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I YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY! 1
$ SUMMER DRY GOODS DOOMED If
■jj All Summer Dress Goods in Silk, Wool and Cotton, Hose. Fans, Corsets, etc., must be sold. jj
FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY! s
ili We offer our ENTIRE STOCK of summer Dry Goods, Gents’ Furtffihing Goods, Shirts, Slippers, Oxford Ties,
•J- etc., at prices that will wake up Rome. the goods cost us is not considered in this sale. -J.
S COMMENCING MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23d, $
Our almost Gift Sale will continue for two weeks. li/
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Get an Idea of Our Prices. Come to Out Store for Gift Prices! Think of These Prices! If They Don’t Suit You, Say So. Lowest Prices Made at Our Counters! Come and Get Them!
Fine Colored Organdies, all the 10 and 12|c grade. Children’s ribbed fast black Hose, all sizes, only.. .5c Gents’ good negligee and co!ored bosom shirts, all
/ft price now only 3c Boys’heavy Ixi fast black seamless Hose, great the 75c kind, for only W
/•I Best Shirtimz Calicoes for 3|c bargain 10c Gents’ fine custom-made negligee shirts, choice
iL • g Ladies’fast black good Hose /. 5c colorings, m2O styles, were $1.25, now only.. 80c M.
" 1 Best Apron Ginghams for 4 a c L ad j es , g ne d ropp ed stitched fast black Hose only 10c s?° nts ’ line ? collars ’ in al l the best shapes 5c U/
/|1 Fine Dress Ginghams in all the best styles, only.. 5c Warner’s high-back long-waist corsets in black, 2 tle 1 ® and . scarfs » f ? r -••- 5, 10 and 15c
u- c : uh xrrav and white, for onlv Gents 2Oinch umbrellas, in two styles, were 75c "T-
/H Good yard-wide bleaching, soft finished, for 4c «ray anu whilc, iur omy . .... . sue and $1 OO now onlv U/
W" . , . , • w x QA,- Warner ssl corset, in all sizes, for only 80c ana now only 50c and 75c if/
Good checked nainsook f0r.,........ Fifle choice ladies handkerchief onl 5 & 10c 100 boxes fine P erfumed toilet soa P , 3 cakes in box, <
Fine India linen, the 8-cent kind; for only *...340 J sold for 30 cents, now only 19 c w
Best colored dress ducks, for street and school wear 10c Fans, belts, hair pins, shoe polish and Yankee notions, Brown’s genuine English hand soap, sells anywhere \|/
/|y Fine English percale, new goods, for • 10c all sold at half price. * at 10 cents, our price 6%c
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m QRR pairs ladies’ and misses’ custom made slippers for 75c, 85c and $1.25. These prices cannot be duplicated outside of our iA}
Z—_ store. Any and everything in summer dress goods, white goods, laces, table linen, towels, sheets, ladies’ undervests,
hosiery, kid gloves, etc., go into this sale at prices that will force sale. Cost not considered. Remember, .this will be your last
opportunity to buy dry goods at half price for 1897. -
! PARKS. BRANNON & CO. i
No. 233 BROAD STREET.
PLAYING TWO PASTS.
INSTANCES IN WHICH AN ACTOR HAS
BEEN TWO MEN AT ONCE.
The -Prisoner «f Zenda,” “Corsican Broth
ers" and the “Ly«aa Mall” Are Plays in
Which It Is Necessary For the Star te
Make These Quiek Changes.
/ To be able to play two parte in the
same piece—to portray, perhaps two
eharactens of totally different caliber—
is not an andertpking which many ac
tors care to attempt. It is only the ex
perienced artist who may attempt the
feat with impunity, and even then,
though he may appear to the audience
to achieve his end without an effort,
there are many more difficulties in his
path than meet the eye of the habitual
theater goer.
Not only must the actor be possessed
of no small amount of histrionic talent,
hut he must often call in the aid of an
understudy, whose duty it is to gull the
onlooker into the belief that their favor
ite is performing the impossible feat of
being in two places at one and the same
time. For in nearly every play of such a
character it is well nigh impossible for
the author so to arrange his piece that
the actor may never be called upon to
be on the stage with his double.
Any one who has been to see “The
Prisoner of Zenda” performed at the St.
James theater, must have marveled at
the lightuing celerity with which Mr.
George Alexander, a moment before the
drunken king of Ruritanja, suddenly,
as by some act of witchcraft, reappeared
as Rudolf Rassendyll, clad in the ordi
nary costume of the English tourist
Then, to every one’s surprise, the supine
body of the king was carried in so that
to all appearances Mr. Alexander was
gazing upon his own person. In reality,
of course, it was merely a lightning
change, and the understudy had to be
requisitioned to supply the person of the
king.
