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AMERICUS. GEORGIA, THURSDAY: MAY 28, 1891.
NUMBER 46
KVAN’S BIG FAILURE
1 IS STILL ALL THE TALK IN ATLANTA
BUSINESS CIRCLES
NO
Advertisement, which promises more
than it will perform, will be of value to
the advertiser.
We recognised this truth lonj; ago, and our sneer
the fact that we have never yet violated the
is largely due to
Confidence of Our Customers!
You will find everything EXACTLY AS REP
RESENTED every time, at
GEO. D. WHEATLEY’S
Rare
But bear in mind, to get the benefit of the
Bargains we Offer!
To avail yourself of such
EXTREMELY LOW PRICES!
You must call in person, or order of us without fail,
THIS WEEK.
FOR SALE
TO-MORROW
One case Figured Victora Lawn at 5c worth 7c
per yard.
|One ease Sherwood Dress Ginghams at 7|c.
worth 10c. per yard.
,5 Bales “Cant Tear” Check Home Spun at 4Je.,
worth Sc. per yard.
iSOOO yards Standard Calicoes, Spring styles, at
5c. worth 7e. per yard.
11200 yards Figured Manchester Cliallis at 7c.,
worth 10c. per yard.
WE ARE OFFERING EYERY DAY
Something New in Dress Goods!
WHITE GOODS,
BLACK GOODS
GRENADINES,
DRAPERY NETS,
FRENCH ORGANDIES
BATISTES, CIIALLIES, Etc.
And our LOW PRICES MOVE the goods jight out,
enabling us to replenish every week, besides .saving our
customers a snug little sum from the prices demanded by
others.
A Legal Fight ii Thought to be Inevitable.
Additional Mortgage* Filed Yesterday.
The Hank* are all Secured—Effect* of the
Failure on Uuilnen.
KING SOLOMON thought there was “nothing new under the
sun,” but with all his wisdom he new nothing about our
HUE APPLE TISSUES!
Very pretty and appropriate for the lovely fabric which bears Abe 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 ZEPII^ It CLOTHS at
25e. per yd.—the acme of perfection for a wash dress.
Entirely new line figured China Mulls at 114c; really worth 20c. else
where.
HAVE YOU SEEN OUR LINE OF
Nainsook, Swiss and Cambric Embroideries ?
More than 1000 styles, from the daintiest little edge at 24c to
the most superb 48-inch Flounce at $*2.50 per yd.
We often hear that “ours is the only stock of TORCHON LACES m
the city” and are also gratified to hear the expressions of astonishment
when, our modest prices arc mentioned.
Here is a batch of Bargains well worth your consideration :
FOR THIS WEEK OKLY!
dor.. Ladies’ Ribbed Undervests, 10c. Regular price.
40
20c.
40c.
Fast Black Stainless Hose,
Black Silk Mitts,
Linen Buck or Crepe Towels,
40e.
15e.
GLOVES AND PARASOLS! FANS AND CORSETS!
If you 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
' Out' stock is especially attractive in this line. We literally show every
thing desired, and our prices are way below the P™"*. 0 *l
will offer SPECIAL inducements THIS W ELK in ^lnld s Suits and
Knee Pants.
Respectfully,
GEO. D. WHEATLEY,
Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave.
P. S. Orders by mail for goods or samples will receive personal and
prompt attention.
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Atlanta, (la., May 27.—[Special.]—
Tlio llyan failure is .till the talk of the
town. The first new. of the alfair pub
lished created Intense interest and ex-
cltcmont all over the city.
To-day there is no indication that tlio
interest is waning. On all sides inquiries
about the failure can be heard. The
lawyers are discussing tlio legal intrica
cies of the case.
The merchants are discussing its bear
ing upon the city's trade, the iinancial
men are discussing the losses Involved
to financial institutions, the people gen
ernlly are discussing it in every phase.
