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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. VOLUME 1 AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1891. NUMBER 15 DRY GOODS Out The Bottom Drops. TOWN VERSUS COUNTRY FALSE ISSUE VERY POINTED OUT. No Cl*** Kale In the Land of Washington, Jefferson and Jackson—We are all Amer cans, and all Stand on a Dead Level— Equal Rights for All. m D. WHEATLEY Determined to dispose of the immense and varied stock now upon his shelves, has knocked prices and profits into a cocked hat, for the esent week. For a tew days we are going to wake up the natives with low prices* No surface shaving, but To The Core, is the way I am CUTTING PRICES to reduce stock. Read and Consider the Following: All Prints at - Cotton Challies All Ginghams at yd. 5c per 5c per 8c per yd. yd. Toile Du Nord Chambray, 10c. BIG CORSET SALE $1.25*0. B. CORSET, $1.00 C. B. CORSET, $1.25 KABO CORSET, $1.00 KABO CORSET, $1.00. .85. 1.00. .85. Black Silk Gloves only 40c. DRESS GOODS h Silk, Woolens, Liaens, Lawns, etc. will be sold at reduced figures. This is no wild cat chance game, but tootiy business. We wish to impress you rtth the fact that no summer goods will go ito winter quarters. They are for sale and 0 they must. ^ KEEP OPEN SATURDAY NIGHTS. To The Times-Recobdeh: I have beard or read the speeches of Ur. Livingston, before and since bis election, and for .two years past I bare been a constant reader of the Southern Alliance Farmer. Ii has been my desire during all this time, to get from the president or the organ of the state alliance some word of kindness or even of faint recognition in behalf of those of our citizens who by chance or inclination or necessity, were battling for existence in the towns in stead of the country. Uy search has not been in vain, for in last week’s issue of the Fanner, I was glad to find this utterance^“We, the agricultural, laboring and industrial classes, backed by the sensible and liberal sentiment in the trades and pro fessions, must carry on this W9rk of re form.” The words quoted are few and short, but they contain at least a morsel of comfort for that unfortunate numbor whom President Livingston denominates “those fellows on the outride." All of ns can't, won’t, or don’t get on tlio "in side,” for wo belong to the “trades and professions," of which the alliance editor speaks; yet the future for the worthy towns-people becomos more hopeful when the expounders of the new political dispensation aro willing to admit that the reform Inaugurated by the farmers needs to be "backed” at all by anybody’s influence wbo does not raise corn and cotton for a livelihood, The acknowledgment of Editor Harry or Larry, though tardy, is assuring, for it seems to recognize, in some degree, the fact that other classes as well as farmers are interested in the laws of a country.Equality must be the shibboleth, Without faithful and patriotic obedience from all to this governing axiom, there can only come agitation and disorder. Will not those who are called the modern “leaders” adopt and promul gate this wholesome truth, remembering that the “trades and professions” are part and parcel of this great republic. Bound by nature, by association, by Instinct, by self-interest, and by common suffering, our entire people, whether from town or country, should be one In thought and purpose, as they are In destiny and blood. The man or paper that would preaeh a different doctrine may ride into present success upon the wave of prejudice of its own creating, but when, In the dawn- lng, the light is turned on, and the mists have cleared away, these pestering in. •truments will be despised as the verita ble enemies of a confiding publio. Anxious hearts without number are found in every place, and the spectre of want and poverty stalks abroad over country and city alike. Many a mer chant of whom so much has been re cently heard is racked by the thought of impending failure on his account of indulgence in great part to his country customers. Notwithstanding this, his fullest sympathies go out toward the planter, realizing too truly that the same republican legislation of the past thirty years which has well nigh wrought his own financial ruin has also rendered his customers helpless. There is a remedy for these inequali ties under which our whole people suf fer, whether tradesman, producer or la borer; but It does not lie in crimination and recrimination of our own friends and kindred, who preferring the sharp competitions of business, have|seen fit to dwell in the towns. Still less is the remedy to be fouud in pronouncing the democratic party false or making the charge of treachery against those Into whose hands In by-gone days we commit alliancemen themselves, who, day by day in this and other states, see an or- ganlzation which they love, which their conservatism has built up, and which has within itself the elements of untold good for the whole country, torn by in ternal dissension, and its best energies