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FUORTH year people the NORTH GA. I ♦ALABAMA.* Hard times and the scarcity of mon p y } lrt s forced the price of cot ton down to G cents. Wagesand everything else is low and we propose to put the pr i C e of Groceries and Dry Goods, etc, down in proportion. We are the on y large dealers in our line in Rome that don’t belong to an association or combine of gome sort to keep the prices of goods up- WE HAVE BEEN In business, in Rom about 15 years, and have never joined an association of any kind that had tocut prices for us to sell by. Vv e bega n w ithasing le little grocery store, but by se ling cheap for cash and ruver trying 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. 2 with Grocer ies, two with dry goods and shoes, and one with gent’ Furnishing goods and one with Crockery, Glass Ware and stoves Our Crockery Store. And in addition to these we have one at 230 Broad street with a Mammoth Stock of Stoves, (rockery, Glass, Tinwear and House !■ i eshing Goods. Me buy i. large lots as cheap as any whu’.- ■ le merchant and can buy and sell hem as cheap as please. Me Wholesale and Retail and if you have a little money to spend, can and will sell you cheaper than any body in this city. Look Ata Few Prices. Good Green Coffee 6 lbs for $1 Good sound Tobacco 11 inch plug 5 cents. Good Red Flannel Guaranteed all Wool at 10 cents yd eavy J eaijg jo cents a yd, °tton Check 3£ cents and up “-heetug yard wide 4| cents a yard otton Hannell 5 cents a yard Cached Cotton yd wide 5 cent yd rO BB Gingh am 4| cents a yard hl °ur, Meat, Sugar. Etc. Luder P r * c es of the Association k you are a merchant come 0 see us, and we will save you tton ey by giving you our lowes* Prices. Lanham & Sons, 316 <318, 320,322/3- 24, 326 Fifth Ave AND 236 Broad St. THE HUSTLER OF ROME. HOKE TALKS I He tells the Wasningionians how kum it Was. QUOTES FIGGERS To back uo his Statements Ccmpairs the recent Elec tion With Goy. North en's first Fight four Years ago Washington, Oct, 8.-Secretary Hole Smith, who has just returned from Georg i , speaking toctey of the 'ecent Georgia elections, said. ‘‘The jtate ticket has been elected by between 30,00 and 35,000 majorit', It is manifestly unfair to compare this election with the state election in 1892, when Governor Northen re ceived a majority of 68,000. Then the republican state conven tion declined to endorse the populist candidate and failed to put out any candidates of their own. The colored teachers’ conventions endorsed Governor Northen .Governor Northen therefore, was not opposed by the republicans,but on the contrary was supported by the majority of them. In the presidential election of 1892 both the republicans and the . populists had tickets in the field and the democratic maj rity was! 38,000 only 5,000 more than the majority m the recent election. This year the republican state convention endorsed the populists and the republicans voted almost solidly fur their ticket. It is but :air that the comparisons should' be made with the democratic ma jority in the presidential election. Phis shows a difference of only -5,- 000 votes and I believe that this will be accounted for by tne light vote pelted. It is au interesting fact that the -date committee did net-spend $2,- 000 in the entire campaign. It is noticeable, ton, that no reduction of majorities took place in the-dis tricts where the fight was conduct nd in the line with a platform de fending a sounder currency.”— Constitution. 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 AGENTFOR CANDIES J. T CROUCH &CU. Medical Building, i ROME GEORGIA. TUESDAY EVENING OCTOBER. 9 1894. THREE MEN KILLED By The Exqlosion of a Steam pipe in Chicago. Chirp, October 9. —Three men were killed this morning m an ex* ph sicui in the Illinois steel works a d a numde.r <f odes injured by the a< i ent al explosion of a steam pipe, the fragmets of which we.e| scattered in every direction, lhe exploded pipe was one of the ' largest main let dels running through ' the entire plant. It passed through the lai.mill in its couise and the ex plosion occm e at a point in the middle of tins department in which fifty m n were at the time at wtrk. Al. 1 r and Sparrow were instant ly killed and Hulstrom was so se verely injured that he died while beingj taken to his home. The injured men were badly scalded by e leaping steam and severely 7 injured bv Hying pieces of the iron pipe, Tue cause of the explosion is un known. WABEL PAIGE. The Pretty Child Actress to be in Home a week. The advance agent of Mabe] Paige, the young and pretty .child a “tress, is in the city arranging for the appearance of his company here next week. Miss Paige ai d her-excellent com pany will play at Nevins a week, commencing Moday night, at pop ular prices—3o, 