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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
W. A. KNOWLES. - Editor.
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W, A KNOWLES,
General Manager,
Yesterdiy was a nice day for ducks.
School children are looking forward
to the Christmas holidays.
Were the heavens weeping yester
day over the fate of the convict bill?
Hang murderers. Hang Durrant.
Hang Mrs. Nobles. Stop lynchings.
Rsmember The Tribune’s Christmas
edition next Sunday and send in your
advertisements early.
The Coosa River News will issue a
Christmas edition Friday, Dec. 24. It
will be the finest paper ever published
at Center.
On January 22, 1898, there is to be a
total eclipse of the sun. It was rather
blurred yesterday by the eclipse of
dark clouds.
Says the Augusta Herald: “A well
known young couple in Rome stood on
the bridge at midnight recently and
were married.” Yes, our young peo
ple are very Roman—tic.
The Savannah Press thinks that
“the house did right to pay the SI,BOO
for the expense of the Blalock commit
tee. It was worth that much to find
out that there was nothing wrong in
the state.”
The Atlanta Constitution’s illus
trated two-page story about Mrs. No
ble’s was timely and very interesting.
The Tribune pities Mrs. Nobles,but
believes the seven decisions of the
seven courts should stand. Let the
law be enforced.
The Rome Tribune is now illustrat
ing its editorials, and yet, they are
clear and graphic.—Augusta Herald.
Thanks, but we were, convicted that
the legislature needed something like
the quintescence of opalescences on the
threadbale subject.
The kick ( made by the Georgia
marble men upon the action of the
supervising architect of the treasury
in bidding only for Vermont and Ten"
uessee marble has already done good,
and it is not probable that in the
future this state will be discriminated
against in the selection of marble.
Our congressman is a leader. The
Birmingham News says: ‘‘Congress
man Maddox, of Georgia, has circu
lated a petition for a democratic cau
cus to see if the party cannot get to
gether on the important questions to
be considered by the present congress.
Democrats should get together at
once and make a united and aggres
sive minority fight.”
The Anniston Hot Blast republishes
The Tribune’s notice about the cele
bration of the seventeenth anniver
sary of that city ard comments as fol
lows: “Rome furnished to Anniston
the Noble fami.ies and a number of
other good citizens, and all Anniston
will be glad to have Rome come down
and aid in the celebration of the
Model City’s seventeenth birthday. It
should be made the greatest day ever
bad in this city.”
Effect of Hopkin's Bill,
The passage of the Hopkin’s bill to
e'eot the judges and solicitors by the
people will create a revolution in our
judiciary system.
The new law will not go into effect,
however, until after the next legisla
ture meets.
Under the judiciary election system
which has been in vogue the solicitors
and judges have been chosen by the
legislature. While this has many ad
mirable features, yet it is thought by
many that itr was better for the people
to elect them. Those opposed to this
system think that judges and solicitors
will not be so vigorous in prosecuting
criminals of wealth and influence as
it will lose them votes should they
wish to stand for re-election. But the
law has passed and should at least be
given a fair trial before it is con
demned.
In the Rome circuit the present
judge will be re-elected, or his suc
cesses chosen by the next legislature
while the next solictor general will be
chosen by the people.
In the method of nomination if the
present basis of representation pre
vails Floyd county will have six votes
while the two other counties of the
circuit, Chattooga and Walker, will
have five votes. Therefore the first
election under the new law in the
Rome superior court circuit will occur
three years from January when a
solicitor general will be chosen.
We hope that all the reforms the ad
vocates of the Hopkin’s bill claim for
it will be secured under the new law.
