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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. VOLUME t 4|f-= AMERICUS. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY: MAY 20, 1891. NUMB^IR 39 Adverxisemeru, wmcn promises more than it will perform, will be of value to the advertiser. We recognized this truth long ago, and our success is largely due to the fact that ,we have never yet violated the Confidence of Our Customers! You will find everything EXACTLY AS REP- RESENTED every time, at GEO. D. WHEATLEY'S But bear in mind, to get the lienefit of the Rare Bargains we Offer! To avail yourself of such EXTREMELY LOW PRICES! You must call in person, or order of us without fail, THIS WEEK. FOU SALE TO-MORROW One case Figured Victors Lawn at fijc worth 7c | per yard. (One case Sherwood Dress Ginghams at 7$c. worth 10c. per yard. 5 Bales “Cant Tear” Check Home Spun at 4|c., ’ worth 8c. per yard. ,8000 yards Standard Calicoes, Spring styles at 1 5c. worth 7c. per yard. 11200 yards Figured Manchester Challis at 7c. worth 10c. per yard. WE ARE OFFERING EVERY DAY Something New in Dress Goods! WHITE GOODS, BLACK GOODS GRENADINES, DRAPERY NETS. FRENCH ORGANDIES BATISTES, CHALLIES, Ere. And our LOlV' PRICES MOVE the goods right out, enabling us to replenish every week, besides saving our customers a snug little sum from the prices demanded by others. KING SOLOMON thought there was “nothing new under the sun,” but with all his wisdom he new nothing about our FQTE APPLE TISSUES! Very pretty and appropriate for the lovely fabric which bears the name. We will show you a solid case of them in Lfght, Medium, Black and Navy Grounds with white and tinted spots and figures, at 15 CENTS PER YD. THIS WEEK! This is what we call a “case of love at first sight” and you should call early and get your choice. As a Special, We offer Tomorrow 12 beautiful styles Plaid and Striped imported ZEPHYR CLOTHS at 25c. per yd.—the acme of perfection for a wash dress. Entirely new lino figured-China Mulls at 11 Jc; really worth 20c. else where. HAVE YOU SEEN OUR LINE OF Nainsook, Sviss and Cambric More than 1000 styles, from the daintiest little edge at 2Jc to the most superb 48-inch Flounce at $2.50 per yd. Wc often hear that “ours is the only stock of TORCHON LACES in tlie city” and are also gratified to hear the expressions of astonishment when our modest prices are mentioned. Here is a batch of Bargains well worth your consideration: FOR THIS WEEK OUSTLY! 40 do*. Ladies’ Ribbed Undervesta, 10c. Regular price, 20c. THE DEED OF A DEVIL. NOT MUCH FOR GEORGIA SWEPT BY THE FLAMES. THAT BOARD OF TRADE SHOCKING CRIME OF ABLACK BRUTE NEAR FORT VALLEY. AtthvPoIntof nPlatol and Almost In tt>« Pretence of Her Hatband i Udj la Bru tally Outraged—Armed Men Parana the Black Fiend. 25 25c. Fast Black Stainless Hose, 25c. Black Silk Mitts, - - 25c. linen Hack or Crepe Towels, 10c. 40c. S5c. 40c. 15c. GLOVES AND PARASOLS! FANS AND CORSETS! If yon need either don’t fail to call. We’ve got ’em to sell and our prices are right A word to those in need of CLOTHING Our stock ia especially attractive in this line. We literally show every- thing desired, and our prices are way below the point of competition. We will offer SPECIAL inducements THIS WEEK in Child’s Suite.and Knee Pants. Respectfully, V aw,.,-V . . GEO. D. WHEATLEY, Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave. frsamples will receive personal and )rders by mail for | prompt attention. Four Valley, Ga, May 19.—[Spe cial.]—Yesterday afternoon, on the plantation of C. B. Howard, eight miles north of Fort Valley, Henry Jordan, light mulatto negro, twenty-two years old, fire feet ten inches In height and weighing about 140 pounds, committed rape on Mrs. Jarrell, the newly made wife of one of Mr. Howard's white tenants. Jordan was also an employee ou the place and knew that Mrs. Jarrell was alone. Going to the house he put a large knife against her throat and told her that if she screamed he would kill her. This badly frightened Mrs. Jarrell, as she was alone, and the hellish brute carried out his design while Mr. Jarrell was only about 300 yards from the house at work in