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t VOLUME 1 AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1891. NUMBER 140 The Greatest Midsummer Sale Dry Goods Jotions, and CLOTHING AND THE ^ Grandest Reduction in Prices commences to-morrow Ever known in the history of our trade, (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 ARE GOING TO * GIVE AWAY DOMESTICS TOGETHER WITH ALL OUR Calicoes. Ginghams. Muslins, Challies, AND OTHER SUMMER DRESS GOODS AT COST ON THE FIRST BALLOT. FLOWER IS NOMINATED FOR GOV ERNOR OF NEW YORK. He Receive* 384 of the Votes Cft*t-Chapin Get* 48—Flower's Nomination is Made Unanimous-Sheehan is Chosen Lieuten ant Governor by Acclamation. And LESS THAN COST if CLEAR OUT. necessary, to 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. WhealMa All our 8e Figured challle. to go at file per yd. All our 12*o All bur 8c Standard Callcoc. Sff Fcryp, All our 7o Printed Vlctora Lnwiis at 3%c per ydtj uOHIO PROHIBITORY Alio ir8e Wlilte Lawn«(yd.wl.e)at 5flu®or yd. All our8c White Check Naln ,108a JH .!! .0 StoctfM ttbfeve trill dot faft long at such prices, so oom^ earVoryon ofinaps'l’? A ytfar be disappointed. •; ra. >yr/,ni)T">- This is the Biggest , FIVE CENT* Bargain Ever You Saw, LACE. Wo got “sco ton, !»' to' ‘p°r Ji.rd, ™ s WEEK - 77 < w 6 cjtnhot mbntidn Mete itHy SPECIAL PRICES on everything we httve’to ofifewfctrt reraembar in reading the foregoing, that . beductionJI^^] Oe thb order of'thiS Week in every department of onfSWTe. ’Saratoga. Sept. 16.--T!ie New York state D< mocratic convention was called to order here at 10 a. m., and after the presentation of the decision in regard to the county Democracy, the commit tee on resolutions reported a platform and it was read. On motion of Mr. Griffin it was adopted with applause. Mr. Canter of New York, introduced the following resolution, which waa adopted: Resolved, that this conven tion views with gratification the grow ing friendly feeling towards the Demo cratic party of our colored fellow citi zens in the state; and they are wel comed to our ranks with the assurance that within onr party the discrimination on account of race or color is discoun tenanced. Then Titos. F. Gilroy moved to pro ceed with nominations, and Major Por- tor nominated Roswell P. Flower for governor. In the coarse of his speech he said that the Democracy of the state nt their primaries ! and district gather ings with an unanimity rarely equalled, have pronounced’ fheir choice of the person whom they desire to be made their leader by the delegates of Ibis convention. He olpsed his speech with a akejch of nd'vtr's carder,' /Colonel d. ■R.'Fellews seconded Flowers' nrrmfnrf- tion in behalf of Tammany hall. After- Colonel Fellows had finished, Thomas Dewitt of Kings county, placed la nomination Alfred (J. Chapin for gov ernor. Mr. Dewitt said that we shall vote for Mr. Chapin at the beginning and we shall vote for him at tile last. Bmii ke Cochran then seconded the nom ination of Flower. Cochran was at one time prevented from continuing his re marks on account of the yelling from Chapin's side, and when the demonstra tion subsided Cochran remarked: ” I suppose that this is the first exhibition of Burley temper on yonr part, ” refer- ing to tile Chapin men. General Collier of Kings, took the platform Ultra and seconded Chapin’s nomination. Hughes McLaughlin of Kings coun ty, cast the first vote for Chapin amid great cliferipg—Upon first jountFlower received Wowfn,} nomination was then made unanimous, i fallowed. bhee-| rhkulwi!