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THE NEW YEAR
IN WASHINGTON.
Washington, Tan,3,1894.
Some < 4 ' the people, ho plen
tiful in every coruiuui’’*'!' whoprofete
inability to see or undvi
necessity for constant and persist
agitation on behalf of temperance
should have spent New Year’s din
in Washington, years ago and
again on Monday.
The contrast wonld have shown
the necessity for temperance agita
tion, as well as the great ref >rni it
has accomplished wit nin that period
Ten years ago the first day of the
year was recognized by thousonda of
otherwise respectable people as the
one day in the year when men might
put themsslves on a level with beasts
without loosing their social standing,
in fact were persuaded to do so by
those who should have been the last
to place such temptations before
them—the women.
It was the ru'e then than
the exception that the young men,
and all too often the middle aged
and elderly men also, should eud
their New Year's Cftllp in a beastly
state of intoxication.
Now look at the o'hcrside.lt is
now considered as disreputable for n
man to get drunk while making New
Year’s calls as at any other time, and
the number es women who offer then
callers intoxicating liquor in any
form is comparitavcly sma I and grow
ing smaller each year.
This reform has been accomplished
by temperance workers, much of it
under great difficulties. For instance,
one lady who for manv years made it
a practice to furnish her callers with
intoxicating liquors so resented the
request oi 11 e temperance people
which she called an impertinent in
terferenc . w.th my affairs, that she
became offended with several of her
life-long friends who were amou.
them.
The rebuffs had no efh c' • the tem
perance folks persisted and althou
;T, took them several years they Im .
ry succeeded, n;i ! that lady not < y
banished intoxicants from her own
house but she became an active work
er for temperance ami has been in
strument 1 in causing' a number of
others to do the same.
That is the method which has been
followed as a rule in work.ng against
the Now Year orgies in Washington
which investigators have declared to
have been reproductions of the sat
urmdia of pavan Rome. In fact the
social position of the women made
personal appeals from some other
woman who enjoyed social intimacy
with them about the only certain way
of reaching them.
There are still some who persist in
tempting their callers with intoxicat
ing liquors, but the temperance agi
tators will not cease to plead with
them until all have been convinced
of their error.
It is not alone in social circles that
good results of temperance agitations
were preceptible New Year’s day.
The custom of the saloon keepers in
distributing free drinks to their cue
tonaers on that day had filleu our
streets with drunken men in the past,
but this time so few drunken men
were seen on the streets that every
one was commenting upon theip «b- I
There can be ho doubt that it was
iu* Uh P >rance workers who brought
"about this reform, because money
was not required to make a man
drunk that day. Therefore all honor
to the noble men an I women who
believed in and who kept up a
ce iseless agitation in bthxlf of tem -
perance.
Considerable disappointment is
felt here because of the refusal of the
government of Chili to extend the
ime for which the United States and
Chilian claims commission, now sit
tr.ig in this city, was appointed.
It was discovered soon after the
commission met, last October, that it
would be impossible for the commis
sion to act upon all the claims within
the specified time and application
was made to belli governments for
an extension.
The United Stages consented, but
the refusal of Chi i will prevent it,
and no main r low just the claims
may be that will remain unacted up
on when the time of the commission
expires they can never be brouglq
ward a tin. What makes it 1 >ok
.of the claims are by Americans
a Must that country.
By the will of the late Elizabeth
kfillican Gulick, of this city, filed
w th the court this week, the Wash
ngton Auxiliary of tLe American
McA” Association, whieh maintains
he well-known McAll Mission in
France, gets SSOO.
Congress reconvened to-day with
a airly good attendance. The first
I '•’•.ess in the House of Represen
t ..iv.-i w '** Je new tar iff bill, which
will, except * ther ft, » ttors ar *
temporarily taken up ‘'Tgeneral con
seiit be kept before that bo \' 1 ’ wnfil
it is disposed of.
Some think that the rapidly dimiu
shii'g available cash in the Treasu
ry may cause the tariff to be lai
aside until some serf of a financial
measure is adopted, but nb official
s atement has been made to that ef
fect.
