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CIIAITOOGA NEWS;
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tl OO Pi Advance.
J. W. CAIN,
Editor and Proprietor.
MISS EDNA CAIN,
Associate Editor.
Summerville, Ga., Sep. 30, 1896-
Entered at HurnmervUle P. O. as se<
ond class matter.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Senator 42nd District.
WESLEY SHROPSHIRE.
For Representative.
11. Y. Rl DICIL.
DR. LEWIS’ STAND
Agrees “With Dr. Candler in His
Attitude on Prohibition.
Dr. Walk r Lewis, the eminent
AL thodist minister and presidin'.'
older, stands squarely with Dr.
Warren A. Candler in his attitude
in the matter of injecting the pro
hibition question into the state
campaign.
Ho opposes it. As a prohibi
tionist ho deprecates the political
effort to make prohibition the cry
of any single party: it is a princi
ple, he says, which should appeal
tinu nof 4111 parties alike, lb
says there is no difference that hi
can sen between Governor Atkin
son and Ills antagonist, Seaborn A.
Wright, in (heir position on tin
prohibition question. Either, hi
deelaivs, would sign a prohibition
bll if such should be passed
by the next legislature; conse
quently ho will vote for Governor
Atkinson.
"I predicted two years ago,” says
> Dr. Dewis, “that Governor Atkin
son would make a governor of
whom the state would be proud.
He has verified that prophecy and
provui that ho is deserving of any
honor that the state may be
stow.”
Dr. Lewis behoves that the in
jection of the prohibition question
in the state campaign.by the Pop
ulists may have theefl’ectof injur
ing the cause of prohibition in
Georgia. Already four-fifths oi
the counties in the state are pro
hibition counties, and by making
the Hsuo of state prohibition Dr.
Lewis fears that the counties al
►ll be endangered. He
ys, the slower course
mi. By it he thinks
may bo adopted in
io counties of the
on think of fusion in
t will bo hurtful and
to prohibition. No
which needs all the
he best element of
can ever bo made a
no party's platform
without alienating many of its ad
herents in other parties. I fully
sympathize with the object of the
fusionists, as far as respects put
ting the saloons out of Georgia.
Tl e patience of a long suffering
people toward these relics of bar
barism is well nigh exhausted.
Th. y will have to go and a final
. legal kicking on, awaits them.
But I confess a fear that legisla
tive action —which I favor any
how—in abolishing the saloon
from the thirty-two wot counties,
will ho followed two years hence
by a successful struggle for their
return, not to these thirty-two wet
com only, but to the one hun
dred and five now dry. In our
hast 'to abolish the saloon from
the w: t counties, we may endanger
the countii s already dry. I'd
rather depend on local option. It
may 1 ■ tim slower way, but it's
I f. rto be slow er than to be I
s■ rry. We cannot hold the ground
t.o, ‘n without a dominant seuti-
■ men; against sale cis. and that is‘
nu !y developed. except by the
campaign of education wage.l in
tile county. What we gain by lo
cal ofiti n fighting is generally
permanent: and it is permanent
d rance from the saloons we
was t. and will have. Besides, dis
pfcnsari* s in the now wet counties
are not advisable. It would be <
w> !l to have them in six or seven .
C'-mili s. where the large popula
ti n live, but not in the sparsely
> ;iL <i communities.
But tho j»arty prohibitionists say 1
local option elections will never !
put the sale ms out of the state,”
said the Constitution’s representa
tive. f
We have four-fifths of the state .
redeemed already. We have failed ■
in no election since the registra
tion act became a law, and a g< n- (
era! simultaneous election in the
thirty-two wet counties next year
would just about <-nd the job we ,
have in hand, and are going to
finish. Disturb the liquor limits
oi Fulton, and this county wou d
order prohibition tomorrow. An
ti-saloon ■ sentiment is growing.
