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VOL IX LANHAM &SONS Are /Vlrqost GlVlqg Goods flrvVay! Look at These Prices: White l>i 4 Blanke's. wh .... . 20 c Fur Lin'd Capos as low as 50 c Two Toned 'ilk. stylish for Waists or Trimmings,. .. 15 c T< n Bulls host Sowing Thread for. ... 5 c Good Hickory Shirting 4jc Good Yard Wide Sea Island 4 c Good Ginghams 1 3;jc Good Indigo Calico 3jjc Mattress Ticking. .♦... 5 c Feather Ticking 10 c All Wool Flannel ns low as 9 c Paper Patterns, all kindsand sizes 10 c Clothing, a real nice suit for a man $2.50 Worsted double width, nice 10 c Canton Flannel 4 c Good Cotton Checks 34c ri’etty Capes trimmed v> ith Velvet Braid and Buttons ..SI.OO Shoes! Shoes! We have an immense stock of New She s, a dwi sell for less money than any other house in the coun try. -* Clothing All Kinds! Big>Stock of Clothing as a regular clothing store and tan and will sell Clothing cheaper than any House i i Rome. This is no boast but a fact. Come in and see our line of Clothing and if you don’t think it cheap don’t buy. < MILLINERY! The finest stock of New Hiliinery ever brought to Rome. Everything new and at prices no other house will name. We always knew the Ladies had to pay too much for their Hats, and therefore we decided to save them some money, and we do it too, We sell Line and Stylish Hals for less money than any House in Georgia. fa Guuils ait Silks! Our new Fall Stock is the largest and is as fine as was ever shown in any house in Rome. Not an old style in the house, and all the latest Novelties at prices that will please any one wanting to save money. Don’t buy your Dress til! you see our new goods. A beautiful ail wool Serge Imported to sell at 40c. Our price only 21c. o Gome and sec tlic silk we are selling at Isg. Nothing like it in Rome. Who would be without a Silk Waist when they Gan get one at isg a yard. We have by far the largest stock of New Goods ever brought to Rome and will sell cheaqer than any one in Rome. All we ask is a trial. We have the finest line of Gapes, Silk Dress Goods and Millinery to be found anywhere and we know we wili please gon. o We will be pleased to show goods whether you buy or not. # SONS. Wholesale and Retail. 314 to 326 Fifth Ave., ROME, GA. TIdEE C~J FT A T^ r Al SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA. SEPTEMBER 30, iSM THE DUNCANPARDON. Governor Says He is Net Respon sible For the Filthy Cam paign Circular Sent Out. Governor Atkinson has written a letter to Mr. S. A Roddenberry, chairman of the Thomas countv democratic committee, concerning the case of Adolphus Duncan, whose pardon has been the occasion of so much agitation by the Pop ulists. The governor says this matter has he<>n unfairly treated and ex pl ins the case. Ho disclaims any improper appeal for negro votes. In the beginning of his letter the governor says: “I am in receipt of your com munication stating that lam be ing censured on account of a cir cular containing a statement that 1 had pardoned Adolphus Duncan, a negro who had been twice con victed of rape on a white woman, and asking whether or not I had authorized its publication as is sued. “If you had but reflected for a moment, you would have known that to attend to the duties of governor and do the amount <>f stump speaking that is done by me was ail that is possible for one man to do. It is not possible for mo to superintend or know of the work done by supporters of the Demo cratic ticket in distributing cam paign literature, and it does ine a groat injustice to hold mo respon sible for what others do without my knowledg or consent. There would be just as much reason and justice in presuming that Bryan and McKinley knew of and w 0 responsible for everything done or said by their party supporters and newspaper advocates. 1 did not authorize the publication of this objectionable statement about which you write, and did not know of it until I saw a criticism of it in a newpaper. 1 then got a copy, read in it the statement above quoted, and saw that the bare, naked, unexplained statement was calculated to demoralize those ig norant of the facts in the case, and at once, without a moment’s delay, revuested Chairman Clay to use his efforts to prevent the further distribution of the circular. Mr. Clay himself did not read the cir cular or know of i s contents until I called his attention to same. All of his time is required to look af ter engagements for public speak ers, and to answer correspondence; is is, therefore, equally impossible for him to know the contents of all the literature distributed by support! rs of the Democratic ticket. I will remark, however, Lom information received at .Demo cratic headquarters, 1 le-irn that the same circular is being distrib uted at points where it was not sent by any supporters of the Democratic ticker, ami