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Every person-living within the terri
tory of a prosperous city should take
pride in the city.
Bv territory of a city is meant all
that section of country which is nearer
to a given city than to any other.
People living in this territory should
trade with that city and do everything
in their power to help in itr upbuilding. ’
All persons living in the territory of a |
city should assume it as a moral obliga
tion to aid in the -upbuilding of that '
eity in preference to ahy other, irre
spective of state lines.
After all a state line is but an arbi
trary mark biniding two governments.
It is simply a black line.of the map.
The territory of North and East Ala
bama, contiguous to Rome, is as much
interested in the growth and prosper
ity of Rome as is the like territory of
Georgia.
Rome is the trade center for both sec
tions, and where the producer sells his
products and buys his supplies is the
place where his chief commercial inter
ests lie.
This is but right, and the reasoning is
very plain for it. Large cities are great
blessings, and thrice blessed is every
section that has one. The larger the
city the better for all those who live in
easy reach of its manifold advantages.
This is not a specious argument made
merely as favoring Rome but has truth
as its fundamental basis. This city is
the financial center of a large, fertile
and populous section of country, and in
proportion as cities enlarge and prosper
their surrounding countries are found to
prosper in the extension and multiplica
tion of railroads, factories and various
improvements,
The country nearest to large cities is
always the most prosperous from a point
of business development and industrial
improvement.
The city is also the. trading, social
and educational center of the section
surrounding it. The larger the city the
fuller the display of goods and the
cheaper their price.
Those who are content with the col
lections of the village stores of course
do not feel the need of large cities, but
that class of people is growing smaller
in numbers every year.
The social influence of large cities on
the surrounding country is beyond [com
prehension. The broad confidence and
knowledge of the world of large cities is
absorbed by the surrounding country
and broadens the general intelligence
and usefulness.
The city as the center of education,!
the location of the great library, art!
gallery and schools, churches, thateres
and the experimental ground for all the
new inventions of the world, the center
of mechanical constructions for the best
architectural forms is fruitful in the
development of the progress of the sur
rounding country.
The city is the school, the fount of
inspiration for her surrounding terri
tory. It is here may be seen the sights,
or may be heard the great sermons, or
may be enjoyed that consultation and
communion with men of varied talents,
that adds so much to the improvement
of society. How poor is the section that
is afar off from such a center compare J
to one that has such a pivotal point in
its midst.
The people who call Rome their city
may look with certainty to see a very
large city built up in the next few
years.
It has every advantage of location,
climate, health and all the accessories
that invite immigration and attract
manufacturing and .commercial capital.
The present population of 15,000 will
soon swell to double that number, and
the hills and valleys will be filled with
happy homes, the mighty water powers
will be utilized for the turning of the !
wheels of industry, the virgin forests
and waste places will be reclaimed for
cultivation and the streets will be lined
with magnificent buildings that will
even eclipse the finest that are now in
existence, although we are now far
ahead of many other cities of more pre
tensions.
Even daring the present hard times,
which have oppressed the people for the
last two or three years, the city nas
shown a large increase in population,
and lias gained in commercial and
financial strength in the number of its
voting population and the attendance
es the public schools, all of which are
indisputable evidences of rapid growth
and unbroken prosperity.
In the matter of facilities for trans
portation, the city of Rome has the ad
vantage of three great railway lines
and a steamboat line penetrating one of
the richest territories in the south. All
the rich country of Cherokee county and
adjoining counties in Alabama are able
to transport their produce to Rome
either by the Alabama branch of the
Southern railroad, by the Wnite Star
steamboat line on the Coosa river, or by
the Rome and Decatur railroad and by
the merchants in the country and in
the smaller towns avail themselves of
these facilities, pouring into Rome the
rich products of that fertile country and
receiving in return the very best class of
goods of all kinds that can be found in
any market which they are enabled to
purchase at prices as cheap a" prevail in
any of the great trade centers. The
reason for this is apparent.
The merchants of Rome purchase
goods in the Eastern and Western mar
kets, and on accountof the cheap freight
rates areenabled to ship them here by
the car load and sell them at a profit at
the same prices, and in many instances
cheaper than the same class of goodscan
bi purchased in Atlanta, Chattanooga
or any of the big cities in the surround
ing country. Fur the same reason they
are enabled t > pay the highest market
prices for all sorts of farm products, so
that the benefits are mutual!
The Southern railroad has a schedule
of half a dozen daily trains between
Rome and Atlant* and. all points south,
and between Rome and Chattanooga
and the great Northern centers, and
also with Birmingham and points in
that direction, and the rich country be
tween here and Gadsden and beyond.
Many freight trans thunder up and
diwn its tracks, bringing goods from
distant markets and bearing away the
produce of this great section of coun
try.
The Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis railroad has frequent schedules,
giving us easy connection with At
lanta and all the intermediate points on
ihi south and with Chattanooga, Mem
phis and the west, and all points inter
mediate in North Georgia and East
Tennessee, on the north and in connec
tion with the Western and Atlantic
railway, which it controlls, it does an
enormous annual business in freight
and passenger traffic, which is coudu
cive to the lowest schedule of freight
rates.
The Chattanooga, Rome and Colum
bus pierces a section the wealth of which
has long been noted thronghont the
country, and the development of which
is going on at an unprecedented rate.
The rich valley lands of Chattooga and
Walker counties on the north, and that
splendid section of agricultural and
mineral lands in Polk, Haralson and
Carroll on the south, are all coming into
practical development, and Rome is the
natural center for all their accumulated
wealth and endless variety of produc
tions.
When the present government work
is completed on the Coosa river Rome
will have 1,200 miles of water commun
ication through a country unsurpassed
in the richness and variety of its pro
ductions. Even as it now stands we
have about two hundred miles of water
transportation on the south aud 100
miles up the Ooostanaula river, the
White Star line of steamboats doing a
very large carrying trade on these wa
ters.
But the end is not yet. We have one
of the finest systems of country roads of
any county in the state of Georgia.
They ran out from Rome like a spur
rowel, penetrating all the valleys that
lie among the’ surrounding hills, and
furnishing easy and rapid communica
tion for the farmers ot Bartow. Whit
field, Chattooga, Polk, Haralson, Gor
don and other counties in Georgia and
Cherokee and Etowah in Alabama, so
that little trouble is found at any season
of the year in marketing their products
or carrying out such supplies as may ba
needed for the comfort of their homes
and the success of their business opera
tions.
It has been stated above that it is the
duty of every persons within her territo
ry to trade with Rome. This is obvious
from the fact that products may be sold
for just as good prices here and goods
purchased just as cheaply as they can
anywhere. The larger the volume of
trade the more business houses and the
more business houses tae more compe
tition and the more competition the bet
ter prices obtained by the producers and
the cheaper the goodt to the purchasers
As the city grows in commercial
strength the advantages and opportu
nities of the country will increase. The
more people in Rome the more the de
mand for country produce and the day
will come come when the lands immedi
ately adjacent to Rome will be given uu
the production of milk and butter, poul
try, fruits and vegetables to supply the
ever increasing demand by the consum
ers who are engaged in other vocations
lyit who must be supplied with food and
crothing by the producers of the sur
rounding country. •
The advantage is mutual between the
city and country. It ought to be neces
sary therefore for every person in
Rome’s territory when about to pur
chase goods from any other city to take
time and enquire if he could do as well
in Rome.
If he can purchase as good goods at as
cheap prices in Rome as in Atlanta or
Chattanooga let him give his preference
to Rome because this is his home trade
! center and the place where his most val
uable interests are all concentrated.
The time consumed and the expense of
railroad travel besides the weariness of a
long journey would more than offset
even a small advance in price. But the
fact is easily substantiated that many
articles can be purchased just as cheaply
from our merchants here as they can in
either es the large cities.
Then in shipping produce the farmer
or stnall merchant should consult his
own interests by finding what is offered
by the dealers and brokers in Rome be
fore sending it abroad as the chances
are that he will secure fully as good
prices without the danger of being swin
dled by outside speculators or in having
his products reach the point of destina
tion ata time when the the market is
glutted, and securing even smaller re
turns than he would have received had
he patronized his home dealers. He
knows these men here in Rome and if he
ships through them he knows where to
apply in crse he is not satisfied with the
returns.
There is no estimating the advantages
of living in close proximity to a lively
trade center. Men have not the time to
go far abroad or to submit to the delays
incurred m sending a great distance for
a thing that they might purchase right
at their doors. The rapid advance in
road building in this section has brought
the city of Rome many miles nearer to
the surrounding rural districts and a
trip to market is no longer regarded
with the same dread as in former days
when the roads were in such an abomi
nable condition during the busy season
that only one bale of cotton could be
hauled where two or three can be car
ned now by the same team with not
one-tenth tne trouble and and annoy
ance and wear and tear that were for
merly the experience.
The influence ot the largely attended
churches and the prosperous schools of
Rome on the surrounding country is tra
in lasureable in its tendencies for a high
er developement and the developement
o' the people mentally, morally and
spiritually. The wealtheir we become
the broader will be this influence and a
1 <llar spent in Rome is like a pebble
Idropp d in the pond the circles running
THE ROME TBIBLNF, TLESDAY, DECEMBER 8 18 KL
I out in every direction and all the sur
rounding territory goining some benefit
of the movement
The people of a city cannot build up
their institutitions alone. They are
largely dependent on the people of the
surrounding terrtory and for this reason
it is to their interest to do everything in
their power to aid in promoting the wel
fare and prosperous condition of the
people of the country whose patronage
they enjoy. The merchants of Rome
realize this and for that reason they have
exerted themselves in building large and
convenient scores, well appointed with
all the modern improvements and stock
ing them with the most desirable wares
of all the markets ot the world.
