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VOL. VI. NO. l.»05.
• CORPUT CANED.
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Our Senator Gets it From a ”
Committee.
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NO PUBLIC EXECUTIONS
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The Manufacture of Liquor t
Prohibited in the County a
of Carrol. ®
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Special to The Tiibune
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 12.-The princi «
pal work of the last two days of the ses-- *
eion will be senate action in concurrtnn t
in house bills and house concurring t
on senate bills. Just now the question 1
in special controversy is the school bill a
providing for quarterly payments. As
has been the case ever since the question
has come up there have been a variety of I
Views on this subject, every man having
a different idea of how the etd could be ‘
attained. All the different members are
wo king to secure quarterly ttayaSient of 1
teachers. The friends of the (measure in 1
the house think that the only l , way, that 1
is the only practical way, to secure it is
to close the schools if nectsftary, while I
the members of the senate believe that i
b ; advancing certain sums of money from >
other funds to the school fund quarterly i
payment can be brought about without 1
any suspension of the school. The 1
house is perfectly willing to agree to this '
if it can ba done, but the prevailing opin
ion there is that it cannot settle the mat- 1
ter. It is now in conference and what
will be the result nobody can tell.
Another matter in conference now
is the bill providing penalties, for
crimes. It will be remembered that Mr.
Hall had quite a voluminous bill passed
in the house in the first session anA the
senate had a substitute which wasfery
brief indeed. This substitute, howevpr,
does not meet the approval of the house
and tbe result is another conference and
th? probability is that they will not
agree. •
Among the senate biils which passed
the bouse was Mr. Clay’s bill prohibiting
i* vr —■ u "aai.-x/aiey J oil.
—for election contests.
The senate had a pretty lively debate
over tbe bill prohibiting the manufacture
•of liquor in Carroll county. It was
claimed that, tbis was unconstitutional
’ but it wss shown that this law was in ef
fect io other counties of the state and the
billpissei. /
Tne dependent pension bill of Mr.
Sears, of Webster, which provides for
the submission of the question to the
people was passed by the requisite two
thirds mej >rity.
Senator Oorput was presented tbis
morning with a very handsome gold
by the members of the sen
ate fl nance committee.
THAT PHYSICAL POOL-
The Legislative Committee Makes a Re
• port.
Special to tbe Tribune.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 12.—Some time
ago tne legislature appointed a joint
committee to investigate the so-called
physical pools among railroads.
•x, Today that committee made its report
as follows :
“ That there exists, with headquarters
in Atlanta, an association composed of
nearly all the southern railway ar-d
steamship companies known as the
Southern Railway and Steamship Asso
< oistion. -Wtrat is known as a physical
pool is really, an allotment of cot.on 1
freights. The intention is seemingly to 1
protect the
any
the limit of their
the weaker ' ’
rfrete* l * -n»ce
] mit of its allotment. It is claimed that
(hero is no penalty for non-compliance.
This agreement would seem to discour
age improper discrimination indu'gad in
heretofore and it can in no way injure
the p’apter or cotton shipper, but might,
under some circumstances, result* in
ower freight rates. In n > instanoa can a
road refuse proffered freight. The com
mitter concluded this report with the
suggestion that no legislation is neces
sary.
THE CHIEF GOTiMAD
And the Mayor Forgot How He Did When
in College.
Special to The Tribane.
Athkns, Ga., Dec. 12.—The college
•boys and their friends, including nearly
.all of Athens, are in a fever of excite
ment over the treatment accorded them
by Chief of Police Davis and Mayor
Tuck, whom they condemn in no uncer
tain tones.
The trouble begin Saturday night,
when the college boys celebrated in a
rather noisy but innocent manner their
football victory won in Augusta.
About 11 o’clock Chief Davis very ar
bitrarily ordered all student off the
streets, and because of a protest arrested
Holcombe Bacon, of Atlanta. Walter
Harris, son of Hon. Nat Harris, of Macon,
remarked: "This is a nice case to arrest
a man on,” and for it was also arrested.
Waile they were being taken to the
polios station an electric light
, was knocked out. Harris was tried
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
yesterday by Mayor Tuck, Bacon see
absent on account of sickness. At tbe
trial W. T. Tuggle and Cbisolin Ferril),
or LaGrange, both bad cases made .
against them. Henry Porter, pt Atlanta,
and D. C. Barrow, son of ex Senator
Pope Barrow, of this city, were fined $25
each for refusing to testify. Harris was
fined SSO. Gordon Hiles, of Rope, was
tried for disorderly conduct, but nothing |
against him was proven and the case Was
dismissed.