that lam satisfied that the Populists have reproduced the circular in a dis torted form and are distributing it among the voters and attacking me for .vhat I never did, and for what they themselves are now d - ing and pretending that it is the work of Democrats. As corroba tive of this, 1 refer to the garbled extracts of same in this week’s Populist paper, purporting to be a true copy of the circular. This is upon a level with other low, dirty and disreputable campaign meth ods of the Populists. The parties who compiled the mstter in the circular in question doubtless thought that as so much had been said in the newspapers a out the Duncan cus -ven ae Mrs. Anna Gage, wife of Ex- Deputy U. S. Marshal, Columbus, Kan., says: ‘ ‘I was delivered of TWINS in less than 20 min ~ utes and with ,-W scarcely any pain £ after using only two bottles of “MOTHERS’ FRIEND” DID NOT SUFFER AFTERWARD. tySeotby Express or on receipt of price, 8100 per bottle. Book "To MOTHERS’ 1 wailed free. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA. GA. SOLD BI ALL DRUGGISTS. . was just as familiar with the rea sons for granting the pardon as : they were themselves, and that the bare suggestion of the case would recall the reasons upon which the pardon of Duncan an innocent man from death. • The case in short was this. Duncan was convicted of rape, and sentenced to be banged. The supreme court and other of ficers expressed to me a doubt as to his guilt. It was suggested that in view of the doubt of his guilt, that I commute his sentence to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. 1 declined to do this, and stated that if he was guilty he should be hung, mid if innocent, ho should be pardoned; that there was no middle ground in a rape case. When the charge of rape is made the innocent deserve no punish ment, and the guilty deserve no mercy. Even though he was an humble negro, I felt that it was my duty to learn the truth, what ever time and effort it might cost mo. I did loam the truth. It was clearly proven to the satisfaction of the community, the jury, the solicitor-general, and all of tho of ficers of the court that Duncan was an innocent man. I was clearly satisfied of his in nocence and pardoned him. It is a matter of regrot to ovory self-respecting Georgian that the Populists have undertaken to con duct this campaign upon such a low plane. While Ido iot pro pose to sink to their level, I am forced in replying to these at tacks to say tach things and stat such facts that the people can get at the truth. The objectional clause in the circular in question was made to reply to one of their campaign slanders, and has just above in the following statement: “While it is not deemed proper to refer to the exorcise of the pardoning powet of an executive as the reason why he should' be supported polit ically, yet inasmuch as Governor Atkinson has been attacked by the Populists for pardoning Hinton for the purpose of prejudicing the co ored people against him, it is but proper to refer to the following cases.” Then follows the allusion to tho Duncan case. If our Democratic friends will get hold of tho untruthful and slanderous circulars which are be ing put in circulation by the Pop ulists in order to defeat me, they will find ample cause for indigna tion against our opponents. Let us now turn our guns upon the en emy. Let no Democrat fire into the Democratic ranks while there is a common foe upon the field. Before believing charges against our party nominees, let us make inquiry and learn the truth. In the course of political cam paigns it is not my custom to re ply to attacks of u personal nature made by my political opponents, and only notice this one becase the request to do so comes from you as Chairman of the Demo cratic Executive Committee of your county. Obediently yours, W. Y. Atkinson. Did You Ever Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for you troubles? If not, get a bottle now and get relief The medicine has been found to be pe culiarly adapted to the relief and cure of all Female Complaints, ex erting a wonderful direct influence in gi' ing sir ;gth and tor. ■t- the orgm . It ou avi Loss f A >p tit", Constipation, H adaeic . Fainting Spells, or are Nervous. Sleepless. Excitable, M- iancholv or troubled with Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters is the medicine you need Health and Strength are guaranteed by its use. Large' j bottles only 50 cents at H. H. Ar i rington’s drug Score. Buuklen’s Arnica Salve. . Ihe Best Salve in the world for ! Cuts. Bruises. Sores. Ulcers, Salt i Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter ’Chapped Hands, Chilbins, Corns i md all Skin Eruptions, and posi ; lively cures Piles or no pay re ’ quired It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money re funded. Price 25cents per