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THE HUSTLER OF ROME
THIRD year.
AUCTION SALE.
WATCHES DIAMONDS JEWELRY,
Clocks Silverware Statuary and Bicycles.
Desk ing to close out our entire stock, We will offer at public Auction
Commencing Tuesday Morning M ’ch 27th, and Continuing every Morning from 8 to 12,
Afternoon and Evenings from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10, Until Sold.
• A DAY WILL BE SET APART ON WHICH WE WILL SELL FIXTU ?ES.
<ADIES ARE ESPECTALY -INVITED TO A TTKhXTT)B«-
The sales, Where the utmost decorum will be luridly enforced.
Everything will be guaranteed as repn sented by the auctioneer and sold without reserve.
WE IV A.2ST EXTSITTJESSS
I ■ Come and See for "Yourself.
•WHAMMACK LUCAS & CO.,®k
DR'JGIsTS and JEWELERS, 300 Broad Street Rome Georgia.
M IB MOORE.
■And the New Coun< il Tak®
The Ijalh of Otfice.
■hey elect their servants
B*'" 1 Assume the llHim o f Geyera
I «««t. Wh. the few Offlctrs nre Al-
■ I Miks List ot Mayor Metre's Com-
■ Biittec’,
■At exactly 8:45 ] ag t night, mayor
iH* S. King Ktoo 1 facing mayor
j 1,1 Moore, The seen® was-
M the Council chamber ami there
■*' ‘’<»n>etliroag of Romans the
-2 luayor was administering
’ office to the incoming
People, .... -
■ n ' time met and posed the lead-
| ' the red hot municipal cam-
■<gn of 1892.
■ Tne Picture was one long to be re
■TWw who witnessed it
he soo tten by the
' lb >n the drama, these
■mb"* bM “ b th.
Ktory US to UJake
■ n * a<lta:uisHon ® f oath m»v-
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Kwrto tt <e ' dle and WlHlllU
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■° k the 6fea ? l ‘? C " Mayor M, or
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ROME GEORGIA TUESDAY EVENING APRIL 3. 1894,
tunatoly for up, we begin our
term tn a time of great financial
depression.
Th is condition will require us
to exercise the most careful jug
mmt in meeting the demauds of
th* year A sketch of such
inform ition as 1 have been able to
gather will not he amis'- at tins
time ; and will gve some idea of
the d'ffi nilties before us: I learn
that the estimated gross revenue
ot the cRy for last year was $102,-
000
Os this amount only $92,000 was
realized. The shortage being due to
the income of $2,000 less from po
-1 ch courtfiues than wa e pected ;
to ‘‘etwH-ui $2 500 and $3,000 un
oll-cts'd water rent, and the bal
ance from a failure to receive a
tax on railroads; and also some
o er uncollected taxes that was
xp cted. The estin atref income
■or thy* year will ot necessity, be
• ss tnan for the year just gone.
1 learn that the assessment of
ast year, the difference m round
numbers between the two $
1 no returns of personal property
' ill be much less. Stocks of goods
’re lighter, the values of spec tic
reticles are 1 -as and from the two
causes, w* must expect a material
increase here. The loss from liquor
license will be $2,000, that from
8 reet tax and other I,cense, ftbou
$1 500. These license and s'reel tax
were fixed by the council whose
erm has just expired.
And while of course I cast n<‘
' fl 'ction upon the wisdom of their
” tion. 1 deem it my duty to call
»our attention to the conditions
that we must meet. Therefore it is
necessary, gentlemen, that you
’hould consider the question of
current expenses and income with
great cure and prudence.
There are some things that we
will be compelled to do. The in
terest upon cur bonds, and the
sinking fund must be met. Our
streets mint he worked. And, I
would suggest, i! possible, that a
general plan l>w matured which
will look to the steady and per
m oi»r.t improvemontof our s’r.-ets
—a plan hat can be carried out
io part each v<-ur, and will so r-c
omtn-ni itself to coming conn nls
that i‘ will be followed Lv them,
au i mir slreets will b'aoms a cred
it to our city. N » sin <l! item in
the prosperity of a city is its
health. When ever larue numbers
of people ara gathered in cities, it
is essential to healthfulness that
cleanliness should b>> enforced.
Toe larg r our city grows, the
more necessary it is to < nforce the
ordinances upon this subj ect
Our fire departm nt is an in-ti
tution that mint be kept uo to a
g" >d state of • t’i :l .icz. I ,i hi its
prompt and effec ive aciiuu de
pentls to a large extent, the cost of
fire insurance. So that in payment
tor this arm of our city government
he tax payer recieves a direct re-
ft is unnecessary for me to prnise
( h-‘ self sacrificing conduct of wur
noble firemen, as that is too w*ll
known here for com niui. I only
call your attention to a depart- I
meat that requires our most foster
ing c ire. I'be ne.v system of water
works just completed promises to
he a credit to our citv, aid it
•hould be our aim, with (he abun
dant supply of water that is now
at our command, to furnish it at
as low a price as possible to man -
ufacturing interests, so as to build
them up and increase th mi.
Every such interest brings new
population and greater taxable
values and if ’he item of water
at cost to us will encourage them
L suggest that such a course will b
worth your consideration.
