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Newspaper Page TextIAMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. 4 VOttUME 1 fall isoi. AMERICUS. GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1891. NUMBER 144 Annual Announcement. THEE ARRIVAL OF GEO. D. WHEATLEY'S Mammoth New Fall and Winter Stock of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Carpets, Shoos, HATS, ETC. WINTER ISO!. RIOTOUS FRENCHMEN. The time has come for a ‘‘matter of fact” talk upon a matter of fact subject. You buyers of fall and winter goods are about to sup ply your needs with suitable selections for the comiDg season’s re quirements. The idea uppermost in the minds ot all, no doubt is to I procure something good and serviceable at the Vert Lowest Price anc ' \ 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 But 'Goo s Ch ap—no indeed! But what firm will do the best lor its / customers in that direction ? That’s the question, isn’t it ? WELL 3XTOW, WE WILL l, Why not say it when we have the goods and make the prices th ® co5dnct 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 • f 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 and Winter Styles 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 possible, but EASY to sell at the Lowest of Low Prices. f We call especial attention this season to onr Black and Colored Silks, Dress Goods and Trimmings. Wo have really outdone ourselves in the effort to procure the very mweit ideal, the very latest Novelties ol the season. Our stock Jairly teems With beautiful and stylish selections, many of which are 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» greater abundance 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, which we show in every desirable style and color. We guarantee these gloves, from 75c per pair upwa . anci wUl gladly refund your money, or another pair of gluvea for every pair, fonnd after trial to be imperfect. Carpets! Carpets! and Rug's!! We have fitted up an excellent and spacious carpet department, where wo are now exhibiting a mag- nificent line of Tapestry, Velvet. Body Brussels. Cotton onaln, Extra super. 8-Ply ingrain, You Want a Garni•! Thb b Yora Chanca ■ " , „ exnmine onr t ^orfment, and select • iT0DBEX - PENSE. We are ablo to sell you CHEAP and " E DO. . , ___ nr0 vou re ady to take us at our word sufficiently to come and see that our goods and prices i^IvTrenresented We ask no one to buy because wo claim to give such bargains, in quality and are really as represeniwi come. When you are once in our store, we p“ovet your entiJe satisfactio^ basins with us do exist, and that we give them. Sere ^ be pleK ^faction and economy in buying your fall and winter goods of GEORS D. WHEATLEY, Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Furnishing Gooods, Capets, Shoca, Hats, etc. • Cor. ‘Lamar St. and Cotton Ave., AMERICUS, GA.... > „ . ... v.t.rui Drv Goods Salesman, who for so many yearn haa nerved you n a tphft nld reliable Mr. Henry 8. Davis, *“ f , lr all our customers aod nis friends. r.i,MAl?>TJthe oa,7. Is still with u *^S ver « rt M r Tim Quarry Will Dudley, Tim Killen and Sam Warliok compos* Wt Mesfe». Jno.Bohiver,JuUvtSt.nfleld,Jim^ ^ mt (jcoof Mr . Jno. P. Cato, our efficient and popular THE BULL BAITERS ARE ACCUSED OF THROWING OFF. A Serlont Blot Ocean at Marseilles—Th. Spectator, at • Bull right Become Bn* raged and Attempt to Born np the Bond ing—Police Summoned. Mari niu.KK, Sept. 21.—A serious riot has occurred in this city. A hull fight was in jiroureas at the circus here, hut the s|ie.:tntor.. became displeased with the perfoniinuun of the toreadors, eliiiui ing that they were not doing their best: that they were cowardly mid were sim ply making a weak pretence ot fighting the hulls. Finally matters beenme so warm thnt the sjiectators.not content with hooting and yelling nt the hulls, arose from tbeir seats and broke into the arena, chased the toreadors and torus out uf it, tore down the seats, piled them up in heaps and eventually set fire to the debris, threatening the destruction of the whole building. At this stage of the proceedings a strong force of police came upon the scene, having been hastily summoned from all available posts. The nlUcers of the law with drawn swords cleared the circus and pnt out the fires, uot, however, until the building was par tially destroyed, A namber of arrests were made by the police and local au thorities, and the proprietors of the circus announce their intention of pros ecuting the rioters to'the utmost extent ot the law. Removed from Office. Washington, Sept. 21.