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AMERICUS
VOLUME 1
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1891.
NUMBER 143 §
LL 1801.
WINTER 1801. POLICY HOLDERS MEET.
Annual Announcement.
THE ARRIV-AX, OF '
GEO. D. WHEATLEY'S
Mammoth New Fall and Winter Stock of
DE'Y • GOODS,
NOTIONS,
Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Carpets, Slues,
HATS, ETC.
You buyers of fell and winter goods are about to sup
The time has come for a ‘‘matter of fact” talk upon a matter of
FACT SUBJECT,
ply your needs with suitable selections for the coming season’s re
quirements. The idea uppermost in the minds ot all, no doubt is to
procure something good and serviceable at the Very Lowest Price
and with all of you it comes down to a question of The Right Place
to Go. You have no difficulty in deciding that you want to Buy
Goo s Cheap—no indeed ! But what firm will do the best lor its
customers in that direction ? . That’s the question, isn’t it? Well now.
We Will! Why not say it when we have the goods and make the
prices that will prove the statement every time ?
We realize the fact that “times are hard and money scarce,” but
we have expended the greatest effort, in the purchase tf our stock, to
procure Everything at the
VERY LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE,
Our spacious store is filled to overflowing with the most complete and,
elegant line of Fall ani? WintIr Stale's ever shown in this locality
and from one end to the other, from top to bottom, it all the same
just the Best Money Buys, just the Newest of New Styles Every
thing bought at figures that make it not posable, but EASY to sell
at the Lowest of Low Prices.
We call especial a’tention this season to our
Black and Colored Silks, Dress Goods and Trimmings.
We have really outdone ourselves in the effort to procure the very Newest Ideas, the Very Latest
confirm. Our stock fairly teems With beautiful and stylish selections, many of which are
Novelties of the season,
positively not to be found elsewhere.
You will find our assortment of
BLACK DRESS GOODS AND MOURNING EFFECTS
not only contains the handsomest and most elegant Materials to be found, but a greater abundauce of
Practical Selections—goods desirable in every respect. We have secured the sole agency here for the
sale of the celebrated
P, ;p. Brand of Kid Gloves,
imperfect.
CARPETS AND RUGS!
We have fitted up an excellent and .
--—r*
Too Want a Carpet! ThkisyoubUh^ue ^ v y ^ examine our ^ assortment, and select
y0Ur fl °° r ’
tn i. n „„ „* onr WOH i Bufficiently to come and see that our goods and prices
And now are you ready k u becauso we claim to give such bargains in quality and
are really as represented. We asK no one to ouy oeca When you are once in our store, we
p r- bargains with us/o exist, and that we give them,
be pFeXe?s y atUfaction and economy in buying your fall and winter goods of
GEORGE D. WHEATLEY.
Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Furnishing Gooods, Carpets, Shoes, Hate, etc.
Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave., AMERICUS, GA.
,, „ _ _ .he Veteran Dry Good* Salesman, who foreo m»ny w«»ha* M
p a -The old reU.bl.Mr. Henry S. ^th acordUJwelcome tor all oar customer* and IiU friend*.
1_ nut ii etUl with us—ever re*ay w‘‘ K11I . n .nd gain' Werllck. compote onr corpe of
served yon
Messers
courteous
BAD PUOHT OF THE NEW YORK LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Meeting of Policy Holders in Chmrleeton
They Wrm the Charge, Again,! the 001.
cert and Henngere at the New York Life
ImaretiM Co. Impartially Slftad.
CHARLESTON, Sept.TO.—At a meeting
of the policy holders of the New York
Life Insurance company, held here, the
following resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, Grave charges against the
officers and malingers ot the New York
Life Insurance company, of which we
ore policy holders, involving the safety
and solvency of the company, have
been publicly made and widely circa-
latedj and,
Whereas, it is necessary for the pro
tection of policy holders that the truth
of such charges shall be faithfully and
Impartially Investigated in order that
the said officers, it unjustly charged, bn
promptly vindicated and confidence re
stored, and that such evils that may be
found to exist*be corrected.
Therefore in order that policy holders
here met may have information suffi
ciently authentic and accurate to enable
us to act with intelligence, fairness and
efficiency be it resolved that a committee
of three policy holders be appointed to
inquire into this fact and to report the
same to an adjourned meeting with re-
among the policy holders of the com
pany for the protection of their inter
ests, and that said committee report
with all convenient expedition.