his farm. On leaving, Jordan told Mrs. Jarrell that If sho told what had happened he wonld return and kill her, but If she would keep It to herself he would return Saturday and bring her live dollars. Mrs. Jarrell watched the vtllian until he was out of sight and then made haste to the field to Inform her husband of what had happened, but when she got In sight of him she fell to the ground ex hausted. , Her husband saw her fall and hastened to her, but found her unconscious. He carried her to the house, and as soon as she was restored to consciousness she told of the crime that hod been commit ted. The alarm was given, and In less time than it takes to tell It, a body of deter mined men were In pursuit of the black demon. Runners were sent In every direction, and the crime soon became known throughout the vicinity. About two hours after the alarm was given Jordan was approaohed by three unarmed white trackmen on the A. A F. railroad, who attempted to arrest him, but refrained when Jordan pre sented hli dangerous knife and pistol, holding them at bay until he backed off through the woods and went out of sight The men are generally condemned for not making more strenuous efforts to capture the brute. All eight long about one hundred of Crawford county’s most determined citi zens were searching the whole country for the vUlIau. This morning a dozen men, heavily armed, rode into Fort Valley and divid ed, going In different directions until every road coming into town was guarded. A party has also gone to Macon, where Jordan Is well acquainted, hoping to catoh him as he eomes Into town. Saw mills have shut down, farmers have suspended work and merchants have closed their stores to join in the pursuit, and every pursuer with whom I have talked swear that If Jordan Is caught that he will never cost the tax payers of Crawford county one cent but will be dispatched to a now world with out ceremony, as the laws of the land are entirely too alow In being executed by the courts. Several men from this city hare Joined In the search for Jordan and nothing will be left undone to catch him. Early tills morning Mrs. Jarrell was In a very precarious condition, which faet excited the men to double their energy In the pursuit. Considerable excitement prevails in this section at this hour and which grows intenser every minute, to eager are the people to get the latest news of the search. There teems to be little doubt but that Jordan will be caught very soon,and suf fer the penalty of bit crime at the hands of a cool, determined crowd of Geor gia’s best law,abiding citizens. THE DIRECT TAX MONEY WHIOH IS TO BE REFUNDED Goes Almost Wholly to Northern State* New York Get* 84,000,000 While Georgia GetiOnly 887,OOO-Short History of Ike Onesided RepublicanBill. Rather Death Than Dishonor. Charlotte, N. C., May 19.—Near Loulsburg, Franklin county, yesterday, a young woman, aged 84 years, commit ted suicide. She was of a poor but good family and waa engaged to a young man of the neighborhood. He betrayed her under promise of marriage. The date for the marriage was twice fixed, but be failed to appear. Her par ents had the young man taken to Louie- burg, and be waa held to appear at court. Daring the absence of her parents, the yonng girl took poison and was found dead when they returned. Tha Cottage Not Sold. New York, May 19.—A special to t^c Recorder from Washington says: The president authorizes a denial of the state ment made in a local paper that he and Mrs. Harrison had add the cottage at Cape May point He says that on the contrary, they eapeet to spend a part of tbs summer there. . Atlanta, May 19.—[Special.]