—The presi dent removed Charles M. Bradshaw from the position of collector of Pnget Sound, state of Washington. Mr. Brad shaw was appointed by President Harri son early in bis administration and was removed on the report of Special Treas ury Agent Malty for "irregularities j u ■ of his office." It is stated jury department that Mr. Bradshaw's removal was mode in this city and not at his home. The irregu larities complained of were extensive smuggling and allowing frequent en trance of Chinese. The president ap- minted Andrew Wasson of Washiug- on. to he collector of enstoms for the district of Puget Sound, Wash. One Promineut Negro Shoot* Another Louisville, Sept. 21.—Jacob Ray, a United Slates storekeeper, was shat and killed l>y Chancellor Morris, editor of The Champion. Both the men are colored, but are among the most promi nent men of their race in the state. Ray was sitting in front of a barber shop on Tenth street, when Morris ap. pruaclied and charged Ray with o r- dilating statcm,.-...a that Morria had robbed ins lather, who is owner of The Champion, ltay denied it, when Mor ris called him a liar. Hay resented .this by a blow, when Morns drew a pistol nod liml one shut, tile miliet striking Rnv it. i lie left aid-and passing through bis body. Huy died in 5 minutes, and Morris wii.-ep.uced in Jail. The Tftn Minn, to .Speak In Atlanta. Atlanta, Sept. 21.—Next Thursday evening Rev. tram Jones and Rev. Sum Small will deliver a joint address in At lanta. The aiinonneement was made that the two wonld tackle the “Bar room Nuisance'' at the Prohibition hall, on tile evening ‘named. This is re gard*,t us an opening shot for the city cuuipuigti. In fact it is stated that the two Maui* will he in Atlanta with a tent two weeks prior to the city elec tion, and t lint they will talk against burruoms mini that time until the elec tion is over, Vamli-rliilt In Jail. Dennison, O., Sept. 21.—Pearl Rnby and W. H. Vanderbilt, aged 22 and 23 years resjarctively. were arrested for burglarizing the hnnlwsre store uf D. C. Foster, at Ulrichavtlle. Aliont (200 worth of cutlery, knives, revolvers, etc., was stolen. A large part of it was re covered on Hie persons of Knby and Vanderbilt. They had n preliminary hearing ls-lore Mayor Malone ot Ulricii*- ville, and were lamud over to the grand jun-, and in default of bail were taken to New i'liibnl -lphni ami placed in jail. Vamlerl.ilr claims to be a relative of Mew Voile Vanderbilts. They are Praying and Crying. DahL"Si:oa, On., Sept. 21.—Miss Kate Maslibiirn, the pnruinonr of the liev. Z. T. Bell, was arrested here, aud they were both arraigned before Justice Al len on tin* charge of adultery and forni cation. They waived examination and were lamud over to the next term of tlio superior court, ami n|ioii failure to give bond they were committed to jail. They take their confinement very bard, and they consume most of tbeir time praying iu (Tying. CONDENSED NEWS DI8PATCHES. Irani title and Foreign anti t-f General Internet. Sheffield, Ala., has had a disastrous fire. Los* about (110,000. Considerable damage has been done to crops iu Minnesota and the Dakotas by prairie fires. Sturviug jieusunts in Rnsiis are sai-l to have burned houses in order to gef to plunder them. The record for trotting stallions was again broken nt Independence, la. Al- lertun made it in 2.U0j. Ex-Congressman W.L. Scott of Penn sylvania, .tied at Newport, R. I. His remains will be interred at Erie, Penn. The mill* of the Lyons Paper Mills company ot Lyons, la., were destroved by nre. Loss (73,000; insurance (80, 000. Catarino Garza, the Mexican rebel, was defeated in an engagement with Mexican troops and then hanged to tree. • A dispatch fiom Constantinople says that Agup Pasha, former minuter of finance, was thrown from his horse and killed. It is re]o<rted thnt the sultan has granted a iiension of £2,240 yearly to Kiarnil Pasha, the receutly Reposed grand visier. The business portion ot the town ol Needles, Cal., was destroyed by fire, the losses aggregating (27,000, with (10,000 insurance. It is sHid that Moses Bunmgarten of Charlotte, N. C\, who was retained to have committed suicide iu Charleston died ot neurt disease. At St. Paul, Minn., an internrban electric car Jnioped tne track at mid night at Lexington avenue aud four persons are retained killed, besides many injured. The Atlantic transport line of steam ships, between Baltimore and London, have arranged to start a line between New Yura and London, The first steamer leuves Nov. 21, Auditor General McCamant was ask ed by the legislative committee of Penn sylvauin to explain his letter to Bards- iey asking for (100,000, "ns the state treasurer Is a little pressed and this wilt help him out. ” The unveiling of the monument to the late Thomas C, Wickham, vice pres ident of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail road, the tnnda lor which were con tributed by the employees of the com pany, will take piuce Oct, 29, at Rich mond, Vo. Carlton Marks, who was convicted and sentenced to the peuiteutiary by Urn county court of Sussex, Va., last De cember, tor killing N. M. Bain, has been pardoned by the governor of Vir- Tiia on account of the dangerous con- tion of hia health. An Oglethorpe, Ga., special says: A new era of prosperity seems to have struck Oglethorpe of late. Th more building going on here now at any time since the war. Improve ments loom np ou all sides, and a spirit of enterprise pervades theair all around. .A BOYCOTTED ROAD. THE GEORGIA SOUTHERN AND FLOR IDA IN DIFFICULTIES- What Folks Think About It In Atlanta— Holding Off on the Georgln Southern and Florida—A suggestion to the Richmond and Danvltla. Whipped the Negro. Dallas. Bept. 21.—A fight with fonr- onnee glove* took place here between Charles Johnson, champion light-weight of the Northwest, and John Bow Thomas, ‘colored, middle-weight of Weight of Texas, in which Johnson won in the eightli round. The fight was for $100 a side and 73 per cent, gate re ceipts to the winner. IWMfejE Another Suit Acaln.t the lists. Los Angeles, Cni., Sept. 21.—A *ec- ond libel lias been filed against the Chi lian steamer Itnta, at Muudiego, by Uniie.1 State* Marshal Gardener, of (2"0.0u0 tor damages sustained in bring ing tLe vessel back from Chili, The rase will come np before Jndge Roes in the Baited States court. A Hcnhziliub, Ga., special Sava that Sandy William.*, colored, who live* on the iarui ot ‘Mr. B. R.i Clark, was (hot in the back part of the bead by Will Jones, also colored. It is thought that Williams will die. A woman was the cause Drs. Baxley and Tarver are at tending the wonndql man. Pietro Lumnnda, a wealthy fruit dealer of Turouto, was lnred from his home in that city Bept. IU ami Ills life threatened miles-i (1.00J he paid. He paid (UOO and was released. The chief alsluctor was arrested nt Detroit mid will be retained to Toronto. Pietro's watch wo* found on bit person. The first delegate to the Republican national convention elected in Pennsyl vania, and it Is believed in the United States, is Angnstns M. High of Read ing, Pa. He wua named by the county convention, which organization issue I iron clad instructions Flint the delegate from Berks should Biqqiort the cnildi- dney of James G. Blaine for president. A London dispstrh slates tlmt Mix Ashton Dilke married Rawed Cooke. It was a qniet wedding in Kensington church. The bride was ntieiideii by her sister, Mrs. Robert Priestley. Sir Charles Dilke was not present. Tim Loudon senool board, of •< idcli Mrs. Dilke is a member, made her a hand- iome gift. Mr. mid Mrs, Cooke have gone to Italy. A Goshen, Iwl.r special says tlmt John Duffy, a young (metal clerk, resi dent of Elknart. was arrested for rob bing Hie mail, three decoy letters hav ing disapiieared on iiis run. Hi* prac tice was to qmckly remove money from regist-red letter* nud re|««i them to tlie head clerk. He confessed hiscriuie, saying tlmt lie did it to help support his aged mother and sister. The London Times published a dis patch front iu Melbourne correspondent saying that Sir George Gray, ex-pre- mfer of New Zealand, has made a prop osition which will lie submitted to the house of representatives tlmt u new up per chamber be formed iu the govern ment of New Zealand; tlmt this new legislative liody be composed entirely of women, and that it replace the present upper chamber. A lteno, Nev., news report states that Louis Ortiz, a well known and desperate character, and another Spaniard, imiued Rnptist, quarreled ou tlie street. Officer Richard Nash attempted to arrest Ortiz, when the latter shot him throngh tile groin, indicting a severe if not fatal wound. Ortiz was taken from the coun ty jail by 100 or more determined men, and banged to an iron bridge. He met death coolly. At Bninbridgc, Ga., Mr. Will Ingram was presented with an alligator's egg from Fla., by a friend. He placed the egg on tiie shelf in the bur three weeks ago, and on snlunmy last, thinking it wo* sjioiied, lie bniwe the shell and there scuffled from the satire a live ami lnsty young 'gator eight inches in length. He was placed in a tub of water where he has couUaued to thrive a* though he were ou his native heath. He eats beet readily and bids fair to grow to become t icaty ’ gator. Atlanta, Ga., September 21.