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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
W. A. KNOWLES. - Editor.
OFFICE—NO. 387 BROAD STREET. UP
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Romb. Ga.
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,
Rome has never in her history had
a lynching.
Pick the cotton before any more
rainy spells come.
The Tribune will always zealously
guard Rome’s good name.
Washington society will have more
millionaires the coming season than
ever before.
The latest Atlanta conundrum is
“If you were not yourself, who would
you rather be?"
The peanut crop is short, but it does
not matter so much since the circuses
have been quarantined from the south
The rain which fell Monday night
and Tuesday morning was of the slow
drizzling kind which permeated the
earth.
Let that wonderful limbless cotton
alone. The director of the Georgia
experiment has proven' that it is a
fraud.
The textile department to be estab
lished at .the Georgia School of Tech
nology will be one of its most popular
features,
'• The new capital to be put into the
iron industries at Rock Run, and their
operation on full time, means a great
deal to Rome.
If all the obituaries written of Edi
tor Dana were pasted together, and
paid for at the New York Sun’s space
rates it would amount to a big fortune-
The opportune close of the baseball
season places a large number of well
qualified rooters at the disposal of po
litical candidates, says an exchange.
Says the Macon News: “Sam - Jones
celebrabed his fiftieth birthday last
Saturday. No other man in the coun
try could have said so many hard
things about people and lived half so
long
Chattanooga, Indianapolis and
Nashville, three cities holding muni
cipal elections recently, have all gone
democratic. Greater New York will
make it four of a kind with Van Wyck
high and his opponent laid Low.
“Baby girl of the Georgia press?’’
We do not know about thfit, but here
is what the Savannah News says :
‘ ‘Mrs. Myrick’s vanity, if she has any’
is completely excusable. She is petted
by the Georgia press like the baby
girl of a household. ”
Pension Commissioner H. Clay
Evans has completed his annual re
port. It shows 983,628 names on the
pension rolls and disbursements for
the year amounting to $421,477,841.
There has been an increase of 13,104
pensioners during the year, although
it has been thirty-two years since the
war closed.
Many high compliments have been
paid and good wishes have been ex
pressed by.the Georgia press about
Mr. Thaddeus E. Hoi ton who has re
signed from the staff of the Atlanta
Journal, and gone to the New York
Times. Mr. Horton is a most capable
newspaper man and deserves all that
has been said.
It is now said that Nathan Goff, of
West Virginia, will be asked to take
the place iu the cabinet which, it is
expected will be vacated by the ap
pointment of Attorney-General Mc-
Kenna to the supreme bench. It is
not believed, however, that he will ac
cept. If he should not, then it is
thought that the place will be offered
to Judge W. J. Calhoun, of Illinois,
who was sent by the president some
time ago on a special mission to Cuba.
The Tribuns's Suggestion.
In accordance with The Tribune’s
suggestion it is probable that with the
next year a textile department will be
added to the Georgia School of Tech
nology.
The Tribune was the first paper in
Georgia to suggest this, but the Maccn
Telegraph deserves the credit
adoption.
A series of very strong editorials
appeared in the Macon Telegraph
on the importance of a Textile school
in the south. The Charleston News
and Courier and the Richmond Dis
patch had been agitating the matter
with the idea of some place m the
Carolinas as the proper place. The
Telegraph was for South Carolina if
it could not get it in Georgia. The
Tribune joined in the discussion, and
suggested that such a school could
be conducted at least cost at the
Georgia School of Technology. Our
suggestion was republished and en
dorsed by the Telegraph. Later the
Augusta Chronicle took up the dis
cussion and, also, advocated the
Georgia School of Technology as the
beet place.
But the Macon Telegraph deserves
the credit for awakening interest on
the subject. Yesterday’s Atlanta Con
stitution says:
“It is probable that within the
next year a textile department will be
added to the Georgia School of Tech
nology.
“On its face insignificant, this
statement means much and tells of
the beginning of what will be the
most significant movement in the
south. For a number of years the
trustees of this institution have had,
in mint! the extension of their work
to broader grounds. In his address
before the school on a commence
ment occason, several months ago,
Major J. F. Hanson called attention
to the necessity of the development
of the textile industry in this section
and insisted that the Georgia School
of Technology was the place to begin.
“Last year the idea was taken up
in Charleston, and then came the
question as to where the school
should be located. It was agreed
that Atlanta was in the most central
position, and after discussion unani
mous opinion pointed to Atlanta as
the place. For a time there was agi
tation in Augusta and an attempt
was made to establish a school of
this nature, but it passed over.
“.Now the School of Technology
has taken the question up, and it
will not be many months before there
will be an important addition. With
<■ small appropriation from the state,
the school can be established and a
work with results of untold value
begun.”