—Mr. W. J. Speer,of the state treasury depart ■uent, Is now in Washington looking af ter a matter that will Interest a number of Georgians. He did not go to Washington for this purpose, bnt he volunteered to look In to the matter for Governor Northen while he was In the national capital. He Is to gather for the governor some Information In regard to the direct tax which Is to be paid the state from the United States treasury. The direct tax was levied by the gov ernment during, and just after the war, and was a special tax to rqlse money to defray the expenses of the war and the reconstruction period just after the war. Each state was assessed by the gov. eminent according to its wealth and other considerations. Georgia was assessed $343,000, but only $87,000 was paid in by her citizens. A great many, and in fact nearly all of the states paid large amounts, run ning up Into the millions, while the amounts paid by the Southern states were very small, in fact It was but a “drop In the bucket” as compared with the amounts paid by the Northern states. Just after the war, In addition to this direct tax the government Imposed a di rect tax on every pound of ootton sold in the union. The South, of oourse, paid the bnrden of this, and the North had none of It to P»y- J Georgia paid into this fnnd about eight million dollars. ^ One of the- slabsided seetiopal meas ures enacted by the last brilliant gather ing of republicans, revolving like tatol- Itoa around the person of Beed, the ty rant, was to refund the direct tax, not to the North alone—oh, no, that would have been a sectional movement, while the big hearted man wanted to benefit every part of this great nation alike. Many of the southern members, in order to tost tt>e**lriOtUm,-lfttrodn6ed an amendment which was that the gov ernment, while refunding this war tax, shonld also’refund the cotton tax, whloh was also a war tax. The republicans would not bear to this, bnt passed the bill without the amendment. ' New York, it is stated, gets upward of $4,000,000 from the treasury of the na tion, If It can be found after the billion dollar congress has been raking the bot tom with a fine-tooth comb, searching for silver five cent pieces. Georgia gets $8T,000 of the money. The other northern states compare about as favorably with the other south ern states as the two above mentioned states. If the ootton tax had been refunded Georgia wonld have received from this source about eight million dollars. The mono]) coming to Georgia goes back to these who paid It, or their heirs, and is to be held In trust for them by the governor. It Is to be paid to him upon the passage of a joint resolution by the state legislature. Mr. Speer Is gathering Information to be used by the governor In bringing the matter to the attention of the legisla ture at the summer session. The legislature will probably appoint a man to go on to Washington to make out a list of the names of all to whom some of this money Is coming, and from his list Governor Northen will check It out. It goes to twelve thousand people, which would give an avenge of $7.35 to each one. Some of them, however, are entitled to only a few cents, while one or two run np to the thousands. North Carolina already has a force of men at work in Washington making out a list of those who are entitled to money coming to that state. DISASTROUS FI RE AT JACKSONVILLE YESTERDAY MORNING. An Entire Block I* Destroyed, Entalllnc Lw of Half a Million Dollan-Tho Post- office sad a Bonded Warehouse Bara—In surance Loos than Half the Lost Jacksonville, Fla., May 19.—[Spe cial.]—Fire last night gutted the south side ofBay street, from Market to New- in. Only one two-story building Is left standing, at the corner of Bay and New- in. The fire was first discovered In the third story of the Mohawk block, corner of Market street, and In a few moments the entire Interior was one mass of llames. It contained the post office on the first floor, lawyers’ offices on the second and lodge rooms on the third. The fire caught In the adjoining build ings and waa so fierce that the firemen could do little in the way of controlling it, except to save the property acrota the street By 3:30 a. m. the entire block was one mass of ruins. The losses are: Postofflce, fixtures, (all mails saved); the Mohawk block, owned by the 8hoemaker estate of Cin cinnati, loss, $100,000, Insured for $35,- 000; Maaonio lodge, $3,000; G. A. R. $1,000; Cockrell A Son, lawyers, $6,000. The United States court lost all Its pa pers and pictures. Phillip Walter, clerlf, lost $1,200 personally. Church, Anderson A Co., wholesale commission men, lost $5,000; insured for $1,200. The Drew Hardware