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DALTON'S
DEATH INVADES TWO
[OMES.
in the Pedagogues
ield County.
IET IN DALTON SATURDAY.
ield County Teachers Institute
Permanently Organized—To
Meet Monthly.
Lt the call of Commissioner
rry, the teachers of the county
t at the court house in Dalton
l last Saturday afternoon for the
rpo.se of discussing the advis-
ity of a permanent organization
for a county Institute and other
alters of importance to the pro
ion.
Prof. D. P. Lee, of Tunnel Hill,
presided over the meeting. Prff.
M. Sapp, of Dalton, was made,
secretary.
After some introductory remarks
by the chairman, Prof. A. J. Sho-
walter, of the Citizen, was called
; upon for an address. He responded
with a few remarks emphasizing
the importance of education and
mentioning the educational column
of this paper, asking for at legist
monthly reports of the’ schools in
accordance with our previously
ublished announcements relative
this column.
Prof. Lee followed with some
ery pertinent remarks, heartily
endorsing the plan, and especially
. emphasizing the importance of
having the pupils do this repor-
tOrial work, saying that, it would
be of great benefit to them in
learning both practical composition
and self-reliance.
Pi of. C. H. Humphreys, of Cal
houn, was then introduced and
made some very practical sug
gestions, such as would naturally
be expected from so eminent an
educator, to which the other teach
ers listened with evident interest.
The chairman then called upon
Prof. W. A. Ramsey, of Cohutta,
who made an earnest talk upon
the importance of teachers pre
paring themselves thoroughly for
their work, and especially of or
ganizing for the improvement and
general elevation of the profession
of teaching, so that this great call
ing might have that recognition
among the professions to which its
importance justly entitles it.
After some further remarks from
Prof. Lee along this same line, a
permanent organization for the
current year was effected by the
election of Prof. A. L. Brewer, of
Vaiiiells, chairman, and Miss Nellie
Head, the Citizen’s very efficient
correspondent at Tunnel Hill, sec
retary. Prof. J. L. Palmer, our
popular Fillmore correspondent,
Prof. W. A. Ramsey and Com
missioner Berry were then named
as the executive committee, after
which the Institute adjourned to
meet again in Dalton on Saturday,
April 24th.
Those* present at this meeting
were Profs. J. D. Lee, A. L.
Brewer, C. H. Humphreys, J. W.
Christian, J. L. Palmer, W. A.
Ramsey, Jesse O. Byrd, L. C.
Wyatt, A. M. Brewer, W. M. Sapp,
J. A. McLain, II. B. England, C.
W. Richards, and Misses Rosa
White, Bertha Wood, Sudie San-
Carrie Nichols and Rosa
arp, with probably some others
whose names we did not get.
We were impressed with the in-
ligence and earnestness of these
teachers and wisely guided, as
ey doubtless will be by Commis-
oner Berry and the officers of
e Institute, we confidently look
an upward movement of the
tional interests of our county,
in which there is no more im-
t work anywhere.
List of the Brave Firemen Who Serve
the City.
Dalton’s brave fire laddies have
always been the pride of the city.
Their quick response when the
alarm sounds is always productive
of admiration from their friends.
The Citizen gives a complete
list of the active men who compose
this department:
C. G. Spencer, Chief.
W. A. Black, 1st Asst. Chief.
J. K. Farrar, 2nd Asst. Chief.
M. B. Hamilton, Secretary and
Treasurer.
Alert Hook and Ladder Company.
John Gregg, John C. Black,
Frank Manly, Will Trevitt, Sam
Bryant, Henry Fraker, Sam 1 inley,
Beatty Smith, John Chaffin, Luther
Hamilton, Edd Hill, Jim Brooks,
Dee Hill, Lester Smith.
North Dalton Keel Company.
W. F. Bender, F. F. Farrar, H.
B. Farrar, J. A. Cash, J. F. Mc
Gill, Joe Moore, Joe Robertson,
J. E. Clark, Howard Smith, Lee
Howard, Dan Dilbeck, Will How
ard, Robt. Davis, Lee Arwood.
