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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
W. A. KNOWLES. - Editor.
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ped in every way, and is now ready
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’ W, A KNOWLES,
General Manager,
Just wait until the democrats get a
chance. ___
Little damage is usually done by
a long message.
It took McKinley over 4,000 words
to say ‘‘Cuba be d —d’ ’
Georgia does not produce enough
bread to feed its people.
They say a convict bill will be passed.
We will not believe it until the gov
ernor signs it.
Because Atlanta has the smallpox
The Journal thinks every man, wo
man, and child in Georgia should be
vaccinated.
The gavel falls in congress’ halls
And Tom Seed’s calls make many squalls
Curia, Puppets, curse, aud do your worst—
—But the Czar still rules.
Fiftyfifth congress—(l) No financial
relief (2) non action about Cuba (3)
brief session, barren of important
enactments.
Os course, if Gov. Atkinson should
commute Mrs. Nobles’ sentence, he
will show her negro accomplice the
same mercy.
Commissioner of Agriculture R. T.
Nesbitt is a candidate for re-election.
He has many strong friends who be
lieve that he will be ehosen again.
Why does not the postoffice de
partment stop the outrageous swindle
in the “missing letter’’ contests? Many
of our exchanges are still printing
them.
Librarian Brown should appoint
Miss Edna Cain as his assistant. Her
fitness for the place he does not ques
tion, and her endorsements he cannot
ignore.
Polk Miller who will be heard at
the opera house tonight is one of the
best dialect reciters in this country.
We have never heard his superior in
his negro pieces.
The editors of the state regret to
see president McKinley in charge of
the Macon News editorial page, and
its broad editorials succumbed to the
money railroad-gold-monopolistic be
hemoth power.
The Tribune acknowledges the
receipt from F. Tennyson Neely, the
New York publisher, of a copy of
“Smoking Flax’’ by Hallie Ermine
Rives, a cousin of Amelie Rives. It
handles the lynching subject in the
south in an interesting style.
The armor plate board estimates the
cost of the plant at $3,747,912. We
are against such an enormous expend
iture unless Birmingham is ehosen as
the place. There is enough iron there
to run the plant for many centuries
without removal.
It is not often a busy business man
makes as brief and forcible statement
about a president’s message as Mr.
Mark G. McDonald. He says: “Mc-
Kinley writes on both sides of each
subject in a weak style. I wish we
could have presidents like those before
the war who said *'we must. ’ ”
Wheat and Corn in North Georgia.
The Tribune has time and again
this fall urged.the farmers of this sec
tion to plant all the wheat possible.
From all we can learn a very much
larger acreage is being planted of the
cereal than In many years, and we
are gratified to learn that our advice
is being followed.
The Augusta Chronicle publishes the
fact that the state of Georgia con
sumes 8,000,000 bushels of wheat an
nually and it thinks that North Geor
gia should raise this amount. It does
seem a shame that our farmers as well
as the town and city people eat flour
made from western wheat which is
ground in other states. The Savan
nah News says: “The cultivation of
wheat in the middle and northern
part of this state is much more profit
able than the production of cotton.
Wheat is worth now about $1 per
bushel, and in many counties the
wheat crop this year was an excellent
one. Stock and fruit would pay mnch
better than cotton, take one year
with another. Georgia does not pro
duce enough meat and bread to feed
her people. She produced only about
2,000,000 bushels of wheat this year,
and a very large part of the meat,both
salt and fresh, which she consumes
comes from the west. She ought to
feed her own people, and would do so
if her farmers properly diversified
their crops.”
It is not too late yet to plant wheat,
and The Tribune hopes our farmers
will be duly impressed with the nec
essity of raising enough food supplies
for their home consumption.
The corn crop is another great thing
for us. Last year 300 car loads of west
ern corn were brought to Rome. Our
farmers should be ashamed of thi s
and never let it occur again. It
is one of the best crops and the Sa
vannah News asks how can the price
of corn be advanced? The Orange
Judd Farmer and other agricultural
periodicals think they have struck upon
a plan. They are advocating the
bolding of a national corn exposition
in some central city, Chicago or Buf
falo for instance, in 1899. The idea is
to work up the very best and most
complete cprn exhibits possible, and
then send them to Paris to the great
exposition to be held in that city the
following year. From Paris the ex.
hibits would be sent to other Euro
pean cities. It is proposed there shall
be cooking schools explaining the va
rious processes of preparing corn for
the table, and other exhibits and pro
cesses turning out and manipulating
the various other corn products, cellu
lose, fibre, fodder, etc. The per cap
ita of consumption of corn in the
United States is very small; in Europe
it is practically nothing. If|the expo
sition at home and the exhibits sent
abroad should succeed in interesting
people in the grain, as it is reasona
ble to suppose would be the case, it is
likely that the price of corn would
gradually be raised, possibly as much
as ten cents a bushel within a few
years.
And what would an increase of ten
cents a bushel mean to the farmers
of the United States? This country
produces 92 per cent of the maize
(corn) of the world. In 1896 the crop was
2,280,000,000 bushels. An advance of
only ten cents a bushel, therefore,
would mean an extra income of $200,-
000,000 approximately. Is not such an
increase worth striving for ?
