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LOCALS. * Col. J. E. Shumate, ibu II e?-. - . ■ ’ ! ■' •' 188 HUSTLER OF ROMB.I rpos’.n •Ice a# •‘Ur«t-class Becuua-v :UM Mail latter. JPBILG.BYRU i'Vu''?".' 1 DULY AND SUNDAY- TERMS OF SUB3URIPTIG 10 ceutaweek or $5.00 per annum FFICE: Connor Broad Street and Avenue. Official Organ 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' • ver they g< . Thats the r» ' , a?* f ggaflA ‘ g- ■ ■ w '■WlPw Tv Bl Wi/ Wt v> W ' H Wi* % w A o .? •% w K / <e i X / J Hon. W. Y. Atkinson, of Coweta. County. t j. m* 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, c 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,