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4 Starts fexxrgm Citizen Published every Thursday. ; PH0N3ES : Editorial and Easiness Offlce Local and Society Editor Official Organ of the County. Official O'gan of the United. States Circuit and District Courts, Northwestern Division, North ern District of Georgia. T. S. SHOPS, \ A. J. SHOWALTER. 1 Proprietors CHARLES H. OAViS, Editor and Manager. Terms of Subscription One Tear ■lx Months Three Months S9*Entered at the Dalton, Ga., Postoffice for transmission through the mails as second- class mail matter. Thursday, Aug. 6, 1903. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEflENTS Chattanooga Dry Goods Co. Chattanooga Shoo Co. W. A. Anderson—Farm for sale. “Property Owner"—City lots for sale. Toil on! toil on! ye sons of men, Examples all aronnd yon, For instance, take the scratching hen— Then go to work, confound you! There seems to be more “charges” in that lobbying at the legislature than anything else. Those lobbying charges by some of the members of the legislature is a sort of tempest in the tea-pot affair. It is now up to Bill Jones to return to Dalton where criminals are protected. No harm can come to him. Atlanta has sprung a first-class milk scandal. You can depend on Atlanta doing her “stunt” anything. “Dixie” is a favorite air at all of the G. A. R. gatherings. There was a time when it had no such cheerful sound.—St. Louis Globe Democrat. If those people who have striven so hard for clemency in the Perry case would have put forth their efforts for good, this community would rise up and call them blessed. Governor Terrell got ninety-two votes in W hitfield county at his election and John Perry got his sentence commuted against the wishes of about ninety-two per cent, of our people. The anniversary edition of the Atlanta News was a credit to that excellent afternoon paper. It was full of good, healthy looking ads We congratulate the management of the News bn its splendid suc cess. When Perry talks for publica tion he talks differently from the way he talked on the witness stand at his trial, and the other day in his cell, when he said if it were possible he would shoot with intent to kill Judge A. W. Fite, Sam P. Maddox, Frank Summer- our and T. S. Shope. If there is any honor attaching itself to the commutation of John Perry it is due to Hon. George G. Glenn, his attorney, and The Cit izen most heartily congratulates him on his victory. Of course there are “cat-paws” who will claim the credit, but the claims will be empty and meaningless. Crime, steeped in the blood of innocents, laughs gleefully over its victims, and mocks menacingly the law enacted for its suppres sion. It shames and humiliates law-respecting citizens and brings odium on a community which re tards material progress and tends to arrest moral development. The commutation of the death sentence of a man who says he murdered wilfully and would do it again, who says there are peo ple in Dalton who, if it were possible, he would kill now, is a striking example of the ineffect iveness of our criminal law and what a sickly, maudlin sentiment can do. The Slaton insanity hill has passed the house by a good vote. This bill is intended to do away with the insanity plea in murder cases.- The legislature ought also pass a bill compelling the governor and prison commission to “hands off” in murder cases, especially if they intend to heap on other com munities the same disgraceful pro ceedings they did on this one with reference to the Perry case. THE NATIONAL ROAD QUESTION. The Citizen is in receipt of the following letter from United States Senator Clay, of Georgia, on the question of a national road from Chattanooga to Atlanta, which contains gratifying assurance of his willingness to extend all aid in his power to secure the necessary ap propriation for such a highway : Marietta, Ga., July 29, 1903. Mr. C. H. Davis, Editor North Georgia Citizen, Dalton, Ga. My Dear Sir:—I have your favor of the 25th, inst., in reference to the establishment of a national road from Chattanooga to Atlanta. This matter, you know, has not yet been discussed