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THE - DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
•WILLIAM J. BRYAN, of Nebraska.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ARTHUR SEWALL, of Maine.
FOR CONGRESS,
JOHN W. MADDOX, of Floyd.
FOR GOVERNOR,
W. Y. ATKINSON.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
ALLEN D. CANDLER.
FOR TREASURER,
WILLIAM J. SPEER.
FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL,
JOSEPH M. TERRELL.
FOR COMPTROLLER-GENERAL,
WILLIAM A. WRIGHT.
FOR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
ROBERT T. NESBITT.
FOR STATE SENATOR,
WESLEY 7 SHROPSHIRE, of Chat
tooga.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
FELIX CORPUT,
J. H. REECE,
W, H. ENNIS.
FOR ORDINARY,
JOHN P. DAVIS.
FOR CLERK SUPERIOR COURT,
W. E. BEYSIEGEL.
FOR SHERIFF,
j. p. McConnell.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR,
V. T. SANFORD.
FOR TAX RECEIVER,
R. L. FOSTER.
FOR TREASURER,
. J. B. HILL.
FOR SURVEYOR,
J. T. MOORE.
FOR CORONER,
F. H. SCHLAPBACH.
FOR COMMISSIONERS,
C. N. FEATHERSTONE.
R. B. McARVER,
D. W. SIMMONS.
G. W. TRAMMELL,
W. C. NIXON.
Get yourself up a nice attractive ad
for The Sunday Tribune.
The man who has a sallet patch is
the envy of all his neighbors now.
If you are a democrat vote the
straight ticket from top to bottom.
Monday will be the biggest day of
the campaign in the Seventh dis
trict. _____
Oil your guns, boys, an<T lay them
away till November 1. The quail will
keep.
The Sunday Tribune will be a hum
mer. Get your stuff in early and avoid
the rush.
At last accounts your uncle Joshua
Levering was still running, but he is
headed the wrong way.
A vote for the regular nominees
means a stroke for the preservation
of our democratic institutions.
The populists are beating their tom
toms now but the democrats will beat
their Tom Tom for them on Novem
ber 3. .
Get up your advertising matter
early and secure a desirable position
in toe columns of The Sunday Tri
bune.
The mosquito dies very hard. He
will not be convinced that the day of
his devilment is over for the present
season.
The man who throws away his vote
on some independent candidate foe
mere personal reasons will do himself
a grave injustice.
The investigations of the registrais
shows that the work of the tax col
lector as registration officer was ex
ceedingly well done.
Every day brings forth some new
charge trumped up by the populists
and refuted by the democrats. Verily
the malcontents are dying hard.
Business in Rome has opened most
auspiciously and this promises to be
one of the liveliest seasons that we
have experienced in many a year.
The fellow who did as many mean
things before lie was converted as
Sam Jones has confessed to have dore
ought to be mighty charitable toward
his erring brethren.
The beautiful line of goods for the
fall trade that is being exhibited by
the merchants of Rome shows that
they are fully conversant with the
Deeds of the trade in this fair city.
GETTING NEARER 10 THE PEOPLE
The government of the state of Geor
gia is getting nearer to the people than
ever before. Being a democratic gov
ernment it should be in its very na
ture, of the people and by the people.
At the coming election two very im
portant constitutional amendments
are to be submitted to the popular
vote, both of which are on thi» line.
Vox populi, voxDei, is about to be
come a reality in this democratic land
of ours.
One of these is of vaslfimportance to
people all over the state. It is in
tended to provide for an increase in
the number of the supreme court jus
tices so as to relieve the present con
gested condition of the court and if it
is ratified by the people as it should
be the justiceswill hereafter be elected
by the people instead of by the legis
-1 itvre, as is now the case. This is a
jeature of the new iaw that will com
mend itself to the people at large.
It will leave no room for lobbying
or jobbery as has been so long charged
by those opposed to the present sys
tem, and will tend to remove the of
ficers of the court one step further
from the pernicious influence of possi
ble political conniving. The preserva
tion of the sanctity of the courts is
one of the most important items in
our political economy and the slight
est taint on the integrity of the judi
ciary is likely to work mischief.