The committee, consisting of George
H. Tucker, Julien Mitchell and Dr. C.
V. Panoknl were appointed. The com
mittee will outline the policy to be pur
sued, which will be Bnbmitted to the
policy holders for adoption. The policy
holders desire to proceed slowly.
MURDERED BY HIGHWAYMEN.
The Superintendent of n Mine la Shot
by Unknown Persons.
Nevada, Lai., Sept. 19.—S. Gallvotti,
superintendent of theDerbec Drift mine,
was murdered by highwaymen while
coming to this city with $5,000 in gold
bare just cleaned up at the mine. Gall
votti nnd J. D. Ostrom were m a two-
horse buggy, ascending the South Yuba
river grade, six miles from the city,
when a rifle shot was fired from the
hank ahoye, The. ball entered the back
' of GallTotti's head, canting iustaut
death, Ostrom struck the horses with
a whip, urging them into a run up the
steep grade just as a second shot was
fireu. The millet entered the neck of
one of the horses, but a turn in the
road sum took the team ont of the
range of the shooters. Ostrom con
tinued to force tile team up the grade,
holding his companion's dead body in
the vehicle with one arm ami being
soaked from head to foot with his com
panion’s blood. Beaching the Mount
Vernon hill Ostrom hid the bullion in
the brush, and then rode to this city to
notify the officers. A wagon 1ms come
ont after the dead sui>eriiitrndent's
body, and several squads of uruied men
have started for the .scene of the mur
der.
Almulcd Coin*
WAsntNOTON, Sept. 19.—Congress, at
its last session, authorized the recoinage
of the uucnrrent fractional silver coin
now in the treasury abraded below the
limit of tolerance and made an appro
priation of $150,000 to cover the losa to
the coin by abrasion, etc. This snm, it
is estimated, will cover the loss on
abont $400,000 -of the coin, nnd this
aiuirant is now being coined into quar
ter dollars and dimes, for which there
is a very great demand, particularly for
the dimes, as the fall approaches and
trade becomes active. The recoinago
into standard silver dollars of the $5.-
000,000 (in round numbers) of trade dol
lar bullion, which the last congress au
thorized, is also in progress, and will be
completed in the next two months. •
Preacher Confessed to Lying.
Akron, O., Kept. 10.—A small-sized
row was precipitated in session of the
East Ohio conference when the resigna
tion of Bev. A. J. Hyatt of Burton,
come up for consideration. Mr. Hyatt
bad confessed that on a certain occasion
specified he hud been guilty of lying,
and nnder the impulse of the moment
handed in bis resignation, but on sec
ond thought lie decided to withdraw it.
Mr. Hyatt was represented by. Dr. Nor-
cross of Pittsburg, who stated that his
client desired a lieariug and wished to
withdraw his resignation. A few angry
words passed, bnt Bishop Fowler's
diplomacy seedily referred the mat
ter to a committee, and quiet was re
stored.
Friend* of Quaker* Meeting.
Plainfield, lnd., Sept. 19. — The
yearly meeting” of the Friends of
Qnakers has commenced here and will
coutinne seven days. Delegates are in
attain unco from every state and terri
tory in the union, and it is estimated
that S.OUb strangers are in this little
village. Wednesday is "public day,”
and urrnngemcnrs are being perfected
to entertain 7.IJU0 (ample.
Swallowed Carbolic Add.
Troy, N. Y., Sept. 19.—Gerald G.
Riorandon, a young attorney, was one
of the first to welcome the return from
Saratogn ot the Troy Democratic club.
Leas than half an hour later he we*
He was wont to take cocaine
that he kept in Moucrief & Francis's
drag store, and by mistake be swal
lowed a large dose of carbolic acid.
CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES.
Domeatlo nnd Foreign and of general
Interest.
Mr. J. C. Kimball, a promiuent citi
zen of Atlanta, has died with Bright's
disease.
Ex-President Balinaceda has arrived
at Mendora, not far from the Argentine
frontier.
The figure for the Grady monument
has been shipped from Massachusetts
to Atlanta.
The g vernment rain makers are at
work at El Paso, Tex. The experi
menters feet confident of success.
A Virginia City. Nev., special savs:
A cave-in occurred at the Alta mine
and five men are imprisoned. Their
fate is not yet known.
Rev. Z. T. Bell, a revivalist, has been
children in North Carolina.
Sir Julian Pauncefote. British minis
ter, bos culled the attention of the de
partment of state to alleged violations
of the modus videndi respecting the
maximum number of seals to be taken
in Behring sen.