before congress. In order to secure an appropriation for such a road it will be essential to show that such a road will he of national importance. This I think can he done, taking into consideration the battles that were fought from Chattanooga to Atlanta. I have not given the matter much thought as yet, but will do so at once, and will be glad to render any assistance within my power to secure the necessary appropriation to begin and complete such an important work. Yours very truly, A. S. Clay. The Chattanooga Times of last Sunday takes the question up edi torially in the following strong article of endorsement of the project: The North Georgia Citizen (Dalton) is agitating with commend able and intelligent zeal the movement for a “national highway” from Chattanooga to Atlanta, along the line of Sherman’s march in his memorable campaign during the closing days of the civil war. Mr Charles H. Davis, the editor of the Citizen, is taking an active per sonal interest in the great enterprise and is devoting much of his time to creating sentiment in its behalf. We have called attention to this matter before and have indicated the approval of the project by the people of this cii;y and vicinity who, we feel sure, stand ready to help it in any way they can. Mr Davis has succeeded in interesting a number of public men in the en terprise, and he has strong hope of uniting the Georgia and Tennessee congressional delegations in an effort to secure the appropriation nec essary to carry the idea into execution. The Hon. Gordon Lee, senator frortf the Walker county district writing from Atlanta, cordially approves of the idea, and says: I assure you I am greatly interested iu this movement, as suggested by The Cit izen. I dp not think it a “wild dream," but I do believe by the active efforts of the patriotic citizens and our governor and senators and representatives in congress that this splendid boulevard can be built. The road suggested by you would not only, to my mind, he the most suitable monument that could possibly be erected, but it would also connect a succession of battlefields, not only of national but of international interest. The government, when it builds this road, would honor the Union and the Confederate soldiers alike, and in so doing would erect to itself the greatest monument in the world. As yon say, it would be a fine example of road-building, and all intersecting roads would be improved, for the people of Georgia would see the value of goocl roads. The idea of such a great boulevard connecting Chattanooga and Atlanta, the two Southern oities most interestingly associated with the closing scenes of the “national tragedy,” the two cities w! ere oc curred the culminating struggle between the matchless armies of the two sections, as a monument of the greatness and heroism of the men engaged in that epoch-making conflict, commends itself strongly not only to the sentiment but to the patriotism of the people. The cost of the proposed boulevard would be inconsequential compared with the vastness of its soope and meaning. Senator Lee calls attention to one of the substantial and material benefits to accrue from the building of such a thoroughfare, namely, it would call the attention of the peoble of the middle South to the vast importance of good roads and give them an object lesson of how they should be constructed and maintained to bring the greatest ben efit to the greatest number of people. Good roads are needed by the people of the middle South more than any other public improvement, and the building of this boulevard would be the opening up of a mag nificent crusade for good thoroughfares that would be irresistible. % | PASTE POT AND SCISSORS, i ttfe t(r *** “Butter goes down,” says the headline over a market item. Not as strong as it was, in other words.—Macon Telegraph. Silence is sometimes as eloquent as a thunderstorm—as when, for instance, your mother-in-law looks at you but speaks not.—Frank L Stanton in Constitution. The Rome baseball team evi dently labors under the impression that it is better to have played and lost than never to have played at all.