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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
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Floyd County and the City of Rome. It has
large and increasing subscription list, and as an
advertising medium is unexcelled. Bates very
reasonable.
THE WEATHER.
[Official Forecast.]
Atlanta, Ga., February 10—For Georgia:
Fair, eolder.
MOBBILL,
Local Forecast Official.
REGISTER AND VOTE!
Something over $200,000 of Rome
bonds will mature on January Ist
1896. The legislative session of
October-November 1895 will be too
late to pa«s a funding act, for it
would leave only about six weeks to
place the bonds. It might be fatal
to the credit of the city to go upon
the market under such pressure.
The funding act will have to be
passed by the legislature this fall,
and will have to be put in shape by
the council which goes into office on
the Ist of April of this year. We
are, therefore, on the threshold of
very important public business. It
is indispensable that we select able
and experienced business men to
transact this business. Every citi
zen ought to have a voice in the
selection of the men who are to
represent him in matters of so great
importance. Any citizen of Rome
who fails to register and vote in this
election fails in a high duty and de
serves to suffer for his neglect. The
consequences of neglect are the same
in public business as in any other.
Those who are guilty of such neg
lect ought not to complain of results.
Again we repeat, register and
vote. “Do your best and leave the
rest.”
LIQUOR DOES NOT FIGURE.
The purpose of The Tribune in
bringing out the views of aldermanic
candidates on the liquor license
question was to simplify the politi
cal contest. All the candidates
agree in the view that the license
should remain at the present figure
of SIOOO, and to that they are now
fully committed.
There was an impression on the
minds of some that this question
might cut some figure in the contest.
Therefore we determined to exploit
the matter and settle the question.
Happily all are agreed, and this old
disturbing question is eliminated
from the present contest. This we
did, not in the interest of either
side, but in the interest of public
peace and tranquility. Another
object, was to bring the matter to
record, so that there might be no
doubt about it, so long as any of
these men remain in office.
RECEIVERSHIPS AGAIN.
We had occasion several times of
late to inveigh against the injustice
of the receivership law. In connec
tion with the attack on the Atlanta
consolidated street railway two per
cent of the bondholders, we protested
against it, and commended the
action of Judge Pardee. This com
munity also commends the action of
Judge Henry in a similar case.
On this subject we print a com
munication from Mr. W. J. Neel.
We regret that he did not succeed
in outgeneraling the lawyers to
whom he charges the defeat of his
bill. In default of this, however, the
firmness of a just judge may work
wonders.
GOD’S WILL AND HAPPINESS.
St. George Mivart is contributing
to the Cosmopolitan Magazine a
notable series of articles under the
title of “God’s will and human
happiness.” These essays are
really a review of the effects of re
ligion in its various forms upon the
advancement of civilization. In the
second paper, which appears in the
Feburary number, he contrasts the
state of public opinion in the Roman
Empire in the time of Caesar and
Cicero wi>h that in the reign of the
pious and philosophical Emperor,
Marcus Aurelius. The open Scepti
cism of Cicero and Caesar’s bold
denial of the immortality of the soul
Mere followed by an era of religion
and piety under Marcus Aurelias.
The author shows that even Seneca
the stoic, inadvertently recognized
the presence and influence of divini
ty, and Virgil almost prophesied the
advent of Christ in the remarkable
passage:
Now a new offspring descends from lofty
heaven. Oh! chaste Lucina, as thy Apollo
reigns, be propitious to the infant boy, who
shall restore a golden age and banish that
of iron.
The object of this review of pagan
thought by Mr. Mivart is to show
that the evolution of thought was
preparing the world for a new and
better religion, which was to make
men better and happier. On this
point he says of Virgils remark
above quoted:
“This reveals the existence in the
Roman world of a state of mind
which it especially concerns us here
to note. There was a widely diffused
feeling that a crisis was at hand
which would rejuvenate a worn out
world. Disciples of Pythagorus and
Ploto, points, philosophers, were
alike, unsuspectingly, at work with
Virgil, in preparing the way for
Christianity by evolving from pro
ganism ideas and feelings in har
mony with the new religion. Thanks
to such aspirations, it was becom
ing unconsciously desired before it
was known, and so multitudes des
pised, downtrodden, and unhappy
filled with vague dreams of better
things, became an easy conquest for
the nascent church.”
TARIFF IN THE SENATE.
It is reported that the tariff bill
is to be cut all to pieces by the
finance committee of the senate, and
that the important feature of free
raw materials will be abandoned.
