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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
W. A. KNOWLES. - Editor.
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and publishes regularly all legal
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these officials.
Monsieur Thermometer has stopped
bumping *ees ’ead.
With a duty on cotton tariff topics
cannot be said to be threadbare.
A Memphis editor favors the open
ing of the Mint Juleps to free coinage.
The death of Senator Harris is a
national calamity. He was a power
In the senate.
The Denver mining convention is
giving the Georgia gold mines a great
advertisement.
Editor Burns, of the Coosa Advo
cate. is makingjhis paper a power in
the land. His editorials are strong
and timely.
The Americus Times-Recorder will
issue a midsummer edition shortly.
Mrs. Myrick always keeps up with
the fashion.
The Birmingham Ledger truly says
the New York papers are devoting
“pages of hog wash” to the Gulden
suppe murder.
Don’t fret.—Rome Tribune. How
high is the thermometer up there?—
Augusta Herald. About five feet. Not
above the fret work.
The Tribune is in receipt of a re
quest for photographs of the pretty
Georgia and Tennessee colonels to be
used in a New York Magazine article.
The other states are jealous of Ten
nessee’s lady colonel. We don’t blame
them for she’s a honey,—Memphis
Commercial Appeal. Butt ours is
sweeter.
Because the chaplain of the senate
thanked the Lord for the tariff a Ten
nessee editor thinks there are some
people who would thank the Lord for
the cholera.
The Rome Tribune says “The
Times waved ‘Old Glory’
, JRn pretty colors.’’ The Tribune, too,
kept up with the procession in ezcel
lent style.—Brunswick Times.
The Augusta Chronicle thinks it
might simplify matters if the candi
dates from South Carolina for the
States senate would put on
the gloves and have their future
meetings in a sixteen-foot ring.
It Is announced that ten couples in
the University of Chicago have en
gaged ’themselves to marry. “Now,
who says coeducation is not a success?”
asks the Albany Herald. Is this the
reason the women want the doors of
the University of Georgia opened to
them?
A Man Who Was a Power,
The passing away of the Hon. Isham
•G. Harris, United States Senator from
Tennessee for twenty years past, re
‘moves the most powerful man from
the American 4 ‘House of Lords.” As
a silent factor his influence
will never be known. As a parlia
mentarian be bad no equal. When
be made a point -of order, or when
there was a debate on the proper par
liamentary procedure, and Senator
■Harris held a certain way to be right,
his decision was accepted by both
sides without dispute.
An instance of this influence was
when the first great silver convention
was held at Memphis in June, 1895.
Turpie was there: .Berry was there;
-Jones was there.; Stewart was there
and many other great leaders. To
tSenator Harris, however, was given
the direction of the convention. He
eat in his room at the hotel, and
■mapped out the program. He made
no speech, but be directed all. He
was the great ehampion of the white
metal, and he will be sadly missed
from the ranks of the surviving sup
porters.
Jt is related that Senator Harris was
such a powerful debater that none
dared measure arms with him. The
republican senators would hide rather
than face him and ‘‘Grandaddy”
Hoar was in absolute terror of the
Tennessee tiger. But with all bis
fierceness in debate those who
knew him says he was a kind-hearted
man.
He was nearly eighty years old and
his physical and mental power never
began to wane until about six months
ago when an eye disease caused him
to suffer the most excruciating agony.
A surgical operation, relieved it after
a time. This was followed by stomach
trouble and his weak condition could
not withstand the humidity of the
Washington climate.
Senator Harris was devoted to the
South and Southern causes all his
life. It will be remembered that when
Tennessee did not secede from the
union at once, President Lincoln tel
egraphed to Senator Harris who was
then Governor of Tennessee for 3,000
troops. The governor replied that he
had 50,000 men for the Confederate
army end none for the union army.
All bis life Senator Harris was a great
and powerful fighter sweeping on to
victory in each battle, but to the grim
and irresistible conquerer of us all he
has succumbed at last.
