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THE CITIZEN: DALTON,
GA. ? THURSDAY, OCTOBER
1889.
The Citizen.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1889.
Human natube can stand a good many
tilings, but to know that there yet re-
maineth forty-one months more of the
Harrison administration is agonizing in
the extreme. _____
We feel buoyant, hopeful for the dem
ocracy of the country. The Harrison ad
ministration has thus far been so weak
and intensely partisan in all its acts as
to sicken and disgust all fair-minded,
thinking, honest men of the country.
The legislature is still in session and
the lease and betterments questions still
hang fire. Great is the legislature of
(jeor^ia and great is Its maecisroHrquiu-
ljlinf£ aud procrastination on questions
in which its constituency are most deep
ly concerned and interested.
Miss Susan B. Anthony boasts that
she i/the only one of the pioneers in
the/female suffrage movement who has
remained unmarried. Well, there is a
6ason for all things, and the reason old
kdy Susan never married is probably be-
ause no one ever asked her in marriage.
/‘But while there is life there is hope,”
'dear Susan. So do not despair.
Mbs. Harbison is reported as having
remarked recently that she did not want
her husband to receive a second term of
the presidency. TlieJ estimable lady of
the White House need not trouble her
self on that score. The country has had
enough of her liege lord already. He
will, dear lady, be permitted to retire to
he seclusion of his Indianapolis home
the 4th of March, 1893.
DfRiNG the first eight months of 1888
thei-e-were 35 failures of large woolen
manufacturers with liabilities of $2,480,-
000, assess $1,355,000. In the first eight
months 011889 there were 46 failures—
liabilities, $0,720,000, assets $5,172,000.
And every succeeding year will be worse
as long as the manufacturers shall be
forced to contend against taxed raw ma
terial, taxed machinery and political
leeches. _
The Seventh Day Adventists, or Mil-
lerites, have been fixing dajs for the
winding up of all things terrestrial ever
since we can remember, and that has
been a long time ago, and still this old
world continues to jog along jn its orbit.
They fixed upon the 25th of this month
for a general collapse, but the sun still
rises and sets a& usual. The Millerites
had better “thfowlup the sponge” and
quit their foolishness in this line.
A CRY OF ALARM.
The Philadelphia Telegraph is such a
good republican paper that it cannot for
bear the unpleasant duty of warning its
party leaders of the dangers of their
course in reference to the great economic
question of the day. In a recent issue
Xt “There is nothing more ^ remarkable
than the steadily P in any
of Mr Cleveland and Ins policy. ,
gathering of democrats his name evokes
the greatest enthusiasm, . iem .
as the sun shines that if the naw ^ he
ocratic convention an ; m0 us choice,
would be its virtually f -(vhich was
and upon tlie » is
last year rejected by policy bad a
to be remembered that that p<n .y a
majority on the popular vote oi of the
hundred thousand, and timeg that it is
significant signs of t voters and
dally tecoiving oonverte of s tot ver ^
nevvspapeis.^ The aem d what they
pleased to 9 al1 Si°y tie sequence
confidence is undoubtedly flriffc G f
Grover Cleve-
increasing
ofwbat they belicvCgto Th^ea-
public opinion in jt is desirable,
tire situation is on ^republican man
or necessary, that tne lep „
agers should justly appreciate
The Telegraph is right. Gi ov
land and his tariff policy are
deutial succession, but his peliey-tliat
of tariff reform—will be the policy
will win in the next presidential election
as certain as that the sun rises and sets.
The barrons of monopoly, who conti lbu-
ted the money that defeated the democ
racy and their tariff policy last IN ovember,
will be unable with their millions of boo
dle to purchase a republican victory in
1892 as easily as they did in 1888. The
laboring classes of the north and north
west, who contributed to the republican
victory last year by their votes, are now
realizing the soundness of the democratic
doctrine upon the tariff question, as well
as the stupendous fraud that was prac
ticed upon them by the republican cry of
protection, aud are leaving that party
for the ranks of democracy by the tens of
thousands. Every political indication
points in this direction. There is a growth
of opinion on the economic tariff policy of
the democratic party that is “daily
receiving converts of voters and news
papers” throughout the whole country.
