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VOLUME 1
AMERICUS GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1891.
NUMBER 194
The Boys’ Bicycle
Gift having occupied a
promi snt place in'
“NOT GUILTY’’.
Geo. D.
GREATLY
Wneatley’:
double column adv -tisement space for some
days, resulting in n exceedingly gratifying
increase in my Be s’ and Youths’ Clothing
trade, we are now i reed for the time to lay it
aside, that I may b ng to the attention of the
ladies, the many nc elties now in store await
ing their inspection
Remember tha these are new and stylish
goods of this seaso s buying to be sold at
>UCED PRICES
OPENEl THIS WEEK.
Among these may belund Novelty Suits, Serges in overshot
effects, Fiannels, CashmereSnd Henriettas, Bedford Cords in all the
new and desirable shades, f|h as light gray, modes, tan, etc.
IN SILKS, RACK* FANCY
We show the largest lint
Bhadames, Failles and Bei
whingly low prices.
|f Gros Grains, Armures, PouiDoSoi,
nes, etc. ever seen in the city at aston-
Velvets to matchlall styles of Dress Goods.
Trimmings in Nail Heads,
NOVELTY PEARL
riikps, Cords and Passamenteries, together
a new line of
TONS just received, large and small
to match.
o:
The new trimming—so <
able
CKT,
in all colors, at 40c per yard.
Call and see us foi
way of new Dress
mything needed in the
loods and Trimmings.
We offer foie coming week
A Grand ReducIon in
All colors. The various lines luced os follows: You can buy the
usual 20o goods at 16c; 35c at 25kOo at 80c and 60c at 35o. In ad
clitior, a magnificent all wool Hoietta 40 inches wide, at 50c.
Remember that Tricots, blaj and colored, bringing heretofore
35c, you get for 25c per yard.
Evening shades in LANSDoIe, CHINA AND SURAH SILKS await
your coll at low figures.
My SCRIM and
still demands attention, besides « for of Nottingham Laco Curtains
3 yards long at the figure of $1 pei
make!
You miss it if yo > not buy your
KID 0-1OVBS
TAUT CRETOHS
,ir, never renohed before in this
of us. We are the sole agents for
Kids, and sell as good or better glo
do from $1.50 to $2.60 per pair.
YOUR MONEY REFUNDED or another
factory being returned to us.
t famous P. & P. BRAND of
from 75o to $1.25 than others
til our gloves ore warranted,
ir gloves for every pair nnsatis-
For Men’s Weak, Scriven’s Pi
and Underwent
nt Elaatlo Seam Drawers
II grades.
Large Stock of ODD PAN! at Reted Prices.
Boys, remember that yon get a
•reiy suit bought of us up to Decemt
Sets a new safely for his Xmas presei
For everything in the lbs of
IS THE VERDICT IN THE HOWARD-
BICKERSTAFF CASE.
The Trial In Ttalnmbns KnM VMlenUj
With an Acquittal af tha Howard, (and
Blck.nt iff for Killing Dawaon Last Oc-
tobr r at the Eapo.lt lou Orouad.,
Columbus, Ga., Oot 19.—[Special].—
At 5:15 tbfi afternoon the jury returned
a verdict of -‘not guilty" In the Howard-
UickentaU cose. Just after court ad
journed there waa an affeotlng scene.
Friends crowded around, and the two
Howards and BIckerstalf fell on each
others neck and wept
The trial began Monday, and the most
intense interest prevailed on account of
the standing of all the parties.
'* HIGHLAND'S M4YOI!
MASTER WORKMAN POWDERLV
Harried to Hiss Mant.Oan.ron Wedne.
nasday at Moon.
Rich laud, Ga , Nov. 18.—No happier
event lias ever occurred In Rlehland so
ciety than that at the Baptist church to
day, when our papular young Hayor,
Prof. J. C. Layfield and Miss Haggle
Carter were united In holy wedlock. ’
Just at 1880 p. np, the appointed
hour, the wedding march began, which
was beautifully rendered by Hlia Jessie
Forrester, end slowly up the right aisle
of the church proceeded Mr. F- D. Black
and Dr. R. E. L. Barnum, end up the
left, Messrs. G. R. Brown and R J.
