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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1900.
EOT WEATHER
NUMBER 12
CALLS FOR
COOL CLOTHlkG
The past week we have received another lot of those
striped Flannel Suits worth $10; to sell them quick
we price them at $7 oo.
Double-breasted Serge Coats worth $5 oo reduced to $4 00.
Double-breasted Serge Coats worth $4 50 reduced to f3 25.
Blue & black Serge Coats & Vests reduced to 4 50 this we~ek
NEGLIGE SHIRTS
Great Enthusiastic Outburst
Greets National Chair
man James E. Jones.
THOMAS TAKES THE CHAIE
Big lot just opened in plain white, “cool and neat’
and all the season new shades and colors.
UNDERWEAR
Temporary Organization Effected.
Routine Ilusluen* Itiulicil Through,
Itule* Adopted and Committees Ap
pointed-Convention Opened With
Rraycr—•Following Reports of Com
mittees Nominations Will lie Made. J
Kansas City, July 4.—The national
Democratic convention was called to or
der at noon by Chairman James K.
Jones of Arkansas.
Ihe routine business was quickly dis
patched and Temporary Chairman
Thomas of Colorado took the choir.
The various committees were
Nainsook and Check Muslin Underwear from 2 S c to
5oc per garment worth at least oue-third more Biir ,,er " ,aueilt organization will bo effected,
line of Balbnggan Underwear for those who prefer it SiSSSSi
at 25c, 35c, 5oc, 75c, $1 00 per garment.
WHERE THE NATION'S
DEMOCRACY MEETS
Pen Picture of Convention
Hall With Decorations.
PORTRAITS ARE MISSING
FAILURES FOR SIX MONTHS.
NECKWEAR
Business Mortality Is Ihe Lightest Tor
1H Yeurs.
New Yoiik, July 4.—Despite the
Pictures of Bryan and Other Leudcrti
Omitted—Scenes on Streets Leading
t to Assembly Ball—Crackers and
Bands Blend In Patriotism.
Kansas City, only 4.—This is opening
day of tli! Domocratio national conven
tion. After all the heat and turmoil, the
day is here, and ; raids lead to the
convention, where, at 13 o’clock, Chair
man Jones calls the convention to order.
Throughout the night there has been
no sleep, for tho sky has been lurid and
the sound deafening from rockets and
cannon aud overy conceivable device of
noisy demonstration. With the day
light tho shock had increased into one
long continued roar, in which tho pa
triotism of tbo day and the enthusiasm
of tho party are blended.
Early in the day the crowds began to
tnrn toward Convention ball and all the
approaches to the vast edif.ee were filled
with an eager and excited throng, surg
ing toward tho many entrances seeking
to gain early admission to th<\ building.
With them came bands, marching clubs
and dram corps, and to tho confusion of
their crash and hurrah was added the
Bakincf PcwJcr
Absolutely Pure
Don't forget that we have the nice fi t newest and I down of general business there
, preU . !est ,!i”_ e .? f , Nfirr. 1 " *"«*“*• ?sc ri« JirJSiysfS: srs
failures reported for the first six months
of the calendar year 1900 is tho smallest
for 50c, 35c goods at 25c this week.
VICE LINE
noted for 18 years past, falling below
5,090 in number. The volume of liabili
ties, it is true, is somewhat larger than
Of the latest in Collars, Cuff,, Hosiery and Suspen-1 tio^.tTor^VrceT
ders anvays on hand for well dressed gentleman.
Very Truly Yours,
Lee Allen
BOY BURGLARS ARRESTED.
Negroes About 12 Years of Age Held
For Several Robberies.
Dawson*, Go., July 3.—Probably two
of the youngest burglars ever arrested
in this State, are in jail here. Friday
night T. O. Witchard & Co.'» store was
entered and the cash drawer robbed aud I *** I*‘ r ce, d iu the panic year 1893.
coption of the first six mouths of last
yenr, the aggregate liabilities of 4,880
traders, $00,004,208 is the smallest sum
involved in the product mentioned since
the year 1892, and with that exception is
the smallest aggregate reached since
1887.
