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MN'H ' A
GHIITB ELECTION.
Mr. A. M. Word is Now at the
Head of
THE FIKE DEPARTMENT.
F. Hanson and R C Tippin
Elected Assistant Chief*. Rd
tiring chief Makes R sport
The Rome Fire Department
met in No. 2’s hall at the City
Hall la>t night and elected offi
cers for the ensuing year.
Retiring Chief W. J. Griffin
presided over the meeting and
Mr. J. M. O’Rear acted as secre
tary. Retiring Chief Griffin made
his annual report which shows
that Rome has one of the most
efficient fire departments of any
city of its size in the country.
During 1898 there have been
45 fire alarms, 16 of which were
telephone alarms. None of these
were serious except the Bass &
Heard fire where the loss was
considerable to their stock on
account of water. Up to this time
the total loss only amounted to
$9,000
As to the fire alarm system,
Mr. Griffi.i reported that at the
beginning of this year the alarm
was in very bad condition, but
that it has been greatly improved
and some of the defects have been
remedied
This is quite a compliment to
City Electrician C B. Seay, who
took charge of the alarm system
in April.
During the year 4,500 feet of
new hose has been furnished the
department, which now has all
told, feet in good condition
The election of officers for th e
ensuing year was gone into with
the following result:
Chief—A. M. Word
First Ass’t Chief—F. Hanson.
Second Ass’t Chief —R. C.
Tippin.
Secretary and Treasurer—Sam
Cothran
The newly elected chief, Mr.
A. M Word, is an old fireman
and has been a member of Hose
Co ,No 1, for a long time.
He has all along taken a great
interest in the department, and is
one ot the best firemen in the city.
He will make Rome a most ex
cellent chief and the department
is to be congratulated in having
him at their head.
Tooth, nail, shoe and
cloth s crushes, mani
cure sets, blacking,
shoe polish at Jervis &
Wright’s uptown, low
price drugstore.
A NEW FIRM.
The firm of Moore & Reece
composed of John D. Moore and
J. Walter was dissolved
yesterday by mutual consent.
Mr. Reece will retire from the
business. Mr. James A. Glover
has bought an interest in the
business, and the firm will here
after be Moore & Glover, who
will conduct the market and
grocery business as heretofore,
and they respectfully solicit a
continuation of the liberal patron
age extended Moore & Reece.
The very best meats and fresh
est grocreies will be kept, and all
favors consistent with good busi-
THE ROME HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL
ness will be cheerfully extended
to the patrons of the new firm.
All accounts due the firm of
Moore & Reece will be collected
by Moore & Glover.
This firm is composed of two
•f the cleverest men in the
state and as heretofore stated will
give the most perfect satisfaction
in the quality of the meats and
groceries sold by them and in
the prices. |
Have your orders ready for
their representatives in the morn
ing, who will call at your resi
dence.
Lead pencils, chalk,
carbon, pens, ink, writ
ling paper and envel
opes maybe found at
the low price drug
store of Mess, Jervis &
Wright, corner Broad
Street a d bth Ave.
A SAD DEATH.
Mr*. George Beauford Die* Suddenly
Thl* Morning.
Mrs. George Beauford, wife of
a well known citizen of North
Rome, died suddenly at her
home this morning about 8 :jo
o’clock.
Mrs. Beauford has been in bad
health for some time, but was
able to be up and about the house,
and when her husband bado her
g odby this morning he little
thought that the startling news
would be brought to him of her
death a few hours afterward.
Mrs. Beauford was about 35
years of age and was a sweet
spirited hristian woman, with
many friends who will be shocked
to learn of her sudden demise.
She leaves a husbadd and little
girl about 12 years of age to
mourn her death. These have the
sympathy of many friends in
their sore bereavement.
The funeral will occur tomor
row.
Prescriptions will be
filled with the utmost
care and promptness
at the up-town drug
store of Mess. Jervis &
Wright. Ihe low price
I rue rppies to pre
scriptions a'so.
Le Hardy Lodge No. 154
Knights of Honor, will hold their
regular meeting at their hall in
the Medical Building Friday
evening, and install the followingi
newly elected officers: J. B.
Nevin, Dictator; F. H. Schlap
bach, Vice Dictator; J. B. F.
Lumpkin, Asst. Dictator; J. E.
Mullin, Reporter; Geo. F. Chid
sey, Financial Reporter; E. C.
1 Hough, Treasurer.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE
DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets All druggists refund
the money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The genuine has L B. Q, on
each tablet
HOW IT HURTS!
Rheumatism, with its sharp
twinges, aches and pains. Do
you know the cause? Acid in the 1
blood has accumulated in your
joints. The cure is found in
Hood’s Sarsaparilla which neu
tralizes this acid. Thousands
write that they have been com
pletely cured of rheumatism by
Hood’s Sarsaparila.
Hood’s Pills cure nausea, sick
headache, biliousness, indiges
tion. Price 25 cents.
ROME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1899.