20 and 10 cents, i The opening piece will be ‘‘The Other Girl,” a laughable comedy adapted from the German, and pr >duced exclusively by this com pany. The following notice <f Miss Paige is dipped : Mabel Paige, whose tender years seem too few for the little lady to bave perfected herself to such an extent in the dramatic art. is a most attractive and fasinating soubrette, and in the role which she essayed last night, she cap tured the audience at one swoop. Her acting and dancing and in tact, her entire stage work was such as called forth only the pleasantest and most flattering comment, and she thoroughly de. serves it all. The play is one to wh'ch it would be bard to find fault. It abounds in witty dia logue and funny situations, and if tberes any laugh in you, “The OtherGirl’ will find it and bring it out. Every member of the case was up to date, and no better com edy aggregation has visited Col umbia this season. To the excel i lence of her support is due in a large degree the big success with whice Miss Paige is now meeting oah-r present tour. —Criumbia (»6. C.)State Ordinary’s Court. Judge Davis had a busy day yes terday, and did not finish up un til near 8 o’clock in the evening. The habeas corpus proceedings of Mrs. M. J. Riggins vs. W. J. Rig gins for the three minor children, Lusette, Albert and James, the writ was dismissed and the father retains charge of the little one. The case was a long and tedioi s one and occupied the major pot ion of the day. Tin Plate Makers Wanted. London, October 8. —The Ex change Telegraph Company says that, in order to get back British tin-plate makers who went to America, the Welshmen manu f cturers, in addition to guaran teeing them work, promise to pay their fares home. B F Roark the Jeweler is now re ceivefng goods lor tall and when you want any thing in the Jewelry line you wi 1 find he has the pretlest stoek in Rome to select ir. Call at W. H. Coker & Co’s monday for spe cial prices in fine shoes • \ INOWVOTEFBR’EM ' Floyd County 4 per cent Bonds good as a State Bank. !| dHAS A RIGHT TO ISSUE And the National Bailors Cant Prevent R Let Floyd County set The p ace Why not? She isth e Banner County The following article is a lead ing editorial in this morning’s At lanta Constitution : In Floyd county there is some discussion concerning the legality of the proposed issue of county bonds of denominations as low' as $1 and $2, to be used as a loc a [ currency, and the federal treasury department has been asked for a ruling on the subject. Secretary Carlisle referred the matter to Hon, F. A. Reeve, solici tor of the treasury, and in his re ply to the secretary he says: I have the honor to acknowledge your reference to a letter address ed to the somptroler of the cur rency by Mr. R. G. Clark, of Rome Ga. Mr. Clark states that the county commissioners of Floyd county, Georgia, propose to issue a certain amount in county bonds, 4 per cent interest, in denominations of five, ten and twenty dollars, with , a view of using the same as local currency, and he inquires whether such action would conflict iji any way with United States banking laws. In response to your request for an expression of my opinion I have to advise you that no statute of the United States prohibits the issue of county bonds in any de nomination. A county has a right to issue bonds when not in contravention to the constitution of the state. It may be observed, however, that section 19 of the act approval February 18, 1875 (18 Stat. 311) , provides: ‘‘That every person, firm,association other than nation , al banking associations, and every corporation, state bank or state banking assocition shall pay a tax of 10 per centum on the amount ; of their own notes uses for circu lation and paid out by them and *)< I nfnvwUo nvarv ennh nor_ son, firm, association, corporation, state bank, or state banking asso ciation, and also every national bank association shall pay a like tax of 10 per centum of the amount of the notes of any person, firm, association other than national banking associations, or of any corporation, state bank or state banking association, or of any town, city, or municipal corpora tion, used for circulation and paid out by them.” It will be seen that the word “county” is not enumerated among the corporations; banking associations, etc., mentioned in the statute. Nor can the word “notes” be held to include county bonds, and I am, therefore, also of the opinion that the proposed issue would not be taxable under said statute. Apparently this opinion finally settles the question. If this be the case, any county when not prohi bitited by the constitution and laws of its state may issue bonds small.enough to be conveniently used as a local currency. Perhaps this the state bank prob lem. It will be an easy matter for