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About The Hustler of Rome. (Rome, Ga.) 1891-1898 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1896)
Highest of all in Leavening Strength.-Latest U. S Gov’t Report ' Powder Absolutely pure MURDEROUS! Was the Assam Made on Mr Fletcher Smith, Job Printer ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON Attacked in his Office By Qeqbge a übunken Printer And Cut And Stabbed in a. Bloody Manner. Murderous, was the assault made [ on Mr. Fletchsr Smith on Friday; fl ftpmoon by George McAfee, a i drunken printer. Mr. Smith, the popular job ■ printer, had put McAfee out of his; job office tv ice. just a half hour b( - for McAfee with a keen edged pock et knife bought for the purpose of kiliing Mr. Smith the job office and undertook to do the deadly work ot murder. Mr. Smith is at his home in the Fourth Ward co’n'fiiwd t> his bed nursing seven-stabs and cuts inthe body arms and hqs- When McAfee was arrested by the officers a few minutes after he had done his bloody work in Mr. Smith’s office he said to them* “I bought that -laiife and went to Smith’s office for the purpose of killing the I" He was then smiling and cool. The Hustler of Rome hearing conflict , ing reports yesterday as to the ori gin and details of the crime, went out to see Mr. Smith yesterday af ternoon and (from him got the facts Mr. Smith was in bed, and his loving and ifaithful wife was ma king out a order for him for his job office. He seemed to be in great pain but said he was very glad to see the Hustleb of Rome To our quest.one about the -stab* bing he said: “George McAfee came into my office eariy Friday morning.! owed him a dollar, and ran my band in my pocket, pulled outa silver-dol lar and held it out to him. He re fused to stake it saying that he did not want the money but w°nted a pair of shoes. That he had seen an advertieem, nt for printers to do state work in Atlanta and he wanted to go down there.” “I told him that I didn’t owe him that much but that I would try to help him out later in the day and gave him the dollar. About 2:15 p. m , going di-wn the street by Hiles’ corner, I saw McAfee and Wm. Winfrey. I noticed they were di inking: Th p y wan’ed to talk to me but I told them no, that I di'n’t care to talk to them while they were drinking. Passing., 1 noticed McAfee follow ing behind me. I stopped and in a good humored but positive tone of voice told McAfee that I did not want him to go up in my office while he was drinking. I had told him dozens of times to get out cf ffly office and not annoy my em ployees.” “I went on, and. when half wuy U P my stair way looked bad and saw McAfee pass on down the street I went into my office and walked to the rear. When I looked around 1 saw McAfee at the front annoy *ug and molesting Mr. Holt, my book binder.” "I went to him, kindly ordered him out and load him to the stair and again told him to stay away. Again I went to the rear of the of fice and turning saw nim molest ing Mr. Holt. This annoyed me an d tauing a small stick I went to ‘“im again. He darted between some tables to elude me.Hewas grinning 1 Cft ught him wi’h my right hand and jerked him and as he passed •' a Pped him ou the back of the lie ad with my left hand —it open.” 'I took him to the stair again, and told him if be came back 1 take the stick and frail ltn ‘ “A half hour later I was reading a “pro f” an • looking up saw McAtee standing near me with a mean expres ion on his face, I walked over to him and gave him another jerk. Ln passing he struck me! thought with his fist, but . I found later 1 e had cut me with a knife.” 1 knocked him down and as he 'I «ame at me again one oftuyt-m --7-oyees exc aimed‘hv haaa kyife!’ ' He fought like a demon and had ; I severely cut me in at least three i I places before I knew he had a knife and had come to' murder | me’.” i “I caught bis hand finally and I fennd he-co.n’d not re- I lease it-dre changed the knife to i the left hand and slashed my left : arm , I held onto bis arms until, weak from the wounds, the boys in the office came to my relief. They could not open his knife hand so ironlike was his grip. Just then Mr. John Coker came into the of fice and taking a pair of nippers !he yanked the blade from the handle.” “I then went to Dr. Will John son’s office and be and Dr, Will Shaw dressed my -wounds and sent me report that I owe McAfee is absolutely false. I owe him nothing and want you as a i personal fax or to go by my office ■ and see the roil and see Me* A fee’s account.” Mt. Smith has seven wounds. He’think, they were inflicted about as follows: Middle finger of right hand laid open along the back, over the knuckle, to the bone. Cut across the middle left fore, arm, inside, a nasty gash S ab in left-fore-arm, near el bow. An .ugly stab under left shoulder blade. A deep stao and cut in the left hip. A rake’four iuches long across the back of the right shoulder just opening the skin. And a stab three quarters of au inch deep over the heart, and which I)r. Johnson says penetrat dd the pleura, or membraneous covering of the lung. This is the most dangerous wound and the painful to the victim. Dr. Johnson was seen by the Hustler of Rome. He stated that I while Mr. Smith was badly cut up, that he and Dr. Shaw were of the opinion that only one wound was dangerous in its nature but that they apprehended no serious results from it. The Hustler of Rome saw offi cer Sharpe, who with Lieutenant Guice arrested McAfee after the assault. He said that McAfee was cool and smiling, that he offered no resistance and stated that he had bought the knife purposely to kill Smith and that he had gone to Smith’s office to kill him and hoped he had succeeded. The knife, it seems, was bought on an order. The hardware store people however refused to say any thing Lr publication. McAfee is in custody and according to the evidence of eyewitnesses the case against him is meet serious at its best. Mr. Smith’s emyloyees say that Mr Smith, in his kindness of heart paid McAsee out of the eta., tion house only a few weeks ago. The pay roll and account, on Mr. i Smith’s books show that the office owes McAfee nothing. 1 Mr. Smith is a hard working, energetic, warm hearted, genetous ( natured very sober but very posi tive gentleman. And an entire community svmpathises with him and hopes for him a speedy re covery. McAfee, was once a Naval cadet at Annapolis. He is of a good fam ily, but for years has belonged to the tribe known as tramp printers, , nrd has bten drifting about. His attack on Fletcher Smith was treacheious cow’ardly and murder ous. THE HUSTLER ')* ROME SUNDAY. OCTOBER 25 1896, Co.’ tifiSSO l° T 5. Ju 'ge Joel Branham, of Rome, h‘s announced himself a oandi da'e for a judgeship iu the supreme court of Georgia, to fill one us the v6c inci«B made by a provision of the last legislature, and ratified by the people in the recent election. Judge Branham is an eminent ju rist, and there is net a man in >’orth vr iniddle Qforgia whoU"U'd fill tb<J pnfeill'uL belief than he. Ills fine record and his acknowl edged ability deserves this mark ta recognition, and will doubtless get it. —Summorvil e News. * «r Dr. Lindsay Johnson, when ask ed by the Hustler of Rome yes terday about the health of the city replied that, as chairman of ’he ■ health committee of the city coun cil, he had but one kick to make, and that was that the council had called off special health officer J. A. Collier and put him back on the police force . “Now,” said Dr. Johnson, “this is entirely too ear ly in ihe season for Mr. Collier to i>e relieved from my department. I am proud of the city’s health up to this date and know that the tire less work of Mr. Collier has played a conspicuous part in making such a good health record for the year. If he is put back iu my depart ment I feel safe in assuring Ro mans an exception of the year’s fine record.” * ‘ * *’ Says Editor Powell,of the Blake ly Observer : “Hell, as a place of punishment has now settled down to about three forms —literal hellfire, men tal torment and publishing a news paper in a town made up of skin flints.” * * How long, oh, Cato? will the American girl, with a snug bank account never learn that an Amer ican citizen is better and safer, as a husband, than one of these for eign “Noblemen.” In a New York daily paper, only yesterday, I found these paragraphs: “Miss Louise La Perrienne, oue of New Orleans creole beauties, aged 18, and with a fortune of $1,600,000 was just about to mar ry “Barryn” Haecherhone, last week, wh**n her guardian came North from New Orleans and fouFjd that the “Baron’s” castles on the Rhine are castles in the air. Miss La Perrienne has fl r d to Europe to congratulate herself on her escape. “The ‘Baron’ was to Miss Amelie Seigel, of Omaha. Neb., and borrowed $2,000 from her and borrowed SI,OOO from Miss Marion Barnes, of San Francisco, wanted to be a Baroness. The Bar on has Fraulein Phillipina Ger hard with him, who plays the part of the spider, and who invites the young maidens tc her parlor, * * * Think of a pretty American girl not having any more gumption than to risk her happiness tor all time on one of these miserable creatures and his title. Why the very best of these so-called noble men are nothing more than miser able adventurers. ** You know I just simply hate to see as,good a man as I letcher Smith butchered up and slashed, like he has been. It would be bad enough if the cutting and slashing, and stabbing had been done by another, while both were fighting and passion was at white heat. But when the carving is done in such a murderous and bloodthirsty manner and a drunken man, who had repeotediy invaded Mr,Smith’s place of business after having been requested to stay out a score of times, and repeatedly put out. *** Fletcher Smith is one ol the best citizens ot Rome. He is a man who deserves a lot of credit for the success he is winning. He is, per haps, the best job printer in the slate, and his big establishment, run in a most business-like man ner, turns out work, ad the way; from posers to the lit est book ■ work that would d» credit to any I metropolitan job office. And then, ! Fletcher Smith pays his emp’oyaes, enabling many bread-winners to •am a good living for dependent ; loved ones, *** His men all l„ve him. I was in his office yesterday and while the boys were hustling their work, I could not but notice the anxious or pained expression on their seri-. ous faces. Tome, when I see ai iprtU ike thia, cut and calVliu by a drunken man who has besotted his life and selfishly drank away his own happiness and. the happiness i of his family, I feel that the of fense, is a crime of the most outra geous order. The man who mur derously commits such a crime ought be put where he can’t re peat the offense on other good •men. * * * In the meantime, I want to sayl to the patrons of Mr. Smith's job I office that he, Fletcher Smith, is at home, confined to his bed with seven cuts and stabs iu his body. The wounds made by a knife in the hands of a drunken printer, Mr. Smith was lor the third time that day trying to eject from his office. That the said printer, when arrest ed, said to the officers that he had bought the knife and had gone to Smith’s office to kill him. Mr. Smith owed him nothing, had been his friend—in fact had taken toitn out of the station house. Thtse are the fac f s. Mr. Smith is a man. He has ac ed the man, now stand by him—continue your patronage with him. *** The probabilities are that the building committee of the Board of Trustees of the Rome Public Schools will get the plans and specification torthe colored school building ready to advertise for bids early next week. The rebuilding ' of the burned school house will be I pushed forward rapidly, when the contract is let. *»* One of the best and most cou sciencious populists in Floyd coun ty told me yesterday that McGar rity had said that he proposed to vote for McKinley ou October 3rd. Said he: “You bring the charge arainst McGarrity and defy him to deny it. If he does I will prove it ou him, by 25 as good men as live in this county. “Now McGarrity is a beautiful specimen of office seeker to be begging the free si ver populists to vote for him while he is voting for Hanna’s man McKin ley. Foi shame! * * * * I notice some of the daily pa pers out yesterday morning discus ing the successorship to Speaker Crisp—This, too, before the re mains of the great statesman had been carried to the Capitol where they were to lay in state for a day before burial. Mr. Crisp had vir ually been elected Senator. He was a great man, a noble man, a lovable gentleman. Whv not be courteous, at least, to his memory and let his heroic frame be placed under the daisies before beginning to scramble for the office piadg va cant by his death. Shame on such haste I * * • For the most delicately refined uerfumes and rich and seductive extracts you will always do well to call on Gus Johnson & Co. You can always find thejlatest and most correct thing out, in station ary, also at Gus Johnsons. A sug gestion to the buyer is like a word to the wise—if the