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PHONE NO- 85.
DEMOCRACY’S NO M INEES.
Fur Congress, Seventh District:
JOHN W. MADDOX.
'For Representatives of Floyd
• County :
W. H. ENNIS.
JOHN H. REECE.
FELIX COR PUT.
For Sheriff:
j. p. McConnell.
with J. D. Turner, W. P. McLeod,
A. P. Redmond and Jim Johnston
as Deputies.
For Clerk of Court .
Wm. E. BEYSIEGEL.
For Ordinary .
JOHN P. DAVIS.
For Treasurer:
JAMES B. HILL.
For Tax Collector:
J. J. BLACK.
For Tax Receiver:
R. L. FOSTER.
For Coroner:
F. H. SCHLAPBACH.
For Surveyor:
J. T. MOORE.
For Commissioners of Roads and
..Revenue:
C. N. FEATHERSTON,
D. W. SIMMONS
W.C. NIXON
R. B. McAKVER
GEO. W. TRAMMELL.
to b? held in October.
The negro question agita es St,
Louis and the g. o. p.
Putnam, Judge Lawsen’s own
county, vicn' for free silver.
Columbus will build a new cot
ton mill at a cost of $150,000.
Trox Bankston says:
Cleveiandism m Georgia now is
not as big as a pound of soap after
a hard day’s washing.
Cleveland to Carlisle—‘‘Why,
oh, why, didn’t we l.ury that sil
ver craze we bad it killed.”
—Albany Hera J.
'Breckenridge pSposes to take
another tiy at tbe\i s hland dis
trict. Brock. may be s\>rt on good- ]
neSS but he is long on gjt.
-J-JA- —-1* — 1
"To the skin-flint and mizerly <
there is one deaths differe\. e |, o _ {
’ween being murdered and 1
and robbed and murdered. \
- • \ ‘
'1 he American tourists are l\ v .
iug for Etrope in abounance. iW
majority of them will come l>a<* a
wi b well-stuffed wardrobes am r
shout for pro ection
The face of ihe administration
was spanked in open convention
in Talton m Saturday; notwith
standing the Trammell faction
was “agin a rebuke. —R nggold
New South.
J. W. Maddox is the nominee of
the democratic party of the Sev
en’ll Congressional District for
congress. Every man who claims
to be a democrat should rady to
his support. —Ringgold New South
—
This may be one of McKinley’s
years, but he will,
have to say so. Dodging and strad
dling mav help him a St. Louis,
but he will have the country to
'ace after he is done with St.
Louis.
This is the anniversary season
of Governor Atkinson’s attack < f
appendicitis. We extend a renew
al of our congratulations to him
> m his victory over the dread di-
■ase. —Athens Banner.
. Ixj “silver craze,” instead of
t'vi.tg dead, is killing the other
tel lews at a fearful rate. The whil
om jubilant republicans are quak
ing in their boots at the advance
of the silver tidal wave.—Meri
•' il'-.i \ indicator.
I A good deal of quiet figuring is
going on regarding the persons 1 of
the Georgia deleg ion to Chicago.
• A Combination for delegates from
the state at large, whica seems to
meet with some favor in this sec
tion, is this: Delegates—Governor
W. Y. Atkinson, Hon. J. Pope
Brown, ex Senator Patrick Walsh
aud ex-Judg« Tom Mih er, Alter
nates —Ho J. T. C. Crenshaw, ex-
Judgp James H. Guerry, ex-Judge
Roger Gambrell and Hon. Howard J
Thompson. Macon Telegraph.
i A Raleigh correspondent of the
Washington Post says the dele
gation from North Carolina to
Chicago “will bo for Vice-Presi
dent Stevenson.” Nnt much. The I
delegation from this S’ate will:
support a man who has been in I
the foiemost of the fight for free 1
) I silver. They will be for Horace!
' Bu’eq of lowa.
What iias become of that “re
form ticket” up m Floyd?Perhnps
Bro. Byrd could tell us something
about it.—Buchanan Banner.
They just fought themselv'. s out
of breath,and chased themselves to
death trying to keep in sight of
the old regulars. Mow they are a
little disfigured but very still in
the ring.
