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Shoes for Young!
Shoes for Old!
Shoes for Riclil
Shoes for Poor!
LOOK
AT
YOUR
SHOES!
ltd i Ira Fair?
—THE—
DISHONEST FAILURES.
ECHOES FROM THE RYAN CASE IN
AMERICUS.
What Our Merchant# Think of the Sharp
Practices of Some Dealers Throughout
the South—Honest Men Suffering on
Account of “Plungers."
Great American eagle’
SHOE STORE,
119 Forsvth St.
Has just what you want.
& Sweeping Reduction
will be made Ion all Foot-Wear
purchased of us in the
Next 30 Days
In this Sweeping’ Sacrifice Sale
unpreceedented bargains will be
offered on all LOW CUT SUM
MER SHOES, andjwe expect that
the announcement of this sale will
ft
We are not after, room as most
merobants would say—but are AF
TER MONEY—room we have
enough—but are SHORT ON
MONEY.
If you want to know what we
mean by a SWEEPING Reduc
tion, come to this
30-Day
.Clean
Sweep
Sale,
and you will find the Largest and
most varied stock of shoes ever
offered in Americus and. at lower
prices than are obtainable else
where-
THE NAME-
SHOE STORE.
THE PLACE:—
119 Forsyth St.
AMERIOUS, GA.
N. B.—No goods charged at
these cut prices, bat will be charg-
«d at oar regular prices.
JOHN R. SHAW
“I’m glad of It; served him right.”
This was the general expression yes
terday among many of our merchants,
while discussing the fate of Stove Ryan
of Atlanta, the dry goods “plunger,”
who was recently plunged into a dun
geon cell by the edict of a heartless
judge.
“Yes, sir; I heartily endorse the sen
tence of the courtT’ was the exclamation
of one of our merchants. ‘‘It is high
time this swindling was stopped, and
that is the only way to stop It—put the
swindler in jail. There has been too
much of this failing business throughout
the country, and particularly in the
south. Why, it has got to be so that an
honest dealer can hardly get a dollar’s
worth of credit from the large wholesale
houses in the north. And all owing to
certain scoundrels abusing the confi
dence of those who give them credit.
Such men as Steve Ryan, who aim to
kill off all competition by selling below
j I actual cost, are a curse to any communi-
; ty. It is a very simple matter to sell
' below cost, on the part of any dealer, if
lie never intends to pay for his goods. I
trust that the fate of Steve Ryan will be
a warning to all such would-be dry goods
‘princes.’ ”
“I believe Ryan was crazy on the sub
ject of beiug a big gun in the dry goods
trade,” said another merchant. ‘‘You
see, he spent much time in Xew York.
Hud bought very heavily. Consequently
he was given a good deal of taffy by cer
tain wholesale men in that city. They
made him believe that he was destined
to wear the mantle of the late A. T.
Stewart, and all that sort of stuff. The
result was that he had a severe attack of
‘big head,’ and overplayed himself. That
is about the size of it. He didn’t Intend
to get away with the goods, but as he
lost in the game of freezing out his
neighbors, he will have to submit to bis
fate. For my part I have no sympathy
with him or any man who plays the
game of ‘hog’ on his neighbor. He tried
to undersell other dealers, and drive
them out of the business, by dishonest
practices. In this he failed, and every
body is glad of It.”
“Why, my friend, let me tell you the
cold truth,” answered another dealer to
the reporter’s request for an opinion.
I’m actually ashamed £o ask for credit
in Xew York since that Ryan exposure.
All roy orders now are based on
the cash in my possession.