box j for sale by H. H. Arrington. Misrepresentations Exposed and Corrected. [By Request.] By referring to the liquor deal er s circular on page 2, it will be seen that they style this bill a “dispensary bill.” This is a trick of theirs and their allies to create I a prejudice against the bill by rep resenting it as similar to the South Carolina dispensary law, But the truth is that the two measures are utterly unlike—it would hardly be possible for two measures on tho same subject to be more unlike . They differ radically m their main features as follows: (a) Under the South Carolina law, public money derived from taxation is used for tho purchase of liquors. Such is not the case under this bill. Indeed, this would not bo legal in Georgia.. While the Constitution of South Carolina permits public money to be so used, the Constitution of Georgia is so strict in its limita tions upon the use of public funds that a dispensary system could not be established in this stale. Hence, those who laise this cry of dispensary are fighting something which is not in this bill, and which never can exist in Georgia unless the Constitution be changed. (b) Under the South Carolina law*, intoxicating liquors are sold in dispensaries or agencies estab lished by the state, and state con stables are appointed by the Gov ernor to aid in enforcing the law. There is nothing like this in the Anti-Barroom Bill. It is well known that the difficulties grow ing out of the enforcement of the Soul-i Carolina act have Lian just j at this point. Collisions between state constables and those who were opposed to the law and the legislature that enacted it. Ths Anti-Barroom Bill leaves its en forcement just where all other laws are to be enforced—in the hands of local county officials. No such conflicts as once occurred in South Carolina could possibly arise under the provisions of this bill. (c) Under the South Carolina law liquors are sold at a profit and f--r the sake of profit. It is uni versally agreed that one of the worst features of the license sys tem is that the liquor seller has a profit in the liqaor sold. The South Carolina law does not give this profit to the dispenser—it goes to the state ; but as the object, of the law is, in part, revenue, the' dispenser feels that the more he sells the better he secures the ob ject of the law. Now, this profit feature of the sale is utterly elim inated from the Anti-Barroom Bill. The vendor’s compensation is fixed by the county authorities. He is under no temptation te vio late the law, to sell to minors or drunk persons, or persons of in temperate habits, for by so doing he will not make one cent. Under this law the less he sells the bet ter he secures the object of the act. (d) The South Carolina law has one and but one restriction on the sale of intoxicating liquors—they cannot be drunk on the premises where sold. Even with this par tial restriction, the general drift of the testimony is that the South Carolina system is an improve ment on the barroom sale of liquor. But this bill is f ar more stringent in its restrictions. It provides that liquors are not to be sold for beverage purposes. The public liquor store, where estab lisl d o’ peti ion. Is und r the si - per.id m of th> county authori ties. All proh! fition iaws provide some method .or th -sab of- liquors for the purposes admitted to be legitimate and not productive of public injury. S- me prohibitory laws relegate the sale for excepted uses to drug stores, some to phy sicians, etc. In such cases there may be as many legal places of sa’e as there are drug scores, etc. These provisions are more difficult to enforce than the one embodied in this bill. It is far more practi cal to regulate a single place of sale than many places. In view of all these restrictions and diffefences, the South Carolina law presents more contrast with this bill .than similarity to it. j That may be called a bill to dis pense intoxicating liquors for profit to the state, This is a bill to dispense with such liquors as a beverage. It has been asserted that tho bill would repeal or modify local prohibitory laws. These asser tions are made by persons who have not read the bill. The very first section states that the bill shall not apply to counties wherein local prohibition already exists. REGISTRATION COMPLETED. The Number of Voters in Each Militia District. * For the information of those who take an interest in politics wo give below tho total results of the registration in tho county, and in each militia district. Trion has 361 whites and 18 col ored. Seminole has 114 whites and 21 colored. Coldwater has 144 whites and 66 colored. Dirtseller has 79 whites and 7 colored. Lyerly has 96 whites and .14 col ored. Teloga has 152 whites and 3 col ored Subligna has 145 whites and 14 colored. Summerville lias 361 