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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
VOLUME 9
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, lBOO.
A WORD
ABOUT CLOTHING!
E ARLY last fall I decided to quit the ready made
Clothing business and accordingly sold my entire
stock. Later, realizing the necessity of keeping up this
line of goods in order to round out my stock and have
everything my trade wanted, I purchased a complete new
line of Spring Clothing, which is now partly in and the
balance being rapidly received.
Everything; is New. Choice,
Up4o=date and Desirable,
N EW Serge Suits, New Worsted Suits, New
Cassimere Suits, New Cheviot Suits,
New Pants, New Serge Ovei/oats and Vests,
New Serge Coats, N«w Bovs’ and Children's
Suits, New Knee Pants, and last but not
least NEW PRICES.
“IpHlS Clothing we now offer foi jour inspection at
* much lower prices than ever asked before, even
when goods were much cheaper wholesale Now is
your chance. Don’t wait too long. Easter will soon
be here and you will need a new suit.
Big Line Straw fiats,
Neglige Shirts,
Summer Underwear,
AND in fact everything a gentleman needs to
** awaits you at
LEE ALLENS
PENNSYLVANIA PURE RYE,
EIOIIT YEARS OLD.
OLD SHARP WILLIAMS,
roun FULL QUARTS OP THIS FINE
OLD, PURE RYE.
$3-50,
EXPRESS
PREPAID.
We ship orvapproval In plain, sealed boxes,
»ilo no laarfcii to Indicate content*. When
7«>u rici'lve It and test It, If it 1m not *ati»ta -
return It at our expenee and we will re
turnyour 13.50 We guarantee thi-, brand *o
■u eiRht years old. Eight botil m lor 16.50,
Mpresn j re, at.; 13 bot.les for *9 60. express
Ptepald; I gallon Jug. express prepaid, 1301;
Jh5 a '°? •*?**»> prepaid, o.6Q. No
charge lor boxing.
-,” t ‘ I , han d ,e ail Che leading brands of Rye
aaa Houibin Whiskies in the mart -1, aud
" MI 8 ’ 4V e you 50 per cent on your purchases
rv.i ,, OALLOH QUARS
oid Monongahela fcoo SO
H.**™’ AAAA 2 AO <B
II her ■. 0oW «" Wedding... 3 (JO n
Hon.e Uye 3 00 »0
"ouut Vernon Pure Itye...... .00 I 00
Theibi.eare only a lew brand, nt tfce
nan, we carry In slock.'.bend lor catalogue.
io C iVL , f n,u sherr T »nd Port Wine from Tic
11,1 ^Her gallon.
JKKrtrt Sherry and Port Wines front II
to ,4.50 per gallon/
C^'snac lirandy from 1240 to M per gallon
Pereas!**’* llle riwe of one ‘1 0ZCI1 t i uartfl , M
•Us-r caI lnM b)r the case ot oae dozen < l uaru
... ''thcr goods by the gallon, such asCorn
,. Y leach and Apple Brandies, etc,.
- n,f* u » , l» as low, from 11,25 gallon up-
a , a specialty of the Jug trade and
r r ... r ', - v mall or telegraph will have our
Ivred 1 au * nUo n. Special, unlucemeoteot-
The Altmayer &
Flatau Liquor Co.
ttr ^VL n ' ,,cn 'hipped.same day;rectlptof
order
539 and 608 Ponrth-it
Near Union Passenger Depot
Phone 265.
Wacon, - . Georgia.
Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure.
Digests what you eat.
It artificially d Igests the food and aids
Nature In strengthening and recon
structing the exhausted digestive op
gans. It Is tho latest discovered digest
ant and tonic. No other preparatloo
can approach It In efficiency. 16 in
stantly relieves and permanently cures
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Ffatulcnce, Sour Stomach, Nausea
SIckHead ache,Gastralgla,Cramps,and
ill other resultsof imperfect digestion,
Prepared by E. C. DeWitt A Co, Cb.caflo.
W. A. REMBERT,
AMERICUS, OA
W.L. DOUGLAS
SHOES thWoKLd'
$5.00, $4.00,
$3.50, $3.00,
$2.50, $2.25,
FOB MEN.
$2.50, $2.00,
$1.75,
FOR ROTS.
All ths latest St,lea
Every kind of leather
•rice. Comfort, and Durability
points to be considered in buying
oes. W. I. Douglas shoes are
le equal of any $6 cr $7 shoe sold
a custom shoemaker; they fit well,
d will wear as long as two pairs of
leaper shoes. ,v
er sole when buying.
For Sale bv
MWH Bprs.
