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■ ■ .-<XXX> • • <XX> | : QURjSTANDING. : >< FORMER TRIUMPHS RECALLED. * The following is an extract f rom the Atlanta Constitution, at the time Floyd county carried off the honors at the great exposition of 1891: For five successive years the Piedmont exposition, unfolded under the genius of Henry Grady’s touch, the old county of Floyd met aud coal’enged every where by magnificent competition i< all of these states, has swept every field of exposition, conquered all rivalry and carried off the laurels of every contest of conutits made in the. Piedmont country. To accomplish this really remarkable series of achievements, it has been ab solutely necessary that Floyd county’s exhibit should be better every year than the year preceding, as her compe titors have come up every year for the grand struggle in better shape, and with more elaborate prepar ation than the year before. The ex hibit that won for Floyd the Piedmont’s first prize in 1890; and would not have touched the first prize in 1890- and would not have won fourth place in the great competition of 1891. Never in any past exposition has Floyd county had such competition as has compassed her during the last three weeks. The agri cultural exhibit of the counties in the great hall has been the central feature in the great exhibition of 1891, and the wonder of the thousands who have vis ited the grounds. It is generally agreed that by long odds the greatest agricultural exhibit ever made in the South, and one scarcely surpassed iu any section of country. To have swept every laurel from such unusual competition is equivalent to saying that Floyd county’s exhibit of 1891 is, by many degrees the greatest display this wonderful county has ever made, and naturally follows, the great est agricultural and mineral display of wealth and resource ever made by any county in any state in the South. It was simply overwhelming and irresisti ble, and victory for Floyd was inevita ble from the outset. Crowned for the fifth time with the first laurels of the Piedmont exposition, the question of pre-eminence would seem to be finally settled, and among the rich and fertile countios of this wonderful southern section, even the most captious criticism must hereafter concede that Floyd county is easily first in wealth, resource, fertility, advant ages, aud in the intelligent vigor and method which knows howto develop and utilize them Surely to have estab lished this fact within five successive years is a glorious and profitable work for the enterprising and public spirited citizens of tuat county. The men who have done this work have rendered to Floyd county incalcu lable service. Far Beyond the small profit which their premiums will bring as compensation foFthe constant labor and heavy expense of preparing, trans porting and arranging these exhibits, must be set the surpassable and dura ble advantages of the wide advertise ment which these successive premiums have given and will give to this heaven favored region. It is impossible to esti mate in mere money the value to Floyd county of these premiums regularly won. A hundred thousand dollars expended in advertisements would not have been worth half as much in results as the le-- gitimate triumph of its own resources against interstate competition. It is no discrimination to say that the chief and essential credit for this great agricultural display belongs to Floyd’s champion farmer, Mr. D. H. Shelton. Blood Poison. Contagious B'ood Poison has been ap propriately called the curse of mankind. It is the one disease that physicians can not cure; their mercurial aud potash remedies only bottle up the poison in the system, to surely break forth in a more virulent form, resulting in a total wreck of the system. Mr. Frank B. Martin, a prominent jeweler at 926 Pensylvania Ave., Wash- . ington,D.C.,says: I was for a long time under treat K,' ment of two of e b es t physi —tw cians of this city. 1 I tor a severe case t of blood poison, but my condition grew worse all JcL' ll>e uot- SjgffyJ withstanding the they -‘' IVAltwf r'l ~~ c ’ lar K me three 'WiW / / hundred dollars. ’vyjiT I My mouth was filled witu eat ; ng sores; my tongue was almost eaten away, so that for three months I was unable to taste any solid food. My hair was coming cut rapidly, and I was in a horrible fix. Iliad tried various treat ments, and was nearly dis couraged, when a friend recommended S.S.S. After T had taken four bottles, 1 began to get better, and when I had finished eighteen bottles, I was cured sound and well, my skin was without a blemish, and I have had no return oi the disease. S.S.S.saved me from a life of misery.” S.S.S. (guaranteed purely vegetable) will cure any case of blood poison. Books on the disease and its treat ment. mailed free by Swift Specific Co., L- Kw Atlanta, Ga. Hts zeal has been indefatigable, his courage unfailing, and his energy and taste have been equal to all the great demands of tremendous competition. When the judges ruled out competition for the first prize the wood display and mineral collection which Mr. Allen brought down Dave Shelton, not a whit daunted, quietly remarked: ‘‘All right, I’ll beat them anyway. 