An Irishman and a Frenchman
were disputing over the nationality
of a friend of theirs. “I say,” said
the Frenchman, “that if he was
born in France he is a French
man.” “Begorra,” said Pat, “if a
cat should have kittens in the
oven would you call them bis
cuits?"—ToronioChris ian Guard
ian.
Os the 900 delegates to the St.
Louis convention, more than 600
are pledged to “sound money”!'
and instructed to vote for a plat- !
form declaration for the single j’
gold standard. There is no dangeri j
of the Republican party commit
ting itself to the free silver I'alhi-
... V X- ....
cy.— V aeon Newn. J
f
Itl r.scomefo this ii. Kansal:
Mrs. Mary L, Foote, who was re
cently e’ected poice justice of
Gaylor, Kas., ran agaium her hus
band and defeated him by a large
majority. But there is one advant
age in this sort of thing; they can
keep the office in the family.—Ma
con News.
Major McKinley should express
his view on the currency question
with the sama carefulness that
chaiacierized the man who went
hunting. Seeing something move
in the bushes he sighted his fowl
ing piece so as to hit it if it was a
deer, and miss it if it was a c If
The Western sheep-raisers arej
asking the Republican party if it j
means “logical protection” with
"aw materials taxM as high as
Vislied products. It will have to
c \ne to that Republican plat-’
or else ihp issue will have!
to Kdropped. \
WliU engaged i\siiuckiug corn
at his m rn n few niv n j llgs einco
Mr. Th<\ Sanders,p an th er
Creek tluMct, was bi\ n on t(ie
hand by a ir.iund ratt e\ in ke. He
suffered ver\ jnue h from\ e bite,
hut has abodv reO overe«.Y.j s T
nan H<-ral<!.
Milner carried tG homeLfL
Bartow,'last baturouv, a " ’
dox carried every otl\r cm\ v j n
the district—except the \ r ,, e
which have not yet acted. Ml er
should now offer n motion to ik ( ,
it unanimous.—Pauiding New\, t
Io the United S ates the o *(
twelve veterans oQthewar of ISV*
They draw pensions which tii"Y !
are justly entitled to, but therX 1
are frauds who are living off the’
government who never smelled the
smoke of battle.
Mayor Strong, of New York ob
jects to the custom of kissing the
woman whom his official act has
created a bride. The mayor evi
dently believes that reciprocitv,
not formality, gives value to a
kiss.
THE .-lUS . LEH OF ROMF SUNDAY JUNE 14 1896
MEN AND AFFAIRS
Him. Chauucy Ives Filley, of
Missouri, has a selfacting type
[ writer which registers his political
humidity with barometrical ac
curacy. It now indica'es that he
I has heard from Ohio and learned
what was the matter with Hanna,
Mark Hanna’s price for coach
ing a star has n«»t been made pub
lic.
I homas C. Platt has been pro
vided with a bed nt St. Louis, hut
he won t have tin oportunity to
sleep.
There is no doubt that the Mor
ton button at St. Louis is in a Dole.,
Mr. Platt of New York will be ,
Mr. Plat 1 of Tioga in St. Louis.
The Brooklyn trolley magnates |
do well in confessing the sins of
their motermen, but they should!
repent of them also. Where cir
culars to employees fail to stop!
homicides there is always an open
ing for the Grund Jury to assist'
in the work.
The late Lady Wadkin, widow
of the founder of the ’llustrated
London News, was married to Sir
Edward Watkin in 1892, when
she was eighty years old. She was
then and remained until shortly
before her death a vigorous, clear
headed old lady. She had always
taken an active interest in the
management of her newspaper.
London’s rate of grow th is dim
inishing, though the population
increased nearly 200, 000 between
1891 and 1896. The population of
lesser London is now 4,411,271.
but according to the old rate of
increase it ought to be larger by
14 000.
Horace Greeley’s grandson the.
son of Col. Nicholas Smith, who
is now » candidate for West Point,
is described as a slender, pale
faced youth of nineteen, with dark
hair and eves.