Central Hose Company.
A. Wrinkle, Baxter Wrinkle,
Tom Wrinkle, Ed Wrinkle,[Walter
Quimby, Abe Gregg, Jim Sinor,
Lee Elkins, Tom Sholes, L. Ar
nold, G. W. Keith, G. W. Horan,
Walter Springfield, John Spring-
field, W. M. Hannah.
Dalton and Whitfield as They
Used to Be.
SAM MADDOX AS A PEDAGOGUE.
And Other Persons and Places of
Special Interest to all Our
Readers.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
WILMINGTON, N. C., MAT 6 TO 14,
1897.
Reduced Rates via Southern Railway.
For the occasion of the meet
ing of the Southern Baptist Con
vention at Wilmington, N. C.,
May 6 to 14, 1897, the Southern
Railway will sell tickets to Wil
mington, N. C., and return at
rate of one first-class limited fare
for the round trip.
Tickets will be on sale May
3rd to 7th inclusive; good to re
turn fifteen days from date of
sale.
For further information ad
dress any agent of the Southern
Railway. May 7.
W. H. Doll, T. P. A.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
MAY BE DELAYED.
show of
scoutah Kennel club opens
i a large attendance,
there.
Comptroller-General W. A.
W l ight says some of the tax col
lectors have got a wrong impress
ion about the professional taxes.
These taxes unlike other special
taxes, are not due until December
20. Consequently a lawyer or a
doctor can practice all the year
without becoming amenable to the
law. If he fails to pay at the end
of the year, however, an execu
tion is issued, and if it is returned
with an entry of nulla bona, the
man is guilty of a misdemeanor,
and cannot practice until he has
paid the tax.—Atlanta Journal.
NO CHANGES TO BE MADE.
Four Years Tenure of Office for Postmas
ters Will be Adhered to.
Washington, March 17.—Post
master General Gary has made the
definite announcement to the As
sociated Press that the administra
tion, after deliberation, has decided
to adhere to the four year tenure
of office for all postmasters.
He stated that except in all
cases where removal for cause was
required on account of delinquency,
incompetency or other instances of
unsatisfactory conduct of adminis
tration of officers, all postmasters
of the fourth class, as well as those
of presidential appointment, would
be allowed to serve out a term of
four years.
This official statement of policy,
one of the most important so far
determined upon, has been awaited
with great interest by the entire
corps of assistant postmasters and
by the patrons of the 70,650 post-
offices throughout the country.
D. W. Roberts, the St. Louis
representative of the League of
American Wheelmen racing board,
has resigned his office-
Stuart says he will use the
arena at Carson again in Septem
ber or October for another carni
val.
Fillmore, March 23, 1897.—
If it were not out of order we
would rise to remark that it is
rainy weather.
With neither a death nor mar
riage, and not even a runaway
scrape, .times are dull indeed.
However, these long, rainy days
furnish a fine opportunity, as Bill
Arp says, to ‘’ruminate,’' and we
have been indulging in a good
deal of retrospection. It is only
by comparing the present with the
past that we can see the true con
dition of things, and we have
lately been looking at Dalton and
Whitfield county as they were
twenty years ago. This carries
us back to the time referred to by
one of the editors last week, when
Bill Glenn and Bill Harben led the
camels in the street parade. In
those days .Bill Glenn would oc
casionally boast that he belonged
to an extra family, and that he
could prove it by showing the
printed words on the hack of his
shirt. Hurrah for Bill! He can
get anything he wants at the
hands of Whitfield county. And
Will' Harben! He would flirt
with every girl .who came to town,
and when he learned to talk Ger
man his capacity in this respect
was doubled, and now all Georgia
is proud to call him “ Our Bill.”
And those were the days when
Col. Sam Maddox made his debut
as a blushing pedagogue. How
well do we boys remember the
morning he opened his first school
at Macedonia, when he announced
in his well known tones, “ Boys, I
know you are a had set, but I want
you to understand right rww that
I am not afraid of any of you ”
We hope he may never have to
prosecute any of his old pupils.