I wouldn’t run the risk of being
snubbed by asking for credit, although
I don’t owe any man a dollar. This
Ryan failure has hurt us all along the
line. I can’t speak for other merchants,
but in my opinion the present bankrupt
law* needs overhauling and reconstruct
ing badly. Tho simple truth is, ttiere is
not, nowadays, one honest failure out of
ten. A certain man steals five or ten
dollars, is found out, and goes to jail for
being a thief. Another man steals
000, salts it away, and, as a rule, goes
free, on tho ground that he is only a
bankrupt. In six months after the
iluancial storm, you will llnd this fraud
acting as ‘agent’ for his mother-in-law,
or his wife, In tho same business in an
other street or In another town, on an
enlarged seal©; with tho money he has
stolen. And yet the law can't touch
him. What a farce! In my opinion,
there are thousands of these so-called
‘agents’ who ought to be in jail, and as
to Ryan, he only got what he deserved,
and I trust that somebody will inject
into our lawmakers the necessity of doing
something which will make it impossible
for any other ‘plunger’ to play the same
game.”
Horne# and Multi Excited.
Tliero must have been something in
the air yesterday which did not suit
quite a number of animals. The first
break,was made by a team of mules at
tached to a lumber wagon standing in
front of tho court house. Without any
apparent cause this team concluded to
make a dash down Lee street to Forsyth,
and then back to the artesian well. After
circling about to their satisfaction, and
alarming timid people, the mules allow •
cd themselves to be captured and led
away.
A team of horses in the vicinity, see.
ing the fun the mules were enjoying,
concluded to indulge a little in that line
themselves, and started off at a 2:40 gait
down Lamar street, amid the yells and
laughter of the bystanders. One indi
vidual with a voice like a fog horn kept
■houttng “Let ’em got Let ’em go!”
And everybody seemed to be perfectly
willing to do so, aa the team couldn’t
have been stopped by anything abort of
a cannon ball. The horses belong to Ur.
Butts, and they reached bia place In
safety. No damage—nobody hurt
Metlea to Advertisers.
Copy for change of advertisement
moat be banded In at thl» office before
12 o’clock on day before ’publication.
TbU applies to all and wlU be enforced.
Times Pcnuraora Co.
Only 28,1891, tf.
From DeSoto.
DeSoto, July 29.—The church meet
ings which have been going on for near-
4’ three weeks were discontinued last
Monday evening. There were thirty ac
cessions to the church as the result of
the meetings.
A series of meetings will be begun at
the Baptist church next Saturday.
Miss Vivia Tinsley spent last Sunday
in De Soto, tho guest of Mr. and Mrs.
J. O. McArthur.
Mr. Charles Hays, Mrs. Dr. McDonald,
and Mrs. O. If. Hays are visiting Mr.
and Mrs. P. J. Luke in Do Soto.
Crops are looking well. Corn was
never better in this part of Sumter
county.
Miss Minnie Ferguson, a popular
yourg lady of Ferguson, Ga., was in our
town to-day.
Dr. B. A. Syms of Atlanta, who has
been spending some time in De Soto,
left last Tuesday for Cherokee, where
he will spend a few weeks treating the
opium habit.
Mrs. S. A. Freeman, wife of Judge
Frcemau, of Leslie, died last Monday
evening. She was buried from tho Mt.
Zion M. E. Church Tuesday after
noon.
ANSLEY’S
Largest, Finest
AND
Best Assorted Stock
Of Groceries in the South.
Bute bags, red top Md ell other va
rieties of turnip seed for fell end sum
mer plan ting at
Notice;
The patrons of Thk Timks-RecohdEr
are urged to pay promptly the bills
which are now due for subscription, ad
vertising and job work for the past
month. A newspaper has to pay its
labor the cash weekly, aud on the first
of the month it is necessary for all its
bills to bo promptly collected.
The current expenses of The Timks-
Recokdeu establishment are about $o0
per day, which must be paid every
Monday without fail or delay.
We are therefore compelled to press
collections; and while the small bills
that some owe may cause them to re
gard the matter as insignificant, these
small accounts aggregate several thou
sand dollars, which we are compelled to
collect promptly to meet our obligations,
A newspaper can’t run a week with
out money; so come up to the captain’
office and settle.
Time* Publishing Comi’Axv.
Everythin" guaranteed as repre
sented.
NO OLD STOCK !
Fresh Goods Every Day.
