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AMERICUS HMES-RECORDER.
VOLUME 9
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1900.
NUMBER 40
Every Lady in Americas
And the country around, or at
least nearly everyone, wears a
Corset. What a lot of corsets it
takes for all of them! They buy
them somewhere.
Now it has occured to us that
we might do more Corset busi=
ness than we have been doing.
We have sold a great many
of course, but want to sell more.
We are never satisfid to let
well enough alone you know.
5EE THIS SPECIAL OFFER.
During the next week we will
sell any and all of our$i.oo Cor
sets, which includes the ‘Am
erican Lady,” “R. & Q.” and
“Armorside” at
each Cash. We do this to get
you better acquainted with our
Corset dedartment.
Every lady in and around
Americus will do well to call and
take advantage of this sale.
Very truly yours,
LEE ALLEN.
ESTABLISHED IN 1881
The Oldest
Wholesale Liq uor House
IN MACON.
_We guarantee all good* as represent-
i«lor money refunded. Wo buy for
and in large lots, hence the low
tices. ym c k sales and small profit is
mr motto (live us one trial, this
»all we ask. Look at this price list.
Sttineonlv* 4 ‘ he = °" 8 '
Macon
Jd&Ug .
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Rye Whiskies.
a a
'W Club Hi
‘cchcr t.,
firp Wliii
GALLON
$1 50
1 7»
25
ioltle
.. 2 50
2 75
•a Wedding... 3 00
00
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to Oscar iVitiK;
Ut'kr-n h..t... * * .
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old i
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loufitvc
I’ure Rye *(5
.. 3 00
• • 3 50
>’c*afH old).... 3 74
...I.. trrn old) 3 75
1 UJ
I 00
I 00
Corn Whiskies
1 25
1 25
i?r. olina c ° rn C .1
ton.. ','" u, “-eu corn
old Inuntoin Corn (3 yra.
W P.-ioteV«iLV/oorn*:
W.L. DOUGLAS
SHOES thWd
$5.00, $4.00,
$3.50, $3.00,
$2.50, $2.25,
Price, Comfort, and Durability
arc |>oint.s to 1k* considered in buying
shoes. \V. I.. Douglas shoes are
the equal of any $6 or £7 shoe sold
by a custom shoemaker; they fit welt
pairs of
this country,
book for the
stamp on the
inner sole when buying.
For Sole bv
M’MATH BROS.
“OLD
Wines and Brandies.
1 !l.50 per Bail;;" 3
Imported to,
LaOtlnr „,7. err y and Port Wines from II
I* r galL...
CliTtu frora 12 50 to 14 per gallon
; r case. 7 lQc casc of one dozen quarts, $4
Per case 01-1 ca ***e of one dozen quart*
toskey, the gallon, such as Corn
to e<j Ua i|v‘ " l*. Apple Brandies, etc,,
ira*. > low, from $1,25 gallon up
JjffeShJ m I jjf!fr 1 5 y i° f tbe Jug trade and
r ° a .I't atti-ntinn J elc F r . a rb will have our
red llon • ^I*eclal inducements of*
^04 r
’ r L?‘ ,,Ht othe.* InformaUon
Phones 265.
i! e Altmayer &
rjatau Liquor Co.
order- r< ' r * ^ppcdaamc day receipt of
006 and 508 Fourth->t
•'ear Datou PasMuacr Dcdo
DARLING”
SHAVE
^ don’t ,on go to the white
d ‘*| M b»!h 0P ~ U,e on,jr
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w * H. ESTES,
BULLER IS SILENT;
ALL LONDON UNEASY
Most Anxious Pause Since tlie
War Began.
SITUATION A GRAVE ONE
$1.00 PerQuart Bottle
IS THE BEST WHISKEY
IS THE SOUTH
-ISOLD live
flcLeod Co.,
Oglethorpe, - • - Ga.
r.HEAP
PROPERTY on
I ONO TIME.
