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Thursday, May 6* 1897.
—
The Citizen leads, other pa-
srs follow.
The friends of Frank Reynolds
wish him success wherever he may
lecide to locate.
The way of tiie transgressor is
hard, but some men keep travel
ing the pace that kills.
Opposition makes some people,
more sociable than they ever were
before. Have you noticed it?
The. large dividend declared by
the Crown Cotton Mill, of Dalton
continues to be the talk of the
manufacturing world.
An exchange says that a news
paper should not bushwhack the
party to which it professes to be
long, and the exchange is right.
Perhaps Watterson and Cleve
land will repair to Carson City
and settle their differences. If
they should we would have no
favorite in the mill.
The pike road to connect Dal
ton and the Chickamauga National
Park is still being talked about.
Congressman Maddox says he
will introduce the bill and work
hard for its success.
Several weeks ago The Citi-
izen inaugurated an educational
column. Since the success of our
column has become evident, other
papers have either followed or say
they intend ‘' having a* similar
column. Imitation is the sincerest
..flattery.
The grand jury’s recommenda
tion should have weight because
they represent every section of
the county, and twenty-three of
them were doing their sworn duty
when they said the county print
ing should be divided.
Greece has her Joan of Arc in
the person of Helene Constantin-
dies, a nineteen year old lassie
who is the standard bearer of a
company of 2,000 irregulars. Her
uniform is similar to that of the
men.
The Atlanta war, of words, is
over.
Next Thursday will be observed
as memorial day in Dalton.
After that reform club speech
if Grover does not catch any fish
we will not be surprised.
In the future the Brunswick
Advertiser will be issued as a
weekly instead of a daily.
The W ay cross Herald puts it
thusly: “Sam Jones is to pay
Savannah a professional visit.”
Somebody will have to write
Dingley an introduction to his bill
or he will not be able to recognize
it when it returns from the senate.
The Tennessee Centenial at
Nashville is a drawing card. The
gates of this mammoth show were
thrown open to the world on Sat
urday and all of the Southland is
proud of the exposition.
Hon George Ochs is presiding
over the convention of the Nat
ional Municipal League of Amer
ica, which is in session at Louis
ville, Ky. Chattanooga feels hon
ored by this compliment to her
mayor.
Editor H. A. Wrench, of the
Brunswick Advertiser, has the
sincerest sympathy of a host of
friends in the loss of his beloved
wife. Mrs. Wrench had many
friends in Dalton who mourn her
death.
A county fair for this section
of Georgia would prove a drawing
card, and it is believed if Whitfielc
should decide to inaugurate one
that Catoosa, Gordon, Murray anc
Walker counties will lend a help
ing hand. Nothing could be done
that would be more beneficial
the stock growers, the farmers
the merchants, the mechanics, in
fact everybody living in this sec
tion of the State.
to
WHO' THEI ABE.
The one man horse-power coun
ties are a thing of the past. Every
free man has a right to be seen
and heard. No one man in Whit
field can run the county, it don’t
make any difference what his bus
iness, is or how he spells his name.
The ,Romeyn court martial ki
Atlanta is over, but the verdict
has not been made public. The
aii-ing of the dirty linen of Fort
tcPherson has not elevated* th<
jffieers of Uncle Sam in the esti
lation of the people.
The county board did not takf
action on the recommendation o*
the grand jury concerning tin
new jail, yet in September the
will settle the question by th<-
erection of a bastile that is in kee]
ing with the progressiveness oi
the county.
The Board of Roads and Reva
lues of Whitfield county did t' e
iper thing Tuesday when tb y
jcided that they would make the
lecessary improvements on the
Btween Dalton and Spring
iw let the commissic-il
ly county decide to
leet the Whitfield folks at the
county line, and the capitals oi
the two counties will"be united
with a fine roadway *and drive.
The monetary commission ap
pointed by President McKinley
consists of Senator E. A. Wolcott,
of Cal., Charles J. Payne, of Mass.
and ex-Vice-President Adlai Ste
venson, of Illinois.
The three items following will
tell you briefly of the trio.
E. A. Wolcott, of Colorado,
senator; lawyer; capitalist; inter
ested in silver mines in Colorado
recently returned from a trip to
Europe in the interest of bimetal
ism.
Chas. J. Payne, of Massachu
setts, lawyer; capitalist; yachtman
Ie accompanied Senator Wolcott
o Europe; is in favor of bimetal
ism by international agreement.
A. E. Stevenson, of Illinois
iwyer, ex-Vice President of the
United States; is in favor of bi
metalism with or without interna-
lional agreement.
WHAT IS, AND-WHAT IS NOT REASON
ABLE.
