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We propose to make OCTOBER a
month for traded tKe year of our Lord, 1891
The Grandest Stock of Merchandise*
Courteous and Competent Salesmen,
And Throngs of Happy Customers
All conibine this season to make
Geo. D. Wheatley's,
Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave.,
THE BIGHT PLACE TO GO for anything and everything you
need in seasonable wearing apparel.
Every department of onr Commoaious Store is Filled to Ovei flowing
and we ask everyone in search of new and desirable goods to Drop in
and Give us a Look before buying elsewhere.
ffMffl IRffM I Ours is the only Department store in the city, carrying
Kill it lUtf J a full and complete stock of EVEBYTHING IN OUB
LINE. We have everything needed for male or female attire, and
we will surely save you money on what you have to buy.
WE WANT YOUR TRADE
and in order to get yon within the reach of temptation, we have ar
ranged a special and attractive list of
for all those who call npon us early this week.
We had the the misfortune to get a case containing $407*25
worth of choice goods damaged by water while in transit. The trans
porting Bailroad Co. has generously allowed ns
40 Ife CENT; 40 PER CENT.
of the amount involved as an estimate of damages. Now we propose
that our loss, or THEIR LOSS in this instance, shall be YOUR CUUN
We are going to sell this $407.25 worth of choice goods—all dam
aged, some more, some less for A mere song this Week.
Bare Opportunity for Yon L Don’t Hiss It
“ HERE ARE THE PRICES:
Plain and Fancy Cnrtain Scrim at 5o, re dly Worth 8o.
“ " *1 , ‘ “8 *• “ 12}.
ii ii ii ii - ii iq « ii J5
•i « <i ii- a “ u 20
Nottingham Lace Curtains.
20 prs. (slightly damaged) 2} yds. long, at 7Bo. matchless at $1.26
elswhere. ■ : j ; ,
24 prs. (slightly: damg’d) 3 yds long, at $1.00 matchless at $1.50 elswhere
18prs.r i : f‘} , 8} yds long, at $1.25 “ 2.00 "
13 prs:. tiVSd't :3}l^lonff/»i$l*88 i “ ’ 2.66 1 ' “
Satin Damask Table Linens and Turkey Bed Cloths, all slightly
damaged, will be sold at abpnt half price this week.
LADIES’ SKIRTS.
PLAIN 8KIRT8! IMBROIDERIED 8KIRT8! KNIT 8KIRT81
All got wet, bat practically as good as ever, will be sold at your own
price. «
Child's Knit goods—Hoods and Sacquea—all got wet too, but if we
did not tell you, yon'd never know it—HALF PRICE !
Don’t forget we are sole Agents for the Celebrated P. and P
Brand of Kid Gloves—every pair you bny of ns Warranted to
Wear or your money refunded
Until “ tllQ timo to buy 0ARPET3 CHEAP. Yon need one
|f U ff We have more than 200 rolls all new styles for yon to
select from, onr stock embraces every kind and qualify—all at Book-
Bottom prices-Cotton Chain, Extra Supers, 3-Ply Ingrains, Tapsstry, Brus
sels, Vstvet Brussels, Body Brussels. Call and make your selection, we
make your Carpet and pat it down for you—all free of charge.
Remember our new stock of Clothing and Furnishing Goods
when yon want a suit! We acknowledge no competition here I
TO TRY IS TO BUY.'and if yon bny ONCE, yon will be so
pleased with the fit and style of onr goods, you’ll bny of ns again.
No honest dealer can offer yon greater inducements than we, so
come follow the crowd to
Geo. D. Wheatley’s,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
Lamar St. and Cotton Ave., Americus, Ga.
P. 8.—The old reliable JCr. Henry 8. Davie, the Veteran Dry Good. Salte-
taan, who for so many years hae eetvedyou faithfully in the peat, la atill with nJ—
ever ready with a cordial welcome for *11 our customer#'and hie friend..