The other amendment is second
only to the supreme court amendment
in importance. It is to provide for the
election of the state school commis
sioner by the people. At present this
important position is filled by guber
natorial appointment and while we
have, in the present incumbent, a
most competent and faithful official,
still a change in the method of filling
the position will not be without a
good effect on the state school sys
tern.
Thecau-e of education should be
very near the heart of every right
minded citizen and any measure that
looks to the improvement of the pub
lic school system should receive the
hearty support and encouragement of
the people. The man who occupies
the high position of state school com
missioner should be chosen solely
with a view as to his capabilities and
his zeal for the cause of education.
No political consideration should en
ter into the question.
It is to be hoped that our people
will not lose sight of these Important
measures in the excitement attending
this heated campaign. Their are many
things that enter into the present con.
test that are of less real importance,
than these. In adopting the amend
ments we Are taking a step in the
direction of bringing the government
nearer to the people and thjit means a
return to the good old ways of Jeffer
sonian democracy which is the salva
tion of the country now and here
after.
THE RING(?)
The .populists are devoting their
campaign to chasing rainbows and
hunting around for mat es’ nests. They
have left the realm of realLm and de
pend entirely on fiction for campaign
material. The biggest bugaboo that
they claim to have discovered is “the
ring.” On every occasion they trot it
out and hours are spent in abusing a
will o’ the wisp that they have dis
eased minds, says the Americus Her
ald.
Mr. Wright devoted at least one
half of his speech in this city to the
ring and Mr. Walter B. Hill had sev
eral remarks to make on the same
line. Tom Watson always talks about
it and some of the nondescript editors
who have espoused populism have
become monomaniacs on the subject-
The great trouble is that these fellows
can’t get in control themselves as they
would like. They think because other
men outstrip them in the race for
political preferment that they are
victims of deep laid conspiracies and
lose sight of their own lack of import
ance or ability.
The Herald doubts the existe f
any ring. Certain men capable of
<nanaging important affairs and thor
oughly honest in their efforts un
doubtedly have a wide influence in
shaping the affairs of this state but
these men are too wise to attempt to
do anything that is not for the good
of the state. The harmonious working
of a number of- clean honest men is
much better than the vesting of the
management and control of affairs
into the hands of one man as the op
ponents of democracy are attempting
by the campaign they are now waging.
There is no man of the men charged
with being at the head of the ring
who is not a better man than Tom
Watson. The populists are endeavor
ing to so manage the campaign that
this man can carry the affairs of this
state iu his vest pocket. Wright
Graves and the others who are noisi'
estate but his puppets and when he
pulls the siring they jump like the
painted toys with which children are
wont to amuse.themselves.
He is their uncrowned king and
they seek to satisfy his every whim.
The people of Georgia will not con-
THE BOMB THKUBI. FRIDAY. OCIOB C ,R 2. 1896.
sent to be ruled by this despot and
are breaking his toys up at every
turn. Georgia hau much lather have
her affairs in the hands of wise men
than fanatics aud Watson will be
downed. The populists are blind to
their interests; they will find peace
and prosperity in democracy. They
find nothing but dissatisfaction and
unrest in their preseut surroundings
The affairs of Georgia are in splendid
condition and splendid hands. If this
is ring rule let it continue. This sort
of ring rule is better than the misery
of the thraldom of one-man power.
SONGS AND SCENES.
An October Sunset.
So like an old priest rnddy browed,
Half hidden in acowl of cloud
His merry glance, the sly old monk
Os summer's richest brew hath drunk
That doth a genial grace impart
Warming the cockles of the heart
And making all the dream bells toll
In the warm corners of the soul,
Reclineth now the drowsy sun
After the workaday is done.
Night stealeth forth, a lurking lout,
And all the timid stars peep out
And soft winds sighand woodsy musk
Is wafted through the golden dusk.
