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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
VOLUME 1
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1891.
NUMBER 25
We propose to make OCTOBER a red letter
month for trade in the year of our Lord, 1891,
giV Bristling Bargains,
The Grandest Stock of Merchandise,
Courteous and Competent Salesmen,
And Throngs of Happy Customers
All combine this season to make
Geo. D. Wheatley's,
Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave.,
THE RIGHT PLACE TO GO for anything and everything you
need in seasonable wearing apparel.
Every department of our Commoaious Store is Filled to Overflowing
and we ask everyone in search of new and desirable goods to Drrp in
and Give us a Look before buying elsewhere.
a full and complete stock of EVERYTHING IN OUR
LIVE. We have everything needed for male or female attire, and
> will surely save you money on what you have to buy,
HE IS NO MORE.
GRIM DEATH ENDS THE CAREER OF
IRELAND’S LEADER.
Mr. Carneir* Unexpected Death—He is At
tacked by a Chill—Suffered With Rheu
matism— Brief Illness Brings His Notable
Life to a Close,
London, Oct. 7.—Charles Stewart
Parnell has died at Brighton. His
death was the result of a chill with
which he was attacked. He was also
suffering from acute rheumatism.
On Friday lie was compelled to take
bis bed, and his death occurred ut Wnl-
sington Terruce, Brighton, at 11:30
o’clock.
Tlie news had created most intense
excitement in this city, and the bulletin
boards in front of newspaper offices are
lurrounded by crowds of people waiting
to hear the slow coming details of this
most unexpected event.
On Friday evening, shortly after Mr.
Parnell had been induced to retire to
his bed, his condition became so grave
tbut Mrs. Parnell end the attending
physician decided it advisable to at
I Ours is the only Department store in the city, carrying once summon additional medical advice.
1 _ s ii __a t„v—t~_l. ovwDWDTlffA tv attt> Two other physicians were at once
culled in, but notwithstanding their ef
forts Mr. Parnell continued to grow
steadily worse, and it soon became ob
vious that the Irish leader was gradual
ly sinking, and that death was but a
question of a few days, perhaps hours.
Since late on the evening of Friday,
it uppears to have been simply a matter
of awaiting the arrival ot the inevita
ble.
Mrs. Parnell is utterly prostrated by
the shocK, and her phy6iciuus are some
what apprehensive us to her condition.
Life of Parnell.
Charles Stewart Parnell was boru at
Avondale, in the county ot Wicklow,
Ireland, in theyeu-
1840. He was a
descendant of the
E oct Pnruell, and
is family have
have been associ
ated with Irish
parliamentary life
for upwards of a
certnry.
Hi« great-grand
father. Sir John
Puri.Al, was a pro
minent member of
the English parlia
ment in tlie time of Lord Grey and
Lord W el bourne, and was mads Lord
Conglr! on.
Mr. Parnell, whose motheris a daugh
ter of Admiral Charles Stewart, a cblo-
brnted American naval officer, wSs ed
ucated ut Cambridge university^ but
dld.no t take any degree.
1r. Parnell’s name has since been
prominent before the public in connect
ion with the home nile proposals of Ma
Gladstone. The proceedings ot the
parliniuentary commission which re
sulted in a victory for Mr. Purnell
r iust The Times, and the exposure of
Pigott forgeries to the O’Shea di
vorce proceeding and iOr. ParneiTt
marriage are matters freeh in the minds
Ofnil. ,
JAY GOULD AT WORK AGAIN.
WE WANT TOUR TRADE
ami in order to get you within the reach of temptation, we have at
ranged a special aud attractive list of
for nil those who call upon us early this week.
We had the the misfortune to get a case containing $407-25
worth of choice goods damaged by water while in transit. The trans
porting Railroad Co. has generously allowed us
40 PER CENT. 40 PER CENT.
of the amount involved as an estimate of damages. Now we propose
that our loss, or THEIR LOSS in this instance, shall be YOUR GAIN
We are going to sell this $407.25 worth of choice goods—all dam
aged, some more, some less for A mere song this Week.
