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1*1 101TH QIOKOIA CITIZEN, DALTON,
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Official Organ of the County. Official Organ
of the United States Circuit and Dlstrlol
Courts, Northwestern Division, North
ern District of Georgia.
T. S. SHOPS.
A. J. SHOWALTER,
T. S. SHOPS and F. T. REYNOLDS, editors
Proprietors
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OM-Kntered at the Dalton, Ga., Postofflce for
transmission through the mails as second
olass mall matter.
Thursday* May 19, 1904.
For Representative.
I respectfully announce my candidacy
for the Legislators from this county
subject to a Democratic primary.
W. W. Seymour.
Turn on the water!
Shoot the Shanghai
Put the pirating Plymouth
Rock in the pot.
Everybody who is interested
in Dalton ought to say a good
word for the Dalton Female Col
lege.
North Geoigia peaches were
not weighed in the San Jos® scale
this year, and we will ship the
biggest cr >p of all.
’Rah for Gray, Pendleton, Sto
vall and Parker! The first three
for delegates to the St. Louis
convention, and Parker for presi
dent.
Hon. Sam P. Maddox is pre
paring to put out quite a large
tract in Bermuda grass. Gentle
men, there is money in it! Keep
it up!
So long as politicians are pol
iticians, and so long as they run
for office, just so long will the
present system of electing judges
be a failure.
There are some Thornton ave
nue chickens making life hideous
for thos® citizens who are trying
to beautify their lawns by sodding
and planting out flower seed.
Several ladies have said they
would take down their front
fences if it were not for their
neighbors’ chickens running out
all over the adjoining neighbor
hood.
Why not give our judges a
term of a certain number of years
in office and then retire them as
ineligible? Would not this do
away with political jobbery and
rascality?
The rules of propriety are not
compulsory, but we will be bless®d
if we don’t think there are some
people in Dalton who ought, at
least, to get on speaking terms
with some of them.
At Indianapolis last week Sam
Small—lately of Atlanta—advised
the people to vot® against Parker
if he were nominated. Perhaps
Sam thought he was (Sam) on
another temperance lecture in
Vermont.
THE FEMALE COLLEQE.
The commencement exercises
of the Dalton Female College
were brought to a close Monday
evening with the graduating ex~
ercises.
The whole commencement ex
ercises, from the beginning to the
end, were largely attended, and
quite an interest in the welfare of
the college was manifested.
But, citizens, the college needs
more than your presence at the
annual commencement exercises.
This does not support it. It
merely indicates that you would
be glad of its success. While the
college is getting along fairly well,
it is by no means doing what it
ought to. This is no reflection on
any teacher connected with the
institution; it is just the plain, un
varnished truth, the fault lying in
our people, who seem to think
that success comes to this class of
enterprise accompanied by no ef
fort. The college belongs to us
all, and its success or failure is
dependent on us all. We must
work for it; we must talk for it;
drum for it; we must continue to
have a place for the education of
our girls without having to send
them away from home, which
costs more with no better results.
The more we have at home the
better we like home.
Prof. Thomas L. Bryan is an
indefatigable worker and has done
much with the college considering
his opportunities. He has grad
uated the past year the largest
class in the history of the college.
If you will co-operate with him
he will do better next year.
Surely this is little enough to ask.
Put your shoulder to the wheel
and all together.
Speak
THE NEIGHBORS’ CHICKENS.
Judging from the reports com
ing from some of the Thornton
avenue residents one need not be
surprised if injunction proceed^
ings be issued against some of the
chicken owners.
Now the subject of chickens is
not our “long suit,” for we have
always been “short” on them at
our boardinghouse, and we begin
to feel that there is a chicken
trust in Dalton, and that its pro
moters live, for the most part, on
Thornton avenue, with a few ten
tacles, here and there, in other
portions of the city. Evidently
the chickens have been cornered
but not as closely as a great many
have wished.
