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VOLUME t
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1891.
NUMBER 131
The Greatest Midsummer Sale
Dry Goods, notions
and—
CLOTHING
A HORRIBLE SCENE.
AND THE
Grandest Reduction in Prices
Ever known in the history of onr 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 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. wneaiiBy’s.
All our <e Figured CballlM lo go ptryd.
All onr 12)# “ " “ to per yd,
All our go Standard Calicoes “ to per yd.
All onr 7e Printed victor* Lawns mt l'/ic per yd.
All onr 80 White Lews* lyd.wlde) »t Sc per yd.
All onrti Whit. Check Nmlnaook olio per yd.
Stock of above will not last long at such prices, so come early or yon
will be disappointed.
NOV LOOK! 5c
This is the Biggest
FIVE CENT
Sergela Ever Ton Sow.
5c
NOTTINGHAM CURTAIN LACE. We got "scooped" some
time ago in the purchase o( a big let of Nottingham Lace for cur-
s: We have been asking from 20 to 40o per yard, but the goods
Jilh no’lnn mvrthnn' we* Tike bo in order to move them right around liis body and come ont'ofhis
Unger with us longer tnan we iwe, bo »u unto, e The otl / er bnllet , mly m , ltle ,
out and at the samo tfme give you an A No. I BAHuaiii we pan witn me i(Jgbt flwb wounJ in bjg Ieft % llIe H „
entire lot at swore tit them in a horrible manner.
The deputies dragged the struggling
man to the court yard and lifted him
on the gallows. He refused to stand,
and they placed him ti]>on a chair. As
he sat there he presented a revolting
sight. He was dressed only in shirt
and trousers. His hands and face were
covered with blood which ulso stained
his shirt, and blood streamed through
hissings. He cursed and swore at the
deputies, cried and screamed for mercy
and shrieked in terror. Finally he was
told to get np and stand upon the drop.
He ret used, and four deputies held him
up while the rojw was being adjusted.
The black cap was placed over his head,
and screaming, cursing and blasphem
ing. lie shot through tne ofieniug at ex*
the city, and our prices beyond the reach of »ctJy 8s-'i “'clock. U>* br,jken
53 PER YARD THIS WEEK.
We cannot mention hero any SPECIAL PRICES on everything
we have to offer, but remember in reading the foregoing, tliot PRO
PORTIONATE and SWEEPING REDUCTION IN PRICES will
be tho order of this wook in every department of onr store.
OUlt STOCK OF
Handkerchiefs. Hosiery, Ribbons, Laces, Em
broideries, Corsets and (doves
Wo guarantee tho host in
competition.
Housekeepers will find it to their interest to inspect our lino of
TABLE LIKENS, 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 sunply
'l UNAPPROACHABLE from the standpoint of compe-
tition.
here^an^vre vrilfreftoe * NC^^EASONARi^^FTER anything
you may need in our line.
Cannot you save somethin? by trading
with
HOW A DYING MAN WAS CARRIED TO
THE CALLOWS
The Execution of Loul. Hulling nt Seven,
neh, Mu.—Shat Hltn»lf With A Fletol
Ju.t Before Meeting Hie Doom—A Prle.t
Arretted for Pnrni.hlng the Wenpon.
Kansas City, 8ept. 5.—The history of
the gallows tells no more hideous etory
than that of the execution of Louis
Bulling, the St. Joseph wife murderer
at Savannah.
Up to a few days ago Bulling seemed
cheerful and hopeful in the face of his
approaching death. He had twice be
fore cheated the gallowa by Jail break,
ing. He reasoned that a chance still re
mained. To it might be added two
others—commutation cf the sentence or
guicide. One of these chances failed,
Early lost week it was discovered that
Bulling had planned to break jail the
third time. Steel saws were found in
his cell and they were taken away from
him. A perpetual guard was kept over
him, and oil visitors were searched be
fore being permitted to enter.
