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SIXTH YEAR. - - • ■ S. S. King & Co. the Hustling Retail Grocers sell§ Warters Rome Made Cigars. Best in the Market. ASM SHOT OFF Dick Deadeue Gets in Some Deadly W:Tk - GUS CLARKS arnu. .A• • < v,vsCjabence Wields a Double- Babiolled Shot Gun With a EFfigt. Last Night on Filth Avenue. Guh Cinit net, better known as Dick Deadeye, and Gus Clark had gome words on Fifth avenue last uig’it about 6 o'clock. Kot much attention vas paid to them until a loud report was heard and Gus Clark ran to the corner door ot Jervis it " right’s drugstore crying, “ hat. dr in neg-o’s shot ni\ arm ofl I" Chief Pink Sh opshire was pa s ing the Central hvt<4 and roshed across the stre- t when he heard tne explosion . He saw the negio’s arm hanging limply and iLe blood flowing free ly- H" inquired who did it and then stalled alter Lick Deadeye. He caught h rn or; West Ist, street by the Sch.Wnrtz bur. He still heli th i gun, one barrell A MINISTER TORTURED Rev< William Tucker was in Agony Many Years. Sm to FoH as Though No Nad Neon Stabbed by a’ > Knives. He was Stricken Blind and Feared v ieWeuid Lose His Bind. AN This In Defiance of | the Best Medical SkilL His Recovery Looked Upon as a Miracle. AptikA . » From Utt .Vow (freenttmrv, /nd, > . /2 J < ’ Ii! H i / if, I I 1 f 7- REV. WH.I.IAM TUCKER. 1 It wan publicly talked all over Decatur *'l'l Ripley counties for some time before the A' l '" Xru spot a reporter to Pierceville to hilly investigate the Tucker matter. Iw Tuckers are prominent people and are all ’ell-to-do fiirniera. The Rev. William Tucker, subject of all the talk, was pleased to allow us an interview. Mr. Tucker looked well anti healthy, although lie is •<venty-five yeifra old, ami forty years ago J* began preaching in the faith of the hree “Uptists. This is his story as be told the , " I was bom and reared on a farm and hc preaching at an early age. I*“ *»ya subject to rheuuuuism, even when quite young. Pains, sharp and acute, wonld Jtioot across my body, cainting me much sub sering. The doctors pronounced it then a Souu disease. The pains keptgetting worse • the time from day to day ns the years r °-*"'d r ound, and I experienced many years suffering. " Although I much regretted to, I was j led to retire al together from my, ’ors in the religious cause. The pain' would first start from my spine and limbs, afterward begun shooting from nil parts , ™ the Ihmlj- nnd it seemed as though a thous- ! nd knives were sticking me. After these Psins would, first come on, my entire body *uuld suddenly grow cold, I would lie numb ? 1 over and all ln y muscles would beas'eep. •would then turn suddenly blind. 1 often y in this condition fr>r hours, and general I) was conscious ajl ,i knew what wns going p but the suffering was intense and un- I No words can deaerilx' it. . . frequently in going about my place or ■ban J wonld be away from borne, these THE I HSU,Id I 01 liOAIE. had been find the oilier was load ed and cocked. I e *as carried to the jail where he wnl 'anguish until it is ‘known * he her his victim will die ui nAt. Dr Hamilton iln-ssed the Wound •f Clark and found the arm », badlv ijhattered t ImLuL.w aa--uoces •utry to amputate it. Clark claims lie was shot for no an**- while Deadeye claims C ark had -lapped him atm threatened to kill him. I were, is something concealed shout th« cause which wid proba bly be brought out at, the trial. It is known that one or both of lhe negroes were ]ll ihe ha bi tOt going ow ion the river bank to gamb e with Elbert Mu phey whose body «a- found floating in the riv r on Sa urday. There is probably some connec tion between hi- murder and this ho ting scrape to neither of the principals can In ’dep-ned upon o tell the tru'h. \\ ith two litsle chi dren subject o croup we do not rest easy with out a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy in the house, for he most severe attacks quickly succumb to a few doses of it.