The assets of failures mentioned ag
gregate $27,475,514, a gain of 2S percent
>ver lust year, bur a decrease of 25 per
*ent from 1898, only about half those of
1897, aud, with the exception of lust
year, rhe smallest assets reported since
1887. As illustrative of tho return to
the normal in the matter of business
embarrassments, it might be stated that
the percentage of assets to liabilities in
the first six months of the present year
was 45.7 per ceut, compared with 45.5
per cent last year, with 5 per cent in
1898, with 58 per cent in 1897 and 1890
PENNSYLVANIA I'lKK KYE,
KIUIIT YKAILS OLU.
old sharps: williams,
R PI’LL UUAHTS OF THIS FINK
01.1). PURE RYE.
*3-50, Jgffi
several articles of merchandise stolen.
Following this crime the st ire of C. G.
Lewis & Bro. was entered and robbed of I
u dollar in change left from the day’s I
Mile*. When G. G. Lewis opened his I
•tort? and discovered the burglary, ho
found the tracks of a small boy, which I
led him to Miq'ect Arthur Robinson, 12
years old. Accompanied by Deputy
Sheriff Slade, ho went to tho home of I
BRITISH LOSSES IN AFRICA,
Makes hot breakfast-breads wholesome—no
yeast germs, no alum. Makes cake, biscuit'
and pastry of superior fineness, flavor and deli
cacy. Makes food that will keep moist and
6weet. Is most economical, because it is the
purest and greatest in leavening strength. In
the easy, expeditious preparation of the finer
cakes and pastries, Royal is indispensable.
Care mast be taken to avoid baki
, , -- in* powders made
from alum. Such powdera are sold cheap, because
Not only
they cost but a few cents per pound.
will they spoil the cake, but alum Is a corro
sive acid, which taken in food means injury to bcalUk
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. 100 WILLIAM 8T„ NEW YORK.
ELLIOT F. DAN FORTH.
'* i
War Office Issue* Statement of Cas
ualties In the Iloer War,
London, July 4.—.The war office has
issued a return of the British casualties
in South Africa since the beginning
tho war. Tho total losses, exclusive
the boy, where they found goods from I ttU< ^ wounded, have been 29,700,
tho store of Witchard & Co. The boy | which the killed iu action were 254 ofli
was jailed, and coufes-ed tli» burgla
ries, implicating Jeff Davis, another
gro boy near his own age.
Iu his confosion ho acknowledged
veral very bold burglaries, which had
heretofore beeu shrouded in mystery.
trr . . He acknowledged cotiiug firs to Perry
r Vp'i v ' an, i test il If it is not aatlsfac- & Roberts’ warehou>e several month
■ ’ , : r /‘ ! l at ourexpense and we will re-
xpense and we will re
We guarantee Ibis brand to
. Jd. Eight bottles for 86.50,
av i cp u'* ; •-bottles for W.ftO. express
d, «4
*uL. f. lfa< ling brands of Bye
-•-•^rbon.
diow llour i, n ;;;
cal ion.
ei j*
160
oar Pepper),
i Wedding
ugo in an attempt to burglarize Lewis
«& Bros.* store. The mother of Jeff
Davis was jailed as accessory.
I'rloe of Migar Advamwcf.
New Yoiik, July 3.—All grades of re
fined sugars have been advanced 1-10 of
a cent per pound by the American Sugar
Refining company. Raw sugars have
Imh*ii advanoeil 1-lfi of a cent per |x>uud.
All the independent refineries have fol
lowed the advance mode by the Ameri
can company.
cers and 2,403 non-commissioned officers
and men; died of wounds, 70oftlcersand
010 iiou-commissioned officers aud men.
missing and prisoners, 05 officers and
2,024 non-commissioned officers aud
men; died of disease, 133 officers and
4,204 non-commissioned officers and
men: invalided home, SI I officers and
18,431 non-com mis sioned officers aud
men.
Uyc
s years old).
' year- old)..
< by the gallon, such as Corn
and Apple Brandies, etc,,
i«iw, from II,85 gallon up-
asm
inducements of-
,e Altmayer &
* a *au Liquor Co.
