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24 PAGES.
Manufacturers keep an eye on
Rome.
The way to attract custom is to bid
for it.
Rome is the hub of a golden wheel
of progressive development.
The business men of Rome show up
very handsomely in our Trade Review
today.
The wheat fields of North Georgia
are green with the promise of a golden
harvest.
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North Georgia is coming rapidly to
the front as the finest section of the
country in the Union.
With full corn cribs and fat smoke
houses a presidential defeat does not
hurt so bad after all.
The earnest and persistent worker
,ne?d never doubt that he will receive
the reward of his labors.
The holiday season is at hand. Re
member, in buying goods, it pays to
paronize your home merchants.
Th a grain exports from Southern
ports have more than quadrupled
during the last twelve months.
The wranglings of the republicans
relieved the absence of the celebrated
puzzle known as “Pigs in Clover.”
If money is what is needed, why
not go to making money? That beats
political haranguing two in the game.
The women of Rome have an agree
able message of progress to send out
to the world through The Tribune
today.
Fitzgerald, away down in the piney
woods, is to have a cotton mill that
will give employment to 1,000 oper
ators.
Read the attractive advertisements
in the Trade Review and you will have
a safe guide in selecting Christmas
goods.
I. i * ' 1
The ’Varsity nine should challenge
the Georgia legislators who are kick
ing against football and kick it out
with them.
The Tribune extends greeting to
its patrons today, wishing them all a
merry Christmas and a happy and
prosperous New Year.
That was a pretty tribute paid to
noble worth when Oxford college bus.
pended work out of respect to the
memory of R. U. Hardeman.
A little cash will buy a great many
goofs in the well-filled stores of the
Hill City merchants. The farmers of
Floyd wilUßave bacon to sell this sea
son.
The Dauntless has been held up by
the federal authorities. No vessel
since the days of the Wanderer has
cut up such high jinks in Southern
waters.
The vote of New York was 1,630,000.
The vote of Nevada was 8,057. And
yet Nevada has as many senators as
New York. .That is a peculiarity of
our government.
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Elsewhere we print the message of
President Cleveland to congress. Tb e
portions of the message which will be
read with most interest are those
which pertain to our foreign relations.
Ina brief paragraph the president
states that the Venezuelan contro
versy has been satisfactorily settled.
This is a very modest allusion to one
of the greatest triumphs of the pres
ent administration. President Cleve
land clearly and boldly stood by the
Monroe Doctrine when England
threatened to determine for herself
the boundary between her own terri
tory and that of Venezuela, Lord
Salisbury was compelled to retreat
from the arbitrary and arrogant posi
tion he at first assumed, and England
has recognized the justice of the posi
tion assumed by the president in his
memorable message on this subject.
TAKING into consideration the de
pression that has existed through
out the country during the past year,
tbe business men es
Rome have every
reason to be satisfied
with the showing
that the city makes
with the closing of
OUR
TRADE
REVIEW.
the present season.
There has been no falling off in
Rome’s business, but on the contrary
it has increased in volume even dur
ing the hard times, and our merchants
are still reaching out and covering
new territory.
The increase has been very consid
erable, notwithstanding the low prices
of everything except cotton and scarc
ity of money and the value in dollars
and cents is many thousands greater
than it was last year. The bank bal
ances of the city have largely in
creased, one of the strongest evidences
of the commercial and financial pros
perity of the city, and judged by them
the finance and commerce of Rome are
in a remarkably healthy condition.
Every year there is an increase of
the total bank balances over the
year previous, and for the year that
is just closing they will be much in
excess of the showing at a correspond
ing period last season. Every Roman
knows, of course, that the city is de
pendent upon her commerce for her
growth and prosperity, and it is very
gratifying to contemplate the annual
increase in the extent of territory cov
ered and the volume of business done
by our merchants.
Our business men have had many
drawbacks to contend with, both
wholesale and retail, but they have
overcome them all and are entering
upon the business of the new year
under the most flattering auspices
and with the fairest assurance of in
creasing prosperity. It is not strange
that tbe outlook is so hopeful when
we come to consider their enterprise,
business ability, sagacity and determ
ination to win, no matter what may
be the odds against them.
When the entire field of our busi
ness is scanned we have cause for con
gratulation. With the settlement of
the political questions that have agi
tated the country for so many months
we may confidently expect to see ad
ditional capital seeking investment
here, and Rome will feel the impetus
of new life and energy in every direc
tion. All that will be needed to make
of her a great commercial and manu
facturing center wi 1 b > the earnest
and active co-operation of her citizens
in her behalf.
