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Hustler-Commercial.
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J.T. Gibson, Editor & Manager.
Ulfice up stair* in Clark Building. Broad St.
Telephone No. «g.
THURSDAY, JAN. 12, 1899.
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We have been unhappy for a
day or two. We failed to get the
Atlanta Constitution of last Sun
day, and it missed us yesterday.
Will our neighbor not give us
cause to be unhappy again soon?
We, like the balance of mankind,
are obliged to have the Constitu
tion.
The town of Opelika. Ala., was
visited by a very destructive fire
yesterday. The loss is estimated
at 520,000. Rome has fewer de
structive fires than any city of its
size we know of. Her fire com
panies are her pride. And so it
ought to be. Money spent to
properly- equip and keep up an
efficient fire department is right
ly expended.
Recent telegraphic information
is to the effect that the situation
of affairs the Philippines is most
grave. The rebels are concentra
ting near Manila it is thought
with the intention of attacking
that town. Preparations are being
made to meet them, but General
Rios is of opinion that it is their
purpose to make the attack be
fore American reinforcements
arrive.
One great need of the times is
men—who can successfully deter
mine the new order of things un
der which we are placed. Old
issues are put aside, and the
new issues must be met. The
times have always furnished the
men, who are to be our new
prophets, no one can tell. This
much we know, they must be
broad-minded, independent, fear
less, far-seeing men.
That city, town or county that
is controled by men who seek to
educate and enlighten the chil
dren of the present generation,
are preparing for good citizens
and strong rulers for the coming
generation. Thought, coupled
with a moral upright Itfe, is the
forerunner of health, happiness
and true riches. Most people are
poorer in their minds than in
their purses.
nu iu The descent
SUf A is certain from
weak lungs,
lingering
. coughs, throat
\4 *\ troubles or
/QJ bronchial
\ 1 affection*
y through bleed-
ing lungs, to
. MIT,
it to
lected. Thou
sands of peo
ple who are now in their graves would be
alive and well to-day if they had heeded
the first warnings of those troubles which
lead to consumption and death.
The hacking cough, spittine- of blood,
weak lungs, and all similar troubles of the
organs of breathing, will surely lead to
consumption, if they are not already the
signs of it. Then there are the other indi
cations of the approach of consumption,
auch as night-sweats, emaciation, or wast
ing away of flesh from bad nutrition, which,
if neglected, lead to certain death.
Ninety-eight per cent, of all the cases of
weak lungs, bleeding lungs, lingering and
obstinate coughs, and other bronchial and
throat diseases, whieh have been treated
with Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discov
ery. have been cured by if. Do not wait
until your throat trouble becomes serious.
All bronchial and throat troubles are seri
ous The time to take the “Golden Medi
cal Discovery ” is right at the start.
Even if your throat trouble has been
neglected until it has been pronounced
pulmonary disease or consumption, do not
hesitate to use the “Golder. Medical Dis
covery,” for thousands of letters from the
sufferers themselves, who are now well,
bear evidence that the “Golden Medical
Discovery ” will cure, even after good phy
sicians have pronounced the disease pul
monary consumption.
“ I had been troubled with bronchitis for sev
eral years.' writes Mrs. Orlin O'Hara Box 114
Mergus Falla, Ottertail Co Minn. ' In the first
flace I had sore throat. I doctored with differ
ent physicians and took various medicines but
got no relief I raised from my throat a sticky
substance like the white of an egg Could not
sleep, and had made up my mind that I would
not live through the winter." I took Dr Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and ' Favorite Pre
scription alternately, ami in a few davs began
to see that I was better I took eight bottles. I
have not felt as well in years as since using
these medicines."
k Un failable—Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellet* I
for constipation and biliousness.
HAVANA’S SANITARY CONDITION.
The press of the country ever]
alive to the general good, are!
sounding the alarm as with refer
ence to Havana’s sanitary condi
tion.
