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the HUS TLER OF ROME. 'Thlru year down they go n r y-Goods, Dress-Goods, White Goods, Notions, rents Furnishing Goods, Hats, Shoes and Oxford Tj es , In fact everything in our Dry-goods Store w jH be turned out at a Sacrifice, lower than has ever b:en sold in Rome before. Thev Have Got To Go If you fail to come you have missed the bargains, and it will be your loss and not oilr fault. Snool cotton worth 5c for 2 1 -2 c Corticelli Spool Silk “ 5 c Pinsand Needles per paper 1c Calicoes wo r th 6c tor 3 I-2c Chailies “ Ar “41 9c Ginghams 6c 4 1-2 c Bleach domestic 4-4 be Pride-of-tne-West 10 l-2c Burleigh Long-cloth “ 10 l-2c Sea-Island Cotron 4k 5c Sea-Island Cotton “ 5c WHITE GOODS, WHITE GOODS Fine white check lawns worth 35c tor 22c “ “ “ “ “ 30c“ 2Oc “ “ “ “ “ 25c 18c “ “ “ “ “ 2Oc “ 15c “ “ “ “ “ 18c “ 13c “ a « u *. Jsc “ 11 C “ “ “ “ “12 1-2 “ 9c “ “ “ “ “ lOc “ 9c “ “ Plain “ 8c “ 5c “ “ “ “ ' 7c “ 4c a “ “ 5c “3 1-2 Big line of gents Underwear, Balbriggan shirtsand Drawers, Suspenders, half Hose and Neck-wear. Come to see us and bring the cash with you and take advantage of this slaughtering sale A.B.McARVER&CO 401 Broad St. Norton Corner. McDonald-Spai ks-Stewart Comoany. behave bought 500 of these Kochers will sell them at the extremely low price of $2.00 each Don’t forget our Matting sale. We hav< just received another large ship ment and offer this week 1,1 '''Dating f, r 8 1-2 cents per yarc Ult Atting for 10 cents per yard, ‘ cent Matting f or 12 1-2 per yard, °cent Matting » O r 15 cents per yard, nt Matting for 17 1-2 cents per yard D' tent Matting for 20certs per yard, ( ent Matting far 25 cei ts pe- yard. u n $2 01 52.00. WW-M Co. I, 3ml 5 Third Ave Rome, Go. ROME GEORGIA. FRIDAY EVENING JUNE 15. 1894. OXFORD TIES AND SHOES. Big bargains in Ladies and Misses Oxford Ties Oxford Ties worth $2 for $1 43 “ “ “ $1 75 “ $1 38 “ $1 65 “ $1 25 “ “ “ $‘ 50 “ $1 15 “ “ “ $1 25 “ 98c “ “ “ $1 OO“ 68c GENTS FURNISHING GOODS Gent c Fine Dress Shirts worth s■'2s for 98c Gents Plain. Bosom Shirts worth $ 1 for 68c Gents Fine Unlaundried Shirts worth $1 for 75c Gents F ; ne Unlaundried shirts worth 75c for 6Oc Gents Fine Unlaundried shirts worth 60c tor 45c . L -r; y £ O J OWI - ■ Ji O ■ Vl 1 .£ (. RATTAN ROCKER 118 I'o The Curley Haired, Wool Hat Statesman, 50 in the Lead. BIBB'S MAJORI FY IS 633 No Says the Atlanta Constitution An Overwbelain? Defeat ot the Boom »r« Hal Moore hua ounSympathy Macon. Ga., June 15.—Atkinson cat lie J isiob county today Nearly 3, votes were cast and Atkins jb’o majority is 633. i'be consolidation , will not be made until tomorrow, the total cast for the various candi dates, statehouse officers, etc cannot be fully estimated tonight' Atkinson carried even precinct in the city, and loet only two in the en tire county, and these by very slen der majorities. Hazard district in th-: country gave Evans 2 majority aud Godfrey gave him 27 maj irity in a vote for 3l»O. The re mainder of the precincts were carried by Atkinson by tue fallowing majorities' City hah2-i< court house, 75 ; East Macon, 90 Findlay foundry, 184; Howard, 26; Warrior, 20; Rutland, 27. Atkiuso i‘s majority at the city p ocincts was 590 ana 43 at th** county precincts, m ik ing a total of 633 in the entire coun >. At noon today it seemed that Evans would carry the county by at least 200 majority, but the At kinson men rallied under fine generalship. From 1 o’ciock until t> this atteruoou the battle wageo Inottest. The polls opened at 7 o'clock this m >ruing and d d no clo * anti! 6 o'cl'icK i»the afuruoou. At 1 o’clock p. m. what is known as “the silent vote,” composed ot ihe men of the town, who make io hurrah, but go quietly to the polls and deposit their ballots, commenced to be cast for Atkin son, aud immediately the tide be gan to turn iehis favor. Tnis vote was supplemented by the