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Was Narrowly Averted at Ring-
gold Yesterday.
W. D. SEYMOUR WAS THE ACTOR.
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The Old Man Was Accused With
Having Attempted Rape on a
Little School Girl.
There was a crowd of excited
men from the west side of Catoo
sa county yesterday morning in
Ringgold. On their faces was a
look of grim determination that
indicated they had come to the
Historic City for the express pur
pose of revenge.
It was the old, old stoiy of a
man giving way to his passion
and attempting a crime for which
the penalty in' Georgia is death.
Last • Thursday night while
teaching a little girl her lesson,
this old gray haired sinner is said
to have committed the brutal as
sault which came so near costing
him his life. N
W. D. Seymour, a man who is
fifty-eight years old, is, the party
accused with attempted rape on
the nine year old daughter of
Alonza Blaylock, of Catoosa
county.
Old man Seymour has been
teaching school this year at Pea-
vine church, just across the Walk
er county line, and has been
boarding at Alonzo Blaylock's.
The oldest daughter of Mr.
Blaylock is a bright eyed attract
ive little blonde of nine summers
There be Lords Many and Gods
Many.
Although religions of various
kinds, and are as old almost as the
world itself, and their doctrines
long since settled into a science
constitute an object of study and
investigation, and • although- the
gospel of Christ has been preached
nearly nineteen hundred years anc.
what is known as Christianity
claims to have entered into almost
eveiy department of business and
social, private and public life and
has become as familiar to us as any
other thing of great interest or ex
perience, yet if you ask fifty or a
hundred' persons of average intel
ligence “ What is true religion?
the very different answers which
they would give you would be a
matter of surprise as well as a
great bundle of contradictions anc
confusion, well calculated to raise
in your mind thoughts and solici
tudes moving .and mournful. The
answers would convince you that
a large majority of our race are
mistaking the way of safety and
walking in the broad road under
erroneous convictions and views
of the truth. It is possible that
with the facilities with which we
are blessed and abundance of
means of enlightenment in our
midst to direct us to a safe know
ledge of ourselves and correct un
derstanding of the Scriptures, for
the perverseness of human nature,
the hardness of the heart, the blind
ness of the mind, the love of sin,
despite of all means and efforts and
moral and religious forces engaged
to save them, for independent men
to lpose “ their own souls.” '
Too much of the religion of- our
Negro Robbed a Stranger on
East Rome Bridge.
FOOT PAD SECURES SOME MONEY.
The Victim Was Prof. S. J. Perry, of
Dalton—How he Palmed a Dol
lar and Fooled the Thief.
The old man had a preliminary
trial before ’Squire J. T. Bilbo | times is the result of an after
SIS
and was bound over to court with
out the privilege of a bond.
The bailiff brought Seymour to
Ringgold, and yesterday morning
he was to have been tried on a
writ of habeas corpus before the
Ordinary.
The crowd began to come to
town before the hour set for trial,,
and Sheriff Bryan decided that
his prisoner would live longer if
he changed his location, than if he
remained in Ringgold, so while
the crowd was collecting at the
court house he and his prisoner
took a stroll, unobserved by the
crowd, across the mountain to Mr.
Stubblefield’s home where they se
cured a horse and buggy and drove
to Tunnel Hill. At this point
they took the train for Dalton and
Seymour was locked up in the
Whitfield county jail.
The strategy practiced by Sher
iff Bryan unquestionably prolong
ed the life of his prisoner.
The old man claims, he is not
guilty, yet all the evidence in the
case seems to be to the contrary.
Ringgold New South.
thought.; the first thought is in
what pursuit or profession in life
we will engage in and be success
ful in making money or gratifying
our ambition or encompassing the
greatest amount of pleasure in the
world. The second or after
thought is to formulate a creed
that will justify us in the business
or profession which we have adopt
ed, and that is all in most cases we
r do for the safety of our souls. An
old prophet had seen this trend in
human nature, this deceitfulness
of sin in his -time, this fatal de
lusion, and palled it-a “ refuge of
lies.” Except your righteousness
exceed the righteousness of the
scribes and pharesees ye shall in
no case enter into the kingdom of
heaven. Our Saviour, in the 5th,
6th and 7th chapters of Matthew,
gives us a chart, a compendium of
instruction, which, if read with
prayer, believed in the heart, lovec
with the soul and practiced daily
in our lives, gives .assurance; and
St. James says “ we will be blessec
in and not for our deeds.”
