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THE MISTAKE
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of your life
Has been made when you spend your money at one of the closing out or at cost stores before you visit W. H
COKER & CO. and find out what goods cost. We will give you prices that are eye-openers.
/(\ Ladies’Slippers 50 and 75c per pair. They are Ladies' Brocade skirts, 75c each, 3 for $2.1 O \|/
hand-turned and are strictly first-class. U Oj
Ladies’shirt waisL Latest styles, just received iII Hosiery 8, 12, 16c per par that others ask .j.
jk 35c each or 3 for sl. A 10, 20 and 30c for. JK
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The price has been cut on every article in our house far below the prices that theclosingout and cost price
houses are selling at. Come and see and jou will know that our prices are the lowest in Rome. Remember
we handle everything you want and our prices shall be lower than others.
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THE FIGURES
Showing The Popular Vote
in Primaries For
S’ATE HOUSE OFFICERS.
Where Contests Were Made.
Candler’s Big Vote-
The official returns foi the
various counties of the state for
Monday’s democratic primaries
are about all in.
Your Uncle Allen received
the largest popular vote where
offices were contested.
Judge Spencer Atkinson re
ceived the smallest vote and Mr.
Berner next.
Judge Turner, for prison com
missioner received the second
largest vote.
But here is the vote for the
contested offices.
FOR GOVERNOR.
Allen D. Candler . . 61,811
Bob Berner . , . . 19,235
Speacer Atkinson . . 13,516
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.
Phill Cook .... 50,198
Mark Hardin ■ . . 29,190
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
0. B. Stevens . . . 46,329
Mr. Nesbitt .... 34,857
FOR PRISON COMMISSIONER.
Joe Sid. Turner . . 52,028
Mr. Renfroe . . . 23,824
In the gubernatorial race Col.
Candler’s la gest county vote
was Fulton 3044.
Mr. Berner’s largest county
vote was in Meriwether wheie
be polled 1223.
Judge Atkinson’s largest coun
ty vote was in Coweta where he
received 742.
In Camden county Candler
received 9, Berner none and At
kinson only 37 Charlton county
was not much better for Atkin
son, giving !>»•" wU b 00, Dem r
none and Candler 9. These were
the two smallest vote counties
in the state.
Floyd county gave Candler!
his biggest majority, viz: over I
both his opponents.
Mr. Berner got no votes in
Bibb, Bryan, Charlton, Gilmer'
and Glynn, and only received
one vote in Douglass and Mcln
tosh, and,only two in. Appling,
Fannin and Wilcox and only
three in Liberty, Raburn and
Wayne and only four in Dodge
and Walker and only five in
Echols and Madison. Mr. Berner
did not get over nine hundred
in but one county.
Mr. Atkinson get no votes in
Bak*r, Bobb, Butts, Dawson, Gil
mei. McDuffie, Pickins, Schley,
Towns,-and White.
Mr. Atkinson received from one
to ten votes in the the following
counties. Baldwin, Bullock, Ctrl
houn, Columbia, Crawford, Dade,
Early, Fannin, Forsyth, Glass
,ccck, Green. Gwinnett, Hancock,
| Hart, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Jes-!
| ferson, Johnson, Jones, Lincoln,
Macon, Madison, Marion, Miltoi ,
Mitchel 1 , Monroe, Oconee, Pike,
Putnam, Quitman, Randolph,
Screven, Spalding, Stewart, Tal
liar'arro, Tatnall, Taylor, Twiggs,
Warren and Webster.
Mr. Akinson got over a hundred
votes in 57 counties, ne got over
200 votes in 33 counties, He got
■ over 300 votes in 18 counties, be i
got ever 400 votes in but 12 coun*
ties, he got over 500 votes in but
5 counties, and he got over 600
votes in but three counties.
The Judge’s race really proved ■
1 pitiful in its results.
The victoriees won by Col Cai *
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dler Senator Cook, Senator Ste«-
vens and Prison Commissioner
Turner were brilliant but deserved |
Now is the time tc
buy your oov a suit at!
ha’fpriceJ B Watters ,
I & Son. L
FOR FOREIGN QOAN
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All Negotiations By §paln lr<av»
Entirely Failed. '
New York, June 9.—A dispatch
;te the World from Madrid says:
All negotiation for a loan
having totally failed, th* minii
ters of finance has agreed with the
Bank of Spain for more advances,
ito be guaranteed by thefecent
issue of perpetual 4 per ceuta. j
If necessary, the bank will take
from its geld cash in band money
to pay for government war storea
and amunition. War material is
largerly reported still
and Germany. m
• A law vot»d by the oortet ata
thoriz'sthe govermment |o te»
I least the bank from its obligatiea
to keep up the tormer proportion
between its cash gold and silver
in baud and its note issue, *
WESTERN GRIT
Calls Down Senator Perkins of
California.
San Francisco, June 9—Sen
itor Perkins telegraphed from
Washington to President Craig
of the chamber of commerce as
follows :
*‘l think the people of Cali
fornia should protest against the
sailing away from the Pacific
coast of the Monterey, Monad*
nock and all other armored war
ves ads.”
To this Mr. Craig sent the
following reply : “We of San
Francisco will hold nothing back
which may be of service to the
administration, even to our jeop
ardy. ”
THE BUFFALO FILTHY.
Washington, June 9.—The Buffalo,
lately the Nictheroy, bought of
Brazil, which arrived here yester
day, was bought subject to appro* '
val, and she does not fly the Amer*
can flag. She is said to be in a filthy
condition aud it quarantined.
MOUNTAIN HOWITZERS
San Francises, June 9.—G-m
Merritt's latest order for campaign
in the Philippines is »hat a battery
of six moutain howitz-rs shall be
taken on the next expeditian to
Manila. To move the guns, carria
ges and ammunition in the Philip
pines a pick train of mules will be
required. It is understood that
Lieut, Carson, 4tb United States
cavalry, will be in command of the
the battery.
