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PEOPLE’S FKIEKD Rome, Ga., Saturday, June 21, 1873. *• B - «• M “““> ) Associate MRS. MARGIE P. MOSELEY, - REV. L. R. GWALTNEY, ) - >• Oommxiiiication from an Wert. Van Wert, Ga., June 10, 1873. Editors PeofSs Friend: Bear Friend: —It may not be entire ly without interest to some of the many I readers of your friendly pages, to see something relative to the cause of hu manity in this part of the temperance ■ vinevard. About ten months since, Providence ! or some other good friend of the tem perance cause, diverted the steps of our esteemed and honored brother, Dr. Rosier into our midst with charter and books and ail the etc., necessary to organize a lodge of Good Templars. At first the prospect seemed to be rath er gloomy, but the strong faith of this faithful soldier and apostle of Tem perance seemed to inspire hope and instill confidence in the hearts of his more timid brethren, and we were will ing to try and see what could be done. So the banner of faith, hope and char ity was flung to the breeze, and the seige commenced with two of those forcible and strongly argumentative ' lectures that he is always capable of giving. So successful was he in di recting his fire and in pouring hot shot into the strong holds of the enemy that their batteries were, for the time, completely silenced. Not the sound of a gun was heard or the appearance of ascending smoke was seen above their parapet. The result was that Eureka Lodge was organized with twenty members, about half of whom were ladies. We were then with our mus ter-roll of twenty regularly mustered into service for the war, ami left to skirmish with the enemy as best we | could. As to the success we have met ■ with in these skirmishes it may be seen in the number upwards of eighty ; upon our roll as well as in other good t results plainly visible in our commu- I nitv. The principal guns that have been fir ed at us from the enemies lines since the openingof the campaign have been loaded with the desponding cry of fail- j ure; saying that other temperance or ganizations, have arisen and flourished in this community for a time but have j soon died out and left no permanently , good results. The little falsehood that i this carries upon its face has to a con- . siderable degree diluted its strength. ; But true or false the continued upward and onward march of Good Templar- ; ism has about silenced that battery. Another masked battery commenced , to play upon our lines not long since j by telling our people that ours was , not strictly a white-man's order, Ac., . Ac. This battery, however, soon ex- ; ploded, and the recoil did more harm to its supporters than the fire did to the templar forces. It was indeed a masked battery for . it was fired from some dark ravine that has not yet been fully explored. Had it come out in open daylight and met us in the open field the very first fire from Art. 3dof our Constitution would have demolished it. A short time since it u as agreed that we in connection with the Rock Mart and Van Wert Sabi atii Schoo's would have a celebration. Accordingly com mittees of arrangements were appoint ed by our lodge and the schools which fixed upon the 31st of May a> the time for this grand demonstration at which t ime we expected no longer to be k i. >wn as mere skirmishes in the great tem perance army but be inarched to the front under the gallant lead of our com mander in chief. Judge Underwood, who was selected as temperance orator for the occasion. Failing in this we endeavored to secure the services of bis Secretary of war, Brother Robin son Other engagements prevented Ins coming of which we did ne t learn until it was feared that we might p. s>i bly be without a sjH-aker for the eec:>- lom In time, however, to prevent a failure. Rev. Mr. Brooks, of Floyd, was seen by the committee, and he consented to speak for us. So on the day fixed at an earl;.' h »ur a long proc ->ion of Sabbath > fiools and Good Templars was formed and with floating banners with appropri ate mottoes took up the line of march to the scene of action, a beautiful grove near the young and thriving city of Rock Mart. To do justice to all the exercises of the occasion is a task too great for my feeble pen to attempt. It is sufficient to say that all of the speakers acquit ted themselves