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Newspaper Page Text:i!T VOLUME 1 AMERICUS. GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1891. NUMBER ¥he Reason Why ! Many find it difficult to present a creditable appearance Jfd hve within their menus, is mainly due to the fact that they pay such high prices to so-called "merchant tailors,’’ while THE SAME QUALITY OF CLOTH, THE SAME GRADE OF WORK, AND THE SAME STYLE OF CUT Can be obtained from our Ready Made Clothing Depirtment! -AT- LESS THAN HALF THE COST! to avAl'toukselp " -b °*“ ,0 “ “ 1, Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave. For dress occasions what could lie more appropriate than our elegant styles in Prince Albert or Three Button Cutaway Suits ? We have them in all tho newest shades and fabrics, (such as Corkscrew, Clay Diagonal, Granite, Tricot and fancy figured suitings) and WARRANT OUR SUITS FROM $16.50 TO-$20.00 Equal, IF. NOT SUPERIOR, in fit and finish to any "tailor made" suits in tho market for just TWICE THE MONEY. RAILROAD MAGNATES. into Montgomery THE NEW MANAQER8 OF THE CEN TRAL IN AMERICU8 ' the Svb, Auurwir.Given all I literal Policy Toward A marietta-Gent ml Manager Green Talke on Interacting Matter.- Thoan Who Made up tile Party. For everyday wear we would suggest one of our nobby Sack or Cut away Suits ranging in price from $3.00 to $15.00 per suit. Our line consists of IMPORTED CASSIMERES, CHEVIOTS. BLACK THIBET CLOTHS, SERGES, FLANNELS, ETC. In a word OUR STOCK WILD PLEASE, aud OUR LOW Prices astonish YOU. A WORD ABOUT ODD PANTS. You need a pair to “tide you over” so to speak. Our assortment is ENORMOUS and our PRICES ARE RIGHT. They range from $1.40 to $7.50 per pair, aud cannot be had e.sowhere for less than double tho price. Here is a hot weather item worthy your notice: 75 Summer Coats at 50c., reduced from $1.00. 100 Summer Coats at 75c., reduced from 1.50. 80 Summer Coats and Vests, $1.40 reduced from $2.50. All kinds of Summer Coats and Vests, such os “Drapetes," Sicilians, Serges, Alpacas, Pongees, Poptins, TO CLOSE OUT STRICTLY AT COST. OUR LINE OF BOYS’ AND CHILDREN’S CLOTHING, Alwaws tho best in the city, will be found of interest totdlin need of CHEAP but NEAT AND SERVICEABLE SUITS We t S b Xw a good line of those HANDSOME SAILOR SUITS, (sizes 9 to 14 years) universally admitted snch excellent value for $ | 50 l>er suit. SHIRTS! SHIRTS!! SHIRTS!!! “OUR LEADER” at 50o is the best unhindered shirt on earth for the price, while for dress, what shirt can compare with Messrs Clnett, Coon & Co.’s Superb ‘•MONARCH SHIRTS.” Laundried ’IS Unlaundried, Our “Monarch Puffs" have taken the trade by storm. WE’VE GOT ’EM ! All Gradel. All SIMM. AT« ami V—dents' Belfast Linen Collars.) Any size U il L I -Gents’ Belfast Liuen Cuffs, i desired. WE LEAD IN FU8NISIIING GOODS Onr prices cannot be excolled in the state. hW NECKWEAR. NEW SOCKS, HIW HAKDKERCHIBFS, KEW SUSPENDERS, R your money refunded. NIGHT ROBES FOR GENTLEMEN OUR CAREFUL SELECTIONS, PRICES, OUR REASON our SEASONAnr<E (jOOPS All appeal to Your Reason, Your Pocket, and Your Health. Cannot you save something by trading with GEO.D.WEEATL Amerfcus will be “In 11.” So say the men who caw have tbe Ten • tral road In charge Yesterday morning about 9 o'clock a special train consisting of two private cars of the Central of Georgia and tbe handsome officer's car of tbe Riohmond and Danville, slowed up at tub South western depot In this city. This train bore a party of Richmond Terminal magnates and the mon who now have control of the Central. In the party were Captain W. Green, general manager of the entire Terminal system of over fi,000 miles; Mr. Sol Baas, traffic manager of the entire system; Mr. James L- Taylor, general passenger agent of tbe 9,0J0 mile sys tem; General E. P. Alexander, president of the Central; Mr. V. E. MoBeo, general superintendent of the Central; Colonel A. B. Andrews, second vice-president of the Richmond and Danville; Mr. J. C. Haskell, purchasing agent of tbe Cen tral; Mr. W. W. Starr, superintendent of transportation of the Central; Mr. J. C. McKenzie, superintendent of the south western division of the Central; Major