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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
VOLUME 1
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1891.
NUMBER 32
FREE MCE!
Look Here, Boys
Are you Between the Ages of 4 and 18 Years?
Then don't put your hands in your pockets,
whistle “Annie Rooney,” and expect to keep
warm these cold November days. You had
much better select a nice, warm suit from our
fine new stock.
Get a Free Ticket
-TO OUR-
Boys’ Safety Bicycle Drawing!
Which you know occurs on next Christmas
Eve, and be happy. We are going to give
away a brand new Safety Bicycle, absolutely
free of any charge
whatever. Every boy
who buys his suit from
us before Christmas
Eve gets a sure enough
bargain and a chance at the machine for absor-
lutely nothing. The time is drawing near I It
is going to be a daisy I Everyone will have a
fair, square showing, and you may be tlie lucky
8 ?9 rtf cti a
There is nothing small about our stock of
Overcoats,
• -\
m Odd Pants,
Except the price, and that we make exceeding
ly small. We can fit you perfectly, and by
selecting now you secure the pick. Don’t fo r-
get the place.
George D. Wheatley,
Cor. Lamar Street and Cotton Avenue.
TIIE EARTHQUAKE.
DIRECT NEWS FROM JAPAN TELLS
OF ITS AWFUL WORK.
TO* Mott Terrible Ca'amlty Sine* 1*33-
Kon Thu 4,000 People Killed and Thou
sands Seriously Wonnded-Houies Top-
pled end Caoaht Fire.
San Francisco, Not. 25-Farther de
tail* of the awful earthquake in Japan
hare been recetredi
Yokohama, Not. 0.—A severe, pro
longed shock of earthquake occurred
October 28 a few minutee before
o’clock in the morning. It was ibe
most severe .experience sinoe the terri
ble catastrophe of 1855 and mast be
ranked as a national calamity. The
greatest damage to buildings and loss
of life occurred. In ibe prefectures of
Aohy and Gifu nearly 4,000 people were
killed outright and 4,000 seriously
wounded. In those two prefectures
42,000 houses were totally destroyed.
The number of provinces throughout
which the disturbances were strongly
felt number thirty-one. The center
seems to bare.been in Mino and Oawuri,
but even as far south os Hio and
Bikasha in the north the distnrbhnce
was sensibly felt.
The deetroction of 40,000 houses
means 200,000 people to he rendered
homeless. Up to November S the
earthquakes still continued, but with
intervals between them gradually
lengthening and the Intensity of the
shocks diminishing. From the com
mencement of the disturbance np to
this date it is .estimated that 6,000
shocks, or more than one every two
minutes, were felt.
The town of Gifn on the Tofcio rail
way, with a population of 15,000, was
almost totally destroyed.
Thirty-fir# hundred, out of a total of
4,400 houses in the town, were over
turned or burned. Seven hundred and
forty-seven people were killed. In the
town of Kamo 600 house* were over
thrown. The Gobo temple, belonging
to the Shin sect of Bnddhists. - was
crowded with worshippers when it fell,
burying at least fifty people. The ruins
took fire, and the shrieking victims
were consumed before the eyes of the
horrified onlookers.
Hr. and Mrs. VanDyke, English mis
sionaries, and on* other white person
were dangerously hart.
The inhabitants of the rained towns
described the shock as conveying an im
pression that the houses were .first
raised and then snddenly lowered
tbrongh a space of from two to three
feet. The fact that there was a marked
subsidence of the earth's surface for a
considerable area about Gifn indicated
that the latter tow* was the center of
disturbance. Shortly after the shock
had leveled thousands of houses in the
town and hundred* of people were lying
burled in the debris, flams* burst from
the ruins of the silk factory in Gifn and
in a short time spread to such an ex
tent that the citizens were compelled to
desist in their work of digging ont the
wounded and dying.
