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NEW YORK. MANAGER.
The Seriven county vendetta
seems to have become perpetual.
Now is the accepted time for the
pops to come out of the wilderness.
The potato bug has appeared at
Savannah. It does not affiliate with
the gold bug.
Brooks will cause a hitch in the
next legislature. It will be C. M.
Hitch, of Quitman.
Atkinson’s majority is figured at
60,000 votes. He will have practically
no opposition this year.
Special inducements are being 1
made now to students who will take a <
course in shorthand and typewriting.
The man who is always ready to
blurt out the truth on every occasion,
regardless of the feelings of others, is
not an agreeable companion.
Atlanta is to be made the head
quarters of the Salvation Army. The
tambourine soldiers are evidently
possessed of ample courage.
Pendleton, of Valdosta, was not to
be downed. When it comes to hard
fighting Charles can always be de
pended upon, in every emergency.
The missing link has been dis
covered, but it turns out to be only a
skeleton. It is no greater a curiosity
than a Georgia populist will be twenty
years hence.
Thirty thousand lives were lost by
a recent tidal wave in Japan. Forty
thousand hopes will be sacrificed by
the failure of the democrats to disrupt
at Chicago.
All the Georgia towns of less than
2,000 inhabitants, chartered since 1893,
and there are upwards of 100 of them,
have been’declared illegally chartered
by the supreme court.
Students of the typewriting depart
ment of the Rome Business college
are delighted with the Williams type
writer which has recently been added
to that .department.
llThe Richland Paper says that the
trouble about the ass in the lion’s
skin is that when he gets home and
disrobes his wife knows him too well.
That is a great truth, but one that is
rather disagreeable to the donkey.
Bayne says that Epicurus ought to
come back long enough to eat one
dinner with the Richmond County
Agricultural club. We infer from
that suggestion that the genial phil
osopher might then rest in peas.
EDITORIAL DISCRETION.
The wise man keepeth a bridle on
bis tongue. This is pre-eminently
applicable to the man who controls
the destinies of a newspaper. He may
be ever so bright and brilliant, but if
he be lacking in discrimination and
discretion, his great gifts in either
lines are nullified for the lack of
.proper guidance and direction.
On that line the Chattanooga News
truthfully says:
“An editor who knows what to
keep out of a paper is more valuable
than the one who knows what to put
in. Editors are accused of not telling
the truth many times, and it is well
that they do not. If they told all they
knew or could find out, many of their
neighbors would furnish jobs for the
undertakers, while other would be
left with reputations not worth the
burying. Editors cannot always ex
press all their personal views on ab
stract questions, even. They must
be governed by many considerations
when talking to an audience of thou
sands that would not apply if they
were expressing themselves to only
one or a few friends in a confidential,
private capacity.
“Everybody understands that there
are many things which may be said
in private that can’t be talked out
“in meetin*.” Most newspapers intend
to tell the truth so far as they go, but
none of them can tell the whole truth
on all occasions.
“What should be told and what
should not be published are matters
that must be left to the wise or other
wise discretion of the editor. There
can be no fixed rules as to what is his
duty to the public and to the paper.
Every case must be determined
according to its own peculiar circum
stances. It is often a most delicate
question as to whether an occurrence
is more private or public in its char
acter, and if more public, whether it
is wisest and best that it should be
given to the public. Happy would be
the editor (if he could be found) who
could always decide these delicate
questions without making a mistake.”
The greatest trouble is that once a
thing appears in print it can never be
recalled no matter how many columns
may be written in the way of retrac
tion, or explanation. Write a state
ment that can be included in a para
graph today, and tomorrow you may
deny it in a column of double leaded
matter, but the deed is done and past
recall, and the paragraph will be read
and quoted while the refutation goes
forever unheeded.
Hence it stands a newspaper writer
in hand to weigh carefully every
statement, whether it be an editorial
opinfon or a simple news item, before
allowing it to go to the printer. It is
much easier to stop it before the mis
chief be done than it is afterward.
Many a thing gets into print to the
injury of some innocent person that
might have been kept out by the use
of a little discretion on the part of
the editor.
PASSING OF POPULISM.
Populism in Georgia is doomed. It
has been defeated, out generalled and
left without a leader or a platform.
The democrats have declared in favor
of the strongest plank in its platform
and it has nothing left upon which to
hang a hope of success. The only
thing for the populists to do is to fall
into line.
True, they might stand still and see
the salvation of the Lord, but that is
the most inglorious thing in all
nature. Every true citizen wants to
feel that he is a factor, however hum
ble, in the achievement of things
beneficial to his country. That is
what makes life worth living. There
fore he wants to be up and doing.
There are many good men who
were deluded by the doctrines of pop
ulism and went off after strange gods
who could still be useful if they would
turn their talents to the betterment
of the community in which they live.
There is a chance now for them to
come quietly back into the ranks and
save themselves.