Of course, everybody has
right to have chickens—just as
many as they want, but their
neighbors also have a right
have beautiful front lawns and
sod their primises, without having
to stand out and shew chickens
all day. Both parties have
rights, so what is to be done?
seems that people who own
chickens should fence them in, or
buy a chicken farm in the country
There is a place for everything,
and certain it is that no one has
a right to raise chickens in the
| VILLAGE * I
S IMPROVEMENT |
“If we wish to make our city
lovely we must love our city.”
Le Parque Fend on Thornton
avenue is being much admired,
and as soon as the work is com
pleted it will add much to “the
wide place in the road.”
a good word for the
Dalton Female College.
Talk
more about Dalton and
less about your neighbors.
be
Church collections must
good in Dalton. So far we haven’
butt®d into any strawberry festi
vals.
Georgia’s delegates were in
structed for Bryan in 1900, then
why not instruct them for Parker
this year?
When we work up enough town
pride to organize a board of trade
—but what’s the use? we will say
it then.
There are some people in
Dalton (and bless your soul they
are not all men) who pull back
no matter what is being done for
the good of the city.
One reason why the price on
printing paper has gone up is the
universal us® of wood pulp in so
many breakfast food preparations
now in the market.
With Georgians like Jas. R.
Gray, Charles R. Pendleton, P.
A. Stovall and John W. Maddox
as delegates at large to St. Louis,
none need fear but that the right
sort of timber will be selected in
a presidential candidate.
The Darien Gazette says that
two years hence somebody will
want General Clement A. Evans’
place as prison commissioner. If
the truth were known guess some
body is wanting it now. We
never knew of anybody having
anything that somebody else didn’t
want.
how much of a
were to
If you knew
nuisance your chickens
your neighbors, you would kill
them at once or keep them fenced
in. Many Daltonians have un
dertaken to beautify their lawns
and sidewalk borders, but the
neighbors’ chickens have torn up
the work.
The question of electing our
judges is creating quite an inter
est in the state. And well it
may! The recent primaries are
enough to make people think, and
think fast. To save our judiciary
from spoliation is a question cal
culated to create an interest, and
one that should not subside until
the present system is changed.
All over North Georgia the
interest in Bermuda grass is grow
ing, and it will not be long until
much of the grass will be doing
the same thing. Plant it, raise
fine stock and get rich!
A well known and thoughtful
private citizen and business man
of Dalton suggests that no mem
ber of the state or any county
executive committee should be
allowed to hold office.
Hearst has the right kind of
democratic metal in him, so far as
bolting goes. He says that he
will support the St. Louis nomi
nee, which is equivalent to saying
that he will support Parker.
Mr. Hearst has declared most
positively, in an interview, that
he will not bolt the ticket this
fall. That will put him in line
for something better in the future,
for he is a young man yet.
Whatever else may be said of
Tom Watson, the whole of the
United States shall ever be thank
ful to him for our rural free de
livery system, for it is to him, be
yond all cavil and doubt, we owe
the credit and honor of devising it
Apropos of the discussion now
going on as to how best elect
judges and others in Georgia it
would be well to recall the lines
of Pope:
“For forms of government let fools con
test
The best administered is best.”
neighbors’ yards.
We are not trying to settle this
question; we are merely suggest
ing, and we trust that all con
cerned will take it in the good
humor it is meant. There is
certain amount of provincialism
we, as a city, must rid c urselves
of, before we can win our rightful
place among the cities of Georgia
which are so fast forging to the
front. So “to the woods” with
the chickens!
By special request we republish
the following poem which ap
peared in The Citizen of March
L3th, under the head, “Whose
Chickens? Yours?”
We took down all the fences,
An’ we mellowed up the soil;
We planted vines an’ roaes
With an unremitting toil;
For the new Village Improvement
Wasa playin’ quite the dickens,
An’ we clean forgot to reckon
On- our next-door neighbor’s chickens
But they came, chicks, hens an’ roosters
For my flower beds they steered,
An’ with that flook’s appearin’
Why, my Phlox, they disappeared.
I was in a raging fever
When they ate my “Feverfew,”
An’ I had no smile, I tell you,
When my Smilax all went, too.
