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AMERICUS. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 1891. NUMBER 127: The Greatest Midsummer Sale Dry Goods, Notions, AND CLOTHING EXTRA SESSION. TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE AGAIN IN HARNESS. The Tennessee LegHIetnre Meet. In an Extra Session to Make Some Disposal of the State's Convict Labor—Reading of Gov. Buchanan's Menage AND TIIE Grandest Reduction in Prices Ever known in the history of our trade, commences to-morrow (Monday) morning at GEORGE 0. 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 ARE GOING TO GIVE AWAY DOMESTICS TOGETHER 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. L All our Sc Figured ChalHe* to go at per yJ All our 12^e 44 44 44 8c per yd, All our 8c .Standard Calicoes * 4 5c per yd. All our 7c Printed Victora Lawn* at per yd, All o«ir 8c White Lawn* (yd. wide) at 5c per yd. All our8c White Check Nainsook at 5c per yd, Stock of above will not last long at such prices, so come early or yon will be disappointed. NOS LOOK! 5c This is the Biggest FIVE CENT Bargain Ever You Saw. 5c NOTTINGHAM CURTAIN LACE. T w« got-scooped; some time ago in the purchase of a big lot of Nottingham Lace for cur tains: We have been asking from 20 to 40e per yajd, but the goods linger with us longer than we like, so in order to moW^iem right ont and at the same tfme give you an A No. 1 BARGAIN" wepfirt with the entire lot at 5jP£R YASO 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 onr 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 onr 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 FORCE here|and we will refuse NO REASONABLE OFFER for anything yon may need in onr line. Cannot you save somethin! by trading with Geo. D. Wheatley Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave., AMEBICUS, GEORGIA. Nashville, Sept. 1.—The Tennessee legislature assembled in extra session with nearly a full attendance. Gov ernor Buohaauu's message was sent in early, and read to both houses. It is devoted, almost exclusively, to the pen itentiary question, and reviews at length the recent conflict between free and convict labor at Briceville. He furnishes a great mass of infor mation on tlie prison system of other states, and he very urgently places be fore the assembly the fact that the present outs;*,ken demand from the people shonld be met by gome action that will afford relief from the competi tion of convict with free labor. He fa vors uu amendment to the criminal laws so that counties shall hereafter retain prisoners convicted of petit lar ceny and minor offenses. This would reduce the number of convict* over 50 per cent., a* there are 808 minor felony convicts now in prison. He says the trouble at Briceville emphasizes the need of the state for a new prison. He discusses the four different sys tems of prison management, and shows what should be done towards adopting either. Go vein nr Buchanan seems to favor the state account system in case the criminal laws are amended and a farm shonld he purchased. If, however, the criminal laws are not to he amend ed, the state should purchase or lease the coal and iron lands not now leing developed, locate the prison thereon, and employ the convicts in mining coal and iron and manufacturing iron. If the lease system uinst stand, he recom mends that an effort be made to arrange a modification of the lease contract so as to restrict convicts to one or two mines, one each of coal and iron to he worked exclusively by convicts, and that such mines he in new fields not yet entered by free labor. The feature of the lease system affecting fr- e labor most injuriously is the privilege of the lessee to employ convicts in all mines without restriction, convict labor being made a scourge to drive free labor to terms. This was the cause of the Brice ville trouble. A lengthy report of the Briceville trouble is given. The power of the prison inspectors should oe defined and mcreased, so that t hey may say how und where convicts shall be worked. He calls attention to the fact that he has been* criticised for calling out the militia, while the authority of his pre decessors was never questioned, although exercised upon much less imp-trtant occasions, de reminds the legislature that if the lease system Is wiped . ut arrangements most be made for. the ad ditional burden to the state. The main tenance of 1.500 convicts' will cost $200.(XXI per annum: transportation, $501000; and the amount paid by lessees, $100,000: a total of $700,000 for two years, and ndded to this $300,000 for a new prison, making a total of $1,000,000 that must he raised in two yean. If these increased expenditures are made they must he provided for by mcreased taxation, which Bhould he put upon all property alike. The legislature, after hearing the governor's message read, immediately went to work. Bills were introduced ia the sennte.