The assets consist of the stock of
goods and tlio accounts. Tho total
amount of indebtedness as indicated in
the mortgages filed thus far is as fol
lows:
The H. B. Claflin company, $111,701
Eugene Kelley & Co,, $27,500; American
Trust Sc Banking Co., $60,000; Gate City
National Bank $15,000: Atlanta National
Bank, >15,000; Southern Banking Sc
Trust Co., $10,000; Sylvester, Bell Sc Co.,
$8,000; Bernbeim, Bauer A- Co., $8,000;
Hilton, Hughes Sc Denning, $7,000; Lip-
plncott, Ogilvie & Co., $2,272; Mack,
Steadier & Co., $8,235; Walter R. Brown,
$5,000; Alt Cox, $5,000; notes, etc.,
$38,000. Total, $134,873.00.
Of the Claflin indebtedness, $73,q24 is
secured by tho endorsement of John
liyan.
The notes to the hanks are secured by
the endorsements of John and John F.
Kvan, and the banks will not lose
cent.
Thus far Mr. Ryan has refused to sign
no mortgages, but lias willingly given
one to every applicant.
Noariy all given, however, aro desig
nated as inferior to those In favor of
John Ryan, John K. Ryan, II. B. Claflin
& Co., Eugene Kelly Sc Co., Walter R.
Brown and A. H. Cox.
The falluro Is sure to evoke alight in
the courts, and this is the way in which
the fight will bo brought about.
Applications have already been made
by several firms for a receiver. The
amounts owed these concerns by Mr,
Ryan are small ns compared with those
which he owes to the preferred cred
ltors.
Therefore John Ryan, John F. Ryan,
H. B. Claflin company and Eugeno Kel
ly & Co., will fight the application for a
receiver, claiming that no receiver Is
necessary.
The other creditors will light for a re
ceiver.
It is also hinted that the legality of
the mortgage to the H. B Claflin com
pany will be attacked in the courts.
Judgo Marshall J. Clark will hear the
application for a receiver to-morrow af
ternoon in chambers.
People are comparing the estimates
made of the property of the Ryans and
the amount for which It is returned to
the county tax receiver.
Tho stock of goods is estimated at
$400,000. The John Ryan estate is said to
bo worth a quarter of a million. Only a
short while ago Stephen A. Ryan sold a
half interest in the store building on
Whitehall street to John F. Ryan for
$05,000, making their estimate of the
value of tho building $30,000.
Much interest is taken in knowing
who will be tlio real loscrsin the failure.
In the first place tlio banks are se
cured by tile iudurseinent of John and
John F. Ryan, as is, $73,000 of tho
amount owed tlio H, B. Claflin Co.
Tlio other creditors will have to look
to the stock of goods to realizo their
money. And then again John and John
F. Ryan have a first mortgago on the
goods to secure their Indorsement, so
that the mi preferred creditors'havo no
chance of getting much for their
counts.
Tlie failure has at least-produced a
feeling of confidence among tlio mer
chants of tlio city who were conqietitors
of Mr. Ryan. Tho strain was becoming
terrible just before the failure.
A prominent merchant said this morii-
ing:
It'.s a good thing for Atlanta that the
failure came when it did. If Ryan had
been able to tide over this rush ami kept
on doing business there would havo
licen at least five big failures here 'this
fall.”
TOKTITRKll III' /I LLS
The Horrible Fate of a Wrecked Party c
the CoAftt of Africa.
St. IjOJ'is, Mo.. May 27J—A letter has
been received hero from Cnpe Town,
South Africa, giving an account of the
capture and tortile by /ulus of Jeff Allen,
of Decatur, Ill., and W. A. Keiinan,
whose home is supposed to be either in
St. Joseph, Mo., or Silver City, New
Mexico.
The letter is dated March 31, and It is
signed “Frank Short.”
It was enclosed in an envelope from
tho United Sates consulsto at Cape
Town.
The letter says the British ship Nep
tune, Capt. Saunders master, of London,
was recently driven ashore off the coast
of Natal, adjacent to the Free states,
and all but five out of the crow of lifty-
elght perished. The escape of the live
persons was in Itself a miracle.
The five men started on foot to Natal,
170 miles distant, and on the way were
captured by a band of Zulus, who strip
ped off their clothes and proceeded to
torture them by tying them to a tree
and beating them with shamback, a jag
ged club made of rhinoceros hide.
