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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1891.
NUMBER 86
The Reason Why!
Many find it difficult to present a creditable appearance and
live within their means, b mainly due to the tact 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!
THE ALLIANCE RALLY.
WEAVER, SIMPSON AND LIVINGSTON
MAKE SPEECHES-
AH the Addreiwi Wer« Good and Con
■erTat Ivo—Something of the Events of
the Day—Outline ef What 4tie Orators
Said-Gone to Atlanta.
-AT-
LESS THAN HALF THE COST!
You are losing the benefits of modern business methods if you fail
to AVAIL YOURSELF OF OUR SERVICES.
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’0; styles in
Prince Albert or Three Button Cutaway Suits?
We have them in all the 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 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
TMPORTED CASSIMERES, CHEVIOTS,
BLACK THIBET CLOTHS,
SERGES, FLANNELS, ETC.
In a word OUR STOCK WILL PLEASE, and 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 bad e.sewhere 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 $2.50.
All kinds of Summer Coats and Vests, such ns “Drapetes,” Sicilians,
Serges, Alpacas, Pongees, Poptins,
TO CLOSE OUT STRICTLY AT COST.
.75.
.00.
•1.00.
An Grades.
All Sizes.
OUR LINE OF
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Alwaws the best in the city, will be found of interest to all in
need of CHEAP but NEAi AND SERVICEABLE SUITS
for their boys.
We still show a good line of those HANDSOME SAILOR
SUITS, (sizes 0 to 14 years) universally admitted snoh excellent
value for gt. 50 per shit. ...V
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the price, while for dress, what shirt can compare with
Messrs Clnett, Coon & Co.’s Snperb
“MONARCH SHIRTS.”
Laundried ‘|‘£ Unlaundried
Ortr “Monarch Puffs” have taken the trade by storm.
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WE’VE GOT ’ET^I!
AT ionNI V—Gents’ Belfast Linen Collars.) Any siz ?
M | isUll LI —Gents’ Belfast Linen Cuffs. > desired.
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j add to your comfort during the hot season.
5 M® IN FURNISHING GOODS
” MJ * . , by Dr. A. B. Campbell of the
(Ourpricescannot^bejexceUed^n^tnestate. Baptist church. The prayer was
(EW NECKWEAR, NEW SOCKS, NEW HANDKERCHIEFS, NEW SUSPENDERS, I on the peopio assembled and on the
country. Tho only tiling in it that could
have been considered as having any
significant bearing on the occasion was
these words: “Thou art the only
righteous law giver of heaven and of
earth and the only one that ever will be.”
President Burkhalter of tho Sumter
County AlUance then stepped to the
front and made the opening remarks.
Hie words were few and timely. He re
ferred to the organization of the alliance
In Texas and its growth. He said that
all went smoothly as tongas the farmer!
secretly discussed how to sow turnips
and which cattle powder was the best
route’s or Barker’s. f$)soon as they
discussing matters of national
HARMS’ WIRE BUCKLE SUSPEXDEItS, tho host thing in tho market.
Every pair WARRANTED FOR TWO \ EARS, or
your money refunded.
HE NIGHT ROBES FOR GENTLEMEN | Ji
IUR CAREFUL SELECTIONS, „
OUR REASONABLE SEASONABLE GOODS
All appeal to
Your Reason, Your Pocket, and Your Health.
Cannot you save something by trading with
Yesterday was alliance day in Ameri-
cua.
And right royally was it observed.
Fully 5,000 sturdy farmers and their
wives and children were hero to attend
the rally, hear the speeches and see the
sights.
It Is doubtful if at any time during tho
day more than half the people who were
in Amcricus were on tho grounds.
The early train on the Southwestern
brought many people from Albany and
points below Americus. Both trains on
the S., A. & M. were loaded with visitors
and the specials, over the S., A. & M.
aud A., F. & N. from Albany, over tho
Savannah & Western from Columbus
and over the Southwestern from Macon,
brought at least 2,000 people. Then
many came iu buggies and wagons,
while some whose crops were in the
grass footed it several miles to be present
at the rally.
The speeches were good, conservative
ones.
The crowds of people were ordorly
and splendidly behaved.
In every respect the rally was the
grand success which was anticipated.
During the early morning the Cordele
band rendered several selections about
the Allen Honse, which was a kind of
rendezvous for the erowds. Promptly at
0:30 o’clock the band formed In front of
the hotel. A lively air was struck up
and the march to the grove where the
speaking was to be done was taken up.
Mr. A. D. Gatewood led, then came the
Cordele band followed by Hon. L. F,
Livingston with Mr. D. C. N. Burkhalter,
Gen. James B. Weaver with Maj. W. A.
Wilson, Hon. Jerry Simpson with Mr.