Almost the entire city is indignant
that the cases were made and such ex
cessive fines imposed. All will appeal
tbeir cases to the council. Tbe college '
boys have often created much more dis
tuibance without beiug molested. Chief
Davis appears to have lost his humor,
and Mayor Tuck stuck to bis chief.
ROSEATE RESOLUTIONS.
Legislator Camp's Coming Marriage
tCauses Talk In the House.
Specia*. to Tbe Tribune.
4.TI.AKTA, Ga., Deo. 12 —The house
passed a resolution tendering Joe Camp,
about to be married, sincere congratula
tions today.
The resolutions expressed the hope
that the bark which bears bis fair bride
and himself across the sea of life may
meet only fair winds till it strikes anchor
at last on the golden sands of tbe further
shore, and that tbe hearts now liked may
live and love forever on the sweet shores
of eternal rest.
Mr. Camp made a speech in acknowl
edging tbe tribute that was a beautiful
tribute to women.
A COLD WAVE
■Will Add to tbe People Who are Sneezing
at the Grip,
Yesterday was a scorcher, when yon
stood where the sun’s rays fell upon you,
and the thermometer registered in the
neighborhood of summer heat.
Last night was ra her chilly with a
drizzing rain, and tonight will be cold.
- So' says “old Prob.”
And the hundreds of people in the city
who are following the style and swear
they are nearly dead,with the grip will_
'vMcuuragenmtc their
disease or even for pneumonia. These
1 sudded changes are great friends to
colds, and the man, woman or child who
has not already succeeded in acquiring J*
well developed cold is so rare as to be an
object of wonder. All Rome is sneezing
and coughing and complaining, with
many in bed and all the others anxious
to be there. Nine people out of ten. if
you ask them how they are, either say
they have the grip, or reply :
“I hab a berry bat colt ”
The weather, if it follows forecast
orders, will not improve their condition
even if the people do sneeze at it.
THE BAD BOY’S ANTICS
Will Amuse a Crowd at Nevin's Opera
House Tonight.
There is something in the play of the
*’B id B >y” which revives in the mind of
every beholder memories of the keenest
relish. His pranks upon his indulgent
parent, upon the long-suffering and for
a armg groceryman. and tbe exhaustless
resources of his frivolous and irrepressi
ble nature, kindle an appreciation on the
part of the auditor which provokes the
wildest merriment and elicits the most
uproarous applause.
As pieces of original composition the
* - B id B >y” stories hive been ap
proached in our language; and for ab
surd stage situations, continuous and ex
bilaratiug comedy, the play is inoompar-
F WAS A MISTAKE-
The Senate Committee’s Report on the
k Nixon Bill.
■ “TekTribunf was mistaken in saying
the senate committee reported 'adversely
on the Nixon bill,” said a city official
yesterday.
‘‘The committee reported in favor of
excluding that portion of the property
already agreed to by the council. That
was all they asked at the time, and it
was granted.
“Tue trouble about excluding it all is
the precedent as much as anything else.
Everybody out that wav would be trying
to get out, as they would be placed at a
disadvantage when it came to a sale.”
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A CHARMING AFFAIR
Will Be the “At Home" of Ml.s Nanelle
McWilliams.
Invitations are out to an “At Home” '
of Miss Nanelle McWilliams next Thurs- '
day evening, and the young people are
looking forward with great anticipation’ '
tothattime. 1
She is one of Rome’s most popular
young ladies, and an evening at the
pretty East Rome residence means a j
happy time.
RIVER TRAFFIC.
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The Steamer Resaca Arrives With a Good
Cargo. ]
The steamer Resaca came in Sunday 1
night with a good cargo of cotton and
country produce. ]
She left yesterday for down the Coosa <
to look 3. River traffic is heavy this sea- I
son, and much business is being worked 1
up by Captain Kirkpatrick and his able
assistant, Mr. Walter Langford. (
‘ BOWK GA.. WkDNKSu,! mOKNINU. UECEMBEk 13, laf.3
A FARMER KILLED
By a Freight Train Yesterday
Morning.
TOM MOON’S TRAGIC END.
He Leaves a Wife and Seven
Children Without a Crust
: ' of Bread.
J. > Moon, a farmer about 40 years
of age, was killed yesterday by an E. T.,
V. & G. freight train.
The accident occurred early in tbe
morning near Silver Creek Station, right
where the tracks of the C., R. & 0., and
E. T., V. <fc G. railways run parallel. No
one was with Moon when the accident
occurred, but it seems that an Erst Ten
nessee freight and a Contra! passenger
train were near each other running in
the same direction—racing, some saM.
