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SIXTH YEAR.
Lowry Bros , the Hustling Retail Druggist, sells Warters Rome Made Cigars. Best in the Marked
another storm
Wring o«er the Devoted City
of St-Louis
io, THE POOR NEGRO
He who would Make a Presi
dent tor This Nation,’Has
Not Where to Kover
His Kinks,
St. Louis, June I’o. —What shall
be done with the'colored delegates
and alternates to the National Re
publican Convention is a question
which ie puzzling the members of
the national committee, who have
arrived here, as well as the Busi
ness Mem's League, which secured
the convention to St. Louis.
Every hotel end boardiwg house
fame out flat-footed and -declared
that it would entertain no negro
as t guest or customer. Money is
nc object. Threats of prosecaation
have no effect, and from the pres
ent oatiook ’ft would seem that
unless tents are secured the color
edmen will have io go hungry
and Kirhuueed.
U I am thoroughly disgusted and
discouraged/’ said National Com
miteeman .1. G. Long, of .Florida,
last night, in speaking of the
matter, “1 have locking all day
long for a hotel, boarding house
or case that would axincit negroes,
but it has been a fruitless search.
I even went so far t-s to try to
charter a steamboat, but when
the owner learned for what pur
pose it was wanted they found an
excuse f«u* refusing me the use of
the vessel, ill is the Er-st time in
the history of the Republican
party where such an'embarrassii g
predicament has arised.”
MAiY J3KIL A .HALL IWIRTH COTS.
aaked what the national
cunmittee-would dodn the matter
■Mr.Long replied : “d have consult
ed with the members *who are here
and we Jaawe .decided to offer a
resolution, us soon as.ths commit
tee meets condemning the hotel
and inn keepers, and for the set
ting aside of a fund for renting a
hall in which cots shall be placed
for the acconamiodatien of the ne
groes who may come to the con
vention, We wf.ll also request the
■employment of cooktqetc. to sul -
ply their with food.
"This trouble has Ibsen brewing
for nearly a week.. A number of
ago it was learned by the
business Men s League that so tn e
oi the leading hotels had been can
celing agreements with certain
,s ute delegations. when the land
lords learned that the negro dele
gates were numbered among them.
It became apparent that the ne
groes were being discriminated
a gainst that the Le agues issued
tbe following manifesto'
"1 he Business Men’s League,
t*uon in Washington, securing the
National Republican Conventoin
for St. Louis, promised that col
ored delegates and members of the
National Republican committee
should receive the same recogni
boti Irom the hotels that any oth
<r delegate to the convention
"°uld receive.
ith this it was implied that,
I* l - citizens representing the ci’y
°l ‘'t. Louis for securing the con- (
'• ask and endeavor
,u induce public hotes, boarding
I’onses and bath rooms, at least |
I" 1 convention week, to accord to
II"' reputable and respectable col
-1 r ‘ d men who will come here re
l’r( senting their sections and their
1" "ide in (-pg Republican party,
' l,l " treatment as any reputab e
ai ’d respectable persons would re-
CblVe - It is not belived that a great
1111,IV would want to accept the
I' 11 '! eg Pg) but it will be very hu-
In 'latingif one of them,with their
’"'b’agups and friends, or alone,
' present himself in any!
I”' 1 de place and be refused ad- 1
THE HUSTLER OF ROME.
nnttmice or service.
h is hoped., expected and de
sired by the gentlemean represent
ing the citizens, who secured the 1
convention, that all will endea -
( i to meet the situation as jus
tice and propiiety require. Any
parties ta'lii g io reserve accom
niodaiious will please report to
the general hotel committee, C.
€. Rainwater, chairman, or the
bureau of information. ’’
hotel men are wrathful.
At hen the ho'el men read they ;
were wratlifu'. r l hey said it w s hn I
invitation to the colored deLgat?®!
to prosecute them for damages ;
1 hey went to the League commit
tee on hotel accommi d itiorn and
made a vigorous protest.
Concerted action then followed,
with the result that the negroes
cannot find lodging places, or
even a reputable place to eat.'
Major C- C. Rainwater, a mem-1
her ot the Busirtes-’ Men’s Leagtv ,
and of the local entertainment
committee, ’s quite as much dis
pleased with the turn the affairs
have taken as any member of the
national committee. He, wi’h sev
eral other luenilrtufi cf th-e local
committee has been hunting for
a place to entertain the negro
delegates, but without success.
Ferry Heath and Ex-CXingreas
man Thompson., of Ohio, who are
here in the interests of McKinley,
are quite -#.s mueh disturbed as
ihe national 'Committeemen. They
have been in telegraphic com
munication with Marcus A. Han
na aid day, but as yet no solution
of’t he proHema Sias been reacted.
In no former Republican com
mittee has the sge.iae.ral committee
had so heavy ajdu/y to perform in
making up the roll for tne te«|x.-
rary orgauixation as the pr-osen .
1 committee has before ’t. T&fw are
' 153 contested seats ficma Hahcein
States and one Territory, aiwf of
these the entire ae legation is con
tested from fire States and the
Territory of Arizona
THE TIME FOR BUILDING
•Up the system is at this season.