All means of escape were cut off and
then the doomed man sent for his father
and mother, and pleaded with them to
appeal to the governor for a commuta
tion of the sentence. The faithful
parents went to Jefferson City and had
several personal interviews with Gov
ernor Francis,' but the governor was
firm in his decision' not to interfere.
Still the parents did not lose heart.
They made another call on the
eruor, and pleaded for their son's
The governor would not Interpose.
Then Mr. and Mrs. Balling telegraphed
their son the governor’s decision, and
followed the message to Savannah.
They had an affecting routing from the
doomed man. When Bulling’s second
chance for life disappeared he broke
down completely, when he received
from his parents the message that the
governor was obdurate, be fainted. He
was a confirmed opium eater and dur
ing the night be waa given large dose*
of the drug. It failed to have its ac
customed effect, and the condemned
mnrderer slept less than two hours dur
ing the entire night. Rev. Augustus
Lavake. during Balling’s waking hoars,
spent the time in rending the Bible ana
waving. exhorting Bulling to confess
lis sins and receive baptism.
Sheriff Berry had set the honr for ex-
excut ion nt 10 a. m. When he went to
the cell at B o'clock to prepare Bailing
for the scaffold, the doomed man plead
ed so piteously for an extension of u few
hours, that the sheriff yielded and gave
hhu until 3 o'clock to Uvc. Bulling ate
breakfaat and spent the rest of the time
in pleading with the sheriff for inercy,
and attending to religi. us exercises con
ducted by the Rev. Lavake. He still
bad a faint hope of commutation, hot
at noon submitted to the baptismal cer
emony and received the sacrament.
When 9 o'clock arrived he renewed his
applications to the sheriff, and pleaded
or one hour more. The sheriff granted,
tvqueet. The sheriff tlun retired,
caving the murderer with Mr. Lavake.
at the same time removing the guard
from the cell door, at Bolling's request
to be left with bis spiritual adviser.
The stillness of the jail was broken
only by the voice of the priest, when
suddenly two shots rang out. The
sheriff ran to the celL The priest lay
on the floor. At bis side lav Bulling,
weltering in his own blood, which flowed
from wonnds in bis breast. He had
•hot himself twice with a revolver, and
the priest had fainted. An examination
of Balling’s body showed that one of
the bullets had entered the left breast,
and, glancing from a rib, bad passed
Xor. Lamar St and Cotton Ave.,
A.MBB.ICT7S, GEORGIA.
Uie fall and lie died almost instantly.
Rev. Mr. Lavake hah been arrested for
giving Hulling the pistol with which he
attempted suicide. He declines to be
interviewed. Bulling’s cell was thor
oughly searched and no weapon .was
found. The only persons admitted to
the cell since that time were a newspa
per man, the deputies and Rev. Mr. La
vake. Suspicion fell upon the latter.
A City with Hut One llouoe.
Mascoitaii, Uls., Sept. 4.—There is a
modi'st clnb house on the high banks of
the Kusku.kia nver, five miles southeast
of here. It is the only building in the
platted city city of Highlands. The city
was platted by Captain Pensonean, a
shrewd Frenchman, thirty-five years
ago, and a great many lots were sold in
New York and the east at fancy prices,
and they have no doubt been wafting all
these years expecting to find themselves
possessors of valuable property in a
thriving western city. The lots were
sold for taxes long ago, and a backwoods
farmer now raises fine corn, cabbage
and pots toes _ppon them-
To Mallary a Peculiar Wilt
Atchison, Kas., Sept. 5.—Mrs. Laura
E. Fulton and her htuband. John C.
Fulton, for a divorce. Abandonment
and gross neglect of dnty are charged.
Mr*. Fulton is heiress to a fortune of
ass,000 in London, England, but on ac
count of a provision of the will of her
‘uncle she has as yet been unable to get
the money. The provision is that she
shall live in wedlock with an honorable
man a year. She only lived with Fal
lon three months. The story of the
will l.'c lawn wi.lely circulated by the
Fulton Uvea in Denver.
