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* REGAL ROME AHD ITS EHVIROHMEHT <
OF UNBOUNDED RESOURCES, RMENOMENML DEVELOPMENT
SND IRRESISTIBLE ATTRACTIONS.
Rome has been more extensively
advertised within the last two years
than any town of the same size in the
South.
The $700,000 plant of the New Eng
land cotton mills has been completed,
and a small army of laborers is em
ployed out there, their cottages consti
tuting quite a village. The mills are
turning out a superior quality of
thread and cloth, and the proprietors
are sanguine over the prospects. Car
load after car load of the productions
of this great plant have been shipped
out during the past season.
Many new buildings are going up
and a number of new enterprises con
templated, among them the $1,000,000
Trainor mills at Silver Creek, which,
when built, will be one of the biggest
concerns in the entire South.
The new furniture company, headed
by a number of leading business men,
has leased the plant of the old Rome
Furniture company, and is running on
full time.
Trammell & Co.’s new brick yard
has been opened during the year and
is doing a splendid business.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The new custom house has been fin
ished, elegantly furnished and the i
postoffice conveniently arranged
therein.
It is a brick terra cottq and granite,
ornate in architecture, and elegantly
adapted to the uses to which it was
designed, and was built at a cost of
$50,000.
The Floyd county court house is a ;
handsome, substantial and extensive :
pile, its commanding tour a conspicu
ous object from every point of view.
It contains adequate room and ap
pointments for all the county’s official
business, with appropriate offices and
court rooms, being a credit to both city
and county.
The city hall is an imposing struc
ture of brick, containing the city of
fices, offices of the police and fire de
partments,' and in its ensemble is an
evidence of the public spiritedness of
the people ,of Rome.
One of the handsomest structures in
the city is the Armstrong hotel build
ing, as it is likewise one of the best
appointed hostleries in the South and
whose fame has extended all over the
country.
Nevin’s Opera House,on Broad street,
fulfills every requirement of a first
class house of public amusement, and
all the leading operatic and dramatic
companies appear there during the
season.
OUR MAGNIFICENT ROADS.
The “All roads lead to Rome” is a
trite old saying, and it is peculiarly ap
plicable to our beautiful city. There
are eleven turnpike roads radiating
from Rome to the Floyd county line in
every direction, connecting the city
with Kingston, Calhoun, Centre, Ala.,
Summerville, Lavender, Cave Spring,
Rockmart, Taylorsville, Everett
Springs, Silver Creek and Euharlee,
penetrating all the fertile lands of the
richest farming section of the state,
and affording easy access to the city for
the thrifty farmers of that entire re
gion.
These macadamized roads are of in
calculable value and benefit to the bus
inets of the city, assisting to make
Rome the trading centre of the vast
and wealthy territory of which it is
the pivot. Asa result our streets are
thronged with owagons laden with all
the varied products of the generous
soil fqr the greater part of each year.
First of Rome’s great railway sys
-ems is the Southern, with direct lines
to Chattanooga, Knoxville and the
North and West; toward Atlanta and
the South and Southeast, and toward
Birmingham and the Sonthwest. The
Rome railroad, a branch of the Nash
ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis,gives
direct communication with the North
west and with all points on the Atlan
tic and Gulf coasts. The Chattanooga,
Rome and Columbus affords a third
outlet in either direction, while the
Rome and Decatur connects us with
Gadsden and all the North Alabama ,
section. The Coosa river, with two
fully equipped steamboat companies, ;
naving a number of excellent vessels, ,
fittingly sums up the incomparable <
advantages of commercial highways
that unite Rome to all the great trade
marts of the land, and give her tame ;
and riches as pronounced travelingand ,
ousiness entrepot.
