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*' ' 19 i!l&f' •: THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER: WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1891. THE TIMES-RECORDER. Dally and Weekly. ¥bk Americus Recorder Establishes ,Thb Americus Timed Established 1830. CONSOLIDATED, APRIL, 1891. SUBSCRIPTION: Daily, Ok* Year, Daily, Ox* Month, I STeek-V, One Year, - - - . l.( Weekly, Six Months, * For advertising rates address Bascom Myrick, Editor and Manager, THE TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY, Americus, Oa. Americus, Oa., May 27, 1891. Thk L’nited States government is in negotiation with San Domingo for the lease of Santa Barbara as a coaling sta tion. A little girl in her prayer illustra ted the value of advertising. In her in nocencc she said: “Lord make me pure —make me absolutely pure, like baking power." Ci’J.pkim'Eh’k mills, situated near the Central railroad depot in Albany, have been burned, including a large amount of corn and Hour. Several Central cars were also burned. Loss about $20,000. There are 30,000 colored votes in Ohio, who hold the balance of power, and not au officeholder among them. The anti-negro record of the Harrison administration is something remarkable. Said Major Joseph B. Cumming, of Augusta, yesterday, when asked his opinion of the Western and Atlantic commissioner’s decision. “We expected more, but $100,000 Is better than noth ing.” Justice Harlan, of the supreme court of the United States in a recent decision, coined the word “Yardage,” that is a change for “Yarding” up cattle at railway stations for shipment. So the supreme court makes words as well as law. Congressman L. C. Houck, of the Knoxville, Tenn., district, died at his home in that city Monday morning from arsenic poison, which he drank through mistake. He was a republican in poli tics and has represented his district in congress for the past six years. Augusta and Charleston have been talking by telephone a distance of 137 miles, by simply connecting the tele phones with the telegraph wires be tween the two cities. If this system ■worked satisfactorily there, why can’t the telegraph wires between other cities be used for the same purpose? Tiie results of the school elections throughout the state of West Virginia during the past week show that the farmers’ alliance has a majority in sever al counties, pluralities in others, and cau dictate nominations in the others still. If the members hang together the next legislature will have many alliance mem bers, and possibly a majority. Twenty-five states have so far made appropriations for World’s fair exhibits, ranging from $.1,000 in the case of Ver mont to $300,000 by California and Pennsylvania. The total thus appro priated is $1,825,000. Georgia should size it up about middle way and come in with a good showing in proportion to the other states, but it looks a little shaky now. The trial of Robert and Richard How ard and James Bickerstaff, for killing Mr. J. C. Dawson at the Columbus ex position grounds last fall, which was to have been tried in Muscogee superior court this week, has been postponed on acoount of the sickness of one of the leading attorneys for the defense. The case excites a good de$l of interest, and promises some rich developments when It does comes up for trial. ▲ new paper is about to enter the journalistic circles of Atlanta. The Southern Life, fashioned after well- known Life, with its richness, will be published, .beginning on June 0th, and appearing weekly on Saturday. Its col umns are to be devoted mainly to so ciety, and It will be a clean, able sheet, with eight pages of illustrations, mod eled after those of Life. Mr. John H. Blackwood, for some time connected with the Gordou school, and who comes with newspaper experience and well recommended, will edit the paper. The management will be under Mr. A. B. Carrier. Starting with an edition of 8,000, a company formed aud stock all taken, the paper gives every indication of success.