AFFAIRS IN CHILI.
THE COUNTRY SETTLED DOWN TO
QUIET AND ORDER.
Tbs Congrstalst tons of other Governments
Received — tlelmaeedn'e Note. Made
Least—Property of Schemlns Benk Offl
cl*!. Will B* Conflecated.
New York, Sept. S.—A cablegram to
The Herald from Santiago says affairs
in Chili have almost settled down to
ante bellnrn quiet and order. Nothing
is decided yet regarding the elections,
and the establishment of a constitu
tional government. It will take several
weeks at least before the necessary ar
rangements for this can be completed
and in the meantime Junta will admin
ister the affairs of the country.
The governments of Brazil and Peru
have officially congratulated them on
the victory of the Congressional party
and the restoration of peace.
A decree: (has been issued by Junta
announcing that notes issued during
revolution by Balmaceda be recognized
as legal by the government. Tho in
vestigation gif banks shows many of
Balmacedu's officials have taken care to
feather their nests.
The balances, ranging from (30,000 to
11,000,000, carried in the names of men
known to be poor before the beginning
of the trouble. Such balances will be
confiscated.
THE CRAZY ACTI0N8
Of a Rejected Suitor Crests* s Sensation
st s tVeddtng.
Wooster, O., Sept. 5.—The pleasures
attendant upon the marriage of Charles
Horn and Miss Alice Naftseger were
somewhat marred by the appearance at
the wedding of Frank Pine, a Columbus
printer who hod not been invited. Pine
had a long time been a snitor for the
hand of the bride, also for the hand of
Miss Maud Knoderer of Coltunbus, the
bridesmaid. His actions were queer,
but as he said nothing he was permitted
to stay.
After the wedding bouqnet he with
drew, and was seen to pass around the
residence several times, peering in at
the windows. His actions led to the
belief that the fellow might do some
thing desperate, and an officer was sent
for, bnt Pine disappeared. Just as the
bridal party reached the depot Pine was
discovered hiding beneath a box car.
He was taken to the city prison and
charged with suspicion, to which be
Ted guilty. ' He was fined tl and
costa. When questioned as to hia con
duct he refused to answer. The fellow
is evidently demented.
Want ftenator I’a.iuur to t»pe«K.
Sprinofield, Ills., Sept. 3.—The Iowa
Democratic State Central committee
has extended an invitation to Senator
Palmer to deliver an address at Ot
tumwa on Sept 34. He has not yet
elflnifled bis acceptance of the invita
tion, bnt there is some talk of having
the celebrated "Palmer 101 ” of the OIL
note legislature present, and 1. that ar-
ent be consummated the senator
«t their head, mberwire he will
y decline the invitation, aaba
■as other engagements that wiU make
it inoooveuient to go to Iowa at the
time suggested.
CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES,
Domestic! and Foreign and of General
Interest.
The cotton crop has been greatly
damaged by the recent rains.
October 10 is the day set for unveil
ing the Grady monument in Atlanta.
Captain James Frauklln, Sumter
county, Teun., owner of several famous
horses, has died.
The {incident has nptiointed John S.
Dunham, nt Kentucky, a colored man,
minister to Hnyti.
Frank Danfortb, tho negro who mur
dered liis wife a few mouths since, wns
hanged in tho jail yard nt Augusta, Ga.
The bandits who robbed tile Southern
Baeitic express at Samuels. Tex., se
cured $ 13.000, instead of £3,0)0 as lirst
reported.
A Rome dispatch states tnut tue wipe
was attacks 1 by nn acute visceral de
rangement ana his condition causes
sonic uneasiness to his physicians.
The governor has respited Dick Dun
can for two weeks. He wns to have
lieen hanged at Eagle Pass, Tex., Sept.
3. It waa Duncan who appeuled to the
United States supreme court, bnt whose
anneal was rejected.