##cs#®e3S232cca«*
baggages^
^TRANSFER
S TOVE WOOTEN has the only relia
ble tranter agency In the city. All
orders attended to prompUy It left nt
Windsor hotel. Bonn Sam to 10 p in.
aSSi^HSUgS. “
pqoNKW STEVE WOOTEN.
MORGAN-VANDERBILT
COMBINE EFFECTED
Warring Financiers Come To
gether In Big Deal.
COAL TRUST TO BE FORMED
By Merging of Their Hoads Into One
System » Powerful Corporation Will
Control Entire Coal Product of tho
United States.
New York, April 4.—Control of the
Reading railroad bus boon acquired by
tho Vandorbilts. Not only is th-j vast
mileage, with tho extraordinary coal
laud lioldiugs of the Reading company,
taken over by rhu Vanderbilts, but two
other important railroads are incidentally
absorbed. Toe Lehigh Valley unii the
Erie systems are to be merged iuta the
Reading and tho Reading, with these ac
quisitions, becomes the property of the
Vanderbilts. ^
This assures the settlement of tho an-
‘hracito coal trouble*—the unification of
l ithracitoe i.il mining and transportation
interests. On this atone the deal is of
trumeudims ceusjqaouojs. There are
other and even greater elements, how
ever. By this transaction practically
every disturbing faster is removed from
tho anthracite situation. Not only ora
competitive corporations brought into
harmony, but financial interests, rocoatly
antagonistic dangerously closo to open
war, uro harmonized.
According to statements tnado by Wall
street interests in closo touch with tho
Vanderbilt and Morgan factious, one of
tho first ami most important results of
tho Vanderbilt-Morgan-Cassott alliance
for the joint control of eastern railway
systems will bo tho contenting of a new
cool combino, which will include both
tho anthricito and bituminous compa
nies, and bind them together in a pow
erful trust that will havo absolute con
trol of tho American coal trade. Tho
fiuul stop toward tho completion of this
project was, it is said, the acquisition by
the Pennsylvania railroad of sufficient
Norfolk aud Western stock to mako it a
factor in tho management of that prop
erty.
COLVILLE RETURNS
TO BLOEMFONTEIN
His Force With French’s Re
joins the Main Army.
IT MAY MEAN AN ADVANCE
Believed That Lord Roberts Has Dc
elded to More at Once - Entire British
Force Inactive-Further Details of
Broadtvood’s Defeat.
WILL BUILD WINTER HOTEL.
Charleston to Have .%"»00,000 House
on Battery.
Charleston, April 4.—Mr. George M.
Trenholm of this city, who has been
financially interested in tho building of
a grand $509,31)0 hotel on tho water front
in Charleston, has gono to New York on
a business trip. Tho hotel scheme is in
splondid shapo and there is every reason
to believe that tho money can bo raised,
as previously promised. Architect
Wheelwright of New York, who has
been in Charleston for sovcral weeks,
has completed tho drawings for the hotel
and these havo boon sent to New York.
The sito picked out for the hotel is on
tho high battery overlooking tho harbor.
It is considered a magnificent location
for both a summer and wintor hotel.
Bishop Fowler Critically ill.
Buffalo, April 4.—Bishop Fowler of
the Methodist Episcopal chnreh is seri
ously ill. Ho was obligod to toko his
bed ten days ago. The bishop’s condi
tion showed improvemcn today and his
three physicians retain strong hopo for
his recovery.
London, April 4.—General Colville
and General French havo given up tho
movement against tho Boers cast of
Bloemfontein and havo rejoined tho
maiu army. It doubtless seemed to Lord
Roberts a vain thing to send from 10,000
to 13,000 of his host troops into the wil
derness, with a field transport, in tho di
rection at a right angle, which is chosen
as a line of advance. Tho Beers have
probably moved elsewhere and if to the
southwest General ColviUo could ns
easily strike them from Bloemfontein os
by following up across tho plains. Thoso
inferences still leavo tho situation be
wildering for tho time being. The
enormously superior British forces ap
pear inactive in every port of the war
field, waiting yet probably for tho ac
cumulation of material for a swift ad
vance across the Transvaal frontier.
The permanent bridge at the Moddor
river station has been finished. The
first train passod over it Tuesday.
The British garrison at Springfontein
was roused at midnight Monday by the
intimation that the Boers in force were
about to make an attack, but not a
burgher appeared.
Further details of the British reverses
near tho Bloemfontein waterworks tend
to Bhow that greater cohesion exists
among tho burghers of the Free State
than had been imagined.