Now K'cogui*-i| Tl» »t il»« lloi*r !»«>•* U
tlcn, If Kv«*r T.sk* , Can Only It
Cuptiired at Tr* fit *ti<lou« Co» — Wu
Ofllcri ISei»l«*gr«|.
London, Jan. 24.—The extreme ten
sion canned by what in ly justly bn
designated the moat anxious pausu wince
the war began bad uot been relieved up
to the time of writing tbia by anything
save the daily Stock Exchange rumor,
which today happens to hive been
started by the bulls, who assert tha
General Warren has captured Si ion
K »pf.
Anxiety in regard to the news is vis
ible on ail side-. The war office
besieged at an early boar this morning
and the clnbs and otner re-oris liable
receive early news have been crown
jvitii eager inquirers.
It is generally recognized that the
Boer position, if ever taken, can only
be captured at a tremendous cost.
As the afternoon progressed the ex
citement on Pail Mali reached a high
pitch. Bnt the war office officials reit
erated at 3:30 p. m. the oftrepeuted
statement that "nothing had been re
ceived from General Buber.” Tnestxs
penso was increased by the belief that
General Bailer wonld never have pub
lished his intention to attack the Boers
on Spionkopf unless satisfied that the
assault wonld be carried out before the
news conld be published, and it was
fully anticipated that the news of bis
snccess or failure would reach London
in a few hoars at the most.
The cabinet ministers called at the
war office, after luuch, to ask for news.
A dispatch from Pretoria, dat«d Tues
day, Jan. 2b. somewhat amplifies the
dispatch of Mouday, Jun 22, from the
Bier head laager, cab.ed to the Asso
dated Press last evening It says:
•’Four or five times during the day
the British replaced their wearied sol
diers by fresh ones. The Boer casual
ties to date are one man killed and two
slightly injured Our men are m ex
celleut spirits. There isalargeslaughrer
of the British. General Botha is now
iu so o command. General Cronje hav
ing been sent el.-ewtie:e ”
me dispatch, apparently re-
Colenso, says:
ROBERTS DENOUNCED
IN SCATHING SPEEG
Landis of Indiana Against
Seating Utah Man.
HE CREATES A SENSATION
ferrnig to toe situaiiun
»« of the large Boer Maxims
temporarily disordered bur was soon
repaired. Tue British northern camp
is iu confusion. Ptopie are observed
trekking aimletsiy iu all directions ”
Commenting on Catoam Mahan's at
titude, tiie St. James Gazette today re
marks:
His advice is good and needed in
America. While strict neutrality is
maintained in the official wond and
good will for England is felt by the bet
ter informed, it is simply misleading
the public of this couutry to suggest, as
some correspondents are doing, that an
tagonism to England is condued to a
negligible body of Americans. The
sympathy of America as a whole, as a
matter of fact, is uo more with England
at this moment than was onr popular
sympathy with them at the outbreak of
the war with Spain, and the contrast of
official and popular attitudes is no less
marked in the United States than it is
iu Germany.”
DelCo-lays to Uiiltstl
Paris, Jan. 24.—The Figaro publishel
the following dispatch this morning
which DeKodays, its editor, has sent to
Comte Boni de Castellaue, in the course
of which he says: “Your denials and
threats will change nothing of the fact*
which are now notorious in Paris
STOP WOMEN
r If -h.- will, «h<
»liu tries by font nr skill
t of • woman*, will
will, •ieneml on’t
ie won’t, so theren an t-ml o
Common sen*e tells a woman that when
icS stck.she needs a doctor.
Common sense tells u woman that in
isease the first question is not of man or
oman. but of recognized medical ability.