labor vote, which began to pour out ot the foundries, railroad and other shops, and the battle was won for Atkinson. The main voting of the day was at the courthouse and city hall. At the former 861 votes were cast and at the latter 815 were cast, [t was at the courthouse precinct hat the Evans men rested their chief hope- A more exciting race has not been run in Bibo county in twelve years. The contest has also excit ed great interest throughout the •'tat*. The city has been flooded with telegrams from "all parts of Georgia inquiring about the re suit. The great demonstration mad e by speakers here in the past few days in the interest of Evans was ph-.uomenal. Clifford Anderson, Dupont Guerry, Washington Des sau, W. A. Huff, C. A. Turner and >ther eloquent and impassioned speakers took the stump, aud tor days and, nights stormed the city. The above “special” from the Atlanta Constitution tells the oi ightv st si-0 of the Evans de feat . L e county acts tc day and the probabilf ies are that it will also, join the majority. Tomorrow, Tay lor, M itcheti, Daugherty,Spaulden, Webster. War*. Newton, Baker, Harris aud Early, all two vote :counties will «ct, aud Jacks >u and i nomas. each tour vote counties will also select delegates. How these 28 votes will be divided re mains to be seen. The tabulated standing by coun ties are as follows: STANDING TO DATE ATKINSON. 44 Counties tl2 votes EVANS. 24 Counties 68 votei Atkinson. Evans. Meriwether 4 Richmond ® Iriwin 'J Elbert • Jefferson 4 - Wilkes ■» Bartow * Troup ♦ * GUARANTEED LARGEST SIZE”MADE Carroll 4 1 Hall 4 Dodge 2 Murray 2 Glasscock 2 | ' | a y 2 McDuffie 2 Floyd ... 6 Gwim.ett 4 DeKalu 4 Glynn 2 Whitfield 2 Hancock 4 Randolph 2 Macon 3 Echo<s Fannin 2 Follow 2 Coweta 4 Clarke ’ 2 Chattahoochee 2 Dade 2 Catoosa **u:uaiu 2 Charlton 2 Lowndes 2 Pierce 2 t'auiden ; 2 Tattnall 2 Whit- . 2 Montgomery 2 Sum er .... 4 I Appling 2 Walker 2 biw.on 2 Warren 2 Madison 2 ' Paulding .2 64 Emanuel 2 Jones ... 2 H iICOX 2 Cobb 2 Uninstkvlted, Pulaski 4 Wayne . Mclntosh 2 Caiurhell 2 ■MiltOll 2 CONTE-TED. Butts 2 Monroe 4 Polk 2 lal.iaterro 2 Oconee 2 • linch 2 Macon 2 Cherokee 2 Douglass 2 Coffee 2 Budwij 2 Heard 2 Bibb 6 118 ALEX A N D E R—KING. ▲ PRETTY HOME WEDDING LAST NIGHT, Last night at the home of the brid°’s pareuis, Rev. Dr, Geotchius pronounced an impressive ceremo ny which made Miss Sadie Joice Alexander the bride of Mr. Charles William King The wedding was a quiet home affair, only a few of the warmest personal friends and near relatives •if the allied families being pres eut. After the ceremony the happy coup e left for a bridal tour and a honey moon to be spent in the romantic scenes of the old mono tains of North Carolina. Mrs. K ng, the charming bride is one oi Romes bands meet, most dharmiug and cultured daughters. She wes the only unmarried child 'hat remained under the rooftr > of Col. aud Mrs. T. W. Aiexauuer And with her gone, the horn will uatundiy loose much of its sun shine. Mr. King, the proud groom, is well known and as popular as a quiet, jeserved, “good fellow’ mows bow to be. He is certainly to be congratulated on winning such a Jewel. PANAMA NEARLY DESTROYED. BI A CONFLAGRATION LOSS NEARLY THREE MILLION DOLLARS, Panama, June 15.--The greatest calamity th it h»s ever befallen this city was a tire which started yester day afternoon and burned ti-rceh for nine Hours before it was gotten under control. At 2 o'clock ths mo. nlng the flames w r subdued, after having destr-.yea over 300 buildings in the most thi kly popu lated section of the city, including 'he prefecture aud the Chinese qua tel s. The loss of property amounts to nearly $3.000.0G0- The insurance is estimated a. only about $600,000. Oue third of the area ot the city is devastated aud 5,000 pereous are rendered homeless. The fire burned uea r y every building on Laeiablas, Juan, Ponce, Lastamas. ba lisfudesaud