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*THE BIGGEST® 4 '"HING ROME % *«McDonald-Sparks-Stewar t-C ompany. * *4- inite, Cupels, Mailings & We carry the largest stock in the state. We buy cheaper than any house in the state. We sell cheaper than any other house in the state. • We do business on business principles. Our customers are always pleased with their purchases. We have The Best Goods LOWEST PRICES. We are always pickicking up big bargains for our customers. Once a customer always a cus always a customer. Solid Oak Suits $15.0 to $25 0. Call and see our 820.00, PARLOR SUITS. A 4 We are just overflowing with bright new Furniture It is a pleasure to show you these goods. Call and see us. WIULD-SS-topM 1. 3 o. Third. Avenue; A KLUSTER OF BULLS EYE SHOTS. Mr. N H r>. ir »H. reinurked o me thie morning :“I hav-* iried to nod just sin.ply can’t get. along with out it— !-hi <1 loh .fop Dustier of Rome.’ Tints the whv tony nil talk wb- ii Ilin) drop the HIVTLEK for a .>r no./Vid ti e Hustler of Rome fi r the future is going to be be't-r than the Hustler of Rome of the pis* Mark flint .pre dicti 'ii and o'll your neighbors to subscribe. * * * One of the prettiest and per haps the most dainty suit of fur niture ever brought to this city is no\v vn exhibition at the Mc- Donald-Sparks-Stev. art Co’s Furni ture house and can and should be seen by everybody. It is made of White Maple and in point of de sign and execution of workman ship it is a marvel. But then if you want to see beautiful furni ture of any description why this is the place and if you want to buy it—no other plade’ on earth can suit you half so well. Fact. * * * Speaking of the McDonald- Sparks-Stewart Co., do you know that they have purchased the en tire stock and good will of Mr. W.- A. Rhudy’s establishment? Well, they have and while they will close out the stock of furniture where it stands, they propose moving the undertaking establishment branch of the Rudy business down to their present stand where they propose to conduct it in future. ♦** J. Bird Daniels and Terrell Speed were in to see me a few mo* ments today. J. Bird says that he can name the populists by the hundred who will not vote for Dr. Felton. At a conservative estimate I am of the opinion that Our John will get all the democrats, which means about’6,ooo majority, and will then divide the vote of the populists with the Bartow “Flop per.” 4 ** The Democratic rally to be held at Rome on next Saturday will be the biggest thing of the kind held in North West Georgia, during the past two years. When General Evans, Major Gus Bacon and the peerless Bob Burner mount the same stump during the same day, pops will do well to stand from under. Remember the rally is to be made in the Sam Jones division of the Howell Co’s big cotton war house. Remember the date and mark it as engaged. * * * I notice that A. B. McArver & Co. are moving from the old Nor ton Corner to the “Bee Hive” stand in the magnificent medical building, between A. O. Garrard’s millinery house and J. T. Crouch & Co’s drug store. Mr. McArver could not have found a better stand and moved into a better neighborhood. He is ready for business and with the biggest and best stock he has ever offered the trade, he proposes to make it warm for competition. I notice in this morning’s Consti tution, the following item which will prove interesting to Romans: “Hous ton R Harper formerly of the Rome Tribune, will soon sail for England, where he will receive the fortune left him by a late rich lelative. With the cash that comes to him a palatial residence near Lsndon forms > J pleas ing background picture.’ * * * There seems to be a fatality about this working on the Tribune—Only a few weeks ago Editor James A. Hall was fortunate enough to have a rich old California uncle to die and make him very, very very wealthy; and now Mr. John Reese, Reesently city editor of that paper has been promoted to a position on’the Hustler of Rome. But then, there’s nothing like averag ing up ones fortunes on this sub lunary sphere. * * A letter from the Marietta base dall club this morning stated that they could not come to Rome until next week, Macon, Cave Spring. Lyerly, Holland’s aud Silver Creek all wish to play here next week, and it is probable that there will be several games. 