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A,, < utfit consisting of a “uig
gef ■' 4 mulfc a wagon tumb
led dowu «60 foot embankment
a t Athens a few nights ago. The
wß gon was shattered to pieces
whi'e the mule and “nigger” -es
caped nuhuit. The .Morning News
exp ains this miraculous escape
truin death, by suggesting that the
“ngg'* r ” f e " on * IIB bead, and the
mu le on the “uigg< r” and things
thsi'* are K 0 ot ber means by which
i r could hi v * occurred,
o o o
'Jbe New Orleans States admin*
k't r>- tlii a Iri adside to the hero of
di. of the Merrmac:
o\Vii p Li t<l. Hobson of the navy
sunk iht collier Merrimac in ibe
channel of Santiago he made him
aellfahero in the estimation of
his countrymen, but he is now
mskii g a j->ckass of himself by
holding public receptions and al
lowing crowdsof sil'y young wom
an to embrace and kiss him. ”
o o o
Mrs Jaublo z— -‘Got all your
ahcpp'ng dene?” Mrs. Baigeus—
“Mostcfit. T bought a carpet
sweeper for my daughter, a nice
mor-mat for Willie to wipe his
feet on and a ton of Oval for my
hmband. Now, I’ve got to buy a
sealskin saCque, a bonnet and a
pbir of diamond earrings for my
husband to give me,”
o o o
Joseph Jeffjrscn' when asked the
other day why he never brought
his dog “Schneider” upon the
stage in “Rip Van Winkle” re
pie 1: “The public could not pay
me a h “her compliment than to
want to »•-« a dog it has only
heard of. It shows iut rest in me
But I dislike realism in art and
realism a live nr d w ith a tail to
wag at the wrong time would be
embarrassii g . Gold the mirror
up to nature. If you like; but
don’t hold nature up. Give us a
reflection of the thing, but not the
ceneretw thing itself.
o o e
Conflicting stories come from
Havana. Th- New York Herald’s
eorresp ndent writes warning visi
ters not to c ime unless they have
made previous arrangements for
rooms and board The New York
Tribune’s man writes that Havana
is lonesome,” and that the depart
ure of the Spanish has killed busi
ness activity, The one says many
houses nr° vacant, the others says I
fun ished rooms in prill* i
ci| I “•-eets are b rd to get at $35
p» r moi, h. The one talks about
th de-etted appearance of the
r“«i>l-uce portion of the city, the
other says all ig life and activity.
o o o
Every Georgian should raise his
head in pride whwn the name of 1
Allan D. Candler is called. Brave. 1
honest, true—determined to da I
r.ght regardless of public opinion .
He says cut the pensions to
those who need it —right, but un- L
popular; cut the school fund top
the ability of the people to pay —n
right, but unpopular. With such
a grand old.hero al the helm 11 o
ship _-f State can weather any
storm. —Hale’s Banner-Weekly.
o o o
Charles Phu] Auguste C uvillier, ‘
"ho has just died, was the Del* |
monico of Paris. Hie cat* ring ex-1 1
toi)d» d to all the rojtil families <i | !
Europe, and many of th- m srnl ,|
wreaths and other fL ral tributes ’
to the funeral. He was seventy (
jears old.
o o o
It has I e n decided to establish
in connection with th# Midlana
1 nivt rsity, Birmingham, England, »
R school of brewing, Th»-re will ,
he a chair for a Professor of Bre*
ii*g, and the (randi-g will be of
the fu lest, both tor aaaltsters ano
brewers. A special brewery labela
tory will be established' contiguous'
•o the University buildings.
o o o
Warter’s “twofers” the fa-'
■sous “Terrel! Speed” cigars are
growing more papular aach day
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• HENDVAL SALE i
\A/‘}i h,n r ext few days
vvl -Lmove into my eltgant :
« New Drug Store*
* NEXT DOOR TO MY OLD STAND-1
"Upl' Immediately upon moving into my score, I
• "ill open up a beautiful line of . . .
* CHRISMTAS AND !
* - HOLIDAY GOODS I
All new and fresh. Don’t buy until you wee
0 them. Until then I offer the publie big redne
tious on everything iu my atock. . .
I PRICES THAT WILL SELL •
It a ill be cheaper for me to offer you the go-ue T” (
> at prices ill at will sell them than to move thrift.
J Perfumeries and ?
I Toilet Articlesl J
* , *
Remember that this sale will net last long,
and advantage must be taken of it at once
Come to see me and lam sure that my pric
will induce you to buy . .
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ADVERT'S ENOW!
PU LIO SALS OF LANDS.
