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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
VOLUME 1
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1891.
NUMBER 14
'ALL 1801.
WINTER 1(801.
Annual Announcement.
THE ARRIVAL OF
GEO. D. WHEATLEY S
Mammoth New Fall and Winter Stock of
DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS,
Clothing, Furnishing Ms, Carpets, Shoes,
HATS, ETC.
The time has come for a ‘‘matter of fact” talk upon a matter op
fact subject. You buyers of fail and winter goods are about to sup
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 Chkap—no indeed! But what firm will do the best tor its
customers in that direction ? That’s the question, isn’t it ?
WELL. NOW, WE WILL V.
Why not say it when we have the goods and nuke the prices
that will prove the statement every time ?
We realize the fact that ‘‘times are h-«rd and money scarce,” but
we have expended the greatest effort, in the purchase if 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 VVintek 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 pos*ible, but EASY to sell
at the Lowest of Low Prices.
We call especial attention this season to our -
Black and Colored Silks, Dress Goods and Trimmings.
TO r, nnMone ourselves in the effort to procure the very newest idea*, the very latest
Our stock fairly teems With beautiful and stylish selections, many of which are
CHINESE RIOTS.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE RECEIVED OF
THE ICHANG AFFAIR.
The Steamship Empress of Chine Brings
News of the Blots of Icheng—The Bring
ing of e Stolen Child to e Convent Wes the
Cense of the Trouble.
Vama even, B. C.. Sept. 24.— Further
detitilb or tin* lints «*f friuuif were
brought liv tut* s tumsliip E.npivss of
Chian. T .*•/ st it tv.* .hut t * Catholic
and Pro.estant mission in»n*uj of luessra.
Cain, D tl.de and Cock burn were plun
dered a »d :>unu*d.
The English custom house and con
sulate were loft uninjur *1. The Fran
ciscan Pist- ri were s tvc l with difficulty
by the Cnineso authorities.
The ostensible cause* of the riots was
the bringing to the convent of a stolen
child by an unknown person.
The riot came without any warning
whatever. The Franciscan sisters and
one of the priests were badly hurt. All
are now on board the gunboat Pjtolinn,
Customs officers are under a.ims. The
damage to property is estimator} at
$300,000.
CRIME IN GEORGIA.
CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES.
Bonn Stic
id of
Novelties of tho 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 bo found, but a greater abundance of
stageneVhe^ Re sale of the celebrated
p t ^ p, Brand of Kid Gloves,
, • fitclo nnd color. We guarantee these gloves, from 75c per pair upward,
• nother pair of fl,0¥e, for every pair ’
"Carpets! Carpets! and Engs!!
■i .. . • ^ Jnnorimoni where we are now exhibiting a mi
A Nocro'i Hellish Heed anil the Penalty
That He* Ha* Patti.
WluviixE.Sept. 24. —News lias reached
here iron. Sivaiusboro, Emanuel county,
of an unknown negro entering the house
of Mrs. Garrison' with a Winchester ri
fle, telling her what he came for. After
accomplishing his hellish deed he
oapert for the woods.
As soon ns the uews reached town a
party whs male up, and he was soon
captured, nbont six miles from the
house. While waiting for the other
party, which had gone in n different di
rection, it is said that the negro un
fastened the rope with wlr'ch he was
board and »rnp*d again. They then
teem«l tioga and cha-el him ior.several
hour-.
S. \ r 1 of the party that were in the
cha«- nave not shnvn np, and it is
thorn he the miserea it is now hanging
to sum * tree or is riddled with linilets.
Tlir negio was i-npp. sed to be a railroad
hand. He was nbmt 20 years old, very
dark and knock-kneed.
• Tiie L.» n. fieffUlMfore.
Rocm:roRT, Mo., Sept. 24.—The trial
of tiie ISoone county White Caps, upon
a •change of venne from Columbia to
Bocheport, was hel l here before Enquire
Bn ton White. The defendants, Bnd
and James Beer. Thomas McKee and
Isaac Forbi.-, charged with taking from
hia home at Deer park on the night of
Sept. 5, Jack Croftoa. a harmless Irish
man, and administering to him a severe
thrashing for wife desertion, made a
hard fight to prove their innocenua, lmt
Bud Brer and McKee were lined (10J
each and sentenced io lix months in tne
entity jail. James Beer, aged 76 years,
was sentenced to thirty days in jail.
Forbia was released. Thirty witnesses
were examined.
- Western Railway Sensation.
Kansas Cut, Sept. 24.—Another sen
sational development in the western
railway world is the proposed United
Stntea grand jnry investigation of the
trans-Missouri association at Topeka.
