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ninth year
REFORMERS meet.
That Wing of the Democratic
' Party
holds mass meeting.
About too Present and 85
Votes Cast—Col Walton is
Chairman of Committee.
The reform element of the
democratic party in the city met
at the court house last night and
organized for the next two years.
It was ten minutes to eight
o’clock when Mr. W. M. Gam
mon, of East Rome, arose and
said that as chairman of the
county executive committee he
called the meeting to order.
After addressing the audience
which was composed of some
thing less than a hundred people,
all told, Mr. Gammon asked for
nominations for chairman and
secretary. Mr. A. W. Walton
was unanimously elected chair
man and Messrs. E. P. Treadaway
and J. S. Crawford were elected
secretaries.
Mr. J. W. Hancock then arose
and offered a set of resolutions
which were read by Mr. Nat
Harris. Why Mr. Hancock did
not read his own resolutions
or why the secretaries did not
read them was not explained,
but anyhow Mr. Harris read
those resolutions.
These resolutions called for
an organization of in the city
and for the selection of a
city executive committee, com
posed of a chairman from the
city at large and two from each
of the wards. It also contained
a covert lick at the present mayor
and council and also city clerk
Halsted Smith.
The resolutions were unani
mously adopted and the body
then proceeded to the selection
of a committee.
Col. T. W. Alexander was
nominated from the city at large,
but arose and declined to serve,
saying he was out of politics
Col. Alexander suggested the
name of Mr. W. M. Gammon,
saying that he was a good demo
crat and that he could not see
why he couldn’t serve in Rome.
This created a little buzz but
Mr. Gammon was decided not
eligible.
Then Mr. Treadaway nomi
nated Mr. Henry Harvey and
Mr. Nat Harris nominated Mr.
helix Cantrell. These names
were however, withdrawn when
J. L. Camp nominated Mr. A. W.
M alton who was elected.
T hen came the selection ot
committeemen from the First
Ward. Mr. Nat Harris whis
pered to Mr. E. P. Treadaway
"ho arose and nominated Mr.
]• T. Moore. Mr. Nat Harris
then nominated Mr. W. M.
lowers and these gentlemen
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were unanimously elected.
In the Second ward there was
quite a little contest. Mr. V. T.
Sanford nominated Mr. Albert
Ewing, Mr. W. J. Griffin nomi
nated Mr. Hines Smith, Mr. Nat
Harris nominated Mr. J. W. Han
cock and Mr. J. S. Fouche nomi
nated Mr. D. B. Hamilton, Jr.
Mr. J. A. Gammon wanted Mr.
Hines Smith elected unanimous
ly, but it was decided to take a
ballot. There were 79 votes cast
and Mr. Ewing, nominated by
Mr. Sanford, and Mr. Hancock,
nominated by Mr. Harris, were
elected.
Then came the Third ward,
and Messrs. M. N. Nixon, J. S.
Fouche, 11. C. Harrington, H. H.
McClure, J. J. O’Neil and W. J.
Griffin were nominated.
On the first ballot 85 votes
were ca-t and Mr. Griffin receiv
ing a majority was elected.
On the second ballot, there
were 75 votes cast, and Mr. H.
C. Harrington, who was nomi
nated by Mr. W. A. Knowles,
having received a majority was
declared elected.
During the taking of this ballot
Mr. V. T. Sanford passed through
the audience and announced in
the ears of the faithful that Cur
ran and Cantrell were the men
from the Fifth.
When the fourth ward was
called Messrs. H. D. Hill, Ed
Wolf, Henderson Lanham, J. B.
Hill, H. H. Richards and E. L.
Bosworth, were put in nomina
tion. There were 66 ballets cast
and on the first Mr. H. D. Hill
who was nominated by Mr.
Sproull Fouche was elected.
On the second ballot Mr. Hen
derson Lanham who was nomi
nated by Mr. W. A. Knowles
was elected.
When the fifth ward was called,
Mr. Red Battey, of Callier’s
Springs, nominated Mr. Mike
Curran. This nomination was
warmly seconded by Mr. J. L.
Camp who created some merri
ment by calling Mr. Curran, Mike
“Golddust” Curran.
Mr. Sproull Fouche nominated
Mr. Felix Cantrell. Mr. J. T.
Warlick was also placed in
nomination. There were 60 votes
cast and as Mr. Curran received
57 and Mr. Cantrell 52 they were
declared elected.
This completed the selection of
a committee, and Mr. Nat Harris
addressed the body for a few
minutes.
Mr. G. W. Fleetwood who is a
1 member of the county populist
executive committee, aud who
participated in the meeting voting
on every ballot, also arose and
made a speech, and though he
did not swerve from his national
political principles endorsed the
meeting, and of course this made
every thing all right and proper
and the meeting adjourned.
It makes no difference what
this committee ofclever gentle
men do, or what action they
take we assure them of one
thing, Rome will have a solidly
democra ic council next year as
sue lias at present, and has had
in the past.
ROME, GEORGIA. FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1599.
