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Newspaper Page TextAMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. OLUME 9 AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1899. NUMBER 30 Lifetime. —AT— CLOTHING FOR CASH. ZZZZ3 £3 Irr ZS non h For the lack of store space in which to YVOrifl keep and show our stock of Clothing £3 r\4 rirvt-t.!«^v. properly, we have decided to discon- tZZS V^lOCning tinue this department. Everything in g—-g H To Close Out, ne "’ s D a " d (l Boy ’t t uiti ’ £3 7 Odd Pants; Overcoats; Etc. g—g will be sacrificed to close out. Thete has been a great many clothing £3 sales in Amencus before, but these sales were always at the end of the season after stccks were broken, or else they were old goods or g—g shopworn and out of date styles. g-—g Never in the history of Americus has a nice, clean, up-todate g~^» stock of clothing been put upon the market at COST early in the seeson when you need the goods goods, and we only do it now for the g—-g purpose of closing out this department and increasing our other de- g—’g partments, such as DRY GOODS, SHOES, HATS, Etc. I have g~3 determined to quit the readymade Clothing business. Everything g—* in my stock is entirely new, as ) ou all know I have only been in busi- g— about a year since selling my interest in the old firm. Almost all of g*—g this Clothing is this seasons goods, contracted for last May and June g—^ direct from manufacturers and delivered August [and September, f— Some of it only came in last week. — f -——■—,—^ **** Now is your chance, fH and you may fail to get a fit. This is NO FAKE sale, as it is a well {prrgg known fact that I have always done just exactly as I advertise, and I intend to do it now. Terms of Sale-Spot Cash. No goods taken back, £3 exchanged, altered or charged, as this is a closing out sale AT COST, g—• Very truly yours, g^~ STABLISHED IN 1881 The Oldest holesale Liquor House IN MACON. Ve guarantee all good* a* represent or money refunded. We bay for h and in large lote, hence the low ces. Quick sales and small profit ii motto Oito ns one trial, this ill we aak. Look at this price U*t goods bottled at the distillery; orlg* ' bottling only. Rye Whiskies. ie of Macon stag ••• Monongataela . I 7» . kOO , 5-25 2 SO Hub House 2 75 her’* Uolde l Wedding... 3 00 rp william 3 oo »>scar Pepper 3 0J kvnhelmtr Pure Rye t5 ant old) 3 50 «t Pan»y (8 years old).... 3 75 Crow (7 years old) 3 75 untVtrnon Pure Rye...... 4 00 ,* Private Stock iA, and P. "l and) cream of whiskies. 4 60 TUford Fine Rye. ...ft 00 R. McBrayera.. Corn Whiskies GALLON fth Carolina Corn $i fo one Mountain Corn l 75 ;tie Mountain Oorn(8yrs. _ '1 2 01 Pointer Clnb Corn 2 B0 Wines and Brandies. j-omla Sherry and Port Wine from !*c !150 per gallon. Imported Sherry and Port Wine, from II Mi 5o per gallon. -fnac Brandy from tMO to W per gallon l»reu by the case of. one doten quarts, IN r case. ^hine- wines by the case of one doten quarts Pe r case. All other good* by the gallon, such'as -key, Peach and Apple Brandies, Corn ... let, etc,, equally aa low, from lim gallon up- make a specialty of tba Jng t I* orders by mall or telegraph will bare our >n pt attention. Special inducement, of* >nd r price lut and other Information Phones 265. Hie Altmayer & flatau Liquor Co. *' J, »tt orders .hipped same day receipt ot order, 506.and 508,Tonrth-st. NearCnlo ! the Jug trade and W.L.DOUCLAS SHOES tJUMId Price, 1 Comfort, and Durability are points to be considered in buying shoes. W. I. Douglas shoes are the equal of any |6 or $7 shoe sold by a custom shoemaker; they fit well, ‘ •" long as two pairs of inner sole when buying. For Sal. bv M’MATH BROS LEVI TOWER. The Undertaker and Furniture Dealer will attend your orders day and night, Don’t fail to call on THE OLD RELIABLE wbeii you want the best goods and prompt work. Prices to suit the times LEVI TOWER, Allen House Block. HOW MAJOR LOGAN DIED. Until. ‘Was On. or tbo Sharpest Yet Fought In Luzon. Manila, Nov. 16. — Tha battle in whieh Major John A. Logan loit hit life last Sunday was one of tba sharpest 2-hour engagements of the war. The Americano captured 29 Filipinos and 100 rifles and fonnd bl intar- gent deed lying in the irenchet and rice fields. Gen. When ton wat informed that the enemy wee gathering nt San Jacinto for tbo pnrpoeo o t preventing tbo caravans from controll ing tha road from Dagopnn north whereby JOBS A. LOQAN,JIL Agninuldo might retreat The