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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- L c.2 U ? U,Oti,ni M ' Jj >UIU Kwrto tt <e ' dle and WlHlllU ■dUc eUew ’ tbs ex-mayo, ■Jm ? QCllwi ‘ hdl '«w. r iyo,itfcfa ’j° urump ' ;t ■° k the 6fea ? l ‘? C " Mayor M, or ■l| OWs . aUmBH d the eouncxl ae 9 M " ‘ Core's sperch. K":?" he c JO' 1 " 1 •'■”■■ “» "> ■ :‘ e,; ' h ' lUou «bly in ■ h >*>« Bamß tin>" I 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. i GENT makes Five Doi'aryi' vseilhiy •’’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, ■