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VOLUME 2.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1892.
NUMBER 11.
MONEY 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
any time. Our terms
are the most liberal to
be found anywhere.
GJL LOU AID TBQSf CO.,
■ufN A merl''at, Ut
THE
ONLY QENUINE
QOLD CURE.
J ust now then is s great deal of
talk about the famous gold cnre,
and most peoplo have vague no
tions upon the subject You need
not have, however, any vague no
tions aboat our stock of Gold and
Silver (in their many forms.) They
include what is useful, what is or
namental and what is both. If
your taste is very, very good we
can gratify it very, very thorough
ly. If it is not particularly good
nothing will cultivate it quicker
than a glance over onrstook. We
don’t claim our display to be Daz
zling, but we do say that we can
furnish the best goods at the low
est possible prices to our custo
mers.
Thompson ft Anderson.
HOTEL WINDSOR JEWELERS.
Hot Weather
And
Negligee Shirts
Co
Hand in Hand.
I have just received a large
lot of them—bought at sum
mer prices, which I shall sell
at the extremely low price of
85c each. This price will
move them, so don’t linger on
the way and let your ucigh
bor reap the benefit, but come
now and make your selections.
Yours to command,
W. D. BAILEY.
THE POPULAR HABERDA8HER,
408 Jackson street.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
THE AMERICUS INVESTMENT COM
PANY MEETS
OSmi He-Elected Par
Complete aad ■atlsfltctorjr Showing Wade
Copt. Healey's Report.
The annual stockholders’ meeting of
the Amerlcue Investment Company wae
held at the county court room on yes-
torday.
The meeting wa* largely attended aad
7,01.1 .litre of stock out of a total of
10,000 were represented either in person
or by proty.
Col. J. U. Hudton, of Preston, was
made chairman and T. F. Gatewood sec-
retaijr of the meeting. After ascertain
ing the presence of a quorum tbo first
business In order was tbo report of
Treasurer T. F. Gatewood, showing tbo
condition of the company at the close of
business June :10th to be as follows:
RESOURCES.
It a1o«U!*, nr'gtnal coat.. i/Cr7,-j:5 .v;
Alb.ny, F orirU A North
ern mIIwav Lot*- fib”,00
Cortlele Htrurlfy» •*. nnl re
late bond* k7,«0
evaonnh. Arrerleui
FIFTY KILLED
AND MANY MORE WOUNDED YES
TERDAY.
Moiitgomoy K*y hood*..
Co-1* In htinlt
Hnvimuah, rinierlvus nn>l
M nt« m*ry i *y Mo k-.
ttllle rcrtlVablP
Accounts doe a*
Bank of Amerleue stock..
Other otoekN n:nJ bo ids....
e»»
Ilf bo; 40
►70,430 CO
if
1I.W 7#
70,133 CO
41300 00
l.Ci.'.t2fc2
UABIUTIKO.
Capital «toe It *1,094(00
Bill* peyeb • SMWtt
Profit and lose 2B9JM 92
Real eeta.e bond* 7SjOO> vO
AffoonU wo owe |-.\Y77 «2
IT’S OUR ROBBY.
Don’t think becabse you bear us oonatantiv talking FINE
CLOTH1NQ that we sell nothing else.
Tho fact ia we are selling at wonderfully'low prices «Tery
day quite a number of as handsome costumes for Ladies, day ana
evening wear as you would care to see.
Goodi, Black aad Flgirtd Lawns, Soft MuiUnt, Lactt. Ubjoidttiti, Raaflu
Hosiery, Coneti, Ribbons aad Qlovu, which yon positively cannot find at
our prices elaewhere.
, on our own account per-
; now we have "waxed
w to eroee swords
in honest competition with any house in the State.
The foregoing IS A FACT, as applied to our Dry Goods Trade:
UUI vwvwmvsw.
We entered the Dry Goods arena here, or
haps a little tiinidly, jlWt 4 yaani ago. not
strong" in tho cause, ana an willing, yea, an
But Clothing-
Our
That is Fine, Perfeot-Fitting Clothing, is
Hobby.-
Why? Because no one else sells really good fitting Clothing
here. That's why.
