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Os the city of Rome, and Foyd, the
“Banner county of Georgia.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Rome Ga. Jan. 23 1894
Editor Hustler of Rome.
You are hereby authorized to
aunounci) this ticket to the voters
of Rome, subject to their action in
the coming municipal election,
Asking their support, we pledge our
best effort, individual and com
biued,tothe services o r thepeoph
and to the upbuilding of our city.
R, apectfully,
FOR MAYOR
JOHN I). MOORE.
FOR ALDERMEN
First Ward —A. B. McArver,
Second Ward —W. J Neel.
Third Ward —Henry Stoffragan.
Fourth Ward—Walter Harris,
Fifth Ward —T. J. McCaffrey.
DOES IT PAY TO ADVERTISE?
Rome Ga. Feb. 14th 91
Dear Byrd: For goodness sake stop
that advertisement about, me having
a house to rent, have rented the
place and am still overrun with ap
plicants.
Yours truly.
Luke McDonald
If you have any thing to sell ad
vertise it in the 11 ustleb of Rome.
If you have any kind of business to
transact with your fellow mortals, the
Hustler of Rome is the medium by
which to get in touch with them at
once. So testify all who try it,
Bomb throwers are findii g where
the guilotino is ‘“at,” over in Paris.
The Atlauta papers have begun
publishing Mr. Atkinsons letters
AL last the Atlanta papers contain
some geod solid reading matter,
Nix, of the Bai ner Messenger,
swings from the Evans camp into
the marching colums of Atkinson,
The fighters are gutting together.
Fayette county held an election
last Saturday for sheriff which
resulted in the election of a demo
crat by nine majority.
What’s become of “General”
Northenspardon mill? Was it cap
tured by Hu- Enemy during “the
battle that was not fought” on the
bloody banks of St. Marys rivers?
The presiding officer of the Mas
sachusetts Senate is but 22 years
of age. He is Senator Butler. And
yet, in Georgia. • ven at the age of
39,, a man is c tiled tou young ami
ordered to wait.
The currant issue of the Cedar
town Standard is a daisy. Ruesell
and Coleman ate winning as much
fame as ducats—and we are in
formed that th j .... be “touched”
by the income tax.
Rev. Herbert Tugwell, who is to
bo consecrated bishop of "Western
Equatorial Africa, is not yet 35
years of age. Even Africa is fall
ing in line ami giving the young
man a chance
The American Match trust last
year paid dividends amounting
to $1,612,000- The McKinlev bill
imposes a tarriff of »en cents per
gross of boxes, vhich is an ad
valarem duty of over 43 per cent
McKinlyism aiust go.
Marion Butler, ot North Caro
lina has been elected Piesident
of the National Farmers Alliance,
salary $3,000,00. J. L. Gilbert, I
of California, vice President, sal- i
ary, $2,250,03. The National ;
lectures’s salary ii $3,000,03. Ben '
Terrell, of Texas, will probably g< t I
the fat job. '
You can buy a IV
t)!t n intosh coat or a fi
th e class umbrella at
ALL MY DEAD? r
<WHIf> FOB THE lI’SMT BCRTLBR OF ROMBI
They lie in the tomb of memory ell
Utween by the soulless eyes they dread—
No hand but mine can lift the pall
And i£aze upon my dead.
Sometimes with eyes dimmed with tears,
The burial ground of lite past I tread
And raisj the lid of the vanished years
That cover my hallowed dead.
First ‘‘lnnocence" died. 1 could net hold
To the bright illusion which childhood gave
No longer the copper of life was gold
When ‘‘lnnocence’’ lay in its grave.
"Faith" went next, in the long ago
I dung to It bravely with childish trust.
But time delt many a cruel blow—
And now only its ashes ars here,
‘•Ambition" 1 number with the dead ;
Ju lusty youth I held it dear
Then all its tires were flaming re d
Now it is turned to dust.
Ahd ah! more dear than all the rest,
Is that dead “Love” that fills the tomb,
Lise some sweet flower plucked and pressed,
With a lingering perfume.
