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MN T H 'EA
WtHiN LAMPS
Arbitration in Constable Races
Creates Dissatisfaction.
CAN I DATE BEAUFORT) MAD,
Says he Was Treated Badly by
the Bosses- Copeland and
Johnson Before the People.
Talking about tempests, whirl
winds, storms and cyclones, if
there is anythi* g that is ca lcu
lated to raise a rumpus it is
political dissatisfaction in clique
caucuses, and it makes no dif
ference how small or insignifi
ce*t tlu> office to b* tilled ap
p ars to
As everybody knows, there are
tw o polit cal factions in Floyd
countx One is termed the
“rinv” by reason of the fact that
they h v» been in charge of the
cou-n political machinery. The
other has christened itself the
“reformers ” Where they get
their title and what definition
thev place upon its meaning is
hard to be determined by a
plain citizen. Well, the “re
form* rs” are apparently in a
stew, it is all caused by
one <>’ ns stubborn adherents
who will not be goaded into
eotert g political -cheme as to
th- selecti’ n of candidates for
const ddes. when it appears that
t> • k. ii m: wa». concocted to
defc tt the t.fortsaid adherent.
The tempest began to boil last
Saturday when the great moguls
of the “reformer*" called to
gether the candidates for con
stable . who were their recent
warm supporters, together with
a few “I *i id iwtfien
them th: t must bubiur
th* ir v<m- * a hitration
Io uetunud Mr Ge«»rge
Be.>u o- , » “reformer’’, objec
ted, am- raid he w.is ruuuinu
before i t«e people, and he
thought that the * eople should
deciets and not a few * bo>seb"
who should serv* them even in
the smaller offices
When Beauford mnde this
statemem he was invited to
leave tne building in which the
meeting »as held but tins he
declined to do.
The itbitiMtion was Le.d how
ever in the * un house , * bier
day at tern .u »i 2:30 <’c* vk
and five ci- didnivs, viz : M gats
J. A. Buffington, loin Ihiasi*,
D; i». Bry<tn, J M. Lochlier
and W J Bi an, .nter signing
an ironci •» dm ument w»ie
pern hi. u •übn.it their cause
before .h “r-fm in boss’ s,'
’twas sa.u intro wen liaeu ui
th< in, m t in the secret pre
cinct* , tor grund jury room
behind <% heavv oak door, closely
fastened with lock, key and
ail other implements, fusteuings
and c<minv.Hices to prevent any
of the subjects from even put
ting their ear to the keyhole or
eye to the trsnsome.
After deliberating awhile the
“bosses" decided that D B.
Bryan and J. M. Locklier
should run and the others must
retire, and so three muchly de
feated candidates left the court
house sad and forlorn.
This action has raised the
ire of Mr. Beauford who is a
well known citizen of Noith
Rome, aud be said to a reporter
this morning that it was a
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THE ROME HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL
scheme to endeavor to defeat
him, but he wanted his friends
t* understand that he never
entered the arbitration, and was
in the race to the end.
He claimed that he had been
iu the field for sometime, aud
time and again prominent re
form leaders had promised him
their hearty support, and they
have thrown him overboard,
thereby treating him badly
Messrs. R. H. Copeland aud
J. M. Jchnson, are also candi
dates for constable having an
nounced before the people and
submitted their candidacy to
them without the intervention
of any schemes and devices of
the present day politicians. The
election occurs next Saturday;
and promises to be a warm
number.
For low price drugs
you will go to Jervis tc
Wright, you ill find a
large stock of chewing
and smoking tobacco,
cigars and cigarettes,
pipes, etc.
Only two cases were tried be
fore Recorder Eubanks this
morning. Bud Wood, colored,
was fined sioor 30 days for be
ing drunk and disorderly, and E. !
H. Kearce was fined $6 for a'
plain drunk.
Cherokee Lodge will meet to-,
night at their hall in the Masonic
Temple. The third degree will
be conferred.