The conflagration burned ont in one
direction, but three other fires imme
diately broke ont, and joining into one,
swept from street to street, using fan
ned by a strong northwest wind, which
began to blow at 2 o'clock in the after
noon. By 8 o'clock in the evening al
most evexy part of the town of Gifn
was wrapped in fire, and the inhabi
tants, abandoning all hopes of staying
the conflagration, eaved what tew arti
cles they were able and fled the town,
taking refuge in the woods and on the
hillsides. The fire'was not subdued
itil the forenoon of Oct.- 28, when it
.d been burning for twenty-eight
hours, and almost the whole town bad
been horned over. Potteries in the
prefectures of Owari and Mino, great
centers of the porcelain manufacture in
Japan, at Seto and other towns, ware
almost entirely destroyed, and there Is
reported to he no proapset of res:
the industry daring the present yi
The too of the Secret! Mountain of
Fusiyam* has been redt asunder for a
distance of 1,200 feet in width and 600
feet in depth.
A lake 600 yards long and 60 yards
wido was formed at thefoot of Haknsan
mountain, in Gifu prefecture, big rocks
beside Gongen hill, Inaba hill and
several other hills In Gifn gave way
and water sprang from the cracks in
the ground. Water in wells was changed
to a brownish color and rendered unfit
for drinking.
The embankments of most of the
rivers were destroyed, and in the city
prefecture 850 miles of embankments
most be built.
Trouble With the Winers.
Paris, Nov. 25,—A dispatch from
Lena, one of the centers of the coal
miners’ strike In the department of Pas
de Calais, says a body of strikers at
tacked the engineer* who were incharge
of machinery in the factory at that
place. The factory had been abl* to se
cure a supply of coal which rendered it
independent of the mines in that vicin
ity, and this condition of affaire en
raged the striker!, whose evident desire
U to bring all Industries of th* place to
astandstilL Tbs military authorities
had an idea that the strikers would
make an attempt to compel the factory
to abut down, and they, therefore, or
dered th* detail of a small body of
troops to protect the property aud em
ployes. The strikers were very deter
mined in their onslaught on the en
gineers, despite the presence of soldiers.
Finally th* troops took a hand in the
matter ond after a sharp fight drove th*
striker* away. Many of the leaders of
the attack were placed under arrest.
F««a4 Fr—a la DmIIl
Winnipeg, Han., Nov. 25.—The 16-
year-old son of L. B. Cochran and th*
10-year-old ton *f E. Walton, who
were last in th* storm Saturday, hare
been found froa*n to >4*ath by a March
party, Th*boom ware harid*th*M.
MINNEAPOLIS CHOSEN.
Tha Northwest Gets th# BopqbR
Convention.
Washington, Nov. 25.—The Repub
lican national committee hat selected
Minneapolis, Minn., as the place, and
June 7, 1892, as the date of holding the
nezt Republican national convention,
There was bustle and confusion at the
Arlington hotel before the meeting of
the Republican national committee.
The headquarters of the various dele
gations representing the cities desirous
of being the meeting place of the next
national Republican convention were
thrown open and consultations were
dicing on in every corner. The leader*
of the delegations had prepared them
selves for the presentation to the com
inittee of the superior qualities of their
respective cities and were engaged in
canvassing in the list of committeemen
and bolding np the hope of their dele
gations.
After a recess Senator Wnshbnrne
spoke for Minneapolis and promised a
hall for 14,000 and plenty of hotels. He
suid that the northwest was beginning
to feel a grievance against the party
power. The coming fight would
won or lost in the northwest, and the
convention should go there as a stimu
lant.
C. F. Johnson, a clerk of the United
States senate, said Ohio was safe, but
the enemy hud made inroud in the
northwest, and the convention should
go beyond the wheat pit of Chicago.
Governor .llerriam followed. He said
the Republicans bad lost Wisconsin
Iowa and Nebraska, and the Dakotas
were tinctured with Alliance, bnt the
convention in Minneapolis would go far
to redeem the region.
After considerable wireworking and
debating, pro and con, Minneapolis was
chosen.
RICHMOND AND DANVILLE.
The Part of Window Nut to Par a Divi
dend at This Tima.
New York, Ncv. 25;—There have
been several meetings of the security
holders of the Richmond Terminal sys
tem, who hare been in conference with
the officers of the First National - hank,
who represent abont $500,000 of the
Richmond Terminal bonds. Overtures
have been mad* to the bank people
with the view of getting them to acoept
8 rciies and take an active interest in
be management of the conjunction
with a number of the prominent men
whose influence is directed toward pre
serving the Richmond Terminal prop
erty intact.
