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ESTABLISHED 1887.
Abound * Tytle's* Spring.
A CHARMING PLACE
Woodland Bowers and Never Failing
Streams.
THE PLACE FOR A DAIRY FARM
Lands at Low Prices to Progres
sive People.
TINE FOR MARKET GARDENING
The Cream of South Rome Beal Estate Lies
Within the Boundries of That
Desirable Property
Keep your eye on South Rome.
The beauties of the Fifth ward coun
try have gone ahead.
Crossing the substantial river bridge
accross the placid Etowah, and follow
ing Main street out through the
swelling hills and fertile valleys, one
meets with many pleasant surprises
between there and Lytle Spring, the
•lovely pleasure ground where the
young people and happy children
most do congregate.
There is no finer spot for a picnic
ground and pleasure resort than this
•cold spring whose crystal waters of
purest freestone well up at the foot of
a swelling hill, forming a little rivulet
that goes tinkling down the valley to
unite its waters with those of Silver
•creek.
A neat little station house, a re
freshment stand and pavilion for
■shelteringpleasure parties, with rustic
seats under the shade of fine old trees
and swings for the little ones have
been placed by Capt. L. Lytle, whose
heart beats in true sympathy with all
that is conducive to the enjoyment of
the young.
It is an ideal pleasure resort, the
lordly eminence clothed in native for
est trees, with all the underbrush re
moved, commanding one of the most
superb views to be found around
Rome. Roadways for drives have
been constructod, and the place is
fiusceptible of the highest improve
ment and might be made a perfect
paradise of beauty.
The City Electric Railway line’s
present southern terminus is at the
spring, and across the way is the
lovely old suburban home of Captain
Lytle, with its green lawn filled with
fragrant flowers and choice shrub
bery.
PICTURESQUE SURROUNDINGS.
Captain Lytle owns about two hur
dred broad acres there, amid the most
picturesque surroundings, charm,
ingly diversified by undulating hills,
fertile valleys, sunny meadows and
sparkling streams.
The land lies in lots No. 284 and No,
317, seventy-five acres of which lie
within the incorporate limits of the
city and one hundred and twenty-five
in the beautiful and prosperous
suburbs adjoining the city. It in
cludes the entire hill above the
spring, nearly all of the beautiful
knoll near Loeb’s mills, the old Cohen
mill property and a large portion of
the commanding eminence o. the
farther side of which is the Hebrew
cemetery. There are about a hundred
acres in cultivation, thirty-five acres
of which produced forty seven and a
half bushels of corn to the acre last
year. It is about all stocked with
orchard grass, blue grass and clover,
all of which thrive luxuriantly on
these rich valley lands and furnish
pasturage for the herd of choice cattle
which he keeps for dairy purposes.
There are six or seven beautiful per
ennial springs on the place that fur
nish a never failing supply of pure
mountain water all the year round,
and every field on the place is
watered, the different streams form
ing the division lines between them.
Those portions of the estate that
have not been cleared for cultivation
preserve the handsome contour of
nature, which has done so much for
this splendidly favored section of
country, and are still clothed in the
•original forests that have stood the
storms of centuries.
Silver creek, the loveliest stream in
Floyd county, traverses the estate,
with its shining current rippling
forever over its pebbly bed, never
failing in summer heat or winter cold,
and adding its beauty to the loveli
ness of the scenery. It is a veritable
land of enchantment, where nature in
her most generous mood has showered
her blessings with a lavish hand, and
where peace, plenty and prosperity
reign supreme in the hearts of the
.progressive inhabitants.
A UTILITARIAN VIEW.
From a utilitarian standpoint the
Lytle property is unsurpassed in
points of interest to the prospector
and home seeker.
To begin with, it is intersected with
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
two broad macadamized roads, form
ing beautiful drives extending from
the city to the county line, and fur
nishing the easiest access to the city
by the settlers of this part of the
county.
Then there is the Electric Street
Railway line, which will soon be ex
tended out to Silver creek to accom
modate the increasing population of
that quarter of the city.
Then there are the two railway lines,
the Southern and the Chattanooga,
Rome and Columbus, furnishing
ample facilities for transportation and
sidetrack privileges for manufactur
ers.
The property lies about midway be
tween the city and the new cotton
factory site, forming a connecting
link that will soon bring the two
together and result in a continuously
populous town, extending all the way
along the valley of Silver creek.
On the property are some of the
finest sites for manufacturing enter
prises to be found in North Georgia.
They are elevated, adjacent to an un
limited water supply and ample facili
ties for transportation, and in a few
years the smoke from the tall chim
neys of many manufactories will float
above the peaceful valleys and the
hum of busy machinery wiil be borne
on the mountain breezes that sweep
thislovely land.