I iteretaieCommerce Agent Kretchemer
is expected to leave Kansas City for
Top ku in a day or two. It is said that
indictments will surely be returned
against diaries Smith and the head
traffic officials of h11 tiie roads in the as
sociation. They are charged with main
taining a trust pool. If a case is made
against the association, it will probably
cansc a complete annihilation of the
present system of conducting railway
business in America
W. tae UU «P » «~U»I »d .P«l~ «** department, »h.» ra - *» «*»“■« • "»*•
nificent line of
Cotton oHai 11 '
Extra Super.
3-piy ingrain,
;We have theSnder^hif mt-
Tapestry,
Velvet.
Body Brussels.
Chain Mattings, etc. iW e Uave tne - fatties render this feature of our Dnamess mu-
You Want a Carpet! This b Yoto Chance caU, examine our great wsortment, and sdlMt
tually pleasant to us and our enstomers ahKe. io^ e F y nd pnt jt down on your floor> AT OUR EX-
yonr carpet. We measure y,9 ur y?,WT< A p and WE DO.
FEN8E. We are able to sell y sufficiently to come and see that our goods and prices
And now are you ready to take °J*5 Unvbedanse we claim to give such bargains in quality and
are really as represented. We ask no o ^ may come. When you are once in omr storo. wo
price. We only "say what we say w or^r that y ^ with do e xi*(, *•* we *"• tbem -
will proceed to prove to your entire satisfaction^ ■■ JT a vmir ffiu an d winter goods of
There will be pleasure, satisfaction
GEORGE D. WHEATLEY,
Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave., AMERICUS. GA.
faithfully In the past, I
Mesrers. Jno.Bohlver, v»~.~. 0 —- -
our oorpa ol courteousand obliging of h ls friends.
book-keeper, beam* with pleasure for Jte anvc
has aerved you
friends.
Warliok compose
our efficient and popular
Sensei Inn In the House of Commons.
Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 24.—In the house
of commons' Mr. Lister. M. P. for West
Lnmpton, gave notice that be will
make an imiienchment of Hon. J, G.
Haggart, postmaster general, in con
nection with the construction of section
B of the Canadian Pacific railroad.
The charge will be that while a memb r
Mr. Hnggnrt was interested in this
con ract given by the goverumo.it for
the construction of that part of the
railway which runs between Keewatin
and Eagle river. Mr. Haggart waa not
at ti.e time a member of the ministrv,
bring given a portfolio only in 1888.
This is the sensation of the day and
dwarfs the McGreevy-Langevin debate.
bre«tl|atlnf tl»® Growth of BorlalUm.
Paris. Sept. 24.—The French bishops
have revived instructions requiring
them to report to Rome as to the growth
of socialism in their dioceses. It is re
garded as probable, that the Vatican
will summon in 1623 an universal coun
cil. the program for which will include
the discussion of the relations of capital
and labor.
Jampeil from the Seventh Story.
Ho* Sfrinos. Ark., Sept. 24.— Lnla
R.. lmrdson committed snicide in this
ci v by jurupi. g from the seventh story
oi tiie Park hotel. She was ni, employe
oi the hotel and had not teen veil for
sc le time. Despondency is thought
to have been the cause for the rash act.
Hr* in mu f. Better.
Atlanta. Sept. 24.—Dr. Robert Bar
rett, rector of St. Luke’s cathedral, this
city, who 1ms been ill in London for ten
month*, is refolded to be much better.
He will Bail for the United States on
Sept. 20.
To Adjourn Oct. IS.
Atlanta, Sept. 24.—A
I Foreign
Interest.
Orth Srein hits been release i frn'ii lla
Deivalo cou.ity iaii. and is in A.lmia.
Tiie grocers in Atlanta are actively at
work ascertaining tiie advisability of
organ.g.ng a bunk of their
Dr. Tnpper of Atlanta, has gone to
Kansas to attempt to persuade nis wife
to come and live with him in that city.
It is said that the president will ap
point ex-Congressman Clements of Geor
gia, on the interstate railroad couimis
sion.
It is rumored that a call on the code
may be male in the Fleming-Bald win
matter of the Georgia honse of repre
sentatives.
Marie Kramer, who is best known in
Washington as the wife of Paul Wolf,
one of the ablest and wide known Ger
man writers in this country, has com
mitted snicide.
The Ohio cumpsign is becoming more
enthusiastic every day. The two lead
ers of the two great parties in that state
are addressing large audiences at dif
ferent appointments.
At Melbourne General Booth of the
Salvation Army addressed a meeting of
16,000 pemuns. He also spoke at a
meeting of members in parliament and
leading citizens in Melbourne.
