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VOL. LIV. NO. 29
DALTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. APRIL 14.1904.
$1.00 Per Annum
RUSSIANS DO NOT
KNOW THEIR MINES
A Battleship Sunk by a Tor
pedo at
PORT ARTHUR YESTERDAY
Eight Hundred Meet an Unexpected
and Horrible Death by the
Fatality.
St. Petersburg, April IS—Offi
cial telegrams from Port Arthur
state that the Russian battleship,
Petropavlovsk, has been sunk off
the entrance to the harbor.
It is estimated that eight hun
dred men lost their lives by the
destruction of the ship.
Among those who were drowned
were Vice Admiral Makaroff, the
commander of the Russian naval
forces in the far East.
So far as known only four of
the officers were saved, among
them being the Grand Duke Cyril,
who was wounded.
The Grand Duke Cyril was only
saved from death by a miracle.
His brother, Grand Duke Boris,
witnessed the catastrophe through
a marine glass.
Dispatches received here say
that while going out to meet the
Japanese fleet off Port Arthur,
the Petropavlovsk struck a mine
in the outer roadstead, heeled over,
turned turtle and sank. Practi
cally the whole of her crew were
lost.
As the Japanese fleet approach
ed, Vice Admiral Makaroff order
ed his whole squadron out of the
harbor to meet the attack.
The New Filter Plant Put Into
Operation Tuesday
LARGE CROWD TO SEE IT
The Mayor and Council with Many
Visitors Were Present and
Are Delighted*
son and Weatherly; Water Com
missioners Hamilton, Barrett and
Prater; Messrs. C. G. Spencer,
Frank Manly, T. S. Shope, B. L.
Heartsill, W. K. Moore and F. T.
Reynolds, of the city; and Messrs.
McKnight, Jones and McCaslin,
of Sweetwater, Tenn., were pres
ent and witnessed the opening.
A choice spread was served the
guests by Superintendent Ham
ilton, gotten up by L Buchholz,
the caterer, and the occasion was
one greatly enjoyed and one all
were proud of.
L B. TfMlELl
D aul B. Trammell Denounces
Editorial.
CHARGES VERY SERIOUS
HIGHTOWER & TALLEY’S
CONFIDENCE IN HYOMEI
Not a Penny Need Be Paid Unless it
Cures You of Catarrh.
“Use Hyomei and be cured of
catarrh,” say Hightower & Talley.
When a responsible business house
like this comes out and advertises
that Hyomei will not costa penny
unless it does all that is claimed
for it, it shows what remarkable
confidence they have in this scien
tific medical treatment.
A complete Hyomei outfit con
sists of a neat pocket inhaler, that
can be carried in the pocket or
purse, a medicine dropper and a
bottle of Hyomei, and costs but
$1.00.
The inhaler lasts a lifetime and
when extra bottles of Hyomei are
needed,* they can be obtained for
50 cents.
This treatment does away with
all disagreeable and dangerous
stomach dosing. Breathed through
the Hyomei inhaler for a few
minutes four times a day, it im
pregnates every particle of air
taken into the lunge with germ
killing and health-giving balsams
In this way it cures the most
chronic and deep-seated catarrhal
diseases of the air passages and
respiratory organs.
The user is the sole judge
whether Hyomei is to be paid for
or not. If it does not help, High
tower & Talley will cheerfully
return the money and it will not
cost a penny.
How’* Thi*?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot
be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure
F. J. CHENEY * CO., Toledo, O
We, the undersigned, have known .
J Cheney for the last 15 years, and be
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
ness transactions and financial* able to
carry out any obligations made by his
flrm WALDING, KlNSAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly, acting directly upon tbe blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Test!
monials seut free. Trice 75 cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipa
tion.
Dalton’s big new filter plant is
ready for business.
Tuesday Superintendent Frank
Hamilton turned steam into the
big McGowan pump that forces a
million gallons of water every
twenty-four hours through the
tanks that purifies our creek
water and makes it as clear as
crystal for drinking purposes.
It must not be understood that
Dalton is entirely dependent upon
the creek for its drinking water.
By no means. We will continue
to use the big Hamilton spring
water, but during the long, dry
summers, when there is a great
consumption of water, we can now
put the big new pump to work
and have all the supply needed.
The plant will filter a half million
gallons daily of very muddy
water, but when the creek is in
its normal condition the plant
will readily filter a million gal-
Ions daily. This, with Hamilton
spring, gives us more than we
really need.
Superintendent Hamilton has
so constructed the plant that,
should the big pump in the water
.works room break down, in a
moment he can connect the big
filter pump with the city system
and we’ll never be without an
adequate water supply.