•KSKOIA. FLBYD «OVNIY.
Whereas en Feb. 19th IMS Jaue
B Yarbrough did execute and de
liver to C M Soreggina, her pn-as
isaory nets dwe N< vember loth
1191 for|2Co aud tor the purpose
of securing said note did execute
and deliver to said Scroggins a
mortgage on the lands hereafter
! mor# fully daaeribed, said mort
gage providing that in the event
of default ot paymvat of said not*
or any part thereof when due. said
Scroggins is au<h >rized to sell said
pioger yat public uutc-y at th*
coart house in Floyd ooauty. up
on the first Tussdsy in any month
to the highest bidder after adver
tising the same as low required
by law m case of sheriff’s sale, at
which salo said Scroggins, his
heirs, executor#, administrators or
assigns shall have the right to
purohaeo said property and to
make and execute to the pu ebaswr
a deed conveying the Raid pr< pet
ty and apply the money arising
from said sale to the custe of sale
and the indebtedness secured by
said mortgage
Now therefore said Mrs. Jai e k
Yarbrough having made default
in the pavmout of said note when
duo I will undsr the powsr of sale
included in said mortgage sell at
public outcry at the court house
iu said county betwosn th* legal
hours of sale on tho hrst Tuesdav
in January to tbo highest.
bidder for cash the fallowing rea<
estate embraced iu said mortgage,
Land lot Ne* 301 in the 22nd
district and 3rd section ct Polk
scanty Georgia eontainiog 100
acres, the proceeds of eneh sale to
t-e spplind as aforesaid. Thio Dec.
Ist 1198. C M Sciogg ns.
By his attorney M. B. Eubanks.
ADMINISTRATOR ! SALI.
Agrssubla to an order of the
court of ordinary of Floyd county
will be sold before the court bonse
door in the city cf Rome within
the legal hours 01 sale <ll the iiet
Tueaday iu January 1899 to the
highe»t bidder the following prop
erty towit.—
One hunured aud sixty acres of
land mere or less the caste being
lot No 15 in the 22nd distiict and
3rd section of F utd c- uuty oa.,
29 and 5 lOihs acres more or less
in the,22nd distiict and 3rd sec
tion of Floyd county ea being a
fractional part of laud lot No
lee* in tbe 22nd district and Bid
•oction hf Floyd county •»,, being
fractional part of land lot No 829
40 ac.es Baore or less in the 23r0
district end 3rd section ot Flovd
cennty ea being Jana lot No 127,
10 acres rft land lot No. 14 in th*
22nd district and 3rd section of
Floyd >euuty Ga described aa fol
lows:
T/B acrea in Southwest corner es
se-.d lot thence North 40 roda. 1
‘oence Eaat 40 rods.tbence South
40 rode, thence Weat 40 rods to
beginning point. Aho one ina e.
Said property sold as the prop
erty of Thomaa Brennoa, late of
said ceuoty deceased. Terms of
tale cash. W H EtfNia,
Administrator of tbe estate of
Thos. Brannen, deceased .
«au_ .'. "
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE,
eB-JRGtA. FLOYD COUNTY.
Bv virtue of an order of tht
c.urt es oidinary if said county
and also by virtue of a decree of
the Superi r court f Floyd coun
ty, will be sold bes re the court
boas# do<.r of said county on th*
flrat Tuesday in February 1899.
during 'be leg'*' hours of salo to
'he h ghest bidder, the fclUwing
p-operty. towit :
Part of lot No.(1) one in the
Itowsh division of the city of
Rome, Geoigia. situated
on the corner of Broad street a u d
Fourth avenue, fronting on Broad
atre* t sixty four (64) feet more
or less ana running back same
width toward# East Fuat atroei
one hundred ini six (106) feet,
Al c c lot N*». (72) seventy-two
ia the Etowah d vision of th* City
of R me, Ga f.onting on Eaat
First atreet sixty six (66) feet ard
runningback the aam* width our
hundred and thirty two (132)feet
Also part of lot No. (73) sev
enty-three in the Etowah division
of the city of Rome, Ga, fronting
on Eaat First afreet sixty-six (66)
feet and b- ginniug at the south
w'at corner of lot N 72 and run
ning back towards Broad street
ninety (90) feet, thauee st right
angles across said let 73 sixu
six (66) feet, thence eighty (80)
feet to East First str-et, thenc
along Hast First atr>et to tbe be
ginaing point,
Also an undivided one-ball iu
tereat in the follow ug real estub
towit:
Ail that tract or paic lof Ir.r d
tituated lying and being iu the
13rd district and 3rd aection co
Bloyd countyC'a., beiug thal pan
f a subdivided town lot out of
land lot No. (275) two hundred
aud seventy-live described »• fol-
Iowa; Fronting on Goidon street
-ighty-eovon (87) foot and extend
ing hick a dis fane* c f one bund r«d
and eleven sett, lying in the north
east corner of a tract of five acres
bough’ by J. N. Wright from J .
