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AMERICUS TIMES-
VOLUME 1
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1891.
NUMBER 114
The Greatest Midsummer Sale
Dry GooflsjQtlons,
CLOTHING
AND THE
Grandest Reduction in Prices
Ever known in the history of oar trade, commences to-morrow
(Monday) morning
GEORGE D. WHEATLEY’S,
Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave.
We are 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 ABE GOING TO
GIVE AWAY DOMESTIC S
TOGETHEU WITH ALL OUR
Calicoes, Ginghams. Muslins, Challies.
AND OTHER
SUMMER DRESS GOODS AT COST
And LESS THAN COST if necessary, 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. Wtieatley’s.
All our He Figured Cbxllles lo go at 4!<c pfr yd.
All onr 121jc “ “ “ 8c per yd.
All our 8c .standard Callcoaa 41 5c per yd.
All our 7c Printed Victor* Lawn, ut 8J^c per yd.
All onr 8o Whlta Lawns (yd wide) at 5c per yd.
All onr (to White Cheek Nainsook at 5c per yd.
Stock of above will not last long at such prices, so come early or yon
will be disappointed.
NOWIM! 5c
This is the Biggest
FIVE CENT
Bargain Ever You Saw.
5c
NOTTINGHAM CURTAIN LACE. We got “scooped" some
time ago in the pnrebase of a big lot of Nottingham Lace for cur
tains: We have been asking from 20 to 40c per yard, but the goods
Unger with us longer than we like, so m order to move
out and at the same tfme give you an A No. 1 BARGAIN we part with the
entire lot at * •. I * i 1 ' ' * j \ : L
5c PER YARD THIS WEEK. 1
We cannot mention bore 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 onr store.
OUK STOCK OF
Handkerchiefs. Hosiery, Ribbons, Laces, Em
broideries, Corsets and Gloves
We guarantee the best in the city, and our prices beyond the reach of
competition.
Housekeepers will find it to their interest to inspect onr line of
TABLE LINENS, DOYLIES, NAPKINS, TOWELS,
Before buying elsewhere.
A. WORD ABOUT
Clothing • and - Gents’ - Fixings.
We cany the VERY FINEST ASSORTMENT TO BE
FOUND, and OUR PRICES always have been simply
UNAPPROACHABLE from the standpoint of compe
tition.
Onr determination to reduce stock APPLIES WITH FORCE
hero, ant) we will refuse NO REASONABLE OFFER for anything
you may need in onr line.
Cannot you save somethin* by trading
.. with
CRAZY DOINGS
THE LEGISLATE HE.
OF THE EMPEROR ON THE IMPERIAL
YACHT.
The Sensational Story Publl.hed
French Newspaper—Mad Action, of the
Emperor on HI. Departure from Eng
laud—Placed la a Straight Jacket-
Hams, Aug. 17.- T ia Eclair, which i*
not given to sensationalism, prints the
following story as confirmed by un
questioned authority: On the night
following the departure of the imperial
yacht Hohenzollern from England the
crew was beaten to quart era, and was
surprised to find the quarter dock bril
liantly illuminated. An altar had been
erected on deck, bearing the Old and
New Testament*, and the kaiser stood
by, wearing a white chnsable with a
crosier in his hatid, and a black and
white mitre on his head. He read the
most warlike passages from the Testa
ment and invited the crew to respond.
He then preached a long sermon on the
duty of sovereigns to their people, the
whole service lusting from 11 o'clock p.
in. to 2 o'clock a. m. The crew was
then piped below.
At o o'clock u. m. the kaiser appeared
on the bridge in the uniform of a high
admiral, lookiug extremely haggard,
and addressing the commander, said t
Sir, retire to yonr cabin. I shall take
charge. ” The commander replied: "Sir,
permit me to observe we are in a dan
gerous passage, and that it is desirable
'or yonr majesty’s safety, as well as for
that of the crew, that a sailor remain
in command." The emperor respon
ded: "Never mind, God will inspire
me. ” The commander bowed and re
tired, the second officer remaining. The
etnperor angrily bade him retire. The
officer respectfully protesting, the em
peror then said: “Yon resist, yon
wretched creature! You trouble the
spirit of God which is in me. This is
the vengeance of God npon you, ” deal
ing the officer a heavy blow on the
cheek. The officer turned crimson, but
remained until the emperor seized him
by the throat and tried to throw him
overboard.
