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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. VOLUME 1 AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11891. NUMBER 139 The Greatest Midsummer Sale MCRDERERS MOBBED. Dry (foods, Notions, CLOTHING Grandest Reduction in Prices Ever known in the history of our 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. ! +:. , p f -j. j r ,. .. WE ARE GOING- 'TO-' THE GILLILAND BROTHERS HANGED BY INFURATED LYNCHERS. The Slayer* of the Sheriff of Pulaski County Die at the Hand* of a Mob—They Meet Their Fate With Nerve and Make No Confession. Somerset, Sept. 15.—A mob, supposed to have come from Whiteley and Lau rel counties entered the jail, here and took out the Gilliland brothers, who murdered the sheriff of Pulaski county last Saturday aud lynched them. The sheriif and chief of police with ten men resisted the first attack of the mob, which was made at about l a. m.. but upon the last attack the officers saw it was use less to further resist the demands of the mob for their victims. The jailer was called to the door and overpowerel by the nn.b, and the keys were taken from him. The prison was soon ojKiued and tilt* prisoners were taken out and handed. The Gilliland’s asked only time to knell mid pray, but their requests met witli the angry curses and Je^rs of the mob: 1 The crowd 1 could secure' no con fession trout their .victims j,who, \ver9 g'iunezo the end.*' I CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES. Domestle and Foreign and of General Interest. The Southern Afternoon Press asso ciation held its fourth nminul session at Dallas, Tex. In a prise light at Peoria, Ills., be tween a negro anl a Chinaman, the latter was victorious. Manuel I. Morales of San Salvador, is on his way to Washington to negotiate a reciprocity treaty with this country. Representative Catchings of Missis sippi, stated in Washington that lie thought Crisp would be the next speaker in the house. GIVE AWAY DOMESTICS f TOGETHER WITH ALL OUR Calicoes, tiinghams. Muslins, Challies. Action* oT the Ifnrro<l»1mr£ Harbodsburo, Ky., Sept. 15.—A mob here rescued' a prisoner from ths jail, add a big riot ensiled.' The authorities attempting toeffect his recapture, caused a terrible battle. The militia has been ordered ont by the governor. VIRTUALLY A PRISONER. SUMMER DRESS GOODS AT COST And LESS THAN COST if necessary, to THAN COST if necessi 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 Bed. D. Wheatley's. All our 8c Figured ChnllieH to go nt per yd AlJourlSVaC ** “ “8c per yd. Allour8c Htiindurd Callf’oot “ 5c per yd All our 7c Printed Vletofn Lawns nt 3‘^c reryd All o ,r 80 White Lbwuk (yd wide) at 5c per yd. A1' our 8c White Chock Nainsook at 5c per yd Stock of above will uot last long at such prices, so come early or yon will bo disappointed. NOW LOOK ! 5c This is the Biggest FIVE CENT Bargain Ever You Saw. NOTTINGHAM CURTAIN LACS. T ,1 L fnv nil. time ago m the purchase of a big lot of Nottingham Lace for cur tains: We have been.asking from 20 to 40c per yard, but the goods linger with us longer than we like, so in order to movo them right out and at the same tftne give you an A No. 1 BARGAIN we part with the entire lot at 5o PER YARD THIS WEEK. We cannot mention hore 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 our store. OUR STOCK OF Handkerchiefs; Hosiery, Ribbons, Laces, Em broideries, Corsets aud Gloves King Charles Under the Charge of His Own Scheming Ministers. London, Sept. 15.—From Vienna comes the startling information that King Charles of Ronmania is virtually a prisoner of his own ministers and that a scheme is on foot to drive him to abdicution. The king has at heart been with the qneen in her desire to bring about the marriage of the crown prince and Mile. Vaearesco; but he was over borne by his ministers, and for fear that he may relent and give way to the wishes of his almost dying wife a deputation of the ministers follows him everywhere, and he was not even per mitted. when lie went to Yenie r -, to see the qneen without the presence of a member from the ministry. The explanation of this is that the ministry favors Russia and believes that with King George off tiie throne they could better carry ont their schemes ior tiie Rnssianlzntion of the kingdom, as a tool in the hands of the czar. King