Common sense applied to advertisements
hich invite women to ** write to a woman
l*cause she in a woman and understands
omen. ” will show the women so appealed
- », that it’s no use to write to any woman
about disease unless that woman is a
physic'
Common sense used in thr reading of
lvertisements will discover that no claim
is made iu them to a physician's knowl
edge or diploma. And that is not because
the claim would be morally culpable as a
lie, but because it would be legally pun
ishable as a fraud. The law permits you to
We offer for safe the BAQLEY FARM Ini
body, or in parts. Also any and all of our
city property. Payments one-tenth cash and
balance in ten equal annual payments includ
ing six per cent! nterest See H. T. Daven
port for our prices, etc.
THE GEORGIA LOAN A TRUST CO.
THE WINDSOR
Americus* Ga
Gio. H. Fiild*. nor
itia-qucradc-a* a doctor in an advertise
ment, just so Ionic as you don’t actually
claim to be a doctor, or put M. I), after
name. That’s why the advertisement
o'- 1 ’’ write to a woman ” instead of
write to a doctor.
Common sense has brought more than
half-a-million women, afflicted with some
form of female disease, to Dr. R. V. fierce
as one of the most eipert physicians in the
United States in the treatment of female
J! — ’ a specialist. He
diseases. Dr. Pierce ... _
has given more than thirty years of active
practice to the treatment of female dis
eases. Dr. Pierce is not a "physician ” by
courtesy. He is a physician regularly grad-
Bated, legally empowered to practice and
with thirty years of experience in the treat-
mem of diseases of women,-which he has
made hfs specialty.
The oder of free consultation by letter
made by Dr. Pierce is a real offer, an honest
offer. It is an offer backed by a medical
institution, with a world wide reputation
a staff of nearly a score of regularly grad
uated physicians, a practice which reaches
tvery state In the Union and a record of
more yuan half-a-million women treated
. - T -- women treated
&e'f“ ° Ut ° f ' Vety bttn,Ired
w'I rU . e i"T! or ’ P al ’* «■<: first thing.
Write to the doctor. That's the next thing
The woman’s doctor, is Dr. R. V. Pierce
of the Invalids’ Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. ’
Scores I-oly-nintsts ttntl Mormons
General ami Convu a s Ills House
Willi lllg' Sale.am—Snodgrass
Tennessee AI.O Sip uks.
Washington-, Jan. 24 — The house
tamed the debate on the Huberts case
11 o’clock today. The galleries were
again well filled, most of theocoupants,
aa on yesterday, being ladies. Some
minor business preceded the resnmption
of the debate.
Mr. Powers of Vermont was the first
speaker. He argued in behalf of ex
clusion of Mr. Roberta The conten
tion of the minority for expansion,
said, ran up against the very precedents
which were cited in its support. It was
(he universal rule that a member cou
not be expelled for an offense committed
prior to election. While it might be
argued in Mr. Roberts’ case that polyg
amy was a continning status, the crime
itself, the initial act, took place long
before Mr. Roberts was elected.
“We are not separating wife from
hatband," said Mr. Powers, comment
ing on Mr. Roberts' speech of yesterday.
"Polygamy has never been legal in
Utah, either before or after her admis
sion into the Union. Polygamy was il
legal under the common law of Eng
land. The moment he took wife No.
the marriage waa void. Mr. Roberts
knew the law. He cannot now plead
the ‘baby act’ against the law and stern
justice.
Mr. Snodgrass of Tennessee followed
Mr. Powers, supporting the yiews of
the minority in favor of seating and
then expeliing Mr. Roberta If we were
not to become the exponents of the
French system of justice, which pre*
Burned guilt until innocence was proved,
he said, Mr. Roberts most be accorded
hi, prima facie right to his seat before
being ousted.
I.audis For Kxcluslou.
Mr. Laudii ef Indiana, a member of
the Roberts committee who signed the
majority report, argned that Utah bad
violated her compact with the United
States. There had been nniversal re
joicing in the land in 16U6, he said,
when Utah had been admitted into the
Union. The people of the United States
thought that the birth of the state
worked the death of the system of
polygamy. Yet, they were startled to
learn iu 1898 that Utah had elected as
her sole repreaentative in the house a
polygamist, and that be was moving
upon Washington with a plurality of
wives and a multiplicity of children.