In the straggle that followed the em
peror fell and broke his kneecap. The
sailors watched the scene paralyzed with
fear. The occurrence was one that can
not iw forgotten. The emperor howled
witli pain. His eyes started from their
sockets, and he foamed at the mouth.
He swore terribly, aud in fact displayed
all symptoms of madness. The officers
after a brief consultation carried him
into a cabin padded with mattresses.
Nobody was permitted to enter except
the doctor anil empress. Men were nec
essary to help restrain him until his leg
was Jktndnged and a strait jacket was
put on him. The crisis lasted three days.
TWO LAD ROBBERS
It«|U«t
Asheville Lawyer to Itaml
L*|> His Change.
Akheville, N. O., Aug. 17.—About
10 o'clock at night as Mr. John C. Mar
tin, an attorney at law, was returning
to iris boarding house on Haywood
street, and when in a dark i»rtion of
the street, lie was suddenly accosted by
two men. w : i demanded his money.
Hesitating a moment, a pistol was
thrust in his face, and an emphatic de
mand mode to deliver. Martin turned
and fieil A pistol shot rang out on the
night air, and a bullet whizzed by tils
bead. With a friend he sought police
headquarters and reported the occur
rence. Two negroes found in the local
ity was interviewed, who said that the
parties who had held up Martin were
Ernest Chunn and Bob Owen, two lads
scarcely grown. They were immedi
ately sought, found in a bouse of ill
fame anil arrested. Chunn admitted
that they had held up a man, and said
Owen had fired at him as he rnu off. As
both lads have heretofore borne good
ebaraeters, the occurrence causes some
what of a sensation.
Cor. Lamar St and Cotton Ave.,
AMEEICUS, GEORGIA..
DISCOVER* DAY
Comes on Sunday nn<l the Prcnrlicra
Are A»ke«l Tn Take Notice.
New York. Aug. 17.—Discovery day.
October 11, this year, falls on Sunday,
and in recognition of this fact the putt-
repnblic congress executive committee
have called upon the ministers aud
teachers throughout the world to take
as their text that day the words from
Leviticus xxv.. 10, that are cast in the
everlasting bronze of the bell that rang
out from the steeple of independence
hall on July 4,1770. the news that the
Declaration of Independence of these
United States of America had been
adopted by the continental congress:
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the
laud tn all the inhabitants thereof. ”
They also request that the subject of
their discourse shall be the discovery of
America, what the result of this has
been to the world and its promise for
the future.
TRANSFERRED TO WASHINGTON.
The Lively Eight Over the Sit. far the
Entitle llulldlng at Colambos,
Washington, Aug. 17.—The fight to
•ell the government • site for the Co
lumbus, Go., public building, has been
transferred to ebis city. Captain Wm.
Redd, Jr., representing the Barfield
property, and Colonel Grn by Jordan, H.
lot. have arrived in ti e city, and the
Twelfth street property offered by Col
onel Jordan ami bis party, aeems to be
the choice of a large number of citizens
on this street. Two sites are offered—
the' DeGraffenreid and Base avenues.
One of the sites, the DeGraffenreid cor
ner, was recommended by the govern
ment's special agent, and at tola time it
seams it may be the one chosen.
Adioaraiuent Talk—Can’t Get Drank—The
, Mileage Question.
Atlanta, August 17—This morning
Speaker Howell, chairman of the com
mlttee on rules, made the following re
port, and the resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That beginning Wednesday,
August 26, there shall be two sessions of
the house a day on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday of each week, the morning
sessions to begin at 10 o'clock on such
days aud close at 1; the afternoon sess
ion to begin at 3 and close at 5 o’clock.
On Tuesday and Thursday the session
shall bo from 0 a. m. to 1 p. m.
Resolved further, That no new matter
shall be introduced after Monday, Au
gust 24, except by unanimous consent.
The committee afro recommend the
passage of the following joint resolu
tion:
'Resolved by the house, the senate
concurring, that the general assembly
adjourn sine die September 18, 1801, at
noon.”
■‘Can the legislature adjourn then, Mr.
