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DALTON. GEORGIA* THURSDAY. MAY 5. I9J4.
$1.00 Per Annum
GORDON’S GRAVE
WAS DECORATED
Wife of Federal General Lays
the Flowers
ON SOUTH’S BELOVED DEAD.
Mrs. Gen. J. C. Black, Wife of the
Commander-in-Chief of Grand
Army of Republic Does It.
Atlanta, Ga., May 4.— General
J. C. Black, coimnander*in-chief
of the Grand Anny of the Repub
lic, left Atlanta last night at 12
o’clock for Washington, D. C.
General Black expressed great
pleasure at the treatment accord
ed him on his southern trip, and
said he was sorry not to have vis*
ited Atlanta and vicinity sooner.
While in the city General and
Mrs. Black visited many points of
interest. During the drive yes
terday afternoon the party went
to Oakland cemetery. Mrs.
Black had with her a magnificent
bouquet of flowers. She asked to
be shown the grave of General
John B. Gordon.
As she stood over the grave of
the great Confederate chieftain a
softened expression crept into her
eyes. Slowly she unloosed the
magnificent bouquet, and with a
quiet, subdued manner sprinkled
the flowers over the grave of the
south’s beloved dead. It was the
woman of the north paying trib
ute to the loyalty and bravery of
the south.
ALACULSY WILD WAN
E
Wins the Blue Ridge Nomina
tion Test
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Yesterday Which Met in Atlanta for
the Purpose of Deciding the
Matter
Creates
a Big Sensation Over in
Hurray County.
The only wild man ever in
captivity came from Borneo, and
was with the great John Robinson
mammoth aggregation.
Another and wilder one, with
eyes bulging out of socket and
glaring like an angry hyena, hair
disheveled and wide dispread,
hairy breast and naked arms, un*
adorned with but a faded clout of
woven bark, was discovered over
near the Alaculsy lumber camp
this week.
His queer and savage acts, his
giant club of hawthorn knots, and
his physique sent fear to the fren
zied people who saw him. Posses
were made up armed with guns,
pistols, Bowie knives, clubs, ets
cetera, and ran him to his lair.
The hunted man disappeared
into a cave with a small opening
barely large enough for his giant
form to squeeze through. The
large crowd, which had gathered
at the opening, could hear the
reverberations of the wild man .
footsteps as he trod the stalaguited
floor of the cavern. Large piles
of dry brush were pushed into
the opening and set on fire, which
quickly forced the wild man to
issue forth from his den, and un*
der the flickering lights of the
flambeaus he was discovered to be
a well known young man of that
community who decided to have
some fun with the citizens of that
section. And now when you
mention “wild man” to a promin
ent promoter of the Alaculsy
Lumber Company, it is said his
remarks would put to blush a
private iD the army of Flanders,
and he executes them with a
pyrotechnic finish that would do
honor to a Fourth of July cele*
bration.
Atlanta, Ga:, May 6.—Judge
George F. Gober was declared
last night by the state democratic
executive committee to be the
nominee of the party for judge of
the Blue Ridge circuit, the con
test made by Hon. N. A. Morris
being rejected.
This conclusion was reached
after the committee had gone into
secret session. It is said, for the
first time in the history of the
party, and after a warm discussion,
during which fourteen votes were
cast tor a new primary in the cir
cuit, though twenty members op
posed this plan.
The resolutions favoring Judge
Gober’s claims were introduced by
Hon. A. A. Lawrence, of Savan
nah, and these were adopted by a
vote of 23 to 12, after having been
amended as proposed by Hon.
Clark Howell, the amendment be
ing to the effect that the alleged
frauds in Fannin county about
offset those in Gilmer county, and
that therefore the sum total of the
alleged frauds would not affect
the final result of the primary in
the circuit.
TO ST. LOUIS
CITY FATHERS MEET
And Decide to Buy a Fire Alarm
System.
The city council met in regular
session Monday night.
Mayor McAuley and a full board
were present. Bills were audited
and street tax excuses were ren
dered by many negroes, but
Mayor McAuley is going to al
low no more defaulters time.
