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Spicy Happenings That Break
the Monotony of Life.
BEHIND THE CURTAIN iN DALTON.
Some Things That Some People
Would Rather Have Kept Quiet
Than Revealed to the World.
Among the new industries that
ai e spoken of for Dalton we might
mention a new chewing gum
store. The promulgators of this
enterprise are among'j Dalton’s
most popular young folks.
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A penny for the definition of
“palm grease.” We notice that
some newspaper men take it in ex
change for their | tapers, thus prov
ing that some editors will take
“ just any old thing” on subscrip
tion, and yet be well paid.
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If people could learn to discov
er the strong points in ones char
acter as easily as they do the
weak ones, the world would, be
better.
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Personal abuse for one who
commits a wrong will never cure.
It is human nature to be coaxed
into or from anything. Persua
sion is better than bulldozing.
that the gifted North Georgia
poet is going to write his next
book of poems in that language.
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We had a .good joke on Troy
Bivings this week, but he caught
on and made us' promise to leave
it out. This is positively the last
time we are going to be bribed.
A Word ,to Young Men.
As the season of revival meet
ings, picnics, celebrations, etc., is
speedily approaching, we thought
that it would be nothing but wise
in us to offer a few words to our
young men: Be careful how you
behave yourselves. Do not let it
be said that you were too abrupt
in your manners — living and
speaking during this year. If you
go anywhere go with the inten
tion of acting the gentleman or
don’t go at all. It is by far bet
ter that a young man stay away
from a public gathering than to go
to show off and be impolite and
ungentlemanly. Be sober, be re
spectable, be kind. If your asso
ciates kinder prefer to indulge in
evil rather than good, insist, on
their change of mind and heart,
and show them by your persist
ence in the right course that you
mean to be a man and obtain and
retain the respect of decent, re
spectable and social people.—
Rome Argus.
11 It is an Unruly Member Full
of Deadly Poison.”
What He Says of Grover Cleve
land^ Reform Club.
THE GREATEST EVIL OF THE DAY. MONEY CONTEST JUST BEGUN.
We Should Strive Against the Natu
ral Proneness in Weak Human
Nature.
Irrepressible Conflict is Ahead, De
clares Bryan—Gold Democrats
Will Drift to Republicans.
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Judging by the - way some
preachers preach, (or rather try to
preach) one might well presume
that they were candidates for a
regular knock-down-and-drag-out
fight, so terrible is their abuse for
some of their congregation. There
is just about as much good (?)
sense and wisdom pursued in this
kind of preaching as was with the
little boy who attempted to catch
a bird by applying salt on its tail.
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It is estimated that there is at
least $5,000.00 invested in bicy
cles in the city of Dalton—one
dollar for every inhabitant in the
city.
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Edham Pasha should remember
the fate of Xerxes about 2500
years ago when he went through
the pass of Thermopylae. Leoni
ilas, as the King of Sparta, was
stationed at the pass with onlv
5000 men, while Xerxes had near
ly 2,000,000, and in the slangy
vernacular of today, “what the
former did to the latter was a
plenty.”
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Some newspaper men boast of
their ability to run a paper from
no other qualification than having
been in the business for a -quarter
(?) of a century, when, if v the
truth were known, the first two-
thirds of the quarter of a century
were spent in “ bumming.” A
man is not an editor when he is—
“well, let that pass; we always
know more than we say.
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A clash of steel, a sudden stop,
a sprained foot and a frantic
shriek—nothing but a bicycle
wreck—that’s all.
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Bob Baker is nothing if not a
philosopher. Sunday the wind
was blowing at fearful rate, and
along in the afternoon Bob found
it out and made haste to impart
, the news to everybody he met.
Bob says jt takes a wise man to
know when the wind is blowing.
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Dalton has novelists, poets and
..divers other things of which she
is proud, but one of the latest
fads which is now coming is the
eating of boiled cabbage* seasoned
with sugar. It is said that it will,
in time, be the most -popular re
freshment served at receptions.
It beats other things we have
leard of and even seen.
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Job Lovqman is studying
L’ench. It is natural to suppose
How to Kill a Paper.
The following recipe for bring
ing about the demise of a local
newspaper is offered by the editor
of a western paper :
Just let the subscription go.
It’s only a dollar or two—the pub
lisher doesn’t need it.
If he asks for it, get as mad as
you can and tell him to stop it—
you never read it any way. Then
go and borrow your neighbor’s.
When the reporter comes, al
ways be busy. Make him feel as
if he were intruding. When the
advertising and job man comes,
tell him you don’t need to adver
tise—everybody knows you; that
you will try and get along with
out any printed stationary—it is
too expensive; you must econo-’
mize.
Never drop in and see the edi
tor unless you want a free compli
mentary notice or a lengthy obit
uary of a beloved relative. Nev
er recommend the paper to any
body. When you do speak of it,
say “ Yes, we have a little sheet,
but it doesn’t amount to much.”
