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WILL THE CONVICTS
BE LEASED AGAIN?
Gossip Heard In Atlanta On the Convict Prob
lem and On Other Topics.
LEASE LOBBY IS WORKING VERY QUIETLY,
So It Is Said—Legislature Meets Oct.
27--Stories About the Sapelo Trip-
Chairman Hall Did Not Go.
Atlanta. Sept. 27.—The talk, talk,
talk, of the proper disposition of the
convicts at the expiration of the present
lease system continues. There are many
ideas still. When the legislature meets
there will be lots of gas blown off, a
world of amendments to the Hall bill,
or the one to be prepared by the sub
committee, and then the legislative will
settle down to business.
What will it do?
Will the lease system be perpetuated?
There is a strong minority in favor of
it. But it will scarcely prevail. The ad
ministration plan of building a main
penitentiary and establishing a reforn a
tory will probably be adopted. But there
■will develope some strong opposition to
it.
* * *
When you want to get a clear and un
biased opinion of the status of a subject
before a body go to a conservative and
observant newspaper man. They are liable
to be mistaken sometime, but they often
grasp a situation by intuition and it
proves to be in the end that they were
right. Here is what an Atlanta newspa
per man told me and I give it for what
it is worth:
“There are so many different ideas on
this convict problem that there will be
lots of talk over it in the legislature. The
result will be that the present lease sys
tem will be continued. It may be mod>
fled somewhat. The state will appoint
sworn guards, but I do not believe it will
clothe and feed the prisoner's.
“I tell you the legislature will not vote'
to expend half a million dollars for
building a main penitentiary. I don’t
believe it will spend SIO,OOO for a model
reformatory.
“The lease lobby is doing some silent
but effective work. They’are working
very quietly, but you will see that the
convicts will be leased again very much
as they are now.”
* * *
Miss Ada Elam, formerly of Rome,
daughter of Judge Elam, deceased, will
be the next postmistress of the legisla
ture. She has served most efficiently
for several years in the capitol in this
capacity. Her Rome friends will be glad
to learn this.
r- * *
Georgia’s state capitol is a magnificent,
building and every day many visitors can
be seen sauntering through its marble
halls. It seems to be large and roomy
enough for all requirements. It was re
markable that it was built within the
appropriation, but it is a great pity that it
was not built out of Georgia marble.
* * *
Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary
Thin, Pale
Children
One satisfaction in giving
Scott's Emulsion to children is
they never object to it. The
fact is, they soon become fond
of it. Another satisfaction is
because it will make them
plump, and give them growth
and prosperity. It should be
given to all children who arc
too thin, or too pale. It does
not make them over-fat, but
plump.
It strengthens the digestive
organs and the nerves, and fur
nishes material for rich blood.
We have a book telling you more on
the subject. Sent free for the asking.
SCOTT & BOWNE, New York.
J. 8. Turner and Assistant Keeper Jake
Moore who were absent last week during
the committee meeting on official busi
ness are both here today. Judge Turner
is sick with hay fever. He thinks his
plan for the convicts will be adopted.
Assistant Keeper Jake Moore says that
the more a man study’s this convict pro
blem the less he finds he knows about it.
* * *
The sub-committee which went to
Sapelo island has returned. They had
their eyes opened on its rich and varied
products, and are more favorable to the
penal island plan than before.
* * *
None of the state house officials think
that the lease system will be renewed.
They all say that Gov. Atkinson stands
pledged to veto such a measure should it
pass.
They are telling a good story on Mr.
Robert B. Cramer, the representative of
the Atlanta Constitution, who accompa
nied the legislative party to Sapelo
island. He is from Pittsburg. Penn., and
had never been on one Georgia’s coast
islands before. He carried a shot gun
with him, and as he stopped off the boat
on Sapello island gave a negro a dollar to
show him a good place to shoot marsh
hens. Some hours later Mr. Cramer turned
up. He had been in the mud up U> his
neck.
Hon. Wesley Shropshire says the fun
they had out of Cramer was worth the
trip. Several members brought home
boxes of the rich black, loamy earth, but
Mr. Cramer insisted he had enough real
estate in his clothes for the party. Possi
bly, Mr. Cramer js trying to “accumulate
an island.’?
