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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. * * * “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.” * * * 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. * * * “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.” * * * 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.