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AMERICUS TIMES-
VOLUME 1
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1891.
NUMBER 1.15
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The Greatest Midsummer Sale
Dry Goods, notions,
CLOTHING
Grandest Reduction in Prices
CORRESPONDENCE
BRIBKItY CHARGK9.
BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
RELATING TO THE COURSE
To Be Perilled In the Next Session of Con
gress—The Opinion of the Party Lenders
ns to the Coming Tariff Legislation In
Repealing the McKinley Bill.
Ever known in the history of our trade, commences to-morrow
(Monday) morning
AT
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
TOGETHEK WITH ALL OUR
Calicoes. Ginghams. Muslins, Challies
AND OTHER
SUMMER DRESS GOODS AT COST
LESS THAN COST if necessary, to
And
THAN COST if
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. Wheatley’s.
All our Sc Figured ClialllM !o go atl^cpcrjM.
Allonrll’Xc “ “ " «c per yd
All our 8c Standard Calicoes - 5c per yd
All our 7c Printed Victora Lawn* at 3V$c per yd
All O'lrso White Lawn* (yd wldo) at 5c per yd
All onruc White Check Nalniook at 5o per yd.
Stock of above will not last long at such prices, so como early or yon
will be disappointed.
BOW LOOK! 5e
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 Lace for cur
tains: We have been nsking from 20 to iOo per yard, but the goods
lintrer with us longer than we like, so in order to move them ngnt
out*and at the same tfme give you an 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
bo the order of this week in every department of our store.
OUR STOCK OF
Handkerchiefs. Hosiery, Ribbons, Laces, Em
broideries, Corsets and Gloves
We guarantee the best in the city, and onr 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 TO BE
FOUND, and OUR PRICES always have been simply
UNAPPROACHABLE from the standpoint of compe
tition. *
Onr determination to reduce stock* APPLIES WITH FOBCE
here and we will refuse NO SEASONABLE OFFER for anything
you may need In 6wc line.
Cannot you save something by trading _
y willw »
with
Washington, Aug. 18.—There has
been considerable correspondence re
cently licrween the Democratic leaders
with reference to the course to be pur
sued with regard to tariff legislation
after congress convenes. There is no
difference of opinion on the main ques
tion. All the Democrats agree that
some steps must be taken toward secur
ing a lower tariff. The party is pledged
to this in every national and state plat
form, and tlieje is no disposition to
avoid the issue. Between the present
time and the opeuiug of congress the
exact programme to !>e observed will
probably have passed out of the region
of discussion into one of certainty.
Quite a number of the leaders favor
rather a dranuitic stroke. They want
an act repealing the McKinley bill pass
ed as soon as the house meets, without
waiting for the formation of the com
mittees. They argue that as the Demo
crats have made the McKinley bill an
issne, a bold assault on that measure at
the earliest opportunity will be an earn
est to the country of the Democratic
sentiment. By the passage of such an
act, too, they argue, there will be no
opportunity for the long-drawn-out
hearings which invariably accompany
the preparation of a tariff bill, and
which are provokative of any number
of jealousies and antagonisms. After
the repealing act has passed the honse,
the ways and means committee could
then, if it saw fit, commence work unon
the construction of a new bill: but this,
it is held, should not be done until the
house 1ms placed itself on record as re
pealing the McKinley law. If the senate
should not pass the repealing act, the
Democrats would be in an excellent po
sition to charge the Republicans with
perpetuating legislation claimed to be
obnoxious, and the same point would be
gained if the bill should pass the senate
aud be vetoed by the president.
Indeed there are so many arguments
in favor of this project that it is very
favorably considered and may be adop
ted. Another scheme is to pass in the
house at short intervals bills repealing
or lowering the duty on such articles of
necessary use as were subjected to a
higher tariff by the McKinley bill. It
is believed that bills of this nature
could pass the senate, as man}' senators
would vote with the Democrats on mat
ters closely affecting the interests of
their farmer constituents, while they
would not vote for a low-tariff bill in
bulk. Other tariff legislation ideas are
being considered, and it is understood
that every plan suggested will be laid
before a caucus of tile Democratic ma
jority early in December. At present
the immediate repeal of the McKinley
law finds the must favor.
