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VOLUME 1 AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1S91. NUMBER 22 The Greatest Midsummer Sale OX THE FIRST BALLOT. Dry Goods, {lotions, AND CLOTHING AND THE Grandest Reduction in Prices Ever known in the history of our trade, commences to-morrow (Monday) morning at GEORGE D. WHEATLEY’S, Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave. We are determined to make a CLEAN SWEEP OF ALL KINDS OF SUMMER GOODS. And in order to do this, YOUR PRICE will be OUR PRICE for anything you may want of us this week. WE AI!E GOING TO GIVE AWAY DOMESTICS TOGETHER WITH ALI, Ol T R Calicoes. Ginghams Muslins, Challies. AND OTHER SUMMER DRESS GOODS AT COST nd LESS THAN COST if necessary, to CLEAR OUT. Prices will be cut “FINE AS FROGS’ HAIR.’ If you don’t believe this, OTHERS WILL, so just come and see the crowd this week at Geo. D. Wfiealley's. CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES. Douehtle anil Foreign ami of (ieiinral FLOWER IS NOMINATED FOR GOV ERNOR OF NEW YORK. He ILeceivei 384 of the Votes Cast—Chapin Gets 48—Flower’s Nomination is Maile I'nanimoiis-Sheehan is Chosen I.Ieuten ant Governor by Acclamation. All our 8c Figured Challles to go .1 l^c per yd, All our 12l^c •• " " 8c per yd All our 8c mundnrd Calicoes “ 5c per yd All our 7c Printed Victor. I-awn. at :ij-4c per yd. All o r 8c White Lawns (yd wide) at 5c per yd, Al' our Sc White Check Nainsook at 5c per yd. Stock of abovo will not last long at such prices, so come early or yon will bo disappointed. NOW LOOK! 5c This is the Biggest FIVE CENT Bargain Ever You Saw. 5e NOTTINGHAM CURTAIN LACE. w° g°it “scooped” some time ago in the purchase of a big lot of Nottingham Lace for cur tains: Wo havo been asking from 20 to 40o per yard, but the goods linger with us longer than we like, so in order to move thorn right out and at the same tfme give yon an A No. 1 BARGAIN we part with the entire lot at 5c PER YARD THIS WEEK. Wo cannot mention here any SPECIAL PRICES on everything we havo to offer, but remember in reading the foregoing, that PRO PORTIONATE and SWEEPING REDUCTION IN PRICES will be the order of this week in every department of our store. Clothing OUR STOCK OF Handkerchiefs. Hosiery, Ribbons, Laces, Em broideries, Corsets and Gloves We guarantee the best in the city, and our prices beyond the reach of competition. Housekeepers will find it to their interest to inspect our lino of TABLE LINENS, DOYLIES, NAPKINS, TOWELS, Before buying elsewhere. . WORD ABOUT - and - Gents' - Fixings. We carry the VERY FINEST ASSORTMENT TO BE FOUND, and OUR PRICES always have been simply UNAPPROACHABLE from the standpoint of compe tition. Our determination to reduce stock API*™ boro, and wo will refuse NO REASONABLE OFFER for anything you may need in our line. Cannot you save somethint by trading with Geo. D. Wheatley Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave., AMERICUS, GEORGIA. Haf. 'Uba- h>pT. Id. —The New York 8tRte rMnocrntic c*mvfnti«*n whh called to order lure at 10 a. in., and after the presentation of the decision in regard to the cor.ntv Democracy, the commit tee on nn iutions rei>orted a platform and it was read. On motion of Mr. Griffin it wan adopted with applause. Mr. Ciititer of New Y’ork, introduced the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, that this conven tion views with gratification the grow ing friendly feeling towards the Demo cratic party of our colored fellow citi zens in the stnte; and they are wel comed to our ranks with the assurance that within our party the discrimination on account of race or color is discoun tenanced. Then Thos. F. Gilroy moved to pro ceed with nominations, ami Major Por- tor nominated Roswell P. Flower for governor. In the course of his speech he said that the Democracy of the state at their primaries and district gather ings witli an unanimity rarely equalled, have pronounced their choice of the person whom they desire to be made their leader by the delegates of this convention. He closed his speech with a sketch of Flower’s career. Colonel J. R. Fellows seconded Flower’s nomina tion in behalf of Tammany hall. After Colonel Fellows had finished, Thomas Id witt of Kings county, placed la nomination Alfred C. Chapin for gov ernor. Mr. Dewitt said that we shall vote for Mr. Chapin at the beginning and we shall vote for him at the last. Bourke Cochran then seconded the nom ination of Flower. Cochran was at one time prevented from continuing his re marks on account of the yelling from Chapin’s side, and when the demonstra tion subsided Cochran remarked: ”1 «up|>ose that this is the first exhibition of mu*lev temper on your part, ” refer- ing to the C’haoin men. General Collier of Kings, took the platform here and seconded Chapin’s nomination. Hughes McLaughlin of Kings coun ty, cast the find vote for Chapin amid great cheering. Upon first count Flower received 384 votes, Chapin 48. Flower’s nomination was then mude unanimous, and prolonged applause followed. Shee han was unanimously chosen lieutenant governor. (. nmphell was then nomty tinted For comp.roller by acclamation. Rice wa.