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THE HUSTLER OF ROME.
T HIRL> year
the parks,store.
loiir Enormous Trade Forced us to buy Them,
| But not till Manufacturers cut Values in
I two to Clear out Summer Styles.
I ti the Pafks goods and the Flemister goods: Supply of them is still large and they
■ ( . ont j nne to be sold at cost. We from the first, instructed them sold at cost excepting
■ ' tteriek’s patterns and publications, Foster’s Gloves,‘’Contract'* Corsets and Millinery—
■ Only Before advertising we deliberately settle the question as to what we can as-
I | b to 6 ay then say it, and afterwards, at the counter,
I-+MAKE GOOD OUR WORD+-
I we can afford to sell the Parks goods and the Flemister goods at
■cost and some of them will be sold much below cost.
■ Here are some prices which cannot be matched. T hey are but com
lanions of hundreds of others that will be made at the counter equal
ly as winsome.
I COME TO SEE US
■Ol Boys’Shirt Waists—Garner’s Percales, - - - - - - • - Bic
yards iill-w»ol Albatross ■ ■ " " ~ ~ 104 c
■jWyard Dress Prints ---------- 34c
large lot Silk Umbrellas ---------- <is c
■Baby Caps price’s half
■adies fine Hose, drop stitch - I’°
|aooLarge Palmetto I'ans °
t ~n lf Printed Challis, nhort lengths - - - - - - - -
KfonUointlessMatting, worth 20c, at _ ,
»>MI s C„ttonWari>M»tbng, worth 50c, at - - - - ....
■Opalineall-wool Carpeting, worth *! at - - - - - <£
Oxfoid, w<. w„rt 1 ,ac, a . - - - - prices half
Eq Pair. Shirts, wrth »l,«t 5Sc
worth The, .1 _ ’ . . . . £
■printed Wool Challis, worth 20c, at - ... . s|c
■striped Batiste. 34-inch, worth 10c, at . 8 for 18c
■Oat meal Toilet Soap - ’ - - - - - 20 per cent under
■ Utof “Mothers’ Friend” Boys’ Waists ' ' Tjc
lldinch Pacific Lawns, price every when* else -K, ~ ~ ~ ,
■Great purchase in Percales ~ - 37|c
■White Honey-Comb Quilts, as low as - ’ ' 2 4a
■SO Gauge Richelieu Ribbed Hose, worth 40c, at ’ . . . . -19 c
■ 1 Case French Ginghams,
■lO Pieces Pure Linen Lawn, worth 25c, at - .... 5c
■Checked Nainsook, good quality - " . - sc
■White Lace Scrim, well worth at - ' - - fact
■Ladies’ Shoes cheaper than anywhere else “ - - - B|c
■ Summer Breeze Duck - ~ ~
I Ccme to 'he Parks Store tor any light weight dress fabrics, embroideries or trunmmgs,
I handkerchiefs, hosiery or anything usually kept in a first-class diy goo, - >on, <.
p**BASS BROTHERS & COMPANY.***-
McDonald-Sparks-Stewart Company.
We have bought 500 of these Rocker®,
and will sell them at the extremely
low price of $2.00 eaeh
Don’t forget our Matting sale. We have
just received another large ship-
t
ment and offer this week
20 cent Matting for 8 1-2 cents per yard
Q* At* i
docent Matting for 10 cents per yard,
2* 1-2 cent Matting for 12 1-2 per yard,
30 cent Matting for 15 cents per yard,
oo cent Matting for 17 1-2 cents per yard,
40 cent Matting for 20certs per yard,
y 0 cent Matting far 25 cents pe* yard.
$2,001 SO ? 5 "
McDmli-sjirlj -Stmrt Go. 1, 3 ail Third Ave Romi, Ga.
ROME GEORGIA. THURSDAY EVENING JULY. 19 1894.
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The C. R. & (J. to be Sold at
Public cut cry
UNDER THE SYCAMORES.
Mr. Ilob't Colston Appointed to Make
The S«|e. No bld under 8000,
000 will be Entertained.
This morninyH Constitution pub
lishes the following news item, which
will be read with ranch interest by
Romans:
The Chattanooga, Rome and C>•
lumbus rai'road is to be sold and Mr.
Robert C, Alston, of Atlanta, has
been appointed commissioner to sell
it
A decree to this effect has been en
tered in the office of the United
States district court.
The Chattanooga, Rome and Co
lumbus road has been under the
managemement of the Central ol
Georgia. It runs from Chattanooga,
Tenn., to Carrollton, Ga.. and tra
verses [one of the best sections of
Georgia.
