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A. J. SHOWALTER, ) Pll , t - r€
W. TROX BANKSTON, { t,altor5 ’
DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1897.
$1.00 Per Annum.
grand millinery
AND DRY GOODS
OPENING SALE
WILL BE ON
T\
sflay. rim
APRIL ist, 2d and 3d
Such a display of really beautiful and up-to-
date Spring Goods was never in Dalton. In
grandeur and magnitude my stock is without a
peer. Carloads of the newest and most stylisi}
Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Notions, Shoes, Mil
linery and Groceries have been arriving for the
last 30 days, and will continue to arrive until
opening days. The throng of eager buyers that
frequent my stores, magnetized by the most su-
perinducive values and wonderful bargains,
testify plainly that TAPP’S is the place to buy.
I TROX BANKSTON REACHES OUT.
HE NOW RONS TWO PAPERS.
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Story of One of the Most Original and Picturesque Figures in
Georgia Journalism—His North
Georgia Experience.
By Rebert L. Admanson.
The birth-place of cut prices, and “Tapp’s Goods” and
“Tapp's Prices” have made my stores famous.
SPECIAL—25 dozen Men’s Stiff Hats at 25 cents each.
25 dozen Men’s Soft Alpine Shape at 25c each.
New lot of Dunlap’s latest style stiff Hats, worth
$3.50 at 98" cents.
Straw Hats at one-tenth their original price.
A large stock of the most select styles in fine Fur Hats. Pri
ces much lower than ever known.
I will ring up the curtain upon
the hero of this narrative .just as
he is achieving his twelfth birth
day. It may be well to briefly
state by the way of prologue, that
his assets at this very auspicious
perioaof his history consisted of
two parents, a very striking name,
Trox Bankston, a large head, a
sun-burned face, a vast deal of cu
riosity and a world of pluck.
The scene is Ringgold. The
scene is a little the worse for wear
on account of the presence of
young Trox. A few mangled in
sulators on top of telegraph poles,
deftly wrecked by swiftly hurled
stones and a lot of fantastic fig
ures rudely drawn upon the va
cant walls, tell the story of his
youthful activity.
But such idle pastimes were not
entirely to the youth’s liking. He
had thus early conceived a great
ambition. He wanted to become
a part of the business machinery of
a great, active world, and it was
his hope to capture the contract
for carrying the mail from Ring-
there in quiet Ringgold, it is a
safe bet that the lives 5f few
young men of his age have a
greater variety of details in them.
Now, the present reason for
thus speaking to the public-of the
boyhood start of Trox Bankston is
to call attention to his North
Georgia journalistic achievements.
It is glory enough for many am,
bitious people to run one ^single
Georgia newspaper. But the am
bition of Trox Bankston has over
leaped the narrow activities that
belong to the conduct of but one
paper.
Quite recently he has become
editor, proprietor, business mana
ger and policy shaper for two of
the most prosperous weeklies^of
the state.
Trox has been a star perfoi mer
on the Georgia press for a long
time. He has been eonspicious in
weekly press circles, in the asso
ciation meetings and in many
other ways. He has never been
accused of being lacking in life or
resources. He makes his paper
The great seasonable cut price sale on Clothing is the talk of
[lie town. How it is done is easily enough understood. I had the
ash and bought the quantity. The cost regulates the price.
HONEST GOODS—if you are not satisfied with your purchase
four money will be cheerfully refunded.
Men’s Wool Suits for $2.48.
Men’s Fine Clay Worsted Suits for $4.98.
Men’s Fine Imported Silk-Lined Novelty Suits, designed and
nade by Schloss Bros. & Co., selling at prices away under value.
Men’s Pants at 19 cents pair.
The swellest line of Boy’s Clothing in Georgia.
Boy’s Suits from 49 cents to $5.00.
FOR THIS WEEK
edit 0 *
W. TROX BANKSTON.
this distance Trox traverses twice
each day. He still retains his res
idence at Ringgold, but he runs
down to Dalton every day. He
skims around the town, finds out
what is going on, scares up a few
advertisements, looks after busi
ness details in his office and scur
ries back to Ringgold, where he
looks after the New South. He
is very fortunate in having an
able assistant in his wife, who
helps him out, to a great extent,
on the New South.
