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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDE
VOLUME 1
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1891.
NUMBER 216
BASCOM MYRIOK, ESQ.,
Editor Times-Recorder,
Americus, Ga.
My Dkkft sift:-We have been too muoh
rushed in attending to the wants of our cus
tomers to write any extensive advertisement
for your Sunday morning’s issue. But please
say for us to the good people of our oity and
country that for the next 10 days we shall
offer the most unprecedented Bargains in
Ladies’ and Misses’ Wraps of all kinds. Our
stock is very comprehensive, embracing every
desirable style worn this season, and we will
refuse no reasonable offer to close out any
thing in the entire line before Christmas.
We beg you to say also, we have just
opened several new cases of White and Col
ored Blankets, all of whioh we are going to
sell very cheap.
Our best bargain in the lot oonsists of
100 pairs White Lamb’s Wool, extra size
11-4 Blankets, with tinted borders, at $5.00
per pair, which we guarantee cannot be
matched in the market for less than $7.50
per pair. Our “Woodbury,” 10-4 extra size
STEPHEN B. ELKINS
IS THE NEW SECRETARY OF WAR-ITS
SIGNIFICANCE.
From a Political Standpoint I, Interpret
ed to Mean That the Plumed Knl(ht
Will Not Measure Sword, With Batrleon
for Itepnblloan Nomination In W.
Washington, D. C. t December 17.
[Special.]—In ■ the senate to-day the
standing committees were read.
Alfred H. Colquitt is on the following:
Enrolled bills, Interstate cdmmerce, post
roads, postoffice, private land claims and
quadro centennial.
Gen. Gordon Is on the following: Civil
service and retrenchment, coast defen
ses, railroads, territories, and transpor
tation routes to the seabosrd.
The bouse is not In session. Speaker
Crisp having heard what members have
to say ou the eubjeet Is now engeged in
making the committees.
He hopes to have them realy before
the holidays, which will probably be on
the 23d
The President to-day appointed Ste
phen B. Elkins secretary of war.
It Is believed by most persons familiar
with the Ins and outs of the political
maehlne that Harrison and Blaine are In
harmony, .and that the Planted Knight
from Maine has determined nnder no
conditions to allow the use of bis name
as a candidate for president.
Senator Kenna of West Virginia,
whose knowledge of the political situs,
tlon Is sound says that the logic of the
appointment may mean'Harrison and
Elkins.
Elkins says emphatically that his going
into the cabinet at the bead of the port
folio of war cannot possibly affect either
Harrison or Blaine.
state commerce commission, and he will
run for United States sonator against
Chilton and Mills. -This will materially
complicate matters, bat there are strong
reasons to believe that tho free trade
apostle will be the successful aspirant.
Mills is not the sink man that exagger
ated newspaper accounts would have
you to believe, bnt is suffering from a
bad cold.
BANOS BY A THREAD I
White Blanket, at $3.00 per uair, we guaran- 2K
tee the equal of any Blanket in the market at
$4.50 per pair.
This is all we want to say at present.
*7111 “come again” when we have more time.
Yours truly,
GEO. D. WHEATLEY,
Lamar Street and Cotton Avenue
And an Adverse Verdict Will Canee Hie
Neck to Hans by a flop#.
The state introduced a witness yester
day whose testimony may or may not af
fect the chances of Boley Daniel now on
trial for his life, charged with the mur
der of Hamp Swain on June .14th, 1880.
The details of the diabolical crime
were given yesterday in Tax Timks-Bk-
cordbh. The state concluded Its roster
of witnesses yesterday, and the defence
decided to waive all evidence that would
be furnished for the prisoner, alleging a
willingness to allow the jury to form Its
verdict on the state’s evidence, which
was claimed wsa contradictory and
vague.
After the evidenee was all taken, ar
guments were In order. Col. W. T.
Lane opened for the defence, speaking
two hours. He reviewed the chain of
evidence, pointing out some glaring dis
crepancies that were evolved, and laying
stress on the Inability of the witnesses
produced to agree on the man. He laid
eapeeial accent on tho testimony of Ab
ner Paul, who maintained that Boley
Daniel did not stab the man, and that
impeach Abner Paul, its own witness,
had failed of accomplishment, and the
negro’s testimony was worthy of cre
dence.
Col. Lane sprung the point also that
there was unanimity of testimony among
the witnesses adduced concerning the
dying declaration of Swain, who iald
that a “snaggle-toothed negro” had
struck the fatal blow.
The defence had proferted the defend
ant’s teeth which were almost perfect.