It is to be hoped that before
she hot weather begins that the
government authorities will use
all means possible to cleanse the
citv, and make it as healthful as
possible. To neglect this umpor
! tant matter, and allow our sol
fliers to go there and contract
fever would amount to criminal
negligence. Many a mother’s
heart aches at the thought of her
boy’s going to what is represent
ed as a death hole. To go at a
work so important as this stinted
ly, or to defer the work until too
late, would be absolutely unpar
donable in the government. Be
low we copy an editorial on this
subject from the Atlanta Journal:
From the grave the voice of
Colonel George E. Waring cries
out against the unsanitary condi
tions in Havana, Months after
the great engineer and sanitary
expert gave up his life a victim
of the reeking filth in the Cuban
city, the goverment gives out
his report of what he found when
sent there by the war department
to make an investigation.
Col. Waring found Havana a
veritable pest hole. The streets
abound with foul pools filled
with house garbage. There is
practically no sewer system. In
many cases the private vaults of
houses connect with loose brick
or stone drains just under the
pavement and the filth leaks out
until the whole city is saturated.
Whatever of filth is washed away
goes into the bay and stays there.
Dead dogs, cats and chickens
are left in the streets, where the
buzzards eat them.
All this is under the tropical
sun and it is no wonder that Ha
vana is a fever breeding city.
Col. Waring says that at the
southerly edge of the harbor are
broad marshes, into which flow
watercourses bearing the off
scourings of the very poor quar
ter of the town, refuse of the
slaughter pens and other foul es
tablishments. These marshes
breed malaria more deadly to the
Cubans than yellow fever.
The conditions in Havana are
the result of nothing but igno
norance and laziness. The water
supply is of the purest and best
and the winds of the Gulf would
Ido much toward making the city
a pleasant place of residence.
Col. Waring sounds a note of
warning. He says the people of
Havana are largely immune from
yellow fever, which has prevailed
without interruption for
years, but it only needs the im
migration of fresh material from
America to create an unparallelec
sacrifice. He would pave or re
pave the streets with asphalt,
provide an incinerating furnace
for the destruction of garbage,
reclaim the marshes and builc
houses with which to pump sew
age wherever necessary.
It is estimated that this work
would not cost exceeding# 10,000.
000 Col. Waring thinks the exe
cution of his plans would eradi
cate yellow fever from Havana
for all time and relieve it from
malaria which is now so fatal.
He predicts '.hat if this work is
not done before JJune Ist, of this
year, yellow fever will be rife in
Havana and cause the death of
many unprotected persons.
The street railways keep things
in a stew in Atlanta. From pres
ent indications it would appear
that the consolidated had struck
her match.
Messrs Beach & Co., are or
ganizing a bank at Adairsville,
Ga. This shows enterprise in our
neighbor, and will prove a great
convenience to her business men.
It is to have a capital of §25,000.
The south has always furnished
men of brains to plan for the
emergencies of this government
It ought to be done in the pres
ent. It is no time for small poli
ticians and men who hold office
for the salaries paid. We need
o ur wisest, strongest men in the
n ational legislature. If the demo-
OtiVAI Bakino
Powder
Absolutely I>ure
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
cratic party is wise, it will see to !
it, that the best material is used ;
in selecting the next congress
1 men.
Henry Watterson, the erratic,
in his nomination of Dewey, a
republican for president, has pres
ident. The republicans, aware
of Gen. Grant’s strength with
the union soldiers, and indeed
the entire north, nominated him
for president, knowing that he
was a democrat. Dewey’s repub
' licanisin is not, however, ol the
confluent form, he has not voted
since the republican party was
organized. The republicans
■ thought the democrats would
■ nominate Grant, but nothing of
1 that sort threatens Dewey.
Grover Cleveland and Col. W.
' J. Bryan are agreed on the ques
tion of expansion, both most pos
-1 itively opposing the open door
i policy. This question of expan
sion is assuming shape, and will
form one of the main issues in
I the campaign of 1900. From our
point of view, no more important
; question has come up for adjudi
-1 cation by the American people
since those of the Fugitive Slave
law and that of secession. Those
s were internal questions—a sort
?of family disagreement, but
wrought fearful results. The ques
' tion of expansion, or Imperialism
is an international question, and
. the bait is not only well pleasing
; but tempting in the extreme, and
v many there be who are inclined
■ to nibble at it. Let us not be de
ceived that pleasing bait hides
the fatal barb.
s ‘ .
e At«a recent luncheon given in
his honor Bartolome Masso the
e former president of the. Cuban
’ revolutionary government, reply
-1 ing to the toast of his health, said
t b
j he trusted to see the American flag
waving soon from every house in
Cuba. He also paid a glowing
f tribute to the magnificent work
* done by General Leonard Wood
1 J
j in this province. His remarks
, were loudly cheered.