W. A. Seals, Editor Harry Brown and
Dr. W. P. Burt, Lecturer W.. A. Cope
land and wife and Mr. C. C. Post of
Douglassville. These gentlemen were
followed by a surging mass of people.
The march was directly to the speak
er’s platform. When that point was
reached the alliancemen gave a mighty
cheer for tho distinguished gentlemen
who were their guests for tho day.
The gentlemen already named, repre
sentative officers of the various alliances,
Alderman W. K. Wheatley, Dr. A. B.
Campbell and several others who were
specially invited, had seats on the plat
form. Tables were to one side for the
press men. They wore hold down by
Alex. W. Bealer of the Atlanta Journal,
Walter G. Cooper of the Constitution,
James Callaway and Dr. W. P. Burt of
the Macon Telegraph, John A. Corwin
of the Chicago Tribune, a representative
of the Columbus Enquirer and Tbk
Times-Recobdeb’s reporter,
Mr. Simpson quickly settled down in
Jlle chair and comfortably crossed bis
legs, showing above bis shoes the top of
a pair of white socks. While the others
were taking their places those In the
audience remarked: ’“That’s Sockless
Jerry. He does wear socks; I see them,"
aqd like things.
The bend' played. Then the choir,
composed of Mrs. M, Callaway, Mlta
Frances Bell, Mrs. George D. Wheatley,
Messrs. M. Calloway, W. P. Hornady,
W. T. Lane and Lott Warren, with Miss
Mervin Callaway organist, rendered the
importance th^ outsiders said let I hand, advanced to the front of the stand
the agricultural class agricult, the I and asked for a response to a toast that
HON. JEBHY SIMPSON.
politicians could take care of those
matters. But the farmers bad come in.
They bad prepared a platform which
demanded a reduction of the tariff, the
free coinage of sliver, the forbidding of
aliens holding our domain, the
government control of railroad! and
the making of land the basie for
a flexible currency to be isiued on farm
products. This latter is, he said,
plank which had been tested by a Geor
gia senator aad found very sound. He
told that these demands were what were
to be dlactiised and amid a grand sally
of applause Introduced Gen. J antes B.
Weaver of Iowa.
Before lie began his speech Gen.
Weaver noticed how the people were
standing crowded against each other.
Pointing to the platform in front of the
speaker's stand he said: “Come and
get down here on the Ocala platform.”
The audience went wild and those imme
diately around rushed for the platform.
Gen. Weaver commenced by extend
ing greetings from Iowa to Georgia and
by saying the people of his state and of
the west were in touch with the people
Guorgla and ttie south and that their
hearts beat in sympathy with the revo
lution started here. He is anxious for
the day when the producers can take
hold and lift the country out of the
mire of monopoly into which it bad
fallen. Jefferson he announced os his
political divinity, and be thought his
principles growing into strength every
day. He said a tremendous crisis is ap
proaching and that the money kings and
old political leaders are going to hear
something drop. The alliance move
ment he compared to religion in motion.
He said he was to make a political
speech, bnt not a party speech.
In his opinion the alliance is on the
right line, and if their plans are not the
best for the whole country he wanted
somebody to show a better. He says
that such effect as was exhibited among
the producers has its dircot cause. The
first cause he gave was that farmers sold
their products in a competitive market
and bought from a market ruled by mo
nopoly. The prioe of wheat he said was
"not fixed in the hell whore old nutcb
reigns, nor the price of cotton Is not
fixed there. It is fixed In Liverpool.’.’
lie tolil how American farmers had to
compete with India, where the people
who raise the crops livo like dogs and
much cheaper than they can in a country
like this. "All crops," he went on,
aro sold In competitive markets, while
the buying market is a pool market'
He said that everything the people buy
during life aro bought In a pool market,
and when death comes they are buried
in a coffin the price of which is fixed by
a coffin trust.
He compared trusts to wons sapping
the life blood, and said the tea tax which
caused the United States was a more
trifle compared with the taxes of trusts,
syndicates and combines. Then he re
ferred to the matter of more money and
gave facts, figures and illustrations ex
plaining his stand. “Credit was estab
lished” he' said "Jo take the place of
money at the close of the war. It
caused the panto of 1873 and the country
etlll has the eanie old ague. Several
chills have been missed but the same
old trouble Is here now.” He Illustrated
the decrease In money and Increase In
population by compairing It to a grown
man in boys pants. He was empbatto
In demanding more money, getting on
the line of the subtreasury bill.
"I don’t care a fig for any party,”
said Gen. Weaver, “unless it serves the
people. Any party that doea that can
get my vote and Influence. I have no
objection to the republican and demo
cratic parties getting on (he Ocala plat
form. Unleu they do to I am ready to
adopt the third party.”
