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FJURTH YEAR
Have moved across the street to the Medical Building, next
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2 Spools cotton for five cents, 5 Papers pins for five cents,
THE HUSTLER OF ROME.
i BARN BURNERS
Twa Floyd County Lads Jailed
This Morning.
WITH CRIME.
The Loss is a Total oneto?M r .
Charley Crayton, who Own
ed the Bam and its
its Entire Con
tents
The large barn of Mr. John Cra
ton, who lives near Brice, in this
county, was totally destroyed by
fire yesterday evening.
Over 10,000 bundles of fodder,
150 hushed s of oats, a cart and a
lot of farming implements were
burned.
This morning John and Will
Welch, two young boys fourteen
and fifteen years of age were
brought to the city and placed in
jail on suspicion of having been
the guilty parties.
The fire occurred in broad day
light, and was clearly of incendia
ry origin, as the barn is over a
hundred yards from the home of
Mr. Craton, and there was no
earthly way for it to catch, with
out the fire having been placed
there purposely.
The Welch boys are sons of a
widow, who lives near Mr. Craton.
For some reason they had a spite
against him and have been heard
to make similar threats in the
past few days. The boy were seen
near the barn a short while before
the fire was discovered.
The blaze had secured such
good headway when seen that it
was impossible to save anything.
The matter will be thoroughly
sifted, and the guilt fastened on
the proper parties?
JUST RECEIVED
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
BRUSHES
They have no superior
on this or any other
market
SOLE AGENT FOR
CANDIES
J. T. CROUCH & CO
Medical Building.
ROME GEORGIA. MONDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER. 10 18P4.
| INTHETOILS.
[Oily About ten men did the
Lynching.
THE PLOT LAID BARE
! And the Gu’lty Being Arrested
| and Jailed ThePeopleare
Indignant and the Mur
derers will get a
Dose of Justice.
Memphis, Sept. 9.—The grand
jury, which had been in session all
day yesterday, at 10:30 o’clock
last night returned six true bills
against M. Strick-faden, Jim Per
ley and Ed. Smith for murder.
They are charged with being
parties to the shooting of the six
negroes at Millington on August
31. These three men had already
been arrested on bench warrants,
but their indictment created con
siderable excitement.
Following the action of the
grand jury, Judge Cooper issued a
bench warrant for Will Wilcox,
I assistant jailor, on a charge of per
jury. Willcox, who was in the an
te-room, waiting to appear before
the grand,jury, was arrested and
jailed.
It is now reported that the mob
that lynched the negroes did not
consist of over ten persons, and
this looks bad for Richardson, the
detective, who stated that it con
sisted of fifty persons.
Ten men would not have made
the stuck unless they had an un
derstanding with Richardson. The
whole plot will be laid bare in a
day or so —at least, that is what
the officers say.
Later—The whole plot of the
Kerrville lynching is now laid
bare. Before many hours elapse it
is thought every one who had any
thing to do with the affair, or the
majority of them, will be behind
the bars.
Boh McCarver, son of Sheriff
McCarver, is the one whet gave the
necessary information. He was in
vited to participate in the killing
of H, N. Smith, one of the men
now in the county jail under in
dictment for murder in ihe first
degree.
It was reported to McCarver
that his father, the sheriff, knew
all about it and that Judge Cooper
of the criminal court was not out
in the dark. These false represen
tations were made by Smith for
the purpose, of course, of mixing
Sheriff McCarver up in the affair
through this so his bauds would be
tied if an investigation should be
instituted by the authorities.
The scheme failed. McCarver’s
examination resmted in the arrest of
Jailer Wilcox for pe.ijury and binding
over of McCarver in SIO,OOO bond to
issue his remaining in the city.
MASS MKETIG OF NEGROES.
Memphis, Sept. 9, —A call was is
sued today by all the pastors of the
colored churches in the city for a
mass meeting of neoroes tomorrow
night for the purpose of publicly
thanking Governor Turney, Judge
Cooper and the white citizens of
Memphis for the determination they
have shown to bring the Millington
lyn. hers to justice.
Funds will also be raised for the
widows and orphans of the six n< -
groes who were murdered by the
mob.
Aii Amiable Count.
London, Sept. 10. —The Berlin
correspondents say that the Ger
man dailies speak of the Count of
Paris as an amiable man, who
never expected and probably nev
er wished to become King of
France. The Vienna press makes
similar comments. The Spanish
court has gone into mourning for
ieghteen days.
NOL I UP DATES.
“Our John ’ and Representatives
Wright, Reece and Fouche
WILL SHELL THE WOODS
For the Remainder of the Cam
paign. The next Mass
Meeting to be Held at
Cave Soring and at
Vans Valley.
Chairman John J. Black and
his committies have been very
busy with campaign mutters for
the past few days.
A Hustler of Rome reporter
called to see Mr. Black this morn
ing and found him mailing cam
paign literature to the various dis
tricts in the county.
Mr. Black says the out look for
a Jemocratic Land Slide in Octo
ber is of the rosiest tint,and all
that is necessary is to rouse the
populists and them to do like
democrats, that is go and hear
speakers on both sides and equip
themselves so that they can vote
intelligently.