Howell?”
‘I think not,” he replied, “but we
must make a beginning, so that the mem
bers will try and work up to it There
is an immense amount of work to bo
done yet, and this resolution can bo
changed if necessary. I think with hard
work wo can adjourn by October 1, or
early thereafter."
Mr. Huff, chairman of the financo
committee, and others, thought as did
Speaker HoweU.
The bill introduced by Mr. O’Neil of
Coffee, which provides that no judge,
justice of the peace, or any other state
or municipal officer, shall get drunk,
was mado the special order for noxt
Wednesday. The committee recom
mended the passage of the bill. The
bill declares that If any of these officers
aro drunk while on duty, they shall be
punished as prescribed in section 4310
of the code, and for the second offense
forfeit their office, and forever after be
ineligible to hold office.
At the beginning of this session u res
olution was introduced that the mem
bers at the adjourned session aro on"
titled to mileage, and the resolution was
referred to the finance committee. The
committee have reported the bill favor
ably, as the attornoy-general had al
ready decided In a former legislature
that members were entitled to mileage
at the regular as well as at any adjourn
ed session. Mr. Wheeler proposed the
mileage be voted to the widows pension
fund, but the motion did not prevail.
The members are as much entitled to
tbeir mileage at an adjournod session as
they are their per diem
Mr. Fleming Introduced a good bill
this morning. The bill confers police
power upon conductors, motor tqen snd
drivers of street cars In this state, while
ou duty on their cars snd at the termini
of tbeir lines. It gives these parties
authority to arrest people on board their
cars using profans or obscene language or
playing oards for money, or who are
guilty of conduct tending to a breach of
the peace; and after arresting them to
turn them over to the proper officers for
trial.
The bill of Mr. Faust to prevent com.
mon carriers from delivering liquors in
prohibition counties was indefinitely
postponed by a vote of 74 to 34.
Following this was his bill to make
drunkenness a crime in this state, and
to prescribe s penalty, metaslmllarfate.
An effort was made to lay the bill on the
table for the present, but Mr. Fleming’s
motion to Indefinitely postpone prevail
ed, so the bill was lost *
KANSAS FARMERS
FINDING A SOLUTION TO T
GLOOMY SITUATION
Tbs Dig Wheat and Corn Crop lathe Thing
to Bring Belief—Slaty Per Cent or the
Farmers Who Had Deraulted Interest
Hava Paid Up.
Atchison, Aug. 17.—B. P. Waggener,
general attorney of the Missouri Pacific,
wa* told the other day by an ngent of
the Lombards, who travels in the west,
that in the last sixty days more than 00
per cent, of the farmers who had de
faulted in their intereet have paid up.
Many farmers who refused to pay any
more on their debts and were willing to
make deeds to the mortgagee nr» now
offering to redeem from their forfeit
ures. Mr. Waggener has just returned
from New York and says that the Kan
sas wheat and corn crops are the main
topics of conversation on the trains in
the east. He has taken a great deal of
interest in the matter, and from reports
he has received from different parts of
the state he figures tha within the next
twelve months Kansas farmers will re.
ceive 8100,000,000 for their products.
THE OLDEST PERSONS
In New York Htate Are Living at Hid-
<tlr town.
MinmxTOWN, Ang. 17.—This place
shelters two of the oldest persons in the
state. Philip McAuley. a respeoted
resident of this city, has entered npon
his one hundred and second year
He was born in connty Fermanagh, Ire
lanp, on Angnat IS, 1700, and came to
this country in 1850. His mode of life
has been industrious, regular aud tem
perate, aud he is now as well preserved
as most men at three score. He is still
active in his movements und cheerful in
disposition. His wife has been dead
many years. Ho has three living chil
dren and a large flock of grandchildren
and great-grandchildren. Mrs. Han
nah Wiley Mackey is almost as old as
Mr. .McAuley. She entered her 99th
year ou Thursday last. She was born
near Poughkeepsie and wits married at
the age of 16. She became the mother
of fourteen clrildren, only one of whom
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Iii a Hue condition of health, notably
sprightly and cheerful and clear in
mind.
A Good On. on June.,
In Chicago they are telling this story
on Sam Jones. Recently be was ad
dressing a crowded audience, and said:
”1 want every one in this congregation
who wants to go to heaven to stand up.”