A more famous case of double imper
sonation, however, is that of “The Cor
sican Brothers,” the first play perhaps
'in which Sir Henry Irving gave us a
taste of his wonderful talent.
In the first act —to give a slight re
sume of the play—the ghost of Louis,
killed in a duel by a certain Chateau
Renaud in the forest of Fontainebleau,
appears to Fabien, his brother. The sec
ond act takes us to Paris, and through
varied incident to the death of Louis.
Here Irving was Louis.
In the third act, however, it Is Fabien
who is once more before ns,, who has
constituted himself the avenger of his
brother's death. He meets Chateau
Renaud and demands satisfaction. Re
naud is worsted and falls to the ground.
Then suddenly the ghost of Louis ap
pears, and, to personate the spirit of
the dgad man, Irving had had to fly to
the wings, make bis way below the
stage and take his stand upon the trap,
which conveyed him upward to the
gaze of the thrilled spectators.
How was it done? The audience was
amazed. Yet the explanation is com
paratively simple: Irving stepped be
hind a “property” tree. His “double”
instantly filled his place, taking good
care not to face the audience when it
was necessary for him to confront the
ghost Hence the lightning change from
mortal to spirit and the resultant be
wilderment of the beholders.
Neither is the “Corsican Brothers”
the only play in which Irving has con
trived to take a double part and yet
nonplus the audience by the adroitness
of.his metamorphosis.
Those who are familiar with the
“Lyons Mail” will doubtless remem
ber the most telling scene in the play.
Here Dubose, the murderer, is in an
attic, gazing down upon the prepara
tions being made for the execution of
the innocent Lesurques—whose likeness
to the real murderer has brought him
to such a terrible pass—an expression
of horrible glee upon his face, clapping
his hands as he sees the apparently
doomed man step forward to his death.
But his exultation is premature. Le
surques is reprieved, and the crowd
suddenly catches sight of the villainous
face of the real murderer at the attic
window. The door of the room is bat
tered in. Behind it stands Dubose. The
wretch is dragged from his refuge, and
as they do so Irving-Lesurquss coolly
walks in upon the scene of turmoil.
The door of the attic is made to open
inward, thus shutting Irving-Da boso
from view of the auditorium. In a mo
ment he slips through a trap. His
"double” takes his place, to be hustled
unceremoniously by the crowd of “su
pers, ” whose duty it is also to conceal
the man’s face in case the fraud should
be discovered. Irving-Lesurques can
hen come on in his new role.
But an actor has been known to play
two parts without the assistance of a
dummy.
In a certain play it was the duty of
the hero to leap out of the window of
his room and to enter from a door on the
opposite side of the stage clad in differ
ent clothes, though otherwise the same.
This, however, was juggling pure
and simple. The actor dropped into his
second dress in much the same way as
an American fireman is reputed to
jump into his uniform. The costume
consisted of but one piece with a patent
fastening down the back, and as he
leaped through the window frame he
leaped into his clothes, which, so to'
speak, shut behind him and left him re
habilitated.
Neither is the part of the understudy
one to be given to any ordinary "super”
from the mass of warriors, countrymen
and the like that go to make up a stage
crowd. must be possessed of no
&ns«ut of ad'MtahUlt.v and smart*
TH® BOMB TB4BDNB WNeAY- AUGUST 22
ness to enable his principal ’to go through
his arduous task without a bitch.—
Pearson’s Weekly.
Humane.
Hanson—-I saw Winton on horseback
yesterday. You could see daylight be
tween him aiid the saddle half the time.
Nanson—Yes; that’s because he is
such a humane man. As he is off the
horse half the time, it gives the animal
• good deal of rest.—Boston Transcript.
John Griffin, of Zanesville, 0., . says:
“I never lived a day for thirty years with
out suffering agony, until a box of De
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For piles and rectal troubles, cuts,
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Choice of Route! to the .Ea»L
The Southern Railway affords choice
of two routes, with convenient schedule
and quick time, out of Rome to Wash
ington, New York and the East.
The afternoon train leaving Rome 8:63
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.
m.,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 train also makes close con
nection at Greensboro N. C., with U.
S. Fast Mail, carrying Pullman sleep
ing oars Greensboro, N. C., to New
York, via. Washington.
Train No. 14 leaving Rome at 5:36 p.
m., 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.
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NOTICE."
Commencing Monday Au/
gust 16th 1897 the Chattanooga,
Rome 8 Columbus Railroad will
receive arfd deliver freight at
its depot in rear of the Shorter
block. Passengers and baggage
at Rome Railroad's depot until
further notice. C, S. Pruden,
Agent, z
GEORGIA’S TAXES HIGHER.
