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SINESS OFFICE P HONE 85
A good tailor cures many bad
ba bi Is.
Rome’s light expenses are her
heaviest.
Labor day draws near —what
are you going to do about it?
The hour has arrived when
Spain must swallow that bitter
pill.
The Hispano-American war
is making and marring reputa
tions.
It’s about time for Spain to 1
have another “sad but glorious '
day.”
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Uncle Sam don’t need the ■
heathen Philippine in his busi
ness.
Will 50,000 American soldiers
be enough to police the island of i
Cuba? We doubt it. i
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Many people are locked up |
far no reason —the lunatic asy- ,
lums are full! of them. I
There is not nor has there ev
er been a grander soldier than
the American volunteer. ,
not get down on our
knees and beg Spain to beg us
to quit letting us whip ner.
There were 13.351 business
failures in the United States last
year, compared with 13.088 dur
ing the previous year.
The Philadelphia Record sug
gests that Hobson can handle a
smack all right, whether it be
nautical or mei'ely naughty.
According to the reports of
the Internal Revenue Bureau,
Cre income from the war tax ap
proximates $1,000,000 a day.
The gubernatorial campaign
is now on and your Uncle Allen
will lead Georgia Democracy to
a cool 100,000 majority in Octo
ber.
Col. Ray left Savannah with
Insimmunes making all kinds
of old threats against his lieu
tenant-colonel. Ray seems to be
a lulu.
Klondike promised a yield of
$50,000 ,000 and now she is only
shelling down about $6,000,000.
Klondike must be Republican
by nature.
The Pennsylvunia troops have
been given a chance and right
nobly have they shown their
prowess in war, both in Manila
and Porto Rico.
We lost eleven men at Malate,
while the Spaniards had more
than three hundred killed. The
n Americans will yet convince the
world that they are invincible. I
A returned veteran from San
tiago warns the “iinmunes”who
are eager to go to Cuba that yel
low fever is not their only foe.
I'he Santiago sand flea, he says,
“is the most indefatigueable,
murderous, maddening insect
on earth, an I sets the sick half
crazy. The-e is no possible way
to keep them out. and they are
of themselves quite reason
enough, in my opinion, for
moving our boys North.”
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The Washington '1 imes thinks
that as the ‘ Maria I’eresa” is
about to be saved, it is perhaps
proper to suggest a mixed com
mission to see whether or not
the valuable vessel should be
returned to Spain. We might
retain a coaling station in tne
hold and commercial privileges
in the steward’s pantry, but to
keep die thing might look like
Yankee greed,
Gen. John B. Gordon sent the
following telegram to Col. Ray
at Savannah: “The heroic
course of yourself and officers
and cheerful response of your
regiment to the call to meet at
Santiago a far more dreaded en
emy than Spanish arms, will be
gratefully remembered by the
government and all Americans.
God protect you.”
It looks like Hon W. A. Dod
son, of Sumpter, will bo an easy
winner in the conteet for the
presidency cf the nezt senate.
His election to that position will
be a deserved recognition to one
of Georgia’s ablest young men.
It is from such young men that
our country gets htr statesmen.
Dawson News.
Peace, just now, would prove
awfully embarrassing to some of
“Brigadier Bill’s” politico-mili
tary embryo veterans. Think of
these fire-eaters who had crawl
ed off the stump, and got down
behind it to shoot Spaniards,
not getting a smell of battle
from even afar off. Oh tempter!
Oh holy Moses !
Spain’s 4s when the war
opened were quoted in the mar
kets of the world at 62. After
Dewey day they fell to 29 and
only under continued rumors of
early peace have risen to 33.
The bonds of the United States
were at 120 and even when the
last loan was asked fell off only
hreet points.
Rome, like all other towns and
cities, is to have reserve arms
for police officers. All impartial
and thoughtful citizens com
mend the council that passed
the measure by a unanimous
vote and commend also the may
or who did not veto the act of
his council.
Candidate Hogan who is hun
gering for gubernatorial honors,
came near getting drowned
while crossing a swollen stream
in Troupe county a few days ago.
He will have smoother sailing
up Salt River in October.—Daw
son News.
Newton county has gone dry.
One by one the smaller counties
of the state, and especially the
counties that have no large cit
ies in them, are shaking off the
whiskey traffic.
