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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
W. A. KNOWLES, - Editor.
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IT REACHES THE
PEOPLE.
TWELVE FACES
Christmas is but ten days off. Now
is the time to advertise.
Major McKinley’s front door here is
threatened with collapse.
It looks like Harry Hill and Beres
ford may both be pardoned.
Thomas Brackett Reed will be head
sawyer in the buzz saw department
of the new administration.
Senator Peffer has modified his
views on the tariff measure, but his
whiskers arenas unchangable as fate.
So far there are twenty-five candi
dates for the United States senate
in Illinois with several precincts to
hear from.
Since Maceo is no more possibly
Weyier will not be afraid to go out to
the wood pile after sun down to get
stove kindling.
It is now suggested that the
United States then the new battle
ship Texas and to the Spaniards and
let them blow themselves up with it.
It is strange that those who are
most utterly opposed to the accumu
lation of wealth spend all their leisure
time in trying to accumulate some of
it. _
Spain is rejoicing over the reported
death of Maceo, but the Spaniards
may well remember that the cause of
liberty is not dead in Cuba, by any
means.
The annual Trade Review edition
of The Rome Tribune is a beauty,
but we exnected as much of our enter
prising contemporary.—W aycr os s
Journal.
The annual Trade Review of The
Rome Tribune was a big paper of 24
pages and it was as usual filled to the
brim with good things.—Buena Vista
Patriot.
If the Spaniards can only make
Maceo stay dead, now that they have
killed him for the seventh time in
succession, Queen Christina may geta
little much needed rest,
Knowles and his bright workers are
past masters in the art of getting out
splendid trade editions. The last
Tribune special issue was a gem.—
Brunswick Times-Advertiser.
In making your preparations for
Christmas, do not forget that there
are many deserving ones who will
have little enjoyment unless helped
by those who are more fortunate than
themselves.
Since the arrest of the ring leaders
there is not so much thieving reported.
A dose of stripes will act as an alter
ative among Jthe lawless] characters
that have been engaged in pilfering
around the city.
TURN OUT AND VOTE.
Tomorrow an election for justces of
the supreme court of Georgia will
occur for the first time in the history
of the state. The people will be given
an opportunity to cast their ballots
for four men who are to occupy seats
on tbe bench of the highest judicial
tribunal in the state, and everybody
should turn out and vote.
The men who have been nominated
for these high positions are Justice
Samuel Lumpkin, who has for a long
time occupied a position on the su
preme bench with honor and credit to
himself who has been nominated for
re election. The three new men are
Judges W. H. Fish, of Sumter, W. A.
Little, of Muscogee and A- J. Cobb,
of Clarke, and are good men and true.
The people should turn out and
give these gentlemen a rousing ma
jority. Because there is no opposi
tion to tbe nominees is no reason
that any good citizen should stay
away from the polls. The right of
suffrage is the highest prerogative of
an American citizen and every quali
fied voter should go and cast bis ball
lot.
The intention of the new law is to
take the election of these high func
tionaries out of the hands of the legis
lature and to remove them as far a 8
possible from political jobbery. There
fore the people should show their ap
preciation of the law by casting their
ballots tomorrow and helping to place
on the bench the nominees of the
democratic party.
The supreme court has become so
crowded during tbe last few years
that business has been sadly impeded
and cases have accumulated until it has
been utterly impossible for the court
to give them the proper consideration
as they have come up for argument.
It is to be hoped that the addition of
the new justices will relieve the con
gestion and facilitate business.
AN OUTSPOKEN OPINION.
The Baltimore Manufacturers’ Re
cord is outspoken in regard to the
operations of the men who are engaged
in trying to organize labor unions
among the cotton operatives in the
South. In referring to a dispatch
which describes J. F. Estes, the co
laborer of Robert Howard, represent
ing a big cotton operative association
of New England, as a gentleman of
very pleasant address, tbe Record
says:
If Mr. Estes is the gentleman “of
pleasant address and highly moral
character as be is here described, tbe
Manufacturers’ Record would suggest
that he go home and stay t here and
permit the mill operatives to live in
their present peace and contentment,
enjoying the blessing of steady em
ployment and better wages than they
have ever been able to make in any
other occupation in the past.
If Mr. Estes is a demagogue seeking
to arouse hostility between the opera
tives and tbe cotton-mill owners in
order to earn a living for himself, as
Mr. Howard has been so successfully
doing for some years in New England,
the Manufacturers’ Record would sug
gest that bis ministerial calling is not
in keeping with his present work.