Mexico Punishes Crime,
Mexico has set this country an exam
ple in the punishment of violators of
the law that it would be very well for
us to follow The would-be assassin of
President Diaz was taken from his
prison and killed by police officers. At
once the president stated that the law
should take its course; that he had su
preme horror of mob law, and the courts
have acted sternly. Could such a thing
happen in this country, asks the Knox
ville Sentinel. We hardly think so. Pop
ular opinion too often here upholds the
mob, and that is the excuse for the
mob’s existence. When we overcome
the mob spirit in the people, then will
the lynchings cease. When public senti
ment demands the strict punishment
for the law, then will respect for the
courts be re-established.
Why Mrs. Nobles Should Hang.
The jury which tried Mrs. Nobles
did not find any extenuating circum
stances for which she should be recom
mended to the mercy of the court.
She was a woman, but the crime was
so cold blooded, premeditated, so bru
tal, so hideous that the twelve jurors
thought she should be banged.
The New York Sun discusses the
law and evidence in the case as fol
lows:
News comes from Georgia that a
bill has been introduced in the legisla
ture abolishing capital punishment so
far as it affects women. The purpose
of the measure is to prevent the hang
ing of Elizabeth Nobles, who is now
under sentence of death for the mur
der of her husband in 1895, and in
whose behalf an appeal was taken to
the supreme court of the United
States, which on Monday handed
down a decision refusing to interfere
THE HOME TBIBUNE. WEDNBSDAI. DECEMBER
with the judgment. The circum
stances of the crime were not such
as ought to excite any sympathy for
the convicted woman. The actual
killing was done by a man named
Fambles, with a hatchet furnished to
him for the purpose by Mrs. Nobles,
in consideration of $lO which she paid
him for .his bloody work and more
money which she promised to pay.
The victim was lured to the place of
bis death, by his wife, who told him
that some one had been stealing corn
from his crib. He went to watch for
the thief, and Fambles struck him
from behind and killed him. Accord
ing to the statement of this extraor
dinary case, ninety-eighth vol
ume of Georgia law reports, the proof
showed that Mrs. Nobles “had made
two efforts to have him thus put out
of the way before (the matter having
been discussed between her and Fam
bles and wife for about two months),
her avowed motive being that he
worked their children very hard and
treated them roughly, would not pro
vide sufficient clothing, &c., and she
wanted to see peace and pleasure ”
After conviction, a motion was made
for a new trial upon newly discovered
evidence tending to show that the de
fendent was insane. The supreme
court of Georgia declared that this
evidence was largely fabricated and
that the defence of insanity, was
wholly imaginative.
Republican on Prosperity;
The writer of the column “Fired at
Random,” in the Chicago Record, In
his * ‘forecast’ ’ of President McKinley’s
message, makes the president say this
on the subject of tariff and prosperity:
Owing to the operations of the Din
gley tariff law, a very handy famine has
occured in other lands than ours, and
wheat has gone up so high that it is in
danger of suffering from the chill of the
altitude. Observe the fulfillment of the
promises of the St., Louis platform. I
hate to rub it in, but our party is the
party of the home and fireside. There
are fewer railroad wrecks under a re
publican administration than when the
occupant of the executive mansion is an
advocate of the theory of cheap coats
for cheap men. It is not so oold in win
ter and it is not so hot in summer. The
lake navigation season remains open
longer and the street oar lines give you
more transfers. Aside from this, as I
have before remarked, the (foreigner
pays the tax.
Called It a Sensational "Hold/up."
(Savannah News)
It appears from reoent information
that sensational hold-up of a Georgia
legislative committee on the St. Mary’s
Lake City and Gulf railroad was not so
much of a high-handed proceeding after,
all. According to the statement of the
owners of the road, the legislators were
merely required to pay their fare, at
the rate of about three cents a mile. In
order to accommodate the road ran a
special train, lost one run of a log train,
and otherwise inconvenienced itself. It
is understood that having to pay fare
has so exasperated the gentlemen of the
committee that they will see if they
cannot have the charter of the little
road revoked.
Politics the Bane.
(Americus Times-RecordeT)
President Berner struck the key note
of reform for the State University when
he introduced, advocated and had pas
sed the bill to elect the trustees by the
people. There are too many politicians
on that University board of trustees.
Give the people a chance. Now will
President Berner carry the good work
still further; will he vacate his seat and
use the effective power of his superb
oratory to have Senator Hopkins’ bill
passed which will transfer to the people
the right to elect the judges and solici
tors of the superiors court? President
Berner has said he “is willing to trust
the people. ” Will he prove his words by
his acts on this all important question
which is of such vast interest to the
people of Georgia?
GEORGIA EDITORS
ON THE MESSAGE"
Atlanta Constitution—So far as cur
rency reform is concerned, it is practi
cally settled that what is to be under
taken is to be in the nature of a sham
reform. The president’s message
means that.
Chattanooga (Ga.) News—Common
place and weak.