The Central passed first, aui about 100
or 200 yards from the di,rt road, Moon
stood on the East Tennessee track watch
ing the passenger train.
The noise made by it partially drowned
that of tbe freight. As it dashed around
the curve tbe engineer blew his whistle,
but all to no geod. lu a moment tbe man
was struck and thrown twenty feet.
He died tn a few minutes. An inquest
was held in the afternoon and a verdict
rendered that tbe death was due to una
voidable accident.
The deceased bad been jiving with bis
family on the Woodruff place, about six
miles from the city. _ He leaves a wife
and seven small children. They are in
destitute circamstances, and it is said
ate their last cruse of bread yesterday
morning.
. . < IN MEMORIAM-
A Friend Writes of Thomas J. Craton
Deceased.
Died, at
age Os 43 yet® ' ' '
’lif'xMJlwn* > Valley, Polk
attaining his maj irity'moved-to the ad
joining county, where he spent the re
mainder of bis life. Mr. Craton was a
man of great determination and energy.
Work to him waa.honorable and no hiog
was too hard that needed to be done. He
was very successful tn his business, leav
ing behind a fortune estimated at seventj
flva to a hundred thousand dollars.
With his means he was liberal, as ths
needy poor around him will testify.
Many a barefooted child was enabled to
go to Sunday school by his kindness. All
the children loved him. Mr. Craton was
a devoted husband and father, aiming to
increase tbe comfort and happiness of
wife and children in all ways possible.
He was twice married. His first wife
was a Miss Howell, who bote him five
cbi dren. His second wife was Miss Rosa
Peek, who in youth still survives him
He had realized for a long while that he
would die, and frequently spqge of it.
All his arrangements for the other world
were made, and he confidently looAd
forward to a better world when he should
pass from this.
Religion was his support as he looked
forward to another state of being. His
conversations on this subject were de
lightful to his friends.
His death resulted from a hurt received
a year ago, caused by trying to throw a
belt with a heavy scantling. A month
ago, while in Rome, he was taken with
nervous convulsions, caused by this
trouble, and from this attack be never
rallied. His death was calm and peace
ful. He was buried in the cemetery at
Pleasant Hope church, Floyd county,
with Mssouic honors. His membership
was with the church just named. His
brethren, as indeed all the community,
will greatly miss him. A Fkiend.
CITY LOANS.
What Is Meant by the BUI Recently
Passed,
The legislature a few days ago passed a
bill allowing the mayor and City of Rome
to negotiate certain loans.
Capt. M. A. Nevin explained this to a
Tribune reporter yesterday, as follows:
“Sou see at times, we run out of
money when a sufficient amount will
soon come in from taxes. Yet the city
is not aliowe't to negotiate even short
loans, and bills due can not be paid,
when really the city is in splendid finan
cial condition. This bill gives authority
to borrow small amounts for short time
when necessary to pay bills falling due at
odd times. It is simply a convenience,
and the amount is limited by the bill.”
MR. PRICE'S BEAVER.
A Floyd Legislator Gets Recognition From
the Speaker.
This is from the Polygraph column in
tbe Atlanta Journal :
Mr. Neel, of Floyd, tells a good one on
his colleague, Mr. Price, who is one of
the most dignified members of the house.
He has been wearing a beaver hat of
late, and has come in a little after roll
call on several occasions, and, addressing
the speaker, has r* quested that his name
be recorded as present.
The other morning he came in wearing
a black slouch hat on his head. A gen-
tieman was speaking and in vain did M-'.
Price try to get recognition to have his,
name recorded. He finally relapsed into
silence, but seemed to do some very hard
thinking as he laid his modest littls
slouch hat to one side.
Tbe next morning he walked in with
his beaver on his head, cocked to one
side, and with kid gloves on his hands.
Very carefully depositing them to one
side he shouted, “Mr. Speaker,” a> d
then, sotto voice; he added, “Igueas he’ll
recognize me now.” ‘
■‘•The gentleman from Floyd,” cried the
speaker, arid with a look of triumph on
his face as be laid one hand upon bis
beaver and the other upon his gloves, bd
bowed and said : “I desire to have my
name recorded as present.”
Mr. Price thinks lots of his and
gloves. _
THEY CALL HIM MAJOR.
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Chas. Fiiderwood’s Pythian Speech at East
man Highly Complimented.