- nominate l secretary of state, and Danforth for the office of state treasurer. It is reported that the strikers at Ot tawa, Canada, are becoming riotous. A tramp lias been arrested at Wat- kinsriile, Ga., who is thought to have had a hand in the wrecking of the pass- “ I enger train neftr Statesville, N. C. j Dr. EdWafd Eggleston and Miss Fran- ! ces E. Goode were wedded at Madison, lud., uud left for a trip through Canada ' to Dr. Eggleston’s home, Luke George, N. Y. Dispatches from Dayton, O., states that if a frost does not come before the 20th inst., the growers will have iu the sheds the greatest tobacco crop the Miami valley ever produced. Near Charlotte, N. C„ • .Constable Phillips shot and killed a voung white man named William McKee.- Phillips claims that McKee resisted arrest. The bullet entered McKee's back. At Atlanta, the Young Men’s Demo cratic league held a grand rally at the capitol, and addresses were delivered by Congressman Crisp, Governor Nor- then and other prominent Georgians. Ex-President Francis W. Kennedy and ex-Cashier Henry F. Kennedy, of the wrecked Spring Garden National bank, were sentenced by Judge Butler, in Philadelphia, to ten'years’ imprison ment eacii. The post office at Smnmertown, Tenn., waa r blown up with dynamite by ail un known i*TK()ii. The authorities have no idea who did the work, and the in spector’s department will look into the case. An Americas, Ga., negro has been supplying dressed rats to the people of the city as squirrels. Iudiguaiioii does not express tne feelings of the negro’s customers after learning wiuit meat they have eaten. A Raleigh, N. C., special says the nunilier of licensed grain distilleries in this congressional district has consider ably increased, being now 130, while the linmlier of bonded brandy distille ries lias reached 500. CAUGHT IN FLOWA. GEORGIA EXPRESS CAR BAi ' S CAPTURED NEAR MADISON. The Arrest of the Train UohberN in Ofoi, €• la—44400 -aiiiil to be tlie Homlle Taker ^ Horrible Death of a Telegraph Linemn. ' In Cleveland, Ohio. TIIK It A Mi OF A3IKKJCUS. Savax.naii, Sept. 16 —Tile Southern Express robbers were captured seven teen miles from Madison, (la. The burglars got only |400, a part of which has been recovered. They are J. E. Delaughter, J. A. Tur ner, J. M. Perkins, and all had been in the Central's employ. UOHIO PROHIBITORY CAMPAIGN. It In Opened at Fiudlay by Mr*. Gmtgitr of Indiana. Fixm.AY. Sept. 16.—Tlie Prohibition campaign in Ohio was opened here by- Mrs. Helen M. Gimgur of Indiana, in a spot cl: delivered at the Wigwam to on audience of alsmt 2.1100 jieople, most of whom were Republicans and Demo crats, the Prohibitionists living but a small element in the assembly. Mrs. Gougar devoted nearly all of her talk to an attack on the McKinley bill, which she characterized as "a lobbing taxa tion upon the people. ” In Is-a’inning she announced that her subject would he "Tin-Plate Mills vs. Murder Mills,’’ and that, commencing with Oct. 0, she proposed to follow Major McKinley all over the state and force tlie issues of her party and that of the People's party upon her hearers in such a way that the voters would have but little use for the "Naiwleon of protection” on election day. She argued throughout her speech that tlie first duty of the people of Ohio, withont regard to party, was to rebuke the protection policy of the Republican party liy defeating McKinley for gov ernor. Her address was full of telling points and was delivered with a vim ami vigor that won her numerous rounds of applause. THE GOVERNMENT IIum So Authority to Force Indian Children to Attend School. GltHIUE. O. T., Sept. 16.