We may be young, even giddy, in some thing*, but when it comes
to Clothing, we are “an old hand at the biz," aud our tasteful aeleo-
tions and nobby styles catch the eye of the judicious and tasteful
buyer every time.
Just Opened, at reduced prices, for this week.
MO Hu's Flea Black StaWaa Ceati aad Veits, la lUfalan, Extra Itaati aad Mra
Longs, at 05 per Cost aad Veil, Hnatriy 17.50.
175 yonne Hen’s Plain and Fancy Silk Finish Nngaa Coat* ard
Vesta, sins 88 to 8s at $3.60 par eoat and vast, formerly 00.00.
150 Fancy Cheviot and Madras Coats and Yeats, any ata wanted,
at $2.50 per coat and vest, formerly 05.00.
500 Plale aad Feacy Striped Ofiea Coats, aay site desired, at 50c each!
At 02.50! At 03.00! At 13.50! At 04.25! At 25.00!
■ — THK O MUTEST LINE OF—
7BOUS]
TOC im SAW.-
OUR PANTS,
No matter bow
yon stand or ait
THEY FIT I
HUMBUQ may deoeive the public for awhile, but aoony or
later they realize the bet that toaecure a dollar’s worth of goo^for
One Hundred Canto, thep must purchase their Dry; Goods, Clothing,
etc., from
GEO. D. WHEATLEY,
Lamar ISt. and Cotton Ave.» Americus, Ga.
Toui ii.-nutas:
Slit im report of the board of direc
tor* covering In detail the operations of
the company for the put twelve month*.
Thl* report wm very fall and rntUfno-
tory. It won made by President H. C.
Baglay, who along with hi* board of di
rectors, d*Mrve* great oredlt for their
■plendld management of the oompnny'e
affair*. In bin conclnelon . Ur. Bagley
paid n very bandtome tribute to Col. S.
H. Hawklai, wbloh wm heartily con
curred In by the etockboldere present.
Though not nn officer of tho company,
ha hM In connection with it* officer* la
bored moit earneetly and unceasingly In
Ita Internet.
After the rending of thin report which
wm ordered spread upon the minutes,
the meeting went Into the election of
dlreotors for eninlng year which result
ed In the election of tho following gen
tleman:
B. F. tistthewii. W. E. Ilawklns, H.
C. Bagley, 8. Modlgomery, G. U. Byne,
J. H. Pharr, W. A. Dodson, W. 8. Glllls,
8 W. Coney, P. C. Clegg, B. P. Ilollis,
W. M. Hawke*, J. W. Sheffield.
A directors m**ting for tba purpose
of organliaMoo wm held Immediately
oa adjournment, which rssnltad la the
reflection of the following offieers:
H. C. Bagley, president; P. C. Clegg,
vioo-praeldent; T. F. Gatewood, se
tary and ttMsnrcr.
Pittsbubo, P*., July a—[Special ]—
A most detpoMte battle bae been waging
between the striker* and Pinkerton da-
tecUvM at Carnegie’* steel work*, Ilome-
■tead, Pennsylvania.
There are at leMt; twenty working,
men dead and half ns many detective*.
The workingmen have the Plnkertora
completely st bay and I 1 . Is believed that
they will nil be kilted before reinforce
meats arrive.
The Latest Report.
Homestead, Pa., July 0.—Tb* latest
reports show twenty-live striker* killed
sod thirty wounded this morning.
The captain of the Pinkerton* Is dead
and seventeen of the detectives. Twenty-
five an wounded.
The Pinkertons are eompltltly at the
mercy of the strikers.
The nestMtaa.
Pittsbi'ro, Pa., July Ataatarly
hour this morning three hundred Pinker
ton detectives art Ived In Pittsburg from
la the Rate,
It will bn earn from tbo
nbawbart that the friends of Capt. John
L. Addarton have put him squarely la
tba race for tit* legislature; and propose
to stand by him until the primary polls
e. Captain Addarton hM thepraa-
tlgeof ih* first announcement; end is
to for tb* only candidate announced,
though several othsrs an “still hunting,”
aad may bn announced In a few days.
Captain Addarton In so widely and favor
ably known from bin long residence In
8umtar, and his pablle services In the
legislature and tb# city council, that tbo
ban announcement of his candidacy is
sufficient to rally stored him a strong
following, which bis friends eonfldtntly
insert, will Insure his nomination with
out trouble when the day rolls round.