This new pump is of the cross
compound make, and by turning
a valve between the steam chests,
he can convert it into a high
pressure compound which, at
every 100 feet of piston stroke,
will pump one million gallons
every twenty-four hours. The
mammoth machine works beauti
fully and automatically. When
the reservoir of filtered water
fills, the copper floats shut
the water off there, and in turn
fills up the initial square tank in
which another float shuts off the
pump, and as the water is con
sumed, th$ floats fall and the
pump starts its work again auto
matically. The two big tanks
have sections filled with sand and
gravel, and the water, going
through and over these sand beds,
is purified, and the vegetable
matter and other impurities co
agulates and is drained off. By
ths sectional device in these tanks
and the perforated pipes the
action is the same as if the dirty
water had run miles over a nat
ural sand bed. At Alexandria,
Egypt, the purification of water
from the river Nile is run over
acres of sand beds in great earthen
reservoirs, and when the sand be
comes supercharged with im
purities the water is cut off by
sluice gates and the sand is
tediously hauled out by carts and
washed and returned. The Bos
ton filters occupy a whole valley,
the city having bought the valley
and its several cotton mills, dis
mantling these big industries to
obtain room for the plant and its
miles of sand beds. Pittsburg
and Beaver Falls, Penn., have
similar plants, but modern, up-to-
date plants like Dalton’s are being
put up all over the world, and are
in great popular favor. Ours is a
success.
Mayor McAuley, Aldermen
Herron, Wood, Bearden, Robin-
eplies to Circular of Hon.
Sam P. Maddox
AFFIRMS STATEMENTS TRUE
Captain D. C. Bryant Also Speaks
Out Regarding the Promise
Question.
Regarding That Promise Which is
Explained in This Issue by
Hon. Sam P. Maddox.
After a silence of eight or more
weeks, which had become to be
looked on, even by his friends, as
cowardly, Sam Promise Maddox
is led to the stand and there sup
ported, while making his unsworn
statement, by his friends, T. J.
Bryant, L. H. Callaway, W. F.
Summerour, John Black, and J. L.
Fincher—with Judge Fite by bis
side, saying, “Talk, Sam; you must
say something. It can’t hurt you
worse; say it, Sam.” What a
picture for a kodacker! Poor
fellow, haggard, nervous, and
careworn, resting on those five
stalwart men, somo straining
under his weight, others handing
him cold water, with Frank Sum
merour fanning him with the
briskness of a March breeze that
would kill peaches, while the soft,
tender words of the Judge say
Say it, Sam; say it, Sam.” He
merely mutters, “I d i d n
promise.”
I must treat him kindly, and
will dismiss his part of the circu
lar by saying I stand on my affi
davit and the card I published in
the Argus of last week.
Now in reference to what Judge
Fite and the other gentlemen say
about Maddox’s promise to Starr:
Their evidence is all heresay and
not admissible in any court. Then-
understanding is certainly based
on something heard from Maddox
himself, but they didn t claim to
know any thing about the promise,
and I simply treat their part from
the standpoint that they don’t.
None of them were present when
Maddox made me the uncondi
tional statement in words that
COULD NOT BE MISUNDERSTOOD,
that he would not run, but would
support Starr. I fail to see wher^
the evidence of men, who were
not present when Sam promised,
is worth anything, even if they are
of the opinion that he didn’t, or
that they understood it that way.
As to Judge Fite’s denial of
what he said in conversation with
me, I only want to say that every
word I said was true, and no one
knows.this better than Augustus
Wiggler Fite. His denial was
expected, as he never fails to
wiggle when cornered.
Paul B. Trammell
Mr. Editor:—A few weeks since
The Citizen said Sam P. Maddox
did not have to talk—he was saw
ing wood and saying nothing; but
things seem to have reached the
scarey stage and they find it nec
essary to talk for him; so they con
clude to notice the promise, and in
a way that is deceiving and mis
leading. Maddox’s failure to keep
this promise is only exceeded in
bad faith by the Citizen’s construc
tion and summary of the same.
First, they say Maddox promised
Starr the office, which was not his
to give. This is a mistake. Mad
dox promised not to run for the of
fice this time, but to help Starr be
elected. This he could have done
without being an ingrate to the
people. He was not promising
the office, but his support.
Secondly, they say Starr was a
candidate four years ago and was
claiming that Maddox could not
claim the race as a second term, as
that was the first time the people
were called on to elect. This is
another mistake. Starr was only
spoken of as a candidate. He
never claimed anything, and did
not have time to announce before
Maddox overwhelmed him with
the much talked of promise.
Now to their summary: They
say they are in possession of infor
mation regarding that over worked
promise. They say that “the
promise claimed to have been
made was not a promise, but a sim
ple statement that if Judge Fite
ran for congress, he (Maddox)
would run forjudge, and that he
(Maddox) would be glad to help
Col. Starr if he ran for solicitor-
general, as he was his friend.”