The attempt of these labor agitators
to bring about the organization of the
same class of trade unions for the pur
pose of eternally squabbling with
their employers will yield no profit to
the operatives, but, on the contrary,
be to them aS great a disadvantage as
it will be to the South. The cotton
mill centers of this section have for
tunately been free from the troubles
that have harassed the New England
mill people, and the cotton-mill oper
atives, living in harmony with their
employers, have, as a result of the
harmonious relations existing and of
the steady work thus secured, received
better net results from their labors
than the operatives of New England.
When labor begins to organize for
the purpose of fighting the employers,
the employers are forced to organize
in order to control their own business,
and the result usually works out to
the very great disadvantage of the
laboring element. The Manufactur
ers’ Record would not be understood
as opposing labor organizations wisely
formed and wisely managed, but for
such demagogic walking delegates as
Mr. Howard and their work it has no
word of commendation. No greater
misfortune could befall the cotton
mill operatives of the South than the
carrying out of the plans which Mr.
Howard and Mr. Estes are seeking to
impose upon this section.
In the South it is somewhat differ
ent from New England. When tbe
New England cotton mill owner finds
his operatives in constant hostility,
he has no recourse but to meet them
with equal hostility; but in the South
any unwise movement by Mr. Howard,
designed simply for the purpose of
benefiting the New England opera
tives, hoping by organizing the South
ern operatives to enhance the wages
paid to New England operatives, will
only result in turning the attention of
Southern cotton manufacturers to the
employment of colored labor. In this
respect the Southern mill owner has.a
recomse not open to the mill owners
of any other section.
THE ROME T..IBUNE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 189 •.
SONGS AND SCENES.
Down he Ki ver
Along the western shore of <iav
We watched the «»yi njr sunlight quiver,
In miny a soft, regr ifu ray
As we went gliding down the river
The perfect peacn of God's great love
Filled all the bright emp l rean regions,
And on the purple plains above
Night marshalled all her starry legions.
The fitfni summer lightning flashed
Across the dusky brow of even,
Around the bend the free winds dashed
Beneath the lustrous face of heaven
Our boat whose great heart warmly throbbed
In unison with music lending
Its charms while round the waters sobbed
With joy their note with heart songs blend
ing.
Oh, there was love and life find light
And smiles of gladness unremitting
With these weird wonders of the night,
The fireflies through the wild'rood flitting.
So blithe they tripped the merry dance.
To sweetest tunes that arc can reader
And many a captivating glance
Flashed forth from bright eye# true and ten
der.
In murmurous measures soft and low
Their whispered vows. Eve’s fairest daugh*
ters
Rehearsed as ehimed the rythmic flow
Os Coosa’s dark and dreamy waters.
The dreariest heart must feel and know
Love's gentle influential heaven,
As darkest tides reflect the glow
Os all the beaming stars of heaven.
▲nd thus I dreamed that splendid night,
Nor marked tbe light winds sigh and shivery
For all was love and light
As we went drifting down the river!
—Montgomery M. Folsom.
With Kindest Regards.
lam glad to know that 1 was misin
formed in regard to the lack of an ex
cyclopedia at the Young Men’s Library,
and I stand corrected. It was in no
c iptious spirit,that I wrote that article,
but with the sole view of benefittiug all
concerned by a few snogestions. Bless
their hearts, I am with the ladies, heart
and soul, iu their efforts to make of it
one of the most flourishing institutions
iu the city. I have shown my faith by
my works in numerous things that I
have written about it.
I look upon the library as a public in
stitution, and not as belonging to any
one person or portion of the community.
All good people who are not members
of the association ought to be, and it is
their own fault if they are not. I don’t
know of a more acceptable holiday gift
than a year’s membership in the Young
Men’s Library Association. It would
be especially acceptable to many young
men and women whose means will
not permit of their paying their dues.
When tbe ladies connected with the
management want to get up anything
for the benefit of the library they will
always find me ready to do my full share
toward making it a success. Therefore,
my observations concerning the lack of
some books of a desirable character were
meant in the kindliest spirit. I did not
criticise the actions or conduct of any
one, and I still stick to the idea that tbe
library ought to contain the works of
Southern writers, by all means.
I like the idea of these monthly tea
parties to be given there and stand
ready to do all I con to help attract at
tention to them. Those cosy and com
fortable rooms should be one of the most
popular resorts in Rome. People in
search of information, or people having
an idle hour to spend, might find it
probitable to visit the library frequently.
Every member should do all in his or
her power to popularize it make of it a
great success.
