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fourth year MAKE A NOTE OF THESE. A more beautiful, useful and dot «1 line of articles cannot ha found anywhere than ia embraced in our immense stuck 01 goads. They call forth the admiration of all. Our large end varied stock of Ladies’, Misses and Children's Cleaks and Capes are of them selves a tremendous attraction. For the next week we will sell these goods at great bargains. A handsome Christmas gift for your wife or daughter, husbands. Another attractive feature of our stock is our charming display of Table Linens. Nothing was ever prettier. A refined taste and good judgment may be exercised in sal tations from this department with pleas 4 ng results . Full line of Table Damask, stamped goods, Shams Splashers, Tidies, Scarfs, Tray Cloths, Towels. Doylies, Napkins. Crashes, etc. They cwa etitute a lovely prasant. As you look through our Notion Department you will be entranced by the loveliness of things. A more perfectly charming stock was nev er shown in this city. Fancy ar ticles, novelties in Hank*rchivfs, Ties, Gloves, Scarfs, Muflfers. Pins, Combs, Electric Diamonds, Bdts, Belt Buck fen. and hundreds ot other attractive articles. If yen are in search of some thing peculiarey'umq'ie and novel see our Fairy Wardrobe, and our Rabbits, Roosters. Soldiers. China man, Red Riding Hoods, Hens and chickens, Frogs, etc. These novel ’’get ups” have aDractsd much attention. Very cheap, but very winsome. For the bargains of the season we invite, the trade to see our 81. n kets, Quilts, Comfo-ts, Counter pans, Underwear and Flanne 1 goods. Thsse are uuequaled in price when the genuine quality is taken into account. You of c ’urse have heard of the tremendous offers we are making in Carpets, Rugs, Mats, Mattings. Lace Curtains and Portiers, Why we will save you twenty-five per cent on these goods and we wid prove our statement if you will call and let us. Bargains in all d - partment of our emporium. Thos. Fahy. THE HUSTLER OF HOME. TOMORROW NIGHT. No theatrical event in the his tory of tbs city has created so much genuine interest and Enthu siasm as the ooming of the Vander bilt Glee Club. Tomorrow night this superb Musical organization will give its splendid program, and Nevins opera house is sure to be crowded with the brightest and most fasE ■onable audience of the year. The box sneet at Yeiser’s show a heavy advance sale of seats, and by tomorrow noon tho choica ones will all be sola. After the performance tomorrow night the college hoys will be tendered a magnificent banquet al the Armstrong hotel. It will bi given by young ladi* s in th’» <• t; who have friends among the young men. Do not delay str ther moment if you wish to secure a desirable seat, for if you trust so the box of ftes at the theatre you may ba dis appointed tn getting what you wish. SAVED BY HIS WIFE. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 20. — Henry Smith, living near Irving ton, East of this city, attempted suicide this morning by hanging, but he was discovered by his wife, who cut him down in time to save his life. The only reason assigned is that Smith sold a load of hay in the Indianapolis market, yesterday for $9, and white returning heme lost part of the money. UNDER THE BRIDIE Delaware,Ohio, Dec.2o, —About a pack of lo >ae dynunits car tridges have been discovered un der one end of the new Central avenue bridge. The miner that there was a quantity of the explo sive under the structure had been current for sonu time, but little faith was put in it. How the stuff came there is a mystery. JUST RECIEVED ' '< L i-.-. - V I’- . . One of the most com plete assortments of TOILET SOAPS AND TOILET ARTICLES Ever brought to the city. See our line of fine IMPORTED TOOTH BRUSH They have no superior On this or any other market SOLE AGENTS CANDIES J.TCRDUCH &CO. Medical Bail ling ROME GEORGIA. THURSDAY EVENING DECEMBER. 