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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. VOLUME l AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1891. FALL 1801. WINTER 1801. WORK OF A V. OB. We have reallv outdone oureelvee is the eflbrt to procure tlw y< Nov, I tie i of the season. Our stock fairly teems With beautiful and styh positively not to befOnnd elsewhere. y£u will find our assortment of PT AOK- DRESS GOODS AND MOURNING EFFECTS — 0Dly a,. handlomett rad mo>t •Ktcll to be tbo.4 b.t. sreeter .b.ri^ ol p, & P. Brand of Kid Gloves, a*j imperfect. Carpets! Carpets! and Eng's!! We have fitted up an excellent and spacious carpel department, where we are now exhibiting a mag nificent line of . !. cotton Ohaln. T/»lpo»try. Bxtra supor. Velvet, a-PW xnsrain. Body WtuwM. Yon Want a Carpet ! This a YoubOumm t . . u exwn i„ 6 onr great assortment, and select iT0UE I’ENSE. We are able to sell yon CHEAP and WE DO. word sufficiently to come and see that our goods ond prices «tw» fc dUpi.v. Two of the con And now are you IKm*” bn^b^^wo J ciaim'' to give such nargaiuS in quality and jsvsr a «tsras Sr?^m bL SeK and economy iA buying your faU and winter goods of GEORGE D. WHEATLEY, Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Furnishing Gooods, Carpets, Shoes, Hats, etc. > Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave., AMERICUS, GA. WHITE CAPS DISGRACEFULLY BEAT A IDEFENSELESS WOMAN- Shameful Work .1 Bcxulatora ss Told In a Special to on Indiana Paper A Delplesa Woman Whipped with Hickory Switch... The reople Enraged. Annual Announcement. THE ARRIVAL OF GEO, D. WHEATLEY S ‘ Mammoth New Fall and Winter Stock ol DRY G-OOIDS, NOTIONS, Ming, Furnishing Ms, Carpets, Shoes, ' IIATS, ETC. 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 sfftable selection* for ihe coming season’s re quiremeots. The idea uppermost in the minds ot all, no doubt is to procure something got al and serviceable aithe Very Lowest Price and with all of you it comes down to a question of The Right Place to Go. | S5 w «l e You have no difficulty in deciding that you want to Buy Goo s Oh ap—no indeed! But what firm will do the best tor its customers in that direction? That’s the question, isn’t it? WBLIj 3NrO*W. WE WIIaIj!: Why not say it when we have th< goods and mtke 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 of 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— iust 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. We call especial attention this season to our Black and Colored Silks, Dress Goods and Trimmings. newest ideas, the very latest ons, many of which are Indianapolis, Sept. 20.—A special to The News irom Birdseye, Inc!., says: This cuuiity is vneo more disgraced hy mob work, which is doubly disgraceful in tliut it is perpetrated on defenseless woman. Mrs. Harmon, a woman of rather loose character lives at Mentor, one mile west of here. She was visited by a body of thirty men, who tied her to n ] ost near her house and applied fifty lashes to her bare body. After performing this work they called npon another woman named Mrs. Freeman, of like character, and warned her to leave the place-within twenty-four honrs, or they wonld treat ter to the tame dose. She immediately departed. The White Caps called upon John Sapenfied and ordered him to visit Mrs. Hannan, nntle her and publish to the neighborhood, on penalty of twenty-five lashes, what they lind done, and that they bad whipped the Harman woman because of her bad name. When Sapenfield reached the hapless woman he found her tied to a post' naked, with the exception of one under garment. which was turned over tier head. Her hotly was torn from head to foot as if by a knife, one terrible twelve inches long and so deep ns to leave the bowels exposed, and scattered uround were great hickory switches with which the womuu had been flayed. No oue knows who composed the gang nor whence they came, though nearly everj- citizen in the town saw them by the light of the moon. The community is enraged that such an aw- fnl thing should have happened in their midst. Mrs. Hannon and herdanghter were whipped In Birdeyes two years before tl CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES. ago, just I i they moved to Mentor. GEORGIA COTTON CROP. The Condition Is Said to lie Growing Worn, Atlanta, Sept. 20.