W. C. Richardson.
There was a daring hold-up on
the East Rome bridge early Mon
day morning.
A gentleman from Dalton, whose
name could not be obtained, start
ed over to the East Rome depot to
catch the 1 o’clock train for Dal
ton.
AlS he stepped briskly on the
bridge he noticed a man walking
towards him. The party had his
hat pulled over his eyes, and was
slouching along as though he did
not want to be recognized.
As the gentleman came abreast
of the fellow, the latter threw his
read up and thrusting a pistol in
the others face said, \
“Gimme your money, or d—n
me if don’t blow you to kingdom
come.”
The gentleman saw that he was
a negro and a tough, determined
ooking one, too. He held up his
lands, while the negro hurriedly
searched his pockets. He look
several dollars in money from his
trousers, then backing off still
covering his victim with the pistol.
After getting some distance he
turned and ran hurriedly down
Second avenue and was soon out
of sight.
But the Daltonian worked a
trick on the robber. When the
demand came for him to hold up
lis hands his right brought a sil
ver dollar which he cleverly
palmed.
He went on to the depot and
told his story to the ticket agent.
The gentleman’s name could not
be learned.
The above item is from the
Rome Tribune, and they did net
know the name of the stranger.
The man who was held up was
Prof. S. J. Perry, of Dalton.
“A Modern Annanias.”
Last week The Citizen pub
lished the following item: . *
“ There is talk of producing ‘The
Modern Annanias’ in Dalton by
local talent. It is supposed that
the play will be presented for the
benefit of the Episcopal church.
The date and the selection of the
characters has not yet been fully
decided upon.”
Since that time the cast has
been selected as follows:
“ Lysander Lyon, M. D.”—With
The New Tariff Bill.
The Dingley bill is dead. In
its place this morning the coun
try is presented with an Aldrich-
Allison-Platt bill, which the sen
ate’s finance committe proposes as
a substistute.
The changes from the House
bill are striking. Reciproey is
sent to grass. Hides are taken
from the free list and made duti
able. Whole schedules have
been revised There is something
of a revenue feature in the. substi
tute. The Senate’s tinkers have
seen a light; that the bill which
Dingley sent them from the House
was not a revenue bill at all. It
is said their experts figured it out
that the Dingley bill in operation
would show a deficiency of not less
than $50,000,000 per annum dur
ing the first year or two, even if
the new tariff should perform the
miraculous feat of increasing the
buying power of the people by
taxing them heavily for every
thing they bought. In order to
fill up that $50,000,000 hiatus,
they have turned to tea and beer,
which they have decided to lay
under contribution for a part of
the amount estimated to be neces
sary.
The republicans are not saying
anything about “the poor man’s
breakfast table” now-a-days, nor
a word about the pool- man’s drink,
beer. The revenue is needed, and
the republicans have been forced
to turn to the sources which
promise to give It to them. Tea
is a purely revenue article. None
is produced in this country; and
beer can stand an increase of tax
ation without hurt to the .public
interests.
The proposition is that the tax
on beer shall be increased from $1
a barrell to $1.44. That would
amount to one-tenth of a cent in
crease on the five-cent glass of
by the consumer, so the tariff peo
ple say, and would add $13,000,-
000 a year to the revenues of the
government. The democrats have
been .suggesting an increase in the
beer tax ever since there was talk
of a revision of the tariff. But
the republicans have seemed
afraid to risk it.
It is proposed to lay the rates on
tea so as to make that commodity
yield about $10,000,000 a year.
It remains to be seen how the
proposition will be accepted. It
is hoped by the Senate committe
that the lowering of rates will re
sult in importations sufficient to
bridge the difference between the
estimated deficit and the increased;
revenues to be raised from the tea
duty and ths tax on beer.
The bill is still iniquitous; but
its degree of iniquity is less than
that of the measure it supplants.
Sanders Manufacturing Co. are
State agents for Plano mowers
and rakes.
Avlton,
JOHN L. MOORE,
Attorney - at - Law.
mcoitft,,
CHAS. P. GOEDOnP'"'
Physician and Sui ge ’ oni
, Surgeon Southern Railway
Office ll King s» y '
Teledhone 4, ^
DR. J. c. BIVINGS,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office Hamilton «t., two Doors if,, rIll
wick’s Bank, upstairs ' Haw '
Office ’Phone 29. Re,i«,e m ;
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DR.J. P. FANN,
Thursday, May 13th, Decoration Day.
