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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 ■a 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. H