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VOLUME
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1891.
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GOODS
Out The Bottom Drops.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
TWO HUNDRED KILLED-MANY WERE
ROASTED TO DEATH.
An Excursion Troln Telescoped—A Gas
Reservoir Explodes, and the Mass of
Wreckage Catches Fire—A Terrible Sight
for the Survivors.
Determined to dispose of the immense and
varied stock now upon his shelves, has knocked
prices and profits into a cocked hat, for the
present week.
For a tew days we are going to wake up the
natives with low prices* No surface shaving,
but To The Core, is the way I am CUTTING
PRICES to reduce stock.
Read and Consider the Following:
yd.
yd.
All Prints at - 5c per
Cotton Challies 5c per
All Ginghams at 8c per yd.
Toils Du Nord Chambray, 10c.
m&W WgF ; '
Faris, July 27.—A dispatch just re
ceived from the scene of Inst night’s
fearful collision between the excursion
trains, near St. Maude, represents the
accident of a more distressing character
than first appeared.
After a fearful crash, the train caught
fire, and the unfortunates who were
hopelessly wedged >n the debris were
slowly roasted.
Many of the poor crew were so placed
that for many agonizing moments they
were forced to look upon death remorse
lessly burning Its way to them.
All that humanity could do to extri
cate them from the situation, not to be
described |by language,' was done, but
in most instances of no avail. The awe
stricken multitude was compelled to
stand helplessly by and listen to the aw
ful din made by the crackling flames,
falling irouwork of the burning - cars,
and the shrieks, moans and prayers of
the doomed
Occasionally a voice would ralso Itself
above the tumult supplicating the mer
ciful to kill the unhappy speaker and put
him out of pain.
In numbers of instances men and wo
men were seen laughing, gibbering and
flinging their arms wildly about.
Fear bad dethroned their reason.
The engine of the rear train telescoped
the last three cars of the train ahead,
and almost instantly a reservoir in which
gas was stored exploded with terrific
force.
The wreck then caught fire.
A half hour elapsed after the outbreak
of llames before the last faint cry of
agony was stilled.
Fully two hundred persons were killed
or Injured.
OtIR STATE LEGISLATURE.
[sidewalk statesmen
A STRUGGLING DEMON
Under the Executioner** Knife — Shrieking
and Cursing to the Last.
$1.25 0. B. CORSET,
$1.00 C. B. CORSET,
$1.25 KABO CORSET,
$1.00 KABO CORSET,
$1,00.
.85.
1.00.
.85.
Black Silk Gloves only 40c.
DRESS GOODS
In Silk, Woolens, Linens, Lawns, etc. will be
sold at reduced figures.
This is no wild oat obance game, but
strictly business. We to impress jjou
with the feet that no summer goods will go
into winter quarters. They are for sale and
go theymust.
WE KEEP OPEN SATURDAY NIGHTS.
OUR 0EEPE8T CUTS ARE IN FINE GOODS.
Do not fail to heed the above as I am in
earnest •
Be assured that you will be the loser if
you do not come.
D.
Paris, July 27.—Dors and young Bor
land, Courbevoeles murderers, were put
to death at 8 o’clock this morning on
the Place de la Roquetto.
The scene at the guillotine was an ex
citing and horrible one.
Tonng Berland fought the priion
guard's and the executioner’s assistants
like a demon, pounding, tearing and
scratching them every foot of the way
from the condemned cell to where the
shadow of the great knife fell upon the
struggling group.
Even after the miserable wretoh wes
forced In areeumbent position he made
furious efforts to break away.
The united efforts of three assistants
were necessary to bold the young mur
derer still long enough to permit the ex
ecutioner to do his duty.
When the blade Anally rushed down
ward, it did scTto rend out of the world
one who left It ^shrieking, cursing and
struggling to the last.
Dore submitted quietly to hit fate.
Gone Glimmering.
A special from SmlthviUe says that the
removal of the Southwestern’s head'
quarters from Smlthvllle back to Macon
meets with much dissatisfaction there.
Some time since Tub Tiues-Recordeb
had reliable information that this would
be done; and knowing that SmlthviUe
would certainly lose the headquarters in
any event, an effort waa made through
these columns to induce their location
here.
Our Smithvllle friends took exceptions
to the position of Tub Times-IIecorder,
and construed what was quoted from the
Macon Mows as a slur at their town.
They all subsequently, however, got in
good hnmor when they found ont that
The Tiues-Recordeb 'waa responsible
tor neither the report nor the contem
plated removal.
