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VOLUME
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1891.
NUMBER 75
The Reason Why!
Many find it difficult to present a creditable appearance and
live within their menus, is mainly due te*he./act that they
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For everyday wear we would suggest one of our nobby Sack or Cut
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Our line consists of
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double the price. Here is a hot weather item worthy your notice:
DISCHARGING HIS DUTY
THAT IS WHAT THE CORONER’S JURY
HAD TO SAY
About Deputy Sheriff Laiuar—Gue Hoyn-
ton Died Yesterday Morning—The In.
quest Decides It Was Justifiable Homi
cide—lie Whs a llad Character.
fius Boynton, the negro who was
•liot by Deputy BtiorifT Lamar, Monday,
died about !l o’clock yesterday morning,
Thu negro was made as comfortable
as possible In the J.V.1, and everything
possible in the way of careful nursing
and good treatm >nt w is done to koep
him nlivo. But the end came.
( Sheriff Forrest and Deputy Sheriff
Lamar had tbo body properly attended
to and shrouded In a ucat black suit
which they bought. They also furnish'
eil a neat coffin. After the coroner’s
jury looked at tha body tharily after 7
o’clock last night it was turned over to
tho dead negro’s friends aud relatives,
who were waiting for it.
As soon as tho negro died it was de
cided to hold an Inquest. Coroner
Parker was sent for, bat there was some
delay about tlndlng him, lie being away
from home, so ho only readied tho city
after 0 o’clock yesterday afternoon. He
immediately sot about securing a jury
and shortly after 7 o’clock this jury was
sworn :
J. X. Carter. J. B. Dunn, Charles Fitz
gerald, Graham Forrester, C. J. Haw
kins, U. S. Lockett, J. L. Mack, W. G.
Hagan, W. M. Hagan, John W. Walters,
H. D. Watts, C. Wilder. Q
Capt H. D. Watts was elected fore
man and Mr. J. 11. Dunn secretary. The
jury then went to the jail to seo the
body, after which it settled down to
business in the sheriff’s olHce.
Mr. T. B. nooks was the first witness
called. He testified that ho considered
the negro a dangerous character, that
Boynton had admitted to him stealing
thp hogs and; Intimated that he didn’t
care if he bad. Hooks said he bad
warned Mr. Lamar to bo careful An -ap
proaching him. Thon ho told howMr^
Lamar went to the field after Boynton
while he went to tho negro’s houao to
keep him from going there if he ran.
Mr. Hooks met Mr. Lamar and bis
prisoner near the road, hoard Boynton
, loll the officer that he would deni to
. town that afternoon, saw him break and
lent is run) 'j,eard Mr. Lamar tell him to stoj? or
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80 Summer Coats and Vest
All kinds of Summer Coats and Vi
Serges, Alpacas,
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OUIt LINE OF
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Alwaws the best in the oity .will
need of CHEAP but NEAT AN
for their bovs.
We still show a good line of those HANDSOME SAILOR
SUITS, (sizes 9 to 14 years) universally admittod snch excellent
ralae for $ 1.60 P<* suit.
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ho would shoot and saw that gentleman
shoot op twico to frighten tho negro
Into itopplng, whon he could have
placed hit pistol within such close range
of the prisoner’s head that bo could have,
killed him instantly. The witness said
Boynton was some forty yards away
when the shot that took effect whs fifed
and thnt ho was running rapidly toward
Ida house. Mr. Hooks told' how the
negro ran threo-quarters of a mile after
being shot, ' almost outrunning he
and Mr. Lamar, no said that
he believed Boynton was going
to his houso after a weapon
and told how ho had attempted to draw
his knif&eten.afljff he was shut. The
witness considered the negro a desper
ate character and waa satisfied Boynton
'would have used his weapons Ifhe ^Bhd
secured them.
Dr. C. B. Raines testified as to ’he
wound and its nature. Ho said he
could only proko tho wound a short
distance and that the bail may have
glanced and passed just under the skin.
He gi*vo It as his opinion that the ne
gro's run had materially increased his
danger aud hastened his death and that
persons wounded Id a like manner had
recovered.
George Parker, colored, who waited
on Boynton at the jail told how Boynton
told him of tho Winchester and pistol he
kept at home, saying at the same time
that if he had gotten to lits houso some
body else would have been suffering be
sides him. Tlds witness also testified
to finding a number of cartridges in
Boynton's pocket when he looked in
there at hit request.
