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AMERICUS. GEORGIA, FRIDAY: JUNE 5,1891.
NUMBER 53
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GEO. D. WHEATLEY’S,
Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave.
A WOMAN'S REVOLVER
PREVENTS A MURDERER FROM
BREAKING OUT OF JAIL.
Would we dare to advertise these prices if they
were not low?
For this week:
One solid case White Lawns (30 inches wide) at 5c., worth 8c. elsewhere
peryd.
One solid case White Lawn (St inches wide) at 8c., former price, 124c
peryd.
One solid case White Lawn (40 inches wide) at 10c., Eormer price, 15c,
per yd. , ,
One solid case Check Nainsook (long fold) at 5c., worth 8c. elsewhere.
One solid case Check Nainsook (book fold) at 8c., worth 124c. elsewhere.
Don’t let the grass grow unde; yonr feet before you have seen
White Goods Department!
Filled to repletion with the choicest novelties of the season.
The following specialties may be of interest to those who
contemplate purchasing
COMMENCEMENT DRESSES
350 yds. plain White Hemstitched Lawns at 30c
500 YARDS I LACE ST-R1 -p-B
BORDERED LAWNS I
Plain and Dotted Swiss
White and Colored Tarlatan
at ia l-a
at 15
at ao
at as
at IBe.
at 20c.
at SBe.
at SBe.
Black, Cream and White Mulls at reduced prices this week.
No Goods for thffprice excels our
COLORED CHEES
AU Shades, ONLY *
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We will apply ,tliei leyer of low prices to move our
HEMSTITCHED FLOUNCES.
Laces and Embroideries this week.
Our superb iff-in. EMBROIDERED HE STITCHED FLOUNCES
worth 06c. goes at 45c.
Oar 75c Flouncings at p5c.: p
: $1.00 Flouncings hi 70c., * i
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Our
Oar $1.25 Flouncings at 95c,
Our $1.50 Flouncings at $1.20.
Our $2.00 Flouncings at $1.50.
Of all our elegant Hemstitched und Embroidered Flounces—some
wojth $3.60 and $4.00 per yard—Your choice for $2.00 this week;
NEW LACES I. NEW RIBBONS!
NEW PARASOLS! NEW FANS!
NEW HANDKERCHIEFS!
NEW CORSETS!
NEW HOSIERY!
NEW GLOVES!
We will say nothing about Silk and Woo)
GRENADINES
Except that we’ve got ’em and OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT,
DRAPERY NETS AND FLOUNCES
Demand especial mention.
BUT OUR
BLAOK BILK
THEY WERE NEVER SO HANDSOME !
NEVER BO STYLISH !
NEVER 80 LOW!
One piece BLACK FISH NET, (all silk) in polka dot, Worth $1.00
per yd., goes this week at 60c.
One piece BLACK 'TOSCA NET, (all silk) plain and figured,, worth
$1.25, goes this week at 75c. r ,, ■ t , ; .
Our finest CHANTILLY NETS AND FLOUNCES wor*h from $2.00
to $2.50, only $1.50 peryd. this week.
We will open another case, of those lovely
PINE APPLE ; TISSUES I
In dark, medium and light grounds with wMte and tinted spots and
figures at 124o and 15c this week.
The .sheriff Hu a flacky little Wife-
lire,them, the Charlotte Harder, Tried to
Escap. From Prieou But fe Prevented by
theSkerlff'e Wife.
Charlotte, N. C., June 4.—Henry
Bradham, who 18 to hang July 2nd for
the murder of John Mecca, yesterday
evening made an attempt to break jail
by the use of a piece of iron which be
procured from off the door of bis cell.
He was frustrated in the attempt by
a fellow negro prisoner, who gave the
alarm.
Sheriff Smith was absent at'tbe time,
bnt bis plucky wife was equal to the
emergency of the case. She opened a
window overlooking the jail corridor
and covered Bradbam with her pistol,
threatening to sboot him dead in his
tracks if be did not immediately desist.
He jumped behind the corridor wail to
escape'tbe range of tbe pistol.
Before tbe sheriff could reach there,
Bradham jumped on the negro who had
raised the alarm and beat him unmerci
fully, indicting an ugly wound in his
head with a sharp piece of coal.
He has been locked in his cell to re
main until the day lie is hung.