It Is superfluous to My anything In the
way of commendation of Captain Adder-
ton; hie record It hie strongest card, and
Is known to ovary voter la Sumter
county.
JEFF D. AVERA,
317 Lamar Street.
I keep a good (took of fancy and
family
GROCERIES
and will sell them at the lowest
market prices. Prompt attention
yiren to all orders left with me.
Goods delivered free anywhere in
the city.
Telephone 1?5.
the)
They wet* quickly marched to tba
Mooongebela river, what* they war*
loaded on bargee and shipped to Horn*
stead at IIS o’clock.
The news of their arrival spraid rap
Idly, aad when the steam tug Tldt, tow,
lug the barges, arrived at Homestead,
there wet* 5,000 waiting to meat them
A* soon m the Pinkertons attempted
to land there they ware mat by a firm
refusal from the men, r.nd n battle fol
lowed .
The Pinkerton* opened fire, end nt tbs
first volley two workmen fall.
Tbi* enraged the crowd and thay boro
down on tba Pinkerton* with resletisM
force.
Io the eecond battle the Pinkerton men
tried to get Mbore. They met n hot fire
and sustained great lose. The captain
was fatally wounded.
In the next engagement Henry Struglo
wa* killed and some wounded.
The workmen have built a fortlcatlon
of steel bare on the river bank and over
n thousand men nr* In It
Already four of tho lockout men have
been killed. The men rolled barrels tf
oil to tbo river to burn out tbo Pinker-
tons*
Six more of the Homestead men war*
shot at the attempt at 8 o’clock.
Tbo captain of tba tug I* dead and on*
of Pinkerton’* men Is dead.
A cannon hM been brought Into piny
by the strikers.
The steamer earn* down tb* river
shortly before 11 o'clock ibis morning
to taka off tbo Pinkerton* who wen Im
prisoned In their barge. A fusilad* be
gan In which the strikers, Pinkerton*
and persooe oa tbo tug took pert, The
pilot of the steamer wm killed. Tbs
driven off and proceeded down
tbo river.
ABOUT THE CENTRAL.
r AfpelsIsS nils B.relvsr efthe Read.
Savabbah, Ga., July 4.—Today
Judge Emory Spear, of tb* United StatM
circuit court, appointed President H. 11.
Comer sole receiver of the Central Rail
road rad Ban'tlng Company. This wm
the result of a bill presented to him by
coosatl for tb* creditors. Including the
Speysr people, who desired the existing
anomalous state of affair* to and by the
appointment of a single permanent re
ceiver. All parties to tb* bill signaled
Ur. Corner as th* parson whom thay de
sired appointed. He wm unwilling to
accept without tho unanimous
of hit fellow directors. They met this
morning and gave their assent aad tba
order wm nt once Issued. The bearing
making the receivership permanent will
take place at Macon on July 14.
This is tbo first step toward n reor
ganization of the property. It I* under
stood that the leased roads In tba Cen
tral's system wlU probably accept
lower rate of Interest than they have
heretofore received, which la not Justi
fied by their earning capacity,
Mr. Corner wm not present at tba
meeting today. Judge Adams, whose-
him to How York, told th*
director* that tbs failure to rata* money
in Now York wm do* to tbs belief that
tba Central should undergo soma form
of reorganisation, It being tba opinion
of finaaeisn that tba. arstem b too
nStd
AND IXECUTED AN INGENIOUS LIT
TLE SCHEME
T» Let Us riwli mralsh tbs Money
Ho Would Do lb* Rost—Tho Prv.U
of a Colored Sac lot jr Loaded In Jail Tn-
Mbf.
Another colored “society” hMOome to
financial grief, and ita preaidant la In
mourning behind the barn of tho Sumter
county jell, while the fleeced mem
bewail their fate and cry lustily for
geace.
It Is no nnusual occurrence—this ap
propriating of funds of such societies,
but this time It seems to bave been no-
oompUshed In an exceedingly novel and
Ingenious manner.
