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THE ROME GROCERY COMPANY,
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
No house in the State is better prepared to conduct a wholesale business than
ours. Our large and commodious building gives facilities to handle goods at a
less cost than if we were in cramped quarters.
Fireworks, Cannon Crackers,
Roman. Candles Fire Crackers
Fruits and Christmas goods arriving in car load lots. Canned Goods, Fancy
Goods, Candies, Crackers and everything in the grocery line.
Our motto is “Quick Sales and Small Profits.” We made large purchases
before the advance in freight rates and prices, and are in position to make close
. figures in all lines of goods. It will be to your interest to get our prices before
making your purchases. Retail merchants call and be convinced.
The Rome Grocery Company, * os ' ll,lll
COUNTY MATTERS
THE COMMISSIONERS
Os Roads and ReYeimes of the County
of Floyd.
THEY ARE GOOD MEN AND TRUE
Three Prominent Members of
the Board.
THE NOBLE YEOMANRY OF FLOYD
fiome Interesting Details of ttie Lives and
Character of These Men of Mark
and High Repute.
Mr. William A. Wright justly occupies
a high place in the estimation of the peo
ple of Floyd county. He has for years
been laboring in the interests of this sec
tion and his work has met with undenia
ble success. He Jias held several county
and city offices and has always met with
approbation from the people. Few men
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MR. WILLIAM A. WRIGHT.
of such wide popularity live in this sec
tion. and everybody knows and likes him.
Mr. Wright now lives at the old home
place of his lamented father, Judge A. R
Wriget, one of the prettiest places in the
land.
He was elected commissioner several
years ago, and his wo k as such has been
enthusiastic and enterprising. He was
largely instrumental in the building of
the handsome new court house, and is
justly proud of his work in this line.
Mr. Wright takes a great interest in
enterprises which will result in benefit to
recently donated a large tract
land for the Masonic home
11 lles ,wo 1111,1 11 llll >f miles
from the court house and is one of the
finest locations for an institution of that
sort in the State. He is always foremost
iu every measure for the upbuilding of
her city and county.
FRANCIS A. GLENN.
Member nf ths Board of Roads and Rev
enues of Flo>d County.
Mr. Francis A. Glenn was born in
Jackson county, Ga., Oct. 21, 1819, and
moved to Floyd county away back in
1850, and has been engaged in farming
all his life, for many years near Cave
Spring.
In 1846 he married Miss Martha C.
McCulloch, and of their family of chil-
MR. FRANCIS A. GLENN.
dren only three are now living. During
the war he held a lieutenant’s commis
sion in the state service, and was crip
pled at the time. For seventeen years
ne was a jury commissioner, which shows
in what high esteem he is held by the
people of Floyd county, who admire and
honor him for his honesty and integrity
of character and his superior intelligence
and ability.
Six years ago he was first elected a
commissioner ot roads and revenue, and
at the last elected for a second term. He
is one of Floyd’s staunchest citizens and
most worthily fills the position of trust
and honor which has been conferred upon
him.
At his beautiful country home on Big
Cedar creek, two and a half miles from
Cave Spring, he keeps open house to his
friends, and there is no finer specimen of
the real old Georgia gentleman than Mr.
Glenn.
MR. U ILLBM LUMPKIN SELMIN.
A Member * f the Board of Roads and Rev
enues of Floyd Coutty.
The subject of this sketch was the
fifth son born to Wiley and Adeline Sel-
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man on Dec. 22,' 1844, on the farm In
Texas valley; descent, Scotch, Irish and
Welsh. The father died in 1854 and the
mother in 1859. He was reared by his
eldest brother, James F. Selman, who
now owns and lives upon the homestead.
While attending the high school at
Floyd Springs, taught by Capt. James
Morton in 1861, he volunteered
in the Floyd Springs Guards,
commanded by the late lamented
Col. M. B. Ballenger, and was mustered
into the Confederate service at Big
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MR. WILLIAM L. SELMAN.
Shanty, August 31, 1861, Company C,
23rd Georgia regiment, commanded by
Col. Hutcherson, of Cherokee. Was sent
THE CITY HALL.
to Richmond, and from there to York
town, where he served in heavy artillery
until the evacuation under General
Raines, formerly of the United States
army, as brigadier. Gen. J. Magruder
was the major general of the Twenty
third regiment. He was a member of
the late lamented Gen. A. K. Colquitt’s
brigade, and served under him nntil the
surrender. In January 1866, he mar
ried and now lives on a farm now owned
by Dr. Alexander Wright. He quit
farming and sold goods eight years, when
he sold his stock and has been farming
since. He was elected at the last elec
tion to the board of commissiners of
roads and revenues for Floyd county.
Mr. Selman stands very high in the esti
mation of the people of Floyd county,
and wherever he is known he is respected
for his honesty, integrity and good citi
zenship.
A lull line ot smokers’ de
lights and chewers’ solaces at
Paul C. Jack & Co’s, cigar and
tobacco store in the Armstrong
building.
Talents.
As to the great and commanding tal
ents, they are the gift of Providence in
some way unknown to us. They rise
where they are least expected. They
fall when everything seems disposed to
produce them, or at least to call them
forth. —Burke.
Yow pay a fair price and
get good cigars or tobaccos
from Paul C. Jack <fc Oo
WARTERS' MIE
CIGARS
4*Have No Superiors in the Market.**
The above statement is a fact to which thousands of
smokers in Rome and North Georgia will bear witness.
WARTERS' FAVORITE BRANDS:
“Oostanauia,” “Etowah,”
“Havana Pore,’’ “Hand-Made,”
. “Happy Moments.’
Os these brands too much cannot be said. The “Oostanauia” is a
clear Havana, made from the very best stock that money can buy, and
turned out from the hands of skilled workmen, It is a beauty and a
favorite. The “Etowah'’ is a Havana filler, and every cigar is certain to
sell another of the same brand. “Havana Pure,” “Happy Moments” and
“Hand-Made” form a trio of the most popular brands known to Rome
smokers. The guarantee ot their popularity is satisfactorily evidenced
by the increasing demand and larger orders from dealers.
We do not depend upon the cry of “patronize home industry” for
our trade, but, with our experience, we go into market and buy the very
best tobacco money can secure, aud then we have it built into the best
cigars that skill can “roll.” Therefore, when we reach the individual
smoker we give him pure and unadulterated comfort and our business
grows.
For Sale by all the trading Merchants of Rome,
North Georgia and Adjoining States.