G. A. Whitehead, general freight‘agent of the Central; Mr. E. T. Charlton, gen eral paaaenger agent of the Central Savannah; Mr. Pat Calhoun, goneral counsel of the Central; Hr. A. W. Gibbs, superintendent of raoUve power; Mr, William Hunter, engineer, Macon. The party stopped here for about an hour, looking about tbe Southwestern yard and depot In Amerleus. Tbe men who made It up expressed themselves as being anxious to stop longer, take a drive over the city and make a more careful and minute InspecUnn of Ameri cus, which some of the leaders expressed themselves as believing to betheweost Important point on the Southwestern road. Their iUneracy had already been mapped out, bowevei, and . they found that they would have to content themselves with such an Inspeetion of the company’s property si could be made during their limited stay. These gentlemen will come to Amerleus again soon, however, to stay longer and see more of the city. “This Is simply a tour of Inspection over the lines of pur new acquisition, We are now paying onr re spects to the Southwestern division. We go directly to Montgomery, where we will make arrangements for more exten sive terminal facilities. Then we stop at Smithvllle and Albany. A day or so later we hope to come to Amerleus for a longer stay,” said Captain Green. The gentlemen all said that from what they had seen and heard.of Ameri cue and from what they know of her from tbe reports sent lu by the railroad's agent here they thought Amerleus wonderful city and designed to be a mueb greater one. When asked what tbe policy of the new management would be ss concerns Americas the reply was snob an one as will be gratefully received by tbe people of this city. Every assurance was given that the Improvements which were con templated by the old management would be carried ont and that still further Im provements will be made. The new de pot Is to be built and other ebangea made (hat will be of great bene (it to the road and to the people. So promised tbe men who are In authority and they Indicated by tbe manner In whleh they spoke that they meant what they said. (Apt Green said that be realized that the day wee past when the road could depend on getting bnsineii without of fering Inducement! and that the new management standi ready to help Amer- icus In every way possible. It will be good newe to Amerieiis peo ple to know that Hr. W. W. Starr has higher authority under the new order of things than bs had before, although he nominally oocuplet the same position. There are many here who thought him the proper man for tbe gen eral superintendent’s ptaoe. In him Is recognized a railroad man of much abil ity and a friend to Amerleus. The peo ple nhoknow him are conOdent that be realizes Amerleus’ importance and that ha will do anything In bis power to help our elty. Another thing that will be of interest is the assurance that Supt. McKenzie the efficient and faithful local of ficers would not be removed. As long they gave satifaction all would be welt Captain Greene said the manage ment was opposed to the policy of re moving officials just for the sake of a change. ' ; » IIj] AW 1 JiW2 Every man In tbe party who has any authority aaya that Amerleus it to fare ell at tbe hands of tbe new manage- Allof these men ean be relied the Central of Georgia la almost to do the fHper thing by Tke Savannah, Amerleus end Montgomery Track Geee To day or Monday. On to Montgomery lias been watchword with tbe Savannah, Ameri cue and Montgomery people since they first turned tlielr. faces toward Ala bama’s capital city. Into Montgomery is now the cry. And to-day or Monday the Savannah, Amerleus and Montgomery track will be laid Into the chief elty of Alabama, which has been cbosen ns the road’s pres ent western terminus. Only mile or so of track remains to be put down before Montgomery is reached, Thia will certainly be In position to-day, or MOnday at tbe lateat, If nothing un- foreaeen happens. When the track, luis been laid Into Montgomery the entire force of men, mules and construction trains will be moved back to Hurtsboro, to finish the gap between that place and the river and to surface up the new