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fourth year anothercut Think of a sls Cloak Going at only $3.75-Wow! TOWELS AT 21-2 CENTS Lanham & Sons are Keeping up the Sensation they Cre ated a few Weeks ago 1 by Putting the Khife Into Values Just Think About it SB,OO, SIO,OO, $12,00 and $ 1500 Cloaks Nice, New And Stylishly Made. For $4.25 Don’t you buy a Cloak until you see our Stock. We bought out a Cl r ak concern and are selling Cloaks away down underthe prices other merchants pay for them, others ad vertise Cloaks but they cant meet our prices. A cheap and very poore Cloak full size, for 55c, a good nice and stylish Cloak for $1.50 A large lot of fine Cloaks were SB, SIO sl2 and $15,13 We are celling at $3.75 Misses and Children Black Hose sold by oath’s for lOc our price as long as they last at 3c per pair, Large lot of Towels, 21-2 cents each worth lots more, but we got teem cheap and can sell them cheaper than any bodv We have bought a big job in Gents Cloth ing and Furnishing goods,and now sell a Pair of Fine Gloves atCostatthe Factory 50 to 75c for only 25c. Clothingdown below any body’s price. If you Have any money To spend You had better See us Before you Spend it SHOES SHOES I SHOES! Baby shoes as low as 20 cts. LANHAM &SONS 316, 318. 320, 322, 324 & 326. STH AVENUE FOURTH WARD THE HUSTLER OF ROME. A BOLD STROKE An Editor Writes up his own death, With Head lines. HIS PRESS STOPPED And the Matter Inserted. An lowa Scribe who had an eye to giving the people the news even of his own Death Minneapolie, Minu .Nov. 19. A tor the euicido of Editor .Tamer Liddell, at Lyons, la. yesterday, it was discovered that he had written a brief, but accurate description of his throwing himself in front of the train, stating that he had con te rnplatr dit for a year. He even ad led a display beading. The press of The Times was topped and the article inserted. He drew a check in favor of his mother, another for his partner, covering funds in the bank, with a brief note commending his moth er and sister to the care of friend then committed suicide, simply tired, worn and weary. Al solutely no cause is assigned. H j was always cheerful and genial Killed by a Rival. Georgetown, Ky., Nov, 19. — At * dance st Hinton, a village in the northern part of this county about 16 miles from Georgetown, Robert Courtnej shot and killed Joseph Coyne. Coyne’s brother got posses sion of the revolver with whicu Courtney did the shooting and beat him badly with it. Courtney wae arrested and brought to town by Constable Davis and lodged in jail He will have an ex amination Tuesday. It is ssid the men were rivals both paying atten tion te the same girl and a jealous ly sprung up which caused the dif ficulty. ♦ A late curiosity gleaner claims that there are 500 open caverns in Edmonson County, Kentucky. S. M. STARK I desire to inform my Friends and Patrons and the Public gener ly, that my elegant line of new Fall and Wi nte WOOLENS Has been received,and are now open for all spection, And I willfur ther state that I am now better prepared than ever to turn out FIRST CLASS WORK AND FIRST CLASS GOODS, At prices never before heard of in Rome, S. M. STARK, HUI! M.U 16 ARMSTRONG HOTE ROME GEORGIA, MONDAY EVENING NOVEMBER. 19 1894. CHEROKEE BILL Receives a Death Wound in a Fight With Officers. HAS BEET LAID OUT Shot in a fight with Officers affer his Ahorse was Slam. SI,OOO reward raise by Citizens for Cooks Capture. Museogee,!. T., November 18.