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mLA PEOPLES The Lpaper. fourth year Have moved across the street to the Medical Building, next ” 0 111 ’IDIIED P PR door to Ci ° uch & c ° s ’ Dru^ st ° re ’ near D ° u^,as & constables- prilTO CIIOIIICUCDO I® Ui MG nil 1 Ln \X uUj G° there for Bargains inDry-goods, Notionsand Shoes, Ties Etc UlJi I U I UllHluflLliU 2 Spoolscotton for five cents, 5 Papers pins for five cents, ■! * '4 THE HUSTLER OF ROME. • < r»: it LESS THAN 1.009 Os the Brothers in Black Have Reg istered, NEARLY 3,000 WHITES Have Their Names on the Lists. The Registered Vote Given by Districts and in a Tabulated Fo"m Save a Copy The total registration for Floyd county, both white and colored, is 3947. The whites number 2969 and black 978. Next Wednesday is election day for governor, state house officers and representatives. The out look now is that a full vote will be polled, and that the democratic candidates will all re ceive a good majority in old Floyd The three candidates for repre sentatives, J. H. Reece, Maj. R. T. Fouche and Mose Wright will be elected beyond question. Below is the tabulated list of voters in ea.oh district. DISTRICTS. WHT. COL. Everett 109 6 Floyd- Springs 158 26 Texas Valley 174 21 N. C. 181 42 Livingston 108 80 Fosters 71 19 Cave Spring 201 111 Barkers 115 41 Vans Valley 94 41 Chulio ' 130 41 Howell 118 30 Watters 196 97 Etowah 88 36 Flat Woods 123 42 Rome 1103 339 Totals 2969 978 Miss Clara Rhodes went to At lanta this morning, and will spend several months there as the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Geo. Hi)lyer. JUST received" One of the most com plete assortments of TOILET 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 \ J. T. CROUCH & CO Medical Building. ROME GEORGIA. FRIDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER. 28 IBP4. SPEAKER CRISP. Arrived in the Ciry at 4;40 This p. m. THE RALLY TOMORROW. Mr. Clay Wdl Arr>vg Tonijh And Judge Maddox >s Al ready Here. Reception at the Armstrong Tong’ht- Tomorrow is to be a red letter dsy in Flojd county democracy. At 4:40 this afternoon Mr. Speaker Crisp, us the United States Congress arrived iu the city, over the Southern, Railway and was met at the East Rome depot by a large delegation of cities, and driven to the Armstrong hotel. Tonight at the hotel Mr. Crisp will be tendered an informal re ception and should be met by every man, woman and child in the city. The great democrat is in prime condition for the masterly speech which he will deliver at the Opera house tomorrow at 10 o’clock. Mr. Steve Olay, the idol of North Georgia democracy will arrive to. night and will also put up at the Armstrong. He too, will speak to morrow to the masses who will as semble at the Opera House. Judge Maddox the other orator of the trio of elequent orators and statesmen, is on hand and barring a tooth ache, is in fine trim. Our John’s tooth may ache a little but hie pain will be nothing to the political agony he will in flict on the howling pop’s who are endeavering to swallow o.d Dr, Flopper Felton. The speaking will begin at 10. o’clock tomorrow morning and will be held in the Opera House Every body is iuvited and it seems that everybody will accept the invitation and improve the occasion by bmng present. Gordon Evans and Maddox. Cartersville, Ga., Sept. 27. — Fully 3,000 people assembled to day to attend the barbecue and speaking. The orators, Generals Evans, Gordon and Judge Maddox had the closest attention and their speeches will do much good among the voters of Bartow, The speaking j was in the Sam Jones tabernacle. The colored band was engaged and enlivened the occasion with music A large number of carcasses were barbecued in the best fashion and fed to the hungry crowd which assembled at the table at two 2 o’clock. Colonel Matt Harris introduced the speakers. Bartow county is now fully awake to the situation and . it is believed will roll up a good major ity next Wednesday. Atkinson and Bartlett. Thomaston Ga., Sept. 27. Hon. Charles L. Bartlett and Hon. W. Y. Atkinson spoke to a large and enthusiastic crowd here to day. . c The occasion was a democrat! barbecue given to the people of the county, regardless of politics, by the local campaign committee. A large crowd met the speakers and they were attentively listened to. Don’t take internal remedies for Female Diseases. Common sense requires a direct application like ‘Orange Blossom.” Sold by D. W. Curry. Johnson’s Magnetic Oil cure cramps and colic and internal neu ralgia and beadache and backache ! nstantly 25 and 50 eta. For sale by J 1 Crouch & Co POORJJORBETT. Bob Fitzsinnon Begs him ro box Four Rounds. HE FAITHFULY PROMISES Not to Knock’nim out. Willing Forthe Gate Receipts to go to the Poor of New York. Gentleman Jim Falks. New Orleans, La., Sept., 28 Middleweight Champion Fitzsim mons this morning mailed the fol lowing letter to Corbett; “Mr. James J. Carbitt, Cham pion of the World —Dear sir: At every opportunity when my name has been used iu connection with a battle with you for the world’s championship, you have endeavor ed to belittle my claim fora fight on the grounds, as you put it, that I am uot in your class, or that you have not seen the color of my mon ey. “I am very well aware of the fact that although I have earned more money than you at fighting since I have become middleweight champion, you can buy and sell me financially, no doubt, your fac ulty of saving being greater than