Some Mortal Conflicts,
The discovery of the bones thought
to be those of Leonidas and his brave
300 Spartans who died in their deter
mined efforts to defend the pass of
Thermopylae has led to a discussion
of some of the sanguinary conflicts
of history. It was heroism in the
brave Spartans to die in the narrow
difile between the mountain and the
sea, but the Jacksonville Citizen
thinks tne charge of the Light Brigade
was a “blunder,” as indeed it was—a
blunder by which 247 out of 673 officers
and men lost their lives. The Six
teenth Prussian Regiment at the
battle of Mars-la-Tour lost 49 per
cent in a charge and at Plevna the
Twenty-Sixth Russian lost 75 per cent.
During our civil war many regiments
lost over 50 per cent in one battle; the
First Texas lost 82 per cent at Gettys
burg, and in one company of the
Twenty-Sixth North Carolina only
three remained out of eighty-seven.
In charge of the First Maine Heavy
Artillery at Petersburg it lost 75 per
cent of its men in seven minutes; but
that was a useless sacrifice. And at
Gettysburg Hancock ordered the First
Minnesota to charge Willcox’s column
just as Scarlett’s 300 heavies charged
the 3,000 Russian cavalry, but that
was to gain five minutes and save the
Round Top; it was not a blunder, but
a necessary sacrifice. The Minneso
tans rode out with 262 officers and men
and struck the head of the Confed
erate column. Only 47 returned, but
they saved the battery, and possibly
the day.
While these figures show great
losses yet we understand that to the
number engaged the battle commemo
rated by the Chickamauga National
park in this congressional district
was the bloodiest ever fought. The
loss was 83| per cent of the whole and
in many instances regiment and com
pany losses were greater than those
quoted above.
Advice of The Editors-
What the average editor does not
know about keeping cool in hot
weather is not worth knowing. Take
for instance the able editor of the
Memphis Commercial Appeal whose
constant source of inspiration is u
mint julep and other kinds of things
says: “Alcoholic stimulants are dan
gerous beyond doubt and should be
avoided- but it is safe to say that five
people suffers from over-eating to the
one who suffer from over drinking,
for the simple reason that there are
five people who indulge intemperately
in eating where there is one who in
dulges intemperately in drinking.”
From this one would judge that
THE ROME TRIBUNE. SATURDAY 4ULY 10, 1897.
these Tennesseans are the same kind
who once lived on the hanks of the
Nile in the days of the Ptotemys and
Rameses in rhe namesake city. But
this advice would not apply to other
parts of the coumry where our
croaking informants say the people
are not getting three meals a day.
There is no danger of them over-eat
ing, or overdrinking themselves. The
result of this overheating and over
eating is the production of a “fevered
brain which is fruitful in schemes for
discerning wrongs and errors and
magnifying ills.” But strange to relate
this editor says nothing about wrap
ping up he hot head in towels wet in
ice water. Instead he jumps off to
the subject of babies. It is a well
known fact that most married men
think they know more about babies
than women one of “whom this one is
which.” Hear him: -“Babies can
stand heat better than grown folks,
and when they succumb it is usually
because of the criminal carelessness
or ignorance of those in charge. They
are helpless to nroteet themselves
■against over x feeding|fand over-dress
ing, and succumb, victims of misdi
rected kindness. As much of the food
taken into the stomach is mere fuel to
produce heat for the body, it follows
that when this heat is furnished by
the atmosphere less food is necessary.
Tender-hearted enthusiasts are never
tired telling us of the children who
starveto death, but no one seems to
think about those—the much greater
number—who are stuffed to death.
For hot weather, temperance in all
things is desirable—is indispensable.”
We have always had a high idea of
this Memphis Diogenes, and after
reading his infantile advice we feel
sure bad he been living at the lime
the pyramids would never have been
built.
The Tariff Summed Up,
The New York World sums up the
new tariff bill passed by the senate
tersely when it says: “The new tariff,
according to our Washington dis
patches, will be worse than the Mc-
Kinley, and that was a ‘worse-than
war-tariff.’ The war tariff in 1862
averaged about 32 per cent. The
average McKinley duty was about 49
per cent. The Dingley bill averaged
58 per cent and the Senate bill aver
ages nearly 54. That is to say, thirty
five years after the war tariff was en
acted, our ‘infant industries’ are'to be
given protection more than twenty
points higher. And in a revision
pledged to ‘moderation,’ the outra
geous McKinley tariff, twice con
demned by the people, is overtopped
from six to eight points. Not only so,
but nearly two thirds of the duties
impased are practically prohibitive.
