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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
VOLUME 8
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1898.
NUMBER 23
$15,000PO
•worth of—
BRY GOODS!
-to be closed out-
MISS WINNIE DAVIS
HAS PASSED AWAY
Daughter of the Confederacy
Cold In Death.
EAD BEEN ILL SOME TIME
COST FOE CASH
We are going out of the Dry Goods business.
Big lot of Hlaokat-, both Id wool and I Lot of Kid Gloves, all aiasa, all oolors
cct'.on, to oloie oat at coat.
lig lot of Comfort, and Counterpanes,
ill qualities. These goodsat cost.
We have au elegant line of Braid Sets,
Pa.sem>-ntariea. Silk and Wool Braids,
Plain and Fanoy Velvets for dress
trimmings, to close ont at oost.
rirasols at your own price, and Silk Um
brellas, a good atoek, to eloae at oost,
We have a fine lice of Ladies Knit Un
derwear both in eotton and wool;
these to go at cost. Also Children’s
Knit Underwear.
lig lots of Laces aud Embroideries to
close nut at cost. These were bought
very low to commence with.
and different prices, to go at cost.
A few more of those silk and wool ready
made 8kirt* to elose out at oost.
Beat and biggest line of Ribbons In
nearly all shades and widths, to close
at cost
Red, wbi e, bine and blaok Wool Flan'
nels to go right along with everything
else at oost; also big lot of Eiderdown
Hosiery for ladles, misses' and chil
dren, all prices and all sizes, to go at
cost.
Plenty of Androsooggln Tard Wide
Bleaching at Sic; less than cost.
Ladies' Oxford Ties at almost your own
price See them.
Thousands of small nrtioles we haven’t
space to mention, but everything In
Dry broods side at oost.
Make your fall bill with us; you can buy anything in
Dry Goods at cost.
From this date our books will be closed, positively no
goods charged to anyone until further notice.
Allen & Sheffield,
E. D. SHEFFIELD, Manager.
THE WAR IS OVER
But cut prices on Summer Footwear are still on
AT RYLANDER’S. Fall stock of Shoes for
Ladies, Men and Children arriving daily.
The Latest Styles In
GENTS-.
FINE HATS
At Lowest Prices, at
Arthur Rylander’s.
Corner Lamar and Jackson Street.
“Standard"
Electric Clocks
* are bound to take the place of
weight and spring clocks, just
as stem wind watches £have
taken the place of the oldjatyle
key wind.
They do not have to be wound; or [re
paired, and are the moat accu
rate timekeepers made.
FOB BALE BX
James FricSer &M
to# Jewelers* ••
Americas, t iGa.
Mother Watched Constantly at Her
Bedside and Frequent Rallies Gave
Hope That She Would Recover, but
the Grim Reaper Woa.
Narraoansett Pier, Sept. 19 Miss
Winnie Davis, daughter of Mrs. Jeffer
son Davis, is dead at the Rockingham
hotel, to which place the came as a
guest in the early part of the social
season. She had been ill for several
weeks and a fortnight ago her ailment
was diagnosed as malarial gastritis.
At times her condition became very
serious, so that consnltations of physi
ciaus were deemed necessary, but fre
quent rallies gave renewed hope that
she'wonld ultimately recover.
Mrs. Davis had watched unremit
tingly at her daughter’s bedside and she
is now bowed with sorrow. Mrs. Davis
is holding up with great calmness in her
affliction and no fears are at present en
tertained of her health yielding to the
strain.
Miss Annie Varina Da via, affection
ately called “Winnie” and “The Daugh
ter of the Confederacy,” was born in
Richmond in 1894, while her fatherwas
president of the Southern Confederacy.
She was a handsome girl, large and
stately, with bine eyes and light brown
hair.
< She had literary talent of a high or
der and wrote for a number of periodi
cals. Ho woman of the south was more
endeared to ita people. She possessed
intelligence, culture and refinement.
She was educated In Germany.
Her last appearance in pnblio was
during the recent confederate veterans'
reunion in Atlanta, when she was the
recipient of every attention.
Brigade For General Oatee.
Montgomery, Ala, Sept. 31.—A let
ter from Brigadier General Oates, dated
at the camp at Middletown, Pa., con
veys the information that he has been
assigned by Major General Graham,
commanding, to the Second brigade of
the First division of the Second army
corps. The brigade is composed of the
Fourteenth Pennsylvania, Third Con
necticut and Two Hnndred and Second
How York regiments. General Oates
writes that he believes no more troops
will be mastered out excepting those
already designated until the senate,
next December, ratifies the treaty with
Spain. _
. A British Vessel Wrecked.
