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HALEJSWANTED.
Not the Frozen Faced Rain From
the Clouds
JT THE ABSCONDING HALE.
Reward of One Thousand Dollars is
Offered for His Capture by the
Association he Has Looted.
A reward of $1,000 will be of
fered fat the capture of William
C. Hale, the erstwhile president of
the Southern Mutual Building and
Loan Association, who involved
the affairs of that corporation in
such an impenetrable tangle.
The reward will be offered by
the receivers of the defunct asso
ciation, who, after examining into
the condition of affairs, have de
cided that such a grave discrep
ancy existed in the accounts of
the wonderful Aladdin of finance,
Hale, who was the promoter and
head of so many wild-cat compa
nies, that it is desirable that he be
brought back to Atlanta and pun
ished as the law may deem fit.
Through their attorneys, Mes
srs King & Spalding, and Dorsey,
Brewster & Howell, - Receivers
Anderson and O’Byme have filed
a petition in the superior court
asking that they be allowed to of
fer a reward in the above stated
sum, which, if earned, shall be
paid out of the funds of the asso
ciation.
The petition was filed during
the week and placed on the mo
tion docket. This docket is great
ly crowded just at present, but the
attorneys will appear before Judge
Lumpkin and use every effort to
have the matter taken up and dis
posed of.
This step on the part of the re
ceivers is the most important they
have taken since being placed in
charge of the concern. They are
determined that Hale shall be
brought back to Atlanta to an
swer for his mis-doings and to ex
plain some exceedingly mysterious
dealings with which he was con
nected. The reward is placed at
a large figure in order to induce
good detectives to take a hand in
the search, thus greatly enhancing
the possibility of the muchly want
ed man’s capture.
shortly after the Southern Mu
tual Building and Loan Associa
tion was taken in charge by the
courts, its affairs were investiga-
- ted by the Fulton county grand
jury. The result of this investi
gation was a true bill returned
against the president, William C.
Hale, charging him with embezzle
ment of the company’s funds.
A bench warrant was issued
from the superior court for Hale’s
arrest and placed in the hands oi
Sheriff Nelms, of Fulton county,
for execution. After a thorough
search of the city and no Hal
found, the sheriff gave up the
hunt, having no funds with which
to push the matter further.
Now, however, if the reward is
offered, which will no doubt be
the case, the hunt for the missing
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... man will be renewed and pushed
forward with vigor. A descript
ion and photograph will be sent
to all the principal detective agen
cies, and if Hale is in. this coun
try, he will no doubt be found in
short order.
There are many people of the
opinion that Hale has left Amer
ica for foreign shores.' Others
thinlj the man is still in the U ui-
ted States, and in support of this
theoiy cite the fact that when
e left Atlanta he had very lit-
money with him. It is agreed
every one that when Hale first
went to New York he fully ex
pected to return to Atlanta, hop
ing to cover up his tracks and let
the affair blow over. As the in
vestigation of his transactions pro
gressed and it was seen that the
decidedly too warm for the presi
dent’s good health, he was evi
dently notified of the fact by a
trusted lieutenant and advised to
seek another place of residence.
In spite of his telegrams to the
stockholders’ convention, which
met during February, to the effect
that he would soon be in the city,
Hale has utterly failed to put in
an appearance. . -
The petition filed for Judge
Lumpkin’s consideration sets forth
the fact that the receivers have
been urged by a large number of
stockholders to offer a reward for
Hale’s arrest.
SECRETLYJABRIED.
Singing at the Home of Col. C.
N. King.
TRIED TO BEAT THE OLD FOLKS.
the late Trammell Starr at the
court house Monday afternoon.
Miss Mary Quillian, one of
Whitfield’s brainiest, most success
ful teachers, visited her sister,
Mrs. John Brooker, Monday.
Newsy Notes From our Own Special
Correspondent at Murray’s
Capital.
J' ~ .
A NEW INDUSTBY.
E. A. Bedford, of Winchester, Tenn., Will
Lo^te to. Dalton*
Another new industry for Dal
ton.
It may be a creamery.
It may be a laundry.
E. A. Bedford, of Winchester,
Tenn., has bought the old tannery
place in Noith-east Dalton.
