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TH1 KOETH GEORGIA OITIIIK, DALTOR, GA.
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Published •▼•17 Thursday,
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Iflelal Organ of the County. Official Organ
*t the United State* Circuit and District
Courts, Northwestern Division, North
ern District of Oeorgla.
CHANQE THE SYSTEM.
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A. J. SHOWALTBR. I "••rletere
T. S. SHOPE and P. T. REYNOLDS, Bdlters
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dVBntered at the Dalton, Ga., Postoffice for
transmission through the malls as secohd
•lass mall matter.
Thursday, April 28, 1904.
This weather is as uncertain as
the vote of Whitfield county.
Don’t forget to put out Ber
muda grass. There is money in it.
If Sam Maddox had made
another promise we believe he
would have carried Gordon
county.
You can catch more flies with
a few honied wordg than with a
barrel of vinegar, irrespective of
their value.
For variety of weather North
Georgia will walk off with the
first prize. One day it is a linen
duster and the next a beaver
overcoat.
Beginning with this issue, six
copies of The Citizen will be
placed on file each week in the
Georgia building at the St. Louis
Exposition.
Yes, Pearliue dear, the Japs
and Russians are still fighting,
and never for a moment stopped
to get the election returns from
the Hog Wallow precinct.
With Sam Jones, Jim Nevin
and Rev. Culpepper in an em
broglio over the dispensary ques
tion in Rome, it ought to be
settled by this time.
Judge Parker is saying very
little, but there are many monu
ments in the political graveyards
to men who died from talking too
much, says the Cincinnati En
quirer.
The state convention meets in
Atlanta on Wednesday, the 1st
of June. The state election oc
curs on Wednesday, October 6th,
and the national election takes
place on Tuesday, November 8th.
It must not be forgotten that
Tammany violently opposed Til-
den in 1876, who was elected but
counted out by a vote of 8 to 7
in the returning board. It op
posed Cleveland also, who was
elected, therefore it is not a bad
precedent, from that point of
view, for Tammany to oppose
Parker.
The Citizen reproduces else
where in this issue an editorial
from the Atlanta Constitution,
touching upon the present system
of electing judges by popular
vote. The Constitution does not
say whAt is best, but asks the
question, “Shall we return to the
system of electing them by the
legislature?” Well, The Citizen
does not know, but it does know
that any system will be better
than the one we now have, which
is a signal failure. The Citi
zen has just witnessed a heated
judicial primary where the appli
cation of practical politics was
put to the test, and it must say
that it worked in a way to lower
the dignity of the high office as
nothing else possibly could. The
limit of practical politics was cer
tainly reached, and when this is
said nothing further need be said
as tc the effect on the minds of
right-thinking people, who want
to look upon our judges as the
personification of right and justice,
instead of tricky politicians,
“bending the hinges of the preg
nant knee that thrift (election)
may follow fawning.” The cand
idates are not so much to blame
as the law.
The people do not, in the
opinion of The Citizen, want the
responsibility of the election of
judges. They prefer that it be
removed from them. Their idea
of the judiciary has always been
that it should be clear of the con
taminating influence of politics,
and that a judge ought not to be
forced to wallow in the mire in
order to lie re elected. It cheap
ens the position and robs it of its
dignity. The great mass of peo
ple prefer, no doubt, that the
judges be elected as they used to,
by the legislature, where they will
not come directly in contact with
the masses, thus relieving the peo
ple of the responsibility they in no
wise care for, and also helping .to
maintain the dignity of the bench.
Several months ago The Citi
zen called attention to this ques
tion, saying then that the present
system was a failure, as experience
would prove, and it is glad to see
the press of the state taking the
matter up. It sincerely hopes
that the good work will be kept
up until there is such a revulsion
of feeling in the state that the
legislature will be forced to repeal
the present iniquitous law, which
reflects nocredit upon the legisla
ture which put it into force.
Back to the old system! Any
thing is better than the present!
PEACHES AND BERMUDA ORASS.
It is a sad commentary that
men will vote for a candidate
simply because that office seeker
has shaken hands with him. Too
many people do not stop to think
or to look into the merits and
qualifications of the candidates,
and these are the voters who are
always found kicking at every
thing in sight and out of sight.