The young men of Rome will
compliment the visiting young
ladies with a dance at the Arm
strong tomorrow afternoon from
3 to 6 o’clock.
Mr. Francis Schlatter, the
faith cure doctor, never fails to
draw a large crowd whenever he
appears on the street and begins
his peculiar treatment. Mr. D. H,
Shelton says his hearing was
much benefitted by the treatment.
The regular weekly prayer
meeting of the First Presbyterian
church will occur tomorrow even
ing as usual, and Dr. Goetchius,
the popular pastor, is very desir
ous of having every member of
the church and as many visitors
as will, to attend.
Rev. J. F. Mixon, presiding
elder of the Rome district, will
hold the first quarterly conference
of the First Methodist church in
! the lecture room of the church
i Wednesday evening. Everyone
invited to attend.
Tonight is the annual election
lof officers of the Rome fire de
-1 partment, and the gallant laddies
will meet in the city hall at 7 130
o’clock and select their chief. Mr.
A. M. Word will be elected
without opposition.
If you fail to get your paper
kindly notify us. It will be the
earnest endeavor of the manager
of the circulation department to
see that every subscriber gets his
paper promptly, so if you should
not be Served, drop us a card,
ring us up over the telephone or
see us personally and we will see
that you do get it.
Today was regular sheriff’s sale
day and quite a lot os real estate
and personalty were disposed of
at public outcry. Deputy Sheriff
Donehoo conducted the sale, The
Dwinell estate was also sold at
public sale by the administrators
and was bid in for the heirs.
ROME, GEORGIA. TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1899.
I BRAVE ACT,
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Engineer Lee Chalfant Risks his ,
Own Life
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TO SAVE OTHERS.
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Lives of 500 Employees Were
in Danger. And now The
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Reaeuer May Div.
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Columbus, 0., Jan. 3 —lt is ,
not often that it falls to the part
of a stationary engineer to play |
the part of a hero, but that is
what happened te Lee Chalfant, ,
substitute engineer at Wolff
Brother’s sh >e factory yesterday. •
Though badly scalded he leaped
through blinding clouds of steam
raked fires from under the boiler*
and prevented an explosion that
jeopardized the lives of five hun
dred employees in the building.
The regular engineer of the
plant is ill and Chalfant was
working as a substitute. Yester
day he noticed that there was too
much water in the boiler and so
opened a valve to let some of it
out. Then he went around in
front to watch the gauge while
the water ran into the well. He
soon saw that the water was go
ing out too fast, and that a jet of
steam was escaping with great
force. In trying to shut it off he
; was badly scalded, but in spite
of the pain he thought only of the 1
horrible consequence of an ex
plosion.
There was but one thing ‘o
( do and that was done quickly.
I Seizing a shovel lie sprang TO
the furnace doors artd began
raking out the fires The boile r j
cooled down and the danger
point was passed Then Chai
fant gave the alarm He was
I taken to his home, where ue lies
in a precarious condition, but
with prospects for recovery.
PRESENTED WITH A JEWEL.
Rome’s Royal Arch Masons Show Their 1
Appreciation Appropriately.
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Last night District Deputy,
C. C., Frank J Kane installed
the newly tlecied officers of Mt.
Alto Lodge K of P. The new 1
officers ent« r upon the discharge
of their duties with enthusiasm
and zeal and w» predict a
1 prosperous yea< f>*rihissp mdid
iorder under iheir admiu stra
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lion.
Rome Chapter Royal Arch
Masons conferred »be R A.i
degree upo » M» - M se
1 Wright, VV A P ton and C
K. Portei I Ist num I he wort
was beautifully conduce* by
H. P., 8. M, Stalk and the
other officers of the Chapter. A
banquet was spread in the ban
quet hall at which excellent,
talks were made by Messrs. A
W. Walton, M N. Mixon, Max
Mejerhardt and the three can-,
didetea.
