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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.