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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
W. A. KNOWLES. - Editor.
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Rome. Ga.M
The Rome Tribune
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.
16 PAGES.
Battle of Bones—Luetgert trial.
Hold your cotton. It is obliged to
go higher.
Boston phrase for “allee samee” —
All sesamoid.
The penal island plan, or re-leasing
the convicts. Which?
The baseball cranks will now turn
“rooters” for The Tribune.
Today’s Tribune consists of sixteen
pages, brimful of good reading.
Is it really true that Hon. Hewlette
Hall is a bachelor because the ‘ *Cow
eat-her. ”
The dear summer girls are about to
become the blushing autumn brides
—at least some of ’em.
We shall give a hearty welcome to
Mrs. Henrotin and—and—well, we
suppose—her lesser half. ,
Bauxite beds in Floyd county are
plentiful enough to supply the present
deipand in America for a century.
I»h, lonely sea island,
* Os thee, tye loudly slug,
You aye the very thing
for Georgia’s njodel Sing-Sing.
e— —az-
Says the Marietta Journal; “The
next legislature will settle the convict
question, but the state will have to
foot the bilL”
The Savannah Press and the Amer
icus Herald say that The Tribune is
making “a rattling good fight” for
the penal island plan.
The Effingham County News, one of
the most ably edited weekly papers in
the is making a strong fight for
dußignon for governor;
—
Says the Robkiilart Slate: “The
Rome Tribune will issue a mammoth
souvenir and | trade edition next
month. It doubtless will be a great
paper.”
Wallace Putnam Reed who once
wrote the famous editorials in the
Constitution telling stories of crimes
and drawing morals from them, is
now doing good work on the Atlanta
Journal.
“It’s simply a fad.” That is wbat
Mr. Alfred H+rper writes on another
page of today’s Tribune about the
clamor for co-education 'at the Uni
versity of Georgia. He brings out a
new point of view.
Penal island (with penitentiary)
$175,000.
Model penitentiary (Turner’s esti
mate) and land ($100,000), total cost
$373,000.
Dade coal mines, $581,000.
There were over 400 cases of typhoid
fever at Asheville, N. C., this summer
according to medical testimony.—
Augusta Chronicle. Rome is larger
than Asheville, and we do not believe
it has had ten cases of typhoid fever.
Says the Griffin News: “North
and South Georgia are united on the
penal island plan. One owns them
and the other has them. ” And Gov.
Atkinson and the state administra
tion and the sub-committee by its ac
tion yesterday are favorable to it,
Yesterday was The Tribune’s
tenth birthday. The first issue was
published Oct. 2, 1887. The late Dr.
Robert Battey gave $5 lor the first
copy printed. Os all those who worked
on the paper then only two are now
with The Tribune. The present fore
man of our composing room was the
galley boy then.
"Jolly Junketeer*” —Comic Opera,
The latest and moet tuneful comic
opera on the political stage of Georgia
it, entitled the “Jolly Jimketeers,”
Judging from the state newspapers it
is a "howling success. ” The Tbsob
prints the program as follows.
CAST OF CHARACTERS,.
gypreme Junketeer— Hon. Tommie
Busybee Wl'n Altera
county).
Junketeer—Hon. Philip
Cook , of Leesburg.
Farmer Junketeer—Senator Atkin
bod, of Jackson.
“Dickey Bird’’ Junketer—Hon. J-
L. Boynton, of Dickey, Calhoun
county.
Americus Junketeer—Hon. W. A.
Dodson, of Sumpter county (the My
rick domain).
Hunting Junketeer—Senator Wes
ley Shropshire, cf Summerville.
The Mighty Junketeer —“Little Sea
Sea’* Thomas, of Waycross.
Attorney General Junketeer—Sena
tor Hurricane F. Dunwoody, of
Brunswick-by-the-sea.
AND
Hon. Hewlette Hall, bachelor
from where the “Cow-eat-her’’ Who
don’t Junket or goon junketing trips.
(“Jays” otherwise’‘colonels,” ne
groes, newspaper reporters, schemers,
land boomers, islanders and “Know
it alls.”)
Spectators- The “Guv,” the clerk, a
man of Mark; Principal Keeper of the
Penitentiary and some of the Georgia
newspapers.
IN FOUR ACTS.
Act I—Sapelo Island. Scene I—De
bating society by the chief owner.
Scene 2 —“ How I tried to accumulate
an island” by R. B. Cramer. Scene
3—Eating sugar cane and digging
soil.
Act 2—State capital. Schemers and
boomers with maps etc.
Act 3—Stygian darkness of a coal
mine. Skeletons of convicts chained
to walls. Horrors of lease system in
mines.
Act 4—Paradisaical prison. View
of convicts earthly heaven (Ossabaw
Island). Palatial penitentiary built
of -Aluminum from Floyd county
bauxite (told of to congress by Judge
Maddox.) Feather beds and looking
glasses and velvet carpets in each cell.