Georgia journalism has no more
picturesque or interesting figure
than Trox Bankston. He has
had a career of lively activity
which has embraced journalistic
and other experiences in nearly
every part of the country. In his
newspaper history he has been city
editor of papers in Chattanooga
and Atlanta. He has served an
apprenticeship on the New York
World and did some important
work for that paper.'
I wrote to Trox some weeks
ago for a short sketch of his ca
reer, saying that in view of his
great success in weekly journal
ism I wished to present a sketch
of him to the readers of the Con
stitution. He courteously and
frankly replied, giving me, under
the head of “ facts, ” some thrill
ing details. Among other data
was the following:
He was married November 24,
1894, to Miss Fannie Louise Ba-
tey, of Tunnel Hill, Ga. It was
a Gretna Green affair. The cere
mony was performed in Ringgold.
He was defeated for the leg
islature in 1896.
A newspaper man is useful if
not ornamental in a city like
Ringgold. The first of the year,
before his Dalton paper required
so much of his time, he held the
following positions in Ringgold,
which he has since resigned on ac
count of the pressure of business.
Secretary of Quitman lodge, F.
and A. M. No. 106.
Treasurer of the Catoosa County
Sunday-School Association.
Clerk of the city council.
gold.
Superintendent of the Baptist
Sunday-school.
Clerk of the Baptist church.
President of the Catoosa County
Silver League.
Commander of the Sons of Vet
erans.
Between the times of serving
in these varied capacities, without
recompense, he found time to edit
the New South.
He bought The North Geor
gia Citizen at Dalton the first of
the present year.—Robert L. Ad
manson in Sunday’s Atlanta Con
stitution.
A REMARKABLE CURE.
Col. R. J. McCanay’s Tribute to Dr. F. W.
Smith, of Dalton.
Col. R. J. McCamy was inter
viewed by a reporter of this paper,
he says:
“About six years ago I had
light attack of La Grippe, followed
by nasal catarrh. - It run on for
about three years and a half, con
stantly getting worse. I then
went to Dr. Copeland, of Atlanta,
and was treated by him for nearly
one year with but little benefit,
then took six bottles of Sarsapa
rilla^ and Iodide of Potassium,
with little improvement. I then
met with Dr. E. W. Smith, of this
city, (Dalton) who thought he
could cure me. At that time I
was suffering continually with
pain between my eyes and dull
headache, nervous and restless at
night, awakening at times nearly
strangled with matter dropping
irom behind my palate. Tumors
in nostrils, and scabs and offensive
matter all through my nose, ex
tending to the stomach, causing
severe pain at times and serious
trouble. The stomach trouble has
entirely dissappeared. I have
been treated by Dr. Smith a few
months with more benefit than all
else. A new, healthy mucous
membrane seems to have formed
in the nose and I suffer but little,
if any, from any of the above
symptoms. I tell all parties, as
far as I can, of this benefit and
with pleasure give this for publi-
Treasurer of the city of Ring- cation. I believe the cure will be
perfect.’
The Eye Only
Can convey to the mind of fairest woman
correct impressions of the magnitude of
New Dry Goods Stock,
Remnants cut from 25 cents pound to 124. 14 cases new fine Lawn
and Organdie remnants just opened up at 25 cents pound.
5.000 yards Cotton Checks at 24 cents.
Men’s Fine Negligee Shirts at 19c, 48c and 89 cents, worth
Mce the amount.
shoes
IN EXHAUSTLESS QUANTITIES.
in every new style toe and last. Economy and style
ed up in this department.
’ this week Children’s Kid Button Shoes for 25 cents,
lies’ Glove Grain Button or Ball, solid Shoes, for 59 cents,
sell for $1.00.
lies’ Dongola Button at 48 cents, worth $1.00.
} largest stock of Ladies’ fine Oxford Ties ever shown m
Georgia. Prices on high quality Oxfords for men and la-
ually cut to pieces. ..
lies’ Oxfords, the $1.00 kind, &t 48 cents pair; the
15 kind, at 89 and 98 cents; the finest hand-sewed, worth
id $3.00, at $1.49. 1 ,
ou wish a cheap Oxford I only ask 25 cents for ten cen
is replete with the novelties
of the season. This is the
u UUUUU UIUUI\ chief department of my stores.
u want in the Dress Goods line can.be had at,1 ABr .
g money on all the new wash fabrics. B MO]s t E y
x1 — goods and Novelty Suitings to be seen.
