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li TAPP’S And Great Trade Emporiums, Thoroughly alive with attractive bargains. Ev ery department is replete with new bargains. Tapp, by selling the best and choicest goods at lowest prices, has become the household word of every family in this community, and by hav ing stylish and seasonable goods that are hard to match, and impossible to beat, at matchless prices, I have established a trade that would be the envy of any merchant.' Good goods, fair dealings and honest advertising always win. THIS WEEK. I am still selling yard wide Percales at 5 cents yard. Yard wide Domestics at 4 cents. Good Calico at cents. Good Cotton Checks, at 2% cents. Great Slaughter Sale in Spring Dress Goods. Fine Figured Organdies, Lappet Mulls, Grass Lawns and hundreds of other spring novelties thrown in this sale at cut prices. ....... 30-inch Figured Lawns at 2\ cents yard. 32-inch Satteen Finished Zephyrs, formerly worth .10 cents and 124 cents, in this sale at 4 cents yard. Handsome Chamelion Moire Novelties at 74 cents yard. Many other great values in Wash Goods. My line of woolen goods always complete, and now abounds in many special values. This sale includes all Dress Goods. Fine Figured Mohair in black at only 19 cents, liner qualities at 20, 39 and 48 cents. 25-cent Novelty Woolen goods, comprising many colors, worth 50 cents yard, at only 19 cents. Biggest stock of fine black Henriettas and Cashmeres in Dal ton. . . STRAW HATS IN THIS SALE. Thousand styles to select from—-75 cents, $1.00, $1.50 hats for 50 cents—$2.00 and $2.50 styles at 98 cents. Big stock of Palmetto and cheaper*straws. Last week, the biggest clothing week of my life, this week still larger and more varied assortment is offered. This sale strikes Clothing—everything goes. Boys’ Suits from 49 cents up to $5.00. Odd Pants 10 cents, 25 cents, 50 cents and 98 cents, worth twice the money. Men’s Fine Cheviot Suits in black and colors, $3.98. Men’s Fine All-wool Clay Worsted Suits, $4.98, $7.48, up to Men’s odd Pants in this sale, the original value just halfed, 19 cents, 48 cents, 75 cents, 98 cents, up to $2.50. Shoes, Slippers, Oxfords. Great quantities and many styles. More shoes in ° ne _ st than all Dalton together. Best qualities, neatest styles and lowest prices. . ; • Children’s Oxf ords'slaughtered. M f Great cut price sale in Ladies’ Oxfords. ig s ° c ^ low cut Shoes. Prices never before dreamed of are on a these goods. SPECIAL—Fans for 3 cents and 10 cents. . Special sale of Undervests. Ladies’ Undervests at ■ 10 cents, 124 cents, up to 25 cents. Men’s Underwear cheaper than ever known. In Short Paragraphs for Hur ried Readers. GLEANED FROM THE STATE PRESS. Some, of the Items are Hot From the Telegraph Wire and Others» Came by Mail. y. Jordan Taylor, colored, who works with the Cartersville tele phone exchange, was drowned in the. Etowah river Friday, while fishing. A social reunion in the Masonic temple at Rome, will he held on May 11th, and a large number of Masons from different parts of the State are expected to.be present. the notes .for the purpose of be coming the surety thereon. “He alleges that alterations were made in the notes after he signed them, a clause providing the payment of ten per cent, attorney’s fees in case the notes were collected by law being inserted, and another clause, waving all homestead and exemp tion rights also being added. An Editorial in The Albany Herald Proves it Does. MONEY IN PROGRESSIVE FARMING. niLLINERT. * « goods arrive daily. ■ o^ever/thing styles are used—no old shop , - s t y i e and Iuquality the best, in quantity e ’ mo re than " most novel and complete, the pnc Income to this cut price sale. rrjie Spot Cash Man Tlie Cut Price Stores Wholesal e and Retail. Anew enterprise projected for Griffin is a cotton-seed oil mill and fertilizer factory. The capi talization of the company will be $25,000 with the privilege of in creasing to $100,000. Miss Adella Clark, a young Woman who sued the Atlantic Railway Company for injuries she alleged to have received by being thrown from a car two years ago, has just been awarded a verdict of $600.’ Atlanta is trying hard to set the gubernatorial campaign in mo tion. Among the men whom rumor has connected with tne nomination are Hon. F. G. Du- Bignon, P. W. Meldrim, Robert Berner, Pope Brown, Joe Terrell and Speaker Jenkins. The office of quartermaster of the United States army, which has been located in Atlanta for several years, will be transferred to New Orleans within a few days. L. E. Parker, of Atlanta, has brought a suit for $2,500 damages against William C. Henderson of the same city, and charges that Henderson, who is a groceiyman, v sold him morphine when he had asked for quinine. He was made very ill. About 5,000 acres of land lying in the counties of CaiToll and Paulding, has just been bought by parties who are the agents of a big English mining syndicate that is going to extensively engage in mining in Georgia. The land was the property of the William B. Johnson estate, and is thought to be rich in gold and other ores. The price paid was an average of $3 per acre, making about $15,- 000 for the entire transaction. A handsome silver loving cup was presented to Capt. Henry Ro- meyn by the members of his com pany at Fort McPherson Friday. The tribute, coming as it did, while the captain was on trial be fore a court martial-, was especially appreciated by the receiver. The cup is beautiful in appearance, is 18 1-2 inches high and 21 inches round. It bears the following in scription : “ Presented to Capt. Henry Romeyn by members of Company G, Fifth United States Infantry, in recognition of his worth as a soldier, and a gentle man.” Recently H. B. T. Montgomery sued for the face value of notes amounting to •$30,0'00 signed by the Eagle and Phoenix Manufac- Marvin Austin, a well-known young man of Rome, ran into a horse and buggy while scorching on his bicycle, and was badly in jured internally. The board of education of the city schools of Athens has taken a stand against the adoption of a uniform- system of text books iu the public schools of Georgia. Lightning played a series of queer freaks at Winder Fiiday. At 7 o’clock while dark clouds were hovering over the ‘town, a sudden report like that of a cannon followed by a vivid flash. When the general alarm had somewhat subsided it was found that Alex and Henry Harvil, brothers, had been severely shocked. They were unhitching a team in an open space and were both knocked to the ground. At the same time a number of men were sitting around the store door of Smith, Caiithers & Co., when a lightning bolt struck Dock Carithers* knocking him prostrate, and slightly injuring his brother, Bob Carithers and Green Smith. Curtis Saunders was sit ting in the shop door at his father’s home, a mile from town, when a similar bolt struck him on the right hip, running down the leg, tearing of the clothing to the skin, and making its escape from the foot. His shoe was torn to pieces, but no serious injury was done. Practical Business Methods Applied By Toilers of the Soil Bear Good Financial Results. Tuck Neely, a well* known painter living in Rome, fell from the roof of a house while painting and sustained injuries that ma> result in his death. He fell thirty feet. Rev. James Y. Fair, D. D., of Richmond, Va., after much per suasion has consented to go Savan nah as pastor of the Independent Presbyterian church. The church has been without a pastor a year and a half. At Douglas, a messenger hastily summoned D. D. Gaskins, clerk of the superior court, to' go to Pickren, twenty miles distant, as his. brother, E. L. Gaskins, was dead, having taken s try chine with suicidal intent. They had a picnic at Augusta and a young woman in red tights was cutting up didoes on a tight rope. While under the influence of liquor, Win. Daley, a lineman climbed a telegraph pole, and gave a performance lasting fiteen min utes on the wires. Then he came down. Chief of Police J. B. Shropshire, who was suspended a few days ago by Mayor King, of Rome, was tried before the council, and al though he confessed to the charge of drunkenness, he was reinstated as chief of police by the council iu secret session. Now he is wearing his uniform. Maj. A. C. Knapp is dead at his home n6ar Macon, after an illness of several weeks. He was born turing Company of Columbus, and {in Savannah forty eight years ago, alleged to be indorsed by a number [and was formerly agent of the of the directors of that company, j Central Railroad at Macon, gen- C. A. Collier, one of the directors j eral traffic manager of the Georgia sued, has just filed his answer, in [ Southern & Florida, and one of ■which he denies having indorsed the best railroad men in the South. 1 Does farming pay ? In answer to the above question the Albany Herald prints the fol lowing editorial: “ We heard a prominent busi ness man of Albany say a day or two ago, that there was more mon ey in farming than iu any other business in which a man could-en gage, in Southwest Georgia. He then went on to enumerate seve ral different business interests with which he was identified, and stated that his farming interest was bringing more profit bn the capital invested than any of them. Being a successful business man, he is interested in several business enterprises, including one of the city banks, and what he says about farming as a business is, therefore, entitled to some consid eration. - “ Being impressed with what this level-headed business man, speaking from his own experience, has said about farming, we sought another successful business man who has a diversity of business in terests, including farming. Tell ing him what the other gentleman had said, we asked him for his opinion on the subject. With out hesitation, he said that he agreed with the first man inter viewed. 