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PJORTH YE AR —>s# x ® the people <rOF NORTH GA. Ulabama.* Hard times and the scarcity of | moQ py has forced the price of cot i ton down to 6 cents. Wagesand everything else is How 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 don’t belong to an association 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 association of any kind that had tocut prices for us to sell by. We began with a sing le little grocery store, but by selling cheapfor cash and never 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 Clothing and gent' Furnishing goods and one with Crockery, Glass Ware and stoves Our Crockery Store. And in addition to these we have one at 236 Broad street with a Mammoth Stock of Stoves, Crockery, Glass, Tiuwear and House Fm .ishing Goods. We buyi large lots as cheap as any whole -.le merchant and can buy and sell -hem as cheap as we please. M e Wholesale and Retail and if you have a little money to spend, we can and will sell you cheaper dian any body in this city. Look Ata Few Prices. Good Green Coffee 6 lbs for $1 Good sound Tobacco 11 inch plug at 5 cents. Good Rod Flannel Guaranteed all Wool at 10 cents yd eav y Joans 10 cents a yd, ctton Check 3| cents and up ee tng yard wide 41 cents a yard ctton Flannell 5 cents a yard eached Cotton yd wide 5 cent yd r ‘ Gingbam 41 cents a yard ‘°u., Meat, bugar. Etc. Under e prices of the Association t ‘ are a merchant cume Bee us, and we will save you 11 4 “V giving you our lowest prices. Lanham & Sons, 31 C’31 8, 320,322,3- 24 > 326 Fifth Ave AND) 236 Broad ® St. TUI? HIISTLEK OF HOME, IWHOISMCMURAY? We Mean CoL J. J. McMurray the Roman Youth WHO WAS ROBBED Os a $1.50 Diamond Ring and SSO in Cash in Atlanta on Yesterday. The Roman Played to hard luck In the Gate City Diamonds, Hashing and brilliant these are the objects which now occupy the time of the detectives. It was just after the precious gems of Mr, Sam Venable had been packed away to be sent out to him yesterday afternoon when a young man entered the office of Chief Wright in an excited way. “I want to get a detective right away,” he said. “I went to buy a ticket to Rome just now and my purse was gone, All my money and my diamond ring were in it.” The young man said his name was J. J. McMurray. Saturday he came to Atlanta on a visit to his brother. He left his brother’s house yesterday afternoon to return to Rome Passing down Marietta street he stopped at a fruit stand to buy- grapes. He took out his purse and gave the fruit dealer 25 cents from it. In the purse, he says, were two twenty-dollar gold pieces, a ten dollar bill and a diamond ring, which was given to him on his twenty-first birthday, The ring was valued at $l5O. McMurray says that he is positive that he placed the purse in his pocket again. He arrived at the depot and called for a ticket to Rome. The clerk stamped the ticket quick ly and threw it out to him. The young man ran his hand in his pocket and was startled to find that the purse was not there. He was much alarmed and went at once to the police station. “I can't understand how I lost it,” he said. “I know that I put it back in my pocket when I went to buy those grapes. That was the last time I saw it. 1 think that some one must have seen me take it out and waited to pick my pock et when I was in the crowd at the carshed.” McMurray was much disappoint ed in not being able to make his trip home yesterday. —Constitu- tion. JUST RECEIVED One of the most com plete assortments of TO.'LET 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 GROUCH &CO. Medical Building. ROME GEORGIA. FRIDAY EVENING OCTOBER. 12 1894. THE PISTAILSFLEE Before tne Advance of the Japanes troops. JAPAN KONTROLES KOREA Has Routed the Heathen and Completed a Circuit across the Peninsular. Wi-Ju the last Fortress to fall. London, October 12 A Central News Dispatch from Tien- Tsin says troops which arrived there of late are merely riff-raff, armed with old swords. The Chinese government has made large contracts with German manufacturers for quick-firing guns, the contract stipulating that the arms shall be delivered before the Pei-Ho river is closed. The Japanese are watching for the ar rival on the coasts of the consign ment of arms. It is rumored at Tien-Tsin that two ironclad warships have been purchased from Austria or the United