0 o o Oh, no, dear reader, that beauti ful carmine tint recently imparted to the walls, fl for aud furniture in H. Yancey & Cos insurance otlice is not a new coat of paint, neither is it a reflected glow from the blushing beauty of Yancey Harris lovely cheek. The truth of the bus iness is that this ruddy red ca'so mining was done by artist Jimmie Corbett— Louis Bass and Charlie Mitchell—lra O'Bryan furnished the calsomine. Did they have a fight? Well ask lhe entrance fee, gate money and first blood. I MISS YOU 1 miss you so! Oh, weary is the day And dreary i® the night with you away ! lam so lonely! All earth’s sweet I miss Since lips of mine know not your morning kiss. I And but pain which ever way I go: There is no joy for me—l miss jou so! Oh, for the days,- when looking in your eyes. The earth about me changed to paradise! I miss you so! I haunt each little place Where I Was used so oft lose- your face; But with you gone, sweetheart, you cannot guess How wide, how high,how deep the loneli-j iuss! George B. Burns’. Macon Ga. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Regular Meeting in the Court House Today. -r \ The County Commissioners met in the court house today, but only regular rouutine work was attended o The petition of S. S. Johnson, to change the district line, cutting ofi part of Chulio into Howell’s was granted. The following were declaed pau pers and allowed $2,50 per month : Sallie Gross, Mrs Campbell, Mrs. T. J, Moore and E. J. Kyle, Mr. J. M. Davis,resigned as a com missioner from the Flatwoods, and A. S. White was appointed to fill the vacancy The commisisioners will roe | about the middle ot the month to | fix rhe county tax rate for this year. TOM WATSON’S SPEEEH Was a sensible one, but the place to buy your groceries the cheapest will interest you more. We have moved into the Kincaid building next dcor to W. A. Rhu dy’s furniture store. For the next sixty day’s we will sell as cheap as the the cheapest. Listen to this: JTour 41) and 45 cents per 25 pound sack. Sugar, sc. Crackers, 5, 8 and 10c per pound. We Keep the largest and fresh est stock of country produce to be found in Rome. Call anil get our prices. Yours truly, L. G. TODD. 835 Broad street. PUBLIC SCHOOLS Open This Morning With a Very Large Attendence. Nearly one thousand children poured into the Public Schools thia morning. The day waa spent in jn grading the pupil* and prelimi nary work. Prof. Harris aud his efficient corps ’bf‘teach«ra ,had a very busy day of it, but finally succeeded iu obtaining order out of chaos. Work will commence in earngt iu the morning aud Prof. Harris aays that he expects a very busy and successful year, The outlook for Rome’s Public school is indeed promising. Tommorrow is return day for Floyd Supreriou Court. The baseball c>ub is negroliat ing with the Cartersville team to have them io come to Rome Wed Thurs. and Fri. It is very probable that the club wid play here. Mr-Halstead Smith, was called to Summervill this moruiug on business. Miss. Abbie Webb, left yesterday for Cincinnati. DU MIT lit IlflME —-- Our Readers Likely to Be Cun ningly Swindled. INGENIOUS PLAN FOR DECEPTION. Wiley Schemer* trying to Sell Inferior Cyclopedia* Under Pretense* That Are Fal*e—»there Is No VN* So Simple butt AHSiune* Some Mark of Virtue in 1114 Outward Parts.” We clip the following from the At lanta Constitution in the hope that it will protect our readers against the misrepresentations of any unreliable book agents who may approach them. The Constitution is certainly doing au excellent work in the way of encourag ing methods of home education. And it is to be deplored that there are per sons so unscrupulous as to take advan tage of the great interest which has thus heell aroused and attempt to turn it tf> their own personal gain. It would be bad enough if they simply defrauded The Constitution of the right ful reward for its liberal educational enterprise, but what is worse, these pretenders are palming off on an unsus pecting public ajj sorts of ixjferigy pub lications, at a pnee nearly sufficient to buy the genuine new edition of the En cyclopaedia Britannica, now offered at {specif introdpetiory rates by The Con stitution. Tire Constßytien says: z— • In Wednesday's Constitution the lead ing editorial was devoted to an expose of the insidious attempt of the jute trust to deceive cotton shippers. This brings us to the consideration of another matter upon which the publie should be informed. Believing that the wide dissemination