Yes, indeed, the “drift of public opin
ion” is decidedly aud unmistakably in
favor of the democratic tariff policy as
enunciated in its national platform of
1888, and the Telegraph may well call
the attention of its party managers to
the situation as one wbicli they should
appreciate. The growth of tariff reform
sentiment in this country will be so great
by the year 1892 that the politicians of
the Quay stripe will find that they have
not enough money to counteract, by pur
chase, this overwhelming growth of hon
est “public opinion.”
that have
month and the arrangements^ ^ ^
been perfected give go ndes t and
that it will be the
assertion *“**'*“ , has eve r oc-
most memorable ev ‘ h0 inaugura tion of
wessz ifegpisfte
the instrument. ^
The decision is to
not be
the
tant criminal cases. . -
the effect that a juror would
disqualified though he had read all
newspaper reports of a case snd though
these reports may have made a certam
impressfon upon him, if he should swear
that he would he capable of rendering
an impartial verdict on the evidence.
The decision is a wise one, founded on
pure common sense.
Georgia was well represented at the
recent session of the American Foresty
Congress in Philadelphia. Prominent
among the delegates from this state was
Hon. S. G. McLendon, of Thomasville,
who made a strong plea for the noble?
pine forests of Georgia. He said, among
other things: “It is of more value to
humanity than any other tree, furnishing
as it does, not only timber for bouses,
ships and cars, but turpentine for medi
cine and paints, rosin, cresote, tar and
other valuable products. It keeps more
people alive tbanj even the plantain
tree.”
James Watkins, who lives about six
miles north of Golconda, HI., recently
took to town the skin of a monster cata
mount which he killed on his place. It
is pronounced by different people the
largest one they ever saw. Where it
came from is a mystery, as wild animals
of all kinds were exterminated in that
section years ago.
The Newest! The Latest!
THE CHEAPEST!
PURCELL It THOMPSON’S
!- Store!
623 Narket Str.,
CHATTANOOGA.
I
E have just opened and our bu
siness has started off with a great
boom. It is no wonder, thongh,
forwe sell everything so cheap.
Our system of doing business,
(that of buying and seeling fob cash,)
enables us to
Out Prices Very Close.
Many of onr goods came from eastern
mills, while others are bought under
.he hammer of the anctioneer.
We carry all lines of goods except
Domestics. We retail all kinds of
Notions
AND
WASHINGTON LETTER.
trade and money.
R. G. Dunn & Co. report an easier
money market, with prospects that a
serious disturbance this season is no
longer to be apprehended. As the move
ment of crops is now heavy, they expect
an early return of money to the commer
cial centers. There is some tightness at
Philadelphia and a few other places, but
in the country generally the supply is
adequate for the legitimate needs of
trade.
The wool trade has been more active;
trade in food and groceries is good, but
mackerel and cod are scarce. Iron con
tinues to grow stronger, the demand, es
pecially from Canada and Mexico, being
large. Wheat has declined 3 cents dur
ing the week, on account of heavy re
ceipts and scanty exports. Pork has de
dined 60 cents per hundred pounds,
with a weak market. Oil has risen 3
cents per gallon. Coffee is unchanged,
and sugar is still lower. Cotton is de
clining, with receipts exceeding those of
the corresponding week of last year
40,000 bales.
From our Regular Correspondent.]
Washington, Oct. 25, 1889.—Congress
man Browne, of Indiana, who is in Wash
ington so much of the vacation, has con
siderable to say of congressional inter
ference with elections. He says that the
congress of the United States has un
doubted power to supervise congressional
elections. They are thoroughly national
and perhaps the only really national elec
tions we have. The question as to what
shall be done in this connection is full
of difficulties. The law, whatever it
may be, has to be enforced by State tribu
nals, and the witnesses and everybody else
connected with the case come from the
community which is oftentimes in sym
pathy with the violator of the law. No
statute can be enforced where the public
does not desire to enforce it. '
TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
A farmer in Brooke county, West Vir
ginia, has an old-fasliioned pocketbook,
carried by himself, his father and his
grandfather. He estimates that it has
contained more than $200,000.
