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THE HUSTLER OF ROME.
T H:!U Y “' R
ITS fl LAW.
UH2 G.VcS HIS VIEWS
What he Thinks of the Senate
Tariff ßill and - why t l6 Nei '
I ther Signed or Vetoed
it He Writes to
Gen Catchings
With 11 '^ ton August 28, Presi
deul Orland baH ;ritteu the
fcllowi: g i^ tJr »<> Representative
Catchings of M in which
jj B eats hi"? views of the new
tariff law and bis reasons
for not approving the bill:
“Executive Man-ion, M ash.ng
tou,D C August 27. 1894. —Hon.
7. C. Catchings —My Dear Sir:
gj W 3 tto conversation I had wilh
you and Mr. Clark, of Alabama a
f ew dav- ig". in regard to my ac
. ill, now before
me, I havo given the subject fur
tb-r al most serious considera
tion. Th result is I am more set
tied than wer in the detern iua
tiou v the bill to become a
law vri'hviit my signature,
Wi ib-formation'of the leg ,
isla’. >• inch it Was hoped would
€mbo<! . 1 mocralic ideas of tariff
reform . ns lately entered upon by
this emigre s. nothing was further
from my anticipation than a re-uVI
Ice d net promptly and enthu
elastically endorse. It is, there
'ore with a feeding of the utmost
disappeiutme. t that I submit to a
denial of this privilege.
“I do not claim to be bettei 1 han
the masses of my party, nor do I
wish to avoid any responsibility
which, oa account of the passage
of this law, 1 ought to hear as a
member of the democratic organi
zation.
Neither will I permit my«ptf to
B)e sepcrated from my party to
■uch an extent as miuht be implied
fcj’ nay veto of tip tariff legtsl tl<>n
■rhi h. though disappointing, is
■till ... rg-alne to democratic ef
■fort.
II but th*re are passages in this
Rill which are not ’n direct line
R’itli honest tariff reform and it
Renta. :-i iiiconsisteuci *s and crud
■ties winch onjrht n , t to appear in
■arm i.'".- or |a«,< ot any kind.
I Besides there wer**, as von and 1
Rell know, na idents tc.ompany—
R•g thi' p..s-age (! f tua hnl through
■be cung;-.. 5 , which made every
Rinctire tariff reformer unhappy;
■thile influpuce surrounded it in
■ ' stages, and interfered
■*'h it?, inn construction, which
R to be recognized or tol
Rta.eJ in ( ], mocratic reform coui -
Bile.
■ * VANTAGE ground, at least.
■ And yet notwithstanding all
■ -issitudes and all the bad
■reatniput it revived at the hands
■ pretended friends, it presents a
■ a ' unpi'i ivcijj,.,)j to existing con
■tiuns. It will certainly lighten
B latl ' a tariff burden that rests
■ a '*l\ np nn u 1(l p eO p] Qi jf. j g no s.
■ ‘ ■' al airier against the r turn'of
R a P r(| t'Ttion, lint it furnishes
■ ground from which
I "'waged further aggresive
■ ;iL , ;lmst p n , tpcted mon _.
■P''y aiidg., v ,. rilll , 11(!l ] favoritism.
I J lak,. lIIV p|a C( . with the rank
R. *' '* ißt' democratic party
■ ' i " Vl in tariff reform, and
I ' what it is; who refuse
■i^rn 1 ll "' r " sults embodied in
■L 1 ' ' , ‘ l '“ dose of the war;
K o''' ljlin,k ‘ 1 t 0
B n ' r yof democracy has
■ renui'r '’ Worn in the service
■ve. ,i’ a ? P rot «ction, and who
luenu/f? 119 deadl y H ghtof
Ksnf ti 1!lS I,lasted the coun
■?ht. ‘ IC ’ raVe in their hour of
I ru ‘^ s aQd W’tfnnntnng—tbe
communion of pelf—whose machina
tions have prevented u o from reach
ing the success we deserved, should
not be forgotten or forgiven. We
shall recover from our astonishment
at their exhibition of power, and if
then the question is forced upon us
whether they shall submit to the free
legislative wdl of the people’s repre
sentatives, or shall dictate the laws
which the people must obey, we will
accept and settle that issue as one
involving the integrity and safety of
American institutions.