Two negro women wero sworn who
corroborated Mr. nooks. The' jnry
then made this verdict:
■We the jury find that Gus Boynton
came to bis death from a pistol shot In
the hands of Deputy Sheriff Lamar
while In the discharge of bit duty; that
death was hastened, if not caused, by
his running some half or three quarters
of a mile after being shot; and we find
A* *8^%
That verdict was signed by Coroner
:r, Foreman Watts and all the
i. It was commended 6y all who'
heard of it last night
A reporter learned yesterday that
Boynton was generally considered one of
the most desperate characters in the
county. He ran away from Marlon
county to avoid being punished for enter
ing tho room of a young lady one night
and attempting an assault,
learned that be had said that he would
kill any officer who attempted (o arrest
him and that lie ,intended to do just
what he pleaded, as he was not afraid of
any law It be was not arrested. -
While he and Mr. Lamar wore in the
woods waiting for Mr Hooks to carry a
a baggy, Boynton said;
“You bad better kill me now while
we are off here, for this thing Is not
pver between ns, damn you.”
The law requires an officer to use ex
traordinary dllhgenee to affect the ar
rest of a person charged with a felony
ho has a warrant In hand. That h&s
tacit agreement been considered as giv
ing an officer the right to shoot a per
son who flees under such circumstances.
All seem to think that Deputy Sheriff
Lamar did nothing but his duty.
ABOUT STREEf CARS.
THEV ARE MORE THAN LIKELY TO
RUN IN AMERICUS
THE BOYS ARE AT HOME.
Richland Jottings.
Biculand, Jnne 30.—Richland has re
covered from the effects of theharbeene,
and resumed her progress In Improve
ments. The Lewis block Is netting com
pletion and ground was broken to-day
for another targe two-story block on
south side of Brood street, containing
•lx stores, and will soon begin to bnlld.
Besides these two other blocks Will
soon be commenced. In addition to
these business houses, residences are
springing up like miglo all over the city,
The c music of the saw and the
hammer Is heard In every part
of the town and to see the
fine business blocks and stately and tasty
residences going up one would' think'
that hard times had left Ritihtand alone.
The Americas Light Infantry Returned on
■ Special This Homing.
After a week’s stay at Chlokamanga
the boys of the Amerlcus Light Infantry
ore at home again.
It waa the programme for a rousing
crowd to turn out and welcome them
back, but they enme, unexpectedly,
an early;hour this morning, so that'Is no
go now. • ■
It will be news to many of the people
of Amoricus to know that that the boys
are here.
They arrived at 130 this morning, on
a special train.
Coming unexpectedly as they did they
had no one to weloomo them home. Tub
Tjhes-Rkcobdeh night force and Hie
morning watch of the police foree, how
ever, greeted them as dust covered and
fagged out they marched up Forsyth
street to the armory.
Lieut. Harper left tho company
Borne for a pleasure trip off, so the boys
returned under oommand of Llent.
Clarke.
They brake camp in'd left Chicks-
mauga yesterday morning, about 10
o'clock. It was found that unless
arrangements were made for a special
train they would haVe to stop over all
night en route. The wires wero called
Into oae. A special train Was secured,
and the company arrived as has been
stated.
A pleasant, profitable week Is report
ed. It waa work all the way through,
however. The hoys all liked Chleka-
raauga. They say It Is.awfully warm
there during the day, but the nights
were very pleasant, Indeed.
Several of them were sink while in
oamp, but It waa only sueh sickness as
was brought about by a change of water
and eUpnate, and Surgeon Hinkle soon
brought them around again, right side
up with care, They are especially
elated over the good work of the com
missary department, Quarter Master
Shiver feeding .them better than any
company in camp was tad.
They are heartily glad to get back to
Amerlcus again and say they have not
stauck a place like this.
keeping up with
are pro-
next
mble onr
lonths.
take, holiday on Satur-
' - Fourth,” and Tax
follow suit, and
with the other re
public. There
tho 0th,
bTiues-
fnllof-
oget out
enthu
siasm nnum
will sweep everything before them on
Saturday and fay Into,Ota fallowing day,
so the patrons of TuE TUtne-RBooBDEB
are forewarned that thojpnuitn't expect
Is It Hot Encash tor Yon?
For the benefit of the man who do-
-
were not as warm this year as they
were last. On some of these days the
thermometer hae registered anywhere
from 00 to 102. The weather was not at
all unusual for the season, however.
The following comparison of tempera
ture spooks for Itself;
pwo issi
It waa also June 18 Si Juno IS 81
Bat Whether on tbo Prooont Track or ■
Now One lo tbo Question—It la Claimed
That About Two Prteeo ore Asked For
tbo Road-Thot, or What?