In the purchase was included
twelve acres of land besides the
bouse.
He has purchased the place and
sent a check to his friend J. A.
Carter to pay for the same.
Temporarily Mr. Bedford and'
family will live in the old home
on that place, that is until he can
build a new residence.
Mr. Bedford is coming here to
go in business, and will make Dal
ton his future borne.
He will either establish a cream-
eiy or steam laundry on his prop
erty, but is as yet undecided be
tween the two.
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Held m .Very Long Meeting: on -Monday
Night.
The City Council met'at. the
usual time and place on Monday
night.
The first thing done., was to in
struct the City Marshal to proceed
to collect the street tax. ..
The cheapest way to dispose of
the city garbage came up for dis
cussion, which lasted about an
hour. Some of the Council wanted
to buy another dump cart for
the city and a mule to pull it.
Some of the others thought that it
would be economy to hire some
one who owned a mule and wagon
to do the work. After the discus
sion bad been prolonged until most
of the crowd was sleepy, the mat
ter was referred to the street com
mittee with power to act, Mayor
McAfee being added to the com
mittee. '
City Clerk Bivings was in
structed to issue a fi fa for four
years back taxes levied against a
little strip of land lying over near
the colored cemetery.
The telegraph company paid a
privilege tax of $15, but it was
paid under protest.
F. E. Hamilton, W. F. Sum-
merour and J. H. Kenner, the city
tax assessors, reported that they
had completed their work, and
showed what the city real estate
and improvements were valued at
$882,645.00.
Invited, to Dalton.
The Conasena Cotillion Club
yesterday bought fifty tickets to
“ The Lady of Lyons.” The opera
house hoard will be out Monday.
The managers of ‘‘ The Lady
of Lyons ” entertainment have re
ceived an invitation to play in
Dalton with the guarantee of a
full house.
If the invitation is accepted,
the proceeds of the entertainment
will be given to the Ladies’ Me
morial Association.—Rome Daily
Argus.
Bob Bates passed through town
Monday in charge of some revenue
prisoners. *
John W. Coffey, one of our lead
ing, farmers, and Miss Ethel Jack-
son were recently married. We
wish them a long, prosperous and
happy life. _ *
The young people of town were
royally entertained at Col. C. N.
King’s for a short while last Sun
day evening. Singing and music
were indulged in to their heart’s
content and they returned home
happy.
Mrs. Temple, Barnum Bagwell
and wife returned home Sunday
from a visit to relatives at Cleve
land, Tenn.
Cols. King and Bates went up
to Fashion Saturday on legal bus
iness.
Dr. E. 6. Stafford, of Dennis,
was in town a short while Monday,
Capt. Tilton Has been suffering'
for some time past with rheuma
tism. W e hope to hear of his
speedy recovery.
The trade of Fincher Bros, has
become so heavy that they are
compeled to keep a wagon on the
road from here to J)alton all the
time.
Sheriff Robinson made a busi
ness trip to Gordon county the
latter part of last week.
Tom Treadwell and his estim
able lady went to Dalton Monday
for the purpose of having some
dental work done for Mrs. Tread
well.
Will Steed, C. N. King and C.
L. Henry took in the city of Dal
ton Tuesday. -
The boys say they are all going
to sell “kitchen cabinets.” That
is if they can get a fine new buggy
to start with.
A marriage license was issued
last week for a young couple who
expected to beat the old folks and
get married. We have not heard
what success they had.
W. J. Johnson went to Dalton
Wednesday for the purpose of dis
posing of a load of produce and
bringing back a load of goods.
Messrs. Lawyer and Allen are
here looking T after some talc and
mineral interest.
Special Bates.
The Southern Railway will sell
special round trip tickets for the
occasions named below:
Warsaw, Ind. $17.25
General Assembly Presbyter
ian Church. On sale May
17-20 inclusive. Final limit
June 6th. - '
Savannah, Ga., individual _-v
ticket . . .$15.13
Ten or more knights travelling on
one ticket, per capita .$11.35
_■ Grand Lodge Knights of
Pythias. On sale May 17—19
inclusive; limited May 27ih.
Charlotte, N. C .. $11.40
Presbyterian Church General
Assembly, (U. S.) On sale
May 17-21 inclusive; limited
June 10th.