Opportunity for You! Don’t Miss It!
HERE ARE THE PRICES:
Plain and Fancy Curtain Scrim at 5c, re tlly worth 8c.
• 8 *’ “ 12J.
« “ 10 “ 15
.. .. v. .< .. 12 J " “ 20
Nottingham Lace Curtains.
20 prs. (slightly damaged) 2£ yds. long, at 75c. matchless at $1.25
elswhere.
24 prs. (slightly damg’d) 3 yds long, at $1.00 matchless at $1.60 elswhere
18 prs, “ 8^ yds long, at $1.25 “ 2.00 "
13 prs: “ 3J yds long, at $1.85 “ 2.50 “
Satin Damask Table Linens and Turkey Red Cloths, all slightly
damaged, will be sold at about half price this week.
LADIES’ SKIRTS.
PLAIN SKIRTS I IMBROIDERIED SKIRTS! KNIT SKIRTS !
All got wet, but practically as good as ever, will be sold at your own
price.
Child’s Knit goods—Hoods and Sacques—all got wet too, but if we
did uot tell you, you’d never kuow it—HALF PRICE !
Don't forget wo are solo Agents for the Celebrated P. and P
Brand of Kid Gloves—overy pair you buy of us Warranted to
Wear or your money refunded.
'is the time to buy CARPETS CHEAP You need one
We have more than 200 rolls all new Styles for you to
select from, our stock ombraces overy kind and quality—all at Rock-
Bottom prices-Cotton Chain, Extra Supers, 3-Ply Ingrains, Tapestry, Brus
*6ls, Velvet Brussels, Body B ussols. Call and niako your selection, we
Make your Carpot and put it down for yon—all free of charge.
Remember our new stock of Clothing and Furnishing Goods
Jiheu you want a suit! Wo acknowledge no competition here!
TO TRY IS TO BUY. and if you buy ONCE, you will bo so
pleased with the fit and stylo of our goods, you’ll buy of us again.
^o lionost dealer can offer you greater inducements than we, so
001110 follow the crowd to
Geo. D. WHeatley’s,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
Lamar St. and Cotton Ave.. Americus, Ga.
taia'L? . T: ‘° old reliable Mr. Henry S. Davis, the Veteran Dry Goode Salea-
*ver'r i or *° * na ny yeare haa served you faithfully In the past, is •till with us—
i ready with a cordial welcomo for all our customers and bis friends.
Tim tro.™- Jno - Sohiver, Julius Stanfield, Jim Guerry, Will Dudley,
•almaon . ,? nd Sam Warliok compose our corps of courteous and obliging
U^-wbil. the handsome face of Mr. Jno.-r. Cato, our efliclwt anipopu-
“°°k-keeper, beams with pleasure for the advent of his friends. ... A A
CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES.
11. Smjs Sr 1* Feeltkg ll.ttrr Than at
Amy Time for » Week.
New York. Oct. T.—Jay Godfd has
recovered sufficiently from his collapse
of last week to be able to attend to
business again. He came dowi frqm
Irvington on the 9 o’clock trail nod
reached his office in the Weeteni Union
building about 10 o'clook. Mr. /Gould
declined to rebeive any callers during
the morning, but sent out Word that he
was feeling better than at any time for
a week.
Mr. George Gould, who was also in
town early In the morning, ridicules the
idea that his father's health is in a crit
ical state, and says that he will un
doubtedly pick up strength as soon as
cold weather comes. The heat and
sultriness of the past month have been
very wearing ou the elder Mr. Gould’s
nerves. _____
IluiiKlitrrs of tlie Revolution.
Washington, Oct. 7.—In response to
Mrs. Harrison’s call for a meeting of
the regents of tlie society of tlie Daugh
ters of the Revolution, nearly all the
states were represented at the gather
ing. Mrs. Harrison, who canje from
New England especially for tlap meet
ing. presided. Mrs. Cabel, vice presi
dent, entertained the society at her
residence. Facts concealing the incor
poration, adoption of a constitution and
organization of a national society were
repotted, found to he regular and
agreed to. A committee was appoint
ed to report upon all questions which
have caused discussion. Reports from
various states ehoived rapid growth and
general enthusiasm over the prospic ts
of the society. Mrs. Harrison will give
a reception to tlie visiting representa
tives and members of the society.
