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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
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W. A. KNOWLES, - Editor.
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Have you taken your summer vaca
tion?
Some men are like dice—easily rat
tled but hard to shake. »
Most assuredly the Lord is smiling
upon this section in a special manner.
A man's religion, if it be real, is not
what he believes, but what a man
does.
Dun and Bradstreet’s reports say
that prosperity is now coming right
along.
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" The United States government spells
it “K-l-o-d-i-k-e. ” Uncle Sam is good
authority.
The Tribune publishes a commu
nication from Mr. John H. Reynolds
strongly favoring the proposed Floyd
county reformatory.
Rome has never had a lynching.
Brunswick has had three in twelve
years, and nearly every other tpwn in
the state has had one, or more.
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Grateful people should go to church
today, and join in a thanksgiving
service to the Giver of all Good Things
for our bountiful harvest prospects.
The republican administration ap
pears to be pretty well satisfied with
Consul General Fitzhugh Lee to rep
resent the United States in Cuba.
Three prominent women of Fort
Scott, Kan..have been regularly drawn
to serve on the jury there. We pity
the criminals who are tried before them-
Bishop C. K. Nelson of the Episco
pal diocese of Georgia, who is at pres
ent in Europe, will return to Atlanta
about the, middle of September. He
will leave England on Sept.' 7.
The Augusta Chronicle says ttat
the business outlook for the South is
promising, more so than at any time
within the last five years. The New
York Financier raises it to ten years.
The Tribune stands pat, and calls
, them.
Says the Augusta Herald: “The
Rime Tribune made sex much fun of
our water carnival that Rome is to
hive one herself.’’ But we did not
have an Augusta poet to describe it
with hia flowery * juney spooney”
Loth of the silly season.
Doing Without Breakfast,
Shall we do without breakfast?
This is a question which many peo
ple would answer with an emphatic
“no’’ this Sunday morning. Yet it is
a fad, or notion whidh la taking strong
hold of many people who have expe
rimented with the plan. We have no
ticed some very strong endorsements
of thie anti-breaKfast movement.
Some people who were invalids claim
to have been cured from the remedy.
The discussion all reverts back to
the subject of the amount a man or
woman should eat. It is generally
agreed that we all eat more than is
good for us. The advocates of the
anti-breakfast tad claim that the sys
tem when one arises in the morning
is in no condition to secure a hearty
meal.
The French who are wise in many
things, and not so wise in others,
think the English and American peo
ple would be better off for health if
they left off .their heavy morning
meal. The breakfast of the French
man generally consists of a single cup
of coffee, and if' only anything more
in eaten it is only a roll. There are
undoubtedly many reasons which
might be brought out to show that
we eat too much. '
As for doing without breakfast,how
ever, that must be a inatter of indi
vidual' conditions. We know some
peapie who ha/e eating hearty
breakfasts for half a century, and who
have enjoyed perfect health. Then
we know other people who, have eaten
lightly in the morning for years,
claim to be better off tor it. But we
.believe the anti-breakfast movement
will have to gather power for ages be
fore the people of the South abolish
their morning meal and hot'bread.
As to The Future.
The first month of the golden and
fleecy autumn—the busy season—
when people renew their efforts and
energy for their duties before them,
will soon be upon us. The va-_
cations will all be over, the peo
ple will have returned to their
homes and business will be
pushed with the renewed vigor gained
by the rest and pleasures afforded by
the health resorts and visits among
friends and kins people.
As for The Tribune it has never had
its vacation, iz bas'always been busy,
its'dutles have always been many and
heavy, it has had to “keep everlast
ingly at it,” but along with the bal
ance of mankind it looks forward to
the future with a strong determination
to do better than ever before. As in
creased duties should bring increased
determination, it has resolved to work
harder and more pessistently, than
ever before for Rome’s upbuilding.
The Tribune proposes to continue
to head the procession in Rome's on
ward march. We believe Rome is re
ceiving as rapid and as substantial a
growth as any city in the country. We
believe the people of Rome appreciate
The Tribune as an exemplar of its
growth and public spirit and are
proud of it.
The Pension Scandal.
To the close of the fiscal year 1896-
97, the aggregate of pensions paid by
this government since the close of the
war to Union soldiers reaches the as
tounding and inconceivable sum of
<2,004,173,841.
To gain an approximate idea of the
magnitude of this amount of money it
need only be said that during the four
years of the civil war the entire cost
of maintaining the federal army and
navy was <3,027,793,391—0r only about
one-third more than has bekn paid in
pensions since the war closed. We
agree with the Columbia Register on
this subject which says: To us of the
South—who have to contribute our
share of the pensions paid to those
who fought against us—this is little
short of robbery. But we are power
less to redress it. If these pensions
were honest there would be less dis
content among those—on both sides
of Mason and Dixon’s line- who pay
the cost of them; hut it is a well
known fact that a very large portion
of them are dishonest, and tens of mil
lions are paid annually to those who
rendered no special service to the gov
ernment, and have no just claim upon
its bounty. The old veteran in blue
has a duty to perform towards the old
veteran in gray, and he should be
alive to this important faot. Let him
purge the pension list of bummers
and pretenders, and thus reduce the
expeqses of the government in this
respect one-third or one-half. His old
foe will at least have this much to
thank him for, and the two will be
drawn that much nearer together.
