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FOURTH year ANOTHER COT I TOWELS at 2 1-2 CENTS I Lanham ASons are Keeping I „pthe Sensation they Cre ated a few Weeks ago by Putting the Khife I Into Values Just Think About SB,OO, $ 10,00, $ 1 2,00 and SISOO Cloaks Nice, New ' And Stylishly Made. For $4.25 ‘ Don’t you ’buy a Cloaic until you see our Stock. We bought out a Cloak concern and are selling CloaKS away down under the prices other merchants pay forthem, olhers ad vertise Cloaks buttbey cant meet our prices, [ A cheap and very poore Cloak full size, for 55c, a good nice and styiish Cloak for $1.50 A large lot of fine Cloaks were SB, SIO sl2 and, '$ 1.5,8 h We are celling at $3.T5 ~ Misses and Children Black Hose solid by oath’s for lOc our prici hng a.i they last at 3c per pain Large tot of Towels 21-2 cents each are worth more- out we got teem cheap and can sell them .Cheaper than any bodv We have bought a )'* ' ■ ;» • JV* f* big job inGentsCioth ing ar>d Furnishing goods, and row sell a Pair of Fine Gloves h at Cost at the Factory 50 to 75c for only 25c. Clothingdown below any body’s price, if you Have any money To spend You had bettor See us Before you Spend it SHOES! SHOES! SHOES! Baby shoes as low as 20 cts. LANHAM &SONS < 318, 320, 322 324 STH ’ AVENUE fourth WARD THEHUSTI |i]R OF ROME. : CONGRESS Met Today in Washington With a Full Quorum. JOHN W. MADDOX Will be Heard From and Don’t You Forget it Read This Article "Our John” is the Subject of the Most of it. Washington, UouHLubHrS -—Con gress meets nt noon today. f, aß ( night there use the usual bustle in Chicago which proceeds the meet ing of a congress. Fully one hundred senators and members efcougte sc.fme in yester 4? v , Rn <l both h.mses will have more than.a quorum tcdiy. Th* great event «f today will "be the president’s message. The {financial portion of it, will be as has been outlined in these dis patches. It wilS have the usual bold ring, about it which has char acterize i all .of Cleveland’s! messages. It, will, however, be the' utterance which is expected to ba f to a bitter ecaitest between the| wings of the democratic party. Mr. Cleveland has not consulted with a single deader in either house' of congress. ®e has ignored the ) congressional Beaders and is going it alon-e. suite .-speak. This has .in censed the lefders and they are in a decidedly pugilistic humor to ward thes .administration. The message natty-open the battle and it promises &o be a decitledlir un terestiug •®oc. Kveu -Seuafof yporheee, of In diana, wh«)was tjie most unfortu nate <rf the juckoos iu the tart b»-s --•itm, i« saed to have, a bomb 6a the •hH|<#.qtftUree-K liver.bill to -drank S. t STARK I desire to inform my Friends and Patrons and the Public! geaar ly, that my elegant .line of n°w Fall and Winte WOOLENS Has been received,and are now open for all spection And I willfur the- s ate that J am now better prepae d than ever > o turn oir » KH"C ; • FIdST CLASS WORK | azto FIBS? CLASS GOODS, At pr.ces never before heard of in Rome, r, ’ i S. M. STARK, MEKGB4ST fAILffR IT 16 ARMvfRJXI H)rE r - ROME GEORGIA. MONDAY EVENING DECEMBER 3 1894. at the White House. Indeed til billboards imiica'e a liv-lv p> ' tecnic display exhibition tha congrrßeion tl aession which opens to Jay at noou. Mr. Maddox has prepared a bill which he will introduce this week providing fora third United Sut judi jial distfi;t iu Georgia II - till will provide for making a. i>“-v judicial di"tric‘, comprising th - counties of th* st ,r«, aud the appointm mt of a judge, m ir shal and court officers for the dis trict. It will fix the lie.idqu -rters of the court at Rom laud may provide for an eastern division of ths dis trict, with Gimsyilie as its c liter Judge Maddox will also introduce a bill to enlarge the governm-n* building already »<ppr p iah-d for »t Reaae.iu order to p.