HE LOVES democracy's PRINCIPLES.
“I love the principles of true de
mocracy because they are founded in
patriotism and upon justice and fair
ness toward all interests. I am proud
of my party organization because it
is conservatively sturdy and persii -
tent in the enforcement of principles.
Therefore, I do not despair of the
efforts made by the house of repre
sentatives to supplement the bill al
ready passed by further legislation,
and to have engrafted upon it such
modifications as will more nearly
meet democratic hopes and aspira
tions.
"I cannot be mistaken as to the
necessity of logics' and sensible tariff
reform. The extent to winch this is
recognized in the legislation already
secured is one of its encouraging and
redeeming features; but it is vexa
tious to recall that while free coal
and iron ore have been denied us.
“A recent letter of the secretary
of the treasury discloses the fact
that both might have been made
free by the annual surrender of
only about S7OO,(XM) of unnecessa
ry revenue.
“I am sure that there is a com
mon habit of understanding the
importance of free raw materials
in tariff legislation, and of regard
ing them as is only related to con
cessions to he made to our manu
facturers. The truth ts, their in
fluence is so far-reaching that if
disregarded, a complete and benefi
cent scheme of tariff reform can
not be inaugerated.
A PLEA FOR FREE RAW MATERIAL.
“When we give our manufact
urers free raw materials we un
shackle American enterprise and
ingenuity, and those will open the
doors of foreign markets to the re
ception of our waits and give op
portunity for the continuous and
remunerative employment of
American labor. With mat‘rials
cheapened by their freedom from
tariff charges the cost of their
product must be correspond n ;ly
cheap.
i'uereupon justice and fairnes
to the consumer would demand
ihat the manufacturers be obliged
to submit to such a readjustment
and raod'ficatiou of che tariff on
ibeir finished as would se
cu’O to the people the benefits of
the reduced costs of their manu
facture, and shield the consumer
against the exactions of inordinate
profits.
It will thus be seen that free raw
material and a just and fearless
regulation and reduction of tne
tariff to meet the changed condi
tions, would carry to every bum
ble home in the land the blessing
of increased comfort and cheaper
living.
The millions of our countrymen
who have fought bravely and well
for tariff reform,should be exhort
ed to continue the struggle, boldly
challenging to open warfare and
guarding against treachery under
half heartedness in their camp.
Tariff reform will not be settled
until it is honestly and fairly set
tled in the interest and to the ben
efit of a patient and long suffering
peop'e. Yours very truly,
“Grover Cleveland . ”
Application for Li tters ol
Dismission.
GEORGIA, Floyd Conniy:-
Whereas A. J. Watters Administrator De
B-mis Non, of Joseph Watters, represents to the
court in Ills pe ition duly tiled, that be i has ac
ministered Joseph Warters estate. This is t
cite all persons concerned, kindred andcredito
to show cause, if any they ®* n ’'•**’*
ininistrator should not lie discharged fioin his
administration and receive letters of dismission
on the First Monday in November 1894. l‘>is
August 7th. 1894. Johß p Davig
Aug. 7 .to Nov 9. Ordinary Floy! County. Ga.
ROME GEORGIA. TUESDAY EVENING AUGUST. 28 1894.
THIS IS TERRIBLE.
Several New York Families are
Candidates
FOR LUNATIC ASYLUMS
Too Many Marriages get the
High- Contracting Parties
And Their Children all
Tangled and'.Mixed
Hopelessly.
Eugene Subrer of Westfield, Mase.’
is Lib first wife’s son in-law, his pres
ent wife’s step-father, his own son
in-law, also his own father-in-law,
his ex-step children’s brother-in
aw, and the grand father of h's own
children.
He is now suing hi s first wife for
$20,000 damages for alienating the
affections of his second wife, who is
his first wife’s daughter and his oiu
step-daughter,
Mrs. Catherine Subrer of No. 16
Cannon street, the defendant, was
deserted by her first husband, one
Phillip Sonn, in 1868, leaving her
with three children and a heart
yearning for love.
