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THEHUSTLER OF ROME
E.sUbiisUed. 1890.
THE ROME COMMERCIAL
Established. 18l».
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The Hustler-Commercial is
the only afternoon paper in
Northwest Georgia. It has th
combined circulation of the old
evening Hustler of Rome and
the Rome Daily Commetmal
and is
THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF
The City of Rome
'The City Marshal
The Sheriff of Floyd Count)
The Ordinary of Floyd Co,
The II ustler-Com m ercial
has the confidence of the classes
and the masses —because it mer
its and deserves the confidence
of all its readers.
Now is the time to tell you
neighbor to quit borrowing ami
enlist his name as a subscriber
Judge Fish is “the people” s<
far as Floyd county is co icern
ed.
The Canary islands were so cal)
ed from the numerous dogs (Latii
canis) hnd there.
The Georgia mule in Cub:
could give Spaniards a few
pointers on flank movements.
An exchange thinks Don Vai
eriano Asafetida is no doubt tin
David B. Hill of Spanish poli
tics. —Macon News.
Savannah will furnish fifteei
hundred men to the America:
volunteer forces. We doubt if iher
is anothercity in the United Stutet
that will do as well.
General Miles should not forget
his porcelain bathtub when be
starts to Porto Rico. There ar
said to be nothing but hogwa’lowf
in the interior of that island.
Aguinaldc does not talk like :
Spaniard, neither does he figb
like a Spaniard. Which seems t
provejthe mixture of Latin au<
Mongol blood strengthens tL
S panisb blood.
The governor has removed
the president of (lies nite. Nov
in case the angel of death o
President McKinley should ro!
old Georgia of her “Brigadiei
Bill’’ who would be governor?
Mark Hanna has another fight
on his hands in Ohio. But In
will win out all right. He use 1
the kind of argument that it
most effective in the republicai
ptry in Ohio. Albany Herald.
“Gapt Charles King,” i
name well known to readets ol
military novels, is now no long
er a proper appellation, since
President McKinley has made
ibis favorite officer a brigadier
general
President cKinloy has enuiici
a ted a role which it is hoped in
will rigidly obseive. He declare!
that he will not a[ another
army < slicer ah ve ibe grille <'!
< nei tn (i| pri n<. ti« n is n <•»-
it. d l.y actual achievement in war
This Hiv-H every officer in tin
Tirmyuofqi I chance Notbiu fc
belt r c ulu be asked.
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
Tlie advance in construction
and equippmentof warships du
ring the past thilly-five years is
simply astonishing. It can best
be illustrated by a camparison
of the first and last battleship
built by Cramp, the New Iron
sides in 1862 and the lowa in
1897.
The former had but one ma
chine, her main engine, involv
ing 137 steam cylinders. Its
guns were loaded, its machinery
operated and aU its appoint
ments were manipulated by
hand. 11 was lighted by oil lamps,
ventillated by what are termed
n Rural currents, and her guns
were smooth bore, muzzle load
ing and of small power.
In the lowa litt • is done by
hand except opening the throt
tles and pressing electric but
tons. Her guns are loaded, train
ed and fired, her ammunition
hoisted, her turrets turned, her
torpedoes tubed and ejected, the
ship steered, her boats hoisted
uid lowered, the interior lighted
and ventilated, the great search
lights operated and commands
'iven by mechanical appl’ances.
This diversity in unity, thi«
complexity in harmony, makes
the modern battleship the marvel
of the age, an advancement wi fa
out a parallel in all history. But
along with this advancement
comes corresponding responsibili
ty .
The Captain of any given bat
tleship must know something
more than commanding, and
the Admiral somethin? more
than the maneuvering of bis
iieet. He must be a thorough
master of the situation in all its
letails.
Not only so, but every man
from Captain down should be
thoroughly trained in the dis
charge of his responsibility.
The battle of Manila, as stated
by Admiral Dewey, clearly dem
onstrated first of all the impor
tance of “first class gunnery and
'ood guns.” Secondly, the
“value of high grade men.”
Third, “the necessity of inspec
tion.”
On the line of this three-fold
est, it is of the first importance
that the Captain thoroughly
enow his ship from conning
tower to the smallest details of
the engine room. It is Mso indis
pensable that the Admiral know
his iieet individually as well as
collectively. Or, as one has ex
pressed it, the Admiralty “pre
supposes al most superhuman ca
pacity both as to range of knowl
edge a.id accuracy of judge
ment.”
In turning down Col. Usher
Thomason, a trained soldierand
brilliant regimental commander,
ml appointing over other sol
lierly applicants a politician
bke Bob Berner, Brigadier Bill
has but intensified the feeling
>f disgust that thousands cf
'ood Georgians entertain for
him.
With Bob Berner a lieutenant
colonel and Spencer Atkinson’s
jousin a lieutenant and Spencer
unresigued, it does look as if
iur political governor and would
he Brigs dier 8.1 l was determined
'<> protect the political fortunes
of the running mates. On with
the dance.
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Candler will have 268 dele
gates in the state convention
• ext Wednesday, coming frem
11)0 counties which h° carried in
he primary ; Berner will have I
ad delegates, from 25 counties;
uid Atkinson will have 26 dult
gates, from 12 counties.
“Hand ome Bob”—Colonel
Bob! And thus does a political
‘governor reward theother miu
ber of die “running mates.”
A new torpedo boat is to be
called the Bagley in honor of the ,
brave North Carolina officer kill
ed early in the war.
