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'LafesiliisT FOURTH year Have moved across the street to the Medical Building, next •■'J-• )** • _ ' -a.* • f . l. < -a,. -'4s *» ■ I Q ’lDUrn p Os! door to Crouch & Co’s, Drugstore, near Douglas & Co’s, Stables - PrilTQ ["IIOIUCIJEDC It’ Ui C Kill Lil vOj Go there for Bargains in Dry-goods, Notions and Shoes, Ties Etc ULil I U I uIiIhIUiiLiIU 2 Spools cotton for five cents, 5 Papers pins for five cents, • • THE HUSTLER OF ROME ’'* ’ •' F K IL , * • I. h j- I TMOGRftM Os First General Maeting of Floyd Baptist Association. AT MACEDONIA CHURCH, rmportant Questions end ‘'a Good Time" to be Dis cussed Beginning the Fifth Sunday ’n September. Introductory sermon Friday 11 a.m* by H. D. Gilbert. In what sense are we born of wa ter? To what extent should a believer in Christ separate himsell from the world. The best plan for mission work in the Floyd County Baptist Asso siution. Is there any church in the Floyd County Association either unable or unwilling to give to missions? If not why do they not give? Ought a church to have a plan for the support .of the gospel? If so what plan? Selma Saturday Ila. m. by R. B. Headden. Is tuereNi uniform scriptural rule regulation the m »ney question tor Baptist churches. If thers is such a ru’e, whose faith is it that some churches have none. Are anual revivals essential t-> the best grow<h of the churches If so what are some of the beet means of promoting. Is it beet for allchistain social ties to make a full rep rt of ail the:r work, to the churches ot which they are members? Every church in the Floyd county Baptist Association is urged to have full delegation present. The people of Macedonia are fa mous for their generous and warm hearted hospiiality and a glorious good time is in store for all who at tend this general meeting. JUST RECEIVED ,t• ’ t One of the most com plete assortments of TTJLET SOAPS AND TOILET ARTICLES Ever brought to the city. See our line of fine IMPORTED TOOTH BRUSHES They have no superior on this or any other market SOLE AGENT FOR CANDIES x J. T. CROUCH & CO Medical Building. ROME GEORGIA. TUESDAY EVE'UMG SEPTEMBER. 18 1894. !K W VA. 4 St" '''Jf . I 1 i wife para A Tennessee Farmer Arrested and Jailed DENIES THE CHARGE ; But the circumstantial Evi dence is Strongly Against him. the Deadly Drug, U s ed ' Naslrviile. Tenn., September 17. —Jeff Kemper, a well known farmer living twelve miles from Nashville, was arrested today on a -tate warrant sworn out by County Judge Fer is, charging him with poisoning his wife. Mrs. Kemper was at church Wednesday night, but died Thurs day night after a brief but violent illness, She was buried Saturday. Kemper and his wife did not get along well together, owing to his relations vIFh a negro woman on his place, ami he was at once suspected of having poisoned her. Dr. Co*', who is K mpei'.- family physician and br< tLer-iu-'aw, re ported to.Jud’e F-rii- today that Kmii er had consulted him as to tne < uau ity of sti j chniue access ary lu aid a <log ami remarked that some calomel he was fixing up locked like strychnia*. Sheriff Sriarpe foy,u<l Kemper at the jail today eating dinner witu Ja 11 o r Da 1 . • He denied hie guilt, but was positively identified by a drug clerk of a man to whom be sold strychnine a. fev days ago. Dr. Coe said Mrs Kemper’s body had every appearance of being poisoned. A postuporteiji has been ordered. . TSE CANDIDATES MIXED. A Chicago Crowd Med to see Wouid"be Congressmen Fieht. 0 ( Chicago, Sep 4 , i7. —T JNoonau.the Democratic can iidate for congress iu tbe Fourth District encountered bis Republican opponent. George 1 E. White, at Madison and Elizabeth streets, jresterday. “I hear you are dragging person alties into this campaign,” said White to Nodnap. ‘"Well, I think its about time you were shown up,” said Noonan to White. “Oh, you do?” said White to Noonan, at the same instant “swatting” the Democrat on the nose. Noonan responded with a right hander that raised a big lump over the Republican’s eye. Then they “mixed it.” A crowd gathered and allowed them to pound each other all over the street In just five minutes Noonan was lifted into a carriage, with a frac tured leg and a face that looked like a raw steak. White had knock ed him “clean out.” But Whit e did not escape. He will exhibit to his friends in the district