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THE HUSTLER OF ROME. third YEAR. SfflWl 4n Atlanta Sensation \\ here in a Gay Hotel Clerk a nd A CHARMING W IDOW From th* !*•«•• S‘ ar Butt ** Te “ B pIaT a Star Ens«r«»» Bt l Old Lady of 85 ClaiaX t® j| aT a B««n Cruelly !>*••!▼«*• Atlanta Ga., March, 6.—Wbi • at hi« desk in the stylish new Ho tel Manon Mr. Eugene C. Killinger the polite day clerk, wae arrested yesterday afternoon by Detectives Wooten and Looney on a charge of seduction, Mr. Killinger is a fine-looking young man, new to Atlanta, hav ing come here at the opening of the Hotel Marion about two month* ag». from Houston Tex , From hi oldhome in the Lone Star stat he has been followed to his low home hi Georgia by a lady who claims that he has wronged and betrayed her. The lady came to Atlanta las. week in persuit cf Mr Killinger She sought him out soon after her arrival, but no satisfactory basis of arrangement could be arrived between them. She thru placed her troubles in the h'Ands of aw at torney and y. sferday morning the warrant for Mr. Killinger’s arrest was sworn out. *: The lady in the case is Mrs. M. A. Banks, a young widew, of Hous ion, Tex., and her dress and man ner indicate the lady, She was accompanied by her yousg daugh ter a pretty little maiden of about thirteen. ■'* They stopped at a fashionable boarding house on Washington street where it is not presumed that the purpose the lady’t vet '• Atlanta is know. Before taking any active step* in the matter, Mrs. Bankehal a meeting with Mr. Killinger. He refused to marry her and as no eth er settlement could be reached be tween them, she took the step which led yesterday afternoon to Mr. Killinger'* arrest. lae engaged the .services ot Mr. Cliff, rd L, Anderson, and acting un der bis abvice she swere out a war rant in Juhtieo Bloodworth’s court charging .Mr. Killinger with seduc tion. Mrs. Banks thin called «m Chi-»f Connsli and turned the warrant OTer to him for execution. She o-dh.r story to the chief and said ’uatdiehad known Mr. Killinger f or quite a while in Houston. She eaid Jhe was verey much disapoint when he left for Atlanta with- ■ , aT ‘ IJ S ft uy understanding 1 • ei and had followed him as the only resort. t.5 hlef 2? Unolly diß P*tched De- - 00t * n aud L ®°ney to *r- - Mr. kill lcgw and thege of _ is found him at the desk in the ‘heTfF He quietl J accompanied a I ’ to P ° llCe headquarter* « yarned by Mr. Hodge. P r Pnetor of the hotel. earnTT Were at once eon anxi u B #nd ’ Mr - being inger J ° A " B | Mr ‘ Kill ’ aa ditwa B dp?7Tu Wa9 Be,lt for notbeX dthtt bolld could e until today * ■ P " ia l .»g.g. d t 0 Ki ' liuß,r *“ d h » in the afr,. >P .' but rema ined Mr The r° v P ° llCe he,ld< l u *t«rß. a ; r Ft,der ’ the arrant w aiJg " menU: t 0 fi S ht Mr. r , twerenQ » d ». Qiea bavin 1 ' f *' era Mhatically ds- Mri. Bank? - | Omißo<i to m * rr y 'Sh to thTend? 1 fi6ht th ® Ca,e MrTn " in b ’ * p " l * 9 a Pplicatin e der w ill rosisl h. C n “ gly; Hsfe ‘ l ‘ "ill Beour. the re - ROME GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY EVEMNG MARCH 7. .1894. leasea of Mr. Killinger on bail today. Mr. Killinger is a gentlemanly looking yeung man about thirty years of age aud has a fiae reputa tioa in Houetoi, where he c. m > from, both as a man of honor and a gentleman. He hag made many friends since corning to At lanta. Hie empeyer Mr. Hodges, regards him very highly, and said of him last night: “I know him to be absolutely truthful and a man of honor, and that he would deliberately seduce Hhilplr-ss woman I cannot belive. He h\s been with me five years and hie always been a perfect gen tleman.” A warm fight over the applica tion fur a requ«ition may be ex pected. Mr, Alderson will repre sent Mrs. 'Bmks Mr. Felder will appear for Mr. Killinger. —T”—’ M LOCKED L t \tOBAVI HIS LIFE Columbus, (\ ’U-ch, 7.—John Spsckman a soMthe pemUnti ary guard of the name, who a few months agAclmmited sui cide by shooting, )aet night locked up at the cilp r j s<n lie succeeded hiAfather an a guard at the peuiteiA ry< For tfie last few days be has iL drinking heavily, and tonight wA (o Vi Uf>v Gray’s house of il 1 -fam(V Foui street. \ While there h® atteX| e d t 0 shoot himself, but was \n rme d and locked up. PROGRAM OF GENEIG MEBTIXG TO BE HELD AT FLC, • PKINGf BAPTIST CHURCH MARCH AGih, 17th, axd 18th. The s®coß<l general m e ting o the Fleyd ccun-y Baptist assecia tion will begin «n friday before tb« t iir«d Sunday in March at the Fioyd Springa Baptiat church. The executive committes have announced the following program? and ir ie hoped and expected that a large delegation frem all th* 5 churches in tne association will te present, The citizens of Floyd Springs are famous for their generous hos pihtatilty and a glourioue, good time is assured every obs wh® at tends. The Baptist Ministers of Fioyd county propose to form a ‘Preachers Meeting” and looking to that end every Baptist preacher in the county is invited to wieat at the First Baptist church in Rome o i Tuesday in April, Ist, Introductory Sermen on Friday at 11 a. no. W. M. Bridges. 