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THE HUSTLER OF ROME. THIRD year. fill wn m Addressing the Murder Jury the EIGHTH day of trial SeM bWrigh’» b>£ *P- Blh d " 1 not Materialize as Expected. Wilker sons Chances Seem Very Slim. The remainder of yesterday af ternoon was consumed by, Judge Branham, who OOvexed the grounds of the case in its every minute detail. . Wilkerson, the defendant, set through it all with his stolid face. Rhowing no signs of the emotion that must have been surging in his heart, save now and then a emile kind’ed by a well told an- a Hash of the Judge’s Wfi- IT At 8:30 this morning, lion. Seaborn Wright opened the con cluding argument for the defense. Seab was at his best, and. while all the grounds had previously been covered. It took tongued” to cover the edifice of the defense with the—most effer-- vescent eloquence. It was a big job got Ju_ on the tower scat¥old*a»d worked his way to the top of the cupolo and when he quit he was “away up yonder.” Seab said he did not like Pen ny’s personal appearance, but i-f Colonel Watt Harris look'd at him like he did at Penny, he would have run under the Judge’s desk—out the back door and down stairs—he would rather face a li on in his den than the gaze of of some men. Mr. Wright claimed all the way through that Mr. Stephens ‘knew’ of the undue intimacy of his wife and Wilkeroon, and that accord ing to the decision of the Supreme Court, Stephens had no right to trap the defendant for the purpose of killing him. After just three hours Mr ’J right finished, and Col. Watt Harris, of Cartersville, rose to make the concluding argument in the case. He opened by speaking meet feelingly of the last time he had seen his friend, Free Stephens, on earth. It was a short time before the murder and they were on the State Road from Cartersville to Kingston. He dwelt upon the con versation and reproduced most beautifully, the home picture which Free had painted for him on that occasion. “I said then ■batFreewas a prosperous and happy naan.” A few months after that, I of his death, hew he had been murdered in his own home , T a man m his employ, whom he bad found in intimate relations "hh his wife and I said then: batman will hang and I have k aid so ever since and in my h>'nrt I yet believe he will,” He spoke of the case having ' -fn tried a year and a half ago, ' * a conviction, and how, on ac c Unt of the presiding Judge hav ‘"g failed to charge one idea that h Supreme court had granted a new trial. H( spoke of this being the eighth 1 I the trial, also of the fact ’ that be layers for the defense had spoken j6f°re the jury for over a day. He en asked tins startling question: an a murderer who has money be convicted in Floyd County?” again he exclaimed: So help AVn' one (P°i Q ting to i ergon) goes unwhipped of jus e 1 e blood of the dead shall not (r y °ut that I failed of my duty.” e said he had seen the fluttering detr L ft \T ther Paitri *^ e who would 18 attention from her brood tROME GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY EVENING APRIL 11. J and he aould not be, in this case, j distracted from the luaiu issue bv the fluttering of tue council on the other side. He informed Judge Branham that fieitlier of them weje on\ trial ; before tha* -I uiy . To the Jury; Gentlemen having in your lives witnesse I more heroic eflorts than those put foward in the rial of this case to save a man a man whose inncconcejis to them so apparent? Why in Judge Branhams most remarkable opening speech many days ago he said that council for the defense ‘ thought th|t they could safely go-to trial without intro ducing a singly witneap—did they do it? ♦ ‘‘Why instead they have spent four or five days in submitting testimony What do they want for their client if he is so innocent that they need no witness? Do they want you to wreath a chaplet about his brow aud send him forth? He said that a man dying at the post of duty, no matter wfiut his past might havte bee', died rf-bmmiful death, and spoke feelingh of how F.ee had departed this life under his own roof, while battling for the name vs his innocent children, and for his honor, and how the cowardly blow’ that smote him down* was - frrnn' the fangs of a serpeat he hadumrsed in-his ojjriubreast—t>y the _ hanßs qT the man who was despoiling his wife, a wife who- *ver, the bleeding . ,re-. mains had*' exclaimed; ‘his greatest B in was his worshiping me.” He spoke of the kind, fatjie#4y, generous treatment ever accorded to Wilkerson by his employer, of Wow as a serpent he had beslimed the name of his benefactor and put him in h’s grave. He spoke of the unpardonab’e ingratitude of the lagrate and said for his sin against his master he should not have been hung—for the law said he should only be killed for such conduct. He spoke of the effect of the juries verdict on society—said he: Napoleon in Egypt nerved the souls es his troops by exmaiming: w.iile under the pyramids, ‘‘forty centuries look down upon you.” And here today I say that 40 States of this union are looking down to you and every wire will sing your verdict when it is ren dered. He showed that the defense claimed that if a husband, after knowing of the undue intimacy of his wife, should then discover Ie in such a.i intimecy again he should sav excuse me, end polite ly bow himself out of his own home. He said that the Supreme Cour r had misconstrued the whole case and if they had .not 12 men in Fulton Countv had in the Meh-m- Mcßride case hurled a verdict es defiance back at them. He showed that over the body of the rnurd -red husband, the wife and the murderer had formed a compact “Will you stick to me?” ”1 in’’ —how the woman had fought for Frank and her good name how Frank, in his statement and by evidence had to save his own neck, basely betrayed her. and with money enough to hire new lawyers and lots of lawyers he was just the man to corrupt , witnesses and get the testimony his case needed. He said Harry Hill had basely betrayed a woman and that he was reaping the pun- . ishment he deseived —convicted more for having betrayed the wo man than on the evidence of for gery. He spoke of Seabs fear of wo man and said that Delilah loved Sampson more on account of his locks than any thing else, and, turning to Seab, he exclaimed “Seab if the ladies so beset you that your life is made unhappy, permit me to give you a receipt: Go get your hair cut” Here the court took a recess for dinner. When Col, Harris began his speech the already well filled court room began to receive re cruits and at noon it was packed | with people eager to hear what I the great lawyer had to say by way of condemnation of the out rage, j i w im. I - 1 From the Rustier of Rome’s Guy No v Yorker. >■ ' I SPRING HAS COME . And the “New Married ’are abroad on the Streets ol the Metropolis Woman suffrage in Hie Empire ’ S "“‘ r -t j New York,.. April 10th, 1894.- •There is nqjjpubt that Spring has come. The certainty of its coming is not decided by the flowers, the grass, or by the blooming of the trees. Oh, dear, no.—The arrival of spring is shown in an entirely different and much more ori<gifial way. When Adam and Eve constitu ted and gossipped about the springing up of the. va rious plants, the budding of the. crocus in the yellow robe, probab ly meant S ’riugtime to them, Epi. since the growth of society, sipca the successors £4jtm and -Eve . have increased, a- different mode obtains. »>.- ■ :r S;>£jtrgds-not here u-uliDhe cir cus arrives; nor iTntit* one. sees here, there and every where, two people whp look unutterably hap-, py, and who announce by their faces, —I was jtempted to say by their chedfr—that they are newly married. These are the signs and the symptoms of the arrival of Spring. There is something wrong wh n one does n< t enjoy the ci’cus. It seems to me that among the joys of the hereafter, will be a free pass to tha» delightfu. show which is largely sham, bu all pleasure. Just fancy being able to go whenever you wished, to look at the elephants, inhale the perfume of the lion, aud tremble with fear at the sight of the tiger; to think what a high col ar the giraff could wear, aud to feel the bliss it must be to ride on a wil d and untamed steed, gowned in a pink imle frock. Piays may come and plays may go. We may be bored to death with “Hamlet” aud sigh with weariness over the so-called farc§, but there is always something new about the circus, and always some thing that makes one feel as if, af ter all, life was a pretty good thing, aud the people in the world, es pecially the people who first in vented circuses, are, after all, about as desirable as they can be. The next best thing of interest m town are the newly