VI RRENI’TOI‘H’S I
A statue of Garibaldi is to be
erected in Buenos Ayres, i z n
recognition of the fact that the
famous Italian patriot spent
twelve years m fighting for South '
American freedom.
Ail New England excursion!
trains for St. Louis, says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, will slow !
up at Cat ton long enough to tak.i
water
Pittsburg has voted $ 0,000 for
powder and fireworks on the
Fourth. “Sound money,” of
course.—Chicago Dispatch.
The status of Oom Paul Kruger,
o be erected in Pretroria, won’t
be verj’ pretty, but other nations
have bad homely statesmen ere
now. Even Lincoln was no beau y
New York Recorder.
New York has just awakened to
Ihe convenii nee of running sniok
cars on her stre-t railway-. Phila
delphia has been enjoying this
uxury for the past twelve years.
Brother Nix says:
1 he big side of a thing has more
to do with he influencing of some
people than anything else. Some
peop e have not got as much back
| bone as our office towel.
The motto, “In God We Trust,”
which adorned the last silver dol
lar we saw should be changed to
igiid, “God Be with Uh ’Till We
Meet A a in.”—Senoia Enterprise,
Gazette.
V. ITII GEORGIA EDITORS,
j The woes of a country editor
• are summoned up in the following,
from The R< swell Banner:
Couldn t find t> buyer for our
g, the cow would’t hireout, the
hub rave subsided and the weath
i" ch u ly. We are still industri
ally engaged at hard work.”
Vhere is one county in the state,
Vy, in which the people didn’t
A thXeß pay last year.
\had a surplus in the treas
\id hence no necessity for
taxi J
A
ythens Banner rejoices that
t 1)H .
< yociatic breeches are iii
u|v of being mended. Th
| Will have to be fixed to I
: hohl the new silver dollars that
are coming.
I The Elberton Star, discussing
, the silver victory in Georgia says :
“The minority gracefully yield-
■ ing to the wishes of the majority,
and ali of cur past differences
i being reconciled, we are now pre
pared to battle against a common
enemy .
»'■> !■_—sT
Judge Milner only carries one
county in the district—Bartow,
his home county, fudge Maddox
carries all the rest, including
Floyd, his home county, which
alone gives him 1358 majority.
The man who runs against Judge
Maddox in the final election will
never see daylight “no ino ’’ — I
Buchanan Banner.
FRANK LESLIE’S POPULAR
MONTHLY FOR MAY, 1896. j
■ J The illustrated “Lee of Virginia”
’; series is continued in the May
i number of Frank Leslie’s Popular
Monthly with a paper by Henry
Tyrrell, relating to General Lee’s
pare in the momentous events of
the years 1859—1862. These events
include the John Brown raid at
Harper’s Ferry, the secession or
the Southern States and outbreak
of the Civil War, General Lee -
resignation from the United States
Army, and appointment to the
command of the Confederate forc
es of \ irgiuia, his campaign in the
West, the establishment of Jeffer
son Davis at Richmond as Presi
dent of the Confederacy, 'he first
ba’tle of Bull Run, and General
McClellan’s invasion of Virginia'
byway of the Peninsula aud ad
vance upon Richmond. Akin to
j this subject is a charming sketch
j written by Mrs. Jefferson Davis. I
I descriptive of life in the “ White !
, House of the Confederacy” during
the war. Mrs. Koger A. Pryor I
| adds an interesting chapter and an
exquisit portrait to her “Anci st v
p f General Lee.” Other notable
Jcarvree of the number the,
ibustrated - art.cks upon. “Cubanl
Noncoiubaluuts,” by Frederick i
A. Oner; “1 ho Prine of Wales on
American Prairies,” by Mrs, J. I
Leduee; “Sons and Daughters of;
I’eudal Sires, by Mme Barbara
MacGahan; ,and “Vagabond!
Wandering in Guatemala,” by
Thomas R. Dawley, Jr.
PHLNNY GRAFTS
Tramp: “Madam, do you speak
French ?”
Lady of the House (suspicious
ly): “No.
you speak German?”
“Ne ’’
“Nor Spanish?”