—Constitution. The New York Sun’s Washington special says: “Judged from what can be heard in political circles here at the capital, that is just what was likely to happen, and what may yet happen, in spite of the check which the Blaine boom will receive by the evidence of what has long been apparent to close ob servers—namely, that, physically, James G. Blaine is a practically broken down man. Intellectually, he has for the past few months appeared to be more adroit and more far-seeing than ever. He has done more in the past year to get his name before the American peo ple, and to keep it there, than at almost any previous period in his political life. His opportunities in the state depart ment have been very great, and he has taken the fullest advantage of them. Nothing which he haa done in the past has been so fruitful of immediate re sults and immediate rewards to himself as his achievmenta since he haa been the premier of the Harrison administration. Mr. Blaine keenly realizes this state of things.” V JjSu? *t. A BETTER TIME FOR THE FARMER. In the May bulletin of the department of Agriculture at Washington, it is sta ted that all indications point to an un usual degree of prosperity this year for the farming classes. The Bulletin says: The western prices of corn and oats are more than 100 per can*, higher than they were twelve months ago, wheat and meats very much advances, and an upward move ment in nearly all rural values, those of lands included, has already commenced, In spite of the fact that there has been no re duction of area planted, no dead »ine of lim itation to rural exploitation found. The forces of nature aud the revolutions of time and circumstance have worked a beneficial change. First, a bad season cut down the crops of corn and oats, and rlimlnated a sur plus that reduced prices below the cost of production. Next, two years of under aver age wheat production of the world have re-j duced stock and advanced pric*s, while the! unfavorable foreign advices of the present! season, coupled with the high prospect in j this country, render it probable that our, plus of the present crop will he large prices high. Finally tHe prices of all meats, as was Indicated In the statlstirtan’s rep rt for January, have materially advanced, as also those of the different grades of beeves. The good results from the advanced prices in the articles produced upon the farm are within easy reach of every tiller of the soil who will grasp the opportuni ty to increase his grain supplies, and lighten up on cottou. The high prices are likely to hold for some time from the present indication*, and the growing crops of wheat and corn will bring far more than the average of the past few years. The farmer who has planted for a sur plus of wheat and corn will find a ready market and good prices for all that he can spare, while cotton Is likely to re main at the bottom unless that on hand now can be worked off before the new crop conies in. Let us hope that the farmers will reap the benefit of the advanced prices this year, and that they may hereafter al ways be ready for the rise in farm products. THE VERDICT SATISFACTORY. The verdict of the commission to try and pass upon the merits of the claim of the old lessees of the state road seems to have given general satisfaction, and there are few men who have given the subject serious thought but that agree that the commissioners did no more than what was right in granting the lessees a return of the amount paid for taxes in Tennessee. Governor Brown and his associates think that they were entitled to more, but are satisfied to abide by the verdict of the commis sioners. In an interview with a reporter in Atlanta, Governor Brown says: We are somewhat disappointed, bfcause we had hoped to have the commission And In a larg-r sum for us. We have, however, uo fault to And with the commissioners and * ; weacqtiletce gra-efully to their decision. ! You know a tnan aeqnleces In a verdict of a j j Jury, hut at th® same time ho thinks there ( I would have been a different verdict hud he t ’! been on the Jury. We would have received mono from the eta < lor ull'tuxes had It not been that we were unable to prove that claimed them prior to the year H*8. I called the attention of Governor Sm’th to the mat ter, but It wusonly lua verbal Interview, Hi was dead and hence it could not be estab lished before the commission, which oni, granted taxes paid out by the company from the time that I called the at ention of Governor Colquitt to It in a written paper, upto the present year. We had hop'd that we would be allowed something ou the claim for side tracks, will'h we thought was al most