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I HE HUSTLER OF ROME. THIRD year. DEMOCRAT W. Y. ATKINSON, •Will Arrive in the Imperial City To-night. SKETCH of his life H eWlllke« t “ ,e Hetel “ few Boir»To-»otrow Moi wins and Should be met by Every Cltlxeu of Berne- THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF Democrat W I. Atkineon, Georgia’. .extC.oreroor.rll.rrir.ie the e>ly tonight- He is not coming for the purpose of making a speech Tut will stopover a few hours and meet as many of the citizens as he can. He is in the race, for the high office of Governor. He is in the race to win, because he has been put there by the democracy of the state of Geor gia and Georgia democracy is never defeated, for the simple reason that it is made up of just such loyal, true blue, wool bat boys as W. Y. Atkin son. The coming of Mr. Atkinson, to night calls to mind in most vivid colors, his last visit to Rome and the“ Bloody Seventh.” It was back in the dark days of ’92,when politi cal chaos had settled over all the northern tier of c< irnties, and the voice of Maddox was ringing through the night of uncertainty, rallying the Democracy of his dis trict as best he could. At that time, when he and his Lieutenants were hard pressed, and the minions of Weaverism and the sore head calamity howlers were claiming the earth—There was heard o n the flank of the gallant little baud, another voice, it was the clarion note of TV. Y. Atkinson. Day after day he met the “wool hat boys” going from county to county and town to town. He put new lite in the old party’ and kin dled fresh hopes in the bosoms of its despondent supporters. The battle of the ballots fol’owed, and ‘ Our John ’ was elected by r near ly seven thousand votes—who won the fight? Democracy! And W. Y. Atkinson was one of the allied Gener a’s who led on, where the fight was thickest. Mr Atkinson is no stranger in Rome for Bime is a practical democrat! 3 and knows demo< racy in all its o- i t. read •to < x end a “earty wd-orae to a statesman of that P a rty--Sh P remembers the gifted “ Coweta, who came to the help ben -«■ That Romans and North Georgians 3 ave a better knowledge of Mr publish below a brief fr»m ti° cm Carrer ’ wbieb we clip be Colu mbus Daily Ledger; ' k, '"IOFMR ATKINSONS LIFE Hon- W v Ali- bis father’s , kl “ Bon Osborn on ■ county ( a "“ m Mfcri wether 1 1854_.be ’ CU Novflluber 11th, I -ml tv” lhe «- 1 Slu ee the setP partntal ancestors Ij>-X „T Of Coh " adau S ht er ofDr. | il ‘th a t Cl v bu8 ’ and Was reared B Three O s ... ■ 'tears. Nyi,; * kinson s uncles, B eD P°d Ellis ; lIU ‘ H ‘ Swell and Dav ’ ere> also reared in Co- I fl.- ■ ers ’ lil e others 0 ? •* ° f f ° ur brotb • (ll ‘" T\ A. Atkinson, l ' n I’resentative from B 8n f d at P resent sl of the Coweta B 1 K J Atl hQ£On ’ Os b ot V tbe »itv na „ , ul b usine«B men ■A k «C , A “ w,re |7 r-r-e B «' complete and it ROME GEORGIA. He Helped Defeat the soldiers Home poor house scheme. BRIEF REVKW OF HIS RECORD Am law Maker aad ©ptoioas es lead lag Geergia Jouraals oa hie ©uadi dacy. Me is a man of the people and 8 the peoples choice. THIS GRAND OLDSTATE. was through his own iffortithat he went through the University of Georgia. In 1880 he was married to Miss Susie Cobb Milton, a daughter’ of Hon. W. H. Milton, of Mariana, Fla., and a distinguished lawyer of that State’ In 1886, Mr. Atkinson was e'ected to the Legislature from Coweta count}’, and has served continuously s ince as a member of that body. During his service in the Legisla - ture he originated the following measures: 1. Providing for the election of the commissioner of agriculture by the people. 2. To establish the Georgia Nor in 1 and Industrial Schools for girls. 8. To provide for the submission of the State road betterments ques tion to a commission, which finally passed upon the claim of the old lessees against the State. Mr. Atkinson afterward employed by the governor to represent the State before this commission. The bill to limit lhe pay of in spectors of oils to $1,500 per an num each and to pay the excess of fees into the State treasury, This measure alone has resulted in the saving to the State of $lO, 000 or $12,0G0 annually, since its passage. 5. The bill to place telegraph and express companies under the railroad commission. He also aided in the legislation that increased the State school fund from $300,000 to nearly sl, 250,000. Mr. Atkinson is the president lof the board of trustees of the ! Girl's Normal and Industrial Col ■ lege and has devoted his time and I energies to the upbuilding of that i institution without, any compensa tion whatever. He has twice been elected chair man of the State Democratic Exe cutive Committee, and during last year’s campaign his servces in this capacity were of incalculable benefit to the Democratic party. His administration of the affairs of his party in the State and his record as speaker of the h©u«e of representatives are evidences of his high executive ability. During the past eight years he has been intimately connected