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About The Hustler of Rome. (Rome, Ga.) 1891-1898 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1896)
SIXTH YEAR. Sharpe & Jones, the Retail Grocers, sells Warters Rome Made Cigars. Best in the Market. WILI HE DARE? fgvier Proposes To Excute The Americans nr CLEVELAND SAYS NO Grave Complications Growing Outof The Court Marshal ina of the Competitors Crew. WashiiiSltou, May 11. 1 t*e pres- Idcnt’s > itne or action in the Cu b»n matter has arrived. H» will D ot permit the execution of the men captured on the Competitor Already he has communicated with t he Spanish government in the matter and he is said to he deter mined. The affair is looked upon here as the most serious complication which has yet arisen and it may lead to the digpateh of the North HOLMES GROCERY COMPANY MT PRICES -£ For today Only. 8*- 1 Bottle Fancy Pickles 8c 11b Can Baking Powder Bc. 3 good brooms, 25c. 4 Cans Potted Hams, 25c. 6 Boxes Sardines 25c. 3 Packages Maccaroni, 25c. 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' u. \ anhoutens cocoa 40c, * ’ a n \ anhoutens cocoa 20c. m Horsford’s Powd- -rs 00c. us 11 B P en d y° ur cash with vou “ lna k® times better with aona; "° U don ’t come stop robbin gyon° Ut the grocer y men Li p.*' '■ tfully submitted h OLMES gro- CERY co. Masonic temple, Rome ga. THE HUSTLER OF ROME. Atlantic wpiadron to Cuban waters within a f-w days. Several cables have passed and the president may send a special message s o congress on the subject within furtv eight hours. WEYLER HA« NOTIFIED OLNEY. Havana, May 11.—The report reaches here from the Luited States that Captain General Weyler has notified Secretary Olney that Hie Americans captured on the schoon er Competitor Will be executed in accordance with the sentence of the court martial, which tried them, despice the protests of Mr. Olney. 11 is not known here that the captairn general has done any thing of the kind. The only thing that he has said about the case is that Consul Generel Williams had presented a claim that the Ameri cans should be tried by a civil tribunal, as they were not bearing arms when captured. It is believed that the matter will be decided at a cabinet meet ing to be held in Madrid. The British consul has present ed a claim in favor of Kildea. the Englishman who was captured on the Competitor. Grea r secrecy has been observed regarding the proceedings in the case, and the fact that the men were sentenced to death has not been made generally public here. Al! that is said is mere talk. Ou Friday last rebel band invad ed the town Hoyo C doeido, eigh teen miles from Havana and Burn ed 15) houses, Includiug thitowr Hall. Coruelio Alvarez will be shot at Colon province •>( Mautanz is to morrow and at the same time sen tence of death will be executed on Jose Blanco Altons . in the Caban as for rers here Both new were con victed of the crime of rebellion. Five political prisoners were de ported to. Spain today. Genera I Pan dosaiiedon the same steam*r, WEYLER WANTS BLOOD. Madrid, May 11.—It is under- I stood that the cabinet has decided to place the case of the men cap tured on the filibustering Ameri can schooner Competitor before the supreme council of the army and navy for a revision of the pro ceedings of the court martial held in Havana. A dispatch from Havana says, that Captain General Weyler is angry because of the attitude of the United States and that he will resign unless the sentences are ex ecuted. The dispatch adds that the conduct of the American con sul general is very irritating to loyal Spaniards. He shows him self everywhere and h s talk is menacing. The Imp.cial’s Havana corres pondent says that a man who was tried by court-martial on the charge ot piracy admitted to the court that the American police made it a point to vanissh where a filibustering expedition was de parting from Key West. Neuro Burglar? Surprised. Cobden, HL, May 11.