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Established 1850. If You Want to Know the Successful Merchants in Dalton Read The Citizen Advertisements. All Home Print VOL. XLVIIl. NO. 44. DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1898. $1.00 Per Annum A BUSINESS A Business built upon TRUTH will live and pros per for time immemorial. Our one-and-a-half score years of continuous selling goods in Dalton, is a record that any house would be proud to own- One great factor, that we give great credit to, as an absolute necessity in the management of our business,-is that we always have everything as * advertised, and alwavs sell at prices as advertised. Commencing SATURDAY MORNING WE WILL OFFER 2000 Yards of Brand New Fall Styles, Indigo Blue, Silver Gray, Black and White and Fancy Calicoes at the extraordinary low price of 10 yards for 39 cents. 150 Pairs Ladies’ Brand New Strap Slippers, $1.00 quality at 50c per pair. 75 pairs Ladies’ Brand New, Solid Leather, Cloth or Kid Top Tan Shoes. Others ask $2 for no better, Our price, $1.25 per pair. 1000 yards Fast Colored, Brand New, Fall Styles, Cotton.Outings for early Fall Wrappers, House Jackets of Dresses. The material is ex cellent. 10 cents would be cheap enough. Our price will be 8 l-3c per yard- Ladies’ Shoes. The correct style, the correct widths. 15 cases of Brand New Fall Wearers just opened. Lace or Button, Opera, Coin and Com mon Sense Toes, $1.50, $2.00 and $2-50, and they are worth every cent of it. Men’s Pants. Custom Made, Perfect Fitting, Correct Styles, Just opened up. Neat Stripes, Solid Colors and Fancy effects. $1.25 to $6.00 per pair. Boy’s Knee Pant Suits. Fall line now in stock. $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 per suit for splendid values. White Bed Spreads. A sample lot just received. We will offer them at Sample prices. 48c, 65c, 74c and 93c. We only have 3 dozen of these spreads and they won’t last long. Chronology of the War. j jgTSiS* April 21—President signs order {y A SPECIAL DRIVE. Saturday Morning we will place on Sale, 1 piece each of Light Blue, Nile Green, Lilac and Linen Color, Solid Shades, French Organdy, actual worth 29c, at 15c per yard. 3 yards make a waist. 10 to 12 yards make a dress. A good Gingham would cost nearly as much. | Do Your Trading at Our House. We almost know that for the past seven days we have been the busiest first class Dry Goods Store in Dalton. LOVEMAN’S. The Lowest in Price, First-Class Dry Goods, Shoe and Clothing House in Dalton. for North Atlantic squadron to sail for Cuba. April 22—Squadron leaves Key West. April 23—President issues call i for 125,000 volunteers. April 24—Asiatic squadron sails for Philippines. April 24—Spain declares war. April 25 —Congress declares war has existed since April 21. April 27—Batteries of Matanzas bombarded. April 29—Batteries at Cienfue- gos bombarded. April 30—Batteries at Cubanas bombarded. May 1—Spanish fleet at Manila destroyed. May 7—Matanzas forts shelled. May 9—Fight off Cardenas be tween Winslow and three Spanish gunboats. May 11—Attack on Cienfuegos. May 12—San Juan de Porto Rico bombarded. May 12—Cardenas shelled. May 13—Flying squadron leaves Hampton Roads. May 18—Flying squadron reach es Key West. May 18—Santiago bombarded. May 19—Cervera’s squadron in Santiago harbor. May 25—President issues sec ond call for 75,000 volunteers. May 25—First Manila expe dition leaves. May 31—Santingo forts bom barded. June 3—Collier Merrimac sunk. June 6—Bombardment of San tiago forts. June 8—Shafter’s force leaves Tampa. June 8—Caimanera bombarded. June 10—Marines land at Guantanamo. June 11—Fight at Guantanamo, the Spaniards repulsed. June 14—Army sails from Tampa. June 15—Second Manila expe dition sails. June 15—Spanish defeat at Guantanamo. June 16—Fort Caimanera de molished. June 16—Bombardment of San tiago forts. June 20—Shafter’s army ar rives at Daiquiri. June 21—Charleston captures the Ladrones. June 22 and 23—Shafter’s army lands. June 24—Juragua captured. June 24—Fight at La Quasina; the Spanish repulsed. June 26—Cadiz fleet at Port Said. June 26—Sbafter occupies Se villa. June 27—Shafter within three miles of Santiago. June 28—Third Manila expe dition sails. June 29—First expedition ar rives at Manila. June 30—Caney evacuated by the Spaniards. July 1—Outer defense of San- ! tiago taken. July 2—San Juan, near Santi ago, taken. July 3—Shafter demands sur- rendef of Santiago. July 3—Cervera’s fleet destroy ed. July 5—Camara’s fleet at Suez. j u lj (j—Spanish crusier Alfonso XII. destroyed. July 7—Dewey captures Isla Grande and 1 300 prisoners. July 8—Camara’s fleet ordered to return to Spain. i a u I ill PI Ifl 9 SUPPOSE YOU WERE TOLD That in some unaccountable way you had an overlooked deposit to your credit in the bank. It would puzzle you to account for it, and you might doubt it; but you wouldn’t let any grass grow under your feet in getting to the bank to investigate it,would you? i M H Ei I i PI i I iHl m 1 1 I When we tell you that we can sell you just as good goods as you have been buying, and in many cases a good deal better, and sell them to you at from 15 to 33 per cent, less than you pay else where, it may appear to you just as impossible, but is it not just as impor tant to investigate its truth ? The only difference is that the bank argu ment is only a supposition, while the other is a solid, tangible, demonstrable fact! We are here to prove it! Will you put us to the test? August is our great bargain month. We will clean out ail our Spring and Summer stuff at half price. We are compelled to have the room for the most varied and largest stock of Fall and Winter Goods ever brought to Dalton. Come to see us. We mean business and will prove to you just what we say. Simpson, Glouchester, and all Standard Prints, in light colored Stripes and Figures at 2^c per y’d. White Lawns, worth 5c and 6c, now only 2jc per yard. First Quality Table Oil Cloth, only 10c per yard. White Table Damask, pure flax, 62 inches wide, worth 90c, now 38c. Pepperell Mills, 10-4 Sheeting worth 30c, now 17c. Androscoggin Mills, 8-4 Sheeting, worth 25c, now 15c. Berkley Co.’s 4-4 Cambric, worth 15c, now 8c. Ladies’ White Duck Skirts, worth $1.00, now 50c. Ladies’ 50 Gague, Fast Black, Double Sole Hose, worth 25c, now 10c. First call 7-8 Bleached Domestic, only 2jc yard. We lead them all for good goods. Men’s Satin Calf, Congress and Lace, 90c to $1.25, worth double. Our $1.20 and $1.25 Dongola Button Shoe is a world beater. Men’s Spring and Summer Suits, $1.75 to $11.00; 25% under manufacturer’s prices. Men’s Brown Linen Crash Suits, $1.50 worth $3.50. Men’s Clay worsted Suits, worth $5.00 at $2.75. Men’s Straw Hats, worth 75c, now 25c. Boy’s Straw Hats worth 50c, now 25c. Give us a call and save your $$; we mean business. (Continued on Eighth page). A. E. CANNON, Proprietor