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CIIAITOOGA NEWS; ■ 1 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 t One of the Few k 4 certainties in treating disease is coun- £ ■X ter irritation—the effect, usually, of > x plasters. But Johnson’s Belladonna X Plaster is more than a mere excitant v £of the skin; it relieves and eures also f 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. ? 5 JOHNSON & JOHNSON, X 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 < •st*, a. roMTAUi*. Tmoisu- WMU