A Litchfield, Mich., couple who have
been married thirty years had a misun
derstanding about two years ago, and
since then they have never spoken to
each other, though living in the same
house.
Fbom every seetion of the country
comes the cheeringjnews that the democ
racy are hard at work. In Ohio and
Virginia they are not idle, and the indi
cations in these States point to a demo
cratic victory in the approaching State
elections. The reverses of last year have
only tended to more thoroughly solidify
the grand old party all over the country,
and if the signs of the times are not de
ceptive, the year 1892 will be a Waterloo
defeat for republicanism.
The democrats mean business in 1892
—all their State conventions and every
other indication point to a national vic
tory for that party in that year. The
eight months ;of the Harrison adminis
tration—an administration that has set
at defiance the civil service law and done
nothing during that time but make re
movals fee: purely political cause—has
so strengthened and engrafted the demo
cratic party in the confidence and affec
tions of the masses of the whole country
as to make a signal triumph for that par
ty in the next national election almost a
certainty.
The war on the car stove has been sup
plemented by an onslaught on the so-
called safety oil lamp, which, in a
collision, is about as safe as a can of
dynamite. The car stove and the oil
lamp must go together.
A national silver convention will con
vene in St. Louis on November 26. It
will make a recommendation in favor of
the increased coinage of silver. The
money question will be one of ,the big
issues at the next session of congress.
A novel contest took place at the North
Carolina state fair the other day between
farmers’ daughters. It was one for speed
in harnessing and proficiency in driving
horses. The first and second premiums
were won by sisters, Misses Frances and
Lillian Dunning.
The Flathead Indians of Montana differ
widely from most other tribes on this
continent. They are not warriors, nor
are they lazy and good for nothing. On
the contrary, most of them are thrifty
farmers, whose industry and skill are
attested by big stacks of hay and grain
about their dwellings.
The centenary celebration of North
Carolina’s ratification of the constitution
of the United States will take place next
Mr. Browne directs his fire against the
southern districts which have small
voting on their general elections—the
black, districts. There are of course two
sides to the case. Congressman Catch-
ings, of Mississippi, says that the idea
that the negroes of the south are setting
up nights waiting for a chance to deposit
an honest ballot, is a mistake. He does
not;think that- fifty per cent, of those in
the districts that are overwhelmingly one
way or the other, have gone to the polls
in the last ten years. Negroes will pick
cotton within one hundred yards of the
polls and never quit to cast their votes,
except such as are paid for going directly,
and such bribery is seldom necessary,
majorities being so large. The trouble is
that the colored people of the south do
not read the current literature of the day
and have no conception of economic
questions. For themselves they see no
direct benefit to be reaped from political
life, and they know that it now means
simply who shall hold office. There was
a time, in the sixties, when they were
first freed, when to their minds their sal
vation depended upon voting the republi
can ticket. They were packed about the
polls, waiting eagerly to exercise their
prerogatives. The lapse of time, peace,
security, has brought a feeling of indif
ference. Thus, and much more, Mr.
Catchings, yon see the fallacy of put
ting your trust in princes, especially
if the princes be Messrs. Browne and
Catchings. It is a long way from Indiana
to Mississippi.
Though it rained and blew and snowed
here day before yesterday, the meeting
of the National Board of Promotion of
the proposed exposition in Washington,
in 1892, was an unqualified success. The
meeting was called for noon, but before
long that time, and long afterwards, dele
gates kept arriving, until the attendance
was far in excess of eveD the most san
guine expectation. There were more
than one hundred men present as dele
gates—representative men, governors,
mayors, capitalists—from every State
from Maine to California, from Dakota
to Florida. It had been supposed that
the spacious main parlors of Willard’s
Hotel, opened together, would accommo
date the assembly, but so great was the
crowd that it was found necessary to
hold the business meeting in Willard
Hall. Among those present were Gov
ernor Biggs, of Delaware, Governor -Fle
ming, of Florida, and Governor Jackson,
of Mainland.
