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TH* KOETH OBOKOIA OITIZWf,
ifsrtft (Senrgia Citizen
Published every Thursday.
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Official Organ of the County. Official Organ
of the United States Circuit and District
Courts, Northwestern Division, North
ern District of Georgia.
T. I. SHOPB, i preerieters
A. J. SHOWALTER, i rruprieiTB ^
T. S. SHOPE and F. T. REYNOLDS, Editors.
Terms sf Snbscriptlea:
One Year
Three Months 25
^-Entered at the Dalton, Ga., Postofflcs for
transmission through the mails as second-
class mall matter.
Thursday, May 26, 1904
For Representative.
I respectfully announce my candidacy
for the Legislature from this county
subject to a Democratic primary.
W. W. Seymoub.
Turk on the water!
Wonder if Mill creek lias gone
dry?
Be yourself. An immitalor is
an abomination, a misfit and a
weakling.
The Rome Herald now brings
out a Sunday edition, and it is
quite a fine paper.
L. A. Fields is conducting a
splendid special column in the
Cobb Jountv Courier.
Atlanta is standing a lot of
hardware this week, but Atlanta
will do it without complaint.
The time to shed your flannel
is when the size of the ice bill
makes you hot under the collar.
If the citizens of Dalton can’t
have water in the park fountains,
it occurs to us that they ought to
be told why.
The edition of the Savannah
Press gotten up by the Daughters
of the Confederacy of that city
was a superb affair.
Take the lid off the water
fountains. What have we such a
big water plant for if the people
cannot get the benefit?
Next Tuesday the vanguard of
Georgia democracy will be gath-
ering in the Kimball House lobby
and a Parker smile will be worn
by nearly, if not all, of them.
FARMING THAT PAYS.
With rock-ribbed democrats
like Jim Gray, John;Maddox,Char
lie Pendleton and Holly Estill as
delegates at large, Georgia may
well feel proud out in the Mound
City- by^the-father - of waters on
July sixth!
It will soon be time for the
army of men who were the
“original Parker man,” his “school
teacher” and “classmate” to turn
up and give some reminiscences
to the press. We await their
numerous appearance with pleas
ant anticipation.
Mrs. Parker, mother of Judge
Alton B. Parker, says “the reason
Alton is such a good man is due
to the fact I demanded implicit
obedience when he was young and
did not spare the rod.” The birch
and the boy may be alliterative
but it makes a mighty good text
as well as good presidential tim
ber.
The real thing to do in the
way of electing judges and ether
officers is to apply the Australian
ballot, if the present system re
mains in force, as rigidly as possi
ble. If then a fellow sells a vote
the buyer can never be sure of the
delivery of the goods. Let the
people have the right to vote for
whom they will.
The Citizen has been over
whelmed with thanks about its
“chicken” editorial last week and
two others came in to ask if it
would not ask the owners of
horses to quit turning them out
at night to graze on the front
lawns. One of them threatens to
shoot the first horse found in his
I
yard after night.
The people of Chattooga coun
ty are thinking of issuing one
hundred thousand dollars worth
of four per cent, bonds with which
to build good roads. That is a
step in the right direction and
when done it will be one of the
best counties to live in in the
state. The people over there
have seen the value of the govern
ment pike in Walker county.
The first of the week The Citi
zen had the pleasure of being
shown over the large farm of the
Alaculsy Lumber Co , located at
Crandall, Murray county. Mr.
J. H. Beard, the manager, talked
interestingly of what he had done
in the way of intensive farming,
and showed conclusively, not by
mere words, but by results what
can be done in North Georgia
farming after his fashion, which
is, strictly speaking, the inten
system.
Stock raising is the principal
feature, everything being grown
on the farm that goes to their
raising. Last year $1,600.00
worth of cattle were sold, and
this year horses are being raised
that are as fine as any that ever
grazed on the blue grass fields of
old Kentucky. Attention is also
being given to the raising of
Berkshire bogs, and some of the
finest specimens are to be seen.
The Citizen has for a long
time urged the importance of stock
raising in this section. All kinds
of grass grow in greatest pro
fusion, and wherever this is the
case stock raising is, as a matter
of course, bound to be the one
pursuit of all others, bringing the
greatest returns for the least ex
penditure of both time and money.