Inventor Hiram Maxim says
that “a man who can shoot
straight is worth his weig it in
gold.” Uncle Sam has some
valuable men in his navy and
ar my.
If there are 200,000 Cubans
left on the i land after the war,
100,000 American troops may
be enough to police the island,
but it will take 400,000 bosses
I to keep the lazy rascals at work.
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all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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The bank clearances in tie
United States for July were the
largest on record. “War’s loud
’larums” cannot stop Uncle Sam
from doing business-
With the Cuban insurgents
Iving in their hammocks-using
a splinter about the mouth, it’s
only another way these gentry
have of showing their teeth.
The latest generous act of
Miss Helen Gould is the pay
ment of good wages to needy
women, whom she has set to
work sewing for the soldiers
Those people who at the be
ginning of the war said lugu
briously ,“ War is no picnic,”
didn’t anticipate Miles’ march
through Porto Rico.—Americus
Recorder.
Switzerland has 230 periodicals
to every 1,000,000 inhabitants;
Belgium 153, Germany 130,
France 114, Norway 89, England
88, Spain 68, Ital 51, Greece 36,
Russia 9.
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'l'he Banner-Messenger says
that Haralson wilt give Maddox
a good majority. Paulding should
do likewise, and we think will.
Democrats should be satisfied
with nothing less.—Dallas Naw
Era.
You have doubtless noticed
that Gen. Joe Wheeler was the
oulv commander in the Santia
go army who did not sign ths
“Round Robin.” “Fighting
Joe” is too good a soldier to be
guilty of such mucinous conduct.
The average cost of killing a
man in modern warfare is said
to be $7,000. Uncle Sam should
hasten to bring hostilities to a
close. Dead Spaniards are good
Spaniards, but even a dead one
isn’t worth that p-ice.—Colum-
bus Enquirer.
'l'he Southern newspapers
keep worrying about Gen. Lee’s
future. It is safe to predict that
McKinley will “place” Gen. Lee
|and Col. Bryan where they will
i be out of the way of the Repub
licans in the next presidential
election—if he can.
Mrs. Ella Knowles Haskill,
who ran for the office of attorney
general of Mon tuna on the pop
ulist ticket, and, failing to get
electea, mairied htr successful
competitor on the republican
ticket, becoming thereby the as
sistant attorney general, thinks
a woman murderer should re
ceive the same punishment as a
man tuurd< rer.
HOBSON ANDTHE GIRLS,
Girls ki> sing Hobson merely
recalls that when the heroes cf
the war are enumerated he must
be embraced Philadelphia
Times.
All the girl# are running after
the young naval hero, and there
is no reason why Hobson’s
choice should n it be a good one.
—New Orleans Picayune.
Mr. Hobson seems to agree 1
with Henry Clay, that a kiss,
like the presidency, should neith
er be sought nor declined—un
der certain circumstances. —New
York Tribune.
The big brother of the girl
who kissed Lieut. Hobson
doesn't like the performance.
The big brother can always be
depended upon to make himself
disagreeable—Washington Post.
Lieut. Hobson has given no
tice that he would like to be let
alone. He is greatly annoyed by
people who want to shake hands
with him and cheer him. In ad
dition to his other troubles, that
St. Louis young lady has started
a craze which is likely to make
it impossible for him to live in
this country without wearing a
muzzle.—Chicago Inter Ocean.
Not only glory but money in
spired that special pleading of
“Sea Lawyer” Sampson, going
to show that he was within four
miles of the scene when Schley
destroyed the fleet of Cervera.
It is now more clearly undei stood
than ever why this naval quib
bler was advanced over the heads
of such iiien as Schley.—Chat
tanooga News.
There is more Catarrh ic this
section of the country than allj
other diseases pit together, and
until the last few years was sup
posed to be incurt-hle. For a great'
many years doctors pronounced
it a local diseas, and preseibed lo
cal reinedier, and by constantly
failing to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it incurable
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease, ai d tbere
foie requires consthuticnal treat
meat. Hall’s Catarrh Cure manu
factured by F. J. Cheney A. Cc.