In his report to the promoters, Secretary
Anderson was particularly happy, and
his presentation of the claims of Wash
ington was most convincing. He called
attention to the fact that there is already
here the nucleus of an exposition that
has already cost the government over
$50,000,000, and every year adds to the
expenditure. This is the National Mu
seum, the capitol, the Patent Office, the
Washington Monument and the various
government buildings, with their stores
of relics and treasures of art, and their
exhibits of the practical workings of the
government. These are practically an
* “krt of themselves. To be sure, some
of them could be loaned, as they have
been in the past, but they dould be only
a part of all the attractions, and it would
be better to keep even these permanently
at the seat of gevemment rather than
to further engage in the traveling show
business of lugging these goods to ex
positions all over the country.
If an industrial or commercial city se
cures the exposition, it must be at the
cost of her neighbor’s, for during the ex
position she would receive the trade of
country, Washington is neutral
id. She has nothing to sell no
commercial interests to foster. Loc’ated
here, the exposition would give the rival
manufacturing and commercial centers
tr^'de c ^ ances ^ or Spanish-American
Fancy Goods
At NEW TORE PRICES!
Many of them cheaper. All we ask
is a trial and we are sure of making
a customer of you.
WE OFFER A LINE FO
BLANKETS
at the following prices:
89c. for a pair of White Blankets,
worth $1.25.
for the $1.50
$1.10 is
Blankets.
our price
$3.00 for an ALL] WOOL red Blan
ket, worth $4.50.
And many others we cannot men
tion.
Comforts for single beds at 49c. ’
“ for double beds at the fol
lowing prices: 88c., $1.10, $1.15, $1.45,
$1.65, $2.10 and $2.40—each one
positive bargain.
The best KNITTING TARNS at
60c. per lb.—other houses get 80c. for
same goods. We have all colors.
Onr Underwear Deiartmen
Is the largest you ever looked at—the
prices the lowest. It is impossible to
describe this department here. If
you will kindly call you we will show
you the right goods at the
LOWEST PRICE.
HO SIEE Y
IS ANOTHER OF OUR BIG DE
PARTMENTS.
As stated above, our
NOTION DEPARTMENT
We
Is one of Chattanooga’s wonders,
almost give them away.
Good Pins at lc. a paper—4 rows.
Good Needles at lc. a paper.
Tape, lc. and 2c. a ball—according
to width.
Ink, 3c. a bottle—best black ink.
Zephyr Worsteds, in all shades, 5c.
per oz.
12 doz. Buttons, on card, for 3c.
Crochet Needles as low as lc.
Pen Holders, lc.
Tooth Brushes, 4c., 5c., 8c., 9c., 10c.
Ribbons are 25 per cent, less than
other houses sell them.
The best Table Oil Cloth at 22c,
per yard.
TAKEN BY
THAT GREAT
BANKRUPT ASSIGNEE SALE!
-OBI-
$20,000 Worth of Fine
Clothi
Nowjtaking place in No. 4 of the large National Hotel building
%
ford street,
aewCrs*.
ZD-ALTOIUr, GkA.
Has taken the people of Dalton and vicinity by storm, Crowds of
buyers were turned away last Saturday unable to be waited urn) ' vua
coming to this sale from all the surrounding counties. And is P ^
der?—when you can get FINE CLOTHING at 65 per eent. on thu Yi,* 0 *
manufacturer’s cost. 6 d °Uarof
nnw! he m k in mb ms big
YOU CAN BUY $2.00 WORTH OF CLHTFmL
HERE FOR $1.00 IN MONEY.