SPEAKING OF PEOPLE
Who Lire in Americas end Son
Litre Elsewhere.
The street railroad matter 1st still an
Important toplo In Amerlous.
There Is'but Uttle roohr to doubt that
Amerlcus Is to have a street railroad,
with the cars on It running. But wheth
er she will keep the one she hae de
pends. There Is one point, and an all
important one It !■ too, In the way of
the present road being kept hero. That
is the price asked for it
Some of the best business men In
Amerlcus, some of the men who would
certainly be interested in the road say It
Is not worth more than $15,000 and that
for that amount they can replace It
with a road muoh better.,
A gentleman who Is well posted said
that the road Is not worth more than
$11,000 to move It He figured like
this: Five and a half miles of rsi) at
$1,500 a milo; that beiug the price at
which the S., A. A M. road recently sold
many miles of such rail; which amounts
to $8,250. Copper and wire $2,760. This
gentleman says It would cost more to
take down, move and pay (he freight on
the poles than they are worth! Then he
goes in to figure that It will cost from
one to three thousand dollars, to be sure
of being on the safe side he said $1,500,
to pay thu freight on the Iron and wire
and for the work of getting them ready
for shipment, making $9,500 thp actual
sum that the outfit would bp'^flyjli in
Macon.
Another gentleman told’(he
that an offer to sell the road for'$$15,000
was made before the receiver's satafc ’
Some of tho best men. In Amerlous
ray that the be.ftblng that can bo donefe^ t ° return ^ lrom » *°
for the oity Is to let the present road be
moved as speedily as possible, to make
room for one that is free from all trick
ery and the flavor of a “job.”
Mr. Kenny, who bought the road in
for Mr. Mono, waa, seen again yesterday.
He. informed the reporter that the sale
had been oonflrmed and reoorded. He
also raid that hp hod instructions from
Mr. Morse not to consider any offer of a
lesser sum than $35,000, not evon an
offer of $34,990. He Mid that he, was
making no bluff, that tho road would
positively not be sold for any less. He
avowed that the road oost $80,000, say
ing that one of the largest Items in the
cost was putting It down.
Mr. Kenny doesn’t consider the lease
plan feasible, so he said. -He rays that
unless a company could give a bond
backed by some of the large trust com
panies of the country that Mr. Morse
eould not think of accepting It as
security for any loss to bis property that
might result from an accident and an
accompanying damage suit,- from the
foot that if an Individual bond was giveh'
all the slgqora might bo dead oj bank
rupt within a week. ” ’
He said that be considered $35,000 a
very low price for the road.
Those who sroulij likely buy consider
Hm exceedingly high price, and there
where the hitch oomes. He rays hi
they won’t pay his price,
The matter Is more than likely to end
f Amerfcui ’hatflfg' ’street- 'oan.
Whether they win rth on the present
rood or on another Is, however, the per-
perplexing question. “
Many favor a lease If anything like the
proper tortps can be made, but they
want that only on a valuation of $16,000,
The Bishop of GooralO.
The Episcopalian Diocesan C'onven-
loets In Maeon to-day, for tho pur
pose of also ting a Bishop of Georgia.
The delegates, who will be nearly the
same who met In Savannah before, are
much at sos as to the ehoios; bnt many
■ them still favor Chancellor Gallor,
and believe that if he Is oalled a aeoond
time, he will yield his objections and
aoeept the Bishoprie of Georgia. ;
Bishop Garrett of Texas may be put
before the convention.
Bev. Mr. Barrett of Atlanta, has gone
to Europe, apd go.hts hamq will hardly
figure In the eqnvtattefe
Bev. A.O. P. Podge of Sh Simon’s to
MtMtara&to dtofo the place...
\Qulta a number think the result of
the convention will be . a unanimous
second otllto Dr, Gallon It hat been
said and published as coming from Dr.
Gailor himself that he would not refuse
seeond call, but this be has de
nied.
Messrs. Uarrold and Coleman will rep
resent Amerlcus !n the Macon conven
tion to-day.
June ID SS Jans IS
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SI Juno
June 21 M June B
The Fleinu’e Soy.
Robert Scurry, the colored flagman at
the MoGarrah street crossing says that
Engineer Dodson was mistaken in ray-
■hBH
Mr. J. 8. Rogers was here from Wig-
gtasvHle yesterday. "* ^.. jJmsosa
Mrs. -J. Z. Solomon left yesterday
afternoon on a visit to Macon.