The Citizen is in receipt
of
No. 6 Vol. 1 of the Binghamton,
N. Y., Press, which is promoted
and personally managed by Mr.
Willis Sharpe Kilmer. It is a
twenty-page splendidly edited
and illustrated daily. Its typo
graphical make-up and arrange
ment is superb. We congratulate
Mr. Kilmer and the people of
that city and section.
For the information of our
readers we desire to say edito
rially, that neither editor of this
paper compiles or writes the in
teresting notes under the head of
Village Improvement. A lady
member of that splendid organi
zation does it, and if any part of
the city is overlooked in its en
deavor to “brush up a bit,” it is
not due, we are sure, to neglect,
but merely the possible lack of an
Opportunity to “cover” the whole
town. We would not call atten
tion to the matter but for the sev
eral complaints that have reached
the Citizen office of the kind.
We are glad, however, there
exists such a spirit of commend
able rivalry in the different sec
tions of the city. Keep up the
good work and help each other
protect what has already been ac
complished.
It is not the policy of The Cit
izen to jump on cripples, either
mental or physical, therefore it
but passingly notices the feeble
remarks of the “flopper” across
the way, which attempted to dis
tort the meaning of The Citizen’s
editorial in last issue regarding
the congressional part of the
for Hutchens from principle.
That is none of its business. It
was striking at the “floppers”
who promised Lee to vote for
him in the primary and then
didn’t do it—who said one week
they were for him and the next
against him. These are the ones
The Citizen was after, and it evi
dently got them, because like the
hit dog, they yelped. The Citi
zen is not afraid of its editorial
making one bolter—it may have
furnished the means of an excuse
—but bolters will bolt no matter
what happens. The Citizen
stands on what it said, is satisfied
and happy.
For several weeks past The
Citizen has been devoting" quite
a good deal of its space to the
discussion of the Bermuda grass
question; much editorial has been
written, and some especially pre
pared articles by experts. All of
this has done a great deal of good,
as is evidenced by the great inter
est manifested among the farmers
in Whitfield and adjoining coun
ties. Many of them are puttiug
out this grass, and many more
will. This is an indication of
what persistent effort will accom
plish. The grass question is only
one phase of several propositions
which would ultimately make the
farmers of North Georgia rich.
The farmers in this section
have always devoted more or less
of their time to the growing of
cotton, which, even at twelve
cents per pound, is not as profit-
able as many other things well
adapted to this section; and dur
ing the panicky years, when cot
ton was from four to five cents,
starvation seemed to staie the
farmers in the face, and, of course,
every kind of business was af
fected. Just in proportion as the
farmer suffers do the great manu
facturing industries and mercan
tile establishments suffer.
A proposition in which there
are thousands of dollars for
the farmers of this section is the
growing of peaches. We have
had a great deal to say on this sub
ject, but we have now got down to
rock bottom and done some figur
ing, and find that even if only three
crops out of five were to strike, it
would be more profitable than
growing cotton at 12 cents per
pound. The average cotton pro
duction ia this section is about
one bale to three acres. Put
this at the very high price of
twelve cents per pound, and
the net yield for lint cotton
would be $20 per acre, and $4 for
the seeds, making a total yield of
$24 per acre. Take, for instance,
this same acre of land and put it
in peach trees. The average
number of trees per acie is 120,
and the production, at the lowest
estimate, is $1.00 per tree, net.
It would make $120 per acre, as
against $24 per acre for cotton.
For example, say that you get
three crops out ot every five, and
your acre in peach trees will aver
age $72 per year clear money, as
against $24 per year clear money
on cotton. Which is the better
proposition? It is easy to see.
Cultivation of peach trees does
not require more than half as
much work as cotton. Of course,
they have to be looked after the
same as anything else, but it does
not require all the prayerful at
tention of the entire family aud
the tenants. One disadvantage,
of course, in the peach business is
the cold weather, and we will
admit that the suspense at times
would be great, but it is pretty
CARELESS WITH DEEDS.
In Alabama, recently, a court
house burned down with all the
records and papers. There were
many deeds on file which had also
been recorded, but the owners
neglected to take the deeds home
with them.