He said congress should regulate com
merce-money, transportation, trans
mission of intelligence. "The regula
tion of theu, however, have been farmed
out. The national banka regulate
money,the railroads,transportion and Jay
Gould, telegraphy, or transmluion of In
telligence.” He referred to the fact that
25,000 people owned half the wealth of
the United States. Vanderbilt’s $220,-
000,000 were referred to. He said that
If the scientists had, aa they announced
once, "put a crowbar under the rock of
ages and prized out a man of 000,000
years B. V.—before Vanderbilt—and
that man had saved $1 every day of his
his life, Vanderbilt could have bought
him and had $1,000,000 left to put in a
nickel-plate railroad or buy up a state
legislature."
Vanderbilt, ho said, made bis way by
defrauding the people, and others had
done the same. Therefore, the people
had risen up and demanded that coutrol
be given back to congress.
lie closed by saying that If the people
don’t take charge and elect a president
they will show jtlicmsolves a lot of
chumps. He declared that the people
an on the Ocala platform and can noth
ing about patty. He said that they will
support that platform and not care to
dot an I or cross a t as to party.
Then came wordgjf thanks and en
couragement and he sat down, while the
applause ni simply deafening.
Gen. Weaver, with a glass of water In
pledged fidelity to the pnneiplu of the
Ocala platform. Three cheers were
given by the crowd with a hearty good
will.
Hon. Jerry Simpson, the next speaker
was introduced. He was received with
a shout. He began by saying Kansu
always received a warm reception in
Georgia, whether In '02 or ’01. He was
glad that different feelings existed now.
“Sockleu Jerry,” he said was the name
given him by the “other fellows” In e
spirit of ridicule. While he happened
to have that particular article of wear
many others didn't, thanks to the money
devils, and he didn’t want to put on any
style above bis people. He told bow
Bonaparte significantly replied when
asked where he would get arms that
Austria had them. He said “the other
fellow” had socks and he was after
them. He didn’t only get the socks,
but got. in tho “other fellow's” shoes,
He made a strong argument against
railroads, watered stock and exorbitant
freight rates. Twenty per cent, of the
csst of every article bought, he asserted,
went to the railroads. He spoke of how
tlie railroads ruled the country and in
riucncerl politics, and said Jay Gould’s
garments woro enough to bribe a legisla
ture. He told how bribery of legisla
tors is a chief means by which monopoly
and money power get control. His plan
Is not to confiscate the railroads, but to
squeeze the water out, pay a fair price
and let the government control enough
to make competition.
Then ho assailed the money kings,
saying that 7-10 of the money of the
country is in the hands of 2-10 of the
people. He told how seventy-five New
York men gave a banquet at a cost of
$10,000, while there were 100,000 peo
ple there dependent upon oharity, and
8,000 burled yearly In tbe paupors’ field.
He named the national banks u tbe
source of all tbe evil. He had nothing
against bankers and compared them with
bed-bugi, saying “they are not bad
thomselves, but it is tbe infernal work
they do.” In a tone of Irony he uld be
saw evidences of prosperity here tbe
same u In Kansu. He referred to tbe
sign of tbe “Georgia Loan and Trust
Company,” which be bad seen and made
it tbe buis for tome telling words In fa
vor of more money.
Money he stated le like a deed, only a
representative of vslae. He uked why
deeds ehould not be made upon gold, as
well as money. He wanti money tuned
direct to the people on good seeurity.
If the politicians are afraid of the sub-
treasury why don't they oppou govern
ment bonder be uked. The corn, wheat
and cotton wonld be aotually stored
while the buis for tbe bonds have yet to
be produced. He said there wu no bet>
ter security that could be given than the
erepe. Gold and silver are deposited
and 120 per cent is drawn from the treas
ury, while tbe farmers only want 80 per
cent. He dealt elsu legislation a heavy
blow and soorned the action of Windom
In advancing $20,000,000 to Wall street
lut year. He said a farmer or laborer
might have celled on the government til!
dooms day, bnt wouldn’t have been
helped at alL
’Pat your men there and legislate for
yourselves like they have done. Then
you will be gentlemen and not hayseed,’’
said Mr- Simpson.
He spoke of ancient robbers of the
common people and said the practice
still continues, saying that tbe people
had learned it through their stomachs
and pocket books and knew It.
"Parties will make any and all sorts of
platforms,” said Mr. Simpson and he
compared them to a trick mule which a
boy had trained to sit down when
touched in the flanks. An Englishman
uked the boy wbat caused it. He
pointed to a flock of quail close by and
replied it was a “setter.” A bargain
wa-. driven which was very much to the
boy's advantage. They were crossing a
creek. The boy managed for tbo
Englishman to touch the mules flanks
Thu male set down and over backwards
went its rider. When he got up the
Englishman demanded to know what
was the matter. The boy replied that
be had said the male wu a utter and
It was u good for “suckers” u anything
else. Applying this he said the plat
forms were the trick mules and tho
people the “suckers,”
Then he advised that tbe peopio quit
HIS BODY SEVERED.