diaries has a strong hold on tlio loyalty and devotion of tiie Roumanians. Tin’s cannot lie said of the crown prince, who is nut the king’s son, but the son of his brotn. r, introduced from Germany as heir to the throne, and therefore, un connected with the traditions and mem ories which make King Charles loved by tiio people. His overthrow would mean tiie overthrow of his dynasty and the substitution of a Russian protec o- rnte. As King Charles, however, Oo longs to a branch of the (.mirth impe rial family, it is not likely that the emperor ' and his ally, Francis Joseph, would view with tiie indifference the overthrow of a Holienzolieru. The strikes in Milan have ended, and work lias been resumed in the factories. Twenty anarchists have been arrested for inciting the strikers. George Jackson got lost in the Bad Lands in northern Montana, and was nine davs without food or shelter, being almost dead when discovered. The Farmers' Alliance in Minnesota and North and South Dakota have is- sneil a circular asking the farmers to hold back their wheat for better prices. Thirty deaths occurred in Shelbyville, Ind., from diphtheria. The public schools have been closed. Physicians are alarmed at the malignity of tile dis- sase. The national committee of the World' Fair have arrivel in New York. They report that every country in Europe, with tile exception of Italy, will be rep. lesonted. Payments on exposition stock sub- scriptious are coming in very rapidly in Chicago now. The two heaviest days were Aug. 81 and Sept. 1, upon which $100,000 was paid in, A Swedish captain has started in a rowboat to row from Gntlieiibnrg to Hamburg and thence to Londou. The attempt was considered very foolhardy, and efforts were made to prevent it. The physicians of John Fitzgerald, president of the Irish National Lei of America, say he will survive attack of congestion of the brain, but admit that mentally he will never bo himself again. The police of Bambnrg, S. C.. are very sure the suspect they nave locked np is Tascott, the mnrderer of the Chi cago millionaire. The man who reveal ed identity says he has followed him for two years. Colonel Polk's speeches in Kansas have excited considerable criticism, and the statement that he went into the rebel cause dnring the war to use his inilnence for the unionists has not met with mnen commendation. The engagement is announced at San Francisco of Miss Harriett Pullman, daughter of George M. Pullman of Chi cago, to Frank J. Carnlnn, n prominent society man of that city. The wedding will occur in Chicago next spring. Orth Stein is • in Griffin, G.i., to an swer the charge of forgery made by the ANOTHER BIG BLAZE. THE OLD ADVERTISER ESTABLISH MENT BURNED TO ASHES New York Has Another Conflagration It Starts In a Tailoring Establlnhment— Flames Soon Got Beyond Control—Occn pants Scramble for Life. CONVICTS STRIKE. We guarantee the best in the city, and our 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 TDfBE FOUND, and OUR PRICES always have been Bimply UNAPPROACHABLE from the standpoint of compe tition. « Onr determination to reduce stock APPLIES WITH FORCE here, and weTuTrefuse NO REASONABLE OFFER for anything you may need in onr line. Cannot you save something by trading with Geo. Cor. Lamar St. andflCotton Ave., AMEKICTTS, GEORGIA. They Throw Down Their Tools and De mand Hetter Treatment. San Francisco, Sept. 15.—Tiie con vict 8 in the jute mill nt San Qnentin have struck. Xearly 200 prisoners threw down their tools and defied the officer* to make them work. The convicts de manded that they be given more and better fool; more tobacco, aud they wanted less favoritism shown. They also demanded to be taken before the board of prison, where they might state their case. Tiie convicts made a bold stand, but the guards were quickly sntumoned nnd every avenue of escape was covered, while armed men filled the doors of the jnte mill, where the insurrection started. The convicts re sumed work after obtaining permission to appoint a committee of five to appear before (lie prison directors. After list ening to the complaints from the com mittee the directors informed tlio men that the food was good enough, and the next time there was an outbreak it wonhl lie punished by solitary confine ment. This is the second strike at the prison dnring a week, the convicts hav ing