The Southern Knight published at East
man, devotes something like a page to
the address of Mr. O. W. Underwood at
that place on the subject of Pythianism,
and then throws in a column or two ol
compliments, including resolutions oi
thanks to the eloquent young Knight.
After all this the p»par is sorry it
hasn’t more space, and winds up as fol
lows:
“We are sorry that space forbids a
more extended account of this speeon,
but when we say that parts of Msj. Un
derwood’s discourse were simply sub
lime,and his peroration the finest we have
ever listened to, we but echo the sen
timent of every one presen’. We predict
that high honors await this rising young
Georgian in his profession —law —as web
as in a Pythian sense.”
Mr. Underwood is an eloquent speaker,
and his friends expected nothing less oi
him than the above shows.
CITY COURT
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Is Grinding Slowly Away—The Work of
• Yesterday.
is grinding slowly but
In ilia
t >n Oil Co., the
1 diet of $l2O for the plaintiff.
• Harper for Wilder, Dean & Smith for d?
! .f«se. ‘
’ Charlie C. Harper asked for damages
from tbe Postal Telegraph Co.,
uro to deliver a message and was all<H|||
$56 60 by the jary. Wright &
for plaintiff, Fouche & Fouche
sense.
The case of Wyatt vs Holmes on KK
tract was taken up but not
George Harris for plaintiff, floskiiis<KM|
Harris for defense. -
JIM DAVIS DYING- M
■ He Was a Policeman in Rome— NowHl
Oklahoma.
Jim Divis, a Roni 3
is dying in Perry, Oklahoma. IM
A telegram was received to that effefl
' yesterday by Mr. McLummy, his
in-law. jaM
Mr. Davis the
Perry. His illness is due toexpbgKS
r.ud the fact that the improvised
ings in Party do not furnish sufficMM
protec’ion from tbe wintry weather.
contracted a s tvere cold that progreiKS
into pneumonia, and now bis life is K!|
paired. Mrs. Davis went out to oKH
hotna only a couple cf weeks ago. IB
Mr. Davis has many friends in
who will deeply regret to learn
precarious condition. SHfl
808 REEVE’S BONO.
The Senate Relieves the Bondsman
Goes Free.
R. L. Reeves, of Athens, against uHi||
a case has been pending here
years, and who failed to meet
year for the first time, is a free maißS||
cording to his construction of the
of the senate yesterday. |H>S
The case had been
off, but when he failed to show
time his bondsman, Joseph
of Atlanta, was held for SI,OOO. I||i|
houses have agreed that tbis shouiKM
-bo paid, and Reeves considers
easels Solicitor NuunallKM|
have to gi e an opinion on the subjKSi
Reeves and his friends claim
is nothing in the case. "
Tne Father of the Congress.
The very oldest man in the congress,
the “father oi congress” in years, m
original entry, and in length of contin
ued service, is the Hon. Justice S. Mor
rill, who came to *the house in 1855,
served there until 1867, when he was pio
moted to the senate, and has there re
mained ever since. He has tbe dis
tinction of being both the father of tbe
congress and th father of the senate. Mr.
Morrill is in his eighty-fourth year, and
if he shall live to serve out his present
term he will hava been in congress forty
two years, thirty of which will haw been
spent in the senate.—Washington Post.
GORDON HILES
Elected Edl tor-in-Chlet of the t’niveraity of
Georgia Weekly.
Gordon Hiles, of Rome, has been
elected editor-in-chief of the weekly
paper published by the University of
Georgia.
This is bis first year at Athens, and
the honor is a nigh one. It is seldom
given to any except old students.
UPROOTING STUMPS
The Solidest Yield to the Power
of the Lever.
THE ARTISTIC SENSE
And When Pulled They are
Made Into a Fence Rugged
and Strong.
“Yon may talk about yer hedges, en
yer wire fences, en yer stun walls, en
yer rails all yon’ve a min to, but I tell
ye they ain’t none on ’em a comparin to
stump fences fer lastin, en fer keepin
stock in, en keepin it out, en fer good
looks. I hev heerd some folks say
stump fences wuzn’t hansom, but I dis
agree with them folks. I think stnmp
fences is pleasant things to l<x>k at.
“They wuz a feller up here in old
Tioge county last summer en . fall that
paints pictures fer a Hvin, en he made <:
lot of sketches of the stump fences on
my farm. He said he lied made a dis-
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THE BIG BRACE ALL READY.
covery when he run acrost stump fences,
en he’s a-goin to make a ile paintin of a
corner in the fence in my 10 acre lot,
where the rozberry bushes is thick, with
liis wife a-pickin berries into it.