1 have more corn in more variety, more wheat in greater variety, more hay, more meat, more agricultural matter of every kind, and I will win on merit without the wood and minerals.’* And he did. He has been working for the year past on this great exhibit, and his dill i’gence, industry and judgment, are richly re warded in the great victory of which he is the hero. It Floyd county is as grate ful as she use to be, she will give Dave Shelton a medal to commemorate his splendid service to her reputation. Mr. J. H. Allen has also done a splen did work. The collection and arrange ment of that wonderful mineral and wood exhibit was largely the product of his brains aud energy. His tactful and tasteful energy was of great serv ice to Mr. Shelton in the arrangement of the entire exhibit, and his intelligent comprehension of Floyd's advantages, havebeeu found to be of signal service in explaining and expressing these things to visitors. He is generally es teemed one of the first citizens of Rome. Os course there is nothing of empha sis to be added to a great victory like this, by enumerating in cold type the articles which made up the units iu this winning exhibit. A list ,is not like the living picture of plenty and prosperity which was framed under the legends of Floyd county. But the agricultural vic tory was won on a few salient features which made the body of the exhibit. As one entered the great arch of baled hay winch made the entrance, the first object that met the eye was in itself a masterpiece. This was a bale of cotton placed on a Standard scale and pla carded with these striking lines: Floyd County Cotton Fertilized with .Floyd county guano. Cultivated with Floyd county plow’s. Covered with Floyd county bagging. Sewed with Floyd county thread. Bound with Floyd county ties. Weighed on Floyd county scales. All roads lead to Rome. A little peyond this an old-fashioned corn crib and smokehouse, each team ing with the plenty of the olden time, made up a grand beginning to this great display. Among the teaming plenty back of this graceful -opening may be mentioned twenty-five varieties of corn by the bushel, ten varieties of hay by the ton, six varieties of wheat by the bushel, five varieties of oats by the bushel, seventy-six varieties of woods i'l massive array and in high polish, 544 jars of fruit and other preserves made by Mrs. Shelton from a Floyd county orchard, forty-two varieties of wines, whiskies, etc. Every variety of iron ore side by side with the charcoal for smelting, and the limestone for smelting, and the pig iron product at the end. Floyd county’s position is unique in this contest. Lying at the confluence of the Etowah and Oostanaula rivers, and including tht rich, alluvial lands of the Coosa river valley, as well as a large sec tion of the hili country at the foot of the Blue Ridge, the county combines in rare abundance the two great elements of mineral and agricultural wealth, well flanked with timber. To these incom parable elements of prosperity the en terprising people of Rome have added an astonishing variety of manufactures. You find there stoves, scales and cotton ties made of iron dug from the neigh boring hills, cloth made from cotton spun and woven in sight of the fields where it grew, and buggies of native wood. This striking combination has been happily epitomized in the bale of cotton, of which the fertilizer, the plow, the bagging, the twine and the ties were all made at Rome, and the scale on which it stands was made at the same place. In this combination of agriculture, minerals and woods with manufactur ing enterprise, Floyd typifies the state of Georgia, which is the Empire State of the South, because as a state it has this well balanced combination, and has throughout its territory the same enterprising spirit manifested by Floyd. As far as the premium goes Floyd must stand or fall on agriculture alone; but when it comes to a combination of all the elements of prosperity, it is not un fair to say that she leads all the coun ties that have made exhibits. When you take minerals, Bartow gives her strong competition, and in ag rtculture all the counties make a favora ble comparison, but when you add man ufactured products aud take the combi nation as a whole, Floyd is ahead. There is no telling what Fulton might do if she should undertake to make a similar combination, for she has more manufactures