While the fiends were In the midst of
this barbarous pastime they were sur
prised by a party of bear hunters armed
with muskets', who charged upon them
and put them to flight, but three of the
survivors of the ship were already dead,
the Zulus having butchered them with
assegais.
Kennan and Allen, Englishmen, were
the only ,.nes who survived the torture.
Kennan is still insane from his suffer
ing.
THE ANNUAL MEETING
SICK OR SHAMMING.
BLAINE’S FRIENDS ARE NOT INCLfN
ED TO TRUST HIM.
Mnny Relieve His Reported I Inez. Another
Trick—Harrison and His Cabinet at 8ea
Over the Chilian Matter—The Situation la
Indeed a Puiatlng One.
Of the Stockholders of the Amerlcna Gu
ano Company Yesterday.
The annual meeting of tho stock-
bohlers of tlie Americas Guano com
pany took place yesterday afternoon at
tile company's office in tills city.
Thy-meeting was hold for the purpose
of declaring the dividend and for the
election of a board of directors to sorve
during tlie ensuing twelve months.
The statement of the company’s busi
ness as presented by General Manager
Edgar Dunlap was very fine, and re.
fleeted much credit upon Ills ability as
managor of such an enterprise.
A dividend of 10 per cent, upon the
capital stock of $100,000 was declared,
besides charging a goodly amount to the
account of undivided profits. Under
all the circumstances this was more
than satisfactory to the stockholders.
An election for directors was then en
tered Into, resulting In the re-election
of the old board.
After adjournment of the stockhold
ers’ meeting the board of directors met
and re-elected Col. John M. Green pres
ident, Mr. Edgar Dunlap general mnn-
agor and Mr. H. C. Bagley secretary and
treasurer.
Success has attended the operations of
the Amoricus Guano Company from the
■tart, and to-day there is not n more
profitable or better managed enterprise
of like kind In tho state. The output
this year will exceed 10,000 tons, and ns
in years past the standard is up to the
highest.
The plant is the largest in Georgia
with the exception of the Augusta and
Atlanta factories, and the goods of only
one factory In the state exceeds In com
mercial value the output of the factory
here. The works are now in the best
condition since tho organization of tlie
company, and give employment at good
wages to mure than a hundred men
throughout the year.
Charlotte’s olnchsui Mill.
Charlotte, N. G\, May 27.—The
gingham mill which is to be established
in the city, will have a capital stock of
$125,000 and include In the stockholders
some of the wealthiest men in the state.
The nilll will commence at an early
day.
Newark Citizens Missing.
Newark, N. J. May 27.—Twenty-six
people have been reported to the police
in Newark u missing within the put
four weeks.' Three more were reported
yesterday u missing.
Macon's Water Supply.
Macon, Ga„ May 27.—[Special]—
Macon is going to liavo lior own system
of wator works. Tho committee from
the city council and board of trade have
been hard at work, and havo written for
a dydraiilic engineer to coine and look
over tlie field.
Tlie city attorneys are at work on a
bill to be presented to the legislature in
July providing for the ownership by the
city of a complete system of water
works.
For Receiving Stolen Hoods.
Macon, May 27.—[Special]—In the
city court this morning L Colton, a
pawnbroker, was fined $125 for receiv
ing stolen goods. He purchased ster
ling jewelry worth between sixty and
seventy-five dollars from a negro, a short
time ago, for the sum of twenty cents.
He said he thought tho jewelry was
brass.
Washington, May 27.—There is con
siderable excitement here over the con
flicting reports from New York regard
ing Secretary Blaine's condition.
Two weeks ago, whon his illness was
first announced, it was said that he was
suffering only from n slight indisposi
tion.
The next day his ailmont became Indl
gestion, and later gout. The reports
also insinuated that there was organic
kidney trouble, and that the secretary’s
health was completely broken down.
A few days ago a New York paper
printed the startling statement that Mr.
Blaine was not only a physical wreck,
but that his mental faculties were also
giving way.
This report brought forth a most in
dignant and emphatlo denial from Mr.
