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Of Whitfield County Met Here
Last Saturday.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF INSTITUTE.
Prof. A. L. Brewer Presided—Miss
Mary Freeman Served as Secre
tary—Interesting Meeting.
One of the brainiest organiza
tions in Whitfield county is her
public school teachers.
The pedagogues seemed to have
awakened to the interest and ben
efits to be derived from the at
tendance at the monthly institute,
so there was a large number of
the teachers present at the public
school building in Dalton on last
Saturday.
As a result of that meeting
the county school commissioner,
Col. M. P. Berry, feels very much
gratified. Ably and zealously he
has worked to make the institute
beneficial and instructive, but
just how to get the teachers to
attend was very puzzling to him.
Yet Saturday’s attendance shows
that success has crowned his ef
forts. Col. Berry was correspon
dingly cheerful and encouraged in
his work of advancing the educa
tional cause .in Whitfield county
to the highest perfection possible*.
The plan of co-operation sub
mitted by The Citizen to the
teachers met with their hearty ap
proval, and will meet with unani
mous acceptance by all progres
sive teachers.
Briefly stated the proposition
was as follows: Each school in
the county is to have sufficient
space for a monthly report in the
following form:
Postoffice
Name of sehool
Name of teacher
Average attendance for month
ending
Roll of honor of six pupils
most deserving of mention.
Attendance
Deportment
General average
Reading
Writing
Arithmetic
If the teachers desire to substi
tute some other study in the above
fist it is left optionary with them
to do so.
The proceedings of the institute
were kindly furnished The Citi
zen by the secretary, Miss Mary
Freeman.
On Saturday morning April 24,
the Teachers Institute held its
monthly meeting. As the “ mill
of justice ” was still grinding, it
met in the public school building.
All appreciated the thoughtful
kindness of “ Aunt Mary ” in hav
ing the room so neat and pleas
ant.
The Institute was called to or
der by Prof. A. L. Brewer.
After the election of a secretary
and a few preliminary remarks,
the programme of the day was
taken up.
Obligations of a Teacher as a Professional.
The discussion was opened by a
well written paper by Prof. W. A.
Ramsey. The paper showed
much thought and deep study,
and that the writer fully apprecia
ted the obligations of the teacher.
Prof. Ramsey was followed by
Gen. Thomas and Prof.. McLellan
with excellent talks. While they
were short, they were to the point.
Obligation of the Patron to the Teacher.
Prof, J. L. Palmer opened this
discussion with a few well chosen
remarks. Profs. Dawn, Hafley,
Thomas and Ramsey followed
with five minute talks, which
were much appreciated.
The recitation in Appleton’s
First Reader conducted by Miss
Ethel Thompson was interesting,
amusing and instructive.
Editor W. Trox. Bankston, of
Citizen, who was with us,
the teachers the liberal offer
of publishing a 'short monthly re
port from each of them. This of
fer met with general approbation
from the teachers. Every teacher
present agreed to accept of the
opportunity.
Noon Recess.
“ Effect of immediate surround-
ings upon the deportment, charac
ter and teacher’s duty in securing
the best environments.’ Mr. W.
Trox Bankston and Prof. Hafley
made splendid talks on this inter
esting subject.
“ Duty of teachers in giving
bent to the character, tastes and
choice of his pupils. Prols.
Christian, Thomas and Ramsey
each gave very good short talks
on this subject.
“The teachers duty in attend
ing his Teachers’ Institute.’ The
Institute listened to short talks on
this subject by Profs. England,
Brewer and Commissioner Berry.
After a few remarks by the
chairman and Commissioner we
adjourned at 8:15 to meet again
at Cohutta on May 22.
The teachers in attendance
were Profs. J. W. Christian, W.
A. Ramsey, A. M. Richardson, J.
L. Palmer, C. W. Richard, A. L.
Brewer, W. E. Dawn, J. C. Sapp
and R. B. England. Misses Liz
zie Cannon, Cordelia Lowry, Rosa
White, Ethel Thompson, Effie
Biyant, Hattie Foster, Carrie
Nichols, Cora Farmer, Mary Free
man. Madames W. E. Dawn, W.
H. Staples and S. C. Plemons.
Visitors, Profs. J. G. M.cLellan,
B. L. Clary, W. C. Hafley, B. M.
Thomas, W. Trox Bankston and
Miss Lulu Blake.
Mary Freeman,
Secretary pro tem.
P. S. The paper read by Prof.
Ramsey will be found in another
column of The Citizen. It is
given in full because it is a well
written article on a very interest
ing subject.—Ed. Citizen.
Of President McKinley and His
Cabinet.
WRITTEN BY MISS LUCY KIRBY.
Reading it Will Dispel the Delusion
That a Woman Does not Under
stand Politics.
The idea that some women do
not understand politics or the re
sponsibilities and duties- devolving
upon its most important officials
might have applied to some ages,
but is now a thing of the past.
