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ini wm-coiiM. THEHUSTLER OF ROME E.sUbiisUed. 1890. THE ROME COMMERCIAL Established. 18l». Issued every eveuiug. except Saturday. Sunday and weekly. PHIL G. BYRD, EDITOR AND MANAGER. O ice. Wilkerson ;Block. Third Avente LIST OF SUBSCRIPTION >aily and Sunday,per year *5 00 ,un lay, per year .. <I.OO Weekly (The RomkCourier) pef year W BY CARRIER IN CITY AND SUBJII39 Dr' y ar.'lSunday, lOcent* per wee), Remit by bank draft. expfsJJ. money order or registered letisr Add-ess THE HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL, ROME, GA. Entered at the I’ostoftlce at Rome, Ga., a seconu class matter. Advertising rates aud sample co, ies tor th asking, ■ i "■ BUSINESS OFFICE P HONE 85 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. 1 J 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. ■ x • — l —•—*-■ 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. I 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. '■ RHEUMATISM CURED IN A DAY. “Mystic Cue in Rhtuma titm .nd Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days. I s action upon the system ia remarkable and myste rious. It removes at once the cause and the disease immediately dis appears. The first dose greatly I i 3606618, 75 ceota. Sold by Curry- [ I Arrington Co. Rom a Ga. t SLA I ' ( . I I 'l l-: I Th & 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. 11 ninniiiii i iuii ■§! Ili li *!■ I® II I® f I k f a 1 m s b I - Vi Vi 11111 111111 W