- na.Oiilii.ioeTv rlcTvfn liont -unlitI governor, t a iipltell wus then nomi nated for comptroller by acclamation.! Rice war iir)nium;c.l.Jften.tary.oFstnto, f and Dnuforth lor the office of' state treasurer. CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES. Doueatle and Foreign and of General Interest. It is reported that the strikers at Ot tawa, Canada, are becoming riotous. A tramp has been arrested at Wat- kinsville. Git., who is thought to have had a hand in the wrecking of the pass enger train near Statesville, N. C. Dr. Edward Eggleston and Miss Fran ces E. Goode were wedded at Madison, Ind., and left for a trip through Canada to Dr. Eggleston's home, Lake George, N. Y. Dispatches from Dayton, 0., states that if a frost does not route before the 20th inst., the growers will have in the sheds the greatest tobacco crop the Miami valley ever produced. Near Charlotte, N. C., Constable Phillips shot and killed a young white man tiutned William McKee. Phillipa claims that McKee resisted arrest. The bullet entered McKee's back. At Atlanta, the Young Men’s Demo cratic league held a grand rally at the Capitol, uud addresses were delivered by Congressman Crisp, Governor Nor- then and other prominent Georgians. Ex-President Francis W. Kennedy find ex-Casltier Henry F. Kennedy, of the wrecked Spring Garden Nntionul hank, were sentenced by Judge Butler, in Philadelphia, to ten years’ imprison ment ea cu. ■j The post office at Summertown, Tenu., was blown up with dynamite by an un known person. The authorities have no idea- who did the work, and the in spector's .department will look into the Case. An Americas, Gh., negro has been supplying dressed rats to the people of the city as squirrels. Indignation does nut express t tie feelings of the negro’s customers after learning tvuttt meat they have eaten. A Raleigh, N". C., special says the number ot licensed grain distilleries in this congressional district has consider ably increased, being now KLI. while the liuiulier of hooded brandy distille ries 1ms reached 500. At Athens, John Oliphant, an Amer ican, who was a passenger on the ill- fated steamer Taormina and who was (aved by a Greek schooner, reports that hd English vessel picked np one other boat containing survivors, The. navy department is in ignorance of the reported escape of Balmacedu to the Ban Francisco, bnt it Is said that if the ex-president has succeeded in get ting aboard a United Stutes naval ves sel he will not be surrendered. Chief Officer James Thompson of the Orange Corince was presented with a handsome gold medal on 'behalf of the President-of-’tfte^UfUWH Mtiites as a re ward for resutfingi-theAxtreof the Amer ican ship AnnmditU. Talker,in January ' 19mA to Mnsd erl I go- Iimlanti-snb- CAUGHi IN FLORIDA. GEORGIA EXPRESS CAR BANDITS CAPTURED NEAR MADISON. The Arrest ot the Train Robbers In Geor- Gie—0400 Ssind to be the Boodle Taken— Horrible Death of n Telegraph Lineman In Cleveland, Ohio. Savannah, Sept. 18 —The Southern Express robbers were captured seven teen miles from Madison. Ga. The burglars got only $400, a part of which has been recovered. They are J. E. Delaughter, J. A. Tur ner, J. M. Perkins, and all hod been in the Central's employ, , Killed bjr Electricity. Cleveland. O., Sept. 16.—A lineman for the Western Union Telegraph com pany was talking to some friends in front of the court house there and after wards began to climb a telegraph pole to adjust a wire. He bad reached a point lteyotid the first cross bar, when, with a shriek, he fell backward. His spurs cangbt in the iron steiis of the pole arid lie ltnng downward, a tele phone wire had fallen across the elec- trio light wire, and McCufferty received I he terrible voltage in his body. His face anti arms were turned block, and he Imng fully three initiates before n ladder could be secured anil the un fortunate man brought to the ground. He died on the way to the hospital. Over a hundred spectators witnessed the terrible scene. THE BANK OF AMEHICUS. iOS * YHHMTJ-i OUR STOCK Handkerchiefs. Hosiery,'Rihbonsj tmces, broideries, Corsets and Gloves ■ f . Wo guarantee the best in the city, and onr prices beyond the reach of competition. Housekeepers will 0nd it to their table linens, doylies, napkins, towels, Before baying elsewhere. 