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CfiPT. J. B, NEVIN
forced by ill Health to Quit
the Army.
DR. BROWN’S ADVICE.
Who Will Succeed the Roman?
Gov. Atkinson to Appoint.
The following from this morn
jn-’s Constitution, will make in
teresting reading matter, espe
cially for the friends of Capt. J.
B. Nevin, of this city, The
Constitution says :
Captain James B. Nevin,
commander of Company 11. Sec -
ond Georgia regiment of volun
teers, has resigned his commis
sion. The resignation was sent
to Adjutant General A. C. Cor
hin, at Washington, yesterday
morning. It will be acted upon
at once, as the Second Georgia
has been ordered aboard the
transpoits to go to Cuba, and it
is imperative that Capt. Nevin’s
successor be named before the
regiment leaves.
Serious ill health is the cause
of Capt. Nevin’s resignation He
came very near deathjit Tampa
on acccunt. of an abscess behind
the right ear. This, in addition
toother sickness, forced him to
get a furlough aid come here
, for treatment.
For more than a month he
has been in Atlanta under treat
ment. He has been constantly
hoping to recover sufficiently to
allow him to rejoin his com
mand, but instead of improving
in health he has remained in
abiut the s«me condition.
Yesterday Dr. Brown notified
Lmthajhe was seriously m
and advised him to resign from
th* l army immediately. With
deep regret Capt. Nevin acted
upon this advice by seeding his
resignation to the adjutant gen
eral of the army.
A retiring hoard would have
acted upon the case of Captain
Nevin had he not resigned. He
knew this and was very anxious
to avoid the necessity of passing
before the board. He knew that
he would be entitled to a pen
sion if retired by the board, but
he did not consider that his ser
vices in the army had been suf
ficient to deserve a pension, so
h» resigned outright.
Major Alinand, of the Second
batallion of Col. Brown’s regi
ment, in which Capt. Nevin’s
company is assigned, wrote Mr.
Nevin this week that he would
be ordered before a retiring
hoard. He had received a letter
ftom Capt. Nevin asking him
about resigning, and in reply he
sa id that if the captain was too
hltoservehe could with pro
priety resign.
Major Alinand said that every
man in the regi life ill would be
p'oud ail( j gl a j t o welcome
hapt. Nevin back again, and he
hoped the officer’s health would
he entirely recovered. He stater
fh.it a retiring board had been
01 ganized to pass upon all offi
rs who were away on sick
Ka 'e, and said that this board
'ad made special inquiries re
kaiding Capt, Nevin. He said
f ' l ’ the regiment had been or
ftr«d to and that all the
°ffieeis n UB | g O w ith the regi-
ROME GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY. 6. 1898.
ment.
Capt. Nevin at once wrote a
note to Dr. Brown and begged
him to give him a truthful and
candid statement regarding his
physical condition. In reply Dr.
Brown wrote the following let
ter :
“Atlanta, Ga., July 5,1898.
Captain James B. Nevin, United
States Army, City. Dear Cap
tain : In regard to my conversa
tion with you about your condi
tion, I must say that the prog
nosis in your case is unfavorable.
I would advise you to imine-i
diately resign your commission
:w captain in the Georgia volun
teers aid thus dismiss this
amount of worry from your
mind. 1 know how much it wiil
grieve you to realize this fact
but you have asked me for a
truthful statement of your condi
tions and my odvi<e as to what
you should do, and I will give
you both in this. Very sincerely
yours. »
“George Brown M. D.”
Capt. Nevin at once wrote the
following letter of resignation to
n o
Gen. Corbin :
“To Adjutant General H. C .
Corbin, Washington, D. C.—
Dear Sir: Having been absent
on sick leave over thirty days,
days, and believing iny health
in dau< erous condition, I will
hereby tender my resignation as
captain of Company H, Second
Georgia regiment, infantry vol
uuteers, James B Nevin.’
Gov. Atkinson will have the
appointment of Capt'. Nevin’s
successor, according to a state
ment made by Acting Adjutant
General Erwin, of Georgia. The
governor applied to Capt. Erwin
to learn if he would have the au
thority to appoint men to fill
vacancies after the regiments
were mustered into service, and
Capt. Erwin reported in reply
th ’t the appointments would re
main in the hands of the govern
or.
When asked yesterday who
he would name to command
Capt. Nevin’s regiment, Gov.
Atkinson stated that he had not
been informed of the resignation
and had not considered the mat
ter. He said he would csrtainh
appoint some one from the Sec
ond regiment and would confer
with Col. Oscar J. Brown in
regard to the best man.
First Lieutenant Walter Per
kins is now in command of com
pany 11. He took command when
Capt. Nevin left and has been
acting in the captain’s place
since that time. Capt. Nevin said
yesterday that Lieut. Perkins is
a good soldier and a capable offi
cer. It may be that he will be
promoted to a captaincy.
Lieut. , Jack is the second
lieutenant of the company. Com
pany II is made up of north
Georgians and was recruited
mainly from Rome, Capt. Nev
in’s home. Capt. Nevin is ex
ceedin ly sorry that he is unable
to go with his men to Santiago,
and he was so anxious to go that
he determined to go at all haz
ards, but was prevented by Dr.
Brown, who assured him that it
would mean death.
WHEELER IS BETTER.
