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f the city <>f Rome, and Floyd, the
‘"Banner county” of Georgia.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
q For Governor,
W. Y. ATKINSON, of Coweta,
For Secretary of State,
[ ALLEN D. CANDLER, of Hall
For Treasurer,
R. D. HARDEMAN, of Newton.
For Comptroller General.
WM. A. WRIGHT, of Richmond
For Attorney General,
J, M. TERRELL, of Meriwether
For Commissioner of Agriculture
R. T. NESBITT, of Cobb.
For Congress,
I John W. MADDOX, of Floyd.
For State Senator,
W. H. LUMPKIN.
For Representative, Fioyd Co ,
ROBT, T. FOUCHE,
JOHN H. REECE,
MOSES R. WRIGHT.
He stood on the bridge at midnight—
That is he tried to stand
And the wave and the sky seemed mixing
And he wondered where he’d land.
China and the populists contin
ue to fight, loosing battles. Pig
heads and Pig-tails.
There is but one way to prevent
lynchings, and that way is for the
rapist to die in his youth.
There it no hope for the pops to
■win in the good old State of Geor
gia-
With the pianoist the key to the
piano is the key to the situation,
Is Captain John Printup going
to organize that Machine Gun
platoon?
Old Li Hung “massed” the Chi
nese Pig-tails—the Japs have very
cleverly half massed ’em.
The popular belief that a dronw
ing person rises to the surface three
times is unfounded.
The closing of the leaves of
plants as evening comes on is a
curious phenomena of nature.
There is a law in Germany for
bidding restaurateurs to serve beer
to people who have eaten fruit.
Our “devil” says he would like
to be a missionary just to have a
chance to umpire Japo-Chinee
game.
No one man has done more in
the present campaign for democ
racy than Major Gus Bacon, Geor
gia’s next United States Senator.
What’s the matter with Rome
having the third Regiment band
located within her musical bor
ders?
A bible written on palm leaves,
of which there are 5,373 bound
together, is one of the curiosities
in the library of a German Uni-
\ versity.
Myers, the Atlanta murderer is
said to be a member of the Gate
City Guard: Wonder if the sheriff
of Fulton will invite the Guards to
escort the murderer to the gallows?
Shaver knows all about the mean
ing of the English, used in the fol
lowing item:
That Felton spontaneity failed
to spont: ne, •
The Athens Banner says that
“General Evans in redeeming in
the most effective way possible
his promise to stump the state in
the intereec of the nominee of the
Democratic party for governor. And
he is doing good work, too-”
With the passing of sutuiuor
Comes the enterprising drummer
And like winter he arrives witn his “grip.”
With the > eople on the bustle
I<ots of business and bustle,
'Tis the anvertisiug “driver” holds the whip.
Phe world’s crop of wheat, for
1894 is estimated by the Hunga
rian department of Agriculture at
2,576 000,000 bushels, against 2,
279,000,000 for 1893.
What steps are the Rome mili
tary taking in a programme for
field day sports? Can’t we have a
target ground and target practice?
Why can’t we? What are we here
for?
It is estimated that Mount Et
na has thrown out nine times its
own bulk of cinder and lava. Bui
then think of Tom Watson ami re
member that Georgia is still in
the lead.
The swan sings when it is dying,
but the Republican party crows,
and this accounts for the loud
boasts that we now hear regard
ing Republican victory in Novem
ber. —New Orleans States.
Atkinson the fearless, Atkinson
the born leader, Atkinson the lev
el headed patriot and statesman —
Atkinson the next Governor of
Georgia will succeed Gordon in
the Senate. “Mark that predic
tion,”
From generai appearances it is
hard to tell if the three pops, Har
grove, Hammond and Dunahoo
are in the race for representative.
After October 3rd, it won’t be
any worse with them but —“more
definite,”
Will sombody tell us the reason
why a woman with a water-proof
on always wears her best stockings?
—Augusta News.
No prewd woman or prudent
man will attempt even an opinion
on such a darned subject.
It strikes us that Solicitor
George R. Brown of the Blueridge
circuit has anihilated a good large
spot of Glenn and Maddox and
stomped most of the tail feathers
outen the balance of that “smart
alec” law firm.
The latest invention, according
to the Memphis Scimitar, is glass
building bricks. As has been said
before this should learn “those
who preside in chrystalized domi
cile not to engage in the precipi
tation of tossing agricultural im
plements of earthen pebbles.”
No, Maud, dear, Rome was not
founded by Romeo, nor do we
know of the case in that city where
Romeo and Juliet.—Augusta News
Go buy you a milk-shake—that
“calf” was slewn when the prodi
gal returned from Augusta and fell
into the old man’s neck.
Columbus Enquirer Sun :Every
where iu Georgia there is talk of
big corn crops and corn for the
market. Just think of that, will
you? Georgia farmers shipping
corn to the West! We are surely
in the m dst of a new era, and a
good one, too.
The following item from the
Dalton Argus is most res >ectfully
refured to Mclutosn, of “Hog and
h .miuy ’fame:
“The hog pens still stink, and
menace heath and life, and the
authorities of Dalton continues to
do nothing.”
The opponents of Major A. O.
Bacon are going to be “Breckm
ridged” in the present campaign,
for if they live until the next State
Senator is elected they will speak
of him as Senator A. O. Bacon, —
and he will be one of the ablest in
that great body too.
If all the Mortgage debts in
Georgia were equally divided
among the people of the State it
would amount to sls per capita,
while the mortgage indebtedness
of Nebraska amounts to $126 per
capita. Nebraska is a hot-bed
es I opulism while Georgia is thor
oughly Democratic. See the differ
ence ?—Columbus Ledger.
THEHLSTLER OF ROME, TUESDAY SEPTEMBER. 25 1894.
Dr. «iafford,id Murry,the popu
list orator wh<>ciimeso nwar killing
!*>•• ti'ir'i part) in Whitfield by
iha' thne hour speech, says he is
going to taae th- slump and (ear
Hoke Smith's speneb to Hinders.
God save the mark! (oe whil i
kins! Gee-whiz! Weep little chil
dren. wrien! —Dalton Argus -
In an interesting interview with
I Uld Doble, the famous trainer,
about trotti g horses, he said (and
he<>ttgli. i. k. - nx, it ■ .:J Hie trot
ter hid Im u f‘ d the mil * record 53
ir-couds n 92 yatrs. In the year
100 the 2.59 record was regarded
as a gr“nt triumph. When 1900
co ins, perhaps before, ttie 59 will
be two ciphers.
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