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THE ROME TRIBUNE,
Rome. Ga.
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOB PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM J. BRYAN, of Nebraska.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ARTHUR SEWALL, of Maine.
FOR CONGRESS,
JOHN W. MADDOX, of Floyd.
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If you have not registered do so at
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There is no better investment than
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Sunday Tribune.
Fourteen thousand is no small gain
for the democratic party over popu
lism within two years.
Do not fail to get your advertising
matter in early so as to secure choice
space and a good display.
Success in life is the knack of induc
ing other people to think as well of
you as you think of yourself.
It is explained by some that Sena
tor Hill didn’t go to the Buffalo con*
vention because he didn’t have a pass.
The work of the democratic leaders
in the past campaign will have a good
effect on the party for years to come-
Captain Jim Tom Moore led the
ticket in Floyd, polling a vote of 3,562.
That was a high compliment to the
gallant old soldier.
Every time a dollar is properly
spent for {labile education it saves at
least 50 cents which would otherwise
be spent for police clubs,' gun-powder
and handcuffs.
Now is the time to sell out your fall
stock. The season will be a brief one
and the merchant who offers the best
inducements will secure the largest
share of the trade. The Tribune is
the great advertisingmedium of North
Georgia and it will pay you to adver
tise in its columns.
The populists claimed fraud in the
last election when the democratic
majority was a little less than 25.000.
What have they got. to say now when
it has been increased by over if y
percent, after giving them the I e e
fit of our strict registration law and
of managers at the polls? They will
have to search for a new reason f. r
their defeat this year.
JUDGE BRANHAM IN THE RACE.
Judge Joel Branham is squarely in
the race for a place on the supieme
bench. Now that the amendment has
been carriedfpractically unanimously,
it behooves the people of Georgia to
elect their best men to those respon
sible positions.
North Georgia is justly entitled to
representation on the bench, and
adde from sectional considerations,
there is no man better fitted for the
position than this distinguished jurist.
He is a [man of broad intelligence,
l.beral nature and profound legal
erudition, and one that would add
dignity to the position. The people
of North Georgia will give him their
loyal support and he has friends all
over Georgia who will welcome his
candidacy.
No man has a higher claim to such
distinction and The Tribune wel
comes the’hope and belief that he will
lead the ticket in the contest in De
cember.
THE HOPEFUL OUTLCOK
A resident of Charleston, S. C., is
quoted in yesterday’s Sun as saying
that within sevenjyears the South will
find it necessary to buy cotton to sup
ply its mills unless the acreage is in
creased or the exports decreased.
Less than a decade ago this statement
would have been regarded as the
rankest nonsense, but such has been
the growth of the cotton inanufactur
ing industry in the cotton-growing
states that; no one can tell what pro
portions it will finally assume.
It is evident, however, that the great
mills in no longer find
it profitable to compete with the
Southern manufactories in the pro
duction of the coarse goods, and this
branch of the business will soon be
monopolized by the manufacturers
whose p’ants are almost within sight
of the cottonffields.
In good |time the production of
the finer grades of cotton cloth
wilt be successfully accomplished by
the Boathernjmills, and then the New
England manufacturers will have to
establish themselves in the South in
order tliat'they may reap the excep’
tional advantages which the mill'
owners ofg that section enjoy. This
will add vastly to the industrial
activity and wealih of the Southern
States, and will open up a field of
development the extent of which can
not be overestimated.
The South is immeasurably rich in
minerals, and abundant capital could
be had to develop its natural resources
if the voice of the political calamity
bowler were stilled forever and agita
tion was abandoned. That a section
so blessed should offer a tempting field
to investors is not surprising, and
under those conditions whish offer
the proper safeguards to investments
there will be a notable revival. With
its immense stores of iron ore and its
great deposits of coal, nothing is lack
ing to invite the manufacturer, and be
will come to increase the general
prosperity.
It is a pity that a section to which
the eyes of all who have funds to put
into paying enterprises are now turned
should have its development impeded
by political agitation, for the South is
the “coming” division of this mighty
republic in many departments of
activity, both industrial and agricul
tural, and its mines and its cotton
fields will yet be supplemented by
hundreds of mills and furnaces in ad
dition to those now successfully
operated.