frittered away in the interest of a fresh set of place hunters whose cry is “turn the rascals out and put us In.” I am a farmer, the son and grandson of farmers, and every motion of my spirit goes out toward the planting in. tcrest. IVhat can be done for its ad vancement is a question that every pa triot asks, and whatever remedy can be had in righteous legislation, a Demo cratic congress will hasten to offer when once in power. The good farmers of my county and section have had so much good advice given them of late by the genuino apos tles of the new school of orthodoxy,that I amjsure they-will pardon me if I vouch safe a little of my own. ] ; will be years, my friends, before thi political complexion of the senate cai possibly bo changed, and when that cb age transpires there is no earthly ho e of the passage of the sub-treasury bil. All disinterested men will tell you thi i. But its provisions aro alluring, and make tho best rallying cry for vote* of any measure before the public. Orators In jthiindance will paint its beauties until yon can almost see the evils disap pear and the blessings come nnder the action of this blessed panacea. Better that wo all, town and country, stand to> getlier and work out our own salvation, “The gods help them that help them' solves." Build your warehouses, your own banks and exchanges, co-operative st< res and ginneries and factories. All of ibis and more you can do without the aii of tho demagogues, and the sure re tui n of old democracy to power will help yo i in tire grand undertaking. Merrkl Callaway. AS OTHERS SEE DS. I Seville, Helena and Lyons are thriving I young cities started Into life by this | great company. AH along tho fine of A DOWN-EASTER VISITS AMERICUS, the Savannah, Anierlcus * Montgomery AND GIVES HIS I railroad, impiytant properties are owned by the Investment Company. The com- impreMlou. to the Cambridge, Mas.., P an T mako a specialty of southern in- Tribune-The New South Focused in the vestments, stock bonds and collaterals, prosperity of America., and H.r Great I a ® d for Outside partlos, and in- Growth Commented on. | vites correspondence from New England. The Bank of .ymericu* is a flourish ing institution, doing the leading bust- Under the heading of the “New I nflM of the city. The capital is *150,000 South,” Mr. Edward J. Staok writes a wU h a surplus of *100,000. The depos- glowing account of his Impressions of|itg are $203,509.07. S. H. Hawkins, our deepest cuts are in fine soodb. Bo not f&il to heed the above as I am in ttnest. „ Se assured that you will be the loser if ^ fio not come. Kn n wur tedour political interests. No kind of legislation 1b going to give [the poor man money, however tempting the promises of the latter-day states men. The duty of the hour is to har monize, not distract. No relief can bo bad without a democratic senate as well os a democratic house. It will be bard to dislodge the money power from its strong Intrenchment, and the first lesson toward tills end is to work and wait. Surely, mischievous appeals, charges of democratic treachery, “educating" the farmers and arousing their prejudices by this damnable twaddle of town against country, will not accomplish the desired result. It is not the province of tills article to discuss the merits or demerits of the farmer’s movement Southern demo crats, with few exceptions, have ever realized the justness of their demands. The sub-treasury and land' loan . Ions alono have provoked divisl sentiment; tho slmple’question hci lug one of method—how heat to the object for which all aro Thin variance in opinion is HiM Plain. Alliance No. SOL The Times-Hecohdeh: An article in Southern Alliance Farmer,' of the 7th inst, beaded “A Victory,” goes on as follows: •JA strenuous effort was made to or ganize a disaffected element in the Sum ter County Alliance, and put in a county president who was opposed to our pro gressive and aggressive reform, aud who was opposed to the Ocala platform and to President Livlngton, but It failed. On the other hand, the advance guard of this order in Sumter won the day, and disgruntled forces were routed n Friday last the county alliance met endorsed President Livingston, aud mmended W. A. Wilson of Sumter, vice president for the state, and cted Hon. D. C. N. Burkhalter for president of the county alliance. This was a complete Waterloo to the my. Perhaps outside parties won’t to dictate county presidents for the e again soon. ..the undersigned committee, ap- nted by said sub-alliance,' aro au- rized and instructed to assert our ltics, and to deny the above charges, tated. to our loyalty to the order, we in- an investigation of our past record, to the Ocala platform, we stand true the alliance order by accepting It. And In reply to the main thrust at us, wo beg to state that because we saw fit to support Dr. Q. A. Harper in the elec tion of county president, in preference to;the Hon. D. C. N. Burkhalter, (who was elected), we fail to see why we should be termed enemies of the order. The