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FUO3TH YEAR
4.TO +^
the PEOPLE
NORTHGA.
§^AND»-
.ALABAMA*
Hard time o and ‘he scare,ty of
ha. forced the price of cot
«”**“* Ttbe
iwp propose to l> ll t the
low & n( t w " L i nrv* fiio>ods
ice of Groceries and Dry Goods,
large defers in
mr line in Rome that don’t belong
sortie keep the pnees of
igoods U P’
WE HAVE been
In business, in Home
about 15 years, and
have never joined an
association of any kind
that to cut 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 bod y
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 or.e at 230 Broad street with
a Mammoth Stock of Stoves,
Crockery, Glass, Tinwear and
House Pm ,ishing Goods.
We buy i, large lots as cheap
as any whole ale merchant and can
buy and sell them as cheap as
we ple^e.
We Wholesale and Retail and if
you have a little money to spend,
we can and will sell you cheaper
than any body in this city.
Look At a Few Prices.
Good Green Coffee 6 lbs for $1
Good sound Tobacco 11 inch plug
o cents. Good Rad Flannel
Guaranteed all Wool at 10 cents yd
Heavy Jeans io cents a yd,
Gotten Check cents and up
Eheetng yard wide cents a yard
Cotton Flanuell 5 cents a yard
bleached Cotton yd wide 5 cent yd
Dress Gingham cents a yard
1 lo ur, Meat, Sugar. Etc. Under
'h ft prices of the Association
y° u are a merchant come
oef ’eus, and we will save you
m hy giving you our lowest
Prices.
Lanham & Sons,
316 - 3 18, 320,322,3-
24, 326 Fifth Ave
ANDi
236 Broad St.
THE IH STLEH OF HOME.
A HEAVY STICK.
In the Hands of the Nephew slays
the Uncle.
A GADSDEN TRAGEDY
The Murderer (Being Persued
by the She-its and Possee.
Great Excitement Pre
vails. An Unfortu
nate Family,
Gadsden, Ala,, October 15. n
Bristoe’s cave, four miles from
Mountainsboro, near the county
line between Etowah and Marshall,
there occurred a cold-blooded mur
der about 8 o’clock Saturday eve
ning.
The facts are as follows as near
as they could be learned : George
Barnett and his nephew, Dave
Hubbard, had been engaged in
getting out stove timber and had
some words over the settlement.
Saturday they were engaged in
gathering corn, when the difficulty
was renewed.
Bartlett was on the wagon and
grabbing a hickory standard,struck
at Hubbard, who a’so grabbed a
large hickory stick an 1 struck Bart
lett in the head, knocking him out
of the wagon.
Hubbard then went to the house
and telllug what ho had done, fled
the country. Parties went to ihe
field, where they found Bartlett
dead
George Bartlett was an old man
about eix'y years old, while Hub
bard was his nephew, about twm
ty-uiue years old. Great excite
noent prevails in the neighborhood
and the sheriff and a posse are hoi
after Hubbard, who is still ac large
The .(Bartlett family has beeu
peculiarly an unfortunate one. One
son was killed in Attalla several
years ago, also one near where the
father was killed, aud one drown
ed .
' 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
t
imported tooth
brushes
They have no superior
on this or any other
market
SOLE AGENT FOR
candies
J. T CROUCH & CO.
Medical Building.
ROME GEORCIA. MONDAY EVENING OCTOBER. 15 1894.
THAT DECISION
i
Os Mr. Reeves Which Touches Floyd
County Bonds
CAUSES MUCH COMMENT
Notes are not Bonds and In
terest or no Interest, the
National Banking Law
Wont Touch Floyd's
Issue.
The following special from tl e
Constitution’s Washington corre
spondent will prove of interest to
Georgians and especially- to the
people of Floyd.
Washington, October 14.—Mr.
Fel’x A Reeves, the solicitor of the
treasury, has rendered a decision
which will be of interest to every
citizen of Georgia.
It was rendered at the request of
Mr R. G. Clark, of Rome. Mr.
Clark wrote to Secretary Carlisle
stating that the county commis
sioners of Floyd county proposed
to issue a certain amount of coun
ty bonds, bearing a low rate of in.
terest, in denominations of five,
ten and twenty- dollars.
One of the purposes in view in
issuing these bonds was the inten
tion of using them the same as lo
cal currency. Mr. Clark inquired
whether such action would conflict
in any way with the United >tates
banking laws. Mr. Carlisle referr
ed the letter to Mr. Reeves., who
advised the secretary- that no stat
ute of the United States prohibits
the issue of county bouds dn any
denominations.
