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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
W. A. KNOWLES, - Editor.
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ABSOLUTELY THE
BEST FACILITIES
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FOR PROFITABLE
RETURNS.
IT REACHES THE
PEOPLE.
The air is redolent with Christmas
jollity.
Everybody has a good word for
Santa Claus.
Two more days and then cometh
the tin horn brigade.
The Roman candle will light up
the hills and valleys tomorrow night.
The Turkish question will.be solved,
so far as this country is concerned,
tomorrow night.
The Waycross Herald continues to
appear in eight page form and is a
model newspaper.
Yancey Carter has succeeded in
making himself notorious. Notoriety
is half sister to fame.
The merchants who advertise in
The Tribune find it difficult to keep
up with the rush of customers.
The Arbuckle coffee company and
the sugar trust are at war. They
no longer use the same spoon.
Now is the season when the tiny
tots see visions in their sleep that
rival the glories of the Arabian
Nights.
The United States is in position to
demand that the Spanish atrocities
cease in Cuba and it should be done
without delay.
Weddings are becoming numerous
as Christmas approaches. That is a
good way to make one Christmas pres,
ent do for two.
In Michigan some well diggers dis
covered a fifteen gallon keg of fine
whiskey. . They were much stimulated
by the discovery.
The inaugural ball will be held in
the pension building. That is very
appropriate as the republican war
dance wih also begin there.
Out of 455 men who applied for
examination for service in the United
States army in Chicago, only twenty
seven were found acceptable.
Senator Jeff Wileox will organize a
company to go to Cuba, Hurrah for
the piney woods! Always to the front
in a fight, frolic or foot race.
Shirt bosoms are worn longer this
season. Another evidence of the
scarcity of money. We may look for
a bursting of the soap bubbles.
A new use has been found fbr de
seated presidential candidates. Put
them on the lecture platform. Ex
presidents write for the Ladies’ Home
Journal.
The decision of the New York
courts in regard to the Invalidity of
Dakota divorces, will cause the ruin
of some of the hotel keepers in ths
wild and wicked West.
TO OUR RURAL READERS.
Thk Weekly Tribune goes out to
morrow with its message of good cheer
to thousands of happy homes where
the joy bells of Christmas are rlngng
and smites of gladness and songs of
rejoicing enliven many a happy
home. We extend to our readers
the heartiest good wishes of the
season and may their Christmas be
the merriest and their New Year the
cheeriest that they have ever known.
They have cause for rejoicing and for
congratulation over the success of the
year.
They have labored long and dili
gently and now they are enjoying
the rewards of their toil. They have
fat corn cribs and well filled smoke
houses, and most of them have money
in their pockets and are prepared to
enjoy the holiday season with the
brightest anticipations of a successful
year to follow. Blessed with health
and energy and activity they have no
fears of making a comfortable liveli
hood and of enjojing many of the
luxuries of life in this favored land.
There is no class of people on the
face of the earth more highly favored
than those within the territory cov
ered by The Weekly Tribune. The
eyes of the world are now turned on
this section and it is being commented
upon favorably throughout the en
tire country. Others have beard of its
attractions and advantages and are
coming to sp the land and to
seek homes among our prosperous
people.
Every year the tide of development
reaches higher and every year the
spirit of progress takes a firmer hold
upon the people. They have gotten
out of the old ruts and are moving
upward and onward to higher accom
plishments every year. The fields are
better cultivated and yield more gen
erous harvests, new buildings are tak
ing the place of the old ramshackle
affairs and signs of improvement are
apparent everywhere.
Our people are becoming known far
and wide as an energetic, intelligent
and persevering people. They are
adopting better methods of manage
ment in every respect and the condi
tion of the country is being rapidly
transformed from poverty to plenty.
The schools are better supported and
more largely patronized and there is a
flourishing church or two in every
community that the traveller may
And in a day’s journey.
We are glad to be able to take
such a wholesome view of the situa
tion and proud of the fact that we
are able to extend our congratulations
to our rural readers during the happy
holiday season. We are going to
continue to give them the best paper
that North'Georgia ever had and we
hope to find them still farther ad
vanced in the ways of peace and
prosperity than they are today. In
the meantime we wish them a Merry
Christmas and a Hapoy New Year.
