The Hustler of Rome. (Rome, Ga.) 1891-1898, May 09, 1897, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE • ' OF R( IE. ♦ IL _ • seven th year LADIES’ gallant con- Filil Mt OEM HobleWoik ( f Ihe G’and Or i citation. DU BIGNtfl ADDRESS Vr i.ea-i 3,000 People .Attendeh ' Decobatp x Exercises Which I Were Patriotic. qh.t grand organization, the j 11( li s ’ ?,!• mmul Association, is , to be co atuhited upuii the sue jes- of ;‘>U d > H ,n. Es G dußignoa ( ( ![ . . ir i(i I;,- thousands within reach , ’ l is voice with his bril- | pant oiuti-n. It was of a differ- < (11! t tenor from the reguht on in— : morial day address, and that, it . -track a res; onsive chord in the patriotic hearts of the immense crowd was attested by the frequent bursts of applause. It bus b-en many years since memorial day was sc universally attended as yesterday. The con tingent of Confederate Veterans wis nevei so large as the comp- i any that marched behind the two iv\ w < Til \ytJFMBT \ 4 I battle-worn and bullet-rent flags. An excellent choir under the di rection of Mrs. M.A. Nevin sang several sar red and stirring songs. THE PARADE. At 4 o’clock the parade was formed at the First Baptist church ae follows: East Rome Band. Marshal A. B. Montgomery and the following aides: J, T. Moore, B. Patton, j. C. Lindsay, J. D. Thomae, J. T. Burgess, R. G. Cross, R. T. Fouche, Harper Hamilton, J T. Sharp, J. H. 1 arr ip, J. J. Printup, A. B. Mont- Wmery, Jr., Frank Neely and Chief of Police Shropshire. Canfeuerate Veterans number 'Dß b hout seventy . Rome Light Guards, Captain " • A. Patton, commanding. Hill City Cadets, Captain Henry ■ tewart, commanding. Kuights of Pythias. Firemen. Children and citizens. Mayor and Council were ■‘ rs t in the carriage division. J'tthenext carriage was Hon. t,e ®ing G. dußigncn, Col. D. B. 1 Hilton,Capt. and Mrs. A. B. S. *’ose!ey. Hon. Mark A. Hardin,Dr. McCraw and Col. J W. ‘ ' ,?x »nder. “ ar ri’>gee containing other cit Tidied’ Memorial Association lighters of the Confederacy. MEMORIAL DAY. vr*, . »♦ » ■«.« AO* r~wts ■A * t- ■' A? I ilA' UM Jjj ssIsSkGH VrW niUna TYPES OF SPECTATORS. Daughters of the American Rev-i olution. AT THE CEMETERY. Capt. A B. S. Mo.eley calle< the crow i to order by “atb n ion !’ After a few introductory words by the Captain the 'dioir rendered “Shall we Meet Beyond th> River?” Dr. McCraw thenoffeieda most touching prayer, Next Col. T. W. Alexander arose and in glowing words in troduced Hon. F. G. dußignon. of Savannah. Mr. dußignon’s matchless ora tory held the multitude in ex| ect ant silence until he finished his inspiring address. “God be with you till we meet again” was then sung by the en tire assemblage, after which Co! D. B. Hamilton pronounced, the benediction. Tiie major portion of the throng then decorated the graves of the Confederate dead, ever which the Rome Light Guards and Hill City Cadets had just tired a salute of 1 hree volley s. MR. CLEMENTS DEAD Mr. George Clements, jvho is well known m Rome died yester day mornirg at Nashville, where he has I een m business foi some lime. The remains will’! e brought to the city ti is morning. ROME GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 9, I 897 . A PICNIC Mr Mark Eubanks, gave his Sunday school, a picnic at Mor rison <•’m;> ground, yesterday- They left early in the morning in a large wagon. The plea-ant day will long be remembered by the little folks. Public School Picnic The third, fifth, and sixth grades of the Public schools, gave a picnic at Mobley’s yesterday. SPRINKLER'S PURCHASED The city has purchased five sprinkling valves to be used on the plugs on Broa.d street, they will be used expressly for the ci y sprinkler to get water from. Thomas ” J ardy, the novelist was recently charged with ap propriating a few pages from an American book in an early novel of his, called “The Trumpet Ma jor .” He denied any knowledge of this