But our intention was to refer
to the growth of Dalton. Twen
ty-four years ago we spent our
first night on Whitfield soil, in the
old Cook hotel—then the most
pretentious boardinghouse in town
That now populous part of
the city known as North Dalton,
extended no farther north than
McCarson’s store. There were per
haps three between there and Col
Glenn’s. Here is where W. B.
Farrar did his life work, and that
thriving suburb is a monument to
his enterprise.
And there was what is now
known as factory hill, then a vast
onion patch.
And last but not least, Thorn
ton Avenue, Dalton’s pride, was
* \ t
then only a fair sample of the
principal street in a country vil
lage.
But want of space forbids us to
speak further on this line. As the
growth of Dalton has been steady
and substantial, in the same ratio
has the county grown and im
proved until it is asserted by many
that Whitfield is the best county,
and Dalton the best town between
Chattanooga and Atlanta.
So let us all pull together and
help each other in the grand work
of building up our county.
Junius.
Wanted a Man of God.
A colored preacher in one of the
lower counties, wilting to the
bishop to send a preacher, said:
“Send us a bishop to preach here
Sunday ; if you can*t send a bish
op send a sliding elder; if you
can’t send him send a stationary
preacher; if you can’t spare him
send a circus rider; if you can’t
send him send a locus preacher;
if you can’t do no better, why
send us an exhauster.”—Sanders-
vilie News.
Marriage of Mr. Kieffer Bright and Miss
Gertie Fox.
Holly, Ga., March 15, 1897.
The “Grim Monster” has lately
visited our section and removed
two of our oldest citizens, Mrs.
John Brindle and Mr. W. E.
Price, from among us.
Mr. John Couch has been quite
feeble for sometime.
Miss Carrie Loughridge has been
quite ill for several weeks, but she
is improving now.
Road working is about over in
these diggin’s for a while at least.
Farmers are taking “the blues”
on account of so much rain of late.
Two workings in one day, Wed-
nesday. One at Mr. Sanders’ and
one at Mr. Drake Loughridge’s.
The youngsters are having Sun
day night singings around at the
neighbor’s houses down on Holly
Creek.
"Mr. George Brogden has been
very ill for quite a while, Jbut is
now getting better.
Mr. Noah Montgomery is also
on rising ground, having been
quite sick for some time.
Mr. James Bracket lost his best
mare by death yesterday.
Prof. J. M. Christian paid Col.
Gourdin and family a visit Satur
day and Sunday.
Col. T. S. Gourdin attended
court at Calhoun last week on le
gal business.
Mr. John Bright is ‘ dancing in
the hog trough” now, a younger
brother, Kieffer, having “caught a
Fox” yesterday. Her name is
Miss Gertie, and Rev. Tom Davis
assisted in that feat by performing
the official ceremonies necessary
upon the occasion, which took
place at the residence of the
bride’s mother, Mrs. Lola Fox.
May much peace, substantial pros
perity and happiness he the por
tion of the new couple through
life.
On account of the high waters
I don’t know whether this budget
will reach the Citizen office in
due time. Jade.
Holly, Ga., March 22.—Since
writing you, death has again vis
ited our section, this time claiming
as its victim Mr. George Brogden,
another one of the oldest citizens
of our district.
After a long siege of wet weath
er, the “clearing off shower,” as
was thought, came Friday, and
farmers began to shake off the
“blues” preparatory to going to
work in “dead earnest,” but it is
raining again this morning which
I fear will cause a relapse.
March, so far, has been unusu
ally warm and wet, but lookout,
for it may be that April will make
up for what March has failed to
furnish of wind and cold.
Peaches and plums are nearly
in full bloom with good prospects
for an abundant crop, unless killed
later by frost or otherwise de
stroyed or damaged.
Wheat looks well, but several
farmers are not done sowing oats
yet, having been delayed by the
continued rains.