B. Sullivan in 1884, with dwelling
house aod othoi impruvemeuie
built lhereoß.
Also pait. of laud lot No. (284)
two hundred and eighty four in
the 28rd district and 3rd section
ol Floyd county. Ga., in th» Fifth
ward ot thnoity ts Rome, fronting
on Maino street 64 feel more or
loss and running back 300 feet
along the line between <h* proper
ly herein described aud Mrs F. A
Chosvrs, to the property formerly
owned by tho J. J. Cohen estate,
thence along said Cohan line 48
feet, thence running back along
the line between tho property
h rein described and that owned
by tho E. E . Lumpkin estate 210
feat to e crook and thence 90 foet
to tbG starting point on Maine
street
Also a irsctofla.jd in C >thrans
boro, near Rcai«>, known on the
map of ’ethransboro as lota N s.
cl, 52. 58, 54 and 55, all on ttw
east aide ot tbs Southern railway,
fron’itn, tho right of w»y of said
railroad 581 feet, and rm nine
easterly from toe nor h point
sa-d tract 155 fee’, th*n » south
• rly 5C6 feet, tbei ce tO6 feet t<
the south point of said tract of
land where It joins the right ot
way of said railo ad.
Tho feme being ths pr perty of
’■ rs. Sarah A, Dailey, lain of s-rd
county, deceased Su’d for th*-
purpoee of pay tig kgaoiea ano
deb’s. Terms cash.
Sam L FUMKfIuUsIR.
admiiiiatrator da bi sis non with
the will annexed, of the estate ol
Mrs. Sarah A, Driley. deceaeKi
WILD LAND SALES.
Will be sold befere the court
house door in the city of Rom*.
Floyd cDunty Georgia, between
the lexal hours of sale on the tiret
Tuesday in January, L'99.the fol
lowing described property tcwii
All that tract or pircel of land to
wit.Lot No 333 containing 100
acres and lot No 816 containing
160 acres, all lying and being in
the 22nd District and 3rd Section
of Floyd county Ga. Levied «n by
virtue of a tax fi fa issued by V T
Sanford tax collector for tax 1897
due said *tate aud ceunty against
B H Taylor as the property of the
defendant.
Also at tbs same 'ime ar.d place
that tract or parcel of land
known in the plat a& l -t No 78 in
the Brd District and 4 h Sec’ion
of Floyd county Georgia contain
ing 40 acres more or less. L«vi«d
on by virtue of a tax fl fa issued
by V P Sanford tax collector for
JS97 in favor < f said state and
county vs Silas F Smith as the
property of the defendant.
Also at the same time and place
all that traet or parcel of land be
ing lots Nos. 718, 124, 808 and
805 and 94 in- the Ifth District
and 4th Section of Floyd scanty
Georgia containing 200 acres more
or less. Levied on bv virtue of a
tex fi fa issued by V T Sanford
tax collector for tax 1897 in favor
of stats and county vs Frank L
MiJer as the property »t ths de
fendant.
J. P. McConnell, Sheriff.
ADMINISI Rai OH’S SALE.
CBORGHA FLOY* COUNTY.
Agreeable to au order es the
court of Ordinary will be sold be
fore the court house door between
'he legal hours of sal* «u tbefiiai
Tuesday in January 1899 the fol
lowing described property: —A
part, of lot No. 56 in the Cothran
and Chisholm addition to Rome
Ga., lying on the South side of
a!Ly aud fronting on Gibson street
52 feet and running along said
ailey 103 feet as now enclos-d.
Reserving the us« of we! 1 for the
benefit of the two leaiau-iug hous
eg on said lot. Terms cash. Sold
us the property of John J. Black,
deceased. Sam’l Funkhouser
Acmiuistrator ot J. J. Black, Dec"d,
LETTERS OF * D ‘UNIR r RA-
. TION.
UEORHIA FLOYD C UNTY .
To all whettn it may concern, Mrs
M. J. Morrison having n proper
orm applied to mw for pematteui
letters of administration on th>
estate of E. T.
said county, deceased. This is to
e>te ail and eiugui.tr th ce< !'• i»
and next of kin of E. T. hlorris' n
to be and appear at cut &-.*>
•vitnin the time allowed by law
tnd show cause if anv t e.ia.
why permanent aiinriiiatia.'’ ji
■ hould not b* g •• < M r .V.
