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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
W. A. KNOWLES, General Manager.
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THE ROME TRIBUNE,
Romb, Ga.
SOME, GEORGIA, JANUARY 19, 1898.
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ing advertisements must be handed in by
noon of the day before.
Mass meeting this morning at 11.
Don’t forget the mars meeting
this morning.
Today is the anniversary ot the
birth of the immortal Lee.
Tomorrow's Tribune will contain
many interesting special features.
The Augusta Herald is one of the
b ightest and most readable papers
in the State.
A Pensylvania man has written a
sane comedy entitled ‘‘Vaccine.” Il
ought to take.
Send in your advertisements early
today for tomorrow’s big edition of
The Tribune.
The grip is getting in its work in
Gotham, where twenty-two of its
victims died in a day.
A newly-wed pair at a hotel tabla
asked for “lettuce just so and no
seasoning”—just let us alone.
‘ Os all sweet words of tongue and
pen,” says an up-to-date citizen,
“the sweetest are ‘received pay
ment’ ”
If you are interested in the wel
fare of Floyd county attend the
mass meeting to be held in the City
Court room at 11 o’clock this morn
ing.
Nature delights in extremes and
inscrutability. She laid the found
ation of Venice under the tides that
shall never ebb, and then put Cork
where it can never sink.
If the light doesn’t fail, there will
be a fall of temperature during to
day and a co’d day tomorrow. Os
course, these observations are not
restricted to the imnediate locality
Scientists predict that in a cen
tury there will be no disease incura
ble. To effect a permanent cure for
that tired feeling they will have to
begin by killing off two or three
people we know.
A darkey in Savannah is search
ing for a forty acre farm he says he
owns but cannot find. Just after
the war there were hundreds of thou
sands like him, and they were hunt
ing for the mule, too.
Col. A. K. McClure informs the
readers of McClure’s Magazine that
in the earl)’ part of the civil war Mr.
Lincoln was commander in chief of
the army not in name only, but in
fact, and personally planned and di
rected movements and campaigns.
Mr. Lincoln’s friends, suggests Edi
tor Pleasant Stovall, should Leep
this fact hidden.
The Republicans have thus far
added nine United States Senators
to their string, with some ten others
assured before the first of March.
These do not all of them supplan
Democrats and Populists, but ma ly
do, and a few succeed themselvei.
Nevertheless, in the next S< nate the
r gular Republicans will have a go< d 1
woiking majority over Democrats,'
Populists and all factions of silver
ites combined. That’s the way it
reads to the man up a tree.
ATTEND THE MASS MEETING!
Tuis morning at 11 o’clock there
will be a mass meeting of citizens in
iffe City Court room for the purpose
of perfecting an association whose
< bject shall be the building up of
Floyd county.
Our citizens have gone at this
work with most commendable ener
gy and enthusiasm. Greater inter
est has been taken in this mo ement
by the people generally than in any
other of the kind in years, and it is
urgent that today’s meeting be no’,
lacking in attendance or enthusiasm.
No man is too pqer to show his in
Great and desire to aid by being
present. Banktrs, merchants, farm
ers, mechanics, professional men
and laborers should all attend.
Let today’s meeting evidence the
fact that this is no passing wave of
enthusiasm, but a geauine determin
ation to assist our county by letting
its superior advantages be known to
the world.
LEE.
This date commemorates with a
touching and beautiful absence of
ostentation the birth of an Amei ican
scholar, gentleman and so'dier whose
character and achievements belong
to the glory of all manhood and to
the grandeur of all history. It is
a blessed privilege, at this budding
period of a year already pregnant
with the cea eless distractions con
sequent upon the common struggle
for human existence, to have steal
within our torn and troubled spirits
the solacing consciousness that while
the world stands mute at the memo
ry of true heroism and nubility the
warfare of life shall be worthy the
strength and valor of men. It is
a blessed truth, too, that whether an
American have been cradled within
the granite valleys of New England,
upon the palisades of the North, on
the plains of the West, or under the
saffron benizon of these beaming
skies, he may today, anywhere in this
wondrous land, anywhere on this
whirling globe, pause with unques
tioned pride and homage at the
tomb of Lee!
