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I TODAY’S PAPER J f consists or r f SIXTEEN PAGES { } 96 COLUMNS i ESTABLISHED 1887. mis IND IHDNINGS! r - . " • ■ Headwear. Footwear. Hand-wear. Toilet Articles and What Not! ATID OPFNINfi J* came, it saw, it conquered I It snapped in two all past record for quality, quantity • And now for the Winter’s Trade. Better prepared than ever? Nothing could be truer. This season • we shall show stocks of goods in every department, surpassing in excellence and display, ali former years. Our dress goods stock—in every point of detail, including dressmakers’ supplies—is without a peer in this portion of Georgia—by far the largest, the most complete and the best assorted. So with millinery, so with notions; so with shoes, so with clothing, and this season, over and beyond all proud achievements in the past, this store’s stronghold will be extraordinary values. After the election of McKinley we foresaw the inevitable —a towering tariff bill. We made haste to secure our stock in the early summer, and practically everything in this store containing wool or silk, and all articles of high tariff distinction, were secured before the vote on duties came. We are ahead of the tariff bill, and of all competitors. We bought enormously, and we shall sell at the old prices throughout the season, or until present stocks are in the hands of consumers. You’d do well to buy from us now goods to last you two years or more. The new duties will make them much higher. We want your trade. We shall endeavor always to deserve it. DRESS GOODS. 54-inch Broadcloth, full assort rment of colors, superior quality, been telling in Rome at $ I 00 per yard; under the new tariff $1.25 will be cheap for'it-. We bought it away under and we will Sell it at 75c. 54-inch Illuminated Kerseys, a very choice fabric, very stylish—a Parisian prize—retailed in Paris for than our price. 94c. 40 Novelty Suits, special, with silk threads of Sweetest hues play ing hide and seek in the lovely sur face—one of the latest decrees of fashion; prices minus the new tariff. Gold Medal Blacks—the queen of black dress fabrics. Immense stock. We always carry the largest and best supply and sell more than all else in Rome. 1,500 yards of Black Brocaded double-width and select, worth cer tainly as much as 20 cents a yard. You can supply your want from us a 9t 3-4 c. IVLII-iJLiIJXrESRY. This department is better equipped than ever for business. We are resolved to make it eclipse all former achievements. The opening—the display of hats and bonnets —has answered every question about the change recently made in the designing. Miss Baker has more than met the condition of our expectations. We knew that she would pleass the people. She has delighted them. She is an artist of rarest gifts. Have her to make your hats. The hint that those who come late run the risk of losing the best may not be inopportune. It is certain ; that when this stock shall have been sold you’ll have to pay more for goods. The high tariff makes it inevitable. Come to see us often.' We want your trade. Largest stock. Lowest Prices. THE ROHE TRIBUNE. 1700 yards Illuminated Brocades, very brilliant and stylish; as long as this stock lasts the price will be 9 3-4 c. 44/Inch two toned dress goods, beautiful mixtures, very fashiona ble, at half value. 18c. 44 Inch Black Jacquards, splen did make. Every 36 inches of it is worth 40c Our price 23 l-2e. 44 Cheviot Mixtures, verv choice fancies, lovely styles and very dura ble, lok er than ever. 39c. Imported Black Jacquard, all pure Australian wool, bright lustre and latest designs. Under the new tariff they will be worth $1 per yard; while this lot lasts, jour choice at 48c. Our stock of silks was never bet ter. Name a use for a yard of silk ’ —any number of yards of silk—and we’ll fit it with the goods at exactly old prices, though they’d cost near ly double if bought now. BASS BROS. & CO. ROME. GA.. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1897. MEET ME AT BASS BROS 245 Broad Street. Shoes. Shoes! It is known to our patrons that for yeirs we have made shoes a leading number, with Krippendorf’s fine makes a specialty. Thisjdepartment we intend to still further improve, keeping the stock full of the prettiest and best patterns in all sizes and shapes, The department shall be a great, faultless store within itself. Mr. Benton Owens will be in charge of the department. Mr. Owens is endowed with splendid native ability, and has long training as a salesman in Rome. Courteous always, as he is, obliging ever with closest prices, we foresee a popularity for the department enjoyed by but very few. We want to fill your requirements in shoes as well as in other lines. Large stock of new-make leggings, over-gaiters, fleeced soles, shoe polish, etc., just received. NOTIONS, ETC. Silk cqrset laces, assorted colors, a sort of souvenir from Paris to our trade. We leave oi the prifit and make the price 25c. Assorted patterns real lace hand kerchiefs—Mosaics, Gothics and Renaissance, bought in Brussels and Venice. Any customer of ours may have one—only one—at just what it cost us. We thus make answer, in little measure, to on: feeling of gratitude to friends for past patronage. • A number of pieces of real Val enciennes Lace. We put them just as the handkerchiefs. If the oppor tunity to buy these fine goods is improved by patrons the pay to us will be ample. A. special purchase of ladies’ ex ■ tra fine black hose, 3 in a carton, worth per carton $1 50, enables us to make the price only SI.OO. Our hosiery stock is great, 2 Cases Ladies’ fast black seam less hose. We break the record on the quality, and call the price per pair a nickel. 3 Cases of ladies’ very heavy black hose, seamless, and the wear $ partoneA \ * i PAGES /TO S. » PRICE FIVE CENTS till you weary kind. They beat the world at, per pair a dime, 40-Gauge imported black hose, as well worth 25c as a letter pos tage stamp is worth 2c. This lot we shall sell at 16c. Fine black Maco-yarn hose, and pure Lisle, high-splice.l heel, double sole and double toe, These hose will be, under the new tariff, worth, per pair, 50c. We’ll sell the lot in hand at only 25c. A world of handkerchiefs, gloves, laces, etc., bought by our Mr. Bass in Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and France. We sell them in Rome at half price. Buy them from us. Ladies’ and Men’s knit under wear, neckwear, suspenders, Toilet articles, hair ornaments, combs, belts, purses, crochet cottons, zeph yrs, germantown wools, embroidery silks, etc. We have always sold these goods lowest. We’ll continue to sell them lowest; Want a trunk? Zinc covered trunks and iron bound Saratogas, every size, A great purchase of them* at under market value, and so with umbrellas. If you need Strunk or an umbrella, come to Bass’ for it,