position taken by the friends of Dr. Harper was, as we claim, perfectly legitimate, and just the same ns was taken by the other side. Now, in regard, to said charges, we emphatically denounce them as untrue, and demand the evidence oq, which suoh charges are based. We are opposed to clashing within our ranks, but we think that ■ such an article os the above should he explained and the name of the author given. And this we demand of the Southern Alli ance Farmer. T. W. Griffin, S. B. Glass, C. C. Jerxigax, ’ Committee. this city to his home psper, the Cam- president; H. C. Bagley, vice-president, bridge Tribune, from which the follow- an d yf_ e. Murphy, cashier. The stock ing extracts are taken, concerning some holders of this Institution are Indlvldu- of our leading Institutions and bouses: ally liable. The people of Americus have spent Johnson* Harrold established busl- about $4,000,000 in industrial enter- Less in 1800, and Is the oldest firm In prlsos and Improvements during the last the city. For over thirty years thla twelve months, and, as a result, Ameri- fi rm ]jas been closely identified With the cus is growing at a rapid rate, and huge business of the city, and have given lib- brick buildings are observable all I crally of their energy and means to ad- tbrough the city. In 1885 the populo-1 vance Americus. Toward tho building tion of this place was about 4,000. A 0 f the late railroad enterprises, whloh year later the Americus, Preston * have done so much for Americus, they Lumpkin railroad was built, and things have been the largest subscribers. This in 1887 were improved by the extension firm do** the leading ootton business of of this road to Savannah, when its name the city, handling about 15,000 bales a was changed to Savannah, Americus * year, and furnishing supplies to five ad- Montgomery railroad. In 1888 a line of joining counties. They also carry on boats were put on the Ocmulgee from a banking business under the name of Abbeville. This brought about compe- the Harrold Banking Company. They tition and brought down freight rates, are large owners of real estate, and the Changed from a way-station to a oom- building in which they carry on their potlng point, tho merchants Immediately business is, without doubt, the finest in felt the bonefit, as the prices of all man- the city. ner of goods shared In the reduction, Americus is one of the growing cities and Americus came forward as a leading of Georgia, with a population to-day of distributing point for this part of tho 10,000. Money Invested in the real cs- country. Americus gets today Eastern tate of the city admits of a very certain > freight rates equal to Macon, Columbus increaso, with not very long to wait. or Eufaula, and her western rates are be- ing reduced through the agency of the Th ® Tn * ot War. S. A. M. railroad. To The Tuieb-Recorder: The fol- The Savannah, Americus * Montgom- lowing clipping from your Issue of cry railroad has proved a great devel- July 25 would have been noticed sooner, oper of the town. Tbelr headquarters but a press of business, In handling onr aro located here and they pay $600,000 a Immense traffio at this point, prevented: year in salaries alone. The mileage of “now this is time.” this road is 200 miles, 100 of which Is tn On Junes; Mr. C. H. Byrd had a car of operation from the Chattahoochee river I corn » C. C. C. A St. L. 8901. shipped from Na- to L3r , 0 te lt f m 50 t mlle> T tIonal ,*° “r complete it to Montgomery is now under] tions. ■ Now Ofti.ls time,” savs Mr. JohnT. Construction. The development that I Arfo, c. F. A P. a'., or the Savannah, Auiori- haa taken place in the southern portion «“• * Montgomery system to a Times-Rg- of the state, as a direct resalt of the "ZTi “ Tw,Qlv " llne Twenty-nine days be- . „„ ,, , , tween Nakomls and Americus Is good (1) building of the Savannah, Americus * ,i me ,, V en Iftheydid trytopntitoff on the Montgomery railroad, has attracted the 18., A. A M. while It was routed and came attention of the entire state, and the the other way,” concluded Mr. Argo, timber and agricultural lauds along the ^b*® car wa * twent y da Y* to° m Na- llne have Increased considerably in komls, III., to Americus, and reached value. About 00 large saw mills have kg™ v,a ’ B - v - * E * R - but the delay Wready been located on the line, „| t h w*» denriy no fauH of ours, as the sblp- an average dally cut of 1,000,000 feet, I “® nt wa * ™»*ed care “Cincinnati The commercial fertilizer business Southern,” (a branch of the Eaat Ton- amounts to 40,000 tons, or 400 care per 1 ”**••?) an J waa Intended to go from Cln- nnnum, and over 200,000 bales of cotton 1 0,n o|M to Helena, Ga., entirely over are handled yearly. All this will be In- tha fc *J r,t ®m. and tbence via S. A. * M. creased when the line reaches Mont- to |lmerlcus; but It seems that tho goraery. "Dinky" waa difficult to locate. Even The future of Amerlcui Is bright I ^eir strongest ally (the East Tennessee) with a thousand promises that are sure