INTERVIEW WITH EDITOR RAMSEY
In Wlileh tie Says Bulk Mutt Hold Hie
High l'oftltloti.
Raleigh, Aug. 18.—Editor Ramsey,
of L. L. Polk’s paper. The Progressive
Farmer, was interviewed by your cor
respondent. He declares that no men
tion was made of a third party at the
state Alliance convention, and says he
did not find any bold out-and-out Third
party men, and sees no drift that way
in North Carolina. He asserts further
that he observes no increase in the
amount of dissatisfaction with the old
political parties. Yet. in strange con
trast to this assertion by Ramsey, is the
fact that Alliance delegates on their
way home sang at the stilt ions, n Good-
By, Old Party, Good-By,” tlie singing
being led by a state senator who is an
Alliauce enthusiast. Shaking of L. L.
Polk, Editor Ramsey says his friends
are not willing he should lie a candidate
for governor, as they do not propose he
shall step down from his high position,
and feel sure of his re-election thereto
in December.
Livingston and Calhoun Before the Com
mittee—The Testimony,
RACE WAR IN CLEVELAND.
Hungarian* Make It Kxreedlngly Vn-
pleasant to a Frle*t. ^
Cleveland, O., Aug. 18.—Th# race
war which ha* lteen going on between
the faction* of St. Stanislaus Human
Catholic church broke ont again here.
At 12-JO o'clock the puljce were notified
that a crowd of over MO Hungarian*
had surrounded the honse of Priest John
Matrouy. The police found the interior
of the house in a state of the utmost
confusion. The floor waa strewn with
•tones and bricks, and nearly every pane
of glass in the house was broken in two.
The priest said that he was awakened
a lx jut midnight by a craah, and a heavy
ttotie fell directly npon his Iasi. As
soon as the first stone was thrown the
air wus rent with cries of " kill him!
murder the Slav prieatPetc., and dur
ing the uproar several shots were fired.
Sergeant Griffin and a detail of officer,
were sent out. and as they approached
the house the mol) dispersed In th,
darkness and quiet restored.
To Battle Again.) Third Partylua.
Athens, Ga., Aug. 18.—The young
Democracy of Clarice is on the move.
Fr.day night the member, of the Young
Men 1 , Democratic league met to tbor-
oughly-reorganize and get in fighting
trim. Colonel E. P. Upshaw, president
of tho league.* is going to move to At
lanta, ana.wiH hence resign his
t Of
nigh
ian Democracy, and will prepare itself
Atlanta, August 18.—Yesterday af
ternoon the special committee to inves
tigate the alleged charges of attempted
bribery of oertaln members of the legis
lature met and proceeded to hear the
testimony on the subject.
Mr. Calhoun was the first witness in
troduced. He stated to the committee
that he used no money lu tho race for
the United States senate, nor did any
member of the legislature offer to sell
him his vote. He was told that by send
ing for several influential citizens and
bringing them to Atlanta they could in-
fluence some votes for him, and to do
this would require some money, but that
be declined to do ,o because if elected
he desired to be elected on his own
merits. He had heard rumors to the
effeot that certain members would vote
for him if money waa used, but ha de
clined to pay any attention to anything
on this line.
Mr. Livingston made substantially the
same statement. He said he had never
said any members offered to sell to him,
but had heard that if money wns used to
bring certain gentlemen to Atlanta, cer
tain votes could be controlled. 1 was
present when rumors wore discussed,
and I have referred to these rumors.
I did not'learn tbo names of the seven
members who report said were willing
to Nell their votes. I heard rumors on
both sides. It was rumored that Gor
don's friends had used money and some
of Calhoun’s friends criticised him for
not doing it as it was said Gordon’s
friends had done—getting help from
abroad to influence members in his be
half.
Mr. llnrrett, a member of the commit
tee to investigate, is reported as saying
that tho resolution was gotten up by
Gordon's friends with tho direct object
of putting the other side in a bad light.