Populism and independentism are
obnoxious to the true principles of
democratic rule. If they were to be
encouraged no party could hold to
gether long, and unity and harmony
are the two great underlying princi
ples of democracy, and are the ground
work of any other party, for that
matter.
Populism and independentism were
the outcome of soreness and dissatis
faction among the office seekers,
largely, and their fate was inevitable.
It was necessary to wipe them out
because they were a constant menace
to good government and were revolu
■tionary and anarchical in their ten
dencies.
They are passing away, now, and
the prospects for good government
and the rule of the people were never
fairer. Democracy is in the ascend
ant in Georgia, and the fall elections
are going to show that the party and
its principles are more deeply rooted
in the hearts of the people of Georgia
than ever before in the history of the
state.
THK ROME TBIBUNE, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 18H6.
SONGS AND SCENES.
Bn«t Thought*.
I had not wandered far and wide
With such a mentor by my side,
I had not felt so sad and lone
Could I have felt thee near, my own!
When shone the sunshine of your face
Upon life's skies and all the grace
And glory of your loveliness
Fell on my life, each fond caress
And glance from those love lighted eyes
Made of this world a paradise.
But now the darker days have come.
The voice of hope for aye grown dumb,
The crowning glory of the day
Hath now forerer passed away;
Sad and sick hearted I must roam,
I cannot plead “Lead, thou me home,”
While wandering through this weary land
Since I touch not thy vanished hand;
I wait, with spirit bruised and sore
My doom to perish on the shore!
I, who have felt my heart beat high
With hopes that soared beyond the sky;
1, who have spurned the lesser hopes
That bloomed along the half way slopes
Aspiring to the grander heights
That constitute the soul’s delights,
May but recall the fairer themes
And joys that filled my nobler dreams,
And oh, the fierce and maddening pain,
Must feel that I have lived in vain!
—Montgomery M. Folsom.
A Memorable Day.
Convention day in Macon wae one of
the most memorable in the history of
Georgia.
* ‘The three biggest men in Georgia,
today, are you and I and Captain
Walsh,” remarked Marie Louise My -
rick to Capt. Evan P. Howell.
And I felt pretty much the same way
while I looked on and watched their
work.
One of the most remarkable things
about the convention was the number
of young men taking leading parts in
the work.
Bob Hodges, of Bibb; Will Dodson,
of Sumter; Tom Hudson, of Schley;
Hal Lewis, of Hancock; Bill Ennis, of
Floyd; and a large number of young
men who are destined to figure largely
in guiding the destinees of Georgia.
It was superlatively hot and after be
ing np*all night, it seemed all the hot
ter to me when I got off at the South
ern depot and started to the Hotel La
nier.
They have changed things around so
in Macon that an humble Christian, like
me, can hardlyjfind any of the old land
marks.
I stepped in at Louis Vanucki’s.
Louis has a nice restaurant, now,
where his old saloon used to be.
In front is a little bit of Italy, with
flashing fountains and palms and clam
bering vines.
It was so cool and refreshing that I
stopped to chat with Louis for a few
minutes.
A beautiful young girl gave me a cor
dial greeting and asked me to remain
while she sought her father.
I recognized her as one who was a
tiny tot, ten years ago, and who sang
me a song one night when I was feeling
very moody, the refrain of which was.
“She’ll be glad to hear from me!”
Amid many strange scenes and chang
ing conditions, since that night have
the words of the childish voice come
back to me with that quaint old air,
“She’ll be glad to hear from me!’’
Louis told me much about himself.
His daughters are grown up aud he,
from being one of the most popular sa
loon men in Macon, has become one of
most popular caterers. But I went away
without recalling to the young girl that
old song of the long ago.
Then I went up to the hotel and mix
ed and mingled with the throng.
Judges, solicitors, political hangers
on, delegates from up the creek, how
they perspired in those crowded corri
dors. 1 shook hands till I grew weary
and took my departure in search of a
cooler place.
But I soon grew sad hearted because of
the faces I missed.
So many of them have passed away
since the days of “auld lang syne.”
Others whom I met are growing grey
and look careworn and the storms of
life have beaten heavily on their rug
ged faces.
But it was sweet to see the smiles of
welcome that illumined them, even as
in the days agone, and I felt that the
afternoon had its charms as well as
morn.
Then I went over to the Academy of
Music and watched the proceedings
there.
Great is democracy and man could
not watch the workings of that conven
tion and not feel proud that he was a
Georgian and privileged to enjoy the
freedom of thought and act ion which
make life glorious in this, the grandest
commonwealth on earth.
M. M.F.
"Hot u pr»ngß, Arkansas ”
Hot Springs owned by the United
States government and under its direct
supervision is the World's Sanitarium.
W rite to A. A. Gallacher, Southern Pas
senger Agent, Iron Mountain route, 108
Head House, Chattanooga, Tenn., and
you will receive by return muil free of
charges an elegant illustrated book giv
ing full particulars, cost of living, bene
. fits to be derived, etc., etc. jel4-tf
The platform put forth by the dem
ocrats at Macon wae broad enough for
all true Georgians to stand upon. If
any of the planks prove a little weak
we can strengthen them a little later
on. Our first care should be demo
cratic success this fall.