-to remove thu penitentiary from Nashville - and $rect new build ings ; to froridethat convicts sentenced to less'than five years shall be cared for by the counties; that parties, when convicted of a felony for the second time, shall lie sentenced to life impris onment. A resolution was introduced providing for a committee to confer with the lessees of the penitentiary and see under what terms the convicts can he secured for the purpose of erecting a new prison. In the bouse a bill was introduced ipropriating $50,000 for the World's _ sir; prohibiting corporations and firms from issuing scrip to employes. A res olution was offered citing that the lease system is considered injurious to the state; that haring 1,900 convicts in the mines deprives that number of free men of work; that the wealth created by the development of the state's resources goes into the hands of a few New York millionaires, and resolving that a com mittee he appointed to wait on the les sees and ask them to surrender their lease, and that if they refuse that they be asked to take the convicts from the mines and work them inside the walls of the main prison. The HiIdmomi'i Ch»uce. 8rj.Tvt.it. Wash., Sept. 1.—Justice Hanford, ic the case of Chinamen or dered deported to China by United States Commissioner Craney. decided that alt except the first end last sections of the act of September 13, 1888, are in fort*, although the treaty with China was never ratified. Chinamen can now appeal from the commissioner’s decision and 1* tried by district judges. This ia tlie first decision on this law. Ten Chi namen have secured trials and dis charges. ltrutuo McMillan Talks. Washington, Sept 1.—Hon. Bentou McMillan, a candidate for speaker of the next boose, is in Washington, and declares that he is going to win the stakes. Tim Campbell says McMillan has the best showing for the place/and Tim is looked upon as a political oracle in his part of the national district « Home Public Bonding Site Washington. Sept I.—The site for the Borne. Ga., public building is deter mined, although no official sanction lias beenwritten np to this time. Secretary Crounse. of the treasnry, .-aid that he bad about decided to fay tlie K. A -aw«*i» corner, near the Annstroug hotel. L *head of the family. CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES, Domestic au4 Foreign and of General Interest. The cashier of the Bank of England declares that there is no truth in the rumor circulated to the effect that the bank had been robbed of a very large sum of money. The Italians of Brunswick, Ga., have been served with a notice to leave the town within five days. This warning was brought about by the outrageous conduct of some among their number. The Journal of the Chamber of Com merce at Baris, states that tlie Belgian government proposes to declare Antwerp and other Belgian ports free ports, aim ing hi make Belgium the warehouse of Europe. Tlie Berlin correspondent of the Lon don Times says the British man-of-war Eapiegle consented tocarrv Balmaceda's silver only after an American man-of- war had declined tempting offers to per form tue same service. The coroner's jury has completed its j inquest over the big wreck near States ville, N. C. They find that it is the ; work of rntmlarers. The railroad com pany is censured for runuing at a high rate of speed across bridges. Boys smoking cigarettes set fire to the barn belonging to Joseph F. Flack, five miles west of Iudianapolis, Ind., and sixteen head of horses and mules were included in the general destruction. Loss $3,000; insurance $1,800. Tillman, cashier of the defunct Falls City hank of Louisville, Ky., is at Windsor, Canada. He is registered at a hotel in his own name, Hnd is indig nant over the report that he is a fugitive and denies that there ia any shortage whatever. A Dearborn, Mich., special says: As the limited express east was rnnnini through here at full speed it struck am instantly killed John Ruttiman und his 7-year-old daughter os they were walk ing across the track. Both were fear fully mangled. It is estimated at the treasury de partment at Washington that there has been an increase of over $0,000.1X10 in cash holdings since Aug. 1, representing decrease of the public debt to that amount, according to the old form of debt statements. The mayor of Jesnp, Ga., was attack ed by a negro anned with a rifle, but before the burly brute got in his work the mayor hail a dead negro in town with liis lioots on. The mayor begun his job with a pistol and did the finish ing touches with a pocket knife. A Vienna dispatch says that an im mense landslide is in progress in the valley of tlie Drave, terming a dam across Lienzer gorge. Tlie inhabitants ot the mountain slopes escaped, and a host of men are working day and night to make a passage for the imprisoned waters. On Mav S, Rnfns Holt deliberately shot and killed Pleas Holt and William Haldway near Newport, Tenn., in S uarrel over an acre of (pound granted laldwav in a court decistou. The mur derer escaped and was not seen nutil ,hnuday night when be surrendered him sejf to Sheriff Allen of Locke county. It is expected in London that Bal- mneeda Trill'soon join the list of exiled ex-monarchs, and ^-presidents in France. His family left Santiago seme months ago and aresaid tobe,in Buenos Avres awaiting his arrival in tile event defeat. Bd .is also said to have for- WNTilod • about half ft toillion dolliui is gold to lxindon two months ago on bis own private account. Switaffttnd’ has heeti startled by an other serious railway accident—the third within a few months. This time an express train 'entering the railroad sta tion at Zurich, the cupital of the canton of that name, dashed into a train that was Iviug shunted in order to let it pass. Four of the passenger cars of the tram that was being shunted were wrecked and many passengers injured. WILL RUN AGAIN. GOVERNOR HILL DESIRES I TERM OF OFFICE latest Developments