They are anti-Livingston men, and their
object is to placo Livingston in a bad
light, hut they will not succeed. “We
will give them a taste of their own med
icine, for all the testimony so far excul
pates Messrs. Livingston and Calhoun,
and strongly criminates Gordon’s
friends. I will show Gordon’s friends
nsed the money.” '
Mr. Oattls, chairman of tho commit
tee, and tho introducer of the resolution,
says the resolution was not introduced
to retloct on Livingston, Calhoun or
Gordon, but simply to investigate tho
remark that certain members had offer
ed to sell their votes.
Mr. Barrett soys ho has the proof
that Gordon used money. He will have
an opportunity to prove It or take water.
We are not here to shield anyone. Mr.
Barrett Is on the committee, and It Is
his duty to furnish all the testimony that
will throw any light i n this subject, and
now that be makes the charge he must
substantiate it.”
The committee will meet to-morrow
morning at 0 o’clock. Other witnesses
havo been summoned and will be here
then to testify. It is expected that
theso witnesses will swear thAt Living
ston told them that “he had tho names
of seven who offered to sell their votes
to him for #500 each, saying as they
were not instructen by their constitu
ent* whom to vote for, that they would
vote with him for that sum, and that ho
had the namca in hia pocket and could
divuigo them on nn investigation.”
Anothor witness is expected to swear
that Livingston told him another mem
ber offered to “vote for Calhoun if Liv
ingston would pay him %1'tO fora horse
and saddle ho hail here ”
The Investigation has just begun, and
promises to be highly sensational.
RAGING FLAMES
DESTROV BLOCKS OF BUILDINGS IN
JACKSONVILLE.
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A Big Fir* That Haa Worked Financial
Destruction to Induatrloua People In a
Progressive Town—Mercantile Houses,
Banks. Etc., In Ashes.
mm
Jacksonville, Fla., Ang. 18.—A
wide path of melancholy, smouldering
ruins two blocks wide, and six blocks
long, extending from Bay street np to
Beaver street, and one block on each
side wide, is the result of a fire started
at 2:10 in the morning. It caught in R.
D. Knight Sc Co.'s crockery store, ad
joining tho immense Hnbbard building
and in a very short time the whole
block was one mass of intensely heating
flames. From thence they were carried
to the old Freedman's bank building
across the street, and then diagonally
across to the Tremont hotel, then Colo
nel Barbridge's large block in which
the Seminole club wns, and then it
spread on all sides, being fanned by a
stiff breeze -that rose. The firemen
worked heroically, bat nothing conld
stay the flumes until almost exhausted
for want of material. They were stopp
ed at Beaver street on the north, at
Laura street on the west and at ocean
street on the east. At 7 o’clock In the
morning over twenty-five business
houses are burned ont aud some forty
to sixty dwellings. The loss is fully
$1,000,OIK), with probably one-half insu
rance.
OVER THEIR DAUGHTER'S LOVER.
Missouri Parent* Don’t Agruo and
Fatal Tragedy Ensues.
Kansas City, Aug. 18.—A special to
the Times from Ottawa, Kan., says: E.
B. Preston, a lumber merchant of North
Ottawa, shot and killed his wife and
attempted to commit suicide. Mr. and
Mrs. Preston separated some time ago
during a quarrel over the attentions of
n certain young man to tlieir daughter.
Mrs. Preston retu rued to her husband
three weeks ago. but the quarrel was
renewed. Daring the altercation.Pres
ton drew his revolver aud killed his
wife at the first shot. He turned the
weapon ou himself an l shot himself iu
the Head, inflicting a wound from which
he can not recover.
To, Abolish th. County Court.
Montezuma, Ga., August 18.—A de
termined effort ou the part of the peo
ple and the farmers and alttancomcn
will be made to abolish the county court
of Macon county at the present session
of the general aesembly.
No objection le raised to the manage
ment of that court by Judge Fish, who
baa just been elected to the superior
court judgeship of this district. But the
people have become dissatisfied with the
court, believing that It is no advantage
to the coanty, and may be a positive
harm. Farmer* are put to a great deal of
trouble by the frequent sitting of the
court and dallying of lawyers, it seems
that the court must go. Many of the
best citizens of th. county favor Its ab
olition, outside of the farmers.
