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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
VOLUME 9
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1899.
NUMBER 19
I AM NOW IN NEW YORK CITY
SELECTING MY
Fall and Winter Stock
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
SHOES,
HATS, &c. . .
I WILL have the coming season one of the ver
oest and most; attractivcstocks ever shown in
Americus, and it will be to your advantage to bear
this in mind ard act accordingly.
In the meantime I have left instructions at home
to use every means possible to reduce my stock so as
to make room for what I am buying here. I am well
aware that the greatest inducement which can be
offered is a low price—that you will rind at my place.
Price is a Secondary
Consideration
on all Summer Goods. What I want done is to move
the goods and get the money.
Call at my store for bargains in every line.
Yours truly,
REPORTS ON COTTON
FROM EIGHT STATES
Texas Crop Short and In a
Bad Way Generally.
MUCH INJURY BY DROUTH
LEE ALLB NT
STEAM GINNERY.
of Council & McCiarrah,
C1ERICUS,
GEORGIA.
Will Commence Ginning
Thursday Morning, August 17th.
Entire plant has been thoroughly overhauled and put
first-class condition. Patronage ol all planters {respect-
ly solicited. COUNCIL & HcGARRAH.
INSOMNIA
is a foe to Iiealtli and strength, without
you hud some relief.
■ Tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep:
lie to the world hts ready visits make, when
Fortune smiles the wretched he forsakes,
swift on his downy pinions Mies from woe
And liRhts on Uds unsulted by a lc*r.'
Some take sulfoual and some take
plienacetine, some bromide or potas
sium and others whatever their physi
cians prescribe, bat in auy case you
will find anything you want in the line
of pure drugs at our store, and your
physician's prescriptions will be tilled
to the letter at fair prices.
Hudson’s JBS-
EVI TOWER.
[he Undertaker
and
Furniture] Dealer
c '‘- attend your orders day
night, Don’t fail to call
6a THE old reliable
r, '- r ‘ you want the best goods
prompt work. Prices to
’“it the times
LEVI TOWER,
Allea ( Honse Block.
————Me————
W-L. DOUGLAS
SHOES tkVMd
$5.00, $4.00,
$3.50, $3.00,
$2.50, $2.25,
FOIt MEN.
$2.50, $2.00,
$1.75,
FOlt BOVS.
All th* Istsit Styles
Every kind of Leather
>rice, Comfort, and Durability
points to be considered in buying
roes. W. I* DOUGLAS shoes are
le equal of any $6 or f7 shoe sold
. a custom shoemaker; they fit well,
d will wear as long as two pairs of
leapershoe*.
nner sole when buying.
For Sale bv
M’MATH BROS.
Alabama and Tennease* SulTar Heavy
Losses as a Result of Rust and the
Iutense Heat Which Has Prevailed
For Several Weeks.
Memphis, Aug. 24.—Special telegrams
from reliable correspondents of The Ap«
neal this morning report the condition
of the cotton crop in the principal cot
ton producing states to be as follows:
Texas—The Texas cotton crop is in a
very bad way just now and there seems
no hope of redemption for the first crop.
The plant has now withstood the drouth
for seven weeks; on July 1 the crop was
estimated to be ten days late; receipts
at Houston aro now far ahead of the
last season, same date, evidencing rapid
opening. Reports from every county
in the state received by The Post teil of
shedding, rust auti irom many of them
report or insect damage. A majority of
the buyers aud the brokers recently in
terviewed esrintite the cotton crop at
from 2,600.000 to 2,800,000 bales. The
former figure is believed to be nearer
the mark thau the latter.
Arkansas—The torrid weather con
tinues without abatement thronghont
this section and incalculable damage is
being done corn aud cotton crops. In
some sections no rain has fallen for four
weeks, and crops are literally horning
up. A reliable estimate on the damage
to cotton is: River and bottom crops
have qot suffered greatly and will-be
about 15 per cent short, while the hills
and bayon districts are severely dam
aged and will be 30 per cent short.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory—In
the Indian Territorv the crop' is in good
condition and in Oklahoma they have
the finest crop of both corn aud cotton
they have ever hod.