“He’s a-goin to make another one, he
says, of the king stump of the fence
that’s got roots thajLrnn IS feet up into
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enlar 17 '
moth ?
cable Th
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PULLING FOR DEAR LIFE.
tion is supported by specially built
trucks, is hauled over the stump to be
pulled, let down to the ground, and the
trucks are removed. Men h»v» *irea<tv
uog aooai tne roots ana inserted strong
chains under them. These chains are
carried up to the eye which depends
from the lower end of the screw by a
collar, and hooked. The great chain or
cable has already been wound on the
drum of the revolving nut, which is
termed the “bnllwheel.” When all is
ready, the chain is unwound, the bull
wheel revolves, the screw rises, and the
stump comes out—unless something
breaks.
, The unwinding of the chain may be ac
complished by attaching to its free end
line or more strong teams, which are
driven away from the machine with much
straining of muscle on their part and
shouting and whip cracking on the part
of the driver, or a winding drum may be
used. This machine is anchored at some
distance from the frame and is operated
by a lever, to which a team is attached
aiid driven in a circle. The chain is
wound upon .this drum as it revolves.
When the chain breaks, as it some
times does, some one is apt to be hurt.
That some one is generally the man who
tends the bnllwheel. The strain on the
chain is really enormous, and its frac
ture is followed by rapid revolutions
of the bullwheel in a reverse direction,
the broken end of the chain flying about
with each turn of the wheel. To be
struck by this loose end means a broken
leg or arm almost certainly, and some
times the bullwheel tender is killed out
right or so badly hurt that death ulti
mately ensues.
The lever is much more generally used
than the bnllwheel machine. Its essen
tial parts are a long, strong lever formed
of a moderate sized tree trunk, divers
rods and chains and “A” shaped tim
ber constructions, technically known as
“braces.” These braces are of three
sizes. A “big brace” is 18 feet high, a
“middle brace” 14 and a “little brace” 8.
The stump to be pulled is treated in ad
vance exactly as the one to be extracted
by a bullwheel. A brace is set over it,
the chains and rods are connected, a
team is attached to the free end of the
lever and started up, and the stump comes
out —that is, as before, if nothing breaks.
The sweeping end of the lever is sup
ported by a heavy wheel, which moves
in the arc of a circle. Near the
end the lever is chained to a stump,
which acts as a fulcrum, and is for the
the “anchor,” and the “take
with the “tdhee
eyes, shown in th<
fulerum and
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times it
big one. The
the risk of
ly hard one now
of this sort take off IHH||||
business with great rapill|9|
of jobs on clay soil may
erator whose capital is
I. D. MM
Tex?s corporations must
chise tax or forfeit their chartei
PRICE MVE CENTS.
ITALIAN PATRIOTS.
The Active Political Career of
Premier Zanardelll.
ALWAYS ACTIVE IN DEBATE
A Leading Lawyer and States
man and a Member of the
Chamber of Deputies.
vriuseppe Zanardelli, the new Italian
premier, is one of the leading lawyers
a and statesmen of
Italy and has
taken an active
part in politics
there for 40 years.
He was born in
Bresica 64 years
ago, fought for
Italian independ
ence and unity,
winning military
distinction before
he had reached
man’s estate. He
. revolutionized hie
premier zanardelli. native Bresica
and wasZm acti vdwcrker for Cavonr aj|£L
Victor Emmanuel
and Piedmont. ■■rtn;-'
gate to Naples. Sicily
Since 1862 Zanard<4li has heenWMHH
ber of the chamber of deputies Wkß
ways active in debate. In 1876
minister of public works under DepreßH
and afterward minister of the interims
under Cairoli. He accepted the
try of justice when Depretis came in
again, and retained it under Crispi, but
retired when Crispi fell and refused a
portfolio offered him by Giolitti, whose
recent expulsion from power in disgrace
made a vacancy for him as premier.
Zanardelli has been the author and ad
vocate of more measures of a progressive
sort than any other member of the Ital
ian parliament. Through his efforts the
ballot was placed in the hands of 2,000,-
000 additional voters, and he compiled
and secured the passage of the penal and
commercial codes—two works of recog
' nized merit and authority for which he
, has received decorations from the rulers
•of other nations than his own. He has
several times refused the premiership,
and last year was unanimously elected
president of the chamber of deputies.
In person thin and of
distinguished appeaj^^^HThough im
petuous and gentle and
worker,
fortunrj