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About $3,000 worth Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Clothing and Notions, to be sold
below cost. This means what it says.
MUSIC BY THE ROCKY FACE BAND
Mrs. E. C; Cochran Entertains Her
Sunday-school Class — Several
Dalton Visitors.
Miss Ophelia Heggie of Dalton,
spent last Saturday at home.
Emmet Logan, of Acworth, is
visiting his aunt, Mrs. C. T. Wil
liams, at 5 this place.
.Miss Sanders, .of Dalton* made
a short visit to friends in Tunnel
Hiil last week. .
m'HAMlTEKS-AT WORK IN GADS
Cliristopher’s Biff Hoisting Engine I
to Atoms in the Alabama Town
Following upon the destrrn
Saturday morning with dyna
of the house occupied by the Jones
girls the big hoisting engine of
the Christopher coal mines was
blown to pieces by the same explo-
Sunday morning.
j attached to the ma
sh atte red, and an en-.
outfit will be necessary,
estimates his loss ai
sive
Everything
chinery was t
tirely new
The owner
$2,500.
Charles Johnson, who
rested for dynamiting the Jbnes
house, claims that he can easily
prove an alibi. Will Flood and"
John Jones, two well-known white
boys, are being' looked for by the
sheriff and police, there being war
rants for their arrest on the same
Sunday afternoon a bomb j was
found under a house in the eastern
part of the city, and it caused a
regular stampede of women to the
was ar-
W. C. MARTIN, Assignee.
Second Marriage of Mr. Atkin
son and Miss Byrd., ,
AT CHATTANOOGA, ON SUNDAY.
The Bride Appeared at the Second
Marriage™ the First Long Dress
She Ever Wore.
The second marriage between
Mr. John P. Atkinson, the sev
enteen-year-old son of Governor
W. Y. Atkinson, and Miss Ada
Byrd, the sixteen-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. C. P. Byrd, of Atlanta,
was solemnized Sunday in' Chat
tanooga.
The marriage, the last one, was
the outcome, of the determination
oa the part of Governor Atkinson
and Mr. Byrd to see that the mar
riage was properly performed by
a minister, the young people hav
ing been united in marriage by a
justice of the peace at the time of
their elopement some two weeks
ago.
The ceremony was performed at
the residence of - Mr. I. C. Mans
field by Rev. Henry McDonald, of
Atlanta. Only a few of the per
sonal friends of the two young
people and of the parents of the
bride and groom were present.
Just before the ceremony was
performed the bride donned the
first long dress that she had ever
owned in her life. It was very
beautiful and appropriate and was
made after the elopement and
when it was definitely decided
that the second marriage should
occur.
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Atkinson
are now in Nashville, having left
for that city immediately hfter the
ceremony had been performed.
When they return to Atlanta they
will reside at the governor’s man
sion and will he ready to receive
their friends. The following from
Chattanooga tells the story of fbp
marriage:
“ John P. Atkinson, the seven
teen-year-old son of Governor
W. Y. Atkinsbu, of Georgia, was
married Sunday to Miss Ada Byrd,
the sixteen-year-old daughter of
C. P.. Byrd, of Atlanta, at the res
idence of I. C. Mansfield. Rev.
Henry McDonald, pastor of the
Second Baptist church .of Atlanta,
officiating.
“There were present to wit
ness the ceremony Governor At
kinson, Mr. and Mrs. Byrd, Judge
Spencer Atkinson, of the Georgia
Supreme court; Judge J. S. Turn-
handsorne, having been made since
the recent elopement of the young
people.
“ The trouble in securing the
necessary license was - overcome
when Mr. Byrd notified the coun
ty court clerk that his daughter
had his consent to her marriage,
the law of Tennessee requiring the
consent of bbth parents to the
marriage of either party if they be
under seventeen years of age.
The youthful couple left for Nash
ville, where they will spend their
honeymoon. Mr. Byrd is respon
sible for the statement that the
hitherto published statement put
ting the age of his daughter at
fourteen years is incorrect; he
says that she is sixteen.