— orrison, Colo., Bud. For sale at 85 and 50 cents per bottle by Low ry Bros., Druggist Rome. PIERCEVILLE, IXDIANA. spelk would rttmeon ‘ ’My family was uneasy 4 r ,-h-k the fcaeaoe was doctor of cities lor trentnu nt. . I incurable and Toledo. Ohio, duunuwcd mi as I gave up in despair 1 tned .J medicines but none th fii-a Si I suddenly a I’ve walked become numb. Many nig ht. j the floor in agony I appetite I deep perfectly I weigh more i .s better than "" I owe my i than f-r m-my years. „ 1 I lif.. to the Pink 1 His- wp nrp(i not I Rf. Tll^7£" V'timmiy for his family doubt a w<frd of hi r d he ?p oke. i wi |l vie with hl n " e ' p 7ls contain nil the I Hr. Williams Imk in> f n?w ]H) . a „ (1 1 elements *d restore shattered i r i ( dmess to the blood a ?r J Th P tT; dozen « hundr«i)«t •- , I loose form, by tlx f or «2.5<i. an' l nIH Z ’ cent* a box, or f ,x _ directly by mail j i tady, N. • ROME GEORGIA, MONDAY EVENING OCTOBER 12, .1896 *f’\• 'V . * A FIRE BUG Thought to be Getting m Ms Sundau Ntghtiwork * THE COLORED SCHOOL BUILDIKG - . - ■ 'IL ! . I ,M. ’ Burned to tbe Ground last nigh! Weil Cohered with Insur ance. Third Consecutive Sunday’Night Fire . The Rome colored school build ing was burned to the ground at'l o’clock this morning. The building was a very baud some new brick structure, 'oca ted on an eminence iu the Northefii section cf the ci'y. Its location not only commanded a fine view ot Rome, the fine outlines cf the building were visible to most sec tions ot the city and the house was always pointed out with pride ( to visitors, white and colored alit e. considering it a monument , to the good citizenship of Romans ( and a guarantee of the most kind- ( ly feelings that t xist here between tbe races. building, a large two story ( brick,’with well lighted and ven- | tilatedjjgrade rooms, finely equip ped with modern *aj.aratus gave the coh red schools of this city a ( hi me superior,, tojthat ot the col ored schools in any other city in ( tbe state. .. , The building cost SKO or S9CO j four or five years ago. The school ] furniture and aparatus cost over ( another thousand. All is new ash e» and ruin. , At 1 o’clock this morning as a j Hustler or Rome mon and Mr. Arthur Wadswojth crossed tbe ( Second Ave., bridge ccmingin ( from Atlanta over the Southern, 4 they saw lurid flames a mile away , ris'pg sky vqird iu th© northern Section of thblfiilj’i I, They Walked from Second Ave* | bridge, 'almost so to burning school building, before an alarm ( was sent imjThe department res- ( ponded but When it arrived found ( the I u icing a seething furnace ( of roaring flames. Then, too, there were no water mains or fire ( plugs in The Hustler of Rome man found less than fifty people around , the’kurnii g building.’Several col- ] ored citizens aimed with buckets ( of water stood guard on the sttiok- ( roofe of their humble residences at tbe foot of the hill. , i At 1 :80 the roof tad fallen it. | and the second story floors wdfe ] falling, while large sectronsoff the j upper walls were’ toppling and crashing. The Hustlr of Rome found Stephney Garrett, the colored jan itor «f the building on his cottage roof at the foot of the schoo' house hill. The old man’s face in the glare of the hot flames stowed how cast down he was- Hesaid that when he heard the fire first he looked out his window and saw only a small blaze. He says he rushed up the hill to the building hoping to extinguish fire, but that, when he reached ths rear of the building he found not only the whole rear section in flames but found the back porch and back fence on fire. The old janitor stated that no fire had been used in the schools this fall and that it must have been the work of incendiaries. Sheriff McConnell sent the blood hounds out to ihe scene and the animals soon struck a trail lead ing from the rear of the house. This they fallowed several miles, toward Plainville, but as the rain begun to fall the track was finally ; lost and the dogs brought back to their kennel at the jail. ' lhere are two theories advanced the origin of,th<- fire. One is that tramps may h-.ve gone into the building iui-j kindled a fire by which to sleep or over which to do some cooking. Owing to the fact tha’ the Build ing is so isolated from the ci’y, and tha winters go**l. .buying been stored trumps are said to have gone, there to roost, occasianally. It may be that th »■' were there last night and carelessly set the building on fire The fact that the dugs tt ailed some one from the rear of the building, so far away from the city is another cir cumstance point) g to the cor rectness of this theory. On the other hand, many peo ple believe the building was fired by a local incendiary. They point to the fact that last night's blaze Was the third to occur on Sunday night. 