When they scratched up my Hibiscus,
I just had to make a fugs;
’Twas enough—I’m sure you’ll say
To make a Hibis-cuss.
Now, if this town improvement
Is a cause that’s worth the stickin
How shall we solve the question
Of our next-door neighbor’s chickenB?
Those people who say certain
improvements have not be®n
made, beoause they have not heard
about them or seen them, belong
to the same class who feel that
when they die everything else
will. Please push! Don’t pull
back. If you can do neither keep
your mouth shut!
Father Rey, the only living
person who knows the secret
formula for making Chartreuse
the famous French liqueur, has
defied the French courts, and with
his brother monks been driven
from the French republic, and
threatens to die with his secret,
but one consolation, we have
Vermouth, Benedicti andKemmel
left to make coquetails with not
to mention lime juice and creme
de menthe. All is not lost, thanks
to the bibulous and patriotic
Americans like Rickey.
This day, which, in the year
of our Lord 1780, was known as
the “Dark Day,” when it became
necessary for all to light their
candles to see anything. A New
England legislature was in session,
and so frightened became the
members that they proposed, in
fear and trembling, to go home,
thinking the end of all things had
come. One God-fearing member
dramatically exclaimed, “No, send
for candles, and be men—be found
doing your duty though the
heavens fall. We can be found
in no better attitude.” Surely,
times do change.
A Bargain.
A second-hand Phaeton for sale
at a bargain, good as new.
John T. Holland.
A smaller city than Dalton has
offered to donate some goldfish
for the fountain in the park. But
at present the kind offer cannot
be accepted. Turn on the water!
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The First Baptist church is to
shortly install new pews and
otherwise-beautify this magnifi
cent property. The lady mem
bers of this church are untiring in
their efforts in behalf of their be
loved institution, and to them is
due much credit.
SOME GOOD THINGS.
The scenic eye is convalescent
Our little city, so bountifully
blessed by Dame Nature, is rapidly
being made more beautiful by the
removal of front fences, fresh
paint and various other improve
meuts that are daily taking place
within her border.
to
of
Don’t allow your neighbor
outstrip you in the matter
sodding. If the adjacent premises
are sodded up to your line pass
the good work along to your
neighbor and shift the responsi
bility of breaking the chain
sodding off on someone else.
of
The work recently done by the
city authorities from the Presby'
terian church south along Thorn
ton avenue adds much to this
thoroughfare and the property
owners are meeting them half
way, and are fighting uncieanli
ness to the “last ditch.”
North Dalton is thoroughly
alive in the matter of improve
ment, and it a real pleasure to
visit this section of Dalton and
see the many recent improve
ments. Well-kept lawns and neat
premises evince their interest in
the improvement movement.
The honor or credit for these
many improvements is due to the
person throwing paper or trash
in the receptacles provided for
that purpose; to the busy house
keeper who plans the changes
around her home, and to the in
dulgent “Lord of Creation” who
so cheerfully “pays the freight.
I11 a drive around the town the
following recent improvements
that add much to the general ap
pearance of the respective streets
may be noted, viz: On Chatta
nooga avenue the homes of
Messrs. G. W. and H. C. Hamil
ton are being painted and re
modeled; th® Bazemore home on
Waugh street recently improved;
the Showalter residence newly
painted and otherwise beautified
on Thornton avenue; fence re
moved and replaced with granite
coping in front ot the cozy home
of B. L. Heartsill on King street;
the pretty home of W. H. Muncy
on Selvidge street remodeled; B.
C. Bivings’ attractive home on
King street repainted and the
interior handsomely remodeled,
and other decided improvements
all over the city.
When a man stands before an
audience and says that one class
of people hates another, or that
the “masses hate you,” because
you have done something they
have not, he is guilty of nothing
more nor less than a sin, we do
not care who he is or what he
represents. People have little to
say when they can find nothing
better to say than to say things
calculated to array one class
against another, It is socialism,
pure and simple, and is father to
more discontent than any other
one thing in the whole catalogue
of discontentment.
