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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
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The blizzard has come and the coal
men are jubilant.
The Dauntless is'still undaunted
and is getting restless from inactivity.
Mrs. Editor Myrick does not take
kindly to the woman’s suffrage move
ment. 8
What we need most is to read dem
ocrats into the party rather than out
of it. ___A_
Only about one in a thousad mar
ried couples live to celebrate their
golden wedding.
Dr. Booze, of Maryland, is a mem
ber of congress. He will doubtless
stimulate that body to more activity-
Hoke Smith’s successor has given
expression-to strong free silver senti
ments and the gold advocates are in a
state of mind over it.
The New Yorkers are growing
weary of the reign of the Raines law.
Cold weather is approaching and the
demand for Tom and Jerry increases.
The Alabama legislature is advo.
eating female suffrage and the Geor
gia legislature is befriending the pos
sums. Wise legislation; wise legislators.
The people of Georgia have had a
surfeit of election this year. A bill
has been introduced into the legisla
ture to make the terms of county
officers four instead of two years.
The People’s Party paper is to be
removed from Atlanta to Augusta. If
they will go a step further and ge l
over into South Carolina the editors
will feel more at home than they do
in democratic Georgia.
Some of the newspapers of the state
think that the big football game im
pressed the legislators with the im
portance of granting a liberal appro
priation to Athens. Old King Cole, the
merry old soul of Carroll, does not
think so.
Another petition has been sent to
the governor for the pardon of Harry
Hill. Verily, Harry has been taught
that the way of the transgressor is
hard, and if he were pardoned no
body could find fault with the action
of the governor.
Ed Barrett is to give up his position
as correspondent of the Constitution
at Washington, and is going to em
bark in the newspaper business in
Danville, Va. Barrett is a good one
and has done some splendid work for
his great paper at the capital.
A bill has been introduced into the
Alabama legislature to allow women
to wear men’s apparel. From the his
tory of the past few years it might be
well for them to turn over the man
agentent of affairs to the women, over
there, anyhow, as the men have made
such a botch of it.
The editor of the Fitzgerald Leader
doesn’t seem to hanker a single hank
for a return to the Northwest, from
where he came to Georgia. Hear
him: “Give us Georgia against any
other climu on the face of the esr ti.
This Is God’s country if there ever was
any on the face of the earth."
OUR MANUFACTORIES.
As h manufacturing center'and its a
location for paving investments in that
lite, Rome possesses many advantages
over a city that depends entirely upon
its jobbing or wholesale trade for its
advancement. It has been amply de
monstrated that Rome manufacturers
can produce articles for the world’s
consumption as cheaply as they can
be made anywhere in the country-
The whole world is Rome’s market
aud her products go out to every lard
under the sun.
Besides being a great commercial
center, its capacity for growth and
advancement are not so restricted as
that of a city that depends solely on
its commercial advantages. Rome not
only 7 has at its back a countrv rich in
natural agricultural resources, but
fruit growing, stock raising, mining
milling and lumbering may be profita.
bly followed by men of energy and
industry.
But as a manufacturing center it
stands at the head of the list. We
have all sorts of raw material for the
production of cotton and woolen goods
hosiery, wooden ware, furniture, agri’
cultural implements, and a vast variety
of other articles that would require
columns for their simple enumeration
canning, preserving and fruit drying
will pay as well here as anywhere in
the country.
We have a healthy and genial cli
mate and out door work can be fol.
lowed the year round without any
disagreeable effects. As for indoor
work, the minimum supply of fuel is
required to warm our largest build
ings. Our contiguity to the coal
fields renders fuel cheap and easy to
procure as the rates for transportation
are reduced to the lowest mark by
competing freight lines.
If Rome can sell scales to Russia,
iron to England, Germany and Italy,
cotton goods to China and Japan,
building material to South America
and other foreign points, and soon
down through the long list of salable
products that are made here in Rome,
we ought to grow and flourish, with
our great natural advantages and en
terprising citizens, to be one of the
biggest manufacturing centers in the
country.
Our trade cannot be taken from us-
In spite of the claims of the larger
cities nearest to us, Rome has a terri
tory that is not subject to invasion
and that cannot be taken from us.