Morgan gave only 49 votes for the
cause at the first election ; beat it
by 1,000 at the second ; but at the
last, gave it success by 500. The
saloon is doomed. We have only
to bring the hand of local option
upon the remaining wet counties
to make them as dry as the Sahara,
and keep them so. 1 have little
hope that a Bush bill legislature
will be elected; and I fear, since
thecause of temperance has been
subordinated to partisan success,
that our future fight on the saloons
under the local option law, which
will then ho our sole dependence,
will be greatly embarrassed by this
confusion of politics; but I still
trust we will eventually dry out
these Seabonian bogs.
“But if the Bush bill is to pass,
which candidate had better be
trusted with it, doctor?”
“As I see the matter, there is no
difference between the candidates
as to what they will do if the bill
passes the assembly. Neither w ill
veto it. Air. Wright is ready to
sign that bill should it pass. So
is Air. Atkinson. The governor
does not believe that the executive
could rightly interfere between the
legislature and its will. Nothing
is to be gained for it by electing
one man rather than the other.
The bill is sure of becoming a law
if it passes the assembly, no mat
ter which is elected.”
“Well doctor, which will you
support?” he was asked.
“I am not sure that you should
ask me. Ministers preach to party
men, and Some men think that to
oppose their views is sin. But I
answer most questions. Air. At
kinson has made an exce'lont gov
ernor. He is for law and order
and clean methods. He has done
well, and, unless lie declares he
will not sign the Bush bill, 1 have
no thought of voting against him.
1 said two years ago, in a
public letter, that Georgia
would be proud of him. The pre
diction has been verified, lie is
1 worthy of the best a well-served
commonwealth can do for him."—
Constitution .
PUBLIC SPEAKING-.
Gov. W, Y. Atkinson
and Col. N. J. Ham
mond, o’. Atlanta, will
speak in Rome next
Monday Oct. 5. Ev
erybody is cordially in
vited to attend. as this 1
will be G-ov. ‘Atkin
son’s last speech ox uie
campaign save one at
'N ewnan.
The Amendments.
At the coining October election two
constitutional amendments will be vo
ted on by the people. One of the a
nicndments is to increase the number
of supreme court judges from three to
six; the other is to elect the State
School Commissioner by the people,
instead of having him appointed by
•he governor as now. In easting a
ballot with both “for" and “against’’
on the ticket it will be counted neither
way. See that either the “for" or “a
gainst" is stricken. If the ticket
should have “for" printed on it and
you wish to vote “against." then mark
out the former word and write the lat
ter on your ticket, or vice versa. The
tickets can be easily changed to suit
the wishes of each individual voter.
The amendments are explained on the
tickets so that each voter can readily
understand their objects, and can
therefore vote intelligently and with a
full knowledge of the questions at is-1
| sue.
.
“What They Say.”
“Sam Jones escorts Hon. Sea
born Wright to the platform and
applauds every sentiment, at Car
tersville. Keep your eyes on your
Uncle Samuel,"—People's Party
Paper.
“I didn't attend the big Pop
meeting in 200 yards of my house
(Jie other day. I sat down and .
watched the procession go and |
come, but I didn't go to it.”—Sam '.
Jones’ Letter to Steve Clay.
William Jennings Bryan and Da- j'
vid Bennett Hill are the two most (
interesting figures in American
poli uics today.
The Truth of It.
There has been almost a con
stant tirade from certain quarters
and in certain papers, against what
these people are pleased to term
the “whisky politicians” of Geor
gia.
Now if it is true, as charged, that
these bums and thugs have had
contml of Georgia so long, is it not
a little n-markable that Georgia
has advanced so rapidly in an in
dustrial way?-
If it is true that the whisky pol
iticians are in control, is it not a
strange fact that under their rule
105 counties in the state have been
voted dry?
Isn’t it a little singular that Gov.
Northen, who is known throughout
the state as a strong prohibitionist,
-liould have received such a tremen
dous majority when he was a candi
date?