of ihe new edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica would he a lasting and decided benelil to the people of this section, a special introductory contract was secured from the Britannica publishers wholly in the interest of our renders. The Consti tution is not in the book business for any profit on the sales. It is not concerned, in a pecuniary sense, further thab the legiti mate increase of the number of subscrib ers to the daily and the weekly Constitu tion. The knowledge of the educational good it is accomplishing through this lib eral offer would alone be sufficient recom pense for the entire undertaking. This liberal enterprise of The Constitu tion has excited the cupidity of certain persons who have other books to sell. Taking advantage of our methods for in troduction of Britannica into houses not already provided, they seek to cunningly impress prospective buyers that they can offer something “practically the same” or “just as good.” This Is deceptive, and we wish our readers to understand that the new edition of the Encyclopedia Britan nica is just off the press; that it has never been offered to the public before in any section of the United States, and that it can be had only from The Constitution or its authorized representatives. All others purporting to be the same are so prwent ed for the purpose of deception. This is a matter to which The Constitu tion h*s Is-en slow to make reference, be cause we recognise the right of every man to advance his own pecuniary interest* by selling any books he may have or may be able to obtain. While no reference library can be found equal to the new edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, vet The Cob ' stltutlon recognizes the fact that this does not render other reference libraries value less; and there may tie those who could 1 not afford to purchase the best even at the , exceptionally low introductory now offered to The Constitution readers. It would lie an undoubted blessing to such to obtain a reference library of any sort that would come within th<4r means* for all reference books are valuable aids to ward self-education. There can lx-no objection, therefore, to other persons offering their books for sale anywhere and at any time thj*y sepjit, so long as ther confiiw* themselves 'to the truth, and sell their boobs al proper puces, not attempting by i.eceptivw gieUugJs, to obtain for their inferior works a prick which would enable the purchaser. bad he not been deceived, to obtain the genu ine new edition of the Encylopaedla Brit tanica. It would be all well enough if these inferior works were sold at a price proportionate, but those who buy should understand that they are not getting the new edition, or anything like it. A refer ence to anv modern subject, such as Aus tralian ballot system, welding iron by elec tricity, electrocution, etc., snow how ut terly inadequate these out-of-date editions are to fill the needs of a man who wants up-to-date information. Some of these itinerants have been so ' bold as to use language intended to lead buyers to believe that they were represen tatives of The Constitution. A little care, however, will uncover this mask, ax every person who is authorized to offer the new edition of t he Encyclopaedia Britannica is provided with a letter of identification from The Constitution. If not provided with such a letter, which the buyer has a right to ses. purchasers may know he is not a representative of The Constitu tion, nor has he the genuine new edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica for sale. RECORDERS COURT. Several Cases Disposed of This Morning. The following case* were tried before Recorder Spullock this morning. Tom Heard and Mattie Brown, disorderly. Sent to jail in default of SSO, bond Charlie Butler and Jim Carter disorderly, fined $3 each. Billy Malone, wife boating. Sent to jail in default of SSO bond. Strick land L-onard, disorderly conduct sl2 50 or 25 days on the Streets. Ed Long, disorderly, dismissed, Burt Holmes, cart driver. Disor derly driving, fined $4,00 Alice Kennedy and Cornelia Fry, fight ing. Fined $4.00 each. Mrs J L Camp, and Misses. Ad die LaCoute, and Daisey Camp, have returned from Adairsvilb , where they have beed spending the summuer. Miis Bessie \V bite, of Gadsdeu, is visiting the Misses. O’Neil’s on Sec ond Avenue. M. F. Howell, of Aunistor, is at the Armstrong.