She met Eugene Suhrer and they
were married in 1876. Suhrer’s heart
was too big to be filled completely
by love for Mrs. Suhrer, and her
daughter by her first marriage capti
vated him.
About this time it was a merry
household, rendered additionally
merry by the fact that Mrs. Suhrer
bore three children to the loving Mr.
ISuhrer,
Then the latter discovered that
her first husband was living, and
it is alleged, brought suit to have
the marriage annulled, but it nev
er came to trial.
Finally he ran aw’ay with Mrs.
Suhrer’s daughter by her first hus
band and went to Westfield Mass.
Mrs. Suhrer followed him and had
criminal action started against
him for his relations with her
daughter, but he defended it by
laiming that he had never been
reallv married to her, as she had
a husband living at that time.
The suit was dissmissed and
Suhrer married the daughter.
Catherine. She also bore him three
children, who are thus not only
the brothers and sisters but also
the cousins of the children of Mrs
Suhrer No 1. besides being tuat
unfortunate lady’s grandchildren.
A Raidesnake in a Catfish.
Not long since Theo. Armstrong
and some of his neighbors were fish
ing in a little river, ten or twelve
miles below here, where they saw a
large catfish on the opposite side of
the river floating near the surface of
the water
Its quetr actions attracted atten
tion—it seemed to be in pain and
vainly trying to go under the water
Mr. Atmstrong pulled oft' his clothes
swam across, caught the fish and
brought it to the shore.
The fish appeared to be very much
swollen, or at least very full of some
thing He cut it open and was as
tonished to find a large rattlesnake in
its stomach- The snake was not di
gested, in fact, was just beginning to
swell, and this swelling is what is
supposed to have caused the fish’s
trouble.
It was getting so full ofgas it could
not sink, Mr. Armstrong stretched
the snake out and measured it, I’
was three feet long.
The snake's bead had been beaten
and its rattles were gone, which led
him to believe that some one killed
it, took off its rattles and threw i
into the river, where it was swallow
ed by the ftsh.—Galveston News.
iters uucqualed advantages to young mtn desiring a b
ess education or Shorthand. Course thorough ann m d.
. weusc> low- Free car fare to Rome Circulars free
J. C- KARMISON. President, une
SIX PAtil’S.
HERE’S A CUT ,
The City Dads cut Mountain City,
and Rainbow Fire Co’s.
TO 25 MEN EACH.
The Hooka go Down to 25 men
While Nc. 4, Hand Wagon
Co. is Given 35 men.
Street Drummers
Taxed SIOO
The City Fathers, last night,!
among other business decided tv
cut the membership of ..Mountain
City and Rainbow Fire Engine
companies from 60 men each tol
25 men each. The Hook and Lad
der Co. was cut from 40 men to 25
men and No. 4 hose wagon, drawn
by hand, was cut from 40 men to
35 men. The action of council
meets the approval of the working
firemen.
Council Meeting August 27 1894.
Present, the Mayor John D.
Moore, conncilmen \V. J. Sater
field. H. R. Miller. Walter Harris
D. B. Hamilton Jr: T. J. McCaf
frey, J. F. McClure, A. B. McAr-
W. A. Wright and 11. G. Stef
firegen.
Minutes of meetings of August
13th & 24th approved. Verbal pet
ition of J. T. Warlick for exten
sion of Avenue C in 4th ward re
ferred to street committee for re
port.
FIXAJfCIAL STATEMENT OF CLFRK READ.
Attention was called to theoi
dmance upon the subject of fire
escapes, and the matter was refer
red to the fire committee for re
port.
The following ordinanse was
read and passed unanimously to
wit Resolved that license for street
drummers for the ablance of the
present fiscal year shall be one
hundred dollars each.
Complaint of John. S. Marshall
as to loafers about the Armstrong
Hotel was refered to the City Mar
shall with instructions to act in
the premises.
Petition of T. F. Foster for change
of license laid on table.
Petition of A.S Burney for trans
fer of license refered to ordinam e
committee with power to act
References of A. S. Burney to va.
rious sectrons of City code referred
to street committee with power to
act.
Petition of P.H Vandiver and otl -
ers for curbing on Forest and Cbei
okee Sts., referred to street commit
tee with power to act
The following ordinance was read
and passed unanimously, towit.
