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IHL HMR-COMHtRCIAI
fHE HUSTLER QF ROME
Established, 1890.
THE ROME COMMERCIAL
Establisheil, 1895.
lisued* every evening, except Saturday.
Sunday aud weekly.
PHIL G BYRD.
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
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THE HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL.
ROME, GA.
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BUSINESS OFFICE P HONE 8b
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 Commercial
and is
the’official gazette of
The City of Rome
The City Marshal
The Sheriff of Floyd County
The Ordinary of Floyd Co,
The H ustler-Com merci al
lias the 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 youi
neighbor to quit borrowing-and
enlist his name as a subscriber
Dam the Etowah.
Remember the 23rd,
Madrid is on the ragged edge
Ccme out and vote on the 23r<*.
The rainy season is now on.
General Merritt is kicking
again.
In the Manila army Merritt
will control.
The early melon is ripening
for our midst.
Spain counts on the . yellow
fever as her ally. .
Good gunnery has little dread
of the torpedo boat.
Rome's police force continues
the finest in the land.
Mel Branch is now pushing
his watermelon business.
Sampson continues to “si
lence” Santiago batteries.
As a summer resort Santiago
is “Hobson’s choice" with Cer
vera.
Judge Maddox is the kind of
material of which governors are
made.
The ghostship of Annanias
has again appeared off Mole St.
Nicholas.
If Blanco will not remember the
Maine Cevera will not forget the
Merrimac.
Hobson’s cuts may be differ
ent, but all show’ him to be
handsome.
This war is being run in the'
interest of the contractors and
politicians.
Uncle Sam’s fear* of the spook
ships of Spain has cost this gcv
ermnent much good money, j
Wil! some warpjet get detailed
■ Write a few verses übjnt
Greenland* icy mountain?
Sampson s tribute to the daring
Hobson is tpucbmgly beautiful,
and particularly ,o when foe says: I
“I venture to t ay that a morel
brave and daring thing has not
been dene since Cushing blew up
the Albemarle ” His reference also
io Commander Miller and to the
hundreds of volunteers who were
ready and anxious to go shows his
high appreciation of all in his
command.
The government press cen
sors need not be so mysterious
about the sailing of our troops
to Cuba. Blanco has known fir
two weeks that we intended to
send troops to Santiago and has
had all the time he needed to
make whatever preparations for
them it is in his power to make.
Roma’s board of public school
trustees heid a harmonious meet*
mg yesterday afternoon, aud by
unanimous [ vote reelected the
..eachers of the past year. Under
,-uch management as this P.cmee
public schools, already pterless.
may be relied upon to continue
to load the public schcol systems
of the state.
News comes from Madrid
that Admiral Camara will “sail
for a destination, unknown.” 11
he gets on this side of the At
lantic that “destination” will
certainly be unknown —it will
be the “undiscovered country
from whose bourn no traveler
returns.’’
• Since Lieutenant Blue has
discovered the entire Cevera
fleet Hobsonized in Santiago,
it’so ily fair to claim that the
ihantom Spanish ships “seen”
ui West Indian waters recently,
were the ghosts of the Spanish
Manila sub-marine men-of-war.
Some of the senators who
have been loudest in their pro
fessions of devotion to the doc
trine of a traiff for revenue only
voted against the proposition to
place a duty on tea, which is the
perfection of a tariff for revenue
only.
General Hu Midity is storming
’he land and with General Rain is
blazing the way for General Pros
perity The war is on, now listen
or the farmers and you will
hear them reading the riot act to
iheir creditors this fall.
Despite the presence in Paris
of the splendiferous Depew,with
hs honeyed words for the
French, ammunition continues
f,o be furnished the Spaniards
from the French side of the Pyr
enees.
If there is any 7 truth in the
rumors that eminate from Chit -
amauga, then it is high time for
Uncle Sam to erect a gallows on
the battle field and go into tl e
hanging business for a season.
Congressman Carter Tate
carried sixteen out of the seven
teen counties in his district in
the recent primary. Carter be
lieves in 16 to 1 more than ever
Fame has forsaken the dia
diamond for the bullitin board
and deserted the baseball pitch
er for the brass buttoned milita
ry hero.
And now’ all the girls are in
terested as well as wondering
who will be handsome “Hob
son’s choice.”
our Uncle Allen routed the
board of strategy of the admin
istration and put to Hight the
■‘running mates.”
The more rigidly we study
the present war the more posi—
tive we are that it is a political j
affair.
Spain paid Weyler very fancy
prices for lhe inuiee that Blinco’r
starving Spaniards, are now de -
vouring.
let Kune invest in a few dol
lars worth of the “Atlanta spir
it” and she will soon double her
i
size.
Its consohng to remember that
ths ice u> Klondike is melting,
while the gold diggers are thaw in*
ing out.