most nobly, while the singing by the two schools was de lightful, animating, and soul-stirring, evincing the fact that among the many good lessons taught the science of mu sic had by no means been neglected. One interesting and novel feature in this department was the singing of some songs by the Welch members of the Van Wert Sabbath school in their own native tongue, and though we could not tell a single word they sang, we felt that nothing but sacred and appropriate words could be set to such Heavenly music. The speakers for the Sabbath schools were AQ'. Ataway, of Rock Mart and R v. Mr. Headen and Rev. Mr. Millner, of Cartersville. Ga. Their speeches were all delivered in a style so captivating as to hold spell-bound the large and appreciative audience present to hear them. The speakers, while saying a great many good things in favor of Sabbath schools, did not fail to put in a few heavy licks in favor of temperance, by clasping it a co-work er with them in the great work of moral reform, and bysome happy allu sions to the in jtto inscribed upon our banner, which is, Pi ‘claim the fallen and save andfr:>m falling. The Sabbath school speeches, songs, Ac., lasted until the hour for dinner, when that very important part of the programm was announce 1, an i all were iiivi. d to tables 1 >aded with those goof hings that tempt the ap petite and satisfy the cravings of the inner-mam ‘'All did eat and were filled." or if they did notit was their own fault for there was plenty and to spare, and all fixed up in that peculiar style which has given renown to the noble women of this noble old Euharlee '. alley. Dinner being over, the congregation was again invited to the stand for a grand temperance rally, when after singing that good old battle song of the Good Templars, “we are gather ing for the conflict,” our speaker was introduced, and well and faithfully did he perform his part. He placed the temperance cause in its true light and position while by appropriate anec dotes he assigned drunkenness and drunkard making to that position that society, and the good of our race de mands that it should occupy. At the conclusion of this speech the list was opened for recruits, to the temperance army, when quite a number enlisted, eleven of whom met at the lodge room on the evening of the same day and were regularly mustered into service. Others have been initiated since, and still others are awaiting our next reg ular meeting, and we feel inspired with a stronger hope for the cause than ever before. We know that our people need no other beverage than that so bountifully supplied by these sparkling springs and purling rills that d ish their sparkling waters from the sides of those grand old mountains, that envizion us ri-zlit in our midst, forming the ’< autiful Eu harlee that winds its way like a silver thread thr< ugh this lovely valley. We feel that our people are and of right, ought to be free from the reign ing curse of Alchohol. And in the name and right of humanity v.. maim, ami with the smiles an 1 aid of lovely women and the blessing of God, shall hold this lovely laud as ours. A T* Mrr.AR. The last words of George Driver, lately executed for murder, worn nrm an excellent text fur a temperance tract. S<l:ing the ropt and m-ldii fit uu before those assembled t > him executed, he said: “M hiskv has done this for me. When any of ' >u take drink hereafter, tifink of this I >pe and remember me. It is whisky that can—s : r-. crime and mi-» ry than anything ei- . ■ ’ th it ill i k Om - f 1874. Rome Hotel. This hotel, which has been late ly refitted, and repaired, is one of the best stopping-places both for transient and permanent boarders that we have met with in our travels through the State. Being very convenient to the depot, in j fact less than one hundred yards t distant, it is the most desirable • hotel in the city lor travelers, as they are never in any danger of being delayed in their journey. Mr. J. A. Stansbury, the proprie tor, is one of the most polite and attentive gentlemen that it has been our trend fortune to meet with. In addition to this, the rooms arc arranged to secure com fort as well as convenience, and this, together with the polite and attentive servants, the nearness ’ io the business part of the city, and above all the good cheer which is set forth in