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BETTY GREEN’S SON He Lo ks Very Carefully After His Mother's Interest. « HE BEGAN AT THE VERY BOTTOM But Has Worked Himself Up to a Berpon llbe and Honorable Business and Social Position. [Special Correspondence.) Dallas, Dec. 20.—Tipped baqlc in his armchair, with cigar rolling from one side of his rows of white teeth tq the other while he quietly but keenly surveys the visitor through his eye glasses, Edward H. R. Green looks more like a New York traveling man on his first trip than a railroad president. This is when he is “dressed up,” with immaculate shirt front, from which a big solitaire flashes, perfectly fitting coat and vest, razor creased trousers, with glossy patent leathers as a fitting climax to his toilet. But you may meet him in a suit of dirty blue overalls ex amining some part of a locomotive or superintending repair work in the round house of his line far out on the prairie land of northeast Texas. He is an “all round man, ’ ’ as railroaders say, a sort of Pooh Bah, who can do and is liable to be doing anything from president at a directors’ meeting to running a new locomotive on its trial trip. Mr. Green is a remarkable man and the only son of a remarkable woman. Mrs. Hetty Green, supposed to be the richest widow in America, is a familiar figure in New York and New Orleans, visiting brokers’ officesclad in a shabby dress and carrying a faded cotton um brella, which has now been immortal ized in newspaper sketches. Vainly en deavoring to conceal her identity, she has made herself a conspicuous object in the metropolis.. The fact that she has a son is unknown to many of her ac- ’ quaintances, hut she has one, and he is truly a self made man. You would know he was a New Yorker at the first glance. He has that decided manner of the great city which tells you he is purely busi ness and nothing else. His attitude to ward visitors, while frank and hearty, is so identical with the hustling broker of Wall street that the caller is im pressed with the fact that Mr. Green has no time to waste or words either. His life in Texas has also given him some of the bluff heartiness of the cat tleman and the ranch owner, although it is free from coarseness. He is certain ly a curious combination of the two sec tions of the country which have formed his surroundings and is one of the few men who can suit themselves to all sit uations and who can gain the friend ship of a bank president or a section hand with equal facility. The honor of being the youngest rail road president in the world has not been 1 HOWARD H. B. GREEN. long enjoyed by Mr. Green. He had to climb a stepladder to reach the position, and the rounds were far apart. Here is the story of a part of his career as told by an intimate friend—and he does not deny it. He graduated from Fordham college in New York state, not with any special honors, as he had gone there for. a “good time,” in the slang phrase, and though naturally bright had not given many hours to books. His taste of the gay world as a college-student was but partly satisfied. He wanted to travel, and hie mother turned over $12,000 to him for expenses. At the end of three months he returned with a half dollar to his credit. He had spent about SI,OOO per week, but he had gained considerable experience of the world outside college walls for a youth of 20. He asked his mother to se cure him a position. The keen old lady knew that small beginnings sometimes have great endingsand she “started ’’’ ECZEMA Most Torturing, Disfiguring, Humiliating Os itching, burning, bleeding, scaly skin and scalp humors is instantly relieved by a warm bath with Cuticura Soap, a single application of Cuticuba (oint ment), the great skin cure, and a full dose of Cuticura Resolvent, greatest of blood purifiers and humor cures. (uticura Remedies speedily, permanently, and economically cure, when all else fails. Pottkb Drug xwn Ch rm. Corp. Rnle Props., Boston* 98T “ How to Cure Every «kin and Blood Humor,** tree. PIMPLY FACES PUr 'ct?ricUKA , ’sOAP. br ' him as a foreman dh a" railroad in New England in which she was interested. His salary was $45 a month—nbout 4 per cent of his former weekly allow ance. He entered upon the work and at the end of the month had managed to spend his salary and contract as much more in debts. He asked his mother by telegraph if she would settle the debts. The reply came back, “Not one cent,” but, as he has since acknowledged, this treatment was what he needed. By rigid economy he succeeded in paying his indebtedness at the end of three months and as a reward he was appoint ed division superintendent, with SIOO per month. In this position he acquired practical ideas concerning all parts of a railroad and when he left the hills of Vermont and entered the service of the Pullman Car company, also as a division superintendent, young Green was able to do almost anything required of a rail way employee. About three years ago Mrs. Green found that she needed some one to look after a couple of what might then be called “fragments” of a line in the “black, waxy country” of Texas, nearly 500 miles northwest of New Orleans. Owing to litigation the road had been separated into two parts, and as trains were stopped at the division point, the system depending merely on the business from way stations, it was rapidly accumulating debts. Here was