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Newspaper Page TextAMER1CUS TIMES-RECGRDER. VOLUME 2. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 181)2. NUMBER 5. TO LEND In sums of $200 to <10.000. on Sumter Co. Real Estate, city or country. Loans run from two to five years, but may be paid off at aI1 y time. Our terms are the most liberal to be found anywhere. GlLOMMDTHOSrCO., Americas, tin. YOU CAN'T STOP ONE OP WATCHES. They are guaranteed to run 12 months. They handle all grades and styles, and will save you money by calling if you intend buying a WATCH. Perhaps you can afford to wear rather rouj;h clothing fabrics, for your business may be of a nature to warrant it, but'you display nothing but good sense if you are choice about the selection of your Collars,'Cuffs, Shirts and Ties. They make up just those fea tures ofjmasculine attire about which it is not out of place to be a trille fastidious, if not positively dainty. Just think of what a little outlay will do in this direction! For $1.00 you can buy a cool, breezy Puff Shirt; for 15c., a good linen Collar; for 25c., a good 4-ply linen Cuff, and for 35c., a choice silk Four-in-Hand Necktie—making f 1.75 for the outlay, at W. D. BAILEY’S Popular Haberdashery'. What Will They Do at Chicago ? Some sav GROVER CLEVELAND, an’u some say !>. B. MILL, but in this part of the grand old State of Geor gia. "the Empire State of the South," all good Democrats, Kmtu.um.vs and Third Party Pkopi.k alike agree in nom inating GlvO. D. WHEATLEY, FOE CLOTHING First, last and all the time. WE ARE THE PEOPLE who help you to KEEP COOL •1 iiiir.' tin* luMitoil term by offering at 50c only, 500 aHsorticl •wl. SUMMER COATS «U siws »t 50c. AUK VOL 1 SHORT of stature, or short of cash? Wo cau help s mu* iii either ovent—or both, us our stuck of SUMMEK COATS AND VESTS contain style* known as STOUTS, ch pi-ifi'otlv the man who is SHORT OF STATUUK, onr f-t >\V PRICES will always “tickle the man" who is SHORT of CASH. STOI'T OR LEAN, LONG OR SHORT in STATURE or I!, we enu fit you in CLOTHING as well as if-X,‘”’ t l l "v!, < .tv, e I 1 1'iii ef aii Adonis himself. All we want is JUST THL CHANCE. COME AND SEE US. > will otlur to-morrow more than 300 FINE TROUSERS ''1 styles, at $3.50 per pair. Wo guarauteo them nnmutchftble 1 'lere less tliuu $5.00 per pair. A\iT\TT\ rntTI? TTrAT 1 ''“ ,1 , “ 1 ' 1 '• X XLij XlJaiikAiX comfort by fitting yourself -ome of our French Baibrlggan. Cause or Nainsook Under v/oar. Above coiue in full suits nt 75c per suit up to $2.50. MONARCH SHIRTS. SrTiS'S ■ BUST ami most perfect fitting shirt made. We have them iu * \IS and FANCY BOSOMS, Puffs and Negligee any size • ' t v style. The best value EVER SfiOWN at 50c. is our LAUNDERED ECLIPSE SHIRT! VICTORY FINALLY PERCHED UPON THE BANNER# OF THE AHTI-CLEVELAHDITE#. Hrtm of I hr Twraly-Ml IMrxsIr. to nimo onM <h» Ki-rreMfii-Tta rimr.irm Antasonl.tir to llnrlaml'a Util Known View*. The following are the dtltplM who war* elected to Cblci#i: In,, ibr Male at Lars*. K. U. Itichardson, Dupont Guerry, K duBignon, James M. Smith, t'na thr District*. Pint—George A. Mercer and William Clifton. Second-.!. M. Griggs and Jehu Trip- federal affaire, by tha will of a minority, state usurped by courts martial, aad a legislature seized by a military clerk, sod the legally elected representative* of the people turned out of olHce to auke by force a subservient majority, have no desire to take aay chances on the political future. 7. We consider tbe government eon' trol of poetofHces as necessary and proper, because tbe tael of the letter protects tbe private affairs of tbe citizen from governmental espionage, but we protest azeept in tbe regulation of prl cee against eztendieg this control over telegraphs and telephones, end placing in oar midst a horde of office-holders who wifi only bej amenable to national laws and may at any time by tbe will of ijority, or, as often happens In our T11K PROBABILITY IS lett. be turned into spies end reformers. While vee oppose governmental owner ship of railroads we endorse our railroad commission lews, and demand