“ Mr. W. J. Bryan appeared in
1 he supreme court in Washington
• •n Wednesday and made an argu
ment in an ‘ anti-monopoly ’ case,
growing out of a Nebraska statute
lixing a freight rate for railroads.
Che roads affected applied f(5r an
injunction on the ground, among
others, that the rates established
were unreasonable, as not beir g
sufficient to maintain the property*
and consequently that the statute
was an act of confiscation, and
.Justice Brewer, who heard the
4 ase below, granted an injunction
on this ground. Mr. Bryan’s
point was to overcome this decis
ion, and his argument deserves at
tention. What he asked the su-
; reme court to hold was, that-the
reasonableness of railroad rates
Sepends, not on. what the proper
ty had cost its owners, but what
it would cost some one else now to
replace it. Now no court, or
judge, not even the supreme court
itself, in its recent anti-trust de
cision, has ever held that reason
ableness means anything but rea
sonableness; and hence the diffi
culty they find in sustaining Mr.
Bryan. To help him out they
must decide that reasonableness
and arrant nonsense may be one
and the same thing." No man will
put any property into a raidroad,
if twenty years later rates are to
be fixed based on what it would
then cost someone else to build
the road,’ and if you ask him why,
he will tell you that he is entitled
to a reasonable return, and then
instead of that you propose to
swindle him out of any.”—New
York Evening Post.
This may be reasonable from the
standpoint of a railroad attorney!
or a subsidized press, but it is
worse than “ arrant nonsense ” to
an unbiased public. The man
who builds or buys a railroad
takes, or should take, exactly the
same risk that is taken by tbe
man who buys or builds any
other kind of property. Less than
ten years ago a friend of the wri
ter bought property in Chattanoo
ga for which he paid $20,000.
Five years after he said he would
be glad to g^^^^aajble return
in rental o^Hhalf that amount.
Exactly the same thing is true . in
regard to almost everything else.
If a merchant gets a reasonable
profit on -the price he pays for
goods today he is satisfied, and if
he has on hand stock that he
bought twenty years ago, - he
would be thought a lunatic if he
insisted on getting a reasonable
profit on the original price of such
goods.
Whether we invest in railroads
or in any other kind of property
we must take the chances as to
the value of such property. The
only reasonable view of the mat
ter is that railroad property has
suffered the same shrinkage in
value as has all other property,
and those who own this kind of
property should be satisfied to
have their property diminished in
like manner. But the railroads
are privileged corporations—in
the minds of some' newspapers
for good and sufficient reasons. "
Brevities.
The Griffin News and Sun has
been able to find the silver lining
to the black clouds of poverty. It
says : .“There is an advantage in
being poor. The poor .man goes
out and gathers his own turnip
greeus and has them fresh. The
rich man buys a lot of wilted stuff
It is Alniost Certain that Rent Will b^jat the grocery, which his French
Bondsmen Will Probably Pay
Northeastern Rental Today.
THE TIME EXPIRES AT NOON.
Paid—If Not State Will Take
V . ' -
Charge of the Road.
cook ruins.’
Rev. J. H. Phillips, performed
[ another marriage ceremony on
Sunday morning at his restaurant.
The contracting parties were Mr.
Alfred H. Gourdin, of Murray
county and Miss Pearl Boatwright,
of Whitfield county. They came
to Dalton especially for the pur
pose of getting married, and as
I soon as the ceremony was over re-
It now seems almost * certain
that the Northeastern railroad will
not be seized by the State of
Georgia.
The bondsmen have been hard
at work since the receiver was ap
pointed and they have finally al
most ... completed arrangements
whpreby they will be able to P a Y I tarned home.
the rent of the road and let the I
• • . The Bookmen will not hold an-
receiver remain in charge..
Several days ago Mr. W. S. other meeting until September,
Witbam went to New York and at On Monday, May 17, they will
the time went to see Richards. If have a big dinner at Hotel Dalton,
he saw him the result of the inter- A committee consisting of John
view is not known, but it was an- Thomas, Julian McCamy and E
nounced yesterday afternoon that P* Davis were appointed to get
it was almost certain that the I up a program for September, Oc
bondsmen would pay the rent. Jtober, November and December,
Yesterday was the last day in I the first half of the next regular
which the rent could be paid, but wipter meetings.
Governor Atkinson extended the j£d. Hardin, an old negro who
time until 12 o’clock today, and has ]^y ed around Dalton for half
if the rent is not paid at that time a century, dropped dead last Mon-1 ^ sight of the ho
the proability is that the road will | day m0 rning about 10 o’clock. | accosted by a negro, who demand
of the late J.