This is destined to be one of the,great
est manufacturing dud business cen
ters in the country aud we expect to
see our anticipations realized within
the next few years.
SOUTHERN IMMIGRATION.
With the return of easier and more
settled timee we may look for a large
influx of Souther emigration. The
over crowded sections of the Northern
and Middle states must find an abid
ing place somewhere and the great
Northwest has proven unsatisfactory
to those who are unaccustomed to the
extreme rigors of the terrible climate
of that region. As fast as the South
becomes better known it will be set
tled up.
The great majority of immigrants
going to the Northwest and the West
are ignorant and undesirable for
eigners, many of whom will never be
assimilated by the American people,
and who live in more or less of ignor
ance and squalor, with only the pur
pose in view of accumulating a few
dollars and going back to the countries
from which they came. They, do not
speak our language, care nothing for
our customs and institutions and add
nothing to the communitv in which
they live.
Os course in such a community of
people speaking a foreign tongue and
perpetuating manners and customs
that are entirely different from their
own, the American born emigrants do
not feel at ease as they do among peo
ple of similar tastes and language. For
that reason many experienced farm
ers and people who belong to the pro
ducing classes have turned their faces
southward seeking homes in more
congenial communities where life is
desirable.
Georgia has only recently received
a large colony of new-comers belong
ing to the same general class. We
refer, of course, specifically to the
Fitzgerald colony, because it is more
widely known. But there has bean
considerable immigration in other
sections of the state by progressing,
intelligent, educated English-speaking
white Americans from both the east
and the northwest. They have found
good homes, a fruitful soil, an eqable
climate, and they are contented and
prospering.
'fhe Baltimore Hun chronicles the
departure of a small colony of farmers
Irom Washington county, Maryland'
to settle in the South. They are going
to Alabama, where they have pur
chased l.in ls and will engage in farm
Ing and fruit raising. The Sun says
small colonies have been going out
from Washington county for settle
ment in new lauds for a hundred years
but the colony now referred to “is the
first, one to travel southward.” It will
probably not be the last one.
The South is receiving immigration
THEROME TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1896.
| of the most desirable class; people
who, as a rule. ar»» fairly well educated
are hourst. frugal «rid industrious. In
almost **v»rv instance they are Amer
ican*, horn umi4'r the stars and stripes,
and reared in kve for their country,
i and with pride in its traditions and
j aspirations. They speak the English
I language, and become a part of the
; social community of their adopted
1 homes at once. They are additions
to southern population to be proud of
The ’south is, beyond question, the
garden spot of the country. It would
seem that it bad been providentially
reserved for good people.
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SONGS AND SCENES.
A S' udy.
Day by day we meet together,
Can yon wonder then that I
’ Often strangely wonder whether
I’m awake or dreaming; why
Should her voice so deeply thrill me,
Or the sparkle of her glance
With such wild emotions fill me,
While the more her charms enchance.
She is naught to me, a sunbeam
! Thrown across the path of life, .
1 Just the substance of a day dream
In the midst of worldly strife;
Yet I watch her at a distance.
Study her and more admire
With a deepening insistance
And a vague and vain desire.
Wavering with indecision
Pained by many a dread and doubt.
To’ard this rare and radiant vision
All my tenderest thoughts reach out;
Day by day with fond eyes seeing
That fair face and form divine,
Softly round her beauteous being
Tetidrills of my heart entwine.
By the heavens that bend above her,
Were such bliss bestowed on me,
Priviliged to be her lover
W hat a lover I would be!
With an all absorbing passion
Which in her should find its goal
In my wild impetuous fashion,
Strength and mind and heart and soul!
But alas* the dream is fleeting,
Dream too sweet to live and last.
Soon her smile and kindly greeting
Will be numbered with the past;
But although the dream be over
Still the memory shall remain.
She the loved one, I the lover,
Though we never meet again .
I could love her so and render
Homage from this heart of mine,
Adoration true and tender,
I could offer at her shrine!
Through the years will I remember
This day dream so sadly swe p t
Till hope’s last faint fading ember
Falls in ashes at her feet!
Montgomery M. Folsom.
A Golden Circle.
The Lanier Circle grows better as
the days go by. It has been organized
about six years and during that pe
riod it has grown and thriven as few
such associations have in this state.