stopped recently to enforce their de mands for 1/etter food. cashier of tiie City Savings bank. There are several demands that liavo so far been made for the so-called noted crimi nal. but ns yet no rewards have been heard front. Cotton exports from >ae United States luring the past month nvirregated 34,- 1(18 bales, valued at $3,454,882, against 08,2b5 bales in August, 1830. For the twelve months ending Ana. 31. cotton experts aggregated 3,334,848 bales, val- ed at $290,141,84 ). Secretary Foster is expected to re turn to Washington early aud resume his duties nt tiie treasury department. He is reported to have met with great success in lining in blnefish, aud dnring his piscatorial jamit along the sea const has developed into quite an adept at catching that delicious-tasting species of the finny famijy. MURDERER CONVICTED. Richard Frame. I. Sentenced to Twenty Year* In the Penitentiary. • Springfield, O., Sept. 15.—Richard Frames was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary for the mnrder of William H. Hambright. watchman at the A. C. Evans company's shop on Sat urday night, February 21; 1891. Frames was charged with murder in the first degree, but, owing to a lack of ovi- uc^icv, UUI. IMMHH I'l O mvn us *>*»- deuce, the jury rendered a verdict of mamdanghtcr. The body of Hambright was found about midnight by George Evans, a mote, in the cnpoln. He luul been dead several boors, and his week's pav—$10.50—had been taken from his pocket. No one saw the crime com mitted, bnt two days later Frames was arrested. Blood stains were found on’ his clothes, and he had in his potaeseiod a blood-stained $10 bill, which resem bled the one given the murdered man by the bookkeeper. During the tend ing of the sentence Frames gave no vie- iqie affection, aud at its conclusion said: ? lain not guilty of the murder." He has served a term m the pen for lar ceny. Mrs. Allen G. Thurman is better. Her condition has been regarded as very serious for some days,*and while she is not regarded as out of danger, the physicians entertain hope that she may recover. The case, however, is very serious because of her extreme nge. Her malady is a complication of common to old age. New York, Sept. 15.—Fire broke oat in the old Commercial Advertiser bond ing on the southwest corner of Fnlton anil Vassar streets at 9:15 a. m. In fif teen minutes the flames had gained such headway that soon they were be yond control. Many people were in the' building and to escape, had to slide down on the outside throngh the dense smoke. It is believed no lives were lost. The firemen had a difficult task Inding space for work on account of the crowd of people that flocked about tlio blazing structure. Tho flames first bnr.-t from windows in tho second story occupied by the Gibbs tailoring establishment. Those in this establish, ment came down every way possible and tire greatest excitement prevailed during the rash for life. It was soon seen that the building could not be saved, and the efforts of tiie firemen were directed toward pre venting tlio adjoining houses from be ing burned. The total loss of property Is about $400,(XHi, partially insured. So far as learned only two persons were injured at the fire, nnd these were not consider ed serions. The Pursuit of the Texes Train Robbers. San Antonio, Sept. 15.—The pursuit of the five men who recently robbed the Southern Pacific train at Samuel's Siding has ended, so far as the citizen’s posse and state rangers are concerned. All evidence in their possession has been turned over to the postal authori ties, who will continue the attempts to capture. The robbers were so hard iressed that they were forced to aban- on their horses and take to the mount ains on foot. They ore now ensconsed in the broken conntry south of Mara thon. As a cowboy without his horse is like an ordinary man without his legs, the end of the chase is not far off. The bandits are all well known range- riders of the Langtry country and all bear unsavory reputations. The officers refuse to give their names. NEW YORK DEMOCRATS. A Chillrtnan Is Chosen and Flower Will lie Nominated Governor* Saratoga, Sept. 15.