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“MR.”' FRANK JAMES
The Ex-Train Robber and Ex-Desperado
Is Now a Reformed “Gentleman.”
$50,000 REWARD WAS ONCE OFFERED
For His Head De d or Alive— How Be
Avenged Crime on a Woman—Now
Manager of a Theater
Ou Sunday Frank James, of Sc.
L >uis, Mo., was the guest of Col. J. P.
and Kit Chinn, near Harrodsburg,
Ky., says the Louisville Dispatch.
This man, for whose capture, dead or
alive, $50,000 was offered, is a most
courteous, affable and intelligent gen
tleman and connected with the larg
est theatre in Missouri's metropolis.
During the summer he has been drop
ping the flag for Kit Chinn, who is
starter at the St. Louis race course.
Mr. Chinn was coming home for a
short visit to his family and Mr.
James accompanied him. ' They ar
rived hereon the 11 o’clock train from
Louisville and found a carriage await
ing them. They went out to Kit
Chinn’s home, Morgandale, two miles
west of town. Col. and Mrs. J. P.
Chinn were there anticipating them.
After a sumptuous dinner, chairs
were set under a spreading oak near
the veranda and the men sought the
cool shade. Kit’s neighbors and friends
of the family from town dropped in
and joined the party until twenty-five
or thirty were listening to this inter
esting visitor from St. Louis Two
miles from where the attentive listen
ers were seated Mr. James said he was
engaged in a sharp conflict. This lit
tle fight, near Oakland church, occur
red in January, 1864, while Mr. James
'was a Confederate soldier under the
noted Quantrell. Four of Quantrell’s
men were killed and now sleep in
God’s half acre at Oakland church,
the two Nolan brothers, Messrs. Park
er and Rennick. Several were taken
prisoners and conveyed to Lexington,
where all escaped but two, who were
hung by order of Gen. Stephen G-
Burbridge. The story circulated here
some months since that Frank James
for several months labored as a farm
t hand for Col. W. W. Goddard, has no
foundation, for his stay in Mercer
county was of short duration and in
the vicinity of Oakland. The com
mand then went on to Danville and
Hustonville. Quantrell, Mr. James
says, was killed about a month after
Gen. Lee suv-endered. When Quan
trell left Missouri his intention was to
go into Maryland. He crossed the
Mississippi near Memphis and worked
his way into Kentucky, and having
no guide got into confusion and
suffered many dangers and privations.
They were forty-five when they left
their native state and were greatly re
duced in numbers when the war
closed. They were men who enlisted
with the determination never to su?-
rener. James saw his father murdered,
his mother wounded and his brother
hung by men in the Federal service.
Similar experiences were those of the
Youngers, and many others besides
the intrepid Quantrell. The
fifty men under their lion-hearted
leader did much effective service and
became a terfor to their enemies
Their watch-word was ‘‘Never surren
der,” and after Jesse James was killed
by Robert and Charles Ford, both
now dead, Frank capitulated with
Gov. Crittenden and surrendered on
<? ®P "■’•/ aSuSF man goes to a
hospital for an opera
-’'~t‘^tffiL'l&, t ’ on > she realizes at
last the mistake she
has made in disregarding what she thought
were trifling symptoms. Whenever there is
the slightest disorder of the organs distinct
ly feminine, a woman’s health and life are
threatened. A cure cannot come too quickly
—a woman cannot be too careful. Loss of
her health means more than loss of life. It
means the loss of dearer things—the loss
of husband’s love, the loss of children’s
happiness, the loss of possible children.
Whenever a woman is sick she should look
for the cause in some disturbance of the
purely feminine organism, and she should
take prompt measures to stop it. She should
take Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription.
This wonderful medicine is the invention
of a regularly graduated, skilled and expert
specialist in the disease of women, and has
had the most marvelous success of any
medicine ever prepared.
Mrs. F. B. Cannings, of No. 4330 Humphrey St.,
St. Louis, Mo., writes : “I am now a happy
mother of a fine, healthy baby girl. Feel that
your 1 Favorite Prescription ’ and little • Pellets'
nave done me more good than anything I have
ever taken. Three months previous to my con
finement I sent for one of your ' Medical Advis
era.' read some of the most important points,
and felt satisfied to try your medicine. I took
three bottles of the 1 Prescription ’ nnd the little
* Pellets' also. Consequences were I was only in
labor forty-five minutes. With mv first baby 1
Buffered |8 hours, then had to lose him. He was
very delicate and only lived 12 hours. For two
years I suffered untold agony, and in the mean
time had two miscarriages. Cannot speak too
highly of your medicine, as T feel that it has
, saved both my child and myself. Mv baby was
born 31st of March, fihe is not yet three weeks
old mid I do not think I ever felt better in mv life.