—The railroad eommlsalon will Investigate that boycott Colonel Erwin will arrive to day, and thla afternoon they will oonanlt about the matter. . Col. Powers Is already here, so Is Mr. Knapp, the traffie manager of the Geor gia Southern railroad, the company whioh has been boycotted. That something will be donels certain. The only argument that the railroads can employ la that the commission has no authority to force them to act az agents for another corporation or to make them appoint another corporation as their agent, as would be the case If they are forced to sell the Georgia South'! era railroad tickets and the Georgia Southern sell theirs. But this 1* an evasion of this qnestion at stake in which the whole people are interested. It Is a combination against the Georgia Southern, not because they are afraid the Georgia Southern will not pay them for the tickets they sell, but because the Georgia Southern la selling tickets over it* line cbesper than the combination wants them sold. What ia easier than for the Richmond Terminal to bottle rp the Georgia South ern. They own every through line lead ing Into Macon, and they oan refuse to deliver freight to the Georgia Southern, cripple It and buy It for a song. Macon Is especially Interested In this question. If the combination la allowed to do thin they can ruin any road In Georgia not In with them, and can absolutely prevent the building of other lines. This Is s foretaste of what may be ex pected It the boyoott Is not Immediately broken np. If, this afternoon, the com missioners experience any doubt as to their authority) a letter to tho governor, asking him to present the matter to the legislature would no donbt bring tbo necessary legislation to defeat the scheme to wreck and rain a competing lino ot road. A BARBER QOE8 INSANE. While Shaving • Han and Attempts to Make lllm a Corps*. Kknnett Square, Pa.. Sept. 21.—A barber becoming insane white shaving a man is what every man who ever had his chin scraped has feared. Therefore, li great sensation was created here when Win. Reese allowed signs of insanity while shaving Larkin Jackson. Jack- son had been lathered and was altting quietly In the chair when .Kcere made him shiver clear down bis spine by re marking: "Jackson, you would make a beautiful corpse. I think twilltske you to heaven with mo. ” The barber's e.ve< grew wild and his hand moved on- easily, scratching Jackson's face. Keene laid ilio rnioV down fora lulnnteand ruhlieii Ids hands. 11lls was stipposcd lo oe prcnatiitory to making Jackson au gel. Jack-oil, thinking it was time im l.iin lo gel out, liinue lor I lie dour, bin ire wa* nor quick enough fur Reese, ivliu nisi Him at tho door, and after a hard n'i-de he wrestled ufiu»elf liswe an . sit,, .e » diitvn the -tied wilii Kcestl i*. i hi -nit. K e.u *1 itwbled and h i on* captured mid will uqi do ■iiiv s:,a\ ::ig fur xml* time to Come. llrmtimer Suicide*. Halifax, N. S., Sept.21.—Alex. M. Liddell, a well known commercial trav eler, cuo.kd.t-d suicide in tires woods at Windsor Jc.nction by cutting hi* throat. He iiuil Uuu ou a tLree weeks' spree, hml lost hi* (tositioii, aud was asliumed to return .o hi* frienna. His brother, also u ccii.metdal traveler, committed nicide by catting lit* throat in Mon ica) five years ago. Jour* Wouldn't Pay Freight. New York, Sept. 21.—The Press’s Bingkamptoii special says: Two prom ineut Allimice leaders have arrived here and are trying to induce Lieutenant Governor Jones to become the Alliance caudidifte for governor. The World's Albany special says: Jones telegraphed to the Aliiancewen in that city refusing to permit the nse of his name for gov ernor on the Alliance ticket. Negro Killed St Night. Athens, Ga., Sept. 21.—Dollie Jones, negro living noar Center, was assassi nated in his yard while standing in the moonlight. Some one larking in tho shadow of the trees, shot a load of buck snot into him and he died instant- lt is supposed that this airassina- ion was by another negro by the name of Strickland. They had been to Har deman's grocery store where they had dispute. Highly Prised Heirloom. Martinsville, Ind., Sept-21.—W. 11. Hostetter of Jamestown, possesses a sword and well preserved coat worn by Major John Byrd when he wu* killed at tlie battle of King's Mountain, S. O., Octobe r U, 1789. The coat wa« made of fine blue cloth, emblazoned with buff trimmings, ami ia of the long-tailed, claw-hammer variety. Major Bynl wot soldier under General Ureene. Murderer Hangs Himself. Cleveland, Sept 2).—Fred Rammer* er, who murdered hU wife Thursday, hanged bimnelf in foil. here.