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EIGHTH year Smoke Xtra Good And Rebel Yell Cigars OUR NEXT GOVERNOR, COL. ALLEN D. CANDLER, OPEN THE CAMPAIGN IN ROME, MARCH i. In a Red Hot Speech, Presenting the Foundation of True Democracy, piUGfi REDUCED RATES WILL BE CIVEN On All Railways and Arrangenents Are Being Made to Give the Grand Leader of the People a Rousing Audience and a Magnificent Reception: Allen D. Candler, Georgia’s next governor, will open his cam paign in a speech in this city on Saturday, March 2Gth. That statement is enough to draw an immense throng of the wool-hat boys from Floyd and all surrounding counties to this city. Col. Candler, after securing the consent ol home people of Gainesvillo, promised the Can dler Club of Floyd that he would make his opening speech in this city, the date to be ar ranged by Romans. For several days, the officers of the Candler club of Floyd county have been in correspon dence with Col. Candler, andi this morning received a final; letter from him on the subject. In this letter Col. Candler states that the date will suit him alright and that it will afford him great pleasure to meet the citizens of this c.ty, county and section face to face and address them on the issues of thg cam paign. President C. W. Underwood and Secretary M. B. Eubanks, acting with a committee of the Floyd County Candler Club, have secured the superior court for the occasion. Hie opening speech will be delivered here by Georgia’s next governor, Allen 1). Candler, be ginning-a t 11 o clock a. m. As a stump speaker, Allen 1). handler, the “one eyed plow boy d 1 igeon Roost” won hisspurs a score of years ago. How he was selected by the democrats of his district to lead •torlorn hope against the bril— you.ig orator and Napoleon J f hidependentisin retired the Ou glity Emory to the shades of " u pen republicanism is a mat tr°f democratic history. ■Hlcn D, Candler is a unique gure in Georgia political his ry and conditions. He has sought office until his . " |,p ' have almost unanimous ycalled him. h 's never failed to respond t0 1 of his party. e has led more forlorn hopes dein ' ,nau iu Georgia . *d he has never yet failed to victory. e stands eternally opposed to THE ROME IIISTLEI TCOMMERCIAL. ring rule and corrupt methods in politics. He is a democrat of the first water but believes the people should run the party machine, and is opposed to the grind when the machine begins to manipu late the people. As a patriot he enlisted in the army of the Confederacy as a fighting private. As a Confederate Veteran his record shows that nis comrades raised him from the ranks, step by step to the position of fight ing colonel. One of his peculi arities in a battle was always to say “come on boys.” But he never made a race in his life on his war record. On the other hand, he said, years ago, that he always felt as if a Confederate Veteran was as good as anybody else as long as he was an honest and honorable man. Modest as a maiden, but brave as Julius Caesar, and as pure in politics as he is ruggedly honest in his every-day life, he has been put into this’race by the people, and by the people he will be elected with the biggest majori ty given a Democratic governor in a decade of years. Allen D. Candler is the man for Democracy to center upon at this particular hour. He is a safe man, a clean man, a capa ble man and the man to work some much needed reformations in the state Democracy. Col. Candler will face a re sponsive audience when he rises to address the wool hat boys of this section of Georgia. The betrayal of a personal letter addressed to Max Meyer hardt, of this city, and publish ed by the morning paper, to work his political ruin, has fal len flat —everywhere—but no where so flat as here in Rome. The people have sense and the people understand the mo tives that prompted the betray al of the letter. That they took no stock in that manner of warfare has been clearly demonstrated by the unanimity with which they have espoused the Candler cause in this county. If there is an anti-Caudler farmer in Floyd county the Hustler Commercial, staff,after ROME GEORGIA, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 15. 1898. dilligent inqairy, has failed to locate him. While in the c ; ty there may be a score of Atkinson followers, no man has yet been discovered who is outspoken for Berner. The people understand that the, race is on between “their man’’ Candler, and “anybody” to serve the politicians, and they, the people, have not been slow in taking hold or backward about coming forward in this fight for cleaner men and clean er methods in Georgia politics. WAS NEAR CANDLER When That Gallant Officer FbU at Jonesboro. Mr. S. J. Hale, a prosperous farmer of Dade county was in the city a day or two ago and while here paid The Hustler- Commercial office a pleasant call. Mr. Hale savs that he was a member of Co. F of the 31th Georgia, and that at the battle of Jonesboro, lie was so near Capt. Allen D. Candler of Co. I, when that gallant officer lost an eye, that he could have placed his hand on the latter. Said Mr. Hale, “I never knew a braver or more modest officer in my life than Capt. Candler, and when he fed it was pathetic to see how his lion hearted men grieved. They all loved him ten derly for they knew him to be a brave, true man.” Mr. Hale states that Dade county is overwhelmingly in fa vor of Allen D. Candler for gov ernor. ALL FOR CANDLER; It’s Candler and Cook down this way, every time. —Vidalia Star, Candler’s campaign is in splen did hand- —the hands of the peo ple of Georgia.