A GIGANTIC SWINDLE,
One of the most gigantic swindles
ever perpetrated on an innocent peo»
pie began about twenty-five years ago
in the publication of various periodi
cals with [premium chromo attach
ments, in the Northern states for cir
culation in tbe South. The gaudy
pictures were likely to catch the eye
of the untutored and unsophisticated
darkies, as well as a great many illit
erate whites, and thousands of people
paid their dollars for periodicals that
they could not read simply for the
sake of the chromo attachment.
Since then the business has co
tinned under various guises until the
country has become flooded with
cheap, trashy literature, much of it
noxious and catering to the most ab
normal tastes. As a result the busi
ness of legitimate publishing has been
injured and the writers of real merit
have been kept in the back ground
by tbe abundance of this pernicious
literature. The struggle between in
telligent taste and ignorant stupidity
has been going on for years. The
Macon Telegraph hits the nail on the
head when it says:
The recommendations of the post
master general that steps should be
taken to put an end to the misuse of
the mails by the publishers of cheap,
flash novels and of advertising sheets
should be promptly acted upon. It
is difficult to see any reason why
trashy stories of impossible “detec
tives” or “raw head and bloody bones”
wild Western sports, bearing the title
of “library” should be granted the
privilege of the mails at pound rates,
which does not apply with eqal force
to standard publications which are
not called “libraries.”
The cost of handling second-class
mail matter is largely in excess of the
charges collected for it. This can
only be justified on the ground that
such service by the dissemination of
knowledge is conducive to the general
welfare of the country. Tile money
raised by taxing the people may be
expended in this way on the same
; theory which governs the public sup
port of schools.
It will hardly be contended that the
cause of public education is advanced
THE HOO TulBbNE. WEDNESDAY, DKCt-HBEtf 23, 189 H.
by the diseminstinn of such literature
as !► belies i< d m bese titles: '’Buffalo
Bill’s ])• z- t<: Silk Ribbon Sam,”
"Gid Gn e * Game,” The Dude
- Desperado. 1 " ’’G-abe Gall, the Gam
holier from Great Hump,” “Fresh,
the Race Track Sport.’’“Old Benzine,
the Hard Case Detective,” “The
Night Hawks of St. Louis.” There are
actual titles taken at random from
the list of one of the “libraries.”
There is a touch of the grotesque in
the idea that such “educational” pub
lications as these have the privilege
of the United States mails at pound
rates, while standard works on scien
tific, srtistic and educational subjects,
as well as books of travel, fiction and
on other topics which would really
assist in raising the standard of in
telligence in the country are com'
pelted to pay a much higher rate.
The suggestion that a law should be
changed which taxes the citizen to
cheapen the cost of debauching and
demoralizing the minds of bis children
is both timely and important.
SONGS AND SCENES.
Id M< aaory Os i aal Fahy.
Little one Bleep,
Dear withered bud. we will not weep,
For God in His wise providence
Knew best and took thy Spirit hence,
And where His angels vigils keep,
Little one sleep!
Little one s’eep!
In restful slumber soft and deep.
Beneath the brown November leaves,
Where the wind of autumn moans and grieves
Though wintry tears thy grave shall steep,
Little one, steep!
Little one, sleep!
For scon the April snn shall peep
Above the hills, green leaves will spring,
▲ round thy bed wild birds will sing,
▲nd springtime's earliest roses creep
Little one, sleep!
Little one,sleep!
Ne’er dreaming of the storms that
The human son! when mortal sin,
▲nd foes without and foas within
New griefs on bitterest anguish heap—
Little one, sleep!
Little one, sleep!
Thy happier lot shall be to reap
Jsys with no sorrows dark to show;
Smiles where no blinding tears must flow;
From life to Life one painless leap—
Little one, sleep!
Little one, sleep!
Thy memory in our hearts we keep.
Striving to turn the joy we miss
Into a hope of holier bliss,
When these dimmed eyes no more shall weep
Little one, sleepl
—Montgomery M. Folsom.
A Genuine Good Tims.
We always have a good time when
we meet with Mrs. Joe McG hee. She
has the happiest way of welcoming us
and when we entered the spacious par
lors where the huge fires were crack
ling merrily, it seemed like Christmas
indeed.
There was a large turn out of the
members of the Lanier Circle and every
body seemed to be thoroughly imbued
with the spirit of the season.
That old annunciation that was her
oldad forth by angel voices nineteen
centuries ago, “On earth Deace and
good will toward men,” rang through
our hearts in the grandest harmonies
President Battle cleared his throat
and smacked his lips, in his hearty
fashion, as if he were anticipating the
good things in store, as he called the
first member.
