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Many find it difficult to present a creditable appearance and live within their means, 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 Department! —at LESS THAN HALF THE COST! You are losing the benefits of modern business methods if you fail to AVAIL YOURSELF OF OUIt SERVICES. Not Get Drank—The Hone* Receive* Invi tation*—N o Settlon of the Senate Today- Bill* on Second Reading—The Appoint ment to be Changed. Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave. For dress occasions what could be more appropriate than our elegant styles in Prince Albert or Three Button Cutaway Suits ? We have them in all the newest shades and fabrics, (suoh as Corkscrew, Clay Diagonal, Granite, Tricot ana fancy figured suitings) and a %' L * WARRANT OUR SUITS FROM $16.50 TO $20.00 Equal, IF NOT SUPERIOR, in fit and finish to any “tailor made” suits in the market for just TWICE THE MONEY. 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 WILL PLEASE, and OUR LOW Prices astonish Y OTJ . A WORD ABOUT ODD PARTS. 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, and cannot be bod e.sewbere for less than double the 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 ns “Drapetes,” Sicilians, Serges, Alpacas, Pongees, Poptius, TO CLOSE OUT STRICTLY AT COST. ^ i Atlanta, July 11.—The session to day was not a long one, but a great deal of routine work was accomplished'. The senate was well up with the business be fore them, so when they adjourned yes terday, they adjourned until Monday. The bouse was the recipient of two In vitations to-day, one to go out Wednes day afternoon to the opening exercises of the Piedmont Chautauqua, and other to attend the grand alliance roily at Piedmont park next week. No doubt both invitations will be accepted, as no time from business will be lost. One of the .nost important matters passed on to-day was the passage of the bill of Mr. Williams’ amending the law regarding the regulation of freight rotes. There was a defect in the caption of the bill as originally paBsetl that had to bo removed in order to perfect the law. Mr. Faust Introduced a bill which, if it becomes a law, will have the effect of lilllng the jails or keeping men who get drank sober. The bill provides a pen alty against getting drank, and for the first offense a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars attaches; for the second offense a fine of not less than twenty or moro than 8100, and If drunk the third time within a year, then the offender must go to jail for ten days. Quito a number of new bills were in troduced, and several bills that had been favorably reported upon by com mittees, were read the second time. OUR LINfca0f BOYS’ AND CMLlitS "CLOTHING, ; Alwaws the best in the city,'will be found of interest toall in need of CHEAP but NEAT AND SERVICEABLE SUITS WWXw a good line of those HANDSOME SAILOR SUIT'S, (sires 9 to ll yean) universally admitted such excellent >• ' value lot SI /SO per suit /'MiriHsIT sprain “OUR LEADED” «t 804 la the best nnl*u»d«reclt Sjfc* .earth lor a. vtoAgw* “» b P“* » VTSSlwiiafP smsm” Laundried *j & “ l Unlaundried n g ;[/ jiiwrasBtiiswiMP '’em i' a ssr Linen Collars. ] Any sis t Linen Gob. > dented. Vf Ail 1'A t /i vliilMssM Oat 'xtdftefl Balhricrfeim, Ll«l« lOnr prieescannotbe exoaUfd Mwwmm sock, hew HARMS’ WJSX lalin Undei wear will ins arm >1 SflwT. 5 ; i 1 ■SUSPENDERS, the beat thing t ABRANTED FOB TWO YEARS, < ■yoar money refunded. «nfl OJiWj 8m*QNA9^ ; eof^ , . ,,Anaw«ito . Jjr®Mf.S****llay0ur F®ok*t, and Your Haalth. The Dying Premier. New York, July 11.—A special to the Herald from Bar Harbor says: lam safe in making these two statements: First, that Mr. Blaine Is by no means the man he was a year ago, and that tho habitues of Bar Harbor are shocked at the chango. Second, that Mr. Blaine Is really dying, from whatever cause he Is dying very gamely, and la making such p fight against the grim monster as only a man of his iron will can make. General Cook Hart. Atlanta, July 11. — General Phil Cook, secretary of the state, while cross ing a street this morning, was knocked down by a hack that waa being driven recklessly ITy the driver. The general was badly hart. It is said that one arm and hip were broken and other injuries Inflloted. But the M*u Who Enticed Her Away From Home Escaped. By the, time you read this Miss Era Hargrove, the young lady who was re ported Friday as having been enticed away from home by a man named Tur ner, will be safely in ber father's bouse, near Tlfton, In Berrien county. Yesterday Mr. Hargrove passed through Amerlcus on his way home with his daughter, whom he found in Birmingham He told a reporter these details of his trip: Tickets were bought In Albany to