Jelly t'rtko Controversy Nettled.
Springfield, Ills., Oct. 7.—The jelly
cake controversy which has attracted
such wide attention, lias at last been
settled by the directors of the Fair asso
ciation in favor of Mrs. J. L. Willett,
the lady who used layers of angel food
for a jelly cake, which was awarded the
first premium at the late Sumgamon
County fair. There were about 600
contestants for the preininm, and after
the committee had awarded it to Mrs.
Willett, many of these joined in the
protest against the award en the ground
:hat Mrs. Willett's cake was not jelly
cake at all. for the reason that no re
cognized authority in cooking laid down
any formnla for jelly cake made oat of
layers of angel food. The fair directors
threw oat, the protest for the reason
that it was informal. After-filing the
protect, a majority of the protester*
abandcMo llyunifatr***
Domestic au.l Foreign and of General
Interest.
Senator Maston O'Neal of Georgia,
has died at his humo in Buiiibriuge.
The Davy Crockett Hook and Ladder
company, of Poughkeepsie, N Y., have
visited Atlanta,
Tho statue of Jefferson Davis has
been finally n6ccpted and placed on a
pedestal in the Confederate monument
at Jackson, Miss.
An Alexandria, Va., special states tho
physiciuns and attendants of General
Lee regard his condition as sligh.ly im
proved, and he is resting more comfort
ably.
William Gal-field, at New Lisbon, O..
has coalesced time lie turned tlie switch
wuich wrecked tue train oa the Penn
sylvania railroad ut Palestine a fuw
weeks ugo.
A Loudon dispatch says: Right Hou,
\V Hindu tieury dimes, first lord of the
treasury, wurdtn of Cinqueport und
government leader in [he house of com.
luons, w no him been Hi for tome time
lime past, suddemy suffered a relapse
and lias uied.
A Calcutta dispatch says: A letter
was received at Simla oil Sept. J5 from
Captain Yoiinghusband, the British
agent who is reported to have been kill
ed by tlfb Russiuns ill tlie Pamir dis
trict, in which the writer says that lie
hits started on his return to India. This
disiKises of the report that the captain
hud been murdered.
At Ottuwa, Ont., eight children, from
3 to 1U years ot age, were poisoned by
eating the berries of wild parsnip, and
lire not expected to recover. They were
playing about the streets, nnil seeinj
some plants growing with bright rei
berries ou top, ate a quantity of the
berries, which were sweet and pleasant.
Shortly after all the children were taken
violently ill.
Ail Augusta, Me., speciul states that
the report that Secretary Blaine is ugain
ill is nutonnded. Tlie family physician,
Dr. Martin, suys that Mr. D.uine is in
better health tlmu when he arrived
from Bar Harbor. McCormick Blaine,
Emmons's little sou, lias been danger,
oimly ill, hut is now better. This fact
probably gave rise to the rumor of the
secretary’s illness,
A Goodland, Kan,, special says: Mel
bourne, the rulu maker, began opera
tions here ugain. The test was begun
at a o'clock in the morning, when the
sky was clear and tue air warm and
dry. At noon the sky was covered with
clouds und tbe thermometer hud fallen
from 80 ue. to 60 de. The clouds hung
over the town all night nun at 2 o'clock
a m. raiu hell for about half uu hour.
A Bnda Pesth dispatch states that
The Pestlier Lloyd publishes a sensa
tional article declaring that the Rnssiau
government is making uu enormous
CbuceuituUon of troops on the banks of
the Pi nth. According to this story n
Urge uud formerly deserted tract' of
land near Prutb, is swarming with
Russian -soldiers, for whose accommo
dation capacious huts have beeii erec
led.