Sub-committee drinking champagne
made by convicts which is drank on
island instead of water. Gov. Atkin
son. Principal Keeper Turner, Assis
tant Keeper “Jake” Moore. Clerk
Mark Hardin watch the grand ball led
by the “long lost” Lord Beresford.
Juke Moore highstes the tune and all
sing a doxos logos.
Chorus en route to Sapelo a la “Pin
afore. ”
We sail the ocean blue,
And onr saucy ship’s a beauty;
We are sober men and true
Attentive to our duty.
POT POURBI.
Song—“Theyre after me” (Charlotte
Smith and her tribe) by the Hon.
Hewlette Hall.
Soliloquy a la Hamlet—“To pass or
hot to pass (shall I continue to pay
fare)”—Hon. Philip Cook.
Prophecy-^"When I get to be con
gressman ” by “Little Tommie Felder.
Song—“ Turn me loose, Mr. Schemer,”
by Senator Atkinson.
Address—“A convict—ing Argu
ment,” by the “Chivalrous Knight of
Dunwoody.”
Skirt dance—With Chattooga county
fringes by Rev. Wesley, of Shropshire.
Solo—(on high C)—“Use Sapelo”
and encore. “Down in the Wiregrass,”
by “leetle Charlie,” of Waycross.
GRAND FINALE CHORUS—
I want te be an island.
And with the islands stand;
Convicts coining money
Upon the fertile land.
Rome's New Depots.
No city in the south the size of Rome
has more building going on. While
other places are clamoring against
railroads for not building needed depots
Rome cannot claim that she is in the
same class.
The Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis railroad is building a very hand
some passenger and freight depot at
the foot of Broad street. It will have
all the modern conveniences, and no
city in the south the size of Rome will
have a finer depot. A large force of
hands is at work on the structure
which will cost in the neighborhood
of $16,000 when it is finished.
Under President C. B. Wilburn, the
re-organized Chattanooga, Rome and
Southern railroad, is making some
notable improvements. One of these
is the building of a large freight depot
and storage warehouse as Rome is the
headquarters of the system. The fact
of Rome being headquarters of this
railroad system means a great deal
more than most people suppose. Here
are their general offices with officers
and employees; money for supplies
and salaries is disbursed here and all
in all it means many thousands of dol
lars for Rome. Under the wise and
energetic management of President
THE ROME TRIBUNE. SUNiJAY. OCTOBER 3. 1897.
Wilburn The Tribune expects to see
the Chattanooga, Rome and Southern
railway fonre ahead and its earning
power largely increased.
The Southern railway has a very
good depot building in East Rome, but
it would be a great improvement if it
would expend two thousand dollars
for the erection of an iron sheeted car
»bed, Is (he Southern railway going
to keen up with Rome’s procession of
progrees?
’‘Charlie” is Coming,
The Federation of Woman’s Clubs
of Georgia which will begin its first
annual session in Rome one month
from today will be attended by about
sixty prominent women. They will
be entertained by the women of Rome
with that hospitality which has made
this city renowned,
Mrs. Ellen Henrotln, president of thd
National Federation of Woman’s
clubs of the United States, will be
present.
It gives The Tribune much joy to
announce that Mrs- Henrotin will be
accompanied by her husband, Mr,
Charles Henrotin. We never heard
of him before, but we know be must
be a good fellow. We hope to do all
in our power to make the ladies haVa
a royal good time in Rome, blit we
shall especially see that “Charlie” has
a picnic.
While it used to be that
invitations ,were sent to “Mr.
A B C D and wife,” they are
now going to Mrs. A B C D and hus
band,” but we hope “Charlie” will
not be afraid he will not receive any
attention in Rome.
“We shall write “Charlie” tomor
row for his picture to publish, and we
shall see that he is not slighted and
we will take pleasure in introducing
him to our charming Georgia girls.
If “Charlie” wants to go buggy
riding and wants roses, or anything
else he shall have them.
We will even, lend him our curling
tongs!
Autumnal Weddings.
The three supreme events of life are
birth, marriage and death, but the most
supreme is marriage. Os birth and
death the poor mortal knows nothing,
bat in matrimony the proud man, or
woman celebrates the greatest event of
his, or her lifetime.
Spring maybe the time when “a
youg man’s fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of love. ’ ’ but fall and winter
is the season when he most seriouly
takes up the qustion of matrimony.
As the society editor of The Tribne
has some half dozen weddings on his
calendar which are to occur ere Santa
Claus make his annual call the subject
is of especial interest here in our classi
cal oity of wealth, culture and refine •
ment, and we would most heartily com
mend the following wisdom from the
Chattanooga News on the subject of
“Autnmn and Matrimony:”
In this prosaic age the chief question
to be considered in the problem is the
bread and butter factor, Ysung men
are more concerned about his matter
now than ever before, If it were not
taken into the calculation there would
not be enough old maids or bachelors
to form a consolation club.