—Rome Tribune. AS TO THE GOVERNOR AND PRISON COMMISSION. THE “BLOODY SEVENTH.” The Citizen has a long time believed that our law of capital punishment is a farce—not of itself—but made so by weak-kneed officials—officials who know their duty and fail to do it, for political or other purposes, generally poli tical. It is a sad commentary when justice miscarries on account of such conditions. The governor knows, and the prison commission knows, that the direction they have seen fit to give the Perry case is not to the best interest of this section, or of any section of the state. It is a bad precedent and tends only to in crease crime. It is a disgrace to Whitfield county and places it before the world as a place of lawlessness. It places it where, in all probabil ity, the next murder committed will result in a lynching, to our everlasting shame, with the re sponsibility resting on our ineffi cient governor and prison commis sion, for the most part a set of groveling politicians, elected by the people to enforce law and order, instead of defeat it. In the light of the case they had no reason founded in fact for their action. They know full well that Perry is a self-confessed unrepentant murderer, thirsting for more blood. Even the gentle Christ, whose teachings were wholly those -of mercy, never taught to forgive without repentance. We defy the governor and prison commission to give a palpa ble reason for their action,knowing as we do, that no facts were put before them to justify it. A maudlin sentiment was brought to bear, aud that was all, save a worthless and meaningless petition. Senator Gordon Lee,represent ing the 44th senatorial district was a visitor to Marietta last week He, it is said, was here looking into “the lay of the land of the Seventh Congressional District; and it is farther said that he aspires to fill the shoes of Hon. John W. Maddox. -We do not know how this is, but we do know that Mr. Lee is quite a polished gentleman, competent and capable, and that should he enter the race for honors in the “Bloody Seventh” there’ll be some stirring about before he is beaten. Mr Maddox is regarded as one of Georgia’s strongest representa tives in the lower house of the national assembly and is person ally known to nearly all his con stituents; but Mr. Lee would bring with him into the race the buoy ancy of young and vigorous man hood, a magnificent personality and form, large wealth and thor ough mental equipment for such labors as congressional honors de mand. We look forward to the developments along the liue of this contest with considerable interest. —Cobb County Courier. Guiseppe Sarto, a Venetian car dinal, has been elected as Pope Leo’s successor. He takes the name of Pius X. OASTOHIA. Bean the /f Tl> 8 KM You Han Always Bought Signature of Hon. John W. Maddox, Hon Gordon Lee and Solicitor Moses Wright have all been thought of with respect to 7th Congressional district honors. If there are any more probable candidates we are not aware of it, and we propose to indulge our share of interest in the developments as they ma terialize.—Dade County Sentinel Hon. A. W. Fite has been thought of and favorably men tioned himself a few times. The Dalton Citizen continues to go after that proposed military road from Chattanooga to Atlanta and here’s to its success.—Ac- worth Post. Strength and rigor come of good food duly digested. “Force,” a ready-to- serve wheat and barley food, adds no burden, but sustains, nourishes, invig orates. tf. Lamb at W. M. Haig’s. Trading Stamps. Mississippi’s primary occurs Thursday, and the Jackson News observes that “those who have brought the negro into Mississippi politics in this state are going to be sorry for it.” The fair fame of Georgia de mands that every rumor of criminal and improper lobbying be chased up to the bar of the investigating committee, and now is the time to beat the bushes.—Constitution. The cure of a man in London of a propensity to theft by an opera tion on his brain opens up a wide field for discussion on the econ omic question of whether it would be cheaper to keep on with jails or perform operations.