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VOLUME 1
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1891.
NUMBER 102 '
The Greatest Midsummer Sale
BY THOUSANDS
Dry Goods, Nolions,
AND
CLOTHING
That (juftted a Retail Dry
Goods Establishment.
Losses Estimated to Be About
$1,000,000.
Grandest Reduction in Prices
Ever known in the history of our trade, commences to-morrow
(Monday) morning
AT
GEORGE D. WHEATLEY’S,
)
Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave.
Weare determined to make a CLEAN SWEEP
OF ALL KINDS OF SUMMER GOODS.
And in order to do this, YOUR PRICE will be
OUR PRICE for anything you may want of
us this week.
WE ARE GOING TO
GIVE AWAY DOMESTICS
TOGETHER WITH ALL OUR
Calicoes, Ginghams, Muslins, Challies,
SUMMER DRESS GOODS AT COST
And LESS
THAN COST if necessar#, to
CLEAR OUT.
Prices will be cut “FINE AS FROGS’ HAIR.”
If you don’t believe this, OTHERS WILL, so
just come and see the crowd this week at
Geo. D. wneatley’s.
All our 8c Figured Cballlci to go at i'Ac per yd.
All our 12^0 “ “ " 8c per yd,
All our 8o Standard Callooei “ So per yd.
All our 7e Printed Vlctora Lawns at Sj*o per yd.
All our 8c White Lawns (yd.wide) at Sc per yd.
All our8c White Check Nainsook at So per yd.
Stock of above will not last long at snch prices, so come early or yon
will be disappointed.
HOW LOOK! 5c
This is the Biggest
FIVE CENT
Bargain Ever You Saw.
5c
NOTTINGHAM CURTAIN LACE. We got “scooped” some
time ago in the purchase of a big lot of Nottingham Dace lor cur
tains: We have been asking from 20 tg 40c per yard, but the goods
linger with ns longer than we like, so in order to move them right
out and at the same tfme give yon on A No. 1 BARGAIN we part with the
entire lot at /
5c PER YARD THIS WEEK.
We cannot mention here any SPECIAL PRICES on everything
we have to offer, but remember in reading the foregoing, that PRO
PORTIONATE and SWEEPING REDUCTION IN PRICES will
be the order of this week in every department of our store.
OUR STOCK OF
Handkerchiefs, Hosiery, Ribbons, Laces,
broideries, Corsets and Gloves
Em-
We guarantee the best in the city, and our prices beyond the reach of
competition.
Housekeepers will find it to their interest to inspect our line of
TABLE LINENS, DOYLIES, NAPKINS, TOWELS,
Before buying elsewhere.
A. WORD ABOUT
Clothing - and - Gents’ - Fixings.
We carry the VERY FINEST ASSORTMENT TD BE
FOUND, and OUR PRICES always have boon simply ,
UNAPPROACHABLE from the standpoint of compe
tition.
Our determination to reduce stock APPLIES WPTH FORCE
hero, and we will refuse NO REASONABLE OFFER for anything
you may need in our line.
Cannot you save something by trading
with
m
Geo. D.Wheatley
Cor. Lamar St and Cotton A\
AMERICUS, GEOE(
Sigcl, Cooper nm! Company*. Largo
Store Conflagrated—lllare Sturts
Exchange ltoom. autl Itapldly Makes
Its Way Through the lluilillng—Three
Watchmen Missing—The Insurance.
Chicago, Aug. 3.—A fire involving a
loss estimated to be at least $1,000,000,
broke out in the large retail dry goods
and notions store of Sigel, Cooper & Co.,
on the southeast corner of State and
Adams streets in the exchange room
on the first floor and spread through the
inflamable stock with the greatest rap
idity. It was bnt a few minutes after
the first alarm was given when the en
tire interior was a mass of flames.
Every available piece of fire apparatus
was called to. the scene. Any attempt
to save the building was hopeless and
and the fire department devoted its ef
forts toward preventing the flames
from spreading to the adjoining build
ings.
About twenty-five employes were in
the store at the time, bat all, as far as
is known, managed to escape uninjured
except a cashhoy who was on the third
floor. He started to come down the fire
escape, hnt became confused, los*his
footing and fell receiving severe injuries.
There were three watchmen in the
building at the time who have not yet
been accounted for.
Are the Veteran, or the O. A. It. Arri
ving lu Detroit.
