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THE ROME HVSTLER-COMMERCIA eiGHTH YEAR smoke a Bill Arp wallers New Brand —I arall 1 I 111 —HMaMMWaIMMM..«■MMm«^MM—MM— l>l ■ 111 'M^«,.„, . WMM 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. CLOSING AT AND BELOW CuST. Columbia!. Spirit, Bromo Luxas tiv Quimu Pits, Liniment, Gradu ates Axl Castor Oil Harness Oil, Dog and Tar Soap, 9 inch roll wrapping paper. Diamond Wai Finish, Tinting colors for bous< painting, Spears wetherproof fi e proof paint, camel hair brushes, crucheß, large empty botles & atomiz rs at Frank Wright’s Far macy corner oppoait Masonic Tempi. LANHAM &SON& CLOSING OUT ir SUMMER DRY GOODS iiZ, r • 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, IO GETS PER WEEK