[Laughter.]
Mr. Landis went over the records of
the apostles of the Mormon church to
show that most of them were guilty of
continued polygamous practices. Some
of bis statements were sensational. Hs
scored the cbnrch for its alleged faith,
arousing great enthusiasm by his scath
ing denunciation.
At times be convulsed the house with
his sarcasm Of the IS apostles of the
chnrch when the proclamation was
issued, he said, ll were open violators
of the law and three had undoubtedly
taken plural wives since it was promul
gated.
Mr. Landis said he believed, and that
Mr. Roberts had not denied, that Mar
garet O. Shipp had become bis plnral
wife since Utah was admitttd in lS'JU.
He paid a high tribute to the Christian
missionaries who had worked among
the people of Utah.
Mr. Roberts, be said, bad boasted that
he had received the votes of the gen
tiles in his district. \ That, Mr. Landis
said, was because he ran bb a Democrat
at well as a Mormon and because his
opponent "bad been a Danite who had
killed hit man."
Advlca to Polygamist*.
In conclusion he adjared the 2,00(i
polygamists iu Utah to taka care o
their plural wires, hut in Clod's name to
refrain frintl multiplying their infatnv
by bringing -mure children into the
world.
Mr. Landis expressed bit pity for tit-
poor women who miuiatered to the rot
ten and lnetfnl notions of the Mormon
priesthood. He ridiculed the propoo
tion to admit Mr. Roberts and then to
tnrn bint ont. The framers of the con
stitution m atatnary hall wonld get
down off their pedestals and laugh at
such a procedure.
It would be a burlesque on law aud
precedent aud an outrage on common
sente. Not only should Mr. Roberts be
turned back, bnt also Utah, whose peo-
pie, be said, bad solemnly lied to the
congress of the United States in 181)0.
In bis peroration. Mr. Landis pro-
tested against Roberts'ad mission in the
name of the motherhood of the land
and of the pitiful innocants doomed to
the shame of illegitimacy. He got a
whirlwind of apnlanse when he sat
down. The speech created a sensation.
BOER GUN SMASHES
WHITE'S QUARTERS
Shot From ‘Long Tom’ Hurled
Into Ladysmith.
BRITONS MAY FALL
INTO ANOTHER TRAP
Boers Evacuate Their First
Line of Defense.
GENERALS FATEUNENOWN
Occupants May Hava liaen Killed by
the Shell — London Still Without
News of Uenera! Htiller’e Advanoe
and the Anxiety Is Increasing.
Hkad Boer Laaoer, Ladysmith,
Jan. 22.—The qnarters of Oenerals
White and Hunter were smashed this
morning by a shot from "Long Tom."
It is not known whether any of the oo-
enpants of the building were killed.
NO REPORT FROM BULLER.
Absence or News Inersases tbs Anxiety
In London.
London, Jan. 28.—Absence of news
of yesterday’s movements north of the
Tngela river li occasioning some addi
tional anxiaty, bnt General Boiler is
sngaged in a big operation, whioh will
take considerable time to work out.
Even the alight advanoe of General
Warren’i forces, after two day's fight
ing, does not appear to have yielded an
important advantage to the British, as
the captured kopjes were evidently only
held ae advance posts in order to delay
the progress of the British troops and
enable the Boers to complete their en-
trencementa and to monnt guns on the
position on which they have elected to
make a stand.
It is remarked that the Boers that
far havie used little artillery, fromwhioh
it is judged that their gnns aro olkeady
mounted on tactical positions from
which the British will have to dislodge
the republicans before reaching Lady
smith.