a chance for the college boy. He went out and took charge and today has one of the best paying railroads in the southwest, and one which is a model in every respect. It is not very long at present—only 125 miles—but it has a roadbed equal to any in this country, on which are laid 70 pound steel rails, over which trains of Pullman cars drawn by powerful locomotives and il luminated and, in fact, heated by elec tric apparatus are operated at a speed that sends them from one terminal to the other within two hours. But the railroad is only one of the matters for which Mr. Green is respon sible. Step by step has he progressed until he now has charge of all his moth er’s interests that are west of the Mis sissippi river, and they are understood to amount to $20,000,000, of which one half is in California. This necessitates his taking several trips a year to the Pacific coast Terrell, his home, is one of the mod el towns of Texas, and this is largely due to Mr. Green’s efforts. Ho is fond of fine horses and frequently in the evening takes a drive behind a pair of trotters over some of the paved streets which were put down mainly through his influence. He is interested in most of the local banks, has donated funds for several charitable and educational institutions and has made the Texans feel that he is one of them, even if he has control of a score of millions. And he is still unmarried. Although when Mrs. Green dies be will share fully $50,000,000 with hie sister Syl via, he has no ambition to have a yacht race on the sea of matrimony. Bachelor life seems to have the greatest charm for him, and it is a fact that the only female photograph -in his quarters is that of his sister, of whom he is very fond. Occasionally she takes a trip out to this prairie laud of the Lone Star State and visits “Brother Ned,’’who has christened one of the towns he founded Sylvia as her namesake. D. Allen Willey. A Clever Trick. It certainly looks like it, but there is really no trick about it. Anybody can try it who has Lame Back and Weak Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles. We mean he cm cure himself right away by taking Electric Bitters. This medicine tones up the whole system, acts as a stimulent to the Liver and Kidneys, is a blood purifier and nerve tonic. It cures Constipation, Headache, Fainting Spells, Sleeplessness and Mel ancholy. It is purely vegetable, a mild laxative, and restores the system to its natural vigor. Try Electric Bitters and be convinced that they are a miracle worker. Everv bottle guaranteed, Only 500 a bottle at Curry-Arrington Com pany’s Drug Store. THE HOLIDAYS. Mr. Munkittrlck Meditate, on Their Amenities. [Special Correspondence.] Summit N. J., Dec. 21.—The occa sional vagrant snowflake pirouetting through the silent ashen air' of the sil ver drab day tells us that Christmas ie again almost on hand. There is a feel ing of Christmas in the air that is as unmistakable as the real meaning of the pedagogue’s politeness to you on the street when he is aware of the fact that you have a small boy that will shortly be sufficiently ripe to go to school. The shop window is now the thing that is looked into by the young woman as though it were a looking glass, and it is a common thing for some women to exhaust an hour in trav eling over the short distance of a block on which six or eight stores are located. But even as the woman gazes upon the diamond ring, the sealskin sack and the suspended rug so does the small boy gaze long and fondly upon the latest toys that have been invented to make him happy, and where one boy is gazing into. the shop window there are about 20 companions helping him, and their remarks are critical and full of color. They form such a mob around the window and doorway of the toy store that the proprietor, instead of be ing pleased rind delighted, has to step out and threaten to send for a police man if they do not pass on. The plumber is composed of one great smile, and it is easy to conclude that he regards the world not as his oyster, but as his burst boiler. As he passes along the street every wayside tree is a Christ mas tree that showers presents in his lap. His soldering iron is a scepter, and he is as happy as a king. He can tell by the sensation of the wind on his nose and ears just how his patrons’ pipes aro standing the atmospheric test. By stick- THE ROME TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER SI, 18V7. ing his head out of th6 window just De- j fore retiring for the night he can make the finest kind of. a calculation upon the disasters of the night and what they I will yield him, and on this calculation he decides upon the amount of money | that he will be warranted in spending on a Christmas present. The only kind of a Christmas that he does not like is a warm one, in which respect his thoughts are identical with those of the coal deal er, who is longing to replace the flesh lost through the summer. Every man thinks the particular thing i in which he deals is just the thing for a Christmas present. Even the barber tells you a bottle of bay rum is the thing of things with the same face that a publisher employs in speaking of a luxuriously illustrated edition of a hun dred copies of “Keats” on Japanese pa per. And the barber’s boy has posted his Christmas box in the most conspicu ous place in the whole shop, and he cannot understand how it