-ovi ie for the court and its adjuncts.H • will ask for an appropriAtiou of $10),00) additional for the buildtag Mr. Tate will co operate with 1 Judge Maddox in eudeav-ring k» I arrange in itters in orl-- th i it | will not ha for the „,<» ' fde in the upper conutiei -it Hi« district to go h-i ilr'd miles to atten d the United -,'Ott-e court. Both Judge Msddox aid M r Tate are anxious to have the <5 u t marer the counties of the v u- ■ tricts. They think th ur i i> cieut business in the nn-t i i counties of the district f -« r a new court. Indeed, they look upo i ic in aneee-gitv. Jmig*- Maddox a <he will push his b il to fi < d a I i-ira >o at this nessiuu »t e«m s aid hopes to have rhe yew! mt *p point a judge and o‘h-r officers f the judicial -d ietir before ’:li« 4th of Judg* Haiidox i« also . w <k ; i. hard to have .the nan «ontb«X,« i i e.ral p?rtl,n e«,ablist.*d at . iwt-m Judge Medd.nx aipects 4 r Nh- ve appropriations swaae at*ti-a-» «■ « non of cotigrefy tor tnrupik-s-o*-l*i from iiinggald and L*tS.vvtte fol the Chickamauga National r-mrik. i Th* so roads were h it th* appropriation has h -vt. been made. I3ARRIEO‘ TUOAL , . 1 • . .< ■ ,i f . dorr/Wiling and Miss Haire Mei This morning at 11 <»'clock nt the brides home in E i«t R > u-j Policeman Horry W rupee and 23 Julia H tire were made m.m aid wife. It was a very qui*t ey * 11" c■. and only a few frietid-i we.-w [». is ent. Judge Walter H irrie pi -• nounced the words that in ide I 'Dm one. Inuji-'diate'v th < we ■! ff »g the happy coupie le-tf<»r »m --ery. They will visit several otfa r places, and upon their return will i be at home in the Fifth Ward. Mr. Wimped, i» a trusted si«»d >pular member of Rome’s p/dic* force. No man can claim more frtiends than Horry, and he ami Ii« bride have the best wishes ot every one. Tb-e bride is a very popular y mug lady, rind is a general favorite vitii every one —a particular one v. i h Mr. Winipee it seems. n r —c —r -■ “Shgier’s Semens.” F >rt Sm th. Ark.Dm .I. * * iuvsterio.lv “Sk^et-ir, ’' dtM.ii .ii:i t the services a lawyer. st<».> I u > to-day and receive.i a sentence •> years in the penitentiary. Hi companions, Snider, and F.irri-i. got 20years each. ,*j The P-h "t-rioi cliii'-’n ’h< o:i'y -in" ->t 1 a• fl s c. J ■' •’ lo hold R- rv.iee* I s v'ght. <)-»i V <<• th" -me "iii-'jicv j lb »■a i' X h* coimrog -n.< *h* -na .Dr G - ■ i u» J.r- hc »d il »pmi)-t-i »urui<H from cu ‘ «c:» i t.ic »,< rt *>». AWFUL MURDER Campbell County Farmer Killed in Cold Blood. HORRIBLE CRIME a • A Neg'o MurdsrsA. B. Leigh, Aid Going to Tna Dead Man’s home Attempts . a Hellish deed, but is thwarted. . Nawnan, Ga , December 2.—A story, bloody, heinous, revolting and damnable was written iu the history of Georgia thirteen miles from here at midnight last night. On the homestead of one of the oldest, most prominent and popu lar planters of Campbell county, hfc was robbed of his life, an at tempt was made to kill his wife, the design of the assass n being an assault upon the two daughters, who would then have been alone in I the house. I But today a half-hundred of the moat resolute men of Campbell uid Coweta couuties are chasiag the black fiend who has darkened the criminal his.ory of the state, and if he is found the highest tree iad stoutest rope will bto his por rion. Tn the old homestead in which Mr |A. 8.. Leigh has roded t< r ;years and years, his body is ru. .v ’r-sting upon the cooing boards, | one of his daughters carries a pain ful w-onnd upon one of her cheeks, inflicted whi e she was bravely de- 1 femfc’.ng the life of her mother and ; theihonor of herself mid sister, and! that aged mother, beriavad by her great lo s, is almost dead froan , f J ■ "Ji - . I l ' ’ grief and prostratwon. Near she houe- ah eh i« aitu'Hted iw n runidwny pasw*. A k-ng thi« roadway—-a private <ma pt.ie; io tHrt’ lintle' nmn> thana path—Mr, Leigh walked'beside hi* I u«grp guiuw iA«r"fiftv yard a’tr*»y ijiw aiked and then ih« negro eiaogh |;t..rAd, the hartale** gentletnap the .s ms a* he wo-uUd have killed a j ■ i That the act in th* play il i. t p'li-bru-t-e. D- j au desigttdd so , l - h • l:ig t, Vh ;!