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the HUSTLER OF ROME.
HIRP
miff iiSPAUSED.
" ,IS
I late convention.
■ ht c f his Mother, who
<° Attend and
I witness his Nont.na-
■ hai a Domonhz-
I tlo jngEffect_
Ijawßi awu, rs
Kgo to the Floyd delegation, as i
E'rw-««^“* liG " °' “
■n Mr. Atkinson’s acceptance speech
Lore the State Democratic conven-
Hioo*
.q” uere was an incident in the pro
ceedijlrß of the late state convention
wni cb all observed but few were able
to understand.
Men Hod. W. Y. Atkinson was
[irmaliy nominated for governor and
broU gbt before the convention by »
regularly appointed cmunittes to ac
cept the hen or that bad been confei
redon him, he looked the very im
personation of composure.
As he began his address his eyes
spoke that determination which had
characterized mm in ail his tights for
Denneracy, his manner was confi
dent and his every bearing indicated
courage and force.
Suddenly a slight tremor was no
ticed in bis voice, his eyes became
moistened, and tor the time, those
who observed him closely appreciated
that the speaker was laboring with
great effort to control himself.
It was all momentary—a minut
of intense anxiety m which all the
elements of sympathy, anxiety and
curiosity figured—but it was soon
I over, and the hero asserted himself
and delivered to the vast audience
a speech that stirred to the depths
every Democrat present.
After the adjournment a close
trie.id of Mr. Atkinson spoke to
him of the incident, and asked if
the sight of his wife did not cause
the faultering.
“Did you notice it,’’ inquired
the brilliant young leader.‘-Well,”
said he, “the presence of my wife
"as not unobserved, and yet it did
not produce the faultering to
which yon allude.
As Hooked upon her I thought
-‘ my lovable mother, whose ex
treme age had kept her from Bl
inding the convention, and invol
uniary thought of the great delight
tnat the occasion would have giv
her bad she been present.”
Ibis thought,'’ he continued, his
-= mmsiing,"gave me embarrass
Xi ' ut ’ tor tbe moment came
“ gb overwhelming me, and it was
great effort that I asserted
m^“ech 0 ’ tr ° l t 0 proceed with
honor?!^? of Geor K ia has
unoii h IlPaiße ' veß io calling
vEorv ? t 0 IGad theiu
aipsjfnn a^ atte agaiUßt the eni
"ho nod u ' ar government. One
allow h>, , r - 6U , CI c °oditioDß, will
and mo! “ IDd tO . to home
Deeses th ’ 'V eader who pos
81 ‘° rdliet
Mr d ail ° nc occa sioo has
was mad(> nßon de,UoUßtrated that he
in this Ir U ° CoQilaoQ mould » and
hag exhibited 7' rtspects he
a PP ea ‘to the fitT at l ribUteS that
intense Xt " 81^68 ° f
vol Ge ° rgia will in -
Splenaid Young leSlt V bleBS t be
6u Prem e nr eaderwho > m such a
M "'“u re ' hougW «*'
OOi»»,?|u'‘’ Mrpus before
d'nary deci 1' ? ? esterda y> the Or-
I'areutg led to her foster
r9n - ra tber'thn ? IrS Gwae Wttr -
T°wen gQllc j ? ° father Mr,
onea w ay ’« ° gaVe the tittle
} a year ago,
CLUSTER OF
BULL’S EYE SHOTS.
The watermelon season now in its
glory, will never be forgotten by Ro
roans. Never before has there bee 11
B uch abundant crop in this section,
and never before have 40 pound,
choice of the vioe, melons been sold
from the wagons for 15 cents each
Think of it, 15 pound beauties going
at 5 cents and thousand more of them
where these come from. Its hard on
soda founts, but who cares so long
as the heavenly fruit is in our midst
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When the Japs get tired of hai
vesting “pig tails’’ and decide that
they have feasted on victory long
enough, I most respectfully submit to
the “Mucawdu’’ that all he needs t>
do is to state to the washee-washf e
folks that be is ready and able to
rat-ify a treat-ee
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Floyd County must have n>t
lets than fifteen Democratic clubs
organized in side of the next thir
ty days. This county is going
to give Democracy’s f nominees,
from Governor down, not less than
1000 majority. I speak after ob
taining the coiuensus of opinion
from the leaders of b »th the Evans
and Atkinson democratic ele
ments.