Detroit, Aug. 3.—The city of straits
has assumed a martial air. The vete
rans of the G. A. R. are no longer arri
ving by hundreds, but by thousands,
and every incoming train brings in an
other throng to miqgle witli the multi
tude that already parades the streets.
Business is practically suspended, as
this is a gala week, and the tramp of
the Grand Army of the Republic and
inspiring music of bands is heard on
every hand.
General William G. Veasey of Ver
mont, commatider-ia-chief of the G. A.
R., has arrived, mid his headquarters at
the Cadillac hoase have been the Mecca
of the scarred and grizzled veterans
throughout the forenoon. General
Veasey was accompanied by Miss Clara
Barton, the famons founder of the Red
Cross society. Secretary of War Proc-
'tor was also of the party, with Quarter
master General John Taylor of Phila
delphia. and Assistant Adjutant Emery
of Washington.
JOHN L
FOB MANY TEABS THOUGHT DEAI>.
wo 8f«Urt Meet After a Lons Separa
tion—Good Newa for a Brother.
Gets the Usual Democratic Vote
in Kentucky
And
Is Elected Governor of
the State.
Tlio Whole Ticket One* Through with
a Majority at Probably 33,000— Th«
Mew Constitution Adopted by a Sweep
ing Vote—Tile People*. Party and the
Prohlbitloul.ta Are Weak.
A SERMON HEARD
The building was entirely gutted, and
1 ‘ ' " fell fit i ‘ ‘
the Adams street wall full in after the
interior framework had been softened
by the heat. The firm carried a stock
of $500,000. The loss is believed to be
covered by insurance.
BREWER CARRIES THE MAIL,
Alllanc.
And Bring* Suit Against n
Picnic Procession.
Topeka, Kan.. Ang. 8.—UnitedStates
Commissioner Wilson was called upon
to decide whether the United States had
the right of way and conld compel an
Alliance picnic procession to give all the
road. The matter was brotight ui
the arrest of Isaac Raines and I
Bauer in Pottawatomie county Satur
day. A W. Brewer, who carries the
mail from Westmoreland to Wamego,
was making his trip across the country
when he met an Alliance procession of
about fifty vehicles going to a picnic.
At first he gave half the road, hnt be
coming impatient to get through, he
took the middle of the road and kept it
nntil he met Raines, who refused to
turnout. Both teams came to a stand
still, and Brewer, who thought the mail
had been stopped, made complaint to
the United States officers and had Raines
arrested. After hearing the evidence,
Commissioner Williams decided that it
was a malicious prosecution, and dis
charged the prisoners.
When In Chains Inducts an Escaped
Convict to Return Voluntarily.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 8.—Five years
ago a white man named T. W. Hnntii
entt escaped from the Mississippi peni
tentiary. He was sentenced for ten
years for stealing a mule in Washing
ton county. Recently he returned and
surrendered himself and is once more
behind the walls. On arriving in Jack-
son he hunted np Dr. Sprolcs, pastor of
the Baptist church and chaplain of the
penitentiary, telling him while in the
pen he became converted at his services
and long since, while lying dangerously
ill at Delhi, La., that sermon had come
back to him and he determined then
and there to lend n better life and re
turn to Mississippi to serve ont his sen
tence, even though he was not guilty of
the charge of steiding the mnle. Dr.
Sproles accompanied Hunnicntt to Gov
ernor Stone's office, whero an explana
tion was had and clemency prayed for.
They thon went to the penitentiary
where the converted convict volnntarily
entered upon the punishment meted ont
to him years ago. It is very probable
he will soon be pardoned.
Louisville, Ang. 8.—The election
passed off quietly throughout the state,
and the Democratic ticket has won by
about the usual majority. The aggre
gate majority for the adoption of the
new ooneiitation will reach probably
60,000. The following Democratic state
ticket was elected by abont 25,000:
Governor—John Young Brown.
Lieutenant Governor—M. C. Alfyrd.
Attorney General—W. J. Hendrick.
Auditor—L. C. Norman.
Treasurer—H. S. Hale.
Superintendent Public Instruction—
Ed Parker Thompeon.
Register Land Office.— G. B. Swango.
The Republicans polled their usual
strength, bnt the Prohibition and Alli
ance tickets hardly made a respectable
showing.
ROGER Q. MILLS
INTERESTING READING
PARNELL HONORED.
An Oration Tendered the Fallen Leader
at Thanles.
