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K GnRGIA DISS
■ ThE pj.i Sablath After
I |hace is Sicned.
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L OLD HERO 8 SPIRIT
flfl - ~~ '
■ su nim ”‘ tdln A PP® ar at a
■ Higl'«r C° ur t-
I WnsliHigi'”’- Dec. 12.—Gin.
laiix u the distin fe u,sl ’-
t Cuban' varrior •" ld leader >
J d the bead of the commission
fleeted by Hie Cuban assembly
I visit tnis country, died here
Lsterday morning shortly after
[o o 'cloek at the Hotel Raleigh,
Lfaere the commission has its
|]ieadquarters.
I On Tuesday night Gen. Garcia,
|io company with the other mem
bers of the commission , attend
ed a diuner given in his honor
IbyGe i- and it was a re
nit of tho exposure that night
«hich culm'nated in his death.
fl| During ti ■ twelve hours or
ninrt-I ! *£ dissolution Gen.
cn ii-cioiis most
o f the tim- ?.i intervals be rec-
O‘'niz 'd one or more of those
fl about him. In his dying mo
fl as all through his busy
fl »nd active life, his thoughts
fl were for hi- beloved country and
fl jtp ppo ie ai d among his last
fl words were irrational mutter
fl ii) winch he gave orders to
fl his sen. who is <>n his st iff, for
fl the bathe which he supposed
fl was to i.m ur tomorrow and in
■ which he under.-tood there were
■ oa'y 40 I Spaniards to combat. ;
■ just hi lure he died he embraced .
Il his ion.
I Kev. Father Magee, of St.
I Patrick's church, was called in
I during the day and was with
I G.-n Garcia until the end, ad-
I ministering the last rites' of the
[ Catholic church, Other mem
bers of the commission and Ru
bens, their counsel in this coun
try, was also in the bed cham
ber when the end came.
The remains were immediate
ly prepared for burial and were
placed on a bier in the room in
which he died, a large Cuban
flag served as a covering and
the head rested on one of small
ei dirutiisions. The face and
hu< v->re left exposed to public
Vi' iv. The features had a re
ni iidy lifelike appearance
»iai g;<ve no indication of the
tail rmgs which the deceased
bad borne.
Just above the head rested a
magnificent floral piece of red
»n<i white roses and cross palms
tied with a pure white ribbon.
By direction of Major General
Miles a detachment of soldiers
from bettory E. Sixth artillery,
at the barracks'liere, under
command of Lieut. Cox, was
detailed as a b< dyguard lor the
remains. ;
After General Garciu’s death
utepe were taken to notify the gov
ernnieut officials here and also the
exeeutive eomuoi tee ut the Cuban
sesembiy, which has its headqua r*
tersat Mariunao, Cubi.
As soon as the death btCame
known a number ot visitors, in
cluding many i public men, came
toj he hotel to express their con
defences.
President McKinley manifested
his sympathy by sending a suita
bly worded letter and Vice Presi
dent Hobart sent his card. Among
those who called were senators
horaki r, Money, Proctor and
(handler and Major Generals
Law ton &nd Wheeler.
Gen. Garcia left u large family,
°nly one of whom, Justo. u captain
f f his staf , was with him, when
he ditd . His widow and Mercedes
a daughter seventeen years of sge,
,rfe _at.Thomasviile. < fcGa,,, where
i REMOVAL SALE I
hin the r ' ext f ew days
Will move into my elegant
jN ew Brag Store *
> NEXT DOOR TO MY OLD STAND- f
lin mediately upon moving into my store, ' I
w i’l.open up a beautiful line of . . .
| CHRISMTASAND . *
* HOLIDAY GOODS
All new and fresh. Don’t buy until you see
them. Until then I offer the public big reduc
tious on everything in my stock. . .
S PRICES THAT WILL SELL |
It will be cheaper for me to offer you the goods
, at prices ihat will sell them than to move them.
J Perfumeries and ,S
Toilet Articles! <
Remember that this sale will not last 'long,
and advantage must be taken of it at once.
Come to see me and lam sure that my pri' e
will induce you to buy. ....
