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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
W. A. KNOWLES. - Editor.
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THE ROME TRIBUNE,
Romk. Ca.
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The Official Organ of
The City of Rome.
The Sheriff.
The Ordinary,
The County Commissioners.
and publishes regularly all legal
advertisements emanating from
these officials.
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This is High Praise,
The following high compliment is
paid The Tribune by Hon. W. J,
Reel:
HI consider The Tribune under its
presept jnapagement the best news
paper Rome has ever had in point of
- pews service and editorial excellence,
It is a credit to Rome and Georgia
journalism.”
This is murderer Perry’s day of ,
doom, i
U—i a—
s.We want 2,500 new subscribers to 1
The Weekly Tribune. .
Yellow fever is killing more soldiers i
ijj Cuba than the war ever did.
Consul General Lee has sailed for
home, on leave of absence from Cuba,
President Idcfcinley 18 evldehtly hav.
Inga pleasant tiine during his sum.
mer vacation.
How many governors is Georgia to
have this year, anyhow? asks the
Augusta Herald.
Is not the Atlanta Constitution try
ing to scare the farmers into selling
their cotton in predicting five cent
botton?
Send us a dollar for a subscription
to The Weekly Tribune. If you don’t
want it for yourself send it to one of
yonr friends.
We indorse this from the Brunswick
Advertiser: “Georgia needs a governor
of iron nerve, and no future aspira
tions politically.’’
As Sam Jones would says, the West
ern farmers are more interested in the
wheat now and-now than in tbesweet
bye-and bye, says an exchange.
John Temple Graves says: “The
renaissance of Southern oratory has
come, and we have much to rejoice
over, and even more to expect.”
The Tribune joins the other news
papers of the state in the request that
Mrs. Myrick, editor of the Americus
Times Recorder, write a comprehen
sive article on co-education.
“Hon. Joseph Mansfield’s proposed
Botany bay for Georgia’s criminals as
a solution of the convict question is
worth considering. As a matter of
fact, however, we are a long way
from a settlement of the convict ques
tion in Georgia.”—Savannah Pie ss.
The Weekly Tttbune.
We hope to add 2,160 new names to
the sabseriptioa list of Thb Wkekly
Tmrine tbisaatamicand winter. Our
farmers with tbeir ‘bountiful erops
will be able to ependa little imoney
thlsifali for things-economy demanded
them to past years to do without. We
want.every farmer.-country merchant,
professional man, manufacturer,-etc.,
within >tiie radius Atlanta, Chatta
nooga -and Birmingham to take The
Daily or Weekly Hribune, and -we
ask those who are getting the paper
now to .apeak a kind word ttor us to
their neighbors when -they can do so
We will be glad to son-djsample copies
upon request.
Every family in the Seventh con
gressional district should be a -sub-i
scriber to T®e Tribune.
The people of this section cannot
get a better paper, or one more suited
to their needs than The Wibku
Tribune. The -capacity of its news
service has been increased about
double what it; formerly was. The
cream of events finds its way into The
Tribune] and during the fall and
winter we propose to make it a mirror
of the happenings of this section
the state. We expect in addition to
our present number of correspondents
to appoint one in every county In the
Seventh congressional district and
several in the counties across the line
in Alabama.
Rome pays the highest price of any
place in this section for cotton, and
as high as any market in the South.
The Weekly Tribune will pay
special autumn to the
cotton market and all other markets.
Therefore every farmer and merchant
in this territory should be a subscriber
to it.
One dollar (SI) is all it takes to pay
for The Weekly Tribune for one
year. It is the largest and cheapest
weekly, considering its adaption to
their necessities, that the people of i
this section can take. In fact, it is a ;
household necessity. 11 costs you less i
than a postage stamp a week and will >
tell you more about yuur friends and
neighbors than you can find out ’
through any other source. 1
If you are not a subscriber, send us 1
your name at once. If you get the
paper, speak a good word for it to
your friends.
One dollar pays for The Weekly
Tribune for a year, and we must have
2,500 new subscribers.