A REMARKABLE feature of the
past few weeks is the number of
new faces to be seen on the streets of
Rome. Look out at
any time you may
and you will observe
some stranger with
an air of business
about him walking
STRANGERS
IN
ROME,
the streets or sitting
around the hotels aud public places.
They have been attracted here by our
growing reputation as a live and pro
gressive city and as an enterprising
people. Business begets business,
prosperity attracts the prosperous.
They come here seeking investment,
in search of business locations or seek
ing homes, and they always meet
with such a courteous and cordial
welcome that they fall in love with
the place and the people on the spot,
and go away with the highest opin
ion of Rome and its energetic popula
tion. They behold the fertile region
by which we are surrounded, and
they see at once the possibilities of
the place in a business way. They see
the air of thrift and are convinced of
the progressive ideas.
They observe our ample school fa.
cilities and the large attendance at
our public schools and other educa
tional institutions, and they are soon
convinced that our educational inter
ests are in no wise neglected, and that
it is a good place to bring up a fam
ily of children. Then they v visit our
handsome churehes and see the large
congregations that are always in at
tendance, and they are convinced that
we are a law-abiding and God-fearing
people.
All these things have their effect.
Every man that, the stranger meets
has a good word to say about Rome
and her surroundings, and he soon
forms a favorable opinion of our pub
lic spiritedness, and of the energy
with which we are pushing our way
to the front. There is nothing that
has such a pleasing effect'on the visi
tor as to hear the people speaking fa
vorably of their institutions v and of
the prospects of their city in every
line of development.
When these people leave Rome
they go away impressed with our
commercial importance, and of the
manner in which we set forth our at
tractions and advantages. Each aud
every one of them becomes a walking
advertisement of the resources of this
region and of the many advantages
which we possess overall competi
tors in the race for higher advance
ment. 11. is an easy matter to speak
well of our city, because there are so
many good things to say about it.
We can make ours the leading city
of the South if we but continue as we
have begun.
tAb BOMB TBlßtitfM TUBSDAY," DKCB&BEB 8, 1896.
MO country ever had a more prom-j
ising outlook than this section of
North Georgia and the adjaeent por-
THE
PROMISING
OUTLOOK,
lation, with low rates of taxation and
all the facilities for education and re
. fl leinent for the young; there is no
I reason why we should not be the
happiest and most independent people
on the face of the earth.
! The farming population has learned
many valuable lessons in thrift and
economy within the last few years and
they are now in a condition to profit
by them. The larger per centage of
them are out of debt and a great many
have something ahead upon which to
begin the work of another year so
that they have nothing to fear for the
future. The seasons are so propitious
that a drouth or a flood seldom occur
to seriously interfere with their plans
in pitching their crops.
The heart throbs of agriculture time
the pulse beats of trade and commerce
and the merchants are always pros
perous so long as the agricultural
classes are in good condition. The
business men of Rome have enjoyed a
most successful season and may look
forward to still larger gains for another
year because of the healthy state of
feeling among the farmers and others
who produce the staples that find a
market in Rome and add to its
resources.
Manufacturing industries have not
exhibited such signs of permanent
activity for years and the outlook i s
exceedingly hopeful for those already
in operation with the promise of many
new ones to be started up during the
season that is just ahead. The activity
of industrial enterprises increases Ihe
capacity of the wage earners and at
tracts to the city more working people
who must be fed which will add to the
business done by the dealers in every
line of trade.
We have already established a rep
utation for cheap goods of the best
quality through the enterprise of our
wide awake merchants and this will
add to the territory of Rome as a
trading point. With our facilities for
transportation there is no reason why
we should not command the wholesale
trade throughout the extensive terri
tory contiguous to the city and at the
same time handle all the products
of the rich country by which we are
surrounded.
THE social features of life in Rome
are among the foremost attrac
tions of our lovely city. The women
of Rome have raised
THE
SOCIAL
SPHERE,
our social relations. They have in
active operation all the clubs and or
ganizations that are productive of so
much good in the various cities of the
country and that add so much to
rational enjoyment.
The moral atmosphere is singularly
pure and uncontaminated by the nox
ious influences so deplorable and so
disastrous to human happiness and
well being in some other more preten
tious cities. Ours are a church going,
school supporting people who believe
in the amenities of higher life without
the viciousness and folly that charac
terize the troubled masses of some
communities where the standard of
religion and morality is at a lower
level.