—The condition of Georgia cotton grows gradually worse. At the state department of agriculture it was skid that indications point to the next report from the entire state show ing a crop of 80 per cent, as compand to the average crop. Bet urns have been received from hut few counties ts yet, bnt these counties are sufficiently scat tered to indicate the condition of the crop in all parts of Georgia. In the middle pan of the state. Baldwin connty, for instance, shows a tailing off since the report published Sept 1 of from 82 to TO percent. In Macon connty the decrease is almost as great. Gwinnett county, in Northeast Georgia, shows a oondltion of 70 at compared to 80 in the last official report. Meri wether, in Western Georgia, shows practically no change since the last offi cial report. On the other band, Pike connty, in the northern nation, show* a falling off from 80 to 70. No returns from Eastern Georgia have been re ceived at the department, bnt private advice* bent out those from ether part* of the state. Commissioner Nesbitt' says that the recent dry weather has had a tendency to open the bolls pre maturely, ana hence the trouble. The crop shows a greater falling off ftom the general average than by the last of ficial reports. 4 . RIOT IN LINCOLN. Gambian Attempt to liaeavar Con (I •sa ted Property aad a right Basses. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 20.—The at tempt of some gamblers to recuver con fiscated property has resulted In n riot in Linooln. The constable who at tempted to replevin them was arrested fay the police because Ufa attempted to break into the city vanlts where the applianoes were. On securing his lib. erty the constable appeared on tile scene with the sheriff and a posse of twenty men. A riot resulted. Club*, fists and revolvers were need. Consid erable blood was spilled, bnt nobody was seriously injured. Finally war rants were issued for the arrest of the fifteen policeman guarding the vault. The sheriff and posse then broke into the vault with sledge hammers, but discovered that during the tnmnlt some of the polfeetuen had blown open the other end of th - vault with some explosive and slipped oat the staldes had broken limbs, another has a bnliet wound, while five of the po licemen are so badly injured that they cannot report tor duty. The citizens are indignant over the disgraceful af fair. Woman Krnleuceit for Harder. Futhbcro, Sept. 29.—The jury in the catu'of Mrs- Lncy R. Fitzsimmons for the murder of David Gilkinson, came into court after being out lets than four hours. The Clarks werq on trial at the same time as accessories after the mur der. Mrs. Fitzsimmons was brought in M composed as ever. After the nine! formula, the foreman announced the jury’s decision: "Guilty of murder in the second degree.’' Mrs. ■ Fitzsim mons never changed • feature as she 1 the sentence that will send her to tillteiitlai v. bhe wif< tikeii Imrk T to'jJil. The verdict is regarded MS oomi'roiafcie/* F Uw maximum > pmiiah- xneut f/,r murder in the second degree UomsRtte and Foreign amt or General Interest. ' Minister Egan's record in Chili is to be investigated. There are less than $1,010,000 curren cy available for bnsiuess in the treas ury vaults. The trial of Joe and Lorenzo Ozbnrn for the murder of Frank Tuggle, is in progress at Covington, Ua. Elijah Watt shot and perhnpt fatally woutnieJ Miss Katie Halloran at Topeka, Kan., and then put a bullet in his own brain. The Wisconsin Methodist conference, by a vote of 100 to 8V, voted in favor of the admission of women as lay delegates to the conference. An Augusta, Me., special says: Sec retary Blaine arrived here from Ells worth. He is looking well, and bis cheeks showed the color of health. He drove immediately to his residence. Lights flickered at a negro revival meeting in Jacksonville, Fla., and n rash wus made for the doors by the su- peratitions worshippers, oue of whom was killed und three fatally wonmled. A Little Rock special says: Ex-Treas urer Woodruff will be tried Oct. 19. The date was settled upon by attorneys representing the state and the d-fend- ant. He was indicted for embezzlement. A Saratoga sp.-ciul states that Rev. Dr. Buichard has died. He gained no tional prominence in the Biaine-Cieve- land campaign by his famous allitera tion, "Rum, Uuum.u-m it... ..eu.