that the powers of the interstate rail road commission l» enlarged so as to provide a “rigid, honest and Just con' Third- llascom My rick anil C. C. Dun can. Fourth -I,. H. liarrard and L. 1*. Man- ileville. Fifth—George llillyer and Milton A. Candler. Sixth—H. I). Dismuke and Klchard | *«>»” of railroad transportation Johnson. j *• We demaml the free and unlimited Seventh-W. W. Vandiver and T. W. [ coinage of both silver and gold on Glover. parity with each other to the end that Eighth—Fred Foster and W. It. Btir-1 tlle “*m«y «f ‘be people shall be aucliln IM .l, quantity and quality s* was originally Ninth—J. It. Brown ami lewis Davis. j contemplated by the constitution. Tenth—K. W. Barrett and W. O. | We demand that tbe prohibitory Mitchell. 1° per cent, on state bank Issues be Klevenlh—W. T. McArthur and T. W. I “trickeo out of the national! bank law, I and when this la done we desire that a The tiirraair.. I uniform system of banking be provided The alternates selected consist of the f° r f*F legislature of Georgia, with a following gentlemen: flexible, expansive state bank currency. First-A, J. Smart anil M. I*. Wade. We furt&cr demand that the prohibition Second- I.. A. M. Collins and J. ti. In the national bank law against accept- M<-Kisi,l. 1 ln S re * 1 estate as security for loins shall Third—G. J. Willis and C. T. I*, i be stricken therefrom. ,| lnl p la We demand that tbe amonntof Fourth—S. n. Christopher and an- the circulating medium be speedily Br other to be selected. creased ou a sound basis sufficient to Fiftb-To be named by the delegates. lhe ot 11,0 co»nUy. Sixth—K. 4. I.'cagsn and It. W. Patter- »• We demand # that congress shall Min pass such laws as will effectually prv Seventh—.1. P. Jackowuy ami J. K.j»' e «*“«»* In futures of all agri- Barton. * cultural and mechanical productions, Eighth—John P. shannon and l>. C. providing a stringent system or proce- Alforal. dure in trials that will secure prompt Ninth- W. W. Stark and W. F. Find- conviction, and imposing such penaltlea l„ v _ as shall secure the miwtjperfect compli- Tentli—K. K. Eve ami Benjamin Old- * nrt * w *‘h I ! * w - la. Believing In the doctrines of eipia) Eleventh—I. C. McDonald and I». I*, rights to all and special privileges lo Junes. none > we demand— Mr. U F. Garrard, chairman of the ! »• Th »‘ « ur omtionm 1 leglalation shall platform eoumilttee, read the following 1,0 1,0 framed In the .fiilurn as to not platform, which had been agreed upon n P 0DB Industry at the expense of by the committee': another. 1. He solved, That we, the democrats >>• We regard as the moat.lmpqrlant of Georgia, in convention assembled, re- i’* ue before the people a reform of the affirm our devotion to the time-honored present iniquitous tariff and we demand principles of our historic party. Wo » removal of the existing heavy tariff believe that the powers delegated by the «•* ‘>om «>• necessities of life, that the people should Ire strictly construed; that P“ l,r °f ,mr ** n| l m,,, ‘ h* v *. till; autonomy of statf* and the rights of ' ■ We further demand a just and local self-government and home rule equitable system of graduated tax no conic. , , d. We believe that the mouey of the money should be taken from the people c<mntry , houl( | tM . kept much as pus- under any pretext for "’her than „|bJe in the hands nf the people, and public purposes; that the strict- hence we demand Hut all national and s*t economy should be exercised » ,a * e revenue shall Im limited *n the ,, . . , necessary c*X|h.