The study and practice of the higher
moral virtues is made imperative by
those who wish to partake of the en
joyments of social life in Rome. The
drunkards and reprobates are few in
this city and every effort is made to
reclaim the erring and to raise the
fallen when some hapless fellow
creature strays from the paths of moral
rectitude. Our women have set some
examples in that higher and nobler
mission that others might well profit
by.
During the season of social gather
ings there is never a week but what'
the doors of some hospitable home are
thrown open for the purpose of relax
ation and amusement and very often
they follow one after another until
nearly the entire week is filled with
entertainments of some sort, all of
which add to the pleasure of exiit
ence- To be as busy a people as we
are it is simply wonderful how much
fun we manage to get out of life in
Rome.
Then our literary organizations are
made up of people who would grace
the highest circles in the land. We
find time to read and to think despite
the multifarious demands upon cur
time and some of the brightest minds
in the country are to be found right
here in Rome. We have our vocations
so nicely arranged that each acts as a
relaxation from the exactions of the
other aud we can afford to devote a
little time and attention to all. It
is impossible for a man or womon
who has the least bit of vivacity to
grow dull or suffer with ennui among
a people who get so much out of life
as we do.
tion of North Ala
bama. Peopled by a
sturdy population of
industrious and law
abiding citizens, well
governed and pro
tected by wise legis
the standard of social
excellence to a very
lofty pitch and no
people in the world
are more happily
situated than we in
THERE is not a city in tbe state nor
id the South, for that matter,
whose surroundings are superior to
those of Rome.—
There is everything
that can add to the
diversity of our in
dustries and the re
sources upon which
OUR
RICH
RESOURCES,
we can draw for the
upbuilding of a great, city. We are
situated in the midst of an agricultu
ral region pre-eminent for the variety
of its productsand the fertility of the
soil and the length of the seasons ren
der it an easy matter to make money
farming.
Some of the finest farms and most
beautiful country homes in the state
are to be found within half a day’s
journey of the city. Numbers of pros
perous planters are] demonstrating,
year after year, that there is health,
happiness and prosperity in agricul
tural pursuits in this wonderful re
gion of unbounded resources. Many
of them raise two crops a year on the
same land without any trouble, the
soil being easy of tillage and respond
ing readily to the efforts of the culti
vator.
The mining industry is growing
very rapidly, and hidden away in the
hills are beds of mineral of inestima
ble wealth waiting for the coming of
the investor who wishes to turn his
time and attention to the develop
ment of the incalculable wealth of
tbis’section. There are beds of baux
ite that are already yielding hand
some returns and others just being
opened; rich mines of iron, that have
paid those who are operating them
steady returns during the dull times.
These are only two of the many dif
ferent minerals that are to be found
in practically inexhaustible quanti
ties within the region tributary to
Rome. The coal fields are only a
short distance away, so that the cost
of operating mining machinery is re
duced to the minimum. There are
immense forests that yield the
choicest woods for manufacturing
purposes, and plenty of charcoal for
the industrial arts, so that there is
nothing to be desired on that score
that we have not in ample quantities.
Fruit growing is comparatively in
its infancy, and still men are now ac
cumulating fortunes raising apples,
peaches, grapes, strawberries and
other small fruits within our territory,
and thousands of bushels of the most
delicious varieties are marketed in the
city from year to year. There is no
excuse for lack of employment in this
favored land.
LIFE in Rome has many attractions
for all who possess the true apre
ciation of the many blessings of a ben-
eflcent Creator
vouchsafed for those
whose lots ere cast
amid its pleasant en
vironments. Pro
tected by the moun
tains that rise
LIFE
IN
ROME.
around it from the cold blasts that
sweep less sheltered regions our win
ters are so mild that outdoor work is
possible nearly every day in the year.
The snow fall are seldom heavy enough
to interfere with traffic.
On the other hand, although out
summers are long, they are cool and
pleasant because of tbe breezes from
the surrounding hills and the nights
are perfectly delightful. No cyclones
ever disturb us because of the fact
that they are averted by the shelter
ing hills and for the sane reason that
it often snows and sleets heavily in
Atlanta and other points South of us
when there is no snow nor even severe
cold in Rome. Such an instance oc
curred only a few days ago.
The natural drainage is so perfect
that we hive little sloppy weather
here, winter or summer, as even when
it rains hardest, the water runs off
about as fast as it falls. It is one of
the cleanest cities in the country for
the same reason. There are no local
causes for malaria or miasma as our
rivers are mountain streams and leave
no sediment in sluggish pools to fester
and breed epidemics of fever and
other kindred disorders.