—Judge Green gave an interesting decision at the o]ieiiing of the district court here. Especially interesting, as the peculiar case stands without precedent. Thomns Lincoln is the son of Alirahum Lincoln, an Iowa Indian. A year ago lie was placed in the government school at Chillooco, in the Cherokee strip. Tlie boy was allowed to return home last month, and one week ago hv force and against his will was returned to the school. The lather had a writ of habeas corpus issued compelling the school au thorities to produce the boy in court and show cause why he should uot be returned to the custody of his fattier. Uisjii the side of tile government it wns maintained that they had authority to enforce the attendance of Indian children at the government school. The decision states that uo provision is uiude by congress or by tlie appropria tions for the snnport ot Indian schools, or tor the forcible removal and educa tion of the Indian children against the will of their parents ; that tlie father 1s the natural guardian of a child—Indian or white. The custody of the lioy Was given to the father, and he was dis charged from tlie school. This decision assumes some importance when it is re membered that ftne-lialf of the scholars in the Indian schools are there withont their parents' consent. Four UmiI lii Ih, Schooner's Cabin. Halifax. N. S., Sept, 16.—News has been received that the Yarmouth fishing schooner Georgians has beeu lighted in Three Fathom harbor and the dead todies of four men found in her cabin. At Athens, John Oliphant, an Amer ican. who wns a passenger on tlie ill- fated steamer Taormiuu and who wns saved by u Greek schooner, repurls that nd English vessel picked np one other boat containing survivors. The navy department is in ignorance of the reported escape of Dahiiuceda to tlie San Francisco, but it is said that if tlje ex-president lias succeeded in get ting aboard a United States naval ves sel he will not he surrendered. Chief Officer James Thompson of the Orange Corinee was presented with a handsome gold medal oil liehalf of the President of the United States as a re ward for rescuing tlie crew of the Amer ican ship Amanda C. Parker in January last. • The anti-People's pnrty and-anti-sub- treasury convention is Yu sessiou at St. Louis. 1 lie meeting is well attended and that wing of the National Alliance seems to have gone to work witli earn estness. Resolutions were pusoed de- j liouncing Maeune. At New York, Officer John Meagher found some hniiiau hones mining the dirt which had been removed from the Park Place ruins mid which had been duinjied at the foot of Veitsey street and North River. Tlie hones were sent to to the morgue mid t.lie coroner notified. T. J. Yeakley of southwest of Sulli van, Ills., claims to have discovered the weed or plant that causes milk sickness. A few mild cases have been reported from his neighbomood. Specimen plants have been sent to the state university ut Champaign aud the Ami Arlmr uuivers ity of Michigan tor analysis. Tlie dispensary commissioners ap pointed tlie manager of t lie disjiensary at Athens., Gu. It is Mr. Macon (J. Johnson. Tlie appointment gives splen did satisfaction. The dispensary will he opened its soon as possible in the store formerly occupied liy Messrs. O’ Farrell & Ash, on Broad street. A St. Petersburg dispatch states that enormous sacks have keen placed in the Kazan cathedral for the receipt of scrape of food, which will be sent to the famine districts and distributed. Some pieces of bread not larger than a radish which had been toasted by tlie contributors were fouud among the donations. Articles in Tlie Esercito, snpposod to he inspired by tlie Italian minister of war, predict that war will break out this winter, nnd urge the government to spare no effort iu preparing the army ami navy for the ordeal. The articles are supposed to be a prelude to a call upon the chamber for the military sup ply vote. At Denver a quarrel over a game of cards in a private clnb room on C'humpa street resulted in the instant death of C. D. Robinson, n dry goods rlerk. Ho nnd one F. Lochbaum were playing po ker, nnd a dispute arose over the open ing of a jackpot, when Robinson knock ed his companion down and hnmmered him with a chair. Lochbaum fired while lying on the floor, the ball pass ing through Robinson's breast, causing death iu a few minutes. Lochbaum and the proprietor of the house are un der arrest. The sea island growers met nfcd or ganized at the opera house in Wavcross, Ga. Hon. J. L. Sweat, in behalf of the city, delivered a speech of welcome. He was followed by Captain Ben E. Russell of The Herald. Dr. Mattox reimonded in behalf of the association. He gave a brief outline of the objects of the objects of the meeting. He said the territory of the association included South C'nrolinn, Georgia and Florida. The business of the association was then taken np and gone through in se cret. A Liverpool news report states that the crew of the Gnion line steamer Ar izona, which was in collision in a fog on September 6, the day after leaving New York, with n vessel supposed to be a three-masted schooner, concur in the statement that the. damage done to the latter vessel conld not have been very aerions and that ahe no donbt managed to resell port in safety. The Arizona officers express the belief thst the ves sel which ran into their steamer was a Killed by Klectrlrlly. Cleveland. O., Sept. 16.