Our grocers and jobbers ship fruits
from distant markets by the car load
and handle the choicest of fancy grocer
ies and everything in their line import
ing them in such quantities that they
can cut the price down to the very low
est figures and thus give the country
people the idvantage of a first-class mar
ket within easy reach for anything in
that line that they may desire.
The dry goods stores of Rome are the
equal in every respect of those of much
larger cities and the same rule applies
in the hardware, crockery, housefurnish
ing and other lines of business. Our
crockery men import the choicest wares
of the leading manufactories of Europe
direct and the most fastidious purchaser
can find something to please in the beau
tiful line of goods which they carry and
which they are enabled to offer at prices
as cheap as was formerly paid for the
lowest class of goods.
The jobbing trade of Rome has grown
to immense proportions in the last few
years. In dry goods, groceries, haraware,
dr l gs, liquors and everything that enters
into the various lines of business and
commerce the jobbing trade of Rome
now covers a radius of from one hundred
to a hundred and fifty miles in every
direjtion. This, in itself, is an incon
trovertible evidence of the rapid growth
and strength of this wonderful city.
The Tribune has exerted all its strength
in assisting to bring about these hapny
conditions. This issue will go into the
homes of ten thousand, earnest, active
and thoughtful people and will be read
with interest in countries far distant
whose people are casting about for a
more suitable place of residence in a
God fearing, law-abiding and prosper
ous community.
Readers of this issue of the Tribune
will find a persual of the advertisements
of the various lines of business of unfail
ing interest. It is the story of another
year of progress and developement in
this glorious country of ours which is
just beginning to display the fulness of
its strenght and the beauty and gran
deur of its immeasurable opportunities
and possibilities.
The special advantages of Rome as a
retail, wholesale, commercial and indus
trial center we have endeavored to point
out for the benefit of all under whose
observation a copy of this edition may
fall. It goes out overflowing with infor
mat io u regarding the happy condition of
life in this land which is so peculiarly
blessed by providence and which is the
abode of such an energetic and perse
vering people.
Tne future of Rome is bright with the
prospect of commercial triumphs and ins
dividual success. The man who invest
his money in Rome and then manages
his investment with any degree of bus
iness acumen may feel well assurred of
the most profitable returns in the future.
It Is pre-eminently a city of hoinei No
spot on tbe habitual globe offers superior
inducements to the home-dweller.
No country in this vast union offers
fairer prospects to the farmer, fruit
grower, the stock raiser, the mine oper
ator and the mill man than the section
surrounding Rome.
It is a natural industrial center and
already enjoys the proud distinction of
having more profitable manufacturing
industries in active operation for the size
of the town than any other in the state
and this is but a beginning. The day
will come when every assertion that we
have made will be fulfilled even beyond
the brightest anticipation of the most
enthusiastic citizen of Rome.
I. D. GAILEIARD.
The subject of this sketch is one of
the most prominent and popular plan
ters of Floyd county. He was born in
South Carolina, and received Jiis pri
mary education at the old Mt. Zion In
stitute. When years old he
went to the Military Institute at Hills
boro, N. C. Tn 1861 he enlisted in the
Sixth South Carolina regiment as a pri
vate, serving with distinction, and at
the close of the war held the rank of
first lieutenant.
He made a splendid soldier, and was
in many of the bloodiest and most im
portant battles of the war, being twice
wounded. Returning from his faithful
service he engaged in planting at his
home in Abbeville district. Five years
later he came to Floyd, buying one of
the beet plantations in the county,where
he has since been a successful planter.
His keen interest in everything that
looks to the upbuilding of this section
has qualiflqfl him for a membership on
the Floyd county board of education,
a place he will fill most acceptably on
account of his advanced views in the
matter of education.
He is a genial and pleasant gentle
man in every way, and his friends trj
numbered by the hundred. Possessing
a happy temperament and pleasing
manners, he easily makes and binds to
him as friends those with whom he
comes in contact Everybody likes him
and he could many times have secured
political preferment had he so desired.
Notice.
I want every man and woman in the
United States interested in the opium
and whisky habits to have one of my
books of these diseases. Address B. M.
Woolly, Atlanta, Ga., Box 863, and one
will be sent you free.
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allow actual value for old wheels as part pay on new ones We are up-to-daie in our repair department. We
give it, careful attention and are having a good trade.
We are having dailv calls for giia semnd baud Bugjies Surries, Carriages aid pring Wagons If you
have such to trade bring liieui and let us see vheni and we will trade with you.
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agreeable subjects and many physicians do not
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To issue neat, attractive printing. It pays to catch the best class ot trade —the
money-spending trade. You can’t catch money-spenders with penurious-looking
printed matter. You must use attractive work—not necessarily expensive—that
• will catch your customer’s eye and cause him to read it.
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