fa,lln 8 to ™“®®ber just where this of fulfillment. The $4,000,000 spent In I “Grand Trunk Line” was located, and tbefcar that has passed will be more|***» r dragging the car aronnd over tho than duplicated tn the ..year that le to I c ?i ntr J * n va * n sear °bi finally got it come. Never was tluire In any place IW tLe u - & G - Columbus, and more unity and more enthusiasm on tbej k * r * ,1 8 there, that the “Argo Dummy part of citizens than in Americus to-day. ] Lln “” was In this direction, tho oar wa* A cotton factory with $100,000 oapltal promptly flr « d ,nto Americus by passen- Is one of the coming season’s new enter-16 er bwln. prises. The Hotel Alhambra, designed by Friend Argo, we respectfully suggest Mr. G. L. Norman of Atlanta, and erect- that in “Hclting the next shipment, yon ed by the Americas Improvement cam- promise to route It via “Gatewood,” or pany, will bo ready for occupancy'by I "J 111 *® J°b n i" or “Argo-nought," and September 1. and will be the prettiest *° connections that they may building this side of St. Augustine. It know exactly where to find you, and Is situated near the centre of the city avoid these very unkind newspaper cuts and fronting three streets, being two, I at ‘b® “ old Kemble,” and her thousands three and four stories high on two of the °* ot first-class track and splendid - . . . .. - . A# trlnntttvv tvlaiwU streets, and three, four and five stories service. Want of Identity Is plainly high on the other. Lovely arcadee SSd w bat killed you this time, . . A ’ -as AS S.liJi I RAH Respectfully, Central Railroad. missive towers form attractive features| of the building, which cost about $180,- 000. For % yadius of seventy milee Ameri- Preparing for tha Fall Trade, cus Is surrounded by a farming section Notwithstanding the cry of many peo- that has no superior. Her ootton erop I pie that time* are duU and cash scarce, alone represents $3,500,000. The farm-1 yet Tub Tums-Rrcordeb notices that Letter List. The following unclaimed letters will be sent to the dead letter office if not called for in ten days. Say “advertised letters” when calling for them at office: M E Allen, Miss Lizzie Bankston, col., Mrs Pcmer Barber, WM Baidy, Carrie Battle, Mrs nerret Carr, Abe Cores, Hallle Cary, Mrs Rena Carter, Mrs Cro nolia Critton, Georgia Eldridge, Sher man Flailing, Mrs. Sadie Griffin, Henry Oriffin, Sam Goddy, Peter Hoggins, W S Holmes, Peter Hoggins, Mrs Martha HiU, Mrs John Hamilton, Wesley Jes- son, Wn> Kennedy, Rubin Llghtfoot, Miss Bessie Lawton,.Miss Isabella Man, M G Mitchell, A W Mitchell, O S Nunna- ly, Mrs Ellen Rensell, Miss Fanny Sira- , RWSeager, MissRollle Stewart, Osla Sims, Mrs Eliza v a N Wrcnn, SIntha Wag- nnie Woods. J. C. Roney, P. M. Americus, July 2t>, lsfil. ere produce contend all the necessaries most of our merchants are preparing to of life in prodigal abundance. Truck make their annual trips north for afresh fanning is rapidly becoming a profitable supply of goods, eto. In thirty days tho industry. In the matter of stock raising fall season will open, and our merchants the farmers around Americus rank [evidently intend to be ready for business among the first. Apples, pears, with the latest and most desirable goods peachos, plums, grapes, strawberries on time. and watermelons find In Sumter and ad- This is the best evidence that money joining countries a most congenial soli, is not so scarce in Amerlous as it seems Tho revenue that comee from these to be In other cities. At least onr mer- speclal lines of farming alono is suffi- chants have no fear* of a financial earth- dent to suppoi t a city of twice sa many quake In this vicinity, inhabitants as Americus. Many thousand bales of cotton aro County Alliance Meeting, raised on tho farms in this vicinity, and There will bo a call meeting of the 73,000 bales were sent to Americus last Sumter County Allianco on the first year. Americus isalso headquarters for Tuesday in August, 4th Inst., a't 10 tho farmers’ alliance for many miles o’clock a. m., In the county court room, around and draws a very large trade j Business of great importance will he be- from that flourishing organization. | tote the body, and a full attendance la When. Sumter county wanted a new | desired. By request of President Wilson court house about a year ago, the money I give notice of ■ a call meeting of board to build it was already Id her treasury, | of directors of *ww>yeratlvc association and a $40,000 structure waa put up wblch on same day at 0 o’clock a. m. D. C. N. Bubkiialteb, President Sumter County Allianco. is an ornament to the town, and oue of | tho prettiest in Southern Georgia. Tlio Americas Investment Company ! — . has a capital of $1,000,000, a surplus of Married. $250,000,and haa done more than any Mr. Cleon Scig and Miss Jcssio Dillard ther agency to develop Southwest Geor- wore joined in tho holy bonds of wed- gia. its existence began in l«s7 with a lock at iiottsford on Sunday last, Sqnii capital of $130.000, and its valuua^u^Cah^fl' ' ”