is that a regu lar customer can pass it, as one fre quently does, without seeing it. The waiters in the various restaurants are never so ostentatiously polite at any other time of the year as they are now. They smile upon you as though you were a wealthy relative. They do not keep you waiting half an hour for your food. They see that you get a choice cut, and never brush the crumbs from the table into your lap or gayly toss the check into your coffee. The rector’s wife is capering around gathering shek els to trim the tree and make every small boy and girl feel as haughty as a plumber or a fashionable dressmaker. And the tree is seen everywhere—in the shop window and on the street, where it is dispensed for a dime. Sprigs of it decorate the head of the equine that pulls the bobtailed cur as he flies over the shining pave like a courier of Christ mas. The picture of Santa Claus kangs averywhere, even in the bazaar of the barber, who is so full of love and grati tude at this festive season that he for gets that St. Nicholas persists in wear- j ing a long, full beard that he neither ; trims inn dyes, hot rather lets it g > its • Jwuwuj —as white as the Christmas aitowi rift, as white as the Christmas ; goose. R. K. Munkittrick. Christmas Grect’ngs. The Cnristmas spirit is crowding out afl other thoughts these days, and the glorious unselfishness es “peace on earth and good will io men” will within the next week, take possession of every one. Tre hard times, whic£ are never more felt than at Christmas time, are no longer heard of, and the appearance of all the Broad street stores indicates a heavy Christmas trade. One great dan ger in Christmas shopping is leaving things until too late. One is apt to think that prices will be reduced toward the last, and the consequence is that what one wants is gone, and you will have to chase around and fiid a cheap substi tute. If yon are wise, and see an article you want, it is best to buy it at once, for as sure as it is left on the counter to be re duced, some one else will come along and carry it off. * * » At a meeting of young ladies (domes tically inclined) last week, one girl was painting an exquisite gift for one of her golf loving friends—a score book, on a pale blue satin cover, painted in white violets. The book was attached to blue satin ribbons, which were to be worn at the belt, and a small pencil finished the gift. The score book can be removed when it is full and a fresh one substi tuted. These scores are always interest ing souvenirs. * * • When one is buying a Christmas gift for each] member of the family and many friends, she must not imagine that the custom is entirely an out growth of the Christian church. The custom is older than Christianity. New festivals were not invented by the Christians, but pagan ones were altered to suit the occasion. * * * “What on earth to’give a man?” is an agonizing cry that comes from many women. Married men must submit to receiving anything for the house; pillow shams, lambrequins and lace curtains are to be enthused over and paid for as a token of affection from a devoted wife, but few women enjoy, as a Christmas gift, anew range, a book case for the busband’s law books or such things. ...*»» Women all love personal gifts, and so do men, if the truth is to be told. If nothing else, gloves are a nice present for a man, handkerchiefs or neckties. It is happiness to think of the joy that is coming to the children and the an nual visit of old Santa Claus. Their eyes dance with joy and pleasure and they spent the afternoon’s in the stores and go home at night to dream of sugar plums. This is one time in the year when every one is thinking ot some one else; when everything is unselfishness. Especially is this true of tbe children of the household. Every kind and loving parent has laid away some secret treas ure for their loved little ones. Many new toys are seen in the local shops. Biliousness Is caused by torpid liver, which prevents diges tion and permits food to ferment and putrify in the stomach. Then follow dizziness, headache, Hood’s insomina, nervousness, and, _ If not relieved, bilious fever KTm - H ■ or blood poisoning. Hood’s 111 Pills stimulate the stomach, ■ ■■ ■ rouse the liver, cure headache, dizziness, con stipation. etc. 25 cents. Sold by ail druggists. The only Pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Catarrh to Consumption Catarrh invariably leads to consump tion. Growing worse and worse each winter, those who rely upon the usual treatment of sprays, washes and inhal ing mixtures find that it is impossible to check the disease with these local applications which only reach the sur face. The offensive discharge increases . all the while, and gets deeper until it is only a question of a short time when the lungs are affected. The importance of the proper treat ment can therefore be readily appre ciated. But no good whatever can be expected from local applications, as such treatment never did cure Catarrh, and never will. Being a blood disease of the most obstinate nature, Swift’s Specific (S.S.S.) is the only remedy which can have the slightest effect upon Catarrh. It is the only blood remedy that goes down to the bottom of all stub born diseases which other remedies i-annot reach. Mrs. Josephine Polhill, of Due West, S. C., writes: “I had such a severe case of Catarrh that I lost my hearing in