In spite of adverse conditions, how.
ever, the reports which come from
that section are encouraging and indi
cate such an increase of prosperity as
will make the South the centre of
enormous activity. The planters have
learned how to make a profit out of
their cotton-fields, even with prices
last year lower than ever before, and
now that their staple crop has taken
a substantial rise they will pocket
millions of dollars as clear gain over
the cost of production. Other depart
ments of agriculture will enjoy a re
vival when confidence has recovered
from the Tilde shock of the past few
years.
POPULISM PLAYING OUT.
The recent returns from the differ,
ent counties throughout the state show
that populism has about piayed out
in Georgia. In 1892 Judge Hines re
duced the democratic majority to a
little less than 25,000. He was not
nearly so popular nor so well-known
as Seaborn Wright, nor did he have
the great probition element at his
back with the sentiment of the minis
I ters and church people that added.
. such strength to Mr. Wright’s claims.
And yet, the majority has arisen to
about 39,0 M. mi increase of over fifty
percent, within two years. Thisshowj
beyond the shadow of a doubt that
democratic sentiment is paramount
and that populism is on the wane in
I Geoigia. After the last election the
THE ROME TKIBLNE. SATURDAY, OCIObEk 10, 18H6.
populist leaders cried fraud and
claimed that ballot box stuffing and
other disreputable practices had been
brought to nie aid of the democratic
party.
To guard against a repetition of
any such fraudulent practices, in the
event of their possible existence, the
democi at ic legislature passed the
present registration law which pre
cludes any possible fraud in register
ing and the populists were given rep
resentation among the boards of regis
trars as well as at the polls on election
day so that a cha-ge of fraud would
be absurd.
This narrows the matter down to an
inevitable acknowledgement that the
party has fallen into decay and that it
is no longer a menace to the organized
democracy of the state which has
guided and guarded the destinies of
the state for a quarter of a century.
Populism has played out and that is
the long and the short of it.
The best thing that the populist
party can do is to disband without any
further attempt to keep the organiza.
tion together. (The vast majority of
the people are tired of its vagaries and
disgusted with its attempts to tear
down our existing institutions, and
they have shown their disapproval of
its methods in the most emphatic
manner in the recent election.
Tom Watson, the great apostle of
populism, has lost his grip and he and
his party are at variance. The party
I a- been held together largely through
bis influence and now that his power
has been nullified, tberp seems to be
little hope for the populists in Georgia.
The best thing that they can do is to
fall into line and share in the trials
and triumphs of the great party of
the people, honest democracy.
SONGS AND SCENES.
Deserted.
The tints that touch the autumn leaves,
The sighing of the gale that giieves
O’er fading field and wasting wood,
Befit my melancholy mood.
The dearest dream my life has known
Is past and 1 am left alone
With none iji all the world so w-ide
In whom my woes 1 might confide,
To none the sorrow- may i-opart
That chills the life blood in my heart.
I’ve labored long, I’ve striven hard,
Careless of guerdon or reward,
It' I might in my work forget
Toe agony of that vain regret
That runs through all my waking themes,
Perpetual nightmare of my dreams,
Tnat throbs through all life’s broken chords,
Hope’s farewell song too sad for words;
An unvoiced moan with every breath
That makes of life a living death!
Through mournful nights and dreary days
All heedless of the blame or praise
Os men I move with reckless air
The mute indifference of despair.
I kneel upon the tear stained sod
Beneath the pitying eye of God ’
And in my maddening anguish sore
Pray as I never prayedjbefore.
But vain is every prayer or plea
And hope comes not to Comfort me.
Have I deserved such bitter fate,
And should the love be turned to hate
That once was mine? Am Ito blame
If I adored that sacred name
The treasused things of lifeabove
With love far more than mortal love?
The silent night makes no reply
The winds repeat eacb broken sigh.
I cannot weep, my sorrow sears
’The very fountain of my tears!
—Montgomery M. Folsom.