Friction board for mak
ing pulleys.
The A.. J. Showalter Co.
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Corliss-Coon Collars
Yale Suspenders
Hamilton-Brown Shoes
W. L. Douglas Shoes
R. & G. Corsets
McWilliams Special Hats
“Grindstone” Clothing
Carhart Overalls
Duchess Trousers
Nelly King Flour
White Swan Flour
It gives us pleasure
to sell these because
they do please.
McWilliams Bros.
HON. GORDON LEE
Mr. Lee will succeed one of the
strongest and most able men in
congress from Geoigia, but we
have no sort of doubt that he will
measure fully and completely up
to all the expectations of his many
friends in the discharge of his con
gressional duties.
To the office in question Mr.
Lee will bring a splendid legisla
tive experience and a heart filled
with an earnest and sincere ambi
tion to worthily and truly repre
sent all the people of the Seventh
district. Patriotic, capable and
possessing the necesary capacity
and willingness for hard work, Mr.
Lee only needs the actual experi
ence of a congressman to round
out his other very evident qualifi
cations for the task before him.
The Tribune extends to Hon.
Gordon Lee the sincere and cor
dial assurance of its entire good
will, and he may count upon our
active co-operation in the work of
advancing every true interest of
this section of Georgia.— Rome
Tribune.
NEW WAY TO SELL MEDICINE
Hightower & Talley Give Guarantee
Bond With Mi-o-na, Nature’s
Cure for Dyspepsia.
Hightower & Tailey have made
arrangements to sell Mi-o-na, the
marvelous digestion regulator in
new and hitherto unheard of
way, furnishing a guarantee bond
with every package.
GUARANTEE BOND.
In purchasing a 50c box of Mi-o-na,
the purchaser is requested to have
this guarantee signed by Hightower
& Talley as their personal agreement
to refund the money on return of
empty box if Mi-o-na fails to oure
dyspepsia and all stomach troubles.
(Signed) Hightower a Talley.
Hightower & Talley will give
the above bond with every 50c
box of Mi-o-na they sell. You
run no risk in buying Mi-o-na.
That everyone may have faith
in this scientific cure for dyspep
sia, Mi-o-na is sold under a posi
tive guarantee to refund the
money if it does not do all that is
claimed for it.
Everyone who is troubled with
dyspepsia, headache, distress after
eating, dizzy feeling or loss of
appetite or who is losing weight
and in a run down condition,
should take the guarantee bond
to Hightower & Talley and com
mence the use of Mi-o-na at their
risk, remembering that the treat
ment costs you nothing unless it
does all that is claimecLfor it.
Drink a Bottle of fiyest-
B CENTS SS&CtL
At all Stand . Grocers and Saloons
TABLE LINEN
Formally Nominated as The Suc
cessor of Hon. John W. fladdox.
Hon. Gordon Lee was yesterday
nominated for congressman from
this district to succeed Hon. John
W. Maddox, who retires after his
present term expires.
The picnic season is here and a lunch out under
the spreading trees is more inviting when arranged
on a pretty Table Cloth. We are offering them in
2, 2^ and 3 yard lengths. Splendid ones at
50e
65c
25c
Worth 65c
“ 85c
tt
35c
OUR FAMOUS
SHOES
are becoming more popular every day. Our
5 Millinery Department
is constantly being replenished with the prettiest
and latest things.
GIVE US A CALL.
Eaton, Cnffey & Cn.
FITNESS
Is in the eternal order of things. Likewise it is
one of the things that count most in a Shoe. No
matter how it looks, if it don’t fit, it’s no good.
in our justly famous
Cannon Ball
Shoes. Like the old saying of a cat having
nine lives, we have
NINE FITS
in the “Cannon Ball” Shoe, We carry Cloth.
i n g> Dress Goods, Groceries, Furniture, Glass
ware, etc., etc.
CALL AND SEE US.
CAYLOR & YATES,
DALTON, GEORGIA.
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