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EtSf W 5 J i .r . .« /V3F7- »t. - -—■ R 4 LOCai OmlHolding Coi kt.—judge Hen- J |is holding court this week for tBI I-dge Gober, of the Pickens lunty circuit, at Jasper, Ga. ®r I Slightly 1 mproved. —('O'*- I ’’ jlral Payton Gumm who has |ff en dangerously ill with fever Da'jyi the home of his parents, is slightly improved to- H *y. 0 *'« Millinery openings are cer- H attractive to the ladies, I•■itid while out shopping they I ® hould call by Lloyd’s and see , she handsome display of good *|‘ $ hings to eat. ' k 1 Board oe Registrars.—The ■ .■board of registrars are hard at 'j at the court house getting h Mj-hings in shape for the general nplection in October. The board I 'j®3 composed of the following: G. F W. Fleetwood, Chas. W. I’nder .Pwood and W. P. Trout. ■ jjl Fixing Broad Strret. —Up- iMper Broad street is being greatly f W improved. The city has a force ■ 4 of hands at work between Sev ? enth and Eighth avenue filling : i* in the street and leveling down jl iThe work has been badly iK! needed for some time. i H if Ships Lumber.—Mr. Ben ; | Montgomery went down to Cen >l tre today to stack 100,000 feet of h 1 lumber for shipment north. The ‘A • lumber business is getting to be (if quite an industry and thousands |of feet are shipped monthly 1 from different points near Rome. Series of Meet . —The I series of meetings at the Second Baptist church are drawing I large crowds. Rev. O. P. Gilbert ■I preached a beautiful and force | fal sermon last night. At the i|| conclusion a number united with the church while many I asked for prayers. New Pennsylvania Buckwheat is good enough to eat, and i you’ll find some new crop, in any quantity you want, at Lloyd & Haper’s. Also new Oatmeal, Flap Jack Flour, Breakfast Food, etc. If you would be healthy furnish your system what nature requires, at this season. I Announce,—To the public that I have secured the services of , William McClellan, an expert fancy candy maker, who has beet for the past two years with the 'Garrow famous candy kitchen is Atlanta. We are new making daily all kind of fine taffies, cocoanut. creams, nongats, etc. All we ask is a trial. We can please you. A. M. Antogholi, next door to Curry’s drug store II igh Grade Groceries.— That’s the only kind we keep, and we carry a larger assort ment than any house in this section and our goods are always fresh, clean and attractive. If you would like to live well and save money on your monthly grocery bill, we can certainly accommodate you.—Lloyd <fe Harper. Returned Home.—Mr, George Chidsey of Co. 11, Second Geor gia regiment, who was taken dangerously ill in the camp at Tampa with typhoid and later removed to the hospital Fotress Monroe, Va,, returned to Rome last night. He looks pretty well used up after his hard camp life and sickness. Mr. Chidsey states he was treated all right at For tress Monroe, but very badly in Tampa. Ex-Roman Honored.—Rev. Mr. Troutman, of Lyerly, preached at the Mathodist church here last Sunday and Sunday night. The sermon Sunday morning evinced unusual strength and depth of thought and the intense inter est of the audience was manifest in V We are just receiving the handsomest and most complete, line of furniture of all kinds ev er brought to the city. Within the next few weeks our store will be packed full of the newest up-to-date goods—and we pro pose to sell them al astonishing ly low prices. See us before you buy any thing in the furniture line. Rhudy, Harvey & Co., 337, Broad street. was really vital with ideas of th* most appealing sort and was de veloped logically. Mr. Troutman’s visit was a source of great pleasur • to all who heard him and he will be cordially welcomed upon the occasion of any future yisit.