Dixon, who acted as tubers, these cross
ing and taking their stand upon opposite
tides nuder arches of evergreen inter
woven with rare and lovely Bowers-
Next up the centre aisle came two
■ woet and pretty little flower girls,
Misses Chap Ssvllle and Louise Lsmsi
who bore each a lovely bouquet of oholoe
chrysanthemums, end opened the gate
for the happy couple who immediately
followed them, and then advancing to
their positions on either side of the cen
tral arch. As the bride and groom passed
through the little gate-way through
which they were never to retnrn
lovers, but as husband and wife, they
presented a lovely ploture.
These proceeding to their position be
neath the eentral arch and all facing the
large audience assembled, the ltcv. M.
B. L. Blnton arose and proceeded u> per
form a most solemn, impressive and
beautiful ceremony, which made them
man and wife. Alter the ceremony they
were driven to the Richland Inn, where
they received the congratulations of rela
tives and friends.
At 1:35 p. m., under showers of riee
and with the good withes of ail, they
boarded the north-bound train on tbe
Columbus Southern railroad and were
off to spend several weeks visiting rela
tives In this state and Alabama. May
joy and happlnets attend them.
t t for the Bicycle drawing for
25,1891, when some nioe boy
Furnshbgs, Carpets or Bngs, call ev| lime on
George D
r Goods, Notions, Clothing,
Cor. LamaSt. and Cotton Ave.
ANOTHER ’disputed line.
YIfiInIa Claim* That Tuna#**** Hold*
Part of Har Tarrllory.
Kxoxvim.c, Nor. 19.—Prominent at
torneys of Virginia and Tennessee have
been taking depositions at Columbus
Hap in an important suit. Yirgiuiabu
sued Tennessee in the United States su
preme court for a slice of her territory
now in her bounds, which ia about 175
■ilea long and eight mike wide. The
ireesnt state line wee laid ont in 1(03/
mt Virginia claims she never acani-
OKed in its location. Tennessee claims
that tha line baa always been recog
nised and acquiesced in, and that Tt
should not now be disturbed. The ter
ritory in question It rloh and populous
and contains the thriving towns of Bris
tol and Cumberland Gap, besides numer
ous villages. The third of six counties
are involved. Tbe people living in the
territory are almost e unit in wishing
to remain iu Tennessee. Politically it
would not affect this state, nor is it
likely that it would affect Virginia, ns
the population-involved is abont evenly,
divided between the Republicans and
Democrats.
INDIAN SOLDIERS.
After Ili-lns Paid WIT They Balsa A Haw
la line
Pniwcarr, Ari*., Nov. 10.—Tha troops'
stationed at Whipple Barracks were
paid off two' days ago. - Among those
stationed here is one company of Apai
Indians, and the fact of their bel
clothed lu the uniform of the Unil
States army seems to enable them to
core all they, want to drink. Tbe re.
salt has been that dnring the past twd
night* there has been numerous lights.
Atone time it seemed as ifserionq
trouble would occnr, as tin Indiana
broke for their arms and ammunition,
and were only prevented with diffionlty
from obtaining them. Daring the fight
one white soldier had oue of bis leg*
broken, and several Apacli soldiers,
were more or less hart. Seven Apachee
are in the guard house and nearly a*
many more Apachee and white soldiers
are in tbe hospital. The order trane^
fairing this company from Whipple
about tbe 35th of Ole month give*
much satisfaction to residin'* of this
vicinity.
Makes e statement Shewing Hie Side
of the Tamer Sensation.