BHEAW WATBH
I
A Veil of Mystery Noon to be
Lifted.
A DASTARDLY CRIME
'To be Unearthed After Five
Years. Carry Sheet’s Wateh
Found by two Negroes.
After having been hid for
nearly five and a half years by a
deep cloud of mystery, it is
probable that the circumstances
concerning the tragic death of
young Carry Sheats and possibly
even circumstances of the murder
of Shugarman, the peddler, will be
brought to light, and though the
perpetrators of the awful crimes
may not be brought to justice, yet
their crime will be made known.
It will be remembered that in
the summer of 1893 the body of
a peddler by the name of Shugar
man was found tied to a tree
within a quarter of a mile of
Morrison's camp ground seven
miles north of Rome.
The scene of the awful crime
was in a dars, deep, dismal
wood and the discoverers were
I attracted to it by the number
lof carrion crows hovering ov-r
the place and the awful stench
which permeated the atmosphere.
When the body was discovered
decomposition had set in to such
an extent that the head had
| fallen from the body, and the
flesh had been devoured by hogs
and dogs while the carrion crows
were holding awful carnivals oft'
the flesh which hung from the
frame of the poor man’s body.
The murder was a mystery,
but the officers got so hot on
the trail of certain i-arties that
they left between two suns and
have not been captured yet,
though evidence of their guilt
was left behind as some articles
from the peddler’s pack were
found stored in and around their
dwelling.
A short time before Shugar
man’s body was discovered, a
young man by the name of Carry
Sheats, well known around Rome
disappeared.
Nothing was thought of Sheats’
disappearance at first as he was
known to be, though industrious,
a roving character.
It was learned, however, that
he had gone up in the territory
near where Shugarman’s body
was found, to work in a saw mill-
When Shugarman was discov
ered Sheats’ friends became un
easy as he did not show up at the
mill and instituted search for him
Later his partly decomposed
body was found in an old well
where it had been thrown and
there covered by underbrush.
T. R. Dempsey and several
others recovered the body, but
Sheats had a watch and some
money on his person when last
seen in Rome, and as these were
now missing the object of the
murder was well understood.
Sheats was buried, and possi
bly the crimes, though awful in
detail, have been forgotten by
many.
There are, however, several
officers in Rome who have not
given up the work of ferreting
out the murderers, and they have
worked slowly, but now their ef
forts are about to be crowned
with success.
Several days before S heats left
Rome he carried his watch to
Mr J. K. Will iamson, the Jew
eler, to be mended, and as Mr.
Williamson keeps a record of the
number and description of all
watches placed with him he can
turn even to-day to the number
of Sheats’ watch.
With this imformation the of
ficers have worked, and at one
time the missing time piece was
located below Cave Spring, but it
was again lost sight of.
Now it turns up again, and to
gether with other evidence may
be the means of solving the mys
tery.
Sometime before Christmas
Johnson Smith who resides at
No. 2 North Boundary, St., and j
Cicero Wilson, who resides at
326 Spring Creek avenue, while
cutting wood for Mr. J. L. Camp
near the country residence of the
late W. N. Moore, found a watch
in the bed of a wet weather
stream. Smith brought the watch
to Rome and it was shown to
several gentlemen who have in
terested themselves in the matter
together with the officers who are
working the case.
Smith has the watch now in a
secure place and when the proper
time comes it wiil be brought to
light. In the mean time the of
ficers are persuing their inves
tigation and it is thought that in
a short while a veil of mystery
will be lifted.
LOCAL NEWS.
Items of Interest Gathered From
The Street Corners.
Regular prayer meeting servi
ces will be held at the Presbyte
rian church this evening to which
all are invited.
The January term of the Justice
court of the Rome district con
vened this morning, with Justices
Harris and Treadaway presiding.
Cotton continues to roll into
Rome at a lively rate and the re
port from the country is to the
effect that there is much more yet
to pick.
Hon. Nat Harris has been ap
pointed assistant clerk of court
by Clerk Simmons, to serve un
til Mr. Sam Cothran goes into
office, May Ist.
The first quarterly conference
of the First Methodist church
will be held in the lecture room
this evening at 7 o’clock. All
are invited to attend.
Cherokee Lodge F. & A. M.»
held a pleasant convention at the
Masonic Temple.last night. Sev
eral pleasant speeches were made
by different Masons.
The Epworth League of First
Methodist church will hold a so
cial and busness meeting at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. John
Bale, *n Tower Hill next Friday
evening.
The wide awake reader will
not fail to note the new advertise
ments in to-day’s paper. It is an
admitted fact by people who con
stitute the purchaser class that
those business men who advertise
their goods and wares are the
most up-to-date and progressive. I
For low price drugs
you will go to Jervis &
Wright, you Aillfind a
large stock of chewing
and smoking tobacco,
cigars a d cigarettes,
pipes, etc. I
IffININC ORDERS
The Third Georgia Given Order
to Get Ready
FOR THE TRANSPORTS.