Tne cold marble of time, thrilling
with the graven adjectives of eulo
gium and leaping to the zenith that
the planets might translate to them
selves the lore of human greatness,
may topple a n d crumble and vanish,
but while “the waters cover not the
earth” the name and fame of Lee
will traverse and illumine tradition
and history.
ATLANTA’S LEXOW WORK.
We are inclined to look with a
good deal of suspicion on the testi
mony against the Atlanta detectives.
It was given, in large part, by self
confessed crooks, hobos and thieves.
The testimony, besides, is rather
vague and indefinite. That Looney
often called at the National hotel
bar, and drank and hobnobbed with
the crooks, does not necessarily con
demn him, and might simply’ have
been a method for keeping up with
the doings of the gang. It is the
part of every shrewd and successful
detective to have pul's with tough
characters for the purpose of secur
ing information. From the fact that
the gang of hobos that frequented
the old National hotel was practi
cally broken up, and that the gamb
ling and robbery greatly decreased
if not altogether stopped, we infer
ihit the detectives were not asleep.
At this distance the entire inves
ligation in Atlanta seems to b.s the
result of personal feeling, which has
been egged along into a boosted-up
sensati nby the newspapers. We
do not know the present efficiency
of the detective so ce, but as yet ive
cannot see where lies the basis for
any great sensation concerning its
alleged rottenness. It looks as if
Atlanta simply had to get in some
Lexow work, and couldn’t afford to
miss this opportunity brought about
by personal bad feeling among offic
ials.
Possibly, after having experienced
three terrific and fatal explosions of
powder which was stored in mer
chant sales buildings in the heart of
the town, the authorities and citi
zens of Butte, Montana, will remove
what may remain among them of
this g ntle destructive into safer and
cooler quarters.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19. 1595.
. MOUNTAIN RAMBLES.
Disgusted.
“ Say, fellers, I’m disgusted,
•last soberin’ up and busted.
For I spent my money too fr e.
For I got so drank
Till I smelt like a skunk
And the dogs woudu’e bark at me !
“ I’d ike to cross the ic ’an.
Anything to keep in motion
Or I think 1 could sliinb a tree,
For I feel so mad
And I look so bad
That the d>gs wouldn't bark at me!
"No. thanks don’t trel like smok n’,
I tell you I'm not j •kin',
I’m asufferin’, can’t you see?
And I need a drink—
Gosh! just to think
That the dogs w< uldn’t bark at me !
* JewhlUkins and Moses I
Ry the bo-a of big red notes,
I’m as mean as mean kin be,
But I’ll be cussed
If that am t the wust
When the dogs wouldn't bark at me!"’
Montoomfby M. Folsom.
There is a battle ground in North
Georgia which has been overlooked by
the historians.' ~
That is the battle ground of La-
Fayette, tbe picturesquely located
county site of Walker. General Watkins
tbe federal commander, bad captured
LaFayette and bad occupied tbe place
so long after Cbicamauga. that be and
bis command bad grown careless on ac
ccount of tbeir security.
The soldiers were quartered in the
jail and the court bouse, the only brick
buildings in the town, and everybody
went to bed quietly one night in Juue,
not dreaming that a battle was immi
nent.
Gatewood, the famous scout, had
piloted General Pillow’s detacbmint
of Forrest’s cavalry through tbe gap be
tween the mountain ranges, and at
dawn the slope of Pigeon mountain sud
denly becaame alive with mounted men
who came dashing down the valley.
Unfortunately General Pillow halted
and sent a demand to General Watkins
to surrender, but (he latter instead of
doing so hastily ordered the drums beat
to arms and his troops gathered in tbe
jail and court house just as tbe shock
came.
The fight was a hot and bloody one,
and seven men were cut down in the
court house square. The clash of sabers
and the rattle of musketry awakened
tbe startled inhabitants from their
dreams.
In what is now tbe Foster bouse a
desperate hand to band figi.t took place,
but the federal soldiers escaped through
the back door.