Teachers Must Wait—lmportant Decision
In Regard to School Appropriations.
Atlanta, Aug. 21.—Governor Atkin
son and Comptroller General Wright
have fixed the tax rate for the state of
Georgia forfhe year 1897.
The rate is a large increase over that
of the two preceding years, but is at the
same time smaller than was anticipated
by the state officials and the legislature.
Georgia citizens will have to pay's.2l
mills per 100 cents as state tax. The
tax rate is based on property returns of
{410,000,000. The tax is divided' as fol
lows: {school fund, 1.50 mills; sinking
fund to retire public debt, 0.26 mills;
pensions, 1.50 mills; general govern
mental purposes, 1.95 mills. Total,
5.21 mills. .
Sixty-five cents per |l,O<X» is the in
crease in tax over the rafb of last year.
This represents an increase in revenue
of over $266,000.
The announcement of a rate of but
5.21 mills will create a great surprise as
theyimpression had been generally cre
ated that the rate would be about 6.25
mills. This impression had grown from
the belief that the money to pay the
extra appropriations for schools would
have to be raised this year.
The governor and comptroller decided
that the act of last year granting the
increased appropriation for next year
did not authorize the collection of the
money this year. They decided that
the money to pay next year’s school ap
propriation must be raised nSxt year,
This will involve a delay in paying
$400,000 of next year’s school salaries.
The tax cannot be raised until the latter
part of the year and the teachers will
be compelled to wait until the end of
the year for $400,000.
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not rest at night. I was advised to try
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puriflers.V L. S. Petteway, Willis
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Hood’s Pill’s aret he only pills to take
with Hood’s Sarsaparilla, 25 cents.
WANTED SEPARATE COACH.
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Negroes Awarded For Having
to Hide With White*.
Chattanooga, Aug. 21.—-An import
ant lawsuit was begun here invdlving
the construction and application of the
"separate coach” law.
On the night of June 24 last, George
W.~ Vaughan, a negro barber, and a ne
gro woman named Mamie Whitehead,
both of this city, boarded a Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis train in
Nashville for Chattanooga.
Vaughan and rhe woman were not
■ncsesafsi in necurirg seats, in the neuro
ooi.» a and were forced to ride in the
white compartment of the car.
A few days ago Vaughati and the
woman instituted a suit for damages in
’Squire Cowart’s court against the rail
way. ’Squire Cowart decided tne case,
awarding the man $l5O and the woman
$75. The case, of course, will be ap
pealed in the supreme court.
Tne contention of the parties was that
they had to ride in the car with white
folks and were consequently subjected
to more or less unpleasant remark and
criticism and were not afforded the com
forts they were entitled to. The ques
tion has never been adjudicated in the
state, and the result of this suit will be
of general interest.
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sound of the roar of ocean waves, and
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cony. the De Soto is as inviting to
southern travel in she summer as it is
to the northern tourist in the winter,
and the summer rates at this combi
nation home and inn are as low as
$2.50 per day and upwards.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Til! fM-
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Half Rates to Washington,' Richmond, Nor
folk, and Return, via Southern Railway.
The Southern Railway will sell
round trip tickets to Washington, D.
C., Richmond, Va., Norfolk, Va„ and
return, on August 12th, IBtb, and 14th
1897. witn limit good to return fifteen
days from date of sale.
This will afford an excellent oppor
tunity not only to visit these three
cities but other eastern cities at small
cost. Gall on any agent of the South
ern Railway for further information.
Chattanooga, Tenn. August 4th.
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O.SD.
The Most Delightful Route
To NEW YORK and
Northern and Eastern
Summer Resorts
IS VIA THE
Old Dominion Line
And Rail Connections. ,
ALWAYS COOL ON THE OCEAN
Fant, handsome steamships leave Norfolk,
V» , daily, including Sunday, at 7:30 p. m., for
New York direct, affording opportunity for
through pasrengei s troiu the South, Southwest
and west to visit Richmond, New York, Old
Point Comfort and Virginia Beach en route
First-cIMB ticket! Include meals and state
room accommodation.
Trains leaving Rome at 7:35 a. m. bv W. A
A., or 4:10 p m bv Southern. make close con
nection at Norlolk, Va., with steamers lor New
York.
For rr»"nd trip tickets end general Informa
tion apply to raiboait ticket agents, or to M. B.
CR WrLL, Agent, Norfolk, Va ;,T.F. MaYEB
Agent Itli Main St, Richmond. Va.
W. la. GI 11.1.A1 DEU.
i • Vice-Pree. & Traffic Manager,
6-20-4 m New York, N. Y.
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