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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
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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.
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ded the course of . .
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NEW YORK. MANAGER.
Will Tom Watson’s prove to be the
letter that never came?
The advance in wheat would be all
right if the farmers had a little more
wheat to sell.
Judge Adamson is sweeping things
in his district like Judge Maddox is
in the Seventh.
The democratic sentiment in Geor
gia grows stronger with every effort
to compromise.
'Democrats must turn out on No
vember 3rd and vote for Bryan, Sewall
and Maddox. —Marietta Journal.
When Major McKinley is defeated
he will have good grounds for a suit
against the g. o. p. for damage to his
lawn, at Canton.
A negro named Frog Jack in Ameii
cus, is now set down as the meanest
man. He stole a pair of shoes off a
dead negro’s feet.
The scale of wages for mechanics in
Mexico is far above the prices that
prevail in this country, and they are
paid in cash, too.
The Cobb county fair was a splen
did success and we congratulate Broth
ers Neal and Massey on their good
work in the premises.
The Australian ballot is a Godsend
for the paper mills. The ballots are
as big as Hogan’s alley and the voting
population is increasing every day in
the week.
The many kind things said about
the Tribune's Sunday issue is very
gratifying, as they came from all
sources, and coming as they did spur
us on to better things in the immedi
ate future.
The Rome Tribune is* making an
earnest fight in behalf of Judge Joel
Branham for a place on the qupreme
bench.—Augusta Herald Yen, verily,
and we will ever be found giving our
earnest support to all such men for
high positions, He is a winner and
d<serves to win.
DEMOCRATS DO YOUR DUTY.
Only a week more remains before
the final contest. Chairman Neel is
doing splendid service for the democ
racy of the Seventh district in the
work of arousing the party to a sense
of the duty we owe to ourselves and
to the country at large in the coming
election. We have the strength if we
do not allow a sense of security to
keep us from taking that interest in
the campaign which the emergency
demands. We can and must whip this
fight.
All who favor democratic rule and
the perpetuation of honest govern
ment should take an active interest in
the contest. We cannot afford to lose
all that we have gained in the long
struggle of the past quarter of a cen
tury. The indications are that there
will be the strongest combination in
the history of the district made to
compass the defeat of the democratic
nominee. We must be p; spared for all
combinations that may come up.
An overwhelming majority of the
people of the Seventh district are fol
lowers of the banner of democracy.
All that is necessary is for them to
show their faith by their works on
the day of the election. The appeal
sentout by Chairman Neel is one that
should arouse the pariotic instincts of
every man in the district. He asks for
only the contribution of a little time
and effort on the part of the good citi
zens of each community.
We do not want our distiict misrep
resented in congress. We want a man
who has been tried and found true to
our interests. We do not want the re
port to go out to the world that the
Seventh district has gone for McKin
ley. We want the people of the United
States to know that here in North
Georgia we are believers in honest
government and the only way to ac
complish our wishes is to turn out and
work to that end.
Do not let the idea prevail that we
will have enough votes without yours.
We want all the democratic votes in
the Seventh district and we would be
glad to see all our populist friends
who believe in refoim to come out
and vote in support of the reform
party. This is a time when all good
men, regardless of paltry party senti
ment or prejudice, should join hands
in fighting for the principles of truth
and justice.
It will be too late after a republican
congress has been elected and the ad
herents of reform find themselves
bound hand and foot powerless to ac
complish any measures for the relief
of the people because of the majority
arrayed against them. Now is the
time for us to get in our work and
elect men who are in sympathy with
the spirit of reform. We must whip
this fight by such a majority as will
settle the matter at once and for all
time.
MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURE.
The Georgia legislature will meet in
Atlanta tomorrow. The present legis
lature is wore strongly democratic
than we have had in many years. In
the last legislature there were forty
six populists, whereas, in the present
general assembly there are only
twenty six populists three republicans
and one independent in ail the long
list of Georgia lawmakers.
The Georgia legislature under the
constitution consists of the senate and
house of representatives there being
forty four senators representing the
forty four districts into which the one
hundred and thirty seven counties of
the state are divided. This the forty
second senatorial district is composed
of the counties of Floyd Bartow and
Chattooga and will be well and worth
ily represented by Hon. Wesley Shrop
shire a sterling democrat and expe
rienced legislator.
The house of representatives con
sists of 175 members the six counties
having the largest population Cha
tham, Richmond, Burke, Bibb, Floyd
and Fulton having thiee representa
tives each and the twenty six counties
Bartow, Dooly, Decatur, DeKalb,
Coweta, Carroll, Cobb, Greene, Gwin
nett, Harris, Hall, Hancock, Jeffer
son, Houston, Jackson, Meriwether,
Monroe, Muscogee, Oglethorpe, Pul
aski, Sumter, Troupe, Thomas, Wash
ington. Walton and Wilkes having
two representatives each and the
others one.