The director* have informally die
enssed the qneation of a dividend on
the preferred stock and have reached
the conclusion that inasmuch as the
Richmond and Danville company has so
a floa ting debt, they ao not con
sidtr it th* part of wisdom to pay a
dividend on the preferred stock at this
time. liSa
Formal action, however, has not been
taken on th* matter, and this informal
action may be reversed at a formal
meeting of the directors. It is current
rnmorthat some of the old Rlohmond
and Danville interests are soliciting
proxies for tha next meeting of Rich
mond Terminal, bat it can’t be learned
whether it is trne or not.
Hail Dynamite In Ola Trank.
Pittsburg, Nov. 25.—A trunk con
taining dynamite exploded in the bag
gage car of the western mail on the
Pennsylvania railroad aa the train was
passing Irvin, Penn. The explosion
tore ont one aide of tha car and wracked
the trnnk, scattering the contents over
the tracks. The baggage master, who
accidentally hit the trnnk while pulling
another down, thereby causing the ex
plosion,'was badly frightened; bnt
caped injury. The trnnk was ship,
from Phillipsbnrg, Penn., by Michael
Gody, a Hungarian, who was on his
way to Cambridge, O. He was arrested,
with his wife, wbeq the train reached
Pittsburg. He dented that the trunk
was his, but when confronted with the
picture of his wife, which was found in
be car. he acknowledged the owner
ship. He would assign no reason for
carrying the dynamite and was locked
np. It is the intention of tho railroad
company to prosecute him.
Tlit Chicago rreabjterj.
Chicago, Nov. 1 25. — The Chicago
Presbytery hoe taken advanced grounds
in the matter of creed revision. By a
vote of 53 yeas to 18 nay* it passed a
resolntion to overture the general as
sembly "to turn entirely front th* pro.
ject of revising the Westminster confes
sion and to take diligent steps to have
proposed to tha church such a simple
scriptural declaration of those things
which are most surely believed among
ns aa shall be for the practical help and
edification of all our member* and for a
testimony to the world of tha faith
which wa* once for all delivered to the
•ainta."
From tbe Frjlng Ftn Into tho Fir*.
Colcmbcs. O., Nov. 25.—John Cur
tain, a United State* prisoner from
Alabama, will complete a two years’
sentence for representing himself a
xxtoffice inspector, and upon his re
ease will be immediately arrested by
Deputy Sheriff W. M. Erskine, of that
state, aud taken to Huntsville to an
swer a charge ef burglary and general
Ur cany. Curtain robbed au express
office, freight depot and dry goods store
at Uurley, Ala., securing several hun
dred dollars worth of plunder.
Johns? MoGalro DojmI*
Lxtrsic, O. Nov. 25.—At Miller City,
■malt town west of here, has occurred
the death of Johnny McGuire, the
smallest man in the world. He was 48
yean old, weighed fifty-nine pounds
and was only forty-on* inches talk
Johnny traveled with tbs Barnutn show
for year* and also with tha Robinson
show. Ha ha* baen on exhibition in
tvary city in th* United Btates and
H.-U. There is no other man in tha
world m email as h* m,
STORM. SWEPT.
DEATH IAND DEVASTATION REPORT
ED FROM NUMER0U8 PLACES.
The Storm King Loft M«m«atom of Its
Power In Highway* and Byway*—Dark*
dm* Prevailed For Half aa Hoar at
Cleveland*
New York, Nov. 25.—The storm
which has been so remarkable in its
varied characteristics, so disastrous in
its effects, and far-reaching in the area
of Us sweep will be recorded, especially
in the log-books of theseveral telegraph
and telephone companies as at once
having equaled, if not exceeded, tbe
ntter paralysis wrought by the great
bliszard of 1888, In trnth, this haa
been a storm king's carnival, and, as
the sequel may prove, in many instances
the carnival of death.
Already from numerous points come
reports of damage, destruction and
death, nnd when a cessation of the war
ring elements permits of a restoration
of telegraphic communication with
points at present inaccessible by pros
tration of the wires, the extent to which
the seemingly wild rumors will be
borne out by actual facts is wholly con
jectural.