-iihi*h of I hr (fovri nmmt In RovernnuuUl ex pen- econora j,. a Uy au ,i hono«tly ailtninU* litiirr*, whether local* state or national; tered. Ihat lc«lMlaliun should Ihj confined to the 14. We iVnuml irtreiit hmoDt and re- leKitimatn objects *»f the government; f'»rin *n lhe expfuditure «»f national rov- . ... nues, au-I espeeully a correctness of the solemn public p rC4en * |a-riNion system, which rents like trust. a maramoth war tax on our section of *J. We believe (list the same care and the uuiiJti. union Should 1* used by the govern- We therefore, li.'u spirit of mu- ...... , .. .... ntml concession, offer tuU, our atlstform, nient, both s ate uud national. In the ex- * 0 ibe democracy of Georgia, and prajr jHTj.liturc of public money as U use*! that a 'diviuo providence may Incline •rudent men in their own private our hearts to nisdom, justice and m«>d- c ration. When Mr. (iarrard liuUlied readinj; the paper it as unanimously adopted tioti was delegated to the government, in the midst of wild and long continued both state ami national, to he used only applaa*. tAt neither new jer#ev nor RINTUCKV Will ItarsH hr IVoUsS-m.owl state iMUMitlMis Which Met Vatmhr WattcvMNi May Be KlatH a iMccate at larg* After All. Loiisvii.i.k, May [Special. ]— Tha democratic state oonviatlon aeata at 2 o’clock to-day. A test case will come up on the election of a temporary chairman. Tbe convention I* divided Into raento, those wbo are for lleveleed first, ast and all the time, and those who are In favor of n free delegation. Tbe candidates for temporary chair man are Mr. Charles J. Bronaton and Mr. Cbarlea It. tong. Mr. Bronaton will be voted for by unconditional Cleve land men; Mr. tong will bn voted (or by the non-lnstruotlon men. On the tesult de|>ends the whole laaue In dispute. A sensational feature of the tight cropped out yesterday at a private meeting of tho Cleveland foroan. The name of Gen. John B. Castleman, chairman of tbe State central oommlttee, waa placed before the convention as one of the delegates at large. He was Indorsed aa tbe choice of Cleveland's friends; that action means war. toutavlUe cannot send two dele gates at large. Henry Wattereon and General Caatleman will tight It out In the convention this afternoon. Tnanros, N.J., May *!.-[Special. ]- At a lata hour laat night it was deter mined by the leaden of today’* Demo cratic Stats convention to name dele gatee to tho Chicago convention and not be asked to Instruct for Cleveland. Some fears era expressed this morn ing that the molution nf Instructions bo sprung on the convention. It would be hard to keep It from going through as the Cleveland men have a majority of the delegates. AT Till: Al.TAIt. Ml- Ada ailaiis. W i believe that the right of taxa- for absolute necessities, and any other use of this power is dishonest anil tyr- ranical. 4. A silt plus revi mie in the treasury Is a glittering prixe to tin sought after by political thieves and plunderers. 5. Wo arc uncompromisingly opposed to the enlargement ami concentration of federal powers; to the usurpation by the central government of tho functions of state; to h mntlcs anil subsidies in cvery form; to every aperies of class legisla tion and government partnership with private enterprises; to the whole theory and practice of palern ilism. •I. We, who have within a generation seen elections opened h/ the tap of a drum, ami tha judicial powers of a -lot) Linen Bound Bosom, best musliu body, and really worth $1.00 elsewhere. FUL LINE NIGHT SHIRTS FOR GENTLEMEN. E. A W. COLLARS AND CUFFS, ^riders, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs. Neckwear and GIovjs. ,,, j : ad litiou to our usual attractive stock of Boys’ •BjJ.CjijJdreit# p, :, -i we will show this week, about 500 pain of'CHILD S KNEE A ’>'y from J to 14 years. Regular beauties at 50 and 75c per pair. ,, * v " us the opportunity to serve you well. Geo. D. Wheatley’s, Lamar St. and Cotton Ave.. Americas, Ga. Af^ciiffittriii i>4> ut iiir ruiu*. 1'i.AHK, Go., May lb.—[Special J— Is&it Weritu'Kflay w*h one of tlm mont riciigbUuI «U}m of tbe ►pent by M veral younfr coupler from lieie at a picnic at lilaok’a mill. The day was i i delightful one and the cooling breexo put forth iU a p pear a nr u early in lhe i morn, making the day among tbn beau- | tiful shade* and (lower* .1 moat eujoya- ! ble one. About one o'clock the gay crowd ax- Ketnb!ed in a shady groto and one of the most roagniticcM dinner* ever Npread was rcliahnl and enjoyed by all; after wUicli Ibe happy band came by Magno lia Springe, <»*ie of tne moat desirable t places for mile* around and spent the remainder of the afternoon, gathering varicua kind* of wild (lower* and min gling with (he cool sparkling w ater* that gush forth from their shady nook*. By and by toe silvery ray* of the beautiful *un waa (prickly disappearing behind • tbe western skies, and tbe little crowd JEFF D. AVERA. 