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m■ m ! . ;LrUl?..'i03' VOLUME 1 f AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1891. P NUMBER 22(5 Do vou want to make some one a CHRISTMAS* MR. W. W. THOMPSON DEALS OUT SOME WIT AND WI8DOM SPRINKLED With Facta—He A'ledges Hia Perfect (tight , U Sell Hia Orangea And Oirra Ilia Kee- aona— A Redaction In the Prlcea of Or* - angea Claimed. ^PRESENT during the Holidays ? Do you want to find xvliat you want at the right price? Then don’t go and buy, until you GO AOT SEE the splendid display of Holiday Goods at OPEfi NIGHTS TILL For the convenience of those whose time is oocupied during the day, we will keep our store open until 9 o’clock at night during the Holidays, thus giving all an opportunity to make selections without the losa*of valu able time. Etirron Timss-RbcoBDEr: Mr. Burt primarily misrepresents me In hts article in Wednesday's issue by alleging chat my statements vere critl cisms on him personally, which Is not true, since 1 spoke ol the council as a whole, specifying no member. No one denies Dr. Hurt's right to de. fend his official acts or any other acts of his, nor have 1 made any effort to muzzle Ldm, or at least it Is not so recorded. In a very self-assertive way ho claims to be the author of the amendment, which information was not now to me since 1 had heard that he was the author and also prime promoter of said act, if not for self interest It would ap pear that his zeal was caused by an in terest or supervision of a small 10*12 huckster stand—this I learned to be the dimensions of the stand, possibly it is a few inches larger. It Is true 1 pay no pull or professional tax, and as far as that goes Mr. Burt has tile advantage of ms, since ho pays poll and professional taxes and a glanco at tho tax books reveals nothing else. But I do pay county tax In my own name, and city taxes in a syndicate which owns property within the corpor- ato limits of Americas. He asserts that I own no city prop erty, and I would suggest to Dr. Burt that lie first acquaint himself with the real facts before making such positive statements. I claim that I have just as much right to sell my produce os any other citizen, or any man who sells cotton, in either retail or wholesale way, as I may deem proper, or as best subserves my inter ests. The inter-state law controls theso matters and this is a much higher tribu nal than Dr. Burt. Dr. Burt asserts that a millionaire could sell oranges in Americus, owning extensive orange groves in Florida, and this I do not deny if he superintends the land in person, the same which I have done. Dr. Buit insinuates that these oranges were from "H. D. Adams it Co. of -Ma con,” which is misleading. They were sent to II. D. Adams it Co., Macon, for •ale, but the markefc-not suiting me, I recalled them, ordering their shipment to Americus, and this explains the mark on one head of tho box If he exam ines the other heryl he will see my sten cil mark from iny Florida grove. I don't propose to protect the little fruit stands at the expense of the whole city who want cheap oranges and I am supplying the demand. Dr. Burt declares that my assertion that t was selling my oranges at “obarity prices” I* fallacious, and I. only appeal to the citizens of Americus to answer the charge. Ask them what orange#were being retailed at previous to my coming on the market. The charge that I would not sell my oranges to the merchants for less then $2.25 per box Is false, since Messrs, Ans- ley, 1’at Williams, Buchanan, and sev eral others I could name can prove that charge to be grossly false. I think I bnve auswered Mr. Burt and now I desire to say that I will have no further controversy with him. Respect fully, W. W. Thompson. ' BIS LAST GAME Cor. Lamar Street and Cotton Avenue, of the marriages, ez married b<- Tounx Woman Saw Wood for Charity. Twelve of the most popular young women In Mlnden (Midi.) society en gaged to'contribute $1 each of money earned,by themselves to a fund for buy ing Christmas presents for the poor. On Tuesday they appeared at the drugstore of Kdward Cress and asked for a job of sawing and splitting live cords of wood that lay at his door. The druggist con sented. The spectacle of twelve young women sawing and splitting wood col lected a crowd fn short ojder, but de spite the crowd, tired muscles and blis tered hands, tbegirls persevered for two days until the job was finished, and the dollar each earned was turned in for the poor. The above