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m AMERICAS TIMES-RECORDER. VOLUME 1 AMERICUS. GEORGIA, SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1891. NUMBER 55 Don’t 8tand on Your Head to Read this. NEHW UOY DEECCUS NI GNIDAER SIHT, UOY LLIW EVAH DNUOF TUO TAHT EHT TSEB ECALP OT YUB LLA SDNIK FO YRD SDOOG, GNIHTOLC, CTE. SI TA GEO. D. WHEATLEY’S, Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave. Would we dare to advertise these prices if they were not low? For this week: One solid case White Lawns ( 3 <> inches wide) at 5c., worth 8c. elsewhere per yd. , One solid case White Lawn (31 inches wide) at 8c., former price, 12{c per yd. One solid case White Lawn (io 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 12k. elsewhere, Don’t let the grass grow under your feet before yon have seen our 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 ids. plain White Hemstitched Lawns <«>»«,»».,..> at 30c 500 YARDS I LACE STRIPS BORDERED LAWNS Plain and Dotted Swiss White and Colored Tarlatan | s Black, Cream and White Mulls at reduced prices this week. WASHINGTON WAIFS. THIS FULL PROGRAMME ANOTHER SCANDAL CASTS ITS SHAD OW OVER LITTLE BENNIE. “RuMle” Wants a Grip foil of Pa**««— No Appointments Announced Vet-No Truth In the Statement Says Secretary Gardner. at 12 1-2 at 1<B at 20 at 25 No Goods for the price excels our COLORED CHEESE) CLOTHS All Shades, ONLY 5c. PER YARD. Wo will apply the lever of low prices to move our HEMSTITCHED FLOUNCES. Laces and Embroideries this week. Our superb 46-in. EMBROIDERED HEMSTITCHED FLOUNCES worth 65c. goes at 45c. Our 75o Flounciugs at 55c. Our 91-00 Flounciugs at 70c. Our 11.25 Flounciugs at 95c. Our 91.50 Flounciugs at 91.20. Our 92.00 Flouncings at 91.50. Of all our elegant Hemstitched and Embroidered Flounces—some worth $3.60 and $4.00 per yard—Your choice tor $2.00 this week. NEW LACES I NEW RIBBONS! NEW PARASOLS! NEW FANS I NEW HANDKERCHIEFS! NEW HOSIERY! NEW CORSETS! NEW GLOVES! We will say nothing about Silk and Wool GRENADINES Except that we’ve got 'em and OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT, BUT B ?i!gK bilk DRAPERY NETS AND FLOUNCES Demand espedal mention. THEY WERE NEVER 80 HANDSOME t NEVER 80 8TYLI8H ! NEVER 80 LOW! One piece BLACK FISH NET, (all silk) in polka dot. Worth $1.00 per yd., goes this week at 60c. One pioce BLACK TOSCA NET, (all silk) plain and figured, worth $1.25, goes this week at 75c. Our finest CHANTILLY NETS AND FLOUNCES worth from $2.00 to $2.50, only $1.50 per yd. this week. We will open another case of those lovely PINE APPLE TISSUES I In dark, medium and light grounds with white and tinted spots and figures at 12k and 15o this week. With courteous and obliging salesmen to supply your Wants, IS IT NOT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO TRADE WITH Geo.D.Wheatlev, Lericus, Ga. P. S.—All orders by mail receive personal and prompt attention. Samples furnished on application. Washington, June 0 — Another sc in dal has cast the shadow of its black wings over this immaculately clean and honest administration. Russell Harrison, not satisfied with travelling more than nine thousand miles free, with meals and refreshments in cluded, on the “President’s Special," has, been writing letters to railroad man agers in all sections of the country beg ging for free posses for himself over their roadi. Bah! It It almost as nau seating spectacle at that dally presented by the prince of Wales in a London court room, who he appears as a witness against one of his friends charged with obeating at cards. Since wMn has be ing the president’s son given a man the right to ride free on railroads while or dinary folks have to buy ^jgkets? In furnishing the president equipped special train free, of course had a right to expj official favors, bnt what Harrison give them in ret u furnished blmb It was positively stated the attorney general that the new land court would this week, but as t the wi without the announcemei though there bad been where in the programing Secretary Gardner, of the National As sociation of Democratic clubs, whose word always “goes" here, where