<• h b d of Mr. Leigh w i ■i:l wiiria with th- lit- ehick ha I 'i in ii‘ »liv leaiteii out->f i* iu th ii b liesrtLs <m m ■ , aid wlii e f vhiiii bioml was' *til) N? witip ' r hi '• woii' iih in ihe ne k, tl.e I, g i n d 1< <~k t<> i|-p iiome w u•»■. every’Li tn 11 a; a i as-. .iin* <q ii**t i.- -i > '--voi tn i ec hi i a t i i his ti ■irlith q v. It was half a n hour after the ne ,rr - had gone aw-iy witii Mr. Leigh v.on he came lackafone. Hecafl "! at the door and when one of tbe ..r.iies answered the call Dean said: •‘Mr. I nigh wants Mrs. Leigh to come to l.ini. ” The shoi'tiieks of the time after Mr. L< igh’s departure and the n -gro’s appearance caused his -ta ement to. be doubted and created alarm am- ng the ladies, i'iiey questioned him about the 1,-gro'h illness and as they did s<. Dean entered the house. As he oirne in one'of the • aughters, Miss Wiilie Leigh, a lady of seventeen e ias, noticed that he was carry ing a pistol in hi- lifthd. This caus ed her mor- f.lalni and si q order ed him t*leave the house. Tiie negro bec inm insolent and ihe girl seized a shot guo, and t<>ld him t-i leave. He refried to i,o so. ai.d she snapped, one barrel] at him. Then dm scoundrel pulled bi.- pistql and fired at the l-rave girl, but did not hit her. As he went ti leave the house she fired on him, but missed . The m-igToprhoo I was ' then urou ied and ssort ir afterward the iioih’ <>l Mr. Leigh va* found cold in d ath. A determined wmxdi is being made for the n<*gro r J<>» Duan, ami if caught i,e wdi be summarily d alt woh. LOST HIS WATCH. Mr. W. H Ad ins lo ses a f’np Gold Watch in Church. Mr. W. H. Adkins, of the postal telegraph company, had the mis fortune to loose a fine gold watch chain and Knight Templars charm. He went to the Baptist cliurcl yesterday, and as the clock struck twelve he remembers looking a< his watch. When he got home from C i rc’i he felt for his tinn pi-'C» an 1 i‘ was gone. He can accmnt f -r i’< disappoarence in no o*li >r wa ■ lhau hi» having been robbed i the church. Tne watch is a fine,double hu i‘- ing ease gold wa'ch, and i» ve y valuable. To the chain w is attach 'd a Knight Temp'er L«lg‘- with the uame W. H. Alkins > i it. JUDGE LYNCH PRESIDES If a Murderer in Brooks Cnunly is Caught. Quitman, Ga„ December 3 News his j ist reached here of t shooting of Mr. T. • Maulding, n prominent ci iz-n oftGis com' s night by J ere Jeff etl , a negro abo i tis sen ni es north of this yb<c. Maulding m-'t r. crowd of c< g - es in the v>oad and inquir dis J- ffrj’l.a was Tn the crow 1, when Jrffrutr commenced firing on him, v’ oOtl i i hraa through the right jiw tne 'ba. 1 , mining out the left sid« of the meek . Maulding is completely peralvz-d ami will die Sheriff Thraal«er and : a posse are ia pursuit of Jeffreliis - rUeuiuid<.r was unprev iked ai I lhe cowimunity is very much ixcit • md Judge LymA nay "it <-n th*. :a if the negro its caught. JUST RECIVEO • * 1 • /!»'•**. ' J One of the most com plete assortments of TOILET SOAPS AND TOILET ART.CLES Ever brought to city. See our line of fine IMPORTED T<?OTH BRUSHES They have no superior on this or any other market SOLE AGENT B e . i', CANDIES i ‘ J. T CROUCH & CO Medic il Bui d n ; 10 CEN r S A WEEK Jorae And EXAMINE Oursl6slß& S2O dollars suits, Made to your order. Trimmed and made elegantly, i Ifvauclontsay they ? re 'Vorth 50 per cent hn jrc ask for hem, thin wa will re at A. ’ i • . > 1 ■ L'/d I" J o' ir TrdcEtjyou tex a show of th*- 'argestand best selected Stock of pant iroods y>tr ever saw an< at prices you nev ler dreamed bfi Fr ees 1 hat makers jreaiy made dealer ashamed of his busi ness and wish that he co u!d buythem at the prices we w'il give you. Come and see us. J W * will sell you if you come and will give you more than satisfact i ow i B'JRNEY MURING CI r* M • * I 220 BROADISTREET ROME,IGA.