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THE HUSTLER OF ROME.
DEMOCRACY
A. 0. Bacon, General iEvans and
Eloquent Bob Burnes
TOSPERK NEXT FRIDAY I
The Democratic Executive
Committee of Floyd held
an Enthusiastic meet
ng and Mapped
the Campaigp
Now for the big Democratic Rul
iy!
The speakers have been invited
and thav are coming.
The State Executive Committee
has made the appointment and
on 7th, the Hon.
A. O. Bacbn. the Gallant General
Clemeat A Evans and the peerless
R. L Burner will meet the wool
hat boys *f North West Geor
gia and pour pure democratic doc
trine into the populistic camo.
The Rally will be held at 10
o’clock Friday morning, in the
big Sam Jones tabernacle wing of
the Howell Ware house and of
course it will be largely attended.
General Evans alone will draw
a big house, for the Gallant old
General has a host of friends
throughout the Seventh, and espe
cially in the “Banner county’’—
(Now smile—but we remember
the lesson taught us at the prima
ry.)
Major Bacon, one of the biggest
statesmen and most eloquent
speakers in the state has another
host of friends among the sturdy
yeomanry of this section.
The rally was discussed by the
Floyd Executive Committee yes
terday, and proper committise ap
pointed to look after the details of
for the rally.
It was decided that from no* on
nntil Election dav that Floyd
Democrats must wage an aggress
ive warfare and to do this the
committee decided to order the
■omineea for the Legislature into
the field and with them Conereae.
man John W, Maddox to fill as
manv dates as practicable.
DISTRICT DWMOCRATIC HALLIE*.
Livingston Sept. Bth.
Flatwoods •• Bth
Gave Soring “ 14th
Vans Valley (at night) “ 14th
Texas Valley “ 15th
Howells (atSeney) “ 17th
Chu’io (Rrvants Mill) “ 19th
Barkers (Porters store) “ 20th
Etowah “ 20th
Watters (Pinsons store) ** 21th
North Carolina “ 22nd
Floyd and Everett Spring 1 * 22nd
JUST RECEIVED
One of the most com
plete assortments of
TOILET SOAPS
AND
TOILET ARTICLES
Ever brought to the
city. See our line of
fine
IMPORTED TOOTH
BRUSHES
They have no superior
on this or any other
market
sole agent for
CANDIES
J. T. CROUCH & DO
Medical Building.
ROME GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER. 2 1894.
WOOTEN WINS.
Over ten Thousand Votes polled
in the Contest.
MR. PAUL D. REESE.
Was Second and Mr. Max
Kuttnear Close Third. The
The Fight was a most
Exciting one. How
They Finished
The contest has closed and Mr
Pope Wooten, the polite prescrip
tion clerk of Lowry Brothers drug
store, has been declared by a ma
jority of votes the most popular
salesman in the city.
The fight has been a heated one
and Mr. Wooten is to be congrat
ulated upou having such a large
number of hustling friends and
admirers, for to them he has left
his fight. To say that he left it
in good hands we have but to pre
sent the following figures to prove
the assertion:
Mr. Pope Wooten, of Lowry
Bros., 2,431.
Mr. Paul D. Reese, of Trevitt &
Johnsons, 1,942.
Mr. Max Kuttner, of J. Kutt
ner’s big Broad street dry goods
and clothing house, 1,748.
Mr. Wooten’s friends in the city
were on the alert, and were tireless
in their persuit of ballots. They
were hustlers.
Mr. Paul D. Reese, the hand
some and popular young prescrip
tionistof Trevitt and Johnson’s,
seemed to get votes from every di
rection. We notice that among
the ballots sent in by mail he had
votes from California, Texas, Flor
ida, Alabama, Tennessee and
Kingston.
Mr. Max Kuttner, the third
man in the race, and younger son
of Mr. Jacob Kuttne'r, the big;
Broad street dry goods and cloth
ing house man, made the most re
markable fight of any man in the
race. His name was not entered
until just a few days before the
racejclosed and yet, day by day
found him passing through a field
of competitors and going under
the wire a close third.
Then came Mr. Charley Green,
of Trevitt’s drug store making a
good race and finishing fourth.
Then came Miss Delia McLain
of Kuttners who for days lead the
race in the opening of the contest.
Mr Frank Kineof Bass Brothers
also made a siood race receiving
votes from for and near
And Mies Mabie Kline with
Miss Nettie King only two votes
behind had friends who proved
loyal through out the contest
Lieut Henry Srewert of A. B
McArver’s B«e Hive made a good
showing white Mies Emmie Jack
son so long with Mr. Thomas
Fabv's dry goods emporium, had
lots of friends and admirers
Those who received compliment
ary votes were Miss Bena Wood, of
Bass Brothers, Master Spencer
Brewer, Miss Delia Portis, Mr. A.
W. Poulton Miss Maud Morris Mr
Lewis Rosenburg and a number of
others.
" Mr. Wooten will probaly leave
for his trip to St Simons during
the present week or not later than
the first of next week. He will have
a royal time—and dont you for
get it.
MIDNIGHT ALARM.
Mrs. Weber’s Confectionary Store
Dehiged by fire.
Au 11 arm cf fire was turned in
at midnight last night, and smoke
and fin me, were discovered in Mrs
Webers store next to the Tele
phone Exchange, The stock was
totally destroyed, and a fine soda
fountain in the was badly
damaged. Tom Turners Economi
cal Job Printing office between
Mrs Weber’s store and the New
King building was sligtly injured
by smoke and water and what
could be learned last night, Mrs
Weber had no insurance and her
loss was bet ween S3OO and S4OO.