There is no confirmation of the report
that Lord Dnndonald bad entered Lady
smith and none is expected. Experts
opine that the Boers would only be too
HARD FIGHTING GOING ON
General Bailer's Farces Doggedly Ad
vancing In tbo Face of an Equally
Stubborn Resistance—^WauchopeDid
Not Criticise Methuen.
ad to let him in unopposed.
The indignation and disgnst sxpreisad
at the blunders and incapacity of tha
yeomanry staff, to whom is aacribablo
the rank failure threatening to over*
whelm the movement started with such
e fanfare of trumpets, are increasing
daily. Those who were ab'e to carry
the scheme to snccess have been met at
tvery paint with red tape and all kinds
of obstacles and slights by the inner
circle of titled incapables, resulting in
scores of good men withdrawing from
participation in the plans.
In the case of Sonth Bedfordshire yeo
manry a whole company of selected
men have disbanded in disgnst.
The dispatches posted iu the war
office up to 3 o'clock this afternoon,
though dated Spearman's Gamp today,
contain nothing bat reports of casual
ties
There it nothing here to oonflrm the
report on the Berlin boerseof the defeat
of General Bnllerr or the rumor on the
Slock Exchange of this city of the cap-
tnre of two British battalions by the
Boers. The fact that General Bailer
was heard from this morning, whan be
sent lists of casualties to the British
troops, seems to disprove these stories.
DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN MACON.
Fight
ler,
Negro K-slele Arrest anil In a
That Follows Two Fall.
Macon, Jan. 2b —Jamas Harty Bnt.
a notorious negro from Ncrt h Caro
lina, was shot to death here yesteiiiay,
bnt not until be bad killed Armiitead
Smith, an inoffensive old uegro who
was standing near, aud seriously
wounded I). Felman aud John Reid,
both the letter white.
Daring the disturbance some ten or
pistol shots were fired io the opej
street and the affair created great ex*
citement.
Bntler was wanted for an attempted
assault on a negro woman, and whan
approached by officers began to shoot,
with the result above stated.
The shooting occurred on Fourth
street, nearly in front of the anion pas
senger station, and the fa-.-t that mors
blood was not shed is regarded as a
miracle.
Colorado Tosvu Wiped Out.
Boit.dxr, Colo., Jen. 24. — A fire
broke oat early today In Lefajatte,
about 12 milei from this city, and spread
rapidly before a high wind. It ia be
lieved that, a large portion of the town
was devastated and several hundred
thonsand dollars worth of property was
destroyed. Wire communication has
beenentof. Lafayette is the princi
pal coal mining camp In northern Colo-
redo.
Macon Residence Burnsd.
Macon, Jan. 24.—The beautiful resi
dence of A. T. Holt, in Vineville, wai
completely destroyed by fire this morn
ing at 1 o'clock. Thera were 18 people
ia the house at the time, bat noone wai
iajjued. Tbs lfiis wUJ ampul to 11». 000.
A llig Mortgage la Filed.
Tamfa, Fla., Jan. 24—The Tamps
Electric company filed for record in the
conniy cleric's office yesterday a mort
gage for 1500,000 in favor of the Ameri
can Loan and Trust company. The
mortgage it to cover the interest on
bonds to be sold to raise money for’im
portant street railway improvementa
London, Jan. 82.— Nothing has been
received thus far today to indioate that
any conclusive result has been readied
by the British foress in the region of
the Upper Tngela, and the lack of in
formation regarding what men and ina
nitions the Boers have in reserve pre
vents accurate determination of tba
maaanre of real snccesses attending the
two days’ hard fighting. All that can
be said is that the British seem to be
doggedly advaneing in the face of aa
equally stubborn resistance.
At the close of yesterday the republi
cans had merely evacuated their first
line of defense to take np another semi-
circnlar position a short distance in the
rear, raciuling the old bnrgher rase by
which the Boere have previon»ly man
aged to entioe the British into fatal
traps.
Dispatches from elsewhere in Sonth
Africa this morning give trivial details
of minor happenings and do not ilio-
minate the sitnation.
