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THE ■ JSTLER-COMMERCIAL
THEHUSTLER OF ROME-
Established, 1880.
THE ROME COMMERCIAL
Established. 181)5.
Issued every* evening, except Saturday.
• . Sunday and weekly.
PHIL (i BYRD.
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
<ttlce, Wilkars in Hlook, Third Avenue
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THE HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL.
ROME, .GA.
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BUSINESS OFFICE P HONE 85
' THE STATE TICKET.
For Goveruc r,
{ALLEN D. CAI JbiuEß,
of Hall. •
For Secretary of State,
PHIL COOK,
of Lee.
ForJ .omptroller-Genera) "
W. A. WRIGHT.
of Richmond.
For Attorney-General.
JOSEPH M. TERRELI
of Meriwether.
For Treasurer.
W. M. SPEER,
of Fulton.
For Conimis doner of Agriculture,
O. B. STEPHENS,
of Terrell.
For School Commissioner,
G. R. GLENN,
of Bibb.
For Prison Commissioner
JOSEPH S. TURNER,
of putman.
The Hustler-Commercial is
the only afternoon paper in
Northwest Georgia. It has th
combined circulation of the old
evening Hustler of Rome and
the Rome Daily Commei’ha)
and is
THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF
The City of Rome
The City Marshal
The Sheriff of Floyd County
T he Ordinary of Floyd Co,
The Hustler-Commercial
lias i he confidence of the classes
and the masses—because it mer
its and deserves the confidence
of all its readers.
Now is the time to tell your
neighbor to quit borrowing and
enlist his name as a subscriber.
Obe Stevens will carry the
state against Commissioner Nes
bett today.
In writing to members of the
army always place on your en
velope the company and the reg
iment.
Mole St. Nicholas is the most
appropriate location for a mon
ument to Annanias.—Macon
N e w s.
Cervera is not the first man
who has gone up againts the bot
tle once too often.—Augusta
Chronicle.
The hay crop of the United
States last year was valued a'
$100,000,000, and this year will
be worth more.
The “old ticket” is winning
out, and will completely defe; t
the scheming “reformers” t<-
day at ihe polls.
Hog’n has accepted the no'ni
n ition. Poor Hogan . He will
hive the deep sympathy of
Spencer and Bob.
Prison Commissioner Joe Sid
Turner will be overwhelmingly
| uomin ited to succeed himself in
’ tidty s primaries. Mark that pre
diction.
Candler is the state.
Ihe campaign liar may now
march on Cuba.
„The first Tennessee wi'l, in prob
ability go to the Phil lippines.
Texas farmers will this yetr
harvest twenty million bushels < I
i wheat.
The lanterns carried by the
Rome hack men are a species of.
legal lights.
Phill Cook will b° elected sec
retary of state today. Mark that
prediction.
The post*oftice address of Ad*
tnira'l Cervera is Santiago, Cuba,
incare of Comm dore Schley.—
Darien Gazette.
Floyd should never again be
called upon to witness such a
campaign of mudslinging as the
“reformers” have treated the
people to this y ear.
The Rome Tribune says Thje,
News is conceited. Weave At
least sufficiently so to accept any
abuse from that source as it com-
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pliment. —Macon News.
Better late than never. If you
have not voted, go to the polls
before 6 o’clock and putin a bal
lot for the tried and true men
on the “old,” dr “ring” ticket.
The “reformers” are defeated ,
although they have not hesitat
ed to work every scheme, trick
or questionable method in try
ing to defeat the will of the peo
ple.
The Georgia Bankers’ Associ
ation will hold its seventh annual
convention at Tyhee Island on
June 15th and 16th. J here will he
125 or more bankers in attend
ance.
Tennessee,with the exception of
Kentucky get o more pension me n
ey annually than any of the
southern states. She get? annually
only a faction less th in three mil
lion dollars.
The 6th of June will tell the
tale. Endeavor to repress your
enthusiasm until the returns come
in.—Newnan Herald.
Its safe to predict that after the
6th the Newnan* Herald will have
nothing to enthuse over.
Are those capers which have
held aloof and give only “fair and
impartial” accounts of the guber
natorial situation geing to come
out on Tuesday and say that they
always really preferred Mr. Cat*
aler. —Americus Herald.
It is given out from Washing
ton that when the 75,000 is call
ed for in the president’s second
call is complete another call will
be issued for an additional 50,-
000 volunteers, making in all
250,000, which, with the 25,000
regular army soldiers, will mak"
275,000 men under arms.
Says the Augusta Chronicle :
“Jack Cohen, who has been
fooling around in Cuban waters
on board a New York Journal
tug, as ‘Our staff correspondent
with the fleet' for the Atlanta
Journal, and who has never sfen
a battle and might stay there for
six months longer without see
ing one, has given up the tire
some job and sailed for Nev
York.”
The oath-bound, so-called
Young Men’s Democratic Club
only marshaled 42 voters in lim
this morning, though it used a
brass.band and waited an houi
Tom the appointed time. Thi
oath-bound, secret political or
ganizalion claims a members!)i,
of 300 and promised to put that
muny men in line—the “re
formers” are nothing if mt
claimers.