According to Mr. Reeves any
county- has a right to issue bonds
when not in contravention to the
constitution of the State. As to
the state bank tax of 1875, Mr.
Reeves say-sthat the word ‘‘coun
ty” iB not enumerated among the
corporations, persons, firms, asso
ciation, state bank or state hank
ing associations, and, therefore,
county bonds are not subject to
the 10 percent tax.
Mr. Reeves also said that the
word “notes” could not be regard
ed as including county bonds, and
he was, therefore, of the opinion
that the proposed issue of county
bonds would not lie taxable under
the federal statutes.
A talk with solicitor Reeves by
the Constitution correspondent
today procured from him the fur
ther statement, that whether the
bonds issued by a country- bore
interest or not, his opinion would
apply the same. These binds, he
admitted, could be in denomina
tions as low as one and two dol
lars, and could he used as a local
circulating medium.
This would mean, provided Mr.
Reeves’ decision holds good, that
the counties can provide the peo
ple with all the money they re
quire. The only possible chance of
conflict with the United States au
thorities on this question, would
be in the manufacture of these
bonds or motes in a form resemb
ling United States currency, as in
the case of the Mississippi bonds
recently- seized.
This, it is said could be easily
avoided, warning the engraver of
the new money not to Jimitate any
vignette, seal or scroll work now
•n use by the Uuited States.
The question is whether or not
Mr.Reeves’* decision conflicts wfth
that clause of the Uuited States
which provides that no state shall
coin money or emit bills of credit.
The supreme court in Craig vs. the
state of Missouri has decided that
no state can s-ue currency in any
form —of course a county is a part
of a state, but whether these Floyd
county bouds will be cousided cur
rency in that people will be requir
ed t® take it remaine to be seeu,
E. W. B.
KILLED THREE MEN!
And was Promply Lynched hy a
Kentucky Mob.
RIDDLED THE SHERIFF
With Cold Lead. Leaders of
The Mob Drew Guns and
told him to Leap)Dld so
and his neek was
Broken
Lexington, Ky., October 14. —
Another lynching was added to
the unusually large fall series of
tpe Blue Grass lynching bees to
day. Yesterday-at the close of the
Beatyville fair Oscar Morton, a
prominent citizen of Stanton, in
Rowell county, went on the war*
path.
Only two weeks ago Morton
killed a man at Stanton, and was
out on a $5,000 bond to appear
next week at the Pow-ell court.
When Morton arrived at the
fair he proceeded to get drunk, and
then went to find Sheriff William
Simms, who was his deadly enemy,
a feud of long standing existed be
tween the two men.
Simms met Morton near the en
trance to the fair grounds, and af
ter a few words both drew guns
and a quick exchange of shots
followed, Morton using two guns.
His first shot broke the Sheriff’s
right arm at the elbow, and John
Hogg, a friend of Timm’s whipped
out his gun and joined in the bat
tle.
When the smoke had cleaned
away it was found that Sheriff
Simms was dead, having a shot
through his breast, one in his ab
d mien and another through his
arm. Morton was shot through ti e
neck, while Hogg was unhurt.
Because a crowd could collect
M 'ton was hustled to the county
Jail and placed under guard. The
people became infuriated and a big
meeting was at once held in the
public square. Colonel John Drum
mond mounted a barrell and made
a speech, in which he said the
murderer must be hanged, but
that the work must be done quick
ly and with perfect order. M< rton
had killed two men in leas than
two weeks’time and he must die
by the rope.
A mob was quickly formed and
marched to the jail. The jailer
was overpowered and the keys to
Merton’s cell were obtained. He
was found lying ou the floor in his
Cbll, and after a bitter struggle was
seiz-d and dragged out.
He then became impudent and
told the mob that he d:d not care
what they did with him provided
tney did their word quickl/
After a short parley he was tak
en to a little bridge some distance
from the Jowd and the rope was
placed around his neck. The lead
ers drew their gur.s and told him
tojumporbe would he riddled
with bullets.
Turning around, the doomed
men cursed his captors, and, ut
tering wild imprecations, leaped
into spsfce,
The jump broke his neck, and
after dangling in the air fora tew
minutes he became still ami a vol
ley of bullets were fired iuto him
None of the mob made any at
tempt to conceal their identity and
the hanging was conducted with as
much formality as if it had been
a legal affair. The dead sheriff
was only recently married aud
leaves a young wife.