Our high altitude precludes all dan
ger of impure atmosphere aud the
pure mountain wind sends a ruddy
glow of health to every cheek and the
sparkle of vigorous life to every eye.
As a consequence our people are
always on the alert. They feel equal
to every task and go about their work
with a courage and determination
born of that feeling of physical
strength and courage of mind that
win in the battles of life. There is uo
lassitude or debility in the atmos
phere of Roihe.
A healthier or more robust set of
school children cannot be found on
this continent than those who attend
the public schools of the city. Their
physical condition makes their mental
development all the more rapid aud
as a consequence they push forward
in their studies and when a young man
or young woman leaves this city to
enter into active pursuits elsewhere
they always take a leading part in
whatever they undertake in work or
amusement. Rome is always to the
front in everything.
’ he Kivera Os Home.
From mossy grottoes in the hills embosomed
far away
With baby savage prattle comes th9 silvery
Ellijay;
And with the Cartecay embacing gently
glides a ong.
Their mingled me’odies uprising like a hope*
tul song.
The C osa-Wattee rises where tie dusky
mountains Lown,
And with a note of inspiration blithely danc
ing down,
It joins the Connee’auga glinting bright
through gorge and glen
Where tower aloft the craggy cliffs unsealed
by feet of mtn.
Fair Oothcalooga winding on through valleys
fresh green,
With vista® dim and forest aisles and many a
sylvan scene,
And chanting many a rythmic rnne and song
of simple joy
Comes laughing, lisping, whispering down,
the sparkling Salliquoy.
The Coahuila softly creeps along the gloomy
glades
Where rh dodendrons scent the air in haunted
hemlock shades,
And Aileeculs* chatters where the sands of
argent gleam.
As fraught with half forgotten lore as memo
ries of a dream.
The dark Armuchee dashes through t le ranks
of rustling cane.
White Istctlena blithely croons the western
wind's refrain;
Like savage sagas ihey enchant with necro
mantic charms
In wooded deeps where mighty oaks out
stretch their sheltering arms.
Euharlee flows through pine clad hills aud
valleys blithe and braw
And pouri its crystal tide into tbe golden
Etowah,
Which in its turn moves Ou to meet the Oostan
aula free
And clasping hands the Coosa bears their
message to the sea.
Such are the sweet suggestive names of
streams that rise among
Memorial scenes that still preserve the music
of that tongue
That yields its melodies no more upon the
balmy breeze,
And only these soft Indian names recall the
Cherokees!
Montgomery M. Folsom.
Leeeudary Lore.
Within the history haunted envi
ronment of Rome may be found many
memorials of ancient days that will
some time form a rich harvest for the
historian and the romancer. Even in
my desultory excursions I have dis
covered many objects of more than
momentary interest in this wonderful
region. I have looked upon the tumuli
that mark the spot where the princely
Ross held his savage court and the
rough log castle where Major Ridge
and his retainers feasted in feudal
splendor.
I have gazed with awe and reverence
upon the landmarks left by that chiv'
alrous wanderer DeSoto, who came to
visit the young queen who lived at the
meeting of the waters and who be
came so enamored of her strange visi
tor that she gave him not only her
homage and laid all her power aud
possessions at his feet, but gave him
the love and adoration of her untu
tored savage heart and died a victim
to the neglect of the proud Castilian
lord.
On the banks of the Etowah are
still to be ssen marks of bis progress
and along the rugged shores of the
Oostauaula are the shell banks left by
him and his band when they forced
their savage liegemen to gather the
mussels from the sandbars and pile
them on the log heaps so as to cause
the shells to open and disclose the
pearls secreted therein. All these and
many more eloquent memorials re
main to tell the story of the conquest
of this fair domain.
Somewhere on the banks of the
beautiful Silver creek is the hidden
shaft of the deserted silver mine that
the red prophet perished rather than
reveal its whereabouts to the avari
cious Spaniards and at the same time
involved the wisest men of bis tribe in
the common disaster. Some day the
prospector will stumble upon the con
cealed shaft and then there will be a
rich feast for the savant and the an
tiquary. Whether he will be substan
tially rewarded for his trouble by the
discovery of a rich silver mine is only
a matter of conjecture.