The Oostanaula and is navigable for
100 miles above, and the Coosa for 250 :
from Rome to the Gulf, and the latter
is one of the most magnificent water ,
courses in the country. The Federal
government is expending large sums ,
of annually in further opening up the ■
Coosa, so as to qualify it for lloating
crafts of greater drafts and tonnage, i
FINAFCIAL LATTS. I
Financially Rome is on a sound and
solid foundation. There are three 1
banking institutions, the First Na- 1
tional, with $150,000 capital and $175,- l
000 surplus and undivided profits. The
Merchants’ bank, with SIOO,OOO capital i
and a snug surplus, and the Exchange, I
a new bank, with a capital of SIOO,OOO, 1
all ably financiered and in a most pros- I
perous and healthful condition, with '
large deposit accounts from the thrifty •
business men and farmers of Rome and 1
Floyd county. i
There are two private banking es- i
tablishments, doing a large business in
loan and discount, and there is at all <
timesabundent cash on hand to keep 1
the wheels of commerce working 1
along smoothly,
Another strong feature of Rome's
business is in the line of real estate.
There are a number of dealers in city
and suburban property, and now that
everything is brightening up there is
increased activity in that branch of
business.
Never was there a time in the history
of Rome when real estate could have
been purchased on more reasonable
terms, all things considered, than at
present. Population is on a rapid in
crease, improved property in the city
is nearly all occupied, and new build
ings are going up on .every hand.
WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany has a well appointed office here,
tinder the management of Mr. Charles
E. Woodruff, giving us connection with
all the outside world.
Mr. J. E. Scott is in charge of the
Postal Telegragh office here,and a uast
system of connections gives the busi
ness men of Rome e first class service.
A telephone system contributes in-
I valuably to. the facilities for rapid
communication within the city, while a
long distance service has been com
pleted by which Rome has been brought
into close connection with Atlanta and
Macon, and a new line connecting
Rome, Cave Spring and Cedartown.
Miss Mary Adkins is the effitient man
ager.
LOW TAXATION.
A few months ago $169,000 in new
city bonds, redeemable in gold, were
sold in New York at par at the low rate
of 4 L 2 per cent, and the only expense
attached to the sale was 2 per cent com
mission for negotiating the sale and
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Prof. Ivy W. Duggan. Dr A. J. Battle. Miss Eleanor Churchill Gibbs.
THE FACULTY OF SHORTER COLLEGE,
The faculty of Shorter College is the equal of those of any of the largest educational institutions in the land in paint of culture,"ability and efficiency.
Rev. Dr. A. J. Battle, president, has occupied a high position in the educational world for many years, and has enriched Shorter with his profound and
ripe experience.
Prof. Ivy W. Duggan, professor of Mathematics, is an educator of long standing. As business manager of Shorter he has added vastly to its resources.
Miss Eleanor Churchill Gibbs is the peerless instructor in the dep.irtmmt of Belles Lettres. A qu.eenly woman, gracious, cultured, magnetic, she is
praesidium et dulce decat of Shorter College. Miss Gibbs is also a polished writer, and has produced many clever things during her career as contributor to
some of the foremost pnodicals of the country. . , .
The other members of the faculty, Miss Laura Bennett Brown, teacher of science and German; Miss James E. Selman, instructor in elocution and phy
sical culture; Miss Mary Gwaltney, teacher of the study hall; Prof. Joseph Lustrat, master in French; Miss Mary N. Duggan, principal of the preparatory
school; Prof. C. A. Thompson, piano instructor; Miss Nellie Dustman, assistant in piano teaching; Miss Annie Louise Griswold, teacher of vocal music;jMr.
Edward Buchanan, violin instructor; Miss Celeste Ayer, teacher of art; Miss Mattie Rowell, teacher of art embroidery.
All of them are at the head of the list in their various departments of learningand instruction.
$250 for printing the bonds, a splendid
showing for the fiscal year.
At the first meeting of council the tax
rate was lowered from $1 20 to sl.lO on
the SIOO. a reduction of ten cents per
SIOO in the midst of these panicky
times.
The county commissioners, following
in the same line, fixed the tax rate at
one dollar on the hundrod.
our environment.