“ The governor’s party left Sun
day afternoon* for Atlanta, but the
governor remained to visit the
convict; mines near Gbickanlauga.
Governor Atkinson was seen by a
correspondent. Speaking of. his
son’s marriage he said:
“ ‘ All is well that ends welt.
Many people have married young
er than they and have been happy
and I expect they will be. • We
will do all in our power to assist
them. We could do nothing else
than let them marry, inasmuch as
they said they intended to do so.-
They will reside at the man
sion.’
“ Mr. Byrd said when approach
ed on the subject: ‘.We. have
done what we deemed best under
the circumstances. We only ob
jected on account of their extreme
youthfulness.’ ” cy £
TUNNEL Jli DOINGS.
Entertainment Friday Night
Voted a Success.
entertainment here last Friday
evening.
The election here for Mayor and
Councilmen occurred last week.
It resulted in Mr. John Moore be
ing elected Mayor. Messrs. R.
H. Fox, W. S. Jordan, Mid Foster
and H. B. Moody were elected
Councilmen, who will no doubt
govern the town with wisdom and
justice.
Mr. A. J. Flemister, of Dalton,
aecomompanied by his family has
been spending several days with
his parents at this place.
A number of our citizens are at
tending court at Dalton this week.
, " The “trundle-bed set” enjoyed a
social given at Mrs. Heggie’s
home last Saturday evening.
'. A A. - A".... - Margie.
ternoon for Acworth to attend the
marriage.
Mr. W. Lee McWilliams acted
as best man on this special occa
sion.
The groom was formerly a resi
dent of this city, and is a brother-
in-law of J. L. Tapp. He has
many friends who join the Citizen
in wishing for himself and wife a
long life of happiness and con
tentment.
Death of Mrs. S. A. Meyers.
The Citizen regrets to learn of
the death of that noble Christian
woman, Mrs. Sarah A. Myers, of
Subligna, Ga., the wife of Rev. J.
N. Myers, formerly pastor of the
Second Methodist Church at Dal
ton, the mother of J. Osgood
Myers of Rome and Mrs. L. F.
Henry of Dalton. JJ^vs. Johnson
and Walraven officiated at the
funeral services, Mrs. Meyers be
ing buried from the home of her
daughter, Mrs. L. F. Henry.
A number of friends followed
the deceased to her last resting
place. The pall bearers were S.
E. Beny, W. A. Robertson, R. H.
Durham, R. P. Gregory, J. D.
Graham and J. M. Hall.
To the bereaved the Citizen
extends its sympathy.
ANOTHER RUNAWAY MARRIAGE.
Extra officers have been put on
supreme court; wage ,. ,. j,, sheri ff and hh deputies
er, pnneipa. keeper o ■ j * on guar d. while a deputation
gia penitentiary; Captain. Osc is guarding isolated
J. Brown, United States army, jot utizem . «
acting adjutant is no cause or theory ad-
Georgia volunteers; Mi. I lia for the vaada iis m . UO r is it
P. Northern assistant cl ^ nvi . Anerally believed that those for
ted guests. The bride wore hex I whom
first long dress, which was very
The Sunday-school class of Mrs.
E. C. Cochran, was entertained
very pleasantly at- her home last
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Geo. Ransome visited in
Atlanta and Calhoun last week.
The entertainment given at
Headrick’s Hall last Friday even
ing for the benefit of the M. E.
Church was a social as well as a
financial success. The music ren
dered by the band from Rocky
Face was one of the many enjoy
able features of the entertainment.
Mr. T. J. Smith spent Sunday
j with his family at this place,.
Messrs. Farmer, Sanders and
Flemister, of Dalton, attended the
A HARRY MARRIAGE.
A Former Daltonian One of the Principal
Actors.
A number of dainty invitations
were received by Daltonians. They
read as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. N. Tumlin
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their
daughter,
Ada Paul,
to
John Randolph Lemon,
Wednesday Evening, April the
fourteenth, at eight o’clock.