every body knows him, says there was not a particle of truth In the ■Rment pub- . lished that the executive w^mmlttoo of u whiob he is a membor, had met in New York last week for the purposed! Room ing Senator Gorman for the presidential nomination, ne says: ‘'ll have no recollection of that gentleman’s name being called, and I know that there was nothing said or done thatveo; strued os intended to oreal Of the Entertainment Tuesday Night for the Library Benefit. Following is the programme of the much talked of entertainment which will be given for the benefit of the Amertcus Library Association at the opera house Tuesday night A perusal of this programme Is enough to guaran tee a crowded bouse, to say nothing of the help that will be extended a good cause by such a house. The pro gramme Is: Overture—Orchestra, quartette—“My Ow-i Native!*!»; ''■ -M.ssnt Anttlutti, Warren, When toy an.l I'anlel. Tati It's u —r-bskesperlan tor rat*. Osllerv— 1 bhnkeayearo. 2 i.atly Macbeth, :t Cleopatra, 4 Ophtlla, 5 The Ah'-ose, U Auute Boluyn, 7 He-o.8 Qusen C dhcrlue, 9 Form., 10 Lady Grey, 11 Helen. Duet—Plsno and Cornet.. -Mrs. Lamar and Prof. Kaler. * Vocal Solo—Ml*s lbb Prince. Tableau—Abou Ben Adhein'e Dream q larlette— 'a Farmer's Life for Me."— MiaaGranherry, Mre. Callaway, Mr, Cxllx way and Mr- Honmday. Duet—Plan.) and Violin —Mrs. Lamar and Prof Kilter. Cha-ac'er Sop. Mr. Charlie Hawkins Music Orchestra TIIE ELEVATOR FARCE. Mr.• v ■........Mr.Tlwromyiswkes Mi-sMlElicrls..'.Ml*. JffiMToSlrJRnon yfrtbu.m .v.„. A.l)r. Eldndge I .awton ; ■” • ■ Wm V' ’ In ' ro * < * .Miller.. ITcsn Hnrrdld kMI'ler...;....**..Sadie Babeoek *Cur.. on..V....7)Wr;V. T. i week by in favor of Gorman or anytfther inaiftL, „ , , the presidency. Hi. the ibJe»pO(ttfN • Mr. CumminTf. » ««• association of club, to work for thTroorH and “ vor r P°P“ lar wlth hl,to nominated by the party, not to take,' partin their nomination., ltco-p| with the regular organization ‘of tFe democratic party in suppWS df demo cratic mon and demooraticsmeasuras. It docs not prescribe platfqggf ybnt ratifies them; it does not nominate candidates, kut support* thorn. It. national con vention. are, in virturo of Its conitltu- flon, held after, not before, no&lBatlng conventions, and the attempt to make it appear that this little business meet ing was in the nature of a Gorman boom Is unjust and without good reason." Representative HoCreary of Kentuoky, Ipcnt several days here this week. He It a close political student, and seldom makes • mistake In bis predictions. He thinks It will not be very long before United State* senators and the president And vice-president will be elected by a direct vote of the people, and he la In favor of both changes. Gov. McCreary says he feels oertsln that if ‘ Mr. Cleve land, has the slightest doubt of his abill tytocairy New York he will not be a candidate next year. Commissioner Raum has been absent from hie office all thle week, and it ap pears to be generally understood tbst be Is swsy arranging Us private business for the purpose of having something to do when he retires from the pension office, as If is thought he will certainly do at orbefore the close of the present fiscal year. Representative Bynum is here gather ing fact* for an article he proposes wrl ting for one of the reviews, showing thst the much talked about reciprocity agreement with Brazil is exactly the re verse of beneficial to the United States. The committee of artists appointed to examine the designs and models submit ted to the director of the mint for oar metal currency, threw them all out— about 300—because none of them were any Improvement on the present design of the coins. . Secretary Foster is In New York con sulting bis Wall street friends about the announcement he baa made of the ex- tenaion of the 41-3 per cent, bonds which mature next September at 11-3 per cent, interest to smile at his adversary witli a bill file ‘ >aded down with bills which had failed to pass. Subsequently there were apol- sneT yF.Oi.mrn ...Mill Mattie Boons M#Crasliaw,. 1 ‘:..