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IILSTLIK OF- ROM E. Eight Pages. ■OURTH Have moved across the street to the Medical Building, next ■ ' IDMED P Pf| door to Crouch & Co’s, Drug store, near Douglas & Co’s, Stables- PTMTO Fl ini-IOIJEDP l i- Di Hw RHiLiI Gt LU) Co there for Bargains in Dry-goods, Notions and Shoes, Ties Etc ULII I U I U li It lull LllU 2 Spools cotton for five cents, 5 Papers pins for. five cents, PHIL ARMOUR HAS 51.000.000 Os Cold Cash Which'he is Ready to Invest IN THE JEKYL ISLAND It is the Property of a Char tered Corporation, and the Members will vote on the Disposal ofthe Matter. Brunswick, Ga., October 2.—lt is rumored that the Jekyl Island Club has been offered $1,000,000 for the clubhouse and island, near Brunswick, by Phil D. Armour, the Chicago meat packer. John E. dußignon, of Bruns wick, a drummer of the club, said today: “There is a standing offer of $1,000,000 for the island and improvements. The matter of the sale has been discussed by the Club, but no definite decision has been made. The Jekyl Island Club is a regu lar chartered corporation under the laws of the State of Georgia, and as such a'l the stockholders will have a vote on the question of sale. The matter has not been de cided yet, as no voces have been taken. “It is stated that the majority of the club members are opposed to the sale. Mr. Armour will be here shortly, having engaged ac commodations.” RESUMED INVESTIGATION The Lexcw Committee Nearly Fin ished with WitsorK New York, October 2 Lex ow committee resumed its investi gations into the police department today after a two weeks vacation, taken to allow the members of the committee to attend the state con vention of the republican and dem ocratic parties. 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 i CANDIES J.T. CROUCH & CO Medical Building. ROME GEORGIA. TUESDAY EVENING OCTOBER. 2 1894. WEEPING ANOWAILING Treasuary Department Clerks Full of Anxiety MANY WERE FIRED While Others go on a Tempora ry Roll and Still Others Drop Into Harder Places a Georgi an Promoted Washington. October 2. Under the Dockery'hill there has been a great ehakingup in the treasuary. It is doubtful if there was ever en acted within the treasuary Jbuild ing a scone similar to that which occurred there this morning. The average treasuary clerk is always in his place at 9 o’clock. A great many of them were "at their desks long before that hour this morning and many of them wore very anxious faces. Only forty-two clerks were drop ped Saturday but in the reorgani zation of the department all the old clerks knew there would be a “gamble” for the new places and tLul some ninety-odd employes would have to go on temporary roll. It is one of the few departments under the-government where merit counts and a great many of the employes have to work hard. “Where do I stand?” asked an old whitohaired clerk in the ap pointment clerk’s office this morn ing. “You are ou the temporary roll” responded the clerk. “Whst does that mean?” There is au appropriation of 30,000 for the payment of the clerks on that roll. How long will it last. ' Until about the last of Decem- ' ber. Then what will become of me? ‘I don’t know” The old clerk swallowed something in his throat and away It was an uncommon sight to see two women clerks walking down the cor ridor in tears, trying to comfort each other, and Mr. Dockery's ear must have burned. The Georgians in the department very lucky. Not one of them W as dropped, but several were ousted from old p a es and given new and hardei ones. Eugene P. Pepper was transferred from the office of the first comptroll er to the second auditors division and wrs removed from the treasury to the old Wyman building. He is placed in charge of the military di vision. Mr. Forte, of Stewart county was reduced from a chief’s position in die second comptroller’s office to a law clerkship in the comptrollers office Thnias A. Hodgson, of Athens, was promoted from a $1,600 clerk ship in the office of the late compt r< 1 er to one paying SI.BOO.$ l .BOO. BURNED THEIR HOUSES. Four Lives Lost at a Fire in Ke nosha, Wis. Kenosha, Wis. Oct 2.—Four per sons were roasted alive and two others badly burned at the resi dence of B B Pierce, in the town ' of Wilmot, near the state line,Sat urday evening. Mr. Pierce’s family consisted of his wife, three sons, aged twenty five, tweuty-niue and thirty-four i years and a daughter aged eighteen , years. i All slept upstairs. One of >hn youug men first noticed the fire and leaped down stairs. He then returned to arouse the rest of the family, but perished with his brothers and sister The father and mother escaped with severe burns. TOMOROW THEJCTORY Floyd County Democracy will Sweep the Field. MANAGERS APPOINTED And a Well Organized Force of Enthusiastic Workers Will Inhabit Every Poll ing Precint in the County Tomorrow the “wool hat boys of old Floyd will meet the pops at ti e ballot|box and will snow them under As lar as Floyd county is concerned the entire democratic ticket will go through by nn average of 700 major ity—at least those are the figures i claimed by many of the most con eervative members of the party. No effort to capture tte colored i vote is being spaired by the pops , but the Georgia negro who was fiol ed on