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fourth year FAHY S plush capes. FAHY’S SEAL CAPES. FAHY’S CLOTH CAPES. FAHY’S FINE CLOAKS, KHY S STYLISH CLOAKS. These goods are the subject of conversation among all the ladles who have seen them. They are handsome in the extreme and the prices are so low that none need go away un satisfied. FAHY’S BIANKETS, FAHY’S COMFORTS, FAHY’S COUNTERPANS, % FAHY’S UNDERWEAR. FAHY'S FLANNEL COOPS. The greatest bar-s gains ever offered the; public are in t he « e goods, and they are most superior. No shams, but genuine qualities. 01 ' lISIIiiSS Notions In great profusion. They are lovely in desd. Something to c harm the fancy of all. See our fancy Ward r°de,Thisis most uni que, letallthe PEOPLE come. W FAHY ’ 1 THE HUSTLER OF ROME. HARRY HILL Has Some Slick Friends at Work ®n his Petition Filed WITH THE GOVERNOR But When Notified That the Prosecution Wanted to be Heard They Withdrew it. They Never Came Back." The following interesting story is from Blackburn's Atlanta Com mercial of yesterday: Ihe petition for a pardon for forger Hairy Hill, has been pre sented to Governor Atkinson and Unexpected opposition caused the circulators to delay its presen tation. A few days ago the petition was handed to the Governor signed by nearly every member of the legisla ture by a committee of Hill’s friends and relatives. A certificate as to Hill’s bad health was attach ed to ths paper. No argument on the merits-of the case was made as the governor quitely notified the committee that he wotfld hold the matter in abey ance until the parties interested in the prosecution could be heard from. * This was a surprise to Hill’s friends and they showed it by with drawing with their documents. They notified the governor that they would secure additional docu ments and return. They did not ■say when but they“would return.” The petition was circulated so 'quietly and was surrounded by suck .a deep air of secrecy that its promoters expected no opposition ar.d'when it arose were unprepared for it. This is evident by the with <dmwal of the petition. TME GOVERSOr TkLK4. The petition was presented to roe-several days ago,’’’ eaid Gover- Atkinson today, ‘-feint was not eon sidered. I informed ttee parties who brought it to me that I been noti ces by personal intereated in the prosecution that they desired to be heard whan the petition was pr-»-1 ■sen ted ” "It was a petition from th« -leg ielature. When I informed the par ties of the desire of the other side tc heard they took the petition paying additional docutnenta would fee secured and returned later. None of the parties interested ii: the petition could be seen and it i« not known what direction the Mat ter will now take. S. 13, STARK 5 desire to inform my Friends arid Patrons and the Public! gener ly, that my elegant line of w Fall and Winte WOOLENS Has been received,and are now open for al! spection, And I willfur ther state that I am now better pre paed than ever io turn out FIRST CLASS WORK AMI FIRST CLASS GOODS, 1... -i-- At prices never before heard of in Rome, S.M. STARK, MERCHANT TAILOR 16 ARM STR TNG HOTEL ROME GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY EVENING DECEMBER. 12 1894. ‘FLO PPER” FELTON Has Filed his Contest end Served “Our John” With a Notice. CHARGES CORRUPTION In Floyd, Cobb and ‘ Old Bar tough" on the Democrats. Mad Because Judge Maddox got Five of the Idiot Votes. Washington, December 12— Judge Maddox was served yester day with a notice of contest by a Washington lawyer from Dr. Fel ton. In his notice Dr. Felton bases his centeet on various grounds. He save votes for him in Flovd county ? were put in the wrong box and not counted, and ’he charges that the election officers knowing ly allowed hie friends to put their ballots in the box at the polls put there to receive ballots for o against county bonds . lie also states that the election officers in Floyd were not sworn as required by law. Ho charges that the tax collector of Floyd coun ty fraudulently prevented a great many of his friends from register ing, thus depriving, them of the privilege of voting for him. He further charges that third party men who had not paid their taxes and registered in Floyd coun ty were not permitted to vote, while democrats in the same con ditio n were permitted to vote . Dr. Fulton futher charges that in Rome votes were purchased for •Jufige Maddox with his knowledge ar<3 consent —“the consideration es such purchase being tickets to a barbecue. ” In the county votes ■were purchased with whisky and ( fw idiots were voted for him for . ■the keeper as the poarhouse of Kloyd county. I In Cobb county Dr. Felton ■dtearges that democrats were al ; Jewed to register after the regis ; tration books had been closed; [convicts were allowed to register laad vote and minors were allowed to do the same; democrats who I lad not registered voted, while populists 'could not; men who voted for him by threats were i forced to vote for Maddox; votes were purchased with whiskey and forth. I ALL SORTS OF FRAUD CHARGED. In Bartow county Dr. Felton elmrges that the tax collector marked black lines through the mimes of 300 or 400 of his sup porters who had registered for the October election and they were not permitted to vote, and the tax collector was heard to say a few days before the election that he had fixed about 300 populists so they could not vote. He says democratic white caps in Murray county by threats pre vented 200 of his friends from voting. Dr. Felton charges democratic fraud in nearly all the counties. Them he eavs th’ returns give Judge Maddox 1,562 majority. He claimed that all the votes of Floyd county should be thrown out and also the votes of Cohncounty. Then he says in Bartow 400 votes should he added to his majority, in Polk 100 votes and in Chattooga 200 votes. He closes by saying that he was elected and should have the seat. As a matter of fact Dr. Felton’s - notice of contest charges every va riety and quality of fraud among’ the democrats. But with all that ( does not nuke a caso tha' will car rr him through. I Judge Maddox is not worrying j over it but is sitting easily in the j boat so to speak. 