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L_i I Y NEWS. JOHN W. BALE, City Editor. L . £■ ■ - . " - l‘_U7Z— ■K PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. Albert Tumlin, of Cave Spring, was in the city this morn ing. Mr. J. H. Shahan, of Villanow, was in the city this morning on business. Warters’ Extra Good cigars are easy smokers and sweetly fragrant. Mr. Rosser Thomas, of Adairs ville, was registered at the Cen tral last night. Encourage home enterprise and industry by smoking War ters’ Extra good cigars. Mr. G. M. Sullivan, agent of the Southern R. R., at Gadsden, Ala., is the city. When you are nervous and “out of sorts’’ one of Waiters’ Extra Good cigars will quiet and soothe you. Tomorrow is regular justice court day at Flatwoods and Floyd Springs districts, and several Rome attorneys will attend. The friends of Mayor Seay will regret to learn that he was confined at his home this after noon with LaGrippe. I The many friends of Mrs. J. A. Sharp will be glad to learn that she is recovering from a re cent severe attrck of LaGrippe. Miss Stella Hale and Mr. Earn est Ward have returned to their home in Centre, Ala., after a pleasant visit to Mrs. J. M. Hale. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Freid, ot Savannah, are the guests of Mrs. Freids’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Kuttner, on Fourth avenue. Mr. Thomas Warters is scru pulously honest which fact he establishes in the excellency of his Extra Good cigars. Miss Addie Mitchell will leave next week on an extended visit to Montgomery and Mobile. She will then probably go to Chicago for awhile. Mountain City Hose Co. No. 2, have purchased a handsome white horse from J. F. Greene & Co., to take the place of “Doctor B. who died last week. The new horse has been named “Joe Wheeler.” The cases against Col. B. F. Sawyer and his son Mr. Robert Sawyer and Messrs. Norris and Holmes Smith, have been indefi nitely continued by Mayor Pro tem Hamilton under written agreement of counsel on both sides. We are glad to learn from our ministers and others that the mid week prayer services are being well attended. There is no better sign than that of a church’s spir itual condition. And a good at tendance there, inspires and en courages the pastor. T. Y. Donaldson, the merchant, who was brought back from Frankfort, Ky., by Coker & Co., was given a committal trial be fore Judge Treadaway yesterday afternoon and bound over on a S2OO bond, which he gave. Don aldson is on trial this afternoon in the city court before Judge G. A. H. Harris. City 7 Electrician C. B. Seay yesterday succeeded in fixing the indicator in No. 4 Hose Co’s house. The indicator has all along struck correctly but has failed to register for four years, and it was thought at one time it would have to be sent to the factory, but after being worked at by the City Electrician he discovered where the machinery . was at fault and yesterday it kj-egistered correctly. Fruit Trees AND ’ HOME FIRE INSURANCE. If you miss a season you lose a year in the bearing of your fruit trees. I can fill any orciers for trees, flowers or grapes. I have had 25 years experience, and can advise as to best varieties. lam also secretary of the Farmers’ In surance Association of Floyd county. The pro rated assess ments of this association has been but 45 cents on the SIOO 00 for the past three years. I will glad ly explain its plan to any one. The 14th inst., is the stock