Dublin, Ang. 3.-rThere were tri
umphal arches in the streets of Thanles
and numerous buildings were docked
with flogs and evergreens because of
the PamelUte meeting held there, which
was enthusiastic and largely attended.
Parnell's hearers, however, were chiefly
from the rural districts. As Parnell
was driving to the place of meeting the
horses were detached from his carriage
by men in the crowd and the people
dragged tho vehicle to Market square.
In his speech Parnell reaffirmed his dis
trust ot the liberals and said his policy
would not change. He would keep hu
hands unfettered nntil it was seen how
the liberals fulfilled thoir pledges. He
would warn Dillon and O'Brien that
they were following a dangerous coarso
in trusting Gladstone.
To Be Furnished the Two Continents at
nn Early Date*
London, Ang. 3.—A scandal of a very
serions character is impending over the
Irish party. The arrest of one of the
nnti-Pamcllito members of parliament
for bigamy is within the possibilities.
If the current story betrne we has mar
ried the second time, his first wife being
alive and nndivorced. He may have a
valid defense to the criminal charge in
the assertion that he believed her dead,
but as she is not dead the second mar
riage is worthless.
It is said that the story will be of in
terest on the two continents, and that
the member of parliament Involved will
have to retire to private life. There
are said to be other cases among Par
nell’s opponents that may yet afford in
teresting reading, and it is stated that
Parnell has had one of his most vin
dictive enemies shadowed night and day
by hired detectives, and the results are
surprising.
Is Still Working for tho Speakership
and His Party.
Washington, Aug. 8.—Congressman
Crain, of Texas, who is here managing
Mr. Mills’s speakership candy!apy, de
nied that the current Reports of Mr.
Mills’s withdrawal from the race are
tree. He says that Mr. Mills is in it to
the finish. At the same time he admits
quietly that things in Texas look equal
ly, apd that there is every prospect of
of an extra session of the legislature to
repeal the alien land ownership law,
passed last winter, which has proven
very disastrous to the business interests
of tho state,
Horace Chilton, who was appointed
by Governor Hogg to fill ont Senator
Reagan’s unexplrea term, and who has
the governor’s confidence, Mr. Crain
says, is now stamping the state from
one end to the other, and he thinks it
looks very much as ir the governor had
given him a tip that there is to be a
special session of the legislature. If so,
tne election of Senator Reagan's suc
cessor will immediately devolve upon
the legislature. Mr. Crain says that if
this should happen Mr. Mills would un
doubtedly throw np hie position in the
speakership contest and bend all his en
ergies to securing the Texas senator-
ship, whieh is now the goal of his am
bition. In the meantime Mr. Mills is
doing yeoman service for the Democra
cy. He leaves for Iowa in a few days
where he will take the stamp for Gov
ernor Bois. Lister he will go to Ohio to
help oat Governor Campbell in hie fight
against McKinley.
A LETTER TO CHARLIE.
POLK AND SIMPSON
Back In Washington, and Will Go to
Ohio In October.
Washington, Ang. a—Colonel Polk
and Jerry Simpson are back here. In
October they will go down into Ohio
and fight John Sherman. They say the
fnll strength of the order will be exten
ded to defeat Sherman. McKinley and
Campbell will be allowed to fight ont
their differences without interference.
BOY INCENDIARIES
Get In Tlieir Work on n lilnck ot Build.
lng> In Ultlgcdale.
Chattanooga, Ang. 3.—The biggest
blocks in Ridgedale, the largest snborb
of Chattanooga, has burned to the
ground. The post office and several
•tores were in the building. Tho total
loss will probably exceed $20,000. It is
proved beyond flonbt that tho fire was
the work of incendiaries. Will Martin,
a 15-year-old ■ hoy, threatened to burn
one of the stores because its owner re
fused him credit. Tho lad and Taylor
Snyder and Henry Snyder as accom
plices, have beer, placed nmler arrest.
Heir* to •3,000,000.
Meridian, Conn., Ang. 8.—Frank G.
Watterman and his sister, Hattie Wat-
terman of this city, are two of a number
of heirs to an estate valued at $3,000,000
located in Portland, Me. Abont 100
years ago a man named Skillings owned
a large tract of land in the town of
Portland, part of which he leased for
US years. The lease expired last April,
and parties who were seeking a location
for a soldiers' j^nmnent, in investiga
ting the title discovered that it wns still
owned by the Skillings estate. The late
Mrs. Moses Watterman was a grand
daughter of M. Skillings and mother of
Frank and Hattie Watterman. Frank
is a postal clerk.