The building was only slightly 1
damaged.
TOM WATSON
Spoke to about 1000 people, in
Rome Yesterday.
LESS THAN 200 OF THEM
Were Coloredand notove. 60
per Cent ware Populists, j
HonfSeab Wright He
t Also Spake to
the Faithful
About 1,000 people filled Nevin ’ w
Opera House yesterday to hear Tom
Watson’s propound populist doc
trine.
It would be a conservative esti
mate to say about (50 per cent of
the audience were People's Party
ijien, and many of those came from
surrounding counties, So it would
be safe to say that one-half of the
audience were Floyd county at
tain followers.
Watson came in over the C. R.
&C. train at 10:30 o’clock, and
the speaking did not commence
until near 11 o’clock. On the stage
were a large party of the reception
committee and among those were
M. L. Palmer, Terrell Speed, Scab
Wright and many others.
When the well known form of
the populist leader of Georgia
appeal don the stage and took his
seat tliere was prolonged cheering
and cries of “Watson! Watson I ’’
M. L. Palmer rose ami in a few
words introduced the Speaaer
of the day to the crowds. Some con’
fusion took place while Mr. Pal*
mer was speaking at the appear
ance of a negro with a big armful
of fans, with M. G. McDonald’s
name ou the back, of them
It was intensely hot in the house
and the peiepinng audisuce grab
bed at the lane like a drowning
man at a straw.
In a pair of seconds the air was
afloat with swiftly moving paf
mettoes.
Mr. Watson arose amid vociferous
p ause aud told how it made his
huan swell with gratitude to receive
such a welcome irom the yoemaory
of Floyd He said that he came from
th • wire grass region of South Geor
gia. and a few days ago spoke to the
people of the State of Dade, up where
the blue sky was rimmed. Around
.t i the lordly mountains of Georgi
and Tennessee. la glow
ini language he| (escribed the bux
om corntry girl whotripjel down
the mountains, her he-'thy face
wreathed in smiles. The mort'iersbid
him and his cause God sped, and
the sturdy farmers warmly clasped
his Lund, shearing allegiance to the
party whose cause he espoased. He
advocated clean politics, and
a clean campaign. He said that every
man had a right to his opjiinions, and
that if a democi at. w ould
not agree w.th him on matters
political he (Watson) would not ge
mad about it. • t
He took up the State platform
and advocated the Australian ballot
system in strong and exhaustive ar
gument. He paid his respecis to the
public school system, and argued
that the state should furnish text
books tree of charge to the children,
ami the audience cheered wildly.
His speech was about the same,
dished out to the faithful all over the
state. He spoke until 1 o'clock
when he closed. It was noticed that
W atson received more applause from
bis audience when he opened than
when the show was ovei,
Hon. Stab Wright was called
on and responded in his usual iiery
manner this time charging all man
ner of political crimes to an olegar
eby ring which he says carries Floyd
county in its vest pocket.
Spab bad uni bad but they “wurnt
Ketch in 5 and his half hours eloquene
did his and Watsons side no good
while it did nobody any harm. Seab
said he was not going to run for con- I
gress—Felton wont quit. 1
A MERRY WAR.
Being Waged Among Brittanica
Agents,
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Dodgers. Books Offered to the
People Containing Matter
That is most offensive
to Southervers and
Lovers of Dixie
In its article on American Litera
ture, Page 630 Vol one, the Somer
rille Reprint of the J. M. Stoddord
Edition of Encyclopedia Britannica
now being introduced in Georgia by
means rs artful dodgers contain
ing false »u<l p rnicios smat eis det
rimental to Southern character and is
also libelous in that the matter in the
Sammervillo Britannica is intened to
disrate and degrade i.> d is etdedta
ted to Bring lepruach uj on the
Southeru people g-merilv and to
wound their lealii sis th* re by.
W« quo'e from lhw M»x*eii Sum
merville Edition of the Encyclo
pedia Britannica as follows, page
630 vol Gti<-;
“The attractive culture of the
South has been limited in extent
and degree.’
, “The hot house fruit of wealth
and leisure, it has never struck its
roots.deeply into native soil. Since
the Revolution days when Virginia
was the nurse of Statesmen the few
thinkers born south of Mason and
Dixon’s line, outnumbered by those
belonging to the single state of
Massachusetts have commonly mi
grated to New York or Boston in
search of university training. In
the w'orld of letters at least, the
Southern States have shone by re
flected light; nor is it too much to
say that mainly by this connection
with the North the Carolinas have
been saved from sinking to a level
of Mexico or the Aantilles”
“Whether we look to India or
Louisiana, it <ould seem that the
tropical sun takes the poetic fire
out of Anglo-Saxon veins, and the
indolence which is the concomi
tant of despotism has the r-auu- be
numbing, effect. ”
“Like the sparton Marshalling
his helots, the planter lounging
among his slaves was made dead
to art by a paralyzing sense of his
own superiority.”
Nearly every word of the fore
going quotation from the Sum
merville Britannica mentioned in
the dodgers above referred to is
known to be a tissue of robust
falsehoods.
On the other hand the new En
cyclopedia Britannica revised and
extended bv a board ot compe
tent Editors and u:w offered to
the people of Georgia by the At
lanta Constitution does not cm
tain any of the objectionable mat
ter above quoted and is otheiwise
free from bbslous articles affect
ing the South or •ny other coun
try.
What kind of respect can per
sous offering the Summerville
Britannica have for a people thus
villified in offering them such a
work.? •
S. M. STARK.
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my patrons and the public general
ly to the fact that
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