FINEST FLOUR,
SWEETEST HAMS,
FRESHEST BUTTER,
HIGHESG TRADE COFFEE,
PUREST LEAF LARD,
FULL HEAD RICE,
and everything tho best that cas^
money can buy. Nothing too fine
for my customers.
A Candy Department.—A Butter De
partment.—A Cigar and Tobacco De
partment, all lu the Fancy Grocery Store
E. D. ANSLEY.
Southern Inter-State Exposition.
The following invitation has been re
ceived, and explains itself. The Times
Recokdek is duly thankful, and trusts
the expos!Mon will prove an eminent
success:
The Times-Recorder: The manage
ment of the Southern Inter-State exposi
tion has set apart Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, tho 19th, 20th and 21st of
October, as special Georgia days, and I
have been instructed to earnestly invite
you to bo present and deliver an address,
or at least make a few remarks, in regard
to the industrial development of your
state.
The exposition promises to be a grand
success. Your state will be well repre
sented In the way of an exhibit of agri
cultural crops, woods and timbers.
Hoping to have a favorable reply from
you at an early date, I am yours very
truly, Jxo. T. Patrick,
.Secretary.
Off to Savannah.
Quito a large party left last night for
Savannah and Tyliee over the S. A. &
M. railroad, and moro will follow tills
morning on the excursion train which
loaves atASiO o'clock.
This is the last cheap rate to the sea,
and all who Intend visiting Savannah
this suinmor should ho on tho train
when it pulls out from the depot this
morniug. It will be a moat eujoyablo
trip, as special arrangements have been
made for the entertainment of the party
at Tybco, and it is tho finest season of
the year for a roll in the ocean.
To Printer. and Publisher*.
The Times Publishing Company has
for 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 cutter, 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 prices and
terms can be aecured by the right par
ties. Address the Times Pl’iimhiiiko
Company, Americus, Ga.
Groceries at Coat.
Groceries going at cost. Shoes going
below cost. Bread and cakes soiling
first. I am closing out my stock of gro
ceries, so that 1 can put in a new and
fresh lot next fall, consequently I will
sell my groceries very cheap. I have a
large stock of canned goods that will sell
at cost. I also have a few pairs of la
dies’ and gents’ coarse shoos that I will
dispose of below cost.
Come and see my stock, as I will not
hold this offer long.
C. C. Carter,
320 Lamar street,
JAS. T. COTNEY,
JEWELER,
DIAMONDS
AND
WATCHES
'M
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TELEPHONE 102.
CLUBS.
102 FORSYTH 8TREET.
DOLLARS AND SENSEI
You can exercise lots of Sense with a very few Dollars nowadays.
Wo need Dollars and we don’t hesitate to say that we are after those
dollars—if you need a Refrigerator—don’t you hesitate to come after
one—a very few dollars will buy a first-class modern refrigerator and
you will get the good of those dollars in a hundred senses.
Jigk
Notice.
The annual meeting of stockholders
of the A. P. & L. Warehouse A- Com
press Company will ho held at the of
fice of tho company at the Compress in
Americus, Georgia, on Wednesday,
August .Oth, 1801, at 10 a. m. pursuant to
the by-laws of said company.
W. E. Burbage, Bresident.
James Herr Smith, Secretary.
Americus, Ga., July 20,180L
For a pleasant shave go to Dr. El!
dridge’s and buy one of those celcbrrtod
Tower Razors which aro guaranteed to
please.
Removal.
J. Rott merchant tailor has removed
from old stand, Forsytli street to Cotton
avenue up stairs in old Times office,
whore lie is roady to give first class
work to all ills old customers and ns
many now ones as will call.
july 19-d-lmo.
Prescriptions accurately compounded
of pure drugs, at all hours at
Dr. Eldhiiigk Drug Store.
Special Cell.
I intend to leave for Now York, to
make my fall purchases, early In August.
If those who owe mo accounts will kind
ly call and settle the samo on or before
August the 1st they will confer a great
favor on me. M. T. Elam.
julait till nug 1
For your toilet soaps, toilet powders
and all toilet articles, go to
Du. Eldruige.