1 THB WIY THE «K ’R«HAN« VCTfD f The bill permitting railroads to f [Continued on ’’<*• 4 5 I REVJAMJUNES I Says There are “Rings” Even in the Good old M. E. Church- STRIKES THE BISHOPS. . Speaks out for Reform and Re bels Against old Customs. Bishops Should be Elected for Four years, That’s What! Richmond, Va., December 12. Rev. Bam Jonse, the noted Georgia 1 evangelist, lecturer and edUor thinks the Methodist church needs reform along several lines, I He is open and pointed (n hia c declaration against s h« bishopric i as now conducted. Being aaked “ this evening if it was his purpose or that of his paper, The Tennes see Methodist, to force a split in the church, he replied: i “No, but. rather to get rid of con- 1 ditions that will split, the church 3 if they are not weeded, out. Ours is ' an nnti-eccle°iasticaL paper, loyal to Methodism but death on rings.” ; He went on to say that there were rings in the church as there j were in politics, and that they r were doing their work. Tae trouble was that there were many good , men in these rings and did not know it. He proposes to open the wyes of the pesple and to smash the rings. r Speaking of his reform move „ naent, which is making things t lively already, the Rev. Sam said: j ‘‘The paper ©f which I have be- 4 come associate editor, has always I been loyal tfco the doctrines and r discipline ©if the Methodistchurch, f As <to the pal icy and methods of dab-ng some things, we simply j claim the right under the consti tution and laws of the United States and the boasted religious . liberty of tikis county, if we do not r 1 ike a thing to say so. j “In the first place,” the preach , er-editor continued, “our bishops a are not unifarm in their ruling* 51 and constructions of the laws. We 3 think prejudice sometimes has . more to do wuth decisions than has j the golden rate. We regard that an official le »i»t a boss, but a ser vant of the peapie, in church or state. We hold that a bishop, like other r officials of our church, should be 3 elected at least every four years, and that as any other official cf the church who has demonstrated his incapacity, ought to be invited down and out. We claim, that taxation without representation is unconstitutional, ’ in church or State, that a people who support a church and pastor * ought to have some voice and some choice in whom they shall have as pastor, and not be turned away as a party of well-dressed gentlemen interfering where they have no business. The great body of our preachers are loyal,noble men. “Many of them are dissatisfied at the way things are going. The laity of our church are restless and thousands of them will join in the effort to reform certain abuses and to correct certain methods. Per smally, I have nc grievance. I will at any time surrender my parchment as a Methodist preach er, but my pen, my tongue and my I convictions I shall hold on to for the present.” i With a twinkle in his eye the evangelist added: “Our idea is that bishops should be elected for fouryears, with elig ibility to (re-election, if they be have themselves. They will then kiss the babies and look after their fences. But when a fellow is elect ed for life, he’s got a cinch and J you can’t get at him.” A GALLANT lAO Kept a Kool Head and Saved his own and eight lives. AFIRE CHIEF’S PISTOL Played an Important Part in the Great Drama Which was put on in Louisville Yes terday Afternoon. A Big Fire. Louisville, Dec, 12.—A sensa tional scene was enacted at Levy’s five-story retail clothing house, at Third and Market streets late yes terday afternoon. Fire on the lower floor commun icated by the elevator shaft to the fourth story. The occupants of the upper three floors were driven to the roof, and were prevented from leaping by Fire Chief Hughes drawing a revolver and threatening to kill the first one who tried it. About 75 clerks and others were rescued on ladders. Fire loss, $30,- 000. Balance of stock ruinsd by smoke and water. On the fifth floor were eight em ployee, including one woman, Miss Kate Fogarty. Seeing that every avenue of escape had been cut off from below, they made their way to the roof. A shout went up from the crowd below, when they were discovered, and a ladder was quickly run up by the firemen, but it was found to be too short. The little group on the roof was beginning to despair, when Janies Lee, a boy secured a ladder near the flagstaff, and fast ened to the roof, but it also was too short to reach the roof of the Turf Exchange, adjoining. Lee still kept a cool head, and, at the risk of his own life, he ran to a wire and cut it in half. Then he pulled enough of it in to suit his purpose. Attaching one find of the wire to the latter, he caught hold of it and elid in ssftv to the roof of the Turf Exchange. Encourage by thia dar ing deed, the others, wi*h the ex ception of Miss Fogarty, who was too weak to move, followed the boy and reached the roof in safty. Miss Fogarty was later reeaued by firemen She was badly burned about the face and her hands were cut by falling glass. Her condition is not regarded aa serious. Louis Brown, the window dens er was injured internally. : JUST RECIEVED r One of the most com plete assortments of 3 __ TOILET SOAPS AND 1 TOILET ARTICLES J ! Ever brought to the city. See our line of . : I < ; 11 fine i IMPORTED TOOTH BRUSH They have no superior □n this or any other market SOLE AGENTS CANDIES J. T CROUCH & CO. Medical Building IO CENTS A WEE* Lowry Bros Dry Goods NOTIONS SHOES HATS CAPS , ETC i i 1 i Call f > '' I ‘ f - ' »■ ' I AND I ’ EXAMINE OUR STOCK S OF STAMPED LINEN’S We Are I NOW OPENrf OUR NEW ’ QUARTERS, NEW GOODS and LOW PRICES,. Lowry Bros ’ atC.D old Stand *■ L • * • 30 Bread St,, 4 * - . r. t > ■ t