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MEN'WHO LEAD IN TRADE.
Progressive Business Men Wlio Believe in Rome, Floyd
County and Their People.
They Are the Ones Who Have Built Up the City and Made it the
Great Trade Center It Is—Safe Methods and Honest Transac
tions Have Brought Wealth and Prosperity to Thein-
Rome’s Commercial Wealth Due to Their Enterpiise.
The commercial life arid business sue
cess of a city are largely dependent on
the character of its retail merchants. A
city that is not pushed forward by men
of enterprise, push, eneray and discrim
ination can never achieve that high
measure of success which would accrue
to a place whose citizens are wide awake
to not only their own interests but to
the welfare of the city as well.
In this particular Rome is blessed far j
above most cities. Her retail merchants |
from the heads of the big dry goods es J
tablishments down to the keepers of the
hucksters stalls seem thoroughly per
meated with progress and enterprise.
When any emergency arises in which
the good of the city is involved they al
, ways come to the front with one accord
and lend a helping hand in furthering
every movement that looks to to the
welfar? and upbuilding of the city.
Business men and visitors from abroad
have commented very favorably on this
predominating trait among the citizens
of Rome. When a man comes here in
search of investment or seeking a loca
tion for a home he always finds our
business men ready and willing to show
him around and to give him all the in
formation that he may desire in regard
to our beautiful city and the surround
ing country.
When any new enterprise is talked of
they are always ready to go down in
their pockets to contribute towards lo
cating it in or around the city, and in
this way they have contributed thou
sands of dollars for the purchase of sites
for industrial enterprises. They thor
oughly appreciate the value of capital
and are always ready to put their money
in anything that promises fair returns
and it may add to the commercial
strength and industrial wealth of the
community.
Business failures are rare in Rome
and even in the midst of the universal |
stringency our merchants held their j
own and have met their obligations and |
their names stand high on the list of the :
various commercial agencies of the va
rious commercial agencies of the coun
try. They take a pride in sustaining the
reputation of their city and use every
endeavor to keep pace with the vanguard
of the procession which is marching to
ward prosperity.
One of the strongest evidences of their
public spiritedness and keep business dis
cernment is the fact that they are among
the most liberal advertisers to be found
in any city of the South. Day after day
their names with the inducements that
they offer in their various lines are to be
found in the daily Tribune and on Sun
days page ifter page of beautiful display I
advertisements and columns of local no
tices give the Sunday Tribune the look
of a metropolitan newspaper.
In this connection our readers will
find it to their interest to look over the
list of prosperous and progressive busi
ness men presented herewith for they '
represent the most advanced element in j
the financial and commercial progress of
the liveliest city to its size in the great
South.
A Successful Firm,
The firm of Bass Bros. & Co. has
earned a wide-spread and well de
served reputation as one of the fore
most business concerns of this section
of country. Not only has Capt. J. L.
Bass, the senior partner, built up a
great business through his energy and
enterprise and the assistants of the
other members of the firm, but he has
added immeasurably to the reputa
tion of the city through his Napo
leonic methods. He knows the value
of advertising, both to himself in a
business way and to the city which
he so well and worthily represents,
and the extent of nis advertising ven
tures has elicited editorial comment
from the press in various parts of the
state. He is one of the closest buyers
in all this region of country, and dur
jug his periodical trips to New York
and Eastern markets he always se
cures the very nest to be found in the
market in the way of dry goods,
shoes, millinery and everything to be
found in a first class dry goods estab
lishment.
Mr. C. C. Bass looks largely after
the business interests of the Rome
store, and is a painstaking and prac
tical business man, full of energy and
enterprise. To him is due, in a great
measure, the success of Bass, Bros. A
Co. at Rome. The stock on hand now
is one of the fullest and most complete
ever brought to the city, and the
sales this fall have been simply enor
mous. They sell at the very lowest
figures, employ experienced, affable
and accommodating salesmen and
sales ladies, and their customers get
the very best for their money that
can be obtained here or elsewhere.
Bass’ grand openings are noted events
every season, and the firm makes it a
point to keep the business up to the
very highest standard of metropolitan
excellence all the year round.
A Progressive Firm,
The firm of Parks, Brannon & Co.,
his been ’n business about one year and
during that time has made wonderful
progress and has enjoyed one of the
most successful seasons cf any firm iu
the city of Rome. The members of the
firm , Messrs. H. B. Parks and J. L
Brannon are men thoroughly experi
enced in the dry goods business, full of
energy and a knowledge of the needs of
the public and it is not surprising that
they have forged their way rapidly to
the front among the successful business
men of Rome.
In their large and commodious store
on Broad street they carry a full Hue of
dry goods, shoes, men’sand boys’cloth
ing and furnishing goods, which they
sell at tse very lowest market prices.
Their extensive business connections
and intimate knowledge of the dry goods
business enables them to secure the very
best bargains to be obtained in the great
markets of the North and East and they
give their patrons and customers the full
benefit of their knowledge and experi
ence.