They must come “up to the
scratch,” and pay the city mar
shall full and promptly.
Chief Frank Manly, of the Fire
Department, submitted a bid from
the George W. Stevens Fire
Alarm Company for a thorough
system for Dalton. After discus
sion and examination the council
voted to buy it, Aldermen Rob
inson and Bearden voting against
it.
The members of the Fire De
partment will not ask for money
for the annual outing this year in
order to g8t the alarm system. It
is a most generous act on their
part and will be appreciated by
the tax and fire insurance payers
of the city. Chief Manly was
directed to buy the system and
put it into -operation as soon as
practicable. Every telephone
subscriber now has a fire alarm
box, and there are about 250 of
them. The city will be divided
off and the alarm will strike the
different numbers indicating
which water plug is nearest the
fire. This will save the depart
ment much time and send them
direct to the fire. The cost of
the alarm will no doubt be made
the first night of a fire, in that
the department will know exact
ly where to go when the alarm is
turned in. The purchase is a wise
one and in the way of splendid
ecouomv.
A NOVEL INTRODUCTION.
Rates Put on by the W. &.A. Railway
Company.
Season Excursion Tickets will
be sold beginning April 25th, with
final.limit Dec. loth, at a rate of
about 80 per cent, of the double
standard one way fares, making
a rate for example, from Atlanta
of #30 for the round trip.
A Sixty Day Excursion Ticket
will be sold beginning April
25th, good for sixty days after
date of sale, at a rate of about 1
1—3 fares, or for example, #25.05
from Atlanta.
A Fifteen Day Excursion Tick
et will be sold beginning April
25th, good returning fifteen days
after date of sale, at a rate of
about one fare for the round trip,
or for example, at a rate of #20.85
from Atlanta.
All the above named tickets
are good in coaches or Pullman
cars.
In addition to above rates,
coach excursion tickets will be
sold on May 16th and 31st, at a
rate of less than one fare for the
round trip, or for example, #14.20
from Atlanta. These coach ex
cursion tickets will not be good in
sleeping cars, and will bear final
limit of ten days from date of sale
For parties of thirty-five a spec
ial coach will be furniehed.
For further information address
or call upon any agent of the W
& A. railroad, or the undersigned
C. E. Harman, General Passen
ger Agent.
The Sweet Gum.
The exudation you we clinging to the
sweet gum tree in the summer contains
a stimulating expectorant that will
loosen the phlegm in the throat. Tay
lor’s Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mul
lein cures coughs and croup^ May
The Dalton Buggy Company
is in the market for your trade.
A Cure For Piles.
“I had a bad case of piles,” says G
F. Carter, of Atlanta, Ga., “and con
suited a physician who advised me to
try a box of DeWitt Witch Hazel Salve
I purchased a box and was entirely
cnred. It is splendid for piles, giving
relief instantly, and I heartily recom
m.nd it to all sufferers.” DeWitt’
Witch Hazel Salvo is unequalled for its
healing qualities. Eczema and other
skin diseases, also sores, cuts, burns
and wounds of every kind are quickly
cured by it. Sold by Fincher Nichols
druggists.
May
WETIOREJO DALTON
Building of the Road Almost
Assured
OPTIONS ARE BEING TAKEN
The Construction of This Line Would
Shorten the Time Between Dalton
and the East Six Hours
Dr. Howard Company Hake a Special
Price.
The Dr. Howard Company have we
entered into an arrangement with
Fincher & Nichol’s drug store,
by which a special introductory
offer will be made of 25 cents on
the 50 cent size of their celebrated
specific for the cure of constipa
tion and dyspepsia.
This medicine is a new dis
covery for the cure of all diseases
of the stomach and bowels. It
not only gives quick relief; it
makes permanent cures.
The old-fashioned idea of
dosing with mineral waters, ca
thartic pills or harsh purgatives
will soon be a thing of the past.
The best physicians are prescrib
ing Dr: Howard’s specific, both
because it is so remarkable a
medicine and on account of the
small dose that is needed.