J. Morrison on E T. Memson’s
es’ate Witmc.-S my baud aud ot
deial signature this 7:h d. y et
Nov. 1898.
John P. Davis, Oidicary,
TW!I j Tai sales
r ar Jan 1899.
OBURBIA,FLOYD COUNTY,
Wil! be sold before the court
bouse door in the city of R >me
Fieyd county Ga., between tho
legwl hours of sale >n the Istl’uee
dnv in January 1899, the follows
ing described property bv v>tu
of atate and county tax fi la* le
aned by the tex cellecior of Fieyd
eeun'y Ga., and against tbe fol
lowing named defendants.
Ail ihat tract or parcel of land
with improvements lying aud being
in the town of East Rome iu Floyd
oountv.GS., beginning at a point
on tbe North side'of.Spring street
distant 350 feet East oi North Si,
running thence Northerly in a
line parallel with North street 300
feet, thence Easterly in a line par
allel with Spring street 158 seek.
thence Southerly in a line parallel
with North street 800 feet to a
point on the Northern line of
Spring street, thence Westerly
ah ng the Northern line of Spring
3 reel 158 feet to the point
• f begini'iiig. L i ved on a's the
property of Mrs. L .J, Patton the
defendant and now in h»-r possess
cion ui dor and by virtue es a tax
fl fa i»su d by J .Un D Moore for
mer ti.x collector for t x 1896 m
favor o' state and county for the
use of W T Chenev trangfwrree.
Also at th* same time and place
all that tract or parcel of land ly
ing and being in the 4 h district
and 4tn section of Floyd c uuty
oa., containing 200 acres and be
ing the la.-t part cf lot Nos. 318
and 295 and the East par’ of the
portion ■ f lot 282 lying Sou h of
Coosa river and being the farm 200
acres set apait and apportioned io
A’ H Waie under the will of his
tatber A o Ware deceased 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
hook “F F” efdisds pages 239,
24 ) and 241, »ai<! 200 acres being
bounded < n the North by (Joosa
rr er and E ist by lots 281, 296
•nd 817. on the S uth by ‘.be line
between 3rd and 4.b districts and
on the we#t hyweet poriien ot said
lots Nos. 282 295 and 318 and be
ing tLe same property conveyed by
J C Moore, sher IT, to W G Foster
and by W g Foster to R L Foster.
Lev ed on by virtue of a laxfi fa
issued by V 1 Sanford tax Mfldlec
tor for 1897 in favor of W T vhej
n'y irauslerren vs R L Foster as
property of the defendant.
J P Mc JoNNBLL. Sheriff.
APPLICATION FOR LETTERS
OF DISMISSION.
•XOMeiA FLOYD COUNTY.
Whereas J S . Kinnebrew guar
dian of John M. Bailey, repre
sents to the conr. in his petitioa
duly filed, that he has ariminie
t»red John M. Bailev’a cats'# and
that be has turned over t« eaid
ward all of hie patate. Thia
is to cite all persons concerned,
kindred ano creditors, to show
cause if any they can, why eaid
gua diar. should not be dis
charged from his guardianship
and receive letter* of dismission
on the first Monday in January,
1199. This Oct. 7th 1898.
J 'WN P Davis Ordinary
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
Ptiieuanl tc an order of the
court of ordinary will be sold be
fore tbe court house door in the
city of Rome oa wi'hiu the legal
hours of sale on th# first Tuesday
in January 1899 the follow inir de
scribed property towif
F’ort-y acres es land the bub»
being 40 acres in the Southwest
corner of laud lot No. 165 in toe
24th district and 3rd section of
Floyd county oa.
Said property sold aa th* prop
erty of E J Parkinilvi o. m
c junty deceased. T.-run of sal
pash. W H Ennis,
Administrator of the estate ol E
J Perkins deceased.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
Walter Mize ) No. 29. Libel far
vs ’ divorce. Iu Floyd
Mary Mize ) Superior court state
of Georgia, January term, 1899
»’o Marv Mize—
The defendant is hereby requir
ed personally or by attorney to be
and appear at the ntxt Sup u rior
court to bs held in and for eaid
coanty, on the third Monday in
January next, then aud there to
anewer the Plaintiff’s petition for
Libel for Divorcs it» d< fiuit
thereof s. id court will proceed as
to justic-i jhail appertain.
Wit_es« th# Honorable W. M.
H-nrv. judge of said court, hie
i4'h day ot Nov. mber, 1898.
W.m E. Bbysik§kl.
Clerk of Cut