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FOURTH year
HOW OH TRIAL.
Cant A. W. a nd Mt ' Hurley Bal '
lew.
| N THE FEDERAL COURT
u.nv Witnesses Examined for
The Rome
‘ friends of Defendants
watching the Case
with Confidence.
The two Ballews, father and son,
char „d with defrauding BD old
ne «ro women by retaining »» tberr
fee „..rly half the entire eum of
pension money collected for her
f7otn the United States govern
ment,are now in attendance on the
federal court and A.VV. Ballew, the
elder is on trial. .
’ The defendant is a middle aged
man, apparently about fifty years
old. His hair is sprinkled with
grey and a rather heavy mustache
covers his lip- He is not by any
means an unattractive man, but,
on the contrary, is rather good
looking.
It is charged in the bill of in
dictment that he collected for his
client, Lucy Burrell, the sum of
$3 774.35 as pension money from
the government, her husband hav
ing been a volunteer in the color
ed troops during the war.
The amount charged by the at
torney and deducted from the pen
sion money, it is claimed, was
something in the neighborhood of
SI,BOO. It is further charged that
this fee was secured illegally and
by the perpetration of a fraud
against the United States govern
ment and the old negro wom -n .
Colonel W. C. Glenn and Col
onel S. A. Darnell represent the
defendant and Colonel T. W. Ruck
er, the assistant district attorney,
8. M STARK.
1 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
FIRST CLASS GOODS,
At prices never before
heard of in Rome,,
s. M, STARK,
HESCHANT TAILOR
16 ARMSTRONG HOTEL
THE HUSTLER or HOME.
is looking alter the government's
side.
THE JURY SELECTED.
The morning was occupied in
legal disputes over the several in
dictments and true bills against
ibe defendant. As soon as th is was
concluded the following jury wai
selected :
John H. Floyd, A. R. Davidsoi ,
Charles M. 1u ner, H. H. Penn,'
J. D. Lassiter, AlexC. Smith, 11.
W. Thomas, T. J. Taylor, J. W.
Jones, William W. Pool, M. F
Barnes and Paul E. Martin.
It was nearly two o’clock when
the jury was empaneled and only
a short time was allowed for the
introduction of testimony before
the close of the day’s session.
A number of witnesses were
sworn for the prosecution. The on
ly one for the defense was Hurley
Ballew, the son of the defendent.
He is a young man and appears to
be about 25 years old.
MR KING’S TESTIMONY.
The first witness introduced for
the prosecution was the president
of the Merchants National bank of
Rome, Ga., Mr. Jack King. This
was the bank on which the govern
ment’s check for the amount of the
the pension money was drawn.
Mr. King testified that the de
fendant called at the office of the
bank to know if he could get a
check cashed for one of his clients,
naming the amount for which it
was drawn. The presidentgave him
to understand that he could, and
on the first day of the week fol
lowing he came to the bank with a
negro woman. Her name was Lucy
Burrell. The check was payable to
her order, and the amount for
which it was drawn was $8,774.34.
It was properly endorsed, the
negro woman having made her
mark in the presence of witnesses.
The money was paid to her. The
witness further testified as to the
presentation of a check for SI,BOO,
payable to the defendant. On the
cross examination he testified that
his transactions with the defend
ant were purely those of a business
charaster. As to the defendant’s
character it was fairly good. He
had no personal knowledge of any
thing against the defendant.
Examined again by the govern
ment's attorney. the witness testi
find that be had heard of other
pension troubles iu which the de
fendant was interested, but not til
proceedings had been instituted
gainst him.
The next witness wasA.F. Filz
patric, the pension examiner He
testified that he had made a thor
ough investigation of the matter,
deluding the government’s corres
pondence with the defendant and
the latter’s connection with the
pension business
Be testifies that in a conversation
the defendant stated that he was
anxious to have the case dropped
as he was afraid that it would af
fect his standing as an attorney
and would no doubt resuit in his
being debared.
He also claimed that his son
who was about to get married, had
nothing to do with the matter, and
that he was prepared to shoulder
the entire responsibility. As the
government’s agent it was bis
(the examiner’s) duty to examine
into the matter and niskea report
He had made a thorough investiga
tion as to the defendant’s character
and thought it was bad.
On cross examination be testified
that he was moved by no ill will
against the attorney. It va< his
duty to ascertain the character of
the defendant, He was then asked
by Colonel Glenu if he was not in
strumental in the circulation et
rumors concerning the defendant
and in this way trying io make a
character for him i stead of find
ing out the character he already
possessed. To this the defendant
eave a negative reply.
~ This, of course, is the govern
ments side and furtner testimony
will be introduced this moin'Dg.
—This mornings Constitution.
ROME GEORGIA. TUESDAY EVENING OCTOBER. 23 1894.
AN AUGUSTA KOON
Is Blessed with Twins, and Kom
mits Suicide
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT,
A Negro put out of a House for
Non-Payment of Rents re
turns and burns it to
the Earth. Confesed
when Arrested.
