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11/ Table Linens, Black Dress Toilet Articles. Hoods. Novelty Suits- Men’s and Boys’ Vi/
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||/ This department is brimming full What is more desirable and use- knowledged to be the best perfum- colorings, all with a lovely line of '-'■LOLlling- ,L
of lovely, snow white Damask,. Nap- ful for a Christmas present than a ers in this country. We handle trimmings to match, at """
>A/ kins, Tidies, etc. All go in this week pretty black Wool or Silk Dress? their Soapsand Perfumery exclu- Dq S Clll fl/tOTS Instead of spending your money for
w at reduced prices. Here you can The best and newest things in lively• • REDUCED PRICES. I trash, call at our house and buy a nice If/
find vour Christmas presents. Some- Black Dress Goods will be in our Halt oz Extract, all odors - - 2a These are just the stvle wanted, " " ' suit for men at $3.75, 54.50, $6.00 and *l’
an J lady , wil , l A ap ?c eCi ?A te ' ao- hOUSe at New York pnces ' TohetWaters at 25 50 and' -1 00 and prices are only 3Sc ’ 65c ’ 7Sc These suits are just the thing for * B ’ 3o ' VI/
Fine Towels, 10c, lac, 20c and 25c. See our Novelty Suitings at w et aTer ® at ana I L, andSl.oo. a orettv and useful Christmas nrp n .., , • , . •i-
11/ These are all fullv '’S ner cent under * Roman Smelling baits - - - 25 a P re “ y a ", useful Christmas pre*- On a boys’ tailor-made suit, 6to 14,
a re al! fully-5 per eent. unde 2 Oc, 25c, 40c, and sOc. Glycerine and Rose Water - - 25 —————— ent . See the suits this week. at 85c, $1.25, $2.25, $3.50. VI/
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Tanlratc onH Sachrt Powders 10 a with extra pants and cap are trnly -i-
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. We have just opened up a pretty line | Cashmere Boouet ner cake - 15 Three pair of our double-heel and
of Novelty Tidies, Pillow Shams, Ta- Don’t forget our Cloak Depart Turkish Bath pe-cake - - 05 so lT s P l ‘ ced ? ea “ Hos ? for , otl ! y S l ’ Mothers and fathers will be able
W ble and Sideboard Scarfs. Trays. Cov-h’ent when you start out to buy you. c^\d per box - -°0 „° Ur a " d “* sses ?. bb f ed to reduce their annual shoe bills TTlTnlrc: Qnrl Volic-ac VI/
ers, etc. All high art but low price - -<0 Srvlce bS ° "° rld f ° r fully one-third if they will buy our ailCl VallSeS. -i-
W goods. bhaJi a wrao 'for a Christmas. Geranial, box - - - 20 line School Shoes, and our line la- VI/
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TTnlidaV Trfldp ■ Hair Brushes, splendid values, black and white, at 50c, 75c, 85c and *» w , , goods at the lowest prices. •i •
W -n.CUIU.ay lldlic. This is an opportunity of a life- from 25c to 50c. SIOO Beats the World for >l/
Just received the best line we were ’■ time t 0 bUy a fi “ e jaCket at Brushes from 5c to 25c. They are perfect models and per Keal V a!ue. ——— ;T;
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W bargain. " I —“ Assorted Box Hair Pins, sc. sizes, at the lowest prices. GentS NeCkWeai. lAi'
.’ K‘ Ladies’ Embroidered, from 5c to i , OIIOGS . SIIO6S . .C.
If/ to 51.25 each—every one a gem. ? New Kid Gloves, in black and Nothine-more anoronrinte for a nre«.
-»- Silk Handkerchiefs for ladies and -colors, for SI,OO, $1.25, $1.50 and i // For men and boys, in stout,every ent to a” gentleman friend. We’ve
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•IV See our Silk Initial Handkerchiefs—. Wool Gloves for ladies, misses Sj at SI.OO. 51.25, $1.50 and $2.00 are did values at 25c, 50c and 75c each The
yi/ spiendid for the money. | and children at 25c, 35c and 50c. / v the biggest bargains in Georgia. [ best styles in Rome.
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! Various and Interesting Topics Discussed in Their ♦
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POME'S DAUGHTERS
OF THE CONFEDERACY.
(BY MRS. ROSALIND GAMMON.)
On the 18th of March, our Rome chap
ter of the Daughters of the Confederacy
was organized with the presence of
twenty members. This number soon
increasing to fifty. The lamented Mrs.
M. M. Pepper was the first president
elected. Since her death the officers are:
Mrs. C. M. Harper, president; Mrs. R.
T. Fouche, Ist vice president; Mrs. J. A.
Rounsa villa, 2nd vice president; Mrs.
J. A. Gammon, corresponding secreta
ry; Mrs. J. D. Thomas, recording secre
tary; Mrs. John H. Reynolds, chairman
finance committee; Mrs. J M. Berry,
chairman credential committee; Mrs.