$ fill imriDMs arc <
J Most Garelullu GomuouiKlfifl. J
*fI|iPDI!VTW s
I uAiluiiVll I. |
WOf
the girl is quite ill- Mario, a sen
nineteen years of ago, ie with the
mother at TLomsville, and Col.
Carios Garcia, another son, is in
Cuba. Daughter. Leonora, who
married an American, is now liv
ing in Paris, Gen. Garcia’s mother
is still aiive and resides in Hava.
na. _____
{VIOST IMPOSING
Will be The iHagnifimt
Doll Show
ANO TOY EXPOSITION
Os Lanham & Sons to Open
Tuesday.
Lanham & Sons, in their mag
nificent new Broad.bt. store will,
on T uesday next, open a Doll
Show that will break the recoid
lor Rome and eas ly make theii
store headquarters for Santa
Claus for the present season.
The truth is, Lanham & Sons
is the only firin in the city that
has sent a buyer to the toy mar
dets this season, whose mission
was to buy holiday goods and
nothing but holiday goods.
How true he was to his com
mission will be evidenced on
Tuesday when the great Doll
Show of Lanham & Sons is
thrown open, and the holiday
buyer is bid come aud welcome
to the feast.
The Show will be metropolitan
in every feature and as bounte
ous in quantity as it is matchless
in the variety from which pur
chasers may select.
Scores of salesmen and sales
ladies have been engaged so
the purpose of handlir. g the
crush that is certain to in the
opening day aud grow as the
season advances.
“Everything New” is the slo
gan aud “Everything you wa
is the echo at Lanhatn & Sons’
big Broad street stere.
There are doors and floors of
bargains iti every departmeict,
but now is the Holiday Beas.ort
and the Holiday Trade has been
anticipated in away that will
carry happiness to the heaits of
the children -of men.
You are invited !
Tuesday is “Show Day.”
WHAT JOYFUL FEELING.
With the exhilarating sense cf
renewed health and strength atr<l
iute-rt al cleanlin6B.H, which follows
the use of Syrup of Figs, is un
known to the few' who have not.
progressed beyond the old-time
medicines and the. Bubeti
tutes sometimes offered lut neV# r
accepted by the well-i-xform-'d.
Buy the genuine manufactured by
the California Fig Syrup Co.
LETTERB~OF ADMIN IS RA-
TION.
GKORGIA FLOYD COUNTY
To ail whom it may coocero J.
M. Miller having tn proper form
applied to me for permanent let
t«re of administration on. the es
tate of Jefferson Miller late of
said county deceased. This is to
cite all and singular the creditor*
and npxt of kin of Jeffereoo Mil
ler to be and appear at nay office
within the time allowed by l w
h< d show cause if they- can
why permanent administration!
etrnuld not be grant«d. 2.< J. M.
Miller on Jefferson Mtller’a estate.
W itnessmy hand aud dficiat sig- |
nature thia 6th day ot December
IS9B.
John P, Davis, ordinary.
Go to the Racket Store tomor
row and secure some of thoso
splendid bargains in holiday
goods. The entire stock is being
closed out at sacrifice prices, as
Mr. Davis will quit, business by
-January Ist, next. - 4
PUBLIC SAL! OK LANDS.
GEORGIA. FLOYD COWNTV.
Wh» eae on Feb. 19 I 1898 Jans
I Yarbrough did ex <•□'* and de
liver to C M Scroggins, her prom
issory note dee November 15h
1898 for S2OO and tor the purpose
of securing said note did execute
and deliver to said Scroggins a
• ortgago on the lands hereafter
nmre fully described, said mort
gage providing that in the event
of default of payment of said noir
or anv part thereof jahen du*, aaid
Scroggins is authorized to sell said
pioper y at public uutcy at th
court house in Floyd county, up
on the first Tuesday in any m nd
to the highest b ib er after adver
tising the estne as now required'
by law in case of s. stiff’s sale, al
which aide said Scr ggius, hi
leirs, adinuiietra’ors at
Uhsigm shall have the right to
purchase said property and to
make and execute to the pu ch?a-r
a deed conveying the -aid proper
tv and apply the money arising
from said -aIH to the costs or sale
a d the io de bled Less secured by
said mortgage
Now therefore said Mis. Jai e K
Yarbrough having made defaul'
in the payment of s u'd note whsn
due I will und».r the power of snle
included in said mortgage sell at
public outcry at the coin t houei
m said County between the legi!
hours of sale on ths first Tuesday
in January IS9B to the highest
bidder for cash the following rea
i-state embraced in said no rtgag«
Land lot No-308 in th* 22nd
district and 3rd section ol Polk
county Georgia containing 160
acres, the proceeds of such sale to
be applied as aforesaid. This Dec.