Louisiana—In the majority of the
cotton growiug parishes of the state
the condition of the crop has improved
somewhat as compared with last week.
Complaints of shedding, however, are
still nnmerons.
Mississippi—The condition of the cot
ton crop in this section and adjoining
counties in comparison to last year will
show a decrease of 8 to 10 per cent in
acreage.
Alabama—Cotton experts here who
have received reports from all over the
state declare that the crop us a whole
has been injured at least 10 per cent by
the severely hot and dry weather during
Angnst.
Tennessee—Cotton has suffered ma
terially in per ceutage of condition from
rust and the intense heat, causing pro-
mature opening; the crop is openiug
rapidly and picking, which has already
begun, wi 1 be general during the com
ing week. In some sections the dronth
conditions are again becoming serious.
THIRD WEEK CLOSES
WITH EXCITING SCENE
Testimony of Colonel Maurel
Flatly Contradicted.
BERTILLON AGAIN HEARD
He Testifl-s as a Handwriting Expert
ant! Giv«*s His Reasons For Reliev
ing Dreyfus to Re the Author of the
Hordereau.
Rennes, France, Ang. 20. — When
the sixth session of the third week of
the second trial by conrtmartial of
Captain Alfred Dreyfus of the artillery,
on the charge of treason, began this
morning in the Lycee, M. Alphonso
Bertillon, chief of the anthropometric
department of the Paris prefecture of
police, resumed his testimony inter
rupted yesterday by the adjournment of
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
SOVH SAKWH POWOSS CO., WgW YOSK.
NEGRO REGIMENT FOR
PHILIPPINE SERVICE
Root Orders Enlistments to
Begin In Atlanta.
WHITE OFFICER SELECTED
JOE WHEELER NOW
IN THE PHILIPPINES
Expresses Himself as Being
Much Pleased.
SHOT HIS SON'S HEAD OFF!
An Ag»*d Father Kills His Son and
Claim* Self Defense.
Meridian, Miss., Aug. 28.—A tragedy
has occurred uear Boseman, an interior
postoffice 10 wiles northwest of Meri
dian, in this county. Sebe Smith, a
farmer about C5 years old, become in
volved in a quarrel a few days ago with
bis son Jacob Smith, aged 25. The
trouble was thought to have been set
tled, but it was renewed later and last
night the elder Smith obtained a shot
gun and shot the top of his son's head
off. He was captured and brought to
this city and lodged in jail.
Smith claims he shot in self defense.
PRI-MATURELY OLD.
A man ought not to feel old, or to he old
until well up towards the nineties, but
now a days you don’t see many such men.
Instead, you hear people no older than 40
or 45 who begin to complain of tired backs
and brains, of stomachs
giving out, of shattered
nerves, of lost energy,
of aversion to work.
These men have
thought more of dollars
than of health. They forget that money is
almost worthless without health to enjoy
it. If men and women willtake I)r. Pierce s
Golden Medical Discovery, they needn’t
worry much about old age. The years will
go by, but they won’t show it. This medi
cine makes digestion perfect, and changes
a disordered stomach into a healthy one
that works as Nature intended. It regulates
the liver, enriches the blood and tones the
nerves. It prevents consumption by curing
bronchitis, linj*ering coughs and bleeding
lungs. The “Discovery” contains no al
cohol; no false or uncertain stimulus; the
power it gives is the power of Nature: deep,
genuine and lasting. It does not create a
craving for stimulants. Ip serious cases of
sickness, Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.,
will give free advice and counsel to those
who write him.
“The reason I delayed writing was because I
wanted to wait one year after I Kad taken the
medicine before giving my statement, and now
1 can send a good, conscientious testimonial."
write* Chas. II. Sergeant, of Plain City, ««diwn
Co.. Ohio. ** During the summer and fall of 1896
I became ait * run-down.' nerves and stomach
were out of order. I wm to Dr. Pierce for ad
vice. He said I had general debility, and advised
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, and I
used si* bottles. Since I stopped taking ft abom
one year ago. I have uvi iw»H my
any kind, and hare been able to work every day.
Mv * motile >* nod, t can cat three nuair n
a .lay . ami I <1 “n« feel that miserable bur
iu Uic .tomach after catin*.'' *
tern tali
the court for the day.