buyer is wise in this day and gaueration. »♦* Curry’s new goods are arriving and in due seco.i a visit to his palatial drugstore will be equal to a boquet of treats. Just keep an eye on Cur ry’s and anticipate all you wane to and my word for it you will not be disappointed even a little bit. Mr. C. A. Henderson, of Te cumseh, wan visiting fi lends here yesterday. Sciatic ItaszalisM o * It Shortened the Patient’s Leg Two and so Affected the Nervous System that He Continually Shook as •| ' with the Palsy. ’ L After Six Years of Torment He Succeeds in Find- ’,. ing a Remedy for the Horrible Disease. F>um tiw Kgyplian Proto, Marion, TUinoit. ’ There is no name in thia section of the a country, connected with the iiie.lu al world, 1 I that is better known to the public than that ( of Mr. Monroe Peterson. He is situated iu « a niee, comfortable home, with a good farm, 1 about four miles west of Johnson City, 111., ’ He is now lift v-eight years old, in a healthy | e— ’.ition.aud weighsone hundred and ninety t pounds. Not s more upright and honorable ' citizen does our nation atlord, and he is , looked upon with wonder, because of his ' healthy condition after so lung a period of misery and suffering. The cause of Mr. Peterson’s long suffering > was a hurt which he received in a fall, while I running a drill in 1861, being a soldier at the time. He has been crippled in his right ; leg ever siuee that date. Sciatic rheumatism then set in, and biM leg tiegan to slowly wither away and draw up in the joint, and now it is about two inches shorter than the other. It began to grow worse-and, finally, ; his whole body began to shake like a person I with the St. Vitus'dance. His first severe • attack was about six years ago. There is no disease tn th' power of human endurance more awful iu its pains and afflictions th»n sciatic rheumatism. Some times its patn may be a slow, steady one, while, at other times, it comes with jerks and wrenches that seem to twist the body out of all shape of recognition. It seems to contract the muscles, drawing the body al most in a knot. While this is probably the worst stage of sciatic rheumatism, it is some times found in milder forms. So it was with Mr. Peterson, but with it was associ ated a feeling and condition almost as un comfortable and unbearable. The body was in a continual shake, rendering it impossible for him to do anything. He had lost all control of his muscles. On application to a physician for relief, he was told that the affliction might last him all his life, or, on the other hand, it might leave bun entirely at an unexpected moment. For over three years be waa not able to write a word, so severe was his shaking. He could not even sign his vouchers, thereby having to make his mark and witness it. At this time he could not walk a step without aid, nor ev«n ait down in a ehair without assistance. So arvere waa Hie shaking of his head that it almost caused hi tn to go blind. He eould not distinguish a person a rod’s distance in front of him. He came very nearly losing his mind, and his friends thought, m « ImU resort, that he would have to be taken to a hospital. When he was taken to town for examination by a physi cian, he had to be eytmined in tne buggy, eo difficult was it for him to get out. Often times it would eaem that life waa nearly ex tinct, and his feet and hands would have to be bathed in warm water and rubbed in order to restore the circulation. For two years he waa not able to feed himself at the table. His ever faithful and dutiful wife put. the food to his mouth. At night he would take smothering spells and would have to be lifted up m bed that he might regain his breath and strength. At this critical period he was not able to put on his clothes, not able to do anything but sit and suffer his miserable life nway. One physic gave, as his decision of the case, that his leg would have to be placed in YOUR Sv NG 8188 Have just received a v-ry large and complete shipment of good the'feathered songster and household pet You are cordially invited to call and secure the folloving fresh foods dainties and pure ni* dies: Mixed Bird Seed • Red Gravel • 1 Mocking Bird S.-ed Pai rot Food . v Bird Bitters And Mite Powder EVERY PACKAGE GUARANTEED C. TREVITT, DRUGSmT No. 831. - A. S- TOLBERT'S ' . PERFECTION HAIR TONIC . 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