the greatest abundance “three times a day,” attests to its worth as a boarding house for the business men of the city. We have never made a tour of inspection through the house, but one cannot but be struck with the tasteful and even luxurious finish and arrangement of the parlor and dining-room, and we infer from this that the remainder of the house is finished in propor tion. The outside arrangement has not suffered on account of the inside. The balcony in front with the breezes from the river contin ually playing upon it, is a fine , place to sit and enjoy the beauti i ul scenery down the Coosa,gilded by the rays of the setting sun, etc. Try the Home Hotel one time, and if yon are not satisfied, all we have to say is, you are hard to satisfy. See Advertisement. “Strawh; Suicides.” —We have been iipc.il oibCL. to clirouiclu events of a ciiutre.jsmg nature; but among the mostpaimiui duties, which come within the province of journalism, is to record the commission of that fearful sin to ward Him who has “set his canon gainst self-slaughter.” We notice from the Boston Globe a half column of horrors under the caption of “strange suicides,” among which were five directly traceable to the use of ar dent spirits, and one only seventeen years of age. Do not these things call loudly for reform and a suppression of gambling and drinking hells? We sincerely wish that tiie law throughout the land would make it a requisite to obtaining a license to sell liquor, that the signatures of the surviving relatives of all suicides in the place be obtained, approving the petition. Sedalia, since ISGB, has had eleven suicides and four attempts, and, with a single exception, we fa.il to see any thing “strange in them. Let us hope i for b >tter things. O! that men should ' put into then mouths that which will stc • 1 away their I>rains. — 7’ #;-• Lot:.- vjt.ee, Ga., Jun' 10, 1-73 I DimTHER Mo .e.'.l:: —I initiated mght persons la t night in our lodge; we ire making giganl druggies. Yom , in F. H. A C„ J. J. Keith. | j Brother Keith’s letter containing the cash for ten subscribers.. Who else will send us the same.—Ed. ROMS HOTEL, (FORMERLY TENNESSEE HOUSE.) _ J. A. STANSBURY, Proprietor. wiysHiF I E A'l th- K.iilroi l. rr,-v-n:“n to ‘he W’.-i-f, U:c Ju.jflF-K pjin f>t tl e Cilj. I.u .eeti Ke-;: :-j All Baggage Haadl-d Free of Charge. K.tue, Juue '1 -if NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A n SAM PLEs sent by mail forsoe that retail quick t’.,r R- L. WOLCOTT, 131 Cnathaussquare,N. Y. W Ji S s ranted to cure AGUE in all its forms—our Ague Medicine, Kress I’Vver Tonic. A box of PH i.S free with every bottle. It cures by cancellini' Aaue wis'Hl is: the l»>. »•■! and earrvitig it out of the system. Try it! JU. C. H.-JM/LTOIV V CO., Cincinnati, Ohio. (June 7,4 w.) NUMEROUS lEdTS HAVE PKOVED □ F. Burnham’s New Turbine /I A aS WATER AVHEEL To Lc die Best Ever Invented. jjj Pamphlet free. Address, York, Pa. 4»v Working Class X r wk or g u~d.’ Respectable at home day or evening; no capital required; fuh instructions and valuable packase of goods s-nt t're- bv mail. Address with six cent return -Unin, M. YOUNG & CO., 173 Greenwich street, New York. 4w Negl eut a Nothing is nu>re certain to l.iy the foundation for future nvii cons* WELLS" CARBOLIC TABLETS. are a sure cure for all the diseases of the Respiratory Organs, Sore Throat, Holds, Croup, Diph'lieria, Asthma Catarrh, Hoarseness, Dryness of the fhroa’, Windpipe, or Bronchia! Tubes and al! diseases of the Lungs In all cases of sudden col.i, however :ak“ti, these TABLETS should be promptly an i freely used. They equalize ti e circulation ot'ttie blood, mnigate the se e.-rity ot the attack, and will, tn a very snort time, re store healthy aeriort to the affected organs. W« Hs’ Carbolic Tablets’are put up only in Wue .Wes. Take no substitutes, if they can't be found aty*>ur druggist’s, send at once ty theagertin Aeic 10r.'. - who wil' forward them by return mail. Don’t be Deceived by Imitations. Sold bv i ruggists. Price 25 cents a box. JOHN Q. KELLOGG, 18 Piart st, New York, oend for circular S ole Agent for Un’ted States. Write for Illustrated Price List. Address RITSBUHGH Breech-loading Shot Guns, S4O to S3OOO, Double Shot Guns, $8 to $l5O, Single Gun;, $3 to s'l. Rities $75, Resolvers, $6 to $25, Pistols, tjil to SB, Gun material. Fishing Tackle. Large discount to Dealers or Chibs, e?rmy Gun-, Revolvers, &c., bought or traded for. Goods sent bv express C O Oto be examined before j>a;.