He Mocked ChrUt
Kansas City, Mo,, June 4,—Swein-
furth, the Rockford, Ill., crank, who
styles himself “Tbe only true Christ,"
and who for the past few days has been
holding the fort with his “disciples" in
this city, had to flee from an apgry mob
last night.
A crowd assembled before the. build
ing in which Sweinfurth hid been ex
hibiting himself, with a Arm determina-
' m of-aypljlnga, coat otta^andfeAth-
ers'to the pretender, ‘ ■ • ■
Taking alarm,_ Sweinfurth secreted
himself, and bad not been caught up to
a late hour.
Two New Papers.
Atlanta, Ga., June 4.—[Special.]—
It seems as if Atlanta is to have two
new dally papers.
To-night there Is to be a meeting of
extreme prohibitionists who will take
steps tq raise money to start a daily
paper.
Then the anti-prohibitionists declare
il a-yrohfbitiojL/orgaj wta^t^Tkcy
wflMten 'nr-tintl>proMMaori brgan.
The antis have pledged the money and 1
■ejected tee manage moot.
So it looks as if there w
papers.
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i will be two new
The Visitor. Return.! L •
Atlanta, June 4.—[Special.]—The
board of visitors to the state university
mad^lts report to Governor Northed this
afternoon.
islature make an additional appropria
tion of $20,000 for the state university;
making the total] afcpreprtation i‘,0,000
InsteAdof tOO,000. gJ/JIU
It further recommends that new fur
niture- be purchased for the college
buildings, as they are badly in need of
fhrnitnre.
HAPPILY MATED.
A PRETTY HOWDY DO,
Mr. Charles Payne and Mpl Mitch Bolton
Made Man and Wife.
A lovely home wedding—a marriage
beautiful in its very simplicity—was that
at the residence of Ml. J. F. Bolton, on
Lee street, last evening, when Mr. Chas.
P. Payne and Miss Mitch Bolton, the
charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J. F.
Bolton said the words which made them
man and wife.
The ceremony was performed oy Rev,
J, B. Johnstone of the Methodist church.
It was eloquent and beautiful and all
who heard It were deeply impressed.
Only a small party of relatives and in
timate friends were present.
Mr. Pavne is one of Amerieua' very
best business young men. He Is man
ager of the Americus Supply Company’s
business. Miss Bolton is a young lady
of many gracious charms of mind and
person, and Mr. Payne is to be congrat
ulated on having won her. As she and
the man of her choice stood before the
minister who pronounced God's bene
diction over them it was remarked of
all that they made one of tbe handsom
est couples ever seen in Amerfous. They
are botli admired by a large circle of
friends, an evidence of which was fur
nished in the many handsome presents
received.
These friends will all join in wishing
Mr, and Mrs, Payne a long life -eplete
witii happiness and good fortune.
About l>r. Carswell.
An Americus gentleman who has re
cently heard Or. Carswell preach at
Cordele, says that tbe Doctor it but
another victim of a recognized habit of
the Constitution. He says that Dr.Cars-
well is an eloqueut and fluent talker, a
man who oan hold a congregation for
two hours and half without becoming
wearisome—yet he seldom ever holds
one more than forty minutes,
This gentleman said that Dr, Carswell-
liat made no prophecy as to the world's
coming to an end, and'that he would not
do so. What Dr. Carswell has done waa
to make a calculation based on Bible
dates and prophecies, the same as any
one else can make. Dr. Carswell be
lieves that if the end does not come at
the time h? has named, it will prove
tlfat there was an error in bli calcula-
tiqn. He firmly believes that millions
of people now li ving will witness the end
of the world, and although h? .realizes
that be may die at anjr time he believes
that in the.ordinby course y{ things he
wHPiee the World’! ei
The Itata at Last.
Iqi'iQi'E, June 4.—The Itata arrived
here this morning from Locopilla and
was delivered over to the American
warships here. The Charleston is ex
pected to arrive here,to-day front Arlca.
The Itata handed over to the American
warships all arms taken off at Sandiego,
consisting of 6,000 rifles.
A Blf Failure.
Nashville, June 4.—The wholesale
dry goods and shoe Arm of the McLaster
Company assigned this morning. Lia
bilities, $47,000; assets .estimated at
$725,000. '
- Cleveland's Latest Parabosa,
New Yobk, June,4.—Grover Cleve
land has purchased- Joe Jefferson's estate
at Saddle River, N, J. Mrs. Cleveland
will visit the place on Monday.