Toledo, 0., Nov. 19.—General Mas
ter Workman Powderly, In an Inter
view, givee the following statement re
garding the published charges of ex-
Secretary Turner:
"I have no knowledge of what- letters
Mr. Turner may have published in Phil
adelphia paper*, and cannot reply to
them, and while I have no comment to
make on the publication of private let
ters, 1 am not ashamed of anything
that was In these letters. The money
which paid for my bouse was dne me,
nnd I was never under any obligations
to the order, and the canceled checks
Mr. Tnruer says he holds should be
the hands of the general assembly K. of
L. Hit possession of them gives color
ing to that charge that he is dishonest,
while I never said that he was anythin::
bat incompetent. Mr. Tamer shonli
have explained everything to the spe
cial committee. He retained the bulk
hooka he need as secretary-treasurer,
and we hod no means of knowing what
deposits were. I have appointed Mr.
Tamer on several committees, and it
doe* not crime -with good grace for him
to sar that no committee has done its
duty; in fact, it ia a self-condeunatory
Statement. If Mr. .Tamer had tamed
over his accounts to his snccessor he
would be cleared, but as it is there is
$17,000 shortage which we can not ac
count for, aud which he refused to ex
plain. The geueral assembly will have
to decide whether the matter most be'
carried into court. As for myself,
court the fullest investigation. ”
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION-
FROM BRAZIL.
THE LATE8T INFORMATION
THAT COUNTRY
Bverjr State Tranquil Bxetpt Klo Oreads
do Snl—The Kswa Prom Valparaiso States
tho Klaotoral College Will Holds Meet-
log at Santiago,
President Harrison Ia Qnoted as Very
l ••;Hlneh Iuter.ited ln.It.
WAkbikoto^, Nor.- 19. —President
Harrison, it ia understood oh high au
thority, has decided that he does not
want tbe. Republican .pational.conven
tion, to go west of Ohio, and ail tbe
efforts of the administration will
directed, next Monday, when the Re
publican national convention meets
here, to have it held at Cincinnati, and,
failing there, at New York.
The president is afraid of Chicago on
account of the strong Gresham senti
ment there. t In fact, he it suspicions of
tbe west generally, because the west is
for Blaine. Cincinnati ia a good half
way station. Rather than have it go
west of that point, he would prefer to
go east to New York, where the strikers
of Boss Platt oonld be used to pack the
convention and whoop it np for B. H.
Large delegations from San Fran
cisco, Omaha, -Minneapolis, Chicago,
Cincinnati, Pittsburg. Philadelphia and
New York will bn here. The Blaine
people are np to snnff, and the location
of the convention will be the prelimi
nary skirmish of 'the great fight which
is to follow.
THEY ARE NOT SATISFIED.
Typhoid and Rearlet Paver.
WiiiSToit.O.,Nov. IS.—Typhoid/writ
and scarlet fever are fast nuking heads'
way to the city and suburbs. A aam-
ber of very bad eases of each ary new
prevalent. A peculiar feature of the
typhoid f--»er cases is the early appear,
anon of delirium nnd p**fn«» farmer-
Why «]. A. He Men Object Id m Lady
Clark la Ik# PuatofllcD.
Asheville, N. C., Nov. in.—Some
days ago Mrs. Josephine Potter arrived
in this city from Washington, D. C.
armed with recommendations from As
sistant aud Second Assistant Postmas
ter General Tyner and Bell, snd Comp
troller Gilkerson to Postmaster Can
non, for a position in tbe Asheville
postofflee. She received an appoint
ment at $35 per month. The Grand
Army post here made a vigorous kick
through the press, met and passed reso
lutions denouncing such methods, and
olsuned such office for widows of Union
soldiers Forwarding a copy to gov
ernment headquarters, they were in
formed that Mrs. Potter was tbe widow
of ae Indiana Union soldier. Now tbe
Grand Army of the Republic post ad
S tent publishes a care in which be
nonnres the department officials for
not recommending the widow of a
North Carolina unioa soldier, claiming
many ia this locality.
DISSATISFIED.