a«strong as the claim for taxes, but the commission has decided differently and we are satlsAe I. In my communication to the governor I said, Se’ect a number of represent tatlve men In the stito to pass on this ques tion, and we will abide by their decision. These gentlemen were selected, and know ing each one as I do to be a man of the high est integrity, .t woul t be very unbecoming in me to complain at their An;*inga, while at the same time I would have done different had I been in their place. PEFFEKS* PARTY. There is probably no one in America more familiar with the third party or ganization than Mr. Peffer, of Kansas. Mr. Peffer is the gentleman who suc ceeds the brilliant and meteoric Ingalls in the United States senate. lie is flu ent in speech, conservative in thought and accurate in statement. After describing in detail the causes which led to the formation of the new party ho said: “Shall we put a presi dential ticket in the field next year? Yes. I can’t tell you who our nominee will be. We nvo at this time consider ing that subject. It will be discussed and action taken, no doubt, at our con vention, which will be held at Spring- fiold, Ill., on February 22, 1892. If nothing be Cdono there, we shall again meet In convention early in the June following. We have not selected the lo cation, but it will probably be at Indian apolis or Louisville or somo other cen tral point. We shall make strong effort to carry our presidential ticket. “Fiaukly, 1 don’t think we shall win; but wo will mako so great a showing that we shall convince not only our own people but people generally that with another year’s organization wo can easily become the dominant party.” TOO MUCH MAJORITY. The joint caucus of the democratic members of both houses of the Florida legislature has been adjourned sine die after an existence of nearly six weeks, and the election of a United States sen ator to succeed Calil will have to be determined in regular session irrespect ive of caucuses. Nobody could ever get the requisite two-thirds; all of which goes to show the folly of any such rule. A majority ought to bo good enough for democracy, aud when that line is passed there is no good reason why a two-thirds or three-fourths standard should be set up, when a unanimous vote might os well be required. Georgia got enough of such methods in the famous Colquitt-Norwood guber natorial campaign not to want any more of her own or Florida’s late experiences in arbitrary majorities. Mu. Gladstone has made reply to a bookbinder of London, who made a com plaint against the American tax of twenty-five per cent, of the net value of books, which, the writer said, would exclude valuable old volumes which had been rebound in England from exhibi tion at the World’s fair to bo held in Chicago. Mr. Gladstone says: “I sym pathize with you In your exclusion from the United States by a regulation which is so peculiar as to be almost a carica ture of the idea of protection. On the other hand, I hope that you do sot de- siro to see the principle of protection established in England. As a rule, you will find that the system of protection adopted by the Uuiled States disables that country in competing with us or any of the other markets of the world.” McCUNE S BOSH. Doctor McCune, editor of the National Economist, is boldly attacking both parties, to bolster up the new converts to the third party movement, aqd in so doing makes statements that are with out foundation in so far as concerns the branch of democracy that the south con tains. Everybody here knows that there isn’t a word of truth in connection with southern democracy in the following: Evidence is accumulating dally to prove that the twoo:d parties have entered into an agreement, offensive and defensive, against the alliance and its demands. As a result It will take a bold man, actuate! by honest intensions and loyal to principle, to remain office holder in either party and continue m friendly to the alliance aud its efforts at reform. The party lash is be ing used at the present time without mercy, aad the effect is beiug witnessed on every hand. Sen ators, congressmen and governors who hold their offices by reason of the supposed and implied friendly relations which they hoid to the alliance and its purposes have been forced to renounce all interest in or affilia