E-pmadaa streets The city market was saved. WILLIAM WALTER PAKLPS DYING. Euglewoo N. J„ Tuna 15 —W J iiam Walter Ph-h» is sutTerrng from tubercular men ngiti and in al ornl - al> 1 y will not Ive twji y-sou hi uis longer He hnr. been uucoi scious at diff-rent periods this after noon and is rapidly weakening. £NJ W TRAINS ON THE C R. 4 C Commencing Sunday May 13th the Chattanooga Rome and Colum ns R R. will run a Sunday sched ule: Train leaving Cedartown er.ny in the morning and returning that eve mg Alsu commencing at noon Saturday May 12th round trip tick ets good to return until noon Mon day following will oe sold between all local stations on C. R. 4 C. R. R. at one tare. This will enable everyone who desires to do so to visit ti e mountains near Chattanooga and to attend church exercises at vi n >us points. Yours Trulv, C. R. Wilbur. May7ihtf Traffic Mgr. IO CENTS A WEEK i AN OLD MLKDEK. Wil! be Investigated bv thee Milts of Justice. AN AVENGING BROTHER; Trail* the .♦furder“r to Western Texas and After Seven Years ha him Lauded Behind the Bars, A S. B j «k, charged with murder of Gus. Morgon, the crim, committed iu 1886, ha* been arrested and j ij’.ed in ‘'further” Texa& Deputy Sbetifi J . P. Connell aft this morning via: Atlanta and vill return with the accused ir afeT * days an 1 lodge him ui the Floyd county jail. it »_o iu 1886, in tin? county, . possibly near the Six Mife Station hat A. S Beck, then a young uarri“d man of 23 years stabbed md cut to death Mr. Gus Morgan. ... 4 good citizen aged about 35. Beck fled rhe country leaving - vi e and babies behind. It wa said that for some time lie found, reiuge m the wilds of East Ten lessee; later on he had bis wife to j .iu him ou the railroad aud the reunited family made their way o Texas aud then to "farther” r*xa*, where they began lite over again. Eut the cry of tlje bio <d of the t.urderer's victim rose irom the «>d of Georgia, and the brother of n« vKtim, Bailiff Morgan. ot Liv mgßtJU dißlrici. took tne trail to lunt doau hie brother’s slayer. The Georgia Bailiff was not flush, with ibis werlds goods, acd. vitboiit mo iey, he tuund ihe trail nard to tul.o*. but equal to his sum pure-e was tne persistent de termination that sprang from the oyaity vs a true brothers heart, aud after seven years, he had the iatisfactiou of locating the mur- Jerer. He put the matter in the bauds t Deputy Sheriff J. P. McCouuel) «.nd ,the wir-a from Rome to Mc- Kinney, Texas, were kept hot un- ■ ul last night when a message arn» stating that Beck was in jail. 'This morning, Deputy Sheriff dcConnell took the i*rat rraiu for Atlanta where he goes armed witt i proper showing to secure requi -iiiun papers from Guvernar Nor— hen. From Atlanta Mr. McConnell will proeee i t • Austin, to have the Gov— ‘rn <r of Texas tiuisj up tue requisi ion papeis. Tuence to Mekiuney.Tex k s for his pri*eruor. Its a long trip for a murderer and us along time since ihr c.'iwe was committed, aud the murlerer is brought to tie Temp.e cf Floyd county Pard ins. UP THE OOSTANAULA \ PAUTY OF ROMANS OFF li R HECBEATIOS A <£> PLEASUdt A jolly party boarded the steamer Tony, and a large barge this morn ing and departed those coasts for the shady waters of the upper Oosta uaula. Judge Monroe Shropshire and taughter. Miss Battey -Shropshire, Mr and Mrs Junius Gverge, Miss Lottie George, an i Masters Frank and Rueer George, Mr Lincoln Morrison and sister, Mis* Sadie Mor— risen, Messrs Harry Williamson and Lon Kimball, of Rom-, Mr. S. B. Austin of Atlanta and Mr. John Crap of Tallapoosa • I' The Steamer Tony will tow large barge and it* pleasure seekers into cool waters aud shadv scenes on the bosom ot the riplin, o>itauniiia a hundred miles abuve city. That the piny will ca.e a capital time g< es without s ,ymg andif Ja. uius d ’ i t turn to Kome a Baptist it wont be >ecause fo* hw? not be*n under ,uj the stefwewb time - -