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VOL XII
Lanham & Sons
Have Bough*
MORE NEW SPRING GOODS
AND SELL CHEAPER -
Than Any Store in North Georgia.
We have just received our new Spring Goods, and
the* are the most beautiful and prices the most rea=
sonable, we think, of any in this part of the country.
We have had three buyers in New York pai t of the
time, and two the whole of three weeks, and buying
for two large wholesale and retail stores in la.ge lots
from first hands, enables us to name prices that, for
the same kind of goods, cannot be equaled in this
country, and the prices are the lowest.
Millinery.
Not another such Millinery stock
in all this country. All the newest
and best in Fine Millinery from
Paris and New York. Not an old
last-year hat in the house, but the
very brightest, most stylish, and
trimmed by the most artistic mil
iners. Our Miliner, Miss Grant, is
just from New York, where she has
worked for some of the largest
houses there, besides for some of
the largest in the South, and if you
buy your hat here, you will get
nothing but new goods in most
stylish trimming, and the prices
will be the lowest.
Ladies’ Trimmed Hats from the
cheapest to the best. Sailors for
less money than any other house in
Rome. Come see the new styles.
New Oroandle, Lawns, India
Linens.
Pretty Lawns, in all the new co]
ore, implain and fancy, only 3|c.
Pretty White Lawn, only 3|c.
Fine Organdie, in white and col
ors, from the cheapest up to 75cts.
yard, but every piece the very best
the price can buy.
Dimity Check Nainsook, plain
White Lawns, and everything in
this line for Spring and Summer
at prices that are certainly cheap.
White and Colored Pique, the
most fashionable fabric for Spring
from Sc up.
Staple Dru Goods.
This line is certainly the cheap
est and best in Rome.
Small Check Ginghams, for
Aprons and Bonnets, at 34 c.
All the Best Calico at 4|c.
Good Calico at 3|c.
Utica Fine Bleaching, only 3|c.
Mattress Ticking, only 4|c.
New Silks.
All the new and pretty colors,
including white and black, in Taf
fetas, rich in quality, that other
merchats sell at 75 and 89c, but we
sell them at 49c.
New Waist Silks, big stock at 15c.
Pretty line of Children’s Suits in
all the new styles.
On our second floor we have fitted up a comfort
able waiting room, where the ladies are always wel
come. Here they may rest, meet their friends, ar=
range their toilet or while away the time.
Bring this advertisement with you, and you will find
Everything as Advertised.
LANHAM & SONS
Rome, Ga.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS.
Ladies’ Tailor-Made Suits.
Our lino comprises the best and
most stylish made—all the very
new Skirts and Jackets —some
satin-lined and some silk-lined,
all at prices that are right-
Silk Waists from the cheapest
to $12.50 each, and they are pret
ty, much prettier than ever shown
in Rome before.
Handsome Marseilles Quilts, full
size, for only 49c.
Just Look Hero.
Ten papers Needles for only sc.
Jeans Pants, full size, for only
29c.
Ladies’s Cloth Top Low-Cut
Shoes, the $1 kind for 69c.
Velveteen Skirt Binding for sc.
Ladies’ Kid Gloves, Black or
Tan 50c.
Ladies’ Low-Cut Shoes, as low as
25c.
Infants’ Shoes, per pair, 13c.
Feather Stitch Braid, only 3c.
Twelve Rubber Hairpins for sc.
Pretty Side or Bang Combs, sc.
New Pompadore Combs, 10c.
Ladies’ 40-gauge Black or Tan
Hose, drop stitch or plain, silk
finish, for only 10c.
Twenty thousand yards all new
Embroidery, from the cheapest to
the l est, and all at prices no mer
chant in the state can beat.
Pretty Lace for less than 1 cent
a yard.
Eight Cedar Pencils for 3c.
Six Slate Pencils for Ic.
Gents’ Half Hose, high spliced
heel, double sole, seamless, black
or tan, fast colors, 10c.
Gentlemen’s Sunday Shoes 89c.
Thirteen Balis Eagle & Phoenix
Sewing Thread for 5 cents.
Corsets.
A big stock of all the best makes,
and our prices are on the bottom.
Thompson Glove-Fitting, Warn
er’s, R. & G., and others.
A Ladies’ full-sized Corset for
19c.
The bes 25 and 50c Corsets in
Rome.
Large Towels, 22 inches wide by
40 inches long, for 4c. These are
good heavy Honey-comb Towels.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, APRIL 12, 18'J9.
TRADING IN ISLANDS.
It Is Proposed to Swap the Phil
ippines For the West Indes,
A Startling Proposition That
May Change the
World’s Map.
New York, April 5.—A special
to the Herald from Washington
says :
Much interest is felt here in the
proposition originating with the
inhabitants of St Kitts, in the Lee
ward islands, for the exchange of
the Philippines for the British
West Indes.