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The Tax Rate Stands,
A petition was presented to the
Floyd County Board of Commission
ers of Roads and revenue yesterday
asking them to reconsider their action ’
in placing the tax levy at 729 mills c
It will be remembered that the rate t
was fixed so that both county and <
state tax would be $1.25 per SIOO. Last J
year it was sl. The signers to the pe- £
tition presented yesterday wanted the
late reduced and placed the same as 1
it was last year, ‘
As a general proposition any tax '
payer wants to pay the lowest rate 1
possible, and we do not blame the
signers of the petition. But these ’
signers did not understand the condi ■
of the county’s finances, or they j
would not have asked for such a re
duction.
Oar ebfiaffilSsionerß are men of abil
ity-,good judgment and conservatism as
well as shrewd financiers. They knock
ed out all the arguments presented for
the reduction They discussed the matter
fully, and from every standpoint. lu
the economical management of county
affairs they are already saving the tax
payers over SB,OOO per year in oompari
son with the year previous.
We have confidence in their wisdom
that in letting the tax ratd stand as
they originally fixed it they have done
what is best under the conditions of
the county’s finances.
Cotton Seed Oil Industry.
The growth of the cotton seed oil
industry during-the past few years
has been phenomenal. Less than a
decade ago this rich product of our
Southern cotton seed was wholly un
known to commerce, and yet today it
not only enjoys a rapidly increasing
popularity in the world’s market, but
even bids fair within the next few
years to challenge the once acknowl
edged supremacy of hog lard.
In support of this contention it is
only necessary to cite the immense
quantity of cotton seed consumed by
the industry during the last twelve
months. It is estimated that since
July 1, 1896, something over 4,000,000
tons of cotton seed have found their
way into the various mills of the!
country to be converted into cotton
THE ROME TSIBUMB. WEOWeSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, IW7
«Md oil And other resnltaotprotoete.
On .account of itepumely vegetable
’ origin there are «aany wibo contend
thabfor domestic purposes-cotton seed
: oil will largely supersede lard. Iteer
i taioly possesses taaoy advantages over
, lard«for cooking purposes.
To this immediate section of the
coutatoy the growing importance of
’ the cotton seed industry isespecially
, gratifying. Besides adding-materially
| to the (present industrial .prestige of
the South, it also lends adu-itional en- (
cbantment to the possibilities of th e i
' future.
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JSnmicious Journalism,
The Augusta Chronicle is right in
saying that a great enemy to the
, Soutb, today, is the sensational news
: .paper correspondent who writes for -so
; imuch per edlumn, and in order to fill
'j much space writes conscienceless ex-,
j aggerations of every barroom brawl
' and street fight sofas to make the story
■ acceptable to hie Northern newspaper
and its readers. He knows what thei
Northern newspaper wants and he
fills the demand. A drunken brawl
in which a negro and white man are
parties becomes a race war, and an
ordinary fight becomes a deadly feud.
He cares nothing for facts; he simply
desires to fill space in a manner ac
ceptable to the Northern newspaper-
The result is that readers of the
Northern newspapers see only items
of lawlessness from the Soutb and get
the impression that every man down
here carries a pistol and dies with his
boots on.
Real Estate Values,
(New Orleans Picayune)
The official figures show that the true
value of the real and personal estate of
this country for each decade, beginning
with 1895, was,-in 1850' $7,135,780,228,
or S3OB per capita; in 1860, $16,159,616,-
068, or $514 per capita; in 1870. $30,068,-
518,507, or S7BO per capita; in 1880, $43,-
642,000,000, or SB7O per capita; and in
1890, $65,037,091,197, or $1,036 per
capita.
At such a rate of increase there is ma
terial to make np many large fortunes
without robbing anybody. Unfor
tunately there are not a few who are
not willing to pay the price of success in
the hard work, economy and steadfast
ness of purpose to accumulate a fortune.
They are too apt to vent their own dis
satisfaction .and disappointment in de
nouncing the wealty and those who are
supposed to be so, but who, like railways
and banks, are working with capital bor
rowed or gathered from many individ
uals.
If every man who can secure employ
ment for his labor, skill or intelligence
would employ it in doing his best, his
whole duty, there would not be such an
outcry about calamity and poverty,
because there would not be so much
poverty or pecuniary distress
Best Suggestion Made.
(Brunswick Advertiser)
Joe Mansfield’s idea of a penal colony,
where fishing is good, and the mighty
waves stand sentry, is taking a deep
hold, and promises success. It is the
best suggestion that has been made.
Some Definitions.