A pleasant feature of the even
ing was the presentation of
Past H. P., M. N. Mixon with a
handsome P. H. P.’s jewel,
rhe presentation speech was
made by Mr. A. W Walton
Atlanta is to have a new flower
ing mill which is to grind 8,000
bushels of grain every 24 hours.
The plant cost $125,000 and the
value of the annual eutput will
be $3,250,000.
Mr J. E< D~<<n left to-day for
II !Va>* whvre he goes prespec
tH’g It is probable that he
will loeate in die capitol of the
new Cuban acquisition.
A trade was consummated to
day by which Mr. James Glover
purchased Mr. J. Walter Reeces’
interest in the firm of Moore &
Reece. The new firm will con
timue business at the old stand.
The practical encouragement
we are receiving is a matter of
gratification to us. Help us, and
we will do our utmost to help the
city and the county.
The county board of roads and
revenues continued in session to-.
day. It was decided to postpone
the election of Mr. D. W. Sim-i
mon’s successor until February.
SESBESES‘IT II 1 ■■
The capital city club, Atlanta’s
leading social organizations is
minus a bartender.
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PENCILED AND ‘PULLED.”
■ Some who “swore off” on the
Ist, have been sworn in again, j
The man who “turned ov£r a
new leal” turned up drunk, j
Why is a dude like a needle?
Because he has an eye and no
head. j
“There’s no place like home”—
yes, and for that reason some
folks prefer to be anywhere
else. j
“From him that would borrow
’ withhold not”—he’ll do the with
holding. j
“Time is money”—yes, but it’s
darned hard to make the butcher
' and the groceryman see it that
way. j
—“Bread cast upon the waters,’’
is gathered the same day—by the
( fishes. j
“Hope long deferred” maketh
the average man as mad as
thunder. j
All of life’s fairest flowers grow
by the pathway of duty.
He who gives rein to his
wishes will soon be driven by his
wants.
That only is true rest which
prepares for work. Every vaca
tion should be a recreation.
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“Blessed are they who hunger
and thirst,” provided they can
get that which slakes thirst and
appeases hunger. j
Solomon said he had rather be
a “living dog than a dead liori”—
there are some folks who. would
rather be any sort of a dog than
a live lion ’ ' j
“He that being often reproved,”
seems to get used to it. j
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1 Money and time are the heav
iest burdens of life, and the un
happiest of all mortals are those
who have more of either than
they know how to use.—Johnson.
The man who “paints the town
red,” first paints his nose the
same color. ■ j
, “Laughing is catching,” bilt
there is no epidemic of that sort
raging here now. j
Brains and not bonds—charac
ter and not clothes constitute the
the true worth. j
“Love is blind,” and in some
instances it is a God-send. j
1-I 111 - Wll ~»
Prescriptions will be
fined with the utmost
care and promptness
at the up-t >wn drug
store of Mess Jervis &
igh 1h ± low price
rue c»pp ies to pre
scriptions also.
STEWARDS MEET
The District Stewards of The
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Rortle District Meet
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AT FIRST M. E. CHURCH
This Morning. A District Par
sonage Will Probably be
Built In Rome.
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The district, M. E. church,
south, is to have a district parson
age for the use of the presiding
elder,and steps were taken this
morning by the board of district
stewards, which met in the lecture
room of the First Methodist
church, with that end in view.
The parsonage will no doubt
be located in Rome, and this fact
will make it doubly interesting
to the Romans.
When the stewards assembled
this morning, the following an
swered to roll call:
J. A. Rounsaville, First church.
Fletcher Smith, Second church
J. T. Taylor, Third church.
J. B. Roddie, Howard avenue.
J. H. Eastman, West Rome.
T. S. Burney, North Rome.
B. N. Harbin* Silver creek.
The body was then organized
by Presiding Elder Mixon, who
was ex-officio chairman, by elect
ing Mr. Fletcher Smith secretary,
j The first question up was the
fixing of the presiding elder’s
salary for the next year,
On motion this was
of what had been previously" trs
-1 sessed for the different pastors in
I the district, which will be about
$ ,000.