There are strong arguments in
favor of such nn exchange if Great
Britain can bn induced to part with
her West Indian colonies, and
there is little doubt that if the peo
ple of the United States had an
opportunity to choose between the
Philippines and the English pos
sessions in the Caribbean sea they
would prefer the latter. This is
particularly true of the residents
in the eastern states.
The possession of the British
West Indes would be of great im
portance to the United States from
a military point of view, as it
would make the Caribbean sea
practically an American lake and
would enable this country to
dominate completely all approach
es to any future isthmian canal
from the Atlanic side. It would
also bring the United States into
closer relations with Central and
South America, and would tend to
develop commerce with all nations
south of Mexico.
Representative Meyer, of Louis
iana, who, as a member of the
house committee on naval affairs,
has given close attention to the
now possessions of the United
States, said:
“As long as we are in the bus
iness of buying and selling and
trading in svereignty, I should pre
fer, other things being equal, to
hold possessions near the United
States rather than at a distance.
“It would also seem to me to be
better to undertake the govern
ment of islands the inhabitants of
which understand and are in sym
pathy with our system of govern
ment and who want to come to us,
rather than islands the inhabitants
of which do not comprehend the
American system and who are not
willing to come under our govern
ment. Whether Great Britain
would consent to such an exchange
as is proposed, however, is, I think
a question of grave doubt.”
Representative Livingston, of
Georgia, is heartily in favor of get
ting rid of the Philippines at any
price, and regards the proposition
to make an exchange with Great
Brrtain as the best solution of the
difficult problem yet offered.
‘ I do not doubt,” he said, “that
if the matter is properly handled
Great Britain Mould entertain the i
proposition- She is ambitious to
extend her commercial interests in
the east, and would doubtles con
sider that the possession of the,
Philippines would give her much i
greater strength than she now has
in that part of the world.
“All that the United States'
needs in the Philippines is a coal
ing station and a place for repair
ing ships attached to the Asiatic
equadron. It seems to me that an
exchange might be effected, where
by the United States would con
sent to make the trade with the
understanding that we were to re
gain a navil base in the Philippines
in consideration of a similar priv
ilege granted Great Britain in her
present West Indian possessions.
“No one can deny our right to
dispose of the Philippines to Great
Britain or any other power. Ger
many would probably throw all the
obstacles she could in the way of
the trade being made with Great
I Britain, but that is not our affair.
I England, once in possession of the
i Philippines, would need to have no
fear of Germany’s protest.”
INCREASE IN CRIME.
Judge Hillyer Presents Some
Startling Figures at the
Georgia Baptist Con
vention.
Savannah, Ga., April 3.—ln the
Georgia state Baptist convention
| today Judge Hillyer, ex- mayor of
1 Atlanta and formerly on the su-
I perior court Bench, presented a re
port from the committee on crime
and lynchings.
After reading the report the
judge gave some startling figures
upon the increase of crime, urging
the consideration of the question
upon the church, and suggesting
that, as the law was slow, the leg
islative body be appealed to to note
the facts and figures and to urge
action upon the body. Judge Hill
yer said that in the United States
there were more homicides than in
Scotland, England and Prussia.
The matter had been brought be
fore the bar associations in 1894
and 1896. In 1894 there were 5,-
000 homicides in the United States
and in 1896 there wore 10,000. In
the past year more homicides were
committed In the United States
than men were killed in Cuba and
more than fell at GettysWWrg or in
the Philippines. People were los
ing confidence in the law’s slow
ness and lack of interest in the
public -minds. The press has been
remarkably quick bringing the
matter to the attention of the pub
lic, but the ease with which ver
dicts are sat aside in the court room
and the facility with which noto
rious criminals escape punishment
have brought much of this about.
The amount of crime is increasing,
and it seems that the criminal is
the only one that has any rights.
The people lost confidence in the
effectiveness of the law to punish
criminals. Hence the increase in
lynchings.
The resolutions call upon the
legislature to so mend the code <>f
criminal proceedure and enlarge
the powers of the courts as to h t
all men know that the law is will
ing and able to do immediate and
thorough justice in every case.
They assert that lynchings are a
result of distrust in the prompt
ness and efficiency of the legal ma
chinery.
Apt Quotations.
Proverbs, axioms and wise say
ings have bien uttered by Confu
cius and other wise men from time
immemorial, but few people realize
how many there are of them. C. I.
Hood & Co., of .Sarsaparilla fame,
have over two thousand and they
have originated the ingenious plan
of serving them up in delectable
I shape in thousands of newspapers,
with each one neatly turning a
point as to the merit of their well.
[known medicine. The extensive,
use of these proverbs is original
and creditable to Hood & Co.
The C. R. & S. Rwy will take the
j Cedartown lire department to
i Rome and back free during the
tournament next month.
Menstruation made Regular and
Painless, and Pains in Sides, Hips
and Limbs cured by Simmons I
Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets.
Mothers wishing stout healthy
girls should give them Simmons
Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets as
they approach puberty.