with rhe questions of the State ‘government in all departments and is yet in the prims and vigor of manhood. Much ado has been kicked up| by papers that oppose Mr. Atkin s m claiming that he is making a fight on the old Veterans. To this rot Editor Reed of the Athens Banner makes this ringing reply. A great deal is being said through the columns of the Evans organs throughout the State in regards to what they term a movement on the part of Mr. Atkinson’s friend to elim inate the old flag and the traditions and memories of the late war. We have a right to speak for ourselves in this matter and make it plain enough for any man to understand that we will support no man who seeks to repudiate the deeds of the boys who wore the grey. If Mr. At kinson were to attempt to make a flight on General Evans because ©f services to the Confederacy, he would see how quick the votei’s of FRIDAY EVENING JANUARY. 10. 1894. Georgia would lay him in his polit-1 ical grave. The ser.ices of those men I who followed the stars and Lars to victory and defeat, through sunshine and shadow will never forgo! en in Georgia, Degenerate, indetd would beceme the people, who could •ver forget the deeds of tloj® who bared their breast to the stxrm of battle in defence of their country. When Geoigia does this, we will ad mit with shame that we ar© a native Georgian. But does the suppoat of Mr. At kinson carry with it any such inten tion on the part of our people? Has Mr. Atkinson ever attacked General Evans on account of his Coufedesate record? Has he ever had ought but words of kindness for his < ppi nent. Is this movement to elin i late the old flag a fact or is it campaign nay th, generated by the enthusiastic follow ers of General Evans? Most assured ly the lutter. Mr. Atkins n was too young to do seru e in the war, but those of his kindred who were near and dear to him did do valiant ser vice in behalf of the Confederacy . If Mr. Atkinson had been of age at that time sufficient to enable him to bear arms, 1 e too, mig’t have been a General. His barvery none have questioned, and Lis devotion to t tate and country all know full well - In the discussion upon the Soldier’s Home bill in the House of Represen tatives. Mr. Atkinson opposed its passage. In this we disageed with him at the time, and still think the home should have been accepted by the State. But Mr. Atkinson’s posi tion was on high ground He was in favor of giving the money direct to the needy veterans as pension mon ey. so that they might enjoy it a' their own homes. In this view he had the support of many veterans Is he a foe to the relics of the Con federacy. AV is there a wormer supporter of the bill to pension the widows of the Confederate veterans than W. Y. Atkinson? Mr. Atkinson cannot boast of a brilliant war record, but in the cam paign ahead he will seek no votes by disparaging the h irvices reudered by General Evans during the late wa r . If any one attacks this record of Gen eral Evans none will repudiate the attack with more energy than Mr. Atkinson. Ti e Atlanta Ring undertook to close the gates against Mr. Atkin son, but Georgia Democracy being 'he larger of the two. would not bare it so, and from all elements of society and every section of the state, the “Wool hat” boys hav. called for Atkinson, and will have none other. Among those of Rome, to whom I spoke today, I find that the At kinson sentiment is growing rap idly, and there is certainly no doubt of his carrying this county. Among those I met in a hurried I way, were C. Terhune,Dave Hanks Pace Roberts, Jack King, Harper Hamilton, Tom Cornelius, Capt. J, C. Gai rison, Dave Brown, W. W. Hudson, Judge Fillmore Johnson, of Etowah, George Allen. Hender son Lanham, J. K. Williamson, J. R. Watts, Tony Antognoli,Reese Miller. Judge Cicero Hammond, of | Armurcnee, Henry S’offragen, Charley Beysiegle, Dave Shelton, Dr. Felton, Dr. Sam Lowry, Dr. j Jervis, Dr. Garlington and —hut space forbids. From all over the county comes the same report, and Floyd will be written in the Atkinson column. Mr. Atkinson is not here to mak< a speech, but will meet the boys and renew old acquaintances as well as form new ones. He is here for business, of course—-he is built that way and that’s the reason Demociacy honors him and will put him in charge of tne Governors office for the next term . Go down to the Armstrong to morrow morning and meet him. FOR DYSPEPSIA, Indigestion, and Stomach disorders, tate BROWN S IRON BITTERS. All dealers kaep it, 81 per bottle. Geautno has yada-mask aad eruased red Uaee o© NEW YORK GOST WE ARE FORCED TO SELL OUT. * The entire stock of A. B. McArver & Co is now on the market at New York Cost. This is no fake sale, everything goes and for spot Cash. SPOT CJLSTZ SALE. MB £ Dr y goods. Dress goods, Whit M goods Silk warp Henrietta All wall I cashmire Half wall cashmire All X wool dress, llanel B'ack Sateens * | Collcred Sateens Check Nainsooks T I Check Lawns Plain white Lawns $ India Lawns ’Whito and cream f ® mull Hamburg Edgings. India k * Linin X Laces Ribbons Table Linens Towls j* J Dress Linings Red and white flan- M A el White and Red Spreads Jeans f $ 10J Sheeting 5} Pillow Casing I Black Domestic Drillings. Sheet mg Shirting, Callicos, Buttons L and thread. Blankets and Com- A forts. | SHOES • I'. Ladies Shoes Fine Shoes Good Shoes Cheap Shoes. i Misses Shoes. Childrens Shoes jk “ Rubbers COST A B.McARVER&Co. Fillß FLEES. A Jewish Rabbi Skips From Macon. AFTER GOING ALL THE GAITS Leaves Four t • pcctive Brides and a Aunib**' >! frauded Creditors. Some Serio ■> and Sensational Char. ffes. Macon Ga., Jan. 18.