The general court martial in
session at Camp Merritt has con*
victed John Campbell, of the 10 b
Pennsylvania volunteers, who at
tacked a colored man at ( Mount
Gretna, Pa. just before the regi*
tnetic left for the coast. A light
sentence was imposed, as Campbell
has practically been in prison f.:i
a month.
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DUG A GRAVE
Fob Two Bodies, Were Surprised,
1 And Fled —Rum >r Os A Murder. I
Mas’ilion, q., Jure 9 - -Last night
Frank Hartline, a farmer, interrup
ted the work of two men who Ltd ;
dug a grave and were about to de- f
posit two bodies, They having fas' '
horses escaped, taking the bodies
This s’rengtbens the theory that
Samual Reese, a married man, and
a young woman, both of Strasburg
village south of here, were mur
dered.
RANGES.
I am agent tor Sout
hern Queen Coal or
Wood Ranges. Also
usuranoe Safetv G-as
oline stoves. Call and
seemvstock and get
estimaes on your
and tin
work* N«xt door tc
ouera house*
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... During our discount
sale all straw hats at
half price J B Watters
& Son.
The Americans are in transports
•nd tbs transports are w Iking
tbs waves. i
PUBLIC SALE GF REtLES
TATE.
Georgia FL'.YD county. Whereas
! nu the 20cn day of December 1897
Timothy Goins executed and de
livered to Mrs. A. H. Cheney a
note and mortgage on the laud
hereinafter described for the pur
pose of securing the debt repre
sented by said note, which mort
gage is recorded in the ctera’s of
fice of Floyd Superior Court in
book N. 1, of mortgages, page
486.
And wbe res ain said mortgage
said Timothy Goins gave to Mrsp
A. H Cheney the power to sell sai*
land in case of default in the
prompt payment at maturity of
the principal and interest of said
debt. Now therefore by virtue of
the power so vested in the under
signed, which is more accurately
shown by reference to said mort
gaje. Mrs. A. H. Cheney will sell
at public outcry to the highest
bidder for cash on the first Tues
• day in June 1898, during the legal
hours of sale before the court bouse
door in Rome, Ca., the land de
scribed in the aforesaid mortgage,
towit: Beginning at the South
| west cormr of the loi bought of
William A. Fort and Mary F.
Thomas by Amanda Caperton,
(which deed is hereby referred to)
; and running thence East 60 feet,
i there* due North 381 feet more or
I less to the Northern lin« of said
I lot, thence Southwest io the cor
ner of said lot.tbeuce South to the
beginning point a distance of 361
feet containing one-halt of an acre
more or less.
Ihe said i ote and mortgage
were given to secure an indebted
ness of |25 -00 with 8% interest
from date and 10% attorney fees.
Ihe said note and mortgage are {
now past due and so declared. The t
total amount of principal, inter- <
est and and attorney's fees and (
charges and expenses of sale that '
will be due on said note and 1
mortgage on the first Tuesday in '
June 1898, is 185.60. Fee simple i
titles in accordance with the pow |
er of sale contained in said mort
gage will be made to the purchaser
at said sale, and the proceeds of
such sale will be applied to the
payment of said debt with inter
est, attorney’s tees and expenses
of sale and the remainder, it any.
will be paid over to tne person eu- '
titled to same. This May sth 1898.
Mrs. A. H. Cheney.
By W. T. Cheney, Att’y,
W. T, C. Cheney will
akeuuand tex .
fifas I
CHEAP RATES.
| The Southern R’y operates 3
daily trains between Rome and
- Chattanooga, by which parties
. can leave Rome iu the morniug,
‘ spend the day iu Chattanooga
1 and return home same evening.
.The schedule between these
■ points is as follows Leave Rome
1 :00 a. in. arrive Caattanoogu
, 4:15 a. in. ; leave Rome 10:35
arrive Chattanooga 1:00 p.m.’
‘ leave Rome 6:25 a. in. arrive!
Chattanooga 8:60 p.m. There!
i is also a local train leaving Romel
3:50 p. m. going by the way oil
Cohutta and Cleveland and ar*l
rives Chattanooga 7:20 p. M
Returning, trains leave Chatta-I
nooga 6 :30 a. m. arrive Romel
9: 00 a. m. ; leave Chattanooga!
3 :10 p. in arrive Rome 5 :3j p I
m.; leave Chattanooga 10:10 p l
arrive Rome 1:44 a, in- P
man sleeping cars on all train’ I
For further information ml
on J. N. Harrison, citv p isw-'-j
ger and ticket agent, Rime,l
.Phone 39. I
LETTERS OF ANMINISTRI’I
TION.
GEORGIA. FLOYD COUNTY j
To all whom it may cencero |
Equitable mortgage compfO'l
having in proper form applied I
me for permanent letters ol » I
ministration on the estate ol W® I
B. Wiggins, late of said c’untyl
deceased. This is to cite ah HlJ |
singular the creditors and oerti
of kin of Wm. B. Wiggin’ to
and appear at my office I
the time allowed by |aw and s J
cause, if any they cap, why P e I
manent administration show U n ■
be granted to W. H. Ennie I
Admr. on Wm.B. W'igg l * lß
Witness my hand and oificH I
nature this 2nd day May L*'. I
John P- D* vl8 ’ I
Ordinary. |
num the desire for I [MF
t uerfoui district. expel* nico>#T| ■ i ■wfcF’M*
»e, purifies the blood. ro^fFgl
ores lost A| <P.,
Akes sou
4 health. M M LT>C.. T <> B A ( , ,i