The different assessments for
' missions, church extension, edu
cation and other objects were pro
portioned to the several charges
in the district using the pastor’s
salary as a basis.
The following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we the board
of district stewards of Rome dis
trict, respectfully request Presid
' ing Elder Mixon, to have elected
from each charge in this district
a representative on a district
parsonage committee. Said com
mittee to meet before or at the
district conference and formulate
plans for raising funds for pro
curing the same.
The body then adjourned.
ANTI-IMPERIALISTS GROWING
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Protest# Against Expansion Are Coining
in to The Club Rapidly.
Boston, Jan. 3. —At a meeting
,of the Anti-Imperialist League
today it was reported that the
direct protests against any exten
sion of the sovereignty of the
'United States over the Philippine
islands are coming in through
the league in increasing numbers
from all parts of the union.
' Mr. Erving Winslow, secretary
of the league, will visit Washing
| tOn this week to interview several
senators who have expressed a
desire for a conference.
Lead pencils, chalk,
car bon, pens, ink, writ
ing paper and envel
opes maybe found at
the low price drug
store of Mess. Jervis &
Wright, corner Broad
Street and bth Ave.
10 CENTS PER WEEK
FOR PRESIDENT.
Mr . Watterson, of the Louis
ville Courier-Journal, nominates
upen his own motion, Com
modore Dewey, the hero of the
Manilla, for president, and Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee for viee-presi
dent.
It weald seem that Mr. Wat
terson was just a little.previous
in this matter. The next presi
dential campaign will involve
issues of the most vital impor
tance to the wliofe country, and
the platform of principles dpou
which democracy makes the
fight for supremacy must be
carefully thought out, and care
fully oonstrucied. When this
all-important work is done, and
Dewey and Lee are found tb be
in perfect accord with the prin
ciples thus set fr'rth and the
most capable of defending those
principles, then let the standard
be committed into their hands.
If not, let it be entrusted to
others.
We do not believe in selecting
men aud then fitting a plat
form of principles to them.
To do that is the very quintes
sence of foolishness, and puts in
jeopardy all that true democracy
stands for, and may lose to the
country all that a wise, eco
nomic, simon pure democratic
administration would mean.
We greatly admire and we
think properly appreciate the
soldier-citiaens above named,
aud if when the platforaa has
been constructed aud the issues
distinctly and strongly made,
they are found te be in harmony
with it in every particular, and
capable of defending the doc
trine, let them be chosen.
Far be it from our purpose to
pluck a single laurel from the
brow of either of these gr®aC
soldiers, but it goes without the
saying, that every great soldier
and military chieftain is not
for that reason solely, fitted for
the highest civil offices.
Democracy is worthy to live,
and oeght to win and rule!
STATE NEWS-
Items of Interest That Happen Through
out Georgia.
Governor A. D. Candler and
family have moved out of the
executive mansion Atlanta and
are temporarially located at Ley
don house. The cause of this
temporary evacuation is that
many muchly needed repairs are
to be made at once upon the
mansion.
Farnest Roberts a young man
residing in West Point, was shot
to death while resisting arrest
yesterday. Before being shot
Roberts badly cut the two officers
who had him in charge.
The Augusta police commis
sion muddle has been settled by
the election of James T. Bothwell
to succeed Commissioner Flynn
1 on whom a better fight has been
made.' Before Bothwell’s election,
Flynn withdrew from the race.
When we have practiced good
actions awhile they become easy;
when they are easy, we take
pleasure in them, when they
please us, we do them frequently;
and then, by frequency of act,
they grow into a habit.—Tillot
son.
The best cement for china is
made of pulverized flint glass
ground well with the white of
an egg. It will stand any amount
of air..