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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
W. A. KNOWLES. - Editor.
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WAR§<-
* Business is war. Advertis
er ing is the outwa.d indication
, the conflict. * * Adver-
tising is the army and navy;
W * the battle ships and the bri
1 gades; the shells and the bul
lets. In business
broadsides are fired and sharp-shoot
ers are employed. The boom of big
guns and the continuous rattle of
musketry is apparent in our every
column -competitors are fighting
every day. * * Success perches
on the banners of the skillful. In
modern business war, the winner is
he who employs the wisest and most
experienced generals, and the latest
improvements in projectiles. * * *
For many years The Rome Tribune
has been directing campa'gns of
advertising, being thoroughly equip
ped in every way, and is now ready
to help you make a conquest of the
City, County and State. Economy
combined with efficiency. Rate,
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vertising Department, Business offices
W. K, KNOWLES,
General Manager,
Christmas trees are ripe.
Today is the legislature’s last day.
If it does not rain, it may snow.
Atlanta’s Chinese baby was not born
on Peachtree street.
Many special features will appear in
the Christmas Tribune.
The Christmas edition of The Trib
une will appear Sunday.
Hon. Pope Brown is out of it. We
do not know who ever said he was
in it. •
Marriage licenses in Texas have been
put on the bargain counter. They
cost only SI each.
The Gadsden Times-News reports
that a large acreage of wheat has been
sown in Eastern Alabama,
“The bankers’ convention is with
us. We made a thirty-day note of
this some time ago,’’ says Poet Frank
Stanton.
The interview that our Washington
correspondent had with Secretary
which we publish elsewhere is
well worth reading.
A rising genius defines Kentucky
• as the laud where
‘•The corn is full of kernels
And the colonels full of corn/'
A tip to Atlanta police: “Uncle Joe”
Mansfield brags that he is the only
man in Atlanta who has never been
vaccinated. Tackle him. A prize fight
might result.
This week 5,000 tons of Alabama
iron has been shipped to Japan. Eng
lish iron mongers were underbid.
This will eventually develop a great
export trade for the south.
The Chicago Inter Ocean thinks it
will be nothing more than justice to
enroll the name of the governor of
Georgia as an honorary member of the
leading kicking clubs in the United
States.
The name of Hon. Jake C. Moore,
of F<oy.d county, will be presented to
Gov. Atkinson for appointment as one
of the three penitentiary commis
sioners. A man better suited for the
place could not be named.
“Would not paying tuition at the
State University make it more of a
private corporation than a state in
stitution? Would it not virtually
abolish it as a State University?’’ ques
tions the Athens Bauner.
The Atlanta Commercial is author
ity for the statement that a man was
taken from the floor of the house with
smallpox and sent toAbe pest house.
Will the A. C. inform us if any one has
yet been sent from the oapitol to the
lunatic asj lain?
Unlees the state law interferes the
barber shops of Macon will be open
until noon next Sunday. This is a bad
example Macon is setting the rest of
the cities of the state. It has been de
monstrated several years that Sunday
shaving is not a necessity in Georgia.
Democratic Party Policy;
At a caucus of the democratic mem
bers of the house of representatives
held Tuesday night, upoh call of a pe
tition circulated by Congressman Mad
dox, resolutions were adopted defining
the party policy on the questions of
Cuba, finance and bankruptcy. Out
of 125 democratic members 101 were
present despite t|ie stormy weather.
Representative Richardson, of Ten
nessee, was in the chair.
Representative Bailey, of Texas,
took the initiative by presenting the
following series of resolutions:
‘ Resolved, That it is the sense of
this.caucus that the democratic mem
bers of the house of representatives
ought to resist all efforts direct or in
direct, to retire the greenbacks and
treasury notes.
“Resolved, second, That we are op
posed to and will resist all attempts to
extend the privileges of national banks,
or to reduce the tax. s which they now
pay.
“Resolved, third, That we favor the
early consideration and passing of the
senate resolution recognizing that a
condition of war exists in the island of
Cuba between the government of
Spain and the Cuban people.
“Resolved, fourth, That we favor
the early enactment of a just and wise
bankruptcy law.’’
On motion of Mr, Maddox, of Geor
gia, arrangements were made for the
usual congressional committee to con
ductjthe congressional campaign of
1898. The committee is to consist of
one member from each state, territory
and the District of Columbia, and
nine senators to be chosen by the
senate democratic caucus.
The oeucus adjourned affer having
beep in session justfan hour, and hav
ing accomplished its results with prac
tical unanimity.
