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Sb WHS.
P , r changing From E ™ ns
1 to Atkinson,
jiiodle gborgiaprogress,
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, U kmßon a Democrat with a
BecorJ'
When Gen. Evais was first
mentioned as a probable candidate
for the democratic nomination,
the editor of <h* Progress, not
knowing anything of his political
record, or that he had ever been a
factor in the politics of the state,
expressed a preference for him as
the dem icratic nominee.
Since then it has been brought
to light that Gen Evans, was once
a member of a political party of
secret and clandestine methods,
long since defunct, as the ‘ Know
nothing.” The principles of de
mocracy are at variance with such
organiiations, and a man who has
once become tainted with “know
nothings,” or any other ’ism of se
cret proclivities, cao never ccm
mand our support when a good
democrat, fully as competent to fill
the office to which he aspires, an
Bounces himself a candidate for
the nominal ion. For this reason'
and also on.
We wrote to Gen. Evans for r *
affirmation or demal of the chf'i’gcS
that have been made agrist Irm but
he has Seated our letter v2T silent
contempt.
His opponent for the nomination,
Hon. W.Y. Atkinson, is a m m of
t"'ent and energy and is in eveiy
sense of the word thoroughly equip
ped for the fait' l "al discharge of a 1 ’
the duties devolving upon the office
of Governor. He is more familiar
with the affairs of the state than Gan.
Evans, and aside from personal pre'-
erence there is no doubt that the
most rodent supportsrs of Gen. Ev
ens w'l admit that Mr. Atkinson i s
better qualified for fie position.
Mr. Atkinson has also done valiant
work for the success of democracy,
end while w P do not believe in re -
warding a man solely for party ser.
vices, it shoe d have due weight if
his qua ificatious are equ* I to thega
of his oponent, which in this cas e
none CBl deny.
HGN. M. W. HOWAD.
IHE GIFTED LECTURE IS A NATIVE OF
THE HILL CITY.
Few of our readers, perhaps,
know that Hon. M. \V. Howard
who lectured at Shorter College is a
native of Rome, hut such is the
fact. He was born in this city in
l s 6 (, and we are proud to call him
our own.
eitures “Lights and Shad
-o,rs of,Real Life” is a masterpiece
of eloquence and mingled with
humor, pathos, n°groe dialect and
ffif- highest type of dramate oratory
He posesses a musical, well train-
I voice, which moves in easy
ca dences from the softest gentlest
tcDes to the grandest thunder
►ursts of impassioned delivery.
- o]i ctures now before the pubi c
Poeesses greater versatality the
0111 Howard, and it is but simple
justice to say that he held his
a udi»nce spell bound, and charm
® <iud delighted them as no other I
ectuer who has ever visited Rome
- & b ever been able to do. He po
great personal magnetism,
111 we predict for him a most
u ‘iant future. His lecture here
att ended by the elite of our
‘yaud was delivered under the
Womens Auxiliary
c Keely League of the Y. M,
HE HUSTLER OF ROME
iwimiw.
Are at work in Crawfordville
and Taliaferro.
GENERAL EVANS’ LETTER
Says: “My Friends in Augusta and
Atlanta will Assist you in any
way.” Naw Look for the Dumping
of Boodle.
Crawford vi"e Ga., May 11 —To
the Editof of the Telegraph: It
seems that the great general end
preacher who is trying so hard to
defeat Hon,W.Y. At’ mson for gov.
ernorr, is depending almost entirely
upon Augusta and At’anta, with their
boodle, to whip the fight fer b’m
Many things have happened through
out the State to go to prove this and
r rother incident comes to the ’ ont
today to be added to the a' eady
long list.
An Atkinson man, who General
Evans, it seems, supposed was fa
voring him for governor recieved
a letter today signed by General
Evans, showing that he was very
uneasy about Taliaferro county
(and well he might be) in which
he insisted that everything possi
ble be done to advance his inter
est, and added: “My friends in
Augusta and Atlanta will assist
you in any way,” meaning, I sup
pose, that they would furnish mon
ey to buy Atkinson men’s votes if
necessary .
