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THE W. A. OFFICE—NO. 387 STREET, VP STAIRS. TELEPHONE 73. KATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. (Daily, Except Monday.) One YearS6.oo. One MonthM) Six Months3.o3 One Weekl2 Three Months.... I.VO I Weekly, per year..s 00 Delivered by mail or by city carriers free of charge. All subscription strictly in advance. The Tkibunk will appreciate news from any community. If ata small place where it has no regular correspondent, news re ports of neighborhood happenings from any frteud will be gratefully received. Communications should be addressed and all orders, checks, drafts, etc , made payable to THE ROME TRIBUNE, Rome, Ga. 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. . • ■ —— 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. ■ o ■ 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. , <■— — 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*