The last of all my dead is “Hope”
Tis buried here—and evermore,
Through memories tangled maze I grope,
Heart heavy and foot sore
And so with eyes bedimmed by tears
The burial ground oi the Fast I tread
And raise the lid of the vanished years,
To see once more my dead.
Mi'tmib Lkh Arnold 1
Ford, Ga.
Its most amusing to an Atkin
son man to watch tht* pencil con
test betweu the Griffin News and
the Macon News. Douglass Glees
ner is keeping Hal Moore right
down to his knitting.
No Atlanta paper could ever
dictate to W. Y. Atkinson—the
Atlauta papers are of course op
posed to any man who dares serve
Georgia and give Atlanta only
Atlanta’s share —Atlanta wants
the earth.
Seven weeks ago today, the Tri
bune claimed Flyod county “Seven
to one” for General Evans. To
day finds them organizing an
Evans ciub and fighting desper
ately to carry the county at all
And the campaign just opened.
Congressman Maddox, of the
7th Georgia District, made one of
the best short speeches on the
Wilson tariff bill in the House
that was delivered. It was pointed
clear and logical. Judge Maddox
is a man of fine parts —Canton
advance.
The Savannah Press says that
the United States prison over
which Atlanta, Dalton and Au
gusta have been having a fight for
location is not to be built.—Grif
fin News, When it is built watch
the plucky little city of Dalton
capture it—and begin to draw At
lantians and Augustans.
Bascom My rick of the Americus
Times Recorder was worked by
the Union printers of Aineicus as
long as he could stand it. Then
he did like the Hustler of Rumi,
employed bright inteligent girls
and drove the “drunken bums”
from his office, A day or two
ago a dirty card appeared in the
Americus Penny Press, asiailin;
Mr. Myrick. Toe scene changes
and the plucky editor is found
chastisng one of the authorsof the
foul article and the editor of the
little 2x4 sheet skips by the light
of the moon. All right thinking
men who know anything of the
circumstances in which Edi
tor Myrick was forced to work
sympathise with him and wish
him, his paper and bright girl
compositors mighty well. Tht
Hustler of Rome do»s.
M R, ATKINSON’S C A M PAIGN,
A correspondent in our issue of
yesterday manifested considerable
indignation because of the attempt
which has been made to belittle Mr.
iAtkinson’s campaign. His indignation
s natural enough, but we think he
greatly overestimates the importance
of the attempt. Tne campaign is new
yet, and its outcome will not be af
fected by the piteous pleadings of
Mr. Atkinsons’s opponents that he
refuse to run against their favorite.
How anybody can take these plead
ings to be evidence of Mr. Atkinson’s
weakness as a candidate, as our cor
respondent seems to fear that some
men will do, is difficult to understand.
The truth is that the artificially
blown up bcom for Gen. Evans has
about collapsed, and that Atkinson is
gainining rapidly in all pari;- ®f the
•tate as men begin to consider the
facts of the situation. This process is
sure to continue.—Macon Telegraph
A KLOSTER OF
The Lithonia New Era, in an edi
toiial endorsing G “neral Evans for
Governor, pi;, s the great soldier a
glowing trim, e and predicts what
nine-Unths of the State papers do
That C ement A Evans will be elect
ed hands down.—Augusta News.
The above sounds very much like
a skeered nigger whistling through a
gravegard at 11;3<) at night. The
News is an ‘ Evans Boomei“ paper,
and though more than half of the
Georgia papers are for Atkinson al
ready the News is obliged to kiep
his courage up.
It it very evident that the Evans
papers in the state, are uneasy about
the result of the coming debates.
L'his feeling of unrest is plainly dis
cernable in the following paragraph
from the Augusta Evening News.
If General Evans and Mr. Atkinson
indulge in joint debate, not much
will b gained by the result, however,
as there is no danger of bitter speech
es, there can be no great objection.
Still it looks like a waste of time.