'S A woho about . . 5 kahili- Gents’ - Fixing?. IT ASSORTMENT TD BE I* tition. Our determination to reduce somethuiiUSy>#«dffi6>Hi £»BRS»Si ** * ” nhari.u.1 frnni t lit! acs> 111 all •Jil-.t at Findlay by 3tn. Cougar pf- V4of Indiana. :3*pt. 18.—The Prohibition Ohio wus opened here by j'M. Gougar of Indiana, in a pred at the Wigwam to an jnlsmt 2,000 people, most of t Republicans anil Demo- phibitionists being bnt 6 j in the assembly, Mrs, id nearly, all of her talk td the McKinley bill, which Sled as ”a lobbing taxnf .,the people. ” In lieginninf ce<l that her subject wool, 1 tyirte Mills vs. Murder Mills,’ j, .commencing with Oct. 6, sh< I'jtliTollOw Major McKinley al tatjL3 uonemA to .,Thejanti>PeorrieV|iMrtT'' nnd*nti«eal> treasury W)ft l fiHtHtltt‘ , t8fdfi ,, #Mstrtfi at St. seetns td lmrt-1A(rt(P't3it»ork with earn. dumped at the f-wt'arVeWj''k¥tk't r Hfid! /N orjhTnver. - The~B5ties“ tyft-S'Sflir to> fW Worgne aml.t.T,e T. J. Yenkier of southwest of Sttlli- w,uwS«ss’.'«e A‘-t4xV::iulbU cAsaa hnWHtfcW.ttpKWU:]' jfrriitthiHireigliboriioml. UpaublMrfijfinntt have toAlmpj^e nniyersity al Cltampmgtt and the Ann Arbor unlvers- itv* uf MWmatitAorWtmWiWX-’Hil 11. JolihVdn:'"nie , Kpp61htIffiilt“tfWek’^ilfe(il . uRdiisAtisfRcMmisottho slBpriaayyUvill . . i IbeuktMnMiashHoiniUuonMibleJiixitlM and force the issues of, titoip foiHtotif. tkmfpii* Mp,Jfa»rBAQ’f that of the People’s partj irs in snch a way that the ^ ave bnt little use for tha Napoleon of protection’’ 1 on election day. She argued throughout her uneven that the first (Jnfjfof the peopleMftSffbj wiW.®| iaJard ta party,rtlnkft tluyptwitAda'u.policy of 'Uj# pifmlf ca: party by defeating McKinley for got eroor. Her address was full of telling points and was delivered with a vim and vigur'^hnt w#n her numerotu Farrell &.AKDytiuiBseadatih<tsllo bast; j jgMBgmgfil of food, sritich wTOodJenrto the famine districts BndSHftRmftMd. Some piece! of bread not largnr than a radish whit Has No Authority to Force Indian ' ! Children to Attend School. Githkie, 0. T., Sept. 16.—Judge Green gave an interesting deehion at the opening of v the.-district court here. Espetfajly Intersettng* Vfe. ' ca-c atmids wiiliyut precedent. Thomas an taxa,itS3uSl •>* wa » placed' fit file' govetnmehf-^schixtl at Chillocco, in the Cherokee atrip. Tlw boy was allowed to return home last ... twos retnrueil to this 'The lather had a writ of habem coqms issued compelling the school at)-' thorities to proiluce the boy in court jtpd show cause why he should not bb'. ■retumeil to the custialy of hia father.' U|k>ii the side of the government ft was maintained that they had author! —-.Adit Til he I the I will of their parent! . the natural guardian of a child—Indii ‘ the hoy wd he was charged from the school. This decisio assumes some iu memberedstUAt r in the lmlhm sdl their parents’ consent. Four Dead In til. Schooner'. IUlikax, N. a, Sept, 10.—Ne feftrtttoa Y«m-(U th schooner Gcorgiana lias been lighted in *.QTe$wyaa bautil &cf oJ iooia 'la^^ea t- B woo hiig-,awl tjuilri 1 (i al bom jo 1 jl In «a Mr&fimiMlVVkvj BAUtmm. finfr the Democratic candidate for governor, hold liiirrdfiferencir-iwith.'Cuufiresatnan 'Gotnpttht, aad iilri IBrownurtiyt httiSriJ hayb &U.WO lhajitity. .3tl. trotanlinidot} Tloti«te»ii.5p ukttan .AvMmPtf'ji'Mft Wetihtlels WfqUhatd catupiiigtri nj tmnU J 7 r 7Tiauna trivl Kxpgrlmtntlug WHI^sa New Gun. idiMTAm'iW^Si^PtTi t/ftnAotPSa 1 ! 