In this case M. B-rtillon testified a, a
handwriting expert aud gave his reasons
for believing Dreyfus to be the author
of the famous bordereau, upon which
the prosecution mainly dopends to es>
tablish the charge against the prisoner.
The comic aspect of M. Bertillon’*
performance agutu appealed to the risi
bilities of the audience, though the
judges paid close attention to bis demon
strations, which were concluded at 8:;
a. in., the witness saying in a declama
tory tone:
I am convinced the writer of the
bordereau is the prisoner sitting here.’
Dreyfns heard him without flinching
ahd with an expression of disdain, which
he showed in a still more noticeable
manner when M. Demange handed him
a paper which SI. Bertillon had sub
mitted to the judges as convincing proof
of the guilt of the accused. The pris
oner perused it for a few minutes and
then handed it back with a shrug of liis
shoulders and without uttering a word.
Highly Drain .tie Nosne.
There was a highly dramatic scene
toward the end of the session. Maitre
Labori, leading counsel for the defense,
asked to have Major Freystueter, one of
the members of tlie courtmartial of lb!)4
which convicted Drey fin, called Id con
tradiction of the deposition of Colonel
Manrel, the presiding judge upon that
occasion,- who had testified that he only
read one of the doenments oat of the
secret dossier communicated to the
courtmartial.
The major, who is a finely bnilt officer
and who has a handsome, honest face,
ascended the platform with a firm step
and fearless air. When he was asked
to recount what occurred be said his
conviction o’ the guilt of the prisouer
was formed by the evidence of the ex
perts in handwriting, the deposition of
Du Paty de Clam, "and,” ho continued,
“1 must add, some slight influence was
exercised over inr mind by hearing the
secret dossier read.”
The witness was then qnestioned a*
to whether one or more of the docu
ments were road and he said they were
all read. This was in direct contradic
tion of Colonel Maurel and M. Labori
at once demanded the confrontation of
Major Freystaeter with Colonel Manrel.
The latter mounted the stand and pre
sented a miserable object, his shifty eyes
blearing out beneath heavy eyebrows
and looking aronnd him with a vicions
hang dog look.
"How do yon explain this?” asked M.
Labori.
Then the colonel, at bay, replied sav
agely:
"I said I only road one document. I
did not say only one document was
read.”
Hiss,* For Minimi.
This statement called forth an out
burst of hisses and indignant "Ohs"
from the audience, which looked upon
it as an infamons confession. The wit
ness, trembling with shame, but evi
dently determined to fight to the last,
throw a fierce look of hatred at M. La
bor! aud the audience as the gendarmes
shouted:
"Silence, silence.”
After this the andienco listened spell
bound as Major Freystaeter, In a dis
tinct voice, told exactly what the docu
ments of the dossier were and how Col
onel Manrel not only read those docu
ments but made comment upon them.
This was practically calling Manrel a
liar, and the colonel glared at the major
ferociously. Major Freystaeter, how
ever, was not dismayed and his words,
spoken in a tone of candor and fearless
ness, must have carried conviction to
every hearer.
General Mercier then asked to be
heard god placed himself by the side of
Manrel. The forbidding appearance of
these two men, both dressed in civilian
attire, was iu strong contrast with the
erect, unflinching attitudo of Frey
staeter, who wore the smart uniform of
a major of artillery, with medals on his
breast It was a remarkable scone.
President Yields to Wliat Seemed to
lie a Popular Demand and the Ex
periment Will lie Watched With
Interest Over the Country.
Washington, Ang. 80.—As a result
of the recent consnltation between the
president aud Secretary Root, orders
have been issued providing for the es
tablishment of an additional regiment
of volunteers, to be composed of negro
reernits. Lieutenant Colonel Davall,
now on dnty at the Plattsbnrg barracks.
DARIEN RIOTERS ARRESTED.
Negroes Sullen and Serious Trouble
May Yet Occur.