It is time to cry a halt in this pen
sion scandal, and the “boy in blue” is
the one to do it.
Now For Prosperity,
The New York Financier which is
a recognized authority on financial
matters, publishes the following:
Not for ten years has the outlook
for the material advancement of the
United States been so brignt as at the
present time. Every ocfadltton, every
THS HOME TKIBUNE. SUNDAY. AUGUST IS
circumstance, both natural and arti
ficial, beeme to be Working m the di
rectipu of prosperity. Our readers are
aware chat fJr weeks past we have
taken the position that the turn in the
tide Was at hand, and we have given
cogent evidence in these columns
which supported the claiih. It can,
be said safely, and so far as statistical I
data are concerned, with absolute;
certainty,'that in the natural trend of
events the United States is about to
enter upon a period which will ipark
au era in our commercial history.
Back clearings indicate the change
that is taking place; the achievement
of the Western States in reducing:
their mortgage indebtedness by mil
lions of dollars are significant of the
same fact* the record'breaking loans
of the banks, the heavy increases in
their deposits, the larger earnings 3f
our railways, our growing exports
and the higher prices for oerials are
not meaningless. The causes under
lying these advances are too broad,
too divergent, in character, to be
classed as transitory. They are’the
outcome of forces which have been
working in our favor ever since the
election last November, aided by the
propitious and almost providential
abundance of onr staple crops, at a
time when the whole world is looking,
to this market for bread. And since
no prosperity is lasting unless it
springs from agricultural abundance,
our position at this time is extremely
fortunate. The American farmer is
realizing larger prizes for his wheat
than for some years past. He finds
awaiting him a market world wide in
its scope, and to the limit of hie capa
city to sell, in its demand. This means
primarily, that his returns will be
greater more prompt, and far more
powerful in purchasing quality than
at any previous time in his history.
Already the influence of these factors
is beginning to be felt from one end
of the country to the other. The rail
roads, as we have stated, are enjoying
a remunerative return in handling
this produce, car shops are working
full time to meet the demand for
equipment, and that implies similar
activity on the part of iron and kin
dred industries which furnish railroad
material. The roads themselves are
once more in a position to complete
deferred improvements, and as the
iron business is a trade barometer of
soilie certainty in estimating general
industrial conditions, there is reason
for optimistic prediction on this score
alone.
Why then, should there be doubt as
to the future? Absolutely everything
points to better times. With heavy
trade balances owing this country,
with no fear of war complications,
unless bad judgment overrules pru
dence, with an assured market for
products, both ‘home and abroad, the
remaining years of the century bold
out prospects of and plenty for
this most favored of nations. He Hiust
be a pessimist indeed, who refuses to
recognize our improving conditions.
Monuments to Women,
A monument has been erected in
Saluda county S, C., to the memory of
Lucindia Horn for bravery and endur
ance on the battle field. It Is said that
nowhere in the United States, in fact
nowhere in the world, with the excep
tion to that of Joan of Arc* has another
monument been raised to a woman in
commemoration of bravery on the bat
tle-field.
The proposition to erect a monument
to the women of the confederacy is one
that would receive the cordial indorse
ment of all the people of the south.
If ever women were heroic they were
in those dark days. The Tribune
hopes to see such a movement take
actjve shape, and a beautiful and ap
propriate, monument erected.
The Cotton Crop,
Concerning the prospects of the crop.
Mr. Alfred Shepperson, the greatest ex
pert on cotton in the United States,
says:
“Should the crop meet with any dis
aster this month it is certain that the
prices would materially advance imme
diately and rapidly, and that the new
season would open with an active de
mand at full prices from American and
European spinners.
“On the other hand, should the
weather conditions prove fairly favora
ble until the end of August it is proba
ble that spinners would buy very spar
ingly until the receipts from the new
crop are sufficiently, liberal to cause a
lower range of prices. This would
mean the probability of a’J dull *and
dragging market for the next five or
six weeks, with a notable absence of
speculation.’’
The South’s Condition,
(New York Journal of Commerce)
Os all sections of the country the
south has the least reason for complain
ing about its mortgage debt; the farm
indebtedness of the south is trifling.
The proportion of mortgaged farms to
farms unencumbered is very small.
Farm mortgages are for the whole
group 11 per cent, of the valuation. The
annuel Interest payment is <I.BO per In-
habitant in the south and <6.20 in New
England. Mr. Mulhall’s comparision
fulls short of doing entire justice to the
progress of the south in the last twenty
or twenty-five years. In this period
the railroad mileage, the bank capital,
the manufacturing capital and the agri
\ cultural resources have increased nota-s
I bly.