Bopnl.ll.-ano Insist That tl e tlamosrals
Ms Turned Wat.
N«w York, Nov. 19.—Tho executive
committee of the Republican county
committee bell a breezy meeting here.
Considerable dissatisfactioa was mani
fested with tne administration at
Washington at not famishing jobs for
hard worker* of tho party. A resoln-
tlon was passed "that tho secretary be
appointed a committee to wait upon tbe
secretary of tho treasury and insist that
all Democrats In the goveruraent em
ploy be turned off snd Republicans put
ta their places. *
Ho wss requested to nuke a compute
list of all Democrats in the government
employ in the city and to suggest the
naiuss of Republicans to fill thinrplaoe*.
Just at that moment one of the mem
bers shouted euti "How about your
civil service? 1 '
Instantly G. W. Wans maker was on
his feet. "To tbe devil with year dril
service. What we want i* all Repablf-
in this administration. ’ Tbe chair
man called him to order sharply.
Mdw$ rroaa ff«rtli Vtrtlia*.
Raleigh, Nov. 19—An epidomle
Of glandsr* prevails at Wilming-
ton, and is proving qnite fatal to house.
Specials aanonnoe that incendiaries
hare burned another gin aud a quantity
of cotton in Cblcod township,. Mm
coimty, where each great dsulsgs of
that character has been done. Rewards
for Uosndiariss hare been increased to
Si,700, being the largest on renurd.
. The trustees of the Baptist State Fe
male university positively decided that
it tbonld be estarnished nt Raleigh, and
directed the epncial comtofeee to tel so*
•nd porebsae a site
New .York. Nov. 19.—Rio Grande do
Sol advices say that additional towns
in that state have gone over to the pro
visional jnntii. Five of the government
fleet are reported as given adhesion
the junta, which has adopted as its flog
a white and rtsl globe.
All the states of Brazil are tranquil
with the exception of Rio Grande do
Snl.
News from Valparaiso.
New York, Nov. Ifl.-tfhe Word'
Valparaiso dispatches state that the
electoral oollege will hold a collective
meeting at Santiago aud 1 will pnblicly
choose George Montt for president.
Captain Schley of the Baltimore,
notified inteudents of Valparaiso that
the teamen recently injured are now
able to appear for examination,
asks that an interpreter chosen by him
self be present at tbe hearing. ,
SUFFOCATED BY GAS.
An Katlre rurally Asphyxiated—How
Occurred.
AXDBMOX, Ind., Nov. 19.—An entire
family was suffocated by gas at Lapelle.
Mrs. Mary Hoffman and her two sons,
Peter snd Newton, both grown, retired
for the night and left the gas bnming
at a high pressure in tbe stove. ' Some
how tbe draft was imperfect and the
blaze was extinguished dnring the
night. The gas ponred into the room
and asphyxiated the whole family.
Their condition wss not discovered
until a late hour in tbs morning, when
the neighbor* called and tiled to get in.
Tlie doors were locked, bnt peeping
through the windows the lifeless body
of Newton, the youngest, wss seen ly
ing in bed. The doors were broken
open nnd Mrs. Hoffman and the older
•on were taken ont into the air snd
physicisus hastily snmmotied. After
working with them for an hour or two,
animation returned, bnt they cannot
live. The yonnger boy was dead when
discovered.
A GUILTY CONSCIENCE.
startling Testimony In a lllg Insnrsnre
I'm* at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Nov. 19.—In the United
States circuit court the rase of the Peo
ple's Fire Insurance company against
D. W. Holt was placed on trial. The
cate involves abont $130,000. There
are sixseen similar cases ngsinst Holt,
which will probably be decided by this
Tlie present suit is to recover $3,-
600, paid to Holt on a fire insurance
policy. Holt was a lumber merchant
n Phfllipsbiirg, Pa.,' and had a large
ntnber yard. Some. time ago it was
destroyed by fire and Holt recovered
$130,000 insurance. He had been in
sured for $135,000, apportioned niuoug
a nnmber of insurance coinimincs. It
ia now claimed by the plaintiff that
Holt set fire to, or esnsed to be set on
fire, the lumber, to get the insurance;
also, that by frand he made his books
show that he bad ou hand nlamt twice
as mncli lumber as lie actually bsd at
the time of the fire. A. B. Carpenter,
a former employe of Holt, was placed
on tho stand, and his testimony was of
a highly sensational character.