General Evans fought to save
his country when it required cour
age and sacrifice to do so. Tnat i*
a fact which the sneers of a rival
candidate cannot make the people
forget.—Atlanta Journal.
Mr. Atkinson fought to save his
State —and saved it —who i it re
quired courage and sacrifice to do
so. That is a fact which the sneers
of his late eulojizers cannot make
'he people forget,—Griffin News
The Mer.wether Vindicator one
of the brightest weeklies in Geor
gia is doing some beautiful work
for Georgia’s next Governor, W.
Y. Atkinson.—Hustler of Rome.
Meriwether is the home of ■
brother of the governor and the
Vindicator knows what kind of
•tuff they are made of.—Buchanan
Messenger.
.-.ILL '
STATE POLITICS.
Senator Bacon would sound well
to every Georgian’s ear. Sena'or
Bacon would become a power in
the upper house of our national
council, Along side his record
would doubtless be written prirna
inter pares. — Telfair Enterprise,
Maj, A. O. Bacon seems to be
growing in favor as a senatorial
c ndidate.—Greenville Vindicator-
When Evan Howell makes his
annouceinent for United States
i senator it will doubtless be ac
. companied by a column double
leaded editorial calling for all the
other candidates to come down—
• Griffin News,
The Atlanta political ring wauls
I
the earth. 'They want all the state
officers, all the government ap
point ments and anything else they
can get that is not chained.—Ring
gold New South,
GEORGIA SHORT STOPS
Milledgeville has voted to issue
bonds to sustain the middle Geor
gia Military and Agricultural Col
lege.—Albany Herald.
1 he South is the best poor man*
home on the continent.—Swaim
b >ro Pine Forest,
The truth is, business in th*
South is brightuiug and evary
species of Southern property shews
improvement, —Griffin New-,
I'he income tax will give caiet
for no to the Georgia editor.
I’he poll tax is the one that di»-
tregsee him. —Tatnall Journal,
Since we came to think about it,
how does Genera! Evans expect to
be Governor of G eorgia? What has
he done for the state’during the
past quarter of a century that en
titles him to the least claim on
the democratic party ? Wille m <
• ie answer? —Banner Messenger.
Even an Atlauta paper has ad
mitted that the State press ie split
in twain over the Gubernatorial
question.—Hustler of Rome.
That’s an honest confession.
May the confessor hold out faith
ful enduring the campaign,—Ban-
ner Messenger.
The Populist convention.recent
ly held at Birmingham Ala,, de
clared the Atlauta Constitution to
bv the official organ of the party.
What does General Evans say to
that.
prosperity. Romai s do well wb'
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Hon. W. Y. Atkinson, of Coweta. County.
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Th? Friend of the Brave old
Confederate Veterans
HIS EFFORT AT RINGOLD
Was Voted a Most Brilliant Speech
and Won for him Hnndreds. of votes
A Word Abon the Confederate
Veteran* and Atlanta.
Ringgold. Ga. Feb. 17th ; It has
been conceded by all who are in
position to make correct predic
tions that Mr. W. Y. Atkinson
would carry the county of Catoosa
in the next Gubernatorial conven
tion.
These predictions have been
made for man> weeks ind today
Atkinson stock is still rapidly as
cending on tie ringgold market.
His speech delivered in the court
h use of thio city, ou last Thurs
day was heard by a packed hous
of men from every avocaliuu ol
life and was well recei/ed that
Atkinson enthusiasm will not only
carry this county but will sprea
across the mountain loo’htr couu
ties
Mr. Atkinsons speech was fu'l
of Democratic aggressi veuess and
his manner of delivery showed
him to be physically and metally
in the pink of condition for the
long and ardious campaign which
has but opened.
I shall only give you a sketch of
the closing periods of his effort in
which he spoke proudly of his re
cord on Confederate pension legis
lation and roasted “his friem s
the enemy.” He said.
Oh, yes! my opponents say we
admit that you are a tolerably
good fellow —but you are an ene
my of the Confederate soldier.
