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4 THE ROME TRIBUNE. e. 'jß'g 11 ., ,f, !S? ■' W, A. KNOWLES. - Editor. • rriCE—NO. 357 STKtettT, UP BTAIKS. TMiEraONE 7X BATES Os SUBSCRIPTION (Daily, Except Meaday.) One YearJ6.oo . One Month .50 BU Months3.oo One Week .U Three Months.... 1.60 | Weekly,per yeet-fl OO Delivered by mail or by city carriers faioe of charge. AH subscription strictly in advance. Tn Tkibunc will appreciate news from any community. If at a small place where It lias no regular ocireapoudem, newute ports of neighborhood happenings twin any triend will be gratefully received. OommunicasiOßß should be addressed and ail orders, checks, drafts, etc , made payable to* JTHE BOMB TRIBUNE, twm, Oa. : I fYbe W ofld | Is / . * 1 Thus spoke the man whose advert tisement was being regularly read in thousands of households where THE ROME TRIBUNE is considered to be the authority for their purchases as well as their news- For the field cot* ered by The Rome Tribune is a wide one, and an meat in its columns every day is sufficient to make business good anywhere, 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. Write for estfr mates to W. A KNOWLES. General Manager, - ■■g-gIL- ——IL 1 Speaker Jenkins is the enff. The cold wave ain’t so warm. Christmas trees are getting ripe. The hunting season is on the wing. Congress is almost Reedy for the Czar. The dilatory, frolicking legislator needs the lash worse than, convicts just now. There seems to have been some righteous wrath in the Australian Reichstrath. Currency reform which means less stringency of the money market is what the south wants. Weather observers state that the new moon foretells a wet and warm De cember. It is not too late to plant wheat. The average legislator needs a whip ping, and the newspapers are the whip ping bosses. Crack your whips, ye editors. Why should not Senator Clay retain the chairmanship of the state democ ratic committee if he can spare time to atteqd to its duties? It is not generally known that Edi tor Tom Loyless is an Austrian by birth. He has been writing some re miniscences of the Reichstrath. J —— • - Editor Shaver, of the Dalton Argus, had font rabbits for his thanksgiving dinner. One is generally enough, but then Brother Shaver is exceedingly prosperous. , The Argus joins hands with the Sa vannah News and The Rome Tribune. Librarian Brown could not do better than to appoint Miss Cain. In fact, her appointment would give intense pleasure to all this section-of the state —Dalton Argus. The Macon News thinks that Editor Bayne is getting rathet gay for a single man in writing about “spotted and ring streaked stockings.” As we star ted this story, and have since learned that Mr. Bagne was in New York at the time it was printed, we wi«h to state that be is not responsible for it. But from the stockings he saw in Gotham (in the show windows) he says the style is correct. Hall Caine’s ’’The Christian” was submitted in proof to twenty different specialists for revision—divines music hall stars, doctors, hospital nurses and lawyers—lest, by chance, any error of technique might have crept in. The manuscript was delivered to the printer June 25, and on July 16 the book of -over 100,000 words was in Mr- Caine’s bands. It is commgn report that Glory Quayle, the heroine of the novel, is a ■composite of Ellen Terry andJMiss Lefty Lind, the dancer in The Geisha, and it is said that Miss Terry has taxed the .author with this ahd he has not denied Fultoa Desires the Change. The Ringgold New South answer ing The Tribune’s argwment about the change in the basis of represen tation says: “The census of 1890 shows Fulton county had a population of 64.-665 while Floyd county had SB/89J, yet Fulton county with more than three times as many people in it is only en titled to the same number of delegates in a political! covention as Floyd, while these figures are from the census of 1890, the population of, Fulton ceunty; has increased more rapidly since that time than that of Floyd. The jxrliti Claris of Fulton however are satiHfied; with thesasae representation now that: they had then, six delegatee. “The democracy of the Seventh! 'Congressional district will yield to no such trick or scheme to give Floyd county control of her polities. If such; a tfight should be made in a eongree sional convention, Floyd county would' be given the marble heart unani-, moualy. “With the iooreased representation The Tribune .desires congressional and state convention would be unsat isfactory to everybody. ” The comparison of Floyd with F«l-I ten county only goes further to show the unfairness of the present system. How does the New South know that the politicians of Fulton are satisfied with the present system? Those we have talked with have just the oppo site idea. They desire the change. It is to the interest of Fulton county to desire the ebange, and while we can not speak for all, we ean for many. 