Presbyterian Church,
tore Luugtis at Locksmiths anti Two
Hearts Made Happy as a Result.
Holly, Ga., April 5, ’97.—Mr.
Frank Loughridge and Miss Min
nie Bishop were married the other
day, ’Squire Johnson performing
the ceremony.. This was another
“runaway match.” Good luck to
the new couple.
Mr. Sam Chastain, of near Buff,
Ga., after several weeks severe ill
ness, died one day last week, his
wife having preceded him two
months and ten days. They leave
nine orphan children, eight girls
and one boy, the youngest only a
few . months old ; none. of them
grown as yet.
Mr. and Mrs John Gains, of
Chattanooga, Tenn., the parents
of Mrs. Chastain, came down to
attend the burial of Mr. Chastain,
and'have since been spending a
few days with another daughter
and family, Mr. and Mrs. James
B. Bracket.
Messrs. Bill and Jim James, of
Eidelle, Ga., were visiting at
Henry J. Bright’s Saturday and
Sunday.
Most of the farmers finished
sowing oats during the few days
fair weather, and others planted
some com; and others still, began
making preparations for planting.
The recent cold snap killed
nearly all the fruit that was in
full bloom. So tell your corres
pondents who say their peaches
i are not kiled to send us a basket
us lie content with whatevi
Lord sends upon us without mur
muring or complainiug.
News reached us that
Caldwell, while jumping broke
. . , ^
one of his arms, both above and
below the elbow, and also smashed
the elbow to a considerable extent.
Levi is a poor farmer and has a
wife and two small children de-
pendent upon his labor for a liv
ing, hut he will hardly be able to
make a crop this year. Let other
jumpers learn a lesson from his
sad experience, and govern them
selves accordingly.
We are'interested in, and anx
iously, though patiently, await the
weekly visits of the Citizen.
which under its new management,
has made a step far in advance of
other and former country newspa
pers, and reflects great credit upon
its editors, and also upon Dalton.
Whitfield county and the sur
rounding country, showing as it
does, what “pluck and energy.”
backed by “brains” and “spot
cash,” can do, and the “North
Georgia Citizen ” we hope it is
“here to stay.”
The hands working at the saw
mill of James B. Brackett
rowly escayed great personal dam
age a few days ago, as the wat
ran so low that the boiler can
very near exploding, though by
proper management-exp fostos-
prevented. The water pump failed
to work.
.
Quarterly conference at the M.
E. church was in sesaion at Ca
sey’s Saturday, also J. W. Pitts,
pastor at New Prospect (Baptist)
held his regular monthly confer
ence meeting Saturday, but the
. *.
incessant rain Sunday morning
prevented the meetings from be
ing a success on ilnit. dny. as the
people could not turn out.
Mr. Alf Chapel recently re
moved from his place near Fi-
delle, Gordon county, to bis river
farm above Tilton in Whitfield
countv.
J ADE.
:
Acworth, Ga.
Several of them accepted the j full when they get ripe to make a
invitation and left yesterday af-! pie, for I am fearful we will not
1 have enough left down here to
warrants are issued are
milty.
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all fa
“ More rain more rest, all fair
weather is' not the best,” but let
Another'“Jim Bludso."
The Mobile Register has found
in the engineer of the Steamer
Griggs, which was wrecked on the
Chattahooche river an exact per
sonage of the engineer of the
“ Prairie Belle,” who held •* her
nozzle agin the hank till the last
galoot was ashore.” The steamer
Griggs struck a snag and ripped
open her bottom. She began to
fill and the pilot headed her to a
sand bar, while the engineer
crowded on all steam, though the
water was already running over a
portion of the deck. Reaching
the sand bar the vessel careened
and the water rushing in caught
the brave engineer at his post in
the engine room. He died there.
Most of the telegraphic accounts
did not give the man’s name and
none of them relates that lie died
to save his boat. The story is re
ported by a negro deck hand, and
is doubtless a true one. The he
ro’s name was Waterberry.