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DECLARATIONS-
s We are goins out of the retail goods business.
Pt AD TUFM Our present sale the end of this business.
nCnU 1 nnYI $ Our present prices will never again be Duplicated.
J The opportunity to buy such troocls at such prices will soon be forever ~
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Goods worth ioo cents on the dollar are being offered at 30 cents on the dollar==quantities of them. Ladies
skirt and tailor made suits==a big stock. Piques, all the family of them. Without question the best stock of
goods In Rome and being given away to get out of the retail dry goods business in Rome.
I.OOOYDS, DRESS CALICO 2{c ] .000 FANS AT 1 CENT
DOTTED LADIES’ 500 I EVERY SHOE 300 I 300
Swiss that cost 46cts Shirt waists—the dol- Yards of Dress Goods In our stock at what it Baby caps recently Mens launaried shirts
a yard we now price ,ar B rade at 39 cents. and waist silks, worth cost us, or less, to quit bought at factory pric- that cost where they
at 25 cents 50c, at 25c. business. es. were made 75 cents to
$ 1 .00, on sale at 39c,
♦ AC I UAL COS I i s°°
For all millinery, with no charges for Miss I t Ladies and gents silk and satin necties that
Snyder’s work. A positive saving of 75 per I VW* I cost 25 cents to $ I .00, on center table at 10
cent, : : cents each. "
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YARDS of summer wash fabrics on center tables—much of it cost 15c, 20c and 25 cents—loveliest
conceptions for ladies and misses dresses. We are giving them away at 6 cents a yard. Remember
when we quit business your opportunity for such bargains will begone and gone forever. Buy from us now
Not just a few things away below cost to make an impression, and then the balance at big profits to
make money. We affirm, of ah the goods in this house, not a dollar’s worth is priced above cost.
BASS BROS. & CO.
IS THIS fl FAKE?
Miss Elliston, of Anniston,
has a Letter
FRON LIEUT. HOBSON.
{Such It the Report Sen* out
From Little Rock.
Little Rock, Ark , June 25.
Miss Elliston, daughter of the
late Judge R. P. Elliston, of
Anniston, Ala ~ and a second
cousin of Richmond P. Hobson,
who is here spending the sum
mer with relatives, yesterday re
lieved the first news yet to come
from America’s young hero
whose name and whose eroic
deed in sinking the Merrimac
at the mouth of Santiago har
bor amid a haii-storm of Span
ish bullets June 3, 1897, are fa
miliar to all the world, Rich
mond-Pearson Hobson. Follow
ing is the transcript of Lieuten
ant Hobson’s letter in full. The
stars indicating reference to
love matters which Miss Ellis
ton requested omitted :
In Prison, Morro Castle, San
tiago, June 6—Dear Ella: 1 do
not know whether this letter
will reach you or not, but my
anxiety that you know that I
■till live is so great that I can
not resist an effort to let you
know how well I came out of
the little transaction in which I
am given credit for having been
the leading spirit on June 3 last.
First, let me tell you why I
am writing this. There is a
friend of America on guar
aver me, though he i d
by the Spaniards to be true to
the crown, and he has promised
to get it to General Gaicia’s
camp for me at all hazards. Os
course, you have read in the
public prints the general details
attending the daring act of my
self and seven comrades under
taking to sink the collier Merri
mac at the mouth of Santiago
harbor.
When Admiral Sampson asked
Capt. Miller who of his men
wished to volunteer in an effort
to bottle up Cervera’s fleet 1
was. I believe, first to respond
that I would be one to under
take the hazardous job. I thought
only of my duty to the Ameri
can government, together with
the love for all the dear ones at
home. But we succeeded beyond
all expectations.
We all expected to go down
with the explosion which sent
the boat to the bottom and when
I think of it now it seems re
mar able that we got off alive
in view of the train of Spanish
bullets poured into us from the
forts surrounding Morro Castle.
'1 he detailed accounts, as pub
lished in the American preas of
the affair and of our capture,
while not wholly true are at leas',
thrilling and 1 will not attempt
to correct it at this time.
It was reported to me the sec
ond uay after our capture that
we would be at once exchanged,
and all news bearing on the sub
ject was furnished myself and
crmrades, but there seems to be
hitch in the proceedings some
.vbere, even to the cessation of
letting us know when we are to
be let out.
Admiral Cervera came to see
us shortly aftor our capture and
gave orders that we receive good
treatment at the hands of our
captor, which has been accorded
us. We are confined in the star
chamber of Morro Castle. I will
give the details of the whole af
1‘ fair as soon as I am certain you
will receive my letters. Bat be
brave, little girl.l We are all
CASHS RAISER.
Watters & Son are Slaugh
tering Prices
TURNING STOCK TO CASH
The Sacrifice Sale Will Last
Only a Few More Days.
Watters Son, the big Broad
street clothiers, know exactly
how to carry out any undertak
ing or enterprise in which they
engage.
This wide awake hustling firm
jf up-to-date business men found,
some ten days ago that, owing
to a mild winter, business had
not been as good as it should
have been—and in consequence
they would soon be in meed of
f unds.
&They had an
but cash was needed worst and
so the firm very promptly decid
ed to lay the knife into prices
and throw their stock on the
market.
Last Sunday morning they
announced a “Money Raising
Sale” and to show that they
meant business they specified
goods and quoted prices.
The result has been exactly
what the firm anticipated. Their
store has been crowded from
morning to night for six days.
The crowds have flacked in,
have examined goods and eager
ly purchased, for the people
know bargains when they see
them. ;
“Our sale for the past week
has been all we anticipated,”
said Mr. J. B. Watters yester
day. “We are rapidly exchang
ing bargains for cash and while
w« are raising the funds we
needed in our business, we are
at the same time clothing the
multitudes.”
“Our advertisement in The
Hustler-C omme r ci a 1 has
brought us rich returns, and you
can leave it stand, unchanged,
for another week. It states what
we are doin/ and that is all that
we want it to state.”
“Ws will continue the sale for
a few days longer and then will
promptly shut off the slaugh
ter.”
A word (o the wise is sufficient
—so look over the Watters &
Co., add and govern yourself by
what you see.
Now is the time to join the
push.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Thankful words written by Mrs.
Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S. D.,
“Was taken with a bad cold which
settled on my lungs, cough set in
and finally terminated in Con*
sumption. Four doctors gav.» me
uo, saying I could live but a short
time. I gava myself up to my
Savior determined if I could not
stay with my friends on earth, I
would meet my absent ones above.
My husband was advised to get
Dr. King’s New Discovery foi
Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
I gave it a trial, took in all eight
bottles. It cured me, and thank
God lam saved and now a well
■nd healthy woman. ” Trial hot*
ties free at Curry Arrington’s
drug store. Regular size 50 Cf*..ts
and SI.OO. Guaranteed or price
retun led.
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THE ARHSTRONG HOTEL
Rome. Ga
Regular . Special
Boarders Rates
Wanted-
The place to get'a quick, good meal. ]
McCALL & YOUNG, Proprietors.
ixßest White LEGHORNS! K
For the very 033- b aed and n) s $$
marked fowls, lew? orders
a< with J. T. Crouch & Co,, $ 3 p sr trio.
Splendid cockarels only $ 1, 99
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reasonable. Fine w?” 1r a soeciaity