In the pioneer days when the habits
and wants of the people were confined
to hog and hominy, jeans and calico,
poverty was no bar to marriage; Even
to this day the young men and women
of the rural communities are rarely de
terred in their conjugal inclinations by
considerations of wealth. In the towns
and cities, however, poverty acts as the
chief bar to nuptial events.
It takes money, and a good deal of it,
to live in the style in which most young
people of places think it necessary to
live, and they are averse to undertaking
the journey of life in double harness un
less they see a prospect of the where
withal to maintain the desired state. -
A certain amount of such caution is un
doubtedly necessary, but entirely too
much stress is laid on it by many young
men. They frequenly misjudge the
girl of their affections.
Most women are willing to make any
sacrifices for the men they love, and are
glad to accommodate themselves to his
circumstances if it is necessary. The gid'
diest and seemingly the most extrava
gant girls often astonish their friends"
with their economy when they marry
poor men and find that economy is es
sential. AU that is needed with such
girls is for the suitor to till them
frankly the real state of his finances,
and financial prospects. Many a young
fellow makes a fatal mistake in not pro -
posing to his lady love because he thinks
she would never be content under any
circumstances to live in less luxury
than that in which she has been reared.
The girl perhaps never knows the cause
that hinders, or entirely prevents the
proposal and two lives are rendered less
happy for the want of courage and can
dor on the part of the masculine blun
derer.
Sometimes it is pure selfishness on
the part of the man himself that is the
hindering cause. He is not willing to
deprive himself for the sake’of entering
the bonds of wedlock. Such men are
not worth considering. Some women
are also of the same stripe, and woe be
RE/IDY MADE CLOTHING
Fresh from the Biggest Manufacturers in the
United States at Hard Time Prices.
Never before in :Ihe history of this store have goods been
bought so low. Our entire stock was purchased before the ad
vance in prices and we propose to sell
Clothing, Hals, Underwear, Shirts and Hosiery
Cheaper than it can be bought elsewhere.
.WE HAVE COME TO
suits, therefore we prefer not to advertise rather than advertise fakes
Our Entire Stock Was Never in Better Shape.
Counters and shelves loaded down with new, fresh, clean desirable
goodsi bought right and priced right. NO CUT THROAT BUSINESS
IN THIS STORE. Men’s suits m all styles, colors, Qualities and
makes. Boys’ and Childrens’ school and dress suits in Double-brested
suits, Vestee suits and Junior suits.
BIGGEST STOCK OF HATS IN NORTH GEORGIA
On dne side of our store the shelving is filled with nothing but
Hats and Caps from front to back. FullTineof Knox and Stexsonhats.
Our stock of Furnishing goods is the biggest and best selected in the
city. Big line of Shirts Neckwear, Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves, Sus
penders, £ & W. Collars and Cuffs. Manhattan Shirts and Shaw? knit
Hosiery. Come to see us, your call will be appreciated and we will save
you money.
J. B. WATTERS I SON,
The Leaders of Low Prices.
242 and 244 BROAD ST. - - ROME, GA.
unto the young fellow who marries one
of them.
It is all a question of affection at last.
If love outweighs all other considera
tions, then nothing short of abject
poverty need stand in its way, but if it
is of the cold or the evanescent character
the parties may well be cautious before
they undertake the responsibilities of
wedlock.
Great Middle Class.
Says the Nashville Christian Advo
cates: “It is sometimes alleged that
the majority of Christian • ministers
in the United States are recruited
from the humbler walks of life, as if
that fact, ccu-d it be proved true,
were something of a reproach. Our
own observation leads us to suppose
that what is called ’Society’ does not
send many if any young men into the
pulpit. It possesses neither the brains
nor the literary cultivation, nor the
depth of moral conviction that are
necessary to make true preachers of
the gospel. Nor do we run any risk
in saying that it lacks the capacity to
produce great lawyers, ab'e states
men, skillful physicians. Let anyone
count the list of eminent professional
men in any city, and then ask for
their origin. The most of them were
born in the social mid level—which is
the best level—and have worked their
way up by their own exertions. The
preachers have good company and
plenty of it.”
October.
When come October days,
The gray solemnity of autumn lends
The sadness of a tale that sadly ends;
The dove’s call Is the softer for the tone
That bints of oldregrete and hearts alone;
The cricket’s dinning rises gong
That Bounds from some retreating fairy
throng: '
Across the hills there hangs an azure haze,
As some vast web in prehistoric days;
And echo answers all sounds readily,
As though the world, too, hesves a sob and
When come October days.
When come October days,
The nuts drop to the splashing pools where
trout—
Napoleons of their spheres-the minnows
rout;
The wagons to the orchards go and come,
W here childrens’ voices mellow to a hum;
The flecks of sun and shadow lie like scales
Upon the roadjthat crawls on through the
vales;
The leaves fall—hiding deeper from our view
The forme and faces of the ones we knew;
And we reflect we’re nearer to the time
When hearts shall feel no chill as of the rime
When come October daye.
Will T. Hale..
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