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PEOPLE’S FRIEND
Rome, Ga.. Saturday, June 21, 1 5 73.
'■ - * MOSELEY, I
MARGIE F. MOSELEY, r Edlt( , rs .
REV. L. R. GWALTNEY, ’
ROME, GEORGIA.
Under the above head, we tind
the following complimentary no
tice of our city in a copy of the
North American Ih-e Journal,
which was handed ns by the
publisher, Mr. Moon, who, with
his bees, is the great centre of at
traction now at Judge Perry’s
office:
In a previous number of the Journal
we alluded to a visit through the South,
for the purpose of encouraging a more,
correct system of bee culture, as well
as to explain and to encourage the de
velopments and resources of the South,
which, to a certain extent, has been
neglected.
On the third of May we arrived in
the beautiful city of Rome, which is
located in the fork of the Etowah and
Ooostanaula rivers, which forms the
Coosa. The Coosa and Tallapoosa
rivers form the Alabama, which emp
ties into Mobile Bay, at Mobile Ala.
The Coosa is navigable from Rome to
Greensport, Alabama, a distance of
one hundred and eighty-five miles, at
all season of the year for large boats
running through a rich fertile country.
There is a company now organized
to open the Oostanaula and Etowah
rivers about one hundred miles above
Rome. The government has taken the
matter in hand to open a regular com
munication by water to New Orleans.
On the Great Western and Southern
Canal, now in contemplation, Rome is
the principal point, and must necessa
rily be a great steamboat center, as
well as railroad communication. It
already has two railroads, and two
more are being built, one of which
rui.s from St. Marks on the coast
of Florida, byway of Rome,
to Chattanooga and Cincinnati, Ohio.
When the other is completed, it will
form a direct communication from
Chaileston, South Carolina, to Mem
phis, Tennessee.
The contemplated canal, connecting
the Tennessee river with the Coosa, a
distance of thirty miles from Gunter’s
Landing' on the Tennessee river, to
Gadsden, Alabama, on the Coosa.
"When completed, it will form a con
necting chain with nearly all the lead
ing railroads and water communica
tions of the South, und making it
both convenient and accessible to the
north, east and west, which fortunate
ly gives Rome a central position to all
the above enterprises and advantages.
A great portion of Rome and its
vicinity has a rich fertile soil. It not
only grows, cotton, but is a gr eat agri
cultural country—good fruit and tine
crops.
Reports of Grain.—Wheat, 46 bush
els per acre; oats, 75 bushels per acre;
corn, 86 bushels per acre; potatoes,
365 bushels per acre.
Rome s a fine city of nearly six
thousand inhabitants. Her streets arc
broad and tine; her buildings are
principally brick, and nicely construct
ed, showing taste and enterprise. It
sustains four weekly papers, one tri
weekly, and one daily, two banks, one
rlloing mill, one nail factory, two stove
factories, blind and door factories, sev
eral manufacturing shops, a large num
ber of stores, millinery shops, etc. It
has two good hotels, well managed.
Rome is the headquarters of nine
iron furnaces, and about as many more
are in process of construction. *" Who
would not say that Rome is the center
of the great iron world ? They are
now shipping ore in the crude state to
Illinois und Ohio, at from 40 to 50 per
cent, less than can be had elsewhere.
The country abounds in the richest of
ores, minerals and timbers of all kinds.
It also has fine water power. Besides
all these great advantages it has one
of the finest climates in the world.
It is truly gratifying to see the inter
est being manifested by capitalists
from different sections of our country,
in developing the resources of these
valuable treasures. The people here
are both refined and intelligent, and
it s -Idoiu has been our fortune to
m<e with a more courteous and gen
erous people than in Rome.
The progress that is seen ranks
among the marvels < f the age. As the
prosperity of a country depends upon
her manufactures, her commerce, her
intelligence and Industries, Rome must
certainly be productive of great wealth
and a prosperous future.
We would like much to mention the
names of many of the business and lead
ing men of the city, but space forbids.
W e tind bee keeping has been great
ly m-glected. Bees seem to thrive and
d<> well in this place, and many are
kept, but they are kept poorly. * The
hivts are principally the common box
or log gum. The j>eop!e are anxious
to improve as well as learn the art or
system of improved bee keeping, and
are commencing in the right way.
When people read they will learn, and
we may look forward not f;.r distant
when we shall see a true system of bee
culture established throughout this
country, adding millions of dollars to
our country annually.
The honey gathered here is of a rich
quality, approximating near a wine
color. There are many kinds of honey
producing flowers, yielding large quan
tities of honey. A tree called the sour
wood we learn yields quantities of
honey. In some places poplar white
clover, etc. are abundant. Swarming
commences in April, but June is the
principal month. In our next we shall
give a more detailed account of bees in
this country.