North Georgia is not in the
cotton belt—it is not a cotton
country, though much of it is
grown. Its growth in this section
is, for ths most part, forced by
using much fertilizer at frequent
ly the cost of the crop. Noth
ing clear is rarely ever made, and
the vitality of the land is sapped
until its yield is impaired to
almost worthlessness. Some of
the best farms in North Georgia
have been almost ruined by the
continued growing of cotton, and
even when cotton was bringing
only four and five cents per pound
it was planted and grown at a loss,
the farmers coming out at the end
of the season in debt and discour
aged. Cotton is not the thing on
which the North Georgia farmers
can make money. It has been
tried too often already, and the
results are the same and ever will
be—nothing much more than the
cost of production.
Mr. Beard tells The Citizen
that he will never go off after the
cotton will-o’-the-wisp, that there
is nothing in it. “Why,” he says,
“what can farmers do in this
section growing cotton on highly
fertilized land, producing inferior
and less cotton than is produced
in the cotton belts with no fer
tilizer?” The question is perti
nent and the answer simple.
Continuing, Mr. Beard said:
“Grass growing and stock raising
is the salvation of this section,
supplemented, of course, with
the growing of corn and oats for
feed stuff. Fruit growing, which
is now one of the best paying
industries, should also be given
attention.”
The Citizen’s advice to the
farmers is to quit the cotton busi
ness, grow grass, raise fine stock
snd get rich. It can be done.
BRYAN 1*1. THOMAS.
General Bryan M. Thomas,
Superintendent of the Dalton
public schools for many years,
was recently re-appointed to that
responsible position.
The Jboard of education could
not have done better, and the
words of approval The Citizen
has heard on every side means
that this man, who has served the
Dalton public schools so long and
faithfully, has not only done his
duty well, but has endeared him
self to the people in such a way
that they are unwilling that he
sheuld resign the superintend
ency. A more polite, kind, cour
teous gentleman cannot be found.
Not only is he held in high esteem
by the patrons of the school, but
the teachers love him as a bene
factor who loves and teaches them;
his pupils love him with a devo
tion thatis beautiful, and respect
him with that admirable respect
which is akin to reverence. Sure
ly such a man possesses the real
and true attributes which go to
make up a good man. Surely
such a man is in the proper plaoe
at the head of our public schools
Georgia is preparing to unload
on the country the finejt crop of
peaches and watermelons the
world ever saw.—Chattanooga
News.
GEORGIA INDUSTRIAlThOME DAY.
The founder and management
of the Georgia Industrial Home
for unfortunate children, requests
the people of the state to remem
ber the home on Tussday, May
31st, and give one day’s income
or salary to this great work. The
Home has now about 150 children
from all sections of the state and
in five years has touched the
lives of more than 200, and at
present is in absolute need of
special assistance by reason of an
epidemic of measles and its grow
ing and increasing necessities.
Many friends in Georgia of in
nocent and suffering childhood
will remember this appeal and
give at least one day’s salary or
income to the noble cause. All
remittances should be forwarded
by check or post-office order to
Rev. W. E. Mumford, president
Georgia Industrial Home, Macon,
J Ga.
Mr. Hearst’s plaiu statement
that “no matter who the Demo
cratic nominee at St. Louis may
be” he will recieve his “earnest
and cordial support,” must be
awfully discouraging to that class
of Democrats who bolted the
ticket in ’96 and 1900, and who
were building so much on occupy
ing the Democratic pulpit because
others were willing to do the
same thing in 1904. Mr. Hearst’s
manly deliverance makes it proba
ble that the place for these gentle
men will continue to be the
mourner’s bench at least during
the coming revival.
WHO FIRST?
The News was the first news
paper in Georgia to give editorial
endorsement to the candidacy of
Editor James R. Gray, of the At
lanta Journal, for delegate from
the state at large to St. Louis, but
the Journal has never seen fit to
include our nosegay in its mam
moth bouquet of printed flowers
culled from all over the state, but
we are still for Gray, and hope
that the guiding spirit of one of
the best afternoon papers in
America will be elected to the
national convention as one of
Georgia’s “Big Four.” We do
not care whether his personal
choice for president is Parker, or
some one else. All Georgians
can depend upon the good judg
ment and sound party fealty of
Mr. Gray to control him in doing
that which seems best for the
democracy.—Macon News.
We desire to commend the
spirit displayed in the above by
Editor Boifeuillet—that’s true
democracy, but we think The
Citizen first endorsed Editor Gray.
In our issue of March 3rd, we
suggested the names of Editors
Gray, of Atlanta, Pendleton, of
Macon, and Stovall, of Savannah.
Mr. Stovall not being a candidate
we got into Judge Maddox’s
band wagon. It yet leaves us
room for one more, and we don’t
know of a more lovable, loyal
democrat and royal editor than
John Boifeuillet, and we are for
him if he will have the place.
DALTON CITY PARKS.