Bob McArver’n pet Gut,
Hon. R. B. McArver, commissioner
of roads aud revenue from Coosa, has a
pet goat that is a genius. He caught
the goat when it was young iu the wil
derness of Cedar Bluff and carried it to
Coosa.
The goat grew rapidly and developed
into a precocious kid and handsome and
accomplished as he was talented. Mack
gave him sassafras tea to improve his
breath and to drive off the fleas.
Mack is a strangely handsome man
and he took great pride in his straw col
ored goat, aud when the kid began to
grow whiskers he used to shave his pet
every Saturday morning before church,
and they say that when the razor was
dull the cries of the ki 1 were agoniz
ing. Bnt it had the desired effect and
Billie now sports a suit of straw colored
whiskers that is the pride of the neigh
borhood.
Mack has had trouble during the pres
ent season. He went into tobacco rais
ing on a liberal scale, barned a brash
heap, sowed choice white Burley seed
and got a good stand, and then trans
planted the tobacco into a rich, mellow
plat of groond which he had cowpeuned,
especially for that parpose. The tobacco
grew and throve and Mack toiled-and
sweated to keep the worms off.
Billie followed him oat to the to
bacco patch every morning and his gam
bols, as he leaped from stump to stamp,
were very pleasant to contemplate. He
had seen his master rehearsing bis po
litical speeches before an imaginary au
dience, and he learned to make those
sweeping and graceful gestures with
which Mack has c.iarmed so many cul
tured audiences during the past cam
paign.
It was the delight of Mack’s heart to
pause in the shade of a tree and watch
Billie as he walked to and fro along the
snake fence, bowing and scraping and
indulging tn his innocent prattle. Along
about the time that the tobacbo was get
ting ready to cut Mack was called off to
look after his political fences and was
gone three days.
On his return what was his dismay to
find his tobacco patch totally devastated.
The cause was soon apparent. There
are only three things on the face of the
earth that ever indulge in tobacco, man
kind, worms and Billie goats. Mack
has won a great victory over the worms,
but he had not counted on Billie.
In a shady spot in the rear of the to
bacco patch he heard a terrible commo
tion that reminded him of the din
around, the court bouse in Rome on elec
tion day. Approaching the spot he
found Billie and a crowd of boon com
panions, holding a regular caucus and
making the welkin ring with their
matchless eloquence.
Billie was mounted on a stump with a
pile of choice tobacco leaves in front of
him, from which he took a nibble every
now and then during the pauses in his
harangue. His companions were re
clining with all the ease and grace of a
crowd of populist voters on the ground
around him, and each one had a supply
of tobacco leaves handy.
They were chewing a eezing and
cutting up more high nks than had
ever been exhibited in that peaceful
community; and every now and then
they would jump up and stamp their
feet and bleat like real folks in token of
their approval. Mack was proud of his
pet, but his disappointment was bitter
and he is out a promising tobacco crop
because of the political excitement.
M. M.F.
With a settled financial policy and
no fear of future agitation, the devel
opment of the South would progress
with almost inconceivable rapidity,
for no other part of the United States
offers surer or more generous return 8
for investments. Despite the wails of
the professional calamity howlers, its
development, although retarded by
unfavorable conditions, is yet so sub
stantial as to excite the wonder of
those who do not know the greatness
of its resources, for, notwithstanding
the statements of the croakers, the
South is steadily adding to its wealth
even under adverse circumstances.
Either Bryan and Sewall will be
elected or Bryan will be defeated.
Watson stands no more within the
radius of election chances than Simon
Bolivar Buckner. His latest fulmina
tion belongs, therefore, in the cate
gory of Hannacrat literature. Possi
bly he may draw off enough populist
votes to elect McKinley and several
republican senators. I f he does, his
share of the slush fund should be
liberal.—St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Judge Maddox will start out again
Monday to wind up his campaign. It
has been a most remarkable one and
he is going to receive a big majority
in November. Local issues being
eliminated, let us all turn out and
help to swell the list of democrat-* who
will rally to the support of the party
November 3.