Ist 1898. C M Scrogcj ns,
Ry his attorney M. B. Eubank*.
ADMINISTRATOR! SAI.B.
Agrefiab'e to an order of th*
court, of ordinary ot Floyd count)
will be sold before the court bous<-
door in the city of Rome wit.hii
the legal hours oi sale "n the first
Tuesoay in January 1899 to the
high* t bidder the following p<op
erty towit.—
One honored and sixty acres of
land more or less the imie being
iot No 15 in the 22nd district ano
Brd action of F cyd county gh.,
29 rnd 5 10 hs ncr«s more or less
in the 22nd district and 3rd s<-c
lion of Floyd county gi being a
fra*tionsl p->rt of land lot No.
828. 29 and 3-10 acres more or
lees n the 22nd district and 3rd
section of Floyd county an,, being
factional part of laud lot No 829
40 acres more or less in the 23fd
district and 3rd section ot Flovd
county Ga being lana lot No 827.
10 acres off laud lot No. 14 in the
22t:d district and 3rd section of
Floyd county Ga described as fol
lows:
Ten acres in S mthwest corner of
said lot tbence North 40 rode,
theisce East 40 rods.thence South
40 rods, thence West 40 rods to
beginning point. ADo one mu a.
fcjaid property sold as the prop
erty of Thomas Brannon, late of
said county deceased. Terms ot
rale c»sh. W H Ennis,
Administrator of the estate of
Thos. Brannon, deceased .
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE,
i
GIORGIA. FLOYD COUNTY.
By virtue of an order of the
court of ordinary of said county
and also by virtue of a decree of
die Superi >r court of Floyd coun
-1 ny, will be sold bes ire the court
teotiee door of said county on the
. first Tuesday in February 1899.
dujing ihe legol hours of sale t >
ihw highest bidder, lhe following
property, towit :
Part of lot No.(1) one in the
Et,<iw*b division us the city of
Rome, Georgia. situated
on thr corner ol Broad street a..d
Fourth avenue, fronting on Broad
ntrs.'t sixty four (64) f»et more
or less ami rnnuing back same
width towards East Fnet street
Vue hundred and » x (106) f-et.
Also lot No. (72) seventy-two
in the Etowah division of th® City
of Rime. Ga fronting on East
First rfiieet sixty six (66) feet ard
runnhi# back lb- same aidih one
hundred and thirty two (132)feet.
A!e<» p«rt of Jot No. (73) sev
eMy-thlW in the Etowah division
of the city of Rome, Ga, fronting
on EastFiret street sixty-six (66)
i feet *nd b' ginnit g at the south
west corner of lot N . 72 and run
ning hack towards Broad street
ninery (90) fed, thence at right
- angles across said let 78 sixty
s x (66) leet, thence-yighty (80)
feet to Ehbi First str thence
along East First be-
- ginning point. •>
Also an undivided one-half
' threat in the following real estate
town:
r All that tract or pareel of land
situated lying sod b»-int in the
’ 28rd district and 3rd eection of
J.Flsyd eounty Ga , being that pari
of e sub-divided town lot out
[land lot No. (275) two hundred
and seventy-live aesonbtd as fol
lows; Fronting on Gordon strset
eigbly-ssven (87) feet and extend
ing b *ok a distance of ons hundred
and eleven feet, lying in the north
east corner of a tract of five acres
bought by J, N. Wright from J. I
B. Sullivan in 1884, with dwelling
house and other improvements
built thereon.
Also part of land lot No (28<)
two hundred and eighty four in
the 2Brd di strict and Hid section
of Floyd county. Ga., in the Fifth
ward of tbeeity < f Rome, fronting
on Maine street 64 'e* more or
less ana running bmk 800 feet
along the line between h ■ p'oper
y hi rein described and Mrs F. A I
( h«*V'B, to the property 'ormerly ■
wned by the J. J. Cohen estate |
net c» along said Coh*n ime 48
set, tbenvc running back along
the line between the property I
h rein described and that ownvd
■ the K. R Lumpkin estate 211*
f ai to « i l i k Hl il thence 90 feet
t<> tne starting pout on Maine
st reel.