Gatewood and his wild scouts charged
with their accustomed impetuosity,
and the valley resounded with tbe din
of battle while the surrounding moon
tains resounded with the awful clamir.
But the federal garrison was obstinate
and fought for hours with reckless
valor.
After several hours of hard fighting.
Pillow sounded a retreat and with his
command rodeback down the valley to
rejoin the main command while a por
tion of them retired across Chicamauga
creek, carrying with them a number of
prisoners.
One of the troopers of the latter por
tion was private John Smith, now living
near Summerville, and he tells a thrill
ing story of the fight.
The prisoners were sent south toward
Andersonville and the squadron, after
making a circuitous detour, regained
the main command. Mr. Smith still has
one of the sabers captured at the battle
of LaFayette. He served through both
the Mexican and the Civil war, and is
still in good health and a fine specimen
of physical manhood after all his vicisi
tndes.
As I looked at the numerous bullet
marks in the old buildings in LaFay
ettte, I tried to conjure up the wild
scene enacted on that summer morning
more than thirty years ago. the memo
lies of which are almost entirely
effaced.
Had General Pillow acted with the
necessary promptitude he might have
easily surprised and captured the garri
son without firing a gun.
Alas! for the mistakes of military
commanders. His hesitation was fatal
and a bloody battle was sou ght without
any profitable results, costing many val
uable lives on that beautiful June morn
ing.
Shortage la Texas Cattle.
Fort Worth, Jan. 18.—Captain Fant,
one of the great cattle raisers of south
west Texas, says there is a marked
shortage in Texas cattle in hie part ot
the state. The fall rains have put the
ranges in excellent condition and there
is more grass than stock to eat it.
Shipments of feeders to southern cities
where there are cottonseed oil mills,
the loss from the drouth ot 1893, ana
the drives to save something from the
bare and baked ranches have almost
depleted the ranges of cattle, and breed
ers are now holding their stock. He
says the shipments of south Texas will
be smaller than in years.
A Preacher Sued for Slander.
Kansas City, Jan. 18. Theodore
Stegner, of this city, president of the
Stegner Investment company, has
brought suit against the Rev. B. H.
Leesman for $50,000 damages for defa
mation of character. Mr. Leesman is
pastor of the Lutheran church of Boon
ville. Stegner charges that the damage
was done by a letter which Leesman
wrote to E. C. Milbury, of New York,
in which Leesman stated that Stegner’s
business principles were based on false
pretenses and that deception and fraud
were practiced by him. >
, CBILLINE'&S,
when other people feel warm
enough, is a sign of bilious
ness, or of malarial poisons
—so is a furred or coated
tongue, loss of appetite,
headaches or giddiness, and
a dull, drowsy, debilitated
feeling. It’s your liver that’s
at fault.. You want to stim-
I ulate it and invigorate it
1 with Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant
| Pellets. With every trouble
of the kind, these tiny little
things act like a miracle.
You ean break up sudden
4 y
attacks of Colds, Fevers, and Inflamma
tions, with them. They’ll give you a per
manent cure for Indigestion, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, and Dizzi
ness. They’re the smallest, the pleasantest
to take, and the most thoroughly natural
remedy. __________
You ought to be warned against the mal
treatment of Catarrh in the Head, with poi
sonous, irritating nostrums. They can’t
cure it. They simply remove it—drive it
to the throat and lungs. For a thorough
and complete cure of Catarrh, take Dr.
Sage’s Catarrh Remedy.’
WANT COLUMN
Advertisements Under This Head
ing One Cent a Word Each Inser
tion. None Taken for Less
Than 15 Cents.
HELP WANTED.
WAN ED—I wirh to contract wl’hr. liable
p itit » run dairy and truck farm. L. Lytle.
1 isl tt
NEWSPAPER h EPORI ERS WANTED— We
are informed that tbe Modern Press Associa
tion wants one or two newspaper correspondents
in tbia county. The work is light and can be
performed by either lady or gentleman. Pre
vious experience is not necissary, and some of
ouryiinie n en and won en and even old men
would do well to secure such a position, as we
undent) nr it takes only about one-’ourtb of
your time. For inrther particulars address
Modern Frees Association, Chicago, 111.