This is the charge of those who
have never fought for their country
f »r the Confederate soldi ;r or for
their party.
They made the charge, and i
challenge them Jo the issue. I as
sert that I have done more for the
Confederate soldiers of Georgia
than any man who fought in their
ranks and bore the epaulets of a
brigadier general.
Others may have done more fur
'hem iu the world to •erne, but 1
have done more so far as their pock
ets are concerned. An enemy to the
Confederate soldier! How hard
but they are! Every drop of blood
in these vains comes from stock
that has lived in the South ever
since tne days of the revolution—
men who may not have been hon
ored, but have been honorable—
honest yeomanry who tilled The
soil.
You can not find of all my kith
or kin one man of age to enter the
army who shirked his duty—but
they went out and marked on bat
tled Ids with blood ttie seal of
their honor, courage and devo
tion.
One young brother left Emory
college to enter the war and died
in the first battle of Manassas.
M hat treason to manhood and
sent iment, to charge that a man
in my situation or record, though
too y ouug to be in the war, could
make war upon the Confederate
soldier.
I snap my fingers at these fel
lows. What have I done? When
I entered the legislature there had
been paid, from 1883 to 1886, s2l
000 a year to Confederate soldiers ;
a little later this was increased
to $25,000 a year. Today the
State of Georgia pays its soldiers
and widows $460,000 every year.
Yet the man who stood there and
backed and aid“d in all this charg
ed with laiug the soldiers enemy
by people who have done nothing
s o aid t hem.
Oh, but they say, you fought the
soldiers home. I welcome them to
all they can make out of that.
Why lugthat in here? Is there any,
future pr. je”t connected with it?
I d<> not know. My competitor was
ne of its trustees —that was sim
ply an honest difference of opin
ion tn his p;:r ! .
Th re was not one man in the
legislature vbo w s opposed to
belying t.ie so-diers —the only
qn-s'i n was, bow? Should we
tike the t: x?s from all the State
and carry it to Atlanta and pour
it all down in one lot simply for
•he untoldu is who wou’d go there
and stay?
No; I believe in giving the
money direct to the Confederate
soldier and let him stay at home
and spend it like a king and not,
like a pauper. It was not right to
put them in an At!a nta poor house
nor turn out as outcasts those who
had families and were unwilling
to go to a soldiers home.'
I believe I was right then, and
I believe it now. Pension every
needy Co ifederate soldier, but do
not hire men to hold the money
for him and when he wants to buy
a suit of clothes or a pair of shoes
make him go up and get a pass
like a slave.
If that particular community wants
to do so much for the soldier, let
them sell the home and give him the
interest. I will tell you where all this
comes fi om. When the soldier’s home
I was defeated there was an effort to dic
tate how the legislature should vote,
but a second legislature sustained the
original position, and passe I a bill to
allow pensions to the indigent dir .ct.
War comes from these men who
lu.ve attacked me and have pursued
me ever since, but I do n"t fear that
their efforts will prevent the people
j from carrying me in triumph through
• the convention. Are we to allow At
i ianta to dictate how your represen-
I tatives should vote?
Is Atlauta to have everything and
the State nothing? I am proud of At
lanta, but do not believe it is the
whole State. If has the State capitol;
the school of Technology; both Uni
ted States senators—they sav now
they do not live in Atlanta, but thev
were very Keen to claim it when a
postmaster was to be appointed; had
Gordon as governor—the rest of the
State has had the governor once since,
but now Atlanta claims it as her time
again; it h s a cabinet officer; the on! v
two consul generals from the State
and one of two Fedral judges—it
ought to be satisfied.
But the people will make them fair,
if they are not disposed to be them-’
selves. It has come to such a point
that if a fellow comes out againat an
Atlanta man there are loud cries there
for him to come down—polls are
closed, you needn't run. We will let
them s‘ay closed in Atlanta, but we
will open them in the country coun
ties.