— Deputy Marshal McGill and posse, had a fight this morning with three of the Cooks. One Marshall yas wounded, Cherokee Bill fatally shot, his horse killed and the oth er two arrested. Cherokee Bill is the fiercest one of the gang and is one of its main supports The Governnlent has set a price of $250 on his body. Two suspects were brought in and put in jail this afternoon. The citizens have raised a fund of SI,OOO te put a forcle in the field to assist in the capture. Tonight a heavy force of officers went out on a secret hunt, but it is not known where they went. United States Attorney Jackson today received a letter from Bill Cook, threatening to kill him if he does not let up on them. NEVIN-WELLS. The Marriage of iwo Popular Young People in Chattanooga. Tomorrow evening at 7:80 in the Episcopal church in Chatta nooga Mr. Janies B. Nevin, of this city and Miss Alice Wells of Chat tanooga will be united in wedlock. The marriage will be a great so cial event, and prominent socie ty peoj 1» from ail over Geor gia and Tennessee will be in attend ance. This morning Mr. Nevin went to Chattanooga accompanied by his best man, Mr. Alfred S. Har per and Mr. Nevin’s -sister, Miss Pet Nevin. Messrs. Claire Rowell and Charles J. Warner, two attendants will go up this afternoon. Tomorrow morning many of their triendswill go up to Chatta nooga. Among them will be Mr. and Mrs. MJA. Nevin, Capt. and Mrs. Will Patton, Miss Rosa Plumb, of Augusta, Misses Helen Eastman, Edith and Viola Smith, Messrs. Guy Cothran, Claude Jones, Paul D. Reese, Hart Smith and Roy West. The young people will go to the West for some weeks and on their return will be at home in the handsome new residence on Sec ond Avenue. Papa Whipped Her. Winchester, Ohio, Nov. 19. Miss Nettie Ridgeway and Authur Manning, members of prominent families in Roek Creek Township, and deeply in love in opposition to the w ishes of the young wo man’s father, planned an elope, ment Thursday night, hut Mr. Ridgeway caught the young lady in the act of leaving home by the upstairs window’ route. He is re potted to hava given her a severe whipping, locked her in her room and has since kept her closely guarded. Lynchers in Trouble. Golden, Colo., November 19. — The grand jury has returned an indictment against Richard Shep herd, John Kock, Jjohn Richwein and Geo. Vogel, well-known citi zens for alleged participation in the lynching of Alexander McCur dy on the night of June 8. The charge is murder. McCurdy had been sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for assaulting and horribly mutilating his step-broth er, Arthur Berry, whom he sus pected of intimacy with his wife. HER DRESS CAWT But her Heroic Teacher rescued her From Death A COSTLY CIGARETT. A Peck of Potatoes grow in a box at Americus. An owl that Measured four-feat four. Other Items of Special News Gadsden, Ala., November 18.— Miss Agnes Wimpie, of Attalla, was standing near the fire in the publio schoolhouse room yesterday when her dress Caught fire and on ly the heroism of her teacher saved her. A COSTLY SMOKE. Gadsden. Ala., November 18.— A farm»r came to town yesterday with three bales of cotton. He thought he would sniake a cigar ette. His cotton caught fire and the three bales went up in smoke. POTATOES IN CLOSE QUARTIRB. Americus, Ga., November 18. — A negro woman living on Hamp ton street planted a potato vine in a box on the porch kist spring to keep off the rays of the sun. It made a splendid shade and yester day she found a peck of potatoes n the box. IBIS is odd. Tate Ga. November 19. —On the federal road th*t leads from Tate, just given miles from Jasper at this season of the year, you can seethe court house at Jasper and other buildings plain. One day ia«t week, with the aid of a spy glass, people were s»en on the street of Jasper, seven miles distant. HE rill FKCOVIR Dahlonega, Ga. November 19. — Mr. Jess SatterHeld, who was in jured in the row election day is still confined to his bed undergoing much suffering. The attending physician thinks he will recover. A MONSTER OWL. Lithonia, Ga. November 19. —Mr T. J. Pqole killed an <>wl last week that measured four feet four inch es frem tip to tip-. He shot it with a Colt’s repeater at a distance of between fifty and sixty yards FINANCIALLY EMBARRASSED. Macon, Ga , Nov. 19.