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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
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BOME, GEORGIA. JUNE 12, 189|J.
In the political game of whist when
in doubt keep cool.
The note of improvement is being
heard all about the city.
Two heads are better than one in
the manufacture of barrels.
The bankers and breakers are hav
ing a high old time at Cumberland.
The people are expecting every day
to hear that Trip has bit the army.
North Georgia is accumulating a lot
of collateral in anticipation of the
cash that is to come.
It takes a mean and vindictive spir
it to distort a kindness into an at
tempt to injure.
It was pretty hard on the ocean to
have to undertake the task of giving
all those Tennessee editors a real good
bath at one time.
The retirement of Senator Gordon
from the political arena will remove
one of the most prominent figures of
the south from public life.
Let us not be disturbed by false
alarms. If we all do our duty and
view things in a cool and conserva
tive manner,’ all will be well.
The Tribune has but one line of
policy, the upbuilding of the town and
Community and all public spirited
people appreciate the fact and en
dorse the course of the Tribune.
The lecture tomorrow evening by
Mr. Caldwell should be largely at
tended. He is a gentleman of splen
did scholarly attainments and those
who attend will enjoy a rare treat.
The spirit of Americanism is too
strong in the hearts of the citizens of
the republic to permit of any serious
disaster to our institutions. There
fore let the calamity howlers subside.
However any one may differ from
the political position of that paper
the Americus Times-Recorder stands
out in bold relief as one of the most
fearless and scholarly edited papers in
Georgia.
The Milledgeville incident is still
being discussed by a few belated con
temporaries, but soon it will be con
signed to the archives of oblivion
along with the battle of Waterloo and
the Waycross war.
The reappointment of Capt. W. H.
Steele on the board of education of
Rome reflects credit on the council
and the city generally. It was a de
served recognition of a gentleman
who would adorn any position, social
or officially.
The Hill City Cadets and the Rome
Light Guards will represent Rome at
the encampment. Each company is
composed of the flower of Roman
chivalry and they are exceeded by no
two compadles in the state in point
of appearance.
The Macon News deprecates the
pardoning of Glenn McCord, the At
lanta perjurer on the score that the
penalty was excessive. The News is
just in its view of the case. The crime
was equally as dastardly as if the per
jurer had been accessary to the mur
der.
FORCIBLE FIGURES.
The Manufacturers Record in or
der to present to the world the re
markable increase in the number of
cotton mills being built in the south
has issued a special cotton mill edi
tion, in which the situation is treated
by noted textile and other experts.
Statistics are given showing the num
ber of mills under construction in the
principal manufacturing districts,
while all the various features favora
ble to the industry in the south are
reviewed.-
These statistics show that in 1880 all
the cotton mills in the south had 667,-
000 spindles. By 1800 the number of
spindles had increased to 1,700,000 and
on the 31st of December, 1894, there
were over 3,000,000 spindles in the
south and factories in course of con
struction which will add 500,000 to
this number. It is thus shown that
even since 1890 the capacity of the
south for the manufacture of cotton
has donbled.
The advantages of the south, as
compared with those of New England
are pointed out in the following forci
way:
A Contrast.
The South New England
has Imports
Cotton Its
Coal, Cotton
Iron, Iron,
Timber, Coal,
Agricultural Lumber,
Capabilities and Agricultural
without limit, and Products,
an Unequaled and has has a se-
Climate vere climate, add
as nature’s founda- ing to the cost of
tion on which to living. The foun
build the greatest dation for its in
industrial inter- dustrial interests
ests of the world, is purely artificial.
The conclusion reached by the Rec
ord is expressed as follows:
“The world has 85,000,000 cotton
spindles, one-half of which are in
Great Britain alone. This country has
about 16,000,000 and the south has
nearly one-fifth of these or 3,000,000.
And yet the south raises over 60 per
cent of the world’s total cotton sup
ply. The field for an increase in
southern cotton mills is unlimited. It
would take an investment of over sl,-
000,000 to build mills enough to con
sume the entire cotton crop of the
south, and when manufactured this
cotton would command for the south
over $1,000,000 a year instead of sell
ing for about $350,000,000 as it does
now in its raw state.
REDUCED WAGES.