holders' meeting. Come to the court house and know of its workings. GEO. K. GREEN. Ife! * liW&SI marrying in haste to repent at leisure is like buy ing diamonds and precious stores from an unreliabl3source Our magnificent stock of dia monds. watches, fine jewelry and silverware for wedding gifts ire unrivalled for theij beauty and fine quality. Our combi nations of precious stones and fine diamonds, in handsome designs, cannot be equalled in the city. J. K. Williamson Agt. The weather for the past day or two has almost precluded the possibility of farm work, and for that reason a good many of our country friends have been in the city. We are glad to see them and hearthem say, as many are now saying, that hereafter, they are on the “hog and hominy” plat form. May 1899 bring them great prosperity. All the up-to-date dealers show their knowledge of a good thing by keeping Warter’sExtra Good Cigars. HILL 6ITY BAKERY- H. G. Stoffregen, PROPRIETOR, Bread, Cakes and Pies of all the best kinds constantly on hand or made to order. Or ders by mail or telephone promptly and satisfactorily filled. WATER TAX DUE Call at the Water Works office in the Ci ty Hall and pay your water tax- Last day January 14th. T will be in the office from 8:30, am., to 12, m-, and l:30, p.m.. to 4:30 p,m. W R MOORE, Sectv. Treas. LETTER-FROM/THE ROBT. BLIST CO. To Jervis & Wright, the Leading and Low Price Druggists. Philadelphia. Dec. 24, 1898. We hereby wish to notify‘the gardeners and grocers oi Rome and vicinity that Jervis & Wright haye the exclusive sale of ‘ Buist’s Garden Seeds” for the season of ’99 and the new crops cannot be nad of any other dealer in Rome. ROBERT BUIST COMPANY. I) iINTSTRAToK S ALE. OKOJ GIA FLOYD COUNTY. B. viitu-uf an order ot toe c-Uit i ard nary of »aid coJnty and also Lv Virtue ol >< deciee ot the Su| eri r c-mt t < f Floyd coun ty, will be sold fief r- tin cr»ur» hous>' <!"■ rof eaid c in ty • n tm first Tu ►day in Fobiua-y 1899 during 'be fig'll bourn of sa'e to the h g'l Ht bidder, the L tl wmg propei ly, to wii : Part of lot No (l)oue in the Etowah division of the city of Rome, Geoigia. aitu a t e d on ihe corner of Brond street and Fourth avenue, fronting on Broad strei t sixty four (64) feet more or less ana running back same width towards East Fust street one hundred and six (106) Lei. Also lot No. (72) B-venty-two iw the Etowah division of th« city of R me, Ga fronting on East First street sixty six (66) feet and running back th 4 same width one hundred and thirty two (132)feet. Also pari of lot No. (73) sev enty-thr-e in tue E'owab divi-iou of the city of Rome, Ga, fronting on East Firs’ street sixty-six (66) feet and b g.uniug at the south wist eorio-r of 10l N . 72 and run ning lu.ck towards Broad street ninet y (90) feet, t hence at righ t angles across said I t 73 sixty six (66) feet, then e eighty (80) feet to East First str et. thence aii ng East F.rst stnet to the be ginning point. Al«<- an undivided one-ball in terest in the following real estate tow it: All that tract or parcel of land situated lying aad being in the Srd'distriet and 3rd seetion ot F nyd nountyCa , being that pari of a subdtr skd town lot out of land lot No. (275) two hundred and seventy*five described as fnl lows; Fronting on Gordon sin nt aighty-seven (87) feet nod extend ing b ick a dis’auce of cue hundred and eleven feet, lying in the nnrth east corner of a tract of five anrss bought by J, N. Wright from J. B. Sullivan in 