Mr. Kimborough now elosed the case
of the defense with a speech one boor
and thirty mlnntes In length
Solicitor Hudson presented the state’s
esse very forcibly. Link after link of
the chain of evidence was presented end
his argument reviewed every point in
the testimony that strengthened the
statement that Baloy Daniel and the
murderer of Hamp Swain were one and
identical.
Judge Fish’s charge to the Jury was
succinct, cogent and lucid, defining
clearly the differences between murder
I of the first degree, murder of the second
i degree and voluntary manslaughter.
| The jury then retired to their room,
j At the time of going to pres, they
! had not reached » verdict, and specula
tion is rife as to what It will be.
A VAST NET-WORK
THAT WILL INCLUDE AMERICUS IN
ITS MESHES.
ilr. J. A. Ansley. Chairman of tha Demo
cratic Executive Committee, le Made the
Custodian of Another Important Trash
A Bureau of Information Established.
The Club.
•‘The Club’a” Christina* meeting will
be held at the elegant home of Mr. U. B.
Han old, comer Lae and College street*.
A choice programme, consisting of
Christmas reading*, Christine* carols
nag tableaux The election of officers
will also be held tad tbs steering prom-
tees to be one of the moot enjoyable yet
held by this famous organisation.
Col. J. A. Ansley, of this place, chair
man of the county democratic exeeutlve
committee, has been made the custodian
of another trust.
He received a certificate yesterday
signed by the proper authorities, ap
pointing him sorrespondent of the exec
utive committee of the National Asso
ciation of Democratic Club* for the
county of Sumter.
This correspondence is of vast Impor
tance to this county, and will constitute
oncof hundreds and thousands estab
lished elsewhere.
The design of the club is adequately
set forth by Calvin 8. Brice, chairman
national demooratto committee, whose
name Is a household word In the United.
States.
He says: “'"be presidential contest
of nfxt year is almost at hand. The
enemy is already preparing for it. We
cannot be too circumspect or too swift
in our arrangements to meet them. It
Is now plain their principal reliance for
the campaign and for the Intermediate
period Is upon a colossal system of Re
publican Clubs. It will be maintained
and supported by unlimited means
drawn from the pockets of the bene
ficiaries of the monopoly policy. It can
be met only by an equally extensive sys
tem of voluntary democratic societies.
That Is, associations of the people in
their several neighborhoods for the de
fence of their rights and Interests
against those who are baaded to assail
them.
“The democratic society was the first
organization of the democratic party In
the Union. It was to their bold asser
tion of popular rights, their stubborn
defence of sound republican principles,
that we owe the first overthrow of the
federalist party, the election of Mr. Jef-
ferson, and the blessed era of democratic
rule almost unbroken from 1800 to 1800.
‘The truly democratio olnb has ever
been the engine of liberty endangered
The tendency at this time of the people
of the United States to enroll themselves
together in neighborhood organizations
of this obaraoter Is one of the signs of
the political perils wbleb confront them.
It Is manifest that the approaching
atrngle Is to be one mainly of elnbs, and
It Is accordingly greatly to be desired
that a uniform and perfected system of
democratic societies, thoroughly organ
ized and In Intimate association with
each other, shall be established before
the beginning of another year.
“1 have examined the plan of organi
zation now In process of successful ac-
com pllshment by the national association
of democratic clubs and in conjunction
with other members of your exeeutivo
committee, feel It to be our duty to give
It the most hearty support, and to re
quest each member of the national dem
ocratic committee to co-operate to tho
fullest extent ,
“The work undertaken by the execu
tive committee of the clubs is absolutely
necessary to be done, and the opportu
nity is now presented of having it ac
complished by an effioient instrument, at
a minimum cost, and that distributed
over so many localities as not to bo a
burden upon any one committee.
“An Important feature of the plan la
the selection of correspondents in the
several states. This now requires ur
gent attention in your state. I would,
therefore, ask you to confer with the
chairman of your atate committee a*
soon at may be convenient and arrange
this particular part of the plan. Alio
that yon will do all in your power to
facilitate the organization in other ways
that you may think best."
Hr. Ansley will accept the correspon
dence and wlll*bend all of his euergios
to make successful the vast educational
campaign that the democrats will Inau
gurate In 1802.
Nolle*.
There will be a meeting of Sumter
County Agricultural Society for the pur
pose of electing officers for the ensuing
year and delegates to tho spring and
summer session of the State Society. A
full representation of every section of
the county Is desirablo.