track. By the time the Immense -iron bridge across the Chattahoochee river is com pleted this wilt be dene, and then all will be ready for trains to gothroqgh from Lyons to Montgomery. This will be September 1 at tbe ontaldo, say the men who are In a position to know, would be sooner blit for a delay In the shipment of soime of the bridge ma terial. When the first train runs through to Montgomery will be a grand day In the blitory of Amerleus. Ilow will It Bndf What will be the end of the strike wbloh has been made by the machinists in the shops of the Central at Savannah Is a question that ia of interest to Amer- ieut railroad men and to many who are not railroad men. Tho strikers' principal grouud against the master mechanic seems to be that be has Installed social Ideas into tbe negro help. Six months ago Mr. Antz was placed In chargo as master mechan ic. He was brought there from Jersey City, where he bad been In the employ of the Pennsylvania railway. In a little while tronble arose between the negro laborers employed about the shops and the skilled white meclianlos. This, the men say, grew from the sentiment In stilled In tbe negroes by Ants that, to use his favorite expression, they were “as good as a white man any day.” Gradually the negroes grew more and more'iesolent, until there was hardly a day in which some little dlflloulty did not occnr between one of the men and one of tbe machinists. When they first went out the strikers wanted the romoval of a certain often slvo negro laborer. Now they say that nothing will satisfy them but the scalp of Master Mcchanlo Antz. If zomotblng Is not done in this mat ter at once the strike may assume large proprotioDs and other roada besides tbe Central may experience some tronble. Wanton Carelessness. Long and loud complaints hare been; made about the carelessness of tbe ne groes who handle the hose attachment street sprinklers whleh are so' common In Americas. Wanton carelessness has frequently been shown by tbeso negroes and on more than one occasion have they wet someone. Yesterday about noon John Calhoun the colored porter at. the Bee Bive was sprinkling the street in front of that eatablishment Be was not on the lookout for people who chanced to be on the street so when a buggy con taining two young lodles was passing by' be ebanged not tbe position of bis hose but proceeded to wet them considera bly. •• John will no doubt be called to ac count for his carelessness before the proper authority. A Pretty Picture. It It safe to say that there Is note prettier engine In the country than tbe , A. A M. engine No. 119-the B. P. Hollis. Certainly there la none that li eleaner or neater kept. It Is alio safe to say that there lino more skilled engineer than George A. Nix, or bettor fireman than Pat Westbrook to be found any where. This engine Is manned by those two artists. Mr. Nix baa had a photograph taken the trio—tbe 119, himself and Pat Westbrook. The engine made n pretty picture Indeed and one (hat'll highly valiwid by the man who bad it gwatepBIBi Ben J. Rooks Is a free man';, -/l ;.J Yesterday morning lie engaged a law yer to certiorari his ease and the decis ion was then to fight it out on that line. Judge Alien Fort was too unwell, how his attorney and his friends. The re mit of the conference was a decision to pay- the fine and settle speedily and once for Late yesterday given for the were opei fi BRIGHTER EVERY DAY. YKHTKRVAVi pRILL. SO SAYS A WELL POSTED MAN OF THE FINANCIAL SITUATION No ReMon at all for Cn*a«!n«a*--Tb* Gold Coming Back From Europo—Southern Planter* Said to Sate the Thing In TholrOwn Band*. d v- •tar to hear the certiorari, , so another ^ consultation was held by Mr. Rooks, ^^rwy in thene^i^entlal”ll)^ The financial situation M growing brighter every day. So laid Mr. John S. Ernest, general manager of tbe extensive cotton, bond and brokerage business of Henry Clews A Co., of New York to a Tiues-Kkcok- okii reporter. This gentleman Is In a position to know what he was talking about and what, he ssya carries much weight with It “I can see no reason,’’said Mr Ernest, “why the.e should be any uneasiness at ail. It Is true that a large amount