1884, with dwelling house and other improvements built thereon. Also pait of land lot N». (284) two hundred and eighty-f»ur in the 23rd district and 3rd seetion of Floyd county, Ga., in the Fifth ward of the city cf Rnme, fronting on Maine street 64 feet more or less and running brek 800 feet along the line between the proper ty herein described and Mrs E. A. Cbeaves, to the property formerly owned by the J. J. Cohen esri te. thence along said Cohen hi e 48 feet, thence running back ao ig the line between the p operty herein described and th ; ow ed by the E. R. Lumpkin estate 210 feet to a crook and thence 90 f to the starting poii v on Mai le street. Also a tract of la..d in Cothrans boro, near Rome, known cn the map of Cothraushoro a? lots N s. 51, 52, 53, 54 and 55, all on the e ist side of th' 2 * Southe r n railway, ironting the right of way of said railroad 581 feet, and running easterly from the no h point of said tract 155 feet, then e south erly 566 feet, thence 306 feet to the south point of said tract ol land w here it joins the right of way of said railr< ad. The sane being the property of .Yrs, Sarah A. Dailev, late o 'said conuty, deceased Sold for the purpose of paying legacies and debts. Terms cash. Sam’l Funkhouser. administrator de benis non with the will annexed, of the estate ol Mrs. Sarah A, D tiley, deceased.! Wn. E. BEYSIEGEL, LAND TITLES ABSTRACTED AT REASONABLE RATES. ALSO RESIDENT AGENT FOR THE Mutual Life Insurance Company, Ihe largest Life Insuranee Company in the world. Also agent for reliable Fire Insurance Companies. Loans negotiated on farm and city proyerty. Prompt attention given to all business Office up-stairs over Cantrell’s Crockery Store, Rome. Ga /■ &j\ HALF DOLLARS. [5605 A| have assumed their semi-annual importance. Their after-the-holi day price cutting has given them them the purchasing power of dollars. Business must be re-arranged for the new year. We need mon ey 7 and we need room. To get both, the prices on every piece of FURNITURE in the store has been reduced. The figures may suggest cheap ness of price not quality. RHUDY, HARVEY & CO., 337, Broad St. SOUTHERN RAILWAY; Comlenneil Schedule in Effect December lb, 1898. STATIONS. ' No. 16 No. 1V No- I Lv Chattanooga 6.4 am 6.1 Opm ill. 16pm Ar Dalton 7.ssam 7.25 pm 12.05 am Ar Rome 9.15 am 8.20 pm 130 am Ar Atlanta 11.50 am 10.30 pm R.OJam Lv Atlanta 12.0'pm 10.50 pm 5.30 am Ar Macon 2.25 pm I.ooam 8.30 am Ar Jesup 6.59 pm 5.43 am Ar Everett 735 pm 6.25 am Ar Jacksonville 9 55pm 8.55 am Lv Jesup 110.00 am ........ Ar Jacksonville I.oopm I Lv Everett .. 7.45 pm 6.30 am ........ Ar Brunswick 8 45pm 7.45 am No. 16 carries Pullman sleeping Car Chatta nooga to Jacksonville without change No. 14 is solid Vestibuled train Chattanooga to Jacksonville carrying Baggage Car. Day Coaches and elegant Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Cars, through without change; also. Pullman Sleeping Car Atlanta to Brunswick. No. 8 carries Pullman Sleeping Car Chatta nooga to Atlanta. ' STATIONS. |~No7~i3 No~ls Nofi7~ Lv Atlanta 5.15 am 4.00 pm 7.50 am Ar Rome 7.30 am 6.25 pm 10.20 am Ar Dalton 8.35 am 7.25 pm 11.30 am Ar Chattanooga 9.50 am 8.40 pm I.oopm Lv Chattanooga 10.00 am 9.00 cm Ar Burgin .... 4.15 pm Ar Lexington I 5.00 pm 5.00 am Ar Louisville 735 pm 7.55 am Ar Cincinnati ... | 7.30 pm 7.45 am Lv Chattanooga.. . 7 L2spm T.loam 1.25 pm Ar Nashtdlje . 