States. Captain von Hanneken is to re join the Chihese service under Ad miral Ting as soon as repairs to the Chinese fleet shall have been completed. The navy is very of shot and shells for the luigest guns,and the arsenals are working night and day in order to supply the flset with such munitions. F ur Japanese spies have been captured at Port Arthur while in the act of cutting torpedo wires. A spy arrested at Tien-Tsin has confessed, under tortue to having sent lour telegrams to the Japa nese, A large fire occured at Tien-Tsin on October 3th, The premises of the China Company were buruen and other buildings were damaged. It is reported that the emperor recently visited Tien-Tsin in dis guise in order to view the situa tion for himself. Li Hung Chang is disliked gen ally dis blamed for China’s defeats. The children sing songs ridiculing him and placaads of the same character are posted in the street. The Chinese declare that Ruse ti is aiding Japan. The Japanese fleet commands the Shan-Tung coast and the gulf of Pe-Chi-Li. News received from Wei.hai Wei under date of October 6th states that the Japanese fleet pays weekly visits to that place. Eariy on the morning of October 6th eight Japanese warships in line made straight for the harbor until within a short distance of the en trance, when they separated, the gunboats playing about the west ern entrauce.The forts at the Wei hai-Wei are fuL’y|n armed with twenty-four and twenty-eight cal liber guns, which were fiately re ceived and placed in position and the landing places are well defend ed. The harbor is considered im pregnable. FURTHUK DETAILS OF THE BATTLE. The Central News correspondent in Wi-Ju gives furthur details of the battle reported earlier in the day from Tokio He says that the Japanese force had been greatly delayed in its advance by thacon dition of the roads, The heavy guns had been brought forward and the troops were compelled of ten to wait for supplies. Pointer troops had to be used repeatedly to make the roads passable, Tne main Japanese column reached Yung-Chon, a short dis tance to the south of Wi-Ju, on October 4th . There was no sign of the enemy. Four days latur tin scouts who had been sent out to ward Wi-Ju reported that a small Chinese force stiil occupied the cit.y The strength of the enemy was estimated at about 2,000. A strong body of infantry and cavalry, sup ported by light artillery, was thrown forward at once. The Chi nese offered but little resistance. They retired before the first attack ing party and eventually broke 33,094 MAJORITY. ’ These are the Official Figures and tell a tale. TWO AMEDDMENTS LOST While the one Authorizing Pensions to Confederate Veterans wins by 'only 17,360 Majority. Official. Says this morning’s Atlanta Con stitution: The largest vote ever cast in a gubernatorial election in Georgia was recorded on the 3rd. of October. It exceeded the phenomenal vote given to Governor Northen in 1892 by over 6,000 votes. In that year there w r ere 209,482 ballots cast, of which Governor Northen received 140,492, and Colonel Peek received 68,990. On the 3rd. of Octolier there were cast 215,886 ballots, allowing the six unreported counties, the same number of votes cast in 1892. Os these the democratic ticket received 120,138, to which add 4,352 democratic votes in the coun ties not reported, making a total of 124,490. The populist ticket re ceived 89,276, to which add 2,120 for the unreported counties, mak ing their total 91.396. These fig ures are based on the senatorial vote of the state, as counted by Governor Northen yesterday. That leaves the result: Demoratic vote cast“ “ “ 124,400 Populist vote casl‘“ ” “ ” ” 91,396 Democaatic majority “ ““ 33,094 There will be no summer session of the legislature. The supreme court as it is now organized, will have to get along the best it can The veteran alone comeg out with flying »colors! And tnat should be glory enough for the patriotic people of Georgia As to the summer session amend ment, there were only 35,555 votes cast for it and 69 353 against it; an adverse majority of 33,798. For the amendment increasing the number of Judges on the su preme court be >ch from three to five, the vote shows Jup 56,322 for the amenment and 59,279 against it. It is supposed that the six counties to be heard irom will re duce the adverse m jonty toaoout 1,500. The Pension