* * *
Hon. Hewlette Hall, chairman of
the house committee and nicknamed
the “Penitentiary Moses” di'd not go
to Sapelo island.
* * *
“The negroes on tne sea islands off
Georgia’s coast live easier than any
people in tho world, ” said a member
today. “Why they work asstevedores,
or do other work on the ships that
anchor near by, and make from $2 to
$4 per day. They only work a week
and then fish and loaf for a month or
two. The climate is warm and they
have little need of warm clothing or
fuel.
* * *
The next session, of the legislature
will assemble on Wednesday, October
27. Hon. Mark Hardin who has been
clerk of the house for twenty-four
years consecutively will noon begin
getting things in shape for the session.
* * *
The advocates of Ossabaw island will
present plans for model penitentiary
buildings for about 600, or 700 convicts
when the sub committee meets on
Thursday. They will be drawn by the
architect of the Tennessee penitentiary,
Mr. C. E. Bearden.
* * *
Col. Thomas R R. Cobb, the brilliant,
fiery, magnetic and eloquent young
Georgian,renowned both as orator and
writer, will present the claims of Sapelo
island to the sub committee. He went to
Sapelo with them.
* * *
No mention of the co-education ques
tion at the University has been heard
among the politicians here. They do not
seem to take the least interest on the
subject.
The Southern's Earnings
The Southern Railway Company’s net
earnings for July and August were S9O,
025 ahead of the net earnings for the cor
responding months in 1896. The mileage
is 73 miles greater this year than it was
last. The percentage of expenses to earn
ings was reduced 1 1-2 per cent. The to
tal net earnings for the two months
amounted to $874,809. September, it is
feared, will prove a bad month on ac
count of the yellow fever.
If you have overseen a little child in
a paroxysm of whooping cough, or if
you have been annoyed by a constant
tickling in the throat, you can appreci
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THE BOME TBJBUNE. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, JBg7.
THE HEAT PLAGUE OF AUGUST, 1896.
Mrs. Pinkham’s Explanation of the Unusual Number of Deaths and
Prostrations Among' Women.
The great heat plague of August, 1896, was not without its /w
lesson. One could not fail to notice in the long lists of
the dead throughout this country, that so many of ,
the victims were women in their thirties, and
women between forty-five and fifty.
The women who succumbed to the pro
tracted heat were women whose energies .< -ji
were exhausted by sufferings peculiar to
their sex; women who, taking no thought rihwB 1 -
of themselves, or who, attaching no im
portance to first symptoms, allowed their
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BISHOP RFTURNS TODAY.
Bishop Nelson and Wife Will Return This
(Week.
Bishop and Mrs. C. K. Nelson, who
have been in England and on the con
tinent for some time, will return to
Atlanta today. They left here several
months ago with the intention of tak
ing a long trip through Europe and
the eastern countries, to give the
bishop the needed rest that he wished.
They were in London during the
recent jubilee season and were ac
corded some of the most distinguished
honors of any Americans there. They
were received with much cordiality
by the bishop of Canterbury and oth
er high dignitaries of the church of
England.
While in Europe Bishop Nelson
preached in St. Paul’s, an honor that
has been given to few from this coun
try. After his return the bishop will
takeup the active discharge of his
duties again.
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WILL RETURN OCTOBER IST.
Mr a James Longstreet Will Resume Her
Duties at the CapltoL
Mrs. James Longstreet, nee Miss
Ellen Dortch, assistant state librarian
will return to Atlanta October Ist to
resume her duties at the capitol. She
is now in Porter Springs with her hus
band. -
From all indications, Mrs. Long
street is still in the race for state
librarian to succeed Captain Milledge
the present incumbent. If she intends
to withdraw she has never notified
Governor Atkinson.
The appointment will be made
when the legislature meets next
month. The race is growing warm,
and the governor has never given out
any intimation who will be the suc
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and they are dangerously wasted if con
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THE CITY JUDGSHIP.
Gov. Atkinson, It is Said, Will Offer it to
Mr, Harris.
The report comes, and it comes pretty
straight, that Gov. Atkinson has decided
to offer the city judgship to Hon. J. W.