The whole buslaoM hinges on n money
rnfe of n new pattern, Invented and con
structed by Jacob Mlnold, one of tbs
originators of the society and president,
The society's membership bolds forth
down In the neighborhood of Liberty
hall. It I* or wm nn organlMUon of
colored people for the purpose of saving
and making money. Jacob Mlnold
painted la glowing hoM how all who
joined would prosper. Ho stated
tide# the Individual savings they could
give festival* aad the Ilka and this
money would bn squally divided.
II* then showed thorn his scheme
which Insured that no ebeaUng and
fraud could b* possible. H* had built
aftarloog labor a regular safe. Tb*
outskta wm wooden, but Inside of this
wm a Mg Iron box, that mad* tba whole
vary heavy, Th* wooden door wm
and on lha outaide ware two
knob* fik* on n regular combination
safe, on* of them havings pointer and n
circle of number* around It.
Inside of thlswM an Iron vault to
which there ware only two keys. In the
top wm a slot through which the money
wm to be dropped. The society wm or
ganised with Mlnold as president A
secretary wm chosen to reglstor the sav
ings of each Individual. Tho two koys
were given to two women, tbo comt 1na
tion wet taught to n third woman, and
tho safe put Into the custody of still
another.
That was sovoral weeks ngo and It was
ngrood that tho safo should bo oponed
on July ftb. On th.it (Into nil tho mem-
ben were present except Uio president.
The women who knew tbo com
bination went to work and
the machinery clicked away.
The catch refused to work although they
knew they set the combination like It
wm taught them. Might before last
they eaught tb* president and made him
It Inside was $i SO, whercM the
books of tbn secretary showed up
over til
Llefit. Wick Wheeler aaJ Policeman
BUI 8mltb showed up on tbo scene and
the president wm landed In jell. They
tried to tako tb* safe along m evidence,
but they didn't Officer Smith My* It
weighs 1,000 pounds.
Thay than axamlnad the safe. Mlnold
showed them bow to open It. When one
knob wm turned a catch bald the door
L- Behind the nomMnntton knob wm
iplyn rochet arrangement, and the
iblnatloa business wm all n blind.
On tb* back elds of tbs oafs wm a falls
panel that by a little juggling In the
right pines could b# removed. Just In
is a little wire wbleb, when
pallfidg unlocked tbo door#
Mlnold I* nn InvnnUvn genius, and the
workmanship la s marvel. Thar* wm
much bewailing In the neighborhood of
Liberty Hall yesterday. Tbs president
Is surely a slick ciUxen.
Alorh Doorao's Trial.
In superior court yesterday morning
tho trial of Altek Duncan for tbo murder
of James Barrow wm taken up, and wm
continued nil day. A number of wit-
nesses warn examined for the stats,
soaking to prove that tbn shooting wm
asprovoknd. Foity witness** In nil
have been subpoenaed.
Tba state Is rapraaantad by Solicitor
Hudson, Dupont Guarry, W. II. Kim
brough, and Wheatley A Fitzgerald.
B. V. Hollis aad Hinton A Cults repre
sent tb* defendant.
*up-
TitKTKIAI. COMM l)KI>.
Hr. A. II. Illlikl- an.I Mr. I’a.rnpnrt 1
*7.00 Knrh.
Tho trials of Dr. J. II. Hinkle, Dr.
I). Hinkle and Mr. II. K. D.ivenp.if|
concluded before Major Pi-
ley In the presence of s In „•
tertlay morning.
Mery Sheppard, a negro girl,
that sho was at the door ai.il heard I
“d—n rascal” passed; but she did
know which one said It. .she saw Mr.
Davenport thrust hlk hand tn hi
and draw out eomethlog that i
posed was a knife and strike at Dr.
U. Hinkle. Thinking lu> was rutting
the doctor to piece* she ran out to give
the alarm.
Ur. Ensign testified that ho
Ing, and saw a disturbance going on.
He saw Ur. Davenport strike st I)r. A.
U. Illnkle, and saw Dr. J. B. Hinkle
ruth up and seise his son, preventing
him from striking Mr. Davenport. Mr.
Davenport drew something from his hip
pocket and struck at tba younger phy*l-
clan. Mr. Ensign thought It »■« *
pistol and rushed out and shouted for
tho police.
Ur. Davenport said that.In justlc* to
Dr. J. B. Hinkle the latter merely tried
to stop the difficulty.