Mow that SmlthviUe has lost and
Americna has not won, the two can shed
a few sympathetic tears over the grave
of departed hopes, and smoke the pipe
of peace.
Oknt’i Opera Boom.
Messrs. I. R. Cain and Bloom Brown
have purchased a half interest in the
Opera House, and hereafter it will be
under the management of Messrs. Glover,
Brown and Cain.
We understand that the new manage
ment purpose giving our amusement-
loving citizens next season a choice va
riety of the best theatrical entertain
ments traveling on the southern circuit.
In addition to which, these gentlemen
will undoubtedly spare no expense in do
ing everything possible for the comfort
of their patrons. We look forward to
the coming season as one which will
prove exceptionally attractive to the
people, and well worthy of their patron-
age.
A neat fonr-page program wUl be fur
nished by Stanfield ft 'Butcher.
Bills of General Interest Which Came Up
Yesterday.
A-lla.vta, July 27.—Mr. Wright of
Effingham, Introduced ablll to exempt
from garnishment, or other process of
law, the pension allowed soldiers and
widows. It la a good law and no doubt
will pass.
Mr. Ryals’ bill provides that licensed'
dealers in liquor who violate the state
laws by selling on Sunday or selling to
minors, tho judge trying the case, in ad
ditlon to imposing the, penalties now
provided by law, shall revoke the license,
and the party attending shall not have
another license for twelve mqnths. The
bill Was passed.
Mr. Huffs bill to incorporate the Com
merclkl Bank, of Macon, was passed.
Mr. Martin, of Fulton—A bill to
amend tho act providing against the
evils of intemperance by allowing each
county in the state to hold elections for
that purpose, will come up on its pas
sage this morning. The amendment is
that if the result of the election is
“against the sale’’ then the mayor and
city council can establish one “dlipen
sary” In towns of less than 25,000, and
in towns over that, two dispensaries.
In counties where there are no large
towns, then the grand jury can open a
dispensary. This bill will provoke
considerable discussion. The commit
tee on temperance recommends its pas
sage.
The committco reported an amend
ment to the bill to prohibit tho sale of
liquor within five miles from the county
line of a prohibition county, that the
unit be fixed at two miles. Mr. Morman
and Mr. Perry favored tho bill fixing the
limit Mr. Swain, Mr. Wooten and Mr.
Chappell opposed the bill, saying that it
would be one county legislating for an
other county. The yeas and nays were
called, resulting In yeas 70, nays 43; so
the bill was lost, not having received a
constitutional majority.
The S. A. A M. Opened.
Montgomery has reason to he proud.
We have had just opened up to us an
other great artery of commerce, which
connects the city with one of the richest
and most productive sections of the
state, an agricultural region whose sym-
pathies and trend are all in this direc
tion, and whose people only need the
means of transportation to come and do
all their trading. Mow having gotten It,
they will come,'and the city will be the
gainer tKSreby.
The S., A. A M. is practically opened.
The first shipping of freight has been
aadlover that line, Messrs. Jones ft
Ray enjoying, the distinction of having
made it. jThe 1 passenger trains will soon
be running, ihd|thed we will' have an
other passage way to the sea. Great
things are’isxpeCted of the 8., A. A M.
and from the Wise’ and business-like
manner in which the enterprise.haebeen
managed from It* inception to the pres
ent, it is safe to say there will be no dis
appointment. Its opening le a great
event for Montgomery.—Montgomery
Advertlrer.
The Beak of Blohland.
The stockholders of the Bank of Rich
land held their Brat annual meeting on
the 14th of this month, when a dividend
of 0 per cent was declared, besides
carrying a good amount to the reserve
fund as a surplus. When the stringency
of the times is considered and the fact
that this bank has only beon doing busi
ness ten months, and that all of the
stook has not been paid In but eight
months, this Is considered quite a good
showing, and it’speaks well for the able
management of the officers.
Mr. Lamar deserves special credit for
the able manner In whieb he fills two of
fices—those of cashier and bookkeeper.
The old officers wore re-elected.as fol
lows: D. B. Harrell, Freeident; T. A.
H. Meyer, vice-president and O. V. La
mar, cashier.—Richland Gazette.
Jtr. O. H. Lamar waa InAmerlons yes
terday, circulating amonghls old Mends,
and paid The Times-Recokder s' pleas
ant visit.
Captain H.C. Baxley, Jr.
T>e friends of Captain H. C. Bagley
hare been noticing for several days a
happily serene expression playing about
his features, which could ariee only
from the gratification incident upon the
arrival of Captain H. C. Bagley, jr.