Thirty-third, Colo- nel Howe commanding, and n detach ment of the Thirteenth with n Gatling gnn, Hoeland commanding, were lent to ditperie them. The inenrgenti opened the fight 2 milei from Sen Jacinto, while tba lend ing American battalion was passing n clamp of houses in the midst of n cocoa- nut grove kneedeep in mud. The Flit- lino sharpshooters, hidden in trees, jotuee ana a email trench nnrooa the road, held their fire until the Ameri cans wera close to them. When they began firing other Filipinos opened fire from thickets, right and left,- further away. The insurgent sharpshooter* picked off the officers first. Five ot the Amer. tonne who fell wore shoulder straps or chevrons Dot the Tbirty-lbird never wavered. Its crack marksmen knocked the FUipinot from the trots like squir rels and the Americans rushed tho trench, leaving fonr insurgents there. The regiment then deployed under fire with Major Logon’s battalion in the canter. Major Cronio’s on the right nod Major Marsh’* on tha left The skirm ish line, whioh was a mile long, ad vanced rapidly, keeping up n constant fire. Tho Filipinos mads an unexpectedly good stand, many of them remaining under cover until tha Americans were MAJOR JOHN A. LOGAN IS KILLEDJN BATTLE Falls While Leading His Hen Near San Jaointo. SIX PRIVATES ALSO DEAD Barmy Put to Flight, General Oils Cables, Leaving Glghly-Ooe Corpses 'In the Trenches and Carrying Off a Large Number of Wounded. Washington Nov. 14 —A cable die- patch received at the war deportment an nounce* that Major John A. Logan, Thirty-third volunteer infantry, hae been killed in a fight in Lason. He was leading bit battalion in notion. He was a eon of the late General John A. Logan of Illinois and Mrs. Mary A. Logan, now n resident of Wsshlogton. leave* a widow and two ohildren, who are at present residing nt Youngs town, O. The following dispatch received from General Otie confirms tbs report of the death of Major Logon: “Wheaton report* Nov. 12 there wee an engagement near San Jacinto be tween the Thirty-third voinnteen end 1,200 intrenched insurgents. Oar lots, Major Logan, by gallantly leading bat talion, and ilz enlisted men killed. Captain Green and 11 men wounded, mostly very slight. The etiemy wee routed, leaving 81 dead in the trenches Hit lost is believed to be 600. “Lawton reports from San Jots that in the vicinity of San Nicolas, north of Tayuing, Weteol’t captured . 18 carte with the insurgent war department reoordt, printing prats, complete outfit of the ineargent newspaper and a large quantity of rice. “The aayalry it still actively engaged and the infantry it pressing on from San Jose and Aragon. The roods ore impracticable for any wheel transporta tion and the horses ere foraged on rlo* and growing rioo straw.” Major John A. Logan, Jr., true born in Joly, 1866, at Mnrphyeborongh, Ills He received an appointment to Wept Point aoademy and attended for two year., bnt resigned shortly before bia olaaa was graduated. Since hie mar riage to Mist Edith Andrews, daughter of the late millionaire coal operator, O. H. Andrews March 22, 1887, be resided nt Jfoaogttown. O. He owned the Oriole stock form and wo* engaged in limestone mining. Baking WDER ^BSoiunnrkRE Makes the food more delicious and wholesome a m*e«. ea. <uw Yens within 20 feet of them. Major Marah ■Mypb^n-tdiJ^mff, flanked a small trench fall of lrenr- the effect, of*chraaeoT life' I bad gents, surprising them and ing nearly all of them befi the town. The insnrgents are - retreated toward possible to pur.ti can troops were •apply of ammunition was low. In May, 1898, Logan received from Preiideot McKinley the appointment of assistant adjutant general with the rank of first lieutenant on the staff of Gen eral John O. Bates He went to Cabs snd took part in tbo battle of El Caney, Ho woe promoted to major for gallantry in battle, and at the close of tbo Cuban war served with General Bates, who woe governor of Santa Clara province. On Ang. 19 ha was appointed major of the Thirty-third United States vol unteer! and railed with hia regiment early in October. Important Raiiroed Deal. Baltikork, Nov. 16.—Definite plant ere now under consideration for the rale of the oity’s holdings in tho West ern Maryland railway, amounting 4,000 abaret, to a syndicate of 1..