2nd, What is the best method of iacreasing the atfandauee at Sat urday s meeting 2ad are Saturday insetinge to the best devl-p-neat of county churches 2nd, and whHb is better time fer them iocauwiK* or afternoon 2. H. D. Gilbert J. L. Roe, e G, W, 3rd, Is lhe forenoon er afternoon the most suitable and profitable time fer county Sabbath •chool>2. J. A. Glover W. J. Neel R. B. Sime. 4th, Ought every-church, when calling a pastor, decide in cbwrcb conference the amount of salary te ba paid aud if so who is re sponsible for its payments 2.' M. B. Tuggle J. W. Pullen —Rev, Bennett. Sth, Sftt. 11 a, m.. WUliam McKinsey—Atlanta. R. B. Huaden. 6th, Discussion of John 12th 13 th to 17th. R. B. Headden M. B. Tuggle P J Deason. 7th. Ought churches to meet every Lord's day? and so how can they make ths most of ths ser vices? 6. J. WhaUoy, Rev. Cnm . Bth. Sunday school mass meet’ at 9a. m. A. B. S. Moseley. 9th. Sermon at 11 a, m. M. A. Reeco, D. B. Hamilton. ' MM Wife f And his Entire Tic et Elected , by a big Majo-ity. i THE CHY INDEED JUBILANT And the Imported Help and JJaelara who Want to be Poll««iu*h Retire to the WHdemcss. Hew the Counting wa« Dene a d lhe Figures Rea. Yesterday was certainly a day that will be handed down in the history of (bis city. And ‘‘until death do come” mai y many, Romans wiil remember scenes that were enacted around the polls And all wiil remember, that throughout the entire fight of the diy, not abl w w passed, and but few. if any “bard things” were said, that will be remembered. The great good humor that pre- > vailed was no less remarkable than ( th-' intensify and heat’of the con- ] flict that raged from the moment c the Mo >re ticket voters swooped down on the polls at 7 a. rn. until ( Marshal Jim Brown closed them | at 6 p. m when the war was over. The battle was a royal one, and was fought to a finish on tbo Mooie t side. On the Seay side however ( s ome of the forces felt that defsat f was inevitable, ea-ily in the day and while a few became sick, and quit the ; field and many others wavered, but returned to the charge, only io wa- g ver again and repeat the sama tatties M until the polls closed. A minister who approuehed the jlls in the afternoen remarked <o be Hustler: “Iseenor.oed of ssk V where the victor} lios; I have just Ised eandidates on oposite sides * I know, aud see at work, and faces tell the tale “ 6ut four o'clock, Jess Holt and Thomas and a number of oti - tr Cf, ed workers for the Moor* tick<A J . la< d a “free nigger ‘ choii and si niary plantation molo dieß‘ />f rich local hits, and made j, pi ftß j ewift ®r crowd who swarmed around t\; ty Bv the \ „ \ee negro expression t/ e le P ol W ean ß to convey the idea .aat We ne^ a were ee TO t erg _ not Luring t. ~r euii(lea voted by the . n' w b °y politicians When at . ar . . T . sck, Marshal Jim Brown \e pulls ufostd, «of 1,213 register a , , , , Voters 1,147 had cast their bidloH The police the! , , \ , \ired the budd ing and the msna , . A and the tales men accompanied m i ■ n . . , , , i Clerk Nevin Bnd friends of botl , , , . ... . .lets moved the ballot box and , -ill J sheets to the Council chamber, , , ' proceeded to work. The three tellers or k , , , irs of tal ley were John J. Black A T „ T and Lew Wagner. But oV.‘ „ T m the count Mr. Wagner worn c. days fight, surrendered hh . L rr J O XU to I Lawyer Will Smith. I Mr. W. J. Neel stood ai\ . . . .i , i, . box and opened oat the ballots al ( ed every one of its kind toils r , ivo “stack.” ( Squire Luiapkin held his one of these piles or stacks and ed ballot by ballot to Mr. Hals MJ .... Smith who did tho calling for toller. Mr, Wood sat by the box a\ kept his trained eyes on the who.' lay out, and the work went msnilj and swiftly forward. Gathered in the room during th* evening were a number of friends of each ticket, among them Mr. J. H Kbod*s, Ca r t, Nevin, Juke Moor*, Georje Harris, Marshal Brown, John Vandiver, C, W. Und*rweod, Ed