—Albany Herald. A Chicago chemist claims to have found a way to decompose water and says he can supply il luminating gas 400 times cheaper than the present prices. It is to be hoped there is something more than gas in this talk.—Savannah News. v Carrie Nation was arrested in Scranton on Wednesday and fined 0 for selling without a license. She was selling souvenir hatchets when the police decided to do a little smashing themselves and a regular Kansas melee followed.— Atlanta News. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Real estate transfers in Whit field county since July 30, as recorded by Clerk W. M. Sapp, are as follows: Patsy Morris to M. E. Heggie, lot in Dalton, $100. G. W. Mills to R. R. Clark, land in Tunnel Hill district, $2,500 W. F. Lasater to Mrs. Claude Fox, land in 9th district, $5. ********** «* : , » T m f Of A Purely Personal Nature^; Walter Hightower, of Rome, spent Sunday in Dalton. Mr. Paul Buccholz will be a visitor to Gordon Springs soon. Dr. G. H. Hightower made a business trip to Rome Tuesday. Gen. B. M. Thomas has returned from his visit to Milledgeville, Ga. Misses Lulu and Forence Blake are spending a few days in At lanta this week. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hester, of Chattanooga, visited,, Dalton Sun day. Miss Julian Perdue leaves Sat urday for a visit to Dalton, Ga. Constitution. Miss Ida Hudson, of Adairs- ville, is the guest of Mr. aud Mrs. J. L. Hudson. R. L. Mehaffey, of the Union Stove & Manufacturing Co., was in town Tuesday. Dr. J. C. Bivings and family will probably return from Gordon Springs on Thursday of next week. Misses Geraldine McCutchen and Nora Sanders left Monday for a visit to relatives at Rising Fawn. Miss Dora Hunt, who is now teaching at Varnell, spent Satur day and Sunday with her mother here. P. B. Trammell spent yester day in Atlanta. R. Y. Gray has returned from a visit to Rhea Springs. Mrs. Ab Flemister has been somewhat ill the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Judd re turned Saturday from Europe. is W. B. McKnight, of Memphis, with Dalton relatives this week. Miss Floy Felker, of Monroe, Ga., is visiting Miss Lula Felker. Miss Mary Seay has returned from her visit to friends at Clements. Charlie Smith, of the W. & A and Claude Brown, of the South ern, are spending the week at Co- hutta. Walter Schneider left last night for Florence, Ala., where he will spend a couple of days on bush ness. W. A. Mann, of Cohutta, i s re . lieving W. M. McDonald, of the Southern, who is spending the week in North Carolina. Mrs. Fred Hayes, of Chattanoo ga, was with her husband at the Fincher House several days last week. Mrs. Fannie Lester returned Sunday from a pleasant visit to friends in Cleveland and Chatta nooga. Manager J. W. Beard, of the Dalton & Alaculsey, railroad, spent the first of the week in At lanta. Mrs. Lee Harlan will return to day from her visit to Tunnel Hill. Arthur Keith, of Memphis, is with home folks here for a brief visit. Miss Minnie Hamilton returned Tuesday after spending a week in Atlanta. William DeJournette was the guest of relatives here Sunday and Monday. Mrs. Thomas Treadwell, who has been seriously ill, is reported improving. Dr. and Mrs. R. I. Peak, of At lanta, are in Dalton for the month of August. Walser Seay, of Atlanta, has been with his mother, Mrs. Stroup, for the past week. Miss Angie Blosser, of Atlanta, arrived Friday last for a visit to Miss Carrie Horne. Misses Maymie and Jimmie Lou Fincher left today for a week’s stay at Cohutta Springs. Mrs. Horace J. Smith left yes terday for Ringgold, where she will remain until Sunday. Dr. J. A. Dubose and wife, and Miss Alice Bell, of Anniston, Ala., are guests of Mrs. J. W. Bailey. r ffo the Citizens ef SDalten and Vicinity: It is our intention to show to the trade this fall and winter not ^ only the largest, but the very best stock of MEDIUM AND FINE ± GRADES OF STYLISH li/ i w itkees and Slippers MARRIAGE LICENSES. Marriage licenses have been issued by Judge Jos. Bogle since July 30, as follows: Ira W. Deverell and Josie Ledford. Henry Q. Wilson and Ethel L. Huffaker. James