Atlanta Journal —There seems
need for the injection of virus into Mc-
Kinley’s currency plan. It is not catch
ing .
Augusta Herald—There is not much
hopes that the present congress will act
favorably upon any of the measure
which the people of this section regard
with most favor.
Chattanooga (Ga.) Times—The discus
sion of the currency is limping, vagne,
turgid, inconclusive. The scheme looks
impractical, empirical, like a mere ex
periment, a striking out in the dark.
We can see no good to come from such
a plan of operations.
Macon News—Editor Loyless off.
McKinley takes up his page.
. Baby
Oh, better than a rose I love
The bnd before its blown g.
And sad I an tho glad am I
To see hnw baby’s growing.
And oh, what time I, wondering, wait
To see my flower unfolding!
Almost I wi-li time ne'er could touch
The baby bud I’m holding.
Yet, oh, so fast, so fast she grows!
Nor distant can the day be,
Alas when time, remorseless thief,
Will rob me of my baby!
1 hold her in my armsand grieve
To think she will outgrow them;
I dread the years of blossom time.
Yet pray heaven to bestow them.
With light and leading—so we trust—
Her life will grow completer.
But will she be as sweet again?
We know she can’t be sweeter.
Alas, that she must change! As child
And women, too. she may be
All beautiful—God send it so
But, oh, she’ll not be baby!
Eugene Field.
J* CELEBRATED w Overcoming the
tff. cis of strong
J ol ’ l -* anc * scden
habits of
IwSrjF cold weath
, er
t’ ren ’°ve»
WwO BILIOU NESS.
NE> VUUSNtSS,
stomach Dyspepsia
I MJ And renews the
I | system.
Sir Walnut
“This is Sir Walnut; he’s English, you
know,
A friend of my Lady and Lord so and so,
Whenever you ask old Sir Wallnut to
•dinner.
Be sure you have wine for the goaty old
sinner.”
All sorts of nice things Mince
Meat, Pum Pudding Club House
Cheese Edam and Cream Cheese
Imported Macaroni, fine spices Cross
<fc Blackwell Pickles, Swett Peach
Pickles. Peach, Cherry & Quince
preserves, Peach butter, Raisins,
Currants, Citron, Lemon and Orange
peel, Nice Olive ’ Oil and Olives in
bulk and glass, at
LESTER’S.
Old Postoffice Corner, Rome, Ga.
Go to
Roark, the Jeweler,
FOR
Up-to-date
BRIDAL
AND
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
317 Broad St, Rome, Ga.
For Sale.
12 Sewing Machines, sl6 to $25.
20 Pistols, $1 to $lO.
40 Watches, $1.50 to S6O.
Three of these cost more
SIOO each. One cost us $2lO,
One very pretty diamond ring
cost s’.so, at $75.
We rent machines, or sell watches
or machines on installments.
We have divided our second story
and can take a limited amount oi
f urniture for storage.
M. N. West & Co.
Pawnljroliera,
No. 24, Broad Street
The Best Weik.
We guarantee the best work in
the shortest time of auy laundry in
the city. Try us, ’Phone 158.
MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY,
No. 502 Broad St., Rome, Ga.
SEND FOR MY CATALOGUE OF
CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES
in STERLING SILVER.
If yen are contemplutinn pnrehaaes for the
SOLIDAV SEASON.
Charles W. Crankshaw, Jeweler,
28 WHITEHALL ST.. ATLANTA GA.
Im Future Always.
Be sure your ticket reads over the
Western & Atlantic R. R., to Atlanta,
Dalton and Chattanooga, this is the
route that “Eli” traveled when he
“got there?” C. K. Ayer, T. A.
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.
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Art and Precious
Stones and Metals.,
I
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 NoveltiesJ
My entire stock is the season’s latest productions selected with!
great Care, My purpose is to give my customers the best va.ues io J
the money, lam admirably equipped for displaying a beautiful stoira
and 1 extend a pressing invitation to my friends and customers to exam-1
ine and buy. |
C. Stephens, I
Jeweler, 218 Broad Street, Rome, Gal
Beautiful Line I
Bridal Presents and I
Fine Cut Glass at I
J.T. CROUCH & CO’Sl
Finest toilet goods, Huyler’s candy, choicest . ■
perfumeries. Our extracts are the best and * ■
purest. Our stock of ■
Pure Drugs and Patent Medicine!
are strictly first class and up--to-date. In our prescription B
department our Dr. Davis is ever ready to fill your wants, H
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 ||l
for coughs, colds and soie throat. Call on us and yon will
find the best of everything Our line of Cigars and Tobacco .♦.■ F|||
has never been so full and with such brands that delight
the taste. Try our 5 cent cigar. W
J. T. CROUCH & CO.. 300 Broad St., Rome, j|
Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy cures Indigestion, I®
Breath, Sour Stomach, Hiccoughs, Heart-burn? K
CSlTGuaranteed, ■!
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.
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W. M. Gammon & Son have
them in all the new and
stylish shapes. As
name stands for the finest
hats. Edwin Clapp’s stands t
for the finest shoes in Amer
ica. We are agents for both.