one large discolored optic, a knob on the side of his head that he can hang his hat bn and a cut in his chin in which two stitches, had to be taken, A School-Reader Here Goes Free. Baltimore, Md., Sept, 17. — Charles Wright, the hero of an in cident described in Swinton’s Third Reader under the heading “How Charley Wright Saved Three Lives,” was acquitted in the Uni ted Slates District Court yesterday of the charge of selling liquor without a Government license. It is said that he saved eighty three lives during his career, and has received thirty-three medals for his heroism. Jobi. B Porter, and son of Sil ver Creek, are in the city tcday. JAFC IN The/ kill a d The ng Tails. A Bl CODY BATTLE In Which the Japs are Qlo i riouslv Victorious rin.l amens® Mun i ,n of war. The r Loss SI ght S*li« cir< us ci.to Rome thi-j morning ab.ur 7 o'clock. Thny cHiiu- m from Chattanoo. ga ov-r the Smi’hi-r i railway. and a crowd ot < - iri<iu- »»-i o kers wme on han’t to set?, the process of un loading. hey had partially unloaded, when it w b discovered that the grounds on 8* comi Avenue were in a very bad condition for showing on,and a hi k in the proceedings took place. 'After a long delay grounds were -ecured in North R >me. and > b >ut 10 o'clock that put of Ibe cucun which had heeu ui 1 >aded wag car ried up Second Avenue and Broad Stree; to its destination. On <c ount of the delay the pa rade md not take plac at the ified tfime. Trie rent was put in place at once an t trie pelformance for the afternoon had aia ge crowd present. In spite of the cloudy and threat ening looks of the weather the country people commenced com ing early in the morning. They came walking-, of? horseback, in wagons, and buggies and every train added some to the crowd. From the a mount of phaiaphren alia. horses, animals, etc., indica tions are that the circus is a really go<>d one, A liairless horse provok ed more exclamations of astonish ment and delight than the ele phants or anything else, while the motley conglomeration was wait ing in East Rome until grounds could be secured, Ir is i rough 1 lot of fel lows that follow oiie of tfioB 0 mod ern circes’’ nr >und. and tha r do the hard meinal work. But it* is wonderful h<>w much work they can do in a short space of time. From confused mass of cloth, p< l-*s and rop-s,'springs like msg ic a white an orderly tent, with everything in.place. There was a suppressed air excitement and expectancy in the faces of the young folks as they hurried up the hill this morning to the public schools, and it is dol lars to cents that there wasn't much studying done today. ProC Harris very considerately turned them out at one o’clock, so they could go. This is a day for real lemonade, peanuts and small boys. Many huxsters went to the trouble of putting up stands of all kinds on Second Avenue this morn ing, expecting the circus to show there. They had their trouble for nothing, and had to move to North Rome. “DAVID B. JILL” DEAD Not the Statesman, but a Horse With a Trotter’s Record. Rockaway Beach Sept. 18.—Da vid B. Hill, expired at 6 o’clock this morning at Hamnlel’s Station. This par'ieular David B. was a horse, and although not of su?h re pute as his namesake statesman he was well known among the followers of fast horses bn Long Island, For the fast three years Hill had been owned by Murray & Bros. The last Vars event in which Hill participated was a match race with M. E. Gustafson’s brown horse at the peursalls track. Hill, although old decrepit, fairly rau away with the race. I THE_WUS. Sell’s Brothers in the City, “After the Rain is Over.” BIG STREET PARADE ■ Thousands of People in the Cl ty, Cause the Streets io As suing a Holiday Ap pearance. Only 1 Performance. London, September 17. —A Cen tral News dispatch from Seoul, da ted o o’clock p. m. September IGth Kiys a great battle Ims been fought at Ping Yang, between the Chinese and Japanese troops, in which the former were utterly routed. Tiie battle was opened Saturday at daybreak by a Japanese canno nade of the Chinese works, which was continued without cessation until the afternoon, the Chinese responding. Their work with the L heavy guns showed good pratice. At about 5 o’clock a body of in. fantry was thrown forward by the Japanese and maintained a rille fire upon, the enemy'until dusk. Throughout the day only the Pong San