The Hawiian investigation which
’s being conducted by a sub-coinmit
i o of the Senate committee on For
eign Relations is not public, but it is
known that all of the witnesses who
have yet been examined are gentle
men who are in favor of the provis
ional government of Hawaii, and of
annexation. The testimony is being
t iken und< y oath, It is impossible
at this time to say when the investi
.ition will be concluded.
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FLOYD COUNTY TEACHERS.
Ninety Three Stood ExamiiW
tioJt Yesterday.
Yesterday was a busy day with
the teachers, or rather the candi
dates who want to bo teachers.
All day long County School
Commissioner Bridges, assisted
by his pretty daughter Miss Nola,
md Capt. A. B. S. Mosley, presi
dent of the county board of edu
cation were kept busy with the
papers.
The Superior Court Room was
used by the white aplicants, there
being 18 la lies and 23 men
Among the latter ’ as but one old
man. Mr. A, R. Johnson, who is
51 years of age and a Romo Light
Guards Viteran.
The colored applicants were put
to work on rheir papers, in the
city court room.
There were, in this wing, only
tun men, while 43 young negro
rtomen were e*ich striving for a
• a hers license.
I'he scenes h»re, made the Hurt
ler think of “#hure enough wool
gutterings’’—but, unless we slip
up in our calculations Commis
sioner Bridges will have another
‘wool gathering’, when he tackles
'hi se papers.
HEARN INSTITUTE.
The Exercises of
Hearn School & Fe
male Seminary will be
resumed Jan 8 Ad
dress.
Palemerron J. King
Pres.
MONDAY JAN 8. 94.
lOc in cash will be
returned, cash
Purchase buying $ 1 00
worth of Grocerys at
T. F. Foster, Monday
only.
NEW GOODS AT LLOYD'S FAIR
Davis’s cake and pastry flottf
Fresh Fancy dark cranberries
Pickles in barrel and kraut
Honey flavored maple syrup
Spring onions and turnips
Graham crackers and ieallakes
Fresh garden seeds of all kinds
We save you money and guaran
tee satisfaction.
STATE & COUNTY
TAXES.
AH unpaid taxes for
1893 are being put in
hands of Sheriff for
Colection
Jno.J.BlaCk. T-C.
JAN 8. 94,
!Oc in cash will be re
turned everv cash
purchase buying $ 1 OO
worth of Grocerys at
T. F. Foster. Monday
only,
■ Ffi 23 S an ' l y* l ‘ skc y Habile
’ *eJ M a • • l.r .
AlUuU,<*i4l OCucelvP*. WLiAoiol ■ *
A KLOSTER OF
BULL’S EYE SHOTS.
Mr. Hiram Hill said to me yes
terday: “you cant name an old
Confederate Veteran who will not
vote against General Evans.” But
I did, and then Mr. Hill said:
“Well I juit dent see how they
can do it.” Mr, Hill will learn
before this campaign is over that
while many of the old Veterans
have not ceased to love the “Lost
they Lave been campaign
ing for H l ® P a,t 20 years against
the enennetf of democracy, and
when they want il leader for an
other campaign they naturally
1 »ok to one pure of heart, courage
ous and well posted in this mod
ern war-fare. They remember
Georgia in ‘92 and choose one
the democratic leaders who helped
roll up the victory 80,000 strong,
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It is rumored on the streets,
that Capt. R. G. Clark, while on
his European trip, ordered a hand
some safe of the latest design ’and
most improved pattern, and that
it has been shipped. The same ru
nor has it, that Capt . R. G, Clark
ordered the sate, to be used in a
atate bank, which he will open, so
soon a? l.he infamous ten per cent
war t?x is repealed on banks.
[ hope Capt. Clark may find im
mediate use for his safe.
There’# a good deal of hubbub
being kicked up in various sour
ces, abeut the missing tax digest*.
Perhaps right hero it would be
*rell to say, that the law requires
thres of those books for eacfi year.