T. Moreland and Decia Caldwell. Jessie Wilson and Orra McGill. Raises Fine Ones. Mr. J. D. Gore, the night man at the Cherokee Lumber Co., pre sented a Citizen man with some of the finest peaches and tomatoes that he has ever seen. Mr. Gore lives on Judge Bogle’s North Dal ton place and says he has succeed ed in raising a good crop of peaches each year for the past three years, avenue * and he does it by putting straw around the trees when the ground is frozen and then covering the straw with about six inches of earth. This keeps the peaches back until all danger of their being killed is gone. This is Mr. Gore’s theory and it is a good one. Mr. Gore grows big Belgian hares as well as big peaches, hav. ing one now which weighs fourteen pounds. The Largest Yet. Prof. A. J. Showalter showed The Citizen man last Friday the largest peach he has ever seen or heard of. It was an Elberta, weighed 18 ounces and measured 12 1-4 inches in circumference. This immense fruit specimen was the product of Mr. Showalter’s own orchard, near Dalton. Miss Lulu and Oscar Armstrong, of Dalton, Ga., who have been the guests of Mrs. Fitzsimmons and other friends at this place for the past two weeks, left for their home Friday.—Cleveland Banner. & it* shown in the South. We give you the best. We fit your feet correctly. We want your trade. il/ & ito 'Chattanooga tfhoe 'Company 803 Market Street, Chattanooga, » « Tennessee. W 9\ 9\ m $ m M Mrs. Georgia Robertson return ed Tuesday afternoon after a six weeks’ visit among friends in At lanta and other points. Mrs. R. E. Parker and children, of Atlanta, are with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Shu mate, on School street. Mrs. C. B. Willingham returned yesterday to her home in Marietta, after being the guest of Mrs. J, M. Sanders tor a couple of weeks. Miss Annie May Thorne, who for the past week has been the guest of Miss Dimple McCamy, returned Tuesday to her home in Atlanta. Miss Forrest Smith, of Boyn ton, is visiting Miss Hattie Cav- ender. Mrs. F. B. Van Deman, of Jacksonville, Fla. is at Hotel Dalton for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Pryor Campbell, of Hughes, Ga., spent Tuesday i Q the city shopping and meeting their many friends.—Cleveland Banner. Prof. A*. J.. Showalter leaves to morrow for Manitou, Ky., where he will conduct a four weeks’ nor mal. This will end his seasons’ normal work. Sam Loveman was down Sun- day from Chattanooga, spending the day at the Richardson farm where Mrs. Loveman and child are summering. Mrs. Robert E. Parker and fam ily leave Saturday morning for a month’s visit to Col. I. E Shn- mate, of Dalton, Ga., Mrs. Parker’s father.—Atlanta News. Miss Maude Davis, who for several weeks has been the guest of Misses Lucy and Lizzie Maddox, is visiting Toccoa and Tallulah Falls. She will return to Dalton next week. Mr. White, with the Southeast ern Car Service, spent the day in Dalton yesterday. Mr. White goes on record as saying that Dal ton has the best amateur ball team in the state. Mrs. Fannie Lester, of Dalton, was the guest of Mrs. Varnell this week. Mrs. Lester has been a teacher in one of the schools in Dalton for thirty years.—Cleve land Banner. Mr. H. Clay Moore, of the Haw ley Down-Draft Co., leaves with Mr. Ivan Allen tomorrow for New York, where they sail at once for Europe, expecting to be absent until the I5th of September.— Atlanta News. PLAYS WINNING BALL Dalton Takes Four Straights From Talladega Club. Dalton has resumed her old time form, and now it seems has entirely forgotten how to lose a game of baseball. In the series of games with the Talladega, Ala., club last week Dalton captured them all. The score of the first was published in The Citizen last week. The following are the scores of the remainder of the Miss Laura Graham, of Carters- ville, is the guest of Mrs. Onie Starr, on Thornton avenue. Miss Kate Black, who has been studying organ in Atlanta for the past month, returned Monday. Charlie Graves has returned to Jacksonville, Fla., after a month’s stay with homefolks in Dalton. Morris Loveman, who occupies a very prominent position among Birmingham legal lights, is the guest of his mother on Thornton Miss Agnes Harris, enroute to her home in Rome from Knoxville, stopped over in Dalton Saturday, and was the guest of Mrs. S. M. Lowry. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Heggie, of Tunnel Hill, Ga, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sea well at Hemp hill Station water works.—Con stitution. Miss Josie Meriwether, who has been the guest of Miss Willie Puckette for the past week, re turned to her home in Chattanooga Tuesday night. Dr. William Owen, of Atlanta, is at Hotel Dalton. Dr. Owen is the possessor of a magnificent bar itone voice which was heard with much pleasure here last summer. Mrs. Percy R. Baker, of San Diego, Cal., is the guest of Mr. aud Mrs. R. H. Baker, and will remain for several months. Mrs. Baker started to Dalton last Thursday, to attend the funeral of her mother, Mrs. Lynn, but was delayed on account of a railroad wreck and reached here twelve hours too late. Miss Rosa Huff went up to Chattanooga Friday, in which city she will spend the balance of the month. Rev. M. D. Smith leaves this week for a month’s stay at Tybee. Mrs. Smith will go to Indian Springs. Marsh Bodenhamer returned to his duties in the government print ing office in Washington last Thursday. John M. Berry’s resumption of business is noted with pleasure. Mr. Berry was quite sick for a couple of weeks. Jack Seay is filling Claude Brown’s position with the South ern during the latter’s absence at Cohutta Spring*. # Judge A. W. Fite was in the city Tuesday for a few hours, com ing down from Ringgold, where he is holding court. Beverly Barrett, who is now holding an excellent position in Chattanooga, spent Saturday and Sunday in Dalton. The Citizen is pleased to note the re-appearance of W. Lee Mc Williams at the store, after bat tling several weeks with illness. R. A. Giddens, a prominent resident of Rural Vale section, was in the city Friday, and was a welcome caller at The Citizen of fice. games: SECOND GAME: Time, 1:30. (Umpire Sperry.) 123456789 Dalton ...,0 0 0 0 3 0 10 *=4 Talladega. 10000000 2=3 Batteries: Dalton, Hayes, Ison. “ Talladega, Roberts, Fisher. Hits off Hayes, 1; off Roberts, 5. Two-Base Hits: Dalton 1, Snodgrass. Base on Balls: By Hayes, 5; by Rjb- erts, 4. Struck out by Hays, 8; by Roberts, 10. Sacrifice Hits: Dalton 1, Scott. Stolen Bases: Dalton 4, Dillard 1, Snodgrass 1, Ison 2; Talladega 2, Fisher 1, Daniels 1. Errors: Dalton 1, Talladega 2. Earned Runs: - Dalton 2, Talladega0. Feature of the .game was Whitaker’s left hand jump catch on second base. Left on Base: Dalton 5 on 3rd base, Talladega 1 on 2nd base. THIRD GAME: Time, 1:30. (Umpire, Wilson.) 1234567S9 Dalton. .0 0 0 3 1 0 9 8 *=h> Talladega 0 1 0 1 0010 0= 3 Batteries: Dalton, Cottingham, Ison. Talladega, Hart, Fisher. Hits off Cottingham 6, off Hart 14. Two-Base Hits: Dalton 2, Whitaker, Snodgrass. -Three-Base Hits: Dalton 1. Hamil ton ; Talladega 1, Cheshire. Home Runs; Dalton 1, Dillard. Base on Balls: By Dalton 1, by Tal ladega 4. Struck out by Cottingham 4, by Hart a. Stolen Bases: Dalton 6, Diih'rd, Spencer, Whitaker, Scott, Hamilton -, Talladega 1, Daniels. Errors: Dalton 3, Talladega 1. Earned Runs: Dalton 8, Talladega 1. Left on Base: Dalton 5, Talladega j. Double Plays: Dalton 2, Whitaker to Kilpatrick, Whitaker to Scott. FOURTH GAME: Time, 1:10. (Umpire, Wilson.) 123456789 Dalton.... 1 11212* Talladega. 0 0 0 0 o 0 2 r" Batteries: Dalton, Spencer, Ison. Talladega, Dnnlap, J O Till n ian 0. Hits off Spencer 2, off Dunlap 6, Fisher 5. Two-Base Hits: Dalton 2, Snodgrass, Ison. Home RnnB: Dalton 1, Whitaker. Struck out by Spencer 6, by Dunlap Base on Balls: Spencer 1, Duniap - Stolen Bases: Dalton 6, Dillard, 0 tingham, Kilpatrick, Ison, Spencer Errors: Dalton 2, Talladega 3. Earned Bans: Dalton 5, Talladeg • Left on Base: Dalton 6, Tallaceg* • Doable Plays: Dalton 1, Whitaker -e Scott. _ ar GEO. SPENCER, Official Scorer. DR. S. A. BROWN, PHYSICIAN AND SURCEON, Office first door north of Hardwick s up stairs. Calls cheerfully answered day or nigk 1 - Offlce Phone 154. Residence phone r~'xl ii HfiSH .