Myrtle Hill cemetery is one of the
most picturesque and beautiful burial
places in the Southern States, the tow
ering crest, overlooking the city, the
winding rivers and valleys and rising
hills for miles around, being crowned
with a noble monument reared by the
ladies of Rome to the memory of the
Confederate dead who repose upon its
sunny slopes.
The Hebrew cemetery occupies a
beautiful site upon one of the treeclad
hills of South Rome, an ideal place for
the dead.
Lytle’s Park, with its grand old trees,
its grassy slopes, its wealth of wiidwood
blossomsand the cool, perennial spring
that gushes forth at the base, is an at
tractive pleasure resort. There are
lovely drives over hill and dale, and
many a restful nook near the river
reaches for those on pleasure bent, be
sides ample smooth water for boating,
and piouiu grounds innumerable.
As an ideal resting place the environs
of Rome afford indescribable attrac
tions to all who appreciate the prime
beauties of nature,
social and literary.
One of the most attractive social or-
THE HOME TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 1896.
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ganizations of Rome is the Lanier Cir
cle, named for the poet, Sidney Lanier,
: and made up of the choicest literary
i personality of the city Its meetings
• are always well attended and are pro-
■ lific of instruction and enjoyable enter
tainment.
The theatre-going element is large,
rnd at Nevin’s Opera House, which is
commodious and tastefully arranged,
with ample seating capacity, the very
> cream of operatic and dramatic talent.
I with the work of the most emine.it lec
turers, is presented during'the season,as
> a rule to most excellent houses, the au
: diences being cultured and appreciative.
I The Public Library, under the spon
i sorship of a capable body of directors,
i and in charge of Miss Lena Hargrove,
Jr., the energetic librarian, is in a very
prosperous condition, containing a great
i number of volumes embracing the whole
range of literature, neatly and system-
■ atically arranged for the convenience of
members and visitors.
The Epworth League is very strong in
i the city and has a large membership
; composed of the foremost young people
| of Rome.
I IN CONCLUSION.
I There is no healthier spot in the
■ world 'than Rome. Situated among the
breezy hills, free from all debilitations,
and malarial affections with abundant
pure water from the mountain springs
i and with the life giving ozone of this
I elevation, our people tnjoy complete in
) inanity from all diseases prevalent in
lower latitudes.
Ou the other hand, the mildness of
■ our winters and equability of the year
1
round temperature, with few extremes
of heat ana cold, absolve us from those
distressing pulmonary ailments that ex
ist in the countries that lie further
South.
The mean temperature of Rome, fixed
after years of careful observation is
about 60 degrees, which is pronounced
by medical and scientific men to be the
average most conducive to heavy snows
being rare and the ground seldom being
deeply covered, the snow disappearing
in a few days. Our rivers are never '
frozen over or blockaded by ice, nor is .
business ever interrupted by stress of
weather.
Our summers are simply delightful,
the heat of the southern latitude being
tempered by the mountain breeze. There
are but about ninety days of the year in
which flowers are not in bloom and veg
etation flourishing in the open air.
Amid such surroundings it is small
wonder that our people enjov an’ exist
ence of unruffled health and happiness
that is unknown co the dwellers in less
favored localities and pass down through
blooming paths into the green valleys of
old age, preserving to the last the keen
preceptiens of healthy life and enjoy
ment of all the pleasures thereof.
And the end is not vet. > ear by year
we are coming more fully into the full
heritage of all that a generous Provi
deuce vouchsafed us
Our people are increasing in the
knowledge and progressive enlighten
inent that enable humanity to more
freely realize the idealities of life.
Os our bounteous reeources we extend
a free and unreserved welcome to all
: who will come and dwell with us and I
partake of that peace, plenty and pros
perity which characterizes our growing
j metropolis.
FLOYD COUNTY SCHOOLS.