The rolling hills are most especially
adapted to grape and peach growing,
and the day will soon come when these
new industries will cause the land
now lying barren and unfruitful to
blossom like the rose. The rich val
leys look as if they were intendad by
nature for the growingof strawberries
and small fruits, and the future gar
dens and truck farms of Rome are des
tined to be located right there. Their
fertility, exposure to the genial rays
of the southern sun, watered by living
springs, make these lands the ideal
localities for such paying industries
that are rapidly springing up around
the city and suburbs.
STEADY IMPROVEMENT.
That section is undergoing a com
plete transformation and there is a
steady improvement observable on
every hand. Cosy cottages and com
fortable suburban residences are going
up, and there is an air of progress and
property in everything. It is the
coming section of the city. The resi
dence as well as the manufacturing
portion of Rome is tending that way,
and the population is increasing rap
idly.
Among the titber natural resources
of the property is a valuable quarry
of that purple slate rock that has been
used so extensively and has proved to
be the very best material for macada
mizing in road making that is to be
found in the county.
Captain Lytle has laid out a portion
of the property, nearest the city, into
beautiful building lots, about seventy
five of which are seventy-five feet
front and one hundred and fifty deep,
fronting on ample streets and inter
sected by Main street, that runs right
through the heart of the property.
There are other larger lots that are
of the most desirable character for
residences.
There are parties now looking over
this beautiful property with an eye to
securing sites for manufacturing es
tablishments, which will be located
later on.
There is land enough there to sup
port a large population, and Capt.
Lytle is willing to dispose of a portion
of the property at very reasonable
figures to locate manufacturing estab
lishments and thus encourage the
growth of the city. He thoroughly
appreciates the vast advantages to be
derived from the advent of such en
terprises, and how much they mean
to the future of the Hill City.
Right along the line of the creek,
where there are already several such
enterprises located, there is room for
half a dozen more, and although Cap
tain Lytle virtually holds the key to
the situation, he is doing all in his
power to foster such things and to up
build the city by offering this valua
ble property at terms so reasonable
as to impress the purchaser with his
liberality, generosity and public spir
itedness and progressive ideas.
ITS PROSPEROUS FUTURE.
Within easy reach of the city, gar
deners will find in the rich valleys and
sunny slopes, ample room for the
building up of such small industries
as add so much to the prosperity of
the future city.
Then a handsome income awaits
the industrious man who plants an
orchard or-vineyard on those hills that
are so beautifully adapted to that
branch of industry, as has been
clearly demonstrated by many others
who have won success in localities
that fell far short of this in natural
advantages. There is no excuse for
idleness or indigence.when such in
ducements of large and generous re
turns await those who are willing to
turn their attention to such agreeable
and remunerative occupations. A
man with a small capital can go out
there, and by industry and economy,
and the practice of intelligent effort
and proper methods of husbandry can
soon posses a home where he may live
in peace and contentment under his
own vine and fig tree with none to
molest or make him afraid.
It is such industries as these that
tend to build up a town or section and
that attract a good, agreeable, whole
some and law-abiding population.
There is every reason in the world
why that should be one of the most
pleasant places of residence, as well
as one of the most profitable, to be
found any where in North Georgia.
The eyes of the world are .upon
TRADE EDITION—ROME. GA.. DECEMBER, >1895.
Rome and her attractive surround
ings, and men from afar are quietly
looking over thelground, with a view
to selecting their locations before the
great rush comes.
There never was and never will be
again a time when such opportunities
and such inducements are offered to
the home-seeker.
Those who take advantage of them
will rejoice in their' foresight in days
to come when these valuable locations
that can be had on such reasonable
terms now, will be priceless and al
most unobtainable around Rome.
A NEW ORDER OF THINGS.
The influx of new blood and business
methods in and around Rome is going
to bring about a new order of things.
New industries will be inaugurated,
new systems devised and a new popu
lation will spring up with entirely
new methods of living.
The location of that one big factory
will bring in at one swoop an increase
of population of fifteen hundred or
two thousand souls. These people
must be fed, and the food must be
produced by others than themselves,
because their time will be entirely
taken up with their regular work.
Gardeners, truck growers and fruit
raisers will find a ready market for
their products, and every foot of that
splendid valley land on the Lytle
property will be fully utilized.
While such land can be secured and
a choice location selected, is the time
to go in and win, for these bargains
are not going to remain on the market
long.
The inducements and opportunities
are entirely too obvious to the most
indifferent for that, and all along the
line of those splendid high ways will
be upreared the attractive dwellings
of those who will reap the reward of
their labor and investment.
There is no such desirable property
around Rome, and Captain Lytle is
only willing to dispose of the property
on the score that he has more than
he needs, and that the bringing in of
a number of industrious people and
the establishment of various enter
prises will tend to build up the city
and elevate society in every respect.
FLOYD COUNTY ORES.
Millions of Wealth Now Awaiting De
velopment.