Tho Standard's correspondent illus
trates the “slimness" of tho Boers by
mentioning that thoy concealed them
selves in the long grass and farther de
ceived Colonel Broadwood’s troops by
deputing some of their number to ap
pear nnarmed as merely interested spec
tator,). The Boers were ot first forced
back by the fire of the artillery, but
were Boon reinforcod and resumodtho
offensive, persuing tho British for some
distance. On tho arrival of the Ninth
and cavalry divisions an attempt was
made to surround tho federal troops,
but thoy fell back to a strong position
and General Colville finding them pro
vided with Crensot guns decided not to
engage them and returned to Bushman’s
Kop.
A further list of the casualties sus
tained by the British officers at Kooru
spruit March 31 adds 11 missing and one
wounded, making the total thus far 33.
DAVIS ON SOUTH AFRICA.
Organization Perfected.
Charleston, April 4.—A meeting of
tho citizens of Charleston was held to
night and organized a stock OTinpany
for the South Carolina Interstate and
West Indian exposition, which tho city
has planned to hold in 1901.
The story of love is as old as the world,
and an all embracing as the universe. It
furnishes the sentiment for all romancer-
all novels all plays.
The novelist considers it wholly from the
sentimental, intellectual side, but there is
another aspect even more important—the
physical side. Sentimental love between
men and women leads to close physical as
sociation—to marriage—to the rearing of
children. And so health must be consid
ered. A weak, sickly, head-achey, back-
achey woman cannot be a good, helpful
wife. She cannot bear healthy, happy
children. She cannot give her children
the proper care and training.
A sick woman has no right to marry. A
sick woman has no right to attempt moth
erhood.
But no woman need be sick unless af
flicted with cancer. There is a sure way
for her to regain her health. She need not
go to a local doctor and submit to the dis
agreeable questionings, V examinations ”
and “local treatments’' so invariably in
sisted upon, and sc justly abhorrent to
every modest woman.
Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., has
cured more cases of female weakness than
any hundred local practitioners. He has
proved that diseases distinctly feminine can
be cured right in the privacy of home.
Write to him stating your symptoms and
an account of your trouble and he will give
your case careful, confidential considera
tion and prescribe for yon free of charge.
Mrs. O. N. Fisher, of *861 Lexington Avenue,
New York City, writes: M t had been a sufferer
from nervousness with oil Us symptoms and
complications. In the spring of 18971 began to
take Dr. Pierce** Favorite Prescription. Now I
am not cross and irritable. I have a good color
is my lacc sad have gained ten pouuiLi
Ho Says Pretoria Is Impregnable—Rob
erts at Huy.
Wasiu.yqton, April 4.—After Secre
tary of the Interior Hitchoock sent to
Webster Davis a brief note, in which he
said the president had asked him to an
nounce to Mr. Davis that he had ac
cepted his resignation to become effec
tive today, Mr. Davis felt at liberty to
talk freely on tho Sonth African situa
tion and what he saw there.
After describing tho fortifications at
Pretoria ho stated positively that Pre
toria was absolutely impregnable.
He says that at Tagela Boiler and his
40,000 men are held at bay by 7,000.
With this force Joubert and Botha held
Boiler back and kept White and his 15,-
men corraled in the town.
IS NO DANCER OF A CLASH.
Both Sides to Kentucky Controversy
Seek to Avoid Outbreak.
Louisville, April 4.—Tho likelihood
of a clash of the state administrations
before a final decision in the contest case
by tho courts is bolioved to bo small.
Whilo every move of tho respective mil
itary establishments gives rise to a flood
of warlike rumors, tho men in control of
these movements in the interest of pub-
Uo order and of tho causes they represent
will not allow matters to take a serious
turn if they can prevent it. A decision
of tho court of appeals is expected within
a few days, but 30 days mast clapso
after the decision is rendered before the
mandate of the court is issued.
Because of this fact and tho prospec
tive appeal to the United States supremo
court, if the Republican are beaten, a
final settlement is still far off.
Governor Taylor is still at his homo in
Butter county, and there is no tuiuea-
tion of his early return to Frankfort.
Tho Franklin county grand jury in its
investigation of the Goebel assassination,
has gotten no further than the determina
tion of tho nature of Mr. Goebel's wound
and tho direction from which tho »hot
came. Testimony relating to tho al
leged conspiracy may be reached today.
Silas Joae3, tho Whitley county suspect,
will be the first witness in this lino of
evidence.
Flow Up Grain to Plant Cotton.
Keeshaw, S. C., April 4.—From the
way fertilizers .have been hanled ont the
farmers expoct to moke the largest cot*,
ton crop that has been made in years.