In the Near York Democratic Political Fleld-Bon. Tim Campbell Confirms the Statement that Hill le In for Governor. At Lancaster, Pa, Ella O'Connor, a continuously. the time the malady began until it left her completely prostrated, the child got sleepy only when it was induced by artificial means. She took but little nourishment, and so exhausted was she that even yet her recovery is not as- ar*t At a conference at Leeds of delegates from the various labor union organiza tions of Great Britain, representing 50.000 workmen, a motion to form a fedoation of unions of skilled and un skilled workmen was approved. Subse quently a committee was appointed to organize the federution. L uions com prising a membership of 1 Id,000 men have already announced their adher ence to the new movement. It was rumored in New York that ex-Congresstnan William L. Scott, the S reat horse breeder, had died while ring remove-1 from Erie, Pa., to New port, R. L The rumor could not be confirmed, but several turfmen bad heard the same thing, and there were gome who asserted definitely that the report of Scott’s death was true. If it be trne. the great stable of thorough breds will toon be thrown into the tnar- A Phoenix, Ariz., special says that the effect of the Edmunds act is that all the Mexicans in the country are get- matrimonial I some white people did not deem it nee-1 essary in many inftances to go to the priest but made little ceremony about it In many instances Mexicans who have families ot grown-up children are getting the papers and marrying ac cording to form of law. C. E. Monfort and wife, who live at 310 First street, Denver, Colo., will soon be in possession of a neat little fortune. Thev ‘estimate it at about $5,000,000. The wife fa n joint heir to an English estate said to be worth about $100,ixx>,- It is the Smallwood estate, which been, without * ciaimaxt for more ■o centuries, and since 1860 has -he English chancery court. I.eirs to the estate are the .Is of Cincinnati, Mrs. Mon- a -laughter of William Small- Washington, September 1.—There is no longer any concealment of the fact that Governor Hill, of New York, de sires to run for a third term and give Roswell Flower the eenatorship. Of course the governor has not de dared himself openly, but of the actions of his friends speak volumes and point to only one conclusion. Hon. Tim. Campbell was in Washington and he confirmed the suspicion that Flower was not in the gubernatorial race hut that Hill was. Mr. Campbell is for Cleveland for president, and he declares that Hill can't make the inning even if he gets a third tenn for governor. IN THE TOILS. An Innocent Mnn Sent to the Pen. f-ir An- other'. Crime. Memphis, Tenn.. Sept. 1.—An Instance of a man suffering for another’s sin has jnst comes to light here. Last Novem ber Thomas Garvey, for many years an office-holder in this connty, died in local hospital, to which he had been moved from the hoarding house of Mrs. Mary H. Lemmon, the wife of a well- known contractor. It was known that when taken ill Garvey had over $100 in money and n fine gold watch and chain. After hla death neither money nor watch could he found. A negro named Charles Dickinson, who had worked in the Iswirding house, was arrested and convicted. He was given the extreme penalty, ten years in the penitentiary. A few days ago a local detective saw the Garvey watch in the hau-ls of a dealer in second-hand goods. The man said he had bought it from Mrs. Lem mon. When taxed with having taken the watch she admitted it, but cluimed she did so hecanse Garvey owed her for board. She denied all knowledge of the money. In view of this revelation the governor will be asked to pardon Dick inson. He Had Seen Iletter Days. Fort Worth. Tex., Sept. 1.—Max Knbn, a bartender, was found dead in his lied here. He had been nnwell for several days, but was not thought to be in any danger. Among his effects were fonna letters showiughe had seen better days. He had a son in good circum stances at Omaha. One of the letters authorizes him to pr- ctico law in the supreme c-onrt of Ohio. Kuhn waa bnried as a panper. * He Hits Disappeared. Baltimore, Md„ Sept. 1.—David Rnth. of the firm of Rath & Son, tin can inimnfiictnrera of thia city, disap peared from his home August 20th, since which time nothing has been seen or heard of hitn. His relatives and friends fear his mind became' unbal anced over famines* troubles and lie hat committed suicide. SEVEN RIFLES, With Desperate Them. Men Behind Canon City, Col., September 1.— Seven men held up the cast-bound Rio Grande train No. 4 last night, near Coto paxi. The highwaymeD compelled the flag man at Texas creek to give up all the torpedoes in bis possession and also forced him to flag the train. As soon as it stopped the engineer and fireman were deliberately held np at the point of a rifle. Fireman Auer waa re lieved of bia fine gold watch, and then at tho muzzle of seven ri tics he was forced to pick the lock and break In the doots of the baggage car under fire from the express messenger, who knew that something was wrong as soon as’the train was stopped. The mall car doors were all broken out, but nothing was taken from it. Express Messenger Angel made a determined resistance and used a revolver to good advantage, but whether any one was killed or not is not definitely known, as be was compelled to shoot through the glass portion of the dour. The tight was a fierce