Mcbii.f., Sept. 15.—The British hark
Buteshire j was totally wrecked last
night on the sonth coast of Chandeleur
island. Captain Cnrtis and crew were
saved. The vessel was bound from
Bnenos Ayrea to Ship island and wu
uninsured.
NAVAL MEN SHODLD
HAVE FULL CONTROL
Cause of the Errors In Army
Transportation by Sea.
A BRITISH ATTACHE TALES
mi y y nn
or
Colds
When the children get their
feet wet and take cold give them
a hot foot bath, a bowl of hot
drink, aldose of Ayer’s Cherty
Pectoral and pet them to bed.
The chances are they will be
all right in tbfc morning. Con
tinue the Cherry Pectoral a few
dayi, until all cough has dis
appeared.
Old coughs are alio cured;
we mean the coughs of bron
chitis, weak thrrrts and irritable
lungs. Even the hard coughs
of consumption are always
made easy and frequently cured
by the continued use of
Ayers
ipieppy
pectoral
Every doctor knows that wild
cherry bark I* the beat remedy
known to medical science for
toothing and healing inflamed
throats and lungs.
Put ana ot
Dr. Ayer’s
Cherry Pectoral
Plasters
over your lungs
The Best Medical
Advice Treat
W« bow luvo soBio of tfio mort rail*
Captain Paget Submits a Report to
fils Government on the Late War.
In Which He Criticizes Admiral
Cervera For Trying to Escape.
Washington, Sept. 31.—Captain Al
fred Paget. British naval attache a*
signed to observe operations dnring the
recent campaign in the West Indies, is
engaged here in assembling the large
mass, of material gathered in Cube and
in supplementing this with the official
data now being supplied by the navy
department He will spend most of the
fall in getting together the material for
bis report to the British admiralty,
which will he on exhaustive treatment
of the nuvai branch of the campaign,
with considerable attention to tho mill
tary branch, owing to the joint opera
tions of the two branches daring several
stages of the war, aud particularly in
the siege of Santiago.
Speaking informally today of some of
his observations, Captain Paget said it
bad been shown quite clearly I
naval branch of the service should have
complete control of all army transports-
lips by sea. Ia the British service all
transports ore under the control of the
admiralty. When troops are to be
shipped the war ofilcials make known
to the admiralty the number of the men
in the expedition, the divisions into in
fantry, cavalry and artillery, and the
varione requirements of the several di
visions. It then becomes the duty of
the naval branch to provide the trans
ports, carry the troops, keeping the sev
eral divisions distinct auu with their
proper equipment, and provide all (ap
plies required for' the trip. A naval
officer, usually a lieutenant commander
ou the retired list, is placed in com
mand of each transport, it being impos
sible to secure proper service from mer
chant captains. The naval branch also
conducrs all loading aud unloading of
troops and supplies It is not until the
troops are on laud that the army an'
'thoritios assume direction of affairs.
Plan We ehnulil Adopt.
This practice, in general operation
with all large countries, particularly
tft&e having colonial possessions, conld
be adopted with advantage by thiscoun-
try, in Captain Paget e opinion, as uraoh
or the confusion in the transportation
and in landing of the army aud supplier
was doe to the inexperience of the mer
chant captains of transports, and to the
direction of all sea transportation by
the army rather than by the navy.
Captain Paget's report will devote
much attention to the destruction of
Admiral Carrera's fleet, ns this was the
main naval incident of the war. He is
securing from the navy department
complete reports of the gunnery of the
American .hips with a view of showing
the importance of “the man behind the
gnu.” Certain Paget's personal view
is that Admiral Cervera's sortie was a
most foolbaidy venture, which cannot
be justified by naval standards, even
though ordered by the admiral’s supe
riors
According to Captain Pagot'i view,
the most effective uso Admiral Cervera
could have made of his squadron was to
have dismantled them of ail the lighter
guns, particularly the quick fires, and
tamed over gaits and men to General
Total for use in defending the city.
These quick tiro guns, some 100 or more,
distributed along the entrenchments,
and handled by the trained men ot the
squadron, would have been able to sus
tain a deadly fire on the American
advance.
Wbnt Might Have Been.
,'Captain Paget expresses the belief
that soch a move would have modo San-
no doulbt starvation ami disease wonld
have broken down the Spanish defense
In time, bat Cervera's gans could have
held the town from u defeat by assault.