Illustrates the possibilities of the talent of young ladies properly utilized. We wonld suggest that a society be formed by oar charitably In clined young women and that they saw and spilt, for a stipulated sum, to be used for benevolent purposes, the pile of wood deposited weekly In front of Prof. Van Kiper’s. It will be delightful exercise If nothing more. 1 ba Merry-Cio-Itonad. The merry-go-ronnd, or flying jenney, Is here by a large majority and it. will be In active operation as soon as the appa ratus can be installed iu place. This source of amusement has more attrac tion of little folks than arapst any other, and many a dime and nickle will find iu way Into the coffers of the owners of the flying jenney fora whirl in It. While in the Wolverine Wilds of the Wool* • West Faro is a fascinating game, full of big risks and, of course, necessarily thrill ing to the gambling spirit, A Turns- Uecoiidkr reporter was sitting near a stove yesterday in Americus when a cer tain prominent gentleman entered and greeted several friends. They had been west and wero all deeply interested and engrossed in a recital of their varied ex periences. Soon they begen to chat about playing faro. Each of tho part) soon bad related some experience of his own with “wres tling with the tiger” with the exception of the gentleman who had just entered, who was apparently waiting for his com panions to get through before he had bis (iny, "Well, boys," said this last one, “I have quit playing faro. I received a les son Christmas eve ten years ago in Den ver that will lost me forever, and forever overcome my craze for this gambling de vice. I was traveling In pretty tough luck, clerking in an insurance office, and my salary was only $B0 a month. I was married too, ns you know, and It was a hard scuffle to keep tho wolf from my door. When the twenty-fourth day of De cember rolled around, cold, bllzz3rdy and cheerless .1 was as blue as indigo. I had drawn nil my December salary. I was dead broke. ‘Not much of a Christmas for us,' said I to my wife and I lot t home that dreary morning to go to work with a heavy heart and unwitling hands, No sooner did I roach my office thnh iny employer called mo In and handed me $25 for a Xmas gift I was also told that my salary was to be increased to $100 a month, dating from December 1st. “My surprise was overpowering when I was called Into the office and presented with $400 which my uncle had sent mo as a Xmas present. “I was as exultant as a millionaire, rang for a bo;r and sent him home to prepare t«y w'.fe for the gladsome sur prise. What a rousing Xmas I would have. The pangs of our recent poverty would he wholly obliterated. “My friend Dick .and I left the office together. We took a drink; of course I treated, and.then we had. another—for luck. Then Dick made a proposition. We would drop id for a minute or so at Billy Muldroon’s faro bank on West Thirteenth street., Not to gamble, of courso. Merely to risk a 'liver' for hol iday expenses. “Well, In we wont.' I slapped down $5 on the high card and lost. Then nn- other S3 went down, following in the wake of the first, and then—my, It makes makes me shudder to think of H now. 'Twat the same old, old story. Send! ng good money after bal In just about thirty minutes I was busted, dead broke. Don't ask me about that gloomy, mel- anoboly Christmas day. Mere words will never desoribe my feelings that dis mal night I wandered aimlessly aboht the streets for several long, seemingly endless hours. Then, like a whipped car, I sneaked home and the ‘gladsome surprise' that my wife was so eagerly, so anxiously waiting for never panned nut. Gentlemen, I never did and never will get over the experience of that Christmas ere. “Have I ever played faro since? Not much, and I never will.” ARMOUR AND CO. WILL ESTABLISH A BRANCH DEPART MENT IN AMERICUS. Mr. Kom Malone Has Practically Secured a Store—A Refrigerator Will Re Inetalled Meats of Beery Variety Will Ra Dletrib- uted Thronghout Thla Section. Armour & Go. have for some time recognized the splendid recommenda tions of Amerious|as a distributing point and they are not slow to avail them- selvea of their opportunity. Their agent, Mr Ross Malone, has been prospecting here several days and after satisfying himself with the merit of the locality and Its advantages as a distributing point, he lias determined to rent quarters acd Install a branch office of Armour & Co. of Cincinnati, the fam ous pork packers. Meats of every conceivable variety