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i be Presented at the Dalton
Opera House To-Night. r
BY CARTERSVILLE AMETEURS,
HA'v;
The Cartersville Papers and In Fact
Everybody Who Saw the Presenta
tion Speak Highly of ifc
Mr. Spencer’s celebrated opera,
« The Little Tycoon,” will be pre
sented at the opera house on next
Thursday evening by the local
talent of. Cartersville. It was pre
sented to a crowded house in Car
tersville on last Thursday evening
and was quite a hit.
The Tycoon was originally got
ten up for the benefit of the Epis
copal church, but the ladies kindly
consented to bring it to Dalton
and turn the proceeds over to the
firemen, to entertain the firemen’s
tournament in that place next
June.
The play was staged by Mrs. J.
W. Harris, jr., assisted by the best
local talent, and fully deserved the
commendation of the large party
of travelling men present and the
Atlanta party who came up espec
ially to see it. The principal parts
are- taken by Mr. Joseph S. Cal
houn, Paul Akin, T. H. Milner, H.
E. F. Jones, A. Strickland, S. F. Mil
am,Misses Louis Munford,Florence
Milner and Mrs. J. W. Harris, jr.
They will be assisted by a chorus
of forty, consisting of Cartersville’s
fairest young ladies and handsome
men, ably assisited by Miss Aiken
as pianist.
The part of Gen. Knickbocker,
played by Mr.. Calhoun; Yiolet,
his daughter, played by Miss Mil
ner ; Alvin Barry played by Paul
Akin; Dolly. Dimple,^ by Miss
Munford, and Miss Hurricane, by
Mrs. Harris can not be excelled on
the American amateur stage, while
“ The Great Tycoon,” as portrayed
by Mr. Strickland is well worth a
whole professional show.-
^Special scenery for the occas
ion was^ painted Mrs. Brumby and
adds much to the beauty of the
performance.
SYNOPSIS.
Act I opens with full chorus on
board ship. Gen. Knickerbocker
appeals seeking daughter, Yiolet,
whom he wishes to marry Lord
Dolphin, but who is in love' with
Alvin Barry. Violet is looked up
by her father but is released by
Dolly Dimple, her college friend.
A scheme is then fixed for her to
elope with Alvin Barry. When
they are about to elope both are
arrested and Gen. Knickerbocker
recovers his daughter.
Act II Rufus disguised as Teddy,
Lord Dolphin’s valet, enter at same
time. Gen. Knickerbocker con
fused and lots are drawn. Rufus
draws the lucky card for Alvin.
They are the second time caught.
Gen. Knickerbocker surprising.
Act III Scene—-Gen. Knicker
bocker’s villa at New Port. Great
Tycoon (“ Sham ”) is invited to
visit Gen. Knickerbocker, and a
large number of Violet’s friends
are invited to be present and meet
the Tycoon. “ Sham ” is accom
panied by Lis son, who is no other
personage but Alvin Barry dis
guised. Both are introduced with
a great deal of pomp, and the Gen.
Knickerbocker acquiesces in every
request of Shaun Sham then asks
for the hand of the General’s
daughter, Violet, for his son, and
Gen. Knickerbocker delighted con
sents. Alvin throws off disguise.
Gen. Knickerbocker is astounded
and in a rage, but gives over at
last and invokes Blessings upon his
wild son-in-law. Full chonis then
sings “Love Comes Like a Sum-
| mer Sigh.” ^
-
His Ruling; Passion.
The night wind whistled drear- an j a bowed
went out into the night of eternity
ily under the doorway, and crept
in cool waves over the bare floor.
The sick man shivered in his bed,
and in an instant his faithful wife
stood at his side.
«The room is growing cold,
Mary,” he muttered feebly.
“Yes, Robert. Let me pile on
the coal and' make a hot fire,’
“No f No !” came in quick pro
test; * “ don’t you know that coal
has gone up, and times are hard ?
Money is scarce and we must be
saving-—we must be saving.
With a sigh, the woman drew
the shawl from her shoulders, and
clinging to a
dead hand, was left alone in the
world, the sole possessor of a hun
dred thousand dollars in money.—
Gertrude Manley Jones, in Christ
ian Observer. ~ .
FRUIT CROP NOT KILLED. -
Writes W. H. Hampton, the “ Citizen’s *’
Fashion Correspondent.
Fashion, Ga., March 30, 189?.
—March-, in his preliminary prepar
ations to giving -US his farewell
handshake, has pressed down the
mercury in our thermometers to
thirty degrees farenheit. Although
wheat is at least ten days earlier
than usual,~it has escaped his icy
tucked it about the emaciated breath. As he left no visible .mark
form. The lines around the man’s
pinched mouth grew more rigid,
and a bluish look spread over his
pallid cheek.