We are told by the prohibition pa
pers that the whisky men invariably
watch their interests, and that when a
prohibitionist offers foi an oilice he is
turned dowif. Two years ago W. 11.
Lumpkin, of Bartow, was a candidate
for theNtate Senate. His position on
the whisky question was quite we 1
known, yet it is a fact that the prohi
bition county of Bartow—his own
county—gave a majority against him,
while the whisky counties of Floyd
and Chattooga elected him. It did
not matter a particle to the old line.
Democrats whether he was “wet” or
“dry.” All that they required -was
that he must be a Democrat, and be
the nominee of the party.
If it is true that the whisky clement
has controlled the politics of the stale
for the past twenty years, it must be
admitted by.all candid men that their
control has been of a most salutary
kind. The affairs of the state have
been faithfully and honestly adminis
tered, and Georgia stands today the
peer of any state south of the Mason
and Dixon line.
For instance compare Georgia with
South Carolina, where the “reform”
clement is in control, and where the
state is recking from end to end with
the odor of rottenness aud bribery in
connection with the dispensary sys
tem, and say which you prefer.
As a matter of fact, whatever evil
attaches to the liquor business in a
barroom, will, in a very large degree,
be a part of any dispensary system.
Whatever tendency there is to drunk
enness or excess about a barroom will
follow, and become a part of any
form of the liquor traffic. From the
very nature of the case it cannot be
helped, for there is just as much
drunkenness in a bottle of whiskey
that is bought “not for beverage pur
poses” as there is in the same quantity
of whiskey in a bar-oom.
It is a mistake to sacrifice everything
that the Democratic party has done
for Georgia in ord r to adopt a dis
pensary system that is largely experi
mental, and of very doubtful
utility.
May Vote at the County Site.
Attorney General Terrell has ren
dereu an opinion in reference to the
new registration law, and says that un
der its provisions all registered voters
may vote at the county site provided
. they live in a militia district in which
the voting precinct for the same is sit
uated outside of an incorporated town.
. ' .ich cases, however, the managers
of the election are required to adminis
ter an oath to the effect that the voter
has not voted elsewhere in that elec
tion.
To the People of the 42nd Sena
torial District of Georgia:
Owing to my continued ill health,
and not having been able to canvass
the district, and see the voters in per
son as 1 wanted to do, and now’ fear
ing that 1 would not be able to attend
to the duties of the office, if elected, I
withdraw from the race.
I am under many obligations, and
desirs to thank sincerely the many
friends throughout the district who
have promised me their votes and
help. Robert AV. Jones.
Cartersville. Ga.. Sept. 2Sth, 1596.
There is more catarrh in. this sec
tion of the country than all the
other diseases put together, and
until the last few years was sup
posed to be incurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced it
a local disease, and prescribed lo
cal remedies for. and by constantly
failing to cure with local treatment
pronounced it incurable. Science
has proven catarrh to be a consti
tutional disease, and therefore re
quires constitutional treatment.
Hall’s Catarrh cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio,
is the best constitutional cure on
the market. It is taken internally
in dos-s from 10 drops to a tea
spoonful. It acts directly on the 1
blood and mucous surfaces of the
svstem. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case it fails to cure.
S“nd for circulars and testimonials.
Address,
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best
Boils
It is often difficult to convince peo
ple their blood is impure, until dread
ful carbuncles, abscesses, boils, scrof
ula or salt rheum, are painful proof of
the fact. It is wisdom now, or when
ever there is any indication of
Impure
blood, to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and
prevent such eruptions and suffering.
“I had a dreadful carbuncle abscess,
red, fiery, fierce and sore. The doctor at
tended me over seven weeks. When the
abscess broke, the pains were terrible, and
I thought I should not live through it. I
heard and read so much about Hood’s
Sarsaparilla, that I decided to take it, and
my husband, who was suffering with
boils, took it also. It soon purified our
Blood
built me up and restored my health so
that, although the doctor said I would
not be able to work hard, I have since
done the work for 20 people. Hood’s Sar
saparilla cured my husband of the boils,
and we regard it a wonderful medicine.’’
