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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-KECOKDER: FRIDAY, JUNE 11), .
AT
1 by
65c to 85c
you Can Find
-AT-
sougiit ins death!
WITHHISOWN HANDS HE ADMINIS
TEREO A DEADLY DOSE
«r.Je*.e\Ve.tl>ro..k Killed Him.HI with
La...lm,um and MorphUm-A F..
Common to Many the Cauw-Th. Detail,
of the extremely Sad Affair.
Win R. Shaw’s
A .Hid
assortment
OF
STILES and SIZES
From'4;jto 14 yrs.,
THE MOTHER’S FRIEND
I Patent Shirt Waist
«—ciii. 1 11'oti
NolButtons can be Torn off
eithsrlin Wearing; or
Washing.
! The Mother’s Friend does away en
tirely with the sewing on of buttons. It
is supplied with an adjustable belt,
which if easilvftaken off when the waist
is washed; the buttons are riveted on the
belt, continently can not be torn off,
either in wearing, washing or ironing.
Mr. Jesse T. Westbrook is dead.
Briday night, while many of the people
of Americas were making merry at the
closing exercises of tire public schools a
loving wife, devoted children, kind
friends and skilled physicians were l.at.
tliug to stave olf the closing of the life
of this man.
Mr. Westbrook died bv h\s own
hands.
Shoitly after 2 o clock Fiiday when
Mrs. Westbrook had finished those
household duties which requited her at
tention about the kitchen and dining
room she went into one of the front
rooms of her residence, corner Prince
and Lamar streets, and found her hus
band on the bed, in an unconscious cou-
lition. She called for help. A hurried
examination was made and it was found
that Mr. Westbrook was suffering fr
the effects of a deadly drug.
A hurried runner was sent for medical
aid, Dr. J. M. U. Westbrook, a brother
>f the man who was then dying was so
sick himself that he could be of no aid
4i\ saving his brother’s life, so Drs. J. 1».
and A. II. Ilinkle responded to the call.
When they arrived Mr. Westbrook was
too much under the influence of the
poison lie had taken to be walked or
anything of that kind. It seemed evi
dent from the first that he would die. A
stomach pump was applied and a quan
tity of laudanum and morphine was
pumped from him. lie was rolled and
slapped; mustard plasters were applied
and drugs to counteract the effect of the
poison were given him. These were of
no avail, and from tlie time the physi-
ciaus arrived he was kept alive only by
false respiration.
At times the dying man seemed to
rally and while life lingered hope never
deserted those who were struggling so
faithfully to save the little spark of life
that remained. .So powerful was the
effect of the dose he had taken, however,
that the light for life was a useless one.
Deadened vital parts refused to ially and
at 8:lj> Friday night Mr. Westbrook died.
Like most other men Mr. Westbrook
had his faults. One of these was
whiskey drinking. To that is due his
untimely end. lie had been more or
less under the influence of whiskey all
the week and iu one of the tits
of melancholy caused thereby, no
doubt, decided to kill himself. A
few days ago be told a friend that such
was his intention, and asked if lauda-
A HANDSOME DONATION.
•James Frit-leer & Bro., the .Jewelers, Make
the Light Infantry a Present.
The house of James Fricker & Bro.,
will long be remembered by the Ameri
cas Light lufantry. This house has
just donated to the company a very
handsome and costly oxidized silver wa
ter set, to be given to the member who
on three successive prize drills is the
victor. The set is to remain the proper
ty of the cotnpauy until some member is
so fortunate as to win it. It is unnec
essary to state that there will bo some
fine drilling befoue this much coveted
prize is taken. Immediately upon the
announcement by C'apt. Bagley, of the
generous gift, the company extended a
hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Fricker and
agreed, upon the spot, that Mr. Fricker
could call on the company at large to do
his fighting in the future. Each man
then determined to win that prize or
know the reason why.
Just in this connection it might not
he amiss to call the attention of the
public to the work that is being done by
our soldier boys. When the company
was organized about two years ago, the
citizens cheerfully and largely contrib
uted towards the purchase of the uni
forms and starting the boys off in their
military career. Since then they have
asked for no help, hut have felt that they
owed it to the good people of Americas
to give them a good company; and de
spite the difficulties‘attendant upon get
ting raw material worked up, they now
have an active, enthusiastic roll of
about forty active members. They de
sire now to attain to such a degree of
proficiency that they will rank equal to
the be.^t companies in {ho state. All
they need to accomplish this
purpose is the good will and encourage
ment of our citizens. It is this mani
festatiou of interest in their companies
that has given Macon, Columbus and
Atlanta those splendid companies which
arc known all over the south, and
certainly not one of those companies are
composed of any better material than
ours. Business men need not hesitate
to allow their employes what little time
is necessary, for the boys will appreciate
it and doubly pay them back in faithful
service ou their return. Let them have
:i good chance and we will warrant that
the Americus Light Infantry will come
to the front and make a company a of
which Americus and the surrounding
country will be proud.