Senor Masso also said he was
i not in sympathy with the men
1 who were continually objecting
to everything done in the island
e ’ by Americans. It was only nec
, essary to see Santiago, he con
-1 tinued, to witness the magnificent
‘ results of American rule, and he
trusted provincial or civil autono
my would be granted to the Cu
_ bans under a nominal military
- head at Havana.
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1 SENATOR HOAR'S SPEECH.
As American citizens we
, should take heed to what this
i veteran senator and legislator
says on the subject of expansion,
or imperialism. He clearly shows
that such a policy would contra
-5 diet all the life of this republic
for the past hundred years, and
that it would launch the ship of
state on an untried and danger
ous sea.
All the precedents of the past
and most of the profound think
ers of the present time, are against
such a policy. Let us halt at this
Rubicon, lest we cross it and
find disruption and ruin.
If the inhabitants of the Phil*
lippine Islands were well edu
cated and capable of self govern
ment, and in addition to these
qualifications asked to be annexed
to the United States, it would be
different. Part of them are igno
rant, excitable people, and would
require a standing army to con
trol them. They are not ready
| for the ballot, nor for the power
to govern themselves. I hey must
hence be governed by the United
'States, and this can only be done
by force. Can a free people force
men into obedience to our laws,
customs and usages? Let the
mormon question and the negro
question answer for us.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE
DAY
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Tablets. All druggists refund
the money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The genuine has L B. Q on
each tablet.
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announcement.
Next Saturday the Daily Ar
gus will commence the publica
tion of a serial story, written by
the author of “All is well that
ends well,” “David and Abigail,
'“The Lady Paulina,” “The Des
sassuers,” “Petrona Lisle,” “Ida
Delzons,” “Rio Vista,’’ “Bob
DeShazer,” etc., etc.
It is a somewhat unique story
of the courtships of a Tallapoosa
country girl by a New York mil
lionaire, and literary critics who
' have read the manuscript pro
• nounce it one of the best home
stories of the day.
The story will be published ev
ery Saturday until finished, and
will of itself be worth the sub
scription price of the Argus—3s
cents per month.
So confident are the publishers
of the Argus that the story will
please, that they offer to refund the
money at the end of the first
I month to all who subscribe on
1 account of the story and are not
satisfied with it.
In order to get the first chap-
> ters, subscription should be made
at once.
The Argus carriers are author
-1 izec to receive subscriptions and
, payments can be made to them
weekly at 10 cents per week or
35 cents for one month.
1 WHAT JOYFUL FEELING.
r
With the exhilarating sense of
renewed health and strength and
’ internal cleanliness, which follows
‘ the use of Syrup of Figs, is un
! known to the few who have not
’ progressed beyond the old-time
medicines and the cheap substi
-5 tutes sometimes offered but never
1 accepted by the well-informed,
r Buy the genuine manufactured by
j the California Fig Syrup Co.
’ NOTICE OF CHANGE OF OFFI
CIAL ORGAN.
GE! )RGIA, FLOYD COUNTY.
I hereby give notice in terms of
the iaw in such cases made and
provided that from and after this
dare the official advertiiements of
the sheriff’s office if Floyd coun
ty will ba published in the Rome
Tribune ano that I have changed
said sheriff’s advertisements- from
the Hustler-Commercial a.id the
Argus to the Rome Tribune. This
January 2, 1899
J. E. Camp,
Sberiff Floyd County.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRA
TION.
GEORGIA, FLOYD COUNTY:
To all whom it may concern: J.
T. Thomas having in proper form
applied to me for permanent let
ters ol administration of the es
tate of Mrs. Louisa Thomas, late
of said county deceased. This is
to cite all and singular the cred
itors and next of kin of Mrs.
Louisa Thomas to be and appear
at my office within the time al
lowed by law and show cause, it
any they can, why permanent
administration should not be
granted to J. R. Cowan on Mrs.
Louisa Thomas’s estate. Witness
my hand and official signature
this 3rd day ofjan’y. 1899.
John P. Davis, Ordinary.
Rlpana TkbulM «r* muss*.
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either for cash or on the most liberal install
ment plan.
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ness.
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