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I zPAIN’S fleet.
I nations have small Beets of “de
stroyers.”
They are inexpensive boats,
| when compared with the big
| ( fighting machines, but experi-
I ence may prove th.it they can
I do an enorm >us amount of dam
> ege in a sea battle. In recent
English naval maneuvers the
eyes of the admiralty officials
were opened to the importance
of posses ing a numerous con
tingent of this speedy, wicked
little craft, and the British ship
builders ard at present engaged
in building many of an improv
ed type that will shortly be add
ed to her majesty’s navy.
The torpedo boat destroyers
possessed bySpain are Piostly of
the newest type. The Furor and
Terror, two destroyers built to
order for the Spanish govern
ment in a British shipbuilding
yard, are splendid little crafts.
They have a length of 220 feet,
a breadth of twenty-two feet and
a depth of thirteen feet and dis
place 380 tons. When equipped
for service they are armed with
two foui teen pounder rapid fire
guns, one forward, above the
conning tower, and the other aft;
two six-pounder guns, one in
each broadside, and two auto
matic machine guns, one and
one-half inch in diameter. They
have two torpedo tubes on the
upper deck, from which torpe
does can lie fired on either side.
Each vessel carries four torpe
j does.
The great value of these small
boats lies in their speediness.
They can easily make twenty
eight knots an hour. Seventy
tons of coal will be sufficient to
carry the little craft from Spain
to Porto Rico or Havana, and
this amount of coal they can
easily carry. Seventy men usual
ly comprise the crew of a de
stroyer.
With their rapid fire guns
and their torpedoes, these small
boats are threatening enough,
but they are useful in more
ways than one. They can take
chances that would be madness
for a larger craft to attempt;
stealing up to an enemy,s boats
under cover of darkness, and
flitting around v. hen the big
ships are in action awaiting the
first opportunity, to discharge a
torpedo at the nearest enemv,
. *
protecting the cruisers and bat
tleships from the attack of tor
pedo boats by engaging and de
| stroying those dangerous crafts;
running the blockade of closed
ports, and acting as dispatch
boats when a small fleet of ma
rine messengers is needed. Their
usefulness is incalculable, an 1
yet the United States navy is
without them.
We have some splendid torpe
do boats, but Spain has nearly
a score of the destroyers, which
are in reality a larger torpedo
boat, while we have nothing of
the kind to oppose them. There
is a possibility that Captain
Brownson, who is now abroad
on a ship purchasing expedition
for the IT ited States, may be
able to secure some torpedo boat
destroyers from foreign ship
builders, and if he can, there is
no doubt that he will get them.
When it is remembered that
SIOO,OOO will buy a destroyer
capable of steaming at dashing
speed, it is not too much to hope
that Captain Brownson will be
able to send back a whole fleet
of destroyers—say enough to
give us one of the useful little
boats for every one that Spain
possessess. It will be money well
invested.
Roarks Jewelry store will be
come the headqti >rters for Dr.
i Lowe, the ccu'ist begining Thurs
day Exam i nations free.
N1 W MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
A Positive Cure For Dyspep
sia.
This may read as though we
weie putting it a 1 ittl r » strong be
cause it is general y tb'Ught by
he majority of people tha’ Lys
pepHia in its chronic form it> incur- |
able, or practically 8 \ But w» I
have long air.ce shown that Dys
pepsia is curable, nor ia it meh a
difficu't mutter us it first appears.
The trouble with Dyspeptics ia
that they are continually dieting,
starving themselves, or going to
opposite extremes or else deiung
mg the already '•ver burdened
stomach with “bitters,” “after
dinner pills,” etc.. which invar
iably increase the difficulty even
if in some cases hey do give a
slight temporary relief. Such
treatment of the stomach simply
make malt-rs worse. Whit the
stomacn wants is a r> st Now how
tan the stomach becona 0 rested,
recuperated and at the same time
the body nourished and sustained
This is the great secret a .d this
is a'so the secret of the uniform'
success of Smart's Dyspepsia Tab- '
'ets. This is a compartively new
remedy, but its successs and pop
ularity leaves no doubt as to its
merits.
The tablets will digest the food
mvvay. regardless of condition of
stomach.
The sufferer from dysepsia ac
ordmg to directions is to eat an
abundance of good, wholesome
food tablets before and after each
meal and the result will be that
he food will digested no matter
how bad your dyspepsia may be.
because as before stated, the tab
ets will digest the Rod even if the
stomach is wholly inactive To il
ustrate our meaning plainly, if
you take 1 800 grams of meat,
ggs or ordinary food and pl»ce
it in a temperature of 98 degrree.
md put with it one one of Stuarts
Djspepsia Tablets it will digest
the meat or eggs almost ns per
ectly as if the meat was enclos
d within the stomach.
The stomach may b ever soe
weak yer th se tablets willperfortn
the work of digestion and th>-
body and brains will be properly
nourished and at the same time
a radios 1 , lasting cure
if dyspepsia will be <>ade be
;ause the much abused stomach
vill be given, to some extent, a
nuch needed rest Your druggist
vill tell you that of the many
emedies advertised to cure dys
pesia none of them has given
so complete and general
satisfaction as Stuart’s Dyspep
ia Tablets and not least in iu>-
portaucb in these hard times is
he fact they are also the cheap
■st and give the most good for
the least money.
A little book on cause and cure
if stomach trouble sent free by
iddressiug Stuart Co., Marshall
Mich.