That they may do this and that
the democrats of the various dis
tricts may have an jopportunity of
hearing democracy without having
to come to Rome, the executive
committee have ordered the nom
inees of the pary, /or representa
tive.into the field and have arrang
ed the dates as printed below :
Cave Spring. Sept, 14th
Vans Valley, (at night) 14th
Howe'ls, (at Seuy) 17th
Texas Valley, (Court ground) 17
Chulio, (Bryants mill) 19th
Barkers, (at John Porters store)
20 th
Etowah, (at Court ground) 20th
Watters, (at Pinsons store) 21st*
North Carolina, 22ud,
Floyd Springs, 22ud.
Rome, (Barbecue slid Rally) 29
Other dates to he made later on.
Judge Maddox will make as many
of these appointments as possible,
So enthused are the democrats
who heard the matchless Bob
Burner last Friday, that Chair
man Black wrote him this morn
ing that, com Q what might, he is
expected to come to Rome and
speak ag«iu on the 29th, along
with Maddox, Bacou and Atkin
son.
Democracy is in the saddle and
has the right of way.
SHOT WHILE ASLEEP.
A Man Addicted to Sleep Walking
is Killed.
Wilmington, Del., Sept. 10. —
Samuel R. Barber, a cigarmaker,
residing at No. 313 East Third
street, was shot at his home this
morning. He was found lying on
the floor in his night clothes with
the entire left side of his face and
his left eye shot away. A breech
loading gun lay at his feet. Bar
ber insisted that he did not know
how the shooting happened. He
has been addicted to somnambu
lism at times, and it is believed by
his family that he arose from his
bed while asleep and got posses
sion of his gun, which was accident
ally discharged.
LOCKJAW FROM A PIG.
He Was Doctor ine the Animal and
Contracted the Disease.
Lockjaw from a pig is the case
that is puzzling local physicians.
Fred Jacob is a young man who
has been largely engaged in raising
pigs on the Conard farm. He was
doctoring a pig several days ago
which had lockjaw and some of the
saliva from its mouth got on Ja
cob’s face. He grew ill soon after
ward and is now in a critical state,
suffering with lockjaw.—Philadel
phia Record.
BARELY SAVED.
A Texas Brute Saved by a Texas
Sheriff.
JUSTICE IS BALKED.
Butthe Diguity of the law is
Preserved m the Lone
Star State. The Fiend
is safe y Lodged In
Jail.
Huntsville, Tex., September 10.
A report was received Ly Sheriff
Thurbur that a fifteen-year-old
daughter of Turner Selett had
been outraged by Jim Webb, five
miles east of town.
The sheriff found Webb locked
by a chain to a tree iu the woods,
He had been given a severe whip
ping and it is believed that the in
tention was to finish him up last
night, as the girl’s father had the
key.
The girls claims Webb assaulted
her Friday morning in a barn near
the house.; Her tather came uj,
when Webb kicked him down and
ran.
Later he was caught and the
chastisement administered. War
ranU have been issued for several
of the parties. Webb is in jail
and gives evidence of his seveie
beating,
Died of Laughine.
St. Louis, Sept 10.—Eugene Dix
on swallowed a green fly Tuesday
afternoon and died yesterday. . He
was playing gm the kitchen and
laughing heartily at some incident
which had happened whu he swal
lowed the fly.
About an hour afterward he be
came so ill that it was necessary
to call a physician. Notwithstand
ing the efforts of the medical men
the patient grew worse rapidly
and died iu terrible agony.
S. M. STARK..
I desire to call the attention of
my patrons and the public general
ly to the fact ffiat
ON bEP’T 10th.
My large and well assorted' new
stock of FALL AND WINTER
WOOLENS
Will arrive, and further that I am now
prepaired and will turn out
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FIRST CLASS WORK
AM)
FIRST CLASS GOODS,
Cheaper than ev-rbefore Paste
this in YOUR HAT J-ind remember
your own
S. M. STARK,
MBCBAHT ma
16* armstrongihotei ;
Eight Pages.
IO CENTS A WEEK..
wining!
Our enor.noi h stock ofseason
able styles arc now cominzm.
Such qualities and such piices
we have never before been
able to oiler our cu-tomcrs as
we will place within your
reach this fall.
Fancy Goods,
Notions nd novelties that
are a revalatioo in beauty,
merit and cheapness.
The newest ideas, the bent
goods made,the greatest vari
ety and the finest figures.
VV e will open this week the fi
nest.and most complete assort
ment of
NEW AND POPULAR
STYLES you ever laid your
eyes upon, mark our words.
We will give ni«rc honest <j lsal
ity this season for a dollar
than has ever before been offer
ed you.
The following is just an inti
mation of what our stock em
braces:
Plain and Fancy Dress
Goods
BKACK GOODS,
FINESILKS.
CHINA SILKS.
SATINES,
VELVETS.
PLUSHES,
FINE FLANNELS
NOTIONS.
LACES,
TRIMMINGS,
GLOVES,
HOSIERY,
UNDERWARE,
RIBBONS,
HANDKERCHIEFS,
CORSETS,
CLOAKINGS,
Print and Domestics,
EMBROIDERIES,
WHITE GOODS,
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JACKETS,
WRAPS.
FANS,
TEA GOWNS,
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GOSSAMERS,
JERSEYS,
SHIRTS,
SHAWLS,
BLANKETS,
BED SPREADS,
COMFORS,
QUILTS,
CARPETS,
RUGS,
MATTS,
MATTINGS.
CURTAINS.
SHADES,
POLES,
TRUNKS,
and hundreds of other
articles. Come and take
your choice ofthegood
things offered.
WAT C S
THIS COLUMN,
Thus. Fahv.