1 As a regular thing and as a sure way of accumulating wealth,’ he added, ‘ I believe farm ing is the best business that a man who will farm intelligently and on business principles, can engage in in this country.’ “ ‘ Now,’ said the writer, ‘ let’s count up the successful business men in Albany and Dougherty* county—men whom we have both known for ten or fifteen years past—and see how the number of those who have made their money farming will compare with those who have made it in other branches of business.’ “ Then the scribe and the pros perous business man and farmer commenced to enumerate the suc cessful men of Albany who had accumulated $10,000 or more dur ing the last ten years. This list was a short one, and soon exhaus ted. Then the farmers in the country surrounding Albany, who were known to have accumulated $10,000 or more during the last ten years were taken up, and in less time than it takes to tell it we had three names on the farmers’ list for every one that had been put on the list of city business men. And on the farmers’ list there were several negroes; on the city bnsiness men’s list not one. This is no fancy sketch. What we have stated here is the result of investigation and observation. We could give names to establish every statement made, but there are some,who would perhaps ob ject to having such liberty taken with them in connection with their affairs. Any mgtn who has the acquaintance can do for him self what we have done and veri fy the foregoing statement of facts. “‘ Dpes farming pay ? ’ “ In Southwest Georgia it does, and there are more men making money at it than in any other line of business, we are prepared to prove it.” The Deadly Sex. God bless tlie ladies ! We couldn’t’ get along, without ’em, but all the same they do cause a tremendous lot of tribulation in this topsy-turvy world of ours. The two sensations which have agitated Atlanta this week are, as usual, to be traced directly to the gentler sex. If handsome Miss Cohen hadn’t been clerk of the Sanitary Department, Inspector Joiner would have held his ton gue, and ditto his job,' and all these painful revelations of short accounts, and shady horse deals would have remained comfortably concealed behind the transcenden tal respectability of the Board of Health. And if Mrs. O’Brien, (to pursue th figure) hadn’t smiled on young Bamford until that gallant officer was moved to break his engagement with the Captain’s daughter—if nothing of this sort had occurred, why, dove- eyed peace would never have ceased to brood above the barraeks of McPherson. So a pair of bright eyes in one case rips a large, jagged hole through the fabric of municipal government, and in another con vulses the army of a nation. Great is the power of woman. —Ex. A Snake Story. The Acworth Post claims that Charley Floyd, a negro man of that town, placed the “ shed skin” , of a snake in his hat to keep his head cool—that after wearing it there for some time, that pains attacked him in the head, that he grew worse—doctoi-s could do nothing for him—a real snake formed and grew under the ne gro’s skin, and the “outlines-of the real snake could be felt and seen crawling downward in the body of the negro ; from cheek to # thigh it went; it appeared to he twelve or fourteen inches long and as large as a man’s wrist.. The leg burst and the negro died a horrible death.” True Democracy. 1 he. Chattanooga News puts it thus: “ Democrats don’t need ‘ to get together,’ but they heed to gather in some of the lost sheep that strayed from the fold under the delusion that the election of McKinley meant prosperity. Most of them worth having, how-, ever, are coming back of their own accord. Those of the deserters who were Republicans at heart will never come back and are not wanted back.” A townis like a large family ; we are interested in each other's welfare—or should be. A cut- throat-every-man-for-himself policy means ruin for any community. It means retrogression and failure. The first lessons any family must learn, tobe happy and successful, are unity and mutual assistance. The same applies to the business life of a town ana the more gen erally it is obeyed the more abund ant will be the city’s prosperity.— Canton Advance. “Dying in poverty,” says a cynic, “ is nothing. It is living in poverty that comes hard on a fellow.” The Colorado senate has curred with the house in the age of a bill to aib rt,; ishment.