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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
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where THE ROME TRIBUNE
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W. A. KNOWLES,
General Manager,
Yesterday was “an old soak,”
Christmas weather prevails.
Mother earth is taking a good drink
before Christmas.
Many farmers in North Georgia are
holding their cotton.
Augusta people do not Kerr-y the
favor of ring politicians.
The United States senate and T.
Bellyband Reed will convene next
Tuesday.
Enforce the law. Hang murderers
and rapists, and there will be an end
of mob rule. -
The shillalah which knocked the
persimmon in Augusta was of a green
and silvery hue.
It is now Supreme Justice Hal T.
Lewis [and Railroad Commissioner
Spencer R. Atkinson.
The monument to Peter David Roser
should be inscribed, “Weil done thou
good and faithful servant.”
How does Gov. Atkinson expect to
prevent mob law if be has not the
courage to let Mrs. Nobles hang?
Now let the penitentiary bill be
quickly drawn up and passed. We
are afraid the legislators might change
their minds.
“The Oglethorpe Bi-Centennial is a
name that takes. The papers of the
state are calling on all Georgians to
aid in the project,” says the Bruns
wick Times.
Editor Glessner aptly remarks that
‘‘the legislature is always sure of a
defender whenever it is jumped on by
either the Atlanta Constitution or the
Macon Telegraph.”
All hail Branner, of Bullock! He
made the legislators know their minds
and vote. It was the slickest and
most unique scheme
ever worked in Georgia.
“Poor Scott Thornton. Peace to his
ashes,” says Mrs. Myrick; “they
gave him stone for bread while living
and heaped costly flowers on his
grave- Such is the world's cold
chanty.” .
Few people know that the inven
tor of the famous Springfield rifle
and the first breecbloading cannon,
Hiram H. Herrington, lies buried in
Rose Hill cemetery in Macon, yet such
is the case, as official records will
prove.
The Calhoun Chronicle edited by
Miss Maggie’V. Thornton is before ns.
It is bright, newsy and integrating
and if kept up to this standard of its
*flrst issue will be one of the best
weeklies in the state. Miss Thornton
is a forcible writer.*
A Monument to His Memory,
The Tribune published yesterday
a statement to the effect that a move
ment was on foot to erect a monu
ment to the memory of the late Peter
David Roser. city sexton.
This would; indeed, boa worthy and
deserved tribute to a faithful servant
of the city and people. It would be a
just recognition of the services of one
who died in the harness, so to speak.
Mr. Roser’s watchword was “duty,”
and its call he never failed to respond.
Always industrious he had given his
every effort toward making Myrtle
Hill cemetery, the most beautiful city
of the dead, anywhere. Though like
the bare and bold Acrppolis be had
planted and cultivated trees and vines
and flowers, and nursed them into
blossoming fragrance, makihg the bill
a lovely spot.
We hope to see an appropriate mon
ument mark the grave of Peter David
Roser, “faithful unto death.” A sub
scription list should be started and we
believe it would meet with generous
responses from a liberal people.
The Tribune will head the list with
|5. Subscriptions with names and
amounts may he sent to The Tribune
office and will be duly announced.
AU Is Well In Augusta,
The election of the Hon. Patrick
Walsh as the next mayor of Augusta
was the proper thing. We are glad
to see that it has ended this way, and
we congratulate the people of
Augusta.
No man in Augusta has done more,
or is capable of doing more for the
upbuilding of that city than Hou.
Patrick Walsh. His election is a dis
tinct victory for the people over the
ring and corporation rule which has
existed in that city and was promised
a continuance if Mr. Kerr had been
chosen. With the city departments
and its machinery, and the railroads
and cotton factories which favored
him, Mr. Kerr bad a marvellously
strong backing. His defeat was a
great victory for Mr. Walsh.
The citizens of Augusta have acted
wisely in their choice, and we. predict
an ere of unequalled prosperity and
advancement for Augusta under Mayor
Walsh. All is well in Augusta.
The Baltimore Bonaparte,
“Senator Bonaparte!” The presence
of the grand nephew of the great Na
poleon in the American senate upon
the approaching centennial of the
Louisiana purchase would be inter
esting. The sight of a Bonaparte
walking down the middle aisle of
the senate chamber on the arm of a
Wellington, the one to take the oath
as the colleague of the other, would
inspire historical reminiscences. But
* ‘Senator Bonaparte’ ’ he is not likely
to be, according to the present light.
The form of the man to realize on'
the results of the republican victory
in Maryland is not yet distinguisha
ble among many candidates. Mr.