AU Aboard for Columbus.
This will be the cry of Protector Hook
end Ladder Company No. 1 to-morrow,
•t 7 a. m., to their burner jus friends and
all other* who wish to join them on
their annual excursion. On this occasion
the company go to Columbus, Ga., over
the a A. M. road, and a good time gen
erally Is assured. Fare for tho round
«> Snly #1.00. Train leaves Americas
7 a. m. to-morrew, and on the return
p .wjll leave Columbus-at 8 JO the
ie evening. An extra coach will be
attached to this train for the accommo
dation of push white people as may de
sire to go.
Hallway Murderer*.
New Youk, Aug. 18.—A paper was
read before a gathering in Association
hull on "Ruilwny Murders. ” The Rev.
Thomas G. Dixon. Jr., condemned the
carelessuesa of railroad men, claiming
that they held human life very cheaply.
Hu pointed to the tact that the death
rate by railroad acdueuta was increas
ing. it wus his opiuiou that the great
railwuy systems shdnld be taken ont ot
tne control of the great corporations and
placed under the control of the govern
ment-.
CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES,
Domvslle anil Foreign end of General
Interest.
Tho Georgia state Alliance is in tes-
slon at Atlanta
Peter Flesher died at Lexington, Uhb.
aged 80. He went there in 1883. He
was a close friend of President Lincoln.
Mr. Pat Cnlhunn, of Atlanta, bus par-
chased nearly a quarter of a million
dollars worth of property -in Cleveland,
Ohio.
At Bnena Vista, Colo., Mclver was
fonnd guilty of voluntary manslaughter,
the first iustauco of a lyncher being con
victed.
A Waco, Tex., boy was pursunded to
marry a domestic, hut his father inter
fered, aud the marshal caught him be
fore the marriage.
Alex Grote, nftef relieving several
Atlanta citizens of their cash through
divers pretences, has left for parts un
known. A reward of #50 is offered for
his arrest.
The special committee of the Georgia
botwj or representatives, appointed tot
“ ’ * tiga
that pnrjiose, are investigating the
charges of alleged attempt at bribery in
the late senatorial race.
Lieutenant Scriven, the commissioner
to Central America for the Latin-Amer
ican departments, reports that the gov
ernment of (Salvador will erect its own
bnilding at Jackson Park.
It is understood that the president
called Charles Emory Smith to the shore
capital, and as a result of the confer
ence at Cape May, N. J„ Mr. Smith will
return to St. Petersburg early in Sep.
temlwr.
John D. Shaw, who came to Atlanta
some time since from South Carolina
with his wile, who had a good supply
of cash, has taken her wealth and hu
leave rather abrnbtly. Mrs. Shaw is
now without money and a husband.
Eugene Steely, coanty clerk of Clark
comity, Iud., dropped dead of heart
disease at hie home in Jeffersonville.
He was 41 years of age. He was a
of O. “ ’ ” **'
brother of O. O. Steely, Washington
correspondent of The Courier-Journal.
At Columbus, O., while the family
was st church, a thief tried to enter the
residence ot W. W. Daniel on Monroe
avenue, bnt wee met in the yard by a
servant girl, whom he knocked down
After she gave the alarm, and then re
called over a back fence.
THE LEGISLATURE,
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Very Llitls Was Dane by the Lawmakers
Yesterday.
Atlanta, August 18.—The members
of the house were this morning invited
by Mr. Ryals, of Chatham, to visit Sa
vannah on the 28th Inst., where they are
promised a royal good time, and will
thua be afforded an opportunity of see
ing for themselves the great need of
deep water for that port.
At the request of Mr. Reid, of Put
nam, his bill fixing and providing for
the compensation of the board of educa
tion in the state, which was defeated at
the last session, was re-lntroduced and
sent to the committor on finance.
Mr. Atkinson’s bill providing for the
appointment of a woman from each con
gressional district to visit the Girl's In
dustrial and Normal school at Mil ledge-
ville, which was defeated and reconsid
ered a short time ago, was again put
put upon its passage this morning.
Mr. Atkinson made another- ring
ing speech In support of his meas
ure.