Tho steamer Chickasaw, of tbe Mem-
phlu and Vi bite River Packet company,
sank at Cat bland crossing. All nunas
Wore sifted. She had 38U bobs of cot-
toil aboAd undwlson her way to Mem
phis, n»eer command of Captain E. C.
repfU. The boat cost $40,000 to build
tt eight years ago. and had $.8,000 worth
of repair* ou her laat smnuisr. She
wasauifiirud for $20,000. The cotton
si as $i lie tusuiod. She is liable to break
np at any nasineuL
At Albany, Gh., BUI dole a negro
man who Irred on the plantation of Cap-
tjffn i. M. Solano, in Baker, drove a
wagon to town loaded with cotton, and
while at Carter & Woolfolk’s ware-
bouaA'suddenly fell dead, presumably
from heart failure. At the time of his
death be appeared to be in good'liealth.
His body was placed in a neat cose by
his employer aud carried back home on
the same wagon that he bad driven to
town.
At New York, in the Woman’s Chris
tian Temperance union convention, tbe
following resolution was declared eat
of order, bat by special vote it was re
ferred to the committee on resolutions :
"Resolved, That wc most cordially con
gratulate Mrs. Frances Cleveland on
the birili of her daughter, and earnestly
hope and trust that she may be spared
to rear her up to womanhood us a stanch
friend ami us firm and fearless an ex
ample of total abstinence as she herself
proved when she was the first lady of
the laud."
A Keokuk, la., special says: Miss
Helen Muxwell, daughter of u promi
nent railroad contractor of this city,
ami Albert Rankin, a young mail not
out of his teens, employed in a whole
sale grocery here, thwarted parental
opposition to their union by slipping
away to Cartilage, Ills., last week,
where they were married. Tlie fact did
not become known until now. Tlie
young louv acquired considerable noto
riety about a year ago by running
away from home with a female com
panion.
A Paris, Ills., siiecial says that Judge
Eads, receiver of the hank that failed
at Chnsman, last Week, says in his
opinion the bank will not pay B cents on
tlie dollar. A few examples of rascal
ity he lias discovered ale here given,
btaudiforil's hooks show that the Indi
ana National hank of Indianapolis,
owed tlie Chrisman budk $13,000. The
Indianapolis hank forwarded a draft for
$17. 58 in lull bettleuifiit. Bibo & Co.,
of Paris, art* ou Stamiiforil’H books as
owing $15,000. Bibo asserts that he
lias lost $20,000 by the failure.
METHODISTS-
A Charlotte, N. C., speciul says:
From all indications now, it is very ap
parent that Charlotte will be a dry city
after next January. The board ot
county commissioners, in their regular
meeting, plainly set forth tbe idea that
the saloon keepmn may look ont for an
other business. A canvass of the
board shows that three are against is
suing licenses and two for license. Two
bar men presented their petition*, bnt
they were laid over until tbe next
monthly meeting. Considerable interest
ia manifested in the future decision of
the board. ' i
THEY GATHEh'olN WASHINGTON
FROM E^RYWHERE
The Great C<r pul . Isiemblea in the
Metropolitan iethoi Church— Distln
guUhed Mf;m, -,<a peel the Platform
Large Alt lance.
Washington. V-G6t. 7. he second
i cm riHiiical 'MefbCjilist council met here
in the Metropolitan Methodist Episco-
chnfoh. This church has a larger
"eating capacity tlmu any other Meth
odist church in the city.
Seafed on the platform were Bishop
Bowman of St Louis; Bishop Hurst of
Washington; Rev. Dr. Arthur of Eng
land; Dr. A. Curman of Canada; Rev.
Dr. Steppeuson, president of the British
Wesleyan conference, London; Rev. Dr,
Joseph Ferguson of Leeds, England,
president of the Primitive Methodist
church; Bishop Keener, of New Or
leans; Bishop Waytnan of Baltimore A,
M. E. church, and Rev. 8. F. Huestes
of Halifax.