Our friends will please bear in mind
that the Cherokee country of Georgia
and Alabama is to have an Agricultu
ral and Mechanical Fair Association of
.Rome, commencing the Sth of Septem
ber. Any one having articles to exhibit
v ill find it to their interest to send
them to the Secretary, or send at once
for a circular. Articles are now arriv
ing rapidly, and the Association will
be one of great interest. Mr. Thomas
J. Perry is the Secretary.
Making People Drnuk by Contract.
A Calcutta correspondent of the
Dundee Advertiser thus describes a
native publican and his establishment:
In the usual native hut, built of
bamboo poles, lined with bamboo
mats and covered with a thatch of
coarse grass, dwells a toddy seller, or
the publican of the district. Toddy
is drawn from one kind of palm tree.
A hole is made in the tree under the
branches, an earthenware pot is slung
underneath, and in a few hours a gal
lon of liquor is collected. As it comes
from the tree it is innocuous, but when
fermented—a process of rapid devel
opment—it becomes intoxicating. It
presents the appearance of milk und
water with u froth like a soufilee on
the top. The toddy-seller undertakes
to make people drunk by contract;
four annas, or sixpence sterling, is the
usual price for a strong-headed per
son. To increase the intoxicating
power of the toddy, the seller add H
the juice of some plants of a delete
rious nature. We have frequently
watched the process. Seated in front
of the hut on a mat,the party to be oper
ated on takes the liquid; he very soon
presents a hilarious appearance, enjoys
for a short time the delights of the
excitement, gradually tumbles over,
falls asleep, and awakes the most mis
erable looking creature imaginable,
forcibly reminding us,in the wild glare
of the eyes, of the inmates of a luna
tic asylum. Drunkenness is the most
common cause of insanity in this
country.
IMPROVEMENTS.
During our Sunday Ramble we only
saw three new buildings under course
of construction: The first one we
noticed was at the head of Broad street
on the right, adjoining Jas. T. Moore’s
dwelling lot, and all we could learn to
the contrary it belongs to that gentle
man. It consists of some half dozen
rooms,and when completed will be an
ornament to the upper portion of our
city.
Coming down the street our attention
was next called to a rather imposing
new building on our right, set back
from Broad a little distance, fronting
King street. We did not cross over
to examine this one, but suppose from
appearances, it contains four or five
commodious rooms. From appear
ances we judge this will be a decided
improvement to that neighborhood.
This residence, we learned, was being
constructed for Mrs. Meiggs.
Passing on down the left sidewalk,
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we had gone but a square, before we
found ourselves admiring the imposing
handsome, unfinished building of Col.
Stokes, situated at the corner of
Broad and Etowah streets. This
building has been, so far, and is now
being finished, under the personal
superintendance of the Colonel himself.
It consists of, or about, half dozen
rooms on the first, and four larger ones
on the second door. When the Col.
and his bride oe *upy this building,
they will have the gratification of
knowing it is one of the finest in the
city.
The Good Templars of Jasper had a
public celebration on the 6th.
Bee Keeper’s Convention.
; Rome, G ’., June 14. 1873.
Pursuant to a call quite a number oi
bee keepers met in convention this
morning'at tlio exhibition rooms of
the Fair Association.
On motion W. D. Davis, of Chat
tobga, was called to the Chair, and L.
C. Mitchell, of Floyd, requested to act
as Secretary.
The President called the Convention
to order gyid announced the same ready
for business.
An invitation was then given to all
who wished to become members to
hand iri their names, and fifty cents to
the Secretary. All present accepted
the invitation.
constitution.
Art. 1. This Association shall be
known as the Bee Keeper s Association
of the Cherokee country of Alabama
and Georgia, and shall meet annually.
Art. 2. The object of the Associa
tion shall be to promote and encour
age the interest of bee culture in the
South.
Art. 3. The officers of the Associa
tion shall be a President and one Vice-
President. from each county represent
ed in Georgia and Alabama, and an
Executive Committee, consisting of
five members, to be selected from the
members near where the annual con
vention meets, Corresponding Secreta
ry, and Secretary, and Treasurer,
whose duties shall be those usually
performed by such officers, and shall
be elected annually by ballot, and
hold their office one year, or until
their successors shall be elected.
Art. 4. Any person may become a
member by paying the sum of fifty
cents. Ladies admitted free, with all
the privi'e es of male members.
Art. 5. All committees shall be elec
ted by special resolution.