Kmem. Jnca Schiver, Julius Stanfield, Jim. Quarry. Win Dudley,
Tim Killen and Sam Warliok compose oardrps at courteous and obliging
ealeataea, while the handsome feoe of Mr. Joe. P. Cato, onr efficient end popu
lar book-keeper, beams with pleasure for the advent of hie friends. .,
GOOO NEWS IS REOEIVI
ER'S CRED,Tl
skwd
Mr. Backer
>by it is ex
will be paid
arge amount
Ten Tbouaand Dollar* of the Contingent
eton' AHletuee All
New Yohk, Oct. 9.—Benjamin T
Eistiue, assignee if Abraham Backer,
dealer in cimmerciul paper at 2N3 Broad
way, wlu> failed'recently with heavy
liabilities, baa perfected a| plan for the
liquidation of the affaire
by means of a trust, w!
peek'd tlmt the creditoi
in fall.
Mr, Backer possessed
Of aoutlieru railroad bonds and securi-
ties, which can only be disposed of ad'
vantageonaly us a favorable opportunity
is prevented. It is thought that a care
ful naming of these assets tinder the
proposed trust will produce a surplus,
Three quartern of the New York credit
ors are understood to have consented to
the trust proposition. Under it the
trustees are to bo Benjamin F. Eure-
tein, Herman Myers and Hen Bice.
The trust agreement provides that
the creditors shall accept whatever div
idends they may be entitled to under
the treat in full satisfaction of their
claims against Mr. Backer, provided
each dividend be not less than 60 per
cent., and provided, also, that anch of
the creditors as hold-security for their
claims shall receive a .divid ml of the
balance of their claims after exbanst
ing and applying the securities toward
the imyment thereof, and if any sur
plus remains it shall be paid over to the
trustees.
The trustees can neither sell the as
■ets nor bold them: can redeem any se
curities or other property pledged as
collateral for louns in which Mr. Backer
had a reversionary interest or right of
redemption; can make payments on ac
count of the debts, for which such se
curities are pledged to prevent or post
pone the forced sale of inch securities
may borrow money npon the security ol
tbe assigned estate and convert into
cash the securities they redeem; can
settle claims against or in favor of Mr.
Backer, and may employ agents gener
ally to transact any business connected
with the trust.
If any creditor makes a claim against
Mr. Backer which the the trustees dis
pute the trustee* may refer the claim
to an advisory board, composed of Os
car S. Strauss, William L. Strong and
V. Henry Rothscbdd.
• The trnst agreement is not valid nm
less creditors whose claims aggregate
97 per cent, of the unsecured claims
sign it. Trustee Herman Myers of
Savannah, has arrived here, and as all
trustees are now in town a speedy set.
tlement is expected. It was said that
<100,000 of the contingent liabilities have
been paid off np to date without a cent
of loss.
EMPEROR OF GERMANY
the rep.
AtleinU the Funeral of the Ring of
Wurteiuburg.
Stctcoaud, Oct. 9.—The Emperor of
Qermany baf arrived here, his visit to
tbe capital being for the purpose of at
tending the funeral of thq late king of
Wnrtemburg, who died On Tuesday but
at the railroad depot. Shortly after
reaching Stnttgord tbe emperor, accom
panied by notabilities who bad wel
comed his arrival, proceeded to tbe
tie and entered the ball whero the
mains of King Karl were lying in state.
The emperor then laid a magnificent
wreath of flowers npon the casket and
beside tbe remains of the dead ruler of
Wnrtemburg. After a abort prayer
the emperor rose and conversed in low
tones with King William. Grand Dnke
Michael, of Bnssia, in view of the fact
that the wife of tbe late king was a
Bnsaian princess, (Grand Duchess Gigs,
daughter of Emperor Nicholas,) has ar
rived to attend the funeral as
resentative of the exar.
Four llodle. Found.
