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---- - - - . •■- •■ ' • 11 IK ' - "* w " 11 *• ■' - . , . * . . -.1 ' Every Article in Our Store > | |AT POSITIVE COST FOR CASH! I j|j This is not a misleading statement. We feel we have the confidence of the trade, and will not deceive them now. , jg 4/ "y IWE NEED MONEY, THE CAUSE; OUR GOODS AT COST, THE WAY! | w (ty jj We cannot carry the stock we have, and must and will turn it into cash. $t I APOSITIV E STATEMENT of CANDOR | jj Meaning every word we say: have never stooped to misleading ads. $. $ Come to our store for the greatest of all bargains. All our stock is W new; bought right: we must unload. $ | Is Strictly A. Cash. Sale !;> Jj; No goods charged to any one whatever. Don’t ask it. We /|\ give you new goods at cost. What more can we do! /ft ifc This sale will continue until we stop it!” <ty If. J. KANE & CO. 24^ r m^a st -' I ANNUAL CONFERENCE Methodists of North Georgia Will Meet in Athens Wednesday. WILL BE Al IMPORTANT SESSION 400 Ministers and Delegates Expected to Attend—Rome Party Will Leave For Athens Next Tuesday. The North Georgia annual conference ■will meet in Athens, Ga., Nov. 24 Bishop Charles B. Galloway will preside. There will be fully four hundred min* isters and delegates in attendance. The conference will be in session about eight days. There will be some very important matters to come before the body. The delegates to the next general conference will be elected. There will likely be many changes among the preachers, and other import ant matters to adjust. The north Georgia conference is the largest conference in Methodism. There are three hundred preachers and one hundred thousand members. The North G.orgia conference has more missionaries in the foreign field, than any other conference. Athens will no doubt give the conference a hearty welcome. The Methodist ministers of this city will leave Rome Tuesday for the classic city. 1 Revs. 8. R. Belk, C. M. Verdill, A. A. Tilley, J. L. Edmondson, T. P. Gra ham, J. W. Bale and Mr. H. P. Parks will be those who will go from here. Teny’s California Peaches Apricots and White Cherries, put up in heavy syrup found only at L. G, Todd's. 'Wetldiof Mt tViliui Wilmington, N. 0., Nov. 20. Mis- Sarali Potter of this city, one of the most popular young ladies in the state, was married here to Hou. Thomas Settu of Rockingham, N. O. .tn Kx-CoiigreHHinnn l>a»d. Buffalo, Nov. 20—Ex-Congress man Loren B. Sessions of Ohautauquacouuty died suddenly at his home iu Panama, N. Y. We tapped a barrel of the best South Georgia Syrup L. G, W; v.s. ... . Will Not -Fix Talephona RatM. ’■ ‘ Raleigh, Nov. 20. The railway com mission has rescinded ah orders fixing rates for rental of telephones or ex change service. There was argument by John W. Daniel and others against the fixing of rates. Attorney General Walser gave the board his opinion that it had no jurisdiction with respect to telephone rates more than to make dr cause to be made just and reasonable rates of charges for transmission of | messages by any telephone lines doing business in North Carolina, and that the commission has no authority to pre scribe charges for the rental of tele phone wires, instruments and ex changes or use thereof. Northeastern Stockholders Meet. Charleston, Nov. 20.—The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Northeastern Railway company was held here. The board of directors, con sisting of B F. Newcomer. H. B. Plant, H. Walters, O. O. Witte, Michael Jenk ins and W. G. Elliott, was re-elected. O. S. Gadsden was again chosen presi dent and all minor officials were re tained in their respective offices. The annual report was most satisfactory. The gross receipts of the year were (532,528 89, and the operating expenses (343,765.08. After paying dividends aud all other expenses, the balance at credit to profit and loss June 30 was (197,- 723.33. A Lloemnn la Electrocuted. Charleston, Nov. 20.—Henry Hey ward, a negro lineman in the employ of , the Charleston Electric Light company, j was electrocuted while at work on Shell street. Heyward was adjusting wires under from a foreman. He was seared astride tne cross arm of a pole about 40 feet trom the ground. By mistake he took hold of a live wire. He was killed instantly, but the body re mained in a natural position on the bar. Heyward’s hands were terribly burned, but the bpdy was disfigured ii£ (pother Durham IJkdy tu !<• Deposed. Columbia, S- O. ( Nov. 30.