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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. V