—Thieves entered the store ot H. A. Dubois this morning at 2 o’clock, by breaking the front transom and using a ladder. They secured the knives, revolvers, shears and a fine gold watch and some money, but only a small amount, not much having been left in the till. Officer Beardsley surprised them and they left a telescope bov pack ed with Indie’s and gent's fine shoes a lot of fine shirts, underwear, three hat*, and a lot of Star tobac co They are negroes, the officer having seen them as they diaap paared through window. I ast season Ike L. Hall, drug crigt of West Lebanon, Indiana sojd four gross of C hamberiain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy and say every bottle of it gave perfect satisfaction. For sale by Lowry Bros. Druggist ROME GEORGIA, MONDAY EVENING MAY 11 1896 GEORGIAS SHAME A Negro Lynched Because He whiDoed a White Bo*. NEGROES FIGHT A DUEL And Both of Them Shuffle off The Mortal Coil Leaving The Dispute} Property For Another. Waycross, Ga., May 11.—Bill Hardee, a Coffee county negro, was last night hanged to a limb 'and his body riddled with leaden I pellets from winchester rifles and revolvers at C. W. Dear. & Co.’s turpentine still, near Nichols, on the Waycross Air Line railroad. A band cf Coffee county men organized a search for Hardee, who on yesterday morning cruelly flogged a young white boy, and about dark they found him in a shanty in the negro quarters. The men were very indignant at the negro for his cruelty to the boy, and they forced him to come out of the shanty . Hardee was saucy and defiant, and he stepped boldly out of the shanty and was seized by some of the men. He was chained, and in this way he w r as dragged to the nearest oak tree. A rope was se cured and fastened around hie neck and he was hanged to a lim b. When the drop fell, or rather when Ihe barrel was kicked from under him, several winchesters were fired and his body was filled with bullets. Hardee’s body was hanging to the tree this morning and an in quest win held. NEGROES FIGHT A DUEL. Camilla. Ga., May 11.—Last night a duel occurred on the plan tation of Mr. L. H. Adams, in this county, bet ween Isaiah Sweet and another negro, Ben Cobb, Sweet shot Cobb with a shotgun, while Cobb used a pistol. Both re ceived abdominal wounds. Cobb lived only a short time and Sweet deid this afternoon. It appears that Sweet walked ten miles with the sole purpose of waylaying Cobb, whom he looked upon as hie rival. Both the negroes were well thought of and had many friends among the whites. Morton Won’t Withdraw Albany, N. Y., May 11.—Ashley Cole, private secretary to Gover r nor Morton, said today, in refer ence to a report that the Governor had written to a Republican lead er in Washington intimating that he might withdraw from the presi dential race. “It is not so. The Governor will not withdraw until the 23rd and 24th of June. The National Con vention will take place in St. Louis on June 16th, and it will take Mr. Morton a week longer to conclude to withdraw. He will be in the race till the very last .” Died Yesterday. Yes'erday at noon Elsia Pope, colored, died in this city. Elisa was a sister to Elizabeth Jenkins and Lou Jones,two colored women with many friends among the good white people of Ro.ne. Elisa had just returned to her home in this city, after living in Texas for a year. Her death was very sudden. The funeral occu red at 2:30 this afternoon. Small WheatCrou InOhio- C< lambus, Ohio May 11.—The May crop bulletin, which was is sued by the State board of agri culture today, places the condi tion of the wheat crop in this State even lower than the bulletin for the first of April. It is put at i only 55 per cent. ’ I 2,000 PEOPLE Assembled at Edlowshio, Near Rome, Yesterday FLOYD COUNTY SINGERS ‘ . —— - Were on Hand And the Woods With Music Rang. Semi-an ual Convention Was a Great Success. Fully 2,(XX) people assembled at Fel'owship church, 3 miles West of Rome, yesterday. The occasionjwas the semi-anual convention of the Floyd county singing association and ’he session lasted from 9 a. tn., until 4. p m., excepting the dinner hour inter mission . This association was organized 14 years ago, at Mt. Tabor Method ist church, in Everett Springs dis trict, with Mr. R. A. Barnett as president and Ordinary John P. Davis, then a farmer lad, as one of : ts charter members. The association paoved a success fr mi the Inginning, attracting to its membership the musical voices of the entire county. Today the organization, headed