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INAUGURATED.
Governor William Yates
Atkinson
IN GREAT SPLENDOR
. seldom Such a Scene as Witness'd in
' Atlanta Yesterday
SIMMON’S ADMINSTERS THE OATH
The Greatest Military Pagean t
Ever Present
THREE HUNDRED SCHOOL GIRLS
The Booming of Cannon, the Flare of
Drums, the Flash of
"* Bayonets.
Atlanta, Oct. 31.—The inauguration
day of W. Y. Atkinson as governor of
Georgia was a red letter event. The
campaign which had culminated in his
re election was characterized by unpre
cedented brilliancy, and though it was
not devoid of useful acrimonies yet,
when the occasion was ripe for
signalizing his triumph all Georgians
were wont to bury and forget every
episode that was not in all respects
worthy of commemoration. Hence the
festivities were hearty and enthusiastic.
Distinguished personages civic and mili
tary were present from all parts of the
state and crowds p jured into the city for
days preceding the ceremonies so that
the hotels and thoroughfares of Atlanta
swarmed with crushes of humanity who
had come together to contribute to the
grandeur and success of the event.
The military pageant was imposing in
the extreme. The procession of troop *
included the six regiments of Georgia
volunteers, the United States Fifth In
.. fantry and cadets from the Georgia mili
tary colleges. I
Dense masses of pedestrians crowded '
the line of march and the windows of
private and ] üblic buildings were filled
with fair and approving faces. Every
point of vantage was seized by eager
gazers to view the military feature. Os
this part of the display no distinctive
corps of uniformed citizens attracted
more attention and applause than did the
Rome Light Guards and the City Cadets
Hardly less interesting, though more
impressive, were the ev< nts that followed
at the capitoi. Here at noon the two
houses had met in joint session for the
ratifying ceremony of the inauguration.
The governor’s salute of seventeen guns,
fired as the party appioaced the capi
toi, closed and emphasized the brrlliant
and imposing pageant.
For the first time since the capitoi was
erected, and perhaps for the first time
this century, the inaugural address was
delivered in the open air from a platform
large enough to seat the general assem
bly and the supreme court. The stand
was swathed in bunting, which blended
_ appropriately with the state and national
colors.
Tlie balcony was filled with men,
women and children, and the stand
about tbe governor was taken up with
members of the legislature and other
dignitaries of state, while in front .of
him were the 265 girls from the Indus
trial and Normal college, the soldier
boys and citizens from every section of
the state.
The members of the house and sen
l*%te came out upon the platform, Presi
dent Berner and Speaker Jenkins in the
.. lead. As soon as all had been seated
Doorkeeper Martin announced that the
governor awaited the pleasure of the
joint assembly.
“Let the governor be admitted,” said
President Beiner, as he wrapped for
"order and all the legislators rose to their
feet. Governor Atkinson came in arm
in arm with Chief Justice Simmons, of
the supreme court, and then came Mrs.
Atkinson, delator Redwine and the
other members of the inaugural com
mittee, as well as other officials.
President Berner rapped for the leg
islature to rise, and as soon as the gov
ernor bad taken bis place beside the
president, Mr. Berner announced the
inaugural would be opened with prayer
and that Dr. 1. 8. hopkins would in
voke the blessings of Almighty God
upon the exercises.
The opening of the governor’s
speech was of a personal nature, in
which he made indirect reference to
the fight that is now being made
him. “I cannot forbear,”
Slid he, ‘‘to thank the people of Geor
gia for their kinduessand their gen
erosity to me. My’life has been pe
culiar — out of the usual order of most
men. It has been my bitter lot when
ever I have offered for positions of
honor and trust to have to face to
those forces which tend to thrust the
heart rather than to inspire the hope.
I would be ungrateful I did not say
to these people thatl thank them for
the confidence they hive shown in me
and for the loyalty they have ever
shown to me. When the hand of the
destroyed was uplifted against me you
have vindicated my fair name and
stood between my children and dis
honor. I take the appearance of
this great audiance to indicate that
the time his arrived in the history Os
WwSib ; .
GOVERNOR W. Y. ATKINSON.
Georgia that the memory of Alexander
Stephenes and other great defenders
of local self government are to be
honored and the people are ready to
magnify the state government and to
increase its power at home and its
dignity abroad.” , ,
At the olose of Governor Atkinson's
address he bowed toward Chief Justice
Simmons and said : “I am now ready
to take the oath of office. ”
A Bible was handed to the governor,
and placing his hand upon it he stood
looking on the chief justice while he read
the oath of office. At its conclusion the
governor passed the book to his lips and
then handed it to an attendant.