'There is no “trick or scheme” in the vention than counties with nearly twice as many democrats. It is sim ply ‘ ’hoggish” and outrageously un fair. How could it give Floyd county the control of the seventh district? Two counties—Cobb and Walker—could out vote Floyd. Catoosa, Whitfield and Gordon have the same number of votes in conventions as Floyd has now, and under the change they would still tie this county. We could could cite many example's like this showing it to be to the advantage of none except those with the increased democratic majorities. If Editor Bankston is not a good enough democrat to be will ing for each democrat vote to be represented then he does not believe in fairness. , We regret to see men like Editor Bankston Apposing progress, and fair methods. THe has posed as a leader, but he is showing himself up as one behind the times and as shallow minded. He has not studied the tables we published. He asserts that the increased repre sentation would be ‘ ’unsatisfactory to everybody.” Has he the impudence to assert that he is “everybody”? He alone has opposed it while many have endorsed it. Theatre Hat Ordinance Approved, The Atlanta theatre hat ordinance will be approved by every man who sees how well it works. It is a little peculiar the first time one sees such an audience —especially at a matinee which is generally a sea of hats. In Atlanta the law is strictly enforced and there does not seem to be much complaint. Speaking of the big hat nuisance, in the theatre the .Philadelphia Time B says “there will vulgarians among women, as there always will be vulgarians among men, but public sentiment now so clearly sustains the removal of the high hat in the thea ter that the ushers of every place of amusement Jean be safely instructed to notify every one in the audience who wears an obstructive hat, to re move it as soon as the play begins. No self respecting woman would permit herself to be twice re quested to avoid such an exhibition of vulgarity.” Commenting on this the Chattanooga Times says: “But suppose half the women in the audience are that sort of vulga rians who would defy the order and disregard the rights of all others concerned? What then? How are the victims of sucn vulgarity and rude ness to protect themselves? There is no doubt, in the mind of a good judge of such things, what kind of a heart woman has, who deliberately shuts the view of several persons off from the stage, by interposing her head gear; but wbat are the robbed and persecuted people in the rear of that bat going to do?” The Tribune believes the passage of the ordinance against the theatre hat is the proper course to pursue This treats all alike. Without the law it is possible that there may be exceptions. When it is the law every lady will go prepared to remove her hat. ' The Churches and the Poor, “Do the poor have the gospel preached to any great extent? Jt may be that I they would be welcomed in most of our ■ {larger churches, but they would-not i; feel at home there. They could not as i ford to dress in a style that would not i render their poverty painfuly cmupiou HUE TRIBOWK SUNDAY, »8, ous. Their appearance would be out of harmony with tbe frescoed wails, the stained glass windows, and ttoeoush ioued ber. 1 donbt if they would be welcome. , They would cn'Kee the ohuroh to lose | caste socially. .Elegant and ride (people would gradally cease to attend the ser vices. and seek snore exclusive church environments, and the minister’s salary would not be paid. ”No, the modern gospel does oot reach those who need it most—those who would be physically, mentally aad tem porally improved .and blessed by it. Day after day uttereth speech of human wickedness which your average fashiona ble preacher never heard of. Night unto night showeth the knowledge of human wretchedness which he never dreams of. Surrounded by a luxurious and prosperous congregation, he has practically no conception of the true meaning and spirit of the mission of Him who came to seek and to save tlhat which was lost. He can not sit down by his really sinful and degraded breth ren of the human family and weep with them for the crown that has fallen from their heads and the infamy into which they have descended, because he does not understand their condition. ‘•“The first time I ever saw the per formances of the Salvation Army I was shocked. It seemed to me that they were disgracing the religon which they professed. But I look at it differently now, and I have come to believe they are about the only people who are grap pling with the devil in a hand to-hand conflict. The rest are shooting at very long range, and maxing no impression jn the quarters where the ranks of the devil’s army are thickest.” The above written by one of oar ob servant young men friends who is an attorney, is so much our own view that we have taken the liberty of reproduc ing it. The writer strikes a telling blow in the every sentence. Too many of our churches are above the poor people who need the gospel every Sunday worse