be supplied to not only Americus, but the whole country around. An improved refrigerator will be used, Insuring tho most perfect protection from taint or corruption of any kind Armour A Co's pork packing establish ment is one of the most complete in the world, nml iu reputation is second to none. Branch houses are .nnUlplying dally, and Americus is soon to form a feeder to this immenso system, covering the en tire union, from the Atlantic to the Pa cific TWO PACK PF.DHI.KRS Two Israelites, with a dash of the Bo hemian in their general make-up, drifted to Americus some weeks since uad signed with S. Coleman, a prominent merchants on Forsyth st. They were proficient in Itenerant trad ing, so fhel .• employe^ turned over to them nn assortment of clothing amount ing to $400, divided Into two packs They left Americus nearly two months since and for several weeks tbclr em ployer remained in the profoundest Ig norance of their whereabouts, when be coming apprehensive of tho fate of the goods Intrusted to their care, he secured Chief Lingo's services and dlreoted him to find them at any oost. Telegraph wires were kept hut by the chief, who learned that they were last seen in Macon, but that since then all traces of them were lost Since then more definite Information has been received, and the two peddles have been located In an adjoining State, and their arrest Is only a question of time. Tney will be brought book to Amori- eus to answer tbe charge of brooch of trust, and they will travel a thorny path before they getout of the clutches of the law. A (1ZNKKSL Fl'RUR. Gas or no gas? That is the question. And one that must be answered very soon If the temper of tho public receives proper consideration. A good, strong, well developed kick Is notable on all sides ngainst the prices charged the consumers of gas. - Mr, E. A. Hawkins, ono of our most prominent citizens, observed, “I was as tonished when I received notification that my bill for only one month was $2.S. This Is an exorbitant charge and before I would continue to pay It I will cut oft the supply to my house altogether.” Some time since the Tisies-Rkcoiiiiki. took occasion to call attention to tho fact that as soon as the new plant began operations that economy sbonld he maintained In the consumption of gas, unless the consumer desired - to pay a largo Increase In tho price: This warning was prompted by the dofeotlve condition of the old gas metres used, and their absolu'e failure to register nay thing liko the real vot-, ume of gas consumed. The old meters were corroded, and therefore unfit far-pmctlad purpose*. The new meters are registering cor rectly so far os we are able to ascertain, and possibly the reason such a marked increase Is apparent, is became the con sumers fail to appreciate the vast differ ence between the perfeot and defective meter, « PERSONAL MENTION. Before you purchase jewelry think where you should go. Tho. Araerlous Jewelry Company invite you to inspect their stock Quick sales and close profits Is tbelr motto. Give them a call. Mr 'John ltyals of Rhine Is In tho city. Mr. "Tip" Childers of Schloy Is in tho city. Mr B. ltyals of Rhine was intlre i yesterday. Mr. IV. T. Dicker of Warwick Americus. Mr. M. A. Burnham of Rhino is Americus. CapL G. M Patterson of Smlthvillo 1 in the city. Mr. J. B. L Smith Is in Isabolla on le gal business. Mr. Will Suber of Lumpkin was in the city yesterday. • Mr. M. Corbott of Lumpkin was In the city yesterday. Mr. J. L. Bowen of Plains was In the olty yesterday. Mr Jim Stevens of Lumpkin was in SEW YE lit CALLERS. ’ Preparing for Work. Col. Hawkins and the Sam road or the it Louisville and Nashville railroad, eeems, are tying to eteal a march on their compctltora In this vicinity and get Into Savannah before the people are aware of tbelr ir tentlons. An engineer ing corps Is now at work running lines betweet Savannah and Lyons, and it fs believed that this ie being done In the interest of tbe Louisville and NaabrIUe railroad. Contractor Rusiell la In camp about n mile out from the city on tbe Central railroad, with eighty head of mules and a large force of me a. They have just come from off the line of the Mtoon and Atlantic railroad, where work has been abandoned for the present It was learned from a reliable source yes terday that they have' made arrange ments to remain In this neighborhood for two or three months, end that mem bers of tbe party have said that they ex pected to commence work near Savan nail soon. As tbe South Bound, which is the only other lively new railroad enterprise In this city just now, does not propose to make any immediate move in tbe way of construction, the supposition Is stronger that the Savannah, Americas and Mont gomery is preparing for aottve work.