FRIDAY’S ADDRESS
WAS ONE THAT APPEALEO TO THE
SYMPATHY AND TO THE
Sente of Justice of all Who Heard It—
The Audience Wat not Large, But It
W«i Representative—He Enunciated True
Democratic Doctrine
ALSO-
Shirt Waists
< *f tlif ordinary kind
AT 25c tope TO CLOSE OUT.
SPECIAL OFFER
-OF-
Deserved it and More.
The last •grand jury paid Judges Fort
and Pilsbury high compliments and they
deserve them, aud more. Never will
two men be given up as reluctantly by
any people. They have made model
judges and the people of Sumter county
are proud of them.
Two otDdr men that have done some
nnm would kill, saying liiat it bad failed I splendid work are Soli-itor General C.
to do so before. Thinking that Mr. B- Hudson and County Solicitor L. J.
Westbrook was not iu earnest this friend i lllalnek. Both of these gentlemen have
suggested that he take strychnine and, j reputations which extend over tlio en-
in case that didn’t have the desired of- j tire state as being able and fearless law-
fect, that lie shoot liimself. ’ The man f™ There are many Iu Sumter coun-
who is now dead laughed and said: “t I ty who will lie glad to see Mr. Blalock
believe you want me to kill myself sure j etep in when Col. Hudson steps out.
enough. But I won’t!" The two sepa- that he would make a splendid solicito
2W Boys’ Sailor Suits.
L Suits at $1.23. Reduced from $1.73.
® Suits at $1.30. Reduced from $2.00.
51 Suits « S2.00. Reduced from, $2.73.
30 Suits at $2.30. Reduced from $3.30.
Col '>rs in Blue, Brown and Gray.
Bay ui
o.v-it t
e of these suits for your little
ill nearly tickle him to death.
rated and nothing was thought of what
had passed between them by the party
who had talked with Mr. Westbrook.
Thursday, in talking with another
friend Ml. Westbrook said that ho had
completely become a slave to liquor; that
lie would cut oil' bis right arm and give
it for a drink, If lie could procure It no
other way. This party tried to persuade
him to quit drinking, to show him the
folly of It, and said that when a tnan
ot in such a condition as that ami
would not reform he would be better off
dead.
That may have weighed ou Mr. West
brook's mind and caused bint to take
ids own life, or it may have been his in
ability to procure it drink yesterday that
caused him to take a soothing drug. In
the latter case it Is’, thought that Mr.
Westbrook simply took too much poi
son without any idea of killing himself.
Before breakfast Friday morning
tlie dead man came up town. He went
hack home and told ids wife lie was
dying with nervousness; that lie could
get no whiskey to steady his nerves, and
begged her to give him a dose of luuda-
geueral there is i^i doubting.
Envelope.! Envelope*!!
We have just received a big job lot of
manilla envelopes of lino quality, that
were bought at a bargain, .and we tan
print them foryou with card, etc., cheap
er that^'ou can buy tliom plain by retail
anywhere. They are more durable than
white, aud are good enough for all busi
ness purposes, aud aro much cheaper.
- Times Puui.ishixo Co.
Andrews & Carter, the Lamar street
grocers, are headquarters for fancy gro
ceries, canned goods, fruits and confec
tions.
.Sarcasm is an effective weapon, hut it
acts like a boomerang when it is applied
to his landlady by tiro young man who
is two weeks behind iu paying his
board.
The tluest cakes, and the celebrated
cream bread, baked every morning, at
Andrews A- Carter's.
Here Is a Georgia 'possum story
that appeared iu the Oconee Enter
prise. It points a moral and acorns
a tree: Home lime ago profesH.or J.
JOHN R. SHAW,
*^ 0!l ’l outlis,’ Hoys’ and
Children’s
nnm out of a bottle which he bought for | L. Joliusou accepted the kind iuvita-
her at Eldridges several days ago. Shcdid I tiou of that clever aud wholesoulfd
so and left the room. Mr. Westbrook geutleuiou, Mr.William H.Marshall,
remained at home the remainder of the t) .line with him. The dinner was
day and when lie was discovered about I Just splendid, and every dish seemed
■'o’clock It was found that tho lauda-1 W be Professor Johnson’s favorite
nutu phial, an ounce one, was empty, one. A nice, fat ’possum, cooked iu
The physicians saitf that had also taken ; the good old fashioned way, was ou
a large dose of morphine. Where, or Ihe taole. When the professor arose
The address of Mr. F. I).•Wimberly,
alliance lecturer for tho third congres
sional district, at the court home Fit
day was not as well attended as it should
have been, on account of the shortness
of tho notice, hut the court room was
well tilled by alliancemen and business
men of the city.