book, though confronted with parallel passag's. Harper Bros, are ah ut to republish the origi nal, which appeared in 1840, en titled “Georgia Scents’ by "A Native Georgian.” Mr. Paul Black, is in the city from Washington, and states that the Georgia senators are investi gating why he was dismissed from the services. THEY ADMIRED THE GUARDS AND CADETS. ’ ' '. ■ JkM' Xt -5 !f( | z Z_ ”rl - 1 />* > 1 iW, * w ■ \rAit ym iMSIcV \ 1 Jr* ■ W (--( v wjg3f/ ) ig c' Mr , -sVTS i Ww>. /I /r /'^ ?7 •'" / O- 1 I|-*f yfrjrffiy. Ma /JT .jotW I //// J>L 1 lv < T: ’ »-■ • ■ /- W: / HON. FLEMING G. du IHGNON. STEAMERS FIRED ON louisianna Planters Fear tor the levees THE CAPTAINS NERVOUS Since They Have Become Daily Targets. Steamships nut Al lowed to Land at Levees. Crevasse Opening. New Orleans, May 7- —The Nor wegian vessel Henry Dumas, re p >rts that she was fired on from the shore at several places by planters who thought her rate of speed too great, and several times struck, but no <>ue was hit. Firing on steamers has become general lon the lower coast, and seems to I have made the captains uervous. 'The police jury of Ascension Par ish has decided that it is- danger ous for steamboats to land at the levee during the present high stage of the river. i NONE CAN LAND It recommends that the people , < ( f Ascension. Assumption and La Fourche Parishes prohibit all steamers from landing. The Point-Pleasant cievasse, 60 mites down from New Orleans, is now half a mile wide. No attempt has been made to close it. POWERS TO PROCLAIM PEACE A Wrangle as to Terms of Settlement BOTH SIDES WAITING The old Frontier Lines may be Re ESTABLISHED WHICH W ILL Give Thessaly to Tur key.' Protect the I King. Constantinople, May 8. ih- Porte yesterday mad ■ a favorable reply to an informal suggestion ol mediation on the part of the Pow ers to put an end to the war le tween Turkey and Greece. TAI.K OE INDEMNITY The Powers may bs disposed to n ake Greece pay Turkey 7 an in- IO CENTS A WEEk lemnity for bringing on the war. Greece must evacuate Crete and the Powers will establish autono my (held. Probably the ••!<? Grtco- . Turkish frontier may he estate lishtd which includes Thessaly in Turkey. Advices from Pha-sala say that the 4in ks captured a quantity od arms, ammunition, ette-, at that ,piace and tl at the Turkish caval ry7 pursued the retreating Greeks . and greatly harassed their rear lires. TO PR' T‘CT THE KING A dispatvh ’o the Daily Mai'J from Berlin lavs it is reported there that the Powers have decid ed t<> land troops at Athens to urotefet the oynasiy. Greece Lav ing declined tin- profte’ed media tion. and Turkey being willing to j negotiate on easy term if Crete is evacuated by the Greeks. 1 ALABAMA SIGN 7 HE SCALE Birmingham, Ala., May B.— Yesterday the miners of J.ratt City and West Pratt signed ax agreement with the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company’ to run 14 months from May which settles the wage problem. so far as those mines are concerned. The wage basis is 37| cents per ton for coal mining when No. 1 foundry iron is worth $7 50 per •on or less, and 2n advance of two and a half cents per ton in wages for every rise of 56 cents per t-on in the price of iron. The company also agrees to abolish all subcon tracts and day laborers, and to have a uniformity of care. The new contract is two and a half cents per ton below the one whicib has been in existence “The Half Caste; An Cl£ Governess’s Tale,” bv Mise Mu lock. author of “John Halifax, Gentleman,” will be published in a few days by Mr. Thomas M’hit takir. Tne stcry first appeared in Chamber’s Journal, and is now for the first time issued in book form, . Mr. L. Pa'mer, of Lavender, was in the city yesterday and re quested a Hustler of Rome rep- ' 'esenative t ( , state that tne pw ol-’.h party snot dead in Floyd ■ county yand that tiny will be wco ;e; lesented in Nashville, on the 4th’ of July.