The sale is to take place at the
passenger depot at Rome, Ga., on
such a day as shall b.» fixed by the
commissioners appointed to make the
sale,
Under the direction cf the court
no bid shall be accepted for a sum
ie«s than $500,00U, and no bid will
be accepted unless the bidder de
posits with the commissioner $25-
000 in bonds' or certified check at
a gnarntee of good faith.
Tnepurchaser or purchasers shall
as a part of the consderation for
1
such sale and in addition to the
payment of the sum or sums bid
take the property purchased upon
she pYurpou condition thn.t or
they will pay oft and satisfy any
and all claims filed in this cause
including all claims of all contrac
tors machinics or vendors claim
ing lines upon mortgaged prop
erty or some parts thereof but on
ly when the cowrt shall allow such
claims and Judge the sama to be
prior in line* to the Mortgage and
also upon the express conditions
that such purchaser or purchaers
will pay off all bebts and all claims
or demands of whatever nature
aginst C. E. Jones the receiver.
MANGLED TO DEATH.
WILL T. WITCHER CRASHED UNDER
THE WHEELS.
About 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon, news reached the city that a
man had been killed on the E. T
V. & G, tracks in the Hamilton’s
field a few miles below the city,
near Six Mile Station..
The Coroner was sent for im l a
party formed and went down on an
engine. They found Hie beheaded,
disir ned and remains
of young Will T. Wichter, aged
about % >
The body had len disocv red
about (fliree o‘ckxk by Mr, James A,
MdGttuis Witchter was last seen, in
tii city the night previous—drink
ing freely—and it is supposed in
making his way homeward he lay
down an the track and white a«leep
was struck by a flying passenger
train-
About 10 oekx k last night the Coe
oner and his party after returning
the following verdict returned to the
city.
Following is the verdict of the jury
“We “the jury, sworn to investi
gate, find that thedeceased, W. T.
Witclwr, came to his death by be
ing run over by a train on the E.
T.. V. & G. R. R. on the Alabama
Devision, the circumstances of
which an* unknown to the jury.
Time 17th. or 18th of July, 1894.
J. B. Chamblee, Foreman; J. C
Reese clerk; W. T. Drennon A. 8.
White W. P. McLeod James McGin
nis.
Wichter was a young married man
and leavs a wife and one child •
His remains were buried near his
home to day.
A GUARNTEED LARGEST SIZE MADE
. ■ ■ - ■ - ■ —»
FIVE K Klllfll
A Half Dozen of The Mob
Were Wounded.
SOLDIERS HOLD THE FORT,
The Remains ot Capt. VV. B. Tierce
Shipped to Cai tersville lor Inter i
meat,
Birmingham, Ala, July 18. —
The military is still on duly at
Pratt wines, and all men who dt
sire to worn are protected.
It now seems certain that five
men were killed in Monday s not
at slope 3. They were Deputy
B. W. Tierce , Andrew Gambell,
Colored, Jim Hannabel, colored,
an unknown negro was found
in the woods yesterday and an un
known Frenchman who is report
ed to have died at one of the strik
ers house yesterday.
The bodies of Tierce and Gam
bell were brought to the city Mun
day night, Hannabell and the un
known negro were buried at Pratt
mines yesterday.
The unknown negro who was
found dead yesterday issaidtohave
l ecu one of the strikers and was a
member <>f the attactu g parly.
No more of the wounded have
lied yel, The Frenchman, R gis,
who lies wounded in jail, will, it
is, now believed die.
The negro named, George Camp
bell, will also probably die.
It is believed now that at least
four or five ot the mob ware wound
id. One was the unknown negro,
who was found yesterday, and the
other wajsjhe unknown Frenchman
houses 1 here is an air of mystery
about the death of the last man.
No one has beeu able posrively lo
ascertain what became ot his body.
Ii is supposed to have been secret
ly buried by st'ikers.
Il is reported that an attempt
was made to dy samite the Jeffer
son Volunteers as they were letyrn
'ing to the city last night. It i* eaid
that an explosion irccured in a
street at Pratt mines along which
they were expected but did no:
1
puss.
All. of the negro miners are at
work at Pratt mines today.
Governor Jones, Sheriff Morcpw
and the citizens of Birmingham
are doing all in their power to np
hold the ’ law f-upj less , lawless
ness, protect those who desire to
work and maintain order.
Twelve more men were arrested
today at Pratt mines rec&wrg
ed with murder, making seventy
five in all that have Ufceu. arrested
so far.