Bonaparte will be one of the con
spicuous. He is a lawyer in Balti
more, has a large income from well
invested wealth and belongs to that
strong reform tendency in Maryland
politics to which Gormon owes his de
feat. While a republican success in a
financial way, Mr. Bonaparte has
been one of the foremost advocates of
civil service reform. During the
recent campaign when there seemed
to be demoralization in the republican
management, an appeal was made to
leading republicans for financial sup.
port. Mr. Bonaparte’s check was the
largest received. That was at a time
when republican success did not seem
encouraging.
“Souphouse Charley,” Mr. Bona
parte is called in the expressive and
inelegant nomenclature of the practi
cal polities of Maryland. When the
stranger is told in one breath that
‘Soupbouse Charley” is too much of
an aristocrat to be a United States
senator from Maryland, he is mysti
fied. Some years ago Mr. Bonaparte
made a speech, standing upon his
usual high level of reform. In the
course of his remarks, he took radi
cal grounds against paternalism in
government. He went so far as to
criticise free education. He said the
principle underlying the public school
system was not far from that which
prompts the establishment of the
soupbouse. For that speech he was
dubbed “Soupbouse Charlie.” At
least, that is one of the traditions of
Maryland politics. —St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
Hon. Philip Cook, now in the stste
senate, may ask the democratic party
to nominate him for secretary of state
should Hon. Allen Candler run for
governor. Mr. Cook is a bright; capa
ble, and popular young man. His
father, General Phillip Cook of Amer
icus, was secretary of state for a
number of years. The younger Cook
is a chip of the old block and would
make an excellent officer.—Savannah
Press.
The Sparta Isbmaelite is unani
mously and unreservedly in favor of
Miss Edna Cain for assistant state
librarian.
THE ROME TRIBUNE. EtiIDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1897.
The Craze for Office,
A Washington correspondent gives
some interesting statistics dealing with
the distribution of offices by the presi
dent and the number of persons who
seek them. The information is com
piled from the official records at the
Executive Mansion, and is therefore ac
curate. It is shown that 119,938 individ
uals have, sinoe March 4 last, gone to
Washington in person in quest of office.
Os this number it is figured that one in
eighty is rewarded. This of course does
not include the vast army of office seek
ers who send their applications in by
mail, through a. congressman or other
wise.
During the first four months of the
present administration applications for
positions came through the mails at the
rate of 600 per day. That number has
sinoe been somewhat reduced, but at
present more than 300 communications
come daily. There are never less than
six and often as high as twenty appli
cants for each place within the gift of
the president.
Strictly speaking the president has at
his disposal 6,227 offices (.not including
the non-presidential post offices. Os
this number 1,565 have already been
allotted, leaving 4,662 to.be distributed.
There are now on flle/an average of
thirteen applications for each,of these
offices, making a total of 50,606 applica
tions stored away and awaiting; action.
The endorsements attached to each
application range from five to well up
in the hundreds.
At the rate which has been maintain
ed for nine months, it is figured that
359,805 persons will pay personal visits
to the president during the remainder
of his term , to] seek , advancement. In
otherjwords, the] total of personal ap
plicants for four years of his incum
bency will aggregate 479,740. This com
putation allows for a falling off of one
fourth in the number of those who
shall call upon the Chief Executive
during the last three years of his term.
Aside from the above figures, there
are more.than 40,000 prospective places
in the postoffioe department, which
will not be vacant for a long time, and
more than 400,000 letters have been
filed at the department for them.
These figures are interesting. Behind
them lie many distressing stories of
money wasted, privation, life-long bit
terness and suffering- among the
thousands who go to the National cap*
ital buoyant with hope for a Federal
place only to meet disappointment and
disaster. If there were fewer office
seekers the president’s task would be
far easier, and more people would b®
happy. But the craze for office is as
natural with the American people, and
especially those of them represented by
the republican party, as it is for water
to run down hill.—Birmingham News.
Fate and Hope a Fable,
Fate and Hope were playing at Mar
bles.
Fate had been Winning [Steadily for
more than 6,000 years, but when she
Looked up from the Game she noticed
that her Stock of Agates an I Alleytors
had not visibly increased, while Hope’s
losses did not Appear to have reduced
the Pile by her Side.
* ‘See here, Hope, ’ ’ said Fate, with
some show of Temper, “how’s this?
You’ve been Losing all the .Time, but
you seem to have Just as Many Marbles
as ween, we marked out the Hng.”
“Well, it’s this way,” responded
Hope, with a Rare Smile, “you’ve-been
winning all right, but you see the
Groud always Slopes my Way,”—De
troit Free Press.
MRS, NOBLES SHOULD HANG,
One of Rome's Prominent Citizens
Commends Tribune's Editorial,
A communication received at this
office on Wednesday afternoon from
one of Rome’s most highly respec
ted and worthy citizens thus com
mends The Tribunes editorial on the
banging of Mrs. Nobles:
To the Editor of The Tribune,
1 most heartily endorse your strong
and timely editorial on ‘ ‘hanging Mrs,
Nobles” in this mornings paper, also
any kindred editorials of The Tribune
and other papers in regard to the punish
ment of convicts, andj other crimes.
