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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. o l _ 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, * ♦ • 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? * * * 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#? * ♦ * 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 * * 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. ♦ * * 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,” ♦ » * 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*