company, $00,000; Insured for $50,000. Hamilton Dlsston saw stores, $15,000. Santo building, $16,000; Insured for $5,000. John Clark, Son A Co.’s new brick blook, $35,000; Insured for $12,000. The same firm loet $5,000 by fire and water on their grooery and liquor stook. In this block was the United States bonded warehouse, when there wss 350 bales of tobaooo belonging to tbe El Lobo and El Modelo cigar manufactur ing companies, valued at $300,000. At 330 the fire was stayed. Bnt for tbe hereto efforts of the. firemen and a rein that fell in ‘ the afternoon, many residences would have been fired, aa scores of roofs were on fire, and men, women and children fought the fire for hours. The total loss, some say, ia $450,000, with $245,000 Insurance/ PYTHIAXS IN BRUNSWICK. Opening of tbs Grand Lodge and Parade of the Uniform Bank. ShoS Dead b/ the Guard. Birmingham, Ala., May 19.—At tbe Pratt mine* prison, at midnight last night, Guard Cary Nelson shot and In- stoutly killed ’ Clayton Loyd, a white’ convict, while tha latter waa attempting to break prison in order to effect his es cape. Loyd poisoned bis wife and five children In Dale county, Ala., a year ago. Two of tbe oblldren died. HU Trial Postponed. Chattanoooa, May 19.—The case of Judge Warder, charged with the mur der of his aon-in-Iaw, just four months ago to-day, was called this morning in the circuit courL After some argument the case was continued until the Sep tember term. The bond was fixed at $10,000. - Glover 1'laying Crazy. CarxeBville, Ga., May 10.—[Special.] —Dr. Glover has become attached to the Carncsville Jail since the shackels have placed around his aakle. He is now trying to play tbe erasy racket, but has not practloed enough to succeed very welL Brunswick, GA, May 19.—[Special.]— Brunswick is, Indeed, the city of conven tions. About six hundred Knights of Pythias and one hundred dentista had arrived here up to this morning. Tbe dentists took the Pope Catlln for 8L Simons, where tbe State Dental asso ciation convened to-day. Little more will be done at the first session than to perfeot the organization. The eity presents a holiday appear ance, the decorations being very elabor ate. Five hundred Knights of the Uniform rank were in the parade this morning. Major-General Carnahan resobed the olty yesterday afternoon and la quarter ed at the Oglethorpe. He will remain during the convention, leaving for Jack sonville Thursday. The opening exercise* of tbe conven tion occurred at l’Ariosa ball this morn ing. Addresses were delivered on behalf of tbe olty and the local lodges by Mayor Colson, Judge Spencer, Atkinson and Mr. W. G. Brantley. Mr. Hamilton Douglass, of Atlanta, responded on behalf of the visiting knights. Is This Loyd's Klhknr. Atlanta May 19.—[8pect*l.]—Wil liam Andrew*, alias Tom Harden, a ne gro, ia now looked np at tbe station house on suspicion. He was arrested by Captain Wright and Offloer McCall*. If h* prove* to be tbs negro that the officers arrested him for they get a very neat reward 1 for their trouble In arrest ing blm. On tbe 9th of May last one Tom Har den killed H.D. Loyd, In Seville, and then made bis escape and alnoe has been at large. Mayor R. E. Kelly, of Seville, bad a circular printed offering $400 reward for the arrest of Harden, and giving a fall description of him. Captain Wright and Officer McCalla arrested the man now locked up at tbe station house, and are holding him a suspect. If he proves to be the right man he will be delivered to the officials of Seville and the arresting officers will receive their reward of $400. MA88 MEETING OFOITIZENS AT THE OPERA HOU8E YE8TERDAY r«-U» rurpos® of Kf reeling aoch aa Or* gaalsathm lun-Ths objects and Pur- posse et Beards ot Trade Explalned-Xm* M Negro Drill in Aofnit*. Ai oista, May 19.