The Augusta Chronicle prints the
following powerful appeal for high
er wages:
“To earn 35 cents,” says a wo
man of the sweatshop, “I have
to begin at five in the morning
and work till midnight.” To which
the judge ads, “There never was black
slavery as bad as this white slavery.
It'ie wicked enough to make a curse.”
The country is assured by Secretary
Carlisle that wages were never so high
in the United States as at present. In
the south men and women are work
ing on the plantations for starvation
wages. The planters are doing the
best they can but on both sides it is a
struggle for bread.
“Never in the history of the coun
try were wages as low as they are now
in the south. Five dollars a month
and rations for able bodied farm
hands does not sustain the assertion
that wa,ges are now ruling at high
water mark.
The truth is the rich know nothing
of the hard times among the laboring
people. We are ashamed to confess
it but the truth must be told. This
Government is more in the control of
the plutocracy than any other gov
ernment’on earth. It exists for the
benefit of the classes and the poor
have no rights which the rich are
obliged to respect.
“The income tax decision shows the
influence of wealth. The county must
continue to be supported by taxing
the necessaries of life. We do not be
lieve that the people will continue to
submit to this gross robbery of the
many for the benefit of the few.
“With starvation for the producer
and laborer and the burden of taxa
tion on cotton, the country is on the
road to a revolution in public senti
ment that will not stop until all the
wrongs from which the people suffer
are righted.
“Oh! that men would cease to wor
ship the almighty dollar, and do jus
tice for justice sake. Talk of the cheap
labor of China and India, there is no
labor so cheap as that at our own
doors.”
Up in Connecticut there has been
organized a circle of Catholic young
ladies who are pledged to marry only
total abstainers. They are on the
right line. Better to remain single
for life than be cursed for life with a
drunken husband.
John Smith has disappeared from
Atlanta. It is strange that one of
such an unusual name should disap
pear so completely.
Rome is enjoying a season of festiv
ities that is indicative of a gratifying
condition of prosperity.
TELE ROME TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 12. 1895.
MOUNTAIN RAMBLES.
Work!
Work, work work!
No time to shun or shirk,
For heavy heart and aching brain
And toil-worn feet the drear refrain;
Gray vistas of the cheerless years
With fruitless efforts, hopeless tears
Through shadows wan and murk
Woik, work, work I
Work, work, work!
Like thrust of deadly dirk
The thought of slavish monotone,
The burdens one must bear alone;
No matter if the blossoms bloom
No time to quaff their rich perfume,
Where stern task-masters lurk
Work, work, work 1
Work, work, work!
The fatalistic Turk,
In indolence may sit and dream
On some ideal future theme;
For me ths real looms avast.
If fancy wander, strong and fast
Brought up with sudden jerk,
Work, work, work!
Work, work, work!
The blithe and bosky birk
Flings far aloft its budding leaves
Where pleasure-loving spider weaves
His silken web. For me the same
Old labor under seme new name
Where fairest fancies lurk,
Work, work, work!
—Montgomery M. Folsom.
Some Ancient History.
Mr. D. J. Hull is one of those grace
ful writers whose words appeal to the
sentiments of the soul. We have al
ready published a portion of his grace
ful letter to the Renneslaer N. Y., Cou
rier. Here is the remainder of it, re
ferring to the ancient history of Rome:
Way back in the early history of the
country, or rather when the country
had no history, save an unwritten tra
dition, the Cherokees numbering at one
time 27.000, and constituting one of
the most powerful nations of the south,
were the undisputed possessors of all the
territories for miles around.
■‘Round about the Indian village
Spread the meadows and the cornfields;
And beyond them stood vhe forest,
Stood the singing groves of pine trees. ”
Such was the birthright of the Chero
kee nation, and the “Indian village
where proud Rome now enjoys her pres
tige, there was the Red man’s home.
Some time during the early half of the
present century the government de
cided to remove this tribe to the Indian
Territory. The difficult mission was in
trusted to Gen. Scott; with 2000 soldiers
he corralled the tribe in western cow
boy fashion.
The proud and independent spirit of
the Indian rebelled and made a break
for liberty. Some 2,500 warriors es
caped to the mountains and found a
camping ground in North Carolina.