1 hey think that the incen diary who burned the s'ore and dwelling at the East Rome end of the Second avenue bridge the night of Sunday, Sept. i?9th was the same fiend who fired the Van Dyke warehouse lastJSuuday night and the same incendiary hand fired the colored public school building last night. The city and county are doing all that can be done to run down the incendiary if there be one at bottom of these Sunday night blazes. , President; William sen aud seerr tary Steel and trus|HM» N. H Bass went’eut ’o the scruß of (he wreck thia morning, trustee Phill Byrd wasGiut last night when tbe. build ing was burning . The Board will hold a meeting tomorrow at which a course will be ageed upon and a policy of action adopted. Secretary Steel says that the board has $7,400 in insurance, the policies being placed is follows: Cothran's Agency $2,500; in the Georgia Home of Columbus, Gai, and $2,400 in the Macbanica de Tiaders of New Orleans. Westit figebCy, has $i,500 iu the Under writers of New York, and SI,OOO iu tbe St. Paul of St. Paul, Minn. Ng trouble is ’anticipated in tha prompt adjustment of these claims, $7,0C0 of which are on the building and S4OO on school furniture. From wbat the Huii'i’Lkft of Rome can gather the probability is that the schotds will be closed for a Couple of mooths and every possi ble effort made to erect a new build'ng equip and furnish it for thuiT resumption at the end of tbfc't time. This couurse is favored 'by many of the Jbest citizens of 'both races. 'Should this course be adopted the colon d school may make up the lost time by being extended until next summer. The school board Jis keenly fl live to the situation, it realizes that the course to be persuid is that course whioh is most practi cal and will bring most good to the 800 colored pupils of the city schools. It realizes that unity and harmony in its Iwn councils an the hearty co-operation of tho cit izens of all classes and colors are needed to solve the problem and overcome the effectot last night s disaster. MILLEKY. Bass Bros. & Co., as in the past, are doing tbe leading Millinery business of Rome. The Basses are leaders in everything they under take. Mrs. Ramey in charge of the sales department and Miss Myn son the artistic trimmer ’are both unequled each in her department while their stocks are drawn from the largest, most [up-to-date sup ply agencies in the country. It you want the best to be had in millinery, go to Bass Bros. They are the newest of new j things—those photo types at Pur ! sey M.-King Galb ry, NV right Block Highest of all in Leavening Strength.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ABSOLUTELY PURE SHE'S WEALTHY h:; * • Bui She Goes to Ths Peniten tiaruFor Stealing Turkeus SHE STOLE HOGS. TOO But the Jury Failed to convict Her of the theft. Neigh bors Receved conbidera rle Stolen Property Columbia, Tenn ~ Obtober 12. Mrs. xdary Moore, a white woman who is six y years of ag •. was yes terday sentenced to one year n 'he penitentiary for stealing seven turkeys from MajorT. E. Jamison her neighbor. He son, Walter Stone, alias McConaughty, receiv ed a like sei teuce. This is a peculiar case and gi#e peacH tor a time to h neighborhood that has long been disturbed. Mr-. Moore was tried on y a few d\ys ago for slealing hog-, but tht jury disagreed, eleven being for conviction and one for acquittal Mrs. Moore is worth at least $40,- OUO in her own name, owning a f rm ilFfix hundrerd acrea. She has had an eventful career. Some ten years ago she and h r her husband; Jacob McConaughty/ wore driven fr>m K ntucky for fhe.'taud bought u tine .arm mat Columbr. They at once began stealing everything that was not toohotor too heavy to carry off, and were at one time charged with burning he resid nt ot Joh i Mt'Ure. jr. They had changed their nome to Stone and eborily alter the hust'and’s death, two yea s ago, the widow married Mr. W. F. Moo.e, Sr. The Woman kept up her pilfering habits and last May Let neighbors recovered considerable