Miss Mins Pharr of Forsyth Is a pleas
ant visitor to Min Leila Watte.
Miss Emma Chapman left yesterday
for Columbus on a visit to relatives.
Mr. J. W. Loving returned to Ids
home at Colquitt, Miller county, yester
day. _ - -. . r^S
Mrs. H. Kimbrough went on a visit to
Leesburg friends and relatives yoster-
day.
Hon. A. S. Giles waa among the Ma
con people who.Were In Amerlous yes-
tantajr. '
| Dr. W. M. SeaWeed wife wero here
yesterday from-EllavUlo on - o' shopping
expedition. '
Miss Lily Williams of Ellavlllo spent a
portion of yesterday very pleasantly with
Americas friends: j.
Mr. T. A. Collins, a ffoll r known mer-
ehant qf Ellavlllo, was among the visit-
ora to Aincricus -yesterday. -
Capt Robert Barton came doom from
EUeriUe yesterday qn a visit to his
daughter, Mrs; Charles F. Crisp,
MKs’Julla Brunner Is here from Ma
con, a guest' at the rosldenee of her
brother,.Mr, George W. Brunner,
Cashier Weaver of the Southwestern
oflico In this city made a hurried, bosi-
iss trip toSmlthrille yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. VTells will proba
bly return to the city to-day from a visit
to friends and relatives at Smlthvllle. (
Col. Milton J. Kent, the popular oditor
of tjie bright and breezy Schley County
News,“was here from EUaville yesterday.
Miss Matilda Loob, much to' the
pleasure of hor many friends bore, is
Albany,
Surgeon A. B. Hlqklo, Corporal B. L.
Maynard and High Private J. W. High
tower of the Ameriqua Light Infantry
arrived from Chlckamauga yesterday
afternoon.*'
Mira Annie Salter, -one of Sumter's
very fairest yonng ladies, is here from
Salter’s Crossing,’the guost of Mrs. L.
F. McCoy. )
Col. O. B. Hudson camo down from
LaCrosse yosterday and mada a trip up
the Southwestern road on important
legal business.
Messrs. J. M. Persons and W. J. Wlg-
gins'Wero among the well known Ma
rion county people who wore In Ameri
cas yesterday.'’- '<> MC ;
Mr. O. A. Coleman left yestorday
afternoon for Maeon, whore ho goes to
attend the - meeting of the Episcopal
convention In that city to-day.
Mrs.J. Q.‘ Faulk, who was wldoly
known hero ns Miss Lillian Watts, lias
como down from Forsyth to visit hor
parents, Captain and Sirs. II. D. Watts.
Lord Mayor A, H. Simmons was look
ing a^ier business and circulating among
his many friends in Amerlcus yosterday.
Ho reports crops as good in his neigh
borhood.
Mr. Thtfmas J. Koqny, the gentleman
who was representing the purchaser of
Won’t sell for their priee. They ray (ho Amoricus streot railroad left yester
day for Macon, wliero lie will spend
sometime.
Editor S: H. Christopher, of the Ma
rion County Patriot, wns in Amoricus
yesterday. He came this far with his
mother and sister, who were on tholr
way to visit Montezuma relatives.
Mr. W. H. Parkins, tho woll known
Atlanta architect, was In Amoricus yes
terday on his way to Vlonna, wliero lie
is superintending the work oh Dooly’s
handsomo now court house, ho being
the aroblteet who draw tho plans fm-
that building.
Miss Dons Bailey, a popular and well
known young lady who Is a member of
tbe musical faculty of Shorter College,
at Borne, arrived yesterday to visit rela
tives at Friendship. In a week or ten
dajrs she will, rotora to Amerlcus to
•pend the summer with relatives and
teach a class of young people music.
Mr, J. H, Starbuok of Turners Falls,
Mass,, arrived In the city Monday night
last, and Is stopping St, tho residence of
Hr. O. A. Flicker on Taylor street. Mr.
Starbuckhos accepted .tho position of
manager pf the jewelry optical and work
departments of James Fricker A Bro.
He will bring his family to Amerlcus
later In the season.
To Wed To-d»y.
The handsome home of CapL and
Mrs. U. D. Watts on Loe street will to
day be the sccno of a charming borne
wedding, when their daughter Miss
Laura, will wed Mr. IL L. McLeod. Mira
Watts Is a young lady of many rare
charms of manner and person and Mr.
McLeod Is one of Americas’ most sup-
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