Bill Arp On Co-Education,
“Bill Arp” is a comical cuss. But
Bill’s comical utterances carry a fund
of solid truth in them, and “Bill”
never tackles a subject without sock
ing the last ball home in the corner
pocket. The distinguished humorist
has been gazing afar off at the co-edu
cation agitation, in a semi-dreamy,
semi-watchful manner, so peculiar to
the old drake who expects the little
ducklings to soil far more- of the
water than they drink. But “Bill has
awaked, and finds that he can no
longer “hold in” on the question that
has called forth 'so much able’discus
sion from brainy folks on both sides,
as well as puerile twaddle from brain
less nonenties. Arp says:
‘‘But now I want to know what is
all this racket about that they call co
education. I thought it was just an
other fad and would soon pass away,
but it seems to get bigger and bigger
the more they talk about it. One
would think that there were no female
colleges in the land, and that the
boys were getting all the education,
when, the truth is, there are more
educational facilities for girls in this
state than for boys. I don’t know
what it all means. Do the girls want
to mix with the boys and improve
them and be inspired by them ? Then
why should not the boys claim a
similar privilege and go to the female
colleges and to the girls’ industrial
school at Milledgeville? If we are go
ing to bunch, let us bunch the whole
concern and include the agricultural
attachments, and let the girls do some
plowing if they want to. But I
reckon it is just the new woman who
is contending for the abstract right to
go to the university. Os course,they
won’t go, for their father’s won’t let
them as long as the female colleges
are open aS Macon and Athens and
LaGrange and Decatur and Rome and
other places. There is plenty of edu"
cation forthem there without the co-.
The best mothers. I know, never got
Higher than a high school, and the
best co-education is for the girls to get
marfied young and go to raising chil
dren and chickens. If they do that
diligently, they will learn enough in
a life time and be as happy as their
coliege-bred daughters, I’ve never
been entirely satisfied that such ab
struse science as chemistry,astionomy,
trigonometry, fluxions,calculus, Greek,
rhetoric and logic were of any use to
the average boy, much lees to the
girls. I went to college and my wife
didn’t, and I have to take a back seat
now sometimes; I married her when
she was only sixteen, but if she had
spent four years in college she would
have been so smart she wouldn’t have
had me, and I reckon I wouldn’t
have had her, for no prudent young
man will marry a girl who is smarter
than he is—it is dangerous. Pick out
your girl and take her young, and co
educate her yourself.”
There you have “Bill Arp’s” opin
ion. If it does not suit yon, pour it
back in thejug. Whether it coincides
with your opinion, or with mine, we
must all admit that the opinion of this
great philosopher and student of na
ture is at least worth thinking over.—
Dalton Argus.
Such is Fame,
The French definition "that fame is
“Getting killed in battle and having
your name printed wrong in the
Gazette next day” has just received a
modern exemplification.
It has been definitely ascertained
that the piper who played the “Cook
o’ the North” after being shot through
THE ROME TJKIBUNE, TLESDAV, DECEMBER J 4, 1837
both legs was not Piper Milne, but his
comrade and fellow Aberdonian, Piper
Findlater. The mistake arose in. Lo
ndon when particulars about the in
jured men were being given to a re
po: ter, says a Scotch paper. Milne
was also among those who were i
wounded. Piper George Findjater is i
a native of Turriff, Aberdeenshire,
where his father had a croft and was i
a meal miller. The piper was born in
1872, and is one of a family of six sons
and five daughters. He received his
education at the village school, and
(ike most country children, left the
schoolmaster’s hands at an early age .
and entered farm service. He soon
evinced a desire to become a soldier,
but his parents objected, and for some
time nothing further was heard of bi g
martial desires. After a couple of
years as a farm servant he enlisted at
Aberdeen in 1888. Private Findlater
showed a fondness for music at an
early age, and shortly after enlistment 1
commenced the study of the bagpipes.
In the beginning of last year he was
promoted to the rank of piper in the
band of the regiment.
MRS, NOBLES SHOULD HANG, '
What Some Newspapers Say on a ,
Subject of Public Interest, :
(Valdosta Times)
Not only should the law be carried
out in the case of Mrs. Nobles, but in
all cases where the laws are violated.