The Chattanooga Spring Fes>*
tival was a hummer, but just wait
until the Whitfield County Fair
comes off this fall. It will be a
marker.
Nearly every day somebody
asks The Citizen why the water is
not turned on in the park foun
tains. It cannot tell, because it
does not know.
Is it possible that the city re
ceives secondary consideration
from our boasted water system?
It looks that way. For the sake
of the looks of the thing let’s have
the water turned on in the park
fountains and stop the people from
talking so much about our “in
efficient” water works.
Atlanta has just purchased the
old Piedmont Exposition grounds,
a tract of 185 acres, paying there
for $9,900, and will make of it a
great city park. This is but
another strong proof of the splen
did progressive spirit ol growing
Atlanta. While Dalton can l ot
do things on a large scale like At
lanta, yet the people of Dalton
may profit by keeping their eyes
on the things being done by
thrifty, advancing city.
The people of Dalton could, if
they would only unite in the ef
fort, secure a woodland tract of
from 60 to 100 acres lying just
011 the west of the city limits, and
could gradually improve it into
a beautiful city park, which in
the future would be the pride of
the citizens and worth many
thousands of dollars to the city
This ground could now be bought
for a small sum, insignificant even
when compared to the immense
value it would be to Dalton. The
people in Southern cities and
towns are learning to appreciate
more each day the practical value
of parks. Men, women and chil
dren confined in factories, shops,
stores, offices and homes go with
keen delight into the parks on
sultry afternoons and evenings to
enjoy the pure air and leafy still
ness of God’s “out of doors.”
The health of the people thus
confined positively demands
brief breathing space out in the
open where the free air circulates
uncontaminated by smoke or the
products of the congested parts of
the city.
If Dalton intends to grow and
multiply her industries she must
provide public grounds for the
health and pleasure of her people
Let our citizens look into the
importance of this proposition and
see if it would not be the part of
wisdom for the city to in some
way acquire the property men
tioned and make of it a great city
park.
SUCCESS.
The Citizen leads in circula
tion, popularity and everything
else that goes te make a first-class
weekly newspaper. Examine its
mailing list, and then go and
examine others in Dalton and
then report.
Editor Reynolds, of the North
Georgia (Dalton) Citizen, must
have the chickenpox.
Come to the Gem City, Brother
Reynolds, if you want to see
pretty town; and we’ll feed you on
yellow-legged Shanghai, too.—
Cobb County Courier.
All right Brother Awtrey
We’ll hold you to that; in the
meantime the chickens have been
coopedjin Dalton,and our beautiful
lawns and flower gardens can now
thrive.
Loveman Sons are going to
give somebody a nice free
trip to the World’s Fair and
return.
Hardware . .
Easy Prices at
McWilliams Bros.
per
As an Advertisement
On pure leaf lard, 10c
pound.
Country bacon, 10c per pound
Country hams, 15c per pound.
Country shoulders, 10c per
pound. Bowen Bros
With every Fifty Cents
cash purchase you get a tick
et at Loveman’s. You may
get to go to St. Louis.
Friction board for mak
ing pulleys.
The A. J. Showalter Co.
tf
Haralson county is also a
candidate for good county roads.
There is no one thing which ben
efits all alike so much as good
public roads. A thorough system
is more valuable to any county
than two trunk lines of railway,
though the latter is a prime
necessity.
Our Groceries
are good for the
stomach this hot
weather.
McWILLIAHS BROS.
When you want a buggy,
wagon, laprobe or whip call on
the Dalton Buggy Co.
Grocers* and butchers*
pass books.
A. J SHOWALTER CO.
In the May Philistine, Elbert
Hubbard has a very fine article
under the very common head ol
“Success,’’ and he makes many
good points, among which will
be found the following:
Paradoxically it is true that you must
“sacrifice” some things to gain others.
If you are a young mau and wish to
succeed in business, you will have to
sacrifice the cigarettes, the lats hours,
ths dice, the cards, and all that ronnd of
gentsel folly which saps yonr strengih,
and which tends to unfit you for your
work tomorrow. That awkward and
uncouth country bey who went to work
yesterday is concentrating on his tasks
—he is doing the thing, high or low,
mental or what-not—yes! He is not so
very clever, his trousers bag at the knee
and his sleeves are too short, but his
heart has but one desire, to do his work.
I am no prophet, nor the son of
a prophet, but I’ll tell you this God’s
truth. That uncouth country boy
will some day be a partner in this
firm, and you, with your sharp
ways, your cigarettes, your mid
night suppers, and your smart olothes
bought on the installment plan will go
to him and beg for favors which he
alone can grant. Why ? Because he is
in the line of evolution—he is growing,
and you are not. You are standing
still, and to stand still is to retreat.