Definitions are no more n r less than
making another understand by words
what tie term stands for. During the
civil war, a soldier wrote home some
thing about a “fortification.” The ad
dressee called on a friend for a definition.
He gave it thus: “A fortification is
two twenty fivations,” This proved '
satisfactory,
Another person was once asked to de
fine “experience.” He said:; “experi
ence is what an experienced man ex- I
periences in experiencing his experi
ence.” This, in like manner, gave sat
isfaction’
Rut the answer given by a colored
man in the Jones-Catchings oontest for
a scat in congress is expressive. Accord
ing to the printed testimony, the follow
ing dialogue occurred:
Question—What is congress?
Answer—Congress is congress.
Question—What are the duties of
congress?
Answer—Well they make speeches,
and pow-wows, and play cards, and
gets drunk, and rides on the trains,
and draws salaries. That is all I see in
the papers
Newspapers are supposed to reflect
the scene of congress, and the Missis
sippi darkey could be duplicated in his
ideas of congress in many parts of the
country-.
Their Books Tabooed,
(Augusta Chronicle )
Against the names of four well-known
women authors, the notice “Withdrawn
from circulation” appears in the Enoch
Pratt Libraries of Baltimore. This ac
tion was taken by Bernard C. Steiner,
librarian, on the ground that the works
are of a harmful, if not an immoral,
character. The writers are Bertha M.
Clay, Anu Stevens, Dora Russell and
Mrs.E. D.- E. N. Southworth. When
Mrs. Southworth, who has been a life
long resident of Washington, was ad
vised of the action of Librarian Steiner,
she said: “The letters I have received
and am constantly receiving from my
readers show that I nave their hearts,
and that satisfies me. ”
Greater New York to be Pitied,
Undoubtedly Seth Low is an able
man, an eminent citizen and
conspicuously qualified to adorn the
important office of Mayor of Greater
New York. Nevertheless it looks queer
to see Abram S. Hewitt quoted as say
ing that Mr. Low is the only man in
New York who is qualified to fill that
great position under the new conditions
j that will exist after the first of the year.
If it is really true that there is but one
maa in the Greater New York who is
i big enough to become Its chief executive
magistrate, the sooner Chat great metro
polis resolves itself into its constituent
parts and again becomes an aggregation
of smalt municipalities the better. —Bos
ton Herald.
I .A Theatrical Hint.
“We’ve got ‘Hamlet’ fixed up so it
will create a furore this fall. ’ ’
“What have you done to ft?”
, “In tbe grave-digger’s scene the old
fellow shoveling in the hole is to throw
i out gold nuggets as big as hiekorynuts.”
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Missouri Leads*
A Memphis man rejoices in tbe name
«f Iva Jagg, but he is happier than the
real estate man of Missouri whose sign
read “Adam Swindler.”—Minneapolis
Times.
Caution.
He (cautiously)—lf I should propose
would you say yes?
She ( (More cautiously)—lf yon knew I
would say yes would you propose?—
Kansas City Star.
Emancipated Him,
“He said he was her slave.”
‘ ‘And she.?’ 1
•‘ <Oh, she told him she was au apoli
tiorust. ’ ’ —San* Frau cisco Examiner.
Editor Bayne's Opinion,
(Augusta Herald)
The religious and sectarian press are
quarrelling over “Quo Vadis,” but we
pity the soul that isn’t uplifted by it.
That Late Affair of Honor, •
Ze Count he say;
“I must have b'ood.”
Le Prinz he say;
“Your name vaa Mud.”
Ze Count he cry;
“I knock your head.”
Le Prinz he yell,
“I kill you dead.”
He make base hit,
He then blood smell
Just little bit. ,
Ze Count he swipe
Ze awful blow.
Le Prinz he wipe
Ze blocd just so,
He sav, ‘‘Doctaire,
Ze blood ve spill.
Ve have honaire,
Yah. Zatvevill.”
Ze Ccunt he take
Le Prinz his hand
Ze two men shake
Zen hire ze band,
Ze band it play
A well known air,
Ze “Marseillais,”
Both have|honaire.
—San Francisco Chronicle. I
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manufacturers of
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Lime and Cement,
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Shingles and Laths, Glass, Builders’ Pauer
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Call and see the lewly arrived
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season will open some re
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styles, entirely new, and
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They are made by the
best tailors and the styles >
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early.
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ROME, GA.