of gold has been sent to Europe, hut that Is coming back erory day in paymentfor our stocks and securities. Soon it wifi all be book in circulation hero and I take It that money wilt be easier than It has been In sometime post. I really think that the worst la over and that there ia no danger whatever of a.crasb or panic now. Monoy matters are easing up everywhere and I think 1891 will go down as one of the most prosperous years In tho country’s history. “You people down south here seem to have the thing in your own banili' Of course if your planters Insist on plant ing all cotton forever amlfoi river there ie no hope. Already there is something over a million bales of eotton held over as a surplus from Isst yesr’s crop. Tbe estimates for the coming crop placo It as about the same figures as those made for last year. That will give a still larger surplus next year. Of course if this thing gnea on, things will go from bad to worse and tbe people will -find then*- selves In that position geographically described as‘between tbe devil and the deep sea.’ But I have every reason to believe that the cotton acreage has been decreased In Georgia. Tbs farmers, or most of them, are In a condition to ran through this year. Next .year they can plant less cotton and recoup themselves. “Why, the farmers of tb»> sooth ean actually dictate the price of cotton. “Understand me, I don’t mean to say that they can plant their entire land in cotton, hold U and say we will not sell only for a certain sum. They haven’t tbe capital that would required to do that They have, however, almost a monopoly on the cotton supply of the country. They ean plant such orops as will sustain their farms, sell off the balance, nnd raise only enough cotton to make the buyers anxious for overy bale that is brought to market That will force prices np. “Tbe only teouble about this Is that If they were tony It for a year and make money on cotton there is dan, g»r of them falling into the old rut and planting all cotton again. If they will grow less eotton in stead it talking ftbont growing less the farmers of the south cannot Only dictate the price of ootton, bnt they can dictate almost everything else. That la why say they have tbe thing In their - own hands, v* ” “I guess tlio farmers think that every body knows more about tlielr business than they do themselves. I have studied tbe matter carefully and tlieso are my conclusions.” Hr. Ernest was asked if lie < thought buoket shops would ever be opined np this country again. Bis opinlob was that owing to tbe many failures whleh have followed In their wake ho didn’t think the people of tho sonth would ever tolerate them nay more. As has been stated In Tan Tiuxs-Rx- cononn this gentleman la a member of tbe executive committee of tho demo cratic club of Now York. He was asked sboat the third party. He Is not Inclined to think the movement will ever amount to much. It bis opinion that if tho democratic party would lay aside Its name, but keep principles Intact, It would catch all alllnneemen In tbe republican states, ex cept those who. want to ride Into office the wing* of some party and who, In view of the fact that none of the old parties will take them as standard bear ers, are ready to stand at the head of a new party. Be thinks the democrat- party comes nearer meeting the demands of the alliance than any that can bo organized, and belioves that tho south will still be solidly democratic. Be believes party prejudices will hold tho republicans of the west except where they have been rightly converted into democrats and that tiro third party will not be in it 1892. These conversions, lie says, have been many, and he is confident of success for tion. Very Smell* Ambiguous easterner“I want to get a notebook. Something that I can carry in my pocket to jot down my in." - Clerk—“Oh, you want Corne ll then?"—Brooklyn The Boys did Some Good Work Oofem s DelixhUdAudleaee. , When the Amerleus’ Light Infantry leaves for Cblekamaugn the boys will be accompanied by the bestw tehee of every body In Amerieiis. This Is .true from the fait that the company U popular here and from the fact that tbe people of Amerleus know that tlielr soldier boys will gallantly represent tbe proud city from which they. hail. The drill yesterday was a grand tne- >ss. sidy I.,.’