one, though it only lasted a few moments. Then one of the masked men placed the cold muz- zle of the revolver against bis temple, and under pressure of a threat against his life, be opened the safe door. The highwaymen took $3,000 from the strong box. Horses were In readiness, and as soon as the tobbery was accomplished they fled to the Wet Mountain valley. They did not disturb the passengers, evidently not wishing to stay longer on the ground than the actual necessities of the occa sion demanded. A posse was summoned by the sheriff and left for the scene at once. The sheriff got together all the men he could snmmou on such short' notice. The; are all, however, men who have seen service, and will make a lively chase after the brigands. Trinidad has been wired to for the noted hounds that have been instrumen tal already in running down several criminals. They are to be hurried to the scene on special train and put on the trail as soon aa possible. With the efforts being made It la nut likely that the daring robbers can escape. THE LEGISLATURE. x«cro College Commit,Ion. Atlanta, 6a,, September L—To-day the commissioners of the colored Indus trial school for youths, met at the cap- Itot Id the state library. The commission is composed of Hon, Peter Meldrim of Savannah, president; Jndgo W.R. Hammond of Atlanta, stcre tary; Mr. Felder of Americua, and Mayor Cline of Milledgeville. The board waa engaged all the morn ing in routine work of a private nature. They will hold a meeting this afternoon to eleot teachers. The principal of the school will very likely be R. R. Wright of Augusta, a very Intelligent negro, and who la iu very hearty sympathy with the object of the school. All of the teachers will be negroes. Mr. George Parsons of New York, a wealthy gentleman, has donated ten acres of land, upon which is a fine building, to this Institution, located near Savannah, It It expected to open the school there about October 1. A Clever Trick. Darien, Ga., August 31.—Charley Turner, the negro who was sent np the country a few days ago, tried a small dodge to keep the officer from coming to Darien. While Charley waa confined In jail here he wrote a letter back to a friend at Abbeville, In which be impart ed the distressing news that the yellow fever and smallpox were raging in Darien, and that It would be impossible for him to leave bere just now, owing to the strict quarantine. The letter, of course, dropped into the bands of the officer, jnst where Charley wanted it to drop, but the dodge did not work worth a cent, as the officer wasn’t going to let a little tblng like that keep him from visiting tbe breezy seacost. It is true that he found Charley quarantined (In jail), but tbe yellow fever and small pox bad flown before he arrived, leaving Turnor to “face the music.” Various Matters of Interest that Game Cp Ttils Mornlnc* Atlanta, September 1.—The joint resolution by Mr.Willlams of Richmond, directing the governor to appoint three competent attorneys to revise the crim inal laws of the state, was put on Its passage this morning. Mr. Williams stated that the commit tee appointed for that purpose had found that the laws were badly in need of re vision. The substitute by tbe committee also provided that these commissioners should be entitled to $2,500 each for their servetes, Wheeler of Walker offered an amend ment making the amonnt $2,000, This amendment was adopted. He then of fered another amendment, fixing their compensation at $1,550, which was also adopted. An amendment by Mr. Wheeler, mak ing tbe commission to consist of two members, was offered and voted down. Tne resolution was passed as amended. Dr. Baldwin Introduced a bill this morning providing for pensioning in digent soldiers. A petition was circulated in the bouse asking that Col. Llvingatpn and Hon. Tom Watson address tbe people in the hall at an early date. A bill passed the house requiting that all agents engaged In lending money in this state for foreign companies, shall pay taxes aa it their employers were residents of tbe state. A resolution was passed paying mem bers mileage for tbe present session! Burglars at Work In DeSoto. DeSoto, Ga., September 1.—[Special.) ■Friday night last some man, or men, [entered the stores of E. S. Ferguson and Simmons A Bagley and burglarized them. I The first entrance effected was at [Ferguson’e place, which waa forced open at the front door and a large safe weighing 500 or 000 pounds was taken from it. A wagon had been provided Iby the bnrglare, who drew the vehicle to the store by hand, and then had tbe immaculate gall to take Mr. Ferguson’s horse from tbe stable and harness to the Logon so aa to remove tbe safe. ■Hr. Ferguson's loss was $230 in cash and about $800 In valuable papers. After baring looted Ferguson's store the thieves broke into Simmons & Hag- ley's store, a block away, and took all tlie small change in tlie casli drawer, amounting to about $6. Although a watchman Is employed at the mills, whicli are within 200 feet of Ferguson'a store, no one heard the burglars forcing an entrance. Detective W. B. Jones of Atlanta has Xpurapon Better. noon, September 1.—Rev. Charles Spurgeon, ofjMetropolltan Tabernacle, who has been seriously 111 for a long time past, and who yesterday suffered a a relapse has rallied from the fit of weakness which overcame him, and ltb hoped he wiR continue to gain strength, been employed to run down the thieves.