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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.