Our Congressman tor Governor,
(Rlogfold New South)
Our present member of Congress,
Hon. John W. Maddox, has held the
office for three ter .us and is better fitted
to be our governor than any one else in
our section. It was conoeeded by
many thinking men as We -have not
had a governor north of the Chatta
hooche since J. E. Brown, that Hon A.
S. Clay would be the logical candidate
for that position this time, but having
been chosen as senator now the logical
candidate would be Hon. J. W. Mad
dox.
We Don't Know About That
(Americus Timee-Recorder)
The Roke Tribune notes that
“The Georgia Agricultural Society
which is in session at Tybee Island will
decide the location of the state fair. ’’
Editor Knowles might have added
that this august, body would, in their
supreme eoataoy of power, also proceed
to name the next governor of Georgia.
A Natural Sympathy,
(London Echo)
In solitude, or that deserted state
where we are surrounded by human
beings and yet they sympathize
not with us, we love the flowers, the
grass, the waters and the sky.. In the
motion of the very leaves of spring, in
the hlue air, there is found a secret cor
respondence with our heart. There is
eloquence in the tongueless wind and a
melody in the flowing brooks and the
whistling of the reeds beside them,
which, by their inconceivable relation
to something within the soul, awaken
the spirits to dance of breathless
rapture, and bring tears of mysterious
joy to the eyes, like the enthusiasm of
patriotic success, or the voice of one
beloved singing to you alone. Sterene
says that if he were in a desert he
would love some cypress. So soon as
this want or power is dead, man be
comes a living sepulcher of himself,
and what yet revives is the mere busk
of what once he was.
Bright Columns Attest It
(Cartersville News)
Mr. Honstoun R. Harper has recently
been made associate editor of the Rome
Tribune and the bright columns of that
paper attest the wisdom of the choice.
Mr. Harper began hip newspaper ex
perience as reporter on the Tribune
about ten years ago, and after an
absence of several years, be returns to
that paper to become its leading writer.
Congratulations Extended,
(Rockmart Slate)
We join the many friends of Con
gressman Maddox and Mrs. Maddox in
extending our congratulations to them
on the approaching celebration of their
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary and
wish for them many more years of hap
py married life.
The Atlanta correspondent of the
Maoqa Telegraph who we understand
is Mr. John Young Garlington is fur
nishing that paper with some able
and exhaustive articles on state affairs.
He gets at the meat of the egg
«very time.
A steamer which has just arrived
at Astoria, Oregon, from Alaska re
mains that not one half the people
will get over the mountains to the
Klondike regions this fall and that
many are selling their outfits and are
returning. *
Nikola Tesla has invented a machine
for the transmission of messages long
distances without; the use of wires.
Whether this will prove a blessing to
the race, however, cannot be told un
til the scale of telegraph tolls is pub
lished. '
Dead Lovers,
They could not die--these men of Jong: agro—
And be forgot, but they mast take away
Half of the sun of Love's eternal day.
Helf of the flame that Love has set aglow.
And lips of fire grow cold the when l know '
You have rehearsed before this passion
play: ,
And words that tremble lips can not essay.
Strong arms that clasp are stricken. Even so
When I have seen the mists of memory rise
Weighing your eyelids heavier far than
sleep ■ ' ,
That ever into short ob'ivlon kissed.
1 rack my brain in vain and vague surmise:
“With what grim ghost dcst thou soever
keep
In the still chambers of the soul thy tryst?’
—J. R. Taylor.
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The Bachelor's Reason.
A handsome woman none can but admire,
But for a ruler 1 have no desire
A pretty creature, fair and innocent,
Might suit me it I wished an ornament, -
The gay coquette is for an hour—nofllfe;
She makes a batter sweetheart than a wife.
The girl with money Always love deters
By claiming everything in sight as “hers,"
The witty girle’s as homely ns a fence;
For her my love could never be intense.
1 But when to one without their faults I’m ted,
i Who’i All their virtues, then, may be I'lf wed.
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Only a Few Weeks
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Big New Stock
Will be in. Before it arrives we are going to get
nd of what goods we have left over, and for next
few days we will sell all our
FURNITURE, HDUSEHOLD CODOS, EL
at greatly reduced prices. ’Tis midsummer
and we are going to give Extra Bargains in
all our lines of goods. Don’t buy a single
article without getting our prices first You <
can thus save your money. ..'..
BT7 Mosquito Frames and Nets..
h an dle best and cheapest Don’t
want a step ladder to place them.
'X- Always ready. Easily attached to
any style of wood, brass, iron or folding beds v
OUR FALL STOCK.
We will show you the largest and prettiest line of goods,
Carpets, Rugs, Mattings. New styles of furniture,
etc., ever offered the trade of North Georgia
Hi&tL - Tariff
Can haye no effect on the prices of our goods We
anticipated it and bought early, therefore can
sell our trade at prices never before equalled in I
Rome.
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