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Sunday Edition. THIRD year HEADQUARTERS FOR— On tafc. Hals. Shoes am Notions. ! 1 u . '.7 ( < Best goods! Lowest prices! 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. I desire to call the attention of my patrons and the public general ly to the fact that ON bEP’T 10th. My large and well ass new stock of FALL AND WINTER WOOLENS Will arrive, apd further that I am now prepaired and will turn out FIRST CI ASS WORK AMD FIRST GLASS GOODS, cheaper than ever before. Paste this in YOUR HAT and remember your own interests S. H. STARK. MERCHANT TUB 16 ARMSTRONG HOTEL. Ten Pages. 10 CENTS A WEEK u Min . ft IF SO DO NOT FAILTQjVISIT in . r . -r. . ... Dota totals? ™ Wains Meek.