Would Not Stand the Test,
The Athens Banner believes like
The Tribune about that ruling in
reference to passing a bill over the
governor’s veto. It says:
“We do not believe that the ruling
of Speaker Jenkins, nor the sustain
ing of his ruling by the house of rep
resentatives, upon the vote passing
the anti-football bill over the gov
ernor’s veto is correct, or would stand
the test of the courts. ”
And we might say that the position
of The Tribune and the Banner is
endorsed by the ablest parliamenta
rians of the country.
Pay Your Small Debts,
To many people the payment of lit
tle debts is an annoyance,or else a mat
ter of such small consequence that is
does not matter if it be postponed.
And yet as a rule the people whom
these insignifieent sums are 'due are
the very people who can not afford to
wait indefinitely for their money. The
requisite change is not in the house,
and they are told to call again and
again by the debtor, who does not
stop to think of the inconvenience she
is occasioning. The Memphis Com
mercial-Appeal says that the amount
is so small that housekeepers do not
realize how necessary it is to the per
son who has earned it. She is unkind
and unjust through'thoughtlessness
rather than intention; but carelessness
may run into cruelty. If there is to
be any difference made in payments,
then the men and women who work
for shall wages should be more
promptly paid than, those who have
larger results from their labor. And.
the reason of this is obvious, for the
former can necessarily command less
credit; and. if not being able to
put by a reserve fund, they must make
their daily bread before they eat it.
The life of the small wage-earner is
hard enough without his having to
go, after work hours, to collect a back
debt.from some former employer tfho t
with very little trouble, could have
paid it at first. The prompt settle
ment of these seemingly insignificant
debts is not philanthropy nor charity;
it is simple justice.
"Mother" M’Kinley,
The. Birmingham News publishes
the following:
The entire civilized world sympa
thizes with the President of the Unittd
States in the death of his aged and be
loved mother, who passed peacefully
away at the family home in Canton,
Ohio, at an early hour yesterday
morning, after an illness of ten days.
The story of this good woman’s
life is a simple one and does not mate
rially differ from that of thousands
of other American mothers. A des
cendent of sturdy Scotch-German
stock, she possessed those sterling
traits which characterize her people.
Tbey make home happy and rear her
children in the path of rectitude
seemed to be her highest earthly am
bition.
Undoubtedly the home training
which her famous son received had
much to do with moulding his char
acter and fitting him to rise to the
I r jud position which he today holds,the
chief executive of the greatest and
grandest country in the world. Happily
THE ROME TH LB UN E, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1807
she lived to see him elevated to his high
office.
She shared in his ambitions and doubt
less counseled him wisely in times of
of doubt and uncertainty, when he was
climbing the ladder of fame. She saw
him become the leader of his party in
Congress, the governor of his . state and
finally elevated to the Presidency of the
Nation. And through it all he was to
her the same dutiful, devoted son.
The devotion of President McKinley
to his mother is one of the strongest
cords that binds to him the love and es
teem of the American people. The spec
tacle of the president of seventy millions
of people anxiously watching night- as
ter night beside her bed ? hoping against
hope that her life, already stretched far
beyond the period allowed to human,
would be further prolonged was beauti
ful in its pathos.
LAST LICKS AT LEGISLATURE
(Americus Herald)
The Rome Tribune is of the opinion
that the ruling of Speaker Jenkins in
regard to the number of votes necessary
to sustain or ride over the governor’s
veto will put a premium on non atten
dance in the legislature. Were two
premiums and a chromo placed upon
non attendance it is not likely that
many more would fail to attend than
has been the case during the present
session. Let each member be fined his
pay for each day that he falis to attend
to his duties and all will be there re
gardless of the rulings of the speaker.
(Brann’s Iconoclast.)
Georgia seems to think that when a
man is good for nothing elso in the uni
verse she sends him to the legislature
to make laws for the people.
(Charleston News and Courier)
The ways of the speaker of the house
of the Georgia legislature are as pecu
liar as those of the other members of
that surprising assembly. A few days
ago, when quorum was not present, he
addressed the doorkeeper as follows:
“Mr. Doorkeeper, go ye out into the
highways and hedges and summon all
absent members to this banquet hall.
Bring ye them in so that this public
feast may proceed.”
(Savannah News)
If there was ever a legislature less de
serving of praise than the one now in
session, it shouldn’t be mentioned, and
if there are to be any more like it. please
don’t have any more elections.