Keep it up for a year or two
and you will have a dead newspa
per, a dead set of merchants and a
dead town.
Sinners to Burn.
“ How do you like your new
charge, Brother Longnecker ? ” in
quired the Reverend Mr. Smiles,
addressing the pastor of-the Rap-
idville church, who had been re
cently transferred thither by the
conference.
“Ah, Brother Smiles,” replied
the good man sadly, “ I am bowed
down in spirit and my heart is
daily torn with sorrow because of
the sins and shortcomings of my
people. The condition of affairs
in the church is truly deplorable:
there are quarrels and dissensions
almost continually, backbiting and
recrimination seemingly without
end. One of the deacons is sus
pected of leading a double life,
and another is a confirmed and
unscrupulous horse trader. A
prominent member is believed to
be addicted to gambling, anothei
is an opium fiend and a third de
rives his income from violating the
prohibitory law. Another delights
in horse racing, and tlfe leader oi
the Bible class is suspected of in
One of the great evils of the
day is people—men and women—-
talking about and of their neigh
bors in slanderous ways. One
should not forget that the char- lcises
acter and reputation of another is
a part of his or her estate,
and that when you assail another’s
character with the fangs of ji slan
derous tongue, you are striking
directly at the most precious
possession your victim has. The
tongue,“it is an unruly member.full
of deadly poison,” and we should
strive against the natural prone
ness in weak human nature to
speak evil of another-—“ who keep-
eth his mouth and his tongue
keepeth his soul from trouble,” is
a truth that is as patent and pow
erful today as when it was written
2897 years ago.
We should never speak of any
one unless we can do so in compli
mentary terms. By no means
should we be too quick to charge
crime and corruption to any one
unless we have unmistakable proof,
and even then it will profit us
nothing to become the unsolicited
accuser. It goes without saying,
that “ a lying tongue is but for a
moment,” and we often are too
ready to repeat things said of an
other and after it has gone beyond
reach we find tliat the thing said
is false and we would give any
thing to recall what we have said.
Bridle your tongue for “ if any
man ” (and it means women too)
“ among you seem to be religious,
and bridleth not his tongue, but
deceiveth his own heart, this man’s
religion is vain.” A God-fearing
heart does not speak evil of people,
especially do they refrain from so
doing when there is not the slight
est foundation upon which to
base their slander. We should
not forget that for some unguarded
thing said of another might pre
cipitate on our hands a long and
tedious law suit. Who can imag
ine anything more humiliating
than to have a judgement against
himself or herself on the court
records for slander ? We can sug
gest nothing. Therefore we shoulc
always think long and seriously
before we speak evil of another
Shakespeare said:
“ Who steals my purse steals
trash. ’Twas mine, ’tis his, anc.
has been slave to thousands. But
who robs me of my good name,
takes that which does not enrich
him and leaves me poor indeed.”—
Jackson Argus.
“ Madam,” said Meandering
Mike, “ hev ye got any cold cof
fee?”
“ No,” replied young Mrs. Tor-
kins in a tone of sympathy, “ but
yon wait a few minutes and I’ll
put some on the refrigerator and
cool it for you.”—Washington
Star. _
Tommy.—What kind of a store
is that one, papa, where they.have
three colored glass jars in the
window ?
Papa.—That is an apothecary’s
shop,’ Tommy.
Tommy.—And that place next
door to it that has three balls in
front of it ?
Papa (with a sigh).—Oh, that
is a hypothecary shop, Tommy.-
Judge.
dulging.in periodical debauches : are frivolous and given to dancing,
One of the most active workers j and the young men regularly at-
among the ladies is a kleptomaniac, j ^ enc f Sunday ball games. It is
another has been sued for slandei i * ieri ^ ) i e ’ Brother Smiles, terrible ”
“My goodness, Brother Long-
neck,” replied the Rev. Mr. Smiles,
who still had a slight streak of
worldliness in his\ composition,
by the superintendent of the Sab
bath "school, and there is believed
to be a bigamist in the choir. The
young women of the congregation
“ you ve got
haven’t you ? ’
sinners to burn,
William . J. Bryan, the defeated
candidate of the democratic party
in the last national election, crit-
ex-President Cleveland’s
speeeh before the New York Re
form club as-follows:
“ The important part in Mr.
Cleveland’s address, however, - is
found in his declaration of war
against those who supported the
Chicago ticket. In this last ad
dress ♦ he has given more aid
to his opponents than to his- sup
porters, just as he did by his offi
cial acts. His surrender of the
Executive branch of the Govern
ment into the hands of the Wall
street financeers during his last
administration did more than any
other one thing to arouse the
American people to a knowledge
of the iniquity of the gold stand
ard. ,
“ His thinly disguiesd support of
the republican ticket in the late
campaign did much to drive the
silver Republicans out of the Re
publican party, and their loyalty
to bimetallism has not been shak
en by defeat. In his address Sat
urday night he aided the silver
cause still further by removing
whatever danger there might have
been of concessions from the reg
ular Democrats to the bolters.
