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I Atlanta.
L IS FOR COL. COOLER
L Predicts His Election.
Spicy And Sparkling.
In this morning’s Atlanta
Constitution, Judge Joel Bran
]ianb the Nestor of the Rome
bar, is as follows :
“Judge Joel Branham was one
of the conspicuous members of
the committee. He talked most
interestingly of the political sit
uation in the state. Jud b e Bran
ham is for Col. Candler. Four
years ago he was for Gov. At
kinson. When the present cam
paign opened the early candi
dates wrote to him for his sup
port. At first he put them off and
every new entry wrote to the
judge. Finally, though, he prom
ised to help Col. Candler, and
he says that Candler will be
elected. The story of the various
I letters which he received, as he
told it yesterday, was in about
the following language :
“All the candidates now in
the field have written tome ask
ing my support in either indi
rect or direct terms. Their let
ters to some extent embarrassed
rue, because I respected, and
still respect all of them. The
first letter 1 received was from
Colonel Terrell. It was modest,
and did not require me to com
mit myself to him. The next in
order was from Col. Candler. He
put a number of questions to
me, among them this one: ‘ls
there any reason why I mav nut
have your personal support in
case I stand for the nomination?’
He said lie should take no of
fense if I should favor some oth
er person or make an unfavor
able report to him because what
he wanted was a candid and
truthful answer to his letter. I
avoided a direct answer by as
suming a humorous strain and
trying to see whether I could
write a letter that would please
him without committing myself.
I referred to the fact chat he and
Terrell were both kin to me,
tnougli I admitted it was som n
distance up the line to our com
mon slock. In mentioning my
kinship to him and Terrell I
told him 1 did not intend any
offense to either of them. Our
kinship grew out of the acciden
tal meeting of three of the first
cousins of grandfathers, as those
who are acquainted with us well
know, in Florida, in the Semin
ole war in 1836. We all remem
ber the incident.
‘‘Soon after answering Candler’s
but letter. Terrell wrote a letter
1,1 the public stating he should
“Imai lor attorney general and
10l for governor. That is all
I shall help to elect him
‘Candler then wrote a second
*■'h. u UH i|, asking my support. 1
' r " ,p I'nn that 1 was committed
* 1 • J*-ok in a, of I'ut man, a man
‘'’tinguithed ability bcm ano
country, where
g 0 .,<l people came from.
' r tyotthe office and whom I
Slr "l to B>e elected it he should
the rnce
k/?’";: ,enkinß announced that
Thoi r i?" 1 a candinate.
lot ‘ C *H. ler wro,e me a third
thok. r lg my attention to
«o'i| I ‘ rp pbed that I would
tiui, , Cn T u 1(1 secure hie elect-
( • and I shall keep my word.
|)..? t 7 ut tlliß time the Mever
r letter was published. ’ In
der a N? rae,,t ’ thflt letter . «'»
anin ■ * e Clrc ‘imstances, was
iff 1?Cl-eet one > but it did not
‘line tl?'!’i becaUße about the
C \ lett r was written,
to »’ ’ 410 tetters referred
Geit\ See i kl " g ’’’.V support. If
u c bange front uow and
leave him, on account of the
contents of the Meyerhardt let
ter, he, and everyone acquaint
ed with our correspondence,
would be justified in. believing
that 1 was not sincere, anti that
I had resorted to that letter as a
pretext to abandon him,
•‘I heard it said about the
time of the publication of that
letter that Terrell and Jenkins
might think they had retired
too soon, and might perhaps re
gret their hasty action. In my
judgement, they acted discreet
ly and have escaped defeat, and
those who came into the race
after the publication of the let
ter and on the basis that its
publication is fatal to Candler’s
cause may have reason hereaf
ter to regret that they did not
follow their examnle.
“I do not think that letter
did Candler much damage. The
effect of it is more than offset
by the Tom Hight letter and
his answer to it. The Hight let
ter seems to have been written
on a letter head of some mer
cantile firm in Augusta on one
day, and Candler’s answer to
it appeared in one of t,he news
papers of Augusta the next day,
so I have been told. One of the
troubles about this Tom Hight
business, is that the answer of
Tom’s letter was discovered too
soon. It took Columbus a longer
time to discover America than
it did Candler’s adversaries to
find the answer to the Tom
Hight letter. It was discovered
too soon to do any harm.