J. I,, Adbeiiton, President,
December 18th, 1891.
Orange Blossoms.
Miss Leola Sims of Leslie, was - joined
in the holy bonds of matrimony yester
day to Mr. Joe Butler of Ty-Ty, at the
home of the bride’s father, Mr. John
Sims, at Leslie, Rev. 8. E. Blltch offici
ating. The ceremony was beautifully
performed, and quite a select circle of
friends end relatives graced the enjoya
ble occasion.
The Sunday-eehool papers of the Bap
tist Sunday-echool, which eonld of be
found for distribution last Sunday, will
b# left this morning at Dr. Ford's drug
store, on Larear street, and eoholare can
secure them by calling there.
WITHOUT MOIST EYES, r A NEST OF ROBBERS.
A SAD PICTURE FROM THE' PEN OF
HENRY W. GRADY.
Tho Little Boy Who Died Next Door—Cut
ft Out and Paste It In Your Scrap Hook,
Pathos In Its Most Touching Phase—A
Glowing Tribute.
The most striking feature of New York
life, perhaps, Is the utter lack of social
sympathy and intercourse. Persons live
for years in a street without knowing the
names even of their neighbors, and
think little more of visiting each other
merely through neighborly Instinct than
you would of calling on tho transient
who occupied the room next to yon at a
hotel. There Is not a troco of the fel
lowshlp and sympathy that dwellers In
small cities are accustomed to. Of course
this has Its advantages, in that It gives
everyone perfect Independence of action,
and establishes the police and - health
officers as about the only censors of so
cial conduct or individual behavior, and
enables one to live In perfect quiet and
seclusion if it Is desired. But It seems
to me that it tends to selfishness, cold
ness, and lovelessneas.
Just next dour to wnere I am located,
for Instance, I saw yesterday a little
coffin taken in the door. No one In the
house in which I live knows the names
even of the next door neighbors. In
quiry developed the belief that a bright-
eyed-little boy who has been missed
from the sidewalk and the little yard for
a few days, was dead and that the coffin
was Intended for him.
But none of us were permitted to offer
sympathy or assistance In that house of
mourning. We had nothing to do but
look out of the window upon a veloci
pede standing idle In the yard, and a
boy’s dog wandering aimlessly about.
And yet we knew that a little child
was dead in that adjoining house—that
a little form was lying still and pulseless
Id a .coffin—that a mother’s heart was
breaking in that silent and desolate
house." Or* course any interference
might hare been worse than useless, but
it seemed strange to people coming
from a town where tha death of a little
child started the tears in hundreds of
eyes, and wrapped the bereaved family
In heartfelt and universal. sympathy,
that it should be made so much a matter
of fact. —~ -
There were no friends to call nt the
house that could bo noticed. The little
coffin was taken to the door—the door
opened—the casket passed In—the mes
senger departed—the street cars swept
noisily by—the newsboys cried tho even
ing papers—the rag-picker passed in the
alley-way without lifting his eyes—tho
door closed—the parents were loft alone
with tho dead.
To-day, Sunday, the funeral took
place. There was the same dearth of
sympathy and tenderness that we had
noted before. There were dozeo per
sons present, bnt the most of them hod
the funeral look of mere acquaintances.
The little coffin was put in a carriage,
and the procession moved off briskly to
tbecemotery. In an hour or two one
carriage returned, bearing the parents
and little sister of, tho doad boy. They
got out of the carringe, the door was
opened by a servant, and they wont In
alone with, their grief, to master It as
best they eonld.
Ot course this It the custom of cities
and of-city people. They doubtless feel
as deeply and as full of tenderness and
sympathy as provincials, but the death
of that little child, the desolation of the
homo in which the corpse was laid, and
the still formality of the, funeral, has
saddened a little colony of Georgians
this Sunday afternoon and sent their
hearts wistfully baek to Georgia with its
warm sympathies; its affectionate friends
and its Impulsive kindnesses.
I hope never to see Atlanta grow so
large tbst a misfortune to any ono of its
citizens will not kindle regrets in the
hearts of the people, and bereavements
not to bo tempered by common friendli
ness awl sympathy,
ut It Its stopped.
The frequent fires in Snmter county
whose origins are clearly traceable to tbe
torch of tho Incendiary calls attention
again, and with increased emphasis, to
the necessity of stamping out the crime
of arson in this county.
That a great number of lives have not
been sacrificed Is one of tbe extraordi
nary features of tliis epidemic of fiend
ishness. It la Imperative now to thor
oughly sift the evidence of every crime
of this sort, so that if there is tbe
slightest suspicion attached to any inci
dent, tlis punishment may follow as
swift chain lightning.