Veach of Adairsville was fil ec j
last Wednesday with the register
of Hamilton county, Tenn., f or
probate. His estate is valued at
from $500,000 to $800,000, m0 st
of which is at and in the vicinity
of Adairsville. He also owned
considerable property in Chattanoo
ga. He bequeathed to his wife a
considerable amount of property
also an annual income of $1,000
during her lifetime. At the ex
piration of ten years the mill at
Adairsville, and other property
there is to be sold and divided be
tween his three children. One
interesting feature of the wiii is
that he donated $500 to the East
View cemetaiy at Adairsville,
those in charge to invest the mon
ey and apply the interest thereof
toward keeping Mr. Veach’s grave
green.
FATALLY HURT BY FOOTPAD.
Negro Stabs Miss Emma Smith and
Tries to Rob Her.
Winder, Ha., May 4.—At White
Plains, eight miles north of here,
Miss Emma Smith, of that place,
was fatally stabbed because she re
sisted an attempt at highway rob
bery.
Miss Smith spent last night at
a neighbor’s, and about 12 o’clock
today, while returning home aud
Southern States at the Centennial.
Georgia and Florida will have
special exhibits at Nashville, and
Savannah will be among the cities
a portion of whose military will
spend some time in encampment
there. Georgia’s resources and in-,
dustries will be represented as they
were at the Cotton States and In
ternational exposition in 1895. It
behooves the people of these two
States, as well as others, to join in
the celebration with a sister State
of the glories which one hundred
years of statehood have brought
her, for they are the glories of the
south and theirs as well. The
proximity of the Nashville Expo
sition to the west will bring there
many western people who might
not make a longer trip. Why
should not this afford a splendic
opportunity for the people of Geor
gia and Florida to turn a tide of
immigration to their soil? With
the proper showing of their re
sources and the right kind of rep
resentation there, Nashville might
be made a gateway to the settle
ment of one of the richest sections
of the south.—Savannah News.
The Music Normal.
Among those in attendance up
on Prof. Showalter’s special ses
sion of his Normal Musical Insti
tute, are such prominent teachers
as J. M. Bowman, of Virginia, J
Tenry Showalter, of Ohio, G. P
Leonard and J. P Michael, of
North Carolina, A. H. Butler, of
Florida, Miss Mary McCarty anti
W. H. Yarbrough, of Georgia
Some of these teachers are quite
well known as composers also,
while Prof. J. H. Showalter is one
of the best singers ever heard in
Dalton. His assistance, together
with.that of Prof. Bowman, at the
sacred concert at the Presbyterian
church tonight, will he greatly
appreciated.-by Dalton’s music lov
ing public which promises to be
out in full force.
A discussion is going on as to
who is the originator of the El-
berta peach. We hope to see this
question settled definitely so that
we may contribute to a fund for a
monument to a benefactor of the
human race.—Atlanta Journal.
be seized. I He was out planting cotton at the I ed her money.
It can almost be stated positive- time> The old darky had not
ly that*the rent will be paid and been strong for the past three
that means that the road will re- ygars, as he has had dropsy-. Cor-
main in the hands of Receiver oner William Black did not hold
Dooly. * an inquest over the dead man
Early yesterday it was thought | there were witnesses present at the | road f or
that the bondsmen would fail to
pay the rent, hut later it was giv
en out that the matter would be
settled today and the receiver
would remain in charge.
The road was placed in the
hands of a receiver by a petition
from T;. J. Ripley, receiver of the
State Savings; bank, presented in
Clarke county superior court. In
the petition asking for a receiver
it was shown, that the road was
due $5,500 to the bank and that
debt was qverdue. . _
mu • . , , , , badly damaged,
I he receiver was appointed, but| J %
the day following was the date on
which the rent, $4,500 was to be I man who, it is said, always pays I of Dayton, say that he is a victim
paid and the receiver could not f° r his local paper in advance. As of snakes,
meet it. v A hearing was had be- a result he has never been sick a Mr. Clark has been bitten uine
fore Governor Atkinson and he day in his life, never had any corns times by poisonous reptiles, and
agreed to allow the matter to go on his toes, or the toothache, his the snakes evidently have it in for
over until yesterday and then set-1 potatoes never rot, his oats never I the reverend gentleman.
rust, the weevil never eats his j
wheat, the frost never kills his
to New York and it was then an-j corn or beans,'his babies never-cry ministerial work with the pursuit
nounced that the bondsmen would a ^ night and his wife never scolds, of agriculture. He had been bitten
probably pay the rent and allow When he dies he will get a free five or six times before he decided
stay in the hands of | editorial pass to the new Jerusa-| that he was spotted by tbe snakes,
lem, where the street paving is
When told that she had no
money, he drew a large knife, and
with an oath, slashed at her. The
knife entered the left side.