—The con duct of Farber, the Hebrew rabbi of this city, is creating the great est sensation Macon has had in a long time. Farber forged notes, erders and other papers on Sam Waxelbaum, Simon Josephson and others amounting to between $1,600 and |2,oo*\ and bought every (thing on a credit that he could get. His wife recently died and he leaves two small children behind, o a a baby a year old. One of the children are to be put in the He brew Orphan’s asylum, and the other is to be adopted by a well known Macon family. Farber was engaged to be mar ried to four different girls, and two of them had their trousseaus ready. He induced one of the girls, pretty as she can be, to resign her position as typewriter lor a leading law firm two mouths ago on tb e grounds that in view of his exalted position, it was necessary for her tc give it up a few months before their wedding. Ona of his fiances lives in Atlanta and is well known. A story is current here that at least one of the girls to whom be was et giged has been deceived, and veugance has been sworn, Farber’s libr ry is one of the most noted in the United States, not in extent but in its character. It contains many rare, va'uable and antique volumes. There is no end to the excite meu tamoug his race, and busi ness among them is almost sus pended. —Jou: s i'. KIMBALL GOES LOW. The Town Capitalized at Mil lions Sells for $85,000. Chattanooga, Tenn , Jan. J 9. (Spe cial.) Sixty-four thousand acres of valuable mineral land and town site plots in the Sequachce Valley, the property of the New York and New Orleans Coal and Iron Company, were iold today at receiver’s sale for SBS, 000. This company founded the boom town of Kimball, and was organized by H. I. Kimball, the builder es the Kimball house, of Atlanta. The com pany was capitalized at fabulous mil lions and claimed to have English capital at its disposal, which, how ever, did not materialize. Majer Root, of Little Rock, Ark., and Col. Edward Richardson, < f ihis city, and the larger bondholders bid in the property for the Root A Richardson estates. DOES NOT PAY TO MINE. Knoxville, Tenn , January 18 It is reported at Johnson City as coming from Colonel H. C. Nim son that the Cranberry magnetic ore mines are to be closed down entirely and that the company owning the property will cease all operations there. It is said that the company has decided to take this step after six or seven years of * experience. All the while they have been mining the ore at a loss 10 CENTS A WEEK. Gents Furnishing goods $ “Scarfs AHose Suspenders Collars “and Cuffs Fine Shirts Flanel $ “Shirts Cotton Shirts Under Shirts “Over Shirts Overalls and Jackets y. “Rubber Coals. Good Line of Hats Good Line * w of trunks Ladies Hose Misses » Hose Childrens Hose. Ladies f $ Under vests M I “Handkerchiefs Gloves Shawls f “Scarfs Cloaks Jackets Gossimers f •I'- Misses Gossimers Misses Corsets f Ladies Corsets B >ys white waists. ♦ ♦ Spool Silk Spool Cotton. I SHOES I $ . r Mens Fine Shoes Good Shoes n. Boys Good Shoes Cheap Shoes ‘ Rubbr Shoes Mens Rubber Shoes ™ Ladies Rubber Shoes. -» . ’ Sk SHE’S HIRING AN ARMY A UTIB OF THE Dl POSED HAWAIIAN Queen in Canada Victoria B. C., Jan. 18 —A re port has been set afloat to the af fect that an agent of the deposed Hawaiian queen h s been in' Can ada for some time, securing a lit i o army for Honolulu. It is said that 180 members of the North west mounted police force hav* enlisted. It is further asserted that the reciuition officer of the queen is C W II Lanson, a promi nent b pile s mat. o' Vtnco ;vtr. Tue alleged -xmy will, according to tht story, be in charge of Capt C W Kean, ex- ergeant of the mounted police. It is Jsaid that the Austra *ian steamer, Warrimoo bore to the Honolulu royalists, when it sailed last night, reports of the progress of the recruiting officer and an appear for fuither instructions. SHORT S2OO. A Secret Order Secretary Dis appears and his Accounts do not Ballance. Chattanooga, Tenn., Janu«iy 18 (Special.)-\V. O. Percival,’ book-keeper for Chase & Co. game and fish dealers, and secre tary of the Chattanooga lodge of Woodmen of the World, disap peared last Monday, leaving & shortage of nearly S2OO in the funds of the order, He collected dues from the members, but failed to turn over the money to the treasurer. Percival is well canpact, in Covington, Ky„ vhvnys he came to this city two years ago. He spent the money for drink and is not believed to have been guilty of criminal .intent.