Colclough, Charley Hunt, Klip Wil iamaoti, Joe Jenkins, Re**e Miller, Pink Shropshire, Linton Smith The Hibtleb or Boms and perhaps, oth*r« whos* names were not obtained. Os the first 105 votes, taken from the last votes cast or from the top of the box which was the evening wsik John Moore led Capt. Seay, by 5 votes, at the end •' 210 votes, Moore‘s ( ] nmjmity grew steadily until the bot tom of the box was reached when it increased veiy rapidly and fii alh , stood 141. when the count was fin ished. I THE OFFICIAL FIGURES STAND. Teoi-lfr ticket, F„r Mayor John d. Moore FOB AI.IIKBMHN First ward. a. b. Mcarvar UG6 gecend “ w.j. Keel... Third " h. G; BtofTragen 562 Foarth “ waiter Harris gjj Fifth “ t. j. MeafTrey 475 CITIZKXS TICK KT. Far Mayor J, J. Stay 4! , 7 or alderman’, First ward nenry Harvey46l second “ Henry Lanedel),47s Third “ J. a. Gammon 472 Fourth “ h. i. Hill jh Fifth “ nenly Hoskinson IKBDFKNDBNT, ' Fifth ward r. Lytlel72 > m ore’s aiajarity 141 ‘ MeArver's ••'194 v e«’s ’* 189 stoft'rag .ns “19Q Harris’ “m Mcaffreys “,...;190, It will be seen that »li<k voters ut Iloskiason much heavier than they did McCaffrey, also that Mc- Caffrey, ths old war. boss of the Filth, has a clear majority of 18, over both his oponents. Mr. H. D. Mill the last mau to enter the race on the Seay ticket lei his colleauges by 14 votet Capt. Seay being second man. Mr. A. B. McArver of the Aloore ticket led the field, with Will Neel only one vote behind and Henry Stoffragen two behind Mr. Neel. After the count was over th* hundreds of friends of Mr. Moore and his ticket who wero waiting around the City Hall buildinj w r» permitted to ‘ get at” Rom.’ next mayw. 6 * They placed him in a chair aud 5 forming a merry, shouting exult ing column they headed for “Wall Street” aud where they made the night very “hideous” to the dwell ’ era who favored th.® Seay ticklst. At 11:30 they returned up Bread Street and after sersuadi g Mr E<l. Colelough at his livery stable proceeded to Mayor Moore's home in the Fourth Ward. In this fight the lines were prst ty clearly drawn and tho “admin istration” and its ticket fought tho ‘‘people's ticket” to the last ditch. The “ins’’ could not have pul forward a more determined and persi.tont fighter than Capt‘ Seay aod therefore th* victory te the “outs’' who new “go in'' was a mo t brilliant one. John D. Moora, will give Rome a vigerous, onergenic, f afely conserva live administration. “Mark that prediction. ” HENRY M’DONALD. ITILL AT THE JAIL EI T ALLOWID BOMI I PRIVILEGI S. Henry Mcdouald,the Atlanta so ciety young man, is still ret dm d at tne county jail on the charge of ob taining mow«T under false pretenses. The jail offieialss, however, aiiow tho the young man some liberty and yes terday he was enjoying the boautiful weather. MeDor.al‘l did what hun dreds of other young mei have done while usder the influeace of liquor, and bow that he io sober, he is truly penitent ter bisactieas.—Chattanoo ga News. TAKE NOTICE All pei sens in debt to ft ice & ijiitehoi d are r< q lested to call and lo at once. 1 aacouuts unpaid on 31*t of h will be placed for collection* | A. B. S. Mosley ’ Assignee Vr-t. =2 ~ 1 3 '"‘'‘Whiskey Habits M c ' lrc<i ut biCne wnb- CM ltd Jr tjf "J out f J<"ok of pas ■ ■; ticuliirs sent I'KKF. Aw»Kar®ii H.M.WQOI.bEY,M.D. y*ia. Office lot*; Whitehall SSI Grand Inducements -A_ WEEK We want you to see our superb spring stock It rivals anything ever shown in Rome, All that beauty, style, fashion, superior quality and low figures can do will be in full force in all our departments, L°° K BE OVER FUL <' DONT OUR / ‘V’ Miss THIS STOCK SALE. Every lady should see our magnificent line or new Spring dress goods they are sure to be delighted White Goods Laces Corsets ' Hosiery Cloves Furs, Unequaled drives in our Domestic department. Shirting Sheetings, Cotton checks at ’actory prices. Any quantity you desire. From one yard to five hundred. We can and will meet your demands. Slieetss*- Wchave in stock m excellent line of ready made sheets ami piliow cases at prices never before known for cheapness yon should iee these goods by all meant Keep your eye on phis column in Tr.e HUSTLER, Bargains every day THOS FAHY, 24 l„S; o, o d . st TERHUNE-BERRY HARDWARE COMPANY Leaders in Low Prices on All Kinds of SHELF and HEAVY HARDWARE. lhe Best Assorted Stock of Garden ' ools, Agricultural Impliments, Etc., to be found in the citv. Agents for the celebrated Stoves, ' Prices always and at all times the LOWEST, Your patronage solicited. 10 CENTS A WEEK.