This comes through the intelligent
channel of the associated press, and
may be true, but we hope, if true,
such action by the committee will
not be endorsed by the senate. The
admission of coal iron and wool free
of duty would mark a new era in the
history of manufactures and com
merce, which are narrowed by ar
tificial limitations, as unwise as they
are selfish. The admission of raw
materials free of duty, makes a low
er duty ou manufactured goods
practicable, and tends to remove the
shock of transition from one tariff to
another. We do not believe the
admission of coal iron and wool free
of duty will stop a single factory or
diminish by one pound the domestic
production of these articles. On
the contrary it will both cheapen
production and enlarge the market,
making the business of manufactur
ing less a speculation dependent
upon government bounty, and more
a business in the legitimate sense,
founded on the rock bed of real
commerce, unlimited by law. We
believe, aho, that the free admission
of such articles will build up the
coast cities, which have long lan
guished,and will make new markets
for the products of husbandry and
art.
SONG AND DANCE.
When Harry Hill, the viper, tura
ed to sting the woman who had been
kind to him, he courted disaster:
Nail by nail
The ccffin’B made
Set your sail
For Lethe’s shade.
Old Bill Chandler, apotheosis of
hate, died with the election law
His demise began in Florida:
Nail by ’Bail,
The coffin’s made,
Set your sail
For Lethe's shade.
Governor Tillman defied the law,
and now the law defies him:
Nail by nail
The coffin’s made
Set your sail
For Lethe's shade.
Governor Mitchell of Florida was
outwitted by the sluggers and out
witted by the Louisiana Lottery
under a Honduras name.
Nall by nail
The coffin’s made
Set your sail
For Lethe’s shade.
Mr. Charles M. Harper, looking
at The Tribune’s type machine re
marked, “I hope this is the begin
ning of a new era for The Tribune
and for Rome.” So mote it be.
Aside from any question of its
effect upon the present contest, we
are glad to see the registration list
running up rapily. It is a healthy
THE ROME TRIBUNE, SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 11, 1894.
I sign. When the people who have
the public bills to pay attend dili
j gently to the public business, all
will be well. Whereupon we remark
' again, register and vote!
The keynote to Democratic action
in the municipal contest is this,
| register and vote. Then submit
gracefully to the will of the majority.
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Voting is a sacred duty, almost
as much so as attendance upon
divine service. Ditto registration.
A gooo motto for Sunday: pay as
tou pray.
Another for any day: Grit and
grace will win the race.
LITERARY NOTES.
i The Cosmopolitan Magazine for Feb
ruary is one of unusual interest. In view
of the prominence of international ques
tions of late, the article by W.A. Dobson
on The Designing and Building of a
Ship,” is one of present interest. It
contains numerous illustrations, made
from photographs taken from the war
ships New York, Brooklyn and Cincin
nati, in various stages of construction.
Mr. Wm. Dean Howells continues his
letters from Altruria with an installment
, on the aspects of a plutocratic city—a
t very timely subject, treated with the
author's well known acuteness.
| A special feature of this number is a
poem by Sir Edwin Arnold, purporting
,to be a faithful translation from the
Persian. The title is Hafiz, and the
poem reminds one a little of Tom Moore’s
Lallah Rookh.
I The Arena has a criticism by Elbert
Hubbard, of Mr. Walter T. Cheney’s
book, Au Apocalyse of Life. The article
is reproduced in full in another column.
The Tribune acknowledges the receipt
of a copy of the new historical novel, In
' the Shadow of the Alhambra, by W. M.
1 Greenlee, A. M., M. D., of Tennessee.
This story is the fruit of years of study
in the language and literature of the
Moors, and the plot is laid in the time
l of the last of the Moorish kings. This
striking passage in the preface shows the
scope of the work:
I Perhaps in the whole range of history
we can find no other nation whose posi
tion is so unique, and whose period of
existence presents so much that is at the
same time brilliant and romantic. When
we fully realize the fact that a Moham
medan kingdom was placed right in the
midst of the Christian nations of Europe,
and held its ground nearly eight hun
dred years, our curiosity must be excited
to learn the causes of suclV vital power.
Let us remember, too, that such a period
is nearly equal to the length of existence
enjoyed by a nation which we’are accus
tomed to regard as having’lived to an
extreme old age, viz. :the empire of Rome.
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| THE “ATLANTA RING.”
So the gaunt spectre of the Atlanta
ring has been brought from its hiding
place to do service in the gubernatorial
campaign! Some of us had;,fondly
hoped that the Atlanta ring was a thing
of the 'past, and had been relegated to
merited oblivion. ‘But it seems that this
defunct hobgoblin is to be used once
more to frighten the credulous and sim
ple-minded.
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1 What is the Atlanta ring, anyway?
Os whom is the ring composed, what are
its objects, and how does it expect to
carry out those objects? These are in
teresting questions, and ought to be ans
wered. It will not do to cry ring! ring!
' without giving details and specifications.
A. ring is something tangible and defi
nite—not a mere will-o’-the-wisp. Let
those who assert that there is an Atlanta
ring,prove it,or forever hold their peace.