Having mad’ these few suggeß
tions, 1 trust, gputleni« , ’hat our
work together will be harmonious,
and earnest. I do not doubt that it
will be faithful, and 1 irus that
| in all things for the interest of our
city, we will have the co-ipera
tion of our citizens.
For myself, I can only promise
that I will use my best efforts to
advance our city's interst • to
p ace h°r i.i the van of progress,
and to j fin wi’h ea:h and all of
you in fulfilling to the best of my
ability the duties which we have
! taken upon ourselves.
At the close of his speech
Myrer M ®ore granted a recess of
five minutes, in which the old and
the young pustd co nplimenis Tle
new Aldermen selected their seats
for the c miing two years when
the eouncil w s called to order the
!»n ißhers were ready for busings.
The firat j >b they taekled was the
sorting out an I classifying the ‘ dez
ens of applica ims that had been
h mded in asking, for every office
from Clerk do vn to Janitor
Alderman Neel was made tempo
rary clerx until this wsrk w.s in
s' ape.
.43r. Neel was unanimously elected to
■lie office of Mayor Pro.Tsui. In cai>
(office he s, cceeds Alderman W. A
( Wright w lio wis honored with that |
; place of trust by a unanimous vote
one year ago.
J o the office of there were ’
sir applicants, four of them receiving
no votes, while Mr. Hui t.d S?rfith
received seven. Mr. Smith was cal «d
in and took his place. He was elected
clerk on a salary of $1,300 and also
(fit) Attorney, the latter without sai j
ary, as per his offer. This saves the j
•ity $ >SO per annum ovei the former [
expense of these two offices,
Mr. Smith succeeds Japt. M. A i
Nevm, one of the beet officers j
that anv city has ever trusted (
with her affairs In retiring Capt.
Nevm carries with him the good
will and hearty w»dl wishes, as
well as the esteem and confidence
of every man, Woman and child
Coutinued on fourth coluirn of third 1 age
111)81(1 TUB
The Murderer of the late
Free Stephens.
PU T ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE
I ons Hunrfti-el Jnrnrs in
A <* «1 i live <• the R’-jr uI a r Panuels «■!
24 Draws arid Servi g this wok
After due objections on the p.vr
of the defense, the Wilkerson trial
was be un ttne af’srnmiii.
The attorneys f or ’h»» stat*, S•—
licitor- General Nuijna'lv, <>f the
Rome eirenit, and o>l WAtt Hur
•is, Cartersvill®, seem tn fi* m
g >od trim for the groat lvg-1 bat
tie.
(Vbilfi Branham, Messrs
’teese it D HH'y and o ii o .ht, rlam i
ilton & right under the leader
hip of Jud e liral’hnin opened
the ball c -nteudiiiK tor ev> ry men
if thsgrou id and b>ml on a msr
g n of I’eritory tor “pro’ectinu ’
Os the one hundred J m ars sum
monsed, about 65 answered, at 3,
o’clock, when clsrk Beysiegle ca 1-
ed the roll. At 4 o’clock the li-te of
the regular pnnnel of 24 a id th
next formed of 24 from those spe
cially summonsed were being
handed to the council.
The defendant, Frank Wilker
so j. was seat <1 among his attor
neys while M> ssrs. Frank ai d
John Stephens, of Cartersville I
brothers of the murdered man
were ala table on the opposite
side of the court room,
THE JURY.
At 5 o’clock the jury had been
selcteed «ud was as follows:
J. H. Fulton, farmer of A atm rs.
E. A. Keith, farm r. ot Clmli ,
J. L Duke, farmer, of Fiatw ods
Needham Griffin, farmer of
IOCEMTS A WEEK
Floyd Springs.
R. L Perry, farmer, of North
1 Carol ma.
1
N A Wai Ker, farmer of Vaunt
Vai ley.
J VV. ’{arris, farmer of Nortl
’.ir. di nft.
L. S Iman, C unity camnais
s oner and farmer, of Texas Val-
y.
A W. Shropshire, Cotton Buyer
of Rome.
M M. Duke, farmer, of Flat
woods
.{■>« Spencm, farmer, of Chulio.
Col A. B. Montgomery, fom»r
and cap'talist. ot near Rome.
The first four panne's were net
■ xhausied in making the jury
IT IS SENATOR WALSH.
HK IS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE AU
GUSTA CUR NICLE.
Governor Northen on yeetardav
appointed Hon. Patrick Walsb,
the biilliant editor,of the Augusta
C” rm lick, as United States senator
from Georgia to succeed the latt
lam-nted Senator A. H, Colquitt-
Senator Walsh is one of the
foremost editors of the Southern
Press, and an orator of the highest
type, he has »■ rved in the Georgia
•egislature and as chairman of the
State Democratic Executive >Com ■
m ttee, also as the Georgia meair
ber ot the Democratic Naticned
Committee.
He was elected as a Hill delegate
at large, to the last Democratic
National Convention at Chicago.
Mr. Walsh is a strong man and
a statesman, and will be a cradit
to Georgia in the senate of th»-
United States.
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•’’the greaitst Kitchen Utensil ev,r invented-
Hetails for thirty five cents. Tw»»’o six can be
sold in every house. Millions s< Id in this cour
tly alone, llont miss the greatest opportunity
ever known to make money, easily and
Sample sent, postage prepaid foe-ive cents.
McMAKIN & CO., Ctuutnuati, ■