With this textile school established
another great stride forward in cot
ton manufacturing in the south will
be made. We can then get all the
skilled workmen we need here in the
south. The last reason for the cotton
mills not coming to the cotton fields
will then be gone.
A Remarkable Obituary
Charles Anderson Dana, editor of the Sun,
died yesterday afternoon.—New York Sun.
These two lines printed at the
head of the editorial column of the
New York Sun is all the announce
ment that newspaper makes of the
death of its great and famous editor.
There is not a line in the local columns
giving a biographical sketch, nor any
thing about the last scenes at his
death bed. There are no turned rules
to print the black lines of mourning.
Only those twoTines I
We do not believe there is another
newspaper in the world, if its editor
had attained the prominence of Mr.
Dana, that would not have published
a full page reviewing his life, his
great work, and his public services.
What a commentary this remarka
ble obituary is upon those living edi
tors who print adulatory notices of
themselves in their papers—much les.-s
the columns that will appear upon
their deaths.
The Sun famous for its uniquepess
has outdone itself in this remarkable
obituary which we doubt nor was so
written by request of the great editor
before his death.
Cotton And The Farmers,
Compared with the prospective size
of the crop the price of cotton is ab
normally low. The continued drop
ping in the price has forced spot cotton
down to 5% cents. This ia unreasona
ble and illogical.
Is is not always safe for the farmer
to take the risk of holding his cotton
on the farm. The dangers are as a
rule too great for me to risk, but their
crop can be shipped to some such
centre as Rome, {where there is every
facility for storing and handling it
expeditiously and to advantage. Here
it is ready in the market and advan
tage can betaken ata moment’s notice
of favorable conditions.
Unless circumstances are such that
farmers must sell as soon as their cot
ton is ginned and baled there is no
reason why they should sacrifice it.
In a short time the conditions will be
known to the world at large and
THE ROME TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 18H7.
prices will go higher. Under present
conditions it is a little hard that the
farmers should be forced to rush their
cotton to market, and sell it at so low
a price.
Cotton ought to bring a better price
than is offered at present, and the
eoncensus of opinion is that the south
ern farmers wjli get it if they will
not be too impatient.
v New York Politics,
The Chicago Times-Herald, after
surveying the field of New York poli
tics, makes this conclusion: “Unless
all political signs fa’l Crockerism will
be triumphant in New York. The
election of Van Wyck is inevitable un
less the anti-Tammauy forces can be
concentrated upon one man, It is
true thet Mr. George’s entrance into
the arena was somewhat spectacular,
and it is true that he will draw very
largely from the Tammany element
that is opposed to Croker’s dictator
ship. But .with the anti-Tammany
forces hopelessly divided the cleverest
political optimist can discern no hope
for the triumph of honest govern
ment.”
There'does not seem to be any pros
pect that the followers of Low,
George and Tracey all of whom are
fighting Tammany can get together.
Everything points to the election of.
Van Wyck.
It has been proven time and again
that New York is democratic. Henry
George may detract from the demo
cratic ticket, but not enough to de
feat it. Judge Van Wyck has been
a good democrat, and will, doubt
less make as good mayor as any of his
opponents.
Georgia's Name Besmirched
The report sent out through the
Associated Press that two negroes
were lynched near Summerville for
burningagin is false. We publish
proofs of this on our front page.
We shall call an indignation meet
ing of the citizens of Rome the next
time such a sensational and false re
port is sent out, and if possible expose
the author.
The sensational correspondent may
besmirch other parts of the south,
but not this section of Georgia,
Love Your Town,
f
(lugusta Herald)
Patriotism is a worthy sentiment,
wherever manifested, and if it be sweet
and proper, as Cicero says, to die for
one’s country, it is equally so to live for
one’s town. On this subject the Wash
ington Star recently said:
“The citizen should love his home
town devotedly. He ought to believe in
it, praise it, watch its development with
pride, and point that development out to
whomsoever will listen to the story. He
may well be pardoned a bit of exaggera
tion, and an occasional lapse from the
more rigid canons of good taste as ap
plied to the smaller things for the fine
ardor he shows when splendid energies
are at work around him. and when the
genuine pleasure he feels in studying
and descantiqg on them is thoroughly
well justified.”
Sharp and Sententious,
(Ram’s Horn)
A fool’s company is not hard to find.
Opinions never change the weather.
Honesty has never found a substitute.
Gold loses its shine when it is gotten
by guilt.
A giant among giants is not aware of
his own size.
The best safe for your money is a pru
dent wife.
The man robs others who does not
make the best of himself.
The asi might sing better if he didn’t
pitch his tune so high.
Everybody says “Go up higher” to
the man who is “getting there.”