Nine cents cotton has ran Hie farmer
wild and in a good many places grain
will be plowed up and cotton planted
instead.
Death of tin American.
St. Petersbuho, April 4. —Sidney
Schmcy, a prominent member of the
American colony in this city, died sad*
dimly at Frankfort rweutly.
KIMBERLEY WAS IN
DESPERATE STRAITS
Authorities Were at One Time
Near Surrendering.
PETITION SENT TO BULLER
It Explains lion of Cecil Rhodes With
Commander at Kimberley Garrison.
Situation In City Was Fearful—Peo
ple Were Dying of Hunger.
London, April 4.—Tho troubles be
tween Cecil Rhodes nml Colonel Kcke-
wich are now being fully told. It ap
pears that tho relations between tho
'empire milker" and the colonel com'
manding at Kimberley reachod such a
pass that Mr. Rhodes ordered tho army
officer out of tho honse - The dispute i3
told iu detail by a Kimberley corres
pondont.
When Mr. Rhodes saw tho (lunger to
which tho town and its inhabitants
were exposed he come to tho conclusion
that the tirno hod arrived for the facts
in the case to be placed on record. He
accordingly called the mayor and a fow
leading citizens together, and in consul
tation with them drew up a petition,
which was duly forwarded to Colonel
Kekewich, accompanied by the request
that he would transmit it by heliograph
to tho higher military authorities.
The petition deals at length with the
conditions existing at Kimberley after
the city had been under Beige for four
months, and reqnests that relief bo sent
at the earliest possible moment.
The dooumont shows that- the people
of Kimberley were in dire straits, and
suggested to .Roberts that tho officials
were on tho verge of surrendering.
After taking time to consider his de
cision, the ofnoer commanding sent Mr.
Rhodes a letter informing him-that the
substance of his communication had
been forwrrded to Lord Roberts per he
liograph. Lord Roberts’ reply, which
was communicated in <lne course, pos
sesses no less historical interest than the
remarkable communication which origi
nated tho correspondence:
"I beg yon represent to.the-mayor and
Mr. Rhodes as strongly as yon possibly
can the disastrous aud humiliating effect
of surrendering after so prolonged and
glorions dofenso. Many (lays will not
pass before Kimberley will bo relieved,
as tv'll dnutneuoe active operations to-
ihorrotv.
i uturo military operations depond in
a large measure ou your maintaining your
position a very short time longer."
Mr. Rhodes was mnoh annoyed at tho
suggestion that tho thought of surrender
hod ever occurred either to himself or to
those associated with him in the repre
sentations which hod been mode and I
have reason to beliove that when Lord
Roberts anil Lord Kitchener arrived iu
Kimberley he took an early opportunity
of disabusing their minds of so mis
chievous on impression.
UNIQUE CONTEST IN SENATE
Spooner I. Reported as Trying to
f'llcnce Tillman.
WssinNOTON, April 4. — There has
been much nowspaper talk rolativo to a
contest which is going on in tho United
States senate botweon Senator Spooner
and Scuntor Tillman. The statements
ore to tho effect thnt Senator Spooner
has undertaken tho extraordinary task
of trying to silenco a fellow member of
tho suuato. Bach a contest woald bo
auuiquo one, and has not boon wit
nessed in tho United States senate since
tho (lays of Webster and Calhoun and
Ilayno.
There is no donbt Senator Tillman is
nt tlinos impetuous, aud is at all times
outspoken in his opposition to curtain
order of things, and ho speaks perhaps
at times with a vehemonco upon certain
topics, bat as a senator of a sovereign
state thnt is Iris right. If Spooner has
undertaken to wage a contest against
Tillman on theso lines tho Soath Caro
lina senator will donbtless bo ready to
meet him, and there are many who be
lieve that Tillman will, before tho end
of the present session, completely down
(Iu, “refined little lawyer" from the
tho "refined littlo lawyer’
west.
PREACHER QUITS
PULPIT.
Threw Water on Congregation and
Hurriedly Leaves Town.
Macon, April 3.—A revival has been
In progress at Knoxville. Sunday night
there was a sensational occurrence at
tho close of tho evening’s scrvico in tho
Methodist church. Mr. Morrill of Car-
tersville, who had been conducting the
services there for the post woek, closed
his sermon by washing hi- hands in tho
pulpit aud throwing tho water from
them over tho congregation, saying at
the same time (hat ho washed bis hands
of the people of that town; that he would
havo no more to do with them; that he
would never preach another sermon
there, that ho would go on his way in the
world and allow them to go theirs. He
then picked up his hat und coat and
walked out, slamming the door. This
was daring tho midst of tho servioe.