The extent, variety and value of the
resources of Floyd county are simply in
estimable, There is enough hidden
wealth lying undeveloped within our
native hills to supply the manufacturies
with the raw material to keep them going
on full time for many years to come.
For a long time Floyd county has
taken the premium for the best display
of minerals of all kinds at the various
expositions and state fairs held in
Georgia.
No less than twenty varieties have
been found, and so far only a few of
these have been utilized or the deposits
properly prospected and opened up.
Comparatively few people recognize
the fact that no section of the state, and
forthat matter none in the United States,
can boast of a greater variety sf useful
mineral deposits contained within its
borders.
Time alone with capital and skilled
labor combined will unfold to a wonder
ing world its millions in hidden wealth
and resources.
Within the limits of the county have
been found three varieties of iron ores
in abundantly paying quantities, large
beds of manganese ore, both red and
white, bauxite ores, so useful in the new
metal, aluminum, extensive deposits of
ochre, bituminous shale, iron pyrites,
gold, silver and lead.
There are also extensive deposits of
variegated and black marble, slate,
cement rock, lithographic stone, brown
stone kaolin, brick clay, and an inex
haustible ledge of limestone extending
from Cave Spring entirely across the
county. All these useful ores and stones
are of easy access, the cost of mining
and quarrying being reduced to a mini
mum, and on account of our splendid
facilities for transportation, little diffi
culty is found in transporting them to
the distant marts of the world.
For road building and macadamizing
material there is nothing equal to the
native chert and red shale which are
found on the surface in inexhaustible
quantities.
In addition to this there are ore beds
from which the finest mineral water is
obtained in numerous combinations
which, as shown by ample analysis, are
the equal of any to be found in the
country.
With limited capital and the crude
methods heretofore in vogue, thousands
of tons have been shipped to distant
points, and men are making money now
hauling the output of extensive bauxite
deposits which are sold for remunerative
prices in Pittsburg and other markets.
Furnaces have already been erected for
working these ores, and at no distant
day they will prove a source of great
wealth to the people of Floyd county.
There are a number of other minerals
that exist which have not been touched
by the prospectors, and the development
of which will prove exceedingly profit
able when the proper amount of capital
and energy are put to work to bring out
these wonderful resources.
These mineral lands can now be bought
at merely nominal figures and those in
search of investment can find no better
investment can find no better paying
propelty anywhere on this continent than
within, the limits of Floyd county.
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•SHORTER COLLEGE*
A Grand Institution for Young Ladies!
WE HUNDRED ffl WMD DOLLARS IS 1 FREE
GIFT TO III! DAUGHTERS OF THE SOUTH.
On a commanding eminence of healthful altitude. Unsurpassed ad
vantages in science and literature. Splendid Conservatory of
Music- An ideal School of Art- Superior finishing school for
advanced pupils, with a faculty and business management
excelled by that of no institution in the whole South I
In selecting a school for their
daughters, parents very wisely
have in view the following requi
sites :
Healthfulness, Superior Educa
tional Advantages, Material
Comforts and conveniences,
Pleasant Surroundings, Parental
Care and Kindness, Accessibility,
Reasonable Charges.
Shorter College combines these
essentials in a remarkable de
gree.
HEALTHFULNESS.
This is of the very first impor
tance, for without health, educa
tion is worthless. The altitude of
the college and freedom from
malaria of the city and surround
ing country, secure phenomenal
heathfulness. It is the testimony
of some of the most eminent phy
sicians, that Rome is freer from
epidemics than any city in the
South. Drs. Battey and Holmes
selected this place for their sani
tariums, on account of its supe
rior climatic conditions. Shorter
in its long history has never been
visited by an epidemic, and it is
credibly reported that not a sin
gle death has occurred among its
pupils.
Young ladies from Florida and
the seaboard come here to build
up their constitutions in this sa
lubrious and bracing air, while
pupils from the North seek the
more genial influences of this
health giving climate. Girls deli
cate in constitution become
healthy and robust after spend
ing a few months in this tonic
atmosphere.
EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES.
These are of unsurpassed ex
cellence. In breadth and thor
oughness of scholarship, in effect
iveness of discipline, in the abil
ity of the faculty, and in the su
periority of equipments, Shorter
ranks among the best. At great
expense the College has secured
the services of the most able and
accomplished teachers in litera
ture, ancient and modern lan
guages, mathematics, science,
music, art, elocution and physical
culture. A school of French on
the Berlitz method has been es
tablished, directed by Prof. Lus
trat a distinguished graduate of
the University of France, himself
a Parisian,whose success in teach
ing the pupils to speak French
has created much enthusiasm in
the College and city. There are
also classes in Latin, Greek and
German taught by competent in
structors. The conservatory of
music is well supplied with every
facility for instruction. The Di
rector is a progressive, liberal,
cultivated man, and, as a teacher
of piano and choral classes, is a
master. His assistant on the
piano is a lady of distinguished
reputation, and an artist of great
merit. The vocal teacher is re
garded as one of the finest singers
in the South, and, as a trainer of
the voice, has no superior. The
violin, viola, violincello, guitar
and mandolin are taught by a
gentleman of finest teaching abil
ity, and of rare powers of execu
tion. The art department has at
its head a lady who enjoyed the
best advantages that can “be af
forded in New York City, and
the work she has accomplished
here entitles her to rank second to
none.