amendment for the old Confederate heroes which read: Who bj reason of age and poverty or infirmity unable tojprovide a living for themsfives, was carried. The vote on this amendment was in favor of it, 54, 279; against it, 46,919 —a majority in favor of the gallant veteran of 17,360. A Long Gourd. Miss Laura Moore has a gourd raised in her parents garden in the Fourth Ward, the handle of which 18 exactly four feet long. The small bowl on the end will add about five inches more to the length, which makes about the longest handle ever raised in Floyd. It will go in Mr. D. H. Skelton’s exhibit and will be carried to the Macon Fair, and fled across the Yalu river. The Chinese loss was hardly more than a hundred killed and wounded. The Japanese means of communication is now complete throughout Corea. The Japanese expect further reinforcements t° come to Wi Ju by water. A Jap anese officer had been appointed governing commissary of Wi-Ju. The field telegraph has been in working order since last evening, and a regular service between Wi- Ju and the rear of the column be gan today. Ladies Boys and Mens shoes cheap at COKER & CO’S FOUR MEN DEAD And many others Pimfully injured while 27 BOILERS ARE BUSTED A loss of more than SIOO,OOO totha Henry Clay Colliery. Haifa boiler was blown at leasts qearterof a mile Shamokin, Penn , Oct. 12. Four men were killed, two were fa tally injuried and several others painfully burned by a fiisastrons boiler explosion that occurred at the Henry Clay colliery yesterday The entire Bteam supplying plant of the mine, consisting of thirty six boilers was totally damolished and in addition to the monetary loss which will aggregate $30,000 the Heurv Clay, Big Moutam.Ster, ling and Peerless collieries will be unable to resume operations for at least a mom h . It was a cold morning and th i injuried men were gathered in the boiler room to g t warm, The boil' er on the western end of thehous is supposed to have been the first explode, and then the adjoining boilers went up in quick succes eiou, the repeated ezplosione re sembling the roar of heavy artil lery. Only nine of the thirty-six boil ers escaped destruction, and even these were so badly damaged that they are useless. Many of the boil ers were torn apart from the cen ter by the tern ble force, and the two sections would then take dif ferent directions. (hie half of a boiler was hurled a iu 1 quarter of a mile and lodged in the slush bank northwest, of where the boiler bouse formerly stood. Another that took a similar direction, crashed through th u side of breaker and lodged against the scraper line. Another crashed through the top of a house and came near killing several employes The safety lamp hou»e that stood near tne shaft was reduced to splinters. Four collieries will be thrown into idleness by the acci dent for a month or six so that the total loss will aggregate SIOO,OOO, £l’he boilers furnished steam for the breakers for the four collieries named. 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 1 willfur ther state that I am now better prepared than ever to turn out FIRST CLASS WORK AND Fra CLASS GOODS, At prices never before heard of in Rome, ‘ S. M. STARK, ■BIST TIM 16 ARMSTRONG HOTEL 50 CENTS A YER ~~ r -s, WRECKS... Do not effect us at ass-. We go on in the even tenor of our way offering to the trade bargains to be found no where else. This week will be a genuine ly bargain week. We invite all, to the banquet of good things, DRESS GOODS. Dont fail to see our hand some stock. All that taste and culture could demand is here; CLOAKS- The weather proclaims the fact that very soon you will greatly need these goods„ See our immence stock. Big bar- - gains. UNDERWEAR. And you know that the rea son for this goods his come Our stock is most complete ii d ed, BLANKETS. We cannot be beat on these goods. A most excelent s tock, is now offered the public, eal early jnidpi ice them. CARPETS. In these goods we are offer ing mipreccv.lented bargains All the weaves,lngrains, Vel vets, Brussells&c. DOMESTICS. T is department abounds in bargains unequalled. Sheet ings, Shirtings, Chevioties, Cassimers, Jeans,. Ginghams, &c w Lowest ffg'— ures. LACE CURTAINS. Here is where you can get. the biggest bargains on a artb. a fine line to select See them by all means. Remember this week andt call for what you want. Thos Fahy..