The murderer was a wealthy
man, who lived at Stanton. He has
killed three men. Coming to the
fair he tried to kill the fireman
of the train because he would not
increase the speed of the locomo
tive.
This is the eighth lynching in
central Kentucky in the past threb
months, aud the peoplehavodeter
mined to put down murder if they
have to take the law in their own
hands every time a man is killed,
Morton’s relatives are incensed
over the lynching, and it may be
that some old sued will be reoped
ed.
JAIL DELIVERY.
Eight Desperate Criminals saw
theit way out of
THE GADSDEN JAIL
And are at Liberty Kase Knives
And Sweet oil help them
on their way to Sweet
Liberty. A List of
Them-
Gadsden, Ala., October 14. —
There was a wholesale jail deliv
ery in this city tonight. At about
8 o’clock the jailer went in to lock
up the prisoners, when he only
found four men to lock up,
and on investigation he discover
ed that eight men had gone, as fol
lows: Joe Ward and John Bridges,
highway robbery-; J. P. Jenkins,
recently couvicted of forgery, and
sent up for two y-ears, awaiting ac
tion of the supreme court; R. A.
Dewgar, rape; Dave Adkins, Wil
liam Green, W. A. Gray, selling
whisky, and Charles Davis, color
ed, chicken thieg.
They made their escape by saw
ing two bars in the steel cage
aud then sawing the bars to the
outer wiudow, thereby getting out.
Eight made their escape and the
ja’l would now be empty had the
jailer not gone m when he did.
Four only are left.
Two short caee knives made into
saws.aud a bottle of sweet oil were
lonnd in the cell of one of ihe prie
oners who stated that the saws and
oil were handed in horn the out
side.
So far the escaped birds have
made good their escape. Sheriff
Burns is away after a murderer
aud as yet no attempt has been
made to capture them. The filing of
the bars was doue Saturday aud
Sunday while religious services
were being held in the jail
S, M. STARK.
I desire to inform my
Friends and Patrons
and the Public gtner
ly, that my elegant line
of Fall and Winter
WOOLENS
Has been received,and
are now open Tor in 7
spection, And I willfur
ther state that ! am
now better prepared
than ever to turn out
FIRST CLASS WORK
akto
FIRST CLASS GOODS,
At prices never before
heard of in [Rome,*
S. M. STARK,
maun Tin
16 ARMSTRONG HOTEL
10 CENTS A WEEK
C -A. KT
TO
Conclusion
Quickly When
the facts are be
fore You?
WE X PRESENT to the parefc»-
ing public one o v the-great foun<4l*”
tione of mercantile success, EXs—
PERIENCE.
THIS gives the knowledge
the most desirable
products can be procured.
THIS enables us to become ac
quainted with the taste aud ne*H!l* -
of our customers^
THIS secures the articles de*Mf~
ed at the lowest market value -
Self Interest
Will prompt you to examine oust
stock. Ever since the arrival s£
our gigantic assortment of fall i
winter goods. Our store has
thronged with eager purchases
and zealous lookers; some exclaim. *
ing “Ob, how pretty,“ others esy~
ing vehemently, How very
and others remarking, “I wonwr
if they will sell al these goods.
To say that w© feel proud •£
these crowdn and complim©
docs not begin to express our *s*-
precation; in fact words aro in
adequate to express same. Thebe#*
evidence that we know of to pr»w
our appreciat ou, is *o continue- si.
the figure the same squareness %oa.
fairness in our business that
have so successfully conduct at,
for nearly twenty years.
DRESS GOODS
OUR purchases in thialine
been unusually large, and we pre
sent some of the handsomest pus.
terns of the season: Camel's- Ssaer. . *
serge. Henrietta, bedfords 3or-flh.
boardcloths, cashmere plaids,
ette aud various new wears fafS
aud winter.
Ladies wraps
WE cant be be beat in Jtoaar
goods. Every lady should see
stock before placing her order
where. It is to your interest*. Otae '
Ladies Misses aud childrens
nave got to go aud they will guy,
for the quality, style and 'gpixur
attached to them can but maiim
them sell We are pleased wiltik.
last weeks sales, and this weeagr;
you c*n reap the harvest of- ban.-
gains in any of our departmaa&e-
Well we cant converse vith yam
much longer, for our spaoe ia limi
ted, but before we say good by,
want lo say unother word a.boct£
OUR CARPETS?
For now is the time Sor yt>t» i* -
place your order. It is absolutory
useless for us to attempt to des
cribe the beauty and merito-of owe*
stock, but we cau cordially inn#*
y m to come aud look through
department.
THOS. FA 31.