Headaches, coated tongue, diz
ziness, gas on the stomach, specks
before the eyes, constipation and
all forms of malaria and liver
trouble are soon cured by this
scientific medicifie.
Fincher & Nichols have been
able to secure only a limited sup
ply, so everyone who wishes to be
cured of dyspepsia or constipation
should call upon them at once or
send them 25 cents by mail, and
get 60 doses of the best medicine
ever made, on this special half
price introductory offer, with their
personal guarantee to refund the
money if the specific does not cure
For several weeks past, at in
tervals, the surveyors of the L. &
N. Railroad Co. have been in Dal
ton, but were very non-communi-
cative. The people have known,
of course, that the proposed line
from Wetmore to Dalton was
within the bounds of possibility.
It is now almost an asaured fact
that this line will be built, which
will shorten the time to New York
and all Eastern points about six
hours, which, in this fast age of
commercialism, means a good deal.
As this story is being written,
Mr. William W. Neal, General
Agent of the A. K. & N. Railway
Knoxville, Tenn., and Mr. James
G. Johnson, Local Agent of the
A. K. & N. Railway at Knoxville,
Tenn., are now looking over the
line, which has been surveyed,
preparatory to taking options.
The A. K. & N. is owned by the
L. & N.
The construction of this line
from Wetmore to Dalton depends
largely upon the attitude of our
people toward the road. If we
go to fighting in any way, and
raising the price on land which
they will be forced to have, we
are liable to run this road away
from us, because-it is well under
stood that the L. & N. does not
have-to build through Dal tan to
carry out its plans. They have even
gone so far as to survey another
route, which strikes the Western
and Atlantic at Cartersville, and
understand that the Carters-
ville people will make a very
strenuous effort to secure the line
to that point, tapping the Western
and Atlantic and running on into
Atlanta.
Both Mr. Johnson and Mr.
Neal speak in the highest terms
of Dalton and her people, and
they said to The Citizen this after
noon that they felt almost sure
that no fight would be made on
them, and that the people who
own laud through which their
right of way would run would be
reasonable enough in prices.
The building of this road means
much to Dalton, and The Citizen
trusts that our people will look
well after this matter and work
to secure the line into this place.
Railroads never hurt a town; they
always make them. Many of the
best towns in the South were
built up by railroads alone, having
no natural advantages and re
sources worth while. Let the
L. & N. people have all the en
couragement we can give them,
and before many moons we will
have another great trunk line of
railway into Dftlton.
BAPTIST MEETING
Full Program of Middle Cherokee
Baptist Association.
Fifth Sunday meeting, Middle
Cherokee Baptist Association,
will be held with the Resaca
church, beginning Friday before
the fifth Sunday in May, 1904.
Introductory sermon—Rev. M.
ff. McCall. Alternate, Rev. J.
P. Jones.
Topic 1. Is the tendency of the
times towards truth or error in
religion?—Rev. J. E. Barnard, R.
L. Rogers, J. A. McClain, Joseph
Bradely.
Topic 2. Is there Scriptural
authority for licensing preachers,
as at present practiced?—Rev. A.
W. Johnson, J. W. Swain, Rev.
W. T. Shelton, Rev. W. J. King.
Topic 3. Is the commission in
Matthew 28:19 fulfilled when the
individual gives to the extent of
his financial ability to the spread
ing of the gospel?—Rev. W. A.
Nix, W. H. Lumpkin, Rev. J. P.
Jones, Charley Kennedy, T.
Nolan.
Topic 4. Is it the duty
Christians who are heads
families to observe family worship?
—Rev. W. N. McCall, Rev. J. W.
Edwards, J. W. Aycock, A. E.
Ramsaur, G. A. Headden.
Topic 5. Exergesis of John
15:1-7—Rev. T. A. Owens, Rev.
J. M. Barnett#, J. J. Conner, R.
L. McCollum,
Topic 6. First thing Saturday
afternoon, question box for half
an hour.
Topic 7. What should be the
attitude of Christians in relation
to the sale of intoxicating liquors?
—Rev. A. F. Roberts, J. K
Farrar, G. H. Gilreath, G. W
Mills, W. A. Dodd.