Hall Yesterday.
Shortly after noon yesterday a driving
rain began to fall in Americus. This
was accompanied by hail which fell pret
ty fast for awhile. Some of the stones
wery as large as partridge eggs, the most
of them, however, were but little larger
Than a pea.
No damage et all was done in tbe city,
the halt not being heavy enough for
that, but it is said that in some places to
the northeast of the city considerable
damage was done to.tho crops. A'gen-
etnan who lives in East Amerions.says
is watermelons were considerably hurt
by the hall.
With courteous and obliging salesmen to supply yonr wants, IS
IT NOT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO TRADE WITH
Americus, Ga.
P. S—All orders by mail receive personal and prompt attention.
Samples furnished on application.
The First Melons.
The Unit ear of watermelons of the
Iseaaon of 1861 has gone forward. The
car waa shipped from Grand Island,
I Fla., to Cincinnati. It waa routed over
the 8outhw$atern road, and was to have
passed through Americas early yester
day morning, bnt It was diverted and
sent over the Alabama Midland.
■The first car of melons waa fire, days
earlier this year than last. After all this
early shipment don’t amount - to much
for the watermelon never attains that
perfection which makes it so tempting
here than in Georgia.
I MaAvOMB—B—
Ed BafMlt ,|Q the
this to say of Mr, Ci
Americus: f’ ♦ , . . yi
“Amos Cummings tbS New York con
gressman and newkpiber correspondent,
is down in Americus to write a letter-to
the New York Sun on Judge Crisp at
home. Cumtriings wants to-mW with
the people anti learn just what they
think of Mr. Crisp. He will also write
a letter oh wiregrass Georgia. Mr. Cum
mings is for Crisp for speaker. He be
lieves tba Georgian will be elected and
an interesting letter may be fecpected
from him.”;
It was not nocessary for Mr. Cum
mings to come from New Y’ork to ascer
tain that tbe people of this section, and
of all Georgia, for that matter, regard
Mr. Crisp as the grandest Georgian and
the greatest democrat of them nil.
Its Dom Good Work.
. A man who believes in printer's ink
is a man who can be relied on to do well
by you. Elsewhere In The Times-Rb-
coiideb Mr. W. H. R. Sebroeder offers
his services to the public. Mr. Schroeder
is a tinner and plumber and makes a
specialty of tin roofing. He is a splen
did workman, and what is equally as
good, he finishes work entrusted to him
at tbe time promlshed.
Mr. Sebroeder alto has several other
specialties In his line to which he In
vites attention. He has recently moved
bit shop from Cotton avenue to the cor
ner of Jackson and Jefferson streets,
where he invites you tocrll and get bis
estimates on work In his line.
His Friends ora Pleased.
Of the many bright boys who have
gone off to school from Americus none
are brighter than Howell Simmons, the
son of Col. and Mrs. E. G. Simmons,
who bat bsen attending the Southwest
Georgia Military and Agricultural Col
lege, at Cathhert, who returned home
yeeterday. .
Howell took a prominent part In the
closing exercises of this school and bore
off the medal for oratory over a large
number of contestants, though he waa
the youngest of the seekers after the
prize. Howell Simmons has that ia him
which will make a genuine man.- He
hat represented Americas well and hie
friends are pleased.
Will Improve the Service.
The officers of the Western Union
Telegraph Company who were recently
in Americas, have under consideration
several changes which will materially
benefit the service which the people of
Americas receive. Those changes will
be made at once, and with an already
good service Americus will soon have
one of tbe best services In tbe country.
FLORIOA WILL PRESENT THREE MEN
CLAIMING TO BE SENATORS.
Pasco Will Ga la and Call and Another
Man Will Flsht. Far tt-Tha Sccro'arr'c
Certificate Against the Gorernor'c
Appointment.
set-
Wilkinson Call's eleotion will be
tied by the United States senate.-
The Tiues-Recorbeh speaks
cathedra concerning this matter, having
as its authority a gentleman who waa in
Tallahassee during all those exalting
days before the caucus was broken and
Wilkinson Cali was elected by a majori
ty of one to the United States senate for
six yean to suceeed himself. This gen
tlemen took an active part in the fight
against Call, and has all along been so
much in touch with the state of affairs
as regards the election of a senator from
Florida that he Is in a position to know
what he is talking about.