"•Oppcdaamc day receipt of
*®' 508.503, 510, 512 Fourth at.
'' clr Union Passenger Depot
I’lione 265.
con,
Georgia.
g G\gi;i
Killed for fOOnt*.
Augusta, Ga., July 3.—While shoot
ing emps two negroes became involved I
in a dispute over JO cents, when one of
them drew his knife aud stabbed the
other in the neck. He put his knife in [
his pocket, picked up the money and [
escupcd. The wounded negro will di*
Threw Vitriol Iu Ills Face.
Boston, July 4.—Mi r >n Ro^un,
waitress
BID IN BY BONDHOLDERS
Murlctta I’nper .Mill Sold—Company
to He Reorganized.
Marietta, Ga., July 4.—The property
of the Marietta Paper Manufacturing
company lias b.*eu sold by M. W. So*
sions, receiver. The property was bid
off by C. C. Whitmire of Toledo, O., for
the sum of $60,000, for the bondholders.
The bonded indebtedness was $75,000.
The sale of the country mill wus en
joined, and did not take place. This
ileco of property is worth something
ike $10,000. Ti»e oompauy will be re
organis'd by the purchasers right away.
Until then they will continue to be ruu
by Mr. Sessions as receiver.
Heavy Shipments of Coffee.
Managua, Nicaragua, July 4.—Coffee
is being exjjorted rapidly, usually via
a restaurant, mot, at her re-1 Coriuto and Panama to Europe or New
quest, Frank L. Tay! »r, a dentist, iu the | York city. Much coffee, however, is
marble dooi w.tvof the public library. | shipped thw year from Nicaragua to San
The girl dashed vitriol in Taylor’s fact
mid tho acid burned his eyes so that he
will be always blind.
^TRANSFER
1>»» the only relU
l3'-"’ lill- 10 th ' CUT. Al
‘’wi.SV ompUir u 11
:„r ; • » m to 10 p m.
«Po " s!l t triln* mu,t be iott
H Respectfully,
STEVE WOOTEN.
Death from Laudanum.
Alexander City, Ala-, July 4.—E. M.
Barnes, ag d about TO years, tli.nl here
from an overdone of laudanum. Ho was
suffering with n 'severe earbnnelo and
; the laudanum tt> relievo the pain.
Mr. Barnes win the postmaster here.
Twenty l*er Cent DivM
Harmony Grove, Ga., July 4.—The
Harmony Gretfe cotton mill declared o
dividend of 29 per cent at ^he annual
meeting <»f fkc ‘liri
former <
elected f-
Francisco. An unusually largo area has
been planted tho past month in corn,
, beans and yneca. The planting is
done usually in primitive style, the plow
eldom being used.
ctors. All of tin
and directors were re
• the ensuing lineal year.
Symnan Captured.
I/IN DON. July 3.—A dispatch from
Capetown reports the c.iptare, near
Uchtenbnrg, of General Symnan, who
besieged Mafekiug, and an important
Boer commander.
Will Be Extended to Columbus.
Columbus, Ga.. July 4.—According to
an advertisement an important change
uf the charter of the Georgia Pino
UuiUvny company will bo made. The
road now extends from Bainbridgo
Arlington. It is now desired to
change the charter so that it can bo ex
tended to Columbus on tho north and
to Tallahassee or Quincy, Fla., on tho
south.
Naval Board’s Heport.
Washington, July 4.—Tho report of
the naval board on the battleship Ken
tucky^ just submitted to tho nary de
partment, shows that the ship was gen
erally in excellent condition. There
was some bait foaad with the electrical
firing apparatus of one turret, which
pevented a simultaneous firing of the
four guns thereon.
[Vice Presidential Possibility.)
constant crack, boom, sizz of bombs and
frackers, as the convention enthusiasts
aud the small boy vied with each other
in colebraiing tho day.
The surrounding streets presented the
appearance uf a state fair nnder full
headway, with scores of tents and ini
prevised restaurants, giving evidence
that n good share of this sweltering muss
which has descended npon tho town is
living npon sandwiches nud lemonade.