W»IUV—■ I» IW ,« v
Augusta, Ga„ Oct. 22.— Two
months ago the frame of
Charles Johnson, colored, situated
in the Territory, was burned down
and it was supposed that there was
an inceudiary at work. Detectives
Heard and Murray have been sus
picious of Young Roberta, who a
short time before the fire, bad been
put out of the house for non-pay
ment of rent, and Saturday he was
arrested and accused of the crime.
He quailed under accusation and
confessed to having applied flames
to the building.
INJURIES THAT MAY RE FATAL.
A serious accident occurred this
morning at Mr. Joe Summerall’s
store, in which Mr. David Hopkins
was seriously injured. Several men
were scuffling in the store and ac
cidentally ran against Mr. Hop
kins, knocking him down and
breaking his left hip. At first it
was thought he was killed, as the
fall and pain from his broken hip
caused him to become unconscious.
It is feared that his injuries may
prove fatal.
Mr. Hopkins is nearly 70 years
old and is one of the survivors of
the Mexican war. His many friends
trust that his hurt is not as serious
as it is supposed to be.
T WAS TOO MUCH FOR HIM.
Harrison Smith, a negro labor
er, committed suicide this after*
noon by shooting himself twice,
once in the breast and once through
the heart. He was found dead in
the woods in the rear of the expo
sition building.
Harrison had domestic troubles.
He had a wife and eleven children,
which was increased by twins yes
terday, and the responsibility of
caring for so many made him des
perate and caused him to destroy
his own life.
TO ATLANTA.
Many Romans go Down to See the
Organization of The Legislature.
Atlanta is full of politicians to
day, and many more will go there
tonight and tomorow. There is a
pretty fair sprinkling of Romans
in the crowd, and they are all en
fluential men in State politics.
Those who went down yesteday
were Meser-r Jake Moore, D. B.
Hamilton. W. M Bridges, Judge
W T. Turnbull, Judge W. M.
Henry, Mose Wright, J. H. Reece,
R.T. Fuche, R. A. Denny, Jack
King, Eben Hillyer, W. W, Brooks,
and Benjamiue Barker.
Among those who went down to
day were :Col. Bunn, of Cedartown,
L. A. Dean, Col. Yancey, Jobi)
Vandiver, Hice Howell and Alf
Harper.
Tomorrow the legislature and
Smate will be organized. Toirg it
there will be some tall hustling
done by the boys se«kmg office.
BARGAIN IN PIANO.
For the next GO days I will sell a
good new Upright Piano, with three
pedals, full size, warranted for five
years, for $225.00. | cash, $ in 12
months, and balance in two years,
or on easy installments. 1 will ship
on 15 days trial, if not satisfactory
I will pay freight both ways.
Write for catalogue.
Sheet music and all kinds of mu
<ic books cheap.
E. E. FORBES.
Ansipton, Ala. 1-w.
CITY FATHERS.
Holds Their Regular Bimonthly
Meeting.
MUCHIROUTINE BUSINESS
Is Disposed of. The People's
Money. Petitions handled.
Reports of Committees
and Officers. And
Special Officers.
Council Meeting, October 22 18-
94. Present: Mayor, John D.
Moore. Councilmen: W. A.
Wright, W. J. Satterfield, Wal
ter Harris, W. J.Neel, A. B. Mc-
Arver, D. B. Hamilton Jr., J. F.
McClure, T. J. McCaffrey, H. R.
Miller, H. J. Stoffregan.
Report of City Treasure!* cover
ing first and second quarters of
1894 was read as follows:
Received from fornx c Treawnrer ....$2,645.03
“ “ Ilaietet'Smith, C lerk .... 40381.85
43,926.88
CBEDITB.
Applied to note in M. Natl Bank.... $2,535.00
Paid as per voucher 36,975,86
In Mer. Natl,B ink Oct. 2 '94 3,48!>.02
“ “ “ “ North America N, Y. 31.00
43.026 88
Examined and compared with books and
vouchers in Treasurers office and found correct.
Approved. W. J. Neel, Ch Fin, Com.
The report of the Superintend
ent of the Water works for the se
cond quarter of 1894, was read as
follows:
Amt of coal comsumed at old plant 212,000 lbs
“ “ •• “ “ new plant 484.000 •*
Total lbs, Co 1 696.000
Asat of water pumped from old plant 14.959,140
•• •* “ “ “ new “ 50.576.509
Gallons Pumped 65.535,640
COLI.ECHONS.
For the second Quarter of 1884 $2,008.59
Collections for the past olx mouths 4 024.52
“ “ o corresponding mos of '93 2.505.31
The above collections with the
exceplicu of 47 cents cash balance
have been paid to Halsted Smith
Clerk of Council, and I have his
receipt for said amount James
McGuire Superintendent.
Examined and compared with
the books and vouchers in the
Water work office and found cor
rect. Approved. Oct. 22 1894. W.