RIOT LAST NIGHT
Negroes Object to The Pest
House And
FIRE ON THE GUARDS.
Mayor Seay Quickly Dispatch
es a Posse Under
Camp to the Pest House.
There was a small sized riot
out at the pest house beyond
West Rome last night and Coun
cilman Hamilton’s guns came
very near being of valuable ser
vice.
Last night about 8 o’clock
Frank Murphy, the colored driv
er of the street sprinkler, who
had been sent to the pest house,
with somethings for the inmates,
rushed into Mayor Seay’s office
at the city hall and announced
that some parties had been firing
at the gaurds and at the house
and had tried to hold him up
Murphy was very much alarmed.
He had one pistol in his coat
pocket, one in one hand and his
hat in the other, while his face
had become as nearly ashen as a
coal black negro can become.
He was badly winded and had
run all the way from West Rome.
Mayor Seay and Councilman
Hamilton had expected some
thing of the kind as rumors had
reached them during the after
noon that the negroes living in
the vicinity of the pest house
were going to burn the building
and shoot the inmates.
As a precautionary measure,
the two guards, Messrs. A. L.
Lumpkin and J. T. Ware were
reinforced by the adding of
Messrs. D. C. Woodward, Joe
Sweeney and T. R. Dempsey
early in the evening.
Mavor Seay quickly summon
ed Sheriff Camp, Deputies
Broach and Byars, J. M. Johnson,
Lieutenant Guice and Policeman
W. D. Jones. These gentlemen,
armed with the police guns, se
cured a hack and drove as rapid
ly as possible to the scene of the
disturbance.
The rioters had evidently got
ten wind of their coming and dis
persed, but the guards • reported
that some twenty-five or thirty
shots had been fired at them
during the evening.
Mayor Seay and Councilman
Hamilton were very active in
wipeing out the smallpox and
there is no possible chance of the
disease spreading.
It was rumored last night that
a new case had been discovered
in East Rome and Mayor Mc-
Williams was notified, but this
was evidently a false report com
ing from an irresponsible source.
THE BAILIFFS’ ELECTION.
Copeland and Johnson Are Good Mem-
Elect Them.
To-morrow the voters of Rome
district will elect two bailiffs to
serve for two years. While these
offices appear to be small, yet
they are important as thousands
of dollars pass through their
hands every year.
The business men of Rome
should be specially interested as
to who these men should be.
There are two men announced
in which the Hustler-Commer
cial has no interest whatever,
other than that we believe tw o
better men could not be found in
the district to serve in the official
capacity to which they aspire.
Both have held places of re
sponsibility in the past and have
made faithful and efficient officers,
and no man can bring aught
against their official conduct.
We refer to Messrs. R. H. Cope
land andj. M. Johnson.
Mr. Copeland has served as
bailiff for the past two years and
has the commendation of every
business man in Rome. Mr.
Johnson has been a deputy sher
iff under Sheriff McConnell and
was a most excellent officer.
Go to the polls to-morrow and
vote for Copeland and Johnson
who submit their names to the
people without the intervention of
Star Chamber meetings and the
chichanery of political bosses.
CHIEF STEELE TALKS.
Says Barkepeers Have Not Been Viola
ting Laws.
Chief of Police Steele was seen
this morning regarding the pub
lished report of the sale of whis
key and beer in Rome on Sun
day and said:
“Whv, I don’t know anything
about it. Unless there are some
blind tigers running in Rome or
some of the back alleys and coon
haunts.
“Some time before I came in
office three men were arrested
drunk on Sunday and it is pre
sumable that they got their beer
some where.
“I don’t believe that any of the
saloon men have been violating
the law, in fact, all of the saloon
men in Rome are very clever,
honorable gentlemen, and I do
not believe that they would vio
late the Sunday law. They have
requested protection from blind
tigers and if there is any of the
eyeless animals existing here the
police are always on the alert,
ferretting them out, just the same
as running down any other vio
lation of law.
THE PHOTOGRAPHS SENT.
Bome’s Ex-Chief of Police Traveling
Under Name of Johnson.
As was stated in yesterday’s
Hustler-Commerciai, only, ex-
Chief of Police Shropshire has
been located in Los Angeles,
Cal., and several telegrams have
passed between Mayor John J.
Seay and Chief of Police Glass,
of Los Angeles.
The Hustler-Comm e r c i a l
learned this morning that the
photographs telegraphed for by
Chief Glass were mailed to him
from Atlanta, the only photo
graphs* of Shropshire and the
woman in this city having been
sent to Chief Manley, of Atlanta,
where Shropshire first turned up
missing.
Shropshire is traveling under
the assumed name of Johnson,
and if brought back to Rome it
will be done at an early date.
If you want the news first,
straight and up-to-date you will
always find it in The Hustler-
Commercial.
WHAT JOYFUL FEELINu.
With the exhilarating sense of
renewed health and strength and
internal cleanliness, 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 cheap substi**
tutes sometimes offered but never
accepted by the well-informed.
