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tK BUbTLEE »F E(i>E Entered at tL<i Itnme powtoOiue u “first-tl M« Secood-claan Mail Matter. PHIL G. BYRD. { B^’“ d •daily and smAY.j TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 10 cents a week or $5.00 per annum FFICE: Corner Broad Street and “'•fin Avenue. Official Organ Of.the city of Rome, and Floyd, jthe ••Banner couuty of Georgia. In 1237 the English coined gold pennies that weighed l-I2oth of a pound and passed for 20 pence. The great six-day-gc-as-jou pleas bicycle race in New York City has ended. It was won by Schock who covered 1,600 mile/. Baring says that in I/ iidon dm ng the crisis of IRI7 it was found impos - sible to boi row any money whatever on a sum of £60,000 of silver. The Parisians annually consume, per inhabitants, 144 lbs. of apples, 120 of pears, 183 of plums 5 of ri p berries and 13 of strawberries. Two counties in California have over 50,000 beehives and export 6, 000,000 bounds of honey, besides 800,000 pounds of comb end 20,000 -of wax. Numismatists say that no human head was impressed on coins until after tbe death of Alexander the Great. All images before that wen of deities. Tire United States has 1 225 light houses and beacons, 32 I’ght sb’ps, 107 fog signals worked by steam, 1.87 by clock work, 1,761 river lights and 4,286 baoys of different kinds. It is estimated that the world’s > u cumbers are worth $8,000,000 annu ally to th ■ gar loners who raise th m, and twice that sum to the doctors and druggists, A HELPMEET INDEED, Hon. W. Y. Atkinson has the good fortune in t his campaign to have a wife who is a helpmeet, in deed She is very ambitions for her husband and is an intellectual and high spirited woman, with plenty of tact and zeal. It is known to her friends that during the lasi Democratic campaign Mrs. Atkin eon aided the chairman of the State cojumittee, her husband, in 1 is correspondence, and that she wrote no less than 1,800 letters for him into all the counties. Mrs Atkinson also took great internet in the formation of the girls’ nor ma! and industrial school at Mil ledgeviile, of which Mr. Atkins, n was the mover in the legislature, and is herself one of the lady man agers. She was Miss Susie Cobb Milton, of Florida, and graduated from the Lucy Cobb Institute, i v Athens, Ga., in 1876. Shortly af terward she was married to Mr Atkinson, who graduated the same year at the University of Georgia. It was a genuine college-boy and a«hool-giri romance, which has deepened into mature and lasting affection. Mrs. Atkinson is rela ted to the Cobbs, Rutherfords and Lamars of Georgia,—Savannah - Press STATE POLITICS. The campaign is now open. M•, Atkinson is undoubtedly the mn w t prominent and active political factor in the state to-day. While General Evans, his competitor, was mute, Mr Atkinson lead the Great fight in the late campaign foi Democratic unity n Georgia. We believe his entrance nto vi e field will in a great measure destroy the boeiu of Gen. Evam, gotten up by some of the daily pa - pers. Gen. Evans is a thoroughly good and competent man, but now we want a governor thoroughly in touch with the political needs and demands •f the people. Atkinson is a leader, a powerful campaigner, a patriotic champion of needed political reforms; and his distinguished services to his ■feitate will not be passed by at this Rtim®. —Waltoa News.J There was a cheeky kaus named Kaox And he blasted he never wore sox He’s a very high flyer He.and Samuel Whitmire They are on the road for *’ie rex. Mister Knox shook his long eu ey lox, Sawed his witt efT in Rome by the blox, lint the folks didn't lass At his last soa»ans ehaff And his name will attract smaller flox. NATIONAL POLITICS. Well, well, well I And now comes the cheerful intelligence that the price of pig iron is steadily ad vancing and business generally becoming more brisk—all since the new Democratic tariff bill was made public, too. Wonder how all this pleasant news fall upon th** •‘protection” Democrats and «ther calamity howlers inside the party lines with one foot only?—Colum bus Herald. Benjamin Harrison, late presi dens of the United States,is laying his plans for a renomination. Al) right, Ben, the Democrats will b< ready for you—or any other man, m 1896. —Thomasville Times-En terprise. A tax upon the incomes of cor porations is not a tax upon the incomes of rich men. need a law of some kind which will com pel those who are able to help the poorer classes pay the expenses df our government, and an individu al income tax is what we need for this purpose. —Jesup Sentinel. If congress is going to tax in comes, as it ought, it should levy the tax equally upon the profits es corporate, partnership and Indivi dual enterprise. There is absolute ly no ground whatever for any discrimination in the matter.