than any other county in the state, but so far she has not made that showing as a county. The display is due chiefly to the efforts of Mr. D H. Shelton and Mr. J. H. Allen. e - at tbeold stand. And Now Knady t'> Servo the Pub ic nt all Tliuea. The Hanks Furniture Company, No. —, Broad street, is still at the old stand ready to serve the public in their usua 1 satisfactory style. They are old experienced hands in the furniture and undertaking line as their patrons know after years of business dealings with them. They have been in the undertaking bhsiness for many years in Rome, and in their big store they have an elegant line of coffins, casketsand undertakers’ good, They have a handsome hearse and outfit and are in every way prepared to take charge of funerals and conduct them in the most satisfactory manner. THE ROME TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1896. COLORED SCHOOLS How Tiiiy are Provided For 'in Rome A MiGNIFICEHT BRICK BUILDING Is BeiDR Completed For the Occupancy Os »hr» •»cho" , s and it. Will Ke Ad» quatelj? Furnished. The people of Rome have paid care ful attention to the requirements of the colored public schools. The Rome public school building for colored school ch.ldren, recently destroyed by fire, was an elegant brick building, beautifully situated on a hill overlooking the Etowah river in the northern section of the city. It will be substantially rebuilt of brick, and is to be a sac simile of the building for the white children, thus showing the good feeling that exists between the races in this section of the state, and an earnest ot the firm belief that the best elements among the whites think that the negro’s condition will be ameliorated by pleasant environments and good education- The structure was built in 1891, seven years after the* public school system was inaugurated iu this city. It was the finest brick building- in the state except one in At lanta. This surely is complimentary to Rome, when it is known that there are only four brick buildings in the state for colored children, situated respect ively at Savannah, Athens, Atlanta and Rome. The new school building will be completed by March 15, and will be fully up to all the modern re quirements. Prof. T. M. Dent has been its able principal since 1891, and the school has steadily grown under his administra tion until the annual enrollment has reached about-500 pupils. The school has a splendid and conscientious corps of teachers, who tench grades respect ively: (Miss) M. E. Cothran, Ist A, (Mrs.)C. B. Barrett Ist B,(Miss F. L.) Tavlor, 2nd (Miss A. E- Williams 3d. Miss E- L Ray 4th (Miss) N E. Tay lor sth, (Mrs.) L. E. Samuels 6th. Thirty eight have finished the pre scribed course and several of them have taken a higher course.thus fitting themselves for the more advanced av-. ocations of life. Every year there are thirty or forty non-residents that come from the county or adjoining counties and pay a tuition according to their re spective grades. This is another indication of the ex cellency of the system, that was for many years wisely managed by the lamented and beloved school veteran, Prof. J. C. Neely, and now conducted so successfully by the able and brainy superintendent, Prof. J. C. Harris. The board of education has been con scientious and vigilant in looking af ter the welfare of the schools, and will do all they can to increase their effi ciency and facilities. The steady in crease of the colored schools shows the interest the colored population has in education, an'd their appreciation of whatever is done for them in this line. While the teachers and school officials have done admirable work according to the means at their command, it is a fact that the needs far exceed the means to properly meet them. Only about fifty per cent of the colored children attend school, not because they do not care to do so, but because the room is not sufficient. It is the devout wish of every one who desires to see a strong and intelligent citizenry hereafter that this splendid issue of The Tribune may awaken new life in this line and make the school system truly the pride of modern Rome. Tutt’s Pills Cure All Liver Ills. Perfect Health. 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RETAIL MERCHANTS CALL AND BE CONVINCED. THE ROME GROCERY COMPAHY, Nos. 7 & 9 Broad Street, Rome, Ga. We Want You to Know WE CAN AND WILL SAVE YOU FROM ONE TO TWO DOLLARS ON ANY PAIR OF PANTS MADE IN ROME. Get the best price from other tailors and then take off one to two dollars and you have our prices. This is plain talk, but we will do this very thing. We will save you from $5.00 to SIO.OO on tailor-made suits. We buy ten times as many goods as all other tailors in Rome combined, and hence the low prices we can give you. BURNEY TAILORING CO. No. 220 Broad Street.