Resolved that until further orders,
the fire department of Rome shall
consist of two (2) engine companies
with a maximum Membership of twen
-five(2s) men each one(l)hose
company drawn by hand with a max
imum membership of thirty-five (351
men, oue Hook & Ladder Company
with a maximum membership of twen
ty five (25) men.
The following accounts were pass
ed and ordered paid.
Rome R. R. Co, Fire $1.52
D. w. Curry. “ .29
NeW Gaynor Electric Co. “ 131.50
W. W. Watters. Cemetery. 9.72
Morris Brothers. Relief. .95
Rome R. R. Co. “ 2.84
Halsted Smith. Clerk. Contgt. .45
Western Union Telegraph Co. “ .50
E. E. Lanham. Pub. Bldg. 9.00
J. H. & F. M. Jeffries. “ “ ,4 5
E. L Bosworth. Street 122.55
D. G. Hunt. “ 45.01
Rome Grocery Co. “ 8.67
T. J. Flamming *• 17.45
“ •• • •* .50
M. A. Wimpee. “ 21.95
Nath bus. “ 1.25
Mrs. C. M. Alexander 12.30
>• “ Police 2.90
Rome Cotton Factory Water Works 1.30
Rome Gas Light Co. “ “ .50
.. .. (. •< f << u 6-25
Brown & King Supply Co. “ “ 16.94
Carver & Harper
Commercial Oil Co, *• “ 20.40
W. W- Watters “ “ 6.79
Cundell Lumber C>. “ •• 34.46
D. W. Curry “ “ 11.00
Chas. 1. Graves “ “ 5315 1
.. •• “ “ “ 68.70
.< •• “ “ “ 64.50
Terhune Berry Hdw, Co. “ “ , 2.41
» “ “ “ Cemetery | .45
T. J. McCaffrey. Waterworks 9.39
1. Hanson “ “ 24.25
Council adjourned
Halsted Smith,
Clerk of Council.
FOR. HORSE STEALING,
A Horse Drover Arrested-He Has ■
had a Good Reputation.
Baxley. Ga. August 27.—-Geo.
W, Sheppard, of Upson County, a ’
horse drover, n member of the firm
of Sheppard & Smith, of that
county, well known and very
much liked by all of the people of
this town, arrived hereon yester
day s train iu custody of Joe Will
iams and D. M. Crosby, acting dep
uty sheriffs of this county,
i Sheppard passed through hue
Monday’ night and stole the fine
mare of Dr. P. H. Comas, a physi
cian of Baxley. He carried her to
Warosboro, where, after complete
ly running her, aud disappeared
It is said there that he stole a
horse from a Mr. Collins, who to
gether with the above gentlemen,
hotly pursued him.
Sheppard is an intelligent, hand
some and popular man, but it
seems had got, behind with his
partner, and his unaccountable
abacence was causing his family
no little distress, The people here
are greatly astonished and are slow
to believe him guilty,
READ INGERSOLL.
Got on 3 Spree and Wound up by
Taking his Life.
Duluth, Minn., August 27. —Col.
Robert G. Ingersoll’s recent letter
asserting suicide is no sin, is part
ly responsible for a suicide that
came to light today.
The b<xiy of Joseph McNarne,
thirty pears vid, and single, was
found on the beach of Mineusota
Point, a short distance east of the
ship canal, and it is probable he
threw himself in and was carried
out into the lake by the current
which sweeps around Minnesota
Point.
The body was almost unrecog
nizable because it had been pound
ing on the beach a long time. His
hands and feet were bound.
Eight weeks ago he came here
for his health from Kansas City,
Mo., where he and his brother had
been in business. He spent his
S4OO in a spree and became despon
dent when his brother refused to
send him money for his hotel bill.
To his fellow boarders he talked
suicide and quoted Ingersoll, and
ten days ago he disappeared. His
parents who are well-to-do, live at
Junction City, Kan.
Miners Won’t Accept.
Cleveland, 0., Aug. 28. —News
received from the Massilon coal
fields is to the effect that the mi
ners have refused to accept the ul
timatum of the operators, which
provided that they should resume
work tomorrow upon a schedule of
wages based upon the Columbia
scale.