The horrors of death by fire are terri
ble enough to make society sternly dis
courage the existence of all causes that
are not absolutely attributable to acci
dent.
Only the other night Mr. Turpin lost
his barn, with strong evidence that some
incendiary fiend had been getting in his
devilish work.
The torch ba* been applied too often
in Sumter county and any expedient
justice may adopt to pat a atop to this
reign of lire fiends would he oon-
FANCIERS OF MULE FLESH ARE
REAPING A HARVEST.
Amorlcus la Infested With a Band of
Thieves Who Are Getting In Some Clever
Sleight of Head Work-Mysterious Dis
appearances.
Americus seems infested with a band
of mule thieves, who are getting in some
clever work.
Yesterday they^showed their hand
Andrew Crexton, a negro man hitched
his mule near tbe Central depot, only to
return In a few minutes to find it gone.
He suspicions a certain negro stand
ing near at the time, who has since mys
teriously disappeared.
This is a clue that may lead to the
detection, arrest and conviction of the
culprit or culprits.
This Is not the only case on record.
In tbe last week three mules have been
stolen an! still remain unaccounted for.
Yesterday Chief Lingo was in receipt
of the following telegram:
“Chief of Police, Americus, Ga.: In
form Tom Allen that we have his mule.
Send for him at once.
J, A. Beahii, Chief Poiioe,
Columbus, Ga.”
Some measures will be taken at once
to ferret out the ring leader of this band
of thieves, who are getting in such clev
er and effective work.
Tbe mule lost by Allen was discovered
in Coiambus, but tbe telegram does not
state whether or not the thief waa
caught.
Chief Lingo has a full description of
one of the suspected individuals, who
will be arrested as soon as he can be
caught,
IS SOLID AS. A BRICK.
The S. A. A M. Railroad Reedy to Pey
January Coupon*.
On yesterday the Savannah, Americus
and Montgomery tailroad deposited with
Its iiscal agents in Baltimore the money
to pay the January coupons on the bonds
of Miat road.
This announcement, with the listing
of the bonds on the New York stock ex
change, and the running of regular
schedules into Montgomery during the
past week, has oaused quite an active
4jUnaiul for the S. A. A M. bonds at pre-
vailing prices. Parties interested in
these securities look for considerable
improvement in value, now that the
heavy payments on account of construc
tion have ceased, and there Is no further
occasion to press them on the market.
The interest on the new bonds will be
paid in January, and the monoy is now
on deposit with the Mercantile Trust A
Banking Company in Baltimore.
The Sam road has always been, and
the opinion will inevitably strengthen,
that this road is ono of the most valua
ble of the great net-work of roads that
traverse the Union. It offers a superb
western outlet and also intersects one of
the most opulent and fertile sections in
the south.
Americus has every reason to feel an
unfailing bourse of pride In this enter
prise, so intimately linked with the in
dustrial activity and growth of this city.
The shrill whistle of the Sam locomo
tive will soon reverberate within tho cor
porate limits of Savannah, and when It
does.the great Sam system will stand
complete.
MEETS TO DAY.
Chairman Cutt* of the General Committee
of the Criftp .labile**, Call- » Mi«*tln(5-
How it grows!
The finance committee is c
among the merchants and
vesting tho shekels heaUi ...
merchant* aro responding liberally to
the calls, and the contribution* from
Ilichland, Oglethorpe and other place*
in the third congre**ional district are
expected to bo very large.
The demonstration will be a brilliant
one, and Americus will entertain thou
sands upon thousands of guests who
will be on hand to voice the pride and
enthusiastic loyalty that Americus feels
in the rise of Charles F. Crisp, her favor
ite son, to the second position in the
national government.
The celebration will be a shining and
glorious one and will reflect infinite
credit on Americus and the whole third
congressional district. The following
call lias been issued by Chairman H. S,
Cutta:
“The general committee appointed to
formulate plans for tbe Crisp demon
stration are requested to meet at * my
office today at 3:30 p. m.
A. S. Cutts, Chairman.
To the finMis
State Agricultural Commissioner Nes
bitt will probably address tbe faresere of
Sumter county In the eitj
on Friday, January 1st, as
fled his Intentioa of i
his engagements preclude the j
of Ms delivering the addrere on
above date, be will de so as mob’ tbs. .
after ts possible, the date of wMofc wtO
be given In due tin. throngh the eel-
of TUI