011 ' •my mmm. second was ahtaitted, WI1& vfute.H powder had been raBiai^rt: lie contribui iliEMSlfaii be inspired by the Italian mimster of , to spare no effort in preparing the army 1 'fih«flavy ifor the ordetrt.’■ rt ni«‘«HielfeS SBMJttSMMiS! " ypr* . .*• a call aup- At Denver a quarrel cver a game of irtls in a private cl up room pn Champa sj&wssia&Mg and one F. Loclihaum were playing jto- the. ball iwiss- 1 , d -qne . week ago bv force aittl ffig^mrou^t^^te^Mon's breast, causing death iu a : fetV 1 ihfriUtes. Loclihaum ayThUseh fchma*.AWMii*..tnotlhKd.'6r- ““ gifeiied oethFopera Ifiduapiti; WkVI ’ Ga. Hon. JtlDoBvKaij in behalf t tin K- the assocR. . ina, Gedrgkii'SudiFItirMa.} if of the aMWtt'fton wi then taken aftwtdngvne through in “f^bhhlH .L .3 ,{sI»*otJ7/ ,'W .1 ,uA-JJvhrp6ol 1 new* ■ report at* taa that the hrtw^tthd Guion line; xshsUiuJr.J jartkmt triridh was in coUiatotnin a',fog, September 6, Aha dayi after leaving N« sK IT } loohottr In -the statement .that-the damage, done to tha ‘ .tter vessel conld not have been vety, that,she nq doubtjmmagi-d >rt in: safety.’ The ArimSta" 'offidets'exprewi the benef that the Ves sel which run into their steamer was a tmnf coal-laden vessel trading in the ytoibity IM’ rirdinont Exposition. Atlanta, Sept. 18.—The management of-the Piedmont Exposition has deter mined to surpass all former efforts in making the exposition of this year eclipse in magnitude and grandeur, any exposition ever witnessed in this conn- try. Large and expenaive arrangements have been made for exhibiting all kinds of mechanic arts, machinery, agricul tural and horticnltnral displays. Amusements of every character for instruction and enlightenment, as well as enjoyment, have been amply pro vided for. One of the snbllmest and most gorgeous spectacular shows in the world, is "Kjm r , ( ,Solomo B „ 8 r tlm D*, persons, among them two httndwdlantt females. Thia wonderful and pro- tUftoewiUubeaH*, means Tha. Southern Express Thieves Canght ' Near Mndl*on r Florid*. Savannah, Ga., (September 18.—Tho Southern Express robbers were captured this morning seventeen miles from Mad ison, Flit, After a sharp. They are J. E. Delaugbter, J. A. Tur ner, J. M. Perkins, and all had been In the Contral’a employ, Perkin* stood on tho platform Friday t n*m§o fa,m P*r If, - .fi,, p»u^.f h fi ifipppppii ft? tsnihiiimi d>m\y iffff'm .jwkNwri t» Mm ta fcimwmtt- ble bouse near Laurel Grove, . tfpmet^ry. They spent-tba-nlght there and the next ■tadrirttiggWre^lhe' wumen udneyi find ■Wfdf them 1 tO‘'»tart ‘Moaday >u!gbt -Uh M«disob, ,Fla. 1 Detectives- Basoh - find H'eathSrJioi'D, In- Working up am railroad rtlhhery casci came upon tho women and lildffed'tllo 'cxpr'css rhbbery ont of them. Tim -robber* left the fifty early ®tliirt% hKirrilnjf, hutithfi detedllvo* t#»rd close km 1 there heals dost: bight, - k i ni-,: hmibu m.tafiMt, Ci-inr. aml Bedford 'went frofii Madison tdX'Moselly Ilttllp Dolau'ghtoi-ls old boms, and captured^thbironet^’^ftar itials Hinl isguuiaedt-oitjaUrtatit 1 has been apimimial. ,u tfir yiii.rti.l'hllr-^.lHVif MlStfA. I ‘ttepWdacrf'6f '’YHd -'TOiii'Ui’klthlit the ‘t?istteu v -iiWill'Wffii‘‘5iftl? l, W<Vfc 0 s(-ii!ltil , it gup, Sook.lt,,. t, .1. ,„ IlgtAMtl-rirotrlslter«.lirfelnJubiety Kiang, j the slnpiueiit. it n ,.1 it H-.vAiHoahi’siAfltaih.t, .m,H Atlanta; September 10;n-Tbis, mprfi- tag Patrblem -Ethredgoiand Shepherd bWmgbtto the station houaa.theii tewk of JohaiTuckerca negro man,' who, Is wanted*tn Atlanta, qn i several,! changes. They found; tho tritok. * 46 00; Hilliard: ■ ttrfiat, where TudreiKad mdwrtMt Jfitt S? iKBR ft/ySWSLJ « before-lifting town; antUnl twas foqpd ,ha ID.I rf*”l