6.55 pm 6.40 a- 6.55 pm No. 13 carries Pullman Sleeping Car Atlanta to Cincinnati without change. No. 15 carries Pullman Sleeping Car Atlanta to Cincinnati and Chattanooga to Louisville. STATIONS. ~ | No. 13 No. 36. Lv Chattanooga I 4.10 am 16766 pm Ar Knoxville j 8.05 am I.loam Ar Mornst wn | 9.50 am 2.25 am Ar Hot Springs 11.40 am 4.00 am Ar Asheville I.lopm 5.10 am Ar Salisbury 6.35 pm 9.30 am Ar Greensboro 9.52 pm 12.0rtpm Ar Raleigh I.4oam| 3.23 pm Ar Norfolk 7.50am‘ Ar Wa hington..... ...7' i 6.42am' 9.05 pm Ar New York i 12.43 pm 6.23 am No. 12 carries Pullman Drawing Room Sleep ing Car Chattanooga to New York via Ashe ville and Salisbury to Richmond, arriving Rich mond 6.00 a.m. also Pullman Sleeping Car Greensboro to Norfolk. No. Ul is solid train Chattanooga to Salis bury. with Pullman Sleeping Car Chattanooga to Salisbury and Salisbury to New York with out change. STAriojis. ' No. 4 No. 6 Lv Chattanooga 5.00 pm •.team Ar Knot; vilie 8.45 pm 1.05 pm Ar Morr.st wn 2.15 am 2.25 pm Ar Bristol 6.45 am 5.05 pm Ar Washington 11.20 pm 7.45 am Ar New York 7.Warn 1.20 pm No. i>. carries Pu'lman Sl< ■■ . ar Chatta- nooga t > Washin.-i ol without change. No. 4 carries Pu’.lm 11 Sleeping Car Knox ville to Bristol. "stations. I ESfoTTs Lv Rome 9 25am Ar Anniston 11.25 am Ar Birmingham 10.00 pm Ttepm Ar Meridian 7.30 pm Ar New Orleans 880 am A r 9.45 am Ar Vicksburg 11.85 am Ar Shreveport 7.20 pm tNo. 15 JNo. 9 | tNo. ~IBTjNZIO 2.00 pm 4.50 pm Lv Rome ... ar 8.50 am 8.85 am 5.40 pm 6.57 pm Ar Gadsden, ar 6.00 am 6.30 am 6.00 pm 7.10 pm lAr Attalla, lv 5.45 am 6.80 am + Dally except Sunday. $ SundTyZniyT F. S. GANNON, 3dv.p. & G.M.,Washington, D.O. J. M. CULP, Traf. Mgr., Washington, D. G. W. A. TURK, G. P. A., Washington, D. O C. A. BENSCOTER. NEW TEAR PRICES! Stock Taking is over, and we now make prices to CLEAR OUT Heavy Winter Goods. We Need Cash! And you need Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Clothing, Shoes, &c. These all go in this sale at Slaughtering Merciless Prices. FINE JACKETS - CAPES At 50c on the Dollar I 1,000 yards good Calico • 800 yards Dress Ginghams 3 7aC 40 Boys’ Satinet Suits, 4to 12 49 c 50 Boys’ Wool Suits, 8 to 14 -$ 1 2 5 48 Boy’s Fine Wool Suits, 9 to 16 2 30 50 Remnants 12 %c Cotton Flannel 7 c 35 Remnants 15c Cotton Flannel -- B%c 75 Remnants Fine Dress Goods at half price. Hundreds of Remnants, Odds and Ends at nearly your own price. H. B. PARKS i CO. ROME BUGGY CO., Satterfield & Williams, as Ag .its,*- rianufacturers and Dealers in Garriaoes. Buotiies« Waoons, SCQandbll Broad, Street ROMB, GA Repairirg a Specialty. All Work Guaranteed. IN THE LF. XD ’ in peace as well as war Uncle is, J.k in the building of high grade 'XmuTjU carriages, in which we lend the | world. And we have the cream of them all right here in style, I Lx make, beauty, lightness,strength 1 and fine wearing qualities. Ex- amine our fine stock, an I if you \ do not wish to putcuise, you "ill keep up with the times on improvements. s? pf / i&A. ’a YOUNG MEN tiND LADIES Who attend Rome Business College this year will not PLAY business. They will actually transact business from the first to the last day of school, according to the most approved meth od. Those making high grades in Bock-keeping and Shorthand and Typewriting will secure positions. Text books ou book keeping will not be used, except in the theory department. Actual businsss from start to finish. Enter now. 11. S. SHOCKLEY, Principal. fc. _ 240 broad street. THE ONLY SECOND CLASS OFFICE IN THE WORLD