“In 1894, in an interview
published in The Constitution,
in relateon to Gov. Atkinson’s
first race for governor, I pre
dicted that he would be elected.
I was correct in my surmises
at that time. I now give it as
my opinion that Candler will
be the next governor of Geor
gia, and that he will make an
excellent one. I believe him to
be an honest, pure-minded man.
As I wrote him in February last,
he has succeeded in making the
people here believe he is honest,
and he has also captured the
Macon Telegraph, because that
paper in its issue of January
22d said, ‘Col. Candler is an hon
est man.’ Honest men love to
trust their fellow men. Great
men sometimes have this
supposed weakness and in con
sequence are sometimes deceiv
ed and imposed upon by reason
of it.
“I never expect to enter a
contest again for any office. I
think we have an excellent su
preme court and I favor the re
ek ction of all of them.”
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NATIONAL FRATERNITY.
Received from J. E. Mullen
accountant of Coosa Lodge No.
67. Nation 1 Fraternity, draft for
twenty five hundred dollars in
full settlement of all claims due
eon the death of my brother
R. G. Jones la'e a member of
this order. It gives me great
pleasure to rec c o min e n d
this order fur sati fac
tory pryment of this claim.
Mrs. Hattie E. Wardlaw.
March 18, 1898.
N B. The payment of this
claim makes $20,000 that has
beer paid to Romans by the dif
ferent beneficiary orders of f this
eity since Jan . Ist. ’9B.
J, E. Mullen.
BEST OF ALL
To cleanse the system in a gentle
and truly beneficial manner, when
the Springtime comes, use the
true and perfect remedy, Syrup of
Figs. One bottle will answer for
all the family and costs only 50
cents. Buy the genuine. Manu
factured bv tne California Fig
Syrup Company only, and for sale
by all druggists.
Insure with H. D. Cothran &
Co. Do not wait until after tin
I fire.
DIED HT DALTON.
Judge G. D. McCUtclien
Passed Away.
WELL KNOWN IN ROME.
Romans Will Attend The Fun.
eral Tomorrow.
Major R. T: Fouche, of tne
Rome bar, received a telegram
from ( ol I. E Shun ate of Dal
ton, 1 ii- n- '•niug containing
the n ,s mt: d a:h of Judge
C. D. McCutchen of that city.
'The deceased was one of the
most prominent lawyers and
learned jurists of the state, and
while a citizen of Dalton, was
well known and greatly loved
and admired in the Hill City, he
having, on several occasions,
while on the superior court
bench, held court in Rome.
The funeral will occur at 10
o’clock tomorrow morning in
Dalton, and will be attended by
Judge Joel Branham, Judge W.
M. Henry. Col. T. W. Alexan
der, Major R. T. Fouche and
probably other prominent mem
bers of the Rome bar.
The death of Judge McCutch
en casts a shade of sorrow over
the hearts of the members of the
Rome bar and other citizens of
the city who knew him and lov
ed him for his nobility of nature
and fine characteristics as a
Christian gentlemen and pure
citizen.
PURELY PERSONAL
Mr. George W. F’eetwcod, *f
Cave Spring, spent the day in
the city,
Mr. Thomas Warters has re
turned from a business trip down
the W. & A.
Miss Stella Bridges has le
turned from a pleasant visit to
Oostanaula.
Allen D. Candler seems to'hold
the winning card is the guberna
torial game.—Calhoun Chroncile
Mr. Ashton Lovelace,of Birm
ingham, is spending a few days
with his sister, Miss Essie Love
lace.
Miss Ellen Penn, a charming
young lady of Trion, is the guest
of Mrs. 11. B. Parks in East
Rome.
Miss Hattie Montgomery, of
Vans Valley, is the guest of
Miss Grace Stroud in North
Rome.
Mrs. J. M. Hill, of Sugar Val
ley, is visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs B M. Parks, in
East Rome.
Chief Train Dispatcher Bennett,
formerly of Rome but now of
Southern Railway at Atlanta, ie
in the city.
Hun. John C. Foster, ol|Fcsters
Mills, one us Floyds representa
tives by the people’s favor in the
n“Xt house spent the day in the
city.
GEE ! BUT AINT THEY HOT?
All because Frank Wright has
put the prices of drugs down.