Originating near southern Georgia or
northern Florida, this resisting wave
of devastation swept nortliv, rd and
easterly, bearing down in its p.uu the
wires, snapping off like reeds the trees
and telegraph poles and topping over
chimneys, bearing off roofs nnd crash
ing like play-houses of card board ap-
larently substantial buildings. Bound-
ng over the Alleghenips, it fell upon
Baltimore, Richmond, Washington and
Philadelphia in turn, scattering through
the highway and byway 'mementoes of
its tremendous power.
In this city early in the day wires
south and southwest failed, often sev
eral at a time, until at last all communi
cation ontside of a comparatively small
territory was shnt off from us. Straggle
as they wonld, the most expert electri
cians could not with all their ingenuity
derise'mean* of getting over or aronnd
the trouble, even to the routes via
Montreal and Toronto having been
rendered useless.
The storm seemed to divide itself into
two tremendous arms, branching from
a center in North Carolina, on* arm
bearing down the coast, the other
sweeping northward and veering north
of Washington, describing a tremen
dous circle. Bearing down northwest
it passed successive™ over Lake* On
tario and Brie, and finally passed away
to the north, disappearing in Baffin’s
Bay.
Meager reports eontinn* to be re
ceived of oycloned to the sonth and
southwest. From eastern Ohio and
item Pennsylvania reports as yet are
meager, outlining the destruction in
every direction, accurate reports of
which can only be secured when the
storm subsides.
A GREAT ENTERPRISE.
Th# Normal und Industrial School at Mtt-
Indffevlll*.
Tho Storm at Jfondvlll*.
Meadville, Penn., Nov. 25.—The
storm struck this town with terrific
force about noon. Th* roof was blown
from tbe New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio railroad freight house and the
roof partly torn from tbe passenger
depot. Shade trees and chimneys were
blown down all ever town. Telephone
reports from neighboring towns tell of
serious damage.
Ssvsral Rooms Blown Dewn.
WiiuLiNO, W. Va., Nov. 25.—A tor.
rible Willard passed over this city, and
th* rain, enow and wind played‘havoc
in Wheeling. Little damage was done,
though telegraphio wires were some
what interfered with. From points
outside of the city, however, come re
torts of considerable damage. At
donndsville, twelve miles east of
Wheeling, the most damaging storm for
many years prevailed. The carriage
works were completely wrecked, the
building being leveled to the earth. It
was lifted bodily eff the foundation,
and several men were on the second
floor, nnd all were seriously but not
fatally injnred. The west gable end of
the glass works wae Mown in and con
siderable damage done. From ether
surroundings news cf more or less
damage is coming in. The wind, daring
the height of the storm, attained a fear
ful velocity.
In Darks*** far Hall an Banr,
Cleveland, O., Nov. 25.—Th* storm
here was tho worst in a long Rm*,
Abont noon it became so dark that
lamps and gas were lighted all over the
city. The darkness lasted half an hour,
when the wind shifted to tho west and
tb* rain cam* down in torrents. The
wind wsa blowing a gale at sundown,
bnt it has somewhat subsided since. It
is growing colder. A railroad man who
came in over the Brie road in tho even
ing tald there was two feet of snow
twenty miles south of this city.
——— r
A Perfect Hurricane,
Canton, O., Nov. 25.—A veritable
blizzard swept down over this city, and
at a late boor it is continuing with un
abated fury. For two days rain has
fallen almost incessantly. From 0 a.
m. Sunday to 7 a. ui. Tuesday th* ba
rometer registered a fall of over half ms
inch, the greatest in nine years. Tb*
wind that began before noon blew a
perfect hurricane, and it is driving
snow before it at a fearful rate.
Ulcus Hum * ait Track.
8t. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 25.—Th* Kan
sas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluff*
train from Creaton, la., to Kansas City
eollldsd at Arkue with a freight car,
which, daring the storea, wae blown
from a aide track at HaxyviDc and ran
six mile* before it wa* struck. Tha
angina waa demolished, tb* freight ear
burned, and Express Messenger Hack
Birth art de, ad Ursa too, ao tally hart it
‘ sxpsated ta wfil dia -» say Umm,
Mili.kdokvii.lr, O*., November 20,
1891.—To the Editor op The Tihes-
Rbcohdkk: Knowing the deep Interest
you feel in tlie Georgia Normal and In
dustrial College for Girls, I write to give
you a briet sketch of its different de
partments, ami something, of our life
and work aa pupils of this Institution.
