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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 i g .' / 'L-—U- —I / z'- v I .W ' ' Wr 'U// . . /; 1 ■ \ A 5, m \\r i ■ o /- \ ' \ x \V\ -A ‘Lx.s- I I ‘ f \ \ ■€ Jn \\' ; SSv/ : / ' \ \ ’■ -V ■ -■ ,-ar ■■ G''\' V” v z" y "ly __ 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. !’ f-'? '’' '5-’’ «*■»« . ■ " ■ i . ' - 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 i I - 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