“No ; what, do you ”
“Then, madam, I fear that I
shall have to ask you for some
thing to eat in plain English.”—'
Chicago Record.
Dumley: “Do you -know Miss'
Beeker?”
Chumley: “Aes. Nice enough
girl, but she dosen't know- much.”
Dumley: “How’s that?”
Chumley: “I proposed to her
las' night, and she accepted me.”
—Cleveland News and Herald.
Perhaps- “I am glad you like
■my story. ,But don’t you think I
ought to write some sort of an
introduction to it?” Slydig—Mv
dear fellow, that story needs no
introduction. It is an old friend.”
New York Herald.
“Send it away quick !”exclaim
ed the Spani-li General in great
excitement. ‘‘What has happen
ed? ’ asked the correspondent, j
“Another Spanish victory. One of j
the guards-has just beat an insur-!
gent prisoner three straight games!
of seven up.” | Washington Star, j
Bibtnan—‘‘Did your watch stop:
when you dropped it on the floor?”
Magley—“Of course it did. Did
you think it would go through the
ceiling?” Roxbury Gazette.
“Mary, I hope you took good
care of my animals while I was
away?” “Indeed I did; only once
I forgot to feed the cut. ” “I hope
she didn’t suffer. ” “Ob, no; she
ate the canary and the parrot.”
Fliegende Blatter.
“Why, you're a new man—they
have shaved you our of all recog-'
CURES OF '
PABALYSU
Carlos F. Shepard, a Member of the
Indianapolis Board of Trade,
is About Once More. '
5. Case cf Weighty Interest "o Asyenj Ssfferino
Berras Ccmpkints, for ite Men? was eared
ih'J a Q
EliSi’h/ I‘ji kfiS bull
One of the best known men about the In
dianapolis Hoard of Trade is Carlos E. Shep
ard, who for several years has been con
nected with tile house of H. E. Kinney, grain
broker. Mr. Shepard is a bluff, hearty, old
gentleman of medium height, gray-headed
and with a mustache like a French veteran,
lie is a man of very decided views on all
subjects and is especially orthodox in poli
ties and medicine. Notwithstanding his firm
ness in his convictions mid the vigor with
which he maintains them be is a man of many
friends for manly men, even though some,
times obstinate in their opinions, have the
force of character that win admiration and
friendship.
So a few months ago when the news came
to his old associates on Hie Hoard of Trade
that Mr. Shepard had received a stroke of
paralysis mid unit the probabilities were that 1
his days of usefulness were over, and that!
perhaps, his hours were numbered, the deep- I
est sympathy went out to the smitten man
and his family. It seemed to all his friends
almost impossible that this rugged old man, j
always so wholesomely hearty and cheerful,
always a picture of health for
HIS CHEEKS WERE LIKE THE BOSE'
IN THE SNOW;
could have been so suddenly laid low. Bn*
it was true and many weeks passed beibt.
his well-known form and kindly face r
turned to bis former « '••• ’’is
re-appearance w;.s niade 11 <■ e.,;d >.| a i
hearty welcome : r. 1 the story of his ilhic.s
and recovery is we.*! worth the telling.
I was tan. n 'k,’ 1 • ■ I Mr. S. <p - r ’,
“on the 17th of August, LS!IS. As i h: d n.ii
along been of tile opinion that 1 was ma<: ■<>;'
iron, you may well believe that it was hard
for me to entertain the thought that 1 whs to
be laid up for more than a day «r two. ■ I
am 58 years old, mid for +> years up to
the time oi this a;tank, 1 had not had a day’s
sickness. The doctors who diagnosed my i
ca-.e siw at one-> that it was. something seri- I
OUS. They at first said that it v.-:s lum ■
tb' u s-lntie rheumatism. They fnmDv :
cam ;to the conclusion th y did it >t know
what wins the matter wi.h me. Tex; r*.i (
ene I n" pain. >.iv head was clear, >"•/i
P i ■1 nr jffr
my kips down. 'l'his was a hard s.'r.ikc '
to an active man who h always lir.d mi'
easy going pair of legs. My broth'< :■-! i-!,i -,r. 1 :
who is a physician, came ircmi a ncii.uiior- ,
ing city to sec me. He pronounce 1 mv es- . .