Darien, Ga., Aug. 85.—Henty Dele-
gal, the negro accused of rapo, baa been
conveyed to Savannah nnder a detach
ment of soldiers sent here by the gov
ernor. Everything at 1 o’clock ie qniet
at Darien. The anthoritiee are arrest
ing the ringleaders of the mob and ali
who are found with arms. At thia time
there are in jail 85.
A company of troops from Savannah,
with our local company, it here ready
for any trouble that may arise. The
arresting of so many of the mob has
filled the negroee with spite and at anr
moment they may break out Colonel
Lawton has been ordered here to* lcok
into the situation.
all probability the rioters under
will bo taken to Savannah.
A meeting of the citizens was held to
request Judge Paul Seabrook to con*
e court as soon as possible to try the
is to be made colonel of the new regi
ment, and the field and regimental offi-
here will be white men.
The headquarters of the regiment will
be McPherson barracks, Atlanta, and
the work of recruiting will begin at
once. The regiment is to be organized
for dnty in the Philippines. Command
ing General Miles recommended the es
tablishment of five negro regiments,
bat it was not deemed advisable to en
list snch a large number of negro troops
at the present time. It Is probable that
other negro regiments will be organized
if the demand for more troops becomes
argent.
Therregiment provided for is not in
cluded in the ten regiments created un
der the recent call of the president, bat
is an independent organization created
In response to the appeals mane to the
president aud the secretary of war from
loading negroes in the soath, backed op
by Democratic leaders In Georgia,
Florida and Alabama. It is understood
the new regiment will be recruited
largely iu the three atates named.
Judson Lyons and other prominent
negroes have been nrging recognition
for the negro troops with the greatest
persistency during the past two months
aud they aro gratified at the success of
their efforts
In addition to the desire on the part
of the negro troops to display their mili-
fary zeal, it is claimed that the sending
of negro troops to the Philippine! will
have a beneficial effect npon the general
situation tllero.
In the far east the impression pre
vails among the nneulighteued natives
that the negro or brown skinned races
are treated as slaves in the United
States. That is given as one nf the
reasons why the Filipinos are so stub
bornly resitting American domination
in the Philippines.
It may go a long way towards an
early settlement of the Philippine re
bellion if the natives are taught by ex
perience that the negro is a citizen of
the United States and treated as snch in
the organization of our military estab
lishment. ,
GETS FUNSTON’S COMMAND
DELECAL IS UNDER ARREST.
Safely Landed In Jail at Darien by
the. Military.
Darien, Ga, Aug. 88.—The situation
here has been simplified and the tension
relieved to a great extent by the arrest
of Henry Delegal, the mnrderer of Dep
uty Sheriff Townsend, who surrendered
to’tlie military for protection.
Wnen the sheriff’s posse and the state
troops reached the swamp where Done
gal was hiding his aged mother came
not and sequested that ha he allowed to
surrender to the soldiers, A sqnad of
soldiers was sent in with Delegal's
mother to hts hiding place and bo was
brought out.
Delegal admitted the murder, bat de
nied sending for his friends to help him
kill the whitee. He gave as his reason
for surrendering that the sheriff's posse
was poshing him so close he wanted the
military to protect him.
Delegal was brongbt here and safely
landed in jail, which is strongly guarded
by the troops.
Lightning Kills Two Negroes.
Columbia, S. C-, Ang. 28.—News has
reached here of several fatalities from
lightning on the Georgetown railroad.
A log train was loading when a thunder
and hailstorm came np. Lightning
struck near the train and is supposed to
have ran on the telegraph wires, jump
ing off to the train. Two negroes who
were holding on to the chains were in
stantly killed, while a half dosen others
were knocked down.
Convict Supervisor to Ue Dltmiased.
Raleigh, Aug. 30.—Lewis Hammell,
supervisor of the Northampton convict
farm, will be dismissed by Superinten
dent Day because of the evidence of ex
treme cruelty. Governor Russell de
manded bis dismissal. Sammeral will
also be prosecuted for cruelty, so will
Sears, the overseer, who is charged with
having killed a convict by blows on the
head with a bridle.
The General Has Been Busy Visiting
Towns—Says Country Is More Favor
able to Military Operations Than
He Supposed.