Mrs. Anna Peterson, Latimer, Kansas.
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
Is the One True Blood Purifier. AU druggists. sl.
■j i, tvii cure liver ills, easy to take,
nooci S rlllS easy to operate. 25c nits.
N. K. Bitting we at to Chattanooga
last week on a business trip.
Miss Doll Mcßee has returned to her
home at Demopolis, Ala., after a pleas
ant visit to Mrs. G. D. Hollis.
Messrs Axlcy andLamon, represent
ing the firm of Feepies A Pitncr, Chat
tanooga, were in town this week.
The ladies of the town, especially
the Presbyterians, are arranging to
have a “tea party” at Hiles’ Hall Fri
day evening, the proceeds of which
will go to the Missionary cause. Dain
ty refreshments of a light character
will be served; one of the most palata
ble of these will be a “Hasty Pudding.”
No admission fee will be asked. A
small charge will be made only for the
refreshments.
The woman’s edition of the South
ern Argus issued in Borne last week,
was a literary gem made up from con
tributions from Borne’s coterie of lit
erary women. These fair writers have
already made Borne famous for her ex
cellent “woman’s editions.” The ty
pographical make up of the paper was
in keeping with the matter it contain
ed, and taken altogether, the ladies
have reason to feel satisfied with the
result of their labors.
WHEN IN ROME
Do As Romans Do
TRADE WITH
F. J. IM a co.
The Largest Stock of New Goods.
The Best Assorted Stock.
Many Things Away Under Price!
AH Wool Filling Jeans 12 t=2C.
9 oz “ “ “ 16c
4=4 AAA Sheetings 4 an d 4 I= 2C
Best 27 in Cotton Plaids 5 C
$1.50 Climax Shoes at only SI.OO
Turkey Red Prints 3 i=2C
Boys’ Knee Pants Suits 90c
Bed Blankets, only
Mens’ Under Shirts <S C
Ladies’ Winter Vests 10c
These are a few of our prices and it will pay you to
look here before you buy. Come to Rome, goods
cheaper than ever before, flake our place your head=
quarters. We want to see vou.
F. J. KANE & CO.,
248 Broad Street, Rome, Ga.
•‘MAYBE A SERMON—
MAYBE A SONG.”
Points of View. —When the spring '
tune comes a warm, soft glow steals ■
over earth and sky, and those who love I
feel that the universe is a pageant in
augarated in honor of their happiness, I
Those lovers to whom love is denied
unconsciously subscribe to this idea |
and they constitute the forlorn strag-|
glers who follow in the rear of the i
procession. Then there are “the .
cynic, the sad, the fallen,” who smile
skeptically at the play and remark
that the tine weather will insure good
crops.
Snobbishness. —This word is used ■
to denote that attribute of pride which
pertains to class distinction. That
meager self conscious pride that counts
the bank notes rather than the musical
notes, so to speak, of this world, and
judges one’s worth by a commercial
standard. Before inviting a genius to
a dinner party they would first en
deavor to ascertain if his grandfather's
social position would entitle him to
entrance into their “set.” Snobs are
of a dark brown hue, intellectually, and
are solemn derisions upon the high
ways of life.
A Stage. —The Bard of Avon has
compared this world to a stage and
men and women are the players on it.
We never tire of watching this won
derful, ever fresh and ever to be en
joyed, play of life—(except, perhaps,
the seventh and last act). But while
watching the pomp and glory of the
play scenes,the plumes and paint, few
of us think of that nether world, “be
hind the scenes,” upon which this
gilded show doth rest. That dusty re
gion where the grim rafter and rough
wood work of things is seen. The
scenes shift in front but this is the
same, and the cobwebs of years hang
from the dusty beams. Here are the
people whose duty it is to keep the
plumes in curl and the paint fresh and
smooth, and to shift the scenery with
out any hitches. The play could not
proceed without these. E. C .