To say the least of It, slnee tbe great
fight and the result bare attracted such
wide spread attention, this matter is
one of great interest, and wbat tbe
gentleman said is worth reading:
I find that tbe people of Georgia,
that is, their representative, the press,
are in sympathy with Call, and from
what I can learn if the matter had have
comb up for decision in Georgia instead
of in Florida there would not have been
much delay in eltctlng Call. That is
because the people of Georgia don’t
know anything of the trne inwardness
of tbe matter. The stubborn opposition
to Call was not so-much of a strictly al
liance fight against the senator as It was
a fight on matters of vital Importance to
Florida. If the people of this state had
understood ths situation as we did down
there, I have no doubt, from my knowl
edge of Georgians, that Call would have
been defeated. The particulars of tbe
situation would scarcely be of interest,
so I will not tire you by relating them.
I simply make this remark In defense of
tbe alllancemen of Florida, who have
been scathingly criticised in certain
quarters.”-
“But now' tbat Call has been elected,
what do you think of the chances ’ of ills
being seated?” queried the reporter.
“Ob, I don’t know'about that' Thi
United States senate Will decide'(hat !
matter in an impartial manner, anil the
whole tiling hinges on the technical con
strucifon of the act of congress regnfat-
ing the election of United States sona-
fnra frmn 'alt ‘afatnfi nlibd "
STILL DOIJiO ITS IVOICK.
A Litter of Popple* and One of p|*« 3
the Hyena a Meal.
tore from all states alike.
“Then If ia'oot true, as has been rc-
- $1in$ oni-HA/iotn r\t OnT1 *0 nfo/i.
ported, that the certificate of Call’s elec
tion will bA withheld?”
Well, you see the matter Is like this;
The secretary of state is a Call man. He
will issue Call a certificate of election
with the great seal of state properly ap
pended. I know this to he true, for he
told me so himself. Governor Fleming
will not recognize the election, and
therefore be will hold the secretary of
state’s certificate as Invalid. He will go
ahead as is prescribed in the act already
alluded to and appoint a'senator to rep
resent Florida, in conjnnction with Sen
ator Pasco, In the United States senate,
As the governor is known to be unfav.
orable to the gentleman elected it is
safe to say that his appointment will
not bear Wilkinson Call’s name.
“The governor wilt have thq seal of
state affixed to his appointment, so Call
and some other man yet to be named,
will appear in the senate chamber for
duty as senator from Florida. Tbe one
will be armed with the secretary of
state's certificate of election, the other
will chow as an open sesame to tbe chair
an appointment from the governor.
Then the senate committed! on elec
tions, an impartial body, will decide the
matter. Tblseourse will be pnrtued,
instead of a contest after tbe ordinary
manner, ao as to keep Call from taking
bis aeat, and eo»a to compel tbe senate
to take an aarly action.
You can readily ate that where two
a appear to be sworn in and to takes
t that something mutt be done at
once, to as to prevent the friction of a
repetition of this day by day, ' Toucan
aa readily see that neither of the men
can qualify until the matter baa been
decided, ao Call cannot tako tbe teat
and by wire working have the contest
mstponad from day to day, thereby aerv-
ng almost If not all of bit term anyway.
Yet, the senate’s decision will satisfy all
parties. Though tbe friends of the man
who la not seated would not ham acted
aa did the senators, could they have set
tled the matter, they will acquiesce in
the aenata’t'flndlng.”. ■ 1
“And who will Governor Fleming ap
point?" . .
“That ia a matter, of (peculation. I
don’t think it wiUbe Bloxham. Jackson
ville will forniah the mail, 1‘ atn satis
fied. It may bo Hal'oway. A mighty
effort, however, will bemads for Rainey.
The governor Is a good hand for looking
out for bis own Interests, however, and
it is reasonably sure tbat be wilt ap
point a man whom he thinks will bo a
sometime and in eome way able tore-
turn tbe favor. I can’t make any pre-
iction" aa to who tbe appointee
Now that the matter will have the
enateta distinguished consideration
nder amt
That hyena which is supposed to be
loose in the woods around Sumter City
continues to hob up serenely, much to
tho alarm of the people in that neighbor
hood.