O. A. B. Context.
Detroit, Ang. 3.—The contest fot
commander-in-chief of the G. A. R. is
a warm one. The candidates are Col
onel A. G. Weisert of Wisconsin, Col
onel Charles P. Lincoln of Washington,
D. C., General Richard A. Donnelly of
New Jersey, General S. H. Hnrst of
Ohio, Colonel Ira M. Hodges of New
York and Colonel W. R. Smedbury of
California, Lincoln, Nob., and Wash
ington, D. C., are straggling for the
next encampment The west will vote
for Lincoln, and for the National Mem
orial hall at Decatur, Bis.
Boys and Pistols.
Wichita.'Kan., Aug. 8.—Two boys—
Roxle Williams and Charles Moore—
were foand in a park bear town badly
wounded, the last named fatally. They
had stolen a number of pistols ami went
ont shooting. Williams had a broken
knee ami Moore a bullet through the
from the effects of which he
has smut died.
Doing* of the Hopper*.
Portland, Ind , Ang. 8.—The grass
hopper plague continues unabated and
the insects are playing havoc with the
growing crops. Especially is this true
of tho eastern part of the county. Oats
and rye are very materially injured,
and the clover is almost entirely ruined.
The insects are now turning their atten
tion to the corn, and grave fears are felt
for the result, although some farmers
claim that they will die before injuring
that cereal to any great extent. In any
event a portion of the corn will he so
riddled ns to bo of no vulne whatever
forfoddtr.
Armamcut so Badly Jtceutrt.
New Yoex, Aug. 3.—Major-Genera
Schofield, who arrived here, was pres
ent at a meeting of the ordinance and
fortification board in the army build
ing, sPlans for improvements in the
fortifications of the Btlantic and Pacific
coasts were submitted, aa was also the
plans fora new typ# of big gun. The
Uhls for the construction oflOOnew
gnn8 were Liken into consideration. It
is general Schofield's desire to give th»
contracts for these gnns to private man
ufacturers, so that the government may
be speedily equipped with the arma
ment it needs so badly.
"Yon Can Ban Thiers, Bnt Yon Can't
Ban Me.”
Butler, Mo., Ang. 8.—The entire
neighborhood seven miles southeast of
this city is greatly wrought np over the
mysterious disappearance of Mrs.
Charles Morelia, who decamped the oth
er evening, leaving her husband and five
children, the oldest a boy of 18 years
and the youngest a babe of 18 months.
Although her hnshand has made dili
gent search he can find no trace of her
whereabouts. Before leaving sha ad
dressed the following note to him and
left it on the table:
Charlie—I hare had aa much oa I can
stand. I shall leave this evening and
go whero yon nor any of my relatives
will hear of mb again. You can ran
things, hnt yon can’tyun me.
Mr. Morelia owns a large farm, la in
fair circumstances, and, with the excep
tion of a little family jar occasionally
and bis ungovernable temper, he can
assign no reason for actions.
In the estimation of many people,'the
return of the long lost brother, or uncle,
or father, or husband, carrying in his j
“grip” a gold mine, has no existence , '
save In the diluted brain of some long
haired dime novelist, who catches snch
idiotio inspiration from perpetual thirst
forjnat such an Improbable thing to
happen in his own case. But tho old
chestnut, that truth Is stranger than
fiction, was(illustrated In title county on
Tuesday of last week.
Twenty-five years ago Mrs. John
Crlbbs, well-known In this county at
that time, left here for Florida. From
thetimeofber departure until last week,
no one ever heard a word from her. Sho
never communicated with any of her
people, and-, finally, after many years (
waiting, her relatives and friends con-
oluded that she had passed over to the
majority, and, in time, like all the dead,
she was forgotten.
Mrs. M. J. Oliver, of Bronwood, for
merly of this city, was at home last
Tuesday attending to her usual house
hold duties, when a carriage drove np to
her door and a lady alighted. On ap
proaching each other the ladles gave n»
sign of recognition. The usual formal
ity of “Howdy; walk Inf on the part of
Mrs. Oliver, and a “Thank yon I” on tho
part of the etranger was all.
Bnt Mrs. Oliver was sensible of some
thing unusual stirring within her, and
felt all flustered, entirely different from
anything (he had ever experienced be
fore in the presence of a stranger. The
ladies looked at each other with intense
keenness for a few seconds, and then
Mrs. Oliver Involuntarily "exclaimed,
greatly excited—
“Who are you?”
