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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. m 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. : ■ • f&...... w. 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