The speaker said that he wis not
asking pay for anything he had done
—he had only done his duty—but all
he caked was a chance, and that
another man be not given a reward
for doing nothing, and cl used with
an eloquent peroration.
AMONG THE PAINCES.
According to the Lithonia N e _
Era here’s the way a New Yorkshan
er is putting a $3 point on lead p t /
cils:
‘The latest sharp game reported i 8
that of a New Yorker who advertises
a handy method of writing without
pcnorink.lt cost the inquisitive
public three dollars a piece to be told
to use a pencil. ’
o
When Lot’s wife asked more qu es .
tions than her salary called for, B h e
finally got a sally reply that brought
her to a standstill.—Augusta News
o
Gov. Northens attention is called
to the fact that Col. Peek and the edi
tor of the Carrollton Times are talk
ing of meeting in the ring. —Au" US _
t Herald.
Why iu the dickens, don’t you News
paper fellows quit a peeterin of the
General Till he gits sbet the Wav.
cross war?
o
Prospective brides may be inter
ested to learn that there are thirty
two days in the year on which, it j s
said, it is unlucky to marry. Thev are
January 1, 2. 4,5, 7, 10,15; February
6,7, 8; March 1,6, 8,; April 6, 11,
May 5,6, June 7, 15; July 5,1 J
August 11, 19: beplember 6,7, Oc
tober 7, November 15, 16; and Dec
ember 15, 16, 17. The other unlucky
days number 333.—Athens Banner,
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She giggled when he talked to her,
She giggled when he stopped;
She giggled when he kissed her first,
She giggled when he “popped,"
She giggled when the day was sit,
She giggled when ttey wed;
And now ho often wonders if
She’ll giggle when he’s dead.
Ringgold New South,
He “smiled” before he called on her
He “smiled” just after leaving,
lie “smiled” when’ere he thought of her
He “smiled” to keep f.om grieving,
He “smiled” before he asktd her pa,
Ho “smiled” the night they wed;
But now as boss she wears the pants
And all his smiles have fled.
O
Every town ou the Marietta 4
North Georgia Railroad is now a dry
town except Talking llock. —Calhoun
Times.
Os course this makes the Ro k fee
wry, and “Rock and Rye generally
run smooth when they run together
—a little.
o
The mocking bird begins to sing
—And iu his song so cherry
There flo s sweet promises of spring
And hopes of much blackberry
O
The Hustler of Rome is still in
the swim, but the Etowah goes un
danaed. -Buchanan Messenger.
We are doing our best to head i
off but every time we say dammit
some long faced Pharisee gets on hit
ear -
o
The Daughters oi the Revolution,
in San Francisco, have received in N
ply to their request a small box full of
earth taken from the grave of Lafay
ette in Paris. They will plant a “t fee
of liberty” in it. The box was sealed
with the arms of the city of Paris-
Griffin Call.
When in Griffin last summer
noticed the Grand-daughters of tb*
Revolution riding bycles, and
ready to Lass-et the sons of the Re' r( ’
lution who got spilled.
o
A rough estimate places the cost ti
th* state, Gov. Northens MilißC
Pugalistic escapade, at about one
thousand or fifteen hundred dollars
The freight is to be paid by the pe°
pie.—Douglass New South.
Later developments show that out
side of the pension lists the Maycrosf
war will cost the state nearly
Yes the people pay the freight.
Some ot the papers are discu-j
ing the chance of cholera in 1 '
We are iu favor of turning
matter over to Editor Byrd of 1 8
Hustler of Rome. He o» u
it as he would the EtoOD-
BiuuswickTimes, , : t
If we undertake the j ob > au ° cgD
breaks over jiur dam. y° n , e
bet your sweet life it will i’ l ;
a “clean sweep.”
Sam Small hadnt been
his daily Oklahoma paper a m n
before he had to employ
formed policeman on bis stu“-
Some things have such a tbll
ent effect on human being?-
botUe to the mao is uot a8
bottle to the babe.
All wool dress flanels worth
for 33cte. A B McArver & Co,