“Mary, I am so sick,” he whis
pered, with his eyes fixed in a pa
thetic pleading on his wife’s face.
“ Yes, dear; I wish I could do
something for you. If you would
only let me send for the doctor,
—please do, Robert, please do, for
my sake !” and the woman sank to
the floor and pressed a cold, clam
my hand to her lips in an agony
of silent grief.
“Mary! what can you be think
ing of? Doctors’ visits mean
money child, and money is scarce,
No, no, I will soon be better.”
An hour dragged wearily by.
The woman’s loving fingers sought
to chafe away the pain from the
tortured limbs, and she soothed—
as a mother might—the dear one
who turned to her so constantly
for comfort. >
“Mary, I am sick—very sick,”
moaned the man, clinging desper
ately to his wife’s hand. “ Mary,
you remember how cold old Jim
my’s bare feet looked yesterday,
when he brought in the coal?
Let him have my shoes; I intended
to have them half-soled when I
got up, but I can get some new
ones; and Mary, Mrs. Marlow
of his frosty teeth on our peach
crop, we congratulate him on the
manifestation of his good breeding
in regard to the eating of immature
fruit.
The citizens of our burg are be
coming very jubilant over the in-:
dications of a returning prosperity
to our fair Southland. We~hope
that the good sense and unyielding
energies' of our people will give
momentum to the wheels of our
industrial and financial machinery.
Well, let it come. From every
point of view our State has a bright
future.
The moral status of this com
munity is in line with the progress
of the age.
We are, sorry to note that Mrs.
J. P. Coffey is quite sick at this
writing. We hope that she may
soon recover.
Cattle buyers from James'county,
Tennessee, have-given in exchange
a handsome sum of cash for all
the surplus cattle of our section,
in consequence of which a smile is
now seen playing on both, cheeks
of many heretofore sad farmers.
Sheriff Robinson and his deputy,
Brady Bond, arrested Will Parker
near Oak Grove church Saturday.
It is alleged that he has been deal
ing in illicit whiskey.
The literary school at this place
Young Lady Thought There
Was a Man In the Room,
palling, but fortunately it is some
thing that can be remedied to a
reasonable extent by proper effort.
It Was Only a Woman’s Coat Hanging Every fairly populous farming
SHE SCREAMED AND FAINTED.
W. H. Hampton.
ROAD WORKING TIME.
A man may or may not be a
ntleman. Some call one a gen-
a others say is a con
summate scoundrel.
.. . 1
wanted me to give her a dollar to—| doses next Wednesday,
wards getting a cloak for, a poor
old widow ; that was months ago.
We can’t go a dollar; but there is
a dime in my vest pocket, give
her that tomorrow. Mary,” he
continued, after another paroxysm
of pain, “ I need cheering. Send
for Ike Perry; his jokes always
amused me, and I want to see
him.” '
A messenger was dispatched,
and as the clock tolled the mid
night hour, a lank, rakish fellow
slunk into - the sick room, and
stood looking down at his dying
comrade.
“ Say something to cheer me,
Ike. Tell me something to make
me laugh,” pleaded the sufferer in
piteous tones.
The man shifted uneasily from
one foot to the other; but the
coarse joke that came glibly enough
in the daylight glare of the noisy
street, stuck in the throat of the
rowdy as he stared awe struck and
speechless at the awful battle be
fore him.
“ Mary,” the sick man read the
truth in his comrades eye’s and
turned in despair to his wife.
“ Inasmuch as ye did it not unto
one of the least of these my little
ones’—who said that? It worries
me so. Maiy, tell me something
about God, and tell me quick.”
“Christ Jesus came into the
world—” began the wife, but the
words fell on leaden ears.
“The, doctor!” was the gasping
command.
In a lew moments a physician
stood at the bedside.
“Pile on the coal,” he command
ed; touching the icy limbs beneath
their scanty covering. “ Send for
brandy.”
The grate crackled merrily, and
sent its comforting warmth
throughout the room. Brandy,
hot and life-giving, was held to
the stiffening lips, but it was too
late.
“Inasmuch”—the one word was
huskily spoken, and then a soul
Rev. Kennedy Preached an Interesting
Sermon.—Other Cedar Ridge News.
Cedar Ridge, Ga., March 31,
1897.—There is little news of in
terest to write from this commun
ity. Road working was in order
two days the past week. The
worst holes were filled with brush
and capped off with dirt.
Miss Laura Stafford is quite
unwell. Her uncle, Dr. E. O.
Stafford has been over from Mur-
rayjtwiee to see her. We hope
she will soon recover her usual
health.
