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the: hustler of rome.
TH'RD year.
AUCTION SALE,
WATCHES DIAMONDS JEWELRY,
Mr
Clocks Silverware Statuary and Bicycles.
Desiring to close out our entire stock, We will offer at public Auction
Commencing Tuesday Morning March 27th, and Continuing every Morning from 8 to 12,
Afternoon and Evenings from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10, Until Sold.
» A DAY WILL BE SET APART ON WHICH WE WILL SELL FIXTURES. +
LADIES ARE ESPECIAL Y INVITED TO AT TEND>
The? sales, W here the utmost decorum will be l iwid Iv enforced.
Everything will be guaranteed as represented by the auctioneer and sold without reserve.
WE 3VCKJVTST
Come and See for Vourself.
i LUCAS &
DR'JGISTS and JEWELERS, 300 Broad Street, Rome Georgia.
in u
Thia war That AV. Y. Atkin
son is Making on the
Confederate Veterans
HOW HE HAG EVER SOUGHT
T* put Hardship* l'p. )n the Gallant
<- <1 who B ar4( j Their Bosams
Ulh * Leaden hail «t Their Conn
trys
h «B»mogogue )the partisan
| ■i*' mifsibUrmed coutiuue to
| rant oT *r the “war” that VV ■ Y
nuking on the Con
r ’ Kierans The Hustler
l * Ms Polishes, below, that
' O Mr. Atkinsons speech
E^ 88 .V th hl9
the ,‘, l *“ ainiu g to rent-ions a id
*ob d ;r
" ’ they “but you barM
you have done
rapor,autwor k for the state.
d ’ hePe ° Ple fß ‘ th
boiYa ‘ ar ° an ens n >y to the
Th »' C h
ru„ - “PP»“»“'> >« hard
Iropoft ,'” t e ' oldi ’"
“7 ..io, J fl """ “>reugb
l; ' Oll *hern blood.
oil t ‘iiice7h t . r} fi haVe tr>d Southeru
'diuhJ. firstd ‘ ythe y !a,id
-00 J “ Werld - *ore than
f *»r J°7 nd wheuthe toesin
BM1! - p rofm f 1 ’ ther ’ was Bu
* rVic t? 11 ! 6Ubj ’ Ct to
, * Uter th “t did
’■< £ '-«•>' and do bi, du .
rw «' ln '«« th.
eiUu, ari|y i, f f ‘ ervi<J e, but he
Mortally _ 18 Couutr y. He
f* I‘nt^^ 1 ‘ nt^^a U tX d « UU ’ l#r the
th# first battle
of Mauasnaa.
And yat I, in whose veins flows
blood kindred to that biave bov,
am charged, for political purposes
with an *»emy &f the Con
federate soldier! I will tell you
what that bei ig an “enemy” con
sis‘B of. They think it is good evi
denes to prove that 1 am an enemy
of the Confederate soldier because
I have the temerity to compete for
office with a man who thirty years
ago held the place of brigadier
general ( Applause.)
THE PRIVATE SOLDIER.
I honsr tde old g»nsrais just as
you do; but above the old generals
above the n**a who recieved their
honors in war, I love and revere
the brave men—the men not dis
tinguished in war save for that
which comes from heroic and gal
lant service—l honor the private
soldier who bared his bijest to ,th»
(bidieta and attested with hie bl jod
his devotion to his country.(Ap
plauds.)
We may owe much to the old
generals; 1 do not deny it ; but it
is staange that when a private
runs for governor of Georgia th*y
do not raise ths war cry. He me t
stand upon his record —unon hi
merits (A voice, “J h t’j so!”
When 1 entered the iegisla ure
the Confederal* soldiers were re
ceiving $57,000 every three years.
What do they gat now? I have aid
ed to increase the state pensioi
roll until now th* soldiers and
soldiers widows [net iuolndinj
special pensions which would in
crease it | recieve u*t every three
years,but every year, $400,000.
And yet lam charged with be
ing an enemy to the Confederate
sold-ers! The Confederate soldiers
has no enemies in Georgia. While
I have been helping to peusioa the
o ie-armed veierai s and the crip
pie hwroes and helpless widowp. o'
those who fell upon the bnttb
fields, where were some of these
men who now presumo to be then
chainpiuuß and teach them how to
vote?| Applause. |
Where were they? De you know.
ROME GEORGIA. FRIDAY EVENING MARCH 30. 1894,
ray countrymen, that Georgia pays
nearly as much to her Confederate
pensioners as ail the other South
ern stares combined? All the
Southern states .together pay sl,
159.000. Georgia pay* $4fi9,000.
Yet the man who helped to bring
about this result is an enemy to
the Con federate sold ier !
THII soldiers' HOME.
“But,“ they say, “you voted
against the «o!diera* h«mv.“ Yes 1
did, and I feel that I did my duty.
1 was representing the old county
of Coweta, and I voted is my peo
ple desired, and as I believed was
right. If 1 e red tn this, it was <>u
the side of liberality to the veter
ans I don‘t know why my oppo
nents have tfirust that issue into
tl i ’ campaign.