than those in good circustances An Everyday Sermon, The most exasperating individual in the world is the one who uses every manner and means to arouse anger or excite indignation, and after doing so, calmly, or in aggrieved tones, en quires “What have I said or done to bring about this?” Indignation under such circum stances truly knows no bounds. A person of this character may de liberately dispute your statements, or insinuate doubt of your veracity. He or she may rudely trample the very tenderest spot, or in various ways give offense without apparent conscienceness of the fact. Such peo* pie can only be pardoned on the grounds of stupidity, and yet they, of all people, would be most offended at being accused of stupidity. They will ruthlessly walk into your family closet and drag out the dry bones of the hideous skeleton, says a writer in Southern Life and with cruel noncbalence shake them in your face as thoughtlessly as if they were rat tling bones to somfe gay fandango— utterly oblivious of the quaking heart and blanched cheek before them. In delicate and cruel? Ob, no! In their' own opinion they are patterns of deli cacy and refinement. There is the person also who has’- your confidence or who takes advan tage of knowledge they have gained by inquisitive means, and who use it over you at an inoportune time when such will work the most harm or place you to the greatest disadvan tage. Yet this same individual will profess the most loyal friendship and deliberately deny that mean motives instigated a betrayal. He or she will defend their words or action with—“l never thought.” It is.the lack of thought for others, the absence of a kindly consideration for the friend, an utter “don’t care” spirit for the hurts we may inflict, which bring I about the unfriendly conditions which I underlie social life. Such people are larely responsible for the evil which works deadly in fluences, and the unhappiness of the world generally. The domestic rela tions wherein the ties of blood should hold us in the closest affinity, are too often broken asunder through such means. Those we love best and in whom we impose the greatest confi dence as often deal the “unkindest cut of all.” Unfortunately the spirit and strife of incompatibility is often found among those who are bound together by the ties of blood. So long as the bonds of consanguinity link together natures which are more warlike with each other than mutual in spirit, the conditions of strife will exist and bring havoc to the domestic circle. It is not the beauty of feature or mould of form, the gifts of genius or splendid accomplishments which give us the surest foothold in life or win the most admiration. It is the quality of character which wine true friendship which wins true and undy ing love. , We are nothing if we cannot hold the admiration we attract. The fleet ing fancy is as the quickly transient gleam of sunshine that leaves us in the dardoese and gloom of night. The all enduring friendship is won only by the never-changing truth and beauty which exalts character to its highest and best. If we would have friends we must be a friend under any and all circumstances. We must bold in sacred trust all that effect their happiness. We must give sympathy as we expect sympathy of others, and charity as we hope for charity. We can no more afford to be thought less and careless of the workings of their inner life than we can be unjust and critical to their outward acts. The Cbristlike spirit must animate our thoughts and actions in all our inter course with humanity before we can elevate our lives to tJhe higher plane of a Christian’s life. So long as we cannot maintain the perfect poke and moral equiiibrum of character which we call ideal, we cannot climb the mountain-tops' of the ideal life. We are merely canting pharisees, nothing more. . Pointed Paragraphs, Pug noses and bad pennies are always •are to turn up. Blockheads are not the kind that pro duce burning thoughts. Whiskey may improve with age, but age doesn’t improve with whiskey. . Nothing takes a man down so much as to have a woman blow him up. The postage stamp that carrries a love letter seldom sticks to cold facts. The lower down a man gets in the world the nearer the roof you will find him. All the world is a stage, and to the tramp is assigned the part of walking gentleman. It shows wonderful self-control when a man never tfiistakes his good luck for ability. Misery likes company, but it is better to have rheumatism in one foot than both. When you are in trouble most people who call to sympathize are only after the particulars. He who runs may read, but if he’s running for office the less he has to say the better. A mouse is afraid of a man, a man is afraid of a woman, and a woman is afraid of a mouse. There’s many a slip ’twixt cup and the lip, but there’s only one between a man and the sidewalk. It’s a pity that a man can’t get a pair of suspenders that will hold up bis reputation as well as his trousers. Many a man who thinks his persua sive powers are sufficient to control the affairs of a nation wouldn’t even make a successful book agent.