Elocution and Physical Culture
receive much attention in Shor
ter and are taught by experienced
and skillful teachers. Indeed none
but experienced, faithful and suc
cessful teachers are employed,
and parents need have no fear
that their children will be at the
mercy of novices or charlatans.
Careful attention is given to
the morals and manner of the
young ladies. Nor is religious
influence overlooked. A daily
prayer meeting is kept up among
the boarding pupils, which is
never omitted, and is attended by
nearly all the girls. Regular
Bible instruction is given to the
school, a missionary society holds
monthly meetings, and the pupils
regularly attend Sunday-school
and church. The Shorter girls are
noted for their graceful manners
and their good deportment in all
places.
MATERIAL COMFORTS.
All the comforts and conven
iences of a firstclass hotel are af
forded in the College building.
The sleeping rooms are supplied
with elegant, furniture, and with
all modern heating, lighting and
water conveniences. The build
ings are all lighted throughout
with incandescent electric lamps,
and the grounds are well illumi
nated by a great arc light. The
buildings are the finest in the
State and were erected at a cost
of $130,000.
SITUATION.
Everything about the College
strikes the visitor with admira
tion and delight. Its elevation
on one of the highest hills of
Rome, the beauty of the grounds,
the elegance of the architecture,
the charming and picturesque
scenery—all combine to make
Shorter “The Beauty of the Col
leges,” as a distinguished gentle
man has phrased it.
THE BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS.
The scenery around the college
in the highest degree is beautiful
and inspiring, Miles on miles of
picturesque and enchanting land
scape stretch before the view in
every direction—mountains, val
leys, forests, riven, fields and
meadows combining to form the
loveliest pictures on which the
eye ever rested. To live in tire
midst of this glorious scenery is
an education in itself. Such en
vironments expand the mind, ex
alt the imagination, refine the
feelings and heighten the pleas
ures of a school girl’s life.
The grounds are laid off in
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PRICE FIVE CENTS,
broad and beautiful terraced
walks, neatly graveled and bor
dered by evergreen hedges and
trees, and every variety of flow
ering shrubs, while the slopes are
nicely turfed with blue grass.
The long, broad, winding terraces
afford to the girls the very best
opportunities for outdoor exer
cise, while in the sports of the
gymnasium and play-ground,
amusement is combined with nec
essary physical exertion.
PARENTAL CARE AND KINDNESS.
It is one of the cardinal princi
ples of the institution to rule by
kindness. Teachers are enjoined
to do all in their power by affec
tionate attention and sympathy ’
to win the love, confidence and
respect of the pupils. As far as
is consistent with wholesome dis
cipline, formality in the inter
course of teachers and pupils is
dispensed with. Indeed the dis
cipline, while never lost sight of,
is scarcely felt, and the inter
course is that of one large family.
Discipline at Shorter is to guard,
protect, help and encourage,
rather than to repress and pun
ish.
ACCESSIBILITY.
No city in the entire South
combines so many advantages as
a seat for a young ladies’ college
as Rome. Situated in the North
west corner of the State, closely
bordering on the States of Ala
bama and Tennessee, with nu
merous railways radiating in
every direction, making it con
veniently approached from more
distant sections, Rome is the key
to all the Southern and South
western States. It is the point of
intersection of the Georgia and
Alabama divisions of the South
ern Railway, of the Rome and
Decatur; the Chattanooga Rome
and Columbus, and the Rome
Railroads. Situated about 75
miles from Atlanta and about
the same distance from Chatta
nooga, Birmingham, Anniston
and Gadsden, it forms the centre
of a circle whose periphery cuts
the most importont cities of the
South Atlantic and Gulf States.
REASONABLE CHARGES.
Shorter College does not belong
to the category of cheap, shoddy
schools. Good advantages have
to be paid for. the best teachers
come high, and hence this insti
tution places its charges high
enough to meet the demands of
its position. It is not supported
by the State, hence cannot afford
its advantages free, nor can it
descend to the plain of those
schools which make loud pre
tences, the chief of which is their
cry of low rates. Yet the charges
are as moderate and reasonable
as can be afforded for the advan
tages offered.
Correspondence on this point
and any other is solicited.
A J Battle. President,
Ivy W. Duggan, Business Man
ager.