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FOURTH year 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 <fc Son, of the Fourth Ward, ar e causing serious trouble to the Merchants *?f this city. They cut prices so low that none dare compete with them. Just think aKwt it! large heavy BLANKETS 20c EACH. A GOOD COMFORT OR QUILT FOR 25c. LADIES ALL WOOL HOSE, 12 and aha 1 f cents per Pair. Jeans as low as 1 Oc. Ail Wool Flannell 10c. Sea Island yd wide 4 & a half cents. » Yd wide Bleached Cotton 5c CHECKS3I-2C SHOES SHOES! SHOES! Baby shoes as low as 20 cts. Clothing cheaper an anywhere else in the city. D RESS GOODS. No •ons and everything else m J propotion. Sugar Coffee Flour L, a Groceries at whole e or Retail below the re eular price. cl in , ware > Stoves, a * k, * rd UNHAM &SONS 3- TO 326 STH AVE. & 236 BROAD STREET THE HOSTLER OF HOME. BLOODHOUNDS Are on Trail of this Fiend Incar nate. JUDGE LYNCH WILL SIT If The Monster is Captured, as he Probably will be. This time the Scene of the Crime is n»ar Besse- mer. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 15— Yesterday evening about 5 o’clock a young negro man criminally as saulted the wife of Mr. T. J. Payne at her home, six miles West of Bessemer. She was alone on the farm at the time. H» also robbed the house. Mr. Payne is a prosperous farmer and a highly r spect d citizen. No arrest has been made up to this hour—9 o’clock p. m.,but of ficers with dogs are in persuit and it is thought the culprit will be captured. The citizens of the neighborhood in which the crime was commit ted, are determined to measure out justice sure, swift and to the ful est extent, when the offender is run to earth. THREE YEARS FOR GIBBS Jackson, Miss., November 15. W. JI. Gibbs, republican post master here, under Harrison, ex auditor of Mississippi under the republican regime, recently indict ed for embezzlement as postmaster, of $3,970.82, was fined th-e amount of his embeixiament by Judge Miles, in the federal court today and sentenced to three years in the Brooklyn, N. Y., prison. Gibbs was the secretary’ ol the state re publican executive committee, and chairman of the state republican convention, which sent delegates to the Minneapolis convention. He is an ex-federal soldier. S. M, STARK I desire to inform my Friends and Patrons and the Public ge ner- Iv. that my elegant line Fall and Winter WOOLENS Has been received,and are now open for n spection, And I willfur ther state that I am now better prepared than ever Io turn out FIRST CLASS WORK AND FIBST CLASS GOODS, At prices never before heard of in Rome, S. M. STARK, min 16 ARMSTRONG BOTE ROME GEORGIA. THURSDAY EVENING NOVEMBER. 15 1894. GOVERNORJONES Sends his Last Message to the Alabama Legislature. DEMOCRATS IN SADDLE Having organized both Branch es of the General Assembly. An able Message Con taining ’more than 30,000 words. Montgomery, Ala., Nov 14 Ttie feature of today’s assembly proceedings was the presentation of the governor’s message and the formal election of the officers named by yesterday’s democratic caucuses.ln both houses ths popu lists had tickets for every office voted on. In the house the vote, in almost every case, stood about 63 for the democrats and 34 for the opposition nominees. In (he penate. the vote stood abeut 24 to 7 in favor of the democratic nomi nees. President Pettus and Speaker Clark each made a few patriotic and eloquent remarks upon assum ing their respective ' chairs. Both houses tendered a vote of thanks lotheir retiring officers. Committees were uppoidted by both houses and jointly to notify the governor of their* permanent org imzation. ‘Th a jo:lit committee waited upon Governor Jones, and soon thereafter Private Secretary Kirk J ackson presented to each house a copy of the governor’s bennial message. These were read by the clerks. The message is exhaustive and voluminous, containing some 30.- 000 words. It is pronounced by all a masterly document. Its reading oanasiumed the larger pait of the session of both houses. No bills were introduced in the house. The first senate bill was one by Mr. Hundley, of Madison, entitled “an act to encourage the investment of capital in Alabama ” Mr. Milner, of Jefferson, introduc ed .a bill to incorporate and expedite the construction of the West Ala bama railroad. Both houses •’ill get regularly down to business tomorrow. “TAR HEEL" SENATORS. Will Both Vote With The Republi cans in The next Senate. New York, November 15. —A special to the Evening Post from Raleigh, N. C., says: Marion But ler, the president of the National Farmers’Alliance, who is stated to succeed Senator Ransom in the United States senate after March 4th next, is reported as having stated that he would vote with the republicans in the organization of the next senate. It tn is is so the republicans can count on both of North Carolica’s votea in the organization of the senate, aa the other senator, to. be elected in January by the legisla ture to succeed Jarvia, will be a republican. Dr, J. J. Mott, ex-chairman of the republican committee, seems to be in the lead for that position. STRANGLED 3 WOMEN. Denver, Col., November 15.