And this in a measure ostensibly un
dertaken to .raise revenue to step the
deficit! It is fortunate for the un
taught. Republican Bourbons that
there is now a new congress to elect
this year.”
EDITORIAL ETCHINGS,
Let others praise all birds that fly,
That trip the earth or flit the skies;
When comes a dry spell in July.
The rain crow is about my size.
“Miss Brown told me that you paid
her such a charming compliment the
other evening, ’ ’ said Mrs. Coddington
to her hueband, “something about
her being pretty. , The poor girl was
so pleased. I don’t see how you can be
so untruthful.” “I should think you’d
know by this time that I’m never un
truthful,” said Mr, Coddington reproach
fully. ‘‘l said she was just as pretty as
she could be, and so she was.”
Representative McMillin, of Tennes
see, is very strong on quotations, and
rarely makes a speech without decorat
ing it with one or more apt illustrations
from the works of some of the great
authors.
“The use of quotations.” said Mr.
McMillin,‘‘is two-fold. In the first, a
quotation stands for the tersest way of
expressing a thought. Again, it recalls
to the lisner something with which he
Jiimeelf may be familiar, and is, there
fore, pleasing to the mind. Only one
writer that I know of has thoroughly
analyzed this idea. I wonld advise
every-one to read Herbert Spencer’s
•‘Philosophy of Style.’ It is a remarka
ble essay and well worthy perusal.”
Who cares about a coal miners’ strike
when be can cook his meals by the heat
of the sun?—Memphis Scimitar.
A newspaper may pay one of its read
ers a handsome compliment and he will
take it as a matter of course, with not
often so much as “I thank you for your
kindness.” But let the same news
paper criticise the same person, however
mildly and justly, and it is certain to
hear from him in most uncomplimentary
terms:—Chattanooga News.
‘‘The North Carolina prisdn authori
ties have found by actual experiment,”
says the Macon Telegraph, ‘‘that it
costs the State six cents less a day for
each convict to keep hitn employed on
the public roads than to confine him in
a penitentiary. They have also discov
ered that by humane treatment and
promise of reward for good behavior
one foreman of a gang is sufficient efor
a guard, there not having been an at-
tempt at escape in a year. The fact of
work in public seems to ect as a strong
deterrent of crime. Our Georgia an ■
thorities should study the North Caro
lina system which is attracting the at
tention of prison reformers everywhere.
Lawyer J(to timid young (woman):
‘ ‘Have you ever appeared as witness in
a suit before?” Young woman (blush
ing): “Y yes, sir, ot course.” Lawyer:
“Please state to the jury what suit it
was.” Young woman (with more con
fidence): ”lt was nun's veiling shirred
down the front, and trimmed with a
lovely blue, with hat to match.” Judge
(rapping violently): ‘ Order in the
court! ’ ’—Exchange.
A fool out in Texas pointed his
empty pistol at his sweetheart and shot
her through the heart. The telegraphic
report then says that he was so
stricken with remorse that he blew his
brains out. An exchange thinks that
the brains part of the story is evidently
a mistake. We feel impelled to concur
in this conclusion. —Birmingham News.
Ex-Congressman W. Bourke Cockran
has asserted that the most impressive
sight he saw on his journey in Europe
was the pope. This has set rumors in
circulation that he will become a Catho
lic clergyman, which are strengthened
by the fact that he pursued studies in
France which are peculiar to the priest
hood. The field is one which would no
doubt afford him excellent scope for his
oratorical powers, and the chances are
that it would prove more interesting
and satisfactory to him than did the
field of politics,
When Fortune Frowns.
When fortune frowns lift high yourhead
And walk with manly, steadfast tread*
Nor heed what men may do or say,
But ever onward keep your way;
■'Vith firm intent, with purpose clear.
Untouched by doubt, unknown of fear.
When foruune frowns do not despair.
For life holds things both sweet and fair;
The future may mete out to thee
In fulness, joy ungrudgiug.’y,
Success your efforts may repay.
For all the shame of failure’s day.
