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THE COUNTY- PRINTING.
J. SHOWALTER, . l Ed j t ors
TROX BANKSTON, f fca,tors *
The recommendation of twenty-
three of Whitfield county’s bast
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Entered at the Dalton, Ga., Postofficeas
ond-class mail matter.
SyObituary notices over ten lines will be
charged for at the rate of 5 cents a line.
Telephone 18.
Thursday, April 29, 1897.
A revolution favoring a re
public in Greece seems a certainty.
citizens, who were doing their
sworn duty as members of the
grand juiy, recommending that
“ the county advertising be equal
ly divided between the two pa
pers.” is worth more than the in
dividual opinion of any one man,
regardless of the position he oc
cupies. The Citizen will have
something more to say on this
subject in the near future.
It seems that the Greece is get
ting decidedly the worst of the
war.
Dalton’s new depot will surely
be built. It is only a question of
time.
Newspapers are often im
proved by a change in manage
ment.
Judge Fite has made a State
reputation as a man of discipline
and ability.
The old joke about A tlanta
having another morning paper has
been revived.
Atlanta has only had one
bank failure this week. Cassin
caused that one.
LBEST PAPER DALTON EVER HAD.”
11 Editor W. Trox Bankston, of
the Dalton Citizen, was in the
eity yesterday, and paid The Ar
gus a pleasant call. Mr. Bank
ston is one of North Georgia s
brightest and most successful
newspaper men, and we can safe
ly say that he is giving Dalton
the best paper she has ever had.
In addition to the Citizen, he
runs the Ringgold New ,South,
with the valuable assistance of
Mrs. Bankston. Ordinarily one
newspaper is about as much, as
one man cares to run, but Trox is
best satisfied with two.”—Rome
Daily Argus.
Rev. J. M. Mecklin and Mrs.
Laurie W. Babcock.
A GREAT BIG SURPRISE PARTY.
Ceremony Performed at Hotel Dalton
Tuesday Evening by Revi L. G.
Johnson.
Chlpley is very anxious to be
Call-ed to the United States Sen
ate from Florida.
France suggests that the Turks
offer the olive branch to the Hel
lenes. A good suggestion. -
That Paul Trammell might be
a candidate for Congress, is caus
ing* a lot of talk in this district. '
Tuesday was Grant day in
New York, and the nation paid a
glowing tribute to that noble hero.
Flem du Bignon. He’s all
right, but then as to his being
governor of Georgia, that is dif
ferent.
Don’t commence talking poli
tics. it is too early. Go to
work and let .politicians alone as
long as possible.
Among the gold prospectors at
Dahionega this week is Hon. Ad-
lai ISteveuson, ex-vice president of A Kn,t,llis M m.Talked of Prominent
r -Citizens
the United States.
Brass buttons and gilt braid
seemed to be the principal stock
in trade of some officers of the
United States army.
“ People who live in glass
houses should not throw stones,”
is a proverb that some people do
not seem to remember.
The withdrawal of the Spanish
army from Cuba is an indication
tha't the natives have won or will
. #
ultimately win the fight.
The critical illness of Mrs. H.
A. Wrench, of- Brunswick, is very
deeply deplored by her friends,
- who are legion in Georgia.
Prosperity has returned to
Dalton. Saturday our merchants
had the biggest trade they ever
had with the exception of Christ
mas days.
Rome, Ga., is the only city of
her size in the world that sup
ports four daily papers. And
everyone of the four is a credit to
the city of seven hills.
A cloudburst followed by a
tornado on Tuesday, is said to
have resulted in the death of
scores of people, and the destruc
tion of millions of dollars worth
of property in the Canadian Val
ley near Guthrie, Oklahoma.
A number of Murray county
citizens seem to be willing to'
make the necessary sacrifice to
represent this district in the Sen
ate. It is a trifle early to call
names, so The Citizen will post
pone that pleasure for a little
while.
