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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 ■ V 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, I I Engineer Lee Chalfant Risks his , Own Life i I TO SAVE OTHERS. I Lives of 500 Employees Were in Danger. And now The 1 Reaeuer May Div. I ——————. 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. I 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 1 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. I 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. I / “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 I 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 . . 1 Rortle District Meet I AT FIRST M. E. CHURCH This Morning. A District Par sonage Will Probably be Built In Rome. .■fc . ■ ■ I • 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 I 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..