The cold weather has made .unusu
al drains upon the vital forrees.
The blood has become impover
ished and impure, and all the func
lions of the body suffer in conse
quence. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the
great builder, because it is the one
True Blood Purifier and nerve i
tonic.
I
Hood’s Pills become the favor j
te cathartic with all who use them
At all druggists 25m
Knichts of Honor In Session.
Louisville, June 10.—Yesterday
in the C’ty of its. birth, the su
preme ledge Knights of Honor,
after an absence of 22 years, opens
its 23rd annual session in its “Old
Kentucky Home.’’
Delegates from all parts of the
country are in attendance. Ac
cording to Supreme Dictator Mul-j
I'gan, the meeting will be the
most important held in years. The
session will in all probability ex
tend over 10 days. (
The first session of the supreme
lodge will be held at Music ball at
2 o’clock this afternoon. When
the supreme lodge last met here it
represented only 5b lodges. At.
this time there are 3,917 lodges.
To Tro To Beat M'Klnleu-
Indianapoli o , Ind.. June 10.
One hundred and fifty member of
the Columbia Club, of this city,
will at once go to St. Louis to I
work for the nomination of Har- j
rison. It is believed here that |
Harrison in confident that Me- |
Kinley cannot be nominated at |
St. Louis, in which event he ex- j
pects to see it come to him.
The Columbia Club will work •
on the delegates who are contest- !|
ing their neats. A member of the I
Club gave it out yesterdas that I
Morton would throw his strength j |
to Harrison, The McKinley men I
are alarmed over the situation.
ROME GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING JUNE 101896
MANJMISSING
And Scorns bounded, Some Fa-!
tally Injured
ALABfiNia CYCLONE
Almost wlpee out a Town of
300 People Yesterday
Heard of, also, over the
Tennessee Border
1 . Pl I
i Gadsden. Ala., June 10 The
pretty little town of Wyeth Cit',
'in Marshall county, on the Ten
-1 nessee river, and Sunie thirty
■ miles West of Gadsden, with a
population of some three hund
red souls, was completely wreck
ed ac 11 o’clock yesterday morn
ing by a cyclone.
Early in the morning a dark
and thieateuing cloud canne up in
the Southwest with considerable
wind, and all of a sudden the wind
made a swoop and struck the
town, almost completely demolish
ing it. Eighteen dwelling houses
were destroyed, five being sw r ept
completely away and not a stick
• of the timber left-
The cyclone lasted fully five
minu’es and then passed o‘fi in a
Northeastern direction. Trees as
large as a man’s waist were taken
down like weeds.
After the storm .passed tke
- w’ork of rescue was oomwenced-.
It is known that 'fifteen «re
. wounded, and six a-f them fatally,
j Mis.. Ricketts, and a naan 'named
.Bundby, were badfjy hurt and will
. di;.
3 Mrs. Clarke, M<rs. dirowm and
! several children will probably die.
A ten-year-o-ld boy was found
half a mile away in a dying con
a j difioiß. Others are-badly wounded,
i The path of the ■cyc-lwue was
f about one hundred yards wide and
- total dovaettttion marks its path.
’ Had the storm stwaok an hour
later fully fifty people would have
been killed or wounded, as at that
time the operators of the basket
factory would have been at din
ner. Fortunately both factories es
j caped-
• The scene of the storm is a
• desolate one now. The work of
’ rescue goes bravely on and every
! few hours a fresh victim is found.
I The cloud had the regular fun
[ nel shape, and when it struck the
I town there was a loud report as of
a cannon and soon the air was full
of flying timber, trees, houses,
anitnals, etc.
Several persons are missing and
it is probable that they will be
found dead. A meeting of citizens,
held at Guntersville, raised sever
al hundred dollars for the suffer
ers. Fully a hundred people are
acting as a relief corps.
Ed Long and an unknown wom
an were killed by lightning.
STORM IN TENNESSEE.
Knoxville, T^nn., June 10.—A
small-sized cyclone swept across
Coke county yesterday fifty miles
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t . . s
J? when a few dimes will save 3
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Caim hor or
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Camphor Balls
TO BE HAD AT
| Jervis & Wright, |
Druggists |
from Knoxville, searing the na-j
tive almost to death, but no
deaths are reported.
The wind completely cleared tl
space about a mile long and a
quarter of a mile wide. Every tree j
in this space was uproot'd and!
carried away. '1 here was one house j
in the course of the storm, that of!
Mike Hoover. The family rushed |
out of the house in time to escape
death, for the house was complete
ly demolished. Mr. Hoover was
struck by flying timbers and badly i
hurt. I
A new telephone line to New-i
port was completely carried away j
for one mile.
From A Prison To Parliament.
Rome, June 10-.—<Signor Gius
eppe de Felice-Giuflrida, the well
known Socialist leader, who was
recently refused from prison,
was today ejected to the Chamber
■of Deputies from the Fourth dis
trict of Rome. He formerly repre
sented <ihi9 district but was un
sea ed because of his impris nuient
for hrs connection with the Social
ist riots in Sicily in 1893 and 1894
He was sentenced for 18 yaars,
bet was given his liberty under a
decree of amnesty. His opponent
«today was Prince Odescalchi.