From Grover’s speech at the
Reform Club’s banquet in New
York we infer that he would not
be adverse to a third term as pres
ident. This banquet was evi
dently given for the purpose of
launching a Cleveland boom. Its
failure was emphatic.
ANOTHER NEW INDUSTRY.
The Citizen has it from good
authority that some of Dalton’s
begt business men are seriously
considering the matter of erecting
a knitting mill within the corporate
limits of the city in the near
future. „ It is believed that this
can be done with all home capital,
and that it will pay handsomer
dividends than any other enter
prise that could be established
here, while at the same time giving
employment to seventy-five or a
hundred of the best class of our
laboring people.
No place on earth is better sit
uated for enterprises of this kind
than Dalton, and the Citizen be
lieves the knitting mill is in a fail
way to materialize, although we are
not yet authorized to give the
names of the promoters of this new
enterprise.
Wherein lies the secret of
rk Hanna’s success? That is
an easy one—his name is Hanna,
1 woman’s name, and she is even
powerful than money. And
i what’s the matter with
lore
>n. W. J. Deboe will attend
such duties as devolve upon
1 as one of Kentucky’s United
senators for the next six
jars. Thus ends the bitterest
rass state has ever
U. 'S. Commissioner's Court.
International revenue officers
R. L. Bates, W. G. Tankersley,
Lewis Terry and Jesse M. Good-
son have beeu quite actyie recent-
ly, the following cases being
brought before Commissioner
Jones’court in one day :
Wm. Bennett, Murray county,
bound over in #200 bond.
John Rowell, Murray county,
bound over in two cases, #200 each.
■; Sam Smith, Murray county, dis
charged.
Henderson White,- Whitfield
county, bound over in #200 bond.
Frank Williams, Walker county,
bound over in #200 bond which
was given at once.
Try Snow Bell& at Horan’s
soda
Have you heard it ? Have you
heard anything else for the past
two days? Well, it was a gen
uine surprise, but two very popu
lar Dalton people were made one
for life. ^
It occurred on this wise: On
Tuesday morning the telephone
wires were made hot for a little
while, occasioned by Rev. J. M.
Mecklin, the popular pastor of the
Presbyterian church, using them
for inviting the board of elders and
deacons of his church to take tea
with him at the Hotel 'Dalton at
8 o’clock that evening, and after
wards to have a conference relative
to some important matters con
nected with their church work.
Knowing the reputation of Dal
ton’s popular ‘ hotel for a 'good
square meal, with all the delicacies
of the season thrown, in there was
a full attendance of the board on
this particular occasion. After
partaking of a bountiful supper
and attending to the business for
which they supposed themselves
to have been called together, the
moderator, Rev. J. M. Mecklin,
announced that there was still an
other matter that he desired to
present to the board. Then fol
lowed a very interesting story of
how the beloved pastor had de
cided, after due consideration, that
it was “not good for man to be
alone,” and he therefore desired to
ask leave of absence for a week or
ten days in order to devote him
self to this very important event
in his life. Of course the request
was unanimously granted by a
rising vote, whereupon the pastor
thanked the board and invited
them at once to the parlor of Mrs.
Laurie W. Babcock to witness the
ceremony which was to take place
then and there.
In addition to the board there
were present at the marriage Mr.
and Mis. W. C. Martin, Mr. and
Mrs. Will N. Harben, Mr. and
Mrs. Julian McOamy, Mis. S. B.
Scott, of Atlanta, Mis. Dollie
Dettor and a few other guests of
the hotel, who witnessed the cere
mony performed in a very beauti
ful and impressive manner by Rev.
L. G. Johnson,"of the First Meth
odist church.
What did the bride wear ? W ell,
this scribe was so very greatly sur
prised at what was transpiring, be
cause to him so unxpected, that
he did not think of this very im
portant matter until he arrived at
home and had the question fired
at him simultaneously by several
membeis of the feminine side of
his household.
After receiving hearty congrat
ulations from all present the happy
couple, boarded the train for Nash
ville, St. ‘Louis and other places
that will be visited before their re
turn.