Floyd is represented by Captain
John H. Reece, W. H. Ennis, and J.
B. Nevin, Captain Reece is a legisla
tor of long experience he having been
a member of the legislature of 1876
that called the convention which
promulgated and adopted the present
constitution which was afterwards
ratified by the vote of the people. He
was also a member of the last general
assembly and did good service for his
county and the state at large.
In the recent contest Mr. W. H.
Ennis, who is a young man enterpris
ing, public spirited and democratic to
the core did valient service for the
state ticket and his friends predict for
‘ him a brilliant future during his
career in 'he halls of legislation. Mr.
J. B. Nevin is also a new member and
was elected as the representative of
the laboring element which will look
THE BONE TRIBUNE. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 27. 189 b.
to him to represent its interests
among the Jaw makers of Georgia.
In many respects the present legis
lature is one of tbe best that has been
elected by rhe people of the state in a
great many years. We have strong
confidence in us ability to cope with
the many questions that will come up
for discussion during the term which
begins tomorrow. We trust that wis
dom, justice and moderation within
the bounds of the constitution will
prevail in ail its councils and that its
work will redound to the honor and
glory of this great commonwealth.
SONGS AND SCENES.
Oh. Promise M<!
Oh, promise me when shadowy sorrow
Glooms dark upon life’s leaden skies
When on some sad and cheerless morrow
The light of and dies;
That though the world may all forsake me
Upon Time’s somber, sunless sea,
Whatever woes may overtake me
I still may put my trust in thee 1
Oh, promise me, when tears are falling
Like rain upon some leaf strewn lea.
With storms of wild regret recalling
The dreams of all I longed to be;
That thy sweet spirit wilt uphold me
Though saddening surges sweep the shore,
Thy constancy wilt still enfold me
In loving kindness evermore!
Oh, promise me though faith be failing
And shades of doubt be gathering fast,
And though I hear the woful wailing
Os disappointment's withering blast;
That thy dear eyes wilt shine upon me.
Thy gentle hand wilt hold mine own
And in the strength thy love hath won me
I shall not tread that path alone!
Oh, promise me w’hen all have perished,
Ambition and its dazzling dreams,
High inspiration I have cherished
Bright hope and all its thousand themes;
That thou wilt keep thy pledge unbroken
Through weal or woe, through grief or glee,
Remembering every tender token
Oh, promise me, oh. promise me!
Montgomery M. Folsom.
Buy Beautifal Things.
In these progressive days beautiful
things are within the reach of all.
When you go to buy get the most beau
tiful things that your means will allow
you to purchase. Spend your money
judiciously and you have no idea how
many pretty and attractive things you
can secure for a small outlay. If yotl
go to buy a lamp get one that has a
pretty picture on the' globe. It may
cost a few cents more but it will pay
you to get it for the sake of your wife
and daughter.
A coal vase with a flower painted on
the front panel may cost more than a
plain one but when you think of how
attractive it looks to the visitor you will
realize that you have not spent a quar
ter foolishly. Don’t you remember how
pretty the flowered cup was that your
grandmother gave you and how much
sweeter the milk was drank from that
cherished cup than it was when given
you in an ordinary glass? It appealed
to your childish love for the beautiful.
That love is inherent in the heart of
a child and should be fostered and en
couraged in every posible way. Chil
dren who are taught to love the beauti
ful learn to seek after the good and they
grow up refined;in their acquirements
and accomplishments gained in after
life set more gracefully upon them I
kept bits of broken china and the han
dles of cut glass pitchers that I picked
up in grandmother’s backyard until I
was nearly grown.
Surround your children with attrac
tive articles of furniture and do not
consider the motiey wasted that you
spend for little ornaments to scatter
about the room. They help to attract
the sunshine and to brighten the dull
hours when you are kept indoors. The
carpet, though it may be of cheap ma
terial, should be chosen of bright, warm
colors. Hang pictures on the walls and
place a few pretty vases on the mantel.
All these things represent money well
spent.
Especially is this true where there are
girls around the house. Now, I was
born and “fotchup” in the country and
pretty “store bought” things were cost
ly and bard to get in those days. Peo
ple had to look out for something to
keep the pot boiling. They had just
passed through the horrors of war and
they seemed to fear that another dis
turbance was liable to break out again
at any time. The soldiers had been
hungry for two or three years and it
seemed that they feared they would
never get enough to eat any more.
It makes me feel so sorry when I
think how bard those country girls
used to try to fix up their humble homes
so as to make them look attractive.
Why, those Maine yankefes made many
a fortune selling our country people
cheap chromos and lithographs during
the ten or fifteen years that followed the
close of the war. But I think our peo
ple have gotten over the dread of star
vation now and it is getting time to fix
up and live like folks.