| for. 12,000,000 Acres! CHEAP FARMS! The cbeaoest Land in the marketfor sale by UNION PACIFIC R. R. COMPANY In the Great Platte Valley. 3,000,000 Acres in Central Nebraska Now fur sale iu tracts of forty acres and upwards on live and tea yens credit at 6 per cent. No advance interest required. Mild and Healthful climate, fertile sol!, an abundance of Good water. THE HEST MARKET IN THE WEST! The great mining regions of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Neva da being supplied by the farmers in the Platte Valley. SOLDIERS ENTITLED, TO A B.OMESTEAD OF ISO A ores THE BEST LOCATION FOR COLONIES. FREE HOMES FOR ALT.. Millions of acres of choice Government Lands open for entry under the Homestead Law, near this Great Railroad, with good markets and all t'.ie conveniences of an old settled country. Free passes to purchasers of Railroad Land. Sectional Maps, showing the land, also new edition of Descriptive Pamphlet with new maps mailed Free everywhere. ' Address C. F. DAVIS, ' Land Cotninissior.er U. P. R. R., Omaha. Nkb. $50,000 FOR $2!!! Grand Gift Concert of the MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSO'N. OF THE CITY OF LEAVENWORTH KANSAS. In accordance with the act of the Legislature, and their Articles of Incorporation, the. Board of Directors announce their first Grand Gift Concert and Distribution by lot among the ticket holder of »<33'J,555 lIV CASH at LAING’S HALL, Leavenworth, on the 25th day of June. 1873,f0r rhe lx nefit of th') Library. 31,W33 Casti UiH* ain’tlug to $33*4,553 'I his enterprise is endorsed by the Governor. Secreta ry of State, Auditor of Mate, Superintendent of Public lustruct.on. Tr—isurer of State, Mayor and common Council of Leavenworth, and ml lending business men of the state, and the certainty of the distribution and payment of gifts, as advertised, is fully guaranteed, Tickets $2 each. 3 for $5. 6 foe $lO. Memorandum of Cash Gifts t> be distributed June 25th,1873. ()ue grand cash gift 150,000 One grand cash gift 40,000 One grand cash gift 35,000 One grand cash gift 30,000 One grand cash gift 25,000 One grand cash gift 20,000 One grand cash gift 15,000 One grand cash gift 12,000 One grand cash gift 10,000 One grand cash gift 8,000 One grand cash gift 5.U00 One grand cash gift 3,000 One grand cash gift 2,500 For balance cf priz.’s sen I for circular. This concert is ui. ier the supervision •ind direction of the following Board of Directors: <’ H Durfee, Merchant, W O Gould, City Engineer, H LNewman Banker, PG Lo we Capitalist, H D }’u>!i Lumber, C R More head Merchant, H W Gidet Merchant. J Is Wever M D. G F Prescott Commercial, J W English Lawyer. J B Kif hm Farm er. C M di-r (.Abhier Ger. 88, E T Carr Architect. E II President, H L Newman Vice | President, Geo. F Prescott Sec, C Moller Treasurer. The weii known character of the Direc tors of the Mercantile Library Association and th? c-. ’ rsement pretented, is a suffi cient guarantee to all absent stock-holders that the'r interest-i wi! bi* ful y guarded and protected. A'.'corre-pondence - r rictly confidential, and any person drawing a prize nee i not be known utr-’-- they -o des in.'. Tickets drawing prizes cashed on sight. Tliis is the grandesc. salost and best en terprise eve- pr . I to the public. Official lists of winning number- sent to purchas?rs of" tickets immediately after the distribution. For information and tickets address BAMBE V ‘;E & CO.. Gen’l Ag ts, 35 Liberty Street. New York. ’Tickets sent C O D at our expense- Agent, wanted. Liberal Commissioni paid. 4w Tksents Wanted. Semi for Add.