—Lee County Jour nal. While we are for Candler for governor we have nothing to say against the others. They are good men but then “Uncle Allen Candler is the best man for gover nor. —Darien Gazette. Candler is the most popular candidate among the people of the towns, but then couutry people while leaning toward Candler, are not in any haste about making a final selection, —Macon County Citizen. The stcrbng integrity and rugged honesty of Allen Candler appeals strongly to the masses of the people. There is no'hing of the demagogue or tricks er about Candler. —Thomasville Times Enterprise- The candidates for governor ire imkiuz the welkin ring. Cui ,dler. Berner and Judge Atkinson are all delivering stump speeches in various parts of the state. It AS pay your money and take your phoice. From present indications Candler is in the lead : —Mi'ler County Liberal. Allen D. Candler will be the next governor of Georgia, for flu editors say so. Sam Jones say so, the great mass of the men say to, and the women almost unan imously say so. Men may some times become bewildered with beauty, but women are captivated with rugged honesty, and they find it inteneifiied in Colonel Can dler —Jacksonville Herald. The peop’e of North Georgia have a great deal of admira'ion for Judge Spencer R. Atkinson and for Ho.i. Robert L. Berner and we have heard nothing hut kipd remarks made about either. Inbred, it is the general opinion that eiher gentleman would make an admirable governor, but the people are for Col. Candler al most to a man. so far as we have heard. Unless all all all signs fail he will be the next gevernor “just as easy.”.—Pickens County Her ald. SPAIN LOSES KAISER’S AID. The Berlin Foreign Office De nies Opposing America. Berlin, March 15.—The Ber lin Foreign Office has instructed the inspired press to deny emphatically that Germany will aid Spain in case of war with the United States, and has in structed these newspapers to point out that the United States is an excellent customer of Germany, and that Spain, since the Carolinas squabble, has repeatedly shown unfriend liness to Germany. FLYINGSQUADRON. Brooklyn Will Await at Fortress Monroe For Others. Washington. March 15—The big armored cruiser Brooklyn arrived at Fortress Monroe this morning direct form La Guayara, Venezuela. She has made a fine run up, and will,.it is expeted, await at Hampton Roads the arrival of the Minneapolis and Columbia, which are fitting out in Philad elphia. These vessels will form an excellent nucleus for the pro jected “flying squadron" in case the department decides to form one. • Machias Ordered to Boston- Norfolk, Va., March 15. — The gunboat Machias has been ordered to Boston and will probably sail in the morning. She coaled today. It is supposed the transfer was made because the work on her could be done more expeditiously in Boston, this yard devoting all its energy to the Newark. A large number; of new men were taken in today, making the total number about 1,700. f M W. 1 COLONEL ALLEN D. CANDLER. COMPLIMENTED Dr. A. J. Battle and Dr. luy W. DUggan, BY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Os Shorter College. Dr. Battle May Join Faculty. Mr. Fred Govan, the special correspondent of the z\tlanta Journal, says in his papei: “At a meeting of the board of trustees of Shorter college Sat urday, the following very grace ful resolutions, complimentary to Dr. A. J. Battle and Prof. Ivy W. Duggan, were passed : “It will be a matter of very much gratification to the friends of that scholarly gentleman, Dr. A. J. Battle, to learn that he has been tendered a position with the faculty and will prob ably accept. The resolutions areas follows: Rome, Ga., March 12, 1898. To Dr. A. J Battle and Prof. Ivy W. Duggan : Dear Sirs. —By direction of the board of trustees of Shorter Female college, I herewith hand you a copy of resolutions this day passed by the board. Re spectfully, J.B. Sullivan, Secretary. Office Board of Trustees of Shor ter Female College, Rome, Ga., March 12th, 1898. At a meeting of the board this day held the following res olution was unanimously pass ed: Resolved, that whereas the contract existing between this board and Dr. A. J. Battle and Prof. Ivy W Duggan will, in ac cordance with its terms, expire (Continued on last page.) 10 CENT 3 A WEEK THE ARTILLERY Os The Standing Bring Now on a War Footing TWO HORSES ARE ADDED 'to Each Gun And The Drills Are Regular. Washington, March 15. AH batteries of artillery iu the United States army have been ordered to attach six horses instead of four to each gun and caisson. In peace f< ur horses can only pull their loads, but with caissons filled with projectiles and powder, and the rough work of coming into position on the battl field, six, hortjas are necessary. During the past week the dri vers in the artillery have been constantly drilled with six horses instead of four. The artillery arm of the service is now on a war footing. The assimilating of the two new regiments is being rapidly accomplished with no apparent loss ot time or impairment of the efficiency of the service. The au thorities proceeded upon the plan that the five regiments could more efficient'y and easily absorb the two new ones by breaking up the old organization entirely. There were five old trained men to each two recru-ts. therefore, in stead of having two regiments of recruits the reorganized artillery wi’l be on a basis of five drilled and competent men to each two newly enlisted. The men will he ready sooner than will the powder and shell for their use. Take The Hustler-Commercial. Bicycles, Bicvcles, Bicycles $5000.00 worth of bicycles to be closed out at prices never before known to retail trade. E. E. Forbes.