Messrs. Pleas and Fred Dillard
returned from Oran, Ga., Satur
day where they have been attend
ing school. Quite a crowd of
ladies expected to go over to atr
tend the closing exercises of the
school, but they decided the
weather was too cold.
Mr. Albert Daves visited this
community last Saturday and Sun
day.
Rev. Mr. Kennedy preached a
good ‘ sermon at Bethel Sunday
afternoon. Mr. Kennedy certainly
does his duty, and his sermons are
always good, but the congregations
at Bethel are generally small. We
suppose thg inclemency of the
weather generally keeps them at
home. It is our humble opinion
that religion is fast becoming of
minor importance where worldly,
affairs are concerned.
Farmers are getting down to
steady work. Considerable quan
tities of fertilizers are being hauled
out, and we see quite a lot of cot
ton going to market.
Mr. and Mrs. Duckett went to
Dalton last Saturday, selling cot
ton and shopping.
Novijs-Homo.
William R. Mott, freight clerk,
and W. R. Jones, telegraph oper-
ter at Lima, O., were struck by
lightning on the street and both
fatally injured.
^ on the Wall but She Died of
Fright.
Chicago, March 31.—Elizabeth
Paulson, aged eighteen years, is
dead from the effects of fright.
Such is the opinion of the attend-
ing physicians and the coroner’s
jury so found aftet listening to
his testimony and that of the fam
ily. Miss Paulson was the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Paulson,
respected German people. She.
was a comely young woman and
was the special care of her parents,
although there were sons and other
daughters in the little household.
Last Friday evening Elizabeth
and a younger sister, Theora, were
alone with their mother. When
tlie two girls went to their rooms
to retire they took no light with
them, for their chamber was but a
step from the living rooms. ^ The
ora found occasion to go back to
the other part of the house and
left her sister for a moment. An
instant later a frightful scream
came from the room and Elizabeth
rushed out calling piteously for
help. Mrs. Paulson came to her
assistance, but it was some time
before the girl could speak plainly
enough for her mother to under
stand the cause of her sudden
terror. At length she was able to
say there was a strange man in her
room.
By ^his time other members of
the family had arrived and they
joined in making an investigation
of the room. To evei-ybody’s sur
prise nothing of a man more than
a woman’s coat and hat which
hung on the wall in a position
where the light from a neighboring
gas lamp cast a strange shadow
and this was what Miss Paulson
had seen, the cause of her terror.
For the time the matter was
taken by the family as a good joke.
However, all efforts to calm the
girl proved futile and her con
dition became serious. She seemed
to be in constant condition of terror
and nothing Could relieve her of
the frightful vision. Symptoms
of epilepsy developed, the periods
of unconsciousness grew more pro
tracted daily and yesterday she
died.
Speaking of the strange case the
attending physician said:
“There seems to me no doubt
Miss Paulson’s death was caused
by fright. She was of a nervous
disposition.”
Mr. Paulson, the father of the
young girl, said: “ I have no doubt
they are right in saying that she
was scared to death.”
that money is to be made more
rapidly there and that greater for
tunes can be piled up.
without doubt the monotony [ governor and Principal Keener
and lack of social life in many _ V XCB P er
agricultural communities is ap-
THE CONVICT SYSTE!
to Tour Part of State,
community can have good schools
and churches, literary and social
clubs, lectures and gatherings of
various kinds that will satisfy the
natural craving of the young for
communion with their kind.
Unless the social longing is sat
isfied it is needless to lecture the
young people of the rural com
munities upon the beauties of an
agricultural life and the advan
tages of the farm over the city.
A little practical effort along the
lines suggested will be far more
effective in keeping the young
people on the farms than all the
preaching that can be done.—
Chattanooga News.
MAY HASTEN BIMETALLISM.
Senator Wolcott’s Candid Opinion on the
Recent Action of Japan. -
Senator Wolcott, who has inter
ested himself so much in interna
tional bimetallism, expressed the
opinion in Washington that the
recent action of Japan in attempt
ing to depreciate silver would
hasten international action to re
store the quality of the two metals,
and made the following statement
giving his reasons for this belief:
“ The monetary situation in
Japan is not only interesting, but
most far-reaching and perhaps not
generally understood. The result
which Japan seeks is to make per
manent the depreciation of silver
in relation to gold, and to preserve
this by the advantages which this
depreciation naturally gives to
Japanese agriculture and Japanese
industries, and it is not in any
sense an attempt to equalize val
ues. There was a time in the his
tory of the United States when
we might have taken a step ident
ical with that which Japan now
proposes. If, during the years of
our civil war, when our money
was worth but fifty per cent, of
the gold dollar, we had / by law
declared that henceforth eurodol
lar should be of the value of fifty
THE GOVERNOR WILL GO NORTH,
He Will Make a Thorough and Ex
haustive Investigation of Systems
Used in Many States.
spare
Governor Atkinson will
no pains to make the next convict
system adopted by the state 0 f
Georgia the" equal, if not better
than that in any other state in the
union.