President Berner c.nnounced that the
secretary of state would deliver to the
governor the great seal of the state. Sec
retary Candler came forward and handed
the great and ancient seal of the state, all
decorated with new blue ribbon, to the
governor, who delivered it back to the
secretary with a caution that he should
1 eep it safely.
The governor and his party retired,
the joint session was dissolved, the'in
auguration was over, William Y At
kinson being governor for the next two
years, unless he is elected to the United
Srates senate.
The inaugural reception occurred at
the executive mansion trom 8 to II p. m
tonight,the state house officersand their
wives receiving with Governor and
Mrs. Atkinson, members of the general
assembly, the supreme court, the mili
tary officers and their wives.
Arnold’s Bromo-Celery. One trial
will guarantee its unrivalled excellence
for headaches. lOcts. For sale by D.
W. Curry.
Now for blanketks don’t let
tne cold weather catch you
without you would feel bad *o
wake up in the middle of the
night nearly frez for he want
of cover Fahy can supply you
with good warm blankets at
from sOcts a pair up.
ROUE WENT DO«N
The Cedartown Boys Snow'd Them Under on
The Gridiron Yesterday.
A good crowd witnessed the football
game yesterday afternoon at the park be
tween Rome and Cedartown. Thevisitois
were too stout for the local team and won
out by a score of Bto 0. The roster of
Rome was John Bailey, Dick Maddox,
Rob Harper, Mulford Word, Glover Mc-
Ghee, Will Jones, Will Ledbetter, Frank
Huffaker, Lint Maddox, Felton Mitchell
and Norman Clyne. The visiting team
were: Messrs. Hutchins, Branch, Tur
ner, Good, Thompson, Bobo. Nesbett,
McConnell, Kennedy, Wadiy and Brad
ford. Tne game lasted two hours. The
best players on the home team were
by Clyne, Mitchell, Baily and Huffaker.
The best on the visiting team were Good,
Nesbett, McConnell and Waday. Good
order was preserved and no accidents
happened.
Ladies, jnisaes and childrens
elegant underwear at your
own price Thos. Fahy’s.
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.
*ome Who Coni'?, Some Who Go end Some
Who Stsyiat Hom«.
Mr. Will Darby went down to At
lanta yoeterday afternoon to spend
the day with Mrs Darby.
Col. E. E. Jones, receiver of the
Chattanoogo, Rome & Columbus Rail
road went up to Chat tanooga yester
day.
Bev. Bruce Hanis will preach at How
ard Avenue Methodist church, East
Rome, at 11 a. m. and 7n. ip, Sunday
school at 9:30 a. m.
E ist Rome Dashes.
Mrs. R. E. McKenzeeand Miss Mary
McK'nzse returned Friday from a
very pleasant visit to friends and rel
atives in Cleveland, Tenn.
Misses Annie and Mary Brumby.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, NOVEMBER 1, 1896,
two of the most charming young
ladies of Cedartown are the guests of
Mrs. W. A Patton.
Mr. W. A. Hughston, after several
months stay in this city, has returned
to Selma, Ala., to make that place his
future home, much to the regret of
his many friends.
Friends of Mrs. Moore will be
pleased to learn that she is improving
after an illness of several days.
Mrs Oscar Fleming will make Selma
her future home.
Mr. C. I. Hagin has returned from a
trip to Alabama
M". Cleo McLenden is at home
agai i.
Miss Anna Harris, oni of Rome’s
most efficient t achers, lias an excel
lent school which is daily growing in
attendance and popularity.
PENNY H t'KEE.
Chai g d With Counterfeit! 'g, w 8 Ac
quired.
Atlanta, Oct. 31.—Bert Penny, of
Rome, who was charged with counter
feiting, was acquitted yestarday after
noon in the United States court by
Judge Newman Allen R. Tanner, of
Floyd, was convicted, having been
charged with the same offense two
years ago.
Te ’.Chers, Attention,
I:’ you desire an appointment at the
beginning of the. new year register name
in Rome, Teachers and Commercial
Agency, Rome, Ga.
H. S, Shockley, Manager,
oct 31-3 t
czrTL-rr-j O i
Royal Arch Chapter.
Regular convocation of Rome chapter
No. 26, Royal Arch Masons, at 7:80
o’clock, tomorrow (Monday) night.
Work in the M M. degree. Companions
fraternally invihd.
M. x Meyebhabdt. H. P.
B. F. Clark, Secretary.
THE FULLER TRAGEDY.
2late Brani Indicted tor the Murder <»J
< apiniii Nmmli uiitl the Second Officer.