All travel.by wagon or horse
back from Murray to Tilton has
been prevented for more than a
week by high water.
Mr. Alf Hilley visited his son
near Blue Springs Thursday a
week ago and was “waterbound”
for a week, but returned home last
Friday by the way of Dalton and
the iron bridge at Dr. Sam Brown’s
farm, as he could not cross the
river at Tilton.
John Bagley has been getting a
large amount of grinding to do at
his steam mill during the ; _ contin
ued high waters, as the water
mills could not run,
Col. T, S. Gourdin and “Uncle
Tom” Browning started to Tilton
the other day but the high water
turned them back.
A Sunday-school was arganized
Sunday at Caseys, also Rev. Mr.
Turner filled an appointment for
preaching.
day evening, and
at night.
“Married or single life” was the
subject debated at Sardis Saturday
night, and the decision was given
in favor of married life. Subject
for next Fridrv night—“Resolved,
That the stock law should be abol
ished.”
Prof. Collins! school will be out
next Saturday.
The funeral discourse of Mrs.
Brindle was preached at Maple
Grove Sunday by J. W. Potts.
Mrs. John Hayes is in feeble
health. Jade.
The engagement is announced
of Miss Elizabeth Givens, daughter
of Judge M. C. Givens, of Hender
son, Ky., to Mr. Leon J. Hender
son; rate clerk in the NT. C. & St.
L. Ry. freight office, Chattanooga,
Tenn. Mr. Henderson is the eld
est son of our popular townsman,
Mr- T. J. Henderson, and his host
of friends here will join us in con
gratulations. The wedding will
occur in June.
The Bookmen.
The attendance at the meeting
of the Bookmen on Monday night
showed that the literary fires of
Dalton continued to burn brightly.
The program of the evening was
as follows:
History Lesson—-The Last Half
of the Reign of George 111,1812
to 1820; led by John S. Thomas.
Article on the French Revolu
tion—by W. C. Martin.
Literature of the Period—Frank
DuBois.
Impeachment of Warren Hast
ings—Percy R. Baker.
Mr. Lincoln Nelson, of Marshfield, Mo.,
writes: “For six years I have been a
sufferer from a scrofulous affection of
tho glands of my neck, and all efforts
of physicians in Washington, D. C.,
Springfield, Ill., and St. Louis - failed to
reduce the enlargement. After six
months’ constant treatment here, my
physician urged me to submit to a re
moval of the gland. At this critical mo
ment a friend recommended S.S.S.,
and laying aside a deep-rooted preju
dice against all patent medicines, 1 be
gan its use. Before I had used, one bot-
not through with my second bottle yet.
Had I only used your S.S.S. long ago,
I would have escaped years of misery
and saved over $150.”
This experience is like that of all who
suffer with deep-seated blood troubles.
The doctors, can do no good, and even
their resorts to the knife prove either
fruitless* or fatal. . S.S.S. is the only
real blood remedy; it gets at the root of
the disease and forces it ont perma
nently.
S.S.S, (guaranteed purely vegetable)
A Real Blood Remedy.
is a blood remedy for real blood troubles;
it cures the most obstinate cases of
Scrofula, Eczema, Cancer, Rheumatism,
etc., which other so-called blood reme
dies fail to touch. S.S.S. gets at the
root of the disease and forces it ont per
manently. Valuable books will
be sent free
to any address
by the Swift
Specific Co., At
lanta, Ga.
unable books wi
sss
J. L. F4RNSWORTH,
Blacksmithing, Woodwork, and
General * Kepair * Shops.
H'oi'seshoeing a Specialty.
Fire Insurance.
I represent the following old
line, strong companies:
Scottish Union and Na
tional, assets, . $30,000,000
AUtna of Hartford, with
assets of . \ . . 11,431,184
Queen of America, with
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Combined "assets of $54,550,898
These are among the largest
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world, insuring property, and I
am in the business to stay.
Mr. Walter M. Johnson and
Mr. Frank Smith are associated
with me in the Fire Insurance
business, and we -will appreciate
your patronage.