Editor Frank T. Reynolds, of the
North Georgia Citizen, is mentioned
as an appointee under the clerk of the
House of Representatives. He is a
bright and capable young man, and
his popularity with all who know
him is good evidence that he will get
the place if he wants it.
■
The trade edition of the Waycross
Herald consisted of twenty four pages,
the largest ever published in that
town. It was a credit to the place and
the progressive people whose patron
age made it passible. Congratula
tions to the Messrs Perham, who are
in the front ranks of Georgia journal
ism.
AtternooD.
This afternoon
The snn of June
Stops, with a parched world to commune,
Some Joshua
Has called to day—
And as before, it must obey.
Burning 1 on high
It frets the sky,
▲nd little clouds faint—fade—and die,
No fleecy spot
Remains to dot
The blue—pale blue—thin blue, and hot.
The powdered dust
With each faint gust
Marks wayside fences with its rust
Dimly the green
Beyond is seen
Through limpid veils of heat between.
No feathered thing *
Dares move on wing
Through this day, hot and quivering,
Lest pinions hold
No firmer mold
Than those of Icarus of old—
Save that on high
A hawk floats by,
Not flying, but hung in the sky;
But, unafraid,
The hens upbraid,
For chicks are hidden in the shade.
From distance where
The fiercer glare
Blisters the slowly moving air
There comes a wind
That leaves behind
All that toward comfort is inclined.
The cows, breast deep
And half asleep,
Stand where the creek’s slow currents creep
The farm boy lies
In shade, and tries
To read his fortune in the skies.
There is no bum
Os life, but dumb,
▲ll nature waits for dusk to come,
Knowing that soon
The crescent moon
Will hear the night wind’s soothing tune.
—Chicago Record.
SAVED BY HIS WIFE?
A Canadian Tells the Story
of His Rescue.
45 Years of Nerve Destroying Bondage—
His Declining Years Can Now be Passed
in Happiness and Comfort,
Winnipeg, Man.—[Special.]—A life
time’s slavery at the end of this century
is almost beyond belief and yet it is true.
In Poyntz & Co’s, drug store on Wil
liams St., yesterday, was discussed the
remarkable deliverance of Mr. Geo.
Gaffield, a prominent farmer, and one
of the oldest settlers of St. Charles Dis
trict, when he himself entered the store.
His step was firm and elastic, his eye
bright, his bearing that of manly vigor,
so that the reporter hesitated to ask if
he had just been released from a terri
ble bondage, but Mr. Gaffield was only
too pleased to tell his story, for the good
of humanity; “Yes I’m glad to talk of
it, because it may lead those who are
tobacco spitting and smoking their lives
away to find a cure iu No-To Bac. I
was a heavy user of tobacco for over 45
years, an inveterate smoker and chewer,
using a frightful amount of tobacco and
spending so much money that it was
ruinous to me financially. Not only this
but, but the habit was disgusting to all
I came in contact with. Did I try to
stop? I should say so, dozen of times,
but I had become such a slave to the
weed that I couldn’t live without it. A
year ago Poyntz recommended No-To-
Bac to me and my wife urged me to try
try it so I bought a box. From the day
I took a No Tc-Bac tablet I have not
tasted tobacco, I used three boxes of
No-To-Bac and wae not only cured of
the tobacco habit, hut regained my
health and strength and was benefitted
in more ways than one. The truth is
that No-To-Bac made a new man of
me.” Druggist Poyntz, who had listen
ed to this wonderful story said: “The
Sterling Remedy Company, of Chicago,
New fork aud Montreal, are so fair and
square that it’s a pleasure to do business
with them. They authorize every drug
gist to sell No-To-Bac under the abso
lute guarantee that if three boxes fail to
cure any case of the tobacco habit, the
money will be refunded, aud they re
fund it, too.” Get the booklet‘‘Don’t
Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life
Away.” Free sample and written guar
antee mailed for the asking.
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We handle
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Rome, Georgia.
THE SOUTHERN
Conservatory of Music. .
A summer class will be open from June 15th by Mr
and Mrs. Fortin. Special training for Teachers, and.
Students who intend to follow Music as a profession.
A junior class will be arranged at $4.00 per month
for 4 weeks.
For further particulars, please apply to
PAUL J. FORTIN, Director.
JOHN H. REYNOLDS, President, B. I, HUGHES, Cashier..
P. H. HARDIN Vice President.
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Hotel will be opened June 15th 1896, under the management of
Mrs R. D. Vann. Rates: board and lodging $1 per day; $5 to $6 per
week; sl7 per month. Table board ?13 per month. Special rates to
families. •
Comfortably furnished rooms can be. had in cottages at %‘4 to $5 per
month. For further information address,
MRS. R. D. VANN, Fullwood Springs, G;A.
June 12-lm