the promise of 40 acres and a mule now knows that democracy is the negroes best friend. From all over the state comes cheering reports of promised demo I crat.ic gains—certain to materialize. That Mr. Atkinson and the entire state ticket will be elected has long since been conceded by Hines and most of his dehided followers, that that the majority will be nearer 100,000 than it is 1,000 most con servatiou democrats are almost a unit in predicting. At 7 oclock tomorrow morning the polls will open in this city, and Judge E. R. Lumpkin for demo cracy and Mr. Bud Rawlins for the pops, assisted by an able staff of clerks will be in charge “A free ballot and a fair count : and may the beet man wm“ will , make a pleasant election and a sure democratic victory. HARD LUCK FOR ’NOOGA. Her Big Plough Factory May go to St. Louis. Chattanooga, Tenn. October 2. — , One of Chattanooga’s largest in . dustries may be removed to St. Louis. It is the Chattanooga Plow Company, which does an immense business in South America and : keeps a force of 300 hands at work the year round. Negotiations are now pending between St Louis par ties and Newell Sanders, president of the company, for the removal of the plant to East St. Louis. It would be a great blow to Chatta nooga. Charging the grand jury in the United States court this morning Judge Key stated that any man who purchased a registration cer tificate or prevented a voter from registering for the coming election could be indicted in the United States courts. The charge created a sensation. The October county court which convened this morning with the re cently elected Judge Walker, re publican, in the chair, will make a desperate effort to drag Hamil ton out of the deep well of debtin to which it has fallen by borrow ing S6O,(MM), the county’s present indebtedness. Was Examined. Last night in the Second Meth odist church, Rev. Geo. W. Duval and Presiding Elder Pierce exam ined Mr. O. L. Millican as a can didate for the North Georgia Con ference. Mr. Millican stood a splendid examination and no doubt will be admitted to the next Conference, which meets in Rome in November. He will devote hiseutire time then to the ministry, and is des tined to do great good in the cause as he is an earnest Christian and a h '.rd student. JNO.SIBLEY ON HIS EAR He Wanted to "see the' Registra tion Lists AND SUED OUT A WRIT Before Judge George Gober who Cites the Ordinary to “Show Cause, etc.’’ “Poor John” is a Kronn’c K ! cker Marietta, Ga., October 1. —A novel mandamus suit was brought here to-dav by Mr. John Sibley through his attorneys, Messrs. T. B. Irwin and C. I). Philips. It was to compel the ordinary, Mr. J. M. Stone, to allow John Sibley to inspect the book of regis tration of Cobb county and to fur nish to him a certified copy of the list of voters, which, it was alleged the ordinary refused to do. It was presented to Judge Gober, who granted on its rule nisi, the effect of which was to request the ordinary to show cause tomorrow at 9 o’clock why he should not comply with the request. The paper is now in the hands of Colonel W. R. Parver, attorney for the ordinary, whose steps in re gard thereto have not yet become known. This is the outcome of a large citizens’ meeting held here about a month ago for the purpose of se curing fair elections regardless of parties and in that meeting it was resolved that all sides shbuld have free access to the books and rec ords. 8, M. STARK. I desire to inform my Friends and Patrons and the Pub lie gener - ly, that my elegant line of new Fall and Winter WOOLENS Has been received,and are now open for in spection, And 1 willfur ther state that I am now better prepared than ever to turn out FIRST CLASS WORK AND FIRST CLASS GOODS, At prices never 'before heard of in Rome, 8. M. STARK, : I MHRCBAHT TAILOR 16 ARMSTRONG HO 11 I 10 CENTS A WEEK THOEOPLE NORTH GA. ♦ALABAMA.* Hard times and the the scarcity of money, has forced the price of cotton down to 6 cents Wages and 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 large 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. Ue 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 ustosell by. »Ve 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 have built up a trade that any body might feel proud of. We now have six stores in the Fourth Ward. Two with Groceries, two with Dry Goods and shoes,and oue with Cloth ing and Gents Furnishing goodsand one with Crockery Glass Ware and Stoves. An 1 in addition to these we have one at 23G Broad with a Mammoth Stock of Stoves, Crockery, Glass, Tin ware and House Furnishing Goods, We buy >n large lots as cheap as any wholesale mer chant can buy and sell them as cheap as ,we please. We Wholesale and Retaif andifvou havo a little money to spend, we can and will sell you ( htaper than any bodv in this city. Look Ata Few Prices. Good Green Coffee 6 Ibe for $1 Good sound tobacco 11 inch plug 1 at 5 cents. Good Red Flannel Guaranteed all Wool at 10 cents yd '* Heavy Jeans 10 cents a yd, Cctjten Check 34 cents and up Sheetng yard wide 4j cents a yard Cotton Flannel! 5 cents a yard Bleached Cotton yd wide 5 cent yd Dress Gingham 4| cents a yard Flour, Meat, Sugar. Etc. Luder the prices of the Association It 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..