Those in search of bargains in dry
goods, clothing, gents furnishing goods,
hats and shoes will do well do w'ell to
call on Parks, Brannon & Co.and exam
ine their beautiful stock before laying
iu their supplies. They employ polite
and affable salesmen who are always
ready and anxious to serve their custo
mers and their place of business is one
of the handsomest and best appointed
in the city of Rome.
Get the Best,
Students of Webster’s justly celebrat
ed blue back spelling book, a copy of
wh.ch ought to be in the hands of
everybody are familiar with that motto,
“Get the Best. ” There is no necessity
for its being printed or painted above
the entrance of the elegant market of
Wilkerson & Sons.
The truth of this assertion is apparent
to all who patronize that up to date es
tablishment. They certainly do have
the very best of everything in the way
of fresh meats, dressed poultry, fresh
eggs, game and fish in season and oys
ters of the finest quality and all at such
prices as are within the reach of the
slenderest purse.
In their large and well equipped re
frigerator the most complete in the citv,
they are able to keep their meats and
other goods fresh and sweet, whether
the wind blows hot or cold, rain dr
shine and their customers get the bene
fit of a metropolitan market and a place
where t hey can get as much for the
money as can be purchased anywhere
in the country.
Wilkerson’s is the place to buy your
Christmas turkeys, big fat juicy roasts,
fresh oysters and everything else in that
line during the holliday season when
feasting and revelry are the order of
the day.
If you are in need of an appetite if
you will drop into Wilkerson’s you will
find that a look at the interior of their
establishment will have the tame effect
as putting a razor on a brand new hone.
They not only furnish you the appetite
but with the wherewith to satisfy it,
charging nothing for the former and
such moderate prices for the latter that
a visit there will make you feel good all
over.
An Enterprising Firm,
There is no firm in Rome that has
made more remarkable strides toward
the front ranks of success than that of
Lanham & Sons.
Beginning in 1887 at a small pro
eery store on the spot where their mam
moth establishment now stand in the
Fourth ward during the same winter
they added a dry goods department in a
room adjoining the grocery store.
Through strict business methods, good
judgement and a Knowledge of the re
quirements of trade they soon built up
a splendid business which has grown to
such large proportions that they now
occupy seven doors, each opening into a
veritable bee hive of business where a
small army of clerks and salesmen are
kept busy day in and day out supplying
the demands of their customers.
From far and wide in every section of
this and adjoining counties people come
to trade with Lanham and Sons. They
find there what they need in dry goods,
clothing, millinery, groceries, crockery,
stoves, house furnishing goods and an
endless variety of notions and necessi
ties which are sold at the very lowest
known to the marker,
Year after year they have added to
their list of regular customers that seem
to buv all their goods of every kind from
this one firm There is never a day but
what their stores are crowded with buy
ers and each and every member of the
firm and employe in the house makes it
a special point to treat every customer
hiuh or low, with due respect and con
sideration.
For their out of town customers they
have a large and roomy wagon yard,
furnished with ample stall room, light
ed by electricity and supplied with all
the modern conveniences where their
stock is well oared for and protected
THE ROME TRIBUNE, TUESDAY., DECEMBER 8, 1896.
from wind and weather during their
stay in the city.
During the past season they have en
joyed a remarkable run of trade and the
firm of Lanham & Sons was never more
prosperous than they are at the present
day which completes the ninth year of
their successful business enterprises.
Their beautiful advertisements in the
Tribune from time to time convey some
idea of the magnitude of their mam
moth establishment and their large bus
iness transactions. For the holiday trade.
Before buying your holiday goods do
not fail to call at Lanham’s and see
what they have to offer out of their tre
mendous stock. You may always be as
sured of polite and proper treatment
and you will not only find tne choicest
goods of the eastern markets but you
will find them at such prices as will
cause you to open your eyes at the great
emporium of Lanham A. Sons in the
Fourth ward.
The Old Reliable,
To those wanting to know anything
about farm lands in northwest Georgia
or real estate in Rome Capt. N. H. Bass
may be recommended as reliable au
thority. He is a fixture in Rome and is
one of the most; public spirited men in
every way that has ever lived in this
progressive city.
He keeps at his tongue’s end a vast
amount of information concerning the
real estate and farm property on the
market and his advice and sound judge
ment are invaluable both to the seller
and buyer in deals of that nature, He
has done this section of country a vast
deal of service in showing visitors the
beautiful farm lands and desirable city
property in and around Rome. He is al
ways ready and willing to serve all cus
tomers and whatever he says about a
piece of property can always be rblied
upon.
He does a large business in renting
and collecting rents and has on his - list
both for sale and rent some of the most
magnificent bargains to be found in
Rome. He also negotiates loans, and is
extensively engaged in the stock and
bond brokerage business and takes a
great deal of interest in everything that
is likelv to prove conducive to the wel
fare and upbuilding of the city.
If you have any real estate business to
transact, bonds to sell or stocks to dis
p sc of or if you are on the purchasing
side iu any of these lines of business it
will pay you to call on Capt. N. H. Bass
before closing your • deal. He will give
you thorough satisfaction.
W’. H, Coker, £ Co.
The head of this firm is one of those
Alabamians who came to Home from
over in Cherokee county, displayed his
ability and has built up a splendid trade.