Wm. White Johnson.
All Work Guaranteed to be First Class.
CYLBE STREET,
opp. Herndon’s Warehouse.
DALTON, GA.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
OF m s a n w m
DALTON FEMALE COLLEGE.
Instruction in Piano,
Voice-Culture, and
Harmony, by Con
servatory graduates.
The latest approved methods.
RIAL IFF V. STR/VTTON,
Mus. Bach., Principal.
LOCAL TIME TABLE.
Western & Atlantic.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 2,11:4l a. m., for Chattanooga.
No. 6,6 .*27 p. m., for Chattanooga.
No. 4, ll :17 p. m., for Chattanooga.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 3,5:13 a. m., for Atlanta.
No. 5,8:86 a. m., for Atlanta.
No 1,4:10 p. m. f for Atlanta.
Southern Railway.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 13,8:05 a. m., for Chattanooga.
No. 7,11:48 a. m., for Chattanooga.
No. 9,5:49 p. m., for Chattanooga.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 8,2 :02 a.m., for Atlanta.
No. 10,9:25 a.m., for Atlanta.
No. 1i, 7:80 p. m., for Atlanta.
LOCAL MARKET.
March 6 84
April.... 6 82
TVIfly q gg
Singing at Elder Bright’s Sun- jm y e
..§2.55
.. 2.20
.. 1.95
Dalton, Ga., March 25, 1897.
GROCERIES.
Corrected weekly by the Dalton Grocery Com
pany. .
FI.OUR.
Fancy Patent per 100.:
Half Patent “ “ .....
Family “ “
SUGAR.
Granulated, 22 pounds 1.00
White Extra C, 23 pounds i.oo
Brown, 24 pounds. i.o©
Fancy Rio (green) 5 pounds" 1.00
Medium Rio, 6£ pounds i.oo
Good Rio, 8 pounds. i.oo
Roasted, perpackage is
Bulk Meat, per pound .oo
.07
Lard, per po
Syrup per gallon 20
Maple Drip 20
Oil, per gallon 15
Cotton Seed u,
New York Seed Potatoes, per bus 65
PRODUCE.
Corrected weekly by DeJouruette & Co.
Hens
Large Frys
8 .18
.14
.12
.18
Ducks
Geese _
Butter, per pound .10'
Eggs, per dozen .06
Beeswax, per pound .20
New Goose-Feathers, go
T. W. Wool, per pound " .js
Ginseng, per pound 2.50
COTTON, Etc.
Corrected weekly by Barrett, Denton & Lynn.
Cotton, perponnd, 61 to 63 cents.
Com, per bushel, 35 cents.
Peas, per bushel, 60 to 90 cents.
Oats, per bushel, 25 cents.
Wheat, per.bushel, 75 to 90 cents.
- LIVE STOCK.
Corrected weekly by Davis & Son.
Hogs, gross.
Cattle, gross
Sheep
f to 3
to 2
to 2
New York Futures.
Cotton futures closed steady. Sales, 59,000.
August 6 78
September. 6 52
October 6 54
November . 6 46
December 6 57
The North Georgia Citizen
is worth every cent of a dollar
a year to any and every home
in Whitfield county, and in
time we hope to have it a reg
ular weekly visitor in every
family of this entire section
In order to hasten this time we
will, until this notice is with
drawn, make everyone who
pays for this paper twelve
months in advance, a choice of
either of the following pre
miums:
1. Home and Farm,
a standard monthly journal,
the subscription price of which
is 50 cents a year.
2. The Music Teacher,
the leading musical journal of
the South, published monthly
at 50 cents a year.
3. A copy of Revival Choir
No. 2,
the latest and best Sunday
school and gospel song book.
This is the book thatrwill be
used at the next annual meet
ing of the Whitfield County
Sunday-school Association and
every singer in the county
should have a copy.
Call at our office in the Sho-
walter building or remit us one
dollar and The Citizen will
be mailed you for one year and
either of the above premiums
that you may choose will be
thrown in for good measure,
tf.