Miss Lucile McGhee displayed the
most careful training and a great deal
of talent in her playing. For one so
young her musical faculties are splen
didly developed.
But then she inherits a businesslike
way of going at things from her father,
and all the sprightliness and genius of a
brilliant intellect from her accomplish
ed mother, and the combination cannot
fail to produce a splendid result.
Everybody was on the alert for Mrs.
Rowell. She has a cunning way of
tickling our pet vanities and then let
ting us down occasionally, just bard
enough to keep us from feeling too much
puffed up, that is very charming.
We all gloated over Captain Rowell’s
exposure and the next time he takes a
trip to the land of Nod he will seek the
privacy of his law office. But the smiles
that rippled over those happy faces were
reflected in his own and all went merrily
on.
We were very much disappointed
over the absence of Mrs. W. J. Neel,
who is one of the brightest lights in
that intellectual coterie, and every
heart beat sympathisingly with her
while she sat by the side of a loved one
endeavoring to soothe and comfort the
gentle spirit so solely wounded.
But though absent in person,she was
present in spirit, and by proxy, her tal
ented husband reading her contribution
"A Christmas in Germany” most de
lightfully and all were charmed with it.
We were on the qui vive with expec
tation when Professor Lustrat was an
nounced with a paper on “Christmas in
France.”
But we were all able to follow hitn
and his elegant English possessed all
the freshness and vivacity of the French
scholar.
His description of the holiday season
In France was vividly portrayed and de
liciously rendered. It was a rare treat
and elicited the warmest compliment*
fro u all present.
Mr. Hughes Reynolds was in a pre*
dicament. He had been laboring under
the delusion that the meeting was a
week distant and had not been inform
ed otherwise until the last moment.
We all began by sympathising with
him, but before he got through with
bis racy book review our sympathy was
changed to admiration and applause.
It was certainly one of the rarest
treats that has ever been given the La
nier Circle since 1 have been a member.
I Then Nellie Printup brought forth
her violin and with Lucile McGhee at
the piano, rendered a most charm
ing duet.
I There was a distinct undertone of
Christmas melody in the pulsing chon s
of toe violin and the mellow accompa
niment of the piano.
It was one of those bits of melody
that, one expects to hear in budding
glades where the first violets of the
■eason appear. It was a hymn of hope,
and a psalm us thanksgiving in one.
And then we enjoyed the u-ual re
union. Miss Mamie Rounsaville had
come home from Barnesville, Miss Ka
tie Perkins from Douglassville and Mrs.
Ethel Hilly er Harris from Atlanta; and
all found a warm welcome awaiting
them in that charmed circle.
Ah, me! What if life were one round
of such enjoyments?
Will not heaven be a grand re-union
that will continue forever and forever?
The moon rode high in the heavens
and like a celestial shepherdess bed her
bland flocks on the purple plains above
The air was crisp and cool and there
was a rich, warm glow in the glimpses
of happy hearth fires that we caught as
we journeyed homeward.
And I wondered if I had feet
ful for all these good things as I ought.
My heait was flooded with hops and joy
and I murmured a prayer as I closed
my eyes in slumber that God would
send many merry Christmases and
happy New Years to the Lanier Circle.
M. M. F.
Sunßhian And Shadow*,
Sweet friend, when thou and 1 art gone,
Beyond earth's weary labor,
When small shall be our needs of grace
From cemrade or from neighbor;
Passed all the strife, the toil, the care.
And done with all the sighing—
What tender truth shall wo have gained
Alas, by simple dying!
Then lips too chary of the praise
Will tell our merits over,
▲nd eves too swift our faults to see
Thall no defect discover;
Then hands that would not|lift a stone
When stones were thick to cumber
O’er steep hill path will scatter flowers
Above our pillowed slumber.
Sweet friend, perchance both you and I
Ere love is past forgiving,
Should take the earnest lessons home—
Be patient with the living!
Today’s repressed tebuke may save
Onr blinding tears tomorrow;
Then, patience e’en when keenest edge
May whet a namely sorrow’.
Tis easy to be gentle when
Death’s silence shams our clamour,
And easy to discern the best
Through memory’s mystic glamour;
But wise it were for thee and me,
Ere love is past forgiving,
To take the tender lesson home—
Be patient with the living
Home First
The World Afterwards,
A good motto this for every good
citizen. Every dollar spent in your
home makes it just that much happier.