J. Neel, Ch. Fin- Com.
Both of said reports were ap
proved by the Council.
The Treasurer was requested in
future m his reports to state the
amount paid out upon Public
School drafts, upon Coupons and
upon drafts issued by Council.
The decision of the Council in
the a >p< al of W. L. Johnson from
the Recorder’s Court was reserved
and the City Attorney was request
ed to give an opinion as to the
bearing that the Inter-State Com
merce law had upon the subject.
Petition of Mr. Lumpkin with
reference to shooting Gallery, was
referred to the Ordinance Commit
tee with power to act.
Petition of Charles A. Carcal
for red iction of License was laid
upon the table.
Report of City Physician for
Second Quarter of 1894 was read
,iiid adopted as follows:
“Rome, Ga., Oct 1. 1894—Hon.
Mayor and Council, Gentlemen:
I beg leave to make tins, my sec
ond report, for the Quarter end
ing Sept. 30.
I have treated 101 cases
Whites 62
Colored 39
Deaths 1
I have made Two humdred and
thirty visits. Most respectfully
submitted.
C. S. Harris, City Physician.
Report of H. E. Kelly on the
Water Works books accepted by
the Council and ordered filed. The
following named councilmen, to
wit: W. J. Neel, D. B. Hamilton,
Jr., and H. J. Stoffregan, were ap
pointed as a special Committee to
investigate and recommend prop
er action by council.
The Water Works Committee
reported that in the lower part of
the City near the oil mills and
plow factory, that the four inch
mains were too small for proper
use during fires, and the Commit
tee was authorised to replace the
same with six in'h mains in ac
cordance with report.
Report of the Committee upon
sewerage and drainage upon peri- I
tion of D. E. Lowry for sewer on
Fifth Avenue was adopted and •
Committee instructed to have the
sewer laid in accoidance with re
port.
On rep< rt f the Street Com
mittee that the side-walk had been
curbed on the South Side of Chero
kee street in the Fifth Ward be
tween Main street and Penning- 1
ton Avenue, it was ordered that the
owners of property along side
walk, pave the same with brick.
Ordered that the Street Com
mittee be authorised to build a
stockade for the use of the County
•hain-gang during the time it
should be working upon the streets
of Rome.
Ordered . that in the future or
dinances be printed aud pasted in
tho copy of the City Code used by
the Council at its meetings.
The financials statement of the
clerk was read and the following
accounts were passed and ordered
paid.
James E. MuUeu police $1.65
John O’Bar “ 1.65
Tom Moody “ 1. 65
Will Ogden “ 1. 65
Frank Duke ‘ 1 65
MrsG.L Maxwell “ 3.70
“ “ “ “ Street 9.20
.Terhune Berry H’dwrCo. “ 3.24
S D. Camp “ 1.25
E L. Bosworth “ 21.90
J. F. McClure “ 8.55
G. W Trammel “ 13 00
Rome H’dwrCo. Fire 700 00
Chas. ~ Graves Water Works 200.45
Terhune Berry HdwrCo. - * 211. 03
EL. Bosworth “ 14.50
JnoNKiker “ 45 40
Terhune Berry Co. Cem. “ 2. 20
Dick Treadaway Pub Bldg 13.75
N J. Huffaker Street 45
P D. Roser Cem. 60.00
JA. George Street 113.45
WA. Rhudy Water works 3 50
H E Kelly “ 5000
Council adjourned
Halsted Smith
Clerk Council
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JUST RECEIVED
One of the most com
plete assortments o.
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
CANDIES
J. T GROUCH & CO.
Medical Building.
IO CENTS AWEEK
TROUBLE |
The Well known Firm of Lanham F
Sons ofThe 4th Ward.
CAUSE SERIOUS TROUBLE
To the Merchants of this en
tire Section. Theycutprices
so low that Competitors
are knocked out. Start
ling Figures.
The well-known firm of Lan
ham & Son, of the Fourth Ward,
are causing serious trouble to tha
merchants of this city.
They cut prices so low that none
dare compete with them. Just
think about it!
LARGE HEAVY”
BLANKETS
2Oc EACH.
A GOOD COMFORT
OR QUILT FOR 25c.
*
I
LADIES ALL
WOOL HOSE,
1 2 and a half J
cents|per|Pair. {
Jeans as low as 1
All J Wool i Flannel!
10c. . M
i
<
i
Sea Island yd wide 4
& a half cents.
Yd wide Bleached
Cotton 5c
CHECKS 3 1-2 c
I
SHOES I
SHOES!
SHUES!
I
Baby shoes as low as
202 c ts.
fl
Clothing cheaper ,
than anywhere else'in
the city.
DRESS GOODS. No t ,
tions and b everything J
else inipropotion.
Sugar Coffee Flour
and Groceriesatwhole
sale or Retail below the
regular price.
Tinware, -Stoves H
Crockery etc, at hard
time prices.
LANHAM & SUNS I
316 TO 32S STH AVE. |
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