The young gentleman has already mani
fested a military disposition to take
command, and it is needless to say that
he is exercising full authority in the do
mestic field, where his advent la so cor
dially welcomed by his host of friends,
as well as the happy parents.
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Trouble With the Wins.
The electric light wires seem to have
the upperhand of the telephone wires,
and talking at the ’phone was very un
satisfactory last night. There was a
terrible buzzing and ringing in the tnbe,
which made intelligent conversation im
possible. The elec trio wine are mixed
up with the telephone wires somewhere,
and the matter needs a remedy at once,
which should be gjven, and relievo a suf
fering public.
ON THE GREAT AND IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY.
The Silver Question, Sub-Treasury Bill
the Terlff, end Many Other Abstruse
Problems Ssttlsd on the Streets.
It'ii generally admitted that our town
can boast of more statesmen out of a job
than any other city of Its size in tho
state. That is Illustrated every day in
the.week, and yesterday our man about
town was edified In this fashion:
“I toll you, gentlemen,” exclaimed
well-known visiting farmer statesman,
"this scarcity of cash has got to come to
an end. What we want la money, and
lota of It!”
“How are you going to get it?” in
jected a tired looking citizen. '
“Get it? Easy enough 1 What'e the
matter with borrowing it from the gov
ernment? Don’t we own the govern
ment? That’s what this sub-treasury
scheme means. Put your cotton up for
security and get your checke.”
“What kind of checks?” Interposed
an anxious listener
“Well, you don't suppose I meant
poker checks! I mean bank chocks—
checks that will bring the cash every
time you band one up. That'e what we
want, and what we are bound to have,
and don’t you forget it?’ ,
“Well, tell us bow. Tell vs something
about this sohemo to get money. What
is the sub-treasury plan, anyway ?”
“Gentlemen, I am not a financier, and
I must confess I don’t know much about
it; but I know this much, that you can’t
borrow any money on cotton to-day; and
that’s what I call tough. Mow If we had
money in some sort of a treasury—I don’t
care what you call it—where we could
get It by putting up our stuff, then every
thing would be serene. But look at tte
situs'ion. Here are you men digging in
the dirt all your lives to make dollars
grow, and other fellowa in other lands,
who never do any of the digging, get all
the cream of the labor and you get
nothing but skim-milk. Am I right!”
‘You bet!” responded the £crowd as
one man.
“Then what do you propose to do
about it?” asked the statesman, de
fiantly.
“Stick by the Democratic party 1”
shouted an old-timer, who had Just join
ed the crowd,
“Wei^pTU go you on that, too, if the
democratic party will give me
_ written guarantee that they
will spread money all over this land,
and spread It thick in Sumter county.”
Mot two block* Sway the reporter’s
attention was'arrested by another atates-
man who’was out oh an 'entire' different
took. This was the talk of the second
orator:
“Mo, sir; we can’t do it I There’s no
use of talkWabout it. We eSn’tgo back
bn Clevelnnd ! He is the purest, most
honest, Straigbtest statesman north of
Mason and Dixon’s line. He did 'more
for the democratic party than a wllder-
Of such jam as Dave Hill. Who
Is Hill anyway ? What did ho ever do?
Just like Brer Rabbit—Hill Le lay
low, and say nnffln. But, my friends,
thst kind of a game won’t win in this
race. We want a candidate who shows
down his band when he is called by hie
constituent!. That’* the kind of a man
Cleveland is, and I’m for him agin the
field, and through thick and thin|P’
“How about that eltrer letter of his?”
was fired’at the speaker.
“Ob, that don’t amount to sbneks.
This silver bugaboo will be knocked ont
by the next congress, and then Cleve
land will sail away up on the tariff wave
so high In the estimation of the people
that he will have a walk-over In the
next DemocraticNntionai Convention.”'
“How about - electing him?” shouted
another silver advocate.
■Why, my friend, yen talk like a
—d fool. Elect him? Let the demo
cratic party act with horse-tense just
ones, and nominate Grover Cleveland,
and IPs n tale of cotton to a -spool of
thread be will carry 40 states' out of »
possible 44.”
“What makes you so positive, old
man?”
“Because he was swindled on the last
heat by Wanamaker, Bardsley, Dudley,
Harrison ft Co., and I believe there is a
God in Israel, who, in his own good
time, will make all things even—a^d I
believe God’s time is near at hand!”
To Printers and Publishers-
The Times Publishing Company has
(or sale a portion of the newspaper and
job outfit made surplus by the recent
consolidation of the Times and Recor
der, consisting of one cylinder newspa
per press, two. Gordon job presses, one
Hero paper cotter, one perforator, six
stands, two imposing stones and tables,
five hundred pounds of news type,-etc.