The Citizen extends congratu
lations and wishes these popular
people a long, happy and useful
life in the service of the Master.
Of course it will naturally follow
that Mr. Mecklin will preaeh bet
ter than ever, while his talented
and tactful wife will be a great
help to him in his work^
tunnel hill school closes.
• RESERVES THE FAVORITISM. ’
/ —
“ The North Georgia Citizen
is fast becoming a favorite with
Murray people, and it certainly
deserves the favoritism shown it,
for it is one of the best papers in
a 1 1 North Georgia.”—-Murray
County News.
The Pupils Make a Trip to Chickamauga
- National Park.
Tunnel Hill, April 29, 1897.
—Frank Calloway, of Gordon
Springs, spent last Sunday here.
Dr. W. S. Jordan is having
some improvements made on his
residence this week.
... West Flemister, of Dalton, and
Charles - Kirkpatrick visited the
National Park and took in the
bicycle races at Chattanooga last
week on their wheels.
Mrs. Achsah Calloway and Miss
Ruth Harlan made a shopping ex
pedition to Dalton last Thursday.
Prof. D. P. Lee left Tunnel
Hill Tuesday to visit his parents
at Lyerly, Ga., but will soon leave
there for the Indian Territory
where'he will preach the gospel to
the red men.
The “ Embroidery Club ” which
meets every two weeks was pleas
antly entertained last Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. J.
T.Kirkpatrick.
Miss Roberta Wood, after hav
ing spent several months here as
assistant teacher, returned to her
home at Cedar Grove last Tues
day.
Our school closed last Friday
with a visit to Chickamauga Nat
ional Park. The crowd was a
merry one and the day was pleas
antly spent in viewing the monu
ments, climbing the towers, visit
ing Crawfish Springs, etc. On
the return home the horses hitched
to a hack containing ten of the
boys and girls ran away making a
complete wreck of the hack and
hurting all its occupants more or
less but none seriously. Omitting
this accident which tended to
mar the pleasure of some, the day
will be long remembered on ac
count of its pleasant associations.
The services at the Baptist
church last Sunday night w.ere
conducted by Rev. D. P. Lee, he
preaching his farewell sermon in a
very impressive manner. Prof.
Lee has had charge of the school
here for two years and has given
entire satisfaction. The school,
church and Sunday school have
sustained a loss by his departure.
COURT
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
List of Grand and Traverse
Jurors Drawn
FOR THE OCTOBER TERM 1897
Judge Fite and Solicitor General Mad
dox are Satisfied With the Work
of the April Court.
Miss Mattie Flemister has re
turned home after a pleasant visit
to friends in Dalton.
Young Peoples’ Society.
The young folks of the First
Baptist church met with their pas
tor at the church Tuesday night
to reorganize their Young Peoples*
Society. They opened the service
by singing and then were led in
prayer by Dr. Goodwin. Then
they proceeded to organize. They
elected Mrs. A. E. Cannon, presi
dent; Mrs. W. E. Oslin, first vice-
president ; Miss Annie Pruden,
second vice-president; Miss Ethel
Snow, secretary; Mr. Mack San
ders, secretary and treasurer. Af
ter the election of officers they pro
ceeded to enroll. members. The
following have enlisted their names
in this good and interesting work:
Rev. S. A. Goodwin, Mrs. A. E.
Cannon, Mrs. W. E. Oslin, Misses
Annie Pruden, Ethel and Emmie
Snow, Jessie Campbell, Louise
Southerland,. Maud and Bannie
Brown, Mae and Birdie Weatherly,
Daisy and Isma Glaze, Annie Can
non, Sudie Sanders, Mollie and
Annie Jobe, Leo Harris and Lucile
Oslin; Messrs. Walter Davis, Ed
Hill, Will Cannon, Mack Sanders,
Beverly Barrett, Floyd Farrar and
Walker. Harris.
