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eighth year smoke xtra good and rebel yell cigars romans HONORED, Col. HI W. Walton Elected Grand Commander Os KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Dr R. b Headed Elected Grand Preiat®- Maron, Ga., May 18.-The sec ond day’ B session t^ie l^ ir ly* uvoDth annual conclave of the Grand Com oandery of Knights Templar convened yesterday morning at 9 o’clock, and at 12;3O tne conclave adjourned to meet next year in Augusta. . The most important business transacted today was the the election of officials for the ensuing year. Grand Command er C . M. Willey declined reelec tion. He has been oue of the meat popular and efficb nt grand commanders the commandery has ever had. The elect’on resulted as fo'iows; A. W. Walton, grand command er. Rome. Jnhus L Brown, deputy grand commander. Atlanta. T.' E. Fletcher, grand gei eral ieamo. Forsyth. E. A Cutis grand captain gen eral, Savannah. Rev. R. B. Headen, grand pre* late. Rome. W. E. Staley, grand senior warden. Americus. George V. Whitesides, Jr., junior warden. Columbus. Robert H. Smith, grand treasur* er. Macon. Samuel P. Hamilton, grand re corder, Savannah. F. 0. Miller, grand standard bearer. Fort Valley. William Sweigort, grand sword bearer. Augusta, R. B. Barron, grand warden Macon. 1 his afternoon the members of the commandery and visiting la dies were entertained at an elegant barbecue served at Ocmulgee park by St. Orper Commandery of Macon. The entertainment coin* inenced at 3 o’clock and contin ued until 6.30. POISO.S’INQ THE FOUNTAIN. h iin of ,8 then. X • IfK Its ver y source, Uiv no health in wh’n ° a CrSry the bod,y it ft f v Ire? Men tmubte°E Physician JjP f -AT, ®*y makers*- Z very com- J ; error of Till $ XJjH ••cribing all tlie'|)' J jl trouble t o super?. ./I ' AA\ Mlal causes; he nia/'i ) —III/ '/A\ Prescribe for neural- '* > ) »ia indigestion, in •“Unia or headache, t ! tom* 'of SV are ulcrtl T SV”'P «Uaiadv^fth ni A- d ' tp r ‘ JOtvd Hl gnu mSX X Pletely cured right in V ho „ P ? Os h " °'vn to n, ( ri tl ? out recourse L ° Tt ’W 'wn>ina Jent " ) by Or. Pierce’s V e,cri Ption. *'>man V hood eal It l 'nT special organism of d ‘ti'>ns »?ve. ! P , Unfies all con and vitalir 1 ’, 0 s ‘ rength to the liga Promotes good nvr ve-centres. It freedom from pain**’’ 110 "’ sound slee P. and on e purpose 0 by ,7 d '5 ine devised for this P»Hst ini this L* educated, skilled spe is the onW n, a ?? cular fi l‘ ld of .practice. It •Pective mothers C * ne - whlch insures pro *UDrriT”f . ni ”‘ h 'rho"d. thC dangerS aUd ok " The VeZ; OUSI J nri ’ pa « e illustrated tc*l Adviser ' * Lom mon Sense Med- VQ ‘r<l to the gD eeitV’\’* Ver “ l chapters de with advice and 8 Physrology of woman, ®'M Which ever?™ est,ons for ’clf-treat- A P*P e r bound °' Mn ought to read, of it seut absolutely free on s K Utups to v" f S;^xV.’V'r p * Sood smeke try W»r **tra Good” cigars, THE ROME HISTLEIi COMMERCIAL , ONE MORRO LESS. I Sampson's Fleet Bombarded Porto Rico. I T FOUND AN EASY MARK. _ Had Nine Warships. Lost but One man Killed. St. Thomas, West Indies, May 13.—Shortly after daybreak 1 yesterday the American squad ron, under Admiral Sampson, ‘began the bombardment of San Juan de Porto Rico. It was one of the great 12- inch funs on the lowa which started the music. “Fighting Bob” Evans was in his element at last. Then the Indiana opened from its foi w ird turret with a 13 inch projectile, and the ef fect of the siiot was like that of the famous first effort of a great modern gun at Alexandria. The Morro fired but three shots from her heavy guns. There were but seven shots fired from the big guns of the Ameri can quadron. These left Morro castle a crumbled ruin. Her guns were mute, her gunners killed or in flight. SAMPSON’ 9 WARSHIPS. Spanish Fort Made Little Ef fort to Respond. Port Au Prince May 13.—The American fleet under Rear Ad miral Sampson bombarded San Juan de Porto Rico yesterday. The bombardment began at sunrise. Rear Admiral Sampson, with nine warships, arrived be fore San Jaun just before sun rise. At a signal the battleship ■lowa fired the first shot, which took effect. Then the battleship Indiana opened fire. In a few minutes Morro fort was reduced so a heap of ruins. The fort made little effort to respond and was silenced almost im mediately. r l he Spanish steamer Rita was captured by the United States auxiliary cruiser YaJe, which took her crew on board. Thousands of the population and the foreign consuls sought refuge in the interior of the is land. BLANCO INFORMED. Havana, May 13, Bp. m.