Mr. Wimberly’s address was confined
principally to a discussion of tho /innti
dal qestion, anti the manner in which he
handled it not only showed that he was
perfectly familiar with the subject, but
it appealed to the sympathy and sense
of justice of every one present. He dis
cussed the question from the people’s
standpoint, anti in advocating the free
coinage of silver and the governments’
duty to supply the people with a reason-
aide amount of circulating medium he
enunciated true democratic doctrine,
such as is unqualifiedly endorsed by the
democrats of this section.
Mr Wimberly did not array one class
against gnother, but plainly showed that
the farmer and the laborer bad the same
interests at stake as the merclmut. He
confined himself to the broad ground
that the interests of the great majority
of the people were identical, and could
be best subserved by such legislation as
would afford relief to all.
He made no attack upon classes or
corporations, but by facts aud figures
made it apparent that we were suffering
solely by adopting foreign instead of
American methods of finance.
He advocated the free coinage of sil
ver and the issuance by tlio go^griunent
of such a volume of currency as would
secure an amount of circulating medium
as would put it out of the power of a
few individuals to control the finances
of the country and put it out of the
power of foreign capitalists to control
and fix the prices of American products.
Ho very plainly showed that the prin
ciples advocated by the alliance were in
strict conformity with the political prin
ciples of American freedom, and were in
reality the foundation of tho policy of
the democratic party.
Mr. Wimberly did much by his public
address to allay tho prejudice which
prevailing among some classes of our
people against the alliance, who felt that
the alliance as a secret organization was
working againt the interests of the com
mercial classes, and many who were
convinced and announced their adher
ence to the doctrines lie enunciated.
Mr. Wimberly received the warm con
gratulations of many of the audience
upon his clear delinition of the aims of
the alliance, and said that a few more
such public addresses would convince
the masses of the people of the justness
of their caifte, and causo them to ally
themselves with them in their war upon
the unjust class legislation for the few
agaiust the interests of the many.
Among those present were Jud.ge
Crisp and other prominent democrats,
who congratulated the speaker upon his
fclear presentation of his views, and
avowed their sympathy with him on the
financial questions.
Altogether it was an address which
did great gook for the alliance and did
much toward harmonizing all classes.
For Hale.
I have for sale 150 bushels of running
>eas. Also two tine yoke of oxen, very
arge. Apply to W. P. Jowekh,
may 22-w-4w. Preston, Ga.
Extract from a bride’s letter of thanks;
“Your beautiful clock was received and
is now in the drawing room on the man-
tlepiece, where we hope to see you
often.”
SAFE AND EFFECTIVE,
Ayer’s Pitts are indispensable as a family medicine, both for children and adult} For
constipation and all irregularities ol the stomach and bowels, they have no equal, and,
being sugar-coated, are pleasant to take and long retain their virtues.
“Ayer s Pills have been used in my family
for over thirty years. We flml them an excel
lent medicine for fevers, eruptive diseases,
and all bilious troubles, and seldom call a
physician. They are almost the only pill
used by the people in our neighborhood.”
— Redmon C. Comly, W. Feliciana Parish,
Bow Landing P. ()., La.
I have taken Ayer's Pills for rheuma
tism, headache, and costiveness, and also for
colds, and have always been benefited. They
are the best medicine ever used in my fami
ly. My son had a severe cold and very bad
cough. He lias taken o'few doses of Ayer's
Pills and is all right to-day.” —Mrs. G. W.
Hester, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Ayer’s Cathartic Pills,
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer Sc Co., Lowell. Maes. ~
Sold bv all Druggists sad Dealers in Medicine*
CRYSTAL BLESSINGS!
For the Just and the Unjust.
Millionaire Glassware at Poverty Prices!.
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4- inch “Water White” Nappies, for berries or cream, 2c each
5- iuch “Buckingham” Nappies, for berries or cream, 3c each
8-inch “Buckingham” Nappies, for berries or cream^c each
8-inch Boivls, odd lots of lovely patterns,
Regular prices were from 75 to 90c., now 50c each
8-inch Bowls, odd lots, etched and in fancy shapes,
Regular prices were from $1.00 to $1.75, now 75c each
Footed Bowls, uncovered, for Aither fruits or flowers,20c each
Footed Bowls, covered, for “goodies of every kind, 30c each
Salad Bowls, in heavy glass aud odd shapes, 50c each
Goblets, several patterns of good size and qtality, 5c each
Goblets, large size, fancy, - - - 8c each
Goblets, engraved beauties, in new designs, - 10c each
Tumblers, either Plain, Optic or Star shapes, 4c each
Tumblers, handled lemonades, heavy bottoms, - 8c each
Tumblers, bandied lemonades, heuvy bottoms, ^ng., 10c each
Tumblers, shell, in|“barrel” or straight shape, eng., 10c each
Tankards, slender beauties, for water or milk, - 60c each
Pitchers, plain nud fancy, for water or milk, - 25c each
Jugs, large, heavy and lc a , for water or milk, - 75c each
Bottles, large, heavy aud low, for water only C6c each
Mason’s Fruit Jars, pints, porcelain lined tops, $1.00 per doz
Mason’s Fruit Jars, quarts, porcelain liuod tops, 1.15 per doz
Mason’s Fruit Jars, £ gal., porcelain lined tops, 1.40 per doz
:DOOTOR
IAGKERS
! PURE
j PINK
j PILLS:
Pills are a Positive Cure for SlckS
Headache, lllllouanc**, and:
Constipation, hmall, plea*.*
ant ainl a favorite with the*
ladle*. Sold In England for la*
IHd., In America for t5e. Get*
them from jour Druggist*, or*
•end to W. H. HOOKER A (0* •
40 West Broadway, Jfcw York. J
a large dose of morpliini
' when lie got this is not known.