the counties to provide the people with an ample and a safe circula ting medium in the shape of bonds | of small denominations, if they ctn do so without being liable to < the 10 per cent tax which stands c in the way of state banks. ( It is to be hoped that all doubt { will soul becleard away and that t 'he ruling c»i the federwl treasury and th<- ttepmliir-u; of justice will stand. \V'<i do not very well see ln>vi this opinion caii he reversed unless some extraordinary metliodsare re sorted to I ut tins is an age of mr .irises in Inn and politics and tkere is no It Ung what the result will tie. BY MASKED MEN. Farmer Burns Tied to a Tree and Shot Four Tinies. Birmingham, Ala., Oct., 9. While J. K, Burns, a wealthy Cal houn County farmer, was en route home last night from Estaboga, where he had sold a large lot of cotton, he w: s met in adark fores by three masked men, who, with drawn revolvers, demanded his money or his life. Burns refused to give up either, but quickly drew his pistol and fired twice at the robbers and then attemped to drive off. They sized him, and, dragging him from his buggy, tied him to a tree and robb ed him, after which each man fired two shots at him, four of which took effect Burns was found half an hour later by a man who in passing heard his groans. He lived only long enough to tell the story of the murder. Armed posses are scouring the woods for the murder ers, who, if caught, will be lynch ed. . FOR THE COAL MINES. : Captain Bill Starnes Takes a Batch of Floyd' s Prisoners away. ) Captain Bill Stares, of the State F Penitentiary guards, came to the ) city this mortnug and left this as - ternooa with the following prison ors. The White prisenors go to ) the coal mines in and the i negroes to Rising Fawn. t Richard Jones, burglary, two t years. 1 Jim Williams, ass mlt with in ) tent to murder. , Richard West, ’burglary, five • years. ' Philip Muri-laud, s'mple lazcen ) cy, five years. < Milcheii Biliups, burglary, five t years. Henry Briscoe, assault with in- I lent to rob. four years. Colonel Mathews, assault with intent to rob. four years. I 1 FELL IN A LARD CAN. t [’ Horrible Death of an Infant At Mobile. Montgomery, Ala., October 9. A special from Mobile says that • Thomas C. Smith, a colored infant : was drowned in a bucket of lard on Government street yesterday. The vessel had been set in out-of-the way place on the premises. The child was missed yesterday afternoon. The neighborhood was searched, and the well dragged, to no avail. Finally, two little feet were discovered poking out of the top of the lard bucket, which was half filled- The child had totter ed to the bucket and had failed in head foremost. Sympathized With the Prisoner. Springfield. Mo., Octoberjß. Judge Phillips today sentenced A. B. Crawford, the ex-cashier of the wrecked American National bank, to five years in the Missouri [peni tentiary, after expressing sympa thy for the prisoner. The sentence was on the seventh count alone—false entry. He was convicted on five counts, but the other four were ignored. He will probably be taken to Jefferson City tonight. 1 O CENTS A WEEK i SOMERSAULT A Frisky Engine Tumbles down an Embankment, THE FIREMAN KILLED And the Engineer badly, Injur ed but not fatally hurt The Accident Makes a bad wreck, Though few People killed Rhinelandc’, Mass., October g.— Nothing but unaccountable good lu k prevented the worst passenger wreck of the “year on the Soo line last night. The Boston Minneapolis limited we- , whjch leaves hei J d 1’ <0 o’clocu went through a nestle be tween Heafford junction and ley. The stringer and piles Lad been sawed after the easi-bound limited passed the place, an hour and forty minutes before. The rails were left with no sup port and the engine crashed through. Tiny were going thirty-five miles an hour, and instead of dropping into the opening, the engine struck the solid track beyond and turned clear over down the embankment, The engineer James Dutch of Minneapolis, was thrown twenty feet ahead. He sustained a broken L t , han cuts on the head and a baoly bruised body. He will re cover. He was taken to his home. Charles Cotterhill, the fireman, was pinned under the heavy engine,, which was’terribly smashed. He was p.stantly kilted. He leaves a wife and two children nt Minneapolis, L'he baggage car and sleeper left the track, but hone of the cecu pants were badly hurt. The trestle is some twenty feot high. S. M. STARK. I desire to inform rr?y Friends and Patrons and the Pub lie ge n tr ly, that my elegant line of Fall and Winter WOOLENS Has been received, and are now o pen for in spection, And I willfur ther state that I arn now better prepared than ever to turn out FIRST CIASS WORI AND FIRST CLASS GOODS,. At prices never ’before heard of in Rome, S. M. STARL 16 ARMSTRONG HOTlfili.