No doubt the article of Miss
Lucy Kirby will be read and favor
ably commented on by the friends
of t.his clever young lady, who is
a member of Dalton’s youngest
literary society. It was first read
before that society and furnished
the Citizen by request. The arti-
Murray Sunday-School Association. —
The north division of the Mur
ray County Sunday-school Associ
ation will convene at this place
Wednesday, the 19 th of May at
10 o’clock, a. m., to select a time
and place for our n'ext celebration,
and to arrange a program, etc.
Superintendents in said division
will please send a full quota of
delegates.
Jesse R. Anderson, pres.
J. T. Henry, sec’t’y.
April 26, 1897.
TWO STILLS LESS.
Result of a Revenue Officer’s Recent Visit
to Catoosa County.
Somebody in the good old county
of Catoosa has been making wild
cat whiskey.
Just who it was is what is both
ering the revenue officers, who
were recently up this way looking
for the evil doers.
They found the place where
the whiskey had been made, but
the gentlemen who had been mak
ing the mountain dew were out of
sight.
M. A. B. Tatum and W. G.
Tankersley were the representa
tives of Uncle Sam on this occa
sion.
About four miles above Ring-
gold in the continuation of Pleas
ant Valley, they found the stills
and stands fresh with the odor of
the mountain dew.
One of the finest copper stills
that officer Tankersley had ever
destroyed was the last one cap
tured.
That they did not locate the
offenders of the internal revenue
laws was not the fault of the offi
cers.
They say all the good people in -
the neighborhood of ..Hurricane
church were very much shocked
at the discovery of the wild cat
stills, and their explanation was
that some foreigner came across
the county line made the whiskey
and then silently stole away.—
Ringgold New South.
cle is as follows:
On March 5th, 1897, President
McKinley sent the names of the
men who are to serve as his cabi
net advisers, to the senate, and
that body confirmed all the names.
First, occupying the place of
greatest honor and' dignity, is the
Secretary of State, who is John
Sherman, of Ohio. He is a man six
ty-seven years old, has been in act
ive service forty-two years, was a
leading representative in Con
gress, a senator and Secretary of
the Treasury.
Now as to his duties: he re
ceives all ambassadors and minis
ters from foreign nations and in
troduces them to the president;
he conducts the correspondence
with other nations, and is the cus
todian of the archives of the gov
ernment.
In his new office Secretary
Sherman thus far has been as dip
lomatic as the most particular
critic could demand. He hears
all who come on business, but
does not waste any time in idle
conversation and his manner is so
business like that idlers will not
linger after they have had their
say.
Lyman Gage, from Illinois, the
new Secretary of the Treasury,
has distinguished himself by mak
ing a Chicago bank second in vol
ume of legitimate business to any
other in the country He is a
business man and follows his for
mer business methods as far as he
can in his new work. He is easily
accessible to callers, and while he
talks freely, manages to draw out
his questioner while he studies
him with a quizzical eye. Secre
tary Gage wants to know and see
the business he is in charge of and
has surprised some of the bureau
heads by making personal inspect
ion of their offices.
The Secretary of the Treasury
has to deal with all financial ques
tions, the execution of the laws
concerning the borrowing.of mon
ey on the credit of the United
States, and the coining of money.
The collection of taxes is the larg
est part of executive business.
The treasuiy department is also
entrusted With the execution of
laws on commerce and navigation,
such as the inspection of ships
and steamboats to determine
whether they should be permitted
to go upon the water, the laws to
maintain light houses, the life-sav
ing corps and the coast survey.
General Russell A. Alger, of
Michigan, the Secretary of War,
is an example of Western devel-
opement of sturdy New England
stock. Born in Ohio and reared
as a farm hand in Michigan, he
had very few early advantages.
Yet, out of his small daily earnings
he managed to save enough, mon
ey to enable him to spend several
terms at the Richfield Academy,
and at the age of twenty-one was
admitted to the bar. He had a sol
dier’s experience during the civil
war, and is quite at home in the
war department, ready to hear the
suggestions and reports of the va
rious branches of the service over
vvliich he presides.
Economy is the word that seems
to stare out of President McKin
ley’s inaugural address at John D.
Long, the Secretary of the Navy.
He says government as well as
persons must economize, and the
Navy department ’ must do its
share toward bringing the income
and outgo of the government
nearer together. Secretary Long
may be characterized as the most
scholarly of the President’s advis
ers. He is an accomplished lin
guist, a polished speaker and a
ready and graceful debater.
Secretary Cornelius Bliss is the
•first citizen of New York state to
hold the important office of Secre
tary of the Interior. He is cour
tesy itself, but his many-visitors
who are seeking office know when
he is through: The business of
the Interior Department is large
and important. It has to deal
with the government of Indian
tribes and of Territories, the dispo
sition of public lands, land sur
veys, patents, pensions, and has a
college for deaf mutes and hospit
als for the sick. The census of
fice is also attached to this depart
ment.
The Secretary of Agriculture
has an important office, for he has
to do with the bettering of the
farming interests of the United
States. The farmers are a ruling
class in our country, for it is up
on the farms that we depend to a
great extent for good or bad times.
The new secretary who has to
cope with all questions concerning
the improvement of farms, is a
THe Whitfield Singing Conven
tion Recalled.