Coming down to a later period,
there are the reminders of the last
battle fought by the gallant Sevier
with the flower of the Cherokee na
tion when the red tide of war rose
high on the banks of the Etowah aud
among the hiding places of the wily
warriors on the cliffs of the Coosa. It
was there that he broke the fierce
spirit of that proud people and hum
bled their boldest leaders and on the
tallest peak in the vicinity of Rome
there should be erected a monument
to John Sevier, the brave Tennesseean.
Rome is truly the Imperial City for
in days that the pen of the historian
has never chronicled this was the seat
of empire where resided the representa
tives of a long line of rulers whose em
pire was made up of the swelling hills
aud verdaut valleys watered by the
mounts in streams that form our beauti
ful rivers. Here they lived and reigned
in barbaric splendor long before the
foot of the invader had ever pressed the
sod of the Western world.
From the days when the cliff dwellers
haunted the craggy steeps of these lofty
hills this has been a thickly populated
region. There was every inducement
that could attract mankind in search of
easy and agreeable existence in this
favored land. Sheltered from the rude
storms that swept the less favored lands,
it was blessed with a genial climate and
the woods and waters teamed with
everything needed for the susteuaudb
of life under the most favorable condi
tions.
It is small wonder, then, that, from
the time of wars between the Cherokees
.and the Muscogees on down until the
of tbe legions led by Sherman,
this has been a land of fierce contention
and that its inhabitants, whether red
savages, or white civilizers, have ever
in highest esteem their gracious heri
tage. To me it is a land of history and
mystery of surpassing interest and its t
lore and legends posses a strong fasci
nation to the lover of the romantic in
song and story.
I know not who will come to write of
Rome and its superb environment in
after days. I grudge the favored one
his work of love. It is a land of poesy
and picturesque suggestions. The very
air is redolent with dreams of delight.
Every old grey bowlder has its sugges
tion, every ferny nook its whispered
tale of some forgotten romance. The
waters are set to tbe music of savage
runes and the hills echo the wierd re
frains. It is a wonderland whose mys
teries have never been revealed and.
whose secrets are locked in the bosom
of an inscrutable past. M. M. F.
Money is more plentiful and those
in need of capital to push their en
terprises will experience lees trouble
in securing it on easy terms than they
have in many years. The signs of
prosperity are unmistakable, let the
esoakers say what they may and we
look forward to a season of successful
business and productive industry such
as we have not witnessed in many a
year. Our destiny is in our own hands
and all that is requisite to our success
is to make the most of our opportu
nities.
Man is a curious kind of animal. If *
he was not would he consent to live
in a country where the mercury
freezes and the snow drifts a dozen
feet deep at a time when he could
•ell a couple of mules, buy a home-*
•eekeri’ ticket to Georgia and see
roses a bloom in the open air?—Macon
Telegraph.
Every organization is thoroughly
alive in our city. There are no dead
issues here. Everybody is on the
alert and-time never hangs heavy on
the industrious mind in this city of
progressive ideas. Visitors here carry
away with them the happiest memo
ries of their sojourn among such an
energetic people.
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Tbe new bauxite mines on the Mad
dox and GraydOD farms, eight miles
above the city, will be opened by
January 1, adding another to the
many industries by which Rome is
surrounded.
Why continue the equable about the
merits of gold and silver? Both are
acceptable to the average citizen in
sums of five cents up to the largest
amount known to the financial calcu
lators.
The country has had a surfeit of
politics. Let us all drop the subject
and instead of fretting over the com ,
parative values of tbe two metals
go to work and raise a harvest of dol
lars.
If the times are hard go to work ,
and make them easier
The Greatest Beauty.
As morn her rosy mantle
Throw® acrons the night,
As the sun his go'den splendor
Mingles with her light;
As evening steals upon ue.
Bearing sweet repose.
As stars, coming out from darkness,
Sparkling eyes unclose;
As the moon Bo softly beaming.
Silvers hill and glade.
We find that beauty is written
In every light and shad*.
As roses lift their petals, y
Welcoming the dawn,
As streamlets sing and glisten.
Flowing gently on;
As forests wave their verdure.
Kissed by summer's breeze,
As autumn’s flaming glory
Kindles all the trees;
As snowflakes softly falling.
Whiten hill and glade.
Again is beauty written
In every light aid shade
But greater than the beauty
hoseate morn displays,
Yet greater than tke splendor
Seen in many ra's;
More precious than the calmness
Felt at
Surpassing all the grandeur
Starry heights attain.
More fragrant than fair flowers.
Though witli sweetness rife
Is the beauty ever beaming
From a Christian life.
Daisy E t Jordan*