***
The people of Georgia are not simple
tons. They will not be deceived by such
a campaign-cry as the Atlanta ring.
Least of all will they believe that Clem
-1 ent A. Evans is the tool or the creature
' of the Atlanta ring, or any other clique
or combination. The people of Georgia
I know Gen. Evans. They have known
him for thirty years or more. They
i knew him when he drew his flashing
sword and heroes onward to the
charge. They knew him when his tall
form towered amid battle-smoke on
many a field of fame and glory.
***
And they have known him too, in
times of peace. In all these years, his
name has not been tarnished by reproach.
Is it not too late now, when, at his peo
ple’s call, he enters the race for civic
honors, to charge him with being the
candidate of the Atlanta ring? When
and where has he ever failed to come up
to the fullest measure of duty and of
patriotism?
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And why seek to prejudice Georgians
against their capital city? For one, I
am proud of Atlanta. She stands today
without a peer in energy and enterprise.
Through her, all Georgia is honored.
Her coming Exposition will be of incal
culable benefit to every section of our
state. It is the duty of Georgians not
to pull down, but to aid in building up,
the capital and chief city of our com
monwealth.
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The cry of Atlanta ring will fall flat.
It is a poor platform for any candidate
to stand on. It will not win in this
campaign. The people of Georgia stand
shoulder to shoulder with the citizens
of Atlanta, Augusta, Rome and other
cities, in this light. From the moun
tains to the sea-board the flat has gone
forth, and Gen. Evans will be duly in
augurated Governor of Georgia.
May Meyerhardt.
WATCH
THIS COLUMN
IF YOU WANT TO KEEP
POSTED ON
Styles and Bargains
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We will offer some very fine induce
ments this week. Don’t
fail to call.
REMNANTS.
We are closing out a large lot of
remnants in Malting for 5 and 10
cents per yard below coat.
Now is a chance to get a small
quantity cheap. Don’t let the op
portunity slip. These goods will
not be here long.
Spring will soon be here in all her
beauty, clothed in her mantle of
green. Are you ready for the season?
YOUR —
Attention for a few moments,
please. And if you will lend us your
ear we will promise to entertain yon.
Our talk this week is one that will
reach the heart of every lover of
“home, sweet home.” For some
weeks we have been placing before
the trade some stunners in the way
of bargains, but we are not done yet.
This week we have a word to say in
behalf of home. Oh, how sweet the
name! Oh, the sweet, cherished faces
and places it calls to one’s mind!
Then we should do all possible to
make it attractive, inviting and com
fortable. Let us help you make
yours so. It may be beautiful and
cheerful now, but maybe we can
help you add something to what has
already been done.
MATTINGS
You will agree with us in saying
that Mattings add immensely to the
beauty, neatness and comfort of the
home. Now we want to place some
of our goods before you. Fine Chi
nese imported Mattings, cool, fresh
and clean, with all the reminders of
Spring and the meadows woven in
its braids.
All Departments
Furnish for the economical buyer a
feast of bargains.
Another big offer we make is in
Footwear, which we are closing out
at fifty cents on the dollar. Splen
did goods.
Come now while these wonderful
offers are in your reach. Don’t pro
crastinate. Now is the lime. NOW!
“Time and tide wait for no one,”
says the old adage, and such bar
gains as we now offer don’t wait
either, so call early.
KEEP YOUR EYES
ON THIS COLUMN
for every week it will contain infor
mation of value.
thos. my.
FOR MEN ONLY. '
"Wo "Wisli -to Sell Out
Stioolsz azzud Barrel,
For this week only we offer our entire stock of splendid
AGATE IRON WARP
BLUE AND WHITE ’ ’ D. il L
At less than New York Cost. The cleanest, best and most
durable Kitchen Ware made.
fca“ 8 ’ } REDUCED FROM
cakfpans. } 25 and 30c. to 19c.
Basins, Baking Pans, Sauce Pans and Coffee Pots Re
duced from 35 and 50c. to 24c.
Coffee Pots, Bake Pans, Muffin Pans, Preserve Kettles
Reduced from 75c. to 49c. J
Every price on this<ware has been reduced from 30 to
50c per cent. This week only.
Carver <£? Harper-
2 4 sun-wed:fri Im
comSu*co.,
Fire Life and Accident Insurance.
Gin Houses Insured.
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Office Corner Armstrong Hotel,
JOHN H. REYNOLDS, President. B. I. HUGHES, Cashier.
P. H. HARDIN, Vice President.
First National Bank
OIF 1 ROME, G-Jk.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS; $300,000
All the Accommodations Consistent with Sate Banking Ex
ended to onr cnstomen.
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Samuel Funkhouser.
Heal Estate.
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Real Estate Agent,
230 BROAD STREET; ROME. GA.
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