Whether 1 am right or wrong,
the Atlanta politicians should
,c*a • o condemn me for v ding in
accordance with the wishes of the
p ople. and, as I view it, th* inter
ats of ths Confederate soldier. I
.icvpr made vjir on any m for
voting for the home. There was an
noneat difference of opinion, and,
while I respected those who di*a
- 'reed with me, I voted my h >n*at |
0 . victione
'.l y di‘' tnguished competitor is,
i trustee oi that institution, aud I
believe the president of the board
i made no war , ; :n on ac I
•omit of his vie n thi* que«- ' :
turn. Every n'ntu>»i or th* geu«ra| ;
assembly was anxious to do what I,
vas necessary to aid the C mfedvr- I ,
»te soldier. The quest! ,n wis not
‘vVTll you h*!p?“ but “How will
.on help?’ 4
Two plans were pre«*nf*d. Oae I
vas to accept and sustain th* I
aon.e which had been built by
■ontribut’ons from the peopl* of
Atlanta in that city, where on]j |
-tingl* men could be taken care »f. I ’
I'.ie othfcr was to pension all of i 1
hem who needed hop —'o gve , i
hem help dir*ct. As betwe ■ ‘h-'se ; j
-wo 1 selected that on* which j
♦ ould have c**t more, perhap*, (
b> cause I did not b*l ieve it right;
t© tax the pe p‘* of Georgia and , €
:a<ry it all m a lump to Atlanta, t
I believe thht i you were taxed
o aid these aoioiers th* mon*y
Hight to be paid to ti»<m her* at '
nome, that it might go into circu- {
lation among the p*oplewht> paid
it.( Applauae.(
It would have cost as or*, asl have
statsd, but I cared not f*r that. It
wowld have brought peace, comfort
and contentment. Now, what would
have been the condition of the old
veterans in that soldiers’ horn*? For
everything he wanted he would have
had to go to a salaried officer and ask
for it, whether a hat, a chew of t -
bacco. or suit of clothes.
My friensd, I am too proud of ®ur
old veterans, of the heroes of the lost
cause, to subject them to such hu
miliating conditions. I believe iu giv
ing th«m their money in their ow’d
pockets and not make them feel they
w*re mendicants, but independent
citizens. Let him feel that the mon
ey we give him is his own, and let Ltila
spend it like a king. ( Applause.)
I did not b*liev* it was right to
help those who wero unmarried aud
leave the married ones ancared for.
I believe the stat* ®wad just as much
if not moi*, to the old s*ldi*r who ha*
by him in hi* oldaj* his faithfal com
parion, as to any other veteran.
1 will tell you what ought to be
don* with that home It’s valu* has
been *stimat°d at $150,000, Put it at
SIOO,OOO. Let them sell it and take
that SIOO,OOO aud inv*st it at 8 p«r
cent., and we hav* SB,OOO a yea*. Add
this t* what the state is already pay
ing, and will h*r*aft«r pay, and ]*t
the old veterans stay at home among
fri*nds and acquaintance*.
It must be remembered that th* men
who fought our battles are aot ali*as
and foreigners, but m*n to th* mail
er born—of aoathern ancestry, who
left their families and local attach
ments to engage in defense *f the
South.
HIS POSITION IXDOKSED BY THB PBOPI.K
Hoeest and patri® 1 ic men in and
jut of th* legislature differed with
me on this question. Whether I was
right or wroag should not be an issue
in this campaign.
Was I right? Let ms see. Th? next
• gielsture elec‘*.l by the people ru
fused to accept the home. Tn*
psople Lave indorsed my pssitien.
The same legislature passed three
bills in the interest of th* Cenfeder
ate soldiers. First, it passed a bill
providing that the county coannis
sionsrs of no county shall send a Con
federate soldier to th* poor house,
and God forbid that onw should br.
Second, it passed a bill allowing *]]
Confederate soldiers over the ago of
50 years to peddle without license.
Third, it passed a bid submitting to
the people of Georgia an nmenilreent
to the constitution authorizing the
legislator* to pension direct, in such
amount as u * iw fit, every Confeder
ate soldier who, from o‘d age and
poverty, or from blindnes* and pov
erty, is unable to »*pp rt himself.
That is just what Georgia should do
f>r th* Confederate -ol .tiers,
My friend*. I want to distinct y
say that I appeal io no 'Confeder
ate soldier to vote for in* on ac
count of th* fa«t that 1 Kiav* aiu*d
in legislation for hi* interest. Iu
that work I only did my du y. It
i* a debt oi gratitude that Georgia
owe*; it is what Georgia *ught to
de for these brave men who ilius I
trated her valor upon one hundred
battle field*; to those men who
hav* added dignity and glory to
her achei v*meut* wh*rev*r the
history of the Confederacy i* read.
I car* not how great the *ervic*
in that direction, I car* not how
xindly th* Confederate soldier may
fe*l to in* on account of it, I would
not appeal to him to vote for me
o* that ace*unt. I would despise
•nyt*lf if for that or any other rea
»wn I sought to convert th* Con
«d*rate veterans of Georgia into a
policai machine to hoist me lot*
office. I w*uld scorn ta do it.
(Great applause.)
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I’llE CZ.iR b HOSTLER JAILED
Lexington, Kv., March 29.
bred Margraf, who has engaged
with the Czar ®f Russia to trai*
his stable of trotting Htodk, wai
lust night locked up here up in ai
order from Phil Bennet that Mar
graf owed him a large sum o<
mbney and was about to leave for
Russia without paying the same..
Margraf whs taken to jail and will
■ be tried in n msgivrate'* court.
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THE IZL AR-hTROKES CONTEST
Columbia, S• C. AI irch 30’—The
state board of canvassers is still con
sidering the Izlar-Strokes contest,
and adjourned tiday without reach
ing a decision. It was decided that
do testimony should be admitted
which htd not been previously sub
mitted to the c unty returning lioard
I his will h ive the effest of excluding;
a large part of the evidence relied
upon by Strokes and heighten* the
probrbility that Izlar’will receive the
certificate.
VIOLENCE.
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