Birmingham, as stated, but the couple went by way of Montgomery Instead of Americus and Columbus as thought. Consequently the Birmingham pjllce missed them when they arrived there. The officers lent Mr. Hargrove every aid and Miss Eva was found in a disrepu table house, where Turner had left hor Immediately after they arrived In Bir mingham. The young lady told her father that Turner made improper advances toward her when they were in Albany and that he became so violent that she had to use all the force she could command to keep him from accomplishing his dastardly design. He told lur lie would take her to Birmingham and marry her. When TO BE MADE AMONQ CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OFFICIALS. Manr Divisions to be Consolidated and Mach Moving and Removing ef Men— Something Abont Mr. Mnrthell and the Sonthnestern Division. The air Is full of rumors of changes In the Central railroad system. Instead of decreasing, the number of prospective changes appear to Increase dally. It was confidently stated among rail road men yesterday, and generally be lieved, that a number of Important changes will soon be made among the officials. It was understood that a num ber of changes had already been made. It was the talk that Superintendent of Transportation W. W. Starr was ont; that Superintendent of the Main Slem Division H R. Hill was out; that Supt. T. S. Motso, of the Savannah & Atlantic dlvis'on, wa» out, that Superintendent of Terminals H. C. Morgan had resign ed, and that Supt. Curran, of the Savan nah & Western division, and McKenzie, of the Southwestern division, would soon be out also, file roason for these changes were said to he the altering of , . , . , , , , tho svstem of divisions and consolidating he got there he went to the honsp named. | M d|vl „ on( ftm , thB numlim . She objected strenuously to entering the 1 0 j offlc | n ^ place but ho pushed her In and left, as \ The among ral , rotld men tll8t a Pound Dead. Macon, July 11.—At 3 o'olock this morning the body of Frederick B. Yir- nln, a well known citizen of Macon, was found lying dead In front of hia resi dence m Vlnevtlle. There was a cat on his throgt and a wound above one ear. The catfte of bis death it yet a mystery. An Enormous Cave. San Fbancisco, July 11.—A cave claimed to rival the Mammoth cave in Kentucky has been discovered In Jose phine County, Oregon. Itli estimated that tbp main Is 1,300 feet from the tur- me.' face of the mountain. There are beauti ful stalactites In It A Life Saver Lo«t. New Yobs, July 11.—Tbomaa Kenny, known u the life esrer because he h»* saved the life of scores of persons, sol* elded by Jumping into a sewer. His body shot out fifty feet beyond the eewer Into the water of East river and was found to-day. -i 7 Creditors WU1 Compromise. Worcester, Mass., July 11.—It Is un derstood the creditors of (he Worcester Steelm he said, tor the license and preacher. He never returned. The young lady was greatly distressed at being In such a place, but the women were kind to her when she told ber sad story, and one of them had gone to re port the matter to the poliee when Mr. Hargrove and the offloer who was with him arrived. Turner’s description was left at Birmingham. He will be eaught and punished If possible. Miss Eva Hargrove bore evident signs of the terrible ordeal through which she had passed. She Is satisfied to remain at home now and not venture off on a runaway match with another man. At Beet. Just before 7 o’clock yesterday morn- lug the spirit of Mrs. Ella Argue, wife of Mr. Wra. Argue, master mechanic of the Savannah, A raerlcus & Montgom ery road, forsook Its earthly tenement and winged Its flight to join the white robed throng around the 'great white thone. A week ago yesterday Mrs. Arguo was taken to hor bed with paralysis of body' and a complete derangment of mind and nerves. All that tender, lov ing nurses and skilled physicians could do was done but she Improved not Dur ing Friday night congestion of the brain set in and yesterday morning the end came. She sank away as In a deep sleep and was at rest; sweet rest ' Mrs. Argue was born at Montevallo, Ala., April 16, 1800. She leaves her heart broken husband and fourchlldern, three boys and a little girl, one an In fant of 8 months. Since she married her life has been devoted to her family and no more lovely home circle could be Imagined than that which has just been broken. The last words—Intelligible words—that she spoke were uttered Friday, when she said: “Where Is my beby? Bring it to All the love of • mother’s heart ■hone through the words, hut before the baby, wbloh was At a neighbor’s, could be brought she was unconscious again, Mrs. Argue h*d A bright Christian char- aster, she having for years been a mem ber of the Presbyterian church. All who hJMpJtoM$*«4h*F> Her sister srrivedfrpto Texas jestcr- day afternoon, too tote to ft* her alive .