A home without music is not what it
would be if there was a piano or organ
in it. What would be more acceptable
for a Christmas present than one of our
pianos or organs for your wife or
daughter ?
We Honestly Believe
you’ll agree with us that our prices on
pianos are not hi<h but low—lower
than you have been in the habit of
paying. Low in price but high in
quality, is the impression yon get when
you come here and look. ,
If you think of brightening up your
home a bit with a new piano or organ
come here and see what we can do
for you.
E. E. FORBES,
S. P. DAVIS. Manager.
Music Dealer, 327 Broad St., Rome, Ga.
for m mil n
NOVELTIES
CALL AND SEE MY STOCK
NO SUCH COLLECTION IN THE
CITY OF
Watches, Diamonds
AND STERLING SILVERWARE.
CHARLES W. CRANKSHAW,
ATLANTA, GA.
11 20 Wj an
I Christmas in the Air? I
HEADQUARTERS FOR ▲
CHRISTMAS ASD HOLIDAY GOODS, |
GROCERIES AND CONFECTIONERIES. £
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ft The first thing you should decide upon is where ft
S should 1 be the most apt to get the best quality of X
J goods? When you have determined this point, the "
next question is, v. here can I get the lowest prices. J
T In point < f quality anyone who is at all posted 0
will tell you that ft
| E. C. WOOD & CO J
• NO. 202 BROAD STREET. £
T keep the best and freshest goods that it is possible J
“ for you to get. ft
Y Large stock of apples, cocoanuts, bananas, •
ft oranges’, lemons nuts of all kinds, citron, new rais- ft
ft ins, dates, currants figs, spices—all sorts, cut loaf ft
Z and powdered sugar. Everything new in canned Z
X goods, pickles, mince meat, maple syrup, etc , for ]
x the holiday trade. W
J They made large purchases before the advance in F
prices and are in a position to make close prices. •
They mean business and are ready for it. Everything ft
5 good at lowest possible prices. Just give them a ft
chance before you buy for the holidays They guar- Z
antee to please you.
ft A large and magnificent line of Mer- ft
• schaum Pipes on exhibition. See them, ft
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PINAUDS EXTRACTS, I T PPHIIPU CUT GLASS.
THE FINEST MADE. J| || UllUUUri Most Modern Designs
DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED for Bridal and
TOILET WATERS. & COMPANY XMAS PRESENTS.
For Pure Drugs and Carefully Com
pounded Prescriptions Call on
J. T. CROUCH & CO.
Who keep a splendid stock of all things kept in the drug
line. Hot 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.
CIGARS AND TOBACCO I T P 0 11P |1 AGENTS FOR
BEST BRANDS *’ » ’ UllUUUll HUYLERS
CANDY
ALWAYS ON HAND. IX/1IM The Best Made.
to dec2s
Pointers for Up-to-Dale Shoppers
Presentation Goods, Diamonds at Popular Prices.
Opals, Emeralds, Rubies, Sapphires, and all other pre
cious stones set in tasteful and novel combinations.
DON’T FAIL TO EXAMINE OUR LINE.
LARGE and complete assortment of
RINGS, SCARF PINS, BROACHES, STUDS, ETC.
At prices to suit every one’s purse. The latest Sterling Silver Noveltie, Pocket
Books and Card Cases, with fine Sterling Silver Mountings.
Beautiful hand engraving on all goods bought of us free of charge. Take a
peep at our windows.
Wedding invitations aud 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.
Chattanooga Normal University
WILL SUSTAIN THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS;
’ Preparatory, Scientific,
General Teachers (Normal Course Proper), Special Mathematics,
-J Commercial, S ecial Language,
Courses. Shorthand and Typewriting, Special Science,
. Elocution, Classic.
Tuition in the above departments will be SLOO per week, payable u term in advance.
SPECIAL COURSES;
Telegraphy, Kindergarten, Art, Normal Kindergarten (tor Training of Teacher
A COMPLETE doNSERVATORY OF MUSIC.
Tuition In the above departments will depend upon the amount of work takin.
Room rent from OOc to 75c per week. I Tmm opens January Sth, 1897.
Uoaidins, In University nrfil. *1.50 per week. | stuceuix may register after Decembei 26th.
In private landlies, from to $3 per week. I Car fare, on Nonhiide line, 2 I-2c.
For additional information address, DR. H. M. EVANS, Chattanooga,.Tenn.