column was engaged. The bChine.se defenses had suffered greatly, but the losses on either side were small, both th* Chinese and Japanese having taken advan tage of all shelter available. At 3 o’clock in the morning an , attack was made by the. Japanese columns simul laneously and with admirable precision- The t.hinese line which were so strong in front, were found to bo weak in the rear, and here the attack was a perfect success. The Chinese *were completely taken b/ surprise and were thrown into a panic. Hundreds were cut down and those who escaped dealh finding themselves suri >uuded at i every point, brojee and lied. Some of Viceroy Li Hupg Chang’s European drilled troops stood their ground to the eastward and were cut down to a man. The Pong San column, swarming over the defense in front, completed the rout. Half an lh»ur after the attack opened the positions of Ping Yang were in poseesion of the Japanese. It is estimated that 220,00 P Chi nese soldiers were.engaged in the battle. JAVANESE LOSS SLIGHT. The* Japanese captured immense stores of provisions, ri.mmii ns of waraud\ hundreds of stands of colors. The Chinese loss is estimat es at. Ifi.OOO killed, wonnde I and taken prisoners. Among those cap tured by the Japanese are several of the Chinese commanding offi cers, including General Tzo Fung, commander in chief of the Man churian army who wag ; sevely wounded Tne Jananese loss is on ly thirty killed and .270 woulded including eleven officers Fiji DeVil Worshippers. Victoria, B. C., Sept 18. —The trial of the principals in the recent devil worship by recel tribes of Fi ji, according to advices just re ceived, ended in six prisenors liv ing sentenced to death. One of tiie condemned, a boy of About sixteen, is said to be responsible for the entire affair, having pro claimed himself a devil priest and urged his follow-tribesmen to re turn to an anemnt custom of life and superslit itious worship. But., in consideration of his youth the Executive Council commuted his sentence to ten years’ imprison ment, They remitted the death penalty in the cases of two others, who will serve in chains for twen ty years. Jeliy scts. at Morris’ Telephone 26. Eight Pages. 10 CENTS A WEEK THE AXE FALLS And tne Beautiful Heads of Lady Employees DROP IhTO THE BASKET. 1 he Dreaded Yellow Envelooe Provokes aJStorm of Tears. The Gold Reserve j n . cn as' a ovcrs4Qo, 000. Washington, Sept. 17—The comptroller of the currency has declared a third divid- nd of 10 per cent in tavu; .of the creditors of the S 1 ate National bank of Knox ville I’enn. making ia all 55 per cent; Employees of th« tressuiy de partment are thorough I v v.’mked up over the discharges now being made to carry into effect the reor ganisation provided by the Dockery commission. So far the “ax” has fallen mofil heavily upon the women employees and many high-priced female clerks have been discharged. The scene today and Saturday when the dreaded y 1 low envelopes con taining the discharge was handed to the victims, were iu many cases pathetic. It was not unusual to have a dozen groups ol pretty crying clerks in one bureau. Many of the female clerks discharged had been i long iu the service, and one case is mentioned of a woman who was among the first ever appointed to government office by United Stab's Treasurer Spinner, over thirty-five years ago. Twelve clerks were dis charged today. Tiie gold reserve increased today nearly $400,000, standing at tiie close of business in tiie treasury at $57,430,351. - - - - - -. Speaking of personal, remind us of the purse display at Trevitt <fc Johnson. Persistent personal at tention to the selection of this line removes any line for competitive display. “He who steals my purse steals trash ’is not appliable if your se lection of a purse is made at T. & •- forjiad Shakespeare seen our line he would have put into the .mouth of Hamlet: ‘‘lake thou the trash tlioii thief, but leave the purse.” S. M. STARK. I desire to call the attention of my patrons and the public general ly to tbe fact that ON bEP’T 10th. My large and well assorted new stock of FALL AND WINTER WOOLENS Will arrive, and furtherjthat I amjnow prepaired and will turn out FIRST CLASS WORK A > i> FIRST GLASS GOODS, Cheaper than evarbefofe. Paste this in YOLK HAT ’and remember your own interests S. M. STARK, MERCHANT TAILOB ' 16 ARMSTRONG HOTEL.