tion wlllt the order. The thumbscrews rf partlsanism is being applied, and the result has been so far, wi h but lu re ami there un exception,an abject surrender. LET US SMILE. The rains of Monday and Tuesday have broken the long drouth, which for the past two months has almost blasted the hopes of the farmers throughout this section, but plentiful showers have fallen and blessed the land with re freshments from the invisible hand and all nature smiles. It is not too late, and the crops, though stunted in their growth, will spring forth with new vigor, and a bountiful harvest may yet be in store for those who have worked with unfaltering hope and the results of their untiring labor will fully award thorn in the end. * The rains have been general over the country, and the news comes from all sections that the drouth is broken. The relief Is great and the farmer’s face Is beaming with smiles. Ex-Congressman Ewart, of North Carolina, who is a Republican, expres ses the opinion that a democratic presi dent will bo elected In 1892, because of the certaintyjof the third party drawing thousands of votes from the republican party. The third party ticket, he says, will cause the democrats to carry sev eral western states, and will give them a majority of the electoral votes without needing those of New York. Mi. Ewart also says that Cleveland is strong in the east, and if the democrats adopt a hard money platform he will be nominated for the presidency and will fcarry New York and Massachusetts. These pre dictions aro interesting, coming as they do from one of the leading republican members of the last congress. A French army officer has been ar rested in Paris for high treason, having revealed the secret of making melinite to an English firm. John Bull’s gold was stronger than Johnny Ciapeau’s patriotism, hence the revelation. The sort of citizens we are now get ting by the thousands from Italy is ! shown by the following piece of Italian news: “At Bari, Italy, the other day 165 members of the Mala Vita society, which is little better than the Mafia, were convicted on such charges as black-! mail, robbery and assault with intent to j murder, and were sentenced to impris onment for terms ranging from six month* to fifteen yean. The investiga tion resulted bringing to light the fact that several members of the Italian nobility were at the head of the society and that the poorer scoundrels _ were force to divide their stealings with ^ aU ^ m POWDER Absolutely Pure. ^eamSr SS2nSh^Lattit rernment Foot! .Report, junelj dAwlyr BEHLL & OAKLEY, 313 LAMAR STREET, ■OFFER' For the next thirty days, startling reductions in their entire stock DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, Notions and Fancy Goods. Grenadines at Cost! China Silks. China Silks, 45 cents, worth 00 to 75 cents per yd. China Silks, 60 cents, worth 75 and 84 cents per yd. China Silks, 75 cents, worth $1 per yd. Dress Silks. Beautiful Solid Silks, 75 cents, worth $1.00. Beautiful Solid Silks, $1.00, worth $1.25. Black Silk 25 per cent less than former price. Black Goods. Black Gloria Tamise and Silk Sublime 25 per cent less than for- mor price. Silk Mulls. Silk Molls (black and colored) 65 cents per yd., worth 75 cents and $1.00. Prices greatly reduced in every department for the next thirty days. HENRIETTAS. Silk finished Henrietta, 60 cents, worth 75 cents. Silk finished Henrietta, 75 cents, worth 75 cents to $1.00 per yd. 46-iuch Silk finished Henrietta, 85 cents, worth $1.00 to $1.25 per yd. PROFESSIONAL CARDS A. KLUTTZ, Architect and Supe Americas, C‘ Office over People's National bank. P. BURT, W ' ’ DENTIST, " • Cranberry’s Corner, Amedeos, Ga. Continues to serve his friends in ail branch#* of dentistry. : jiSftf* rphey bi Oakley'i 1 M1 J'Offi R. WESTBROOK, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON. Office and residence, next house to c a Huntington, Church street. feb 7 tf A. FORT JI. D. Office at Dr. PUdridge’s 'drug store. Can _ be found at night Tn his room, over Kldridge’s drug store, Barlow Block. tan 8-91-tf \R. J. H. WINCHESTER, „ PHYSICIAN and bubgeon. 