—Ton thousand ne groes are at the exposition park today to wltneea the great negro military drill. Hundreds of visiting soldiers are in tha city. That Amerioas will have a board of trade I* well nigh an assured fact The movement started on Monday for the purpose of attaining this end hat aroused a great deal of enthtuiasm among business man, and It may now be put down aa a certainty that Americas will take this most important step. At 4 o'clock yesterday, afternoon a mass meeting of citizens wss held at Glover’a opera house for tbe purpose of discussing this qnestton, and to take the necessary steps looking to tbe organi zation of a board of trade. The meeting was well attended, and among those present were many of the most prominent business men in the City. Mr. W. E. Murphoy was msdo chair man of the meeting, and Mr. Lott War ren waa requested to set as secretary. In a few brief remarks'the chair ex plained the objeetof tbe meeting, eon- eluding with tbe request that those pree* ent give an expression ot their views as to the object under consideration. Major W.'L. Glessner was called upon, and in a short talk explained the pur poses, methods and results of board* of trade. Dr. E. T. Mathis and Messrs. M. Callaway, Lott Warren and others also ■poke briefly on the same line. Mr. R. T. Byrd moved that a commit tee of five be appointed for the purpose - of procuring a charter and to drafts constitution and by-laws. After some discussion, however, this motion was withdrawn to give place to the resolu tion following: - Resolved: That It is the sense of this meeting that a board of trade le needed In Americas, and tost, those present hen are heart Ity In favor of each an orcsalsatlon. This resolution wss unanimously adopted on a rising vote, and on motion theohair Waa requested to appoints committee of five In addition to himself as chairman, to prepare a charter, con stitution and by-laws, and to submit the same to a future meeting to be called by the chair. There being no farther business the meeting adjourned snbjeot to the call of the ebalr. After tbe meeting Chairman Murphey appointed Messrs. W. L. Glessner, M. B., Connell, U. B. Harrold, J. S. Bolton and! J. C. Mathews, Esq., as a committee of' fire to prepare the oharter, constitution, and by-laws necessary to the proposed/ organization. The Tiues-BecoRder was frequently asked yesterday. “What does s board of trade do? What are Its purposes; Its methods?" Its objeote are manifold, and all com mendable and useful! In a word a board of trade la the organized co-opera tion of tbe business men of a olty. Its objects and purpose* are to enable the business men to sot together for their mutual protection and benefit; for tbe advancement of tbe oommcrcial, manufacturing and financial Interests of tbe olty; to oolleotand keep n reoord of Information and statistic*, local and general, relating to manufacturing, com mercial and financial matters, and to take eognlsanoe of and give dlreotlon to matters in general looking to tbs growth, progress and development of tbe city In all directions. It Is through boards of trad* that dis criminations In freight rates are adjust ed; that legislation affecting the city’s Interests is looked after; that matters of pnbllo complaint are notified; that In formation concerning the advantages and growth of a eity are collected and disseminated; that capital is Invited and Induced to seek Investment In tbe town, and that manufacturing enterprise* are secured and fostered. In a thousand ways snob an organiza tion la tbe channel through whloh bene fit flows to tbe oo&mnnlty In which they operate. In every eity of size and Im portance snobs board exists. Amerlcus has too long been without one, and It Is a cans* for congratulation that she baa at last taken this additional and neces sary step in her onward movement AXowOyster Company. Brunswick, Ga, Hay 19.—Tbe Bruns wick Oyster company was organized last night, and will, at an early day, be gin tbe erection of a factory. Bruns-, wick has at present two oyster factories, and the Industry promises to be tbe must important and profitable on this ' / m Charlotte’s electric Cara. Charlotte, N. C., May 19.—Char lotte’s electric street cars moved off yes terday evening. Large crowds thronged tlio streets and greeted the appearance of the care with loud cheers and enthu siastic demonstrations. Della Beck, of Cokoville, Pa., at tbe ago of eighteen years tips tbe beam at 870 pounds. Her bust measure Is sixty-one Inches and her waist fifty-four Inches.