This society starts off unusually
strong, having enlisted twenty-
seven members. It gives promise
of great growth under the able and
efficient management' of Dr. Good
win and Mrs.Cannon and Mrs. Oslin
and the hearty co-operation of the
members. The society gives a
hearty invitation to all the young
people of the towu to attend the
services, and all who wish to help
their good work along to join.
Will Farmer bought a high
stepping horse from Rev. W. C.
Richardson last Monday.
Court has adjourned.
Several of our people will re
member it for a long time.
The grand jury found sixty-nine
true bills.
Onr people are satisfied that in
Judge Fite they have one of the
ablest judges that ever presided
over a Dalton court.
With Col. Sam P. Maddox for
solicitor general, everybody, ex
cept the law breakers, are satisfied
He is one of the best the Cherokee
circuit has ever known.
Judge Fite announced that he
would hold motion- court on the
second Monday in May, the tenth
instant.
The Citizen published the pro
ceedings weekly as the court pro
gressed, and in this issue com
pletes the records as furnished by
the clerk of the court, D. Sholl,
and his son, Tom Sholl, who is his
clever assistant.
Mrs. Nancy McCauley vs the
W. & A. R.-R. company, verdict
for plaintiff #500. ,
James Richardson vs Q. Victoria
Richardson; property subject.
R. H. Fox vs Samuel Johnson,
in two cases; verdict for plaintiff
#165.62 principal, and #41.01 in
terest.
F. J. Cooledge & Bros, vs H. C.
Hamilton, verdict of the jury
against the illegality.
White Hickory Wagon Co. vs
S. P. Maddox, verdict for plaintiff
#85 principal, and #6.45 interest.
Solomon Taylor vs Lonie Tay
lor, total divorce.
L. N. Waters vs A. F. J. L. &
M. J. Raines, verdict for #1.
Mrs. Adelaide A. Babcock vs
New York Life Insurance Co.,
verdict for plaintiff $5,087.00
principal, and the sum of $381751
interest, and the sum of $11 cost.
B. K. Hix vs W. & A. R. R.,
verdict for W. M. Graham, ste
nographer, for $13.20.
State vs Drew M. Peeples, not
guilty.
The list of jurors drawn for the
October term are as follows:
Grand Jurors.
Wm. J. Austin t Wm. B. Trippe,
A. H. Shaver, S. H. Vamell, J. F.
Ellison, J. H. Edwards, H. T.
Redwine, S. A. Routh, J. B. Head
rick, J. D. Cline, J. M. Berry, A.
R. Davis, G. L. Stroud, E. B.
White, J. T. Loner, W. G. Lid
dell, E. F. Hamilton, S. R. Hassler,
J. S. Richardson, W. H. Gray, G.
W. Horan, Wm. Chambers, Geo.
Yaeger, John W. Hamilton, Ma
rion Nicholls, R. B. Hill, D. C.
Cooper.
Traverse Jurors, First Week.
W. P. Hamilton, J. L. Parker,
W. A. VanHorn, R. E. Carroll, J.
W.. Bowie, D. J. Pelpy, S. A.
Frazier, Robt. Bazemore, T. M.
Seymour, J. W. Oxford, S. H.
McAuley, J. 1. B. Henderson,
John Cple, Samuel Wattenbayne,
A. B. Gregg, -W. J. Lowe, J. L.
Bender, T. J. Hall, W. R. Evans,
John Thomas, J. S. Rollins, R. E.
Logan, K. F. Dantzler, J. M. Trot
ter, J. W. Hicks, J. M. Redwing
W. B. McCarson, J. M. Davis, F.
M. Turner, F. F. Baker, W. A.
Black, G. W. Hamilton, J. G»
Wilson, S. G. Ingram, D. L. Es-
linger, W. H. Ridley, J. A. Reed.
Traverse Jurors, Second Week.
O. M. England, R. B. England,
Wm. Deverell, Lake Quillian, J.
B. Loner, R. C. Hackney, W. H.
Blackburn, Wash . Parker, W. J.