He testified that Holt had instrncted
him that, when he was making his dally
retnrn* to tbs book keeper of the num
ber of feet of lumber, ho was to in
crease the amount each tiny until the
satire smonnt given made tlie total
about twice that on hand. This done,
he said that Holt had made a pruposi
tion to him that ir lie would firo the
lumber he (Hultl would give him aquur-
ter interest in tne business snd 10 per
cent, of the insurance, which proposi
tion lie agreed to. Witness then ex
plained how lio prepared boxes satu
rated with oil to fire thy yard, conclud
ing as follows:
w t)n the night of Augnst 31. 1882,
Holt came to nta about 7 o'clock und
told me that It was tnne to finish the
work np. Holt then left," said the wit
ness, "snd I fired the boxes. ” Carpen
ter then told bow tbe crime had preyed
npon his mind, snd he coaid get no rest
day or uight from a guilty conscience:
how it Iuul transformed him into an old
man, his sufferings finally becoming so
great I bnt lie sent to the sheriff and
confessed all.
Playing With a Death Trap.
IcHAKumrog, \V. Va., Nov. 19-fl
Frank Blakenship, a boy of abont 17
years, who, with other boys, had been
playing annual the Chesapeake and
Ohio yards at Hinton, met with instant
death by failing nnder a moving train
which he wa* trying to ride on. His
I budv wa* severeu at tbe waist, one leg
wss mi off slid ht was otherwise badly
mangled.
The Terras Ample*.
Pittsburg, Not. 19.—The strike at
tho American Iren works of Jones Sc
Langhtiu's was settled by th* engineers
accepting the 19 per cent, reduction.
Tlie miner was plaoed in tbe hands of
officers of the Amalgamated association,
and they ordered the men In accept tlie
somi-sny's terms.
ii«». Joka K($l D/lffif.
Tim*. O.. Nor. I*.—Rev. John
Host, D. D„ LL. D., nntil lately -
asllor of Huidelbopg university, sal at
present president of th*
ESSJU&fi"
Ms bom* ia
NEWS DISPATCHES CONOEN8ED.
Er$rj
i* Kpltom# of Htppeilnfi fron
Sectloa.
Th* steamer Ethiopia ran into a
whale and cut it in two.
George F. Thomas, who invented the
railway guide, died in a Brooklyn jail
cell.
An effort to prevent the piping of gas
to Chicago has been prevented by In-
dianians.
Mexican officials are beginning to be
stir themselves to catch the many cattle
thieves on the border.
The Episcopalian convention opened
at Washington with ex-Benstor Ed
munds as presiding officer.
Tbe explosion of dynamite at Croton
Landing, N. Y., is said to have pro
duced rain over a eqnare mile.
Three Ynma Indians have been sen
tenced to death for killing one of their
medicine men who failed to produce
rain.
James R. Thomson, a prominent cat
tleman of Coleman, Tex., 1ms flod after
committing forgeries to the nmonnt of
$50,000.
England 1ms a Jesse Pomperoy in the
person of John Wise, aged 15. who
laughs at the recital of his innrdef of
two children.
M. Monchioonrt, liquidator of the
Panama Canal company, calls attention
to the need of money to save that enter
prise from rain.
Thcmns C. Boolnn, alias Qmyton, one
of the mail box thieves, made a dar
ing and successful escape from jail at
Nashville, Teun.
The Southwestern Silver convention
to assemble iu El Paso, Tex., Deo. 15
next, will remain in session until the
evening of the 17th.