Topic 8. Is character formed
by early environments, and herein
of the Sunday-school work and
the interest our churches should
take in it?—Rev. E. Cook, G. W.
Head, G. W. Brock, L. P. Gaines,
B. E. Lewis, T. J. Bell.
All Baptist churches within
the Association are requested to
send messengers.
The brethern named are ex
pected to lead in the discussion,
all others to join.
A. M. Foote,
Chairman Ex. Com.
A TERRIBLE BATTLE
FOUGHT BY JAPAN
FIGHT ON YALU.
Reckless Bravery Showed By
Both Armies,
Against Their Russian Enemy
This Week.
PLUCKY JAPS VICTORIOUS.
Russians Not Equal to Them—lap-
anese Outgeneral the
Russians.
DEAD PILED UP IN HEAPS.
The Jap’s General Considers the Re
sult More of a Loss Than a
Gain to Him.
There are 107,848 dressmakers
employed by firms in London
The highest wages obtainable, ex
cept in the case of about a dozen
heads of departments, are #3 50
week.
Light on The Billow’* Crest.
There is a story of a shipwreck
which tells how the crew and pas
sengers had to leave the vessel and
take to the boats. The sea was
ough, and great care in rowing
and steering was necessary, in
order to guide the heavy laden
boats, not from the ordinary waves
which they rode over easily, but
from the great cross-seas: Night
was approaching, and the hearts of men
their shoulders to the wheels in
Don’t fail to attend the
Auction Sale of Furniture,
Carpets, Mattings, etc., dai
ly. Saturday the hours will
be 10:30 a. m., 3 to 5 and 8
to 9 p. m.
LEONARD & McGHEE.
Georgia Affairs.
It is now generally thought
that the winter is over.
Georgia is now sure for Parker
and the country is safe.
Five hundred Hebrews will be
colonized in Emanuel county.
The Georgia bankers will meet
this year at Lookout Mountain on
the 28th of June.
Railroad building in Georgia is
on the increase. Before many
years every town will have a rail
road.
The expert accountant who has
been investigating the books and
accounts of the statehouse officers
report them in fine order. This
was to have been expected as our
officers are all right.
St. Petersburg, May 5.—The
Russian losses at the battle of
Kiu-Tien-Cheng were 2,000 men
and 40 officers—far greater than
previous reports indicated.
This is the official estimate of
Major-General Kashtaliusky, who
directly commanded the division
that suffered the brunt of the at
tack and whose report was re
ceived yesterday by the emperor.
Many are inclined to place the
Russian losses even higher. Gen
eral Kashtalinsky mentions also
that more than 700 wounded had
arrived at Feng-Wang Cheng, and
these may not be included in his
report. He made no attempt to
estimate the Japanese losses, mere
ly stating that they must have
been collossal.
The magnitude of the Russian
losses had an almost stunning ef
fect on the authorities and aroused
general grief, mingled only with
satisfaction at the bravery dis
played by the Russian troops
Not for a moment was there any
intention to pay such a terrible
price for delaying the enemy s
crossing of the Yula.
General Kashtalinsky’s report
establishes the fact that the Rus
sians sustained the greatest loss in
order to save the two regimants
which were occupying Antung.
The Eleventh regiment was
given the post of honor at the
rear, with instructions to hold
back the oncoming Japanese. The
Twelfth regiment and the Third
batteries quickfiring detachment
were directed to retire.
By the time the latter move
ment commenced the Japanese
had almost surrounded the Rus
sian position. The Twelfth regi
ment was compelled to charge
with the bayonet and succeeded
in breaking through the enemy’s
line. The Second battery’s firing
detachment without horse could
not move the guns, and were com
pelled to abandon them. The
of the Second battery put
St. Petersburg, May 4.—The
gloom which prevailed here yester
day was almost completely dis
pelled this morning when the
people read the story of the glori
ous fight made by General Sassa*
litch’s handful of rough regiments
and the flower of the Mikado’s
legions at the Yalu, and of the
utter defeat of Vice Admiral To
go’s new attempt to seal the en
trance to Port Arthur.