whites and 140 colored. Haywood has 88 whites and 7 colored. Dirttown lias 191 whites and 80 colored. Alpine has L whites r d 23 colored. Making a total re. istration in the county of 2,307; of these 1,916 are whites and 391 colored. It was stated last week that the total was 2,267, hut this was an error as shown by a fuller investigation. Possibly a few of these registered may Le stricken from tho lists for non payment of tax, or c4ho>- causes, but it is thought that the number will be comparatively small. In a number of casesit has already been shown that parties who were marked on tho list as tax defaulters have been able to show that their taxes were paid, and that it was merely an error in making out digest- In other cases taxes wore paid at the polling pre cincts and no receipts taken . Several years ago I was taken with a severe attack of flux. I was sick in bed about ten days and could get nothing to relieve me un til I used Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which cured mo and has betffi a household remedy with us ever since. J. C. Marlow, Decaturville, Mo. For said by 11. 11. Arrington. Druggist, Summerville, Ga, A Iways in season. Hopkins’ Steamed Hominy (Hulled Corn). Elegant lunch in -ilk. Demonsthenes used to put peb bles in his mouth to improve his oratory, now a little rock and rye is used —Dalton Citizen. In a recent letter to the manufac turers Mr. W. F. Benjamin, editor of the Spectator, Rushford, N. Y., says: “It may be a pleasure ter you to know the high esteem in which Chamberlain’s medicines are held by the peeple of your own state, which they must be best known. An aunt of mine, who resides at Dexter, lowa, was about to visit me i few years since, and before leav ing home wrote me, asking if they ware sold here, ' tting if th • w r ■ not she would bn; aquant .’with her, as she did not like to I wii li nt them.” Thi-medi ines :• furre' to are Chamberlain’s Cough Rem edy, famous for its cures of colds and croup; Chamberlain’s Pain B 4tn for rheumatism, lame back pains in the si.de and chest, ?<nd Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel com plaints. These medicines have been constant use in lowa for almost a quarter of a century. The people have learned that they are articles of great worth rfnd merit, and un equaled by any other. They are for sale he-e by H. II Arrington, | Druggist Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report IW! ABSSOWffEEtf PURE Register For November. The registration of voters for the October election has closed, but the books are still open for the November election, and will remain open for every day, Sundays excepted, until Octo ber 13. The purpose of this letter is to urge every Democrat of your county, whose name for any cause is not on the registered list, to qualify himself at once to vote on the first Tuesday in Novem ber . Many who could not raise the money to pay their taxes before the books closed for the October election, will have sold their cotton and will be able to pay arrears of taxes and registers for the Novem ber election. Many young men who have ar rived at the age of 21 during the year, or who will be of age by No vember 3, can register by apply ing in person to thoitax collec tor and signing the necessary oath. Many who by reason of care lessness, forgetfulness or indiffer ence did not register in time for’ the state election, can yet apply to the collector and put them selves in shape to vote in Novem ber. To all such this appeal is made. The state election is important, but the issues involved in the nat ional contest to be settled in No vember are vital and overshad owing. No homo-loving, lib erty-loving American can af ford to drop out of the voting ranks. Our candidate for president and our candidate for congress are making a royal fight for the fi nancial freedom of the United States, and they need the help of every man who can cast a bal lot. Unless your name is on the reg istered list you will be powerless to help in this great contest. This appeal is to you, who are not yet registered, to attend to this all-im portant matter at once. Remem ber that Tuesday, Oct. 13, is the last bend every energy to have vour name properly regis tered before the books close. W. J. Neel, Ch’m’n Cong., Ex , Com. Judge Maddox’s Appointments Subligna, Sept. 28th, 10 a. m. Villanow, Sept. 28th, 3 p. m. Wood Station, Sept. 29th, 10 a. in. Chickamauga, Sept, 29th, 3. p. m. Kensington, Sept. 30th, 10 a. m. Cedar Grove, Sept, 30th, 3. p. in. Chattooga church, Oct. Ist, 10 a. in- Teloga, Oct. Ist, 3 p. m. Menlo, Oct. 2nd, 10 a. m. Holland Store, Oct. 2nd, 3 p. m. Lavender, Oct. 3rd, 10 a. m. POOR DIGESTION leads to nervousness, chronic dyspepsia and great misery. The best remedy is HOOD'S sarsaparilla. Its Value Recognized by Physi cians. As a rule I am opposed to proprie tv medicines. Still I value agood cm espi ally wl> -n such is the source of relief from pain. As a topical (external) application I have found Chamberlain's Pain Balm the best remedy I have ever used for neuralgia of any kind. I have c mscientiously recommended t to many persons, Willi am Horne, M. D., Janesville, Wis Sold hy H. H. Arrington, Druggist Summerville, Ga. VVi-i SAY, lot v ;; i.