—A lineman for the Western Union Telegraph com pany was talking to some friends in front of the court house there mid after wards began to climb a telegraph pole to adjust a wire. He had reached a point beyond 1 he first cross bar, when witli a shriek, he fell backward. His spill's caught in the iron steps of tlie pile ami lie hung downward, a tele- phone wire had fallen across the ci tric light wire, and McCaffei ty received the terrible voltage in his body. His face and arms were turned liluck and he hung fully three minutes before a ladder could be secured and the un fortunate maii brought to tlie ground He died on the way to the hospital. Over a hundred spectators witnessed the terrible scene. I'lediinint Exposition. Atlanta, Sept. 10.—The management of the Piedmont Exposition has deter mined to surpass all former efforts In making the exposition of this year eclipse in magnitude nnd grandeur, any exposition ever witnessed in this conn- try. Largennd expensive arrangements have been made for exhibiting all kinds of mechanic arts, machinery, agricul tural and horticultural displays. Amusements of every character for Instruction nnd enlightenment, ns well as enjoyment, have been amply pro vided for. One of the subiimest and most gorgeous spectacular shows iu the world, is "King Solomon, or the De struction of Jerusalem," an entertain ment that requires over one thousand persons, among them two hundred and fifty females. This wonderful and pro digious presentation will be the means of drawing hundreds of thousands of people to Atlanta. Tlie railroad fare to Atlanta will he 1 cent a mile. He Is Confident of llelug Elected. Baltimore, Sept. 16.—Frank Brown, the Democratic candidate for governor, had a conference with Congressman Compton, mid Mr. Brown tavs he will have 50,000 majority. Mr. Gorman does not intend to lake an active part iu the canvass, as the Democrats expect to wm without putting Mr. Gorman tothe weuriuess of u hard campaign. Experimenting With h New dun Washington. Sept. HI.—A prelimi nary experiment developing the capac ity of tlie 0-inch, .id-calibre guns, the type to be used on the new, cruisers 13 and 13, has been made by the navy de partment nnd the results proved very satisfactory. A velocity OI 2,l$U feet a second was ubtuiued, with fifteen tons powder pressure. MiMiicliiiMlti Republican Convention. Boston, Sept. 17.—The state Repub lican convention in session here is the largest gathering ill the history of the pnrty. Joe. O. Burdette was chosen temporary chairman. A committee on edentials and permanent organization has been ap|a>inted. War Malarial for Clil»e»r Sorietle*. London, Sept. 16.—TlieSImiighie cor respondent of The Times says that the custom authorities here have seized a large quantity of arms and ninmnnitiou intended for the secret society ut Chin Kiang. Foreigners are implicated in the shipment. A Nosh's Ark. Atlanta, September 10.—This morn ing Patrolem Ethredgo and Shepherd brought to the station houso the trunk of John Tucker, a negro man who Is wanted in Atlanta on several charges. They found the trunk at 00 nilliard street, whero Tucker had moved it just before leaving towD, and in it was found almost every raentionnble thing, from a pair of pants to a child's picture book or base ball. Tucker was very clever, but the patrolmen wero too sharp for him. Tlie trunk was so heavy that It broke down the patrol wagon in bringing it to the stationkouse. Found Dead In s Well. Kansas City, September 10.