— Savannah Newt. A Kesatifnl I'sniph'rt. The TiMEft-UKcomiEit is indebted to Lieutenant Colonel B. W. Wrenn of Atlanta, for an exquisite pamphlet, dis- criptire of the section and attractions that line the K. T. V. A G. railroad. It is a monument to artistic design and descriptive power, and ia a credit to the vitation to Colonel Hawkin ability and taste of Lieutenant Wrenn. The common in oar kitchens, is not a native of this country, but was originally imported from A ato 200 years ago. America* Will IU In Beydey Attire on New Veer's Dsy. New Year catling promUca to bt, no inconsiderable factor In increasing the pleasure of the day. Several young ladles bate algal fled their Intention of receiving callers on that day, and quite an array of yonng men will pay their devoirs at the various homes in Ameri cas. Ia addition to those already men tioned Un, Bloom Brown will receive callers, assisted by Mrs W. B. Worthy and Mlssea Baapbury, Shelton, Amoret Gray, Hattie Windsor, and Sarah Cobb. Mrs. Charles A. Flicker will receive from 3 to 8 o’clock, nsatsted by Mrs. M. H. McAfee of Little Rock, Ark., Mrs John H. Starbuck, Mrs. O'. M. Eldrldge, Misses Jennte'Hollls, Nannie Sue Hill of Newnan, Ga., Annie May Bel! of Bir mingham, Ala., Ruby*HoAfee of Little Rook, Ark., Belle Lanter, Bela Hfll and Nina Fish. Miss Flora Wheatley VIU be assisted by Misses DeJarnette, Callaway and Alloe Wheatley, Brook and Russell, Mes- dsmes N. E. Eldrldge, E. C. Dcughtie, and Morgan Eldrldge. It is probable that Miss Nannie Lou Hawkins will not receive, bat will assist some friend in receiving. After the R. and I>. Alderman Bailey Is preparing bis con demnatory resolution against tbe lttcb- mond A Danville railroad for its action In removing tbe Central's offices from Savannah, together with the recent wholesale discharges of mechanics and laborers, and will Introduce it at tbe next meeting of tbe city council. The preamble of the resolution, It is understood, will recite some of tbe In terviews Jwbioh General Alexander, Pat Calhoun, Esq., John n. Inman, General Manager Green, and other officers of the road gave to the press about tbe bene fits which Savannah would derive from the lease of the Central, and deny that so far any of the benefits bare materi alized. The resolution will also extend an in- ^ e Sam -lone! road to compl and will eity eouaetl tberiag the Alderman Bailey will “ tho city yesterday. Judge J. M. Scott of Lumpkin, was In tho elty yesterday. Mr, J, T. Howell of Sumter county wns In tbo city yesterday. Prof. W. C. Kaler formerly of this city but now of Macon, Is visiting In the city. Mr. IV. F. Hied of Richland was min gling with friends In Americus yester day. Sheriff Troy Iloldor of Stewart county, was In the hands of Ids Americus friends yesterday. Miss Minnie Lowe of Columbus, Is visiting her cousin Miss Haynes, on Church street. ' Mr. J. M. Stevens of Lumpkin, was In the city yosterday, circulating among his many friends. Mr. Willis Hawkins leaves on Satur day for Athens, where ho resumes his studies In tlio State University. Miss Florrie Johnson, who has been visiting Miss Ifattie Clark, rcturnod to her home In Smithvillo yesterday. Mr. J. B. Fitzgerald, one of our most promising lawyers, returned yesterday from a visit to his home in Omaha. Mrs. U. B. Ilarrold and bod, Mr. Frank Harrold, and Miss Rosalie Smith, of Americus, camo up yosterdny on a visit to relatives.—Columbus Ledger. Mr. K. J, Haynes leaves on January tbe first for Lexington, Kentucky, where he enters tho University of Kentucky, taking a thorough business coarse before returning to Americus. Mr. H. W. Cooley, advance agent of Alexander Salvinl, was in the city yes terday. Salvinl has had a perfect ova tion this season. IIo will play a second engagement fn Macon. Atlanta and New Orleans- are bidding for him. Mr. Cooley arranged for a two weeks engage ment In New Orleans by wire yesterday. Americus will be given an opportunity too see this celebrated actor on January 5th. .4 (7uii{ua Christ bum Present* Miss Allco McLendon received yes terday from a friend in New Mexico, a handsome bridle, reins, whip and lariat, all woven by hand out of white and black horse hair, that is one of the pret tiest things ever seen.