PoTTfiViLLE. Pa., Oct. After four
days and nights of anceasing labor, the
bodies of four of the unfortunate miners
imprisoned by the running pillars last
Saturday at Btchardson colliery,' Glen-
carbon, have been found. There was
treat rejoicing when the news was sent
o the surface that the imprisoned
miners had been reached, but it was
soon turned to sadness and grief when
it became known that the men were dead
and that the bodies of only four of the
six bad been found, which were badly
mutilated bnt yet unrecognisable, aa
Thomas John Purcell, John Lawler,
Joseph Shields and James Salmon. Tbe
rescuing party is working with renewed
vigor.
Ceavleted ul Intimidating Voters.
Lynchburg, W, Oct 9. — In the
United States. district ccmrt at Abing
don, Jndge Paul presiding, Jack Mul
lins of Buchanan conuty, convicted of
intimidating voters at the precinct in
Bncbanan at the last presidential elec
tion, was sentenced to six months’ im
prisonment in jail and to pay a fine of
SOB This is tbe first conviction in Vir
ginia under the federal laws for tbe
protection of the election franchise.
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Adopted tk$ OmI» Platform*
Lansing, Mich., .Oct. 9.—The state
Farmers’ Alliance adopted the follow
ing resolutions without a dissenting
voice: Heeolved. That tbe Fanners'
Alliance and Industrial Union of the
state of Michigan heartily indorse the
Ocala platform, and further declare to
tbo oppressed toilers of America that
at tbs Ciociiuu
A Hinnmt to I Into Change*
men, engineers, rodent], state and ol
era, who will attend tbe convention for
• {He/Improvement of weatern water'
tc be held at Evansville, Ind.,
Oct. 14 and 15, will joiti in a memorial
to congress which they will press and
urge before that body, asking it to ms
ierinlly modify ami change tbe laws re
lative to the Mississippi river commis
sion. rod to r -mijVL^t from New York,
where it now is. tb 3t. Louis. Memphis
or Now Orleans, <>n tbe gronmls that
they ought to lie located in tbe Missis
sippi V alley; uImi to place district offi
cers and several experienced river men
on the committee; to enlarge its func
tions and jurisdiction so as to give it
control over tbo tributaries as well as
over the Mississippi itself, and to in
crease its power and authorize it to
instrnrt the district officers to do cer
tain work instead of merely addressing
and rccnmmemUug it, urnl to do away
with some of the red tape methods
which have delayed or Interfered with
river work. It is thought that the con
vention will heartily approve tbe pro-
poeed changes increasing the efficiency
end povvor of the commission, and that
their petition will be earnestly pressed
before cougres*.
PICKED HI8 POCKET.
How a Itii.tle Merchant sort Jostle* ol
the Pease Fared in . City.
Thokasville, Ga., Oct. 9.—Mr.
Norton, a merchant and alio a justice
of tho peace of Cairo, has been robbed
in this city. The amonnt of which h<
is loser is over <200. Mr. Norton came
np to meet some obligations here. He
siio.it the night with Mr. J. \V. Lee, a
friend of bis. He went to hie room
abont 10 o'clock, bnt did not woo sleep
until midnight, so the burglary took
place betweeu that time und daylight.
His pants were fonnd in the yard.' Near
by lay the parse open and empty. ' The
manner in which the burglary was exe
cuted was plain. An insecure blind
guve access to the room, and a long pole
with u uook din the rest. Aa Mr. Nor
ton made no display or told any one
abont having the money with him, it is
u mystery . now .the onrglara slotted
him for a victim. There is a gang of
local croolu worstng in tbe city, and
nearly every nigut some one is untile a
loser uy a midnight visit. This is three
burglaries so far this week.
THE BERNER BILL DOWNED BY THE
8TATE SENATE.
An Iodeflalfr Postponement Did tbe Work
and tbo UI1I Which Called for Railroad
Legislation In Bobolf of tb* People
Failed to Become a l aw.
Yurk, who is generally spoken of _
General Sherman's successor, tbe fol
lowing committee was appointed to so
licit sn.Mcriptious tor a monument to
the memory of their lata distinguished
comrade: General G. M. Dodge, Colo
nel J. P. Howe, Colonel N. D. Leggett,
General G. B. Ranm and General A
Hfckeulooi>er. The place at which the
monument la to be erected is left open.