—George Raine of Rochester, has been elected tempor ary chairman of the Democratic con vention whio’t was called to order by Chairman Mnrphree of the state com mittee. Mr. Rains spoke at length and congratulated the Democratic party on its bright prospects. It is a foregone conclusion that the Hou. Roswell P. Flower will bo nomi nated for the first place on the ticket and the Democrats are enthusiastically of tho opinion that he will carry tile stato by a big majority and become Now York’s next governor. CULLI.lOS FROM CORDISLE. tl.UK at laitnuliz Raw. From That Thriving City. Cordele, September 15.—[Special.]— It la safe to say that Cordele’s record as a prosperous, growing city hat never- been broken. Month after month her growth has been strengthened, and each season has found her position more firmly established. The fall season has opened np very lively Indeed, Cotton Is coming In rap idly, and the buyers are paying prices that satisfy the farmers. The merchants are every one encouri aged by a renewed activity In trade. Their fall stocks are coming in and they are selling the goods for cash; collec tions also' promise to be good, and alto gether the business men are better sat isfied with the prospects for the coming season than for any season in the histo ry of the city. One of the recent additions to onr manufacturing Interests is tho planing mills being erected by Emerson and Kirkland, noar the cotton factory. This will be the largest mill .of the kind in the world, turning out 50,000 feet of dressed lumber per day. And speaking of this mill brings to mind the fact that Cordelc is tho great est lumber center nnd market in .the country. Sumo two hundred mills are situated within a radius of fifty mile* and Collide Is the natural headquarters for the whole territory. Tbe cotton factory has recontly made valuable aqulsition to Its force of capable and efficient men. Mr. L. C. Everett has been appointed general manager of tbe factory; he waa until a few weeks ago secretary of the Richland Guano Company, He Is a young map of means and Is well known for Us strlot business ability and Integrity. Mr. W. E. Cody Is now secretary of the national guaranty company nnd Is making friends by tbe score. Before coming to Cordele be occupied a re sponsible position In- Columbus with a leading commercial house. Such men as Mr. Cody and Mr. Everett are always welcomed to Cordele. Wednesday, October 7, the stock holders of tbe bank of Cordele and tbe Cordele security company will hold their annual meetings. Mr. Charles McLestcr, a prominent capitalist of Nashville, Team, Is In the city. This is ' Mr. McLester'a second visit to Cordelc, and he is well Impressed with the enterprise displayed here In everything ltnlmaoeda’s Emmpo from Chill* New York, Sept. 15.—A dispatch re ceived hpre from Valparaia • says that Balmaceda was smuggled on board the San Francisco disguised as a sailor. It Is thought he has been hiding in Val paraiso some while. The Sun Francisco wss ordered to sail for Callao, Pern, and tho ex-president went with It. AT THE TftEATER. IT WAS A FAKE, A Birmingham, Ala., special says: An east bound train on the Georgia Pacific railroad jnmjied the track and rolled down a high embankment near Day's Gap. Engineer John H. White- worth, of Gainesville, wiis instantly killed, nnd Fireman Brewster, Conduc tor Hilton, Brakeman Beverly, Craw ford and Uumble were slightly bruised. A Newport, R. I., special says that ex-Congressman Scott of Pennsylvania, is slowly but surely improving. His physician. Dr. Pepper, of Philadelphia, is so innch encourag'd as to warrant him ill leaving town for a week. A lo cal physician will have charge during Dr. Pepper's absence. Newport air bas been decidedly beneficial to the patient. A test of speed took place between the Detroit nnd Niagara r.vers with two trains of live stock. Tbe Michigan Central train of thirty-one cars of live stock left Windsor at 2:45 a. m. and ar rived at the International bridge, Buf falo, at lri8 p. m.. time 11 hours 3 min utes, The Grand trunk train, with twenty-six cars of live stock, arrived 45 minntes later. The distance via the Michigan Central is 220 miles and by tiie Grand Truuk 224 mile*. A Jackson, Miss., special says that Dr. Engene Gnilbert, a prominent young homeopathic physician, was found in a dying condition in hia office. He had been drinking for some days and had been affected with heart trouble for years. He bought some morphine, but hla friends think hfs death was due to heart failure. He came here from Du- buque, Is., several years since, and bad made many friends. He was assistant adjutant general of the state. Owing to the reports that cholera is rampant in the east, tbe British ad miralty bas ordered the officers com manding the warthipe in Bombay to exercise the strictest precaution. The British legation at Constantinople has also been instructed to make represent ations to the sultan in behalf of the great need of sanitary superri ion over tiie Mecca pilgrimages, which are be- lived to be largely, if not chi' tiv, re plague. The British Have Not Seised the Medlte- rmilaii Port. Berlin, September 13.