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(QyUii.i.l i
In vo'ui t-eriig f ( ,r war and in ]
accepting the colonelcy of a reg -
rnent Iren bin state ex Candidate
Bryan fur tshes a notable except
ien t<> llie bjections ugainst civil
ian app ■ tinents, says the New
York Woi (I. His action will do
a great Te.u to popularize the ser
vice with the class < f young men
whom the the country wants to
see in the ianKs .
o o o
It was a Manila Chinaman who
said Spain rd he talkee talkee
Melican tn <i he dowe dote,”
n o o
Teacher fhist try (according to
Boston Ti; ;es) —Willie, what was
the main t ing which hastened the
Spanish-A o erican war?
Wil k — the (’estrnctiou of the
Maine, ma* nly.
“ What liippr ned then?”
“ A batt i on the main”
“ The Sp”rush main?”
‘‘ N . ”
“The American Main ?”
U N'Just i ut-side Main-ila.”
“Did the Americans fight well?”
“W ilh mid main.”
“What r mained?”
“Not much of Spain.”
w iVlmt caused the war?”
“Spanish do-main.” ,
“On the main-land?”
“No on the island of Cuba.”
Very g iod Wilkie; “Always
rememter tbe Maine.”’
o o o
Anybody in Spain can afford to
die. “It is their only luxury.”
says the Ne«v York Sun, “as thej.
Hidalgo will par' wi ll his life, hut
never with his shirt.”
coo
Send a girl eighteen 'roses on
her twenty seventh birthday,
says the Picayune, and she is
yours.
o o o
Among the curious adds that
have found their way into the
London papers are the follow
ing :
Wanted, a room by two gen
tlemen about 30 feet long and 20
feet wide.
Lost, a collie dog by a man on
Saturday answering to Jim with
a brass collar round his neck
and muzzle.
Wanted, a boy to be partly
outside and partly behind the
counter.
o o o
The gov rnment has placed
orders for 100,000 yards of
hunting at Lowell, Mass. It is
to be made into 11 igs for public
buildings and for the army and
navy.
G o o
A combination of six well
known firms raak'ng collars,
cull's and shirts is being formed
it Troy, N. Y. The inventory of
tike coinbiii 'il stocks of the six
concerns m the syndicate, it is
estimated, will show an aggre
gate capital of $15,000,000. Tha
combination will be a powerful
one and it is estimated that a
saving of $1,500,000 annually
will be affected in operating ex
penses.
o o o
Among the pages in the hr use |
of representatives is a grandson
of Humphrey Marshall, one of
the greatest speakers ever pro
<lti«-< d and a prominent member
of i he house several teams.
I
O 0 o
‘• Your 1 ncle Allen” admits
that Bob will get a few votes,
but he thinks Spencer will have
to get an affidavit to prove that
■ he was running.
0 0 0
George Tillman, brother of
Ben, i- a candidate for governor
of South Carolina, llis platform
embraces the claim that he
never wore an overcoat or an I
undershirt in his life. This,
ought to insure his election,
thinks an exchange.
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SI.ACGI IT I : KING
IN EVERY DEEARTMENT.
We need money and we ar& compelled to rak P ,
810 AMOUNT OF CASH out of our stock in the next
few days. In order to raise the money we have decided
to throw our entire stock on the market at from 25 to
50 per cent reduction. This reduction applies to every
article in our store, contract goods excepted.
It is unusual to find a stock of men’s boysand
children's clothing, furnishing goods and hats so well
suited to the demands of the -rade as ours. Our entire
stock has been rehewed in the last ninety days. Ev
ery garment is new, fresh and desirable; made with
careful attention tofit anil finish and these prices should
have your most careful consideration.
MEH’S OTE SUITS.
All $22.50 antl' - suits go at sl6 50. All sls and $lB suits go at $11.50.
All 10 and suits at 7.50. • All Gand 7.i0 suits at 5 00.
All 5 suits go at 3.50.
Children’s Knee Fants Suits 60
jujus w jiu
$6 00 suits go at $3.00. | $5 00 suits go at $2.50.
450 suits go at 2 25. 400 suits go at 2 00.
3 50suitsgo at 1.75. 300 suits go at 1.75.
250 suits go at 1 25. 100 suits go at 1.00.
MENS FINE PANTS 331-3 OFF.
$6. 00 pants go at $1 00. $5.00 pants go at $3 35. |
4.50 pants go at 3 00. 400 pants go at 2 65. |
3.50 pants go at 2,34. 3.00 pants go at 2 00. I
250 pants go at. 1.67. 200 pants go at 1 50. I
1.50 pants go alsl.oo. I
FINE STR A W HATS
GO AT HALF PRICE.
$2. 50 hats go at $1 25. $2. 00 hats g" at $1 .00. I
.1 50 hat? go at 75c. 1 00 ha s go a 50s. I
75c hats go at 40 a 50 c hats go at 25c. I
25 per cent off on all Furnishing goods!
Underwear, Shirts, Hosiery,Handker-I
chiefs, Soft and Sti|j Hats. I
1 ;io LiiH- Hot. Weiil i|cr|
Stuff in Serges. Alpaca, Line i. ai J J i :k. All gi in tai- d 3 l
count sale-
This Will Be our Moneu-Raisina sail
YGLJR MONEY SAVINS]
This i? no trick of the trad? nor ie it a going out of business a ivertising scheme to decei'’ ■
people. We al ways do exactly what we advertise and we ar? pure the people 6f R< me at"* Burr lllU , |PJ H
country are aware of this fact. We cotne to you now with the honest, frank statement >h»t "K M
need r.g money and in order to raise the needed amount we offer y>u the cleanest, best bought 8 ■
clothing furnishing goods and hus in Rome at faom 25 to 50 per ce.it reduction. H
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