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And right here I want to say
that at this wriTng, I know of not
over a half dozen men who fought
General Evan’s light in Floyd who
who will desert the standard of the
gallant old commander when he
to Democracy's choice.
I'here may be sore heads in other
counties, but in Floyd quite all of
the men who went into the prim
aries are democrats and will abide
the will of the majority,
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I was talking to Chairman John J.
Black of the county democratic
executive committee, on yesterday
and found him jubilant over the
news from Alabama. Mr. Black, be
sides being born a tax collector, has
been reared as a Democrat and what
he don’t know about Floyd County
politics, aint worth learning I asked
him what he thought Mr, Atkinson’s
majority will be, and after studying
a moment he replied: “Nearly a hun
dred thousand.’’ The old ship is
weighing anchor and it’s time to“ get
on board, little ehillun, ’ and etc.
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If you dont want to read a few
verses about W. S, Beresford, the
only “lord ’ that some people in Rome
ever knew I, hereby warm you to
avoid this column tomorrow. That’s
lair, aint it?
♦
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M y ‘ ‘Chinese puzzle’’of yesterday s
Bui's Eye Kolumn caused a whole
passel of talk and not only tickled
lots of folks but gave my friefid John
of Reeseburg a spell of Mexican fe
ver which I found to be almost con
tageovs —at least I came very near
“ketchiu it”, The “lion ’ does not
show up very natural like, but this
is caused by masquerading in the
skin of the “Kat that kame back,’
Then again h looked a little like a
dog but so would any body else, if
they had eaten all the dogs iu Polk
county.
Gnoinystxeqk
Will not be recognize! as an ordinary English
word. A word Is the expression of an Idea.
The above combination of letters express an
idea, for no one will look at It without having
impressed upon his mind the fact that a new
style of type has been designed which Is at
once the most modest, the most handsome,
and the most aesthetic that has ever been ,
used in the “art preservative of all arts.”
Expressing as it does this idea of
Superlative Refinement
In printing, it might well become a recognized
English word except for the fact that any
other combination of letters set in this style
of type would give the observer the same
Impression of modest beauty, while this same
combination of vowels arrd consonants would
fail to express any such idea at all if it were
set in any other style of type.
4
J, W. Ewing, one of the leading
attorneys of Rome, was in town on
business last Monday, —Summer-
ville News,
ROME GEORGIA. THURSDAY EVENING AUGUST. 9 1894.
FOR KiD NAPPING.
One of Rome's Foremost Citi
zens Arrested in Atlanta.
ON HIS OWN COGNIZANCE
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.He was Permitted to go and
To Carry the Little Negro
With him. There is
nothing in the
Case.
The following special has been
sent out from Atlanta :
“Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 8. —Col.
Hamilton Yancey, of Rome, Ga.,
was arrested here this afternoon
on the charge of kidnapping, just
as he was about to leave the Kim
ball House lobby. It is needless to
s iy that a sensation ensued.
It seems that about three years
ago Co l . Yaucey, took charge of a
Negro boy by consent of the boy’s
mother, tor five years. While Col,
Yancy was in S >uih Georgia about
two Aeeks ago, the relatives of the
boy telegraphed to Rome that his
mother, who fives in Atlanta, was
dying .The boy was sent here and
his mother died. To-day CoL Yan
cey got the boy and was taking
him back to Rome to have him
s-rve out his term of five years,
wh n two bailiffs approached him
and arrested him on warrants
sworn out by the boy’s auut.
