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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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