Buy the genuine manufactured by
the California Fig Syrup Co.
DECLfIRK ITVRBANT
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That is What the House Commit
tee Will do With
GENERAL WHEELER'S SEAT.
Precedents Point That way. |n
no Sanse is It a Personal
Question.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 6.
Advices seem to make it almost
certain that the house committee
which in all probability is con
sidering the question] to-day will
report adversely to Gen. Joseph
Wheeler’s retaining his seat in
congress. Other prominent sol
diers in the past have lost their
seats under similar conditions,
thus establishing the president.
The question seems to be one of a
purely constitutional nature, and
the consensus of opinion as giv
en by prominent lawyersis to the
effect that the holding of a com
mission in the army disqualifies
the holder for a seat in congress.
Mr. Underwood, of Alabama,
says it is “not a question of sen
timent, and if it were, the house,
almost to a man, would vote to
have Gen. Wheeler retain his
seat.”
In the event Gen. Wheeler is
unseated, the whole country will
receive the information with -feel
ings of deepest regret.
LOCAL NEWS.
Items of Interest Gathered From
The Street Corners.
The telephone number of the
Hustler-Commercial is 85.
When you want a reporter “ring
us up.”
•
The Epworth League ot the
First Methodist church will meet
with Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bale
this evening at 7 130 o’clock.
If you wish the Hustler-
Commercial left at your place of
business or at your residence
notify us in person or by tele
phone.
At a meeting of the directors
of the library association yester
day afternoon Miss Clara Rhodes
was elected librarian vice Miss
Linnie Hargrove resigned.
The trustees of the North
Rome public school will meet
next Monday night and elect a
superintendent and teachers. Rev.
E W. Ballenger has been urged
to take the superintendency of
the school, but it is not known
whether he has consented for his
name to go before the board yet
or not.
Don’t fail to notice the adver
tisement of Messrs. Dowdle &
Watkins, who are running a
meat market in the Beuna Vista
building. They are clever gen
tlemen to trade with, always
keep the best, nicest and-freshest
of everything in their line and
will give you perfect satisfaction
every time in every particular.
Give them a trial. You will be
pleased.
Mr. W. G. Dunahoo who had
in some way conveyed to him
Mr. W. J. Griffin’s interest in the
sheriffs’ office, will move into the
city Monday from the country,
and will take charge of the jail.
Mr. Dan Byars who first took
10 CENTS PER WEEK
charge of the jail, moving to the
Fourth ward. Mr. Dunahoo is a
clever gentleman personally, and
Rome is glad to have him as a
citizen.
Mr. Henry Thompson an em
ploye of the Rome Lighting Co.,
while fixing an arc light in the
Fifth ward yesterday broke one
of the fire alarm wires. City
Electrician C. B. Seay was noti
fied and the wire was repaired at
once.
Our city subscribers who fail
to get their papers regularly by
the route boys, will confer a
favor on us by reporting same
to this office. We will get mat
ters fully in hand in a few
days, after which things will
move with more system and
satisfaction to all parties.
The building of the house at
the detention camp out beyond
West Rome is progressing with
rapidity and by night all the
negroes under quarantine will be
moved into new quarters. Mayor
Seay is to be complimented on
the magnificient way in which
he has handled the small pox
case, and those who had been
exposed.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
Items of Interest Gathered From Far
And Near.
Chicago, Jan. 6.—Highway
men who were endeavoring to
make their escape after having
held up the dry goods store of
H. C. T. Boorman, at 832 Twen
ty-first place, engaged in a shoot
ing affray with Policemen Ed
ward Wallner and John McCau
ley yesterday evening and both
officers were badly wounded,
Wallner dying three hours later
in the hospital. McCauley was
shot in the arm and hip but will
recover.
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New York, Jan 6.—Recorder
Goff yesterday refused to reduce
the bail of Mrs. Fayne Moore
from $4,000 to SI,OOO as had
been requested by her counsel.
Washington, Jan. 6.—Com
plying with a resolution the
senate the secretary of the navy
has transmitted an estimate upon
the cist of fifteen battleships
recommended by the secretary of
the navy. The total estimate on
the vessels, including armor and
armament, is $50,269,200.
Macon, Ga., Jan. 6.—Orders
have been received at the corps
headquarters relative to the mus
tering out of the Sixth Virginia
and Third North Carolina, the
negro regiments which are sta
tioned here. This order has been
expected for some time, and the
news will be read with great sat
isfaction by many Macon people
who have been wishing that the
negroes would be sent away.
They will not be given the usual
thirty days’ furlough, as is cus
tomary, but will be turned loose
as soon as possible.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 6—Dr.
Mosses D. Hoge, the well-known
and eminent Presbyterian divine,
died at 2:20 o’clock this morn
ing.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 6—Mr. E.
P. Chamberlin one of Atlanta’s
most prominent and influential
citizens died this morning at I 150
o’clock after a two weeks’ illness.
He was a senior member of the
Chamberlain-Johnson —Du Bose
Co., one of Atlanta’s leading dry
goods houses.