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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 irv 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.