Of course, almost everybody rose. “Now
I want everybody who wonts to go to
the other place to stand up." At first
no one stood up, but finally a long and
skinny Individual in the back seats,
about as fat as an umbrella, arose and
•aid: “I don’t exactly want to go to the
other place, but I am willing to stand up
rather than let the preacher go there all
alone.”
Sparkling Water,
One ot the three new wells at the
pumping station now furnishes a fine,
free flow of pure and sparkling water
from a depth of something more than
600 fset The water is as clear as crys
tal, very agreeable to the taste, and will
prove a valuable addition to the availa
ble water supply of the city.
It has not been tamed Into the reser
voirs yet, bat will be in a few days.
Crashed Into a Special.
London, Aug. 17. — There was a
serious railway aeddent in Wales. A
passenger train crashed into a volunteer
special which was stationary on the
track at a point between Pont-y-Pridd
and Cardiff. Fourteen persons were
injured, and some of them so seriously
that they will probably, die. The rear
of the special train was completely
wrecked.
TI10 Cnne of IlMhure aim rair
Lima. O., Ang. 17.—Miss Jennie
Shannon filed suit against John Bashore,
one of the oldest and best known resi
dents of this city, for $5,000 damages
for breach of promise and swlnction.
She alleges in the petitiou that John
asked her hand in marriage twenty-
eight years ago and that he seduced her
at the time, and has carnally known
her stuce, but has renewed his promise
at various times. John is 59 yean old
and a prominent race-horse owner and
liveryman. His mother has just died,
at the age ot 90 vests, and Bashore
claims it is a case of attempted black
mail, although be does not deny keep
ing company with the fair Jennie for
many years. The case will bs beard in
September.
CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES,
Domeitlo and Foreign and ol Oauaral
Internet.
An exhibition of the "Holy Coat ” at
Argenteuil attracted crowds of pii-
prims.
Jerre Whitaker, a bad negro who is
wanted in MilledgeviUe, Ga., was cap
tured in Macon.
Matsada Sorakichi, the famous Japan
ese wrestler, died in New York of con
sumption, hastened by dissipation.
Rev. Sara Small, who has made At
lanta, Ga., his home, addressed a large
audience in that city on the question of
the future of American civilization.
At Cape May, N. J„ the president
saw and applauded a baseball game.
One club was composed of colored men.
Hon. Thomas B. Reed was tendered a
reception by the Portland, Me., club,
and was received with great enthusiasm.
Gns Lung, a tailor of foreign birth,
was drowned in the Tennessee river 'nt
Knoxville, while bathing. He was on
expert swimmer and it is supposed be
was seized with cramps.
Quite a sensation was censed at Pop
lar Bluff, Mo., by the arrest of 1<5
prominent citizens of that place on
a charge of shooting craps. They were
fined all the way from $10 to $209,
The Republican congressional com
mittee met at Knoxville, Tenn., and
canvassed the returns of Saturday’s
election. The official figures are:
Houck, 15,285; Woodruff, 6,057; Houck’s
majority, 0,228.
A Jackson, Miss., special etates that
George carried DeSoto. Tate, Lee and
Benton oountiea, which gives him a
majority of the legislature with a dozen
other certain counties yet to act. Wal
thall's election ia also settled.
Freak Kimball, aged 18, while out
target shooting at Clifton, O., with hie
unde, Gns McCarthy, wm fatally shot,
bis brains being blown ont. As he fell
be eaid: "This is what I get for fooling
with a revolver." Deceased lived at
Important Matters Considered at the Conn
ell Meeting Yesterday.
The most important bnsineM before
the City Council yesterday waa the re
port of the Finance Committee in regard
to the work of the Auditing Commisalon
appointed to examine the books of the
city treasurer, and look into such other
matters as pertains to the welfare of the
city.
The committee report that the Aud
iting Commisalon hM done ita work
thoroughly snd faithfully. The official
report will appear in The Times-Re-
coRDKitin a few days.
The report of the committee on City
Printing wm adopted unanimously.
Tills action of the Council makes The
T>mkk-Kecokder the offlelal organ of
the city, to go Into effect Immediately.