To lower the prices of this
line in Rome is like punching a
hornets nest, but you stick to
me with your cash trade and I’l
keep punching and the prices
sh.il stay down,
Frank' Wright, Farinacist, at
Norton’s eld corner, opposit Ma
sonic Tempi.
We h;ive the smoothest line
of soaps in town and prices re
duced one-half. Come to see us.
Curry-Arrington Co.
Take The Hustler-Commercial.
Too •
Much Knife!
The use of the surgeon’* knife is be
coming so general, resulting fatally
in such a large number or cases, as to
Occasion general alarm.
Mr. William Walpole, of Walshtown,
South Dakota, writes; “About
three years ago, there came under
my left eye a little blotch about the
a size of a small pea.
It grew rapidly,and
shooting pains ran
in every direction.
I became Alarmed
and consulted a
good doctor, who I
pronounced it can
cer, and said that it
must be cut out.
This I would not
consent to, having
little faith in the
indiscriminate use of the knife. Read
ing of the many cures made by S. S.
'S., I determined to give that medicine
a trial, and after I had taken it a few
days, the cancer became irritated and
began to discharge. This after awhile
ceased, leaving a small scab, which
finally dropped off, and only a healthy
little scar remained to mark the place .
where the destroyer had held full sway. I
A Real Blood Remedy*
Cancer is in the blood and it is folly I
to expect an operation to cure it. S.S.S.
[guaranteed purely vegetable) is a real
remedy for every
disease of the blood.
Books mailed free;
address Swift Spe-
cific Co., Atlanta,
i
APPLICATION FOR LETTERS
OF DISMISSION. |
GEORGIA FLOYD COUNTY 1
Whereas Thomas Holsenback 1
executor of John Holsenback, de- 1
ceased , represents to the court in I
his petition duly filed that he has I
administered John Holsenback’s (
estate. This is to cite all persons i
concerned, kindred and creditors, 1
to show cause if any they can why 1
said administrator should not be (
discharged from his executorship *
and receive letters of dismission *
on the first Monday in April 1898. 1
This Jan. 3rd 1898.
John P. Davis, Ordinary.
RECEIVERS’ SALE.
Morgan Mooney )
vs. Petition for re-
J. H. Carter ) ciever, ect.
GEORGIA, FLOYD COUNTY ; ,
Under and by virtue of an or
der issued from Floyd Superior
Court in the aoove staled case,
will be sold before the court house
door in the city of Rome, said
county between the legal hours of
sale on the first Tuesday in April
1898 the following described prop
erty belonging to the partnership
business of Mooney & Carter to
wit, —1 iron safe, 1 pair platform
scales, 2 beef racks, 1 iron smoke
house, 2 paper cutters, l a counter
and cash drawer, 1 pair market
scales, 1 sausage pan. 3 meat
blocks, 1 atewer, 2 scrapes, 3
steak saws, 2 steak knives, 1 steel,
jne cleaver, 1 iron meat rack, 1
long meat rack, 1 refrigerator, 2
iron cranes, one coffee mill, 1 pair
screen doors, 1 oil tank, 2 sausage
mills and 1 table, 1 cash drawer, 1
sausage staffer and 1 small boiler,
said property can be seen and will
bedelivered at the market No. 503 ,
Bread St. Also 1 pair platform
scales, 1 rtfle. 1 stretcher rope and j
hook, 1 rip saw. 1 sledge hummer, |
| fork, 1 oil can and contents 1 i
dezen hooks, 1 spring wagon, 3
kettles and furnace, 1 tallow ,
press, 1 scalding press, 2 pots, 1 I
pick, 5 pad locks and 1 fish box. j
Said property can be seen and will .
be delivered at the slaughter pen
of Mooney & Carter on the lands J
of Mrs. M. L. Graves is said couu- ;
ty of Floyd. Also the ileaee bold
interest of said partnership of '
Mooney & Carter to the slaughter ».
pen and appurtenances belonging
thereto, situated upon the lands |
of Mrs. M. L. Graves in the 23rd
District and 3rd Section of Floyd -
county, this March 10 1898.
J. P. McConnell, receiver f'>r
Mooney vs. Carter.
NOW IS THE TIME-
Come right along
with your cash and
take advantage of the
low prices, Curry-Ai
rington Co. I
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