. J. Norman, of Union Springs,
Ala., is la the city, and has been engaged
by the Davenport Drug Company as
manager of their new drug store, corner
of Lee and Lamar streets. Mr. Normau
is an experienced pharmacist and a most
agreeable gentleman as well, and we ex-
tend him a cordial weloome to our city.
Tbe change of boars nt tbe publio
schools goes into effect to-morrow morn
ing. The schools take In at 8 o’clock
Insteat of 730. Tbe recesses will be
from 9:40 to 10 o'olock and from 11:40 to
12 o'clook. Primary grades will be dis
missed a 1 o’olock and higher grades at
1^|0 o'olock.
Mr, Lee McLendon, a well known
_ business man of Thomasvllle, has
ten appointed traveling freight and
passenger agent of the S. A. A M. rail
road. Mr. McLendon succeeds Mr. M.
D. Royer, who recently resigned that
position. The appointment takes effeot
on Tuesday next
HunnlcuttA Belllngrath, of Atlanta,
who were awarded the contract fora
large portion of the plumbing on tbe
new hotel, have entered upon the work
and are fast getting a number of the big
pipes In position. This, like nil tbe
Other work upon the handsome building,
will be strictly first-class In every re
aped.
The senior member of the firm of
Allen A Brown, druggists, of Atlanta,
who a day or two since bought the drug
business of Hutchinson Bros., of that
eity, is John Allen,. nn Americus boy
who has east his fortunes with the Gate
City. HI# many frienda here will wish
oim continued aneoew in his new de
parture.
Mr. R. S. Windsor Is erecting two veiy
pretty two story dwellings on bis lot,
corner of Lee and Finn streets. Mr.
Windsor Is building these booses simply
as an investment, and as the location Is
alotgether desirable they will net him a
good income. Such la the demand for
homes in- Americus that houses are
rented now for weeks before they arc
Completed.
The Perry School*.
Let It be remembered that our Perry
frienda will be the guests of the city on
Friday the 22nd of this month. Our
own Sunday schools are requested to ap
point special committees on reception,
’and these,sided by tbe hospitable people
of Americas; will see that our visitors
Spend a pleasant day.
The rain came dojvp In torrent* when
Perry camo to see. up before. This
time, may the fates tie mere propitious,
that our goodly -neighbere may learn to
know us better, and view somewhat of
our prosperity, oar growth, and ou
beauty. “ J
A Complete Cnltopee
la occasioned In our feeling* by derange
ments of the liver, stomach and bowels.
Dr. Pieree’s Pleasant Pellets ear# siak
and billions headnobe, bowel complaints,
internal fever and coeuveness. They
remove all waste matter, and restore
health to body and mind, A dose, ss a
laxative, consists of one tiny, sugar-
coated Pellet. Cheapest and easiest to
take By druggists, 25 cents a vtal.
Seed Potatoes, Seed Corn, Garden
Seed, direct from Landreth’s and war
ranted genuine, at Dr. Eldridge’a drug
store.
Do you eat? Of. course you do.
Then go to Andrews A Carter for your
groceries. Their stock Is the freshest
and finest in Americas.
JAS. T. COTNEY
JEWELER,
DIAMONDS
WATCHES
IN CLUBS.
TELEPHONE iv*.
102 FOR8VTH STREET.
DEDICATED TO OUR FRIENDS WHO
Get Warm I
Summer specialties are in de
mand -everythiug fro a lemon
ade straw to an ice cream freezer—
is being called for-anything that
seems to bo u relation of the North
Polo is sought after-and if there
are any folks who can help yon- to
keep cool they are at the Artesian
Corner Store.
BUTLER & BERRY.
In the sweltering days that now
are eoming—to have a ehnnk of
ice—is almost equivalent to having
a chunk of happiness—but what
are yon going to keep that ice in ?
Have you a Water Cooler? Well,
if yon haven’t—there is one plaoe
to get them cheap—1 gal., $1,15—
2 gal., 92.25—3 goL, 2.75—4 gal.,
93.25—and recollect that one place
is the Artesian Corner Store,
BUTLER & BERRY.
Ask yourself the question—is a
refrigerator nowadays a necessity
or a luxury—or is it both at onoe?
When you consider its saving-of
what wonld otherwise spoil and be
wasted—wonld’nt it be an oconomy
—rather than an expense-for yon
to get one—to get a good one—to
get a good Refrigerator cheap at
the Artesian Corner Store.
BUTLER & BERRY.
Of course you realize that there
are no flies on us—but do you
know why—because we keep the
Improved Keyless Ply Fan / in
stock—it’s no trouble to wind it up
—it saves so much fussing about
the table—they only- cost 92.25
each-that is they only oost 92.25
each at the Artesian Corner Store.
BUTLER & BERRY.
Of course we have Coffee Pots—
have them all sizes—kinds—and
prices—but the demand now oomes
for something more seasonable—
those old time brown Rockingham
Teapots—whioh we sell for 20 cents
—are the only vessels that brew
tea fit for ioing—and then Rock
ingham Butter Crocks—Yellow
ware Milk Crocks—that sell with
us for 6. cents upwards—these aro
the goods to suit the needs of the
weather—they are seasonable and
cheap—cheap at the Artesian Cor
ner Store.
BUTLER & BERRY.
Don’t forget our last ad.—
Hatches 1 cent a box—Clothespins
1 cent a dozen—Berry Dishes 3
oents each—Pretty Goblets 5 cents
each—and that Students’ Lamp
for 93.90—for the time only—at
one place only—the Artesian Cor
ner Store.
BUTLER & BERRY.
BUTLER & BERRY,
Artesian Corner Store,
AMERICUS, GA.
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CRYSTAL LENSES
this* ■***.
MriMstiina
Perfumes, Colognes, Ctrxaets, Toilet
Water, Toilet Seans. A very fineaeeoit-
ment at Dr. Jftdrvlae’v
Pharmacists >
Dave Exclusive sale of th'eie Cklkbba
tud Glasses In Amcricue,'Ga.
FAULKNER, KELLAM & MOORE,
The only Manufacturing Opticians is
the South, Atlanta, OeonotA.
W. H. JOKES,
Agent for Columblv and other Bicycle*, et
Bank of Houthwf-)*rn Georgia.
Price* *33 to *135.
Arrival and Departure of Tralee.
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Arrive From. Leave For.
lifipmldan Albany liUSpmtinpm
«. A.AX. X.B.
lavannah 8:30 a m 7:00 p m
Omaha e:15pmS:45am
•* ' NAIL CLOSES.
>ln* JJaat (S. A. AM.). a m.
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ONE CENT A WORD COLUMN.
Advertisement* will be Inserted In this
at Iterate.of One Cent per Word for
vertiaemont taken for lees
AKE tnratohed room *uilabl* for ynniiir
(feueST ro
FINE BUSINESS LOCATION
FOR SALE.
Delicious “Ice Cream" Soda every
day exeept Sundays, at Davenport's.
I order In tncace In a different enterrr!-",
I offer me aale my entire stock of
UUOCXniKS, CONFECTIONERIES, SODA FOUNT
And Lunch Counter, near S. A- & II.
depot. Also, Store Home and lease on
thirty feet square of .laud, for three
years at same place.
Till* la one of tbe beat business loca
tions in the city of Americns.
Very respectfully,
5-14-Ct D. B. REGISTER.
Tbe excellent, nutritious aud cooling
drink “Malt Ale," combining beer ana
ale, but better than either. Recom
mended by leading physicians
where, and sold at Da7enport’i
fount. 1