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eighth year
smoke xtra good and rebel yell eigars
a BIG OVATION
Tendered Alien D. Candler in
Jones Coilniy Yesterday.
JTLIPSON DEFRAYED BY
Negro. Contested and Lost
Seat.
Clinton, Ga., April 20.—Al
len D. Candler addressed 2,000
enthusiastic people here yester
day. He was given a grand ova
tion and if there has been any
doubt heretofore of his carrying
Jones county this doubt has now’
been removed.
Never before in the history of
Jones county has any candidate
for any office been accorded
so great a reception, lhere has
been considerable speculation as
to whether Col. Candler or Ber-
I ner would curry this county, but
I even Berner’s friends will cease
I to speculate now.
Many of them accord the
■county to Col. Candler since
■heating the two men speak and
■seeing the sweaud damonstra-
Ktrou of the t(vY Crowds. Berner
Bpoke here Monday, but neither
Bu size or enthusiasm was his
■audience to be compared with
■handler's.
I Jones is in Berner’s congres
sional district and he practices
■aw here, and the claim has
Bas been made that he would
Barry Jones, but the claim is
Bithout substance and Jones
Bn be placed in the Col. Can-
Bier column to a certainty.
Bsndler married a daughter of
Bae of Jones county’s most
Brominent citizens and this gives
Bim a strong local influence and
Bipport independent of his great
Bersoiul worth and populaiity.
1 Colonel Candler commenced
Beakmg in the court house, but
B iwge was the crowd—there
Being many more on the outside
Ban inside— that the speaking
Bd Io adjourn to the open aire.
■ Georgia’s next governor was
Btrtiduced by Dr. Hardeman, a
Bding citizen of Jones. Colonel
B>'dler held the close attention
■ l>i»<great audience from first
■ last Not for one moment did
B Wrest diminish. H e treat-
■ •filer in a mild and conserv-
B v « manner, but he poured hot
into Atkinson. He riddled
[■ l "*° 11 ’ 8 recent letter and
Blurts on him and made ri-
B ll ious Atkinson’s proposition
■ Prorate the vote of the coun-
B according to the vote each
■Hudate received.
V e showed that Atkinson in
B u «r to him last March in-
B Be d the proposition for the
to vote on each candi-
B e direct, and now, when At-
» B °n sees that he is not the
■ 01 he people, he desires
■ * et,lod changed in order
■ ‘e might get a few votes,
■cr ti,e
■' b u“‘ dler Peaked eon
’ JMUlarity M Attin
■»7li I * Bl,owi "g tliat
Ken ? ? raden couufc y> At
jß '* def eated for the leg-
Bdii X° "*“’ d But ‘
■ed AtklQßon then oom
l «gii>iatu RI,X> S 86at ’ hpfore
leeial
fj re turned Atkin-
THE ROME HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL
B BROKEN MIL
On The W. i A. Railroad
Last Night
CAUSED A BIG BLOCKADE
A Negro Tramp Lost a Leg And
His Job.
On account of a freight wreck
which occurred on the W. & A.
at or near Cement last night
that road has been blockaded to
day, and in consequence trains
over the trunk line have been
compelled to come to Rome, and
go from this city to Dalton over
the Southern’s track.
Mr. Ed Griffin, of Kingston,
who came to Rome today to at
tend the Turner-Cross wedding,
states that the wreck was caused
by a 1 roken rail. The engine
was turned over and the freight
cars piled h gh and the wreckage
was prolific and profuse. Re
markable to state, however, the
engineer, fireman and a brake
man, all on the engine when the
crash came, were uninjured.
Not so with a couple of negro
tramps. One of these tourists
was caught in the wreckage and
lost a leg and was badly mutila
ted otherwise. The other negro
may be in the wreck age yet as
he has not been heard from since
the disaster occurred.
Wrecking trains have been at
work and by night it is believed
that the track will be opened
to traffic.
son down and permitted the i e
fero t ' retain his seat.
Col. Candler said it was all
right for Atkinson to run for the
egisl ture against a negro and
to be defeated by a negro, but it
was a mighty small piece of bus
iness to go before the legislature
and try and steal a poor negro’s
seat from him, to which the ne
gro had been elected.
Col. Candler also referred to
the fact that Atkinson had run
for congress on the Ocala plat
form and was defeated in his
home county. Defeated by a ne
gro for the legislature and de
feated for congress in his home
county by an outside man did
not speak well for Atkinson’s
popularity.
He treated Atkinson’s defeat
by a negro in a highly jocular
manner, which caught the crowd
and they enjoyed it immensely.
Col. Candler’s speech was a
great hit. He speaks in Telfair
tomorrow.
ATKINSON IN DAWSON.
He Repeated The Speech he
Has Been Delivering
Hitherto in That Place.
Dawson, Ga., April 20
Judge Spencer R. Atkinson ad
dressed an audience of 175 peo
ple, actual count, in the court
house here yesterday afternoon.