— There is a rumor here that Chief Clerk Derham of the comptroller general’s office is to be deposed and Auditor Bradley of Abbe -vilie is to take his place. The appoint ment is lei t to Comptroller General Eaton, aud, although it rests entirely with him, the charge is made that Gov ernor Ederbe is responsible for the change. Governor Ellerbe declines to talk about the matter at all. JHv I‘lmv Foulbill In Mlmtnpri. St. Louts, Nov. 20.—The antifootball bill introduced recently in the house of delegates by ex-Speaker Lloyd is said to be doomed. The house legislation com mittee, at a meeting just held, unani mously deciiied to recommend that the bill do not puss. Evaporated Apricots, Pears, i Peaches apd Apples at Todd’s, X&B s qmfBUHE. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER <3l. HBtK. RICH GRAPHITE DEPOSITS. Chcßffeatts to Invade North Carolina, beveral New Industries Reported. Baltimore, Nov. 20. The Manu facturers’ Record reports among south ern industrial movements for the week the resumption of two furnaces at Mid dlesborough, Ky. Among the new industries reported are a (50,000 foundry and machine works at New Decatur, Ala.; large fer tilizer factory at Columbus, Ga.; (25.- 000 knitting mills company at Charles ton, S. 0.; (50,000 cannery and wood working factory at Jacksonville, Tex.; , (25,000 brass 'manufacturing company ' at Lynchburg, Va.; (20,000 live stock company at Amarillo. Tex.; 15.000-foot capacity sawmill at Brenham, Tex. It is reported that the proposed beet sugar factory for Richmond, Va., will cost (400,000 to (500,000 and have daily capacity of 500 tons. ■ New iron ore lands are to be developed in Alabama; contract let for (300.000 waterworks at Augusta, Ga.; (100.000 wharf company at New Orleans; com pany composed principally of Chica goans to develop graphite deposits in North Carolina; 260-ton iron furnace at Dayton, Tenn., preparing to blow in; (20,000 mercantile company at Hender son, Tex; (150.000 gas and oil drilling company at Welch, W. Va.; (65.000 waterworks proposed at Jackson. Miss.; 80-ton.cottonseed oil mill at Meridian, Miss.; (80,000 sewerage system proposed at Newport News, Va. The new buildings announced include a bank building at Williamsburg, Va.; office building at Smithvdle, Va ; (10.- 000 church at Atlanta. Ga.; (30,000 courthouse at LuFollette, Tenn. SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS. Bi< Increase Iu (be Kn roll men t This Tear Over Previous Tear*. Columbia, 8. 0., Nov. 20.—The su perintendent of education .has finished his annual report, aud it shows a de cided increase in the enrollment of the schools of ihe state. The total enroll ment is 258.183; of this number 119,027 are white, and 139.156 negroes. Spar tanburg county heads the list with a grand total of 15,979, while Chesterfield has the smallest enrollment, it being only 3,768- The enrollment last year was 232,387, and before that it never went above 326 766. Governor Ellerbe will, in a few days, go to Rock Hili, whence he will take a trip to the state government Indian reservation iu the ninth western section of the state. In this reservation is a tribe of Catawba Indians, about 500 in number. The object of Governor El lerbe’s visit will be to make a thorough investigation into these red men, their conditions and social situations A knowledge of these facts will enable him to make, as he desires to do, a rec ommendation to the legislature con cerning measures to be passed for the biMtnring.of their qoudMoa a*A tteuad vauc.meuA.of .. A Ilewwra tur mu Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 20—About two weeks ago Mr. Wade Childree, one of the best citizens of Odviugtou, a gen tleman of high character and respected of all the good people, was assassinated about 8 p. m. while sifting in his . own room ana reading the Bible. He is not supposed to have had an enemy aud .no cause can be assigned for his murder. The solicitor has made diligent efforts to ascertain the assassin aud failea. The family has offered a reward of (250 and the governor has ordered a like re ward to be paid by the state for the ar rest and conviction of the assassin. County Officials Are Economical. Montgomery, Ala, Nov. 20.—Appli eatiou. was made to the governor by the sheriff, probate judge and other county officers to respite the sentence of Sam Fields. Fields was convicted of mur der in the Henry circuit court and sen tenced to be hauged on Friday, Dec. 8. Jim Glover was also convicted of mur der iu the same court aud sentenced to be hauged on Friday, Deo. 10. The officials desire both executions to take place on the same day “to save cost aud trouble iucideut to two separate execu tions." The governor has granted the request Postal Crooks Art Nabbed. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 20.—Post office Inspector Warren of the Chatta nooga division has succeeded in break ing up and arresting a big gang of pos tal crooks in North Alabama. During the past week he has arrested not less than 15 men, all on the charge of using the mails to defraud. Their field, of operation seems to have been the region around Attalia, Weaver’s station aud Union Groye. Pever at a Florida Fort. Washington, Nov. 26. —Yellow fever has appeared at Fort Barrancas, near Pensacola, Fla., but not in a degree sufficient to alarm the war department officials, who feel that owing to rhe lateness of the season there is little dan ger of a spread of the disease. A dis patch has been received by adjutant general Beck from that- post stating that one soldier had died from the fever, but giving no details. Ou. l>.Htli Occur- Mt Mobile. Mobile, Nov. 20—One new case: Raphael Semines, Marine, near Govern ment. Death: Harry Howard, a negro, city hospital. Recover!.-.: Lucv Childs, Waiter C. Urquhart, Harvey Jones, 8. W. Gabb. Kx-Funim «tre»( 1 tidier Md. Boston. Nov. ,20.—The United States grand jury has indicted Nonal Bryan, former postmistress at Middlefield, Mass., on the charge of opening letters addressed to her townspeople. Morrison & Trammell make the best brick possible and stell them all ovei* the Country. FIERCE FIGHT ON ENGINE. Negro a.d White Man Engage In Desper ate Struggle—Former Killed. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 20.—0 n a freight train dashing southward over the Louisville and Nashvillle railroad at the rate of 80 miles an hour one of the most thrilling encounters ever recorded occurred. Two men, one black and by drink, the other white and conscious of deadly peril, engaged in a life and death struggle in the cab of a flying locomo tive, which ended in the death of the negro and the miraculous escape from the same fate by the white man. When train No. 25, sonthbound, left here Engineer JE. P. Bishop aud Fire man Wiley Craig, a negro, occupied the locomotive oab. About 20 minutes later the negro was lying dead beside the track, and the engineer, bleeding from a dozen knife wounds, was alone in his cab. Soon after the train’s departure, and when 2 miles from the city. Bishop told the fireman to stir up the fire. The ne gro paid no attention to the order, and it was repeated. This time he uttered an oath, aud springing from his seat drew a revolver aud suddenly aud with out warning fired a shot point blank at the engineer. The bullet, uijjised the engineer, who atrhek the TeVOhfer from the negro’s hand.just as the latter was about to fire a second shot. Craig drew an ugly knife, and grasping the en gineer by the shoulder, pulled him from the box and began to out him across the breast. Finally, after a desperate struggle, during which the two men rolled over and over on the floor of the cab, Bishop managed to draw his pistol and fire. The bullet struck the negro iu the breast and penetrated bis heart. Without a groan he fell back into the darkness to the ground and Bishop was left alone in his cab. The train at that time was near Ox moor. There it was halted by the wounded engineer, who told the crew •f his thrilling encounter. Bishop was given a preliminary hear ing and disen urged. Praters *ta<a t*» Husband, Chicago, Nov. 20. —Mrs. Myrtle Ore gier, daughter-iu-law of former Mayor Cregier, made her debut in the Masonic Temple Garden last August as a vaude ville artiste. Now comes her husband, Eu ward Cregier. and asks for a di vorce on the ground of desertion. Mr. Cregier avers that notwithstanding tne .fact that he treated hu wife with kind ness she ueserted him and now refuses to live with him. Tne bill states ex plicitly that no charges call be made against the character of Mrs. Cregier. No Interfering ’Mother-in-law. The interfering mother-in-law Is un known in Abyssinia. According to na tive etiquette no mother is allowed to see her daughter during the first year of rharried life, lest she should stir up strife between the wedded couple, ■ Water- Ground Meal and Flour. We have jnade arrangements to handle the output of Seab Wright’s water mills at Armuchee. This flour is the best and purest sold in Rome; made of nothing but selected wheat. “The flour our mother’s used.” For the meal we claim the same; made from selected white corn, shelled by hand and faulty grains from the end of the ear thrown away, All of this flour and meul is put up in sacks, branded “Wright’s.” Use no other aud you get the purest and best sold in Rome. S. S. KIO GO. 1: * • ' • * ** 5