The editor of The Washington Post
received a letter from one of the lead
ing railroad mechanics at Cleveland,
would give Bryan 15,000 majority. At
the last election Cleveland went re
publican by 6,000. This is Mark Han
na’s home.
Disgraced.
Behold, my cheek is flushed with shame,
I turn away mine eyes
Because that one who bears my name
Hath sinned in grievous wise—
Because a veiy tittle dame
Hath sinned beyond her size
With Caroline (a patriarch
Os 5) to serve as guide;
She started, happy as a lark.
Her primer at.her side.
When she came home her brow was dark;
I saw that she had cried.
Then Caroline detailed the case,
And-1 could plainly see
That shame must find abiding piace
For aye and aye with me,
And that the family disgrace
Was of profound degree.
I saw it then, I see it now;
Tha t for my wee girl’s crime
The brand must be upon my brow
For all the future time—
Indeed, my woe can scarce allow
The use of fitting rhyme.
1 know whate’er has dignified
My name must pass away,
Aud that the children will deride,
And seeing me will say:
•‘There’s Mr. Jones, whose baby cried
In school the other day!”.
Once I was designated .by
These tykes as “Mr, Jones
Who has the wheel that's geared so high,”
Or, "That nice man who owns
The great big dog named Nellie Bly,
That lives by Harry Stone’s.”
Such witnesses no mere they’ll bring
When I’m identified:
Os me they’ll only say this thing
In audible “aside”
“His little girl went visiting
In school one day, and cried.”
Behold, my cheek is all aflame,
I turn away mine eyes.
Because a very little dame.
Who sinned beyond her size.
Hath brought her family to shame.
Which nothing can disguise.
Cool weather and Fahy’s capes got
here about the same time. Come and
leethem.
Iff HMM DOTING - j
At the cost of production, we have been
enabled to reduce prices to a point where
the purchaser of lumber and general
building woodwork has many advantages
which he certainly never had before—
advantages which he probably does not
realize—special advantages which we are
offering and would like to tell him about.
The Prices Are Reduced
But there is no reduction in the quality
of our goods, nor iu the alert service
which we grant as an attractive feature
of our business.
O'Neill Manulactuiing Company
HOME, GEORGIA.
t Doors, Sash. Blinds, Turned Work,
Scroll Work, Lumber,
Shingles, Etc., Etc.
New Jewelry House,
NO. 218 BROAD STREET.
I have just opened up a New Jewelry Establishment at the
above location, and while making a specialty of
Watches, Clocks and Diamonds,
SILVERWARE AND JEWELRY.
A Beautiful Line of Cut Glass.
and Eye Glasses Fitted to the Eye.gs-
I carry a large and well selected stock of all kinds of goods that are
usually kept in an establishment of this kind. In fact, I carry a stock
that will compaie favorably with the stocks usually kept in much
larger cities.
WEDDING PREESNTS in Steiling Silver, and fancy goods of all
kinds. I also make a specialty of Repairing Watches, Clocks and Jew
elry of ail kinds, and guarantee all work. I alto do all kinds of Engrav
ing on goods that I sell without ixtra charge
I invite you to cull and examine my stock whether you buy or not.
Polite attention. Very respectfully,
-A.- C. STEFHEITS
THE ROME COAL COMPANY
JVrXZffCEZ A-OJEJSTTS
——DEALERS IN
Best Steam I Domestic Coal
HENRY Q. SMITH, Manager.
Down Town Yard Cor. 2d Ave &E. 2d St. ) Dzxrvxz,
Up Town Yard Cor. 6th Ave & Broad St. f llOlTl 6, Ud.
BUY YOUR COAL NOW!
WE can supply you with the BEST BRANDS.
WE can furnish you with ANY QUANTITY.
WE have TWO YARDS centrally located.
WE give you LOWEST PRICES.
Now IS THE TIME to buy. Send in your orders at once to
Rome Coal Co.
Office 11 Broad Street. H. G. SMITH. Manager.
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REAL ESTATE AGENT
230 BROAD ST?
Renting a Specialty and Prompt Settlement the Role