married ones I love a bride and I pity a bridegroom. The average bride of to day who has come to New York on her wedding trip may be found any afternoon drinking soda wa ter and holding on to the young man, whose name she condescends to bear, as if she were afraid some other girl was going to run away with him. She walks him up the etreet ex actly as if she were exercising a puppy, and she has everything matching so perfectly, that if you could not tell she had lately entered the holy state by the glit ter of her wedding ring, you would know it because his gloves and hers ”re exactlv the same shade, and his scarf is made out of a piece of the silk that is combined with the cloth in her going <»wey frock. She condescends to him as if he had never been any place before, aud she believes that the smiles that greet her as she walks into the hotel dining room, attired in a pale blue wrapper, trimmed with ' white lace, are those of approba tion, not of amusement. She is supremely disgusted be cause the newly married has reg- I istered as “Mr. John Brown and wjfp,” rather than “Mr. John Brown and lady,” and she telG lim that if the people at limb j see that, they will know he thinks mighty little nf her? fei put her .down in black and wbite in that ‘ ‘G‘ ■ ■ 1 J ••• ItfH V I,'V'H ; o .. . I’V >u 11 ’■> > lue poor wretch may endeavor “ ff p .1. IL I to persuade her that he has done : 1 fi. what is right, but she will be in- - ■ 1 ■ 1‘ - digtrMrt w two hour?, and the only.way he ertn ever bring •her backx-to her original ,j»4ate bf : Amiability;* will be. by parading' her down the street, staring with her into shop windows, and event ually buying her a new bonnet. . An active campaign for woman suffrage is- in progress in N\ w York Stale,*and t-r -some extent in the citjf. n'he‘object i» tb'-ask the com iiig—Cdiifetitur ibn al -Go nve n tion to strike the word “Male”, ( from the constitution. As a promi-, non! New Yorker , society .woman remarked, ‘‘it has at last, reached 4he-top.’' [u other w.qrdp .tjje ques t'ioh of woman Biiffmge has enlist <ed the-active aid pt-Uie most rcu Hired women -iu snciety, and., has even attracted the > attention of the so-called society woman. A. ei rv' j ' ■ LAST NIGHTS FIRE. Ex Street Overseer Brown’s Barn Burned. Ex. Street Overseer C. Brown, had two barns and a crib, together with 10,000 lbs of hay, and between 400, aud 500 bushels of corn burned last night, at about 12 o’clock. The ori gin of the fire is not know’ , but it is supposed to be incendiary. The property was insured for S7OO. The Department lesponded, and by hard work prevented the fire from spreading, and thereby saving the dwelling, and other buildings in close proximity, which owing to the high wiuds, were in great danger. No live stock was burned in the fire, but there are several dozens of roasted chickens scattered over the grounds in the vicinity of the fire this morn ing. ACCEPT.A CUT THE ENGINEERS OF THE RAILROAD TAKE A 10 PER CENT REDUCTION The news has been received here that the receivers of the Savannah Americus aud Montgomery rail road today reached au agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomo tive engineers and the Order of Railway conductors for a ten per cent reduction in wages, to take effect April 15th. All other em ployes had previously accepted this reduction and the engineers and conductors readily met these terms in view of the necessity ex isting for the road to reduce ex p-nses during the approaching dull season. A nice 6 room cottage on Eist First street at your own price by calling on A. B. S. Mcsley. A DELIGHTFUL PARTY. A small, but select party of young people met at the residence of Mr. H. C, Kendrick, on upper Broad St. evening, where they Danced away a most delightful evening. Mr. and Mrs. Kendrick certainly know how. to entertain, and every one who was so fortunate as to be present, went away well pleased with the evening s entertainment and wi b the highest praise for their charming host and hostess. 1 i . 