The old "ex, eutlve mansion” It used
for a boarding department, and tbe sys
tem with which the girls perform their
several duties la very Interesting indeed.
They are required to rise at 0, drees
neatly, and pul their rooms In order by
7; then they fall in line and march to the
dining hull for breakfast. Every week
certain girls are detailed for certain din
ing room work; and it would delight you
to see with what cheerfulness and grace
they perform their duties.
It Is to ho regretted that all tho girls
cannot receive this training. For want
of room at tho mansion, almost two-
thirds of the gi;ls board In private fam
ilies; and, white they are nicely cared
for. It would be far better for all to be
under tbe direct supervision of the pres
ident; and we should ask our legislature
at the next session for an appropriation
sufficient to enlarge thq boarding de
partment, that nothing may be looking
to make this the model school of the
South.
Our life here is os bright and pleasant
aa a ray of sunshine. How could it be
otherwise with such a noble president,
and a corps of the most highly educated
teachers that could be found In the
United States? If the mothers of Geor
gia could peep in and see bow womanly,
and with what dignity their daughters
execute the various tasks put before
them, their hearts would swell with
pride.
It is wonderful to see how many In
dustrial branches carried on at the same
time, with tine collegiate and normal
departments, so quietly and systematic
ally that] there Is never a clash. The
industrial brandies are book-keeping,
stenography, telegraphy, type-writing,
drese-making, cooking and industrial
drawing, the last Includes designing,
crayoning, painting in water colon,
wood-carving and modeling. Btary
pupil is required to learn on* of tbiita
Industrial arte. The seniors cannot re
ceive a diploma without having mastered
the art of cooking. In addition to all
these we have a fine class of mnsto, both
vocal and Instrumental and art depart
ment.
The student* are required to wear a
uniform dress, a beautiful shade of dark-
brown, and the Oxford student eap,
making it very becoming and certainly
economical.
It seems to me that every mother in
the State should be making an effort to
get her daughter Into this institution.
ll goes without saying that young ladies
sent out from this school as graduates
will be well fitted for the duties of,llife.
We thank the people of Georgia for
the founding and support of this school.
It shell be our earnest endeavor to go
forth as worthy representatives.
But there is one thing needful to make
tbe school what you and I, and all, would
have It. - Tills cannot bo obtained with
out assistance. We eannot get along
without more books; we need good lit
erature and reference books. Will you
not send us a contribution, and thus aid
us in obtaining a library that will be in
keeping with the institution ?
I do not believe that Sumter will bo
behind the other counties of Georgia.
Hoping that you will remember ua
with a liberal donation at an early day,
I am very truly,
Julia Montgomery Crowell.
NELSON TIFT'S FORTUNE.
H* Wes PmmenMlr Wealthy—Poor Chil
dren LIvIbe to Receive ft.
Everybody In Amerlcus was shocked
beyond expression when tbe asd Intelli
gence of the death of Hon. Nelson Tift
reached|here, where he was well-known
and highly esteemed.
Almost np to the day of his death—
although he was eighty-seven yean of
age—he was as hale and hearty, an vig
orous mentally and physically, aa a
young man. His vitality was something
wonderful for a man of hi* age.
In everything that he underaook he
wa* a success. One thing to which he
devoted much of his thought and time
was the Confederate Veterans’ Home.
He wa* one of the trustees of that insti
tution, and, although a northern man by
birth, his late years bare been largely
devoted to the amelioration of the con
dition of the confederate veterans and
their widows and orphans.
He was Immensely wealthy. In .foot
his fortune it estimated at from three to
five million dollars. He owaed the
street railway system of Albany-, three
cotton warehouses, large tracts or real
estate, and over n hundred thousand
acres of laud In that section.
Besides these possessions he held many
thousand dollars’ worth of railroad, etty,
corporation and state bonds.
There are four living children, among
whom tbit fortune wlu probably ta »
Tided. They are Mrs. Woolfolk, Mrs.
Mann, Mr. Jaases Tift and Mr. Natam
Tift, all of Alb—