“Why, Melindy, don’t you know me?”
responded the visitor.
Now, if this were a novel, the proper
thing to write would bo that Mrs. Oliver
fell In a swoon, from whloh ehe did not
recover for many days. But as this is a
story of aotual life, the simple truth la
that Mrs. Oliver jnst grabbed herlong-
lost sister around the neck and kissed
her for all ehe was worth.
What followed the reader can oaslly
guess. Snffloe It to say, that this oc
curred a week ago, aad the sifters are
talking and explaining yet, without any
Intermission up t6 this timo. And no
wonder! Just think of what two women
—and sisters, too—would have In store
for each other after a separation of a
quarter of a century.
lira, Oliver say* that ehe had a sort (
a presentiment that something was going
to happen jnat as soon as tho visitor
camo into the room. She scemod I
carry abont her an atmosphere that wa
suggestlvo cf the long ago—somethin
different from the atmosphere of
stranger. ’
Mrs. Crlbbs did not bring with her t
actlya gold mine, bnt sho dldbrln
enough of coin with her to mako every
body related to her oomfortablo for 1
should it be needed.
The return ot Mrs. Crlbbs Is n delight
to everybody coneerned, but to none
more so than to Jesse Loo Kirnmcy, her
brother, who Is well known In this city.
And thus has come to pass In real life
the essenoe of seventeen thousand nov
els, although In this ease it is not too
return of a long lost rich uncle, but a
long lost rloh sister—whloh amoiint* tc
the same thing; and, If anything, tho ro
tarn of the sister is the best story. b#
cenee it Is true, and happened right horc
at homo, and not in Spain.
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FILLED WITH LIQUOR.
Two Sons Return Home end Stone Their
Aged Father.
SrRiNonKiJ>, O., Ang. 8.—William
and Raper Ray and William Wallace,
residents of the tough order at Dialton
Village, ten miles north of here, have
been raising Cain and bruises in their
neighborhood. They came to the city,
filled np on tangle-foot, and then drove
hell-bent home and proceeded to terror
ize neighbors. Not satisfied yet, tho
Bays drove to thoir home, half a mile
aerth of Dialton and got into an alter
cation with their aged and decrepit
father. They threw stones at him and
knocked him down. The injuries to
the old gentleman are quite serions.
One of the worst injuries is an ugly
wound on the head. The frightened
mother frantically rang the dinner bell,
and nnmli*‘rs of neighbors responded
and equduUod the fracas.
The Pastor Rewarded.
There will be no services at the Pres
byterian church in this city until the
tint Sunday in September. “Well done ,
thy good and faithful sbopherd." So
Bays tho church people whom tho Rev.
Robert Adams has so faithfully minis
tered unto, and now they have shown
their appreciation by granting him a
month's leave of ahsonco.
■ Mr. Adams Is very much beloved by*
his charge, and all Americas, srho wlsli
him a pleasant recreation.
Sunday school will bo hold at tho
usual hour daring tho month of August.
Lockup Your Haase.
Burglaries are becoming very common
In tile Well.
Miliums, Ind., Ang. 8.—An effort at
wholesale poisoning, partially sneccee-
ful, was made here, A well on the place
of John Hands is used by a coloay of
colored people. Tho family of Fountain
Parker drank of the water. All were
taken sick, vomiting violently, and only
tho her, u* labors of several physicians
preveuted a fatal ending. A white sub-
stanco was found in the Bpont and on
the pump valves, which is thought to
be tho poison used. It is believed that
adored persons, at enmity with the
Parkers, ore guilty of the crime.
lathe city. The house of Mr. 8. P.
Boone, on College street, waa entered oa »'»6
Saturday night. The alarm waa given *
liy Miss Harrold, a member of the |
ily. She discovered the man’s presenoe ,j
and called for help. The burglar
good his escape, witliout any
however.
Messrs. Honry White and
ISurkhaltcr’s room, on Jackson
was entered tho same night. There
thief mado a haul, gottiag (a fino 1
ver and other things.
, Angel** VI.lt,
Mr. Thomas E. Sullivan Js
tho congratulations of his many 1
There was a beautiful Utllo
his homo yesterday. She Is the Ido;
borpapa and the admiration of her
mother.
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Attention, T. Wheatloy**.
Regular meeting Tuesday night, Au
gust 4, at Wheatley A Fitzgerald’s of
fice, at 8 o’clock to-night
J.L.J