The sentimentalists—those persons who
are moved about by impulses—are not
safe leaders to follow. They are usually j
in the crowd which cries “hang him!”
for an offense to day and “save him!”
for one tomorrow. Laws are based upon
oommon sense, upon reason,” upon con- j
servatism and not once in a thousand
times has any man or woman been
punished out of proportioned to his or
her crime. '
The law in the case of Mrs. Nobles ,
should be executed just as in other oases
where it is violated, the sentimentalists ,
to the contrary, notwithstanding.
■i
Would Encourage Mob Law.
(Rockmart Slate.)
But to return to the subject of Mrs,
Nobles, we dare say all retiring, home
and husband loving women prefer to see
this old murderer die on the gallows.
They hate to sanction it but she has left
them in their womanhood and she ■
should be punished for her violation of (
the law as if she were a man.
And more than this if she is not
hanged then old Gus Fambles who is as ,
guilty as she must be permitted to es
cape the gallows too, and if he escapes
then let Brooks and Reynolds escape
too, and then do away with the law
that now permits capital punishment
The final result would be that mob law
would be more in evidence in the state,
and who could eay it would not be right?
Home People Say "Hang Her,"
(Atlanta Constitution)
In Twiggs county where the murder
was committed the unanimous verdict
is that Mis. Nobles should hang with
out further delay,
A confessed murderess, she has been
spared more than two years by the rep
rehensible tendency of modern litiga
tion to-ward quibbling for time.
is the sentiment of every man and
woman and child in Twiggs county.
There is no difference of opinion as to
what should be done with her. ‘ ‘Send
her to the gallows” is the cry.
There is keen resentment everywhere
to the interference that has been made
with the courts of Twiggs county. Peti
tions have been sent to women of
Twiggs county asking their signatures
to the movement to induce Governor
Atkinson to commute the sentence of
Mrs. Nobles and these have either been
burned or else returned with adverse
comment. One such petition was sent to
the -wife of a prominent Methodist
minister of Twiggs county and she im
pulsively tossed it in the fire.
• ‘lf there is no law to protect us
against such outrages as the crime of
Mrs. Nobles we are indeed hopeless,” is
what they all say when questioned
about the fate of Mrs. Nobles.
The jury that convicted Mrs. Nobles
was composed of the best men and rep
resentative citizens of Twiggs county.
Their verdict has been sustained seven
times over by the various courts of
the country, from the highest to the
lowest. Their names are J. J. Wall,
William Preavy, R. L. Harrison, H. R.
McCollum, C. H. Bozeman, J. S.
Stevens, J. M. Day, F. H. Adkins,
Jack Combass, James P. Califf and G.
Grimsley. ”
A Washington dispatch says: .“The
national quarantine idea has. taken
strong hold upon the members of con
gress, especially from the south. It is
almost certain that the Federal gov
ernment will be given the right to
establish a Federal quarantine all
along the gulf and South Atlantic
coast before next summer.” Southern
congressman should unanimously
work [for the passage of a bill to tl a ls
effect.
Col. R. G. Ingersoll tells the follow
ing story, which he heard when a boy,
of an old Vermont farmer who was
dying. The minister asked him if he
was a Christiau and prepared to die.
The farmer said he was not. For 50
years he and his wife had done nothing
but work hard, gone poorly clothed and
half fed, but they had clothed their
children aud educated them. Tn con
elusion the farmer said: “Mr. Preacher,
1 have no fear of the future, no terror of
any other world; there maybe such a
place as hell, but if there is I won’t
believe that it’s any worse than old
Vermont until I see it.”
The True Woman.
The woman who holds a man’s heart in her
hands
Need not be pretty nor possessed of rich lands.
She needn’t wear clothes just teeming with
style.
She needn’t possess the first worldly wile.
Her eyes may be brown, her eyes may be blue,
To him she’s a beauty away through aid
through— 4
If she’s true.
It’s her soul that he cares for, her steadfast
devotion,
Her love as unbourded, as free as the ocean,
The touch of her hands, the glance of her
eye.