It is said there was considerable talk
abont the action of the minister, and
that several threats were made against
him. It is olso said that ho hurriedly
left the city. ’
War on the Cattlo Tick.
Clayton, Ga., April 4.—A meeting of
tho representative men from all parts of
tho country has boon held at tho court-
houso in Clayton for tho purpose of de-
vising means to prevent tho spreading
of disease among tho cattlo of this mouu
tain region by what is kuowu os tin
“cattlo tick.” An organization wit-
formed to be known as the Rabun Couuty
Cattle Protective association.
Wtnfiy-
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum*
Alum baking powders are the greatest
menaced to health of the present day.
novAi swim nwn eo-.sew ram.
AMERICAN OFFICER
LED BOER TROOPS
He Commanded the Transvaal
Forces at Bushmankop.
DEPARTMENT
SURPRISED
Was Sent to South Africa as United
States Officer to Watch Progress of
War-Ills Conduct May Result In
Grave Diplomatic Difficulties.
Washington, April 8.—Tho Amoricnn
named Reichman said to have baen in
command of the Boors at tho Bushman
kop ambush was Captain Carl Reich-
man, U. S. A.
Captain Reichman was detached from
command of a company in jho Seven
teenth infantry when ordered to South
Africa on Jan. 6. He was sent to tho
Capo to report on all military operations,
and is virtually a United States repro
sen tativo. He reached the frout about
four weeks ago, and, like tho French
anjl German attaches, is believed to bo
helping the Boor forces in whatever way
he can.
Captain Reichman was born in Ger
many. Ho came to Ameriea in 1831and
tho same your joined tho United States
nrmy us u prituto at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan.
Within threo years Reichman passod
through the successive grados of private,
corporal, sorgitut and soeond Lieutenant
and after obtaining a commission his
promotion was rapid.
Iu 1880 R.-ichman was graduated from
tho Fort Leavenworth cavalry and in
fantry school, and after a few years was
nssigned to duty iu the school as in
structor in the department of inilitury
art.
Ho is a deep studout and has written
fonr monographs upon the subject of
military art.
Thj war department has recoivod no
report recently from Captain Rjichman.
The report that ho was fighting with
the Boers was a startling announcement
to the department. Captain Reichman
is still officially connected with tho
United States government and snch an
act of his might bring, ou grave diplo
matic difficulties.
Tho cables giving this report were
handed at once to Adjutant General
Corbin.
Such a thing ns this,” said tho gen
eral, “is inconceivable. I cannot be-
Uevo that Cuptapi Reichman has douo
this without tUijt forwarding a resigna
tion to tho war department. I havo been
asked several times whether ho had re
signed. I cannot believe that ho would
take part in tho Transvaal battles with
out first leaving the United States army.
As I have said, such a thing is incon
ceivable under military law.
“Captain Reichman is one of the most
conservative officers iu the nrmy. That
was ono of the reasons be was sent to
the Transvaul.
"If Captain Reichman has joined in
the fighting without first resigning from
tho United Stutos army he will bo liablo ■
to conrttnartial on his return. If ho
does not return bo will be dismissed
from the service in disgrace if it bo
found true that he joined the Boers whilo
still bolding a commission under tho
Unitod States." '
H. A. RUCKER IS INDICTED.
Revenue Collector and III* Clerk Are
Held For Libel.
Atlanta, April 4.—As a result of an
articlo which appeared in The Ropnbli
can Loader, Henry A. Rucker,
of internal re venae, and W. L. Moseley,
a clerk in his office, have been indicted
bsr tho grand jury on the charge of libcL
•Rucker is said to bo owner of The Re
publican Leader, a newspaper published
in this oity. In a recent article it was .
stated that Augusta F. Smith, a toucher
in the state school for negroes at Savan
nah, had been divorced from her I
bond, and that tho oanso of the div
was that she had been unfaithful.
PROPOSED NEW RAILROAD.
Coloucl Iloono of Black Dk
Fame Is Projector.
Columbia, s. 0., April 4.-
E. Booue, now of Knoxville, has \
to tho secretary of state for a copy of the
acts rolativo to railroad charters. Ho
wishes to apply for a charter for tho
Knoxvillo, South Carolina and South-
port Railway company. Ho states that
tho proposed railroad will run front
Knoxvillo to Greenville, and front there
probably to Winnsboro, Camden, Con
way aud thence to Charleston, via
Georgetown.
Colonel Boone is the father of th«
Riac.lt Diamond” project