The society, ns a body, subscribed <500
toward the memorial. •
A Fire a( Vale.
NxwHavkh, Oct. 9.—A stubborn fire
broke oxt in the attic of East Divinity
ball, Yale University, and before it was
brought under control damaged the
buildings to tbe extent of abont <19,000,
The greatest damage wae caused by the
immense volume of water poured npon
the fire. The fire was canted by defect
ive fines. Abont sixty of tbo theologi
cal student, who roomed in the build
ing suffer a loss from <100 to <250 each
on books, furniture, clothing, etc. Sev
eral of the professors, whose recitation
rooms were in the bnildiug, sustain
heavy losses through damage or destruc
tion of private libraries.
Hour Woo * lb* Cash.
Indianapolis, Oct. 9. — Governor
Hovey has left for Washington, accom
panied by Special State Agent John W.
Coons, to enforce the payment of <18,.
000 direct war tax withheld by the gov
ernment and atill doe Indiana. It it
his purpose to place the burden of proof
on the federal authorities, who claim
that tbe money bee been paid.
Ylr* la a Compress.
Hontooeehy, Ala., Oct 9.—A fire
from cause* unknown broke ont at the
compress warehouse of J. C. Hunter &
Co., on Commerce street, consuming
and damaging about 8,000 bales of cot
ton belonging to J. G. Bribe & Co.,
Ralll Bros, and W. G. Overton, all ex
porter*, all of which was covered by in
surance, mostly in foreign companies.
None of the compress property proper
was damaged to any perceptible extent.
The fire doubtless wae accidental. Geo.
Myers, a locomotive fireman, while as
sisting was caught under a falling cot
ton bale. Result, leg broken.
Atlanta, Ootober- 9. —This morning
long before the senate wae callod
order, the young army of railroad lobby
ists were actively engaged button-
holeing senators and flitting from one
part of tho capltql to the other.
The oocaaion of all this buzzing and
whispering waz that at 10 o'clock the
zenate was to decide the fate of tbe Ber
ner bill, or rather the cubitltute for
that bill, reported by the committee on
railroads.
The inbstitute I* a somewhat milder
bill than tbe Berner bill, but not each
a measure as the railroads desire.
When the senate was sailed to order
that body went right to business, and
after »little skirmishing for position tho
substitute was read, as well as the mi
nority report.
Mr. Callawey from the 17th distriot
led off in argument In favor of the pass
age of the Smith eubetitute, followed by
Senator* Terrell and Ellington.
The yeas and nays were called, result
ing In a vote of 20 yeas and IB nays to
indefinitely postpone, which, of coarse,
defeats the bill.
Those who voted against the bill ap
Messrs. Beard, Cabanlse, Candler, Flint,
Gill, Glenn, Golden,- Harlan, Harp,
Hodges, Culpepper, Johnston, Lamb,
Mullls, Patton, Smith, E. B., Vincent,
Walker, Williams, Zackey-Total 20.
Those who voted for tho bill are
Messre. Beek, Boyd, Calloway, Cnlver,
Eason, Ellington, Hill, Irvine, Johnson.
McRae, Nunnally, Terrell, Todd, Warren
and Witcher—'Total 15.
Those not voting ere Messrs. Rennetr,
Brown, Tatum, Strickland, Smith, J. D.
ind Lamar—Total 7.
Tbe houso was, on motion, notified of
tbe action of tbe senate at once
MACON’S BIO FAIR
A Slonumeut lu Hhertutui.
Chicago, Oct. 9.—The Society of the
Army of the Tennessee, of which the
late General W. T. Sherman was at
lung president, met here. In calling
the meeting to order Colonel James A.
Sexton, vice president of the society,
referred feelingly to tbe death of the
old hero, Milwequently, on motion 'of
General Gru.iv.lle M. Dodge, of New folly able to Inaugurate and carry to suo-
To Be Held to the Central Clly Tb* Last
Week la November.