War Department Receives Ad
vices From The Warrior s
Washington, July 5—A dis
patch from General Shafter’s says
that General Wheeler’s condition
has taken a change for the
better and ilat his physicians
were now aln;< st •iitisfie I that the
quick rally »H be followed by
an early and complete recovery oi
the man who has stmwn himself
both a patriot and a soldier.
DRIVEN BUCK
. : I
'Spanish Marte a Desperate
. Niyhi Attack
I
[AND BUFFEREE TERRIBLY'
I
Americans killed and Wounded
Were 1 700 to JSunday.
Santiago de Cuba, Sunday
The Spanish made a desperate
night attack on our left shortly
before 10 o’clock Saturday night.;
The assault was directed at the i
position that had been carried j
by Gen. Kent’s men. The Span-!
ierds left the tren lies and charg
ed across the opeiq striking
heavily upon Gen. Wikolf’s bri
gade, consisting of the 9th, 13i.1i
and 24th I lift.
I 'They were reinforced by a
heavy* fire all along their line of
guns, and the batteries succeed
ied in driving some of our men
from the trenches, but the heavy
fire of the Americans in turn
staggered the Spanish line and
sent it reeling backward with,
heavy losses. The enemy had ad
vanced from the trenches for the
i
first time, and while the Span
iards were in the open some .oi
our Gatling guns did fearful ex
ecution.
The casualties among our men
were not heavy. Gen. Hawkins
was shot in the foot. Over 200
additional wounded were taken
to the rear during the night, one
batch consisting of 120.
. Under Gen. Shafter’s orders
the battle was opened at 5
o’clock this morning along the
whole line. At this writing the
sound of firing from the machine
guns is punctuated by the heavy
boom of the Spanish batteries.
The recruits were ordered to
the front today.
Our loss has now reached 1,-
700 killed and wounded.
. Part of the night attack was
directly opposite to the station
of the 3d and 6th Cav. Capt.
I Bowden of the 3d Cav. went
w h a working party at 1 a. in.
I to straighten the line ofentrench
ments between Gen. Chaffee’s
brigade on the right and Gen.
Kent’s division on the left.
Whether there, was an accident
is not known, but he clashed in
tne dark with the Spanish, who
were advancing in front of the
workiufi party, and was obliged
to retire. Rollo of Troop E was
killed and Poole of Troop E was
wounded.
The Spaniards did not advance
close enough to draw the fire of
the American main line.
The action lasted about eiglv—
teen minutes, and went on sim
ultaneously at other points on
our front.
The Spanish loss could not be
ascertained.
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Dog and Tar Soap, 9 inch roll
wrapping paper. Diamond Wai
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painting, Spears wetherproof fi e
proof paint, camel hair brushes,
crucheß, large empty botles &
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macy corner oppoait Masonic
Tempi.
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CLOSING OUT
ir SUMMER DRY GOODS
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Beginning Monday morning, July 4th we willl name
prices on all Summer rtillmery, Dry Goods, Etc,
that will certainly interest every one who
cares to save a dime or a dollar,
Look At These Prices.
Summer Calicoes per yard 2c
Ladies Shirt Waists with de-
' taclnbia collar and cults,
laundried. only lOc
Ladies 50c Shirt Waist now 3Oc
Ladies 65c Shirt Wais*; now 403
Choice of any Shirt Waist in
the house ex ept silk
wori.h much more 75c
10-4 Sheeting p or yard 10c
Yd Wide Sea Island 3 l-2c
Laciies double sole high
splicoheel49 gwgo Pilot
dye worth 20c no w 10c
Ladies low cat Shoes c mo.
Millinerv at Prices to Close
Violets per bunch 2c
• v “ •• 3c
“ “ of 3 doz m, 63
Large assortment of F.o wets
white and. colors worth
much more, now 133
Shapes worth $1.75 now
Shapes were 75- now 38 a
Shanes ware bOa now 253
These aaemta lot ofl is t year s
shapes but this season goods,
sivlish and up-to-date and we
make these prices to close the n
out for cash. Wa will not
charge goods at thesa pre os
This is a ch ince you wdl probably
lot get again soon,co .1) c[ xic c.
LANHAM ASONS.
Ribdons IRibbons !
90a Sash Ribbon, all silk in
new colors 6 inches wide 593
75c Sash Rib on now 35c
Sash Ribbon No. 80 was 90c
now 50c
All silk Ribbon 4inches wide,
red,blue and pink, was 30c
now 12 l“2c
25c Veiling now 18c
Veiling now 3c
LOOK AT THIS:’
BeautiM Rich Satin worth 50 t,o
75 now 183 in brown, blue, pink,
canarv and orange.
Trinmed hats wor4ist.s9 now 99c
“ “ “ $1,25 now 68c
“ “ “ s2,7s*now 1.50
Children’s trimmol h its 35c
Masses trimm id hats 40c
Trimmed hats were
$6,09 3,75
$5 00 2.55
‘‘ $7.00 3.80
Everything in Millinery at prices
that cannot oa matched any
where. Everybody can afford a
traveling hat, a midsummer hat,
an evaaing hat or anything m
Mdlinary if they wd 1 bring the
; , , t ; ) )1 • 5 ; ).’ ). vV i Will not
: 1.• c ) >)>1; it th 35) price 3,
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