He has interested himself i n the
matter, and will give it his per
sonal attention. As told in the
Constitution some days ago, he
will devote the month of May to
visiting the different states in the
union and studying the systems
used there. He will then report
to the legislature in his annual
message to that body.
Last Monday Principal Keeper
of the Penitentiary Turner ac
companied Governor Atkinson ou
a tour of inspection through the
southern portion of the state.
They will visit a number of con
vict camps, and each of these will
undergo a rigid inspection.
The governor and Judge Turner
will visit a camp where the con
victs do farm work. He will
watch them at their work, inspect
their condition and take notes on
the results of this kind of labor as
compared to others. They will
visit a camp where the convicts
are made to work in sawmills.
This camp will also be closely in
spected, and the governor will
study T the situation here.
A mine worked by convicts will
also be visited, and much time
will he spent there. The gover
nor will observe closely the status
of affairs at this camp. Other
camps will be visit jd, and the gov
ernor will make himself thorough
ly familiar with the state convict
system before visiting other states.
John P. Atkinson, cleik of the
executive department, is busily
engaged-in writing letters to the
governors of the various states
asking them for their last report
of the penitentiary department.
cents only in gold, our legislation
would have been parallel with that I Qne of these reports will be re
ceived from every state in
Leaving; The Farm.
It is the social instinct rather
than the money getting, instinct
that prompts the desire in so
many country, boys and girls to
leave the farm for the towns.
Man is a gregarious animal; he
loves to come in close and fre
quent intercourse with his fellows.
The towns afford, him the oppor
tunity to gratify this taste to the
fullest extent.
The church, the benevolent or
ders, the theater, the clubs and
guilds and associations, with their
many and varied means of enter
tainment, besides the regular so
ciety functions and individual in
tercourse, offer endless means of
social pleasure to the dwellers in
the centers of population.
It is this motion and life and
the glare of publicity that appeals
most strongly to the young men
and maidens living in jfche com
parative seclusion of the farms.
It is a mistake to suppose that the
chief allurement of the city for
the country youth is the belief
which Japan evidently intends.
We chose to follow a different
path.
“ The action of Japan accords
in a measure with that of Austria
a few years since, and with the
action projected in Russia with
this difference: Austria forced
the permanent depreciation of its
money measured in gold, to the
extent of some sixteen per cent.
Russia will establish a reduction
of about thirty-three per cent, in
the value of its rouble, while
Japan- proposes to permanently
depreciate its exchange relative to
gold so as to lower the value of
the yen to about forty-eight cents
on the dollar.
“ This action of Japan must not
be construed as an attempt to es
tablish'and maintain a gold stan
dard; it is simply an attempt to
preserve the economic advantages
which she at present enjoys be
cause of the gold premium which
exists in Japan, and this at the
expense of the - great commercial
countries of the worid, which have
heretofore maintained the stability
of their coinage as well as their
financial integrity.
“ Of course, at the present price
of silver, measured by gold, the
result of the action of Japan would
be to “drive all its silver out of
that country. It is premature,
however, to attempt to forecast
the full effect of her action in this
respect. The course of. Japan
must, in my opinion, only hasten
aii agreement between leading
commercial nations of the world
looking to a settlement of this
question upon an international
basis.” - , '
the
union. Governor Atkinson will
study these closely, and after look
ing all of them over will select
certain states to visit.
The entire month of May will
be spent by Governor Atkinson in
other states. His message to the
legislature next fall will contain
a recommendation on this impor
tant matter. The present lease
system in vogue in this state will
not be recommended by the gov
ernor.
The matter of convict disposal
will be settled at the next meet
ing of the legislature. At the last
session that body refused to make
a committee to make an investiga
tion of the other systems, and
Governor Atkinson, who is great
ly interested in the question will
dp this work himself.—Constitu
tion.
it oc-
In
A Tennessee man accidently
shot a dog, and in trying to ex
plain to the owner how
curred, accidently shot him
a further effort of illustration, he
accidently shot the coroner, and
is now out on bail trying to
somebody to whom he may expla 111
the latter occurrence. Naturally
his' friends are becoming a little
shy of an explanation.
Hardly a day passes that peopk
are not here from various parts o
the country looking for a house,
or to purchase a lot and build them
a home. Some of them want to
engage in business, while
want to educate their child 1 ® ‘
Our schools are fast gaining *
reputation of being the best
well as the cheapest in the coun r } •