—A sensation has been created here by the announcement of Coroner Martin this morning that a promi nent business man is under strong suspicion of having committed the horrible murders of strangling the three women who met death by this method in this city during the past few weeks. The identity ot the man suspected is withheld by the coroner. The Japanese who have been under arrest on suspicion of being implicated in the murder of the woman Monday night, have been released. LOVELY QUARTETT ■ ■ —A J Are the four W. S. Deputy Mar shalls Who YIELD TO BILL COOK And his gang of cut Throats Near Muscogee in the last Train Robbery. A Reign of Terror in the Ter ri rtory. MusoogAA, I. T., Nov. 15—Four United States marshals weregaard lug the express car of the Missouri Kansas and Texas train which w«g held up by th»s Co«k gang yesit r day, but they were as useless an lambs until the bandits had dis* p peared. There were six msrsaals in the coaches, but they contrihu ed their guns, money and jewelry without a tvurmer. Indian Agent Wisdom has wired Secretary Smith for troops forth with. L. C. Perryman, Chief of the Creek nation, wired the United States attorney, at Fort Smith, to place his marshal jn the Cherokee nation and that he would place seventy-five Indian sheriffs in the Creek nation, at the nation’s ex pense, and drive the Cook gang out of the Creek nation or kill them. Agent Wisdom has wired all his Indian police to report at ths agnn cy at once, J. J. McAllister, United States marshal for the Indian Ter ritory, has just arrived and is co operating with Chief Perryman,ln dian Agent Wisdom and theUuitcd States a'torney for the territory. Marshal McAllister has 2CO depu ties that he can draw from ; Agent Wisdom has twenty-eight Indi m police and the Fort Smith C'’ irti has seventv-five marshals. In all there are 350 men aubjeet to call to hunt the robbers down. Troops are not neceaaary if the various officials will compel th*re men to do their duty. It is the general opiuiou that some of the deputy marshals are implicated in the bold-up, and that they act as couriers for the gauge. It is also reported that two of the Indian p > lice would feel more at home with. Bill Cook and Cherokee Bill tbau they do with law-abiding men. Since the Arkansas valley tram robbery the gang has not been twenty miles from Muscogee. It was reported-on the street not -one hour ago that tour of the ban dits were on the edge of this town and not au office! would go to Ih< bouse where they were reported to have been, Attorney General Olney has wir ed the United States attorney a' thia place to rid the country of th> robbers by all means in his power The bandits are now hiding abrni tsn miles from Muskogee, assurer, that they will not be molested. I is generally believed that Muscog-i us three citizens in the gang am that thsy return to their homes af .er the robbing is completed. * The Billiard Match. New York, November 15. — Tb Schaefer Ives billiard match was jo-tiuued thm evening. When ad journment was taken the sc . e stood: Scbasfer, 1.082; Ives, 1,800 Highest runs for the night: Scha.« fer, 61 ; Ives, 157, Average for th ’ouroament: Schaefer,3o 1-18; Ives, 50- Killed by a Bicycle. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 15. W. K. Swank aged sixty, an em ploye in the shops of the Southern railway in this city, was run ove; by a bicycle about 6 o’clock thii afternoon and killed. The rider who is unknown and cannot bt found, was racing with a suburban t'ain about one mile East of tin city. TRftINJRECKERS Are Active on the Southern near Brstol A HEAVY CROSS TIE Onthe Track near the Scene of the Terrible Wreck of October 7th. Fortunate ly no one is Serious ly Injured. Bristol, T«nn., November 15 When the Washington and Chatta nooga vestibule limited was wreck ed ou the Southern railway thr*e miles from this city Sunday after noon, October 7<b, causing so much loss of life and property, it was the prevai'ing opinion that some child had thoughtlessly placed a bolt bead on the track. When the Southern railway offi cials offered a large reward for the apprehenson of the perpetrator of the fiendish deed, the public de clared at once that it was nothing more than a bluff to avoid the pay ment of heavy damages. It now turns out beyond tlie shadow of a doubt that there are train wreckers somewhere in this vicinity. About twenty days ago, a second attempt was made to wreck a passenger train at the same place People tien bigan to open their, yes ami keep a sharp lookout for r he vi!l tins. T > lay as engine 251, with John Patterson at the throttle was pulling N 0.4 around thesime curve where the vestibule w-mt off it struck a heavy crosstie which had b*e i placed across the track The tie Was carried some d's ance and was dragged beneath the wheels though strage to say, the train kept the track. The engine was badly crippled. If the wreckers are to be found any where the officials will run them down quite soon, for the country will be scoured in the attempt to bring them to jus tice. JUST RECEIVED One of the most corr 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 SO .E AGENT CANDIES J. T CROUCH &CO. Medisal Building. 10 CENTS A WEEK BURNEY TAILORING Ct Is the place ta gets* First Class Tailor mack suit at a most reason able price. WE BUY MORE WOOLENS: Than any firm in Ron» hence can make you a suit to order for money than you can get the same from any other Tailor in this or section. WE BOAST THAT WE Do turn out finer wc rtf and better fits than* any of our for we are better pre paired to do that thing,. - ( WE CAN MAKE .YOU • • K 75 » A pair of pants form less money than any body, Our pants are acknowledged to be the leaders of thejtown. They are the standard as to fit, workmanship and quality of goods. l Dont forgetthat [weJ.- are the tailors, BURNEY TAILORING 220 BROAD STREET ROME, GA.