RANGES.
I am agent iorSouth
ern Que en Coal or
Wood Ranges. Also
Insurance Safety G-as
oline stoves • Call and
see mvstock and get
estimaes on your
and tin
work- N«vt door to
onera house.
F. HANSO N.
A big shipment of writing
tablets will arrive at Frank
Whight’s Farmacy tomorrow.
LIVERY, SALE AND FEED STABLES,
Offers the public the finest teams, best convey
ances and most polite and courteous drivers.
The best stock of horses and mules on sale con
stantly.
306 AND 308 BROAD STREET, ROME, GEORGIA.
YOUR-
Spring Suits and Neckwear
FROM
W.H.COKER&CO
FOk SENATOR 42n J, DIST.
In the coining election it is
the privilege of Floyd county,
by party precedent, to choose
democratic nominee for Senator
from the 42nd senatorial district.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the democratic
nomination for Senator, subject
to the action of the democratic
primary of June 6th.
W. H. Ennis.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the legislature,
subject to the democratic pri
mary June 6th.
J. B. Nkvin.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Please announce my name as
a candidate for senator from the
42nd senatorial district subject
to the democratic primary to be
held ou June the 6tb. Respect
ully, R.T. Fouche.
FOR THE LEGISLATURE,
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for election to the
lower house of the Georgia leg
islature, subject to the democrat
ic primary on June 6th, next.
John C. Foster.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for a seat in the lower
house of the General Assembly of
Georgia, to rep-esent Floyd coun
ty, my candidacy subject to the
action of of the democratic prim
ary of June the 6th.
VV. C*. Bryan:
For The Legislature
To the voters of Floyd ccunty:
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for the office of representa
tive in the lower house of the
next General Assembly of Geor
gia. my candidacy subject to |the
primary of Jum 6th 98.
J. Lindsay J jhnson .
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FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
EDITO RH U STL E R-CoM M E RCIA L
Please kindly announce my can
didacy, for membership in the
lower house of the next general
assembly. Subject to an approval
by my countrymen at the ballot
box in the primary on June 6th.
proximo. Henry Walker.
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STARR
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Manufacturers and Dealers.
No. Olive Atroet. St. LouU, Mo.
Nashville, Tenn. Birmingham, Ala.
Dallas, Texas. Montgomery, Ala.
Factories: Richmond, Ind.
Writs our nearest house. A seemn
•eve you many dollar*. r "
Persistent
Coughs
A cough which seems to hang
on in spite of all the remedies which
you have applied certainly needs
energetic ana sensible treatment.
For twenty-five years that stand
ard preparation of cod-liver oil,
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
has proved its effectiveness in cur
ing the trying affections of the
throat and lungs, and this is the [
reason why: the cod-liver oil, par
tially digested, strengthens and
vitalizes the whole sys-
J tern; the hypophosphites
/ZJah act as a tonic to the
mind ncrvcs ’
1 glycerine soothes and
t I heals the irritation. Can
p \ you think of any combi
nation so effective as this?
Be sure you get SCOTT'S Emulsion. See that the
man and fiah are on the wrapper.
50c. and Sr.oo. all druggists.
SCOTT & BOWN r . Chemists. Ntw York.
DR. LOWE
Is now with us and
will be here some
time-
;"Dr. Lowe has come
to Rome to give us
personal instruction
in ootics-
He is thoroughly up
in the business of
oroperly and scien
tifically fitting spec
tacles to the eye. and
is here for the pur
pose of teaching us
the science and not to
make money off our
customers. Come in
and have your eyes
tested.
To aDcommodate
those who may de
• sire to take
. tage of Dr- Lowe’s
unquestioned skill as
an optical expert, I
have arranged his
hours as follows:
Morning nours, 10 to
12. Afternoon hours,
3to 5. No charge of
any ki.id-
B. F. ROARK,
Jeweler.
-X-
VVE no looter supply our seeds to dealers to
sell again. At the same time, any
one who has bought our seeds of their
local dealer during either iß<a or 1897 will
be sent our Manual of “ Everything for the
Garden ” for 1898 rnrr provided they
apply by letter I KEL anc j give the
name of the local merchant from whom
they bought. To all others, this magnifi
cent Manual, every copy of which costs us
30 cents to place in your hands, will be sent
free on receipt of 10 cents (stamps) to cover
postage. Nothing like this Manual has
ever been seen here or abroad ; it is a book
of 200 pages, contains S(W engravings of
seeds and pla'nts, mostly new, and these are
supplemented by 6 full size colored plates
of the best novelties of the season, finahy, ,
OUR “SOUVEIiiR” SEED COLLECTION
will also be sent without charge to all appli- ■
cants sending 10 ets. for the Manual whe will J
state where they saw this advertisement. <
Postal Card Applicaflcns Will Receive No Attention. *
anteisS? <
h
Piactice economy <
by trading with L. G,
Todd. :
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ers’“Extra Good” cigars. f'
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ATLANTA, GA. • • • • STATE
g Best White LEGHORNS!
very best breed and most S?
perfectly marked fowls, leave orders Xa
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SUMPTION for any best Cough modi-
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Cough or Cell it is ■■ ■ having used it for
beyond all others. 15 years.
Mrs C. REYNOLDS. J. A. WESTOVER
“The Best Cough Medicine.”
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Rom . (ia
Regular ..x.-r Special
Boarders Rates
Wanted- Monthln-
The place to get’a quick, good meal.
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