'Li r Everything is working smoothly with the Dixie Interstate Fair. When the general manager is elected at the next meeting of directors the organ ization will be complete—Macon Telegarph. Services at the first Baptist churcjj daily at 12 m; 4 P, M and 7:30 P. M 1894, G-OIjNFCS- G-OING [ -moi E'aa i . ■ i, n , y if J ll V* 7* u. .Our large and is selling at a rapid pace, Thie-week there has been rush for new designs in dress goods and we have fully met ahe demand. This-'week many new features will be added to our 1 ' sales and cur remarkable inducements are sure to draw the crowds and delight aIL ——— ■ :: —— l —*——i—* Spring Dress? Goods. Ip pvofpsioti cfiai autci'izt’s our stock and ail are iffvit cor di.Jy invited to viajt f QU,r Emt'oriurr and make theirselectioas. Beautiful fine, goods, Siiks, Trimmings, Jet*,- and «o on. New styles in wash fabrics, Beautifi.r' line of organ dies, dhaliies, Dimities, Outings, Satteens, Criterian cloths, h-• J * 1 ■ -j, Al ' . {j | .j# $ # /.'Full stock of white goods. Thousands of yards of laces, -Specials in Gloves & Hosiery, Parasols, Umbrelas, Sun-shade Summer underwea'* a full line, Sailor hats, children’s caps &c., Bargans in matting. Rugs’ Carpets, Mats, &c , Bargains, Bargains, Bargains THOS. FAHY. Mr. O. Rich, of Cave Spring .is in Rome today. Mr. Walter Cotton left this morning to accept a place on the Atlanta Journal. The noon prayer service at the First Baptist church today was largely attended and was a most i iterestiug meeting. Everv counter at Fhays drv goods emporium is ladened with new and beautiful spring goods at wounderfully low prices. The mass meeting to be held at the First Methodist church to night bv the Fioyd County Sun day School convention will be an occasion of great interest. Allaie invited. Clever Jim O’Neill who has been ill for some weeks, is rapiJly con valesing to the delight of his many friends. Those who are shaking h»auti- 1 ful spring styles at tremendous' bargains should call at Tho’s. Fhays this week. Regardless of cost Fahy is clos ing out some most attractive stylss in sprin? goods. At the First Baptist church yester day afternoon Rev. G. T. Geotchies preached a most earnest and stirring sermon to a large congregation of deeply interested listeners. Last night Dr R. B. Headden preached to a large congregation and his appeal to his own members and to Christians generally to go to work and save souls is sure to start an increase of interest aud work on their part. Preaching tonight and you are es pecially invited. The Sunday School Convention of the Floyd County Baptist Association meets with Pleasant Valley, churchl north of Rome, on Friday before the fiifth Sunday in this month, all Sun day Schools are urged to have a ful delegation present. 10 CENTS A WEEK “Perhaps you would not think sc but a verv large proportion of di»- eases in New Yors comes, from care lessness about catching cold ’ says Dr Syrus Edson. ‘ It issucha simple thing and so common that very few people, unless it is a case of pneumo- ' nia, pay any attention to a cold. New York is one of the healthiest places on the Atlantic and jet there 1 are a great many cases of catarrh and | consumption which have their crigii □ this neglect of,the simplest precau tion of every day life. Tne moe ( sensible advice is, when you have on get rid of it as soon as possible. By-il means do not negle tit ”Dr. Edson > does not tell how rbat a ’cold but , we will. Take Chamber! in’s -Gougf j Remedj . It will relieve the lungs I aid expectoration open the secretion; | and so tn effect a permanent cure 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by « Lowry Bros. Druggist, “Orange Blossom’, is a painless cure for all diseases to women, old resh by D. W. Curry Druggist A GENT MAKES Five Dollars a aysellinf ■ ■‘the greatest Kitchen I'tensil ever invented, ' s Retails for thirty five cents. Two to six cm lie , sold in every house. Millions sc Id in this c«un- 1 try alone. Done miss the greatest opportunity j ever known to make money, easily and quickly Sample sent, postage j repaid for five ceirtr. AIcMAKIN & CO., Cincirnati, •Ohii j| Wanted:—A second hand on gine, about 15 or 20 horse powe Apply to or address Rounsavill '! Bros. 4-3-ts. Rome."G&. NOTICE. The public is hereby notified | tha* I will pay no bills contracted I by nay sou, Pierce Roser, either oc verbal or wri en order. P. D. Roser. > 4-5-ts. Fine Perfumes, toilet soap combs, hair and tooth brushes, face powder and toilet articles at cut prices an the assignes‘B sole of Reece& White- 1 head. 3-12-dtf. LOST. One pair gold rimed I I on lower Broad street or Mc.it. St 1 I sth Ward, will reward the findejj if delivered at this office.