- York capitalists, who propose building a competing trank line toOhiongo in conjnnotion with the Western Mary land road. They are raid to have a roots 66 miles shorter than either the Pennsylvania or the Baltimore and Ohio to Baltimore, end by reason of enoh di minished distance can make Baltimore the greatest coal center on the Atlantlo const. They sleo tuts that they oan obtain valuable southern trank line connections No ingenuity of barbarism—no devil ish invention of the masters of torture duriug the time of the Spanish inquisi tion ever de vised an agony so intense, so dcraug diseased. There are three most trying times in every wom an's life; ist—when K rlhood blossoms to womanhood; 2d —when motherhood is achieved; jd — when the capacity for motherhood (the change of life.) Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription was devised to make these three periods safe snd painless by restoring to vigorous health the organs involved. It soothes, heals, nourishes. It gives Nstnre just the help it needs. It is the only prepara tion of its kind devised by a regularly graduated physician and tkillca spec ialist in the diseases of women. Me-too-medicines ere preparations without standing or success. They are thfc substitutes sold as "just as good." Having no record of their own, when Dr. Pierce’s cure* are referred to they cry me-too, me-too, like the cuckoo in a Swiss clock. Don't accept me-too medi cines for “ Favorite Prescription.” Mrs. M. Barnes, of Bella Perry, Shuts Co-Cat. heart dia- My ami female trouble and i % so dl»y I could hardly « Dr. Pierct’a medicine* I fi_ r •even or eight bottle* of t -■ - traanooafrt f t relicts’ at I . X take great i DESPERATE RATTLE AT PUERTO CARELLO Nearly a Thousand Hen Killed or Wounded. PARADES FINALLY YIELDS Washington Notified That General Castro, the Revolutionary Leader, Now Holds Every Port end Piece of Const quene* in Venrgutln. Puerto Oabkllo, Venesaels,' Nov. IS.—General Parades, a former com mander in the army of ex-President Andrade, who hod refused the demand made upon him by General Oipriano Csstro and the de faoto authorities to surrender the town, even when this was reinforced by tha request of tbo British, French, American, German and Dutch commanders, surrendered yesterday morning at 10 o’olock, after a terrible battle. The aspect of the city It one of rnttt and devastation, and it la estimated that upwards ot 660 persons were killed or wonnded daring the lighting. Dr. Bmisted of the United States ornlser Detroit and the other surgeons of the various worships in the harbor are ministering to tbs wants of the wonnded. General Ramon Gnerra began a land attaok upon tho town and tho position of General Paredes on Friday night. Desnltory fighting continued until nrday morning nbont 4 o’clock, and then a fierce straggle ensued. General Parades made a stubborn defense, hot General Gnerra forced on entrance into the town nt 6 o’olock Saturday. As early at 8 o’olock Sanday morning the fleet arrived and began a bombard ment, bnt the range woe too great, and tha firing proved Ineffective. General Parades held the fort on the hill and Fort Libegadar until Sanday morning, NO VOTE ON. PROHIBITION. Smell Minority Prevent! Action Upon ■ be Willingham Bill. Atlanta, Nov. 14.—A very small mi nority soooeedod in preventing a large majority from bringing the Willingham prohibition bill to n vote in tho bonse to day. Tho sostion developed two dis tinct sensations. Mr. Pilot of Oconee created the first stir by the announcement that he be lieved th* clerk* bad mode a miscount on n vote, and there was another excit ing occurrence when Mr. McGehee of Harris Introduced a resolution denounc ing the members who were trying to prevent action on the prohibition bill and demanding that their name* he published. This brought forth a storm of indignant protest. Later in the session this ram* mem ber offered another resolution providing for the adjournment of tho hone* sine Neither of these resolutions were entertained by th* bonse, bnt the fact that they ware offered shows how bitter the fight became. The friende of th* prohibition meas ure had mastered their foil strength in anticipation of nuking a supreme effort to have th* measure passed today. The opposition was entirely unpre pared to make a stand in the open, be cause of the absence of a number of their side, and filibustering wo* re sorted to. The child labor bUl was killed in the senate today. BILL REDUCING^ DEPOSITS. Senate Passes n Measure In Interest of Insurance Firms. Atlanta, Nov. 13.