Art. 6. The annual Convention shall
be held at such time and place as shall
be designated by a majority vote of the
members present.
Art. 7. A special Convention may
be called at any time or place, at the
discretion of the Executive Commit
tee.
Art. 8. This Constitution may be
amended at any annual Convention
by a two-third vote of the members
present. >
The Convention then went into the
election of officers, which resulted as
follows:
PRESIDENT.
Prof. W. J. Borden, Oxford, Ala.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
Hon. W. H. Thornton, Talladega
county, Ala.; Hon. W. P. Howell, Cle
burne county, Ala.; Edmund Roberts,
Esq., Cherokee county, Ala.; Dr. J.
M. Worden, Calhoun county, Ala.;
Maj. J. D. McCann, Clay county, Ala.;
W. D. Davis, Chattooga county, Ga.;
Dr. J. W. Reeves, Gordon county, Ga.;
Dr. J. H. P. Brown, Richmond county,
Ga.; L. C. Mitchell, Floyd county, Ga.;
W. H. Hoge, Polk county, Ga.; Dr.
Wm. White, Fulton county, Ga.; B.
O. Henry, Walker county, Ga.; J. H.
Bard, "Whitfield county, Ga.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Hon. J. W. H. Underwood, Rome,
Ga.; Hon. A. R. Wright, Rome, Ga.;
Col. W. G. Gammon, Rome, Ga.; F.
Pence, Rome, Ga.; Capt. J. A. Stans
bury, Rome, Ga.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
CoL James F. Shanklin, Rome, Ga.
SECRETARY.
Thos. J. Pern-, Rome, Ga.
TREASURER.
Capt. C. O. Stillwell, Rome, Ga.
On motion it was resolved that the
first annual Convention of this Asso- ,
ciation Ixj held at the Fair Grounds
of the Agricultural and Mechanical
Fair Association of the Cherokee coun
try of Georgia and Alabama, on the 9th
day of September next, the second
day of the Fair, and that the Executive j
Committee be requested to make all
necessary arrangements for the Con
vention, and report topics in reference |
to bees, their management and cul
ture. for discussion during the said
Convention.
The President was requested to ad
dress a letter to all bee keepers in the
Cherokee country of Georgia and Ala
bama, setting forth the objects of the
Association and inviting their co-op
er.ition, and request them to attend
the next convention. 1
On motion the President was in-
! stracted to purchase the necessary
books for the Association.
Resolved. Thai each member, and.
especially the A ic> -iTt sid iits be, and
i are hereby requested to sec as many
bee keepers as they can, and solicit
their names and admission fees, and
forward the names, and funds to the
Secretary.
On motion it whs resolved, That wo
heartily recommend tile North Ameri
can Bee Journal, edited by A. F. Moon,
I of Indianapolis, Ind., to all bee keep
’ ers, as a monthly publication worthy
the support of ail bee keepers.
On motion, all papers favoring prac
tical bee culture in. the South are earn
estly requested to aid the Association
in its infancy by publishing these pro
ceedings and calling attention editori
ally to them.
-No further business the convention
1 adjourned to time and place indicated
j above.
W. J. Borden,
L. C. Mitchell, President.
Act’g Sec’y.
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The Ex-Empress Engetiix in Her Wid
ow’s Weeds.
The Empress Eugenie has returned
the visit made by queen Victoria to
Chiselhurst, and appeared at Windsor
in the second garb of widowhood—
that of the first having been doffed ac
’ cording to the French law of fashion
which regulates these matters. Until
this moment her imperial Majesty has
conformed to the French usage of
wearing no other stuff than that of
| woolen fabric, which is the first or
i deepest mourning. A heavy tissue
i called widow cloth, is Used for the
dress. Its lugubrious blackness, black
er than any other—without lustre,
without gloss—is considered the most
expressive of the first depth of sorrow.
Not a particle of trimming on the skirt;
no exuberance of jet upon the corsage,
as beheld in England, even in costumes
of the deepest mourning—no collar,
gloves of exceedingly ugly make of
filzolel, the wearing of which to a per
son of elegant habits, must be as great
a penance as the sackcloth and ashes
of the Jews. A long veil of peculiar
; crape, called tanus, unknown in Eng-
I land, covers the black crape cap, and
falls over the face in the mourning of
the severest etiquette; even the bonnet
is dispensed with, and the elegant
shawl or fashionable mantle is replaced
by the widow’s cloak, than which no
more mortifying garment was ever in
vented. But the second period of
mourning comes in—more indulgent
Jo the sorrow which is beginning to
‘ be softened into a more tender melan
; choly. And now the costume, although
i deeply mournful and still indicative of
the most poignant grief, admits of kid
gloves, and flounces to the dress, and
crape trimmings to the shawl. The
widow’s cloak, the widow's vail are
thrown aside, und the mantle of fash
ionable shape, always provided it be
of crape, is allowed, and the bonnet
resumes its duties, still without bugles,
but here and there a dull flower of
crape may be permitted to appear. It
is when the grief has subsided to this
second period in the French widow’s
bereaved soul that she is allowed to
make her first visits. Until then she
is never supposed to be seen abroad.