«•*». »u - The funeral will be preached at the residence an College hill all 4 o’clock this afternoop by Rev. Robert Adams., Tho body will ha buried la Oak, Oroya. oeme- tery. As a mark of reepect all, ,$haS4 A. AM. meowill attend these exercises In a body* abont 11,300,000. Mr. George A. Nix, one of the finest thatever p^ed^ajhrottlsh has boenac t- lit everything that he attempt*. Dirt has been broken for a Urge brick building which Mr. P. I* Holt will have erected oa hie lot west oO. W. Harris Co.>. Tina may be hard, bnt the building tt&T goes or in Americus. That toa splendid sign. Read the “ad” of Mr. Oattoiwiff, 'who of fer* some detlnbU propety for rent, and Mwi*«t«lnrU JtltmiP date. , , . jitfl. JIT v-n Minnie Wells Ford, a small negro girl, was before Judge PUsbury yester day charged with laroeny, she having stolen SOM things from Phillips’ store. She wadghmfour months* $15. The indications are that America* fc to have another hank daring ths coming frll, backed S^hoM capital and man ned by tom of tit* beetbaetaee* men la ths dty. There to- but little donht about the samsa ef tha MtlhHtoa. ’ n Tp|, g- M - vaanMHspvf - Tha graad tent meeting commences at DeSoto to-day. It will continue for •om (Ms tad wm bn In- -charge ef Pre siding Elder MoGehse sad other*. Many will go Information was reesived yesterday that AC. Vaughn, the young white, Mwbowss kicked by * horse Bear Milan Friday tonot dead, but very a* rionslywounded. - - Mevtog fsrPntMeSeheeto. hi chlaod, Americas’ busy, hustling ;Usr in Stewart to moving for pub lic schools smd water works. It to alto gether UjwjlytliatJrothwiUb* secured. A In ins Wtsr—1—. Yesterday Mr. W.L Murray received by express a slaty pound melon which was seat him from Pelham by his grand sons, Maek and Murray Gardner. - • \ - - - -• *v4 ’ KIM numborof changes are Imminent Is very strong. All of the offielals whose names were mentioned will not leave the ser vice of the Central, It Is said. The un derstanding is that a general consolida tion of the system will be made shortly, and the services of a number of salaried officers, hitherto considered Indispensa ble, will be dispensed wl 1>. It Is pretty certain so The Tiuks-Hk- cohdeb has It Horn reliable authority, that W. W. Starr, at present superin tendent of transportation, will be made superintendent of the main stem divi sion, which will Include the Savannah Atlan tie division and the Savannah terminals. Supt. Moise of the Savannah Atlantic will bo given |a position at Columbus. H. R. Dill, at present sup erintendent of the muln stem It is said will be dropped. Hr. Dill was in town yesterday, but had nothing to say with regard to the rumored ebanges. The Savannah Western .'division is to be consolidated with tbe Georgia Pacific and It Is said will be directed by the same superintendent Mr. Curran, at present snperintendent of the Savannah Western division, will be trans ferred to some other -division and- Supt. McKenzie, at present In charge of the Sontuwesiern division, is to be ohanged or dropped. It is also rumored that tbe South Carolina divisions will be consoli dated and Supt B. C. Epperson will be ont, and thnt Supt John D. Williamson, of tbe Chattanooga di vision, Is to be changed or dropped, and that division consolidated with some other division. Itls further said that Instead of a Savannah freight agent there will be a general agent at Savannah with more eatended authority, who will take charge of the whole department Including the freight contracts, similar to the general agent In Atlanta. It waa rumored that several of theif changes were to have gone into effect yesterday, bnt that a telegram was re- eeivsd from Washington holding them np tor a while. i:.1 :. i The rumors concerning changes may be “round hones talk," as Tn* Tiuxs- RxooKDxa to informed Snperintendent MoBee calls it, bnt ths fast that they are generally believed- bycratlroad mca sanies them to be-legarded as -more than probable. Tbeexplanatioa I* that the Rlohmond A Danville managameet Paid by the Grocery Company in Dividends Daring n Year- Fifteen per eenL In dividends Is not bad for a year’a time, the fact Is that it is exceedingly good and that la what tho Americus Grocery Company has de clared. At a meeting held yesterday a semi annual dividend of 5 per oenL was de clared, which with the January dlvi- dead makes 15 por cent this year. The capital atoek of the company Is $100,000 and the figures given moan that It turn turned loose In Americus even $15,000 which were paid to its stockholders. To tbe wiso management which the concern has had la much of this sneeess due, and a fitting oompliment was