*4L» — ,.Mra. Callaway "Wwemls. Br......f^TT*.Mr. K.T. Byrd unis, Jr. Mr. Chaife An.ley Campbell Mr. Harrolil Boone 'alor Boy Mr. Trunk Hnrr.ild )1r William’s Brother a Marylan^Varmer. Baltimore, June '(T—Archibald P. Gordon Cumming, a brother of Sir Wil liam Gordon Gumming, is a farmer near Sykesville, Carroll county, Md., a little town about thirty miles from this city, ShoqU Sir William dio without heirs Mr. ig would succeen *to the title and-ostate. s.C So came to the UnltedJ/fctatea abdkt fifteen yrfars ago and bouifntf a farm dofir Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, but stayed there only a couple of ydars, when hi bought liit^jiresont* place. He married a Miss 4mes, of Wasligffion, and tiUojr havwgie ciiid, a ye?™.s Jfc { ag is a fino looking ma very popular with his Neighbors. He is a friend of Robert Garret and tho families of ffiStlvi quontly. His homo for visiting among jiaval officers Would not Leave Her Hatband.! State Spmxgfikld, Ill., June 0.—In tho senate chamber yesterday Senators Campbell and Allen got into a dispute over a bill. Allen said bo did not want to have anything to do witli Campbell, and the latter gave the retort discour teous. Then Campbell banged Allen In tho left car, and Allen reached fora mucilage bottle but missed it, and had ings for men and he is anxious to give 13#l{esorole street, udlllHxl *tffioko and gave the alarm. There was great excite ment among the tenonte when the fire beosme known, and a number in their anxiety to escape tumbled down the stain while others jumped out of the lower window* to the ground. Mrs. Wehrmutb was unsblo to get hor hus band oat, though she tried to carry him, and she soresmed for help. Before It came Wehrmnth wse almost suffocated His wife remained with him until both were rescued. Tbs Brlxand Deadlock. Constantinople, June 0.—nerr Is rael, the Berlin banker, who, with other passengers, was recently seized by brigands on a railway train between tbla city and Adrlanople, and who was lent to this city to secure a ransom of $40,000, has, by order of the brigands, deposited the ransom with tho Austrian Consul at Klrk-Kilisala. The brigands have re fused to treat any farther for the release of the prisoners unless the troops cease to menace the communications betVeen the brigands and the f riendi of the pris oners. Dropped Dead. Kllavillk, Ga., June 0.—Mr. Joaeph Raborn, aged about 65 years, died sud denly this afternoon. Mr. ltaborn waa a hard working man, and by rigid economy bad accumulated a competency. He haa been in bad health fora number of yean. It la ■opposed he died of hesrt disease. The Haberdashery. Amerious can boast one of the neatest and best stocked haberdssherie* south of. Atlanta, and one of the most ex ten- site. Of course this means Ballsy’s llsberdsshery, where you can get any thing you need In gents’ furnishing goods, and at prices that are fair. Mr. Bailey takes up a column In this paper telling of how ho lias come down to “hard time prices," Ho has a hand some and extensive stock of all furnish AMERICUS’ SCHOOLS WILL BEGIN THEIR COMMENCE MENT EXERCISES TO-DAY. The Commencement Sermon Before the Graduating Class by Her. A, B. Camp bell, D. D.—The Programme for This Week—Graduating Exercise.. SWEPT BV A STORM. A Cyclone Blows Down Kau.es and Rains Crops In Lee County. Tho day that so many expectant young souls have been longing after, has at last dawned. This morning at 11 o’olock, at the Methodist oburch, which for occasions of tills kind offers the most convenient auditorium, there will assemble a vast concourso of delighted parents and clti zenaand eager pupils of the best public schools Id the state to listen with rover- ence to the words of wisdom contained lu the commencement sermon to be de livered before the graduating olass, the teachers of the public schools, and tlie board of eduoation, by the Rev. A. fi.l' it, Campbell, D. D., one of the ableat and most eloquent divines in the common wealth of Georgia. The text off the sermon la found In Ecclesiastes, chapter xli, verses 13.13, “And furth£,;by these, mY&tt b^ad* monished VM making maqy lxliks tlfero is po end; and much fftmdyft a woi^qj^packs of