Blaine's family,, and Mr. Blalne’a inti
mate friends all over the eountry felt It
Incumbent upon themselves to bear
testimony to the fact that the last time
they saw him Mr. Blaine wu u bright
as a sliver dollar.
About the ume time it wu announced
that Mr. Blaine could not return to
Wuhington because his physicians In
sisted upon bis Immediate departure for
Bar Harbor for a few months’ rest
Meanwhile the president and his cabi
net are up to their necks In trouble with
matters growing out of the flight of the
Chilian rebel ship Itata, and the deter
mination of whether we shall ettnbllsh
a modus vivondi with regard to the tak
ing of seals from the Ilohrlng sea this
year—two questions of the gravest and
most urgent importance, in which Mr.
Blaine has heretofore acted os the sole
representative of tlie government
Tlie situation is a puzzling one, and
Mr. Blaine’s friends shake their heads
dubiously and don't know what to make
of it.
Tlio long and short of it is public men
In Washington, as well as elsewhere,
have no confidence in reports which em
anate directly from Mr. Blaine.
His past record makes then suspsot
some sort of a trick. Mr. Blaine In this
respect is the most anomalous character
in America.
With all his distinctions and his bril
liant thirty years’ career In publio life
everybody suspects him, none so much
u his own party colleagues.
If be says he la well, they naturally
believe he is sick; If he declares that he
is 111, they grope around to see if it Is
not a feint to serve some deep laid pur
pose.
During the lut congreu he kept the
republican leaders on their tip toes con
stantly. Thsy did not know when or
where bis fine Italian band would ap
pear.
He suddenly went up to the capitol
ono day, slammed down bis hat and de
nounced McKinley’s tariff bill from Its
enacting clause to Its closing sentence.
He wanted to upset the whole theory
of the bill by Injeotlng his reciprocity
Ideas, and in spite of all McKinley’s at
tempts to head him olf, he got a dash of
free trade into it.
When the force bill was np, with
Grandma Hoar begging for It in the sen-
ate and Harrison bringing all the influ
ence of the administration to bear to
force it through, the radicals kept their
eyes dead on Blaine.
When Russell Harrison came out Id
Frank Leslie's a few weeks ago and said
that Blaine would not be a candidate be
cause ho had writtou a lettor pledging
otornal “fealty” to his “pa,” everybody
grinned and said that wouldn't prevent
Mr. Blaine from doing just ns he chose.
It Is tlio same way with foreign
nations.
\ They all suspect him. .Yet while it is
! true that ncitiier foreigners nor Ids own
: party brethren nor tlie people of tills
country have any confidence in Blaine,
they ail admire his dazzling, brilliant
qualities. That is the reason the people
lu Washington to-day don't know
whether to believe ho is sick or sham
ming.
DECORATION DAT
Will be Appropriately Observed si the
tionel Cemeteries In Georgia.
Extensive preparation! are going for
ward for the observance of decoration
day at AndereonvtUe. Thousands of
people from this section of Southwest
Georgia will attend the exercises, and
the usual contingent from Amoricus
will go up by special train. '
Next Saturday la the day set apart by
the grand army of the republic, and.
universally observed as memorial day,
in honor of the dead of the union army.
Within the limits of the department of
Georgia, comprising the states ot Geor
gia and South Carolina, there are four
national cemeteries, containing 45,000
graves; one at Marietta, with 11,000; ono
at Andersonville, with 14,000; at Flor
ence, S. C., with 10,000, and at Beaufort
with 10,000.
At both Marietta and Andersonville
the confederate survivors will unite with
the G. A. R. in rendering tribute to tlio
memory of the union soldiers. Rev. C.
L. Woodworth, of Watertown, Mass., is
to deliver the oration at Marietta; Hon.
J. F. Hanson at Andersonville, and Col.
A. E. Sholee, commander of the depart
ment, at Beaufort, S. C.
Referring to Andersonville, the grand
army have undertaken a work there of
considerable magnitude. They pur*
chased, less then a year tinoe, the prop
erty formerly used as a prison, and have
since been engaged in laying it off ns a
park and a place of beauty. Avenues
have been opened, underbrush out away,
swamp land reclaimed, and an immense
amount of labor performed during the
past few months.