Now I don’t know where they
came in possession of this informa
tion, but it is a lie in the whole
cloth, and any one who claims the
promise made was coupled with
such conditions, is a liar. Every
one knows that if the promise had
been made with such conditions,
Maddox would have so stated be
fore now himself.
As to my approaching Judge
Fite and urging him to run for
congress, this I had done often
times, and he knew from my rela
tions with him in the past that I
was sincere in my wish for his pro
motion, though he is little enough
to intimate that I had sinister
motives. I did, last June, talk to
him about Maddox’s pledge to
Starr, and brought to his attention
evidence enough to cause him to
tell me that he was satisfied Mad
dox made the promise and that if
it was him he would not run. 1
also told him that Maddox did not
deny the pledge, but said it was
his ambition to be judge and that
he could not run against Fite, and
it would be political death for him
to keep his promise and not run for
congress Sam could still live polit
ically and be honorable.
The Citizen thinks something
should be said about Starr’s fitness
and ability. Though on account
of the pressure of business in court
his time was necessarily limited, I
think he demonstrated his ability
to take care of the state here last
Monday, hut as they have Judge
Fite on the stand, I will let him
bear evidence on that line. When
Starr was a member of the State
Senate, Mr. Bates, of Murray in
troduced a bill, I-don’t remember
the title, but the purpose was to
prevent a Judge from examining
a witness in criminal cases, Judge
Fite called to see me to get me to
do what I could to keep Senator
Starr from supporting this bill.
Among other things, he said, if
Trammell Starr had lived, it would
have made no difference, or if Oli
ver was Solicitor it would be all
right, but if he was not allowed to
help Sam Maddox, that his circuit
would soon be filled up with un
punished criminals.
Now, Mr. Editor, in reference to
the promise made by Maddox to
Starr, other evidence besides the
affidavits of the honorable gentle
men who honestly misunderstood
what was said, could be produced,
but it would not satisfy the Citi
zen; the people are already satisfied.
Respectfully yours,
Paul B. Trammell.
Je
CIRCULAR ON LINE OF FIRST
Attacking Judge Fite’s Record Be
fore Supreme Court—All
Charges Answered.
D. C. Bryant on that Affidavit.
Being drawn into this contro
versy is not very pleasant to me
Four years ago I acted in the
capacity of a ■. friend to Sam P
Maddox and did what I could to
keep Col. Starr from making the
race at that time. I was Maddox’s
friend and not Starr’s, and the
promise made Starr by Maddox
was exactly as set forth in the
affidavit made by me, which has
been published, and any other con
struotion put on the terms of that
promise, except as stated in my
affidavit, is a lie, I don’t care
who it is that uses it. The only
TRUE JECORB
Judge Fite Examines Records
of all Judges
OF THE CHEROKEE CIRCUI
WARSHIP DAMAGED
FROM JUDGE FITE
At Pensacola, Florida Yester
day at Noon
Answers Circular Issued
By His Opponent.
SECOND ONE OF THE KIND
wenty-nine Sailers Meet Death
by the Explosion of
Gunpowder.
From the Organization of the Su
preme Court of Georgia Down
to the Present Time.
Dalton, Ga., April IS, 1904.
Editor Citizen :
My opponent has signed and
issued another circular, written
by a “friend,” as he says. He is
nearer right this time than before,
but still in error in many instances.
His list of cases is incorrect and
he knows, or ought to know it,
and he leaves a loophole by charg
ing it up to a “friend.” However,
he has done so much better than
I expected I feel quite sure that
some friend really did the work—a
much better one than the jack-leg
lawyer who wrote the first circu
lar. He places me between Judge
Milner and Judge Parrott, making
me number six instead of number
five of the twelve judges of this
circuit since the organization of room
the Supreme Court. He denies
having supported Judge Fain for
a third term, and says that he
never raised his hand or voice
between Judge Fain and Judge
Milner in their race for the judge- come with
ship; and this is perhaps true, for ^ erre( ^ a ^
I have never heard of his raising
his hand or voice for anyone in
politics, except for himself and
those decoy ducks, Palmer and
Buckner.
He says he was elected Survey-
Pensacola, Fla., April 13.—By
the explosion of 2,000 pounds of
powder in the after 12-inch turret
and in the handling room of the
battleship Missouri, Captain Wil
liam S. Cowles commanding,
twenty-nine men were instantly
killed and five injured, two of
whom will die.
The Missouri was on the target
range with the Texas and Brook
lyn at practice about noon when
a charge of powder in the 12-inch
lefthand gun exploded, ignited
from gasses and dropping below,
ignited four charges of powder in
the handling room, all exploded
and only one man of the entire
turret and handling crew sur
vives.