Boston, Oct. 31.—Jhe grand jury in
the United States circuit court indicted
Thomas Brani. first mate of the barkeu
tine Herbert Fuller, for the murder of
Captain Thomas Nash, his wife Laura,
and Second Mate Bamberg on board the
Herbert Falser last July.
The Herbert Fuller put into Halifax
harbor Juiy 22, lowing a tender con
taining the bodies of Cup’ain Nash, his
wife ami Bamberg, who had been killed
in their bunks while as eep. The mur
ders were committed with au ax and
the bodies were horribly mutilated.
The murdois were discovered soon
after they occurred on July 14, and from
evidence disclose I Lester H. Monks, a
passenger, and Jonathan Spencer, the
steward, decided to place Mate Brain
in irons ami take the barkehtine lute
the nearest port.
The entire crew of the Fuller and
' Monks were examined at Halifax and
then sent to B :ston, wh re a hearing
was held by the United States commis
sioner, au.i P.raiu and Char es Brown, a
seaman, • were, orucred held for the
grand jury.
The jury returuc?. no Lili against
Brown.
A LiuHori I'sn.r on ttie < uu.tia Situation.
. London, Oct. 81.—The Globe, itr an
editorial, says that should the insur
rection last much longer, Spain wou.d
not loose much by quitting its hold ol
Cuba. With rhe island’s two stap'e in
dustries ru!»:ed almost past mending,
the termination of the rebellion must
endow Spain, which is idrea y hover
ing on the brink of bankruptcy, with a
veritable white elephant. For a long
time afterward she would have to main
tain an army of occupation to prevent
another uprising and the revenue re
ceipts would be next to nothing. In
the presence of this dismal prospect
Spanish people would do well to con
sider the question whether Cuba is
worth retaining. If it is, Spain should
use all possible dispatch in accomplish
ing its pacification, either by concession
or conquest.
Terrible Explosion In Indiana.
Geneva, Ind., Oct, BL—Seven hun
dred quarts of nitro-clygerine in th<
F —IROMEI— 1
AND INSTITUTIONS. I
If Rome would become more prosperous its home institutions must be patronized
by Rome people Its wonderful resources and advantages for manufacturing will avail
nothing unless our factories and wholesale merchants are encouraged and sustained by
that local pride and patroriage,’ which are the secret of the growth and prosperity of
many less favored cities.
The Tribune is earnestly enlisted in the work of keeping Rome money in circula
tion at home. With this purpose the following list of Rome merchants, industries and
institutions has been compiled. We recommend every institution and article mentioned
in this column as worthy of the support and patronage of all citizens :
Carlock Packing Co.
ROME, GEORGIA;
Elastic and
Sectional
RING
PACKING
For stationery and portable engines.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Rome Stove Works,
TOCCOA. STOVES (Eight Sixes)
KFAVESAW ORATES,
Frames fit standard size mantles with tile
filling —three sizes, 19, 20 and 23 inches
TERHUNE-NIXON CO.
229 Broad Street, Rome, Ga.
Trade Supplied By
ROME HARDWARE COMPANY,
14 and 1G Broad Street.
W. T. JONES,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
Marble and Granite
Monuments, Headstones, Statues.
Coppings, Etc.
Cemetery and building work of all de
scriptions made to order. All orders
promptly attended to and executed in
the neatest manner possible.
414 Broad Street, Rome, Ga.
Geo. F. Chidsey & Son,
WHOLESALE
Brokers & Commission Merchants
No. 5 Broad Street,
ROME, GA.
H. E. KELLEY. M. B. McWILLIAMS.
KELLEY & MILIUMS,
No. 13 Broad St., Rome, Ga.
WHOLESALE
Grocers i Commission Merchants
o
We make a specialty of the handling
of Corn, Oats, Bran and Hay. The
trade of the merchants solicited.
Empire magazine, near this city, ex
ploded at 3:45 a. m. The concussion
was felt for miles around. Hundreds
of windows were blown out, walls
cracked and chimneys torn down. It
was reported that a wagon was unload
ing at the magazine, but no trace of
wagon, horse or man was found. In
deed, the wreck is absolute. A large
quantity of nitroglycerine was stored
in the Hercules magazine not more than
75 yards away, but did not explode,
though a portion of the waU was
blown in.
Prince of Wales to Be Honored.
London, Oct. 31.—0 u Dec. 1 the
Prince of Wales will be nominated for
election as grand master of the English
Muster Masons. This will be the twelfth
successive nomination with which he
was honored. The following evening
the prince will, for the third consecu
tive year, in united grand lodge be
nominated for election as most worship
ful grand master of English Freemasons.
The respective elections will be held on
March 2 and 3, 1897..
Washington Police Care For Atlantians.