Col. Yancey gave bond for his
appearance here next Tuesday.and
went away still in possession of
the Negro,”
A Hustler reporter tried to see
Col. Yancey t< diy but as he is absent
at his suu merlioiue near Cave Spring
found it impossidle.
From good authority however we
learned that Co - . Yancey has the boy
regularly bound to him ami that the
boy wants to stay with him.
More th n that Col, Yancey did
not have to make bond but was per
mitted to go on his on recognizance
until next Tuesday when be will go
down to Atlanta and show his author
ity f< r Lol ling the boy.
DEATH OF MR. KIGHT.
On yesterday afrernoon at 2 o’clock
the spitit of Greenbury Kight, of
Cbulio district, 8 miles from Rome
winged its flight from its earthly
abode to the pearly gates of the
New Jerusalem.
Mr Kight was one of Floyd’s old
est and best citizens and though a
quiet, modest, every day sort of a
man he, was loved and respected by
all who knew him
His remains were laid to rest this
morning at 10 o’clock in the ceme
tery at Antioch, near East Rome.
GRIMM-FELTON.
Rome and Cartersville in This
Alliance.
Wednesday afternoon at 1 o’cock
Miss Retha Rose Grimm and Dr,
Howardd E. Felton will be united
in marriage at the home of the
brides parents in this city.
Miss Grimm is one as Rome’s
pretty and popular young ladies
who has a wide circle of friends.
Dr. Felton is a rising young phy
siciou now located at CartersviLe
and is the son of Hou. W. H, Fel
ton of Bartow county. The Cere
mony will be pronounced by the
grooms father who is not only a
retired physician and an exCon
gressman but .a minister of the
Gospel.
After dinner which will imme
diately follow the ceremony the
young couple will leave for their
future home in Cartersville, cart} -
iug with them the best wishes ot
an host of friends.
Says the Cartersville Courant; Mrs-
S.P. Jones left a sample of an orange
watermelon at Word’s drug store
Tuesday, which was a beuutiful yel
low and of excellent flavor. It was
the only one in the patch with 6U«h a
distinct orange color, and was| quite
a curiosity.
“CARTERS OATS.”
Is the Brand of the Seed That
Yielded the Alabama Harvest.
KOLB KRIES KALF ROPE.
And his Lieuteants are "Down
injthe Mouth." The Dem
ocratic ChairmanlShowes
his Claims to be
Baseless.
Montgomery. Ala., August 9.
The eiectien returns today have
not materially altered the footing
of yesterday estimate.
The changes in most cases f avor
the democrats and the best esti
mate tonight gives Oates a major
ity of 26,086
Autauga reports 423 majority
for Oates, Bibb 517 for Kolb,
Blount 140 for Kolb, Calhoun 407
for Oates, Chambers 469 for Kolb,
Cherokee 770 for Kolb . Oate’s ma
jority is increased to something
like 6,400 in Dallas, to about 1-
179 in Monroe and to 6,000 in Wil
cox, Jefferson county goes for
Oates by 117 majority. The ma
jority in Hale will be reduced
probably within 2,000 and in
Lowndes to within 3,500. Mareu
go ivill also drop a hundred or so
and the democrats are claiming
Pickens by about 400. Kolb gets
52 majority in convingtiou.
The Koblets here appear to have
surrendered. They are evidently
awaiting the instructions of the
conference at Birmingham. It was
figured out tonight at the demo
cratic headquarters here that the
democrots have 63 of the 100 mem
birs of the lower house and 23 of
33 state senators not counting Mr.
Moofly of the Tuscaloosa district.
In ini interview today Chairman
Tompkins.of the democratic exe
cutive committee, said: “Kolb’s
claim that he ha-> been defrauded
out of his election, considered iu
the light of Jiie undisputed facts,
is so absolutely baseless as to be
ridiculeus.