And through thickets dark and dim
The brown thrush chants her vesper hymn
And seemeth now the ’lumined west
The gate that leads to realms of rest,
And maishaled or. the purple plain
Os heaven stand all the shining train.
The sheep bell on the distant hill
Sets all the burdened air athriil,
The river hums a rythmic rune
Accompanied by the maiden moon.
With winsome grace and glances shy
She dances down the saffron sky.
Before the old, priest’s very eyes
And all the stars are scandalized.
Till twilight ccmes in garments grey
To close the curtains of the day.
—Montgomery M. Folsom.
Elevating Influences.
Do you know that I regard suoh
achievments as that of Capt. J. L. Bass
the other night, at his fall millinery
opening, as highly beneficial to society?
Os course Captain Bass had an eye to
business and I should have less respect
for his character if he had not. But
aside from all motives of pecuniary gain
it was a stroke of enterprise that I con
sider as highly commendable and Ibe
lieve that all who were there will en
dorse my views.
In a place like Rome we have the
choice of living like city people, or of
perpetuating the ways of village life.
It is optional with us and I must sav
that however fas finating rural life may
appear under certain conditions, I pre
fer the metropolitan plan. We have the
educational facilities and social privi
leges aud I believe that it is our sacred
duty to make the most of them. If all
our citizens would do things on the same
scale it would be far better.
The simple elegance with which every
thing was conducted under his masterly
direction would have done credit to any
town. These things help a town and
should a stranger chance to drop in oc
casionally and witness such an affair his
opinion of our social tastes would be
wonderfully enhanced and he would go
away convinced that whatever preten
sions we might make of advancement
were well grounded and that we were
entitled to all the recognition that we
claimed.
It does me good to see our merchants
taking such a high stand. It increases
our good opinion of ourselves and raises
us in our own estimation as well as in
the esteem of the stranger within our
gates. I tell you we cannot have too
good an opinion of ourselves and we can
not impress upon others too strongly
the pride and confidence that we have
in our own resources. It helps us to
keep up that measure of enthusiasm
which is the life of the community.
Such things are both entertaining and
instructive and it. increases my admira
tion for the pluck and enterprise of my
fellow citiaen every time I witness siich
a display. In contemplating such facts
men forget about the hard times and the
nearer we can come to eliminating such
disagreeable thoughts from our medita
tions the happier we will be. The truth
of the matter is that hard times is a
malady kinder like the toothache, any
how.
The more you study about it the worse
it hurts. If we would all go to work
and stop crying wolf, the monster would
not be such a perpetual nightmare. We
do not better the times by forever harp
ing on them. The only way is to work
out of the ruts and everything that tends
to increase the public confidence and to
brighten up the outlook is both laudable
and commendable. Let the merchants
and the business men generally put
matters in ttieir fairest aspect.
Talk about what may be done by per
sistent work and closa application and
attention to business instead of singing
that tiresome old song of impendingruin
aud destruction. I am glad that lam
not one of thoso who believe that the
eud of the world is at hand. If I was I
would su-pend operations at my hen
palace on Hogan heights and would
send word to my friend Major McDon
ald that he need not trouble himseif
about that pig.
There is some satisfaction in being
an optimist, after all. I may be in immi
nent danger but I will not be frightened
by the thunder uutill the lightning
strikes. I will not have to die twice by
the same calamity. I like the way our
merchants do things. Bring the peo
ple up to a realization of what is latest
and best within their reach and they
will be stimulated by a desire to possess
some of those beautiful things
lam foolish enough to believe that
not a dollar is illspent that adds to the
happiness of a woman or a child. We
men do not require nor deserve so much
really, as do the women and as for the
children there is nothing too good for
them. 1 had a hard time of it when 1
was a little chap and I have continued
to have a pretty hard time of it all my
life and that is why it delights me so to
make the little ones happy. lam get
ting even with fate. M. M. F.