-l.iou." Tlie first annual m.-etlig of theAm.-r- icau Elec. ro-TaerupeutlO s-Mocto.iu.t convened ns Fullad -ipuia in me conege of pnysiciaiu. liiy.-iciaiLi from u.l psr.s oi iuc. country were in alien .- once. Allen Bray, the negro suspected of tile uiuruer of Mrs. Framer, ui.ir Mount vibe, Da., has contested tne crime, lie says lie was assisted Dy two uvgro women and mat robbery Wiu uidr purpose. It is authoritatively announce., in Vienna that the Czar und Emperor W.ih...n will meet at Bromberg, me announcement being entirely uuez- pec-leu, mis caused considerable flutter ing in political circles. ACeliua, O., special says: Charles \\ tiler, a U-year-oid lad living in Hope- wen luwnsaip, suicided by jumping I,.io me well. He uud disobeyed hu pa. earn in some triLing matter, auu tear ot puiiismuent led to the rasa act. The Czar lias requested that his pass age turoi.gn Berlin, o.i his way irom Opeunagen to Mosouw, whither be is gomg cecum,! of the ueatti of Grand l>acn.ss Paul, sm.li be sinctly private, wuu uo recep-.iou at any of the railway sta lions. At New York. Rosaliua Costaialo and Freucesca Lorauo, two Italian women, nstdiug at tki Cuiherine street, were arrested, cunrgea with manafacinring 5-ceut uicaei*. Iu lueir apartments were lonuu ave motes and lor.y spurious nickels, a tie women were Held hy Com missioner bulenls iu $J,uiM bail each for exaimno.lon. At New York the health authorities are of the opinion that before the end of the week tue people will awaken to the tact mat the grip is mere again, bo far loriy-ulue deatua nave been re ported over tue corresponding time last year irom respiratory diseases. President Wiisoaof tue board Of healtu, h one oi ibe grip’s victims. At Pittsbnrg the police are looking for Albert Kanin, a colored oil wen digger wuu is suspected of murdering' hu wile. A search of their dwelling showed eviueuce of • straggle. Tue wall* were spattered with bleod and the fnrnltu* was upset about the room. A thorougn search was mad* for the body but uo tram of it could be found. hi bits. 'The applications were mode by Sir Henry T. Wood and James Dredge, representing tne government of Great Britain and Herr A. Weymutb, imperial commissioner from Germany. Tne re quests made by the foreign commission- ere staggered the Worlds Fair officials. A Middletown, tiran., special says that a consignment of twenty-three car loads of iron uoildings will leave East Berl.n from the Hertlu Bridge company to the Uompania Nacinal de forjas Ei- taleiros, Rio oe Janeiro. The cumpaay are extensive shipbuilders, ana tuw heretofore bought enppUes in Euglantl, bnt is now able, under th* treaty, to ob tain better goods at the same rata in the United Mates. A disastrous fir* ho* finished what recent fire* bad left of thedreninee* part of Uakdiff, a suburb of Dduts, Tex. As no tire department could reach the flames, $50,000 worth ot property was licked up in a twinkling. Dr. E. G. Patton lost hie drag store and six build ings. The office of The Oakcliff Jour nal, owned by Roarer Thomas, valued at $1,000, wee the heaviest loser. Eight or leu other buildings were burned and fifteen or twenty persons are losers, all, however, are partially insured. A letter received at Portland, Or*., by the Associated Prase ftom Juneau, Alaska, under date of SbpL 12, says: Intelligence ha* jnat been received here from tne Upper Yukon that's band of hostile Chiles ts attacked a party of two whites and five Indians, and several were killed. It is thought that the party u that of Ewiug Earlscliff, a prominent citizen and j arealist of Mis souri, Herbert Earlscliff, a young Eng lishman, and five Indians ; ell well arm ed. No particulars could be learned from the Indians who brought the newt. A San Angelo, Tex,, special say*: The protracted drought has proven very disastrous to the cotton crop anu the plant is throwing off the young squares and holla very fast. Fanner* estimate that Urn prospects of the yield now is lees than 48 per cent, of wnat it was six weeks ago. It will not produce more than oae-balf to two-thirds to the acre as much as was made last year. Tqe crop is neing gathered rapidly, bnt on account of tue prevailing low prices the farmers are in no hurry to put their LOOTED THE TOWN. A BAND OF ARMED MEN INVADE A VILLAGE. ■ m. A PofttoJBe* and » Number^ of Store# Bobbed by Orjunfud Tblcm-Tb* Staff