-ear “DOMESTIC” SEWING MACHINE ,N. V. The startling drawback on nearly all me dicinal agents has ever been that in their process of purgation and purification they have also debilitated the system. To obvi ate this difficulty physiciins have long sought for an agent that would PURGE, PURIFY & STRENGTHEN AT OXE AND THE SAMK TIME. Their research has at last been rewarded by a discovery which fully realiaes the fondest desires of the medical faculty, and which is justly regarded as the most im portant triumph that Pharmacy has ever achieved. This important desideratum is DR. TUTT’S VEGETABIoE LIVER I‘ILL. Which purify the blood and remove all corrupt humors and unhealthy accumula tions from the body, and yet produces no weakness or lassitude whatever, but on the contrary tones the stomach, invigorates the body during the progress of the operation. They unite the heretofore irreconcilable qualities of a Strengthening Purgative and a Purifying Tonic. Dr- Tutt’s Pills are the most active and searching medicine in existence. They at once attack the very root of diseases, and their action is so prompt that in an hour or two after they are taken the pa tient is aware of their good effects. They may be taken at any time without restraint of diet or occupation ; they produce neither nausea, griping or debility, and as a fam ly medicine they have no rival. Price 25c a box. Sold bv all drugeista. Office 18 and 20 Platt St., New York. «m ST ill I 13 3 d Is the most powerful cleanser, strengthener aii'l remover of Glandular Obstructions known to Ma teria Medica. » It is specially adapted to constitutions “worn down” aud debilitated by ilie warm weathei of Spring and Summer, wlieu the blood is not in circulation, consequently, gathering impurities from sluggishness and imperfect action of the secretive <-rgaiis, ni.d Is manifested by Tumors, Eruptious, Blotches, boils, Pustules, Scrofula, Ike. When weary aud languid from overwork and dullness, drowsiness and inertia take the place ot'ener gy and viaor, the system need-a Tonic to build it up and lietp the viial forces to regain tlieir recuperative power. In he heat of Summer frequently die Liver am Spleen do not properly perlojiu tnetr functions; the Tterine and Urinary organs are inactive, producing weakness of the stomacti and intestines and a predispo sition to bilious derautr'inent. 13 K. W 1C L L S ’ EXTRACT OF JURUBEBA. is prepared directly from the SOUTH AMERI GAN PLANT, and ts peculiarly suited to all these difficulties; it will cleanse the VITIATED BLOOD, strengthen the LIFE GIVING I’OWERS.andREMOVK ALL OBSTRUCTION from IMPAIRED AND EN FEEBLED Organs. It should he freely taken, as Juruoeba is pronounced by medical writers the most efficient PU RIFIER, IONIC and DCOBSTRUENT known in the range of medicinal plants. JOHN. Q. KELLOGG, 18 Platt-st., New York Sold by druggist-. Sole agent for Hie United States. Price One Dollar per bottle. GETTYSBURG KATALYSINE WATER. The United States Dispensatory.— the authorized record of our Materia Medi ca —classes this water with the most re nowned of the Alkaline or Carbonated Springs of Europe. It far excels any other known in its self-preserving properties. It does not deteriorate by bottling and keep ing. While we believe it will be difficult if at all, to find a well-authenticated cure of chronic disease by any other natural miner al water away from its source, thousands of the most remarkable cures have been effected by the Katalysino Water after it had been bottled and sent from the spring. Certainly it is not claimed for any other mineral water in the Old or New World the power to dissolve the urates or so-called chalk stones in the body or on the limbs and joints. This the Gettysburg Kataly sine Water has done in hundreds of instan ces. Gout, Rheumatism. Neuralgia. Dyspep sia. Gravel, Diabetes. Kidney and Urinary diseases generally have yielded to its influ ence. It Las restored muscular power to the Paralytic, cured Abdominal Dropsy, and given healthy action to the torpid Liver. Chronic Diarrhoea, Piles, Constipation, Asthma, Bronchitis. Catarrh, Diseases of the Skin, General Debilily and Nervous Prostration from mental and physical ex cesses, have all disappeared under the in fluence of this great MEDICINE OF NATURE It is a powerful antidote to the effects of excessive eating or drinking. It corrects the stomach, promotes digestion and relieves the head almost immediately. Pamphlets containing a history of the Spring, analysis ot the water, reports from eminent Physicians and medical writers, together with well-attested cures and testi monials from distinguished citizens will be furnished and sent by mail on application to Whitney Bros., Gen’l" Agents, 22T South Front St, Philadelphia. For sale by Druggists and Dealers in Medicices. FINE POULTRY! I ant p -p -’1 to fuaibii any one with Poultry, Feta. Do;s a;.J 3;. t-, very ciirap. -4ppi; at thia office. TOLBEBT STRICKLAND. June 11, ftf.