317 Lamar Street. I keep a jfoocl stock of fancy and i relorn *f, t "J he * r >“m h»m» with , **Jttgs of laughter aa tbev jmirncyeil on fam,1 y j their wav. GROCERIES nud will sell them at the lowest market prices. Prompt attention given to nil orders left with me. Good# delivered free any where in the city; Telephone 125. Mmy kifttTnl It was announced yesterday In railroad circles that W. A. Winburn, now chief clerk in tbe traffic manager’s office, would sneced & 11. Hardwick ae general passenger agent of the Central railroad. Mr. Hardwick, who has bad charge of the pnwengnr dnperfeet of tho Central rood since It was takas eheign of by tht * Daavtllo railroad, tendered itloa to Major Shsllnua la- ■sdletsfy upon the letter’s sppolataseat r. John W. Ollvrr Hrela \ mylar. Itast evening, at seven o'clock, at the resilience of the bride's parents In Fast A uteri cue, Mr. John W. Oliver of the I’lhina of I)ur> led to the altar Miss Ads Naylor, where with solemn marriage vows they were msde man and wife. The wedding was a quiet one, only the relatives and lni|ntele friends of the contracting parties being present. Tha ceremony was Impieaalvaly performed by Kev. Dr. A. II Campbell, and. tha bridal party left Immediately for the Plains. The hriilo Is a charming and attractive woman. Mr. Oliver la a prom inent merchant and one of the most IKipular gentlemen of Ills town. Hosts of friends rejoice with him and congrat ulate him upon Ills good fortune. Tiik TlUK»-ltKoiuro:u Joins In wishing lbs hsppy cofiple a wot Id of good luck, for Sobn W Oliver deserves all tbe g<yd things that fall to tbe [ot of man. THIJVniXIIX* Will Pal s TWM la tha mu la SeMe, raaatg. Pitxam, May 10.-[8^Btl.]-Tha neighboring sections have bad Has nine, but this Immediate vicinity Is still dry. Tha farmers are well up with their work sad sold, from tho few instances whore cotton wan planted late aad la not up crop* do not seem >o be suffering badly. Two marriagee in one week ebowa an advance In tho matrimonial maafcat, while everything indicates a correspond log decline in third-pnrtyism. Mr. E. II. McMicbael and Miss Mary .Htenart, aad Mr. John Ingram aad Mina OU Snipes hare married during tho weak. All of the contracting parties are of tho first families of Schley had Marion counties aad bare many friends to extend congratulations. Polities are assuming shnpe in Schley and in our next we hope to bo able to give some of the possibilities of tbe party nominations Any way, there will be a full negro ticket in the field. Generally, tbe men that' are kioklng tbe hardest against the board of tax cquallbere, wore tbe same men that whooped tbe loudest to elect an alliance legislature, that created tbe board. We are reliably informed that Howoll Hollis, of Marion, wlU ask for tho nomi nation on the third party ticket aaaoan- date for ooogreos from tho fourth con gressional district Tha same Informant states that on the same ticket Vlnoent Montgomery wlU bo nominated to tho sonata, Martin Edge for the lower boose aud that D. a Wells will bo nominated for clerk of the superior court H« llaesa't West to Ms After Alb AL Kenlaw, the carpenter who at tempted suicide Monday morning, was released from the barracks yesterday morning. Ha has decided that be don’t want to die, after all, and will begin work on the Johnson A narrold building in afow days. Kenlaw says that dissipation naif financial embarrassment caused him re try to take his life, fils money gave out and be found blmsaH heavily in debt He was unable lo procure work and sought solace in tbe Mowing bowl. When he found only ton oonta between himself aud starvation he decidod to in vest that In the fatal drug with which he proposed to court death. He is glad, however, now that bis rash sot was not attended with fatal results. Itlbkons of inulie,' velvet and brocade e all worn. Tbe latest have mother-of- pearl effects. Gauze edges aro preva lent. A rmwprrnu* Iit'tllutlmi. Tho stockholders of the Amcricus Guauo Company held their fourth an nual meeting yesterday nt their ullict- in this city. Nine hundred and tbitty-one shares out of a total of one thousand wore rep resented. President.Juo. M. Green and Manager Edgar Dunlap submitted detailed re ports covering tho business of tha com pany for the past year, wlrirli showed It to be In : most prosperous condition. Sales tor the past season amounted to over ♦ 410,000.00, and tbe net enrnings for the past twelve months were over fll'.’