In case of a sortie from the harbor. Cap
tain Paget shares tho view of American
naval 'officers that tho sortie should
have been mode at night. If attempted
in daylight the Spanish ships should
have ’directed their attention to thi
American transports, as they furnished
a vulnerable point where great havoc
could have been wrought.
'In any event, whether transports or
oar warships were attacked, Captain
Paget maintains that the Spanish policy
should have been to rush at onr ships,
taking them unawares before steam was
E it up and taking the risk of loes so
ng as some damage was inflicted.
Had this plan been adopted, he thinks
it might have resulted in the ramming
and sinking of one or more of onr ships.
Captain Paget speaks highly of oar
new battleships and cruisers, particu
larly those now on the stocks. He says
foreign naval experts long ago recog
nized that Austrian warships ocnld be
bnilt in the United States, although he
does not admit that onr ships yet excel,
or even equal those ot British bniid. In
this connection a prominent American
naval officer recently told Captain Pia
get that the cruiser Hew Orleans,
bought in England during the early
stages of the war, was a revelation to
the aathorities here in so far aa her
guns and armament are concerned.
Knds Ilia Life by Morphine.
Columbus, Ga., Sept lft-Hcnry Ty
ler, a white man, 88 years of age, sal-
cided by taking morphine at a disrepu
table hoc.o on upper First avenno.
Nine months ago ins- brolher, Enoch
Tyler, wns shot to death on the streets.
Recently one of his sisters was sent to
the asylum. He has been gr. atly wor
ried by. his troubles and this probably
caused him to lake his life.
FIVE THOUSAND ARE
ORDERED TO MANILA
Troops Now at ’Fris<
Reinforce Otis.
The Royal la thsMgfesst *ra4a baking powder
Sanaa. Actul testa show it goal oaa.
third farther Ikon any ether brand.
ONE SOUTHERN REGIMENT
Army Officers Think the Soldiers Are
Sent to Awe the Rebels Should
Demonstration Be Made After the
Decision at Paris.
Washington, Sept 19.— Five regi-
meets now at San Francisco have been
ordered to Manila. Arrangements for
their transportation will bo made at
once.
The regiments ordered to Manila are
the following: Fifty-first Iowa, Twen
tieth Kansas, First Tennessee, First
Washington and u detachment of the
Second Oregon.
It was stated at the war department
that no exigency had arisen which made
it necessary to send tho troops now at
San Francisco to Munilu, bat the order
issued today was m accordance with the
:eueral jam of the department regard-
ag a garrison for the Philippines. That
plan of garrison duty included 30,000
men for the Philippines, 13,500 for
Porto Rico and 00,000 for Caba.
The troops to be sent to Manila nnder
today’s order will fulfill the complement
for that station. The troops would have
been sent before, it was said, exoept
that the department was awaiting the
•etum of transports. It is not expected
that troops now at Honolulu will ooroni-
pany these to be embarked at San Fran
cisco, bat that more troops will be sent
to Honolulu in the near future.
.The war department, thla afternoon,
amended the orders to the dispatch of
reinforcements to the Philippines so as
to increase the number by 1,181 privates
aud 86 officer*. These are made up of
four companies of the Twonty-thlrd in
fantry and recruits for the Tenth Penn
sylvania, First Nebraka and First Colo
rado.
Acting War Secretary Melklejobn de
nied that tho sending of the men is
made necessary by the gravity of tho
situation. He explained that possibly
the president desires to relieve seme
regiments now on duly in the Philip
pines.
General Otis’ cablegrams do not indi
cate a need of additional troops, but
army officers think reinforcements will
be sent to awe the insurgents jdionid u
demonstration bo made alter tho de
cision of the peaco commissioners.
Cotton Planter* to Meet.
Columbia, S. O., Sept. 10 — The State
Cotton Growers' convention will meet
here next Tuesday. President Wilboru
of the association says that advices from
varions sections of the state indicate
that the atteiidnnco will be large. Mat
ters of importance to cotton growers
wilt be discussed. The convention pro-
poses to take decisive action in regard
to the handling of cotton tor the fann
ers iu the state. The mutter of minc
ing the acreage will also bo discossed.
Drmocrnts Name Firming.
Augusta, Ga , Sopt. 15.—The Demo-
static convention of the Tenth congres-
lional district m6t here today to nonii
ante a candidate for congress. There
was no opposition to Congressman W.
H. Fleming and he was unanimonsly
nominated
Dr. Hnrnett Is No More.
Atlanta, Sept. 31.—Rev. Dr. E. II.