One front room to rent, up stairs next
to library. Apply to,
7-23-lmo D. F. Davenport.
The Lewis Smith melon can be had
fresh every day on Cotton avenue, one
door south of Allen nouie. Telephone
100.
Turnip seed, turnip seed, just received
a fresh lot of uice varieties at
tues & Sun Dr. Eldbi doe’s.
To Our I’Atron..
After this week we will collect all bills
for job work weekly. This will make
payments easier for you, and help us
materially, as our expenses are payable
weekly.
Times Pudlisbio Company.
Ice. and Cream. Tbl. Afternoon.
The ladies of the Christian Workers
will as usust serve ices and creams at the
Methodist yard this afternoon.
It gives us pleasure to say that the
ladles have met with a liberal patronage
and they justly deserve It. The pur-
poee of the f and being raised Is well
known to our citizens, and should be by
all means encouraged. Call by this after
noon and try their delicious home-made
ice cream and ices. Hours, from 4 to 7
o'clock.
Mae Poaches.
Tub Times-Becobder Is Indebted to
Fred Lowery, a worthy colored farmer,
for a fine specimen of hie wheat crop.
They were large and of the finest flavor.
Bntfor the freeze In March, he says, be
would have had quantities of this
fine fruit for market
Tbs IttKl of Warm Days ead Cool Nlahu.
'Aleading physician writes that be has
noticed warm days snd cool nights al
ways affect the bowels, and suggests
some preventative remedy. Dr. Blggeie'
De. Eldeidoe’s. Huckleberry Cordial is the one.
We have an elegant line of very fine
ailk umbrellas that we will sell at cost
to make room for now goods of another
line. James Frickeii & Bro.
july 21-tf ^
It is a great tiling to be friendly and
sympathetic, but a man needs to dis
criminate a little before be tries to be
friendly with a strange dog or a strange
man either.
J $5.00 to $25.00.
A SIMPLE BUSINESS FACT money—our entire stock
of Summer Specialties, Staple China, Crockery, Silverware, Lamps,
etc. is here ready for the sacrifice—ready to be "led like a lamb to the
slaughter" to satisfy the economic necessities of the honr and thus
give to our goods what are “hard times” prices in dead earnest.
Let your good Dollarsland your good Sense
bring you to the Artesian Corner always.
Butler & Berry,
ARTESIAN CORNER.
LEE * UMAR STREETS.
Cotton Exchange,
410 COTTON AVE.
W. W. O’QUINN, Proprietor.!
PURE WHISKIES. BRANDIES and WINES.
All kind* of Fancy Drinks at the Bar and polite attention to customers.
OLD CHARTER WHISKEY A SPECIALTY.
Drop in when yon want a cool and refreshing drink. Prompt atten-
JclygOdgmos
tion given to orders from a distance.
sUKER SS3S
! PURE !££*m
! PINK
[PILLS. -S&S
C.ait!p*U.«. tawU, fina!
aa, aad a f.v.rll. wtth the.
UCa. lold la EagOM for la;
Igd. la AMfWa for Mib
ONE CENT i WORD COLUMN.
— —a he inserted la this
tu of One Oeat per Woed for
Ko advertisement token for leee
than FIFTEEN- CENTS.
BOABD WANTED.
Steo'wjigLFs
We offer at this season Turnip Seed!
STALL FED BEEF
TO-
MAYO
Also '
TELEPHONE MS.
& WINKLER’S.
he Best Sausage on Earth.
LUCIUS H. KIMBROUGH,
AowrrroK Union Central Life IwatmAECBOO. Aleo agent for New Enrtend Xntual
aga-t ‘lama
OFFICE BOOM;#, BARLOW BLOCK, UP STAIF8.
AMERICUS, - - - GA.
ARTESIAN DRUG STORE.
(AT THE ARTESIAN WELL.] ,
Preeerlptlone a epeeialty, aad Oiled with eceuraey end dieyateh at all boon Bight aa#
dsy.
WM. C. SHORT, Manager.