stolen prop erty through search warrants fol lowed ana jesterday rosu ted in canvietion. The woman had brought four boys here witn her, but it is said they were m t her chi.dren but children lelt with her whi e she run a baby taim in Kentucky. u At ai.y rate one of ihtm, Wil liam Stone, four ybars ago mar ried Maggie Cambell in Kentucky and Drought her home with him. She tesufied yesterday that she attimpted to tscape alter discov ering 'hut she bad fallen ‘into a nest of thieves, but was kep licked up and starved and. beiten fur four years, being liberated by neighbors la->t July. "vlrs. Moore aresses finely and has magnificent jewelry but her money and able counsel could not save her from the penitenVary. RELIEF OF STORM SUFFERS < Norf>lk, Va., October 12 lhe 1 Business Men’s Association ol this city has started a popular subscription faund for the r> lief of the sufferers by the recent cy clone in Georgia and Florida The list is hetded with a subscrip tion from the treasury cf the as ociation and many generous indi vidual coutributions from its mem bers follow. Murdered Du inches- Chicago, Oct 12. — Dr. Cail b . Nitz, a German physician, mur dered his wife and then killed himself yesterday. The murder of the woman was done in the most cold-manmr . As shown by notes that were found after his death, Nhz sat by h-s wife’s side, watchmg her die slowly, ami now smi tun. to imte the effec of another wwuud, he would stick his kuife into her again. He care- IO CENTS A WEEK fully noted all the symptoms of the approaching demise. At one time he left the house anu dying woman, while he got an oyster st w at a neighboring res taurant, and bought the pistol with which he shot, himself, ’Twasnt So Bad Mr. Bud Hargis has returned from Odartpwn where he went to attend hio brother Luther, who fell from a telephone po'e on SatJ urday. Mr. Hargis says his brother is not seriun&ly injured. He fell from a 25 foot pole on his shoulder. He is resting easy and will come to Rome on Wednesday Yale Boys Repentant New Haven, Corn., Oct. 12. —A Bryan and Sewall club was form ed'at Yale tonight, with an attend ance of nearly JOO. Gen. Hughes, ot Denver, Co 1 is president. The following «as passed : “Whereas, with ’be recent visit of .Mr. Bryan to New Haven cer tain numbers of Yale ‘University aid tht ughtlessly and-unfortunate l ly interfere With the proceedings, | and “Whereas, such action has un questionably b eu mqutid by tbe press to the Yale students body as a whois, be it “Resolved : That ‘we, the mem bers of the Bryan and b’ewali Club of Yale University, do hereby de clare this action untrue to lhe eeik Ciments of our university and hos tile to the spirit of broad-minded ness tha’ has always characterize Yale men, and that we Under Mr. Bryan our sincere apology for thia action of our fellow students,” DARIKG DESPERADO. Raleigh, N. C , Oct . 12.—There was a*d<,Bi>,erate fight in Cunaber lai d county today be we.n two dept ty si eris fs and J. D. Johnson, a desperate’ man. 't hey seized his shotgun, but he bigan a fusilade with a revolver. He hit Deputy J. K. Kinlaw in the head and shot Depu'v James Pate twice in the heaa. He also shot two farm labo rers who were called to aid the of ficer.;. Bq'li deputies are badly and perhaps seriously injured. He was fin; 11 captured. PLEASANT HOUSE PAR I Y. Misses Lena Hamby, Eunice Hamby,Nedie Fti'i er ami Messrs Theodore 'Hamby mid Monroe Jackson all of Adairsville, were delightfully entertained on yes terday dy the charming Misses Sal He at d Cora Powell at their home in Fif'h Ward. It was a delightful affair which was enjoyed by every participant RELIEF IN SIX HOURS Distressing Kidney and Bladde diseases relieved in six. hours by the “New Great South • America Kidney Cure. This new remedy is a great surprise on account of it’s exceeding promptness in releiving pain in the bladder, kidneys, back and every part of the urinary pas sages in male or female. It relieves retention of water and pain in passing it. a 1 most immediately. If you want quick relief and cuie thid is your remedy. Sold by D. W Curry Druggist Rome, Ga. 24 RECORD BROKEN. Paris. Octoder 12 -Huret, the bicyclist has beaten the recortt for twenty.four hotrs, riding- in that time 545 409-I,COO miles.