tbe storm was not very jHhoftheflesji. - .... “Let us bear tbe conclusion 7>f tW whole mstte.r: Fear God, and keep his ooftmandment/f(|t this Is the whBli duty of man. ’.fi. T. '1 t ‘.’For God shall bwng every ,jvork Into judgment, .with every secret thli whether it be good, ‘ dr whether It' evil.” Tholnisiest bee-hive to be found witlilg » radius of 50Q miles any* arotjjfc public-schools of Amerious To-morrow and Tuesday and Wednet- ib graduating lywrittekttc- end is not reached, for on Thursday, which Is tbe public day for all the schools, the little ones and tho big onea will Jiave to an swer ono thousand' anil'' on questions that mSytfe propbudded tfjpbmbythe fraction It Is well It Is so, for our ohildren who are very soon to take our places must learn their school lessons well In order to manage the affairs of this state with ability when fathers and mothers are i/$ h j»ay 'i .!•» i. ijti aw. a- ■ J. rauss.y vvaswu rauivio »*•« 'Bvvmvio «« IT)' U1 IUU WIU JitUIUUy, ilUil Wi/llllll i|»t.oachT|tli*ClMfi|^o\wiiio6oM^o. hol'd and' guld& thVwill begin overhauling and repairing t nB 4 , ^ l f ^ orite Wi’llmlifiJ# t<P. V • I same on Monday. Work will bo push rapidly and It Is expeoted the laund will open tho firat of tho foilowln week. Oi* Friday night tbe graduating olass ,alliClva O-line cjlibfflim In'the opera ■jfioiSR exfreisNs will consist' of rocitatlohs and rtAling of compesitlons by members of the graduating class. Twenty-three young ladies and.goifiig Jjecntlcfu.on wlli reccivo diploma*.,from p k|E||| {lie hand of tho president of thoTioard iviihisv^te ofcducation;and tho oxorciscs will close Nbw Yobk, June 6.—Two three story frame tenement houses in the rear of Nos. 130 and 138 Heserole street, Brook lyn, inhabited by twelve .families, were' destroyed by fire early tbit mpr Baitbazur Wehrmuth, who Decupled apnrtmontswl on the fl^st floor of the rear ^piiso No. with tbe prettiest drMl ■ that could be imagined for tho qjlmax of ^hqj|gqs[oj exercises of the sohools. By way of statistics it might be stated that our schools have had the most pros perous year Qf their exislcnco. ’‘The enrollment oV^Upil* /was 1,517— T15 boys and 803 girls, whilo tho attend ance at no ttpu (liiriqaffijrf year was less than 1,100. 'jji: TimWs^.i also to find out about the per cerff of dally attendanoe and other things, but at headquarters It was Informed that such Items could no be accurately given before the ibool bad been closed. Enough, however, woe learned under that bead to say that all averages are aa good If not better thin before. The schools were remarkably blessed daring the put year. No deatha oc curred among the pupils, and no prevail ing sickness of any consequence Inter fered with the attendance upon tbe schools, All In all, the last school year was a grand success. A cyclone patted near Leesburg Fri day afternoon. Thefurions wind was accompanied by rain and hail and much damage resulted, A mule and a horse belonging to Bill Daniel, colored, were struck by lightning and Instantly killed. Tbe band* who were plowing them lmd scarcely bitched the animals under a tree and ran In a house near by when tbe fatal stroke came. Lightning also struck the colored Methodist church, tearing tbe froDt end entirely away. The barn, stockade and gin house of Mr. R. A. Forrester were blown down, os was a large amount of fencing on his place. Watermelons, ootten and corn on the places of Mcurs^ B. Martin, J. W, Forrester, A. B.-'Duncan, It. A. Forrester and D. A. Rtgan, which wove in the path qf the itorm, were well nigh " by the ball, winds and rain, s in tho traok of the storm were completely blocked by fallen timbers. Mr. R. A. Forrester’s stock had a narrow escape from being eangbt under the falling stockade. It was hailing when the negroes got In from the fie that they Bed the males to a fence i sought shelter for thoraselvos Instead of taking time to turn tho mulos in the luL wlddoand the element! seem to have spent most of their fury on tho place ink Ready for Business. *J\inericus people wlll be glad to 1 thytsMy Amerious laundry will soon 1 gin equation, and that after this week they mil not have to send noi clothes off to be laundried. Another thing of interest is tho that when tbe Amerious laundry ■tart up again It will bo one of tho In the state and that the work will be turned out by It will bo the oqua of that to be bad at any laundry south. The stockholders of tho Amo Steam Laundry met last evening at t Allen House and effected a pern organisation. 