It is said that many of the mi
ners are now removing their tools
from the mines rnd it is believed
that the operators will carry out
their intention of resuming
work tomorrow with non-union (
met The miners of Massilon dis
trict, about 3,(XK) in number, have
been out on a strike since February *
17, 1894. ’ 1
i
California Fruit.
Cheynne, Wyo., Aug 28—The ,
enormous fruit business handled .
by the Unio’n Pacific railroad is
without a parallel in the history
as traffic. Shipments over the
Wyoming division now average
nine or ten trains each day, aud t
the officials thinK the rush will y
continue at lease a month.
One hundred and sixty-seven
trains of California green fruit
have already been shipped over
the line to Eastern markets. Few
shipments were made until July
15, after the strike was declared
off.
IO CENTS A WEEK
HIRAM EVERETT
The Passing of one of the tos 1
Remarkable Landmarks
THE COUNTY OF FLOYD
He was a ‘First Settler"
Lived and Diedin the j»c
Home Surrounded &v
a Large Familyanef
Many Friends.
At the funeral es Hirans. Sfveretf
Everett Springs on Aug. 23rd . 1 ST*
there were present, just 50f perscs >
belonging to the fuiaßy
besides about 100 more distant
tives. Thera were 9of the 10 .tuir
dren prectnt;33 graxJ ch’MreE—eui
they hud; 1 great-grand-child.
in law. and tbe wife aud rjotle*—
inal ing in all. just fe’J persons s . T are
family present. It is douo.fu/. aS
such an incident ever occured in IS*
history of this country or States be -
fore
There were born to Hiram and S*»- •
n.h Everett 16 children—B boys aitri.
8 girls. Os this number 6 died- - i
boys aud 3 girls. So there were
e I to man and womanhood, anefcaer*
living 5 boys and 5 girls. Ail tax
gi>’ls married ; but only 2. boys maaxi
( ed—the other three axe still bae-i.**-
iors
All of the children have settled rtw.t
ri’ound t:e father, except one
who lives in Texas, and Mrs. W. • HI.-
( Bridger, of Fume.
Hiram Everett was 86 years cUii
last March, and bad beentvers’ tw -
’ ble for several years before rizs
death. He settled the place wbem
he died, in the year 1836—just Jib
years ago. He never movad
j the spot tilljfDtr wuiit to his grave
lived in the same house anti
i almost entirely in the same
during these 56 years-, until
a year ago;, he had built a
house. He was married to Snr-W
Rt-ece in the early part of the y i w r
to 10; and his children were «
and raised in the house he nhss
built—the youngest one - now .
I ing is 36 years old. He- amet l*j n
three brothers, Samuel, Qiuca
arid Elkanah, built the first cad r ,
i that was ever erected' ol Joh* .-
Creek,in the year 1835. before
Indians were taken away from tin
country. They cut out the firss
roads from Miller’s Ferry, on i «
Oostanaula river into Ever '-kj
Springs district; and opened r.p
first bridle-way and wagon
through that famous place between
Johns and Mountiikta.
known as the Pocket.
Hiram Everett made a prEsfen*
sion of religion- about 50 yeni.r--
ago, but did not connect hixuwK.
with the church for 30 years aftiKx.
his profession.. Twenty year® ssr
he united himself with the Martri r
Pleasant Baptist church- and w*r>?-
baptised by that famoua pioaiieK.
preacher, E'd Jaxiob Tate;-.
until the day of his death he - -
orcieed great faith in the
of God, and died as he had Hwiii.
hoping, trusting and believiag
God.
It can be truly said, he
consistent church member, a gcO'O
neighbor, a kind and loving
and an honored citizen.
He leaves a wife and 9 childrsa >
—namely, Mrs. Andrew Hensoo
Mrs. James Burn, Mrs. Caleb MUI’
Mrs. T. J. Prickett, Messrs. X F
Averett, Solomau Everett,
Everett, J. C. Everett, of Ev«>»C&
Springs, Jonah Evsrett, of TexaaF
and Airs W. M, ilridges, of Raw
to mourn his loss. But not as thwi
who mourn without hope. Pfemn
to his ashes.
Henie.n».
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