—In the senate to day the bill reducing tbs deposits of in surance companies from $26,000 to $6,000 was pasted. In the bonse n bill woe passed creat ing the office of chief oil Inspector for th* stal >. A communication wot received from Secretary of State Cook that Hon. O. M. Houser of th* ooonty of Houston wal elected on Nov. V to snoceed tbo lata Hon. W. S. King of that ooanty. Mr. Houser wot present snd woe sworn in by Judge W. H. Fish of the supreme coart. The house applauded the new member. A bill was passed providing for the election by th* people St Chatham county of tho cltrk and sheriff ot th* city court of Savannah. Big Fir* nt Tbomesville. Thomasville, Go., Nov.. 15. — Tho pinning mill and lumber establishment ot Beverly St Hargraves, In this city, probably-the largest in this part of the state, bnrned last night. The alarm was sent in about 8 o’olock and in leu than an hour tbo whole plant was to tally destroyed. There was no intar- HOUSE KEPT IN A TURMOIL Filibustering Resorted to by Oppo nents of Prohibition. Atlanta, Nov. 16.—The fight on the prohibition bill took anotborsenutlonml turn in the bonse today, and again tho opposing minority tncceeded in keeping the measure from being plsoed on its passage. After the opening routine the oom- mittee reporta and the reading of new bills, Willingham, the author ot tbs prohibition bill snd the leader of tbs majority, moved that a recess ot 16 mlnatat bo taken, which motion pre vailed. A conference was Immediately held between the leaders of the two sides Tbeobjcotof the conference, whioh met in the speaker’s room, was to reach an agreement by which the bill could be plaosd before tbe bouse without far ther filibustering, and the antis made n proposition to make it a special order for next Thursday, on certain condi tions, bnt the prohibitionists wonld not agree to the proposition as stated, nor wonld the anils agree to any proposition advanced by tbe prohibitionists. The conference was continued for 45 minutes, while tbe house took a farther recess and finally adjourned, tbe prohi bitions agreeing that they wonld retard legislation until the bill is aoted ,upon if the filibustering continued. On the reconvening of the house tha flUbnsterlng began on a resolution pro viding for the relief of A. J. Delk. W. Bl Lynn, D. & Price and B. L. Fish- back. * Tho resolution involving an appropri ation, the houso resolved itself into n committee of the whole, and nntil tbe hour for adjonrnmont arrived the antis kept the floor with motion aud counter motion and points of order. A bill wot introduced by Mr. McRae of Telfair, to reorganize tho military forces of tbe state. In tho senate today the child labor bill was reconsidered and placed upon tho table and the bill reducing th* sal ary of tbs state librarian finally killed. Cionds Hamper Observers, Washington, Nov. 15.—Unfavorable weather conditions hampered the as tronomers *t tbe naval observatory last night. Olonds prevented observations nntil after 8 o’clock a. m. It was, how ever, only partially olesr at any time. Tbe paths of ten Leonide meteors wore platted on tha star ohsrt. One of thesa meteors was os bright aa a second mag nitude star, bat the others were fainter. Hobart Is Much Refreshed. Paterson, N. J., Nov. 16.—Vic* President Hobart had another good night snd when he awokt ibis mtfrning was mnch refreshed. He was able to partake ot breakfast end was cheerful Naval Employes Discharged. Beaufort, S. O., Nov. 15.—Owing to the cxbaastloo of the appropriation and there being no work at tho naval station for the employment ot all hands, 40em- have been discharged from the action and repair departmen rders came from Washington. - Every cough makes - your throat more raw w and irritable. Every cough congests the lining membrane of your lungs. Cease tearing your throat and lungs in this way. Put the parts at rest and give them a chance to heal. You will need some help to do this, and you will find it in Auer’s Ckcrrg Pectoral From the first dose the 3 uiet and rest begin: the ckling in the throat ceases; the spasm weak ens; the cough disap pears. Do not wait for pneumonia and con sumption but cut short your cold without delay. Dr. Ayer’s Cherry Pec toral Plaster should he over the lungs of every per son troubled with a cough. Write to the Ddctor. &:brp 1 divb r .i , v be*n with our Cherry I’eet will receive * prompt i

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Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-1902, November 17, 1899, Image 1