Diction to be locomotor ataxia. lam < f tiie ; i
Opinion that he di'ignos' d the ea e rrectly i
for I was absolutely paralyzed from the <
hips down.
“ Before he camo, however, a day or so be- j
U i:, l tal; ing Dr. Wiliiiitn-;’ Pink
I ills for Pale Puople. That was on the2<Hh ;
dav of last October. I rend tin article in the
Indianapolis News and r :w testimonials de- '
scribing cases cured tbnt were similar to j
mine. It struck me that I’m renv dy could
not do me any harm and I begun to take (lie
pills.
“ Before 1 began taking them I could not
stir a peg, but had to be carried front place
to place. T had not got far into the first box
when I felt that deliverance from tny en
forced inaction had come. Before I finished
the second box I was able to walk alone
with the aid of a cane. About home I do <
nition ”
. . Ae-e-he, he-es, the first time
i I looked in the glass I only knew
myself by my voice.’—London
’i Judy.
J ‘‘l may be poor, madam,” said
the tramp proudly, “but I have
an honorable war record. I was
‘ among the ‘missins’ at the Battie
of Bull Run."—Commercial Ad-
■ vertiser.
CHAT FROM 0 VER THE SEA
I The Czar, in ci mmemoration of
I his coronation, has subscribed
■ $100,090 to vinous charities.
| An Armenian spy was assassi
i nated in Constantinople by a men -
I her of the Armenian Revolu o a-
Iry C< mmittee. The assassin was
siot nd killed by the police.
Honorary degrees have been
conferred by Cambridge Universi
ty upon Captain Simon Newcomb
| professor us mathmatics and as-’
jtrunomy at John Hopkin’s Uni
jversity Baltnnore, M illld Frall .
Ims Andrew March, profess ir of
i’oo English langnge mid compare-,
j five pmlolozy a t LaFayette Collet
; bus ton, Pa. e
TO lookout MOUNTAIN.
Beginning Saturday, J une JBtL
and continuing until Sent.
the Western .!■ Atlantic R. R.’wjli
»e:l round trip tickets Saturd ,y
“fternooua and S„„d oy mor „ '
good to return not later than
Monday morning following date ,
of sale at »2, Rome to Lookout 1
Mountain and return. This is the *
only line entering Union Depot 1
opposite Reed House, Chatnnot..
ga- C-K. Ayer, Ticker Agt.
J* ru)u the Indtatnif.o/iSf 2nd.
>■ not use a emm now but when I eotne out on
” 1,1 ° l ,a 'eluents 1 ti-el that 1 need "
'jhtiKM.p.mi m max. my i , uing smv.
I mn itill using iVilliams’ pink pm.
n but I have reduce i th,. ,| os( . to f ■
d each meal. It seems 1, )tt | have been able
,j , throw some discredit on the predictions of
nn doctors thmiks to the ptlls. They said I
’• could never walk again Lm here I m„,.J
1 .he credit miisi be given to the pills
. It is S lid the pihsarestimulating, hut I ,-an
_ not s.,y that they give me any sensations that
lam aware ot I :.. y merely cure and that
1 is <|;iite enoui’h for me.
r I have been oet I have been a
_■ via,kill" am Ci-tis, luetit for Williams’ Pj n k
I Ills. I suppose! have recommended them
- I ton leasr a hiindnH peixni*;. What! Yon
1 want to print all this: Why. my djar sir
! I never gave a recommendation tunny prol
priefary medicine before in my life p Pr
- ■ hups it may not be a bad thing to do so this
'
f health and bodily activity.”
t 1 f'arlos F. Shepard has been a resident of
. Indianapolis lor over twenty years, lielives
.i at No. 720 East Ohio Street. He has always
been an active, enterprising man and his
, many fn«nds will rejoice that he has liter
| ally been put upon his feet again. He is
not only well-known locally but to grain
i shippers;:ill over Indiana and Illinois.