Tux Tiuks-Rkcobder has received
from the management a programme of
the Macon, Georgia, Fair and Exposition
to be held In Macon Ootober 20-31, and
the many attractions oat forth, provo that
although they are deprived of the State
Agricultural Society, the 'people of that
progressive city are both willing and
Vienna, Oct. 9.—It is reported that
the heir to the crown of Roumaniahas
renounced the throne and insists npon
marrying Mile. Vacarceco. Tiie king
baa invited to the capital the youngest
sou of Leo j old of Hobenxollern, with
the idea, it is supposed, of making him
tho heir to the throne.
Im«IIc(«4 tor Harder.
ZzBULOK, Ga., Oct 9.—The grand
jury ba* returned a bill for murder in
the case uf Mr. C. T. Trice, who killed
his brother some two month* ago. Mr.
Trice was brought to town Thursday
tftgvm to «w«fe-
an exposition of their own eqnal in
every way to the similar Institution here
tofore held there by the state society.
Any enterprise having for its officers
such men as D. G. Hughes, president,
Wm. F. Anderson and C. M Wiley, vice-
presidents; W. O. Wadley, director
general, G. M. Davis, treasurer, and R
W. Jemtson, secretary must of necessity
be a mccess.
Among the attractions offered to vis!
tors are a magnificent trades display,
gome of tbe floats for which have already
been built at great expense; flremen’s
tournament, a prize drill, with <2,000
given in prizes to the participating com-
panles, and a grand concert and musical
oontest continuing through the entire
week; balloon ascension, chariot races,
dog races, and trotting and running races
•very day for big parses In which Rome
of the best blooded stock In tbe country
will be entered.
Special rate* given on all the railroads
Belp Tone Town.
Thiels what the Bronswick Times
says, and the words should bo pasted In
the hat of every man who feels an inter
est In his town, as they sre as applicable
to other places as they are to Bruns
wick:
‘Help your town. It Is the place in
which yonr living is made. Yonr neigh
bor* live there, and there are your
friends. Help It Think well of !L
Speak well of it Enter into pnblio
It is not necessary to go wild, to
spend more money than you can spare,
bntyonean help some. Don't forget
that If yon do well by yourself, by yonr
home, by yonr family yon are helping
the town, bnt something more dlreet
still can bo done. Don’t think when
are doll In your town, that they
are duller there than anywhere else.
Be hopeful. Believe in yonr town.
Believe In its fntnre. Prophesy good
things. Think well of the people.
They are good folks. Believe lb Speak
of their merits. Quit talking about
their faults. Know everybody and be
.leaaantto all. Be a Brunswick man
rom the word go.”
TIm Baker Harder Com.
Bristol, Tenn, October 9.—The de
cision in the motion for a new trial in
the ease of Dr. Baker, convicted of mur
dering hie wife and aenteneed to be
hanged in November, ba* not yet bee*
rendered.
ThaSooIstaoJ OoeSoo Tract.
Chablsston, 8. C,
scheme of Sea Island t
Dommtlr mad Foreign and of Genar*|
— Interest.
A heavy frost is reported throughout
north Texas.
General Lee continues to improve
slowly, uuil is able to tuke light nour
ishment.
The first colored people's fair ever
held in Virginia has just opened in
Richmond.
Thomas Sexton and John Dillon are
spoken of prominently in connection
with the Irish leadership.
The joint debate between McKiley
and Campbell nt Ada, O., was attended
by a large crowd and everything panned
off pleasantly.
The bonne nt Berlin is depressed on
rumors that the Russian government
intenda to prohibit the exportation ol
wheat after Oct. 15.
At Berlin Chancellor von Cnprivi hue
ordered thut the first protect!cions be
begun against socialist workmen foi
ntmcding him ut a public meeting.
A Baltimore special sayss- Thomas
Hughes ami Julius Miller were killed
in u tunuel by a Pennsylvania train,
mid three other men were fatally in
jured. All were truck walkers.
Tbe returns issued by the London
board of trade for September bIiow that
the imports decreased £1,360,000, ami
the exports decreased £1,970,000, as
compared with tboso of the correspond
ing mouth last year.