Success demands concentration—one
ness of aim and desire. The man who
can lose himsslf in his work is the one
who will succeed best.
And Mr. Hubbard might have
added that the man who can take
the initiative is in line ol promo
tion, and no power on earth can rob
him of the success he has deter
mined to win. Do things without
being told, not spasmodicallj', but
all the time. Your business should
be as interesting next week as it
is this, and will be if you love it.
If 3 7 ou do not love the work you
are doing quit it and find some
thing you do love.
When you want a buggy,
wagon, laprobe or whip call on
the Dalt in Buggy Co.
That baseball feeling will not
down.—Rome Tribune.
Get a club for it.
i VILLAGE * |
S IMPROVEMENT £
The water should be turned on
in the park fountains, or the city
authorities should tell the people
why it is not done.
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North Dalton has a well organ
ized brass band, and the members
hope by practice to make it quite
an attraction to the city.
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The owners of the vacant lots
on the corner of Crawford and
Pentz streets should either have
them cleaned up or fumigated.
When you turn your chickens
out on the public put bells on
them. Then your neighbors will
know when such messengers of
comfort have arrived.
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Much valuable improvement is
going on in North Dalton, houses
being repainted, fences removed
flowers planted, and the homes
beautified in many ways.
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Theie are many old fences in
Dalton, not strong enough to keep
even the chickens out of the yards.
But they are rusty enough to
make ugly otherwise attractive
places.
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Cows should not be staked or
grazed on the streets and side
walks. This is a bad example
and should all the people engage
in it soon the streets and side
walks of Dalton would look like a
cow pen.
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If each woman in Dalton would
do as much real village improve
ment work as Mrs. A. J. Showal
ter has done during the past sixty
days it would not be long until
Dalton would be famous as being
the best kept little city in the
entire country.
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General B. M. Thomas has
caught the village improvement
spirit and is planting out beauti
ful flower beds and otherwise
much improving his handsome
home grounds on East Morris
street.
The ladies of the First Baptist
church will soon begin the work
of beautifying the grounds around
that building. This spirit is
commendable and we trust that it
will not be long until the people
in each church in Dalton will
begin a like good work.
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Dave Kettles, the new garbage
man, is making a. worthy effoit to
get the city clean. All the peo
ple should encourage him by each
one doing all that the city law
requires in reference to putting
garbage in barrels or boxes so that
it can be taken out Are you
doing your part?
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The teachers of the public school
are interesting themselves in the
matter of ijnproving the school
grounds and sodding them with
Bermuda grass. Already consid
erable work has been done. The
Village Improvement Society is
willing to furnish the funds to
help this cause along.
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The great clouds of dust which
rise from the streets in Dalton
during the dry season, are getting
to be almost unbearable. The
chirt or dirt material used in street
building turns into dust to such an
extent that it does seem as if the
city authorities should make some
effort to remedy the trouble. A
coating of gravel on the much used
portions of the streets might give
some relief.
V|Y UNCLE BILL
A * lives on the hi!!,
And is counted
quite a swell.
Of the pies and cakes
my mother
makes
He really likes to tell’
He says the grate
and oven plate
Are wonderfully
arranged.
Throughout the land- it
beats the banc—
The great
PENINSULAR.
RANGE.
PENINSULAR STOVES
ELL AND
ATISFY.
McWilliams Brothers.
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200 Bales Hay
For sale at 50c bale; 100 bales
shucks, 50c bale.
Bowen Bros.
A Bargain.
A second-hand Phaeton for sale
at a bargain, good as new.
John T. Holland.
For good buggies, wagons, car
riages, harness, laprobes or whips,
call on the Dalton Buggy Co.
who will make an effort to please
you.
Just Received
A large shipment of dishes,
bought at a bargain, to be sold
same way. Bowen Bros.
&eme Heed
things 'Cheap.
Received to-day 5oo yards
of beautiful
Dress Goods # Lawns
We bought these goods for
less than one~half manufac=
turer’s cost and offer them to
you on same basis. Others
price, 12 l=2c and 15c, our price
5c and 10c.
Also A. F. C. Ginghams, this
week only, at 8 l-3c.
Toile du Noid Ginghams, ioc.
Beautiful India Linons, 5c,
7c and ioc.
YOU WILL FIND OUR
Dry Goods Department
very attractive, both in quality and price
with a beautiful selection of Medium
Priced Goods. Come and see.
WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY.
Caylor & Yates
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