New Treasury Bills
Again it is announced that we are to
have a new issue of greenbacks. The
new designs ordered by the secre
tary of the treasury will be used for all
the greenback issues of the government,
namelj : sl, $2, $5, $lO, S2O, SSO, SIOO,
SSOO, and SI,OOO. A silver certificate
will be recognized from a $1 United
States note not only by the text of the
bill, but by the color of the seal and the
number, which are printed by the sur
face process. For instance,, the seal and
the number on the United States, note
will be red, the seal and the number on
the silver certificate blue, and the seal
and the number on the treasury note
some other positive color, easily distin
guishable from either blue or red. This
will enable the accounting officers of
the government, as well as the banks,
to recognize the character of the note,
although the general design will be the
same for all three, and when all, or
most of the paper money now in circula
tion, is retired and placed under this
plan, there will be but nine designs,
whereas now we have twenty-seven.
The Value of a Paper,
A Philadelphia magistrate the other
day released a prisoner who had been
arrested for stealing copies of a daily
newspaper from a neighbor’s doorstep,
holding that “the value of a newspaper
is so trifling that it could not be the
subject of larceny.”
This ruling has caused considerable
comment in the east and public opinion
seems to be divided as to its justice. It
seems to us that everything depends
upon the newspaper which was stolen.
If it was one of Gotham’s yelleow
journal’s, or even a saffron sheet pub
lished in Philadelphia, of course any
man who removed it from a neighbor's
doorstep must be regarded as a public
benefactor. But if it was a clean,
reputable, decent newspaper for the
home its price had no bearing whatso
ever ijpon its value subscriber, and
the man who purloined it should be
punished. The price of a newspaper
is no longer an infliction of its
worth. —Chicago Times Herald,
In a recent newspaper interview,
Gen. H. V. Boynton, a union veteran
and president of the Chickamauga
National park commission, said: “If
the pension lists could be printed,
every community in the land would
be disgusted with its revelations.
Wealthy men in large numbers would
be found upon it. Thousands would
be revealed whose disabilities were
only temporary, and so long since dis
appeared. A small army of men would
be discovered to whom their pensions
are in no sense a necessity.”
Mr. Butternut.
“Old Mr. Butternut, just from Brazil.
Is rugged and rough as the side of a
hill;
But like many a countenance quite as
ill favored,
He covers a kernel deliciously flavored”
Fancy Cranberries, black fruit
cake, Vanilla Wafers, Choc< late
Marshmsllows, Cake and Crackers,
Home-Made Mince Meat, Sweet
Peach Pickles, Cherry Quince and
Peach Preserves and peath butter,
Coxes, Coopers, Nelsons Chalmers
and Knoxes Gelatine. Currants,
Raisins and nuts fresh, Don’t for
get the good things at
LESTER’S
Old Postoffice Corner, Rome, Ga
Roark, the Jeweler,
Has received
another line of
FINE CUT GLASS
and Silver Novelties.
Just the tiling for
Bridal and
Christmas Presents.
317 Broad St, Rome, Ga.
M Al
IWOter
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This Won’t Happen
If you get your
Dressed Poultry. Beef Roast,
Beef Steak, Mutton, Ete.
From us. You won’t have trouble
like the desperate man in the above
picture.
Fresh Game, Fish and Oysters in
season. Give ,us a trial. The above
is strictly official.
CARNOCHAN & HARRIS,
316 Broad St. Rome, Ga.
J. F. Green & Co,
P
livery. Feed and Trade Stable!
Colclough’s old stand.
Broad St., Rome, G-a.
First class teams and Vehicles at reason
able prices. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Patronage solicited. Special accom
modations for wagons and stock deal
ers. Good attention by careful and
attentive help.
NEVIN OPERA HOUSE.
JAS, B. NEVIN, IXl)
Manager.
One Night Only,
Friday, December I7lh,
LINCOLN) CARTERS
Great Scenic Production
The Fast .Mail,
A I" »•' The Great Railroad Scene.
\ The Steamboat Race.
UL L The Dago Dive.
and Niagara Falls by moonlight,
the most realistic mechanical effect
ever produced.
Prices 25c, 75c and SI.OO.
Reserved seats at Trevitt’s Drug Store-
Practical, Useful
and Economicai.
Almost everybody wishes to be
economical and practical in the
selection of their
CHRISTMAS+PRESENTS
Almost at your own prices 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 Suits 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.
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 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
the taste. Try our 5 cent cigar.
J. T, CROUCH & CO,. 300 Broad St., Rome, Ga.
Economy Is The Road to Wealth!
Another route to Klondike!
By having your
Buggies, Carriages and Wagons
BUILT BY
H. J. KLASING’S.
I •
Repair work done promptly. If your horses don’t
travel right, give him a call. Corner South Broad and
Cemetery streets, Fifth ward.
Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy cures indigestion, Bad
Breath, Sour Stomach, Hiccoughs, Heart-burn.