• ■
A pathetic coincidence comes to
light in the fact that several years
ago. before he ever dreamed of going
to the East, Tom Gibson wrote these
lines:
‘ Far hence he lies in some tone Syrian town
And on his grave with shining eyes,
The Syrian stars look down.”
Was it prophecy?—Augusta Herald.
A Floyd county darkey caught with
a frying sized chicken under his arm
wis charged by the owner with hav
ing wrongfully appropriated his prop
erty, but he justified himself by say
ing that he bad been ordered by his
physician to take a little chicken.
Every democrat in the Seventh con
gressional district should henr Gov
ernor Atkinson and Col. Nat Ham
mond on Monday next. What they
have to say will be worth listening to
and treasuring up for future guidance
and instruction.
Now that Uncle Bobby Jones has
comedown Hon. Wesley Shropshire
has a fair field. It is true that one
Weaver is still in the rine but then be
will hardly count with the democrat
avalanche.
Patronize home merchants in buy
ing your fall and winter stock of cloth
and household supplies. The way to
build up your town is *o patronize
home industries and local institutions.
“That Sweet O.’d Word Good-Bye.”
I.
Farewell, farewell, is a lonely sound,
And always briwgs a sizh.
But give to me when lov’d ones part, •
’That sweet old word good-by;
That sweet old word good-by;
That sweet old word good-by;
But give to me when lov’d ones part,
That sweet old word good-by.»
11.
Farewell, farewell, may do for the gay.
When pleasure’s throug is nigh,
But give to me that better word.
That comes from the heart, hood-by;
That comes from the heart, good-by;
That comes from the heart, good-by;
But give to mi that better word,
That comes from the*heart, good-by.
111.
Adieu, adien. we hear it oft.
With a tear, peVhaps with a sigh,
But the heart feels most when the lips move
not.
And the eye speaks the gentle good-by;
And the eye speaks the gentle good-by;
And the eye speaks the gentle good-by;
But the heart feels most when the lips move
not.
And the eye speaks the gentle good-by.
IV.
Farewell, farewell, is never heard,
When the tear’s in the mother’s eye;
Adieu, adieu, she speaks it not;
But, my love, good-by. good-bv;
But, my love, good-by, good-by;
But, my love, uood-by, good-by;
Adieu, adieu, she speaks it not;
But, my love, good-by -good-by.
Do You Use It?
It’s the best thing for the
hair under all circumstances.
Just as no man by taking
thought can add an inch to
his stature, so no preparation
can make hair. The utmost
that can be done is to pro
mote conditions favorable to
growth. This is done by
Ayer’s Hair Vigor. It re
moves dandruff, cleanses the
scalp, nourishes the. scjil in
which the hair grows, and,
just as a desert will blossom
under rain, so bald heads grow
hair, when the roots are nour
ished. But the roots must be
there. If you wish your hair
to retain its normal color, or
if you wish to restore the lost
tint of gray or faded hair use
Ayer’s Hair Vigor.
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Don’t forget the Facilities
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i
ITpxK.cyO't' we i mme diate attention
LXJI 1 L to every order, great or small
Dont forget the Variety
of articles which we manufacture.
Dont forget the Economy
of our low prices, always the lowest
Dont Forget the Importance
of writing to us for estimates and prices
We handle
Hellow Pine Lumber, Inside Finish Doois,
Newels, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Balusters.
Mouldings, Floorings. Ceilings, Mantels,
Shingles,Laths, Casings,Ornaments, Pickets, etc
Anything you need to build a
house we can -supply you with.
Telephone No. 76.
O’Neill Manufacturing Co.,
Rome, Georgia.
H. E. KELLEY, M. B. McWILLIAMS.
Formerly with R. D. Van Dyke.
KELLEY & McWILLIAMS,
No 13 Broad Street, Rome, Ga.
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WE have TWO YARDS centrally located
WE give you LOWEST PRICES.
Now IS THE TIME to buy. Send in your orders st once to
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Office 11 Broad Street. H. G SMITH, Manager.
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