almost every mentionahlfiiUiioBcfsota I pair of pants to a child’s picture book t III t. ^ VhrA Is l*pec.WloJ«W ' of orderj'it lag water ffli ” ' ,d was oyercomo bv a fit laftll ; rtf. ' JI f ™ n.'ai :iiti;M 1 ubeimmoD uil> leiivc twifia ,ynh-uj MkrUUi ami Vurlli (igunrU ICalli Atlanta,. September..Adj'rrrtiSjwlal. ■ to-day Marlet- j recommending the sale of the road; or, If It could not be sold, that receivers’ certificates be is sued to purchase rolling stock and make necessary repairs and improvements fin tbs line. '■ Some Gbeocee tn the Officiate of tVellknown Institution. At a meeting of tbe board of directors of tbe Bank of Americas, held yester day, tbe resignation of Mr. W. E, Mur- phey, tbe caabler, was received and ac cepted. Mr, Murpbey has filled the position of caabier with this bank for a number of years and only leaves it now to organize another banking institution In which venture he is associated with some of the most, prominent business men In Americus. The charter for tbe new bank is now before the legislature and it is expected that it will begin business early in the fall and as soon as all ar rangements are made the details of the organization and the names of officers and directors will be given in full. Mr. Hurphey has won many friends during his connection with the Bank of Americur, and they will watch hia ca reer in the world of finance with in terest Mr. M. B. Campbell, who for the past two year* has been assistant cashier and teller In the Bank of Americas, suc ceeds Mr. Muphey, and tbe promotion la a high compliment to him, empha sizing as It does the confidence and es teem with which he Is regarded by the- dlrectors. Mr. Liston Coopor, formerly book keeper, becomes by promotion assistant cashier, and this is also a well deserved compliment, and a proof of trust and honor. As* soon as possible the details of the organization of the new bank will ba given by The Tihes-Recordeb. TRAIN BOBBERS CAPTURED. Ml uvt asseibba gnlioallab dvaw yi.-,va .tsimtfx MMBawiiSvMWuHMik.UttlciqiUirMi {He uuioilT .noil .buswWuaoy/ odi uo be Sit,'AaiPficHeWon Ut®*; ~ .dWi&^m'ti'gMr w (_. fiiarai^ 1 «'«''»l?5”,ti .Tltohua Not long otter the robbery. Mr.' -*) n«H, «hq.|ipd l bepn Informed Of 4,, ! flPiWamaTiteiblp bowe. w4.iwben;,ibe pww^fiqsknfdbg tow standing thetfl w)th,hia,Knn.,; Hq.wou* .to WPv*»fiii»Wiiig Mrtttoj Mr w.toiHHi.tbo 1, 'TJto kpytito toQn.MMs»w-:!Wlu> Sir. ] Bennett,was, mapped .bae*,,*.. little.»pd RuUto.outrtaplstolhe-lwd.taltoo from dtrj flaopeMla . Jipnse, .. ordercd hls hands up, ,.,i, g.., , „>|, u ^ (! Mr. Bennett appealed, for. help,,bnt »o one.anaweredl the appeal, and*the hfigro» turning quickly, mado bin .efcapft!., ,T Il tl, COTTON M A HKET. i,tkH>Us ;HT Attrlbntto to European ^ -elds .!,NsiW,¥eRitil ?eptoH>t»c 16,—Thecot-,i ' toa piarkfittorday was, without marked- I fla^ta*Ufln»i Ja»usgyidutur«n‘ijpenLng at wmetfiw’giSloslnggjricns add nlotlng at- iWteMeeiijiMMsnjne. »\ouui7 a ui, n \ I ■..'Tbo.lWMbSt was dropping:,during .tho! . dapidtodew Ihj^ • lntluohc»- of 1 heavy, re-, ■aftiRteimZhere wa^fiihaliobnsliiessiabd, thctlicartffa'cre tryihg toattdctopriosej,,, Yj lUi dfidfne Is'SttkbtaiicI lci' [ Etrtrfprt l a' political news whlcVwiU r8n c ^oa[nK so vcxel/lays-to aime, LiW^Wl >£aWfift rs.tpilet and ilte%dy. -WMftfchl»lnsHilhoBfht.: lively during tliWlast-it/purt, attfAljuay,(qok on MartMaqffitua oilduu\l . in,, mi.y ; ' .v 1, ^LL.x.'fTAi ^eptemb'er lfi.-i-This morn ing GeorgeiMilton, 1 negro arrested by PAtrolmdri Kthridgo and i>lieplierd t was sent-to jail by Judge Landrum on tbe oharge of highway robbery. Milton was charged with attempting to rob a white mau named Flynn, ana alto trying uo rob and cat with a razor a negro flamed Lee.