The public school facilities of Floyd i
! county, like the other large and pro
gressive counties of the state, are,
taking them as a whole, generally
modern and up to-date. For the last
; few years, some very wise and whole- :
' some innovations have been worked
: into the system, which have placed it. |
; upon a very high and commendable i
basis. In several localities, the peo
' pie, in co operating with the county
. board, have erected suitable and con
venient school houses, arranged in
many respects, with all the necessary |
appliances for ample and efficient;
work, on the part of the teacher, |
thereby resulting in the greatest good j
to the pupil,
Up to date there are about sixty
schools in the county, presided over
by individuais, besides schools at
Cave Spring, West Rome, North
Rome, East Rome, (two in number)
and South Rome, which require from
one to three teachers in the same
building. From year to year, the in
creasing population of the colored
eh ildren require the additional num
ber of schools. And as a rule, the
people take readily the advantages,
thus afforded by the system, as a
means of educating their children.
■ If in no other respect, can Floyd
county boast, it can with respect to
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the number of its colored teachers.
The number is not all, indeed, of
which the county along this line, can
compare favorably with the other
large and important counties of the
state, but it can feel proud also of the
general capability and efficiency of
its teachers. While there are some,
who, by the more modern reforms
and up to-date methods, will of neces
sity, under the keen and skilled eye
of our newly elected commissioner.
’ Prof. J. D. Gwaltney, be relegated to
the rear, we can safely say the major
ity of them are men and women, who
keep pace with the times, and are
conversant with latest innovations
which yearly come into the system.
Some of Jthe teachers in the county
are among the best in the state. They
do not represent simply our common
and granimar schools, as the places
where they received their training,
but they represent some of the best
and most reputable universities and
seminaries of the country; while an
other peculiar thing, yet it is a very
honorable one, is that mere than one
half the county teachers are young
men and women, who have been
taught and trained right herein Rome
and in the suburban schools. A
commendable thing about the
teachers is that they attend the
yearly institutes, and are zealous in
improving themselves in this line. It
might be said however that while the
teachers are zealous and generally
efficient and the pupils crowd the
school houses, the system is very weak
financially. Indeed this is true of the
[ whole system in the state, and we
trust that our solons will soon remedy
| this defect, for if they do not, good
teachers will seek other fields.
| The following are the white teacher.-*
' of the districts
Ora Hunt, Union Bill.
Annie Morton, Annie Delle.
Nannie Fleming, Dean’s Chapel.
J O. Horton, Riverside.
It Miss4Sarah Bryan, Fellowship.
Robert Barton, New Hope.
J, J. McElreath, Bethel.
Della Policex, Daisy Dale,
Florence Dean, Pine Orchard.
W. J. Hall, West Rome.
Mamie T. Jones, Spring Creek.
Eugene Watkins, Central Texas Val-
I ley.
Mary M. Eve, Warren's Academy.
| Agues Aycock, Battey’s Spring.
i Battie Murdock, Milum.
I DF. Murdock, Buchanan. *
Mattie Ashworth, Rock Dale.
Leia Cordle, Robertsons.
Ira King. Enon.
Lizzy Reynolds, New Prospect.
Tessie Millican, Early.
W. G-, Whitlow, Flint Hill.
Ida Anderson, Pleasant Grove. i
M. J. Stone, Lavender.
Lula Lankford, Pleasant Hope.
Lizzie Cooper, Old Pleasant Hill.
Beulah Murdock, Coosa.
Jennie Landrum, Payne’s.
Ida Kerr, Annie Delle.
May Bass. Reynold’s Bend.
Mrs. Lizzie Gillam, Blue Pond.
, G. W. Rosson, Mountain Spring.
Nathalie Gramham. Mt Alto.
C. F. Gaines, Lavender.
J. H. Barnett, Six Mile.
Laura Terhune, Terhunia.
Bessie Maitland, Silver Creek.
A Shiflett, Wax.
Miss Dell Allen, Miss Allen’s school.
J. W. Sutton, State Line.
Willie Saxon, Livingston.
J. G. Chapman, Floyd Springs. #
G. B. Barton, Pine Grove.
Mary Ashworth. Sand Springs.