Tnis Stock consists of CLOTHING for MEN, BOYS AND CHlLbRr
and it must be turned into money within the next THIRTY DAYS De
of the Assignee. In order to show what terrible sacrifices are made 1 t
prices are mentioned: afe *
50,000 Suspenders at 10 cents—regular price 50 cents.
Men’s Milton Cassimere Pants at 98c. worth $2.50.
Men’s Fancy Striped Pants at $L50, worth $3.25.
Men’s All-wool Plaid Pants at $1.75, worth $4.00.
Men’s Fine Worsted Dress Pants at $2.50, worth $5.00.
Men’s Heavy Oxford Cassimere Suits at $5.60, worth $10.00.
Men’s Cheviot Cutaway Snits at $6.50, worth $13.00.
Men’s Corkscrew Worsted Dress Snits at $7.50, worth $15.00.
Men’s French Trecot Fine Worsted Dress Suits from $10.00 to $12.00. WnrHl
between $22.00 and $26.00. ' ’ m
Youths’ Suits $2.75, worth $6.00—Boys’ Suits $L75, worth $4.00.
Boys’ Imported Corkscrew Suits at $2.75, worth $7.00.
Youths’ All-wool School Suits at $3.50, worth $8.50.
Men’s Diagonal and Heavy Cassimere Overcoats at $3.75, worth $8.00.
Men’s Blue and Black Beaver Overcoats at $5.75, worth [$10.00.
Men’s Royal Kersey Overcoats at $7.50, worth $15.00.
Men’s Heavy Ulsters at $4.00, worth $9.00.
Men’s Genuine French Montaganac Overcoats at $10.50, worth $22.00.
And hundreds of other bargains that cannot be mentioned here. Call and
convince yourself and take advantage of the sale if you value yonr Dollar.—
A chance of a life-time!—seldom occurs and may never happen again! Do
not buy a dollar’s worth of Clothing nntil you have been here and convinced
yourself that what is here advertised are facts. Fvery thing sold at pnees
named. Call and examine stock. Not the least trouble to show yon the
goods. Polite salesmen in attendance.
No. 4 National Hotel, Hamilton Str.. near Crawford
St., DALTON, GA.
BUILDING COVERED with LARGE BANKRUPT SIGNS,
PEYTON H. SNOOK,
Marietta Street, I A.TLAJSTTA., GA.
When you visit Atlanta don’t fail to call and see
the
Handsomest Assortment of Fnrnitnrein the South.
Six Hundred CHAMBER and PARLOR SUITS
on my floors.
Plush Parlor Suits, $30 00
Hotel Suits only 13 50
Folding Lounges, 8 50
Handsome Oak Suits, 30 00
Hat Racks, Book Cases, Folding Beds, Desks,
and Cabinets at actual
FACTORY COST!
Send for PRICE LIST, or vist my Warerooins.
p. H. SNOOK.
Big Bargains in Corsets!
We sell the usual 60c. kid at 35c.
We sell a first-class whalebone Cor
set at 50 cents.
Hats for Men and Boys.
(ALL PRICES.)
move
Men’s Hats start at 39c. and
along gradually up to $2.75.
Special bargains in boys’ polo plush
Caps at 30c., worth 50.
Do not fail to call. The
goods mentioned above
are all in stock and not
“just out.”
Respectfully,
PURCELL & THOMPSON,
623 MARKET ST.,
Chattanooga* Tenn.
Oct. 31, 1779—3m.
W. 0. PEEPLES GROCERY CO,
WHOLESALE
927-929 Chesnut, and 24-26 Carter Streets,
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.,
-AND DEALER IN-
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
SPECIAL BRANDS TOBACCO: BROAD AXE, SHELL ROAF,
Big Auger, Georgia Beauty, Old Si, Lucy Hinton, Gravely» &c.
April 25,1889—ly.
NEW YORK STORE.
Grand Spring and Summer Opening,
N ew Goods! Latest Styles 1
Millinery and Fancy Goods, Notions and Trimmings^
jpgp’Ladies, call and [examine our nicely selected goods—Hats, Bonnets, Ac.—
Hamilton str., Dalton, Ga.