The loss by fire at Attnlln. Ala., ag
gregated £<6,700; insurance (33,000. It
is supposed to have originated in Dean's
store, from an exploded lamp. The
burnt district will lie immediately re
built with finer buildings.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade says that business is improving
everywhere nod that prospects are good
for a fine fall and winter trade, and
that the advance in cotton is having a
stimulating effect in the sontb.
Official statistics show that 6,200,000
of rye were exported from Russia to
Prussia between Ang. 0 and 37. Peas
ants near Vilna have murdered the wife
and family of a Jew who bought np sev
eral million roubles' worth of rye.
The body of Mr. Alfred Kennedy of
Tatnall Conner, Ga., was found in Bull
DRAMATIC DOINGS.
WHAT WILL BE OONE IN AMERICUS
THIS SEASON.
A Foil LUt of tho Attractions for This
Winter — Some Readable Paragraphs
About People of the Stage-A Few Notes
as to Northern Managers.
creek shot In 1
badly beaten.
(boulder and able and
The above named man
county and the mnrder is a mystery.
The Ladies' Memorial association,
Rome, Ga., have bought marble head
stones for 855 Confederate soldiers’
graves in Myrtle Hill cemetery. The
soldiers baried there died on the battle
fields near Rome, and were in the
army of Virginia.
Among other things which the
Southern opera house managers are
learning is this, that the pnbllo on the
whole prefers good work to bad, Tha
theory that cheap shows and poor the
atrical work pays beat has bad Its
friends. Time was whan this may even
have been true. Bnt tint time baa gone
by. Tha publlo taste has advanced, and
the manager who clings to the old fal
lacy la doomed. Thlsiia hopeful sign,
and It may lead to great reforms. The
theatrical manipulators In New York
are just as shrewd as most any In tha
market, and when they find that the
Southern opera bouse managers are
tick of trash they will begin to give
them something better. A casual glance
over the long list of splendid attractions
that will greet Amerlcus lovers of the
drama the coming season ctn but be a
convincing argument that Messrs,
Brown & Cain, our enterprising man
agers, mean to give a season replete
with the finest entertainments.
The list, though a very full one, Is by
no means complete. Amerlcus baa es
tablished inch an excellent reputation
with the dramatlo artists, ;tbat they all
are “after us” snd desire to be with us.
Therefore Messrs. Brown A Cain ara
constantly beselgei for dates, which
they will fill in as beat suits their judg
ment.
Some of the stars booked are not
strangers to Americas, but a fine con
ception navpr loses any of its merit by
repetition. Who would not go the sec
ond time to see the matchless Downing
and gaze with rapture upon the excel
lent stage presence of handsome Sal-
vlnl.
The pretty dimples of charming Patti
Rosa have grown none the less bewitch
ing since last she danced before ns, and
so with several splendid comedies wblob
delighted large and appreciative audl
encas bare last season.
James O’Neil, “The Private Secre
tary,” and many of the plays which will
dazzle bahlad ;the footlights here this
wloterhave a national reputation.
Bohemians, society people and the
public at large cannot fall to be aulted
the coming season. The obolceat gems
of art have been selected. Lovers of
oomedy, tragedy, the melo drama and
opera will ha electrified, and tha spec
tacular will he unsurpassed.
Messrs. Brown A Cain ara getting the
opera home In beautiful trim, and de
serve the thanks and patronage of the
public, for they propose to make tbs
most diligent efforts to accommodate
their frlendt, and will giva their per
sonal attention to all details, manage
ment, etc., conneted with tha ope ratio
■asson.
Amaricns has the best name on the
road. Will she sustain her reputation
the oomlng winter? This Tmes-Recor-
der predicts she will, for Americas
always cornea to the front and stands
firm in the line to the last.