— Athens Banner. PURELY POLITICAT, W. Y. Atkinson has been in pub lic life a number of years and has a record of which any man might be proud. “Peace hath her victories as well as wir.”—Chattooga News. Two geutlemen Lave announced that they are candidates for the gub ernatorial nomination of the Demo cratic party. Are there any more can didates'? Are there no other Demo crats who are anxious to be governor? If there are, they ought to make their announcements. Neither Gen. Evans nor Mr. Atkinson has been backward in stating his ambition auc purpose. The ambition is an honora - ble one. The office of governor ot Georgia is a great one, and the hon or of filling it any Georgian should be proud to have. It is about time the people of South Georgia were presenting a candidate for the governorship. There are among them men who could fill it acceptably. The people o* North Georgia will soon begin to think, if they do not now, that the office belongs to them. In fact they seem to think that about all the offices belong to them.—Sa vannah News. The Democratic ox that kept his. neck against the yoke last year is entitled to the gubernatorial fodder And he’ll get it. Mark that. In this year of candidates for gov ernor, many will be called and but one chosen. His name is higher up in the alphabet than E.—Madison It adi lonian. Tiie Herald is not getting excited over the gubernatorial race. There’s plenty of good timber in Georgia be sides Atkinson and Evans, and there is plenty of time to make a selection. —Waycross Herald. POSSUM TROTT GAZETTE. Our “devil” says he may not be as innocent as a baby, but he feels like one—he cant stand alean. Some of the statesman, in th# woods around Poneurn Trott, may have sense, but if they have, it is of a fungus growth. Since the noontootly corstitua tors have got onto our delinquent list, we have lost our popularity and we could not be elected for dog petler in those coasts. imequaled advantapw to young m >n desirinr a bill J. 6. AARMUiIN, Fremdent. Rowe. A KLUSTER OF BULL’S EYE SHOTS. This talk about all the old sol dier# being for General Evans is not to I besrd numbers oftle n talking and while they honor theii old comrad#, they are not blind n the geod of the democratic party. 1 , have tall ed to numbers of them and I know that they believe that democracy owes a vast amount to such brave lances and unterifi d young democrat as Hon. W. A. Al tirfson, our next Governor. * » ■* One of these 1 call te mind now is Dr. Hoyt. Do you know whore Dr. Hoyt was raised? A friend of lis told me to-day that Dr, Hoyt was bora and raie#d at Athens, Ga I bad thought that he was from the north. Dr. Hoyt graduated from Philadelphia and practiced in that city a few years, afterwardr te returned to Georgia and the next time he tried to get into Phil adslpkia he was surgeon of the 17th Georgia R*g’t. and did net go fur ther than Gettysburg. But whm he changed his mind and started home he had lots of company Good company too. * * * Dr. Hoyt entered the servict aud was for a while assigned to duty in the Georgia Hospital ai Richmond. Afterwards he got a transfer to the front and was'made Surgeon of the Seventeenth Geor gia and was for a long time with Toomh’s old brigade, He’was with the boys from Chicamauga to Knoxville and all the fights back to Dandridge. * * He was finally datailed and placed in charge of the Second Di vision of Jackson’s Hospital in Richmond, and was there to the end, I secured the above data in a roundabout way and made tht remarks at my own peril, feeling safe however, in the knowledge that the very modesty which would prevent Dr. Hoyt giving mt •‘points” will prevehthis doing mi bodily violence. If I ‘ made any errors I give notice bow that I shall correct them, * * * Dr, Hoyts acquaintances are his warm and personal friends and in his quite way he is so near to the hearts of the Rome public that they will never know how they es teem him untill his place is va cant—may that date be in the dim and distant future. Dr. Hoyt n one of the most practical men in Rom# a trait of character so marked that he carries it into hit politics—He is therefore an Atkin son man, The Hill City Cadets hold their tirs.t meeting fer the new year to night. and the meeting will doubt less be a most enthusiastic one For-two years the Cadets have not asked the peeple of Rome for a dollar —strange but true, The Ca dets are in good shape how g»n#r ally