One c®py is sent to the Comptrol
er General, one is given to the
Board of county commissioners,
and the other to the tax collector.
This being the case, why should a
certain element he continually
casting their inuen'io<s and insin
uations at tax collector John
Black, bocauH# rhe books ara lost?
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If a list of defaulters must be
complied running back tn ’77,
then let the clerk of the Board
collect hi# data from the Boards
documents or know the reason
why—before Jehu Black is cen
sured about Ibe absence of h's
documents. I notice that Ordi
nary Davis has found the digests
• f ’9O and ’9l iu the archeives cf
his ofhc», and that Capt. John
Printup discovered the volume
for ’BS iu his office. Now who
has the other#?
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I dont see why this county should
be run the expense of compiling tuat
defaulters list any way. Most of the
meu on it have left the county. Slid
John Black yesterday, out o f 680
of the defalters list for last year, nine
out of every ten have left the county
They are of that transient class and
why Floyd county should be run to
the expense of $5 per hundred soy th
enrolling of their naiads. I fail to S 6»
besides $5 per hundred is mighty
poor pay for the man who has the
wvrk to do
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Judge Cicero Hammonds, of
Armurchee, smiled, yesterday
when I asked him about “craps”
Mr. Hammond, who is one of
Floyds most progressive young
damocrata and succaseful plant
ers, says “We are all right out my
way, and will vote fer the dem
ocrat who deserves—we are for
Governor W. Y. Atkinson.
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During all the terbulence of t e
past year, and the “tightness of the
money streugeucy,” Rome has
ever had oue quiet yet cheerful
sac are casting our allus
ions at Dock • Lowry, the genial
ag«nt at the Express office. In sea
son and out he moves along, un
ruffled in temper, happy of heqrt
and persistently “gettiug there,”
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Will Rhudy tells this good one
on Sheriff Moose —He s iys £ on one
occasion when Juke was in New
York, and was sufieriug from a
headache, cause by the long trip,
that he went iuto a drug store to
gel a remedy. He w.is a little“ekil
tieli ’ abeut yankee drugs in yan
k*edom, so when the polite sales
man asked him what wae wanted
Jake cast his eyes anxiously along
the shelves of patent
Finally they fell on t .« 1-bel of a
bottle which said “Macon, Ga.”
Will says Jakes face lightened un
til you could almost Laar his ex
pression leading a “Georgia sing
ing” aad he said: “Give me a
bottle of thatl”
Me
♦
Felix Hargrove, the old colored
janitor at the Court house found
a check for $16,33 payable io and
indorsed by J. H. O’Neil. Fel x
could have ut-ed ir easily but 1 ik»
the honest old darky that he is he
wounded bis way to the bank and
restored, the property to its right
ful owner. AU negroes are not
thieves —as some men believe.
WHERE!
Groceries krut cheap. The
people will ceriaenly buy and that
is t. fact at L.G.Totiti’s.
LOOK HERE.
Saif rising buckwheat J 1- 2pkloc
Fresh Tenn. Buekwhert per lb. 5c
Fresh Cranherrip? per qt. 10c.
Large Fat mackerel 10c.
Bickel Tripe per Jb. 10c.
fhrndded Codfish per pk. 10c.
Fancy Prunes per 1b 12 1 2c
Currants per lb. 6 l-4c.
The above prices are in keeping
with our entire stock both staple
and fancy, our stock is new and
fresh give us a call and see for
yourselves, °t Mitchells old stand.
oOOD TEMPLARS TOMORROW
NIGHT.
Good Templars will m»et in
their hall next Monday night will:
be glad if all the old members will
be present regardless of back dues
and let us start a new. 'Vo will
have a nice programme of songs
besides receiving -juie new mem
bers.
E. T. Gilliam, C. T.
F .8. Bale Sec’y.
E
THE
MERCHANT
I
H VDSOME LINE OFi.
FALL ’ PATTERNS
JUSTIN.
ORDERS EXECUTEDj
PROMPTLY AND IN
THE VERY LATEST
STYLE.