Watts, W. E. Kennedy, J. L. Ox
ford, J. N. Caylor, R. L. Phillips,
J. D. Gore, J. E. Peiton, T. W.
Stacy, J. W. Bayle, R. M. Herron,
H. H. Bramlet, W. O. Sholl, M.
S. Tripp, D. P. Lee, M. T. Dyer,
G. W, Keith, jr.y J. W. Ores well,
T. A. Wright, H. P. Colvard, C.
E. Walker, A. 0. Burns, J. E.
Ferguson, F. E. Martin, J. H.
Robertson, John Buice, W. P.
Messimer, Horace J. Smith, J. C.
Swanson.
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MeLellan High School*
Although the days are getting
much warmer, our school is still
progressing very rapidly.
Last Friday closed- another
month’s work, and some of the
scholars have done exceedingly
well, even better than ever before
The physics class have finished
the book, and are now takin
general review.
Prof. MeLellan made a proposi
tion to the school Monday morn
ing, that he would close school
four weeks earlier on condition
the scholars would double their
work during this last month.
Every one gladly accepted the
proposition. That will throw u s
out the 21st of May.
The two societies will debate
against each other the last day ot
school. The debators for the
Washington are- Mattie Greer,
Kate Black and Roy MeLellan.
For the Lee, George bhiue, Carl
Bivings and Theo Baker. It will
be a public affair, and every one
is invited. We are sure it will
be a success.
Last Wednesday, much to our
surprise, we had a holiday. The
day being very beautiful, every
one enjoyed it. Perhaps one of
the most enjoyable affairs was a
picnic to Mineral Springs, gotten
up by some of the scholars and
chaperoned by Misses Laura and
Lizzie Denton and Fannie Brown,
Profs. MeLellan and Clary.
Every one enjoyed themselves
very much, until late in the even
ing when the party started for
home. We feel sure it is our last
holiday.
Kate Black led the school work
last month with fifteen distinc
tions. George Shine and Mary
Young next, with fourteen. ,
Kittle C. Caldwell.
Fast Dalton.
Misses Lida and Nancy Perry,
Mr. John Smith and wife and Mrs.
Bird Jones were angling for some
of the finny tribe in Mill Creek
Tuesday. They escaped a part of
the proverbial fisherman’s luck by
taking a lunch with them.
Mrs. Kanaugh returned from a
pleasaht visit to the city Tuesday.
Miss Nancy Richardson made a
flying trip to the city Tuesday.
Mr. Henry Stafford made his
usual daily trip to the city Tues
day, but owing to the push of
farm work he was compelled to
walk on this occasion.
Everybody being so busy in
their various occupations news is
scarce, there being a dearth of vis
iting, gossiping, etc.
Nona me.
FASHION HAPPENINGS.
Busy
Fpworth League, Children’s Day.
Farmers, Etc.
Fashion, April 21, 1897.—
News in this circle is not alto
gether wanting at present. There
fore I deem it proper to narrate a
few of. the most interesting hap
penings of the past week.
Rev. Gary preached an able ser-
Tnon yesterday to an unusually
large audience at Center Valley.
He, having taken up abode at the
famous Cohutta Springs health re
sort recently, is, as a natural re
sult, in high spirits.
The Epworth League convened
in business session Sunday at
3:30 p. m. Various topics rela
tive to the well-being of the lea
gue were, well considered by the
council.
Center Valley, will observe the
third Sunday in May as Children s
Day, and with a view to making
that occassion one of rare attract
iveness and profit. The most
competent committees have been,
and will be, appointed to prepare
a fitting programme for the exer
cises.
Mr. E. W. Bond who has been
ill for a few weeks, is still very
low.
The health of the community,
generally speaking, is good.
Reck. Harris passed Bill Ben
nett’s Sunday running at break
neck speed with his hat in his
rand and his back turned toward
the island of Cuba.
There is a Mr. Garret, near
Cisco, Ga., who is eighty-fi yfr
years of age and still making a
good hand on the farm, plowing
all day long beside a young man ‘
This is no “ fish story.” p
W. H. Hampton