The tody of the church was nearly
filled with delegates, about 500 being
present, and the galleries aud aisles and
all nvuiluble space was filled with spec
tstors. The morning session was open,
ed by Rev. Thomas Bishop, who read
the 822d hymn from tho Methedist
hymnal, beginning:
“Jesus, name high over ail,
In hell, or earth or sky,
Angels and men before it fall,
And devils fear and fly. ’’
Tho entire ussembly rose anil snng
the hymn to the nccoinpaniment of the
great organ. .Bishop J. C. Keener of
New Orleans, was called upon to pray,
and made a fervent nppeal for Divine
blessing upon the labors of the confer
ence, closing with the Lord’s prayer.
Following the prayer the assembly
recited the apostle's creed, led by Rev.
Bishop Waymun, of the Afr.cau Meth
odist church, of Baltimore. Dr. Hastis
of N. S. road the sixth chapter of Isiuh.
When he closed Rev. Dr. Arthur, of
Londun, read the 9U5th number of the
hymnal:
"Come let us anew onr jonrney pnrsne,
which was sung by the entire nssembly,
Dr. Arthur arising, expressed his re
gret that ftilliire of his voice would not
permit hint to deliver the sermon which
he hud prepared to open tlie council,
and tendered his thanks to Rev. Dr,
Stephenson, president of the British
W es.eyan conference, who had kindly
undertaken to reud it for him, and Dr,
Bti'p&enson then proceeded to read tbe
sermon.
A'Sharper Swindles a Mormon
Kashas City, Oct. 7.—S. W. Chip-
man, u young merchant of American
Park, Utah, was swindled ont of $4,000
in ».i)keosh by a Mr. Smith In a cattle
deal ut tbe stock yards here. Chipman
met Smith edtne time ago at his Utah
(route. Smith’ wanted to buy 200 cat 11 e.
Cbipuiauhad Just that numlier toaell.
Smith ofrered a good price. He did not
have the money with him, he said, and
offered to pay Cbipman’a expenses to
Kansas City if b* would come here with
him to aee the cattle. The cattle were
■hipped in Smith's name, who sold
them, pocketed tbe money and disap
peared. Chipman is about 23 years old
Mid is a Mormon. His father is one ot
the wealthiest and moat influential men
in his section of the country.
Did Not Glee Him the Signal.
SntVBINVHAE, O., Oct. 7.—Patrick
Whalen, a well known section foreman
on the Pan-Handle railroad, was in
stantly killed by being strnck by a po*
senger train. His body was so badly
mutilated that it was not recoguizablo.
Whalen, with seven other men, started
for Collier's Station on a hand car.
Whalen’s sister, who is a telegraph oi>-
erator at Collier's, neglected to give her
brother the signal that the passenger
train was approaching, and when half
a mile distant the train rounded a curve,
coming at the rate of thirty miles an
hour. The men ou the hatid car ull
, tiuiped except Whalen, who seemed to
ose his presence of mind, and the en
gine crashed into tbe hand cur, smash
ing it into splinters and killing the only
passenger.
A DESERTER CAl'GUT.
Ernest Jarvis, a Young Man, Arrested Ur
Patrolman Powell.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 7.—Last night
Patrolman Powell arrested Ernest Jar
vis, a young deserter from the United
States army.
When arrested Jarvis gave his name
as Victor DeBraumont. Ho was born
in England, but later on, with his pa
rents, lie moved to Cleveland, Ohio.
It seems that his roving disposition
got the better of him and he ran away
from home.
In 1887 ho joined tho army at Fort
Barrancas, Florida. Afterwards he was
transferred from Florida to Fort Adams,
at Newport, Rhode Island, when he de
serted in the middle of last winter. It
seems that he Imagined be had friends
among the men he went with, but they
proved false and reported him.
Patrolman Powell arrested him last
night at the National hoteL To-day he
will he turned over to tbe offloers at
Fort McPherson, and Patrolman PoweU
will get tbe standing reward of $00,
which is paid fvr the arrest of United
St kis deserters.
A CONTROVERSY.
A Committee From the Atlanta Zouaves
Deny aNewspaper Article.
Atlanta, October 7.—The members
of the Atlanta Zouaves are the maddest
military men In Georgia to-day.
And it's all on account of a newspa
per publication announcing that the
company would request Captain J. B.
