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• •: ❖ Rome s ❖Territory ❖ < ♦ • A V—A ♦ FINEST IN M i l PS SOUTH. ♦ >♦ o ♦.♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ .♦ ♦ ♦ sb ♦ ♦♦.♦ * ♦ :.♦.♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ I 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. Several'Car Loads of Buggies Til FW 1111 AT A A Phaetons and Wagons. |H L I l?luU I llUl • Prices Cut to the Very Bottom. ■•■ ’ \ $45 for a Top Buggy. SSO for a Top Buggy and Harness ______ ITT 1 Z\ A ' mw/Uy# ' V / ! \\ z ZnX/ /' / \ \ / WJW vy " ' yy // V —-rn—// V Z/ . ... How is thia for a sample of cheaii prices? We sell medium and nigh grade work for cash, and we give time on safe paper. We trade for old vehicles as part pay on new ones HOW IS THIS: $lO 00 for a set. of buggy wheels, finished, (tired, painted, and your hojei put in). We 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. R. H. JONES & SONS’ M’F’G. CO ■ j Rome and Cartersville, Ca. | FOR WOMEN WHO WORK. t 2 wrll Employment requiring women to stand on 2 2 their feet or sit in the same position all day in- 2 2 creases the tendency to “ female weakness ” and l bearing down pains. X Thousands of women suffer untold misery X X from this cause every month. They have almost 2 2 constant bearing down or dragging pains in the 2 2 W • tfl abdomen, small of the back and loins. There is 2 2 rH a dragging sensation in the limbs, great fatigue SjL t " and pain in walking, inability to lift heavy weights, X 0 constipation and often colic and nausea. X X Many women are forced to give up paying 2 2 JHb/ positions on account of these troubles. Often 2 2 I ladies will not consult physicians about such dis- agreeable subjects and many physicians do not X ' . treat these difficulties properly. X X (£ > McElree’s Wine of Cardui goes right to the X X ll IT ~di root trou ble and strengthens the afflicted 2 2 1 R organs themselves. It makes a woman so strong 2 2 iMrL Bp® t she can stand the unusual strain to which her yf. work subjects her. It is taken quietly at home X so that all offensive publicity and humiliating ex- X X aminations are avoided. X 2 Margaret Walsh, 1128 24th Street, St. Louis, on ® Aug. 12th, 1896, writes of Wine of Cardui: ‘-Though W ® a onl y 19 years old, I have suffered from pains and female S U 1 ..wMraaW y troubles for two years. Last spring I got so bad I had to A ' wor k- I Bad to support myself so I could not afford a X high-priced doctor. I got one bottle of Wine of Cardui and t^at mai^e me better. Have now used several bottles V an d B h as made me well. My mother used the same medi- X OflfiifT c j ne f or change of life and was greatly relieved.” w X EJ Wine of Cardui is the best medicine for 2 A Il women known to medical science. It regulates A 2 Hl t^ie menst ‘ rua l hnb’t perfectly. It relieves falling 2 v °f wom b, whites, suppression and flooding. if ew d° ses ea ch month insures painless men- X X |” 1F rsDr strual periods and freedom from any menstrual X X disorder. Then a woman can easily be self-sup- X 2 Cft porting and independent. Women who want 2 2 relief are invited 2 tO USe Wine ° f nAMS'ADVISORY DEPARTMENT. 2 Cardui. Drug- ) For advice In cases requiring special dl-j I V> • . 11 11 I sections, address, giving symptoms, LADIES’ 1 sßk Iku gists all sell it. advisory department, the chatta. A W 1-■ 1 -■ Will’ . NOOGA MEDICINE CO., Chattanooga, Tenn. 2 TiV per bottle. 2 J # 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. Give Us a Trial. THE TRIBUNE PRINTING CO.