Warm Springs, Ga....... .$5.55
Georgia Teacher’s Associa
tion. On sale June 26-28
inclusive ; limited July 3rd.
Knoxville, Tenn one fare
Summer School Y. M. C. A.
On sale June 16-19 inclusive;
limited June 30th.
Chattanooga, Tenn........$1.15
International Convention B.
Y. P. Y. ; On sale July 13-15
inclusive; limited July 21st,
with further extension if de
sired, to August 15.
San Francisco, Cal....... $54.00
National Convention Y. P. S.
. C. E. On sale June 20, 21,
22, 27, 28, 29, 30 and July
1st. Final limit August 15.
J. A. McGuire, Agent,
Dalton, Ga.
C. CLEMENTS
The Inter-State Commissioner
was in Savannah.
In order to insure a r«m] a .
supply of pure fc e
people of Dalton, and
reasonable price, the
t Ice i Cu
COMPLIMENTS TO THE ROMAN.
The Savannah Press Reviews his
Political Career in a Most Pleas-
- ing Manner, '
will keep on hand in Dalton
a regular supply of pure
and has appointed
EAST DALTON NEWS.
Nowln Your Chance.
You want a piano.
We want a horse.
Come around and we will make
a trade.
L. P. Campbell.
An East Andover, N. H., young
girl was badly burned about the
head and face through a celluloid
temperature in this locality was 1 comb taking* fire.
The Lives of Two of Our Young: Ladies
Endangered.
Assuming all is fair in love, a
certain wide-awak young business
man is adopting unique measures
to gain the approval of the parents
of his inamorato by sending them
a fine chicken and some hen fruit
occassionally. WeJhope to be able
to chronicle his success in the
near future
Mr. Will Brown, of the Crown
Cotton Mill, gave one of our young
ladies the pleasure of a buggy ric^
Saturday evening.
Miss Blanche Gardner spent
Saturday evening with her school
chum, Miss Florence Blake.
It is beginning to dawn upon
some of our citizens that Judge
Fite deals out justice without fear
or favor.
Cavanaugh Johnson, wife and
children spent Sunday with Mrs.
M. A. Bailey. .
What might have been a serious
aceident occurred one day last
week in which the lives of two
young ladies were placed in jeop- j and lasting.
A Progressive State.
v
The population of Georgia is,
according to the census of 1890
1,837,353. There are ; 137 coun
ties and newspapers are publishec
in all of them but eight. Papers
are published in 183 towns of
which 120 are county seats. There
are 362 papers published in the
State, divided as follows r Thii
dailies, two semi-weekly, 287
weekly, one fortnightly, five semi
monthly, thirty-five monthly, one
bi-monthly, and one quarterly. It
is estimated that less than one-
fourth of the people subscribe to
the publications of the State.
This would make the aggregate
circulation of the entire lot not
less than 500,000.—Macon News.
The Town and Paper.
Nothing is truer than the say
ing : “A newspaper’s advertising
columns reflect the business char
acter of a town.*' A newspaper
brimfull of bright, catchy ads. re
veals a live, prosperous town. A
poorly patronized newspaper in
dicates a dull, sleepy town. By
keeping your advertisements con
stantly in your home paper, you
not only help yourself, but your
town at the same time.
The newspaper is the represen
tative of a commuhity. If the
community is a live, wide-awake
and progressive, the newspaper
wifi necessarily be so, for it will
receive sufficient patronage to war
rant it. Sometimes the newspa
per is more progressive than, the
town in which it is published, but
this cannot be so long, for obvious
reasons. Nor can any newspaper
he worse than its town, for the
reason that it cannot long exist
unless it keeps pace with the
community. - —_ >
View it therefore as we may, a
newspaper is a documentary evi
dence of a town’s character, and
its advertising columns an infall
ible index of its business. The
impression it creates is forcible
Live merchants make
The Savannah Press publishes
the following editorial notice of
Hon. J. C. Clements t \
“ Savannah is pleased to have
with her temporarily such a body
of men as the inter-state commerce
commission. The name of Hon.