I took the ‘Prescription’ through my confine
ment and am still taking It Find it strengthen
ing to myself and to the baby.”
c mdition of his personal safety.
Frank James is a rather handsome
man, 54 years old, fully six feet high
and weighs about 170 pounds. His
mother is living and he has a wife
and one eon, Robert Franklin, who is
49 and holds a good position in a rail
road office. Mr. James is an advocate
of bimetallism and is for the free coin
age of both gold and silver, 1,6 to 1.
He has a sued of anecdotes and knows
bow to tell them.
Mr. James will probably return here
in a month and visit the battle ground
at Oakland.
Mr. James’ manner is easy and
graceful and his address pleasant. His
kindly disposition for children was
evidenced by the interest he manifest
ed in the beautiful little daughter of
Kit Chinn, and the infant cooed with
delight at his attentions.
While Mr. James’ appearance indi
cates a quiet and peaceable disposition
there is something in the expression
of bis eagle eye that assures a casual
observer that he is a dangerous man
to fool with. His cool, deliberate and
unflinching courage have won for him
the reputation of the bravest of the
brave. On one ococasion be had a
pistol thrust into his mouth and fired,
but the ball failed to kill on account
of the resistance made by his teeth.
Os his many hair-breadth escapes he
considers this the closest call he ever
had,
He is a good talker but by no means
an incessant one, and delights to listen
to others more tnan to hear himself talk
He enjoys the amusement of children* and
is ever ready to lend a helping hand. He
told an amusing story of his son when
quite a little fellow, how he gave him
half a watermelon and allowed him to go
for it in his own childish way. The kid
would gougerinto it with both hands and
fill his mouth. He would theu lie down
and drink the water; and finally got into
it with his bare feet.
While at the depot, Mr. James having
been fully informed as to the of his
four comrades who lie buried at Oakland
Church, a few miles west of this place,
declared his indention to return here in
the near future and have their remains
removed and headstones set up to mark
their graves. z
During h's meanderings in this state,
he, like the knight-errant of old, consti
tuted himself the defender of woman’s
honor. When he heard that a lady had
been outraged by one of Sam ou.i y’s !
gang, he with another comrade went in I
pursuit of the human monster. It was a '
aard race, but the guilty party was at i
last overtaken. He refused to surrender J
and the unfortunate woman recognized]
the corpse of the one who had so iuhii-'
manely. treated her.
Electric Bitters,
Electric Bitters is a medicine suited |
for any season, but perhaps more gen
erally needed when the languid, ex
hausted feeling prevails, when the liver
is torpid and sluggish and the need of a
tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt
use of this .medicine has often averted
long and perhaps fatal bilious fevers.
Nj medicine will act more surely in
counteracting and feeling the system
from the malarial poison. Headache,
Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness
yield to Electric Bitters. 50c and SI.OO
per bottle, tor sale by Curry-Arrington
Co. ‘
MEETS IN SAVANNAH
State Agricu’tural Society to Convene N.xt
Mouth.
A circular letter has been issued by
President Pope Btown, announcing the
meeting of the State Agricultural So
ciety in Savanah next month.
The railroads have this year observed
the old custom of furnishing free trans*
portation to the members of the society
to attend the annual meeting, and for
this reason a large attepdance is as
sured.
This will be the regular semi-annual
gathering of the society. A special
meeting was held at Augusta some time
since tor the purpose of inaugurating of
ficers aud to discuss the best method of
Shortening the cotton crop, the meeting
being called at the request of the Cotton
Growers’ Association.
The invitation from Atlanta that
the next state fair be held in that city
was also considered and the executive,'
committee was empowered to make
the necessary arrangements for hold
ing the fair in Atlanta, provided the
citizens and business men of that place
would comply with the requirments
of the society. The committee has
held several sessions in Atlanta for
this purpose, but no satisfactory
agreement has yet been reached, the
railroads having shown some disincli
nation to shoulder the amount of the
burden allotted them. This will be
one of the chief subjects of discussion
at the session of the society at Tybee.
The Agricultural Society is the lead
ing agricultural body of the state.
I s meetings are always largely at
tended and full of interest. The
society has been a power in the poli
tics of the state in times past, and
still wields some Influence in that di
rection. It met in Savannah about
five years ago.
Incontinence of water during sleep
stopped immediately by Dr. E, Detchons’
Anti Diuretic. Cures children and adult
alike. Price sl. Sold by D. W. Curry,
druggist, Rome, Ga. may 4 daw 1 yr.
THLB ROME TBIBUNE. THURSDAY. JULY 15. 18«7.
CROP BULLETIN.
Director Marbary'u Report For Northern
Division Favorable.