Heart Dlsoase The Cause.
San Francisco, Cal; June —10
Miss Mayne Worrall,a young Eng
lish girl, who arrived here from
Australia last Thursday, died of
heart disease in her apartmens at
the Palace Hotel, worrell arrive 1
here unaccompanied and said,that
sie was making a tour of the world
Her visiting cards bear the iiaoid
“Miss Mayne W orrall’ Chester
Lodge, Gilston Road, South Kens
ington
In the dead woman’s room were
foetid S2OO in cash » letter of cred
it for SSOOO, an extensive wardrobe
and about $2,500- worth of jewels.
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f YOU CAN FIND
£ THEM ANY STYLE
> - AND PRICE AT: .
> HANKS FURNHURE CO.
We are better prepared to serve you in thij
line than ever before, as we have bought heav
ilyandthe most magnificent assortment ever
brought to the city. All new, modern and
Y right up to date vehicles, in every particular,
% We will be pleased to show you through this
Y übeautis and will guarantee’that prices j
styles, values, designs and everything else ’ 2
will delight you.
Our Stock of
> MATTINGS. RUGS & '
WINDOW SHADES I
is replete with bargains--ln fact you will
-C serve your own intere c ts by recognizing our
stores as headquarters for anything usually
kept In a furniture house.
j Hank? Furniture Company, j
Y Phone 52, Rome, Ga. >
« « ft n-Wftaonfto Annn n n n Aft it
RE-ELECTED
The Board of Trustees at the
Regular Meeting Last Wight u
ELECTED THE TEACHERS 1;
Who are to Serve the Public
Schools of Rome tor The
Ensuing year. A most
Harmonious Session. ! B ,
0
■ The Board of Trustees of th"
! Rome Public Schools held their | j
I regular meeting last night ami
elected the officers and teachers
for the following year, as follows: I
Sup’t. Prof. J . C. Harris.
Bth Grade Teachers: Principal '
Prof. R. J. Gwaltney Assistant '
Prof. K. M. Gammon.
7tn.GradeA, Miss Kate Rober-
son
7th. Grade B,Miss Helen Omberg
6r.h.Grade A, Mi®s Laura Hume
6th. Grade B, Miss Georgia Pep-
- per
sth. Grade A, Miss Mary Wil
liamson
, sth. Grade B, Miss Bettie Led-
i better.
t 4th. Grade A, Mrs. Mary Shrop-
shire,
4th. Grade B, Miss Annie Per
kins.
3rd. Grade A, Miss Battie Shrop
shire.
3rd “ B, “ Annie Neely.
1 2nd “ A, “ Floy H. Baiiey.
1 2nd “ B, “ Ada Jenkins.
1 Ist “ A, “Zoe Eastman.
1 Ist “ B, “ Ruth Norton.
Ist “ C, “ Callie Spullock.
Music and drawing, Miss May
rs Clark.
SUPERNUMERARIES.
Miss Fannie Pressly.
a “ Leila Pennington.
“ Lottie George,
e “ Nannie Wood.
“ Mary Jeffries.
IO CENTS A WEEM
“ Hattie Bass.
“ Leila Williamson-
COLORED suirooi L.
Principal, T. M. Dent,
6th, Grade, f Mtsj V.Lucilm I
uels, 1
sth, Grale. ( Mis-a) Angus** <TL*-|
Hams, i
4th, Grade ( Miss) I uii ilay-
3rd, “ ( M’ss) EstelleTai r- 1
2nd, “ (Mis )'Fannie Tty! r.sx, ■
Ist, “A. (Mrs ) Ell I
Ist, “ B(Mrs.) Clara
Sarah Teague, Janitrese r.t I
school, Stephney Garrett, Ju
of Colored school. I
President Camp, Secret try ''L
H . SteeP and trustees J K. I
liamson and Phill G.. Byrd I
present. The meeting, while- I
longed to near the midnight hojcr I
was one of the most hainouidtS’
ever held by the board.
C IRE LAST NIG hT
About 11:30 o’clock last
a fire alarm that was seni'irr
failed to ring the tower bell, e»3>-
ed the department to N&<-
Fifth Ave.. the brick tw c-eiery
store that belongs to Mr. J- i 1
Ward law.
The blaze was an ugiyjoiw, Lxa
was finally controlled by the fix
men after it had destroyed Dr. BIS
A. Thedfords stock of mediemrr*
which were in the part
. the building.
I Dr. Thedford has $2,000 idsut
1 ance which amply covers h is lo??*
Mr. Wardlaw had enough ina jr
ance on the hui'ding t®/ cover
loss to it, but he will fosep per
haps $250 on some goods stores
on the first floqr and damaged i l '
y water- ,
, 1 a». ‘J!
Wanted : —Agent to sella fe°?
choice specialties. To see » to bis-
Good Pay.HERRICK Seed Co*.
Roe best er- N. .’fi
6 Lamp Chimneys- for 2S& &
'Holmes Grocery Company)