Sampson, S hley, Shafter, all |
at Santiago. Now watch the
Spaniards “improve” under the
S. S . S. treatment.
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The founder of the A. P. A.
. is dead What a pity his organi
zation was not buried in the
t same grave with him
A Gernibii.scieuiist c aims that
- tht memory is stronger in summer
• than in winter. He says that
. nnong the worst foes of the mem
I ory are too much food, tco much
, physical exercise and too much|
education.
Uncle Sam now has something
like 600,000,000 acres of land for
sale in the United States, and if
he takes on much more he will
become like some people we
1 know—“land poor.” Albany
Herald.
I The New York Times insists
I that the name of the Governor
General of the Philippine Islands
( is not Augnsti, but Augustin, and
nobody has yet found time to
, -uggest that ihe real name is
probably Dennis.
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It turns out that Hobson, the
hero of the Merrimac, was in his
youth a baseball player, a swiu •
mer and a boxer. Now we know
where he got his nerve. The
knowledge will iaciease popular
respect for athletic sports as a
training for the heroic attributes
and for the larger fields of duty.
’ Senator William E. Chandler,
in a signed editorial in the Con-
1 cord Monitor, advocates the cap
ture by the United States of the
Queen Regent of Spain and
King Alfonso, because such a
• blow would be vital to the ene
my. That’s the stuff, lets cap
ture them and exchange them
• for Hobson and his men.
I General Linares,the commaeder
at Santiago, who is said to have
15 000 men under him is fifty-five
vears old. He is described as a
man of medium size, and rather
slender in build. There is some
thing sad in his face; he is a man
who seldom smiles, and the first
iinpression he makes upon a
; stranger is that of a dreamer.
' Shafter wil' put him to sleep in a
day or so.
Just at this opportune time,
when the question of our part in
the far East is under discussion,
a Mr.-A. W. Bush reaches Ta
coma from a three years’ stay in
China, where, he asserts, he has
secured a concession from the
Chinese government for the con
. struction by an American syndi
I cate of a railroad 900 miles long
which will cost $30,000,000.
It is now said that McKinley
wants to annex Hawaii. That's
right; we want to annex every
thing in sight. We are beginning
to find out that the United
States is somewhat like a Geor
gia Pigeon Rooster—gets what
they go for, and are able to hold
. what they get against the world.
. Hurrah for uncle Sam and the
i' Georgia Pigeon Rooster. -South-
I rn Record,
General Shafter carried along
with his army of invasion arms
I ind ammunition for 5,000 extra
tro ps which will be more than
enough guns and cartridges to
supply the insurgent forces in
the province ot Santiago. '■
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system ia remarkable and myste
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and the disease immediately dis
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IN EVEBT DEPARTMENT
We need money and we are compelled to
BIG AMOUNT OF CASH out of our stock in the ‘ 1
few days, hi order to raise the money we have decil*
to throw our entire stock on the market at from jet'
50 percent reduction. This reduction applies to ev?
article in our store, contract goods excepted •
It is unusual to find a stock of men’s bovsn
children’s clothing, furnishing goods and hats so C
suited to the demands of the 1 rade as ours. Our enti
stock has been renewed in the last ninety dais r
ery garment is new, fresh and desirable; madewift
careful attention tofit and finish and these prices show
have your most careful consideration.
MEN’S FINE SUITS.
All $22.50 and $?5 suits go at sl6 50. A ll sls and $lB suits at sll 10
A 10 and 12.50 suits at 7.50. All 6 and 7.50 suits at 500
All 5 suits go at 3.50.
Children’s Knee Pants Suits (1
OTiSTuli’ pries®,
JUST 'ffcrYf E ©S’ ITii
$6 00 suits go at $3.00. $5.00 suits go at $2 50
450 suits go at 2 25. 4.00 suits go at 2Qy
350 suits go at 1.75. 3.00 suits go at 175.
2.50 suits go at 125. I.CO suits go at .00
MENS HNEPINTS 331-3 OFf.
$6 00 pants go at $ 1.0 0. $5.00 pants go at $3.35.
4.50 pants go at 3 00. 400 pants go at 2.65.
3.50 pants go at 2,34 . 300 pants go at 2.00.
250 pants go at 1.67 2.00 pa its go at 1.50.
1.50 pants go a?s 1.00.
FINE STRA W HATS
ED AT HALF PRICE.
BS ° at ‘ 25 - $2 - 00 hf »ts at - 00 -
1 s<-> hats go at 75e f >OO ha go n r )(Jc
IOC hats go at 40.-. 50 c hats go at 25c.
25 per cent_ off on all Furnishing' goods
Underwear, Shirts, Hosiery,Handker
chiefs, Soft and Stift Hats.
Big Line Hot Weatlqer
Stuff in Serges. Alpaca, Line i. ’dsn 11 I J 13k AH in t'ii- d s
count sale- 0
This Will Be our Monoij-Raising
YDLJR MONEY SAVINS.
1 Tb ?ir 18 > D ° triC i k ° f she ,r;id ' llor is jt a 2 ° in ß out of business advertising scheme to deceit
people. We always do exactly whit we advertise and we are sure she people of Rome aud suirou'i' 11 ’
country are aware of this fact. We come to you now with the honest frank statement 'hat •
needing money and in order to rni- fc . the needed we ofif-r v ju the ’ cleanest, best boug t stoClt ‘
clothing, furnishing goodsand ha s m Rome at facm 25 to 50 percent reduction.
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