: ink Tills for Pale People
' " ’n - h: •'ing remedy for all diseases aris-
; . o n : ; >or and watery condition of the
‘ i, s ■ , s pale and sallow complexion,
.en •tiljitt . ■ ■ ' r weakness, loss of appetite'
ij re •■•■io.i , irits, lack of ambition, ana>
iniii. 1 ; •'■'Sts or g. .a n s.el:> ;:\ i;.ylon
Oi the <»i iircadi on slight
;Ou r ton. e.odn, <~f ),m. t~r ■;,;, veiling
<>t the feet and limbs pain in the back,
tiervo . ■ lu-jdacl. •, di/.zi nes?*, ];>. ■■ of memory,
fee.dene'-', of will, r’neit •. in the ears, early
decay, ail forms of It u.„le v.eakm s, leucor
rhofti. tardy or irrogit’mr ]' , , ■ oppression
of menses, hysteria, pare ‘ -i- . ioeoinotor
ataxia, rheumatism. svi..t i,;l uh-uses
depending on vitiated humors m the blood,
causing -erofubt, swelled glands, fever sores,
; rickets, hip-joint diseases, hunchback, ac
quired deformit tvs, decayed bones, chronic
i erysipelas, catarrh, consumption of the bow
; els and lungs, and also for invigorating the
blood mid system wh°n broken down by
' overwork, worry, diseases, excesses and
I- I ns of living, rcc very from acute
, such as fiver,, etc., of vimk
; ■ ,i. yimermi’.t ?rrh<ea, ar]y <l, cay, prenia
, ture old act 1 . There pills arc not a purga
tive medicine. Th. y contain nothing that
‘ ce-uid injure the nm t delicate system. They
I set directly on the blood, supplying to the
I blood its life-giving epialities by assisting it
i to absorb oxygen, that great supporter of all
orgmio life. In this way the blood, becora
. ing “bui.'t t.p” and being supplied wit!: its
| Jacking constituent:, becomes rich and red,
nourishes tkc various organs, stimulating
them to activity in the performance of their
functions, and thus to elimumte diseases
from the system.
These pills are manufactured by the Dr. 1
Williams’ Medicine Company, Schenec
tady, N. Y., and are sold in boxes bearing
the firm’s trade mark ami wrapper, at 50
cents a box or six boxes for s2.sf', and are
never sold in bulk. They may be had of
all druggists or direct by mail from Dr.
Willimus’ Medicine Company. The price
at which these pills are sold makes a course
of treatment inexpensive as compared with
other remedies.
•NOT
: LIKE * ■
OTHERS
There Is a difference between medl*
a cines and medicines. _ . „
Those of to-day, as a rule, differ from
- those of the past in many respects.
Fully as great is the difference t>e*
tween Dr. King’s
ROYAL 6ERMETUER
and the ordinary medicines of to-day>
It is unlike them in
THESE FIVE THINGS:
• 1. It does not taste like a medi
cine. It is as pleasant to take as
lemonade and makes a most refreshing
drink. .
2. It never nauseates the most
delicate stomach.
3. It does not swap off one d •
ease for another. It does not set up
one form of disease in order to re ie
another as is so often the case
4. It contains no alcohol or
opium in any form and is a
harmless even when given to a ba
one day old.
5. It does not patch simply. ”
cures. It reaches as nothing eS
i does to the hidden sources of diseas
in the blood and removes the cause,
does this with an eitse and power ia
have never been equaled.
For all troubles of the BIo ?4'
fcaols, Kklnevsnnd Nerves, and for thnw
of Mi I, A RIAL POISON it stands pre-emlDt
without a rival or a peer.
W Bold bv drugalßts, new package. large
tie, JOeDoeee, Ono Dollar. Manufactured o y
THE ATLANTA CHEMICAL CO., ATLANTA, GA
WRITE FOR 48-PAGE BOOK. MAIXBP '
-■A . - - - ~~
Neuro Killed, at Odum-
Odum, June 13. —John A 1,1
was killed at Papell & Bro’s, tu’-
pentine still, two miles In in
place, Thursday night by "bl
Rodgers.
Lhe shooting was claimed to ''
accidental. Both negroes.