The attractions for the season will be
follows;
September 15, 8port McAllister; 17,
Keep It Dark; 25, The Private Secretary
i, A Barrel of Money. October S, Geo,
Wlbon’j Minstrels; 10, Bsrlow’s Min
strels; 13, The Bot'om of the Sea; It,
Herrmann, the Magician; 33, A Breezy
Time; 24, Smith A Fox; 28, The Fast
Mail. November 8, Tho Clemencoau
Case; 10, Conrehl Opera Co,; 12, Tho
Fat Man's Club; 18, Uncle lllram; 21,
Kate Putnam; 24, Field's Minstrels; 21),
Jnrbcau. December 2, Wild Oats; 3,
Milton Nobles; 7, Greenwood Opera Co,;
8, Gayety Girls; 10, Secret Session; 15,
Old Cronle.*; 20, James O'Neill. Janu-
a-y 5, Salvfnl; 8, The Two Johns; 15,
Janauschek;21, Koyco Comedy Compa
ny; 25, The Nabobs. February 4, Ayres;
6, Selden; 13, Little Nuggett; 22, Model
Minstrels; 25, Skipped by the Light of
the Moon. March 2, “Karl” Gardner;
10, Robert Downing. April 12, Dock-
stader’s Minstrels. M. L. Mtrick
THE YOUNG DEMOCRACY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT SUMTER COUN
TY'S) POLITICAL STRENGTH
Will Organise—A Call To Ann* from Mon
Who Moss WhsS They Say—Read Care
fully and Cams So tho Front—This It the
Tims Whan Action I* Hooded.
Another Central Change.
The position of Mlicltlng freight
agent at Amerlout baa been abolished
by the R. A D. railroad management;
and this would leave ont In tha sold the
active and Uva agent, Mr. O. P. Love,
bad not the management provided for
him In another place, as a recognition of
his value to them.
He will be made eupervUor of freight
rate* at the various stations, and will
betides have charge of all freight
wrecks, take charge of the goods, rebill
snd reahlp them, and take sccountof
the shortage* snd losses.
This Is* new position on the Central,
•nd has been created for Mr. Love's
special benefit by the management, who
one of the beat citizens of that -wish to retain him, notwithstanding the
abolishment of bis present position.
§3
’ Church Notiee.
Sr. Campbell will bold services at the
isptlst tent this morning at II o'clock,
-Ad to-night at 7:45 o’clock. All friends
snd stronger* in the city are cordially
invited.
The editorial In yesterday's Issue of
Tan Tiues-Recorder headed “The
Young Democracy of Snmter," met with
a generally enthusiastic .response, and
the hearts of the young men of Arnett-
ous were fired with an emotion that ulti
mately ended with an agreement to fol
low the advice of the editoriaL
The yonng men of this city and oonn-
ty will meet next Wednesday night,
September |9tb, at 8 o’clock st | the
Opera house and take formal aoUon in
regard to the formation of a “Yonng
Men’s Democratic Club," and tha nnm-
bar of names that follow shows that
a deep Interest baa been aroused. A
{greater number of names could have
been added to the list If all whose signa
tures were desired oould have been
called upon.
It is hoped that every young man In
the city and connty will enroll hia name
and become a member of “The Young
Men's Dcmocratlo Club of Sumter Coun
ty” and thus form a Mild phalanx of
bold spirits which will march shoulder
to ahonlder, with triumphant banners,
on to victory.
The following la the call:
“We, the undersigned members of the
democratic party within tha oonnty of
Sumter, realise the foroe of the editorial
in Tux Tihxs-Rxcobdxb of September
5,1891, We agree that the Mntimente
of the yonng men are correct and that
they should organize. We subMribe
our names as members of the contem
plated clnb, and request other yonng
democrats to meet at tha opera botue at
8 o'clock p. m., September 9, to form a
Young Hen’s Democratic Clnb of Sum
ter county,"
J. F. Cato, G. M. Dudley, George
Stanfield, C. F. Giddings, J. G. McDon
ald, Jno. W. Shiver, C, H. Shiver, D.