Decoration day has been post
poned from Monday, May 10th,
until Thursday, May 13 th; owing
to the absence of Rev. Mr. Good
win, who is in attendance at the
Southern Baptist Convention at
Wilmington, N. C.
No services at the First Baptist
church next Sunday, owing to the
absence of the pastor.
We have the best binder, mower
and rake for the money. Sanders.
Dr. McAfee Says Not.
This is to certify I was called
to see Mrs. Howard some time last
September and found her suffering
from nervous prostration' and not
from intoxication.
J. G. McAfee.
DENT 1ST,
DALTON, GEORGIA. #
Office in [the Farm Building NY- 4/1 m
Street, over Cartwright Rrr : i* ** an Rlton
Gold Crown and Brid^wlrk °/ e '
Teeth without plates- All kinds of
done at prices*^ that defy^cce-ful on lwork
tion. Experience of 27 years con >peti-
established in Dalton misrt gUar prac ««>
Patronage Respectfully Solicited.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
OF B ling
DALTON FEMALE
Here is your chance to get the
only mower that runs light. San-
beer, which would scarcely be felt ders will fit you out.
What About Whitfield ?
The following item from the
Calhoun Times is equally applica
ble 'to Whitfield county:
“ A shrewd and observing citi
zen remarked the other day
“There has been enough money
thrown away on worthless' patents
and patent rights in Gordon coun
ty to build a first class cotton
mill.’ The only mistake be made
was underestimating it. If all the
money that has been carried out
of ti.is county during the past
twenty years by traveling agents
of one sort and another were
scraped together in a pile it would
' almost build a bran new house for
every family in the county and
what has the county got to show
for it? Bad crops, low prices of
cotton, floods and all manner of
disasters do not do half the dam
age that is done by the * army of
fake agents. The only sate way
is not to have anything whatever
to do with any of them. If one
offers you a gold dollar for ten
cents don’t touch it for you are
bound to be worsted in the end.”
General Assembly Presbyterian Church, a yiyi| imagination—Deimis Bar-
South, Charlotte, N. C., May 20-31, ' - °
Sanders will sell you a self bind-
r cheaper than any body.
1897.—Reduced Rate via
Southern Railway.
For the occasion of the General
Assembly Presbyterian. Church,
South, which will be held at Char
lotte, N. C., May 20-31, 1897, the
Southern Railway will sell tickets
to Charlotte, N„ C., and return at
rate of one first-class fare for. the
round trip; tickets to be sold May
17th to 21st inclusive, with final
limit June 10, 1897.
For further information call on
any agent of the Southern Ra 1-
way.
The typewriter is beyond
question-the deadliest weapon of
modern^ warfare. Armed with it
the Greeks bad no difficulty yes
terday in killing 7,000 out of a
possible 10,000 Turks. At this
rate there is no good reason why
they should not exterminate everv
mother’s son of the Mussulmans
in a month. Weyler was thought
to be a master of this engine of
destruction, but evidently he was
a mere tyro when compared to
the Greek generals that now have
it in operation.”—Tuesday’s Chat
tanooga News. - '7
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rett.
“ Col. Lyon ”—With a forgiving
disposition ; Lysander’s uncle—T.
R. Jones, jr.
' “ Derby Dash wood ”—With
piccadilly accent-; Lysander’s class
mate—Frank Smith.
“ Francisco ”—With an elastic
conscence; Lysander’s valet—
Charlie Parmalee.
“Baby,” Lysander’s stepdaugh
ter—Mrs. C. G. Spencer.
■ Nellie Goldengate”—With
fickle fancy; the colonel’s ward—
Miss Scylla Thomas
“ Prudence Mayflower ”—With
New England notions; Nellie’§
friend—Miss Grace Whitman.
“ Kittie With so much a
month and board; Baby’s maid—
Miss Annie Pruden.
The date for presentation has
not been decided on as yet, but
will probably be in the early part
of June. •
Des Moines has adopted the
curfew ordinance, and all children
under fifteen years of age hereafter
found on the streets after 8 o’clock
in winter and 9 o’clock in summer,
will be fined. - =* ' ‘ j
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