Director Marbury has just issued the
crop bulletin for the week ending
Monday.
The outlook in the northern divis
on is shown to be much brighter and
is summed up as follows:
Reports from the northern counties
show that favorable weather condi
tions haye characterized the past
week, and as a consequence a general
improvement in all crops is noted.
Good rains have been pretty general,
and the outlook is much more encour
aging, Cotton has taken on fine
growth and has shown marked im
provement during the past seven
days. The weed is still small, but will,
with favorable season, get to its usual
size before long. It "is being laid by
in a few counties. On the 4th heavy
rains damaged land and crops in
Chattooga county. Creeks overflowed
and much.corn along their banks was
Washed up. Some cotton was also
damaged. Cotton is generally fruit
ing well. A good many sweet potato
slips have been set out during the
week, and fields that were planted
earlier are now doing very nicely.
Gardens have improved and some
have been Teplanted. There is con
siderable (complaint of grass in the
crop since the rains, especially in
fieldk not-recently worked. Bottom
land corn looks remarkably well and
upland fields show considerable im
provement. „ Fields where the corn
had begun to wither and turn yellow
are looking* fresh and green. Pas
tures have improved rapidly since last
issue of the bulletin and range stock
has good grazing. Peaches are very
poor; they are still rotting and drop
ping, so that the yield will be very
small and the quality of the fruit in
ferior.
A Touuk Girl’s Trouble.
‘ My 14 year old daughter had a
skin disease which was said to be
eczema. She kept growing worse and
we decided to give her Hood’s Sarsa
narrilla. Before she bad finished the
first bottle her skin began to look bet
ter and she continued taking Hood’s
until she was entirely cured.” D.
Ramsey, Camilla, Georgia.
Hood’s Pills cures nausea, sick
headache, indigestion and billious
ness. 25 cents.
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An Odd and Fatal Accident.
Washington, Ga., July 14.—Mrs.
Dempsie Colley, daughter of Captain
and Mrs. W. G. Cade, was fatally hurt
on’ the Washington Branch railroad.
She was in a passenger car just behind
a freight car when an iron pipe 36 feet
long tied on top of a freight car, be
cause too long to go inside, fell to the
ground, while the train was going at
full speed. One end of the pipe struck
rhe ground, the other plunging through
the car window. It struck Mrs. Colley
on the head, crushing her skull. She
died shortly afterwards. Mrs. Colley’s
home was in New Orleans, when; her
husband is at present.
“I crave but One Minute,” said the
puic speaker in a husky voice; and’
, then he took a dose of One Minute Cough
Cure, and proceeded with his oratory.
One Minute Cough Cure is unequalled
for throat and lung , troubles. Cmy -
Arrington Co.
Portugal to Demand Apology.
Monterey. Cal., July i 4. —Henrique
Laidley, Portuguese vice consul at San
Francisco, has arrived here to investi
gate rhe incident of the tearing down
and burning of the flag of Portugal,
which Manuel Ortins, a Portuguese
grocer, had hoisted over his place of
business on the Fourth of July. Con
sul Laidley says that if the trouble can
not be satisfactorily explained, Portu
gal will demand an apology from the
United States. The crowd which
hauled down and burned the Portuguese
emblem was composed of young men.
j ——. »
Don’t nauseate your stomach with seat
and bitter herbs, but regulate your liver
and sick headache bv using those famous
little pills known as DeWitt’s Little Early
Risers. Curry-Arrington Co.
An.lree Wil” stars Thursday.
Stockholm. July 14.—According to a
dispatch from Hammerfest, Norway,
the northernmost town of Europe on
the Qual-Oo island (Whale island), says
that the officers of the steamer Lofoten
visited Mr. Andree, the aeronaut, at
Danes’ island, on the no;thwest coast of
Spitzbergen, on July 10. Andree state 1
that he will not be ready to make the
start for the north in his balloon until
July 15. A strong storm from the soutn
nearly carried off the balloon on July 2, ■
he stated, and since that time the north
winds had been contiunous.
“They don’t make much fuss about it.”
We aie speakidg of DeWitt’s Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills for consti
pation, biliousness, and all stomach and
liver troubles. Curry-Arrington Co.
Prisoners Work.
Kansas City, July 14—The police
department has b gun making women
break stone the same as the men prison
ers. Idleness is not considered suffi
cient punishment. The women will
wear coarse overalls aud have no skirts
to imnede their work.
You’ll
Good.
Regulates disordered stomachs, starts in
active livers, removes Constipation. It cures
Sick Headache, aids Digestion, keeps the body
in health and is the best and most pleasant
remedy lor all disordeis of the digestive tract.
Sold by Druggists for jo years.