The last time that I visited Thomas
ville one of the leading men of the city
took me out for a drive, and in our
rounds he insisted that 1 should visit
the library. There was a lady librarian,
just as we have, and she greeted us just
as our librerian always greets people,
and she took pains to show me through
and I spent an hour most delightfully
looking through the spacious rooms.
1 guess the Thomasvillians must have
had more liberal donations than we
have had, for there was a museum and
aquarium in one of the rooms, and in
the museum was a rare collection of his
torical relics, old portraits, flags and all
sorts of curious and interesting things,
such as stuffed birds, samples of South
ern woods and minerals, and everything
labelled and placed in a position conve
nient for inspection.
On the walls were pictures of histo
rical scenes, battle pieces and portraits
of distinguished Southern statesmen
and commanders, and the place was
well worth visiting just for the sake of
looking through these collections. If
we had money we might do the same
thing here. I have always contended
that we ought to have a picture galleiy
and a cabinet of samples of the natural
products of this section at the library.
When a stranger visits the city and is
looking at the various objects of interest
ho should, by all means, be shewn
through the library. People should
take an interest in adding to its attrac
tion. It is a public institution, and
everybody should take an interest in its
welfare. That is my idea about keep
ing up the library. So far as criticising
anybody, I took especial pains not to do
so in my other article, but only to offer
suggestions.
Now I am only a private citizen of
Rome and interested in everything that
can redound to the welfare of the city.
I have no voice in the management of
the affaii s ot the library and only speak
as a citizen. If others do but think as I
my way there is no harm done. Per
sonally, I have little time for read
ing, and have moore books at home
than I can read. lam too busy making
history to spare much time read ng it
now. It is for the benefit of young
people having more leisure that I speak,
and not from any selfish, personal mo
tive. I hope that yon all understand
me now, and I shall have nothing more
to say. M. M. F.
A Western woman was divorced
from her husband and he proposed re
marriage and was accepted. He failed
to come up to the scratch and now
she is suing him for breach of prom
ts*. The ways of Western women are
past finding out.
The Trade Review of The Rome
Tribune, which appeared as a special
edition of Tuesday, tbe Bth., is one
of the handsomest and most enter
prising pieces of newspaper work that
has yet come from a Georgia press,—
Columbus Ledger
Should Mies Ellen Dortch receive
the appointment of State Librarian
Miss Edna Cain would make a most
excellent assistant. She is a young
lady who has won her way very rap
idly and would fill the place to the
utmost satisfaction.
Don’t Crowd.
Don’t crowd! this world is large enough
For you as well as me;
The doors of art are open wide,
The realm of thought is fre®,
Os all earth’s places yon are right
To chose the best you can,
Provided that you do not try
To crowd some other man.
What matter though you scarce can count
Your piles of golden ore,
While he can hardly strive to keep
Gaunt famine from the door?
Os willing hands and honest: hearts
Alone shou d men be proud!
Then give him all the room he needs,
And never try to crowd.
D »n’t«crowd, proud miss! your dainty silk
Will glisten none the less
Because it comes in contact with
A beggar’s tattered dress:
This lovely world was hever made
For you and m* alone;
▲ pauper has a right to tread
The pathway to a throne.
Don’t crowd the good from out your heart
By fostering all that’s bad,
But give to every virtue room—
The best that may be had;
By each day’s record such a one
That you may well be proud; s
Give each his right, give each his room,
And never try to crowd.
Alice Cary,
F. J. STILSON,
65 Whitehall Street,
ATLANTA, GA.
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BABY MUST HAVE
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For the little tot of a few years we
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with small buttons; they're just what
every mother, who is particular about
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Or Do You Prefer a Cloak
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ttlTOur aim is to be exclusive in
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| Christmas in the Air.*
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Large stock of apples, cocoanuts, bananas, J
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We made large purchases before the advance in !
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Who keep a splendid stock of all things kept in the drug
line. Jiot drinks of all kinds at our fountain, as well as
cold ones. Hot chocolate, hot coffe, hot beef broth sc.
All delightful drinks, and our place is popular because
they are.
T. CROUCH HUYLERsI
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At prices to suit every one’s purse. The latest Sterling Silver Novelties,
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Beautiful hand engraving on all goods bought of us free of charge.
Take a peep at our windows.
Wedding invitations and visiting cards handsomely engraved on
short notice.
Special attention paid to repairing Watches, Clocks, etc.
JL. O. STEPHENS
Popular Price Jeweler.
NO. 218 BROAD STREET, ROME, GEORGIA.
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