Now I hope the general will not
allow hims a lf to bo deceived on
that score, for although it is the
general opinion that Taliaferro
will go five to one for Atkinson<
still there is not an Atkinson vote
for sale. We are all honest Demo
crat* up this way and do not wish
to buy nor sell. Some people may
think all this is very becoming in
the preacher thinking that every
thing is fair in love, war and pol
itics, but we beg to differ from
them.
The truth of the business is, that
Gen. Erms realizes that Mr Atkin
son has got him in the *r ; re hole,”
so to speak, and he is desperate,
and is ready to rcsoi to e most >ny
means in order to win. If die
Heuds of the general can do no
more in other counties with their
boodle than they can in Te’iafer.o,
we ad. se them to keep their “tin'
i i their peexets
This county will act in mass meet
ing on thursday next, May 15, at
which time we will roll up a nice
majority for the Hon. W. Y. Atkm
•n He is on top here and will stay
there, Agusta and Atlanta, with there
daily papers to the contrary, not
withstand’ng.
J. A H.
NINEVEH’S FALL.
S2O CO WORTH OF SINNERS KAWT IN
IN THE MILL.
There were $20.00 worth of sin
ners kaptured and krushed in the
“Fall of Nineveh’’ mills this
morning.
The first one was “Skinney,” the
kullnd boomer of the morn
ing “Jonah.’’ Skinney ketched a
a young koon at roost in the Tril
me type loft and fired him bodi
ly, and afterwards kussed him
and threw a bottle at him from
the window of the Tribune sanc
tum. Skinney paid $2.50 for his
phun.
Andrew Hatcher, aho of dark
town. entered a plea of guilty to
two cases, one was where he press
ed a door that pressed a button,
and the police did the-er-rest;
and the other one, an old kase of
fighting, on the two he was fined
$12.50.
Stonewall Kyle, kullud, was up
for disorderly conduct at a nigger
dance, and entered a plea ®f gui’-
ty. He was fined $5.
-ROME GEORGIA. MONDAY EVENING MAY 14.1894.
Wttßlil 1)11.
—
The Merchants will Ciose
Their Stores and
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ROMANS WILL ASSEMBLE
Areuad the Grass Covered Mounds
That Mark the Spots where sleep
the Fallen Brave of the lost Cause.
Tomorrow afternoon has been
set aside for the annual decora
tion of the soldiers graves, and all
Rome will assemble around the
consecrated platt which contains
the sacred dust of her dead.
The merchants have agreed to
close their stores at 4 o’clock and |
thus afford opportunity to their
employees to attend the imposing
ceremonies.
At 3,30 tuose taking part in the
procession will assemble on Fourth
Avenue, opposite the First Bap
tist Church and at 4 o‘clock sharp
ly the column will move.
The procession w ;i be headed
by the b ver Cornett band ind
wi” be made up as to ows:
Confederate Veterans
Hi ll . City Cadets
Rome Light Gutvds
Knights of Phytias.
Rome Fire Department.
Carriages with Orators.
Carriages with Ladies of the
Memorial Associatien
Mayor and Council.
Rome Public Schools.
Shorter Cjollege .
Professor J, D. Gwaltneys High
School.
Private Schools.
And Citizens,
At the Cemetery, the music will
be under the management of Pro
fessor Charles Patton, Four ad
dresses will be delivered by Old
Veterans : Capt. A. B. S Moseley,
Capt. R. G. Clark, \V. O. Conner
and W. A. Wright.
A salute will be fired by the
military’ and the graves will be
decorated.
MACON COUNTY POLITICg.
Coerupt methods in telfair make
VOTES FOR ATKIKSuN
Montezuma, May the 16. —The
gubernatorial contest sentiment in
t' is county is divided, but everything
pob t■ to the fact that W. Y- A‘kin
son will receive a good mjority in
Macon county. He has been gaining
ground unt”’ now even Gen. Evans
strongest suporteres admit that Col.
Atkin ion will cany this county’s
delegation In the Convention.
Recent events in Telfair county,
bringing to light the facts that bd» -
die was used by At’anta po'iticians
to cr ry that county for Gen. Evans
have lost to 'he latter severa’ votes
in this town. Your corespondent
this morning two heretofore
Evans men denounce such corrupt
methods aid po'? ; cal debauchery
and declare that they would suppou
Atkinson for the nomination.