Women are by nature more refined
than men and more fixy. Give them a
chance to gratify thiir tustes and you
have no idda ho-v much happiness you
can convey by a very small outlay of
cash. 1 love beautiful books and even
though I have little time to read it does
' me goad to have them, lying around just
to look at. It does me good to see my
baby bendinu her little head over a p'c
ture book and hear her jabbering away
in her quaint comments.
I hope that she will always love the
beautiful and the good and 1 want to
encourage her in searching for whatis
most attractive in nature and art in
this wonderful world. There are so
many pleasant and agreeable things to
be found if we only knew, how to look
for them. Children that are brought
up amid austere surroundings grow up
soured and their dispositions become
warped and they go through life look
ing at the shadowy side of things.
Buy pretty things for the house.
Plant flowers in the yard and let tbe
children have something pleasant to
look at and they will grow up sweet
tempered aud optimistic and without
that cynicism that comes from dwarfed
natures. Let them inhale all the sweet
odors and absorb all the sunshine that
they possibly can. It will develop the
joyousness that is inherent in their na
tures and fill their hearts with precious
memories that will be a cherished leg
acy for them in after days.
M. M. F.
Mr. McKinley declines to say one
word on the subject of trusts. He
voted for the anti-trust law when he
was in Congress, but the trusts are
backing him now and he needs all the
help he can get. After the election, if
all goes well for McKinley, the people
will have to pay for the support the
trusts are giving him. They never
work for nothing.—Charleston News
aud Courier.
Official returns of the recent elec
tion from all the counties have been
received by the secretary of the state,
and these show that there will be only
26 populists members and one inde
pendent in the next General Assem
bly—six ponolists in the Senate end
twenty hi the House, lu the last
legislature there were 46 populists—
four in the Senate and forty two in
tbe House.
That is a funny proposition made
by Spain that if its troops do not con
quer the Cubans by March 1, 1897. it
will give up the fight. That is equi
volent to the proposal of a school boy
starting through the dark from the
big house to the kitchen: ‘‘Now, if the
devil catches me before I get there, he
is welcome to me.” The Cubans should
not want a batter thing than tha".
Everyone should remember that the
new game laws of Georgia extend the
limit for bird protection to November
the first, and any person who shoots
a partridge or wild turkey before that
date is liable to severe punishment.
An Augusta physician is backing a
movement to have a crematory for the
cremation of human bodies located in
that city. Ic is the idea of the project
ore to form a stock company, the capi
tal of which is to be $5,000.
The welcome hum of prosperity
will be heard after the politicians get
through predicting ruin and a general
financial smash up. The politician
doesn’t believe half he says.
Only a few days remain in which
Tom Watsom can give to the world
his letter of acceptance. Let it come.
We have braced ourselves, now, and
are prepared for the worst.
The guilty must be punished. The
lack of punishment has apparently
demoralized the people an i the rime
has come when courts must be severe
in discharge of their duty.
Hon. Allen D. Candler led the regu
lar democratic ticket in the late elec
tion. The ticket’s majority whs 53,329
Atkinson’s majority was 36,985. The
total vote was 217,836.
JERVIB&WRIGIIT
DRUGGISTS
Corner Bro? d Street and Fifth Avenue,
ROME, GA
Drugs and Druggists’ Sundries,
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Toilet Articles, Extracts, Purses, Card
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At the cubt ul 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 in the alert service
which we grant as an attractive feature
of our business.
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HOME, GEORGIA.
t Doors, Sash. Blinds, Turned Work,
Scroll Work, Lumber,
Shingles, Etc., Etc.
New Jewelry House,
NO. 218 BROAD STREET.
I have jnst 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 Classes Fitted to the Eye.>-
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 Stalling Silver, and fancy goods of all
kinds. I also make a specialty of Repairing Watches, Clocks and Jew
elry of all kinds, and guarantee all work. I also do all kinds of Engrav
ing on goods that I sell without ixtka charge
I invite you to c»ii and examine my stock whether you buy or not.
Polite attention. Very respectfully,
C. STEFHEITS
THE ROME COAL COMPANY
ivrxixriE agektts
dealers in
Best Steam ! Domestic Coal
HENRY G. SMITH, Manager.
Down Town Yard Cor. 2d Ave &E. 2d St. ) Pnmo Co
Up Town Yard Cor. 6th Ave & Broad St. j llvlllv, MCI,
BUY YOUR COAL NOW I
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
W. P. SIMPSON, Pres. I. D. FORD, Vice-Pres. T. J. SIMPSON, Cashier
EXCHANGE BANK OF ROME.
ROME, GEORGIA..
STOCK, SIOO,OOO
Accounts of firms, corporations and individuals solicited. Special attention
given to collections. Money loaned on real estate or other good securities
Prompt and courteous attention to customers.
Board of Directors..
A. R. SULLIVAN, J. A. GLOVER,
C. A. HIGHT, 1. D. FORD,
W. P. SIMPSON.