—An official dispatch received here from Constanti nople, denies that Slgri hoe been occu pied by the British forces. It Is now stated that the Mltylene scare has arisen from tbe fact that a party of British naval oilicrrs, on Saturday last, picnick ed on Desort islet off Cape Sigrl, and that they re-embarked tbe same even ing on board their vessel and sailed away Monday, Knights of Pythias Bsnqn.L ConDELE, September 15.—[Special]— Last night Cordele lodge No. 44, Knighta of Pythias bad a royal time, tbe occasion being an impromptu banquet Every kind of delicacy and liquid refreshments were supplied in abundance and the Knights enjoyed themselves hugely. They entertained Cordele lodge No. 54, I. O. O. F. and_ the party separated at a late boar full'of good humor and ex pressing a hope for an early repetition of tbe affair. Ten Years in Jell. Philadelphia, September 15.—Ex- President Francis W* Kennedy and ex- Cashier Henry F. Kennedy, of the wrecked Spring Garden national bank, were to-day sentenced by Judge Butler In the United States circuit court to ten years’ imprisonment each for the crimes committed in connection with the loot ing of the band. Robbed by Burglars. / Cordele, Ga., September 15.—Last night burglars effected an cntranco into the residence of Mr. J. L. Milner, an ex- policeman, and went through his cloth ing, taking ninety dollars from bis trouser’s pockcL No clue bas been d>s- sponsibTe“for'tho'dtoenrina^'n'o/the ™vered »nd hardly any hope that the -A • thief will be apprehended. Bobby Gnylor In Ills Sport McAllister L st Night. Quite a good audience greeted Sport McAllister, tho opening attraction of the, xsason, last night, but for the most part they were disappointed. In the first place, Georgia Parker, the skirt dancer, was not there, having gone on through to ber homo in Montgomery on account of sldknesa; in tbe second place thore Is not' much in “Sport Mo- Alllster”—besides tbe music, which was at times very good. However, the gal lery liked the farce, for horse play goes with the gallery, but the body of the house saw “variety” stio’.lag out all through tbe performance. That is enough to say about Sport MoAlllster. Although tbe curtain didn't ring np until 8:30o'clock, nearly allot tho first aet of the farce was ruined by the late ' comers, who trooped in as noisily as if nothing waa going on. It's a pity that people cannot make It convenient to go to places of publio en tertainment more promptly. A MAGNIFICENT T-IA1N. TH* First 8am Freight Fitted With Air Brakes. Yesterday tbe first freight train on the Sam road using air brakes pulled ont from Americua at 10 a. m. There were eighteen cars—all new Sam cars—and they were palled by en gine 121, wblcb Is one of the new mogul, engines. The locomotive was handled by Engineer Geo. Nix, while the train waa In charge of Conductor H. C. Sapp. There were eighteen of the handsomo new ears, and they were all loaded with pig iron, making a weight of freight alone 900,000 pounds; the engine was a new one, too, and altogether the train waa such a handsome one that Photo grapher VanRiper was summoned,and a photograph taken. The whole of Americas Is proud of that train, and with proper reason, for no handsomer freight ever went over steel rails. Died in Cordele. Last night Lieutenant W. W. Wheeler, of tho police force, rccolvod a telegram, from Cordele, stating that ills brother, Mr. A. J. Wheeler, had died there at 7 o'clock, p. m. of malarial fever. Mr. Wheeler vrasSS years of age and loaves a wife and family, besideo many friends, to mourn his loss, lie was a man that every one, who knew him admired, »»s he will be sadly missed. Hie many friends offer condolence to Lieutenant Wheeler and the bereaved family. .Si j