A so a tract of a d in Cothrsns
boro, near Rome, known on. the
map ol Csthranaboro as lots N s.
11, 52, 53 54 and 65. all on the
east ride of the Southern railway,
fron iiu the right of wsy of said
ra.lroad 581 feet, and rm ning
HHstetly frum tbe nor h point of
said tract 155 fee , thenoe south
erly 506 feet, thence BU6 feet t<
the south point of said tract of
and where it joins the right ot
way of said rar I r- ad.
The same being the property of
re, Sarah A, Dailey, late of said
ounuty, deceased Sold for the
purp< as of paying 1. g-ioies «nd
lei !s. Terms cash.
Sam’l Funeh< u cr.
administrator do be on non with
the will annex»d, of the estate ol
Mrs. Saiah A. D iiley. deceased
■F JJLJ.r
WILD LAND SALES. f
Will he sold before the court j
house door in the city of Rome,
Flovd c?unty Georgia, between
the legal hours of sale on the first
Tuesday m January, I'99,the fol
lowing described property towit ; "
Al! trimt i>act or p ircel of land to
wit, Lot No 333 oon'eiuing 100
acres and 10l No 316 containing
160 sore*, all lying and being m
the 22nd District «nd 3rd Section
of Floyd cou ty Ga. Levied on by
virtue of a t.-'X fi fa issued hv V T
•'anlord tax collector for tax 1897
due said state and county against
B H Taylor as lhe property of the
1 defendant.
Also al the same time nud place
that tract or parcel cf land being
known in lhe plat as 10l No 78 in
the Brd District and 4ih SecToD
of Floyd county Geoigia contain
ing 40 acres more or less. Levied
on by virtue of a tax fi fa issued
by V T Santord tax collector for
tax 1897 in favor of said state and
county vs Silats F Smith as the
property ot the defendant.
Also at the sametime and place
all that tract or paicel of land be
ing lots Nos. 793, 124, 303 and
805 and 94 in the 16th District
and 4th Section of Floyd county
Georgia containing 200 acres more
or less. Levied on by virtue of *
tax fi fa issued by V 1 Sanford
tax collector for tax 1897 in favoi
of state and county v# Frank L
Mi Ter as the property ot the de
fendant
J. P. McConnell. Sheriff. _ |
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
OORGIA FLOY* COUNTY.
Agreeabte to an order of lhe
court of Ordinary will be sold be
fore th# court house door between
the legal heirs of sale on the first
Tuesday in January 1899 the fol
lowing described property: —A
part of iot No. 56 in the Cothian
aud Chisholm addition to Rome
Ga., lying on the South aide of
a'l y aud fronting on Gibson street
52 feet and running along said
alley lu3 feel as now enclosed.
Reserving the use of well for lhe
benefit of the two remaining huus
e- ou said lot. Terms ca»h . Sold
a* the property of John J. B ack,
deceased. Sam ’l Funkhouser
Acministrator of J. J. Biack,Dec’d,
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LETTERS OF ADMINIRTRA-
TION.
GE- RGIA FLOYD C UriTY .
To ail whom it may concern,Mrs
M . J. Morrison having in proper
form spplied to me for permanent
letters oi administration on the
us’ate of E. T. Morrison, late cf
said county, deceased Ibis is to
cite ail aud singular the creditors
i and next of kin ot E. T. Morrison
. to be and appear at my office
witnin the time allowed ty law
, ann show caure if any they cas.
i permanent administration
■b.iuld not be gran'ed to Mrs. M.
1 TTMorrison on E T. Morrison’s
e estate Witness my hand and ot
f ficial signature this 7th d,.y oi
t Nov. 1896. ?
John P. Davis, Oidinary, ,
1
iMis Tax sales
p 3r Jan 1899.