The descendants of this remnant have
gradually become farmers and tribal re
lations are nearly extinct. Gen. Scott
succeeded in getting the balance west
of the Mississippi, but those escaping
were never reclaimed.
During the loth] century a Spanish
captain, explorer and adventurer, who
had fought with Pizarro in the conquest
of Peru, landed in Florida in pursuit of
untold wealth and ‘‘the fountain of
youth,,’ “which he thought could be
found in this new land. With his 600
men he marched into what is now Geor
gia and tradition says encamped across
the Oostanaula, and that part of town
was called De Soto in his honor.
Failing in his search he went to Mo
bile, thence west to the Mississippi,
which he discovered. Here death over
took him, and his remains was con
signed to the Father of Waters. While
there was no battle fought here during
the late war, one wing of Sherman’s
army passed through here and there are
numerous long rifle pits still to be seen
extending over the timbered hills.
On “Memorial Day” I joined in the
procession and marched to the ceme
tery, where every soldier’s grave was
decorated and an address eulogizing the
southern soldiers for’their bravery and
praising the mothers, wives, sisters and
sweethearts for their devotion to the
’‘lost cause. ” It was to lis
ten to, because there was nothing to
grate upon the northern ear.
Such letters as these do good. It
is a pity but there was more such
communications as that disseminated
rather than the indescribable rok that
permeates the press in these latter days.
It attracts people to our beautiful land
and awakens an interest; that] is for
good. It is a delight to The Tribune to
reproduce such sketches as that.
M. M. F.
To Ansunici Leadership.
New York. June 11.—A special to
The Herald from Panama says Pro
visional President Alfaro, of Ecuador,
wires from Leon, Nicaragua, that he
sails at once to assume the leadership
of the insurgent government set up in
Guayaquil until the president, now in
Quito, capitulates, which is expected
soon after Alfaro s arrival. He will
probably land at Guayaquil on June 16.
Condition of Washington's Sick.
Washington, June 11.—Representa
tive Hitt was able to sit up for a short
time during the day and the improve
ment in his condition has continued.
Miss Dodge rested comparatively well
during the night and her condition is
about the same.
mi
think**
Because we are advertis
ing and selling the best
110 suits in Rome that
we haven’t anything
cheaper. Our line of $5
suits will surprise you.
They look and wear like
the kind you formerly
paid $lO for.
Ask Io See
our $5 suits We now
have a large line of
Alpaca and Serge coats
and vests, so if you want
to keep cool we are pre
pared to help you for
less money than ever be
fore. We also have a
line of hot weather coats
for the office, store or
home. Looks well, costs
only a trifle, and you
feel as comfortable as if
you had no coat on.
Come in and see us—
we’ll save ycu money.
M. R. Emmons & Go.
Railroad Commission of Georgia
L. N. Trammell, Chairman,)
Alls Fort, V Commissioners.
G. Gunby Jordan, )
A. O. Bbiscob, Secretary.
Atlanta, Ga., June 5, 1895.
CIRCULAR NO. 247.
Passenger Tariff of the Middle Georgia and
Atlantic Railway.
On »nd after the fifteenth day <f June,
eighteen hundred and ninety five, the Middle
Georgia and Atlantic Railway will be placed in
Class B of Commissioners’ Standard Passenger
Tariff. (Four cents per mile).
By order of the Board.
A. C. BRISCOE, L.N.TRAMMELL,
Secretary. Chairman.
NAVAL CADETS.
A Whole Batch Pass Successful Extuniiifr
tions and Enter the Academy.
Washington, June 11.—The follow
ing named naval cadets have passed
successful examinations and have been
admitted to the naval academy:
E. P. Helm and J. J. Becker, Ken
tucky; R. E. Pope, Nebraska; Oscar
Schmidt, Indiana; A. B. Watson, at
large; S. B. Thomas, at large; J. P.
Taussig, at large; H. E. Lackey, at
large; E. O. Cresap, Florida; R. D.
White, Missouri; J. W. Greenslade,
Ohio; T. J. Morris, Ohio;L. E. Wright,
Tennessee; C. T. Maguire, Missouri; C.
S. Ferguson, North Carolina; H. C.
Cook. Vn-ginia: H. H. Royal, Alabama;
A S. West, Georgia.