His majority, in counties carri
ed by him, amount in the 'aggre
gate to 14,000 Oats’s majority in
the'counties carried by him leav
ing out Barbour, Bullock, Dallas,
Hale. Lowndes, Marengo, Madi
son, Montgomery and Wilcox, the
only counties which Kolb chal
lenges amount in the aggregate to
12,000, leaving Kolb only 2,000 a
head.
The white vote in nine counties
left out of the above calculation,
according to the census of 1890,
amount in the aggregate to 16,
000‘”
“It is a well known fact, too weL
to be disputed, that not more
than one-tenth of those white vot
ers were supporters (of Kolb. It is
equally as well known that the
number of negroes who have for
years, ever since they were given
the eufferage, voted the democratic
ticket in those counties at Iwaet
equals the whites who are suppor
ters of Kolb.
‘'Oats’s majority in those nine
counties could not have been less
than 15,000, From this it is shown
that, even admitting everything that
Kolb claims, it is clear that instead
of being elected Kolb is defeated by
not less than 13,000
Many negroes openly voted the
democratic ticket. Tuis was particu
larly the case ia Kolb’s old county,
Barbour, and in Oats’s old home, Eu
faula, Ala ,it was natural that they
should have done so and it would
have been very strange if they had
not.
In the recent riots in Jefferson
county the governor used the whole
power of the state to protect the ne
groes against the murderous ussult of
those who were supporters of Kolb.
This action of the governor was un
iversally endorsed by the democratic
press, speakers and people, while the
p ress and speakers of the opposition
as universally condemned the g<>ver
nor for his action.
If lie negrops under circumstance
had not supported the democratic
party itnould have shown that they d d
not possess even ordinary gratitude,
Governor-elect Oates was open and
avowed of his endorsements of the
action of Governor Jones and natur
ally the negroes voted for him.
This man Kolb has always cried
fraud. He, according to his own ad
mission, has frequently been a party
to fraudulent practices in elections;
he assumes that the demo r ds use the
same means to obtain their majority
that he admits having used himself.
“The two counties not heard from
reported today. One. Baldwin gave
a small maj iriry for Cates, and the
other, Covington, about offset it
with a majority for Kolb. This set
tles the democratic majority at 2G,-
000. The legislature will stand; Sen
ate, 24 democrats and 9 opposition;
house, 63 democrats and 38 opposi
tion.
KOLBITES SOLEMN.
They Read the Hand Writing on the
Democratic Wall.
Birmingham, August 9. —The
conference of Kolb leaders has
been in session all day and up to
1 o’clock this morning.
They finally adjourned without
completing their resolutions or ad
dress to the public, which they
promised to give to the press to
morrow afternoon.
There is an air of mystery and
solemnity about them when they
appear on the streets, and they
decline to talk at all.
CARTER’S SEED “OATS”
There are but a few Kolbs in Dal
las County.
Selma. Alabama., August 9.
The official count has been com
pleted . she total vote po'led in
Dallas county was 5.882. The coun
i ty gives Oates 5.757. Kolb 129
I Oates’s majoritv, 5.627.
i
THEY FAILED,
The “Lion" and the “Bear" a r d
the “Pig Tails."
Shangbi, August 9 —lt is offi
’ oiaily reported form Tieu-Tsin that
efforts of Great Britian and Russia
> to bring about peaceful settlments
of dispute between China and Ja
pan have failed .
China is willing to pay it.demni
ty, but she refuses to surrender her
sovereignty over Corea.
The Chinese government has
i dotted Amping and Tokio iight—
houses on the island Formosa.
A WEBB OF DEATH.
A Contractor Commits Suicide at
Birmingham Ala.
Birmingham, Ala., Agust 9. —W.
L. Webb, a contracting railroad
constructionalist of Lament, HL,
suicided last night in the South
ern hotel by shootiug himseif
through the head with a pistol.
No one heard the shot when it
was fired, neither does any one
know why Webb took his life.
Mr. Robert Hargroves, of Ro me
has been stopping at the Majors
springs for several days past. —
Chattooga News.