Alderman Williams, in presenting the
report of the committee on printing,
stated that he had given the matter some
considerable attention, and that he had
arrived at the conclttiion that It would
be only fair for Council to pay for work
done just the same ns any corporation or
individual. And In regard to the propo
sition of Tub Times-Bkcorder Compa
ny, he thought that their estimate for
whloh they would do the printing waa an
exceedingly liberal one. In fact, it wm
only about one-third the rates charged
private parties. Besides, The TTmes-
Rkcordbh Company took no advantage
of publishing the only daily and weekly
paper in the elty, and for that reaaon
alone the company deserved considera
tion of a favorable nature. He hoped
that the very fair and reasonable offer of
Tub Times-Reconoeii Company would
be accepted unanimously.
And It was.
Special and standing committees hand
ed In their respective reports, and
the ttsuhl routine business wm trans
acted, all of which will apperr officially
In these columns m soon M they are
handed In by Clerk of Council.
CHARGEE AGAINST MB WYNNE.
Alllanes Exchange Directors Meet—Lively
Times Expected.
Atlanta, August 17.—The alliance
exchange directors met at alliance bead-
quarters at 9 o’clock this morning.
Among those present were: W. L.
Peek, president, Conyers; W. A. Wilson,
Americas; L. F. Livingston, Cora;T S.
Barrett, Meanavlile; S. Maxwell, Talbot-
ton; L. S. Ledbetter (SL T.), Ccdartown;
II. P. Hiden, Camming; R. II. Pierce,
Thomson; Wm. A. Broughton, Madison.
The meeting was held behind closed
doors, of course, Colonel Livingston aov
Ing as doorkeeper a portion of the morn
ing.
The meeting Is the regular annual
gathering, and Is held for the purpose
of dlscuMlng the financial condition of
the exchange, which Is now in a very
“rooky” condition.
Colonel W. A. Broughton, who la act
ing M business agent, submitted bis re
port to the dlreotors, giving the details
of Mr. Wynne's shortage amounting to
$20,000. 1
Charges were then formulated and
presented against Mr. Wynne.
No charges of any kind were preferred
against Col. Peek.
At io’clock the directors adjourned
for dinner.
The afternoon session will be devoted
to dlscuMlng the shortage of Mr. Wynne.
The trustee stockholders meet to-mor
row, and then on Wednesday comes the
meeting of the State Alliance.
This meeting, at which the “fur" Is
expected to fly, wilt be held at the
chamber of commerce.
WHEAT GOING UP.
Great Excitement In Chicago and New
'Tarfc, aad Stiff Prices la London.
Chicago, August, 17.—Wheat opened
amid the wildest excitement and prices
are way above Satnrday’e close.
December started 1.00 to 1.10, and In
less than three minute* sold at 1.12, fell
to 1.11, and at 0:45 wm about 1.11, or 4)
cents higher than dosed Saturday.
The excitement Is Intense, everybody
wanting to bay, but very little ia for
The shorts are selling very rare,
offerings being chiefly long wheat,
which pays a big profit and Is realised
on.
Corn started In sympany with wheat.
The shorts are frantic to cover, and
bidding wildly. September opened at
65 sold almost Immediately at68, and at
9:45 a. m. waa 67).
Mrs. John Ingram, ot Warsaw, Ben
ton county, forty miles south of 8e-
dalla, Mo., died suddenly on the street,
from the effects of a hemorrhage pro
duced by eating watermelon. She wm
placed in a coffin and rode home in the
same wagon in which she came to town.
At Red Oak, la., the National Colored
congress elected Jay C. Fremont of that
city president for the ensuing year, and
passed a resolution for the appointment
of a national executive committee con
sisting of one member from each state
and territory, including the District of
New Yore, August 17, noon.—The
market le much quieter. September
wheat, $1.14; Deoember, $1.16 6-8. Corn,
dull bat firm, September 74c.
New York, August 17.-11:10 r. m.—
The wheat market is perfectly wild.
December opened $1.17 to $1.19.
It is now $1.16.
Trading is enormous. Foreign houses
are heavy sellers. Corn is
September 73Jc.
New York, August 17 — A London M
special says: The wheat cargoes are
dearer, higher prices (or American
checking business.