—Reports from Dawson announce the finan cial embarrassment of J. R. Mer cer & Co., dealers .n fertilizers and farmers'# supplies. The firm has been regarded »8 one of the strongest in southwest Georgia, Tne liabilities are said to toot up something like SIOO,OOO. A meet ing of the creditors will be held in Macon on Friday. FIRE AT MILNER. Milner, Ga., Nov.,l9.—Just be fore daylight this morning, the storehouse belonging to Dr. A. M. Speer, was discovered to be on fire. It, with his stock of drugs, books, papers, etc., and a stock of grocer ies belonging to Mr. B. F. Willis, were entirely consumed. Dr. Speer had no insurance, either on the building or stock of medicine. Mr. Willis was more fortunate, having insurance amounting to S3OO on a stock of about SSOO. The origin of ths fire is unknown. CHILD DEAD. Little Ethel McLane Died Yesterday at the Home of A. B. McDonald. Ethel, the seven year old daugh ter of Mrs. McLane, the house keeper for Mr. A. B. McDonald, died yesterday afterneon. Ethel was a bright little girl cf seven years, and died from dipthe ria. The little one was laid to rest on Myrtle Hill this morning. UNNATURAL Is the Action of Mrs John Jack of • Kilgore, Pa. SHE SEEKS TO SHIELD Her in Human Brother-in-law even after he was Arrested forthe Outrage. Osborn Breaks down and Confesses Sharon, Pa., Nov, 19. —The mys tery surrounding the recent assault on Mrs. Jehn Jack, of Kilgore, has been partly solved by the coiefes eion of Emerson Osborne, a prom inent member of Sauday Lake United Presbyterian church. Mrs Jack, about, three wieks ago disapeared from her home and was found three days later in a hollow log half dead. She said she had at tempted to take her own life by beating her head with a stone. This did not satisfy the authori ties and they arrested Osborne. Yesterday he broke down and i on fessed all, paying that he made the assault and thinking Mrs. Jack was dead had placed her in the log to cover up his crime. Osborne is a brother-in-law of Mrs. Jaok, and it is alleged she is making every effort to shield him H-r object in so doing cannot be flurmis -d, unless J t be a desire to save the family from disgrace through further investigation and publication of the outrage. Mrs. Jack is the daughter of ex Sheriff Fleming Smith, and all parties are prominently conneoted. Oyster Stew The Ladies Auxilary to the Rome Branch Keely League will give an oyster dinner and supper at No. 229 Yausey building on Broad St. Tuesday Nov. 20. Dinner B°rved from 11 a, m. to 2 p. m. and supper from 4 p.m. to 10. Every body is invited. Charges moderate. Ford orches tra will be on hand at night to dis course sweet music. Help these noble women. JUST RECIVEO t One of the most com plete assortments o. T SOAPS AND TOILET ARTICLES Ever brought to the city. See our line of fine I IMPORTED TOOTH BRUSHE They have no superior on this or any other market SOLE AGENT CANDIES J. T CROUCH & CO. Medical Building. IO CENTS A WEE K The I Fact of the business is there is no use of any one going or sending out of Rome for a Suit of clothes where they can buy a much better article here for fess money than elsewhere ■ I BURNEY I Said a gentleman last J week, “I went to Atfan- | ta to order a fine Cuta way Suit and f found j your TAILORING I Much than Atlanta pi way below theirs « 1 want you to make a Cutaway Suit. He gave our *<T| • I COMPANY » ■ 5 '. --1 His order, and said he saved 8 or 1 O dot- J larsby so doing. When j in need of a nice suit dont give your ordei to some suicide whe • happens a long withe c lot of shoddy samples [ and represents he wii I sell you a Suit to order when in fact he only! sends you a ready.| made suit, but come to ' us and we will sell, you a fine Suit cheap, anc J make and trim it ele gantly.. Remember we warn to keep every DoHari that is po ssi ble and wiL convince you that we* do if you w?U only give us a cause, • d BURNEY I TAILORING C I . 1 lb I 220 BROAD STREET, ! ROME, GA.