The McH' ary yellow fever
must lie of Spains) origin—its
so slow in making an aggressive
campaign.
The promised hall meet of
Georgia and Virginia at Atlanta
for next Saturday is off. Virginia
cancelled.
Lieutenant Blue has paralyzed
that phantom fleet story. Now
let red'ivh ;tt-and-blue DeWtyize
the real fleet.
Lieutenant Blue has been heard
from. Now let Capt. White report
for i ervice in General Red’s on
slaught against the Spaniards.
Read what Judge Fish has to
say about Judge Gober’s methods.
There's ginger in it. You will find
the communication on another
page.
In the famous f r < z°n mines at
Yakutsk, iu Russia, the frost has
finally been passed through at a
depth of 700 feet below the sur
face of the earth.
“The last cable cut” is about
the most active industry except
the “final bombardment of Santi
ago” now being prosecuted in the
pitying waters of the West Indies.
Th? publisher of Chicago’s forth
coming City Directory has figured
out. that there must be nearly
2,000,000 persons in that city.
But an enrollment for a draft,
should such c< nti igency come to
pass, wou’.d probably result in
more precise arithmetic.
No one has yet found wherein
City Electrician C. B. Seay is
incompetent. A few howlers,
who must howl or die, and who
are not dead, have heen blaming
the competent young man for
the shortcomings of an ancient
and run down fire alarm system.
Thats all.
HOW’S THIS!
We offer One Hundred Dr liars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
hat cannot be cured by Hall’s
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Chbney & Co. , Props, To
ledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known
F J. Cheney for the last 15 years,
nid believe him perfectly honor
able in all business transactions
md financially able to carry out
my obligation made by their firm.
West & Traux, Wholesale
Druggist, Toledo. Q- Walding.
Kinnah & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hail’s Catarrh Cure is takpn
internally, acting, directly
upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price 75c.
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Testimonials free,
BUCKLEN’S ARNICA SALVE
The Best Salve in the world
for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers,
Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tet
ter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns and all Skin Eruptions,
md positively cures Piles, or no
nay required. r t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by Curry-
Vrrington Drug Company.
! A new lot of new
pattern hats to go at
unheard of low prices
for ihe next few days.
We pa,v cash for our
i millinery and can sell
a fine hat for less mon
ey than any house in
Rome. Call and get our
prices before buying
your best hat Com
mencement hats- a
specialty.
Mrs. A, O. Garrard.
SLAUGHTERING
The Prices,
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
We need money and we are compelled to raise *i
BIG 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 boys and
children’s clothing, furnishing goods and hats so well
suited to the demands of the trade as ours. Our entire
stock has been renewed in the last ninety days. Av
ery garment is new, fresh and desirable; made with
careful attention tofit and finish and these prices should
have your most careful consideration.
MEN’S FINE SUITS.
All $22.50 and $25 suits go at sl6 50. I All sls and $lB suits go at $11.50.
All 10 and 12.50 suits at. 7.50-. All 6 and 7.50 suits at 5.00.
All 5 suits go at 3.50. j
Children’s Knee Pants Suits Go
JUST 1 TTLIHL DT 'JU'll.
$6 00 suits go at $3.00. | $5.00 suits go at $2 SQ.
450 suits go at 2 25. 4.00 suits go at 2-00.
3 50suitsgoat 1.75. 3.00 suits go at 175.
2.50 suits go at 1.25. | 1.00 suite go at .00
MENS FINE FANTS 331-3 OFF.
$6. 00 pants go at $ LOO. $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. 300 pants go at 2.00.
250 pants go at 1.67, 200 pants go at 150.
1.50 pants go atsl.oo.
FINE STRAW HATS
GO AT HALF PRICE.
If 0 ?®/ 8 g ° ttt J 5 1.00 ha sgo a 50c.
/5c hats go at 40c. 50c hats g() at 25c
25 per cent off on all Furnishing; goods
Underwear, Shirts, Hosiery,Handker
chiefs, Soft and Stiff Hats.
BiALine Hot Weeitl]cr
count sale erSeS ‘ Alpaca ’ Line K an 1 d wk. AH g) in thi" dis-
This Will Be Our Mousy-Raising sals
. KM
YOUR MONEY SAVINS
I T w 18 > D l tr ’j k of the trad '’ inr is it a going out of business alvertisimr schim? to deceive tbj
people. We a.wtyedo exactly what we advertise and wo ar? sura the p?ople of Rom? ami surrouuhn?
country are await? of this fact. We come to you now with the honest frank statement .h it
n i ee th r ‘ g T ld 1B order to raise t,le heeded amount we offir y>u the cleanest best bought stock 1
clothing iuroietiug goods aud ha-s in Rome at faom 25 to 50 per cent reduction.
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