When a man gets beaten play
ing duplicate whist he says it is so
long since he played he has got
rusty; when a woman gets beaten
I she says the cards must have got
; changed around wrong.
NONE BETTER!
Not in Georgia will yon find a more lovely line of
Dfese Goods and Silks
for Waists than ours. Real values and sevrice at
the lowest prices is what we offer you. Our stock of
Dry Goods, White Goods, Shoes,
Clothing, etc.,
demand your attention. NOWHERE will a DOLLAR
bring to you as much value and style as in our store.
Prices and Goods for Hie People.
Calicoes .34 to 5c Mon’s Percale Shirts... .25 to 49c
44 Bleaching, Gocd 5c Men’s Work “ ...20 to 35c
Best Sea Island 4.1 c Men’s Good Unlanndered
Good Ginghams sto 6|c Shirts, Bargains 33c
Good Cottonades 10 to 15c Pretty Cassiinore Pants 98c
Heavy Cheviot Shirting 8c Good Jeans Pants 4<)c
Best Percales Bto 12|c Best “ “ 70 to 98c
3,oooyds. Embroideries Men's Overalls ....35 to 18c
Groatßargains 5, 8 and 10c Boys’ Knee Pants 18 to 35c
Good Check Nainsook 5: Boys’ Ribbed Hose 5 to 10c
Victoria Lawn for 5c Men’s Suspenders 10 to 25c
40-inch India Linon, only 8c Men’s Half Hose 5 to 124 c
lO inch Fino Linons 10c Ladies Fast Black Hose.sc and up
Good Piques 10c up ' Ladies’ Ribbed Vests, large
Good Scotch Lawns BJc ] sizes, 15c grade, for 84c
Fine Colored Organdies Ladies’ Bells 10 to 35c
12 to 15 Grade, for 10c Ladies’ Collars, latest style 10c
Shoes! Shoes!
Men’s Farm Shoes 98c Women’s Walking shoe? 98c
Men’s Sunday Shoes, Ladies’ Fine shoes, in five
Good . $1 to $1.50 styles, big values 98c
Boy’s Dress Shoes, 2 5 Ladies Fine Dongola But-
Good stylo 98c to 125 ton or Bal shoe $1.25
Good school shoes 75c to 1.00 Ladies’ Oxfords, tho $1.25
Misses’Oxfords 75c to 1.00 grade 100
Children’s Slippers 50 to 75c Ladies’ Fine Oxfords, the
Infant Shoes 25 to 65c $2 grade, for 150
The above named prices will give you sonic idea
of low prices on the best goods. Come to see us.
B. B. PARKS & CO..
233 Broad St., = - Rome, Ga.
RoVail bxs
Absolutely Pure
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
1,000 CARS OF MELONS.
Acreage Around Ouitman Prom
ises an Immense Yield.
Quitman, Ga-, April 7. —Tho
I South Georgia railway will issue
I in a few days a detailed statement
of the melon acreage around Quit
man and along its lino. Following
are the figures:
Barney 367 acres, Dasher’s mill
I 225, Morven 265, Edmondson’s 117,
Kennedy’s 280, Spain 283,
Cord’s 110, Morrow’s 25 and Quit-
■ man 361, making a total of 2,033
acres.
Garnett’s list lias not been ob
; tained and Quitman’s is not yet
i complete and tho two will run to
tal acreage to 2,100.
When it is considered that with
a good yield two acres will fill a
car it will be seen that Brooks
county will please many palates
with tho Georgia watermelon this
year.
a Elegant Vestibuled trains
every day St. Louis to Kansas
City, Mo., via the Missouri Pacific
Short line to Kansas, Nebraska,
Colorado, Washington, California
and the great Northwest.
I. E. Rehlanoer, T. P. A.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Attractive advertising is an art.
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No. 4
BRYANT BURNED OUT.
Twenty to Thirty Thousand Dol
lars Damage Done in Rome.
Rome, Ga., April s.—Yesterday
morning fire gutted G. J. Briant’s
Broad-street saloon. The build
ing was completely gutted by the
flames and the loss will be $20,000
to $510,000. The stock, building
and furniture were insured for
$40,000.
Several barrels of whiskey ex
ploded, aiding in feeding the flames
and tho wrecking of the building.
Discovered By A Woman.
Another groat discovery has been
made, and that too by a lady in
this country. ‘‘Disease fastened its
clutches upon her and for seven
years she withstood its severest
tests, but her vital organs were un
dermined and death seemed immi
nent. For t hroe months she cough
ed incessantly, and could not sleep.
She finally discovered away to re
covery, by purchasing of us a bot
tle of Dr. King’s New Discovery
for Consumption, and was so much
relieved on taking first dose, that
she slept al! night; and with two
bottles, has bean absolutely cuied.
Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz.
Thus writes W. C. Hamnick <tCo.,
of Shelby, N. C. Trial bottles
free at. Arrington Drug Co.
Regular size 50c and SI.OO. Ev
ery bottle guaranteed.
Read the ads in the News, It
will pay you.