The widow of General Wanchope, in
an open letter, hotly denies the stories
that the general in any yvay criticised
General Methnen. She' says General
Wauchope’s last mention of General
Methnen to her was contained in a let
ter from the Orange river, dated Not.
20, as follows:
“Expect Methnen will halt at the
Modder river for some days before posh
ing forward. He has had a bard ttms
of it. and mnst be a real gallant sool to
■hove along as he does. ”
Lord Wolselsy has also issued a de
nial of the report that the war office Is
in possession of a latter from General
Wanchope written the night before the
battle of Msg-rsfontein, saying it wonld
be the last letter he wonld write, aa ha
bad been aeked to perform an impossi
ble task and be had either to obey or
ders or surrender his sword.
TO STUDY RACE PROBLEM.
Society Organ x-d by It presorttattve
Men nt Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala. Jan. 22.—In this
city there bat beau organixsd by a com
mittee of 25 representative men of dif
ferent ecclesiastical aud political affilia
tions a “Southern Society For the Study
and Ditonsaioti of Raoe Problems la
Relation to the Welfare of the Sonth."
The first annnal conference will meet
in Montgomery in May of this year.
Representative speakers from ail parts
of the south will be asked to speak on
different phases of the problem from
be standpoint of the sonth. The pro
gram will be so framed as to be fair to
all sides.
The speakers will deal with tba sub
ject of the franobise, with the relatioa
of the negro to education and religion,
and with the relatioa of the negro te*
the (octal order—including a discussion
of the lynching question.
Governor Johnston, W. W. Screws,
editor or the Montgomery Advertiser;
Judge J. B. Gaston. Oaptk.u J. M.
Falkner, Dr. B. J. Baldwin, Jodge Jo
nathan Haralson and leading clergyman
of ail denominations have been asso
ciate,! with the movement.
NEGRO POSTMASTER QUITS.
Killing Over Fifteen Cents.
Rock Springs, Ala., Jan. 24—A gang
of negroes were collected at tha rock
qnarry of the La garde Lime company.
One of the negroes, Robert Heard, asked
Gns Hopper for 16 cents; Hopper re
fused the loan and was immediately
■hot dead by Heard.
Daughters of Confederacy.
Opki.ik a, Ala.,'Jan. 84—Tbs state
convention of the Daughters of the Con
federacy will convene hero Feb. 18 and
ample provision is being mads for the
reception of tha many delegates who
will attend.
Chrraw Agog Over the Appointment
of Ills Successor.
Chrraw, a O., Jan. 22 — Cheraw is
all agog over tbo appointment of n post-
mas sr. M. D. MoFarlen, a negro law
yer, who held the place nnder Harrison,
an-i who waa onstod by Oleveland and
reappointed by McKinley when he went
in, has for some cense resigned, and for
several days tha raoe for his place has
been kept lively both here end in Wash
ington. It was thought an appoint
ment wonld be made last week, bnt
some hitch exists at the capital.
Delegations, letters, telegrams and
petitions have been the order of the day.
The applicants as far as known here are ,
R. E Highland, a negro barber, who
has been acting ae assistant postmaster
for a short wbilo, and E M. Wells, W.
A. Benton and W. G McCrsight. All
kinds of ramors are afloat, and all inter
est is now centered on the contest being
weged at Washington by the st-te dele
gation and others
Negfo Murderer Arrested.
Tunica, Miss., Jan. 24 — Frank
Brown, one of the negroes implicated
in the murder of William Tucker at the
state line cr iming on Jan. 15, haa been
arrested by Sheriff A. & Ivy of Tnnioa
county. The arrest was made on the
plantation of John Powell, In Coahoma
ooanty, and the negro is on the way to
Jackson. Uise. for safe kssplug. Tbs
removal to Jackson waa deemed advisa
ble in view of the fact that pnMlo feel
ing is high against the murderers In
this county.