The negroes stand in terror of their
lives after night has thrown her sable
curtain round,and grown men and women
among tbat raco aro actually afraid to
nenture outside their huts after dark for
fear the hyena nr “varmint,” as they
delight to call it, will eat them as It has
done co many dogs, hogs and sheep.
Doga and the like continue to show
up only as a pile of ghastly hones, with
now and then a piece of skin to show
that theseupposed-to-be-hyena had satis
fied Ids appetite witii them.
Yesterday a gentleman informed a
Timkk-Kecobder reporter that the hye
na visited his house a night or so before
and devoured a litter of fine puppies
about four weeks old and their mother,
leaving a pile of bones and dog's hair in
the basket which contained the dogs.
Another gentleman tills week lost a lit
ter of pigs at tlie mouth of the terrible
raider.
It seems as If the midnight marauda
intends to free that' neighborhood of
dogs nud hogs, and the people arc Tcnlly
becoming alaimed for tliolr own safei
A Bara Burned.
The alarm of fire which was sounded
early yesterday morning was caused "by
tbe burning or Mr. Wade Reese's barn,
which-was consumed together with its
contents. The crib which stood near by
and its contents and the fence around
the lot were also burned. It was only
by the greatest of efforts that Mr. Reese
saved his dwelling. Considerable
trouble was experienced in getting tbe
stock out of the bdrning barn, and all of
horses anjl mules were badly scorched.
The loss will foot up $800 without any
insurance.
Mr. Reese returns thanks to all of
those who did such good work In saving
his home.
There is but little doubt that the
building Wlis fired,‘and Mr. Reese has
ah Idea who did it Evory effort wlllbe
made to fix - tbe crime on the guilty
.-.d 1.-I. .Agjj
When ho was fighting the tire Mr.
sosp had.the misfortune to stick a nail
in bis foot, from which wound he was
suffering considerably yesterday.
. i I . «.ii Blttan by a Fax.
As tlie negro blacksmith on Capt.
John A^ .Cobb’s placo was returning
homo from tho shop Wednesday night
he was attracted by something like a
log which ran across tlie road In front of
iim, lie paid hut littlo attention to tlie
matter, and when ho liad gone n little
further tlie supposed dog ran up behind
and bit him on the leg.
Tho tnan turned around to find that it
was no dog at all which liad bitten him,
but instead a large red fox.
This is tho second caso of the kiud, so
far asis known, which over occurred in
Georgia.' Tho other lmpponodnear Atli-
ens, and tj)0 man bitten afterwards took
hydrophobia and died. Tho result of
this case will bo watched with interest.
1 To )lNt In Ainerlcu*.
The next meeting of the Friendship
Sunday school association will bo Isold
in Amcrious, embracing noxt Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
This association is doing mncli in the
interest of Sunday school work in this
section, and its meetings are full of te
st. The coming meeting will be one
of the best yet. An excellcntprogramme
has been arranged. Some splendid pa
pers will be road and somo good talks
will be made by well known Sunday
school workers.
The public generally, and especially
those interested In Sunday school work,
are invited to attend tbe sessions of this
meeting.
A Genuine Water Spout.
Sumter county was visited by a gen
uine water spout Wednesday afternoon.
It came Immediately after the vivid Hash
of lightning' and terrible peal of thun
der which will bo recalled by many ia
Americus.
Tho spout was a funnel shaped affair
and bttrsfed on the plantation of Mr. 8.
A. Walters,'a few miles south of the
city. It was not a very large one, but
considerable damage was done to the
land where the'torrents of water fell and
♦be growing stuff that was struck, by it
was completely ruined. It has been
sometime since a water spout occurred
in Sumter county before.
Festival This Aftarnoon.
Auother of those delightful lawn fes
tivals .will be given by tbe Christian
workers on the fresh green lawn inithe
MethodisLchurcli yard this afternoon.
For sweet charity's sake these good la
dies will serve vanilla, lemur, choco
late and white cream, and
and lemon sherbet and cake.
No more delightful placo than 1
spend the hours between 4 and 7 cant
:li circumstances, it will be imagined. There you can enjoy the •
'“"t ,M '* cellent ices at a .small cost and at t
tame UniMrid a cause as noble aa \
sublime.
how deep laid Is
Call. He won't be se
until the matter has 1
settled.
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