They gave their names and ages
as follows:
James Brodie, twenty-five;
Henry Brousack, twenty; Henry
Retaßack, twenty-seven; George
Dorough, twenty—one; Anderson
Mills, twenty-three; Joe Banks,
twenty-six; Will Swain, twenty
five; Ben Showers, thirty-eight;
Louis Boiisills. fifty-two, white,
and Mather Nunn, twenty-one,
and Jim Washington, twen-ty
fonr.
The body of Capia n B. W.
Tierce, the brave officer who met
his death repulsing the cowardly
attack of the mob of strikers at
Brail's was prepared for shipment
by Warner A Smiley, the under
takers, and was shipped to Car
tersville, Ga., this morning for in
terment. The family of the de
ceased accompanied the remains
to their last resting place.
The deceased was a member of
Birmingham lodge No. 85, Knights
of Pythias, and that lodge saw to
it that the preparations for the
interment were done in a proper
manner.
Captain Tierce had many friends
in Birmingham.
■ T
to CENTS A WEEK
llffi CHS IT.
The Next Annual Convention
of the Good Templars.
GRAND LODGE OF GEORGIA.
MR ED GILLIAM PUTS IN SOMe GOOD WORK
FOR THE HILL CITf. THE PRESENT
SESSION AT ACWORTH.
Mr. Ed. Gilliam has returned from
the convention of the Grand Lodge of
Good Templars of Georgia now it
session at Acworth.
Mr. Gilliam was notified this mor#
ing by wire that hia motion to bring
the next annual eonventson to Rotnf
had prevailed, and therefore the Hih ,
City might prepare for the invasion of
next July.
Mr. Gilliam says that'‘Temper
ance” is now the Watchword of
the Georgia Templars and that the
meeting at Acw-.rth indexed the
powerful and growing sentiment
that was backing the great move
ment.
Rome will heartily welcome
good and noble men ami
women from all over the stat, next
year.
INTEREST TO ROMANS.
MRS. TURRENTINES RECEPTION TO
MISS LILLIE M ITCH ELL v
No more delightful evening was
ever spent by the young people of
Gadsden than that of Friday even
ing last at the pretty new home of
Mrs. George E. Turrentine. on
Turrentine avenue.
It was the opening of this charm
ing home to Mrs. Turrentmes
many friends together with a re-
Mrs. Turrentine's sister, and Misa -■
Munford, now visiting this lovely
h >me. Mrs. Turrentine has but re
cently moved into her new resi
dence and it was the first opportu- •
nitv many had had to obsetw’e the
exquisite taste of the building ar
rangements. The architecture >*.
the building cannot be improved
upon for a delightful home and L>t
the entertainment of guests.
1 1*
Every room including th” con
servatory, when- Mrs. Turr -ntine
supped her guests, can lie thrown
i -to one. A veranda nearly encir
cles this lovely Quo-n Ai'-'. Cottage
which was enjoyed beyond expres
sion by promenading coupies in
sparkling tete a tet-s. it was a re
ception long to he remembered bv
all present, and loud are the prais
es of this lovely Gadsden home so,
in unison with the charming host
ess whose effort was fraught with
pleasure to her bevy of friends.
Mrs. Turrentine was assisted in
1 \ ' At .1. . 1 1 1-2
receiving her guests b$ Madamea
Brockway, Glenn and Bowler, lhe
following are those wf> were pres
ent:
Misses Carrie Tunyhtine, Eulah
Duncan, Ella Lee Disqu", "v' ’‘" ,e
C. Thornton, Willie, n/iu J*.earl
Turrentine, Nemo Fowled
Livingston, Ruth arkT,Bianca '
dall, Robbie and Florrie L ' ’
Leila Fletcher, Annie Penteco,. ' ’
Ada Pope, Susie Brooks, J
Stewart; Messrs. P. G. Shook, of
Birmingham, Forney Hughs, Wal
ter Moragne, M. D. Sibert, T G.
Ewing, O. R. Goldman, J A.
Blount, Charlie Cassels, Walter
Ware, Charlie Cross. Louis Love
man, C. B. Cross, Cliff Paden. Jirn
Davis, Earnest Spence, Tom Mor
row, Mr. Magnus, of Attalla, W.
G. Brockway and A. L. Glenn.—
Gadsden Times.
Mr; H. B. Weatherly cime down
from Chattanooga Tuesday, and
will move his family here as soon
as he can get hie lueineei opened-
Mrs; Weatherly is now visiting her
parents, Dr. and Mrs. Maishall, in
Rome, -Cartersvi’le Courant.