Hollis' resignation.
This morning a committee from tho
Zouaves, composed of Lieutenant L. J.
Daniel, Sergeant Amos Baker and Pri
vate J. Edward Robinson, called at the
Journal office and asked that a state
ment be made In behalf of the company
to-day, denying the truth of tlie publi
cation.; in .Midi
r Pointing to the article in question, a
double-leaded story, with the following
caption, “After the Captain, the At
lanta Zotiavca want a resignation from
Captain J. B. Hollis," Lieutenant Dan
iels said:
We want to brand this article In the
Constitution as an Infamous lie from be
ginning to end, and the man who gave
the information as a liar and a scoun
drel- There Isn't a partiole of truth In
it. In the first place tbe statement that
'Captain Hollis and a big element of the
company arc at war and both factions
sem to bo fighting under the black
Hag,’ is a lie. |Tho next falsehood s that
'members of the company want Captain
Hollis’ resignation, and Captain Hollis
is after the scalps of the members who
aro seeking that” paper which would
dissolve the relationship now existing
between tho company'and Its command
ant.” But there’s no use to detail it,
It’s a fake from beginning to end,” i
£ Continuing, Lieutenant'Daniels said:
“Tho company had a regular meeting
last night. Captain Hollis, on account
of pressing business, hns sont in his
resignation roveral times, but tbo boys
refused to accept it, and on account of
their appeals be has remained in com
mand. Last night he told the company
thnt be would be compelled to resign In
a short while. That was all. The Kan
sas City talk In this article Is all bosh.
On June 17, 1800, resolutions were
passed by the company completely ex-
onerat’ng Captain Hollis, and expressing
unbounded confidence in him, They
will stand on the minutes. The state
ment that a committee bad been ap
pointed to look Into the matter is ab
solutely false.
“Tlie statement that tbe committee
bad made a report Is another lie, and
tbe poetic line about 'thetiouble coming
to a head last night, and within tlie next
few days, like a rosebud, will open to
the light of tbe world,’ is another false
hood.’
“Now,” he continued, “Captain Hollis
is going to the Constitution to-day with
his attorney and demand the name of
the author of the information.” |He will
not only prosecute him but he will be
expelled from tbe company and cash
iered.
TOO FOND OF DRINK.
A Young Man Locked Up In tho Station
House.
Atlanta, Octobor 1.—There was a
very unfortunate case in the station
house this morning,
John Anderson, s neatly and well
dressed young man, locked up In a coll
was crying as If his heart would break
and os he walked nervously up and
down his cell be would sob:
“Oh God, have pity on mo. This is
terrible. I want to go home.”
Anderson’s home is in Williamson, S.
C., where his parents live. It seems
that lie is greatly addicted to the whisky
habiL To cure him of this habit he was
sent to the Kecly Institute, in Atlanta,
to be cured. For a long time he re
formed from drink, but last Saturday ho
left the Institnte, and that night be got
on a “tear ” On Sunday, as be could
not secure whisky, he filled up on apple
cider. Monday and yesterday he again
got on a drunk and last night he was
arrested and locked up. IIo will proba
bly be carried back home to-day.
The Insurance Rill.
To-morrow is the day set for the hear
ing of Whitfield's bill to break up the
fire insurance pool in Georgia. Tho in
surance men think the bill is an unjust
oue, and nre confident that the legisla
ture will so understand it, while Mr.
Whitfield and the other advocates of the
bill are equally confident that when the
roll is called the result will show that
tho bill has passed.
To Sail For Valparaiso.
New York, October 7.—Tho United
States war ship Yorktown will sail at
noon to-day for Valparaiso. *
Special orders were received from
Washington at the Brooklyn navy yards
yesterday ordering the vessel to sail with
the greatest possible dispatch.
Charleston World Suspends.
Charleston, S. C., October 7.—Tho
Charleston Daily World, Weekly World,
and Sunday Badget, published by the
World Budget Company, here have sus
pended publication. Theannouncement '
was made this morning. The World wax
ftarted four years ago.