William R. Morrison, the chair
man is known from one end of the
United States to the other as. one
of the most distinguished men of
the Republic. The other members
of the commission are recognized
as men of exceptional ability, to
whose judgment and learning are
intrusted matters of the greatest
responsibility. Georgia is partic
ularly honored in being represented
on the commission by one of her
ablest sons. Honorable Judson C.
Clements entered public life as a
representative from Walker county
in the early seventies and served
with distinction several years, in
the House -and in the Senate. In
1880 he checked the -extraordinary
series of successes that marked tie
career of Dr. Felton He entered
the congressional race against the
hitherto unconquered parson and
his boldness was a surprise to his
friends. Dr. Felton who had cap
tured up to this time every public
prize for which he contended, was
considered the most influential
man politically, in the State.
“But Senator Clements had no
misgivings and no fears on that
account. He entered on the can
vass in a dignified, elevated way,
devoid of - personality, shooting
the asperities of an angry division,
and treating Dr. Felton and his
followers with uniform courtesy.
To the great surprise of the State
and the inexpressible shock of
Dr. Felton, the Walker county
man defeated him. Mr. Clements
served with H. G. Turner, J. H.
Blount, Alexander H. Stephens
and others, making a galaxy of
congressmen of which any State
could be proud. Judge Clements’
appointment as a member of the
inter-state commerce commission
is due to his great ability, his
sterling uprightness, : and his men
tal equipment for the great work
for which he and his associates
are engaged. Georgia is proud
of him and his record.”
MR. J. J. STROUP
for Dalton and vicinity
who will call upon you
and solicit your trade, r*
member we will always keen
you supplied with first oual
ity ice and at a reasonable
price, and will meet with
any fair competition at an*
time and from any source
Agent,
Chattanooga Ice Compaq
c. fa. Vance,
SADDLE anil HARNESS Shop.
Repairing a Specialty.^
Cor. Hamilton and Crawfora Sts
DALTON. GEORGIA,
CITY,
LIVERY, SALE li FEED
STABLES
Handsome Carriages
Trusty Drivers. ,
The prettiest and neatest turnouts to be
found anywhere in the city.
Open day and night. Special ittentiot to
orders from Commercial travelers.
T. J. BRYANT,
Proprietors
Skinflint—“Oh I cannot bear to
die and leave all my money behind
me!”
Gay—“Don’t worry uncle. It’ll
come to the same end as if yon
took it along. T promise to bum
it for you.”—New York Journal.
Suffered 25 Years.
ttiaralty. Entirely
€«t«d by « Hetties.
ardy, but fortunately they escaped
unhurt.
Mr. Will N. Harben and wife
visited in our community Monday
evening.
Miss Lida Henderson attended
live newspapers, live newspapers
make live towns, and live towns
make more prosperity. In what
ever way we may look at it, adver
tising is necessary to a community’s
success, as well as to individual
The North Georgia Citizen
is worth every cent of a dollar
a year to any and every home
ha '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
5. A copy -of Revival Choii
No. 2,
the latest and best Sunday
school and gospel song book
This is the book that will 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
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SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
WILMINGTON, N. C., MAY 8 * «
1897.
Bedaced Kates via Southern
For the occasion of the meet
ing,of the Southern Baptist L°n
vehtion at Wilmington. >•
May 6 to 14, 1897, the Southern
Railway will sell tickets to V\ h
mington, N. C., and return at
WHM _ ratev>f one first-class limited fai e
Ktt. A.J.M^cha*T. 0.0. PH.0. | for the round trip.
1*»* Fnetataa Eldar H.K-Oburcb, Sbafu&.p* Tickets will be on sale May
vfttas Dr. ffuuwr: 3rd to 7th inclusive; good to re;
“I lufimd 35 yean with kidney d:f- j turn fifteen days from date of
fiadty* Some 10 yean ago I used 3 bot- j sale.
Oo OI yoor KMn.y B.ck.ch. Cure. For furthel . ulIorma tioE ad-
I con truly say that >Iac tta, ttm. I dress any agent of the Southern
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the memorial services in honor of 1 success in business.—Macon News.
have had leas backache than 1 had in ia
minutes before I took the Cura. I foal
entirely cured.**
2 For sale by BERRY GROc BRY (JO.
Railway.
W.
May 7.
H. Doll, T. P- A,
Chattanooga, Te® 0 -