Harris, and in the event that it is not
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accepted by that gentleman, it will be
tendered to Mr. Albert 8. Johnson, says
the Cartersville News.
Mr. Harris has not been an applicant
for the position, and The News is unable
to state whether or not he • will accept
the offer. Some of his friends however,
say he will not. That being the case, Mr.
Johnson will be Judge Akin’s successor.
The statement from Gov. Atkinson
was made to two or three Cartersville
gentlemen.
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President Wilburn Here.
C. B. Wilburn, the newly elected
president and general manager of the
Chattanooga, Rome and Southern rail
way. arrived in the city last night, this
being the official’s first visit here since
his election to the presidency of the
line.
Mr. Wilburn was seen at the Read
House by a Chattanooga Times man,
but said there was nothing new con
earning the affairs of the road. He
stated that he contemplated making no
official changes or improvements of any
character.
“All we want to do now,” said he.
“is to out expenses and’ put the road on
a paying basis. ’ ’
Certainly you don’t want to suffer
with dyspepsia, constipation, sick head
ache, sallow skin and loss of appetite.
You have never tried DeWitt’s Little
Early Risers tor these complaints or
you would have been cured. They are
small pills, but great regulators. For
sale by Curry-Arrington Company,
Rome,.Ga,
Excursion Rates by the Southern Rail''
way.
Nashville, Tennessee—Tickets on sale
daily at the following rates:
$5.10, good to return seven days from
date of sale.
$7,55, good to return fifteen days from
date of sale *
$ll.OO, good to return until No ember
7th.
Tickets to the following summer resorts
on sale daily, good to return October
31st, 1897: Cave Spring, Piedmont,
Ala., Anniston, Ala., Rockmart, Powder
Spiings, Austell, Dalton, Tucker Springs
end all of the famous resorts in East
annessee, North Carolina and. Virginia.
CAHTOniA.
The Short Line to Texas
And the Southwest is via the Ala
bama great southern railroad. Tickets
may be routed either via Shreveport or
New Orleans. Traill service and sched
ules via this line, are unexcelled. This
is the only line operating tourist sleep
ing cars from Chattanooga to Texas
points and the Pacific Coast.
Parties contemplating a trip should
address C. M. Billheimer, Trav. Pass.
Agt., Birmingham, Ala., C. E. Jack
son, Trav. Pass. Agt., Chattanooga,
Tenn. C. A. Benscoter, Asst. Gen’l
Pass. Agt, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Auction House.
I have just opened an auction house
in the building next door to West &
Griffin, on Broad street. I always
have some bargains on hand in every
line which can be purchased cheap.
If you have anything for sale send it
it to me and I will try and find a pur
chaser. If you need anything at all
yon will do well to inspect my stock
before purchasing.
T. C Randall, Auctioneer.
Broad St. Rome, Ga.
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THE FOOTBALL i-EASON.
The i T.amls Shape.
Good .Matorim For a Team.
A writer in the Atlanta Constitution
has the following to say about the foot
ball outlook at the university of Geor
gia:
Everybody is watching the movements
of Georgia this year. She made a mark
last year that has attracted the attention
of people north and south, and the out
come of this season is eagerly awaited by
thousands.
Some of the men who appear in uni
form regularly at the university are:
Bond, Brooks Clarke. ’96 Cornell; Bailise,
Richie, Kent, captain; Moore. Walden,
Tichenor, captain and quarter for Auburn
96; Dunbar, Mclntosh, Bower, captain
second team; A Clarke, Po~eroy, Lyn
dob, Huff, Lindsley, Shannon, Dudley
Curtis, center for Trinity ’96; Wheatley,
Hicks, Strickland, McCuthins, Alford,
McMahon and Mason.
Out of these men alone, a team can be
picked worthy of their colors.
Kent, tackle and captain, has done ex
cellent work for his team, and has suc
ceeded in getting some tip top material.
He is a hard working man, and one who
has the esteem and confidence of his men,
He is a conscientious player and will add
materially to Georgia’s strength.
Mr. Mitchell, manager of Georgia's
team, has not yet completed his schedule,
He will play the following colleges, with,
dates uncertain : Virginia; Clemson col
lege; University of Nashville; Sewanee;
University of Alabama; Tech, of Atlanta;
Vanderbilt; North Carolina: Auburn.
