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THE ROME TRIBUNE. W. A. KNOWLES. - Editor. • mOB-Nfe 3»7 BRjAD BTBKBT, UP STAIRS. TKLEPHOSE 78. RATK3 OF SUBSCRIPTION (Dally, Except Monday.) One Year.........*6.00. One Month 50 Six Months 3.00 One Week '.12 Twee Months.... 1.501 Weekly, per year.. 100 Ueliwed by mail or by city carriers free of Charge. All subscription strictly in advance. Tu Tbibum* will appreciate news from any community. If at a small place where Ithaa no regular correspondent, news re porta of neighborhood happenings from any frtend will be gratefully received. Com*iunications should be addressed and all orders, checks, drafts, etc , made payable to JTHK ROME TRIBUNE, Roms. Ga. W erld [ Is Mipel Thus spoke the man whose advetv 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 ered by The Rome Tribune is a wide one. and an advertise/ 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 Countv Commissioners, and publishes regularly all legal advertisements emanating from these officials. Write for esti/ paates to W, A. KNOWLES, General Manager, Enforce the law. P ant more wheat. Judge Branham. Alabama and Arkansas will prohibit football playing. Let all good citizens of Georgia stand by the law. Star chamber sessions are not popu lar with newspaper men. Secretary Wilsonia evidently a very scientific farmer—on paper. Col ambus had the last football game in Georgia on thanksgiving day. Atlanta newspaper men to Judge “Sphinx” B- 1 u»- ? 1-»? ?*- i ill Augusta’s song: “There’ll be a hot time in this old town today”—we wont wait for night. Some women in Georgia have done all they could to save Mrs. Nobles. Now let her hang. The editorial epithets being applied to the legislature might have been selected from Brann’s Iconoclast. Floods of talk—congress, Georgia legislature and arrangements for another Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight. No maudlin sentiment should sway any of the “Bisterin” in the Nobles case. The old woman must be hanged for her crime. Judge Branham has resolved him self into an executive session since -Saturday. The doors are staying closed a long time. If Gov. Atkinson should dare to listen co any appeal in the case of Mrs. Nobles, how can we hope to keep down mob law in Georgia ? The Pullman car porter who at tempted to rob a passenger of an amount variously stated from $39,000 to $42,000 evidently was tired of smal tips. ’ Not one member of The Tribune staff cares for, or would accept a place on “The Atlanta-Branham Daily Mil lionaire.” There is enough glory for us in getting out a bright newsy paper like The Tribune. • Mrs, Myrick declares that her name must not be used in* connection with Che governorship. But Mrs. Myrick might not object to becoming mistress of the governor’s mansion.—Baxley Banner. We are sure that if she ever should, she would grace the executive mansion as its mistress, as few women have ever done. She would godown dn history as the “Dolly Madison” of "■Georgia. Let Mrs. Nobles Be Hanged. After having been given every ad vantage under the law the highesi tribunal in the land—the United 8 aces supreme eoprt -says that Mrs. Nobles must be hanged. We trust no further effort will bi made to delay the execution of the sentence for one of the most brutal, cold-blooded and diabolical murders in the history of Georgia. All the evi dence shows Mrs Nobles to be a wicked,bloodthirsty old fiend with the devil incarnate in her soul. In June 1895—over two years ago—she assisted by a negro man whose relations to her and her daughters were peculiar to say the least, murdered her hus band. Fearing that the negro had not killed ,the one whom she should have cared for more than all others, she used an ax to further brain him, and to be sure that he was dead. No mitigating circumstances. Not one. There should be no meicy now. No appeal to the governor. Let justice prevail. If Mrs. Nobles and her accomplice Gus Fambles are not hanged let us hold no more courts for trial of mur derers in Georgia, but let mob law rule. Anent this subject The Charleston News and Courier says: “it is safer for a white man to commit murder in South Carolina than to steal a horse; to shed blood than to forge a note; to attack the person than to trespass upon property. The hip pocket is to blame. “We go armed not for fear, but for resentment.” In the fifteen years ending in 1880, according to the care" fully prepared statistics of Mr. Red field, 40,000 homicides were committed in the southern states. In the year 1878 more homicides were committed in South Carolina than in the eight States of Maine, New Hampshire, Ver moot, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Michigan and Minne sota." This is a terrible record. One reason why there are so many murders committed in that state is thus explained by the News and Courier: “White men commit murder in South Carolina, but white men are not hanged for