A newspaper whose columns
overflow with advertisements of
business men has more influence
in attracting attention to, and
building up a city or town,’ than
any other agency that can be em
ployed. People go where there is
businees. Capital and labor will
locate where there is an enterpris
ing community. No power is so
strong to build up a town as a
newspaper properly patronized.—
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage.
SPARKS, BRANNON & C0.,4-
233 Broad St., ROME, GA.
If Low Prices and Good Goods are what you want,
then you cannot afford to go by us this Fall without
looking over and pricing our Big Stock of
—o—
Dry Goods, Dress Goods,
Flannels, Cloaks, Men’s, Boys’ and Children's
' Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Etc., Etc.
Wo Um's i hw Prioos Below:
—o
Good Fancy and Plain Worsted Dress Goods foi only -10 c
Excellent Cotton Flannels for . . . . 5 C
Best AAA Heavy Sheeting for . - - - - 5c
Go.od Cotton Check, many styles, for-- - 4c
Best Calico made for only - - - - - 5c
Good Wool Jeans, .... 15c, 20c, and 25c
Ladies’ and Misses’ Fino Dongola Kid Button Shoes, Solid Leather, $1
Children’s Pebble-Grain School Shoes, warranted, G to 8, at 75c |
Misses “ “ “ 9to 13, only 90c
Men’s and Women’s Heavy Shoes from - $1 00 to $l5O
Boys’ Union Cassimere Suits, sto 14 years, only - -85 c
Youths’ Good Cassimere Suits, 9 to 15 years - - 2.50
100 Good Style W olen Suits for Men, only - - 3.75
120 Men’s Extra Good Wool Suits in Black and Colors for 5 00
Extra Nice Black Worsted Suits, Silk-Finished - $6 50 to 850
We have just put in a Big Stock of
New Clothing, all at the lowest prices
ever named in Rome. They are not
from an auction sale, but are all clean
and custom=made garments. Come
early, come often and you will get Bar=
gains as our entire stock was bought
33 per cent, under regular prices.
SPARKS, BRANNON & C 0.4-
233 Broad St., ROME, GA.
MERGER UNIVERSITY,
MACON, Ga.
FALL TERM OPENS SEPTEMBER 16, 1896,
Well equipped, strong, and progressive faculty; university organ
ization; and courses elective. Eleven separate schools: English
Greek, Latin, Latin, Modern languages, Mathematics and Astronomy
Natural History, Physics and Chemistry, History and Philosophy
Pedagogy, Theology and Biblical Literature and Law.
School of Pedagogy open to women as well as men. Its funda
mental purpose is to make the scholar the teacher. Special pain ta
ken to secure remunerative employment for graduates of this school.
School of law, with a very able faculty. Students can take law
and special courses in the arts department. Notable advantages for
students in the Macon courts.
Board in clubs at $5 a month; in families from $lO to sls.
Matriculation fee, S4O. No tuition charged.
Mercer University stands for Christian character, for honest work
for honest and intelligent methods and for scholarship. We appeal
to all real friends of education to co-operate with us in our efforts to
uphold the proper standard of education.
For catalogue or special information address,
P. D POLLOCK, Chairman of Faculty.
*
J. K. liJilliamsoß,
# JEWELER.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelery.
Diamonds, Cut Glass.
We have a splendid line of Solid Silver Ware, Cnt Glass
and everything usually kept n a first-class Jewelery store.
-±=|= Fine Watch Repairing a Specialty.
J. K. Williamson,
227 Broad St., Rome, Ga.
For Treasurer.