TUCV ADC TUF DECT The ■”»“■-
I Hl I Ant IHL Bib
What Does the Consumer for 47 Years Say?
The Jones Wagon, The Jones Buggy and the Jones Carriage
THE BEST!
OLDEST CARRIAGE FACTORY IN GEORGIA.
We have withstood all the tides of competition and the financial disturbances and
pressures of recent years.
We are increasing our output of Buggies and Wagons. Why? Because the time
for long profits has past. We are therefore forced to make more goods and more sales.
We have improved our works and have systematized our plans. We can build cheaper
than ever before. We want your trade
Call and see our stock or write for prices and terms. We sell on time on good paper.
NOW IS THE TIME TO REPAIR.
Farmers will do well to inspect the McCormick Harvesting Machines before buying.
R. H. JONES & SONS’ M’F’G. CO.. J '
CHEAP KATES TO NASHVILLE
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On Account of the Tennessee Centennial and
International Exposition at Nashville,
Tmn , May 1 to October 30 1897.
For the above occasion the Western
and Atlantic Railroad and Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway wi’.i
sell round trip tickets from all stations
to Nashville, Tenn., at verylowrat.es.
93.10 Rome to Nashville, Tenn.,
and return. Tickets on sale daily from
April 27 till October 30. Limited seven
days.
97.55 Rome to Nashville, Tenn., and
return. Tickets on sale daily from
pril 29 till October 30. Limited fifteen
days.
910.30 Rome to Nashville, Tenn.,
and return. Tickets on sale April 28
till, October 15. Limited November 7,
1897.
For special rates for students and their
teachers, military companies and uni
formed brass bands and tire companies
traveling in bodies of twenty-five or
more on solid tickets. Call or write
C. K. Ayer, P. & T. A.
Rome, Ga.
C. E. Harmon, G. P. A.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Vim, vigor and victory: those are the
characteristics of DeWitt’s Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills for consti
pation, biliousness and all stomach and
liver troubles. Cu'ry-Arrington Co.
Choice-of Routes to the East.
The Southern Railway affords choice
of two routes, with convenient sehednle
and quick time, out of Rome to Wash
ington,-New York and the East.
The afternoon train leaving Rome 3:35
p. m. arrives Atlanta 8:05 p.m. connect
ing with U. S, Fast Mail, carrying
handsome Pullman Sleeping cars At
lanta to New York, leaving Atlanta
11:50 p m. arrives Washington 9:25 p.
mi, New York 6:10 a m.
Train No. 9 leaving Rome at 4:55 p.
m., makes close connection [at Ooltewah
Junction with Chattanooga and Nor
folk limited, which leaves Ooltewah
Junction 6:52 p. m., arrives Knoxville
9.50 p. m.. arrives Hot Springs 12:22 a.
m., arrives Ashville 1:39 a. m , and at
Norfolk 5:35 p. m., where close con
nection is made with boats for Wash
ington, Baltimore. New York and Bos
ton. This t-ain also makes close con
nection at Greensboro N. C.. with U.
S. Fast Mail, carrying Pullman sleep
ing cars Greensboro. N. U., to New
York, via. Washington
Train No. 14 leaving I Rome at 5:36 p.
tn., also carries Pullman sleeping cars
Rome to Jacksonville without change,
and from Atlanta to Brunswick, af
fording excellent service to Brunswick,
St. Simmons and Cumberland Islands.
For further information, call on T. U.
Smith, P & T Agent. Rome, Ga.
CASTOR IA
Tor Infants and Children.
The sac- z7
All the ladies invited to call
and inspect the new line of
mattings just received at Rhudy
Harvey & Co's,
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In Western North Carolina, between
the Blue Ridge on the East and the
Alleghanies on the West, in the beau
tiful valley of the French Broad, two
thousand feet above the Sea, lies
Asheville, beautiful, picturesqnes and
world-famed as one of the most pleas
ant resorts in America,
It is a land of bright skies and in
comparable climate, whose praises
have been sung by poets, and whose
beauties of stream, valley and moun
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and inspiration for palrters brush.
This is truly the “land of the sky,”
and there is, perhaps, no more beauti
ful region on the continent to attract
pleasure tqurists of health seekers
Convenient schedules and very low
rates to Asheville via Southern rail
way. _____
ANTED—A highgrade woman of
’’ standing willing to learn our busi
ness. then td act as manager aud corre
spondent here, salary S9OO. Enclose
self-addresmpd .tamped envelope to A. T.
Elder, General Manager, care Daily
Tribune.
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ROME. GEORGIA.
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boardersand families. First-class dinners sent business nen in any
part of the city.
A W. McCALL
J, W. YOUNG, Pr °P rietors ‘
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