W. F. Dickev, New Rome.
Miss Ida Bridges, Foster Academy.
J. J Bennett, Hearn School.
L. D. A. Felton. East Rome.
W. J Moore, Everett Springs.
Mary Troutman, Oostanaula.
Hasseltine Davis, Big Cedar Creek.
W. H. Finch, Turner’s Chapel.
J B. Dobbs, Drummond.
G. B. Bowman, Seney.
J. C. Reese Jr., New Bethel.
Nettie McDaniel, Cherokee Institute..
Mary Withers, Prospect Church.
Minnie Sharp, Shiloh. *
Gussie Simmons, Foster's Mills.
A. H. Yarbrough, Pleasant Valley.
Sallie J. Price, High Point Academy'
J. M. Putney, Plainville Line.
M. B. Tuggle, Warren.
W. T, Beams,Farmer’s Bridge.
Lula K. Warner.Eastßome Seminary.
R. B. Simms, Foster’s Bend.
Mrs. R. B. Simms, Melson High
School.
Chas. H. Shiflett, North Rome.
Minnie Morton. Morton’s.
W. J. Doster, Riverside.
Mrs. S. E. Montgomery, Vann’s Val
ley.
Mrs. S. J. Whatley, Whatleys.
W. M. Callahan, Unity.
W. T. Freeman, Armuchee.
Miss Dollie Byrd, New Roine-
P. H. Doyal, Vanns Valley.
Miss Mary E - Franks, Lipham.
Prof. J. S. Johnson, Hearn.
Prof. Olin Dean, Cherokee Institute.
J. M. Montgomery, Agate.
James O’Hanlon, Johnson’s Acade
my.
Doyal O’Hanlon, Wayside.
Miss Laura Peugh, Seney.
T. E. Perry, Buchanan:
Miss Sophie Smoot, Foster’s Mills.
J. A. Sprayberry, Shiloh.
T. L. Stephens, Camps Mill.
OUR FOREST AREA.
Many Diffe> ent Varieties of Valuable Tim
ber Trees.
Among the thousands of forest area
included withiu the boundaries of Floyd
county, there are twenty-five or thirty
varieties of valuable wood and timber,
including nearly every species known
in the Southern states.
Oak and pine predominate, the former
entering largely into the manufacture
of the finest of furniture and most dura
ble of wagons and other vehicles and
farm utensils. The pine includes the
world famed yellow pine so extensively
used in the inside finish of buildings
well as in the finer grades of furniture.
Pine for ordinary building purposes
f is abundant and cheap, requiring a
i small outlay to put it into marketable
r shape. Large quantities of both these
j valuable woods are annually shipped to
s distant markets.
f There are six varieties of oaks, red,
, white, chestnut, black, water, post and
3 two varieties of pine, the long and short
- leaf. In addition to these there is an
> abundance of poplar, ash, hickory, elm,
. maple, walnut ironwood, sugar berry,
> sycamore, sweet gum, black gum, dog
• wood, persimmon, sassafras, willow,
> wild cherry, red bud; waboo and cedar.
» Many of these exist in such large quan
s tities as to be utilized in the various
. useful and paying industries.
r Take it all in all the three natural re
r sources of Floyd county, minerals, water
i power, and timber, constitute one of the
s greatest attractions of this wonderful
, section. Now is the time of all times
t' forthose with capital to invest and with
I energy and enterprise sufficient to direct
-! their investments, to come and win. as
■! lands will never be as cheap in the
j j boundaries of Floyd county as they are
;! today.
, i There is no section in the whole
, 1 South more peculiarly adapted to eat
> | tie and stock raising than North
j, Georgia. The valley lands are espe-
II eially adapted to raising bay of all
t! grades and abundantly. The hill
) side lands grow clover hixuri
r antly The wild mountain lands fur
, nish fine grazing for eattle, and the
: plan is now being generally adopted
( with a great deal of profit to raisers