murder in South Carolina. Some loophole is always found for their escape. Public opinion, as expressed by the verdicts of the juries, is almost invariably with the survivors, and what the juries fail to do for the promotion of homicides is done by the executive exercise of the pardoning power,” Does Georgia desire such a terrible record? » Do we desire to put down mob law? Let the law be enforced. Let crime be punished. » Let murderers be executed. Let the courts do their full duty if they would be respected. Let there be no interference to pre vent the execution of the sentence by the pardoning power after the courts have acted with due deliberation. The law will be respected when It is duly enforced. The Causes of Poverty, “The causes of poverty” is the sub ject of a paper by the late Francis A. Walker in the December Century. General Walker says: “In the first place, I should without hesitation say that easily chief among the causes of poverty is the hard con ditions of the human lot as by nature established. The prime reason why bread must be so dear, and flesh and blood so cheap, is that the ratio of exchange between the two has been fixed in the constitution of the earth, much to the disadvantage of rhe latter When it is written that God cursed the ground and bade it be unfruitful, bringing forth briers and thorns, that man should only eat bis bread with a dripping brow, the Scripture does not exceed the truth of the unceasing and ever-painful strugg e for existence. "Taking it by and large, it is a hard, cold, and cruel world, in which li'tle h to be got except by toil and anguish; and of that little not all can be kept by any degree of care and pains. There are, indeed, regions where the earth spontaneously brings forth fruit enough for a small population, and where a moderate effort will largely increase that product, while the cli mate is so benign that life is easily protected from exposure But these are not the regions where man ever has, or seemingly ever can, become a noble being; and even here, in the midst of tropical plenty, the serpent stings; the tiger prowls at night around the village; the earthquake and the tornado work their frightful mischief; chole>a and malar!. kill their mil lions; while every few years gaunt famine stalks over the land, leaving it cumbered with corpses. "Throughout the regions inhabited by our own race life is a terribly IHE ROME TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER !. 1897. dose and grinding struggle. From four to seven months the earth lies 1< eked up in frost, and its wretched in habitants cower over the scanty fire and try to outlast the winter. When summer ojieus it is to a harsh soil that the peasants resort to win the meant, scanty at the best, of barely preserv ing life. Sterility is the rule among the soils of earth, mountain and plain -dike. The exceptions are a compara tively few fertile valleys in which are concentrated the productive es sences of nature. The literature of primitive peoples is ever telling the s r ory of this unceasing- wrestle with the hard conditions of existence, and the same dreary tale is repeated down to our own day. Aleman, the Greek, calls spring “the season of short fare,’’ and less than forty years ago the Irish peasant spoke of “the starving season” which immediately preceded the har vest of the year. If, then, you com plain of poverty, make your complaint manfully and squarely against the Maker of the earth, for poverty is largely bis work. The socialist is sim ply dishonest when he charges hu man misery upon society. Society has done vastly more to relieve misery than to create it.” Miss Cain's Candidacy, A strong influence is at work to secure the appointment of Miss Edna Cain as assistant state librarian. Miss Cain is eminently qualified for the position, and deserving of any recognition within woman’s grasp. By virtue of every sur rounding that strengthens a claim, her ambition appeals to the good will of Librarian Brown, and is impressed by a cordial endorsement from every section of the state, that should have its weight. The Advertiser has no knowledge of any embarrassment that may surround Mr. Brown in such appointment, and therefore, is slow to urge any act of his; but in the appointment of Miss Cain he would subserve a very strong senti ment. —Brunswick Advertiser. One Way of Looking at It. (New York ’ reus) It cost the state of Georgia just $1,500 for a three-minute prayer yesterday. Wnen a motion was made on Wednes day to adjourn the legislature until Fri day, so that all might observe Thanks giving day, a spirit of stubbornness seized upon the rural members, who forced an adjournment until yesterday. When the house was called to order yesterday not more than a dozen seats were filled. During prayer four more stepped in, and immediately on the chaplain’s retirement a motion to ad journ was parried. The $1,500 is the total of the members’ pay for the day. Gigantic Old Humbug Here follows the Chicago News just Characterization of a gigantic humbug: “lam surprised over the silence of the Daily News about Ingersoll. He shouldbernn outof the <ountry.”