20 1894. A BIG VERDICT 1 Is Awarded the heirs in the Dr. Fraker LIFE INSURANCE CASE After three Weeks spent in l the trial the Jury rendered a verdict in, 21 minutes for the full amount of the claim Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 20.—As ter three weeks consumed in it trial and one day’s argument the jury to-dav, in 21 minutes after receiving its instructions, returned a verdict in the famous Dr. Fraker insurance case. It was in favor of the relatives of Fraker, who sued five companies who held policies on the doctor’s life when he was drowned at Ex celsior Springs. Mo., July 10, 1893. T he policies aggregated $44,655 and the plaintiffs have b en grant ed judgment for the full amount. The different companies and amounts follow; Provident Savings and Life Assurance Society of New York. $10,675; Kansas Mutual of Topeka, $10,660; Hartford Life Annuity Insurance Company, $16,- 930; Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias of the World, $3,195; Modern Woodmen of Ameica, $3,- i 195. . The benefactors named in the policies are two sisters of the de- I ceased doctor, Mrs. Cynthia Hat, I field and Margaret Magruder, o.f | Macon County, Missouri, and six 1 orphan nephews and nieces living in Oregon, Washington State and California. The case has been one of peculi ar interest, and has been desper ately fought by both sides. The trill has been very costly to the defense. Dr. H- C. Fraker was a physi • cian with a moderate practice, A ! Excelsior Springs, Mo., July 10 i 18S>3, Yvhiie on a fishing trip in Missouri, he slipped from the bank and was drowned. Not the least trace of him could be found, and his complete disap ! pearanee being so exceptional i -several of the insurance companies refused to pay the policies held by ' him. It was asserted that it was a con spiracy to defraud, and that the doctor swam the river and escaped in the garb of a woman. To strengthen this theory the defense introduced thstimony to show the doctor changed his sex every seven years, and had awaited such a transition to practice the decep tion. Robt. W. Graves & Co made a big reduc tion for Cash in price of coal Yard Telephone I No. 96; Office Tele 'phone. No. 93. SHOT IN THE BACK. Hopkinsville, Ky. Dec. 20.—A shaoting affray took place last eve ning at Elmo, a town 12 South of this city, between Charles M adow and William Morri.-on. two young men and neighbors, and which re sulted i» Meadow being fatally shot by his antagonist. The two men had gone into a grave to play cards. I’he only wit nesses 'o tlie affair ar** several c< _ ored men, who are not disposed to talk. A quail'd a rose over the game when Morrison (low his pistol and fired upon Meadow, who was shot in the back as he was leaving the grove. Morrison escaped. Meadow was taken home,!>utgradually sank until relieved by death this morn- i ng - N. CAROLINA FINANCES The State has an Annually In creasing Balance. R Heigh, N. C., December 20. The legislative joint committee t< - day completed its inspection of . he books of the state treasurer and audit* r. The statement of receipts and disbursements of 1893 is: Re ceipts, public fund $1,491,467, ed ucational fund $59,656; disburse ments, publid fund $1,284,024, ed ucational fund $26,909. For 1894, receipts, public fund H ,446,988, educational fund $51,- 822. The’committee recommends that the annually increasing balance, now a surplus, be converted into a sinking fund. This year an apportionment oY $36,084 was made by the state hoard of education among the va rious counties. State Treasurer Tate is highly complimented by the committee. Ho has accumulated and covered into the state treasury $6,371 clear profit. Fees paid in by the secre tary of state aggregate nearly enough to pay all salaries in the Jxecutive and judicial depart ments. Don’t forget th d W. N. Hawthorne has greatl / reduced orice of Coal for the Christ-1 mas season. Call him at Telephone No. 120. TO SPENDTHE HOLIDAYS. Vice President Stevenson leaves for Asheville,N.C. Washington, D<c 20.