Loaded on Wagon# and HIdiktn Away in tb# Dent# Wood#. if Mr. .Ido. V, t.ato, our efficient and popular cotton on the mark*. ■ ifftexjot'l .j c. •-! ■ ' • . • / ' * •„ . ' ' St. Josepii, Mo., Sept. 28;—A band of armed men have invaded the little village of San Antone, and looted the poetoffice and a number of (tone. In vestigation ahowed that the poetoffice had been entered and every ounce of mail matter taken off, together with a anm of money kept by the postmaster in a small safe. Among the mall taken was a large number of registered letters,: the value of the contents ot which la unknown. Twobardwarestoreaand a blacksmith shop in addition, were/found to have been looted, everything they contained be taken away. The atnff taken, which , comprised the entire stock in trade of. every merchant in the village, most have been loaded into wagons und driven into the deep and dense woods surrounding the place. From there the thieves evldedtly expected to got it into St. Joseph or Kail's* City when the excitement baa cooled down. A hand of vigilants has been formed and is now soouring the country in pur suit of tlie raiders, who if canght will probably not be called npon to trouble a court of justice. n | Timber PiMfil Tliroll^-ll III. ItOfly. Evansville. Ind., Sept. 20.—At the saw mill of John A. Zeitz Sc Sons, John A. Lyslea, a'sawyer, was fatally injured. Lysles was employed iu working the double saws when they became clicked up. He picked up a rough piece#! tim ber to dear the obstruction, when tho piece of timber was jeiked from his hinds and thrown forward in some manner and driven into tho unfortunate man's abdomen and pasjlng entirely through his body. He was conveyed in an ambulance to his homo in a dying condition. ■ u Momm Baa Down III. Throat. Milwaukee,, Sopt 20. — A farmer — named Daub, living near Fort Atkinson, has had a pecnllarfeeUoginhis stomach for weeks post. A physician adminis tered a strong emetic, which relieved hits of s tuff-grown dead mouse. Dnub baa been to the habit ot taking "nans’’ in his barn, and thinks while sleeping 3 ie monse ran down his throat. I’hy- ctana say they never heard of a simi lar case be -ore. Tlm«s In Oklahoma. Guthrie, Sept. 26.—A courier just In from Chxndler says the rush is a terri ble one, and hundreds are leaving. Mnddy, nauseating water sells for 25 cents a glass, and horses are dying by the score forwent of it. On the road . back M> water is to he had for twenty- miles, an l the side of the road is lined with exhausted teams and people. Bread Is 80 cent* a loaf, lemons 25 cent* each, ham and tmeon $1 a pound, and other things in proportion. WAS BITTEN BY A BLOB OUST. Officer Jobs King ot Mobile th* Promt i j Victim. Mobile, Sept 26.—To-day Police Offi cer John King died from the effects of poisoning received from the bite of wbat is generally known as a “blue gum" negro. ‘ Four years ago last February Officer King arretted a negro named Richard Richards. The negro resisted, and in th* Struggle bit King’s band, lacerating it terribly. King was taken with a high fever, and hie arm swelled and when tho swelling began to subside, the disease broke out In his right foot and spread so nata involve the leg. The result was. that he was laid up for alz months. When he came out from his sick room he was an aged man in appearance. He- was bnt 23 year* of ago and up to the time of the poisoning was as strong and- as handsome a young man as one wonld canto see. He was a very popular- young fellow, foreman of one of the fire- companies and highly esteemed In police- circles. He never recovered the full use of bis limb, and .slowly surely sank under the effect* of the poison which had shat tered bis system. For two months past he has been lingering between life and death. To-day bis sufferings came to an end. The negro who bit King was at the time of the assault noted In the papers as a blue gum negro, and It Is believed in this portion of the conntry that the bite from ihe teeth of such an one ia fatal. King’s case Is the latest evidence in support ot this opinion. The Lanc-Kolb Case. Moxtoomzbv, Ala., September 26.— The argument in the esse ot Lane vs. Kolb in the contest over the office of commissioner of agriculture "is.con cluded to-day. Th* oourt adjourned till Monday at 12 o’clock, when it la thought a decision will be rendered. --TW