-Mrs. C. P. W., in a long letter to the editor. But why should the Daily News waste space railing at this old oratorical fakir? No sane, orderly person believes in him—he does not himself believe in the dribble he drolls for SI,OOO per droll Most folk making up an Ingersoll audi ence are there for the same reason that the next night they are at the farce comedy or cheap vaudeville. Nothing serious about Ingersoll. He never caused a church or ah orphan asylum to fail; he never made a good man bad, or a bad man good; he has never given an iota of benefit to human progress, nor has he ever been able to stay the march of truth. Why get excited over old bald headed Bob and demand that he be “rnn out of the country?” Kissed Her on a Bet. (Louisville Courier-Journal.) A clever trick was worked by Walter Redmond and his wife yesterday morn ing at Union Station by which several traveling men were duped out of tbeir money. At the end of a long seat in the waiting room was a pretty and modest looking young woman attired in a salva tion army uniform, She was very in tent upon a paper which she was read ing and paid little attention to the crowd of traveling men standing near her. Aside from the crowd was a well dressed young man, who was walking back and forth by the news stand puff ing away at a fragrant cigar. Finally a member of the crowd of traveling men remarked upon the beauty of the littlS Salvation army worker. All eyes “Old inistrein chest ut once lived in a burr, P idded and linedtwith the softest of fur. Jack Frost sp'it it wide with his keen silver knife, And turned her out at the risk of her life.” Bay your fresh Nute, Raisins, Prunes Citron, Lemon and Orange peel. Mince Meat, Plum Padding Preserves. Jams Pickles, Ferris Hams and breakfast bacon, Teas and Coffees, (resh crackers, olives in glass or bulk all very nice and good attention given at the old post office corner. LESTER’S Old Postoffice Corner, Rome, Ga. were fixed on the little woman and she received many compliments. The pros perous-looking young man who had been walking near the group of drum mers near to the crowd. He, too, was struck with the appearance of the woman. "I’ll go any one of you fellows sls if you kiss that girl, ” said he. None in the crowd took the dare. One spoke up however, and said to the stranger who bad offered the money: *l’ll bet yon S2O that you can’t kiss her. ’ ’ The stranger hesitated for several seconds and then said: “I’ll just take that bet'” Toe money was put up and the stran ger. who had given his name as Walter Redmond walked over to the little woman in uniform, and after bowing profoundly took a seat by her side. At first the women seemed to be very indigbant, and the traveling man thought he had the S2O won. A minute later, however, Redmond’s arm stole around the woman’s waist. The specta tors then oegan to open tbeir eyes wide. One of them said: “That fellow has a whole lot of influence over that girl. It may be that he is a hypnotist.” Red mond talked for probably two minutes and then kissed the woman. Redmond walked over to the stake holder and received his money. He then started from the depot.. The little woman quickly arose from her "Beat, and taking his arm, walked to Ninth and Broadway, where the conple took an East Broadway oar. Redmond is tall and handsome. His wife is a blonde and is exceptionally pretty. Fifteen thousand employes of the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain railroad systems whose salaries were cut from five to twenty per cent in 1893, owing to the prevailing hard times, have b a en made by a procla mation issued <by President George Gould restoring wages to their former basis. The raise included men whose salaries varied from S4O per month to SIO,OOO per year. The increased sala ries were entirely unexpected. The Savannah Press says: “Hon. R. A. Denny of Rome is making a record in the town council. He is keeping the city clean and is developing into a regular Waring.” The Press is correct, and we will have the cleanest city in the south before he gets through. The law makers of Georgia have pissed a law prohibiting foot ball in that state and it now awaits the sig nature of the governor. Georgia can always be (counted on to do the right thing at the proper time.—Gadsden Times News. “The miserable scoundrel who sent out the false reports about the lynch ing of the negroes from Waycross and Jesup ought to be punished,” says the Atlanta Commercial. If we had him in Rome we would fix him. HOSTETTER'S ZX. The severity of : winter invites w ‘~ its attacks. The Bitters ; Cleanses the Blood of every sediment chat ft I*Wi.hmhi|P cause this rack- I | ingdisease. 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