— Governor General Blanco re ceived a cable message at 9a. m. from the captaiw general of Porto Rico which says that this morning an American fleet of eleven vessels opened fire upon the forts, which answered vig orously, and little damage was done. SPANIARDS ANXIOUS. Believe The Hostile Squadrons Are Near Each Other. London, May 13—The Madrid correspondent of the Daily News telegraphing Thursday night says: “There are signs of mani'est anxiety at the government office One high personage is convinced that the hostile squadrons are in sight of each othea and that an encounter is probable within |a tew hours.” ROME GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING. MAY 13. 1898. DEWEYS THIRD I Adris Anotlier Spaniard. to His List TAKING THEIR STORES Maintaining A Strict Blockade At Manila. Washington. May 13—The fol lowing teltgrain was received at the Navy Department this after noon: Hong Kong, May 12--To Secre tary of Navy: Th .re is little change in the situatiou since my last telegram. I am transferring to transports stoel breech-loading rifles from sunken Spanish man of-war. Also stores from arsenal in my possession. I am maintain ing strict blockade. Add Argos to list of destroyed vessels.El Correo probably El Cono. Dewey.” In Commodore Dewey’s official report of the battle of Manila he reported the-inking of El Correo, and this dispatch is by w-ay of correction of ths name of El Cono ANOTHER SPANISH VESSEL Reported Destroyed By One of Dewey’s Ships. New York, May 13 —A Hong Kong special of this date says that a trading vessel fr m the Phil ippines reports having witnessed ihe destruction of a Spanish wor ship by the United States gun boat Concord at Hi 10. The fight is said to have lasted two hours, at the end of which time the Spaniard went down with flying colors. There were no casualties on board the Concord and no damage! was done the gunb< at. There are, ' it is a'leged, only two other Span- j ish war vessels in Asiatic waters' and one of these is in dry dock at Hong Kong, while the cruiser' Boston is searchi g for the other ! under order to engage and sink it ! D. OF A. R. Ex pres'’ a Wish To Be Os All Possible Servk e. Washington, May IB At a meet ing of the national board of mana gement of the Daughters ol the j American Revolution the follow ing resolutions were adopted: “Resolved, That the board of management of the National Socie ty, Daughters of the American Re volution, desire to express to the president of the United States their earnest wish to be of all possible service to the government and to our soldiers and sai'ors in the prosecution of the present war against the kingdom ol Spain. “Resolved, That We rec num aid that the members ot our s >cmty in every portion of the U non t ike immediate s'eps to the end that we be ready to serve our conutry in this grave national cri-is. “Res Ived.Thita copy of these resolutions be delivered to the president with the assurance that the members of our s< ciety are ready and anxious to do every ihing ,r their power to support and assist him in the responsible work with which he is charged, and ready and willing to respond to any sugges tions he may be pleasedjo make. ( Signed) “M. Makoarittx Manning. “President G<meial N. S. D. A R “Alice Pickett Akers “Recording S cretarv ('eneral. H.,ward’s Heuake Cure is garan teed. 25c and 10c at Frank Wright’s Farmay.e LANI laA ASONS. THOSE BEMTIF-i SUITED FRINGE SASHES In all the new plaids and stripes. inches wide, yards long, worth and sold for | $2.75 each, now as long as they last, $1.90. All the $3.25 sash, as long as they last for $2.10. Knotted fringe scarfs, worth and sold for $1.75, now 1.25 I hose worth 1.50, now 1. i The 1.25 scarfs, now 80c. The 1.10 scarfs now 75c. J ->OU R<- | MILLINERY DEPARTMENT is turning out as fine work as any in the land and our prices are always a little lower than eltewhere. Bet ter come and see our line before buying your midsum- i mer dress hat. || ORGATTDIBS in white and colors. DUCK in white and colors. PERCALES, LAWNS, AND BINGHAMS all at prices that please. Ki! New lot of ladies, belts just received. Come and see them. 11 I fLA HOSE g FAST BLACK f 2 pair, sc; 3 pair, 25c; 2 pair 25c. They are worth a little more but we sell a little cheaper than others. s Co.neail spend your imney with us and it will do you more good than if spent elsewhere, for we give ! more for it than others. LANHAM'S I U CENTS PER WEEK