Word has been received at Marshfield.
Or., from Gardiner, Or., of the cuptnre
of Edward Albertson, the defaulting
secretary of the Fidelity Trust compa
ny of Tacoma, Wash. Fred Cliuudler,
his accomplice, wos.also arrested.
In the trial of John W. Gilpin forth*
murder of Kilgore, at Greensboro, ws.,
after the solicitor had finished his
speech, the pent-up feelings of his audi
ence found vent in applause. The judge,
upon restoring order, declared a mis
trial of the case.
Three men were killed at Montville,
O. The boiler in Vansize's jelly factory
exploded with terrific force, entirely de
molishing the building. Later reports
say that two little girls are among the
killed. They were playing in a bnggy
near the factory. ^
H. n. DeYoung of San Francisco, a
member of the National Executive
committee, is in Washington. He savs
the meeting of the committee will
doubtless be held in Washington in No
vember, and that the convention will
take place in May, 1893.
At New York, Mrs. Jefferson Davis,
through her attorney. ex-Goveraor
Hoadley, has bronght suit against Rob
ert Belford, the Belford company and
Edward Lange for $10,000. That is the
amount due her in royalties on her hus
band’s memoirs, bat it is doubtful if
she ever receives one-half of it. .
At Paris, at the second performance
of "Lohengrin, ” during the second act,
the police arrested an anarchist named
Morphy, a leader in the anti-” Lohen
grin" agitation, and a man named Der-
wart, a writer on the staff of the radical
jonxnal, L'lutentransigent, both on the
charge of disorderly conduct. The row
dyism of a man who shouted to Con
ductor Lamonre, " Will, you have the
kiiKluess to play the Maraellufee. ” was
met with calls of "Turn him out 1” and
tim police removed the offender.
Met Dentil by Fowl Maon*
Indianapolis, Sept 19. — Arthur
Pritchett, a young married man, was
found dead on last Tuesday nnder cir-
cnm*tances suggesting murder, and the
coroner re urued to that effect. His re
mains were removed to Mount Clair,
this state, and,his relatives in Hendricks
county, demanded another post-mortem.
This developed not a trace of poison,
and disclosed that Pritchett had met
his death by foul means, lits neck hav
ing been broken, while bruises on his
side showed marks of kicks adminis
tered by his snpposed assailants. Hit
relatives came here and employed a de
tective to ferret out the crime. Pritch
ett's domestic relatione were unpleas-
ant. •
England running to Taka Hawaii*
Washington, Sept. 10.—Senor Celeo
Celsar Mareno, a well known Italians
American residing here, and acting os
the agent in this country of the National
party of Hawaii, corresponding to the
CbilJiau Cungressionalists, laid before
the president a letter that he recently
received from a correspondent in Hono
lulu, asserting in the most positive
terms that England is now planning to
take possession of the kingdom. The
writer said that some action on the part
of the United States is necessary, that
the qneen is favorable to the Britiih in
terests and ready to -countenance the
move when made. The president was
interested by the letter, and asked Henor
Maretjo to coinmuuicute with Secretary
Blaine.
About the Ituta Co*e.
Washington, Sept. 10.—Tlio opinion
it gaining ground here that tho post
poned libel snit against the Chilian
steamer Itata now set for trial ut San
Diego, Cal., on tne 33tb, will lie prose
cuted by the government, although a
further postponement may be had be
fore the case proceeds. It was impos
sible to gain any official information
npon this point, thongh Attorney Gen
eral Miller did say that he could not
tell what the result of the postponement
would. b.>, but so lar is he knew it
might result in a trial.
A Dispatch to Kvntnckj.
Washington, Sept. 19.—Your corre
spondent does hot in the least want to
be sensational, nor does be want to
startle the Republicans of Kentucky,
bnt be was told by a prominent Repub
lican that the president was seriously
considering the appointment of onr
"good and troolv loyal" and genial
friend. General William O. Bradley of
BIG FIRE IN CHICAGO.
AN ENTIRE FAMILY WAS 8MOTHERED
TO DEATH.
Burning of a Three-Story Brick Apart
ment Honsa In Chicago In Which Eight
Persons Meat Death—They Are Over
come With the Confined Smoko. ,
Kentucky, as the successor of Mr. 1‘roc- Ex-Congressman Gcat
tor, in the war department to be booked for Cooley
lla Baa Fled.