They Will Embark for Neuvltas
at an Early Date. Rome boys
are Well And Happy.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 4. —The
Third Georgia regiment received
a warning order yesterday from
| the war department.
That means that everything
should be in readiness to board
the transports in a short time, for
moving orders may be expected
any day.
The reason the Georgia boys
have been detained at Savannah
is not because of any doubt they
would eventually go. Troops
were needed at Havana and oth
er points in that vicinity more
than they were needed at Neuvi
tas, consequently every available
transport at the disposal of the
war department has been utilized
in sending troops to Havana and
points to be occupied by the be
ginning of the new year.
A transport will be in Savannah
in a few days and the Third
Georgia regiment, with the re
maining portion of the Eighth
cavalry, will embark for Neuvi
t tas.
The Rome boys in the Third
Georgia are well and happy and
ready to embark for Cuba at any
time. Capt. Stewart is exceeding
ly popular with both officers and
men.
Col. Berner is now in com
mand of the Savannah camp.
WE
The Idler was meandering
along the lower end of Broad
street this morning when he was
Accosted by Charley Goetchius,
who once upon a time pushed a
pencil in the fond hope of some
day sitting in a managing editor’s
office and raking in the shekles
which is the dream of every
young newspaper man’s life.
Charlie is one of the hustlingest
insurance men that ever chased
1 down a banker to write a policy
on his life, but the old newspaper
fever still clusters around his
brow and he knows news, loves
enterprise and keeps abreast of
the times.
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“Don’t you know,” said Char
lie, “that lots of folks run wild
over cotton and cotton receipts,
but are negligent as to small
manufacturing enterprises, when
the latter is the salvation of the
town. Now here is a list that I
compiled while hustling insur
ance that shows that there is as
much if not more money that
goes into the channels of trade
of Rome from our manufacturing
enterprises than comes in on cot
ton wagons.”
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Then Charlie pulled forth a
I minature declaration of independ*
’ ence and from it we gathered the
following facts: The Rome Iron
Co., Lindale Cotton Mills, Rome
Cotton Factory, Rome Stove
Works, Co-operative Machine
Works, C tton Seed Oil Co.,
Scale Works, Plow Factory,
(George’s Foundry, Rome Tan-
10 CENTS PER WEEK
nery, Chemical Works. Rome
Brick Co., Morrison-Trammell
Brick Co., Rome Flouring Mills,
Ice Factory, Patton Sash Co.,
O’Neill Mfg. Co., Davis Terhune
Wheel Works, Rome Furniture
Factory, Rome Compress Co.,
and divers other small enter
prises turn into the channels of
trade of Rome over $1,000,000
every year which are paid out to
the operatives of these several
enterprises.
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“Now,” said Charley, “Rome
receives about 40,000 bales of
cotton by wagon every year and
this cotton if marketed at $25 per
bale will bring $1,000,000 which
is about the same as is turned
loose here by the factories.”
* *
“I just give you these sugges
tions to think about. For I believe
that Rome’s future lies in the
establishing of small manufac
turing enterprises. We have the
environments to make this a live
manufacturing town if our mon
eyed men will invest in them and
drive them to success.”
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Mr. Geotchius’ figures are in
teresting, and The Idler is of the
opinion that, if our moneyed men
will only investigate they will
find that by bringing small man
ufacturing enterprises to Rome
they will make a profitable invest
ment for themselves and do much
to bring more people here, build
up their town and by creating a
demand enhance the value of
their present investments.
The Idler.
WHAT JOYFUL FEELINu.
With the exhilarating sens* of
renewed health aud strength and
internal cleanliness, which follows
ths use of Syrup of Figs, is un
known to the few who have not
progressed beyond the old-time
medicines and the cheap substh
tutes sometimes offered but never
accepted by the well-informed.
Buy the genuine manufactured by
the California Fig Syrup C».
TO THE PUBLIC.
After this week the Piedmont
Farmer will be changed from its
present form to that of an eight
page newspaper form. We have
consolidated with The Rome
Courier, which paper was estab
lished in Rome in 1843. We will
do our best to make the farmer
helpful to its readers. The com
bination of these two papers, and
issued as it will be in connection
with the daily evening Hustler-
Commelcial, offers superior fa
cilities to advertisers.
J. T. Gibson.
~A! „1 ■■ I
Our issue of yesterday ran
short, and some who have recent
ly subscribed, and some of the
old subscribers failed to get their
paper. Don’t get out of humor
—we will get things straight
pretty soon, and give you a read
able paper, and deliver it prompt
ly-
It is rumored in the political
exchange in Atlauta, that Con
gressman Lewis will not be a
candidate for Congress from the
third district two years hence, and
that President Dodson, of the
Senate, would be his successor.
The words of praise bestowed
upon Hood’s Sarsaparilla by
those who have taken it prove
the merit of the medicine.
Mrs. Beauford, we are glad to
, learn, is not dead as reported
elsewhere.