A huge tent, largo enongh to accommo-
tkite a two-ring circus, spreads its white
if itigs opposite tho main entrauce to the
Imilding and dis|ienseH foaming bev-
CTidges to tho weary and thlvsty way
farer, whilo next door a huge sheet pos
ter announces the long-lion.e I champion
steer of Texas which may bo seen in
side.
Further away there are evidences of
desolation left by tho great (ire which
swept awuv the convention hull three
months ago.
The stars and stripes snap proudly
from 109 staffs along tho gable nud at
intervals, surrounding tho entire buil
ing. There are hundreds of these flags
topping the structure, giving an idea of
it* vastness, 340 feet long and 198 feet
wide. Yesterday an army of men were
busy removing the debris of construe'
tion, and they :u reeded so well that
not n vestige of it remains. The squads
of policemeu were early on the j.r mild,
I looping back tho crowds and maintain
hg quiet.
iiiiiv was little disorder, however,
f ir the crowds were good imturcd and
their patriotism was tempered with dis
cretion. It was noticeable that many of
those of the gathering throng were
women, with their gayest fuimeiit thus
0(l<iing another element of color and
ta-anty t > the blazu of bunting every
where apparent.
Oflllelals Early on Baud.
Inside the convention hall tho officials
were early on liutitl to muku final pre
paration. The sergeant at arms gave a
closing drill to tbo 300 ushers and nnder
his direction showed that they jierformed
alike a tribute to the patriotic sentiment
of the day and the assemblage in the
boll.
The great steel roof, supported by mas-
si vo girders, Is partly obsenrod by flags
looped into rosettes. The satno scheme
of flag rosettes makes a rim of color for
tho gullery, 40 feet above, swooping en
tirely around the hall.
In the front of nnothor gallery is tho
coat of arms of 4« states and territories,
with here and there tho long streamers
caught up into bows aud'rosettes, while
just back of tho platform Is a box bear
ing the red, wbito and blue inscription
of the “Now York High School Boys.”
But the rye leaves these details of
color and rests on toumnguifleont Amer
ican tings, each 3J feet long, which are
ALMOST SEVERED HIS HAED.
Walker. Attacks Thompson With a
Sword—.More Trouble Threatened.
Epward.sville, Ala., July 4.— J. W.
Walker has killed Whit Thompsdn here.
Two young men, Thompson and Bragg,
went to Walkor's house, nbout 3 miles
nortli of town, nud bccamo involved in
a difllculty with Walker, who ran them
off. later they returned and renewed
the iliffinlty and Wnlker got out an old
sword and attacked Thompson. He al
most sovored Thompson’s head and
hacked him about tho body. In the
meantime Bragg wns knocked senseless
and wns lying on the ground. Walker
got bis wifo anti child anil cntriotl them
cmiopiwTfrem the 5?of3£ building^ I
the sides, two of these mounter emblems SJeriff^°t!dl!n> SlSm^Jhat 1°? 40 th “
flunking the chairman’s platform like t'iJ"*,'!.'! 0 ?. 6 :..
platform
tho wings of a stage. In tho center of
these what an opportunity is offered for
a coup d'oeil In this sceme of color, with
the portrait of the party’s idol and com
ing nominee. But, strangely, it is not
hore, aud Chief Decorator Baker ex
plains that the national committee has
forbidden the hanging of pirtraits of
any living man.
Tho convention hall auditorium is
shaped like a great bowl, with tho pro'
siding officer iu tho center, while the
seats rise tier on tier on ovory sitle back
to the remotest corner of the building.
In the hollow of this bowl tho real busi
ness is to be done, for here the delegates
anil alternates tire seated anil the plat
form is located.
The area for delegates is paved with
stones, so there will he no sound of
shuffled feet. The seats arc arranged in
a great oval, the side toward the plat
form. The folding chairs for the dele-
Walkor is a lawyer, but of bite;
' triuiug. T"
.•urred is
which it occurred is terribly wrought
up over the affair. Further trouble and
other arrests are expected. The grand
jury will thoroughly investigate the
affair. '
TO OPEN NEW COAL MINES.
m
ru mu a. mm
[Fusion Candidate For Vice President.]
their duties with pncMoa. The door
keepers, messengers and pages were
likewise drilled in their duties And nil
wns made ready for the rush soon to tc-
The. interior of the building ore-
ADI.AI K. STEVENSON.