paid tbe conservative, courteous and accom modating men whb managed It by elect, lug them for another year, with the ex ception of Mr. C. R. Whitley, whose other duties nn-t interests demanded that he decline the place of secretary and treasurer. Mr. R. L. McMath waa elected his successor. That gives the company these officers: G. W. Glover president, P. C Clegg vice- president, Frank Lrnior, Jr., second vice-president, and K. L McMatb secre tary and treasure:. Tho Americas Grocery Company has established an immense business and if tl'ere is anything In signs Its next year of existence wll*. bo as prosperous us the one just ended. Ob ths Richmond * panvilto ; a superintendent’* > division consist* of OOOmUssor man, and it to regarded, on- aienswy to split tbs Ceetral systsm up into a number hf small divisions, each Have Gove to Wor.k* The Springfield parties who -recently pui-chased the Rivers Lumber Company plant and a vast body of additional tim ber land of whlcn mention was made in ' Tiik TiuEK-RECoitnp.it a few days since, formally took charge of their new prop erty Jon, July. B. The .new company can justly feel proud of their property. Mr. {HurdJy, tho superintendent says that they are already far behind their orders and that thoy are dally booking new orders for future delivery. Among the list of orders received the past week were steamship bills from Darien mar kets and others from the Pullman Car Company works, and twenty-five car loads of flooring and ceiling to be sent to Boston, Mass. The new company has started off with their bands full, and have a fine proa- pect of greatly increasing their presen heavy business. AUtsuce Cream and Ices. Tho Christian IVorkera have made ar rangements and propose to serve cream and ices on Tuesday next at the great alliance rally. A suitable booth will be erected at a convenient point In the Cen tral railroad grove. Tbe ladles believe that this will be a fine opportunity for them to add to their fund, and at the same time supply the demand with a class of refreshments which will be apZ predated on that day. No efforts will be spared to have the creams and ices of the most delicious quality. Chang* la Cchedal*. To-day a chango of schedule goes Into effect on the S., A. A it. road. Only tho freight trains on the cut end are af fected. On the west end the accommo dation train will leave here at 7.-07 a. m- and return at 5 30 p. m. The passenger on thatend will leave at 0:16 p. m., ar rive Omaha 8 £5 p. m. Leave Omaha at SMikia. and arrive at 8:16 a. m. The Sunday train to Omaha will run aa be fore. , .His Connection Severed. Mr, A. O. Osborn has tendered bis res- Ignition as obief .clerk at the Southwest- «ra depot hero and I* connected with tha road no longer. Ho to a splendid is man and a capital fellow. HU lends will be glad to know that koto going to remain in Americus, he aoccpted an Important place A merle ua A Montgomery, JandfaUfa* In that they will build 1 fronx Aiaariea* to their lias at Lyons, throwing .th* o*oos of the Bouthweetera her* Sod th* Savan nah A Wee torn from Savannah to Colum bus under that division. :. »s.| Mr. Marshall atm aflrau that ,he Marshall of the Southwastern. Thasffeealea. Ai hi# bffn umotinotd tY(i Aidto eon’* brigade will have a reunion at Ma- rietta July Jti ^ByUader’a battery, wn* la that brigades In tho WUdetseee fight that batterF loet ;400out of 6W men, Iscludjng every oommUsloned and Don-commlstioaod offioer In. the oom- nund. It era* eae ol th# beet and bravest commands In the service. Judge J. L. Adderton was a member of Byton- der’s battery and ho haa received a totter to Marietta and rep recent th* eoaaaad, which ha would do ably. TherBave Moved. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lanier, Jr., bav* . -V., moved into their handsome new homo on onffer HPM inp*rtns*naea»,i ,wae» where they are at homo to -their friends, and they are now to b* SltJ, 1 , Before Jnda* Pilitmry. , Fayette Harry end Robert Hooke, Jtoth colored. were before Judge Pils- bury yeeterday. They were charged with gambling and assault, respectively. Both pleaded guilty. One wm given know* nothing ofiybut It wee repented. ortli and the other tout yeetontoy thatlt will be Supt, if, H, Mn , l f ll nr gjg. Leaded in the Jog. , Sanford Mlntar, the one-legged negro wpo crested such a sensation sometime ego by announcing that the angels had told him that he was to die on a certain day, jn* Jugged tost night for wife Whipping. Of coarse he protest* hto , 1 -*«. Kiw Depot. A new depot will soon be located at the.Rlvera Lumber Company's plant on the S. r A.M. railroad and will be known from santlies onrvivorasking him to go to Pine City. Tbe gentlemen who have recently purchase*! tho property intend to build up a good little town.