It numbers among its membership
the brightest literary minds in Rome
and Dr. A. J. Battle, the revered
president, is a host in himself in keep
ing the interest unflagging. He is so
learned and has such a wealth of ex
perience himself that all who associ
ate with him must absorb some of his
| erudition.
' And his manner of conducting the
meeting Monday night kept up a con-
; tinual flow of interest: Then he has
' able support in the person of Mrs.
Christopher Rowell, whose inciscive
wit adds so much zest to her manner
of filling the position of secretary.
| Thoroughly original, tactful and
gifted with rare charms of manner
and conversation, her presence is al
ways felt for good and if she were
ever absent it would be in the nature
of a calamity.
1 Miss Will Nell Lavender is develop
ing into a splendid vocalist and for
one so young she possesses a large
amount, of skill in addition to her in
herent talents. Her voice is full, re
sonant and well rounded and she is a
very charming young singer. She
and Miss Ella Neel divided the honors
the other performing beautifully on
the piano. Os course Miss Annie
Griswold’s accompaniment to Miss
Lavender’s songs was superb as her
work is always.
As for Mrs. Charles D. Wood’s sing
ing I always find myself absolutely
helpless and hopeless when I under
take to describe the magnificent
sweep and compass of her glorious
voice. Attuned to the tenderest
chords like the notes of the skylark it
scales the gamut from the dew drops
to the stars and in every vibration it
bespeaks in eloquence, such as words
cannot fashion, the joy and gladness
of an unsullied soul and a loyal heart.
Her singing Monday night was in
describably sweet. Miss Rosa Plumb
was her accompanist and the two of
them seemed in perfect harmony of
touch and tone like the song of the
bird on the bough and low sweet
murmur of the brook below. 1 was
rejoiced when Dr. Battle called on
them for the second time to sing after
they had sung the little song the
words of which I accidentally com
posed.
I say accidentally and I will tell you
th 3 story. Seven years ago, in com
puny with a very dear friend, 1 visited
the |ittle snuggery of Rev. Dr. J. G.
Armstrong, one of the most gifted
men this country ever knew. We
were discussing our work in the pres-
ence of the master, as we both re
garded him. Suddenly he turned to
me and remarked, with that smile of
ineffable sweetness, which no other
countenance ever equaled, and re
marked;
“I will give you a theme forapoem.”
“Very good. ’’ said I
“Is it wrong?”
That was all that was s .id on the
subject.
His manner haunt- d me that night
in ray room and I wrote the words
with the memory of that sad. sweet.,
smile before me like an inspiration
The word" were republished, far and
wideacd finally attracted attention
in Gernianv and, were republished in
the Berlin Register. Gottschalk, the
renowned composer, saw the lines,
set them to music and during the
next season the song was sung in Bos
ton and New York. But none ever
interpreted the spirit of the song more
beautifully than Mrs. Wood.
Miss Mary Sha w displayed a won
derful amount of research and infor
mation in her admirable sketch of
Queen Victoria. Her knowledge of
the life and character of England’s
queen was broad and comprehensive
and the audience listened wi'h bated
breath while she read the essay. Her
summary of the character and life of
the greatest monarch of modern times
was true to nature and did justice to
the stupendous task which she had
undertaken.
We always have a good time when
we go to Colonel McHenry’s. Mrs.
McHenry knows exactly how to pre
serve the entente cordiale among her
guestsand her bright eyes and smile
wreathed face are like a benediction.
It was a glorious night and after the
program was concluded and greetings
had been exchanged, we walked out
into the frosty air, under the Novem
ber sky where the great stars shone
respendently with feelings of grati
tude for the privilege of enjoying such
an evening. M. M. F.
Citizens of Etowah county will not
submit to a telephone line. They ob
serve that cotton went down, from
the time a local line was constructed
and they proceeded to cut the wire,
fell the poles and destroy the whole
thing. The Gadsden Times pretends
to have a great circulation in Etowah,
but there must be some mistake. At
east the Gadsden paper can hardlj’
circulate among the idiots who tore
up this ’telephone line, —Eufaula
Timesand News.
“How Weary I" Dur Heart.'*
O£ kings and courts; of kingly, courtly ways
In which the life of man is bought and sold;
How weary is our heart these many days!