- “la Does, -merit and-uc- JiOTICE. I want e very man and woman in tbe United States interested in the Opium and Whisky habits to have one of my books on these dis eases. Address B. 4. Woolley, Atlanta, Ga. Box 382- and one will be sent you free. HOWE’S HOMILIES. C The more coy a girl acts the more her steady will chase her. ’ All husbands are not alike, because some r husbands are bridegrooms. I No woman smiles as sweetly on her hus band as she smiles on her lover. , If you have any friend who regards you as an ideal, don’t ask a favor of him. The longer that a man has been dead the wiser the people find out that he was. j If you want any attention paid to your advice, put on your best clothes when you r give it. r Half the declarations of love a man makes to a woman are to quiet her sus- > picions. 3 Men leave trouble to others when they can as readily as a girl leaves dirty dishes for her mother.—Atchison Globe. , THE COOKBOOK. > A dessert can be made by dredging figs r with powdered sugar and serving salted peanuts with them. 1 When celery is not as crisp as it should f be, put it in very cold water, add a slice or two of lemon and let it stand an hear. j When'flavoring has been forgotten in a pudding or cake, the fault may be reme-: died by rubbing the desired extract over - the outside of the cake us soon us it is tak-l , on from the oven. In making Indian meal mush cook it with milk in place of water, or part water and part milk if not convenient to use all milk. The pudding will lie much richer, • and, when fried, will more readily take u , nice brown. CURIOUS CULLINGS. According to an Arab superstition, the stork has a human heart and the crew the heart of a devil. The hell which the people of Madagas . car believe in is presided over by 305 dou ble headed devils. A certain Chinese sect toadies that women who wear short hair will be trans formed into men in the great hereafter. According to the beliefs of the Arizona Indians, the cliff dwellers built along the bluffs because they feared another deluge. One of the popular minstrel songs now current In London and announced as a re cent importation from this country-is en titled “Away Down South In Michigan.” Tutt’s Pills - Cure All Liver Ills. Doctors Say; Bilious and Intermittent Fevers which prevail in miasmatic tricts are invariably ied by dcrangemcinjKHffl| Stomach Liver .aMHHSnftn The Secret 1 t'<- liver i the wheel” in the . man, and when it is the whole system becomHHHM ranged and disease is the Tutt’s Liver Pi Cure all Liver Troubles. HINDERCORNS The only sure Cv * > ;>? Corns. Stops ell pain. Makes walking easy. 15c. at Druy>,'t>*« PARKER’S I HAIR BALS AWT I Clean sea and beautifies the hair I Promotes a luxuriant growth. I Never Fails to Restore Orsyl -VAwSh atr to its Youthful Color. I Cures scalp diseases & hair falling, ■ /10c, and at Druggists R you are CONSU M PTIVE or have Indigestion, Painful ills or Debility of any kind use PARKER’S GINGER TONIC. Many who were hopo less and discouraged have regained health by. its use. CVP-hcatx-r’* Erg’Lh Dlaaoiwl PEKN¥IWYAL PILLS Z w/7L"?v Grlglnnl and Only Grnnlre. A z safe, eiwayj i -liable, iadiec. M»b rjT\ S ',y} XJrcKrjlit for’CZcLA«.4er j Puq’ ■ h 6* - Brand in Red .ad <7 -Ad n:'c»'h;; •’tUT>/ Other, 1 I*/ ~ lltiWion*. tc. iiru/'-’.-'.s, g- ' 44c. I(» Jy Bt * n, »'2 for particular*. u-Himoaii.? anl \ v* A-V •‘Relief f« r »n {' Her, by return ' L' MulL 1 n.OCtt '• •• ■ '.mob’xta. Nun.' r. v —— —'f <JM<4ic«trr I ChUfelcalCo. f 3ladl«*»ii Kquwty ?cld ty ad Local DraggUt-i. i'nJadu.. I'e. Not one part but every part of HIRES Rootbeer ' tends toward making it 1 the perfect temperance 1 and healthgiving drink, -j Made only by The Charles Pt Hires Co., Philadelphia. A 2&c. package makes 5 galluus. Sold everjwbert. T 1 ! ft 4 of 2r-dldn» ra Prof. W. H. Peek?, who « .3 da ™ a .*f es a specialty of . HH t. Epilepsy, has without M H Wk doub t treated and cur- ' ■ ■ ■ ed more cases than any M ■ ■ . W hvin 8 Physician; hia 13 ■ k 7 success is astonishing. ftPWter V. e have heard of cases OX 20 years’ standing cured by s| J| him. He - * el m 4 1k publishes a * a EE Sr fS W valuable ■ ■ ■ ■ a E work oa 4 SI, K I 1 E this d is- iM jIHM " E a ease, which A ■ E 3 SE>. ja ■he sends z <3P^bfi> wit h 3 1 , tie of his absolute cure, free to any sufferers J who may send their P. O. and Express address. a cure toaddress Proj.W. H. PEEKE, F. D., 4 Cedar St., Hew York No 30