A. B. S. Moseley, historian.
Regular meeting first Tuesday in each
month.
During the summer, by the kii d cour
tesy of the president of the Y. M. L. A.,
the meetings were held in one room of
that association, but during the winter
months it his been found more convi nient
to meet at the home of some member.
At the annual convention of the Geor
gia Chanters held hist October, 21 and 22,
Mrs. J. A. Rounsaville attended as our
•delegate, and gave us a very business like
and interesting report on her return to
the convention of the United D. F. C.,
(held Uth of November at Nashville. We
were most fortunate in having Mrs Robt.
T. Fouche to represent Rome Chapter
We wish all could hear her brilliant ac
count of the trip. Her heartfelt admira
tion of those noble women who met there
from every Southern state - intellectual
and brainy women from Maryland ; bright
and sparkling women from Virginia;
sympathetic ones from South Carolina,
from Florida, from Texas; women who
had consecrated hearts for the upholding
of the honor of our dead and living ne
iroes of the Lost Cause.
At the last convention there were but
24 chapters enrolled, now there were 91
to answer the roll call.
Nashville entertained her visitors most
charmingly—a rec pt m which wisan I s
g int a luncheon as one would wish to see.
Gen. Jackson took them ou a private
coach to Belle Meade and presented them
with all itsj beauties Then a Tally ho
ride out to the Hermitage, an", to crown
:att, a visit to the Soldiers’ Home, which
Tem&essee has so nobly presented to her
slid and crippled veterans. How happy
they were to meet these women who hon
ored their mi. fortunes in losing all for
the sake of their country.
In giving a comfortable home to these
nons of her's, Tennessee and the other
states who have done likewise, may feel
assured that in the time of need the call
for heroes to defend their honor will be
heeded. A state which appreciates the
sacrifice of one generation is sure of th
patriotism of the next.
The officers elected at this convention
of United Daughters of Confederacy were
Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee, president; Mrs.
Kate Cobb Curry, vice-president; Ist
Mrs. Smythe, (Charleston, S. C..) 2d
vice-president; Mrs. Hickman, (Nashville)
secretary; Miss Kate Rowland, corre
sponding secretary.
Invitations were received for next.year’s
meeting from Jacksonville, Fla., Lynch
burg and Alexandria, Va., and Balti
more. the last place being accepted.
The object of the organization of the
Daughters is expressed in this Article 2
of their Constitution.
ARTICLE 11.
OBJECTS.
The objacts of this Association are ed
ucational, memorial, literary social and
benevolent; to collect ..nd preserve the
material for a truthful history of the wai
between the Confederate states and the
United States of America; to honor the
memory of those who served and those
who fell in the service of the Confederate
states, and to record the part taken by
Southern women, as well in the untiring
effort after the war in the reconstruction
of the South, as in patient endurance of
hardship and patriotic devotion during
the struggle to cherish the ties of friend
ship among the members of the Society,
anil to fulfill the duties of sacred charity
to the survivors of the war and those de
pendent upon them.
ARTICLE 111.
ORGANIZATION OF CHAPTERS.
Those women entitled to membership
are the widows, wives, mothers, sisters
nieces and lineal descendants of such
men as served honorably in the Confed
erate Army, Navy or Civil Service, of
those persons who loyally gave material
aid to the cause. Also, women and their
descendants, wherever living, who can
give proof of ptrsind service and loyal
aid to the Southern cause during the war.
ANOTHER VIEW
OF THE DAUGHTERS.
(By Mrs. R. T. Fouche )
Our correspondent secretary will tell
your leaders of the United Daughtersof
the Confederacy Conv< ntiou in Nash
ville Tenn Let me tell them, what
these generous, warm hearted people
have done for the soldiers
To rhe “Veterans” we were indebted
for a delightful lay at, Teum-is-e's sold
iers home 1 was so uewhat appalled
when I saw the slender ladder that
must be climbed to attain the height
a>'d was fain to confess talkyhos came
into fishion after I went out. Howev
er, once safely mounted, surrounded by
congenial people, wish a “true blue”
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soldier who talks as well as he fought,
to entertain us. Lovely scenery, a per
fect day, the ten mile drive was a liv
ing joy Ninety old soldiers were out
to welcome us to this home and such a
handshaking and talking, such a rem
enicing and crying, such a singing of
‘‘Dixie and The Bonny Blue Flag.’’
They wore the homespun grey we
wove for our soldiers after the store
clothes gave out. We saw them through
a mist and our hearts flew back to those
stirring days when our sweethearts and
husbands wore that beloved gray jacket,
and, we stepped quickly forgetting the
grey hair and wrinkles that have come
to us since then Tennessee has giveu
her veterans $25000 and this home is
her pride. I was much impressed by
the practiced management of the es
tablishment and the pride with which
the veterans showed us their comforta
ble gas lighted, steam heated house.