Barnett, for 15 years pastor of the First
Presbyterian church in this city, has ex
ilred after several weeks’ illness with
^right's disease. He waa bom in Vtr-
ginia 58 years ago
POWDER
Absolutely Pure. >'
ROYAL BAtCfM POWOtW CO., WtW VOBK.
CAPTAIN CAPRON IS
DEAD AT FORT MYEB
A Santiago Hero Snoonmbs to
Typhoid Fever.
HE WAS BORN IN FLORIDA
Figures Don’t Lie.
It doesn’t take
much knowledge
of mathematics
to figure out the
facts about that
dread disease —
consumption.
Statisticians long
ago demonstrated
that one • seventh
of all the deaths
in Chiislemlotu
each year may he
safely attributed
to consumption and allied
diseases.
There is an almost certain
cure and a positive prevent
ive for this fatal disease if
taken in time. The story of
what it will do is told id the
following letter:
" About twn ami a half years
Cist—~ sco, when I was at Fist Lick,
Ky.," writes 1. WV Jordan, Esq.,
pf Corbin. Whitley Co., Ky.,"I waa taken with
severe paios in the chest, after which I beqan to
spit up blood and was also troubled with nljrht
sweats. I was so short winded that t could
hardly srslk half a mile at once, and 1f I got the
least bit wearied, I would have an attack of
phthisic (asthmai and almost die for about two
or three days. I concluded to try Dr. R. V.
Pierce, and l related lay case to him. He wrote
me that I should lake his * Golden Medical Dis-
I began using it and used about sin
I began loser that ii waa helping me;
so concluded to contl-me Its use. 1 dia so and
have improved both In >treu(th and in weight,
ii hare not had the phthisic, nor spit up any
blood itnce lost spring."
This great remedy—Dr. Picrce’a Golden
Medical Discovery—cures 98 per cent, of
'all laryngial. bronchial, throat and kindred
affections wbicb, if neglected lead up to
consumption. It strengthens -the stomach
and makes the appetite keen and hearty.
It invigorates the liver and aid* the natural
processes of secretion and excretion. It
makes the assimilation of the food perfect
■ is the great blood • maker and Sesb-
builder. Honest dealers will not wge you to
take a substitute said to be “just as good.”
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Cloth binding ten cents extra. It is
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tost of mailing
Hade the Artillery Branch of Servloe
a Special Study and Did V.vlnabla
Work For His Country During the
Recent War.
Washington, Sept. 19.—Oaptaln Al
ly® Capron, First artillery, ia dead al
his home near Fart Myar, ya.
Captain Capron waa ont of the beat
known officer* In the regular army. He
had devoted himself particularly to the
artillery branbh of the servioe, having
been an honor graduate of the artillery
school iu 1673, and was regarded aa an
authority on artillery taotics. When
General Shatter’s corps went to Santi
ago Captain Capron accompanied it and
his battery did notably fine work in tho
battle of Santiago.
Dnring the first day’* fight before tho
city'Captaln Capron’* son. Captain Al-
M. Capron of the rough riaors, was
sd. The death of his son preyed
upon the tether’s mind, bat he nover
swervodforuu instant from hi* duty
dmiug tho terrible day* that followed.
The sied* ot disease were sown in his
system daring the Cuban campaign and
ho returned to his homo at Fort Myor,
near this city, only to be stricken down
with typhoid fever.
Captain Capron was born in Florida
and entered the military academy aa a
cadet in 1803. After graduation be waa
made a second lien tenant of the First
artillery on Jnue 17, 1807, and waa' an
officer of that regiment until hi* death.
Nonunion Atvii Driven Away.
Cleveland. Sept, 31.—Anpther In
effectual attempt was made today by
the officials of the American Wire com
pany to take nonunion men into the
mill. Fifteen mninnionists, mostly
Poles, scoompsuled by two of the com
pany's officer", started to inarch from a
street cur to tbe plant. They were met
by 150 strikers, who were doing picket
tfinty around tho mill, aud driven away.
The police allege that no violence bad
been attempted and refused to arruif
any of the strikers.
No Successor to Bay Yet.
Washington, Sept. 31.—A successor .
to John Hay as ambassador to Great
Britain lias not boon selected. The re
port that Representative R. R. Hitt of
Illinois, chairman of tho house foreign
Affairs committee, is under considera
tion, is without foundation.
Dunknrda Come to Georgia.
8prinow*ld, O., Sept. 19.—Dnnkard*
have bought several thousand acre* in
Georgia and will plant a large oolony
then.
That
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