ALEX HYMILTON KILLED BY A TRAIN
LAST NIGHT.
H. Was Drank and rail off ol n Tain It
la Presmnad-Hs Wu Horribly Han-
■lad and Wu Bahaa dad-Datalla of tba
Affair.
Alex Hamilton, colored, wu killed by
a train on tbe Savannah, Amerloui A
Montgomery road lut night
Hii hand and right arm were severed
from his body and he wu otherwise ter
ribly mangled. The affair happened at
Lookeit’s hill about three miles from
the city on the cut end of the S. A. A M.
road.
Hamilton hu been working with Mr.
Sanford who hu charge of a section
about five miles from the olty. -He wu
in Americus yesterday and left for the
section on tho 7 o’clock train last night
He wu drinking considerably and the
only way Lis death can be accounted for
is that lie fell off the passenger train on
the track. Whether the passenger train
killed him or not is not known. When
the east bound freight which leaves
shortly after the pusenger, wu going
out lut night the engineer noticed a
man on the track just ahesd of him.
The train wu going around a curvo in a
cut when the body wu Men and it wu
too late to try to stop.
The wheels of tbe engine paued over
him. When the lut truak on the tender
wu going over It wu derailed.
An examination wu made and Alex
Hamilton's body wu found In the con
dition stated. A messongor wu sent to
the city for tbe switch o£lne to go ont
and help the derailed ioeomotive on the
track again, and to tell the news of the
negro’s fate.
A party went out from the elty which
picked up tho remains aqd brought
them to the eity on the eut bound
freight The coroner will bo notified
and an inquest held to-day probably.
Those who saw .tho body lut night
and heard the statements of those who
witnessed the affair say that there le
but little doubt that Hamilton lost his
life by being drunk. Whiskey could be
smelled on him lut night ‘after ho wu
dead.
Tragedy In Cordele.
Coiidki.e, July 14.—About 8210 o’clock
last night the report of a gun wu heard
in the negro quarter of town, when Mar
shal Morris, who wu about 50 yards
away, hurried to where the firing was
done and found Jim Wesley with a por
tion of the back part of bis bead ehot off
and tbe negro lying apparently Dead In a
pool of blood. From another negro who
wu in another part of the shanty it was
learned that tbe negro wu at a table
eating supper when the shot wu fired
through a window from the ontalde.
The assassin made hie escape without
being seen by anyone, although a dozen
other negroes were within a few steps of
the house St the time of the tragedy.
This morning the ehot negro wu just '
alive, bnt the dootor says there fe no
chance for him to recover.
Thanks, Ladles.
The Earnest Workers had oroam and
other Ices on sale on the grounds where
the rally wu held yesterday. They did
a good business for the good eauso which
they represented. A freezer of cream
and a large cake were tent Tbe Times-
Reoobdcu with tbeir compliments. If
their refresnments are all u good u
theu, the popularity of their entertain
ments le accounted for. Many thanks,
ladles. '* '
Dividend Declared.
At a muting bald yesterday the direc
tors of the Bank of Snmter declared a
semi-annual dividend of 5 pec cent and
carried $12,000 to tbe surplus fund.
This is good for tbe yoimgest bank in
Americus, bnt it wu to be expected
from tbe statement which wu made
reoently by lost institution. This bank
is Inoky in having such competent
officers in charge of its affalie u it has.
To Be Married.
At Atbeu, next Sunday, July 19, Mr.
Roscoe A. Hinton will wed Mlu Jennie
Woodfin. Mr, Hinton is widely known
and exceedingly popular In Americas
and bit many friends will offer him their
heartiest good wishes in advance. Mlu .
Woodfin is one of Athens’ most charm
ing young ladios, tho admired of a large
circle of friends. She will be heartily
welcomed here as Mrs. Hinton.
CONTINUED ON FIFTH FADE.
Runaway Yesterday.
Jackson street wu yesterday the scene
of a lively runaway. The male which
Joe Patterson, colored, wu driving be
came frightened anti ran rapidly up the
street. Tin. lines broke when tbe male
wu near Forsyth street and Joe jumped
out. The animal ran. suddenly into
Forsyth street, turning the boggy over
and breaking It np considerably.
In February, 1877, Queen Victoria re
ceived from tbe Empress of Brazil a
dress woven entirely of spiders' webbs,
which, for fineness and beauty, is said
to surpass tbe most splendid silk.
zMr.