His speech was on the line of
those already published. The
speaking began at 11 o’clock,
Judge Atkinson being introduc
ed by Col. E. J. Hart. After a
few preliminary remarks, he
launched into state matters. He
denied being Berner’s running
mate and said that Bob dropped
ROME GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20. 1898.
WITH HIS LIFE
Whitten, The Murderer of
Miss Van Zant Escapes
RECOMMENDED TO MERCY
Was The Man Who Showed no
Mercy to His Victim.
Dalton, Ga . .April 20 —C. N.
i Whitten has been convicted of tht
murderer of Mins Lizzie Vai
Zandt.
Through a ‘‘reccomm'ondation
Ito mercy” he has escaped the gal
i lows, but wi l ! spend his life in the
pen.
Seldom has a more cruel and
unjustifiable crime been commit
ted. Miss Lizzie Vau Zandt' was
once a viriuous girl, with bright
pr r spects. Whitten betrayed her,
and then fled the country to escape
the penalty for his crime. Five or
'six years later he retarued with a
■ wife. Miss Van Zundt, having
' drank the dreg« of despair, had
turned to a better lire, in which
she was sustained by the kind
ladies and the Methodist pastor of
Tunuel Hill. Seeking to forget
Whitten, and having pity ou bis
unfortunate wife, Miss Van Zajdt
allo-ved her betrayer to g>, only
asking that she be est alone.
But vVhitten, moved by a di -
boi'cal purp*>Bv, peiM>vered m
ai noyii g the girl, seeking to drag
her or.ee more into the gutter
On the night of the 21st of last
D ceinher, havii g her d struction
in view, Whiten eallid at her
house and fai lii.g in his pu pose,
shot his poor penitent victim to
death.
Among the wi nesses on tin
trial was the girl s aged father, Mr
W. H, Van Zandt. As he wei t
upon the stand he broke down
immediately and wept piteously.
Solicitor Madd.x began question
ing him and in reply to the variou
queries he said he was eighty-sevei
years old. Miss L zzie w.is ab- u'
thirty. They went to bed usu. ly
about 6p. m. He was in beo.
Shortly after this hour firing f
three or four shot* him
He got up in his night clothes and
went t<> his daughter’s room and
f und her laying on the floor
gasping with her pistol near by .
He dressed, went into the yard
and heard some one. Asked who
it was. A voice replied: “I am
Newt Whitten.” He and Whit'en
then went to give the alarm.
Whitten opened the gate to let
them out. “I went with Lim to
Mr. Ragsdale’s but cauld get no
answer. We went to Professor
Caton : s and got him up. Told him
to give the alarm as my daughter
was shot. T1 is was the last 1 saw
of Whitten—the night was very
dark. My daughter had th re*
times in the past refused to see
Whitten, but only once to my
knowledge, and this before he
w«nt to Texas ”
An attempt made to slander the
good name of Whitteu’s victim a
day or two after the tragedy was
promptly met by th? church pec
ple of Tunnel Hill, who testified
that by deep sacrifice and exem
plary life she bad atoned for her
one fault.
unexpectedly in tie race like a
meteor from a clear aky, and
that in his platform he seemed
be against everybody and every
thing, every time and every
v, here. CoL Candler came in for
a considerable share of CJ'iti—
cism 5
LAN HAM A SONS.
ISBBBI
fTheres a dash, a high art about our millin
ery that makes it a legal tender this coun
try over. This is especially true of the great
lot just received. They are new as new can
be and ought to be seen by every woman
who wishes to be a leader in fashion ins ead of a mere
follower.
I
PARASOLS?
We have a few left of our open- tSkK
ing stock and will clear them out
at prices unheard of before. I
Choice of the lot for $2.25 and they are worth full
twice this amount.
RAINY WEATHER?
They say its good for ducks. Rain or W
S * l ’ ne now is a good time to buy white,
ki ac k or colored duck for skirts. We are
--Ab showing good values in them, and in fact
all over the house be found merchandise at prices
to interest.
Ladies, Misses and Children's Hosiery. /K
Large stock and Small prices. L \\
Fast Black, 5, 10, Is, 2s and up.
CHILDRENS RIBfiED HOSE, DIdGK OF LdH, 5G and ll|L
Child’s picture handkerdhief, ic.
Child’s printed border handkerchief, ic.
Ladies’ wide hemstitched, worth more 5
Ladies’ embroidered handkerchiefs,
white and black, worth 15c, for 10c.
•
Pretty folding fans, large or small, ic.
The prettiest fans in Rome, from the
cheapest upto the nicest silk, and only
the price is poor 1, 2,3, 5, 10:15, 25 and
up to $1.50.
Jt More Than Ever sh £er.™ st S
season. She will be queen of May
and every other month, for that matter. Why
should shirt waists be popular? They are
' J handy, tasty, and the very pink of fashion,
fit for the house, lhechurci,or street wear. Wehave
them from the cheapest to the nice taffata silk. All at
reasonable prices. Come see them.
mu a is
IO CENTS PER WEEK