Mr. Fleming hoped the bill would
psss, and demanded the previous ques
tion. ,
The bill was passed by a vote of 91
to 30.
Two important witnesses, Col. Living
ston and Mr. Calhoun, were examined
yesterday afternoon by the special com
mittee appointed to look Into charges of
bribery In connection with the sen-
storlal election last fall. Mr. Calhoun
said he had not attempted to buy any
vote nor had an; vote been offered to
him for sale. Col. Livingston knew no
member of the house who had offered
to sell bis vote.
ANNEAL I ENCAMPMENT
Of Odd Fallows of the State of Gootgla—
■BIUnIIiik of the Grand LodgeTHB
■ CoLl'Miius, Ga., AugustJ 18—(Spe
cial.)—Hundreds of Odd Fellows from
all over Georgia are here to-day, attend
ing the annual encampment which met
at 0 o’clock this morning.
A business session was held this morn
ing, and the reports submitted show an
Increase of 40 pci cent, in membership
and 50 per cent, revenue sinco the last
annual meeting.
-The encampment elected the follow
ing officers for tintensulog year:
Grand Patriarch, Je«se T. Kenyon, of
Atlanta; Grand High Priest, A. N.
Manncy, of Ssvnnnnh; Grand Senior
Warden, M. O. Berry, of Columbus;
Grand Junior Warden, tleo. Rnkestraw,
of Gainesville;Grand Scribe, John O.
Deity, of Macon; Grand Treasurer, S. H.
Hall, of Atlanta; Grand Marshal, G. W.
Rush, of Brunswick’; Representative to
the Foreign Grand Lodge, C. A. Roby,
of Augusta
The reports submitted show about 5,-
000 members of tho Encampment In
Georgia.
Delegates continue to arrive by every
train to attend the meeting of the Grand
Lodge of the Order, which will be con
vened at 9 o’clock to-morrow morning.
The Nem In D*8oto.
DkSoto, August 17.—Mrs. J. J. Sloan,
who has been spending some time with
her father, returned home Sunday, 18th
last.
Dr. Frank L. Cato, who has been'
speoding some time with hts parent* at
the Plain*, returned home this morning,
greqtly to the delight of hi* many friends
in DeSoto.
Mr. C. C, Stuart of New Jersey Is
stopping at the Hutol DeSoto.
Mr. J. L. Butler returned home Fri
day last after a pleasant visit to hia
parents at Ty Ty, Ga.
Mr. Butler alto visited Brunswick,
when be took In St. SlmAn’a and other
aoenery. He reports an enjoyable
time.
Mr. R. H. Davis, of Cordele, spent
several days In DeSoto the past week.
Mr. P. J. Luke bad his thumb badly
maabed one day the past week, from the
effects ot which be has suffered greatly,
but is now Improving.
To Tak* tho Convicts Book.
Nashville, August 18.—The sub
lessee* of the prisoner* now at Brieeville
to-day made application to the board of
prison Inspectors to have the order for
the removsl of the convicts from Brice-
ville rescinded.
The board, however, refused to modify
thslr order, and the matter will possibly
b* taken to tho courts.
'Wm. O’Brien, M. P„ having, through
be kindhees of hi
Freight Agent of the S.A.M.
From The Montgomery Advertiser wo
glean the following:
In railroad circle* yesterday it was
talked that Mr. Leo McLendon was go
ing to be appointed freight agent of the
S. A. M. road in this city ss soon ns that
road was in regular operation.
Mr. McLendon la now traveling freight
and passenger agent of that road, with
headquarters at Columbus. He occu
pied he same position with the Central
road, at Savannah, prior to his accept
ance of the present position.
Mr. Adams of the Construction com-
wMch he began writing while in prie
tbe kindness of his wife's
taped the net of insolvency in which he
bed become involved, and thereby
preserved his place In parliament, has
retired to'the west coast of Ireland to .. i.„-i
complete a noVel on Irish subject., p * 4y ' '• n<»w acting as local agent for
the rood. The shipment* over the road
The O’Brien* have taken a pleaeant cot* at present congfat of consignment* to the
ttgwatm pkce once convenient and different camps along the lice.