—Chi cago News. If we Knew, (Bessie W. Smith, in Chicbago Tribune ) Could we but draw the curtains That surround each other’s lives, See the naked heart and spirit. Know wbat spur the action gives, Often we would;find it better. Purer than we judge we should; We should love each other better If we only understand. A | Could we judge allseeds by motives. See the good and bad within, Often we should love the sinner, AH the while we loathe the sin ; Could we know tne powers working To overthrow integrity. We should judge each ether’s errors With more patient charity. If we the cares and trials, Knew the efforts all iu vain, And the bitter disappointment, Understood the loss and gain— Wonld the grim, external roughness Seem, I wonder, just the Same? Should we help where now we hinder? Should we pity where we blame? Ah, We judge each other harshly, Knowing not life’s hidden force; Knowing not the fount of action, * Is less tnrbid at its source. Seeing not amid the evil All the golden grains of goods— Oh. we’d love each other better If we only understood. NICE LADIES —SaY— LESTER’S home made Mince Meat is as good as they could fix up at their own homes. Call at the old post office corner and ge' some of the good things offered. Cream and Pine Apple cheese Ferris Hams and breakfast bacon, Plum Pad ding fresh cakes and crackers, sweet Pickles, salad dressing, Cross & Blackwells’ Pickles, Jams and Pre serves Raisins, Currants, Citron, Lemon and Orange ped, fresh nuts at the old postoffice corner. LESTER’S Old Postoffice Corner, Rome, Ga The Best Weik. We guarantee the best work in the sborte-t time of any laundry in the city. Try ua, ’Phone 158 MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY, No. 502 Broad St., Rome. Ga. W. M. GAMMON & SON. Men’s Fine Cleves. W. M. Gammon & Son have for this season the hand somest and most complete line of men’s fashionable gloves they have ever shown. Silk Lined Paris made kids in all the new shades. Per rin’s French kids in latest styles. Mocha kids in all sizes. Buckskin driving gloves. Buckskin gauntlets, Dogskin driving gloves, Fur Lined combination gloves for cold weather. Fire proof Hogskin gloves for railroad men; Boys’ gloves in all styles —in fact we have everything in gloves that is new and de sirable; prices reasonable. We have what you want in everything that a man. boy or child can wear. No old goods. If you want a glove, hat, suit, shoe, tie, under wear or neckwear, recollect we have the thing you want —standard goods, latest stlye, of best quality, at a price you can afford. Good goods at reasonable prices are what you need, and we have them, ; W. M. Gammon & Son, Dealers in everything a man or boy wears. Beautiful Line Bridal Presents and Fine Cut Glass at J. T. CROUCH & GO’S. Finest toilet goods, Huyler’s candy, choicest perfumeries. Our extracts are the best and purest. Our stock of Pure Drugs and Patent Medicines. are strictlv first class and up-to-date. In our prescription department our Dr. Davis is ever ready to fill your wants, night or.day. Prescriptions are compounded accurately and delivered to any part of the city. We are carrying the best line of fancy articles in Cut Glass Our line of per fumes is the best the market affords. Ladies can find just what they want for bridal presents at prices which cannot be duplicated outside of New York city. A fresh supply of Hujler’r candy just received; also Huyler’s liquoric; drops for coughs, colds and soie throat. Call on us and you will find the best of everything Our line of Cigars and Tobacco has never been so full and with such brands that delight tne taste. Try our 5 cent cigar. J. T, CROUCH & CO., 300 Broad St., Rome, Ga. W. P. SIMPSON, Pres. I. D. FORD. Vice-Prea. T. J. SIMPSON, Cashie. EXCHANGE BANK OF ROME, ROME. OEOn&rA. CAPITAL STOCK, SIOO,OOO Accounts of firms, corporations and individuals solicited. Special at< entios given to ooUectiona. Money loaned on real estate or other wood securities. Prompt and courteous attention to customers. Board oi Direotora. A.R. SULLIVAN. J. A. GI.OVEK C. A. HIGHT, 1 D. FORD. W. P. SIMPSON. JOHN H. REYNOLDS, President. , B. I. HUGHES, Cashier. P. H. HARDIN, Vice-President. FIRST NATIONAL BANK ROME. GEORGIA. -Xi. Capital and Surplus $300,000. All Accommodations Consistent With Safe Banking Ex tended to Our Customers. Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy cures indigestion, Bad Breath, Sour Stomach, Hiccoughs, Heartburn. OTGuaranteed. . .... „ _ / Men’s Fine Shoes. • The handsomest styles, the most beautifully finished and most durable and elegantly fit ting shoe yet pro duced is Edwin Clapp’s Fine Hand Sewed Shoes. IB W. M. Gammon & Sou have them in all the new and stylish shapes. As Stetson’s name stands for the finest hats. Edwin Clapp’s stands for the finest shoes in Amer ica. We are agents for both.