Call a little man great, and other lit
tle people will throw up their hats.
To get the good out of the years we
must learn how to live each hour well.
A shallow man may always see the
face of a fool by looking into a deep
well.
Barring out of "Les Miserables"
The result of its barring out of the
! Philadelphia Girls’ High School will be
the reading of “Les Miserables” by ev
ery Eve’s daughter of ’em as fast as the
available copies of that great master
piece of fiction can surreptitiously go
the rounds. And the - dear girls will be
none the worse for it, either, —Louis-
ville Times.
BABY
HOiORg
Instant relief for skin-tortured babies nnd
rnst for tired mothers in a warm bath with
Cuticcra Soap, and a single application of
( uticlt.a (ointment), the great skin cure.
Thd o i!y speedy and economical treatment
for itching, ba*’’ling, bleeding, scaly, tun!
pimply humors of the skiin scalp, and blood.
@«ura
Iwwnld thro’urhniPthe wor’rl. Potter Drug and Chem
ical coition\tion. Sole Proprietor*, Bouton.
a_tT“ llu* lu Lure Every daby Humor,”mailed free.
D ADV DI EMICUEQ Prevented and Cured by
dAdi DLlitiloiilo CUTICVRA SOAP-
Overcoats, Hals, Shirts,
Men's Suits, Underwear,
Boys Suits, wTHosiery,
Children's Suits Neckwear:
Divide Profits*
Perhaps you think that’s a flight of artistic imagination! It isn’t. The artist is right
as far as he goes, but he doesn’t go quite far enough. When you split a thing &
in two it doesn’t always happen that you cut it. exactly'in the center, and we
are not dividing our profits in the middle. On the contrary the division is •
overwhelmingly in favor of the purchaser. Our entire stock of
Mens, Boys and Childrens Suits, Overcoats,
Underwear, Shirts and Hosiery.
For the fall and winter was purchased before the advance in prices, and we are goino
to sell it cheaper than it can be bought anywhere in Rome.
Hats. Hats,
We own the biggest stock of Hats of any retail store in North Georgia. This is a big
assertion, nevertheless it is true. Full line of Knox stiff Hats and Stetson
soft Hats. Our stock of
FURNISHING GOODS.
Is the newest and best selected in the city. Every article new, fresh and up-to-date..
Big line of Shirts, Neckwear, Underwear, Hosiery. Gloves, Suspenders. E. &
W. Collars and cuffs, Manhattan Shirts; Eclipse Shirts and Shaw knit hosiery.
Come to see us, your call will be appreciated and we will save you some money.”
J. B. WATTERS £ SON, '
Leaders of Low Prices.
242 and 244 BROAD ST. - - ROME, GA.
WITH THE JESTER,
A Carol.
The dew's on the daisy,
The bee’s on the hum,
The lark’s on the wing and
The bum’s on the bum!
The bead’s on the whiskey—
Grow gayer, my tones!
The rye’s on the counter,
The drinks are on Jones!
A Pressing Need.
Stranger (in the Klondyke)—Why do
you fellows want Sam Jones to come up
here and preach?
Shivering Native—We want somebody
to “make it hot” for us?
Feminine Curiosity.
Her eyes are liquid seas of love, .
Her ears are tiny litt'e shells.
Her hair’s a magic razr whernn
A god In ambush,;Cuptd, dwells.
What new perfection shall I t*D?
With what new graces shall I dub ner r
H r ivory neck—well, on the dead.
Her neck’s not ivory, but rubber!
The GreeD'-Eyed Monster.
“Mrs. Witson is the most infernally
neat woman I ever heard of.”
‘•How so?”
“Why’the other night Witson says
she quarreled with him at least half an
hour because she found a single blonde
hair on his coat lappel!”—J. R- Taylor
in Memphis Commercial Appeal. '
The Summer Girl.
The summer girl’s cqjr winter girl,
for this there’s rhyme and reason, anrt
our breezes freshen lip and cuil and
make the year her season. Bring her to
us from cities old. from mountain top
and peases—we’ll ’ send her back as
good as gold, and sweet as summer’s
peaches. —Jacksonville Citizen
Still they Gome
AT LESTER’S
New Goods.
California Lima Bean-,
N. N. State Marrow Beans.
California Seeded Raisins.
Malaga Cluster Raisins.
Cleaned Currants
CRACKERS.
I have just received fine lot of
crackers, cakes and wafers.
B, S. LESTER,
Old Postoffice cor. ,'ROME, GA.
O’Neil] 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’ Pauer
and Material-
Contractors and Builders!
We take contracts for all kinds of build
ings, large or small.
O'Neill Manufacturing- Company,
C3r£v
Telephone 76.