Os ceremonious embassies that hold
Parley with hell in fine aud silken phrase.
How weary is our hearts these many days!
Os wavering counselors neither hot nor cold.
Whom from His month God spewoth, be it
told,
How weary is our heart these many days!
Yea, for the raveled night is round the lands,
And sick are we of all the imperial story,
The tramp of power, and its long trailof pain:
The mighty brow in meanest arts grown hoary
The mighty hands.
That in the dear, affronted name of Peace
Rind down a people to be racked and slain;
The emulous armless waxing without cease,
All-puissant, all in vain;
The pacts and leagues to murder by delays.
And the dumb throngs that on the deaf thrones
gaze;
The common loveless lost of territory ,
The lips that only babble of their mart.
While to the night the shrieking hamlets
blaze;
The bought allegiance, and the purchased
praise.
False honor, and shameful glory—
Os all the evil whereof this is part,
How worry is our heart
How weary is our heart these many days!
William Aatson.
BOWMAN BROS.
Lilliputian Bazaar,
OF ATLANTA
78 WHITEHALL ST,
Baby’s Winter Clothes
Is a matter of uo small impoi tance, as
the mother of these tiny cherubswill
tell you, and with the advent of the
Season of Damp Weather
BABY MUST HAVE
Warm Underwear
to protect it from the cold.
Those “REUBEN"
All Wool Shirts at 50c.
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For rhe little tot of a few years we
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cloth, with large sailor collar, trimmed
with small buttons; they’re just what
every mother, who is particular aboqt
her child’s clothing, would be more
than satisfied with; and the prices are
right, too.
Or Do You Prefer a Cloak
for her Little Ladyship? The newest is
black Bengaline Silk in the Empire
Stylo with largo collar trimmed in fur,
and is pronounced by all not only
ufVVT (FAIT
but something pretty enough for the
prettiest child.
taf-Our aim is to bo exclusive in
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windows
is another one of the things that*
Pearline ( u o ‘ e does best.
With that, the glass is never
cloudy—is always clear and
bright. Washing it is less
trouble, of course—but that is
the case with everything that is
washed with Pearline.
And about the sashes and tha
frames; remember that Pearline,
when it takes the dirt off, leaves
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VV hen a man or woman R
gets paiticular about
I the fit of their Shoes
| Z W ' II?® I they try Cantrell &
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jF J !•/ prices right and styles
\ J right
% / JI You don’t need a
ladder to leach our
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JF our Shoes show them
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CANTRELL «& (HAENN
240 BROAD SIRELT
’PHONE 157 11 nr •
! The Rome Drug Co. :
| With DR. FENNER as Manager, ?
X Has opened up’with a full stock in the old Norton building, re- W
W cently occupied by Lowry Bros., W
• Cor. Broad St. and Fourth Ave., Z
X Where you will find most anything usually k.pt in a first-class
A drug store, and many notions suitable for Christmas Presents. A
A TOILET ARTlCLES—Perfumery, Hair Brushes and Combs, a A
nice line Toilet Soap, Tooth Brushes, Etc. Imperial Crown Hard-
A kerchief Extracts in large variety, none better in the market. V
A Ladies invited. J
PRESCRIPTIONS will have the personal attention of Dr. W.
W R. Fenner with a full line of Squibbs Chemicals and everything W
A of the best quality. a
HOWARD FENNER will be master of ceremonies at the Soda £
X Fount and will serve his friends with Coca Cola and other Hot
A Drinks during the winter. £
W. P. SIMPSON, Pres. I. D. FORD, Vice-Pres. T. J. SIMPSON, Cashier
EXCHANGE BANK OF ROME.
home. georoizx.
CAPITAL 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 o± Director*.
A. R. SULLIVAN, J. A. GLOVER,
C. A. HlGnl. I. D. FORD,
W P. SIMPSON.
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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
. AND SHIPPERS OF
Oysters. Fresh Fish. Game,
POULTRY AND CELERY,
No. 13-15 Carter Street, CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
K. L. ANDERSON, Manager.
We carry the largest stock of Fish, Game, Oysters, &c., of any house in
the South. All shipments made promptly through the Southern Express
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