CALL ON
S.M. STABLE
ARMSTRONG I
BL-CK
% THACt MAHX,
*• -Jl * • •
Oiwwts
The Bradford Drug Co. has ex
clusive sale of these celebrated
glasses in Rome, Ga. From the
factoiy of Kellam & Moore, the
only complete optical plant in th#
South, Atlanta, Ga.
CAUTION.—if fi offem W. I*.
Douglas >h AH a reduced pric«, or
ho hax them wtthout name stamped oa
bottom, put bun d<»wn uh a fraud.
■"'A XljWBbK.
V; '
W. L. Douclab
S 3 SHOE TH* E WORLD.
W. L. DOUGLAS Shoes are ptvlislj, easy f.f.
t; -z, and gl. ■ I c’.G r at the prices ad
vertised than anv other make. Try one pair and
be convinced. The stamping of L. Dougiau*
m;ne and price on the bottom, which guarantees
their vulue, saves thousands of dollars annually
t j those who wear them. Dealers who push tl-.o
s:.ie of W. L. Douglas Shots gain customers,
which helps to increase the sales oa their full line
of goods. They can afford to sell at a less profit,
an 1 w believe vnu can ivc money bv buying all
yo r F»otwrar of the dealer advertised below.
Catalogue fnx upon application* Addnea<t,
Vi . L, UOU<ik-AS. Brockton, Musw. Sold bv
CANTRELL & OWENS
240 Broad SireeCßoMH '-a.
-FFOR THE NEW YEARk-
If you want something nice, stylish, and i
keeping with the times, coma and see us. n
We have the goods to suit the times, forg oori
times, hard times, and all other kind of time °
We have al! the latest designs in Jewel?"
whether in pure Gold. Sterling silver, orth
reliable qualities of Rol’ed Gold. ’ e
A to you about our large and care
fully selected stock. Which is complete, and
Includes ail the latest styles from reliable stan
dard makers.
vVe have no ‘’shelf -oom” or Bankrut good
our stock is all Bright ?nd;New and everything
right up to date,
We invite you to come and inspect our stock
whether you wish to buy or not. we take just
as much pleasure in showing you our goods
whether you purchae or not as if you bought
every article that we showed you.
-We have just received a fresh lot of Huyler
&Tenny’s candies which is putup in 1-2 to
5 pound boxes remember the little folks and
the young folks and the old folks like tine can
dies,
HnffliuTck locßs Co M
MILL*
We Mean Business Cal! snd get our Prices
Before Buying we are S.elling, .
SASH MORS 1 BUNDS
Unuli jL/VvHu i/Ullil/Ui
Cv, CKIILiIK GCVtOUG
BAL CUSTERS and BRACKETS
AT BOTTOM PRICES.
ALEXANDER & HUME
uwiMinr M' n ivuc'aairii. n n-n iiwi Kia
Pfllll COAL
H Hp M M ■ an* at mw «?.*--rr-n-r, mj—. »■- im nr —_ - -
uUnLi coal
We Can Sell You The Best
And give you what you buy at the lowest prices
YARD AT PATTONS SHOP.
Orders left at Hunt Huffiaker's in the 4th, ward, and with
Frank Woodruff at 18 Armstrong building will
5 receive prompt attention.
Best Grade of Blacksmith Coal kept in Stock.
PATTON & JOHNSON
AeFcentrHotelC
10 IMMM
HEW FBBEISHUSS
N. M. GOMEZ Proprietor.
RENOVATED THROUGHOUT
A.LL MODERN' IMPHOVEMENj H
ELECTRIC BELLS ELECTRIC LICHTS.
TheßeunaVista
IIE.WDKLFB REWOVAT-EIJ
AM) K EF (JRMTOHEPj
THE ONLY si.oo, A DAY
HOTEL IN THE CITY -
Table supplied with the best the market a
fords polite and attentive servants,
BATES.transiont SI.OO, Special Ra tes by the week
month.
Mrs. s. e. Vick. c „
PROPRIETRESS
Corner 6th Avena© and Broad Street Rome Georgia*