They do not charge Gen. Evans
persona’ly vlth c irruption,as they
have the utmost confidence in’um
as a Christian gentleman: but they
do denounce the scheming Atlanta
politicians who send their henchmen
into doubt-jl counties to corrupt
and debauneb votes and defeat the
popular wi'l. Col. Atkinson's straight
oid mi nly cot”"se in fighting bis bat
tie un? : ded by there parasitic influ
ences wi" v.in votes, and merits the
indorsement rid suf , 'ge of con
seivative and conscientious men who
bel eve n purity of politics and the
sanctity of the br’’ot box.
Tomorrow morning, the steamer
Toney will leave for a trip up the
River. Among her passengers will
be a Jolly fishing pa~ty headed by
clever Jule Wynn. The fishermen
will launch their beats at north of
the Counesogg* and float down to
Rome.
Illi THIRD lit
The Talmage Tabernacle
Goes up in Smoke*
A MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.
Burned Yesterday .at Noon. Dr, Tai
mage will make a trip Around t;v |
World and bis Tabernacle will be
Rebuilt. v
New York,* 13 —Fire seems to
bi the Nemesis of Rev. T. Dewitt
Talmage and the members of his
congregation. Their beautiful new
tabernacle at the corner of Clin
ton and Greene avenues. Brooklyn
was destroyed by fire this after
noon, Flames broke' out in the
church edifice j ist after those who
bad attended the morning service
had left the building. Not only
was the church destroyed, but the
near by hotel and a number of
buildings were also greatly dam
aged. Haddhefire broken out one
hour earlier while the building
was filled with worshipers, it is
almost certain that a dreadful
panic and loss of life would have
resulted.
This is the Third time that the
Talmage tabernacle has been de
stroyed by site. By a sisglar coin
cidence each fire octjhrred on a
Sunday.
Everything in the tabernacle to
day was destroyed with the build
ing. Perhaps the loss which wiil
i grieve Dr. Talmage most is that of
the memorial stones which he
brought from the East, and which
was set in the wall at the right of
the organ, encased in stero-relief
work.
They were four in number. The
top block was from Mount Calva
ry, and bore the word “Sacrifice . ’
Ths stone below from Mount Si
nai, bearing on it “The Law,” The
bottom stone is from Mars Hill
and bears the inscr pTon “Gos
pel.” The front stone was unmark
ed.
A more unique collection of
stones was never gathered in one
place.
STARTED IN THE ORGAN.
The fire was discovered shortly af
ter lz o’clock just after the congre
gation had been dismissed from the
morning service. Dr Talmage was in
the church shaking hands with a
number of people when flames burst
from the organ.
Ex-Supervisor Reed, who was in
the Summerfield Me‘h»dist Episco
pal church, d rectly opposite from
the tabernacle, had ’’so seen the
smoke coming .om the tabernacle
window and had sent in an al rm of
fire. Br the time the firemen arrived
the flames were bv'-gting from all the
windows. Two extra alarm, and fin
ally a special ca". were sent in bring
ing a’l of the engins in Brooklyn
Wiliamsbu’-g to the fire. The flames
spread wi‘h I’ghtnir ;-like rapidity
and the sparks flew in all directions.
The greatest excitement prevai’ed-
The interior of the church was
a seething roaring mass of flames
inside of thirtv minutes after the
fire was discovered, and by 1
o,clock the roof and the hand
some steeple bad frllen in.
The tabernafle and the Hotel Re
gent were completely gutted, nothing
remains but the w alls. At 5 o’clock
portions of the rear wall of the tab
» r lacle fe”. The total loss is estima -
ted at a lit’le over a mil’ion dollars.
The loss on the Hotel Regent, in
eluding the buildings paintings and
the guests household goods, will
amount to about $600,000. The loss
on the tabernacle is about $400,000
and the ajoining ou ldings are report
ed damaged to the extent of SSO, >
000. it is said tne Hatel w«*s insured
for $500,000 jtour fireman were over
come by heat during the progress of
the flames and had to be removed
from the scene, they all recovered i
JVC-A.’y SALE
OF DRESS GOODS
AND SILKS.
Graduating and Commencment
DRESSES
Special In duements
This will also be a greut week in dress goods and siTk«
at our emporium. Beautitu 1 white dresses are now going
at first-sight. vVe make a specialty of graduating aa®
commencment dresses and the young ladies always flock t©
us lor them.