by J. C. Foster, president; W. H. Coker, vice president and W. F. Biirk, secretary and treasurer has a life membership of 190 members, which number does not include ministers, music teachers and dele gates, who are entitled to a voice in it < dnlih-rations. Yesterday ’s session wasatte i.ded by the largest gathering of visitors yet known to have attended a meeting of the association. This clearly demonstrates the vigor of the life the association is enjoy ing. The exercises ye terday were composed of the singing of sacred songs and by timely talks on the subject of sacred vocal music. Resolutions of respect to mem- |f BABY CARRIAGES! If A A. OJ. YOU CAN FIND J A << THEM ANY STYLE AND PRICE AT: J HANKS FURNITURE CO. O A,, A A We are better prepared to serve you in thi» A. line than ever before, as we have bought heav A Ju ily and the most magnificent assortment ever A brought to the city. All new, modern and .A. right up to date vehicles, in every particular. A We will be pleased to show you through this A /xpv vJjl, A übeautis and will guarantee.that prices A A- styles, values, designs and everything else A will delight you. A V 0 Q ur Stock of A. J* MATTINGS. RUGS & WINDOW SHADES ** is replete with bargains--Jn fact you will > 0. $ serve your own intere c ts by recognizing our X. stores as headquarters for anything usually kept In a furniture house. Hanks Furniture Company. >£ -M- * . ■< X -- 01 Phone 62, Rome, Ga. ory of life members, ?[. M. Pepper Hiram Hammond, Miss Mamie White and Miss Willie Canfield, a quartett of voices that have been tuned to the heavenly choir during the past year, were introduced ai.d adopted yesterday. The regular annual convention of this association will meet at Livingston on the 4th Saturday ana Sunday in July, when the an nuel election of officers will occur . Yesterday’s assemblage was a remarkably great one, and the oc casion will be long i’eh'iriiibeied by those who attended. 4 Lover's Desperate Act. South Bethlehem, May 11. — George Young, 25 years old, of Moorestown, near here, blew out his brains last evening because Miss Anna Williamson, his fiancee, i refused to listen to his plea for an early marriage. He went into a small lane by the village school house, sat down on a pile of railroad sills andplac an old-fashioned bulldog revolver against his right temple pulled the trigger. One shot did the work. Miss Williamson is crazed with grief over the affair. The Bermuda is Sate. Philadelphia, May 11.—Word was received here this afternoon of the arrival at Prujillo of the steamer Bermuda. She merely t inched there and then cleared for Puerto (J >rtez, Honduras, where she is expee ed to drop an chor in the course of a day or so. Wanted—Promt and Faithful Gentlemanot lady to travel for re liable established house in Georgia Salary S7BO, payable sls weekly and expenses Situation permanent References. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. H. E. Hess, Pres., 356 Dearborn St., Chicago. IO CENTS A WEEK MADDOX WINS. The Committees Reoorl was Unanimous FELTON HAD NO CASE No l Even Enough to Justify The Republicans in Turn ing down afearless and Honest Democra*. The fol’owing message frou Congressman C. L. Bvrclett <>. Georgia, a member of the Cor greesional election committeeth* tried the contest between Judgf Maddox and Dr. Flopper Felton, explains its self. Washington D. C. May 11, 3:35 p. ni. John W. Maddox, Rome, Ga. . We have just reported unani-* mously in favor of your right to retain your seat. Accept my hearty congratulations. C. 1. Bartlett. 'This hurls the Cry of fraud back into the teeth of the Feltons—and the Republicans do the Ituiliag too . Gilbert Is Champion Gunner. Guttenberg, N. J., May 11— Fred Gilbert of Spirit I.ake, la., won the title of champion t arget shot of America at the initial clay pigeon championship tonrnernnnt. Gilbert broke 266 out of a porwdble 800 flying targets, defeating E. D. Fulford of Utica. N. Y., and J. A R. Elliott of K iusas City, w4i<>' tied for second place with 261 breads each. R, Io Heikes of Day ton, 0., finished fourth with a t* tai of 258 broken. Editor T. H. Shropshire, of thtf Coosa River News, was in the city a few hours yesterday afternoon.