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu
tional cure on the market. It is
taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful. It acts di
rectly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for auy case i
fails to cure, send for circular!
and tesiimonials. Address,
F. J Cheney & Co.. Toledo, O,
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best-
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That you can uze as a priming
coat for fine jobs or for the com
plete painting of any ordinary
job is the CROWN Wetherproof,
Fireproof, cold water paint. For
sale only at Frank Wright’s
Farmacy where you can get
culor card, descriptiv sheet and
see|a sarapl of the work. 1 lb cost
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of smooth boadrs. Norton’s old
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ROME BUSINESS COLLEGE
Rome, Ga., will receive young
men and ladies now at the actual
coSt to the College for carrying
them through a thorough commer
cial course, and furnish board,
books and commercial blanks and
accept an easy time note for tuition
payable after a {position h seou&d.
The College procured
92 POSITIONS THE PAST TEAR.
It supplies schools and colleges
with competent teachers of Pep
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for io cents in stampsi Is strongly
endorsed by hundreds of business
and professional men who employ
its graduates at Stenography oi
Bookkeeping. Address all letters
to the Principal, H. 8. Shocklry,
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Texas democrats have put a
crimp in the expansion of the
Hon. Boy Bailey.—Chicago
D dly News.
Aguinaldo seems to have his
ward so thoroughly organized
that it is impossible to ignore
him.—Chicago Record.
Europe is rapidly losing its
grand old men, but America is
producing grand new men every
day.—Rochester Democrat.
Aguinaldo and Alg< r are both
giving evidence that they are
amendable to American public
opinion.—Philadelphia Ledger.
It’s said that the Cuban in
surgents are still disatisfied.
Maybe they don’t like this eat
ing between meals. Philadel
phia Times.
All the evidence coming from
Perto Rico leads to the belief
that it left alone it would have
captured itself.—Pitts burg
Times,
We may now look for some
activity on the part of those pa
triots who intended to enlist
under third call for troops. —
Washington Pojt.
“Miss Schley.” says an ex
change, “saw the queen to no
effect.” Likely not. We’ve seen
three of them at an absolute loss
Richmond Times.
Ned Green, a Council Grove
(Kan.) boy, with the soldiers at
Santiago, gives this graphic de
scription of how his regiment
refreshed itself during the terri
ble heat of the first day’s battle.
“Just before we made the final
charge we had to cross a creek.
We sat right down in the water
leaving only our noses out, and
if it had not been for this relief
none of us could have go ie to
the top of that hill. 'l’he shoot
ing was very fine. the ground
where we stood was covered with
dead and wounded Spaniards.
My gun got too hot to hold so I
picked up one of theirs and a
box of um iiunition and started
in again. We reached the top of
the hill with only twenty three
out of the eighty seven in our
company, all the rest having
bsen overcome by the heat or
killed or wounded. As only
eighteen were hit by bullets, the
| rest fainted from heat on the
!read.”
A curious tax on the childless
has been resorted to in Ma lagas
car in order to keep up the now
waning population. With the
beginning of next year every
man of twenty live years who is
not a father of a child whether
legitimate or illegitimate, will
have to pay an annual tax ol
$3, while single or childless
young women over twenty five
years will have to pay half that
amount.
Attorney Frank H. Peck, of
Watertown. N. Y., was so anx
ious to fight for his country
when the war broke out that he
enlisted as a private, although
ho was a West Point graduate,
hail seen sei vice on tfie plains
and been instructor ut the Mili
tary Academy. It has not taken
long, however, for his merit to
be appreciated, and Private Peck
is now Major Peck, in command
of the Third Battalion of the
of the Ninth New York Volun
teers.
The Hon. Hinky Dink,of Chica
go, pay.) the United Slates should
keep Cub i. Th if leads the News of
the W'tidy Ci'y to remaik that af
ter a man has b»-en in the Chicago
council tor a year or more the mere
thought of lettiug anything get
away is followed by convulsions
and mental <L*pris»ion.— Mobile
Register.
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i they are found capable w i JU| ’
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era as being
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R me business College c» j,,y 9
the larg st enrollment of p upils
it has h; d in its histo y. There
will be thousands of vancancies
this fall to fill. Young men and
ladies will do well to enter here
and prepare lor thorough com
mercial work.
11. S. Shockley,
Principal. •
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