• 10R8IA,FLOYD CuL’XTY,
vV’ill be sold before the court
house door in the city nf Rome
Floyd county Ga., between tho
legal hours of sale on ti e IstTues
day in January 1899, the foli< w.
ing described property by vtue
of state t.nd county tax fi fa- is
sued by the tax csllector of IT .yd
oouu’y Ga., and again* the fol
lowing named defendsuts.
Ail that tract or parcel of land
with improvements lying and being
m the! >wn i f East Rome ill Floyd
cnuritv. oi,, beglpniug at a point
on the N nth side of Spring street
dista- t 350 feet Ea*t or North S ,
runtdi g thence Northerly in a
hoe parallel with North street 300
feet, ibence Easterly m a line par
allel with Sprn it street 158 feet,
thence S« Utherly in a line parallel
w'lh Not h attest 300 feet to a
p itit on the Noithern line of
Spring street, thence Westerly
along the Northern line i f Spring
s reel 138 feet to the point
< f beginning, L'v ed on aa the
property of Mrs. L. J. Patton lhe
defendant and now m her poaaea*
si..ii under and by virtue of a tax
fl fa issued by John 1* Moore for
mer tux collector for t. x 1H96 m
favor o* state and c< mu f>r the
m-e of W T Cheney Uanttenee.
• Also at the same time and place
all that tract or parcel of land ly
ing and being in the 4 h district
and 4th section of Floyd c untv
Ga., containing 200 acres and be
mg the last part i f lot Nos. 818
and 295 and the East pari of the
portion of lot 282 lying Son'h of
Coosa river and being the farm 200
acres set apart and apportioned to
A H Ware under the will of his
father A g Waredeceared as shown
by survey and map made by J C
Harris on December 1883 and ap
proved by T W Alexander arbitra
tor to divice said land recorded in
hot k“F F” ofdjeds pages 239,
240 and 241, said 200 acres being
bounded n the North by Coosa
ci ei and East by lots 281, 296
nd 817. < n the S uth by the line
between 3rd and 4'h districts and
(,n the west bywnst portion of said
lots Nos. 282, 295 and 318 and ba
ng the same property c uvey<-d by
J U Moor*, ’’her ff, to W (1 Foster
•nd by V. G Foster to R L Foster.
Levied on by virtue of a taxfi f*
issued by V f Sanford tax collec
tor for 1897 in faV»r of W T CheJ
uey transferred vs R L Foster ns
property of the deundant.
J P McConnell, Sheriff.
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APPLICATION FOR LETTERS
OF DISMISSION.
•EOM«IA FLOYD COUNTY.
Whereas J.E. Kinnebrew,guar
dian of John M. Bi iley, repre
sents to the court in his petition
duly filed, that he has aominia-
Ured John M. Bailey’s estate and
that he has turned over to said
ward all of his estate. This
is to cite all persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, to thqw
cause if any they can, why said
gua’diai, should not be dis
charged from his guardianship
and receive letters of dismission
on the first Monday in January,
1899. This Oct. 7th 1898.
.TihnP Davis Ordinary
A D MINISTR ATO R ’ S S A L E.
Pursuant to an order of the
court of ordinary will be sold be
fore the curt house door in the
city of Rome ea wi'hinthe legal
hours of sale on th* first Tuesday
in January 1899 the foliowine de
scribed property towif
Forty acres of laud the itm«
being 40 ac:as in the Southwest
corner of land lot No. 165 in the
24th district and 3rd section of
Floyd county us.
Said property sold as the prop
erty of E J Perkins late of said
county deceased. Terms of sale
cash. W H Enkh,
Administrator of the estate of E
J Perkins deceased.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
Walter Mize 1 No. 29. Libel for
vs. • divorc*. In Floyd
Wary Miss ) Superior court state
of Georgia. January term, 1899.
rp o .Marv Miz > —
The defendant is hereby requir
ed personally or by attorney to ke
and spp-urrat the nt kt Superior
court to be he din and foj sfr'd
ixiunty, on the third Monday in
Janu ry n- xt, th**/ and there to
answer the Ph'.mtiff’a petition for
Libel for Divorce, *s i» default
thereof add court will proceed as
to iustica shall appertain.
Wit f-fl? ’he Honorable W M.
Henry, judgs of »aid court, this
14th day of Nov»mbar, 1898.
Wm. E. Bky?ieg«l,
QJerk of Court.