.OOO. This added fo surplus brought forward makes undivided proilt* of about e7i,000 Collection* of tho corn- put) p have been remarkably good. A close and rigid examination of tho com parativcly small amount of uncollected paper showed less than f’r.OCOthat could be classed ax bad and doubtful. If all nf Ibis was charged off it would lvato a clean balance of undivided prollta about ♦00,000. A most gratifying result for the stockholders. Out of the past year's earnings the directors <lee'»-ed a 10. per cent divi dend, payable In cash at the company's office,.November lath. Tbe following gentlemen were elected to serve a* director* for tbe ensuing year: John M, Green, S II. Hawkins, J. W. Sheffield, 17. B. IfarroM, Edgar Dunlap, W. W. Cropo, C. W. Pin miner. The following officers were 're-elected unanimously: John M. Green, presl* dent; II. C. Bagley, secretary ami treas urer; Edgar Dunlap, manager. The Americua Guano Co. Is an Institu tion of which Americas msy well feel proud, and Its officers deserve especial credit for tbe able meaner In which shey have managed its affairs. H-w UM They Ort There. Mr. M. If. Stiles wbo has been with the Sam rend during ita construction, exhibited re Tuc TiMne-KBiuaiixn yes terday, a large lot of oyster shells, shark's teeth, aad other sheila that ware dagout of aetri nsar Hnrtaboro, Ala. Aa Hnrtaboro la aboat 157 miles from the coast, tbe qaestioa Is, bow did they O-l-L OIL. Q-A-8 GAS, Ol’OftS What a htitarj a goo I bat st#vj is— iu wMtr time—and wlitt n naitafic# it i' in MMBCr. Take w hat you call a good bat day ami then think of go ing Mar a good hot Move -Oh, if tbev only burned ire—or if they would only im their heal for caaklsi and Stop warming up a Iioum-—and kttp- ing yos worse than warn when you art- trying t»« Lee, c«- - ui l then Urn assay, and room their hel takes—and tlie time and Irau'de. it take* t • make .i lire—and tin- di-ngrct-uhli- Just <>f the atku. No wonder people hate tried big iron laippH—called Ml gtSVCI No wonder they have tried Gasoltnt Staves—though, some hoeftated—be lieving gasolene dan go roil* -or I*-- nusc it was cx|K-u.-ive—ami so mo limes not to be found; and tln-y have liecti evoking tin-ir f.hwI on re<l-hnt itovtt -cooking thtiacelvet tao wi»li- th.it aomelstdy would invent Home kind of a something - ^ay haw you liearil of—have you seen and ex amined the new OlignStovt Its new true, lmt if you hav’nt itvcn the Oilgas Stove you srv getting Udtind the times. An Oilga* Stove — hunts oil witknt a wick- rtdocei common every day oil to Jit and bnni« the ga« iu a blue lane do wick iro .m-no smoko and bo tncll of oil-go wood 1>»x—no asltts An Oilgas Stovt i* Ccaocaiul - it’s different from old cook *toves— you do'nt have to wait until volt get a big lire built—you don't have tc heat n[\ ail tire tc;: ..f the store-— heat up all the oven—heat op till the pHini -jtist to cook a little. With an Oilgas Stove you heat' tho own only, or host only what part of the top you w L»h to w and ju-t w hen you want to aw it too, and when you are tlirough yon tnni it out, like you would a lamp—you dsa*t watte a lot <>f loti by letting a big fire gradually die out. If you are uot afraid of an ordinary lamp, you are not afraid of an Oilgas Stove. Ita a gsei an Oilgas Stove is, another Ctiraer Specialty, teil there for a circa* lar or col there and tee them, for lb* Sole Agents are BUTLER * BERRY, of Awerlcm.

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Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-1902, May 27, 1892, Image 1