1 he directors elected were 0. It. 1 ley, Ben Campbell, Liston Cooper,, Montgomery and W. H. Cook, of which Mr. Whitley will act as president and Mr. Montgomery a* secretary and f rer. J The company purchased tho machin ery of the old laundry, and workmen Bracks Is all Kiiht. obk, June 6.—The Churchman • that Ur. Brooks, having been by 37 dioc*»es,ls elected to tbe Kxamlninf Teachers* Mr. W. S. Moore, tho county school commissioner of Sumter county held an examination yesterday. About fifteen white and twenty colored teachers were examined. Judging from some of the papers, several of the applicants will get good grades. . The teachers of county schools are Improving from year to year. They are talking about organising a county teach er’s fnstltnte, and there Is no doubt that with the help of our city teachers they will be able to form a successful associa tion that could not be excelled In any other county In the state. Bargains for Bnjers. Once you have takeq a look through Wheatley A Ansley*s handsome stock you will involuntarily say that to tell half of the bright, attractive and useful articles, tho very latest os to styles end tho lowost as to prlco which tbla firm has in its largo building would - require an addition to tlio pages of Tbe Tjmks- lUCORDERf Klsewhere this morning, however, these gentlemen offer some bargains ex- reporter Fell DTlng In the Street. About 8 o’clock Friday night parties who live in tho neighborhood of Nancy Sohell’s, a colored woman who lived Forsyth street, wore startled by ale cry for help which reached tlioir can They were more surprised when the ntnnd found Nnnoy Schell lyim out in tho bard rain in a dying tlon. Tlio woman was carried to her whore she was on hor way after Iiavi finished her work. A physician aDd lie did everything possible, the oldjvomau'H heart was dan| id, and after lingering nearly ,e ennrOMffitS she died. A telegram was sent Goorgo Schell, tho dead woman's son, who is In Massa chusetts, about his mother’s death and ho wired back $18 to help pay the burial expenses. Nancy Schell had been looking and seeming unusually well lately and It was great a surpriso to thoso who heard yes terday that she wag dead.- ■ The Reason Why. “Amos J. Cummings, tbe versatile congressman who lately visited Amcri- cus, says that the best banquet lie ever sat to was the barbecue that was given In his honor by friends of Americas in the Magnolia Ucil. The lion. Cummings likes what is fat and runs over one’s lip*. That is the reason why ho is ail right, and in favor of Crisp for speaker of tho houso ol representatives.” That is what a gcutlcman of sound judgement said to Times-Bei liiukii re porter yesterday. They Regret His Decision. Several prominent Americus Episco palians expressed themselves yesterday as greatly regretting Mr. Gailor’s refusal to accept the position of bishop of the diocese of Georgia, which was unani mously tendered him. Though they re-M grotted his not coming to Goorgia they could notbutbe pleased with the sacrifice mado by Mr. Gailor in the Interest of tho Sewanee college. It is probable that Hr. Williams of Augusta will now be chosen bishop of this diocese. you, reader, the beneflt of some of his wonderfully low prices. Give him a call. Episcopal Church. Rev. W. R. Dye, of Eatew, Ala., will bold service* and preach to-day at Cal- money by using the Information vary church, this city, HU School to Cloce. Prof. W. S. Howell was in the city yesterday. Ills flourishing school, which is situated near the railroad and about live miles north of the city, at Long Branch, will clorfe on the 19th hast, when a fine exhibition will he held. OBDBBtoi traordfnary for Monday and Tuesday. See what they offer and save yoi tited, 1 HHBHH