Alias Ella Nee 1 , after spending two
weeks with relatives aud frieuds aud
friends in Gordon county, returned
home Monday,—Courant American.
Mr. J.E. Mullens, of Rome came
down to witness the Pythiaus in
stallation last Friday night. He
is an enthusiastic and zealous
Knight.—Cartersville Courant.
Sheriff Lee Buri o igh and Deputy
R. L. Griffiin, who have served Bur
tow County faithfully for the past
two yours, will stand for re election
in January and will be a hud team
to down.
10 CENTS A WEEK
MADDOX LEADS
The Minority in a Forlorn Hope
Yesterday
SAVED THE TREASURY
From Being Looted of Vbout
$15,000,000 Dollars
“Our John” Proves •
a Fighter From
taw
This Morning’s Constituticx •
contains th's special from itfr-
Washington correspondent,
Washington August, B.—Speak
er Crisp’s forethought and Judge
Vfaddox, with a few other etalvzart
demacrats, kept the treasury from
being raided today to the amonui
of .$lO 000,000 or sls 000,000. Th*
day had been set aside for the cor»-
mittee* on public buildings and
grounds.
No soonir had the da s business
commenced than a D-amaioth combi~
nation of the east and west, Lewie,!
by the Chicago delegation, which
warned $4,000,000 for a building and
New York, which wanted $3,000.0(X>
more for a new appraisers’ building
showedits leai'. Besiles two
claims nearly every district between
the two sections want <1 something
from a $50,000 to a sloo,oo<> appro
rriatjon.
Tiie combination was the strongest
wiiich had appeared in congress this
season, for it was able to carry every
rpproj riation in the combination
through, There were about six demo-
Tats who fought it. Judge Maddox,
was t,Le leader of the stria 1 minority,
and he noted every time a quorum
was lacking and demanded the same
When not doing this he was de
manding the tellers and the ayes and
nays. This continued until 7 o'clock
when the combination began to call
for members, intending to get a quo
rum and adjourn over the legislative
day.
But for the foresight of the speak
er they would have kept this up until
every appropriation iu the enrobina
i m, amounting to about STS,CI>C,O<X>
b id been passed-
Finally some one called the attention
of Bourke Cockran to the rule which
set aside the day The usual term,
“legislative <lav” did not apnear in
h-> rule, but instead was inserted j
“calendar day.’’
The calendar day ends always
at midnight, whereas legislative
day can be continued indefinitely..
But with Maddox, Bland and oth
er watch dogs on deck, the comb a
nation gave up the fight and the
house adjourned. Mr. (.■tellings
said Speaker Crisp feared some
such combination and precluded
the possibility of the raid by the
wording of his rule.
A e'I.OSE WATCH BEING KEPT
The conferees on the civil sun
dry bill are holding pa’oiemgid ses
sions each day, but little progreee
seems to be made. The Georgia
delegation are keeping a tab on
the conference every hour it is in
session. Senator Walsh and Gor
don are keeping the private eom
ferees up to the line and Repre
sentative Livingston is keeping
watch over Mr. Sayers. Mr. Liv
ingston said today that he had no
fear at all for the appropriation.
This was in response to many tele
grams from anxious friends..
KAPTURED THE LION.
It was reported this morning
that Mr. Vince Sanford and others
had, with a pack of 60 dogs, chas- -
ed the Mexican Lion, until the
varmint had been forced to board
the Steamer, Resaca, while she
was loading freight at a down the
river landing.
A reporter on another paper
heard ot the capture and t his morn
ing went to the Resaca s landing
to investiga «. He was assured
that the story was based omfact
and Captain Kirkpatric took him
back and showed him “tin - terror
of North West Georgia - ' —as 'w.b'-
raccoon.
ij.ic.-s u lequater’ tr.gcs to young mm desiri* < *-“
es-» «iii< atton Shorthand. Course thor 'ugii anc> • *
•uense« low Free ar fare to Rome Circulars fr;e
J. L-. HA.RMISON, President. \