Miss Smith lay upon the public
an hour before being dis-
time he fell. 'covered. Her wound is pronounced
The wreck which occurred in I fatal by her physician. Citizens
the Southern yards in this city are in hot pursuit, and if the ne-
last Saturday resulted in the in- gro is caught a lynching may be
jury of G. Q. Quinn, of Trickum, expected,
the fireman and of a passenger on Miss Smith is able to talk and
the local ffeight, Mrs. Jane Cart- says she is certain the negro is
wright, of Plainville, Ga. Their Lon White, who worked on a
injuries were not serious, but neighbor’s place,
painful. The local freight was
late and taking water when the | A GOOD SNAKE STORY.
special crashed into the cab. The )t Djffers from Mothers Because
engine and caboose were pretty | jj. j s J rij g t
The friends of Rev- Joseph
A weekly exchange speaks of a I Clark, a local Baptist clergyman
tie it
One of the bondsmen was sent
The minister formerly lived in
Rhea county and combined his
the road to
the receiver instead of reverting to
the State as it would do was the I done a la gold standard.
rent not paid at the time on which
it fell due.
The
Night Club has about abandoned
Yesterday the attorneys for the | their beIoved weekly seanoes
receiver saw the governor and the The old lace of meeti ;
4-L«4. £...>1 J.i.1 j I 1 -O
result was that the fiual settlement
and he decided to move to Dayton,
where they would not have such
Young Men’s Saturday I chances as rural life afforded * But
instead nf matters mending, the
attacks grew more frequent, and
on one occasion,, while the brother
is now
but a hollow mockery of past and was P reachin g an unusually com
of the matter was postponed until better days, a true relic of depart- fortin g sermon, a serpent of
frv 1 -tt n 4- I O I *- I 1 t
to-day at 12 o’clock.
At that time the bondsmen
will appear before the governor
and if they pay the rent the road
will remain in the hands of the re-
the
ed granduer. The “ Grizzled ” I co PP er h ead variety crawled
veterans who once -were swayed through a crack In the “meetin
house” floor and struck a bee-line
_ I for the parson.. Some of the elders
by the melting, soothing,' carress-
ing tenderness of the nightly ses
sions, now roam the streets in ab-1 inter ferred and prevented the rep
ceivCr, but if they fail the govern- j ect deS pah.. But soon their ^ rdm gaining - a'victory in the
will undoubtedly take charge I thought8 will turn J « . and pulpit.
i4* 4 L /\ rtT 4-V» I *■ I *■
as the pathetic dies away and the
clash of glass and boisterous song
is heard it will remind them of
the Midnight room and its atten-
dant glory, then with quickening | officia , statistics for 1896 „f
pu e an ro ing eart they the seven Australian colonies give
" U1 °° 0e m<>fe ° har ® e 101088 the I their population as being 4,323,
Brussels carpey shppery with m . Melbourne is said to have
loam, over chairs even to the
spiget’s mouth belching forth ra-j
zors and bad dreams. Some will I
or
of it in the name of the State.—
Constitution.
Honor Roll
For Seven} b Grade, April 1897:
Mr. Clark has no fears of dying
from a snake bite, and believes he
will live out his allotted life of
usefulness.
Neal Hamilton,
98
Roy Perry, - - -
96
Walter Bowen, - -
95.1
Mollie Elrod, - -
94.6
Adele Manly, - -
98.4
Alley Lynn,. -
92
Will Perry, -
92
Jessie Henderson, -
90.1
lost 42,486 inhabitants since 1891.
Confederate veterans who are
interested in the date of the next
annual reunion of the United Con-1 rest
federate Veterans will find that
survive, some will fall on the field!
red and gory, and some will be
forced to remain in their glory.
Society no longer. perplexes their I
once perturbed mind, they now I
in peaceful convalescence.
The theater carriage has lost its i
the reunion takes place in Nash- P re Y’ strawberries and cream have
ville, Tenn., Tuesday, Wednesday 1oS ^j tBeir fla J or > the charming!
“•^tn. I agreeable circle.
LOCAL TIME TABLE.
Western & Atlantic.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 2, H :41 a. m., for Chattanooga.
No. 6,6:27 p. m., for Chattanooga.
No. 4,11 -.17 p. m., for Chattanooga.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 3,5:13 a. m., for Atlanta.
No. 5,8:36 a. m., for Atlanta.
No 1,4:10 p. m., for Atlanta. .
-Southern Railway.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 13,11:45 a. m., for Chattanooga.
No. 7,2:30 a. m., for Chattanooga.
No. 27,5:25 p. m. f for Chattanooga.
No. 9,7:89 p. m., for Chattanooga. ’
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 8,12:11a. m., for Atlanta.
No. 10,7:61a.m., for Atlanta.
, 2:23 p.,m‘ for ^tlanu.