This schedule includes six Southern
States and practically places Georgia
against the leading Southern colleges.
, A game will probably be arranged with
the University of Maryland in addition to
the above.
The Georgia team will meet northern
teams this year on the gridiron !
A northern trip has been arranged and
Georgia will meet Harvard, Cornell a’nd
Lehigh, and probably Annapolis.
This will be a true test of the com
para ive strength of teams north and
south. To think that Georgia wi'l start
the ball to rolling is enough to interest all
in her welfare.
In order that a first class team can be
put on the field, it is absolutely necessary
that they sheuld have a good second team
to practice with. At the University of
Georgia the men work for their places on
the second eleven with as much interest
and enthusiasm as the candidates for
’varsity.
Condensed Testimony
Chas. B. Hood, Broker and Manu
facturer’s Agent, Columbus, Ohio,
certifies that Dr. King’s New Discovery
has no equal as a Cough remedy. J. D.
Brown, Prop. St James Hotel, t t.
Wayne, Ind,, testifies that he was cured
of a Cough of two years standing, caused
by La tarippe, by Dr. King’s New Dis
covery. B F Merrill, Baldwinsville,
Mass., says that he has used and recom
mended it and never knew it to fail and
would rather have it than any doctor,
because it al ways cures. Mrs. Hemming,
222 E. 25th St. Chicago, always keeps it
at hand and has no fear of Croup, be
cause it instantly relieves. Free Trials
Bottles at Curry-Arrington Co. ’s drug
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Cotton Short In Dodge
A special to Sunday’s Macon Tele
graph from Chauncy, Dodge county,
says: “Mr. G. P. Bussey, agent of the
Southern Railway Company at this
point, who makes a monthly report to
the superintendent of the company,
estimates the cotton at three-fifths of a
crop. Corn is an average yield. Sugar
cane, potatoes, peas and ocher small
crops will be very fine, as the seasons
have been good, and they have till frost
in which to grow. The only effect of the
recent storm will be the harvesting of a
great deal of storm cotton, which al
ways brings a low price. This, added
to the existing ruinous price, is very
discouraging to the farmer. ’ ’
Yellow Fever Gering
breed in the bowels. Kill them and you
are safe from the awful disease. Cascarets
destroy the germs throughout the system
and make it impossible for ' new ones to
form. Cascarets are the only reliable
safe-guard for young and old against yel
low jack. 10c, 25c, 50c, all druggists.
Excursion Rates to Cincinnati And Lousi
ville and Return.
The Southern railway will sell round
trip tickets to Cincinnati and Louis
ville and return at rate of one and one
third fares for the rouud trip.
From points in state of Georgia,
tickets will be on sale September 13th.
14th and 15th; in Alabama, September
20th, 21st and 22nd, and in Tennessee,
September 27th, 28th and 29th, All
tickets will be limited ten days from
date of sale.
Call on any agent of the Southern
railway for further information.
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Your Back Tuxes.
Are going to be pressed for collection
at once by order of county authorities.
If you need more time in paying them,
and want to avoid unnecessary trouble
and expense, call on
W. T. Cheney,
Masonic Temple Annex.
Asheville, North Carolina.
Asheville. N. C., situated in the
heart of the mountains of Western
North Carolina 2,000 feet above sea
level, is free from all malarial and
fever diseases, and is reached via the
Southern Railway,on most convenient
schedules,
Rheumatism,
Oil the Pain!
The aches and pains of Rheumatism
become a constant companion to all who
arc victims of this disabling disease.
Much suffering could be avoided if the
first warning pains of Rheumatism were
heeded and the proper treatment at once
taken. But the people generally are
not acquainted with the cause of the
disease, though thousands know its tor
tures. Those who use liniments and
ointments cannot understand why they
grow worse each winter, and find them
selves gradually becoming unable to get
around as they once could; yet they
know that their trouble came on at first
as little aches and pains, which hardly
attracted their attention.:
Everybody should know more about
rheumatism; they should know that it
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which all the liniments in the world
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Swift’s Specific being a real blood rem
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prescriptions of potash and mercury.
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