It was. in 1884 that Mr. Coker finally
settled in Rome, he and his father es
tablishing a grocery store.
Thus early in life did Walt Coker be
gin showing that splendid business abil
ity which has since built tin his estab
lishment to be one of the leading and
best known of Rome’s many excellent
institutions. He has been continuously
in the business since that time, the firm
name changing once or twice until a few
years since it became that now used.
Knowing the wants of the people, espe
cially those farmers and planters living
around Rome and in adjoining counties,
he realized to its fullest extent the fact
that they desired goods that were good
to be sold at prices suitable to their
means.
Being raised in the country he pos
sessed a warm sympathy for these farm
ers and showed it in many practical
ways, thus, not only making of them
friends and patrons, but warm friends,
who took a pleasure iu doing anything
to futther his interest, while at the
same time their own interests were be
ing furthered by him. With all this he
is a shrewd, practical business man,
making excellent trades for himself and
continually building up his business.
He conducts both a grocery and dry
goods department, and in these keeps
stocks that sell and that please. He is
yet a young man, and taking into con
sideration his great success to the pres
ent time, the future holds for him a
bright prospect.
They Handle Horses,
The firm of James. Douglas & Co., is
known all over North Georgia as one of
the most reliable and accommodating to
be found anywhere. Mr. Douglas and
his co-worker, Mr, Galloway, are clever
and affable gentlemen and what they do
not know about the horse and mule
trade is hardly worth seeking after.
They nave been in business here for
many years and keep constantly on
hand the best horses and the most styl
ish rigs obtainable in the market.
Thi,s concern pays strict attention to
the wants of the travelling public and
makes a special feature of boarding
horses by the day, week or month at the
most reasonable prices. Their charges
for horses or turnouts are extremely
moderate, their place is centrally located
on Broad street and as a natural conse
quence they enjoy a large share of the
trade that comes to Rome.
They are always ready to serve their
customers a good turn day or night and
whatever they tell you you may rely
upon. If in need of anything in that
line you cannot do better than to drop
in and consult Douglas and Galloway
before investing your money. You will
find them jam up and thoroughly relia
ble.
M. Heminway & Sons Silk Company,
WARRANTED FAST COLORS.
For Embroidery Purposes it Has No Equal.
thosTfahy
IS SOLE AGENT FOR ROME.
Always a good stock on hand. silks, Spanish silk, Turkish and wash
silk, all the latest colors for working flowers, etc.
In purchasing silks the most important of all is that you get brilliant lustre, fast
color silk. That is if you want the article well worked. 'No hesitancy need be exer
cised if you get M. Hrminway <fc Sons. They guarantee to the consumer. One great
feature about this elegant silk is that no disastrous effects result from laundering, pro
vided you follow the instructions found on each skein. The different shades for work
ing honey-suckle, cloves, corn flower, bachelor buttons, carnation pinks, violets, grapes,
daisies, roses, poppies, California poppies, sweet j eas, ferns, nasturtium, morning glory,
geranium, butter cup, cypress, forget-me-not, jasmine, pansy, strawberry, clema
oxalis. narcissus, heliotrope, old blue, old pink, etc., are in stock.
The silks are to be founi} only at Thos. Fahy’s, where he will give you a little
book with the numbers which will aid you in selecting colors, etc., also aid beginners.
GET THE BEST SILKS, WHICH ARE M. HEMIN WAY & SONS,
SOLD OZTZL'ST 32TT
THOS. FAHY.
234 BROAD STREET, ROME, GA.
OUR CARPET COLUMN!
Why is it that we can sell Carpets and
Smyrna Rugs at 50c. on the Dollar?
Kight years ago the McKinley tariff on Carpets and Rugs gave a great stimulus
to these industries in the United States. Scores of new mills were erected, thousands
of new looms put in to manufacture Carpets and Rugs. The* strong competition among
these mills; their increased facilities; their improvements in machinery and manufac
turing; then the Wilson bill, giving us free wool, have all combined to bring the price
down to a little more than half the price of a few years ago. Few people realize how
cheaply they can buy a floor covering—we want every one to know it.
We Carry Better Grades of Carpets
TBO AS Y XST ROE.
We Carry Three Times the Stock
AXY IWAWK IK ROME.
CARPETS FROM 12 1-2 c. TO $1.25 PER YARD.
Hal! Wool Carpets Made and Laid for 50e per yd Wool Carpets Made and Laid for (iOc per yd
Wool Carpets, Extra Heavy Grade, None like Tiiem ia Rome, for 75c per yd-Madeaod laid
(Our 75c. Wool Carpets are sold at retail in New York city for 85c. per yard.)
Smyrna Hogs Clicaper and Prettier Than Yen Will Find Anywhere-and BelterGiades
2 x 5 feet, A 250 AIT fllSil Sh&de Stock
i StL Uun Lacecurtainst - k
6 x 9 feet, 1pi075 K Chenille Crirtain Stock
If you are priced Japanese Rugs at less figures, don't buy them,
as they are of poor quality and worthless for wear.
M’DonaldSParksStewart Co.
Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, Stoves and Undertakers.
1, 3 & 5 Third Avenue & 304 Broad St., ROME, GEORGIA