There is entirely too much misplaced
sympathy for the violators of our laws.
I am as much opposed to brutality as
any man, but when a man or woman
and willfully violates any
of our laws, let them suffer the penalty
prescribed. Nothing less than this, is
just to the law abiding citizens, and
tax payers. Away with your bouquets
and misapplied sympathies for the
colonels, and women, who knowingly
and willfully violate law, while the
poor fellow who has no money to fee
la wyers, or who have no political influ
ence, has to pay the penalty—as he
should. Let there be no discriminations
and we will have fewer violations.
Justice
Georgia is good enough. She has
an anti cigarette smoking law, an
anti-foot ball playing law, lots of anti
drinking orators, droves of populists,
Sam Jones and Tom Watson and other
blessings too numerous to mention. —
New Orleans Picayune. Yes, the
good Lord recognizes this and never
visits us with plagues as he does the
Gomorrah of America.
Table Etiquette,
Biscuits should be opened with the
fingers. In extreme cases an ax is ad
missable.
Never pick your teeth at the
table. You will find a better assort
ment at the dentist’s.
Don’t rattle your knife and fork. The
napkin ring will be found much more
musical.
Always eat soup from the side of your
spoon. The inside is considered the
proper one.
Game should never be taken in the
fingers—unless, of course, it is a card
game.
Do not rest your arms on the table.
Stack all vour weapons in a corner be
fore dinner.
Never leave the the table until the
others are thorough. If in a hurry take
it with you.
Never eat pie with a knife. It’s all
right to eat cheese with pie, but
knives should be eaten alone.
Cigarette smoking is permissible at
the table —if you are dining alone and
bave a grudge against yourself.
Don’t ask your hostess if she let the
sugar bowl with the butter balls. She
might mistake you for a humorist or
a lunatic.
Home
treatment often prevents
the necessity for hospital
treatment. Every wise
housekeeper keeps an
Allcock’s
Porous Plaster
on hand for immediate use
for congestion arising from
taking cold, for lame back,
sore muscles, sprains and all
sorts of pains and aches.
There are Imitations by the score. Be
ware of them. Get the genuine Allcock**,
Allcock’s Corn Shields,
Allcock’s Bunion Shields.
Have no equal as a relief and cure for cams
and bunions.
Brandreth’s Pills
are of great benefit in oases of torpid
Uver. biliousness, and rhenmatipm
Where
The Chestnut
Lived.
“Old mistress chestnut Once lived in a burr,
Padded and lined with the softest of fur,
Jack Frost Split it wide with his keen silver
knife,
And turned her out at the risk of her life.’’
Buy your fresh Nuts, Raisins,
Prunes Citron, Lemon and Orange
ped. Mince Meat, Plum Pudding
Preserves. Jams Pickles, Ferris
Hams and breakfast bacon, Teas
and Coffees, fresh 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
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If your Watch Don't keep Time
carry it to
JOE VEAL,
205 BROAD ST.
The Best Work,
We guarantee the best work in
the shortest time of any laundry in
the city. Try ua, ’Phone 158.
MODEL SJEAM LAUNDRY,
No. 50® Broad St., Roma. Ga.
W. M. GAMMON & SON.
Hen’s Fine Cloves.
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
gpods. 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.
• *—*"—*—' ' ' " ■ -
Art and Precious
Stones and Metals.
Are striking combined in my stock, Collected in the art centers of
the United States and Europe, lam showing something very new and
pretty in Vases, Clocks, Pocket Books, Combs, Brushes, Mirrows, Solid
Silver
Cut Glass and
Silver Novelties.
My entire stock is the season’s latest productions selected with
great e re, My purpose is to give my customers the Lest va.ues for
the money, lam admirably equipped for displaying a beautiful stock
and 1 extend a pressing invitation to my friends and customers to exam
ine and buy.
A. O. Stepliens,
Jeweler, 218 Broad Street, Rome, Ga.
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 strictly first class and up- to-date. In onr 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 carry ing the
best line of fancy articles in Cut Glass. Onr 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
Huyler’r candy just rectived; also Huyler’s liquoric; drops
for coughs, colds and soie throat. Call on us and you will
find the best of every thing 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.
Tyner’s DyspepsiaJßemedy cures Indigestion, Bad
Breath, Sour Stomach, Hiccoughs, Heart-burn.
tgr Guaranteed-
Hen’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.
WBR# jHaMF /
W. M. Gammon & Son hive
them in all the new ind
stylish shapes. As Stetson’s
name stands for the fiiest
hats. Edwin Clapp’s stmds,
for the finest shoes in Amer
ica. We are agents for |oth.