REV. M. M. WALRAVEN OBJECTS.
Acting on the Objection President Ed
ward Roberts Withdraws the
Call for It,
To the editor of The Citizen:
The announcement of the Whit
field County Singing Convention
to take place at Five Springs on
next Saturday and Sunday, May
1st and 2d, that appeared in your
last issue, was made on the as
surances of two reputable persons
that the people of that church and
community, with possibly a single
exception, were heartily desirous
of having the convention meet
with them’. I have since learned
to my full satisfaction that the
statement made by the two per
sons referred to above, was true in
every particular.
I had learned from the pastor’s
own lips that he was opposed to
all-day Sunday singing services;
but I was charitable enough to
believe that, learning the earnest
desire of the people, he would not
persist in objecting to the use of
the church for such a purpose, for
the singing of the songs of Zion is
as much a part of divine worship
as preaching. It is even more so.
But he still seems to be obdurate.
Let me say here that, believing
the trustees had all to say regard
ing the granting or refusing the
use of the church for such a ser-
DALT ON.
JOHN L. MOORE,
Attorney - at - Law,
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CHAS, P. GORDON,
Physician and Surgeon,
Surgeon Southern Railway.
Office 11 King St.
Teledhone 4.
31.
DR. J. C. BIVINGS,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office Hamilton St., two Doors North Hard
wick’s Bank, upstairs.
Office ’Rhone 29. Residence 'Phone 37
DR. J. P. FANN,
DENTIST,
DALTON, GEORGIA.
Office in the Fann Building, No. to Hamilton
Sireet, over Cartwright Bros. Store
Goid Crown and Bridge Worlt nicely executed
Teeth without plates- All kinds of Denuiwork
done at prices that defy successful eomZti
turn Earasrlence 0 f 27 years. Regular praS
established in Dalton in 1878. * 1 acn *
Patronage Respectfully Solicited.
man who all his life has been ac-1 vice, and learning there was no
customed to farm work and agri
cultural interests. He is James
Wilson, a native of Scotland, com
ing to America when he was six
teen. He has many of the sturdy
Scotch traits in his nature, is well
educated and is a practical up-to-
date authority in everything con
nected with agriculture. _ Mr.
Wilson is a careful business man
also, and considers well the con
tents of the papers brought for bis
signature before affixing his name
Secretary Wilson has already tak
en steps to encourage the growth
of the sugar beet in this country,
and says we-ought to make all
our own sugar from the beets
He has been connected with the
•Iowa Agricultural College and be
lieves that the successful farmer
of the future is the educatec
farmer.
* James A. Gary, of Maryland, is
the new Postmaster General. For
the management of the vast pos
tal business he has associated with
him three assistants, and the work
is systematized and divided be
tween them. Postmaster Gary
has grown gray in business and
has been accustomed to directing
large numbers of men in import
ant undertakings. In manner he
is serious but gentle, and has
learned how to say “ no ” without
giving offence.
The Attorney General, Joseph
McKenna, of California, has taken
hold of his work with a determin
ation to be as expeditious as pos
sible. He is expected to have
opinions, not for the public, but
for the president and heads of the
departments. He gives advice on
questions of law, has a supervisory
control over the United States at
torneys, marshals and clerks who
are connected with the United
States courts.
These eight men -constitute
President McKinley’s cabinet.
It is a cabinet selected for work
not display. It is a gathering of
mature men accustomed to hold-
ing. responsible positions, and
much will be expected of them in
making the new administration a
success.
Mrs. Nuwed.—There is- one
thing I like about you, dear. You
don’t throw your mother’s biscuits
in my, face.
Mr. Nuwed—No darling; I
don’t want to. spoil. your beauty.
Her biscuits were even worse than
yours.—Brooklyn Life.
objection with them, the announce
ment was made. But in this I
was mistaken, for it seems 'that ac
cording to the law of the church,
the dictum of the preacher, like
the bull of the pope, is final in all
such matters.
“We do not propose, knowingly,
to violate any law of church or
State. Therefore, after due con
sultation, it has seemed best to re
call the Whitfield County Singing
Convention. It will not be held
at Five Springs on May 1st and
2d as announced and for the rea
sons given above. It is too late
to call the convention to meet at
any other place, therefore, for this
reason, the lovers of sacred song
are denied the privilege of a sing
ing convention.
But will this silence our singing
unto the Lord a new song? By
no means. We will sing the more
and the better, as I believe. We
will bear aloft still higher the ban
ner of sacred song and marching
to Zion with songs, and rejoicing
we will gain the victory by and by.
The opposition of some of the
preachers will' soon melt away
Ere long they will learn their
error. Like Saul when persecuting
the church, they, no doubt, think
they are doing God’s service; but
soon they will see that, instead of
this, they, have been seeking to
spike some of Zion’s best guns
against the powers of sin.
Let the singing hosts of Zion
stand firm for the Lord is with us.
The next meeting will be duly an
nounced. Fraternally, , ’
Edward Roberts,
- , President.
Dalton, Ga., April 27, 1897.
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