It is now plain that not more
than 8,000 Russians were actually
engaged in the fighting at the
Yalu against the Japanese army,
of a total strength of between
30,000 and 40,000. The losses
on both sides, which are expected
to reach 1,000 and possibly 1,200
in the Russian force and twice
that number for the Japanese,
makes it one of the bloodiest fights
in history. At the river crossing
the Japanese dead lie piled up
literally in heaps, and General
Kuroki’s success was purchased at
such a heavy cost that the Rus
sians are disposed to regard it as
rather a defeat than a victory for
him.
General Kuropatkin’s dispatch
shows that the Russians fought
with such bull dog tenacity and
bravery against the overwhelming
superiority of the enemy, that the
latter’s nominal victory was
eclipsed by the prowess of the
Czar’s soldiers.
LATER.
St. Petersburg, May 5, 3:47 a.
m.—The Russian losses at the
battle of Kiu lien-cheng were
2,000 and forty officers—far
greater than previous reports in
dicated. This is the official esti
mate of General Kashtalinsky,
who directly commanded the di
vision that suffered the brunt of
the attack and whose report was
received yesterday by the em
peror. Many are inclined to
place the Russian losses even
higher.
all sunk as they asked what they
should do in the darkness when
they would no longer be able to
see these terrible waves. To their
great joy, however, when it grew
dark, they discovered that they
were in phosphorescent waters
and that each dangerous wave roll
ed up crested with light which
made it as clearly visible as if it
were midday. So it is that life’s
dreaded experiences when we
we meet them carry in themselves
the light which takes away the
peril and terror. The night sor
row comes with its own lamp of
comfort. The hour of weakness
brings it the secret of strength.
By the brink of the bitter fountain
grows the trees whose branch will
heal the waters. The wilderness,
with its hunger and no harvest,
has daily manna: In dark Geth-
semane, where the load is more
than mortal heart can bear, an an
gel appears ministering strength.
When we come to the hard, rongh,
steep path we find iron for shoes.
—Our Right Arm.
Australia exported last year
more than 20,000,009 frozen rab
bits and rabbit skins.
an effort to push the guns up the
mountain side, but the Japanese
fire was so hot that they returned
to the protection of the Eleventh
legiment.
Dressing for Dinner.
The New York Tribune tells
the story of a young American
who came home from Oxford Col
lege and introduced with pleasing
results the custom of the English
upper classes of dressing for even
ing dinner at home whether
guests are to be entertained or not
He explained that he wanted to
show as much respect to his moth
er and sisters as any other woman
His brothers objected and his sist
ers did not care to take the trouble
to dress up just for the family
but he persisted and they all finally
conformed. The result, accord
ing to the mother’s report, was
more consideration and better
manners all round. “There is
great moral power in clothes,” she
said.
It was not the clothes, but the
aim which the clothes expressed
—the effort to be ladies and gen
tlemeu at home as abroad. The
same results can be achieved
Ladies and Children
Who can not stand the shocking and
strain of laxative syrups and cathartic
pills are especially fond of Little Early
Risers. All persons who find it neces
sary to take a liver medicine should try
these easy pills, and compare the agree
ably pleasant and strengthening effect
with the nauseating and weakening con
ditions following the use of other reme
dies. Little Early Risers cure bilious
ness, constipation, sick headache, jaun
dice, malaria and liver troubles. Sold
by Fincher & Nichols. May
According to a physician drunk
enness is voluntary illness.
Now the iceman is figuring out
excuses for boosting prices.
without the aid of an evening
coat or a dinner gcwn, though
these may be useful as means when
practicable. No doubt a man or
woman feels better, more cheerful,
and can be more agreeable when
dressed. But to dress every
evening means time and expense
for half the world at least, and it
is not every young man who has a
dress suit to put on. But every
young man has soap, towels and
clean linen and can make himself
“presentable” even though it be
only to sit down to his evening
meal with his mother and sisters.
And they can do the like, and all
can earnestly cultivate that con
tinuing kindliness and courtesy
which mean so much in the home
I circle.—Macon Telegraph.