But for the prompt and efficient
work of Captain William S.
Cowles in flooding the handling
and magazine with water,
one of the magazines would have
exploded and the ship would con
sequently have been destroyed
with every man on board. Cap
tain Cowles was completely over-
the disaster, and re
newspaper men to
Lieutenant Hamner, the ordinance
officer.
GRAND JURY ENDORSES
HON. SAM P. MADDOX
We, the undersigned members
of the Grand Jury of the county
of Whitfield for the April term,
1904, hereby certify to the effici
ency of Sam P. Maddox as a
Solicitor - General, and hereby
endorse him for re-election, be
lieving that the county’s and the
s best interest will be best
The Citizen is in receipt of the or of Murray county, and I hope
following very interesting figures (that he was; but the goo peop e
from Judge A. W. Fite. They of Murray tell me that his oppo-
are interesting, not only from a nent, Morgan Hampton got the
political standpoint at the present commission, and this is the record.
time, bnt as a matter of general He reluctantly admits having
information to the public. They been defeated for Alderman of ^
go back to the time of the organ- Dalton, after having been twlce c i rcu it
ization of the Supreme Court, elected to this office, and charges au | )Ser y e( j by re e l ec ting him.
December 10, 1845, the first ses- b« defeat to the working men of I ^ ™ TT . ;
.ion of said court being held at the city. This is unjust to the
Talbotton, Ga„ January, 1846. working men, most of whom are
Judge Fite’s card and figures my friends, and I protest against
, ,, it. although it is a tribute to their
are as follows: 6 . ,
, eood sense and unerring judg-
Editors Citizen: The following show. 6 ,
the affirmations and reversals of th. ment. By way of reply to the
Judges of the Superior Courts of the attack on my record I desire to
Cherokee Circuit from the organization ga y ^bat m y opponent has a won
of the Supreme Court to this date, in derful rec ord as an office-seeker,
ths order of their election, some serving .
being as follows during the last
longer than the others:
Names of Judge Affirmations
A. R. Wright .. 16
J. H. Lumpkin. .. 10
J. W. Hooper 2
T. H. Trippe 50
A. Crook 19
D. A. Walker .... 22
James Milner.... 10
J.R. Parrott 39
C D. McCutohen 87
C. Fain 93
T. W. Milner 95
A. W. Fite 121
suggestion I have to make is for
Sam P. Maddox to make a direct
statement of what did occur and
SWEAR TO IT, then let the people
believe whom they wish to—at
least leave it in a shape so that
they can decide who swore the lie
—Maddox, the interested party
or others who acted as his friends
and were deceived by him.
As to the parties who signed a
statement for Maddox about the
promise, will say that none of
them ever conferred with me
about it, and certainly were not
present when the promise was
made. D. C. Bryant
Reversals forty years :
30 1. Clerk in the Comptroller-1
_ General’s office.
12- Surveyor—elected or de
feated—which?
32
0
54
21
13
12
55
31
56
86
108
The foregoing shows me in the front
rank, being fifth as to affirmations and
first as to oases disposed of ; and is con-
elusive of the absurdity of all my op
ponent says against my legal or execu
tive ability.
The people have been kind to me, for
which I am profoundly grateful; and on
the other hand, I have been faithful to
them and they know it, and will not be
deoeived by campaign circulars. Rely
ing upon my record and upon the peo
ple, I am Very truly yours,
A. W. Fitb
13. Clerk in the Georgia
Legislature
14. Alderman of the city of
Dalton.
5. Alderman of the city of
Dalton.
6. Candidate for Alderman
city of Dalton.
7. Candidate for Judge Su
perior Courts.
8. Candidate for Judge Su
perior Courts.
9. Candidate for Judge Su
perior Courts.
10. Standing candidate-forty
years
11. Attorney W. & A. Rail
road Company for more
than thirty years.
12. Still holding on to his
G. W. Hair, Foreman.
J. H. Wood.
W. C. Pangle.
F. L. Freeman, Secretary.
N. Griffin.
W. B. Head.
J. G. Wilson.
Ben P. Sheran.
McKenzie Reed.
W. R. Evitt.
W. D. Kitching.
O. M. England.
B. H. Stewart.
R. C. Hill.
J. S. Bradley.
W. G. Liddell.
R. D. Bazemore.
R. E. Cooper.
G. W. Redwine.
Ed McArthur, Grand Jury bailiff.
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My residence in East Dalton, j aQ d be more accurate with his
Apply to Mayor Sherry McAuley. circulars in the future. My record,
Mrs: Lavinia Farnsworth. | as heretofore published, is correct,
and I respectfully ask the people
Mirrors resilvered, see us at to endorse it at the polls,
once. Leonard & McGhee Very truly yours,
Apr 21—2t I A. W. Fitjc.
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