—Sum merville News. OPENING DAY Magnificent Displays Made by Merchants many ladies attend Despite the Threatning Condi tlon of Weather. ~T — The first magnificent fall open ings of millinery were made today and despite the fact that the skies have been overcast, with every now and occasionally heavy ram drops faking, quite a number of ladies attended. To aorrow, with a clear sky bending above, the ladies will be out in force and and the crush a 1 Lanham’s New Store and at Bass’ New Store will be gr ater than has ver been witnessed in Rome. The season this year is nearly a month later than ordinarily. This is due to the unprecedented heavy and continued rains of]the summer which have kept back the cotton crop in the country and building operations in th< city. But at last Bass Bros. & Co., have moved into their splendid new building and Lanham A Sous have renovated the oh Bass store No. 225 Broad, am with their magnificent all new stock have jumped into the very forefront cf Rome’s commerce The display at Bass Bros A Co., is of such a nature that it sustains the reputation for mil linery openings this enterprising firm has carved in Rome’s trade life. As to Lanham's, why, well, suppose you go and see the magnificent display and if you will write it up as it deserves, why, we will give you a year’s subscription to the Rome Hus tler-Commerciai. We confess that its beauty bewilders us to such a degree that we can’t do it justice. YELLOW FEVER _________ • • Fl vi New Cases And One Death In New Orleans. New Orleans, Sept. 29. Pres ident Souchou of the state board ot health gives out the following record of yellow fever for today. In city, 5 new casesand 1 death In Wilson, 11 new cases, al doing well except one. In Clinton (near Wilson ) 2 very suspicious cases. In Franklin, 8 new cases. PERSONAL MENN OIL Mr. J. A. Hanna, of Atlanta, is in the city. Mr. W. M, Jenkins, of Atlan ta, is at the Central. Miss Mattie Harper has re turned from Marietta. Mr. L. C. Hensley, of Atlan ta, is at the Armstong today. Mr. C. W. Shackelford, of Chattanooga, is in the city. Miss Edna Cain, of Summer ville, is the guest of Miss Mary Shaw. Miss Ruby Arrington, of At lanta, is the guest of her brother, Mr. H. H. Arrington. For choice cuts of finest fresh meats to be had on the market call on Moore & Reese. Go to Wooten’s drug store in the new Clark building for care fully compounded prescriptions. Moore & Reese now offfer the trade the very flnist fresh meats to be had on the market. Fancy bleached Celery, new Cranberries, delicious table Butter and other good things at Lloyd’s. Hon. Halsted Smith has re turned from Atlanta, where he entered his son Owen, in the Technological school. Mrs, J, B. Tippin, of Six Mile, is spending a few days with her daughter, Mrs. R. J Ragan, of East Rome. Mr. Jasper O’Neill, of Rome, was here Saturday with a view to making a bid on remodeling our court house.—Marietta Journal. The firm of Camp & O’Rear is this day (Aug. 27, 1898) dis solved. All parties indebted to them will not pay unless both names, S. D. Camp and J. M O’Rear, are signed to the bills Mr Fred Hanson, an expert plumber ot Rome, was at the Kennesaw House Friday. Mr. Hanson is trying to get the plumbing for the new depot now in progress.—Marietta Journal. Mrs. R. V. Allen, nee Miss Lutie McNulty, now of Rome, Ga., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs P. C. McNulty, GO7 East Fourth street. She will remain two or three weeks.—Chat tanooga News. 9 IS CLOSED UP. New York 00l Exchange Sus pended. New York Sept. 29.—The wool Exchange suspended operations ii> the wool market yesterday. De pression in the wool trade and the wool industry was said to be the cause of its abandoning the branch of trade. The financial emditian of the corporation is said ‘o be excellent and there are no outstanding debts. The Wool Exchange was estab lished about a year and a half ago. The object of the exchange was to provide a co-op* ration of woolgrowers, general merchants and forwarders, bankers and others interested in the industry of producing or manufacturing wool. WAR TAX DECISION. Brokers Must File A Mum or an*, dum of Thur Sales, Chicago. Sept. 29—Judge Show alter, of the United States circuit court, today upheld the constitu tionality of the provision in the aar revenue act, requiring brok ers to file a memorandum of their sales. He diemissed the.habeas corpus proceedings u stituted by James Niqol, the board cf trade operator who was fined SSOO re cently for violating the law. =1717: ji -m Copenhagen, Sept. 29.—The Queen of Denmark died at 5 :35 o’clock this morning. * HtiNWIS £ * THE SUMMER HAS M * PASSED AND CONE | IMPROVE THE NEXT PRETV DAY | * AND HAYE YOUR NEGATIVE MADE! | 7K S id YOU S • 11 Know 11 ll* *1! *| TH MJISS OF | | Il bi < 1 | TURNOUT. | | |l> YOUARE 1 1 Ucordiultll * $ BJ * i MID su LI mJ iff "WW ER W *3 S i * H EM * *E E * st @ J. kandeaster 1 b E E Si Sr *** nr