DETECTIVES NEEDED HE RE.-Superin
tendent Chav. Ainge. I tbe National Detective
Bur. au. Indianapolis, Ind , announces that two
or three capable and trustworthy nen are
needed in tnl- conntv to act- as private detec
tives under hie instructions. Experience in the
wt’t- G not necessary to success. He edits a
large criminal paper and will rend it with lull
particulars, wh ch will explain bow you may
enter tbe profession by addressing him at In
dianapolis, Ind.
BOARLERS WANTED.
Good Board with room at $3 00 per week.
W.lPamo’ Beat.urant and Boarding House, op
posite new court house.
LOSf? FOUND, REWARDS.
LOST—Tao keve. Finder will be rewarded
b le i ring a< Tribune office.
1,0-« T—Between residence of H. D. Hill end
Filth v-nue bridge a small gold watch. F.naer
please .eave at Tribune office.
I OST On Broad street or Fit th a v-nue. one
gentleman’s new kid glove. I inder will please
leave at Tr.buna office. it
LOST—In tbe New Court House,a Gold Hunt
ing Case Watch, works loose in cse Liberal
reward will be paid tor its return to Sheriff.
no. 30-ts
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To LET—Two nicely furnished rooms in good
family and convenient to business, with hot
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~_ FOR SALE.
Mnateell 8 wing Machine, Gun and Watch.
P ice to salt purchaser. W. J. WEST & CO.
MISCELLANEOUS.
CUT FLOWERS AT CUT PRlCES—Wedding
parties .nd funerals supplied on sh rt not ce.
Georgia Rosebouses, Atlanta, Ga., Geo. Fin
man, Proprietor.
New crop Er gliah Walnuts. Pecans, Almonds,
Brazil Nuts, Hazel Nurs and Fine Italian Chest
nuts. A U kinds of fruits G Rentz.
WANTED-To trade $6,000 or $8 OtiO worth of
city propertv for a good farm. L Lytle. ts
Headquarters for fine California Fruits, Pears,
Grapes, Oranges, Bananas, apples. C’ocoar.uts,
• iga and Dates. Go to G. Rentz, 303 Broad Sc.
WANTED—Ivery water consumer to have
tbeir water pi,>es r» paired and arranged bo they
ean be drab «•’ dry to prevent Ferz’ng. Let us
fix them for you right, and save you trouble
and expense in cold weather. W. R. Campbell &
’’o., The L-ading Plumbers, No. 8 Third avenue,
next d-'-ir to Portoffice. nov 18 t£
WANTED—A position as clerk c Hector or
any other place where I can make a living to
support my family I am well known to tbe
merchants and citizens of Kon e, and what I
make is spent here in Rome, and not sent to At
lanta or Chattanooga. Any person wanting my
services can have them for a small salary until
they try me. J. E. Mullen.
IF YOU WANT
YOUR WATCH
REPAIRED THE BEST
CARRY IT TO
JOE VEAL’S.
KAY & BRO,
DEALERS in
Fine liquors, Wines, Beer, Etc.
Nos. 310 and 22C Broad St., Rome, Ga
The reputation of this flrm is well known.
They handle nothing bnt the beat brands of
Whiskies, Brandies, Wines, Beers, and
Cigars and Tobaccos.
You can depend on what you get fr m u«
Orders by mail or wire promptly attended to.
Our bar at No. 310 Is pre ided over bv Mr J.
W. Guice, and our bar at 226 Broad Street, by
Mr. Z T. Bvare, who will always be glad to s e
their friends and ours
KAY & BROTHER,
Nos 310 and 226 Bro id Street, Rome. Georgia.
1 18-lmo
Citation-Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA. Floyd County.
T.> All Whim It Mav Concern: C. W. Under
wood, administrator of the estate ot Jesse P.
Ayer, decea ed, has In due so m applied to the
undersigned for leave t> sell the lauds belonging
to the estate of said deceased, and said applies
tion will be heard on the first Monday in Feb
ruary next. This 7th day of January, 1895.
JOHN P. DAVIS, Ordinary.
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