When fortune frowns sheoft doth send
In recompense a faithful friend:
And whither chastening doth bestow,
A peace that now we may not know,
Refining all our inner life
Ennobling us for future strife
—Boston Globe
Are You Satisfied
With your Groceries and with the
price of same ?
How much did your groceries
cost you last month and are you
satisfied with your bill? If, so, con
tinue to trade with your grocer; if
not, come and try us for the next
month (July) and if we can’t save
you 10 per cent on what your gro
ceries cost you for the month of
June we won’t ask you to trade with
us again. We mean what we say—
we will save you 10 per cent. That
means you will get for nine dollars
what has cost you ten dollars here
tofore. We don’t propose to save
you two cents on one article and
charge twenty-five cents on another,
but will sell you everything as low
as it can be sold.
We take the cash and go direct
to the manufacturers, packeis and
growers and buy car loads of goods,
getting the lowest freight rates.
This enables us to sell goods as
cheap as other merchants can buy,
and saves you their profit.
We intend to have your trade, and
if good goods and low prices and
prompt delivery can win your trade
we will have it.
NEW GOODS.
Fat Mackerel only sc.
Fat Mackerel, large, only 10c.
Imported Sardines, good quality,
10c per can.
Imported Sardines, extra good
quality, 15c, two for 25c.
Everything in Canned Meats.
You should try our Tennessee
Country Hams. To try them is to
become a customer. Some customers
have used as many as half dozen of
these hams.
COFFEE.
We have best in Rome. We roast
our coffees. We have the only
coffee roaster in the city. We buy
direct from the importer and pay
spot cash. This gives us coffee
cheaper than others can buy. We
can sell you roasted coffee for
per pound less than any other mer
chant. Buy your coffee where you
will, and bring it here and if we
can’t for 5c per pound less
than you paid for it we will give you
a pound of the nest we have.
FLOUR.
We say without fear of contra
diction that King’s Patent Flour is
the best that can be made. It is
ground from hard winter wheat,
grown in the celebrated Indiana
wheat belt. Try a sack and become
a customei.
A GIFT FOR EVERYONE.
With every can of Taylor Cream
Tartar Baking Powder we will give
you choice of a granite sauce pan
or rice boiler, or wash pan or coffee
pot. This is no cheap ware, and
the baking powder ia just as good
as Price’s, Royal or Cleveland’s
Try a can and get you a nice
granite vessel free.
S. S. King & Co.
O’Neill Manufacturing Co.
manufacturers of
SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS.
-ALL KINDS OF MILL WORK.
LUMBER
Lime and Cement,
HAMMAR PAINTS
we sell everything needed in house-build
ing. Flooring, Ceiling, Moulding, Brackets.
Shingles and Laths, G-lass, Builders’ Paper
and Material
Contractors and Builders!
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We take contracts for all kinds of build
ings, large or small.
O'Neill Manufacturing Company,
Rome, G-a.
w Telephone 76.
Builders’ Fine Hardware.
For the past ten years there has been a growing de
mand for Builders’ Fine Hardware, and as a result
the new houses of today are in finish as far ahead of
the old styles as the electric cars are the mule cars.
We pay special attention to this line of our business,
and can show as attractive an assortment as can be
found in the South; in fact, we keep “abreast the
times” in all lines of Hardware, and carry in stock
everything from a carpet tack to a six-horse wagon.
Prices Right. Terhune-Nixon Co.
The Unspeakable Turk
As Gladstone calls him, would find no difficulty in
talking over the Toll Lines of
The Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Our lines are Copper Metallic Circuits, equipped
with Long Distance Transmitters, which give per
fect service. Connections affording all the advantages
of Personal Interviews can be had with
Rome, Atlanta, Macon, Columbus, Amer
icus, Albany, Athens, Opelika
and Fifty Other Places.
A Night Rate is in effect between 6 p. m. and 8 a. m.,.
and is One Half of the Day Kate.
JOHN H. REYNOLDS, President. B. I. HUGHES, Cashier
P. H. HARDIN, Vice President.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
ROME. GEORGIA.
Capital and Surplus $300,000.
All Accommodations Consistent With Banking Ex
tended to Our Customers.
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