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for re-election to the oflice
of County Treasurer and respect
fully solicit the support of every
voter in the county. My friends
know my physical condition and
their support at the October elec
tion will bo greatly appreciated by
one who has tried and will contin
ue to try to flit the treasurer's of
fice with squareness, fairness and
accommodation to all. 1 feel very
grateful for the kindness shown
me in the past and will appreciate
any favors shown mo in the future.
Respectfully, R.JG Dorsett.
To the voters of Chattooga coun
ty : I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the oflice of Treas
urer and respectfully ask the sup
port of every voter in the county.
If elected 1 will faithfully dis
charge the duties of the < slice.
James W. Pursley
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the oflice of Treasur
er of Chattooga county, and earn
estly ask the support of the voters
at the October election. lam get
ting old, and my health is bad,
and any assistance the people can
give me under these circumstances
will be greatly appreciated. If e
lected I promise that the business
of the oflice will be carefully at
tended to. Jackson Millsaps.
For Sheriff,
Thanking the voters for past fa
vors, 1 hereby announce myself a
candidate for re-election to the of
fice of Sheriff of Chattooga county.
If elected my present deputy, D P.
Henley, will again be with me. ■"
We promise a faithful and impar
tial discharge of the duties of the
oflice. J. C. Penn.
For Representative.
I hereby announce myself a can
didate to represent the people of
Chattooga county in the next Gen
eral Assembly.
Believing as I do that “a public
’office is a public trust;” that a
I man elected by the people is their
servant and not their master;
therefore if elected I will, to the
best of my ability, represent the
people regardloss of any party.
Viewing the money question as
the greatest issue of the day and
favoring the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16
to 1 and following the teachings
of Jefferson and Jackson that
National Banks and Banks of issue
are dangerous to the welfare and
liberties of the people and ought
to bo suppressed. Hence if elec(>4 —-
1 will 4o all injur yQWAtJ-tO—tfJect
a man to the United State Senate
who favors the same.
Education is the hope of the
state, therefore I am in favor of a
liberal support of the public
schools.
I oppose the present convict sys
tem as it is inhumane and in com
petition with free labor.
As the price of the products of
•abor has decreased and the pur
chasing power of money has in
creased and I deem it just and
right that fees and salaries be re
duced.
Asking the support of every man
in the county I am very respect
fully. A. J. Moore.
KARTAH, GA.
The weather continues dry and the
farmers are gathering their crops very
rapidly and in a short while it will bo
g. thered. Thecrop is very short in
this section. The corn crop is also not
so good as was thought for a while.
The health of the community is very
good, some few cases r.f sickness.
Mrs. Oscar Franks who has been sick
for sometime, is not doing so well, wo
are sorry to say.
Mrs. Emma Van, of Alabama, is ex
pected to visit relatives at this place
soon.
Mr. James Couey of Alabama City, is
visiting in this community at present.
Mr. W. P. Gaines, of Vann’s valley
made a short visit to Dirttown last
week.
Mrs. King, an aged lady of this place,
is quite feeble at this writing, ft is
hoped that the people in the community
will visit this lady as she has just re
cently moved to this place and is a
stranger and needs company.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Ansley
last week a fine son and also to Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Childers a son,
Mr. T. T. Davis is somewhat indispos
ed at this writing. Country Girl
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x plasters. But Johnson’s Belladonna
X Plaster is more than a mere excitant v
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Fby the absorption of its medicinal i
0 properties. Hence the sureness and 2)
a thoroughness of the relief it gives. 4
4 There are other good plasters, but 4
X this is the best. And the best is A
x what we want. The genuine bears x
5 the Red Cross. Look for it. ?
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W Manufacturing Chemiata, New York. 0
DEAFNESS,
its causes and cum:
Scientifically treated by an anristofworld-wi< 1
reputation. Deafness eradicated and entire (
cured, ot from 20 to 30 years’ standing, after a I
other treatments have failed. Howthedi£i
cijlty is reached and the cauae removed, fui y
eXyajn : :d in circulars, with affidavits and teet”-
r jonials of cures from prominent people, malted
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