—Vics Pres ident Stevenson left here at 11 o'clock to night bv J the Southern railwav for Asheville, N. 0. to ■ peud the holidevs th*re with his family. The condition of hie inva lid daughter rameine unchanged, but Mr. Stevenson hopis she will ■toon be strong enough to be taken to the milder climate of Florida. CITY COURT Work on the City Court is mov ing along smoothly today, and the following cases were disposed of. Henry McCurry, a white man, was charged with deserting his wife and child. The judge fined him SSO. and costs. Mose Allgood, a negro, plead guilty to the charge of beating hi-* wife, and was fined SSO and c >sts. Ed. and Jessie Marshal, colored, and John Smith, white, were charged with willful mischief, hut were dismissed. TOUGHT FOR A WIFE. Delaware, Ohio, Dec 20 —L >sf night William M tiler mm Clii.iih* Decker, who has hn'-ii paying a - to Miller’s wife, met in a h.lood and agreed to decide who hould b* entitled ti the woman’s aff-'Ctions ‘T o crowd adjourned to the edge of town, a referee and other officials ch> sen, and th* men went at ir. without g oven and for bl >od. In the second round Decker knocked Miller down, got ins hod in his mouth and chewed i’ vig arously, which ended the fight. Miller attempted to have Decker I arrested this m ruing. The story leaked out and both wre locked UP- Big Cut in price of Coal for spot cash. See me at 230, Broad Street Office, Tele phone No. 93. Te e -1 phone at Residence N j .90. GONE WRONG A Rome Bank Cashier Skined out With $27,000 HE WAS TRUSTED The Mayor of Rome,who was Teller in the Bank, Also Skipped. But the Rome isin New Yorkand not in Georgia Rome, N. Y., December 20. — I’he greatest surprise Romans have had in many years was caused to day by the news that John F. Biel by, the trusted Cashier of the Central National Bank, was a de faulter of $27,000. The shortness in the accounts was first suspected about two weeks ago by National Bank Examiner J. Van Krauken, of Schenectady, who visited the institution at that time. On Monday of this week he unexpec ?dly re-appeared and con tinued his investigation anil made the above discovery. Bielby idm* tted th it ha had t k en about $27,00), and »ays that h< p cu'ated in stock, which c iu ;h in a downward m >*k t, and took tin bank fu idi to reciv r him self. Most of these funis were a'ao 1 »at. S imuel Gillette, the tell -r of the batik, who is also the Mayor of R line, disappeared M niday even i g and his wtori bouts Jars n t known by his wife. Bielb ", says n> one is at fault besides himself, ami that Gillette hid nothing to* d with the defalcation. Bialby’s method of covering up the defalica ions, whic have ex tended over about a’ year and > half, was to receive funds fr >m depositers and concesl the record of such receipts from the a tminer, making the li ibilities of the bink seem te be leas than they really were. This was carried ent mainly by means of certifi nite* of d 'posit. Tbs bank is secure! by Rie'.by’e bond for $20,000 and securities h owns iu New York to the atn mut of SB,OOO. These securities will be turns 1 over to the bank. S. M. STARK I desire to inform my Friends and Patrons and the Public gener ly, that my elegant line of Fall and Winte WOOLENS l I Hai bsen received,and are now open for all ‘spection, Ano 1 willfur ;ther sae that I am now better than ever io turn out FIrtST CLASS WORK AND • FIFSrCASS GOODS, At prices never before heard of in Rom , S.M. STARK, BBUI fAILOB I 16 AKMSL’RJNG IO CENTS A WEE K .owrv Bros AT c. D. WOOD’S 1 I I i OLD STAND , New «- stock OF 4 1) t-y goods; Notions. Hilf S, Gaps, Trunks. | alises. I Crockery- Grlass and Tinware, ji ■SHOES) Cl In any Style and Price Y(M want. CURTOGK O T StampedjLmens ARE BEAUTIES. Remember ! ] : 1 1 WE WILL LEAD THS ' I PROCESSION ON I * XMAs Goods Lowry Bros I 41 3 Broad St,’ f I ROME GEORGI?|B