Washington, Oct. 31.—Mrs. Sarah
Rosenberg and her five children, -the
oldest 7 years of age, are being cared
for by the police. They arrived in this
city from Atlanta, Ga., destitute, hav
ing been sent here, Mrs. Rosenberg said,
by the city of At anta. She supposed
that they were provided with tickets to
New York, where her husband, whom
she hns not aeon for seven mouths, if
suDQCsed to be.
R. G. CLARK, Pres’t. J. N. KING, M’g’r.
C. W. KING, Sec. & Treas.
HOWEL
Cotton Company
OF GEORGIA,
COTTON COMMISSION,
ROME, GEORGIA.
THOMPSON HILES,
President. Sec. * Treas.
Thompson Biles Co.
WHOLESALE
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes
HATS, NOTIONS, Etc.
250 & 252 Broad St., Rome, Ga.
Rome Fruit & Produce Go.
Wholesale Commission Merchants,
M ANUFACTURERS of
Superior Stock Feed
and Water Ground Meal
No. 7 Third Avenue, Rome, Ga
Consignments solicited of apples, pota
toes, onions, cabbage, bu ter, eggs, poultry,
game, dried fruit, hides, beeswax, tallow,
and all kinds of small fruit in season.
References: First National Bank.
A. W. HART,
231 BROAD ST., ROME, GA.
(Hoyt’s Old Stand.)
Practical Boojjnid Shoemaker
Leather and Shoemakers’ suppjies.
Fully prepared to furnish anything
in my line of business from a brogan
to a ladies’ fine shoe. A good stock
always on hand. Give me a call and
save money. Repairing done in the
best style at reasonable prices. Only
house in Rome that sells shoe lasts.
The Brave Man.
‘‘Do I understand you to say,” que
ried the barrister, looking hard at the
principal witness, ‘‘that upon hearing
a noise in the hall you rose quickly, lit
a caudle and went to the head of the
stairs—that a burglar was at the foot of
the stairs, and you did not see him? Are
you blind?”
‘‘Must I tell the truth?” stammered
the witness, blushing to the roots of his
hair.
“The whole truth,” was the stem re
ply.
*‘Then, ” replied the witness, brush
ing aside his damp, clinging locks and
wiping the perspiration from his clam
my brow,'*‘my wife was in front of
me.”—Pearson’s Weekly.
Johannesburg's Latest Census.
The census recently taken at Johan
nesburg shows a population of 102,714
inhabitants, of whom 51,225 are whites,
44,396 Kaffirsand 7,032 mixed and oth
er colored races.
..—. *
I'ardtiisl Gibbous Seeks Best.
Norfolk. Oct. 31.—Cardinal Gibbonc
of Baltimore arrived here ou the Bay
line steamer and was met at the wharf
by Fathers Riley, Doherty and Wilson,
who escorted the distinguished visitoi
to St. Vincent’s hospital, where he will
remain a few days. No special signifi
cance is attached to the visit of the car
dinal, the trip being only for rest.
Smoke Sweet Havana Rose, just out.
J, L. BRANNON. R. S. BRANNON.
J. L. BRANNON & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers
AND DEALERS IN
farmers’ supplies,
23 Bread Street, Rome, Ga.
WARTERB’
Extra Good
BEST 5c CIGAR.
14 and 16 Broad Street.
Everything in the Hardware line
at hard pan prices. Tennessee and
Old Hickory Wa<?nne, Chattanooga
Chilled Plows, Disk Harrows, Bug
gies, Phaetons, Buggy Harness,
Wagon Harness, etc. Exclusive
agents for Rome Stove Works *
W. w. WATTERS,
‘‘Tve Greenest Plumber
in Rome.”
Water and Gas-Fitting.
All sorts of Plumbing work.
Pumps, Hydraulic Rams and other
machinery for raising water.
N>. 9 Third Avenue, - Rome, Ga.
W. H. STEELE.
IMPORTER AND JOBBER OF
China, Glassware,
TINWARE, LYMPS,
Stoves and Housefurnishing Goods,
ROME, GA. *
NORTH 6M
Ipttal Colley,
DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY,
4f Dahlonega, Georgia.
Spring term begins lint Monday in February.
Fall term begins first Monday in September.
FULL LITERARY COURSES.
TUITION FREE.
With ample corps of teachers.
TROUGH MILITARY TRAINING
under a U. S. Army Officer detailed by
Secretary of war.
Departments of Business, Short
hand, Typewriting, Telegraohy-
Uusic and Art.
Under competent and thorough instructors.
YOUNG LADIES have equal advantages.
CHEAPEST COLLEGE in the SOUTH
For catalogues and lull Information ad
dress Secretary o- "Treasurer of Board
Trustees.