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‘IBE BffiEß OF HOME- Mall 'latur. PHILO. BYRD, | K ; l | '«'°»g« d daily and Sunday. t . MS OF SUBSCRIPTIG 10 cent U week or $5.00 per annum FFICE: Corner Broad Street and t '<fin Avenue. Os .the city r, f Rome, and Foyd, the “Banner county’’ of Georgia. MOCRATIC TICKET. For Governor, IV. Y. ATKINSON, of Coweta, For Secretary of State, ’ ALLEN D. CANDLER, of Hall. For Treaeurer. -2. D. HARDEMAN, of Newton. For Comptroller General, WM. A. WRIGHT, of Richmond For Attorney General, J, t M, TERRELL, of Meriwether .For Commissioner of Agriculture. R T. NESBITT, of Cobb. For Congress. \ Yofou W. MADDOX, of Floyd. For State Senator, (BARTOWS CHOICE.) For Representative, Fioyd Co, ROBT. T. FOUCHE, JOHN II REECE, MOSES R. WRIGHT. . ’Steve Clay has .more friends be ■ fause of his enimies. Aiiiier the musquito has pres < failed his bill no one wants to re uasat him. Tht official count in Alabana .•£.hv*s ibat Oates carried that by 25,676 majority. Tfco gay «port is like the news of ‘■< 4ni cnight accident. Each has a ’tag head in the morning. Hiet-tron day brings joy to some. To some, good "winds will blow, Bost sth er some will have the fun v* Os masticating crow.—Macon Telegraph. When arnun plays cards for a iStake’he sometimes gets a roast. — JLugusta News. Oftener he gets into the soup. Tke Japanes may be burning up Mrith the “War ft ver” but it will be ’Along time before they cool off-roost- Chin« wall, / In Dade county two ladies reside who are twins. They have always .■Lived in the same house and have .©ever been outside the county limits. They are sixty years old. The bugle horn of pure .leffer tSeaiau democracy is sounding all ’dhrfiugh the hills and along the ales of old Georgia, and popu- Ats, to your holes! —Tifton Ga tt ette. A Georgia boy , thought te be lost’ was found on the banks of a ri v ei, where he had been fishing steadily for three days. That boy has blood presidents in his veins.— Constitu- T&e most amusing sight in the •HJeorgia arena this fall will be old Ffjlt’s eating crow (his pet aver sion,, the Ocala platform) and a /■ gHish of it at that. —Dalton Ar. ytfj'is. v Patting the editor on the back 1 <tid te’iing him that he is making a. good paper don’t help him pay stiie .printer. The best way to prove ’.that you like the paper is to sub -scribe for it. Buck Kilgore, of Texas, has been defeated for nomination for re-elec tion, by a democrat named Yoakum. ; -So the * ’long hornb” have decided that Kilgore has Bucked enough and is time to Yoakum In the Sheeps Head Futurity race for a purse of $50,000, “The Butter fiies” wen with “Brandywine” -second and “Agitator” third. An -account of the race would lead one to think that Brandywine made the - Biitterfiie while as usual the Agita te dropped in to his propper place— -08 a J ‘thirdparb A “hold your potatoes’’ circular is now in order. Within a week that All round vegetable has ad vanced in New York from $1.50 to $3. 75 per barrel. A new song is called. “The base ball bat.” It should make a hit.— Augusta News. Doubtless it’will, but should it jaw the wind it wiil not be a popu lar ai r. The Atlanta Gazette opposes Major Bacon for United States Sen ator —that means that the repre sentatives of the people are for Major Bacon and in electing him on first ballot, they will hear the masses say Amen. How can the country feel forlorn’ And weeping and waling go, When it takes a ladder to return the corn, And the cotton is as thick as snow? —Constitution. With the pumpkin as plenty as candidat s, More 'taters than “Carter had oats," With razor back sow and half grown shoats Ou t—ate for hustlin’ the candidvotes? It is a hard matter to buy 10 conts a pound meat when cotton is ouly worth 6 cents a pound. The soon r the farmers of this section learn this lesson the soouer will there be nomortgagos hangingover their farms,—Albany Herald. The burden of Judge Hines’ speeches seems to be that the friends of Gen. Evans will vote for him. The judge is obliged to manufacture some peg upon which to hang a hope.—Meriwether Vin dicator. t __ The Republics ns will meet in At lanta on Wednesday to hold a con vention, and instead of nominating a ticket for state house officers they will try to “get had” by populists such as Zack Hargrove and M. L. Pa’- mer. Wild bogs.it is said, are abundant along the Colorado river. They or iginated, it is believed, in a num ber of fullblooded Berkshires which were sent there mauv years ago and turned loose by Thomas Blythe. If the Atlanta Gazett wiil furnish us tne date when it ‘ propounded” jts questions some time since, we will furnish it with another copy of the Hustler of Rome containing our ans wer, In the meantime if the Gazett wants to deal in ‘•'personalisms” and cowardly stabs, let it at least make known the name of its editor. With a fair field we ask no favors of the ‘‘unknown’’—though he has the rec ord of being a champion mud flinger of the Georgia press. Again we tell vou that we are that same Phill G. Byrd—“come to see us.’’ that boy ji?i. He was the ••devil" tint bm- Jm; Couldn’t do anything gm l wit.ihim; J Rough and raggO' , loir miscluef ripe. Running errands, dis;jibuting type; Pelting the neighbor* on tuoir heads -With brand-new “furniture” “slugs”'and “leads,” From early morning tmevening dim; He was the “devil"—that boy J im. Editor whaled him—all no good I Head as hard as a stick of wood; Just burst out in a loud “Hooray!” And went right on in Iris don’tcare-way. But once—when the train was passing by, And the editor’s child on the track—Oh my! J im—he rushed with the same don’t care Right in front of theengine there! Child was saved, but where