The carriage in which she is driven to
see her friends is covered with a cer
tain kind of crimped black cloth made
expressly for the purpose, so that no '
glittering varnish, no plated ornament
can be visible. All is dark and full of .
sadness. These draped coaches, as [
they are called, are, however, never
seen on the public drive any more than
the dress of deep mourning is beheld
in places of public amusement, so that
no one is saddened by contemplation
of the grief in which there is no share.
It was in the second term oi mourning
that her Imperial Majesty appeared at
Windsor —a small crape hat, with a .
wreath of crape flowers over the fore- !
head, and a large bow, with long float- '
ing ends behind; a shawl of plain black
caslimere covered with crape, with a
heavy fluted trimming of the same;
and a dress and tunic likewise of plain
black cashmere with folds of crape,
completed her costume. The Empress
Eugenie, has grown much stouter since
the Emperor’s death. Her counte
nance is fuller, and her hair more
scant upon the temples. She has lost
the harassed and perplexed look she
had worn long before the catastrophe I
at Sedan, and which had increased j
during the latter period of the Empe- |
ror’s life at Coiselhurst. The illustri
ous ladies remained in private confer- I
ence for nearly an hour. What was !
the subject of their talk ? Was it of '
the supposed re-appearance of the
Emperor in Paris according to the
correspondent of Figaro A\ as it of
the terms of his late Majesty’s will ? ■
Both matters would form a tolerable
budget of conversation if any were
needed. Was it merely the weather ?
That much has been a subject prolific
enough in itself; for during her Impe
rial Majesty’s visit every variety of
surprise was manifested, and literally
“it haled, it rained, it bl owed, it snow
ed,” sometimes by turns and sometimes
altogether.
The Great Family "DOMESTIC” 1
Sewing Machine, Received tie
Highest Premium at the
Rome Fair, 1872,
: Still Triumphant!
THE “LIGHT
"SOMESWtTF
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i TRY
The Quiet The Willing
“DOMESTIC. ” “DOM ESTIC,”
I The Reliable The Useful
‘ ‘DOM ESTIC, ’ ’ ‘ ‘DOM ESTIC, ’ ’
The Competent The “Domestic”
‘ ‘DOM ESTIC, ’ ’ ‘ ‘DOMESTIC, ’ ’
The Ready “The Domestic”
“DOMESTIC,” NECESSITY.
t
It is the “Domestic” you want. Do
not buy until you try the
“DOMESTIC.”
THE “DOMESTIC.”
i
Least difficulty in learning it.
Least skill required to use it
Least labor to work it
Least care to keep it in order
Least trouble to change it
Least changing required
Does fine work equal to any other
Does heavier work than others
Does heavy work easily
Does everything well- I
Does nothing ill or grudgingly
Gives satisfaction
Exceeds expectation
Works more easily than others, by half
It is much simpler than any other
It is quieter than others, Dy half
It keeps in working order with ordinary
care ; most others do not
It does the finest work perfectly
It does the heaviest work easily—heavier
than others can do at all
It gives the best satisfaction everywhere.
75,000 per year arc now being made of
the "Domestic,” Sewing Machine, at
almost the beginning of the campaign trade.
If tbeir business were organized as widely
as that of the old companies, 500,000 would
be sold per year. Works so easily that it
is working its way into families everywhere.
Perfect in its operations. Noiseless in its
movement. Can’t get out of tune. Will
wear a life time. The King of Sewing.
Machines, and fit for Queens to work on.
Works in all weathers. Ready when wanted
Don’t balk with a heavy load, nor run away
when going down hill. Not only a nice
carriage, fit for a smooth road, but like-
Paddy’s wheel-barrow, not afraid of ghosts.
Why do Agents for Machines run.
down the “Domestic?” It if because it’s
the Machine that hurts them.
The‘‘Domestic” is the youngest stand
ard Machine, only one year and a half old,
and it stands as No 4in sales. Two years,
from this it will be No 1.
A few days Trial Free. Every Machine;
"Warranted for Five Years. Can
vassers wanted. Branch Office,
Domestic Sewing Ma
chine Co., Rome,Ga.
W. A. Camp,
Manager.