—A Star special from Topeka, Kansas, lays: Joseph England, the wealthiest farmer In this couuty, and a very prominent local politician, was found dead In a well at his barn. As the pump was out of order; it is supposed that while draw ing water from the well with a rope Mr. England waa overcome by a fit of dizzi ness and fell in. - Marietta and North Georgia Railroad. Atlanta, September 10. — Special master In chancery, Benj. It. MU, to-day filed hla report In the cate of the Mariet ta and North Georgia, recommending the sale of the road; or, if it could not be sold, that receivers’ certificates be Ix- I iued to purchase rolling stack and make necessary repairs and improvements on the line. Some C'hnngra In the Officials of that tVellltniiwii Institution. At a meeting of the board of directors 'lie Bank of Americas, held yostcr- tlie resignation of Mr. W. E. Mur- ig, /ftho cashier, was received and ac- ^■pted. Mr. Miirphcy has filled the position of cashier with this hank for a number of years and only leaves it now to organize another hanking institation in which venture ho is associated with some of the most prominent business men in Americus. The charter for the new bank is now before the legislature and it is expected that It will begin business early in the fall and as soon as all ar rangements are made the details of the organization and the names of officers and directors will be given in full. ’ (Mr. Murphey has won many friends during his connection with the Bank of Americur, ancTtEcy"wlll^wntcli lilsj ca reer In tlio*world of finance with ItT- torest. Mr. M. B. Campbell, who for the past two years lias been assistant cashier and teller in the Hank of Americus, suc ceeds Mr. Muplicy, and the promotion. Is a high compliment to him, empha sizing as it does the confidence and es teem with which ho is rogarded by the- directors. Mr. Liston] Cooper, formcily book keeper, becomes by promotion assistant cashier, nnd this Is also n well deserved compliment, and a proof of trust and honor. As soon ns possible the details of tho organization of the new bank will be. given by The Times-Ukioudkii. TRAIN KOHI1ERH CAPTURED. The Southern Express Thieves Caught Near Mndlson, Florida. f Savannah, Ga., (September 10.—Tho Southern Express robbers were captured this morning sevcntcon miles from Mad ison, Fla. After a sharp. They are J. E. Delnugliter, J. A. Tur ner, J. M. 1'erkfns, and all bad been in tho Central's empluy. Perkins stood on the platform Friday night. The other two ontered the ex press car. Perkins, who is a llagman, pulled the hell rope nnd stopped tho train. They got only $100, nnd imme diately after the robbery they walked back to the city nnd went to a disreputa ble house near Laurel Grove cemetory. They spent the night there nnd the next morning gave the women money nnd told them to start Monday night for Madison, Fla. Detectives Basch and Weatlierhorn, In working np a railroad robbery case, on me upon the women and bluffed tho express robbery out of them. The robbers loft the city early Saturday morning, but the detectives were close on their heels last night. Basch, Crim, and Bedford went from Uadison to Moselly Hall, Delaughter's old home, and captured their men, after a hot fight. The burglars got only $400, a part of which has been recovered. A DAHfNG NEORRO. Ha Burglarizes a House and Captures the Owner. Atlanta, Ga. September 10.—A ne gro entered tho house of Mr. D. L. Ben- net, near McPherson barrack, yesterday and took therefrom a great many valu able articles. Not long ofter the robbery, Mr. Ben nett, who had been Informed of It, waa on bis way to hla house, nnd when he passed a storo he saw a negro standing there with his gun. Ho went to the ne gro, and asking him to let him seo the gun, took It. The boy, as soon as he saw who Mr. Bennett was, stepped back a little and pulled out tho pistol ho had taken from Ur. Bennett's house, ordered hla bauds up. Mr. Bennett appealed for help, but no one answered the nppeal, and the negro, turning quickly, made Ills escape. THE COTTON MAUKET. Its Decline Is Attributed to European Political Nawa. New York,{{September 16.—The cot ton market to-day was without marked fluctuations, January futurea opening at yesterday’s closing prices and closing at practically the same. The market waa dropping during the day under the influence of heavy re ceipts. There .was small business and the hears were trying to attack prices. The decline la attributed to European political news which will rule prices for several days to come. The Liverpool market la quiet and steady. Spinners havo bought freely during the last spurt, and may look on for a few days. ttont to Jail. Atlanta, September 16.—This morn ing George Milton, a negro arrested by Patrolmen Ethridge and Shepherd, waa sent to jail by Judge Landrum on the charge of highway robbery. Silicon was charged with attempting to rob a white man named Flynn, and alto trying to rob and cut wlth|a razor a negro named Lee.