was Jim? With flaming lanterns they looked for him. While the people trembled and held their breath— “ Under the engine, crushed to death!” There in the dust and grime he lay— Jim! .... he had given his life away! Not much need of their tears for him— “He was an angel—that boy Jim." —Printing World. DEADLY CHEWING GUM. Persons who practice the dis gusting habit of chewing gum as a harmless and imaginary beneficial indulgence, and parents who give it to little children, who invaria bly swollow it, should take warn ing from the following instance: Miss Mary Brown, of Princess Anne, 51 d., died Wednesday night from the effects ot an opperation for appendicitis. She had been ill forseveial weeks, and Baltimore specialists, who had been sum moned, stated that some foreign substance had lodged in the ap pendix, and that an opperation was necessary, it was found that a small piece of chewing gum. which the'young wcman had swallowed, had found iis wav into the appendix and causi d her death. Uncle Sam should snatch little ' Nicarauga baldheaded and spank th® bosom of its pants until its noze bleeds—the idia of “little Nick” trip pin up some of weuns aJid takinour sweet gum away frummus! A negro of Dougherty 7 county, seventy years old, had never board ed a railroad train until Wednes day last. He was then obliged to make ajourney by rail, but before leaving he made his will and de clared. to his family that they would never see him alive again. —The Rome editors are howling for a “soap factory.’’ Theßomai s must be hard cases if they can’t get soap enough to keep them clean without having to build a factory. —Dalton Argus. Not so fast brother Shaver, the Rome editors arrayed in their nice democratic robes,are clamoring for soap that they may wash, if it is possible, the Riley Giddens stain out of Whitfield’s political “Moth er Hubbard.” v Dr. Felton reminds us of a story told on Rouss, the world-famous New York dry goods and notion jobber. Rouss comm anded a com pany in the Confederate army dur ing the civil war, and on occasion captured’a squad of Yankees. They tendered their fire-arms to their captor. “Damn your guns” said Rouss, “turn over your haver sacks!” That’s Felton. He says : “Damn the platform ; give me the office!’’ —Dalton Argus. An Arkansas man the other day rapped on his coffin just as the minister was about to began the burial service over him. A man in the other room who thought some one outside was knocking at the door, yelled. “Come in/’ hearing which the suppos a d dead man in his coffin exclaimed : “what’s the matter with yen? I am in already and want to get out.” He finally became so obstreperous that the funeral bad to be postponed. The above is areal grave joke of the old reliable Kansas brand. WHAT’S IN A NAME. The next governor of Georgia, will be Bill Atkinson, the next president of the Senate likely to be Bill Venable, the next sneaker of the house will be Bill Fleming. But for his untimelv death the next secretary of the Senate would have been Bill Harris and if there is anything in a name it would seem that Bill Clifton is bound to be nis successor. It seems that quiet a number of Bills are being presented to the people. Will they all be honored r >n the settlement?—A ugu st a Chronicle. FLOYD COUNTY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. This organization was perfect’- in its meeting last year i» the First Baptist Church of this city. It will meet this year with Cedar Creek Church on Thursday, August 30th. Already thirty churches have joined the Association and it is ex pected that others will join at the next meeting. _., . THEY'RE not all alike —blow! medicines. There’s only one that b so rar-reaching and so unfailing in ita ef fects that it can be guaranteed to do all P ™ tn ’* d . f n °. r !»• That is Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. If that doesn’t benefit or cure, you have your money back. It s not like the sarsaparillas or ordinary Spnng medicines. They claim to do good m 'i\P rl, an '} May. All the year round, ?“d l . n all c f?? s - tho Discovery ” purifies ths blo ? d J a3 no , fchlu ?,” ls « can. Every blood-taint Kt«i^'i onlor h o :2ema ’ Tbvter - Salt-rheS. Erysipelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Enlarged Giands, Tumors and Swellings the most stubborn Skin and Scalp Diseases, and the worst forms of Scrofula, are completely and permanently cured by it. Buy of reliable dealers. With any others, else that pays them better wili Crobablv be urged an ‘ just as good." It may e, for them; but it can’t be, for you. „ ° oUc ’ crarnps, and pains in stomach, nothing equals Dr. Pierce’s Smart-Weed Ext, The best 5 cent smoke on the market is Warter’s ijhand made.” For sale by all dealers. Try ne. ./THE BIGGEST lURNITURE HOUSE SOUTH.* ■hr PH HW IlVli 3®!® L-H gysSh '■f , • ■ $ 10,00 Why should Romans or citizens of the +hl v w°ant Atlanta, Chattanooga or any oth- r city except eshon in an to purchase furniture? The Hustler of Rome aA c* beautiful seriousness and after you have iooxed ov ®r refer remark household furniture, as presented on «his cage, r• - • . ably low figures that set forth selling price? w - - N derstand wbv we ask the question. ;-g i W tr r at 5 wi : 1 ■. $20.00, SLO.V.O. M- Donald-Sparks-S’ewart Go., is the biggest furniture house in the south.all you have to do is to call ana enqu re f<>i a piece of furniture aic -1 r r lok through i he grand a?sortmer t ar.'J maxe your selection. ~i~he Hustler of Rome knows whereof 14 1 wnen it tells its that the goods advertised by t his great, tmm are just as represented. Pff ■ IS|i »■ IM I ■t it 1 If 1H ra | ji jL. jr 3 50 )?5(,0. Company,-**E <ROME GEORGLIjV.*