Pearlman, George D. Wheatley, R. L;
McLeod, J. H. Lumpkin, Jaa. L. Mont
gomery, A. T. Rogers, R. T. JoIidsod,
B. T. Adams, H. G. Stanfield, Howell
Cobb, A C Wilson, C. A. Beckwith, A.
S. Poole, F. K. Gardner, W. H. Scar
borough, W, K. Harris, W. J.Jolnor, C,
E. Harris, E.O. Parker, T. J. Wallis, W.
M. Tallin, B. H. JoSMy, P. A. Cstchlngs,
W. C. Russell, Brown Burkhalter, Jno.
B. Neel, Jr., C. D. Rogers, F, McKenna,
J. A. Bivins, Wellborn F. Clarke, Frank ~
A. Hooper, W. H, Kimbrough, D, F.
Davenport, H. Crawford Wheatley, A.
T. Gardner, C. R. Wheatley, R. L. Mo-
Math, J. N. Carter, Lee Allen, J. W. L.
Daniel, W. F. Mlm«,J W. L. Chlldera,
John B. Ansley, Cbaa. Smith, W. P.Hor-
ntdy, J. a Foster, W. K. Bell, a E.
Byrd, H. L. Mize, T. J; Baliden,
J. A. IfoRsa, T. H. Boone, H. T, Bivins,
Baa. Lanier, a C. Elam, a D. Cobh, W.
T. Reagan, W. Henry Smew, J. D.
Avers, W. 8. Avers, H. a Walker, Thos.
a Slappey, Jno. P. Butt, C. B. Green, J.
T. Stallings, J, J. Hanesly, Lynn Fort,
E. D. Ansley, H. C. Davis, A. J. Carter,
T. M. Cobb, C. A. Snider, T. B. West
brook, U. W. W. Oliver, U. Mom*, O.
E. Lowe, a F. Nehrlng, B. H, Mayo, J,
a French, Ed. N. Wood, M. N. Ed
wards/S. a Sims, H, J, Carroll, Lao
Aycock, N. S. Hawkins, Edgar F. Hin
ton, Walter K. Wheatley, E. H. Cotta, ‘
J. B. Fitzgerald, W. E. Staley,
Arthur Rylander, T. N. Hawkea, W. C.
Furlow, S. B. Stanfield, John a Schmidt,
J. A. Davenport, Hugh M. Brown, L.
Cooper, G. W. Bacot, W. C. Carter, n.
A. Harris, C. L. Oliver, W. C. Toole, J.
a Oliver, It. T. Castleberry,-a J. Sher
lock, R. L. Sullivan, J. T. Cotnoy, L. C.
Bell, T. McO. Gamble, W. D. Bailey,
Chas. Schuhart, J. a Cameron, M. M.
Guerry, A. B. Glover, T. S. Glover, a J.
Williams, Jaa. A. Goodwin, WiU a
Hansford, W. S. Underwood, Clem Wll-
dor,'John H. Rodgers, a A. Hogue, W.
J. Slappey, K. C. West, J. W. Jolly, a
G. English,Ed L. Murray,B. H. McMatb,
a J. McMatb, a M. Addison, W. O.
Johnson, J. R. Scmmcs, A. A. Mathis,
John C. Nicholson, W. M. Argue, J. W.
Wallis, a T. Anglin.
Presbyterian Ctmrcb.
The rcgu'ar services at the Presbyte
rian church will be resumed to-day.
There will be preaching by the pastor at
11 s^m. and 7:45 p. m. All tha mam-
ben of the church are specially urged to
be present at the morning setrice. The
Sunday school will meet at 030 a. m.
One of the Favored.
Hr. J. G. McDonald of Ton Times
Recorder force, waa one of the favored
yesterday. Ha was tha recipientof a
beautiful floral gift, which came from a
Murce that prompts the^tenderest emo
tions of this young gentleman’s heart
Death of Mr. Oakley’s Child.
Mr. Is. F. Oakley’s little girl, whose
illness has been noticed in these columns
recently, died last Friday night The
family has the sympathy of many
friends.