The swift rush of color that comes when lie’s
nigh.
The thousand and one little things she can do
That show him so plain’y right through and
through
That she’s true.
What does it matter if others are fairer?
She possesses a virtue that makes her far rarer
Than professional beauties,cold-hearted and
vain,
She would give him her all and care not to
gain
Aught but a smilei a lom U I love you,”
Which thrills her whole being away through—
For she’s true-
Days may be dark, days may be fair,
In sickness, in health, in joy. In despair,
She-proves in each crisis that her love is
real;
It shines on serenely, come woe or weal,
The world counts for nothing, what can it do
If shs belongs to him utterly all through and
through
And is true?
—Philadelphia Times.
“Old Hickory”
“This is old Hickory,” look at him
well,
A general was named for him so I’ve
heard tell.
Take care how you hit him. He some
times hits back.
This stolid old chap is a hard nut to
crack.
Fruit chkes, Plum Puddings,
Mince Meat Preserves and Jams all
very nice Cross & Blackwell Pickles
and orange marmalade Ferris Hams
and breakfast bacon, Edam, Club
House, full cream and Neufchar.el
cheese, chrystalized cherries and
apricots, citron lemon and orange
peel, nuts and raisins prunes and
figs, apples oranges and lemons at
LESTER’S
Old Postoffice Corner, Rome, Ga
Roark, the Jeweler,
Has received
another line of
FINE CDT GLASS
. and Silver Novelties.
Just the thing for
Bridal and
Christmas Presents.
317 Broad St, Rome, Ga,
Sc.COTTON
NOT IN IT
Compared With Our Extreme-’
ly Low Prices,
T. W. McCORD,
I am selling Staple and Fancy
Groceries,.Country produce confec
tionaries, Fruits Etc., at the lowest
possible prices. When you need any
goods in this line call and see me.
It will pay you.
T.W. McCord
Under Beuna Vista Hotel.
536 Broad St,, - Rome,*Ga.
BEND FOR MY CATALOGUE OF
CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES
in STERLING SILVER,
If yon are conumplutinff purchases for the
HOLIDAY SEASON.
Charles W, Crankshaw, Jeweler.
22 WHITEHALL ST.. ATLANTA GA,
Dinner Sets! Chamber Sets! Our
bargains are genuine in name
and nation and beat all bar/
gainsever offered. Dyer £
Daniels,
Practical, Useful
and Economical.
Almost everybody wishes to be
economical and practical in the
selection of their
CHRISTMAS+PRESENTS
Almost at your own prides is the
way you can buy them at
W. M. GAMMON & SON.
Just received fresh stock
Imported - Woolen - Underwear,
Nobby Neckwear,
In Puffs, Ties and Bows.
Silk Lined Kid Gloves.
Silk Mufflers.
New and Stylish Hats.
Best Line of Shoes in America,
Swell Sulls and Overcoats.
More quality given you at our store
than anywhere in the city for the
price. We will sell you as cheap as
the cheapest. Come and see what
we are doing.
W. M. Gammon & Son,
Dealers in everything a man or boy wears,
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e Santa Claus
Knows a Good Thing
when he sees if, and ’ for the merry
Yuletide season Iboks eround for good,
clean coal that will thoroughly warm
your rooms in Christmas weather, and
make them cheery and comfortable for
the holiday festivities,
Jellico Coal is the Best,
Robt. W. Graves & Co.
Yard, Southern Railway. TelephonesigSftJiLo BO
Beautiful Line
Bridal Presents and
Fine Cut Glass at
J.T. CROUCH & CO’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 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
Huyler’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
the taste. Try Our 5 cent cigar.
J. T, CROUCH & CO., 300 Broad St,, Rome, Ga.
¥ —— ■
-Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy cures Indigestion,
Breath, Sour Stomach, Hiccoughs, Heart-burn.
II3F” Guar an teed.