Lynn, Mass., Sept 19.—N. Wright,
one of Lynn's most prominent citizens,
bat fled the city. He lyw taken with
him considerable money belonging to
his friends. Some of the funds of the
United Endowment order are also miss
ing Wriglit was highly respected, and
hU social relations were of the best
Chicago, Sept. 19.—A fire occurred
here in a three-story brick building, at
549 and 551 Seilgewick street, in the
npper stories, which were occupied by a
number of families as living apartments,
resulted in the death of seven persons
nnd the fatal injury of another.
The dead are:
John Schalk, mechanic, aged 45.
Mrs. Scbalk, aged 43.
Annie, John and James Schalk, aged
15, 13 and 8 years.
Robbie Burns, aged 14. -
An unkuown woman.
Cynthiana Schalk, the only surviving
member of the family, aged 17, was
overcome with the smoke and it is
thonght cannot recover.
The fire originated in the rear of the
first floor, which was occupied by Wm.
Keafita a* a bakery, and is thought to
have caught from one of the bake ovens.
It spread to the shed in the rear in
which was a quantity of hay and straw.
From this it run up the rear stair case
and into the sleeping room* on the sec
ond and third floors.
The front rooms on the second floor
were occupied by John Dondo, his wife
and two children, all of whom escaped
without injury. The rear wa* occupied
by Mr. "Keaflts, owner of the bakery,
and two bakers The Regenstein, Ro-
aenfeld, Schalk and Burns families oc
cupied the rear third floor. Buns and
wife and their three children were res
cued by firemen.
Keaflts and- his family escaped from
the second floor by means of a ladder.
When the rooms of the Schalk family
were reached, it was found that all
were unconscious.
- Mrs. Schalk and Cynthiana gave evi
dence of life, but the mother died be
fore the patrol wagon arrived.
' •The family was smothered, and not
frarned.to death. The financial loss is
insignificant. ’ ,
A New Bsce Discovered.
’’Halifax, N. S.,Sopt. i9.—Professor
Lee, chief of the Bowdoin college expe
dition to Labrador, which has arrived
Hereon the way home, expressed him
self as living more than satisfied with
the mult* of hi* expedition. He had
satisfactorily solved the question of the
existence and grandeur of the Grand
Falls of Labrador, a 'subject which hnd
heretofore been a legend to the scien
tific, nnd a race of Moatagnies Indians
have been found. This is the first dis
covery of tnat race known to the white
man.- Their characteristic* were noted
and a record kept thereof. Measure
ments were taken, and these will be
shown on chart* at the World’s fair in
Chicago. .
ACRES OF LAND CAVE IN.
Fire at the Entrance of a Mina Cansea
Destruction*
Birmingham, Ala., September 19 —
Slope No. 1 of the Henry Ellen coal
mine*, twenty miles from here took fire
at 4 o’clock this morning and the mine
is still bufnlng.
Several acres ot land about the en
trance fell In about two hours after the
fire started with a great crash.
The origin of the fire 1* a mystery,
but no lives are lost so far as known.
The company wa* abandoning the
mine temporarily, and some believe the
miners thrown ont of work set it on fire
out of revenge. The lose i* heavy,
TROOPS ON THE SCENE.
Governor Jobss of Alabama Calls Ont the
Cavalry.
Nashville, September 19.—A Mont
gomery special says Governor Jones
was wired this morning by the sheriff of
Wilcox county, requesting thirty men of
the Wilcox cavalry, of Camden, Ala., to
proceed to Furman county to assist him
in protecting five negro prisonen who
are in danger of being forcibly taken by
a mob.
Tne governor promptly ordered twenty
men to Forman, who started immedi
ately to the scene, and it is thonght they
will be In time to prevent mob law.
CLEMENT* BELIEVED TO LEAD.
■fineoilal BepabUeaa* Said'to be Work-
lag la Hie Behalf.
New York, September .10.—Tho
World’s Washington special this morn
ing, saye:
•fThe president yesterday sent for the
papers relating to tho two vacancies in
the Inter-state commerce commission.
Clements of Georgia seems to bo In
the lead for Braj&'s vacancy.
He U supported by some of the most
influential republicans in the country.
Gear of Iowa is said
’s vacancy.
Waylaid and Shot.
Pelham, Ga., September 10.—George
Mize was waylaid and shot by Larkin
Nix at mill, five miles from this
this place, about 0 o’clock last night,
both barrels of a double-barrel shotgun
being emptied into him at a distance of
six paces, killing him Instantly. Nix is
still at large.