Their well filled barn and silo, their
cows, hogs chicsens and dairy. “You
see Madam,” one said to me, “we are
not drones, but farmers, and no farm is
more productive or better tended than
ours.”
I could but contrast all this with
Georgia’s action on this line—how the
‘powers that be’ couldn’t see their way
to providing for a soldiers home after
Henry Grady had worked so hard to
secure it and—well, I wasn't so proud
of Georgia as I usually am.
Ido hope, while the leg’slature con,
eiders appropriations for other impor
tant institutions, they will remember
the home for old and infirm veterans —
will bear in mind that the ranks are
shimmering fast and what is done for
their comfort and happiness must be
done now. They may just as well take
to heart the story of the woman whose
request was granted because of her im
im portunity and attend to this matter
gracefully. No state sent better, braver
men to the front than Georgia. Those
who are left deserve our very best, and
the women of the old South, (and pity
only knows what anybody wants with
a new South, there never can be an irn
orovement on the old) are determined
they shall have it.
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB
PLEASURE AND RECREATION.
(By Mrs. J. T. Crouch. )
The Fortnightly was organized in
the fall of ’95, for the promotion of
social pleasure and recreation. It
holds regular meetings only from the
third week of November co the third
week of May, and as its name indi
cates, meets every second Wednes
day, continues for not more than
three hours, and in all its rules and
regulations is subservient to the do
mestic interests of it’s members, its
principle aim being to reconcile social
pastimes with home duties Ciubmo'to
is “Welcome ever smiles, and fare
well goes sighing.” Club flower—the
white rose. Membership is limited to
t welve; elections are held according to
Australian ballot, and one dissenting
vote excludes a nominee from election
thorough congeniality being the rul
ing spirit of the club, ad ‘ ‘what care
1 how sweet she be, if she be not
sweet to me,’’ the idea of its members.
Inorder to preserve a generous width
in it’s circle of friends membership is
not extended to more than two at a time
in one family.
The hostess selects her own method
of entertaining, but no prize is offered
by her. At the and of each quaiter,
the club presents to the one securing the
greatest number of points during that
time, a club souvenir To the success
ful guest of the club at each meet
ing the hostess presents a club flower.
Refreshments are limited to one
course. Members of other similar so
cial clubs are not placed in nomination,
but tne club takes pleasure in exchang
ing courtesies with members of other
clubs, either as individuals or collect
ively.
It’s present members are: Mrs J. T
Crouch, president; Mrs. W. A. Johnson,
secretary; Mesdames George Campbell,
Julian Cumming, Lindsay Johnson, D.
B. Hamilton, jr., M. G. McDonald,
Will Graves, Junius Simpson. Misses
Mattie Sheibley, Estelle Mitchell and
Willie McWilliams.
A HAPPY SCENE
AT SHORTER COLLEGE,
(“By Polymnian.”)
Oh, the fun that the Shorter girls bad
at the candy “pullin” last Friday
night. With what delight bad they re
ceived the invitation to attend this
candy “pullin’.” Faculty, as well as
pupils, were invited, although only a
tew of the former body attended.
At the appointed time all went troop
ing down to the kitchen. "While wait
ing there for the candy to be cooked,
some one proposed that we should tell
ghost stories. We seated ourselves upon
kitchen tables or anything else that
was convenient, and were soon deep in
wierd and thrilling ghost tales. Sud
denly one of the girls arose with aterri-.
fled countenance, and, pointing toward
the window, cried: “Look! someone
lis at the window!’’ This wassiidi.i
fun, but it produced a panic. Many of
the girls screamed and jumped behind
t-ab’es and doors, and some even ran up
stairs. Soon the girls became calm
again, and decided to substitute songs
for ghost stories. They then commenced
singing, in a bright chorus, the sweet
songs that our grand parents sung long
years ago.
Finally, the candy was thought to be
done. Some one announced this fact
to the president and the visitors, Mr.
C. C. Harper and his charming young
wife and sister, all of whom contributed
much to the pleasure o’s the occasion.
Candy “pullin’ ” commenced then in
earnest. Oh, what fun it was! Tobe
sure one girl burned her Anvers, but
that was not an accident, merely a neo
essary consequence of such a frolic.
Before we were half ready to leave
our pleasure, the “room” bell rung, and
we brde one another a sweet, very
sweet, good night, and trooped upstairs
again.
Misses England. Rouse and Bowen,
three charming “Shorter” girls, spent
Saturday very pleasantly in the hospi
table home of Mr. C. C. Harper
Last Wednesday evening, Miss Hat
tie Merrirt, an attractive young lady of
Summei ville, Ga., was a visitor at the
college. She was the guest of her
cousins Misses Willie Belle and Annie
Thompson and Miss Foy Murphy.
Last Thursday Dr. W G. England,
a prominent physician of Cedartown
and his little daughter Lucile spent a
short time at the college wirh bis eldest
daughter Miss Georgia. By the way
this bright vivacious young lady is a
great favorite at Shorter.
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