The title to the property is now vested
In the department of Georgia, but It is
proposed to preeent it to the national
encampment of the G. A. 1L at ite moot
ing in Auguat in Detroit, and it it be
lieved that within a comparatively short'
time this will be developed into one of
the most beautiful and interesting spots
in Georgia.
Arrested for Distilling.
(Elisha and Vinie Carpenter, a colored
couple hailing from Henry county, were
arrested by Officers Smith and Duncan
yesterday upon a telegram from the of
ficers of that county. The negroes only
arrived here a day or two ago, and are
wanted upon n charge of retailing liquor
without a license. They were looked
Inp in the county jail to await the coming
of the officer sent front Henry couuty to
take them back for trial.
Before the Commission.
Atlanta, May, 27.—[Special.]—The
time of the railroad commission yester
day and to-day has been taken up in
bearing the petition of the railroads for
an increase in the rate on lumber and on
naval atoree.
The railroads claims that since the
rate was fixed, county and municipal
taxes have been levied upon thenl and
their income has been greatly decreased.
Hon. S. G. McLendon, of Thomasville,
represents the S. F. St W. railroad, and
Major Spellman represents the Central.
Hon. Robert L. Berner, of Forsyth, rep
resent* the lumber men. -
The case has not yet been concluded.
Severe storms of wind and lightning
did much damage in the northern put
of Ohio.
The Oldest Citizen*.
“Do you know how many White citi
zens of Americus are fifty-seven years
old, and more?" was the question asked
the reporter yestorday.
Of course he did not, and candidly
confessed the truth.
The question was asked by a party of
gentlemen who bad oounted np at ran
dom such of their acquaintances as were
known to be over fifty-seven years of
age, and on up to the nineties.
The list presented showed the names
of fifty-three well known citizens, nut
one of whom was under fifty-seven.
There are, of course, many more, but
this number served the purposo in
tended.
Several day* since a gentleman fifty-
seven years old was referred to in these
columns ail an “aged citizen.” A num
ber of bl* associates, It seems, did not
so regard him, and made np a list of
gentlemen of their acquaintance equally
as old, but who by no means are consid
ered “aged.”
This showing it certainly oredltahlo to
the health of Americas.
Off to the Hirer.
A party of seven consisting of Messrs.
J. A.’ Davenport, 8. McGarrab, T. I
llawkes, It. T. Johnson, 0. W Lamar,
J. C. Roney and Waiter Brown leave
this morning to enjoy a day]*fishing at
Flint river bridge, near Drayton.
The three first named gentlemen are
stockholders in the company owning the
bridge, and go as representative* of tlio
same to examine into it* general condi
tion.
This company bought the bridge for a
mere song at publie outcry, intending
the whole thing as a joke, but It has
proved a very profitable Investment hav
ing paid the cost price back in the way
of toils many times over.
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The Huudisj School Convention.
The executive committee of Friend
ship Baptist Sunday 'school convention
changed the date of mooting from the
time first published.
It open* on Friday, tho 20th of June,
and embraces Saturday and Sunday fol
lowing. A program, instruotive and en
tertaining, has been arranged and pub
lished. It will be published again in a
later issue.
We bespeak a cordial welcome to the
convention, not only from our Baptist
friends but from every citizen of
Americus.
1-atllla’s Trial Postponed.
Alousta, May 27.—[SpeciaLJ— 1 The
case of Patillo for the killing of Hudson
lut August wu carried over to the Oc
tober term of court on account of tli«
absence of Powets, of Atlanta, an im
portant witness, also of William Hud
son, of Louisville, associate prosecuting
attorney,
jndge Twiggs, the leading counsel for
Patillo, exhibited a certificate from a
a physician that his own throat' was out
of order, and ho could not do his client
justico. These reasons were presented
for a continuance, which was granted.
Patillo is anxious for a trial. •
It is said that Poetmuter-General
Wanamaker is thinking seriously of re
signing.