speaking, but they “need a f«w funds.” Mr Thomas Warters, with fair Cigar Factory, ie now established in the handsome new brick ho s recently finished by Capt. M. A Nevin, next to Colcloughe Liven stable. Mr, Warttrs has a number of men and boys at work and s turning out a most excellent lin of cigars. His goods are handled b\ every wide uwake retailer in the city. Rome needs more of these small biiterprises. Enough of then, will make her a powerful city. * * * Said a well known Roman to in# to day, ‘‘do you know that there is no law in Georgia to prohibit a prize fi rht?” Now thate a pretti howdy do. And here is the fellow Lyi.ch Atlanta trying to get Corbett and Michell to deeerl Florida and bruise each other ah over the Gate City. Georgia needs a law different from this proposed Lynch—lawlessness. * * Will Rhudy, the uptown furni ture prinee is now well established in his new stand on “Council Bluff,” formerly Kinkaid Korner on Broad Streets. Mr. Rhudy has a number of large floors, and th#y are all well stored with the choic est bargains in Furniture. I notice one thing about Mr. Rhudy, when he once sells to a party he mak*a ■i lasting customer out of said par ty. Its a habit wi>h him. AMUN’S THE PRINCES. If that prize fight must occur, it should be fought at; Cripple Creek, Colo. That is about tbe toughest place that has yet put in a bid for the mill —Augusta Herald. —o — Atlanta's cup of bitterness is over flowing. Her leading lily livered dude, ner own, her very own Sammy II rl] will shako the Peachtree dust from his exclusive ieet aud dvsell hereafter in New York. Even now he is adver tising his bric-a-brac for sale. Atlan ta’s loss is Murray H'll's gain-—Ma- con News. —o — John Cain aint much on preaching but he can quote some of the best scripture ever sent to the heathens. How’s this for a text? Blessed is the wan who forgets no*- the printer. Yea, who thinketh on him about a do A/s worth! An ingenious little instrument cell ed the gaiterphone has recently been invented which, attached to my ladv's garter, registers the distance sh e walks every day Next!. —Waycross Herald. The next is a little instru ment to hitch to my huv>’s j-r-;ewel of a mouth which will record the number of weds she speaks in a day Then it will be “walks and talks ’ Chattooga News. ) Mclntosh wants to see the mellen ium and make this suggestion: Now, if everybody instead ol talk ing hard times all the time would turn about and talk go©d times th #y might talk the latter into existence. The Hustler of Rome, after noting the improved condition of Senator Colq nit’s health, expresses the hope that he may live to a ripe old age— “as a private citizen.”—Calhoun Times. —o — Montgomery M. Folsom, the ver saile poetie genius who presides so acceptably over the “Georgia Crack er Column” of the Atlanta Journal, paid his Christmas respects to the brethern of the Georgia press iu a characteristic manner, of which the following is a sample: ‘•That Hustler bard, rare Byrd as Rome, May his dreams be of “Home, Sweet H»me,” While figuring Cooper clears his head And munches a turkey leg instead. May Editer Dortch leave off her taunts And have all the dressing th <t she wants; While Editor Williams skips the rope And sweeps the skies with her telescope Loud let the uainsville Eagle scream, The Nugget of Dahlonega gleam, Thy Standard Wave, oh Cedartown, While Christinas chimes come Russelliug ■down, And twinkles like a new-born sun The rising Star of Elberton.” Cats scratch. So do gritty cleaners, v 0 . - . But... g ; Bon j I Ami \ rr he Modern Cleaner Cleans | Pa : nt. g :o Brass, s> Marble, s Windows, Mirrors, Silver, 8 Nickel. & Without a scratch. ; AM Grecra. Q Free Sawple. X? Q Childt & Childs, W 5? New Yorn. k- v'’ ' K MEDAL AND DIPLOMA ! and W. M. HUTS. rreaiHrm. 50 CENTS A YEABI H THE ROME COURIEM The best weekly news paper ever publishel ih Floyd County. Have you a friend in the far West wbo woifii ;i pp7 ciate a good thing? bend the ROME COURIER. Have you a relative in the bleak N orth you would i (luce to move jinto God’s country? Send the ROM Have you a friend, loved one or acquaintance in t croA’ded East who yon would induce to come South? 1 5 Send the ROME COURIER. ROME COURIERS Costs less a cent a weeK Subscribe at once, or 'send us the address your friend and let us send him a sample copy. Address, THE ROME COURIER. ROME Gi A Prize P ieture Puzzle] ■EXPLANATION.