mine. Therefore I hope that a $lO,- 000 side bet will not stand as a barrier against securing a match with you. “The amount of money that I shall put up has decided many a championship contest in the .past, and 1 hope you will uot refuse, when you sign for a525,000 purse, such as offered by the Olym pic Club, at the present time. You will find my name attached with out asklug for a looser’s end ” WILL NOT • ‘KNOCK YOU OUT.” ‘ln order to show my sincerity to the public at large I will make you two propositions, First—That we engage the larg est hall in New York city aud give a boxing exhibition, four rounds, scientific points only, for the ben efit of the poor of New York city. I will give you any pledge that you may demand that I will not at tempt to knock you out. In case competent judges decide that I am not in your class so far as skill and science is concerned I will never ask for a match with you again. Secondly I ask to be allowed to formally challenge you to give me a chance to meet you to a finish to decide the world’s champion ship, according to the MarquisJ of Queemsbury rules. “In order to again show my sin cerity I hereby deposit the sum of SIO,OOO as a side bet with the privilege of increasing it later on if my financial standing will al low. “I most respectfully call your attention to the fact that I have already signed articles to meet you before the Olympic Club for a $25, 000 purse, winner to take all, and I trust you will see your way clear to do likewise. Respectfully, yours, “Robert Fitzsimmons, “Champion Middleweight of the World.” MUST GET INTO JIM’S CLASS. Lewiston, Me., September 27. — Champion Corbett said today re garding Fitzsiminon’s challenge after his victory over Creedon last evening: “Fitzsimmons may keep on fighting middleweights until doomsday, but I will not meet him until he gets into my class. He has been challenged time and again by Steve O’Donnell, and he has got to recognize him before I will fight him.” FIRED 4 SHOTS And eot Three of a Kind and one Pair. A NEGRO DESPERADO Resisted Arrest and After Rut ing Three Negro Deouties to Sleep Made his Es cape. A Psse is in hot Persuit. Muscogee, I. T., Sept.2B.—Toni Smith, a negro desperado, shot and killed three colored United States deputy marshals and seriously wounded twe white officers while they Y/ore attempting to p.rr«“t- hi™ at the Muscogee International fair this morning. The deputy Mar shals have organized a posse and are in hot pursuit of the murderer. Smith used a revolver and only fired four times. FOOLED THE DOCTOR And put the Undertaker to Route, was not Dead. Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 28.—A Baltimore and Ohio train, when approaching Messerly yesterday, struck a curve and Albert Messer ly, a Wheeling drummer, was thrown off the platform on which he was standing and went over an embankment. He was picked up unconscious. A doctor pronounced him dead and his supposed remains were turned over to an Undertaker for ship ment home. While the undertaker was pre paring the supposed corpse, Mes serly opened his eyes, saw what was going on, and, after proving himself still alive, was taken home. He will recover. S. M. STARK. I desire to inform my Friends and Patrons and the Public gener - ly, that my elegant line of Fall and Winter WOOLENS Has been received,and are now open for in spection, And i willfur ther state that I am now batter prepared than ever io turn out FIRST CLASS WORK AND HIST CUSS GOODS, At prices never before heard of in Rome, S. M. STARK, BHHT TAILOB 16 ARMSTRONG HOTEL Eight Pages. 10 CENTS A WEEK THE PEOPLE -o+OF* NORTH GA. A N * ALABAMA.* Hard times and the the scarcity of money, has forced the price of cotton down to 6 cents Wages »n cf every*- thing else is low and we propose to put the price of Groceries and Dry Goods, Etc, down in proportion. We are the only llarge dealers in our line in Rome that dont belong to an associa tion or combine of some sort to keep the prices of goods up. We have been in business in- Rome about 15 years, and have never joined an asso ciation of any kind, that had to cut prices for usto sell by. We began with a single little grocery store, but by selling, cheap for cash and never try ing to get more for goods than they are worth. We h ive built up a trade* , that any body might fee-A proud of. We now have six stores in ’ the Fourth Ward. Two with Groceries, two with Dry Goods and shoes,and one with Cloth ing and Gents Furnishing goodsand one with Crockery,, , Glass Ware and Stoves. An I in addition to these we have one at 236 Broad bf, • with a Mammoth Stock ojf ■ Stoves, Crockery, Glass, Tin ware and House Furnishing Goods, We buy : n large lots as cheap as any whole sale mer chant car buy and sell them as cheap as we please. We Wholesale and Retaif, and it you hava a little money to spend, we can and wifi sell you < heaper than any body lit : this city. Look Ata Few Prices. Good Green Coffee 6 lbs tor SLE Good sound Tobacco II inch plug at 5 cents. Good Red Flannai Gu -’ranteed all Wool at 10 cents yd Heavy J aos 10 cents a yd. Cotton Check 3| cents and up Sheetng yard wide 44 cents a yard. Cotton Flanuell 5 cents a yard. Bleached Cotton yd wide 5 cent yd? Dress Gingham 4| cents a yard Flour, Meat, Sugar. Etc. Under the prices of the Association. If you are a merchant come to see us, and we will save you money by giving you our lowest prices. Lanham & Sons,, 316,318, 320,322.3- 24, 326 Fifth Ave AND 236 Broad St.