[A Strong Vies Presicentis! Possibility.)
gates nud alternates make n little lake
of yellow in tills bowl markod here and
them by tho tall standards indicating
the various state delegations.
liaised about 2 foet above this stone,
the platform juts out into tho lake of
yellow like some cape in the sea. The
plutforiu is flanked ou either sido liy tho
rows of press scats, stretching back 200
feet ill either direction. The platform
itself presents evidence of elegance, even
gorgeousness, and is far more elaborate
than the counterpart at Philadelphia;
Beneath tho chairman's feet stretches a
rich Turkish rug of crimson hue, while
a great leathern seat is ready to accom
modate the man who holds tho gavel.
Instead of a tablo before him the gavel
is to fall on s strange wooden pedestal,
similar to those used in sap|»rting a
catafalque. Tho secretary of tho con-
ventiou has another raised platform
with a huge chair of leatheru elegance,
while th6 lesser offiafals, clerks
t Monographers have the usual spread of
e before them.
w. B. Reynolds to Organize a New
Company In Alubuma.
Moxtevallo, Ala., July 4 W. B.
Reynolds has returned from New York,
whore he success folly'negotiated a 20-
your lease of 3,000 acres of oual land
from Charles II. Marshall, president of
tho Alabama Mineral land company.
The prop>rty is situated in Bibb
county, south of tho lower Oahaba river
bridge, between Gurnee und Blucton.
The I/misvillc nn<l Nashville and
Southern will build a joint rend to the
new mines. Mr. Reynolds says he will
organize under tho uumo of tho Bibb
County Mining lompany, with a tem
porary office at Bloct.in.
Contracts will be let for tho erection
of 60 houses us s-s>n as the lumber can
be cut for that purpose. Tho proposed
output of the mines will be l.oob tons
per day.
NEGRO PREACHER IS SHOT.
Struck Ills Wife—Another Man Inter-
leres anil Shoot big Follows.
Montgomery, Ala., July 4.—Israel
Bciscr, a woll known negro preacher
aud politician, was shot nud fatally
wounded by Henry Tyre, another negro.
Belser was shot in tho breast just over
the iett nipple, the ball coming out in
tho back.
He hud been out preaching, and when
he came home he found Ids wife was
away. He suspected that sho wns at
Tyre's house, mid he went there. Just
ns lie came in viow of the place he saw
his wire copiing out of the gate. He
walked up to her, mid, after a few words,
struck her. This angered Tyre, who
made n remark to Belser, who then
struck the man. Tyre thui pulled his
pistol and fire 1, tho bail striking Belser
ill tho breast.
id
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Kshluaza Makes Denial. —\
Washington. Jnly 8.—Mr. -n.
consul of Colombia to New York, called
at the state department and had noon-
ferenre with Secretary Hay. Tho consul
general denies the accuracy of the sto-
ricsAvMclt reach tho Amencun press to
theeffmt that tho insurrectionists are
making good headway Ui Colombia.
Ncgr., p:\curslonist Killed.
Selma, Ala., Jaly 4.—Two excursions
to S.'lrua brought 21 carloads of negroes
from Mertdiau Miss., aud Birmtugbam.
One negro, name unknown, wns found
lying ou tile Southern railway bridge
over tho Caliubi river, about 9 miles
from Selina, with Ills skoll crushed. Il
Is thought lie w it leauiug out from the
platform when the bridge timbers struck
him, knocking him off.
New Cotton Mill Organized.
Lcmbertox , N. C., Jaly 4.—The Lum-
berton Cotton Mill has been organized,
with a capital stock of not lees than
•75,000 and not ■ more than $300,000.
About *75.000 have been subscribed.
Burglar* Slake a Good Haul
Decatur, Ala., Jaly 4.—Tho safe ol
W. G. Slnllman, a large dealer in farm
ing implements iu New Decatur, wat
burglarized late las* night aud $7i
stolen.