The qneen, the Prince of. Wales ami
all the cabinet ministers and leading
members of the Opposition luivu sent
letters of condolence to tlio familv of
the late Right Hon. William Henry
Smith. Tho fanerul will be private un:l
will take placo at Hembteden, near
Henley, on the Thames.
At Wortham, Tex., the dead body of
Henry Cofield was fonnd lying at thu
waiting room door of the deiiot. Death
was caused by the loss of his artificial
means of breathing—a silver tube in
serted in his windpipe—while in an in
toxicated condition. Cofield was from
Mexia, and was a painter.
A Sednlia, Mo., special says: Rev.
Cyrus T. Brady, pastor of the Cavalry
Epiicopul church of this city, Ims re-
ilgne... The action grew out of com
ments made a short time ago by certain
members of Mr. Brady’s congregation
is to Ids position in reference to athletic
iporta, of which he is an ardent advo
cate.
Thu pope has instructed tbe papal
nuncios abroad to present an identical
note to the governments to which they
are accredited on the recent disorders
ill Rome on account of the offensive ac
tion yf a French pilgrim at the tomb ot
Ring Victor Emanuel. This note will
hold that these disorders are evidences
ol the papal position in Rome.
A Greenville, Miss., speciul says:
Funr prisoners escaped from the county
jail here. John Diamond, nuder indict
ment for murder, and one .Stanton,
charged witu forgery, both white, and
two negroes, charged witu minor of
fenses. Diamonn and Stnntou were
captured und brought back. The two
negroes so far have not been heard
from. '
A Birmingham, Ain., speciul says.
At Clifton, a suburb, the wife ot Pinck
Scales got up and went out for some
mrpose, leaving her husband asleep.
Vlien she came in tho noise of the
door awoke him. He sprang out ol
bed, pistol in hand, supposing it was a
burglar, and fired on his wife twice be
fore lie discovered his fatal error. One
bullet entered her stomach and was
fatal.
At Zebulon, Ga., the killing of Mr,
George Coggin by Mr. Wesley Quick,
near ldeeks, resulted in a verdict ot
murder. Mr. Quick is in jail and woa
seen by a reporter, but he would not
talk abont the cuse, further than to say
that lie was sorry that he .killed Mr.
Coggin. Public sentiment seems to be
Very mill'll against the prisoner. The
brother of the young man killed wan
nlso severely cat, and may die at any
rims.- ,
A Monro?, Gs., special says that dur
ing August court, just after the trial of
George Kooks, colored, for murder, and
u verdict of guilty Of manslaughter was
rendered, while being curried from the
court house to tlio jail, Rooks lnude a
dash from tlio guards und muda liis es
cape. Ha was canght at a sawmill in
Madison county, and if now safe in
Walton county jail, where he will re
main until the next term of court, at
which time ho will be sentenced to a
long term in tho penitentiary,
A Fairfield, Io., special says: The
opera house here was crowded by people
gathered to hear Governor Boies disettss
political issues. Hon. D. P. Stubbs pre
sided. The governor spoke for fully
two hours, covering with remarkable
force and vigor the issues which inter
est the Iowa people in this campaign.
He was followed by Senator Bestow,
who s;s>ke of the great imerrst the
farmers should take in snstuining Gov
ernor Boies in the contest with the tariff
barons in the east and their repres-uta-
tives in Iowa,
Special Service*.
The Ecumenical Methodist Conference
is in session at Washington, D. C. The
Rev. J. B. Johnstone, pastor of the First
Methodist church, will take advantage
of the occasion of the coming together
the representatives of the Methodism*
the world, and preach Sunday on tbe
"Achievements of Methodism.” All
who love the grand old church will be
there to bear him.
The subject it one of peculiar interest
tbe followers of the Wesleyan creed,
and those who have enjoyed forming a
part of Mr Johnetone’e congregations In
tbe past realize the intellectual treat
which It In store for them.
To To* Broken.
The question was brought