There are in the clerk's office
of Whitfield county, perhaps, one
thousand deeds that have been
recorded, but the owners have
left them on file. Should, by any
mischance, the building burn with
its contents, it might bring on
great deal of litigation, not only
costing the owners but the county
much money. It is not probable
that, if your deed be at home
both your home and the court
house will burn at the same time
It would be wise to record your
deed and then take it home with
you, probably saving a long and
costly suit in court.
BAND FOR FAIR.
The Citizen hopes that some of
our ladies can see their way to
getting up an entertainment or
two for the purpose of defraying
the expense of a good band to
play the two days of our County
Fair. Nothing will add more to
the social success and pleasure of
the fair than music.
HON. GORDON LEE
Writes a Letter to the People of the
Congressional District.
Chickamauga, Ga.,
April 25, 1904.
Editors Citizen:—I desire to
express, through the columns of
your paper, my sincere thanks to
each and all of my friends in your
county who gave me their sup
port and took an interest in my
behalf in the congressional cam
paign just ended, and to assure
them that their kindness will al
ways be remembered and appre
ciated.
For those who supported my
opponent, I have none but the
kindest feeling, fori recognize the
fact that one of the fundamental
principles of our government is
that every man ought to vote ac
cording to the dictates of his own
conscience.
If I represent this district in
the next congress, I shall use my
best endeavor to represent faith
fully and impartially the interests
of all the people of my country
my state and my district.
Very truly,
Gordon Lee.
FINCHER & NICHOLS’
NEW DEPARTURE
primary. The Citizen made no 8a f e t 0 8a y t| ia t three crops out of
thrust at the voters who voted
The fish law of Georgia pre
scribes that “it shall not be lawful
for any person to catch or take
any fish with seine, net or like
device from any of the waters of
this state, between the first day
of June, and the first day of Sep
tember in each year. Provided,
that the provisions of this section
slnll not be construed to forbid
the catching of fish by means of
cast nets or with hook and line.”
five would pull through all right
This year there will be more
money made on peaches in North
Georgia than there has been on
cotton in the last five, and we
trust that the farmers of this sec
tion who have wornout lands will
look into this matter and begin
to figure. Figures will convince
when everything else fails. There
is more money to be made in
growing peaches in North Geor
gia than in growing cotton, just
the same as there is more money
in growing Bermuda gr.iss and
raising fine stock.
ADVERTISE OUR FAIR.
All grafters are republicans,
but all republicans are not
grafters, with apologies to the
shades of Horace Greely.
Between now and November
4 th and 5 th, the days of our County
Fair, nearly every merchant
and business man will use about
1,000 letter heads. The Citizen
suggests that the next lot they
get printed that the words,
“Come to our County Fair, Dal
ton, November 4 5,1904, ” be put
on these letter heads. It won’t
cost any more than the regular
prices and will be a fine way to
advertise the fair. Let every
merchant remember to do this and
we will have the biggest crowds
ever seen in Dalton.
Sea W. M. Haig for meats
for that Sunday dinner, tf
Selling riedicine at Half Price Under
Guarantee of Cure.
After two months of remark
able sales, Fincher & Nichols, the
enterprising druggists, say that
their plan of selling at half price
the regular 50 cent size of Dr-
Howard’s specific for the cure of
constipation and dyspepsia and
guaranteeing to refund the money
if it does not cure, has been the
greatest success they have ever
known.
They have sold hundreds of
bottles of the specific and as yet
have not had one returned,
although they stand ready at any
time to refund the money, should
any customer be dissatisfied. This
is the strongest testimony that
can be furnished to the great merit
of this medicine.
Any om suffering with dys
pepsia, constipation, liver troub
les, headache, dizziness, coated
tongue or the general tired feeling
caused by inactive liver and
bowels or disordered digestion,
should take advantage of Fincher
& Nichols’ new departure and buy
a bottle of Dr. Howard’s specific
at half price, with their personal
guarantee to refund the money if
it does not cure.
The specific comes in the form
of small granules, very pleasant to
take and each vial contains 60
doses. Under Fincher & Nichols’
special half price offer, this means
a month’s treatment for 25 cents,
with the best medicine known for
the cure of constipation and
stomach troubles.