All was done that could have been,
i but tho dose was too deadly to combat
| and the result was as has been stated
i aim' e.
] Mr. Westbrook leaves several brothers
[ and sisters and a wife and live children evening, when be
1 tonini his sad death. He was a man
of about 43 years of age aud was widely
known. He' was hulled at Oak Grove
cemetery at 4 igclock Saturday after
noou. ’
119 Forsyth St.,
AMERICUS, ga.
Will I.AcHte In Georgia Again.
Mr. R. Don McLeod, who forme-ly
rau the Schley County News will locate
In Georgia ngain. He ha? bought the
Macou County Citizen, of Oglethorpe,
and will take charge of that paper at
once. Mr. McLeod’s capacity as a news
paper man Is recognized and he will
make hi$ new purchase one of the bright
est weeklks in Georgia.
The Timks-Rel-obdeb welcomes him
back to the newspaper Held in Geor
gia. .
from tile table the 'possum had eu-
ti.ely disappeared. From the hones
left ou bis plate, you covltl tell the
route the possum had taken. After
dinner the profess-'' was entertained
by his clever hosi > til late lu the
turned to Ills
home near Goshen. In passing
through a piece of woods on his re
turn home, the keen scent of a pack
of hounds detected the whereabouts
of the 'possutp, aud the professor
Was forced to take a tree to save
himself from the howling pack of
houuds that bore down upon him.
After viewing the country for a
couple of hours from the treetops,
Captain Cook drove oft' his pursuers
and rescued him from his perilous
position.
Mrs. Noear—Do you think my daugh
ter will be a musician? Professor—I
gantzay. She may. She tell, me she americus,
gome ot a long-lived family.
PERFECTED
CRYSTAL LENSES
liility Firs*, ui
Do you notice that we not only advertise our store and
our goods, but also advertise our prices. If you will look
over the above list you will see that we are not cutting prices
on a line of goods that is getting out of style or out of season,
but that we arft cutting prices on staple articles of glassware.
We have two reasohs for doing this.’ [One is that we want' to
cut down our immense stock of glassware. The other is that
we want you to know our prices, and then have those prices
open to strict comparison, and strict competition.
BUTLER & BERRY,
Artesian Corner, Lee and Lamar Sts,,
OXFORDS!
OXFORDS!
OXFORDS!
Th- o,,„r.u-d ExuLisii; L ar g es t assortment ot all styles of footwear
at LOW JUST PRICES.
500 STRAW HATS
at and Below Cost.
WILIFORD, MATTHEWS & CO.
.I3june-lyr-]»age5
DAVENPORT DRUG CO.
Pharmacists
Have Exclusive sale of these Ckeebra
ted Glasses in Americus, Ga.
FAl'LKXHR, KELLAM & MOORE,
The only Manufacturing Opticians ' la
the South, Atlanta, Georgia.
nuVs£V6u.
CRISP LANIER,
DEALERS IN
Robber Stamps, Stencils, Seals, Daters,
Self-Inkibc Pud*. Key Check*. Badges,
Pocket stamps, Pea and Peuell stamp*,
and Burning Brand*.
tullis & McLendon
DEALERS IN
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STOVES AND
Best Qualities of Paiirts, Oils and Builders' Material
Agents for the Celebrated HARVEST STOVES aud GRATES.
Agents for the Celebrated Wheeler A WiUob Sewiug Machine.
Bug^sries andWagons
WAGON AND BUGGY MATERIALS-
SADDLERY ANDHARNESS. CROCKERYfAND'GLASSWARE
AND A SPECIAL LINE OF CUTLERY, WOOD AND WILLOWWARE, ETC*
We specially luvlte the trading public to call gnri examine qnr good*
and prices. We keep the best, as well as the cheapest jroeda iu this
market, and will give our customers the value of their mouej.
uorlHAwlv .