*-* From the time the boys started on the march up Lee to Forsyth, onto Jackson and thence along the route mapped ont yesterday to the drill grounds) until they had reached the armory again some compliment was being paid the haad- Bome uniforms, the company and the members. That parade and drill did much to revive the military spirit In Ameriene-i Quito a number of ladies witnessed the drill for tbe oompaoy badge. When the contest narrowed down to Sergeants F. A. Hooper and Cleve Davis it was In deed exciting.. Sergeant Hooper made a slight mistake nnd Sergeant Davis will wear tho handsome badge at Cbiclra- mauga. .’emeuftrtfCfl The other special drills were nicely executed nnd Atnericua Light Infantry stock Is way above par this morning. About the Bishopric. Tlie convention which met in Savan nah to elect a bishop for the Episcopal diocese of.Georgia will meet In Maooa July 1 to do the same work over again, Rev. Thomas F. Gallor having refnaed to accept the election. l! <•“ itfM**t* ‘ A well known Amerleus member of tbe convention informed Tan Tisis-Rt- cnnoKii that Rev. It S. Barrett of At lanta has been considerably spoken of for the placo. Be said that be didn’t know whether Mr. Williams, of Augueta, would allow his name to be used or not. | rfJ-4f; , ? Tlio gentleman gave it as hie opinion that Mr. unitor wifi be recalled again, as ho has said that lie could not justify himself in refusing a second election. It will be rentembered that Bishop Beckwith was twice elected, with an interval of twelve months between time* before lie would accept the position. T.oulrle Over Propet tjr. Elizabeth Parker and her children and Andrew Kitchon, all colored, are having lively time over some property which both parties claim, just now. The woman and tier family are in possession. A day or so ago 'Andrew went out to have ltiiii a house erected on part of the lot. Ho says the Parkers beat him and threatened to kill, him if be didn’t vamoose. The Tether side claims An drew to be a trespasser. . So Andrew swore out a warrant charging Elizabeth, Amanda, George and Bab* Parker with assault with Intent, to murder, while they had a like paper l/wued charging him with criminal trespass. The Park er’s say Andrew wanted them locked up so ho could build his house, ao they have enjoined 1dm from so doing until the other cases are decided. _ Warrant fur Klbert Mas*. Elbert Head, one of the beet. known personages in Amerleus, ia now at Hot Springs for his health. When be comes home lie will be arrested by an officer of tlio law unless a warrant which now ex ists against lilm is withdrawn' before thattlme. ' * 4,1 edh en* J The warrant was sworn out by Col. J. A. Illxon at the Instance of some of his clients and it charges old man Elbert witli destroying records, In tbe shape of some deeds. Tbe caee bide fair to be an interesting one. That Excursion. Nothing will be neglected that could add in uny way to the pleasure of the railroad men’s excursion to Savannah, July 3, andit will ho doubt fie a success, such an one as the meh who do the busi ness for the S., A) A M. road make of everything thoy undertake. A very low rate will be made for the round trip—(3 00 and you will miss One of the chances of your life If you fall to go on this excursion. •■W'** The Court AlfuniM. Judge Pllsbufy held a short session of the county court yesterday disposing of every case that could possibly be dis posed of, alter which he adjourned the session. Judge PllabUry has accepted Judge Watson’s invitation to bold county court iu Loo next week and will leave Wednes day night so as to commence Thursday morning on the discharge of the duties turtiltntr * l " 1 * Yesterday's Massine. .. T ". e meeting of the Sumter County Sunday School association Which held at Near Point yesterday, Was'i an interesting one. Tbe attendil not altogether as large a* was for, but every Sunday school *Tn county was represented. A day was spent and anew Imps given to Sunday school work'll f»w bee .iv-tter v I :.»( (dje •••' ' county.