Manila, Ang. 29.— General Wheeler
haa been ordered to report to General
McArthnr. He will be given command
of General Fonston’s brigade, which
Colonel Liscnm has commanded tem
porarily. General Wheeler will prooeed
to San Fernando tomorrow, after having
spent a week in energetically visiting
the towns.
General Wheeler said to a represen-
tatsve of the Associated Press:
I am mnch pleased with the situa
tion. I think that when Major Gsneral
Otis gets more troops here be will make
rapid progress. The country is more fa
vorable for military operations than I
supposed. The impression that the
country is nnhealthy is wrong."
The railroad to Angeles will be re
stored within a week and General Mo-
Arthnr will advance his headquarters
to that point. •
THE TEXAS COTTON CROP.
Leading Banker Brazos Valley Says
It Will Be Very Short.
Galveston, Ang. 29.—ExCongress-
man D. G. Giddings of Brenham was
here yesterday. He is one of the lead
ing bankers of the Brazos valley, and is
iu a position to know as much about
crop conditions in that section a* per
haps any man in the state. When in
terrogated on the cotton prospects in
Washington county, Colonel Giddings
replied:
"Conditions are very bad now. Cot
ton has deteriorated very mnch in the
last ten days. I think tfne halfof the
nplaud cotton is already dead, stalks
aud all. 1 never before saw so mnch
dead cotton. We estimate that of the
upland cotton, at least 85 per cent was
washed oat by the flood. Since then
the droatb has killed 8n per oent more
of this npland cotton. The sconr of the
flood left the roots bare. At least one-
half of this nplaud ootton is lost beyond
redemption.'
Star Thread Mill Sold.
Athens, Ga., Ang. 89. —Commissioner
H. S. West has again sold the Star
Thread mill. The former sale to Cap-
tala James White for 156,900 was set
aside by Jadge Hassell and an upset
price of *<*5,000 set on the property.
Commissioner West has sold the prop-
erty to Captain James White for $65,-
009 and has gone to Monroe, Ga, to
present the papers to Judge Hassell,
who will no doabt confirm the sale.
The Guini>„ Fall.
Atlanta, Ang. 29.—Cal Johnson, a
negro, known as the Soath Carolina
giant, who measures 6 feet 6 inches and
weighs 360 pounds, while under the in-
flnence of liquor, fell from a 3 story
window. He lodged on aa awning and
was rescued without serious injary.
Aged Baptist Minister Dead*
Franklin, Ga., Ang. 89.—Rev. U. H.
Clark of this place i* dead of paralysia-
Ue had been ill for some time. Mr.
Clark was aboot 73 years of age. He
bud been in the active work of the min
istry for a number of years. Mr. Clark
leaves a widow and five sous.
&o ISftttiiig on floras Hue •*
Chicago, Ang. 20.—The injunction
issned Tuesday by fudge Smith re
straining betting on horse races at the
Harlem track became operative today
through the filing of the $1,000 bond
exacted at the issnance of the injunc
tion. This places betting on the Har
lem track actually nnder the ban of the
law. The writ is directed against the
Harlem Jockey club, the Western Tort-
men’s association and individual mem
bers of both organizations.
Wisconsin Nearly Beady For Trial.
San Francisco, Ang. SO.'—The big
battleship Wisconsin will be ready for
her trial trip inside of a fortnight or
three weeks. Were it not for the delay
in getting the conning towers from the
east, the Wisconsin would now be ready
for her initial trial.
■■HHI Hi
cases.
New Five Dollar Certificate.
Washington, Aug. 26.—Two designs
for a uew (5 silver certificate have been
sabmitted to the secretary of the treas
ury by the bureau of engraving and
printing. Oae has npon its face the
vignette of Washington and the other
of Jefferson. It is likely the former
will be selected owing to the superiority
Of the workmanship upon it.
McMillan on Trusts.
Chattanooga, Aug. 28.—Governor.
Benton McMillan of Tennessee stated
in this city today that be will attend
the antitrust conference of governors in
St. Lonis next month. "The reason I
am going,” he said, "is to use my Influ
ence to prevent tho movement to shift
the responsibility for trnsts from the
federal government to tho states. The
federal government is responsible for
trnsts and I want the responsibility to
remain there."