one ear, and part of the bone in my nose sloughed off. J was constantly treated with sprays and washes, but each f winter the dsease VEa seemed to have a firmer hold on me. aZ I had finally been declared incurable when I decided to trY s - s - s - H kCWWoF ’ seeme d to g etr *gkt 'till Off o £ disease, and cured me permanently, for I have had no touch of Catan h for seven years.” The experience of Mr. Chas. A. Parr, of Athens, Ga., was like that of all others who vainly seek a cure in local treatment. He says: “For years I suffered from a severe ease of Catarrh, the many offensive symptoms being ac- xAMtek. cbmpanied by severe jw vsaPfjk pains in the head. I ■ ' A cook several kinds of Jr medicines recoin- tj mended for Catarrh, x- ind used various local j ipplications, but they fiad no effect whatev sr. I was induced :ake S. S. S. (Swift’s Specific) and after four months I was perfectly well, and have never felt any effects of the disease since.” Those who have had the first touchof Catarrh will save endless suf fering by taking the right remedy at the outset. Others who have for years sought relief and found only disappoint ment in local treatment will find it wise to waste no further time on sprays, washes, inhaling mixtures, etc., which are only temporary, and cannot save them from dreaded Consumption. They should take a remedy Which will cure them because it can reach their trouble. S.S.S. is the only blood reme dy which can reach Catarrh; it promptly gets at the very bottom of the disease, and cures it permanently. S.S.S. (Swift’s Specific) is a real blood remedy, and cures the most obstinate cases of Catarrh, Rheumatism, Conta gious Blood Poison, Cancer, Scrofula and Eczema, which other so-called blood remedies have no effect upon whatever. S.S.S. is the only blood remedy guaran teed Purely Vegetable and contains no mercury, potash oi other dangerous mineral. Books will be mailed free by Swiss Specific Company, Atlanta, Georgia. SSOO Reward! WE will pay the above reward for any case of Liver Complaint. Dyspepsia, Sick Headache In digestion Constipation or Costiveness we cannot cure with West’s Vegetable Liver Pills, when the directions are strictly complied with. Thev are purely Vegetable, aud never fail to give sat isfaction. Sugar Coated. Large boxes, 25 cents Beware of counterfeits and imitations. The gen uine manufactured only by THE JOHN C. WEST COMPANY. CHICAGO, ILL. For sale by Curry-Arrington Co. The Rosy Freshness I And a velvety softness of the skin is inva- I riably obtained by those who use Pozzoni’b I Complexion Powder. f VIM, VIGOR. VITALITY RESTORED JO DAYS. Good Effects at Once. CATON’S VITALIZES , Cures general special debility, wakefulness, spermatorrhoea, emissions, impotenty, pare sis, etc. Corrects functional disorders, caused by errors or excesses, quickly restoring Lost Manhood in old or young, giving vigor and strength where former weakness prevailed Convenient package, simple, effectual, and legitimate. The Cure is duick and Thorough. Don't be deceived by imitations: insist on CATON’S Vitalizers. Sent sealed jf your druggist does not have it. Price $1 per pkge, 6 for $5, with written guarantee of complete cure. Information, references, etc., free and confidential.. Send us statement of case and 25 cts. for a week’s trial treatment. One only sent to each person. CATON MED. CO.. Boston, Mash. M. A. THEDFORD’S VZEG-ZB TTT ZE?, ZE ran I dyspepsia / rnj* I Sick cr Indigestion W** WfewfffF- Sourness oF'gpgMSgWlSyEoss de Stomach Appetite None Genuine Without The Likeness Ano fiIONATURE OFM.A.THEDFORO ON FroNTOP acn Wrapper. M.A.Theoford Meo.@- ■ Rome.ga. I AT COST SALES Retiring from Business or another kind of sales are not in it when compared to the sale’ we will make in THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS! Suits, Overcoats and Trousers Choice of any suit in our house for sl2 50. They are worth from $16.00 to $20.00. 150 Good All-Woolen Suits, new and stylish patterns, for $6.50, worth $10,00! Our Entire Line of Trousers at prices that have never been matched in Rome, We don’t intend to carry over any winter clothing and are determined to make this the biggest sale ot big bargains ever seen in Rome. Come and see us, J. A. GAMMON & CO., New Stock of Short Pant Suits just Received, - _ B Your Physician Aims To put all his knowledge, experience and skill into the prescription he writes. It is an o r der for the combination of remedies ycur case demands. Pure and Reliable. He cannot rely on results unless the ingredients are pure and reliable and are properly compounded. Bring your prescriptions to the ROME PHARMACY, Where is carried one of the best stocks of drugs in town, and a complete line of Squibbs’ Shemicais for prescription use. Everything of the purest quality that money can buy or experience select Prescriptions compounded By a careful and experienced prescriptionist. Everything at reasonable prices. ROME PHARMACY, 309 Clark Building, Broad Street, 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. Repair work’done promptly. If your horses don’t travel right, give him a call. Corner South Broad and Cemetery streets, Fifth ward. JOHN H. REYNOLDS. President. B. I. HUGHES, Cashier. P. H. HARDIN, Vice-President. FIRST NATIONAL BANK HOME, GEORGIA. Capital and Surplus $300,000- All Accommodations Consistent With Safe Banking Ex tended to Our Customers. 3