— The following picture contain, four faces, a man and his three daughters Any one can find be man’s face, but it is not so easy to distinguish the faces of the three young bait, Th picture was published ir a few newspapers some time ago, and attracted considerable xtttntion» ■ remedies. W. now offer a new prize competition inconne :tion with it. the sole obj« is toflffoduco our medicines into npw homes, those who entered the former -ompetit’on are requeue not to tornpete ha this one. As to the reliability of‘The Ford Pill C 0.,” and the .-stimation in which thei medicines are Held in Toronto, Canada, where they are best known, natrons are referred to the daii newspapers, wholesale druggists -jjd business houses generally <cf Toronto. zClfilK I Jy vi'™ iwWSß The proprietors of “Th« Fort Pill Co ~" will give an elegant pair or’ Shotland PonleS'B and Harness, valued at S6OO, (delivered free in any part of the United SnA LWH v’L 1 TUTJ 1 L niake ° Ut the t b ree d “ u K h!ers ’ feces. To the will Ls given an eleg&l #-aay B Cola Waton, set tn sapphires and diamonds. To the M/. v will be civen a neir d : *Zv[n» ,a 7’°K nd E ' ar^inK ®- T t ,he wili be siven a hanisome China Dinner service. !° the-A/Z/i will begnena Koaak Camera. To the sixth, a Swiss Music French Mantei Clock- To the suhth, an Banquet a pair of CfOWH Derby Vases. To the toith, a compl’ei LaWtl P rizcs in order of merit. Every competitor must cut out the above ..d 1 iotore, distinguish the three girls faces by marking a cr- ss with a lead pencil on each, “ tW .. C ' n 'L £ ? m P s J ur °"O of '' e fob wing ‘‘Prize Remedies. - Cnnih P Vf ß ’. Ford ? f rize len.ed jor “Ford’# Prize s,?,; 5 .. » n , ro - ur ct ar ‘l oneof tbe aliove remedies y,u desire. Address “The Ford r?I T a S,S ” . Toront °. y.'-na'la. Tie person whose envelopes' ?» tmarked first will be awarded tbe first prize, and the others in order of nferit. As this adw seemeix appears simultaneously throughout the United Slates, every one has an equal To tue person sending the Ar.'/correi r answer will be gi en an elegant Uprltfht Con’ttt earana Plano, valued at 15500.C0. To the_/7rsZ person from the last sending a correct siisko vsH be given a gentlemans fine Gohl “Sandoz” Wateh, which strikes the hours and quartet jc-rt on •m»H cathedral gong at pleasure, and valued at *300.00. To the z«wa/from the/«h» Mrst-classl Safety Licycle, pneumatic tire. To tbe thi,d from the Zosf, afimt-class English Shot ran. Tc-tbe fourth fiom the nut , a suite of Parlor Knrnitnre. To the zf/rA from the lost, al fcandsouie Silver Tea Service. To the sAr/4 f .nt the last, an elegant Piano Lamp. Io tbtß ” le ° handsome pair of Port ieres. To tbe eighth from the last, a genuiw Etighsh lea. .er travelling Trunk. To thr I from the last, two pieces of genuine Tread MtMtuary, and many other prues in order of merit. SPECIAL PHIZFM DU EACH STATE. A special pnjk. of a Silk Dress Pattern (sixteen yards, '.ny coin.), or a L ; rst-clitf y- WJn ff (any make><iesired) will be given to the first person in ‘meh State in the . ,• w "° jut the daughters’faces. Wethall give away 200 vuluuble priZ3w» besKies speciaqprues, .If should be so many sending correct answers.) Noerange is mde for boxing •nd packing o. prices. S sos the leading prize winners will be published in connection with our •v. vert iAe me nt K»adin • .icwspajjers next month. Extra premiums w ill be givtn to those who are willing to assist in introducing our medicines. Nothing is charged for the prizes in any way. They are absolutely given away to introduce and advertise “ Ford’s Prize Remedies#” which ir? Jtand’ ard medicines, and will be used in every family for years where they have been once introduced. A« ■ W! aw *rded strictly in order of merit, *nd with perfect satisfaction to the public. The r.--diesl wd be Miit by mail, postpaid, and prizes free jf duty# A WATCHFOR EVERY AT€SWFK. r-wnn — m w - r . —w, s />..».«. -—, —, An extra psemiura of a genuine “Fearless” Watch, (stem winder,) will be awarded I Hnon wbo send* a correct answer within 30 days after this advertisement appeal s, in case they«ho« Jd n< . | be foftunaie .neagh to secure one of the larger prizes. That is, if any one can rind the three facet endnM them within 30 days from the time this advertisement appears in the newspaper, they guaranteed either one of the leading prizes, or an extra premium of a watch on conditions statea. No answer wdi be noticed that does not contain 30 cents for one of Ford’s Prize Remedies. Address THE FORD PILL CO, “3\” Cor. Weningtoi S Bav Sts.., Tort nto. Canada. I\ F. A. APVES & tX 'N Wholt.4ol« Manufacturers of / S A PLEASURE VEHICLES. / g oj ■" - m "a 6 1 53 T-- ■'' "7 ai - 1 \ ! / /\ '• o s - wWxwSWv? H 5 5 1 \_z\y _i v \< 1 x - -- ** s •*— d • 0 2! •u 3; / x -h SV F. A. AA\E3 O CO., . S / Factory and Salesrooms, OWENSBORO, Ki.