47 Office at Davenport’s Drug Store. Rest, dence, corner Forsyth and Mayo streets, Americus, Ga. d(m> Telephone No. 104. D R. T. J. KENNEDY, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON. Office at Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Htoie. Can be found at night Su his office room over Eldridge’s drug store, Barlow block, feb5-iy J. B. AND A. B.HIMLE Eye, Ear, Throat and Nose A Specialty. C HAS. A. BROOKS, M, D. (Graduate of Bellevue Hospital Medical College, N. Y„ twice graduate of N. Y. Post Graduate Medical School,Chief Bun vices as a general prncf itooer to the oitlzens of Americus and surrounding country. Spe cial attention given to operative surgery, ineluding the treatment of hemorrhoids, At tala, stricture, catarrh, and all diseases of Anus, Rectum, Genitourinary system and nose and throat. Office In Mnrphey building Lamar 8t. Connected by speaking tube with Eldridge’s Drug Store. Calls should be left or telephoned there during the day. At night call at residence on Lee St. or tele phone No. 77. apr29tf i A. HAWKINS, R A ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office up stairs on Granberry corner. gUTT * LUMPKIN, LUiurnid, ATTORNEYS at law. Americas, Ga. Office in Barlow Block, up stairs. W. P. WALLIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Americas, Ga. National Bank. T. LANE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Americas, Ga. Prompt attention given to all business placed w; Silk Sublime. This goods 46] jinches wide, $1.16, worth everywhere $1.50 per V'l Silk Mulls. Yes, Silk Mulls, 65 cents, worth 75 cents to $1.00 per yd. Beauti ful goods for evening or grad uating dresses. Parasols. Fancy Parasols, $2.75, worth $3.50. Fancy Parasols, $3.85, worth $5.00. Fancy Parasols, $5.50, worth $7.00. -GOOD TIME TO BUY- TABLE DAMASK, NAPKINS, TOWELS, ETC. Shoes and Hats at Cost! r HIXON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Americus, Ga. all business. |un5-tl. E. F. Hinton. E. H. Currs. HINTON & CUTTS, A TTORNEYS AT LAW. Practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office over Hart Building, ou Forsyth street, marl-lj TOUT, L. MAYNARD, I ATTORNEY AT LAW. " Americus, Ga. Prompt and careful attention given to all —« -* e Lamar street sepi9-dAw3ra* L. HOLTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Abbeville, Ga. Will practice In all the counties of the State. Prompt attention given to all col lections entrustedto my care. tl ANSLEY & ANSLEY, A ttorneys at law, Americus, Ga Will practice in the counties of Sum ter, Bcliley, Mucou, Dooly, Webster, Stew art, In the Supreme Court, and the Unltod States Court. I C. MATHEWS, I ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, J* ... 221^4Forsyth street, Americus, Ga. Will practice in all the Courts,and in the Coun ty Court for the twelve months. 12-24 d&wly. Wellborn F. Clarke. Frank A.Hoopxb. CLARKE <fc HOOPER, Attorneys at Law AMERICUS, ..... GEORGIA. mnyl5-d-w-ly Walts* K. Wheatley, J. B. Fitzoehald Wheatley Sc Fitzgerald, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office: 406 Jackson 8t., Up Stairs, AMERICUS, t GEORGIA jan7-tf HUDSON A BLALOCK, “ LRUVBRS, Americus, Georoia. Will practice in all courts. Partnership limited E. G. SIMMONS, W. H. KIMBROUGH. SIMMONS & KIMBROUGH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Harlow llloolt, Room 4 _ Will practice In both 8tmt« and Federal Oonrti. Strict attention paid to mil business entrusted to them. Telephone .No. 103. la-iaeotl W. B. Gitkbky. DuPont Quehry. Amcrlcun, On. Macon, Ga, QUEEKY & SON, I '.AWYERH, Americus, Gn. Office In Pec- street. Will practice in Sumter fenperlor and County Courts, and In the Supreme Court. Our Junior will regularly attend the sessions of the Superior Court. The firm will toke special cases In any Superior Court on Southwestern BaUroad. TO CLOSE. These lines must go. We haven’t room for Shoes and Hats and intend going out of them. BEALL & OAKLEY. :U: Room 7 Barlow Bl’k, Amerlcui Plane and specifications furnished for buildings of ail descriptions—public build; lngH especially. Communications by »*“ to either offico will meet With prompt at tention . wm. Hall, Superintendent A meri* specialty. Headquarters, Mo Americus offico over Haven,™ Drugstore. Have some fine vac •ale on liberal terms. One four room 1 to rent. apr2l Cat tall milletl Cat tall millet! Want ed, 500 pounda, at Dr. Eldridge’n drug ..... W ILLIAMSON’ * EARL, ■ CIVIL AND Has Italy E»oil<***•. Plana nnd e.tlmntca for water supp*j> lz.wer.fe and general engineering vjx* Construction superintended, sewerage* J