Scream and white silks*
Cream and AVliite Orouponettes.
Cream and "White Silk finish
Henriettas.
-All Wool -Albatross In Cream
.And white.
Cream and "White Moire Silks.
Silk IMlulls, ah Shapes.
Silk Finish HSTainsooks.
Ootton Crapes,LAll Colors*
Dotted Swisses -A. 11 sizes*
KRB.XGII M ITLLS
' Fine Persian. Lawns
J3eautifi.il Patterns in Dimities.
48 inch. Silk finish. -Mulls.
Aloire Hibbonsin Profusion.
SILTC ILAOES
Silk Laces Point I Applique, Laces Poi'.t 1)., Gene Laces,
Bourder Laces, and ins'-nings to match. Silk Gloves an 4
Mitts in evening shades.
Kid Gloves dressed and undressed all styles in eveuHe
shades. 6
Fahy's is the place to buy your Graduating suits. No fancj
prices asked.
THOS. FAHY.
It is suposed that th® f e was
caused by asp irk from on n of elect*
ric light w' ;es behind th# r i. .
The tabernacle was insure t so,
$1: 0 000.
Tne board of trustees of the ‘ .ber
nacle tonight he’e a meeting in t e
house of Dr. Talmage, at which 1
w.is decided to rebuild the tabir
nacle. The trustees say that Dr. Tal
mage is to start on h’s trip abound
the world as first iuten 1 i
Dr. Talmage wi’l s' ij tom irzow
The many friends of M. W T
Me Williams wi I be pie o
learn that he is much improvi d
B ud his physicans now entertaip
strong hopes of his recovery.
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He wi'l go tc Philadelphia fi-st,
then to Atlanta and the
southern states to Honolulu, New
Z aland and Australia. __
UP TO A CERTAIN POINT
in the progress of Consumption, Dr.
l*ior<-e's Uoiden Medical ihscovery
is u positive remedy. liven in the
most advanced casts, f-ives com
fort and relief; and where other
medicines only relieve, this wiil
j cure.
But delay is dangerous, with Con
sumption. In all the conditions
that lead to it, the “Discovery” is I
pi the remedy. With severe, lingering I
b Coughs or Weak Lungs, nothing :
I acts so promptly. Every disease
' that can be reached through the 1
blood yields to this medicine. The
Scrofulous a flection of the lungs
that's called Consumption is one of
them. For this, and for every other
form of Scrofula, for all blooa-taints
and disorders, and all chronic Bron
chial, Throat, and Lung affections,
the “ Discovery ” is the only remedy
so certain that it can be guaranteed.
If it ever fails to benefit or cure,
you have your money back.
Can anything else be “just as
good ’’ for you to buy !
Don’t believe it.
Dr. Sage’s Remedy positively mires Catarrh.
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■ < jobs'” -
Gets Onto the SecrtJtay of
the Navy
, ABOU r A PPO IN TING LEADERS
IJ TO THE NAVAL ACCORDING TO VACAK-
CEB THEY ARB NoT ENTITLED T&
I ILL. AMOS C ’MMING3 SUBSn-
TUT3AND NO QUORUM HOUSE.
Washington, May 13.- -(Special - )
( u 4 ge Maddox toook the floor ywe
trday against the privily
which had been exercised by tbs
uavy of appointing cadets to *e
napolis and crediting them to dis
tricts in which they do not live.
Tb«r® are over thirty cadets ae«
at the naval school put down frost
states and districts in v hich thee
have never lived,
There are two thus accredited to
I Georgia, on® to the seventh and
I one to the ninth district. The &p
' pointments had been when
congressmen had failed to name
i appointees themselves.
Judge Maddox offered an amend
ment to the navel bill declaring
vacant the thirty places now h«t4
by young man so appointed
backed his amendment by a vig
orous speech, but it did no good,
Amos Cummings offen d a-subEtute
which would not involve remcvinr
the cadets, seme of whom have
: most completed the? <eafjr e
ouree- Judge Maddox £ begm.
speak again but was fcag
on no quotum and the mat? 1 *
went over. He will offer
'unendment Monday.— Atlas’*
Con titvtion t