Advices from Brazil seem to indicate
that tlie revolt is growing. It is now
stated that the large and wealthy prov-
lnc* of Para has seceded.
Herman, the 8 year-old son of Fred
erick Weitzel, was fatally scalded at
Zanesville, O., by pulling over n coffee
pot nt the breakfast table.
Secretary Tillman of the Farmers''
Alliance, spoke against the third party
idea at the meeting of the supreme
council of the order at Indianapolis.
All tlie. western railroads have ad
vised their agents and connecting lines
tlmi they can receive no more freight
this season for shipment by the lake
line*.
Postmaster Sherman of Rossvjlle,
Kan., is authority for the story that for
nineteen days rain fell continuously
m one orchard in that town, while
others suffered from drouth.
According to n verdict of the coro
ner's jury, P. W. Nally, an Irish agi
tator, who died in prison, was killed by
harsh and cruel treatment of his keep
ers in Milbank prison, London.
The Iudiann state fair grounds were
sold to E. B. Msrtindale, E. F. CJav-
pool and W. W. Hubbard for $375,000,
onc-tbinl cash. The grounds are iniddt
the city limits of Jmtianupolis.
A shocking crime was committed at
Letcliflold-with-Crofton, England. A
woman murdered her three little girls
liy cutting their throats from ear to
ear and then committed suicide.
A National Cattle Breeders associa
tion lias keen formed at Chicago by rap-
reeentatives of associations in all parts
of the connin'. The object i* protec
tion to the industry and the enforce-
ment of inspection laws.
A dispatch from Cambridge, O.,
states that George H. Wheatley, a com-
mercial traveler, whose home was at
Harrietts, died suddenly at the Hotel
Berwick. He lmd just registered when
taken ill, and was dead in a few min
utes. * ’
The general assembly of the Knights
of Labor passed resolutions to petition
congress to place finished morocco on
the free list Ix-cniise the manufacturer*
have combined to prevent the working-
men from getting their fair share of tbe
benefits of protection.
Robert Kelley fell from the new rail
road bridge across the river near Iron*
ton, Ky., just as the workmen were
Hitting the finishing touches to tlie
iridge. falling 100 feet, dying aimaet
instantly. Nearly every bone in bis
body was broken* Kelley was 33 rears
old and llral Jn Louisville, Ky.
Tbe remains of Tbouas W., Henry,
Martha and Margin Owsley were re
ceived at Springfield, Ills., from Ken-
tncky aud orated in Onkridge ceme
tery. Four slab* nrcompntlied th*
bodies. On on* of them was tbe in-
sertption "M. Owsley, who deceased
September 19.1808, in tlie 78th year of 1
her age, who had 191 children and
trendohUdrsn and thirty-fire of ndop-
isu. Total, 838.”
Hr*. Lena Smith lived alone iu apart
ments at No. 8 Lafayette street in Pat
erson. N. J. For several days the
neighbors did not see her about the
iremises, but the dim light of an oil
amp could be detected through the
window shades. . Tho neiglilmrs, afters
consultation, burst open the door and
discovered the lifeless body of Mrs.
Smith. She was kneeling on the floor
by th* side of her bed as if in prayer,
and it is surmised that death overtoOK
her while so engaged.
Tu OWurvD th# Sabbath.
Lima, O., Not. 19.—A movement ia
gaining a foothold here among th* re
ligions people to form a Babbath asso
ciation, th* aol* purpose *f which will
to *nforc* all Sunday laws. Tbs
Saaday newspaper will be the special
target si th* sMoclation, a* well ra au
ether Made sf bnstnaw carried ea on
that day. A largo mooting, attemtod
by the clergy and members of all A
nominations ia tho city, has hqgn held,
and aa association wiO be farmed im
mediately.
Tit MATH XXCOSD
Hxaar Rom,
Itato* oeaea! at St.
Tkaby, near Tern broke.
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