“ If he had discussed the fun
damental principles of Democracy
and then urged a union of force
upon a platform comprising differ
ences on the money question, he
might have done us harm in some
sections, but his dogmatic insis
tence upon a foreign financial pol
icy and his emphatic endorsement
of the organization of the gold
Democrats will have a wholesome
influence in convincing timid
Democrats of the folly of any at
tempt to reunite the Democrats
who believe in bimetallism with
Democrats who are wedded to
gold monometallism.
Contest in its infancy.
“ Mr. Cleveland recognizes that
the contest over the money ques
tion, instead, of being ended, is
just beginning; he recognizes it as
an irrepressible conflict, and in
this he reasons rightly.
“ The democratic party will in
1900 reiterate its demand for free
and unlimited coinage at 16 to 1,
and it will be opposed by those
who at that time believed in
gold standard. This being as
certain as any' future event can be,
why should' those affiliate now
who expect to engage in combat
so soon hereafter.
“We now have a harmonious
Democratic party, and we have a
bolting organization which claims
to represent another kind of De
mocracy. Let them both exist
and time will determine which is
fittest to survive.
“ If any'bimetallist is converted
to the gold standard he can join
their organization; if any gold
democrat repents he can return to
the fold. However much we may
differ from Mr. Cleveland we
must admit his courage.
“ A less resolute man would
hesitate to assume the leadership
of a little band of 180,000, many
of whom voted the Indianapolis
ticket by mistake, and then accuse
6,600,000 voters, of being (either
designing agitators or the dupes
of designing agitators.
“ A man of less self reliance
would re-examine his own con
duct to see whether it was his fol
ly or theirs which separated them
from 5,000,000 of Democrats who
once idolized him, but in the lexi
con of Mr. Cleveland’s maturer
years there is no such word as
4 mistake.’
Powerless to Relieve. •
“ The gold Democracy is impo
tent to bringing any real relief to
the country, it is long on plati
tudes and short on performance, it
reaches it maximum at a banquet
and its minimum at the polls. It
is the toy of those financiers * who
prate about national honor while
they fatten on tire nation’s ex
tremity, and is *powerless to pro
tect the people from the extortion
of trusts and the greed of unre
strained corporations.
“ Those Democrats who believe
in equality before the law will
naturally gravitate toward the
regular Democracy, and’ those
Democrats who believe in a gov
ernment by syndicates and for
syndicates Will naturady drift in
to the Republican party, because
it offers them' the best prospect of
success.”
Farmers who have tried the
Australian salt bush on California
soil, claim that it grows without
irrigation even on alkali soil, and
yields enormous crops of fodder,
to which cattle take like ducks to
water.
ICE! tt!
In order to insure a regular
supply of pure ice to the
people of Dalton, and at a
reasonable price, the
Ice i
will keep on hand in Dalton
a regular supply of pure i Ce
and has appointed
MR. J. J. STROUP, Age m
for Dalton and vicinity
who . will call upon yon
and solicit your trade. R e .
member we will always keen
you supplied with first qual-
ity ice and at a reasonable
price, and will meet with
any fair competition at any
time and from any source.
Chattanooga Ice Company.
C. IM. VANCE,
SADDLE and HARNESS SHOP.
Repairing a Specialty.—^
Cor. Hamilton and Crawford Sts.
DALTON. GEORGIA.
W. H. Darnell, a fifteen-year-old
boy residing in Hardin, Marshall
county, Ky., writes to a newspa
per : “ I am fifteen years of age
and weigh 180 pounds, and I am
six feet six inches high with my
shoes off.”
• Special Rates.
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
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 27th.
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. V. 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. McGuikk, Agent,
Dalton, Ga.
CITY.
LIVERY, SALE id Hi
STABLES.
Handsome Carriages.
Trusty Drivers.
The prettiest and neatest turnouts to b*
found anywhere in the city.
Open day and night. Special attentiou to
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Proprietors.
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the moat Genial
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in Whitfield county, and in
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In order to hasten this time we
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a standard monthly journal,
the subscription price of which
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the leading musical journal of
the South, published monthly
at 50 cents a year.
3. A copy of Revival Choir
No. 2,
the latest and best Sunday-
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This is the book that will be
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WILMINGTON, N. C., MAY « TO 1«.
1897.
Reduced Rates via Southern Hallway-
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vention at Wilmington, N. C »
May 6 to 14, 1897, the Southern
Railway will sell tickets to W il
mington, N. C., and return at
rate of one first-class limited fare
for the round trip.
Tickets will be on sale May
3rd to 7th inclusive; good to re
turn fifteen days from date o
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