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Every conception of loveliness can be had here.
l 7 • J I M?s"lEM^| a aVe"f h kn ° WledSe
- Messing, is in charge, assisted by Mrs. Graves.
ie to
Dalton’s up-to-date department stores.
Remember
™ atch my fine show window for bai gams.
The Spot Gash Man.
The Cut Price Stores.
Wholesale aud Retail.
gold to Catoosa Springs. At that’
time in the career of the am
bitious youth this was a glittering
prospect. The'job paid a clear 25
cents a day and was comparatively
speaking a snap. Young Trox
liked the dignity and the responsi
bility of the appointment, as well
as the emoluments thereof.
Behold him, then, as the cur
tain rises, assuming the contract
with its weight of responsibility
and its 25 cents a day. It was
four and a half miles between the
points I have mentioned and it
was a proud morning of young
Trox’s life when he set forth for
the first time, on foot, to carry the
mail.
This creative youth was nt)t
long in swelling the proportions of
his income from the 25 cents. He
instituted a scheme of enterprise
which was hailed with delight by
.the guests of Catoosa Springs,
which was the objective point’ of
his mail carrying journeys.- Ev
ery morning as he struggled over
the hills with his load of letters,
he carried with him a supply of
candy and morning Constitutions,
and among his regular patrons I
might mention Hon. Alex H.
Stephens, Joseph E. Brown and
Benjamin H. Hill. These emi
nent patrons encouraged the am
bitious youth wonderfully.
For several months young
Bankston filled this position, thus
beginning at the start the “-busy
career which has since distin
guished him. He has crowded ev
ery succeeding year full of picL
uresque history and although
most of his time has been spent
buzz and his striking originality
has kept him constantly before
the public. When he has a thing
to say he says it in his own way;
he has his own peculiar and in
teresting point of view and he
does not hesitate to present what
he thinks and believes in the col
umns of his paper.
It is not surprising to the Geor
gia press that Trox should ac
quire control of another prosper
ous and thriving paper in addi
tion to the one he has been run
ning for several years. He has
been running the Ringgold New
South for several years—since it
was founded in fact—and it has
prospered under his original man
agement.
A few weeks ago his ambition
caused him to reach out into
broader fields and he purchased
The North Georgia Citizen,
one of the leading and most pros
perous papers of Dalton. He did
not give up the management of the
New South. On the contrary
the added labor of running The
Citizen merely gave the proper
scope to his abundant energies.
Trox’s ambitious venture, his
energetic management of two
thriving and important North
Georgia papers and his progressive
and original methods have given
Kim the title among the Georgia
press of “the Hearst of North
Georgia journalism.” .
He works like a Trojan to keep
up the income as well as the stan
dard of brightness and newsiness
of his two papers.
Eighteen long, nigged miles
separate Ringgold and Dalton and
not considering temptation, leaving styles
and Fabrics for the Dictionary to writhe
over, the prices start a momentum hither
to unknown in Dalton for aggressive Dry
Goods selling. The inducements we of
fer cling to every article. Merit is the
attachment. Here is much for the
thoughtful Mother, the economical Wife
and the fashionable Young Lady. The
Wash Fabrics * * * * *
reflect the Artist’s finish, and their beauty
inspire confidence. The Lace Curtains
impress you as a gift, while Towels,
Crashes and other household goods at a
mere_ pittance of value. Ladies’ and
Boy’s Shirt Waists have had attention;
they will command yours too.
PERCALES, as wide and good as any, 64c per yard.
Prints, Percales, Lawns and Organdies by the pound, 15c.
Scotch Ginghams—fine and sheer.
Printed Organdies, best designs and qualities.
Wool Dress Goods, Novelty Plaids.
In a word, COMPLETE are these Stores
in every Department.
Examination Solicited. •
Special with every $12.50 Suit goes free
an Elgin Watch; with every $15.00 Suit a
Gold Mounted, Double-Case Watch, guar
anteed. ...........
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