At Springfield. Ills., the state board
of health lias been advised of an out
break of diphtheria at Apple River, Joe
Daviess county, of so serious it charac
ter that the schools have been closed,
A Knoxville, Tenn., special says:
Governor Buchanan uus called the elec
tion in this congrt s-ional district to
supply the vucancy caused by the death
of L. C. Honk for Saturday, Nov. 21.
At Lincoln, Neb., Fred Manner got
angry with Mary McClelland because of
her affability towards other \ oung men,
,aud beat her to death. He got off Avith
a sentence o^ ten years in the peniten
tiary. He will appeal the case.
At Abilene, Tex., In the district
court W. H. Frizzel was sentenced to
be banged Nov. 20. He was convicted
it the murder of his wife lust Maich
ami an appeal taken to the court of
appeios. in which the judgement of the
lowei court was affirmed.
A Berliu dispatch says: The object
of fctai ley's visit to the king of ihe Bel
gian-.:s io resign nis official cunneci ion
ait., .ae Congo state. The post of gov
ernor of tue Congo state has been otter
ed louud t.echoed by a German officer
of colonial exjiereuce now in Africa.
At St. John. N. B., A lad named Tay
lor bought n prize package of popcorn,
-■•closed in which wits a small whistle.
In nsiug the whistle no sucked it into
his truenen, and an operation has failed
to remove it. The whistle has lodged
in one ot the bronchial tubes, mid the
lad cannot possibly survive.
A Bloomington, tils., specinl says:
Benjamin Allison, aged 72, a wealthy
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
DISASTROUS WRECK ON THE PITTS
BURG & WESTERN RAILROAD.
i Freight Train Fans Into a Working
Train nt Eldwood nnd Crashes Workmen
to Death—Several Person! are Injured—
Meager Reporta.
farmer of McLean, met with a horrible
dean here. He was thrown from a
road cart and, tailing forward, his foot
caught in the cart and he was dragged
through the streets. His bead was
crushed, the scalp torn off and hia gnus
and leg broken.
Joseph Snyder, 47 years old, a Ger-
man stone-cutter, living at 24 Passaic-] thinks that he did right,
avenne, Jersey City, N. J„ was arrested hard working man, and!
for assaulting his wife. He gave bail
to appear next morning. He failed to
appear and an officer was sent for him.
He was fonud in the attic of bis honse
hungiug from a ratter. He waa cat
down and the doctor said Snyder bad
been dead about un hour.
Loth booses of the
I err
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to ad-
■pted
•gl*la-
A Spartanburg, 8. C. special sayi:
D. R. Swctzer. a prominent citizen of
this county, met witu a painful accident.
He was suffering with inflammation of
the eyes, and Ailed an eyeglass with
what be supposed to be an eyewash and
asked bis wife to drop it in bis eyes.
She did so, and it proved to be carbolic
acid. He may never recover the use of
his eyes.
Rev. Howard McQuerv, formerly of
Canton, O., who was tried and con-
victed of heresy, sent a letter to Bishop
Leonard "renouncing the ministrv of
the Protestant Episcopal cbnrch of the
United States. " Rev. Mr. McQnesry
has accepted a call as pastor of the First
Unfvereulist cbnrch st Saginaw, Mich.,
and will begin his work there a week
from Snndsy.
At Chicago, three boys, ranging in
age between 11 and 16 years, were
killed on a train at the stock yards.
Their names were Peter Foster. Ernest
Garlos, and the third was only known
as George Foster came from Valpuri-
aso, Ind., and Garlos had papers on his
E ersou to indicate that ne loruierly
ved in Donver. They were stealing a
ride on a freight car loaded with lum
ber and the lumber fell upon them,
crushing them.
A Spokane Fallf, Wash, special says:
The state convention of Democratic
dubs met here. Among these present
are Senator Faulkner of (Vest Virginia;
Congressman Bynnrn of Indians, ana
Chauncey Black, president of the Na
tional Association of Democratic dabs.
An address of welcome was made by
State Senator Dunn of Tacoma. In re
sponse to a letter of invitation, ex-Prea-
iuent Cleveland sent a telegram of con
gratulation and hope.
At Richmond, the German and Ger-
mr.n-American citizens celebrated Ger
man day and the 100th anniversary of
Koemer’a birth, by a street parade and
a volksfeat at the exposition grounds.
A speech of greeting was made by Mr.
A. Von N. Rosenegk, and an oration on
Koenier s life was delivered by Chris
Drosto. Other features were the un
veiling a bust of Koemer, the work
of Mo.iyhan, and the singing of songs
of the poet soldier. Tbere was an Im
mense attendance on the grounds.
Peter C. Vanarsdale of Plainfield, N.
J„ was ont riding with his wife near
Somerville, when iiis team of ponies ran
away. He tola his wife to jump, which
she did. lu a moment he regained con
trol of the horses and drove back to
where his wife was lying m tne rotid.
