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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