TOPICS OF THE TIIIES.
Education is reported
making rapid progress in the
wiregrass section. North Geor
gians will soon be migrating this
way to take advantage of our
superior advantages.—Savannah
Press.
All over Georgia the news
papers are speaking out against the
election of judges and solicitors
by the people. It is a -dangerous
system, and the sooner it
abolished,
Chronicle.
the better.—Augusta
While urging the nomination
of Parker, the Dalton Citizen
finds time to call attention to the
need of planting grass and feed
ing cattle.— Quitman Free Press
Why not? Judge Parker is
farmer on a large scale himself
He manages three farms success
fully.
Gordon Lee, the former Chat-
tanoogan, who has been nomi
nated for Congress in the Seventh
district of Georgia, will prove one
more valuable friend for Chicka
mauga Park. The News con
gratulates him on his victory.—
Chattanooga News.
Tennessee swaps Georgia
chickens for watermelons. That
is the reason why Tennesseeans
and Georgians love each other like
brothers.—Chattanooga News.
Judge Parker refuses to talk
politics, but there are strong indi
cations that he know’s how to
think politics rather eloquently.
— Washington Post.
The democrats of the country
are tired of talking candidates,
and now they want a thinking
candidate. All talk and no
thought makes a fool of any one
—Macon Telegraph.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch
quotes John Temple Graves as
saying that the poor are lining up
on one side and the rich on the
other. We suppose that is the
reason that John is lined up with
Hearst—with the rich.—Macon
Telegraph.
Hon. Gordon Lee, of Chicka
mauga, Walker county, who will
be the next representative in Con
gress of the Seventh district, has
been a member of the State Senate
for several terms, and enjoys the
confidence and esteem of his con
stituents in a high degree. Mr.
Lee is in close touch with the
people of his district, and knows
perfectly what they want, and
how they feel with respect to all
matters, political and social. It
is risking nothing to say that Mr.
Lee will reflect credit upon his
district, and assist materially in
upholding the prestige of the
Georgia delegation in Congress.
—Savannah News.
Broke Into His House.
S. Le Quinn, of Cavendish, Vt., was
robbed of his customary health by in
vasion of Chronic Constipation. When
Dr. King’s New Life Pills broke into his
house, his trouble was arrested and
now he’s entirely cured. They’re guar
anteed to care. 25c at Fincher & Nich-
ol’s Drug Store.
Chattanooga Glass House can
furnish glass, by. its semi-monthly
cars, to all dealers in this section
at LOWER PRICES than any
other parties will deliver it. Send
for prises. jul 14
Drink a Bottle ot
8 CENTS l- IDCxZl
At all Stands, Grocers and Saloons
Illinois Central Railroad.
DIRECT ROUTE TO THE
St. Louis Exposition.
Two Trains Daily
Through Sleeping Cars
FROM-
Friction board for mak
ing pulleys.
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Arriving St. Louis in the Morning.
Season tickets with limits Dec. 15tli,
sixty days; fifteen days and ten days.
Two low rat* coach excurBiops each
month.
For rates from your city, also for book
shotting Hotels, Boarding Houses, quot
ing their rates, write to
FRED D. MILLER,
Trav. Pass. Agent,
No. 1 Brown Bldg. Atlanta, Ga.
WILEY
CHAPS--
THESE
DRUMMERS.
Leave it to them to use every’ little flurry in
values as an excuse to get higher prices for goods.
Leave it to THEM and sre where YOU come out.
While the Japs
are Knocking
Spots Out of
The Russians
WE ARE ...
Knocking the Spots
Out of Gents’ Fur
nishing, Clothing,
Shoes, Hats, Trav
eling Bags,
Hosiery, Under
wear, Neckwear,
Shirts, Etc.
WHY, DO YOU ASK ?
Because we have just bought the stock of the
late Mr. Sam Loveman in the Hardwick Block at
much less than 50 cents on the dollar and will un
dertake to make only a small profit. Need we say
anything else ? Is not that sufficient? Come and
see.
JOHN
HOLLAND.