Lifting her tip he was horrified to find
that she was dying, and in five minutes
she was dead. As she struck ihe earth
her head crushed into a stone, breaking
her neck.
ODSt
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 24.—A wreca
hasoccurred on the Pittsburg and West
ern railroad at Elwood, about eight
miles from New Caetle, In which two
men were killed ofitright and seven or
eight others injured, several, it is said,
fatally.
The full particulars have not been re
ceived, hut it seems a freight train ran
into the working train on which fifteen
workmen and a number of cars were
completely wrecked and the workmen
crashed in the wreck. A wrecking
train ear:) lug physicians .has gone to
the scene.
DEADLV COLLISION IN 8PAIN.
An Ziprcn Tram Collides with a Com
bined flood* nnd rarranger Train.
Madrid, Sept. 24.—An express train
running between Burgos nnd San Se
bastian came into collision with a com
bined goods and pussenger train. Seven
persons were killed outright and many
injured.
SHOT AND KILLED.
An Unknown White Mon Falls Dosd, the
Victim of » fthotftiiie
Tekmlle, Gn., Sept.,24.—Juke Davis,
a white citizen of Tennille, shot and in
stantly killed an unknown white man
at 11:20 o'clock p. m. Following are the
particulars:
Davis, hearing a noise out in his lot,
secured his shotgun and slipped ont to
the back gnte. He then went quietly
up to thu barnyard gate. He saw some
one trying to open his stable door. Da
vis called upon him to stop, whereupon
the man ran. Davis then fired upon
him. Davis immediately throw open
the gate nnd ran in, pushed the man
down Mini ngnin commanded him to
stop, when tho fellow colled ont:
"Slop. Cap; IH give up. Don't shoot
me again. ”
Davis replied:
"D—n yon. I'll ahoot you again."
He leveled Ilia gun and started to
shoot him again, when Mr. Sam Pritch
ard. bis (Davis's) brother-in-law, ran up
an] called Upon him not to shoot again.
Davis gave uimself up immediately af
ter the sheeting. Public opinion is very
much divided in regard to the shooting!
The dead man is about 18 years of age,
abont 6ft. Sin. high,lnnd a blonde,
dressed rather neatly, and evidently a
printer ont of a job, judging from* the
ink marks on his fingers. Ho wse shot
through the heart.
iris takes the matter quietly, nnd
Davis is a
bard working man, andis well connect
ed, being a brother-in-law of Superin
tendent Pritchard of the W. & T. R. R,
ALamlnnt Harvests.
Co.vsTa.vnjfOPL*. Bept. 34.—Abund
ant harvests are reported from most'of
the Turkish provinces, especially from
those eitnated iif Asia Min r. It is es
timate-: that tho revenue will exceed
that of i-’iy previous year by 600,000
Turkish aii-la.
ORTH STEIN IS FREE.
He Is to Be Taken In Hand nnd Relped
By the Y. U C. A.
Atlanta, Gs., September 24.—Onco
ffioro Orth Stein, the newspaper man
who has been' Involved in to mueh
trouble of late, Is a free man.
That (10,000 so much sought after haa
vanished like mist before the sunshine*
and many to-day are sore over their
imaginary loss.
Stein secured hie release through the
earneet efforts of member* of the Toung
Hen'e Christian Association.
Since Us incarceration the young men
of the Christian Association have taken
a great Interest In blm, and almost
every day some ol them call to see him,
carrying with them books, papers and
cigars so as to make his jail life more
pleasant
They, after Investigation, found every
thing satisfactory with the exception ot
the Griffin forgery.
A young man le supposed to have
gone to see Hr. Drake In In Griffin, and
after tUs visit Stein was released on
bond. The amonnt of the bond and the
oharge on whieh he was balled ont are
sot known.
Stein is now at s private dwelling in
the elty and he is not going tinder an as
sumed name.
Cleared After Hour Tears.
Cantos, Ga., September 24.—George
W. Pierce, charged with the murder of
Charlee Edwards, In September 1809,
has been acquitted. The caso has at
tracted wide attention, and people
irywhere have been looking eagerly
for tho end. Great sympathy lias boon
felt for Captain Pierce throughout tho
trial, and he received many congratula
tions on hia acquittal.
Choked to Death.
LaGranoe, Ga,, September 24.—Mrs.
Ben Prather, an aged and highly re
spected lady of Troup county, living
ten miles from LaGrange, waa murder
ed yesterday. Her husband, Mr. Ben
Prather, went to LaGrange with cotton,
and in his absence some fiend entered
house and choked the old lady to
She leaves a family of little death. Suspicion rests upon a negro la
the settlement.
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