The following cadets have been ap
pointed to the academy subject to ex
amination Sep. 2 next: R. R. Rhey,
Morganfield, Ky., J. A. Cunningham,
alternate; E. P. Sharz, San Antonio,
Tex.; C. L. Milburn, alternate; Edward
Gottleib, Tenth Missouri district; J. H.
Tomb, Tenth Missouri district; J. B.
Gravely, Fifth Virginia district, and
H. A. Wiseman, alternate.
BEFORE MILLER,
Th® Commluloner of Internal Revenue
Investigating Train in* Il's Case.
Washington, June 11. —Commission-
er of Internal Revenue Miller had be
fore him for purposes of investigation
Collector of Internal Revenue Tram
mell, of the Atlanta, Ga., district, and
Revenue Agent Chapman. These two
officials are at loggerheads over two re
movals made by Collector Trammell.
The latter called for the resignation
of Deputy Collector Hetherington, who
worked up the Georgia White Cap
cases, and a Miss McNutt, a olerk n
the office. Chapman, who Is a Repub
lican, and who has been in the serv’ce
many years, protested against Tram
mell's action to Commissioner Miller
and forthwith both came here to be
heard in person.
Trammell, it is understood, claims
that Chapman is embarrassing him
creating friction in the office, and he
asks for his removal or transfer.
Austro-Hungarian squadron Arrives.
Kiel, June 11.—The Austro-Hunga
rian squadron, consisting of four cruis
ers, commanded by the Arohduke
Charles Stephen, who is to take part in
the ceremonies planned to celebrate the
opening of the Baltic and North sea
canal, has just entered the roadetei 1.
It was greeted with salutes and cheers.
ZDo "5270xr Have
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A trial will convince anyone of the genuineness of
our claims for our Headache Powders. Don’t suffer with
headache when it is so easy to get relief.
NUNNALLY’S CANDIES!
Always Fresh. 60 cents per pound.
THOS. FAHWS
THE PLACE TO GET BEST VALUES FOR LEAST MONET
Special offerings in our big removal sale. Silk®, Laces, Embroides an
Dress Goods, Ribbons, etc. All sold at bargains.
Very remarkable offers. Many new designs. China, Taffettas and
stylish Plaids, suitable for waists. Elegant, new, and the very latest
styles and effects.
Dress Goods,
The best of the season. They tell the story of improved and im
droving store-keeping better than any goods _we have. There are hun
preds of other things just as notable. *
Organdies
Plain and figured, 32 inch, colored. Prices were never so cheap as
now. Many houses would tax you much more than we would think of
offering these goods. The prettiest line ever brought to Rome.
’TOT’lyite Groods
This is to be a pure white season. The woman in white will be
the smartest dressed woman of the summer. Our beautiful line of new
dress suitings are just in, and how pretty they show up.
Drees Linings.
Sell her a dress and she’ll buy the lining regardless of price. No,,
we don’t do business that way. Dimes and dollars saved on linings are
as good as saved on silks. Everything in linings is found at Fahy’s.
Genuine haircloth—a superior article; grass cloth, all linen; full line of
genuine fibre chamois—the latest lining.
CtiecKed Mainsoctk.
Big drive. You can be sure of getting your money’s value here.
The price is only 5c per yard. What think you?
French. Percales
Another big shipment just received. This will be the greatest pe r
cale season known. Big drives all over the country. ~
Underwear
Ladies’ Undervests, in summer weights. Lisle thread Swiss ribbed
vest, with silk ribbon and crochet work at neck and arms; Merino vests,
just the right weight for rummer wear.
Hosiery
Ladies', Children’s and Misses’ Hosiery, in silk, lisle and cotton.
Big lot of famous Onyx Hose, warranted stainless. Extra quality of
gents’ half hose, both in very cheap and high priced goods. Prices
always to suit.
BIG CLEARANCE SALE.
In order to keep from having so many goods to move we will offer,
until our new building is completed, bsrgains in everything in our stock.
We expect to meve into our new building about August 15th. Don’t for
get the place, five doors below where we are now located. You will regret
it the balance of your days it you don’t make an inspection of our stock
before we move to our new st re. Nothing outside of a personal visit can
bear out to the fullest degree the truth of this statement,.
THOS. FAHY