This material and these presses are
virtually new, having been in use only a
year. A great bargain in pricea and
terms can bo scoured by the right par
ties. Address-the Times Publishing
Company, Americus, Ga.
A Mew Line Beady If It Bad Half
Chance,
There are parties In Americus who are
ready to-day to begin work on a street
car line |lf the tracks,
cblses and other belongings of the old
company were ont of theway.
These same parties are ready to pay a
reasonable price for the line as it now
stands, but they do not oare to invest the
amount asked by the present owners of
the property, as a new road could be
built and equipped for a great doal less.
Mow the question arises, how long
will the old line be allowed to remain
where it is, unoperated, an eye-s&re to
thepublieand an Injury to the city?
Shall it remain and bo held at n price
whioh no one would undertake to pay,
and thus keep out nil others ?
Tub Tiues-Recordeb is informed
that the parties who wish to build a new
line have alt the money they need for
the work, and if the old line was out of
the way, would begin at otaee and build
a line for horse care, whioh wonld be
operated and made to pay handsome
dividends.
Americus needs tho street ears, and if
the present owners of the property will
not operate the road, steps should be
taken to get them out of the way and
let some new company come in, who
wonld give the people this much needed
assistance.
While there le no authority which
can fores the owners to bell for a less
price than their present figures, yet it
seems reasonable that the olty
oouncil could either force them to ogo-
rato tho road or forfeit their right and
franchises.
This would give a new company a
chance to obtain the right-of-way, and a
new line would be In operation Just os
soon as the work of laying the tracks
could be accomplished. The people of
Americus want the ears.
8PEAKIMG OF PEOPLE.
Those Who Como to and xo From Ameri
ca, Day by Day.
Miss Rena Wright of Preston and Miss
Carrie Jennings of Plains, two veiy
oharming young ladles, are spending a
few days at the home of Mr. J. W. Har
ris, and will leave this week for a visit
to relatives In South Carolina.
Mr. L. H. Fatlllo, formerly of the
Augusta Chronicle, and one of the best
newspaper men In Georgia, has resigned
bis position with the Chronicle and has
iocepted a place with tho Atlanta Con
stitution. 1 He favored Tax Times-Re-
corder with a call yesterday, and will
no : doubt sustain the reputation of the
great Georgia daily on the road. a .
' Rev.' A. B. Campbell of Americus will
preach at the Baptist oburoh to-morrow
and to-morrow night. Mr. Campbell waa
for a long time pastor of the churoh
hire, and he will received hearty wel
come at the hands of his old church and
nnmerbnt.friends. He is greatly ad
mired and beloved by all who know
him.—People's Economist, Thofflasvllle,
July .25.
Miss Leila and Mary Watts, Lou
Hamll, May and Mabel McKenzie,
escorted by Mr. Ed. Harris and Mr.
Charley Smith, went up to Montezuma
Sunday afternoon. They were very
pleasantly entertained by their friends
and relatives. After an elegant supper
at Hr. H. L. Patrick’s, they all went to
ebureh, and then came book on the 9:30
train the same evening.
Hr. John C. Nicholson returned on
Sunday from his sad mission to Texas.
He reaohed his destination In time to see
his aged father breatho his life away;
but no loving hearts or human agency
ootild stay the grim monster death. Mr.
Nicholson's father had reaohed the ripe
age of 74 yoare. He died as he had lived,
honored and respected by a loving fam
ily of children ’ and a large circle of
friends. Mr. Nicholson has the pro
found sympathy of his many Americus
Mends In his bereavement.
The Prize Drill.
If the weather la favorable the Ameri-
cus Light Infantry will bo on drees
parade this afternoon, Capt. Bagley In
command. The company will entertain
Its many friends with a competitive drill,
to take place in front of the court house
soifih time during the afternoon; the
hotu 1 Will doubtless-boannounced by the
tapofthe drum. 'The boys are very
mdeh enthused, all having taken great
Interest In the coming drill. The prize
for the fortunate man of arms is the
elegant silver water sot displayed by
James Pricker ft Bros., and is of itself
an inspiration.
The ladies are especially invited. Scats
for them will bo reserved on tho court
house verandas. A large crowd will be
present, as tho drill promises to be en
tertaining and exciting.
“Dcre’s millions In It,” said tho old
darky, as ho gazed over the fence at
tho watermelon patch.—Binghamton
Republican.
That row among the Missouri legisla
tors seems to show that sometimes
money talks too loud and obstrep
erously.
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