As th* testimony of tbeso witnewte*
and the statement of Mr. Davenport bum-
talned Dr. J. B. Hinkle's claim that lie
was merely acting as peacemaker, the
iso against hint was dismissed,
Tho evidence that Mr. Davenp
tered Dr. Hinkle's office In an i
manner, In connection with the
mony previously given as to the events
following, wa* regarded by the mayor
pro tom. as Indicating that Ur. Daven
port was the aggressor; bnt on sccount
of tho conflict In their evidence, both
combatants were lined the nominal sum
of f 7.50 and costs.
This disposition of the caso seems to
Imvo boon satisfactory to the public If
not to tho principals; and tho action of
tho mayor pro tern. In Imposing the
snmo lino nn both bollgorrnts, thus mak
ing it a drawn battle, still leaves unaf
fected by a judicial decision the claim
of both sides, that each wns the victor
In tho contest.
BUTLER & BERRY.
P
WRATH Kit Itrl'ORT
t-, probably clearing
Tba members of th* Americas Light
Infantry will have a prize drill at
TMaday night oatU sosm oa* wins threa
(juju |q lacceifiion, wtico lb# finootfisfnl
contestant will .raoalvn th* handsome
water service presented th* eompnay by
Mr. C. A. Frlcker. Charlie Von Riper
woo last Tuesday nlgbL
Bailiff Parker cam* up from Albany
yesterday la charge of Joe Slatons who
wm wanted kart for bating two of Us
Hebrew friends arrested or a fata*
rg*. Ha gave a MOO bond to appear
before Jadga Mathews Saturday sfter-
C. H. Camp, wt
beating and swindling on a
sworn oat by II. D. Watte, muled the
ha
for
fruit** When they get
better thno Georgia IVa
or IIutlcranciUTry Jelly,
thing to matt
continue to buy and »<
Jar. Monday no rece
go ahead—“utew ami
■train,'* and we*ll min
and QV* but th« one
well; and It*a rndwtf
price at the Art at an 1
Butler* Bn
•*r»»H Kvll that men da
ke»l nt our
mi folks aril
her “yi-N, Mad-
tho old sfyle
up Noincthlng
•» anil l'oach©*
_. wre’II got Koine*
In th© meanwhile we
he Mmum Fruit
d a new lot, to
aweeten and
»t only the “P*i
If gal. J.iri aa
tl'**y’rr under*
We ba ve nothing to remark on
thoiio "pofit-mortem hhadow**'— the U
& II ghost* that may haunt Our earthly
habitations—but me have determined If
they try to'put all the good Bargains—
good Qualities and Styles from the Ar
tesian Corner In any one or two graves—
they will have to dig It deep enough to
reach down to China—and even there
the pig tailed Celestial will brag on our
10s Rat Traps, 20o Stone Tea Tots our
Fine Tea Sets and acknowledge that we
have “got the best” ol Cldu.t—without
a treaty, and will anxiously n»k for the
Itogerliroe. MSI7’ Silver-wate, h* ocoe
refused to take the old timo "Trade
Dollar" And will buy matches at lc a
box, and lustexd of lightiog Hie deadly
opium pipe, he will light a tire in a "it
A Ii” stovo and then smoke lu pipe
“alio satneo Amellcus man near the Ar
tesian Corner of
Butler A Berry of Amt
Have Von BVarObssrewl—
How much warmer It Is In Summer
than in Wlnteif Just thick here's all
of July yet- then August—September
sud October—do you recollect what a
It-ia-ter last October wa? Not ooly for
, but for us Stow. If you don't want
to bo Baked for four months yet—tnao-
late yourself from ‘heated shocks —with
our summer non-conductors—such, fo
instance, a* the Gurney Refrigerator—
Have you ever used a Gurney Kefi
tot? You have 'eh? Well we
mention thone. Have you used a 1
Freezer? Yes— '.bey'ie good
they? And you 11*0 have a Oa
Water Cooler well you'r lucky lad
jw Just get a Fly Fan and a Gem
Shaver and Invite your North Pole
tlvew down to see you. while tbo
is comfortable And feed them on 1
wichea made out of nut-Crsckor>
Sardlae can-opener* from the Ar
1 ,iner of
Butler .