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THE NORTH GEORGIA CITIZEN. DALTON, GA.
HORRIBLE LYNCHING
IN ATLANTA SUBURB
Sight Seldom Seen By Some
Yankee Visitors
WAY TO SETTLE RACE ISSUE
Northern Delegates to Hardware
Convention See Mob Do Its
Deadly Work By Night
Atlanta, Ga., May 31.—Quills
upon the fretful porcupine are as
limp grass compared to the hair
on the heads of a dozen hardware
convention delegates from the
north who saw a negro lynched
for chicken stealing in West End
last night. Each particular north
ern hair has resumed its natural
pose this morning, but the dele
gates who were at the lynching
bee think the southerners who offi
ciated are uncivilized barbarians
anyhow—on the general idea that
none but fuzzy wuzzies would
ever think of such a lynching as
they pulled off out there.
E R. Philip, of 110 Lucile ave-
nue, had for dinner guests Charles
Stollberg and wife, of Toledo, O.;
Frank Rlauvelt and wife, of New
York; Jake Raedes, of Freemont,
Q.; W. Howard Smith, of Atlanta;
E- C. Summers, of Charlotte; John
W. Nichols and wife, of Augusta;
W. F. Comer, of Birmingham, and
J. T. Morissey, of Atlanta.
After the guests had finished
the dinner, every poition of which
was served in tin as the host is
connected with the American Can
Company, the conversation drifted
t»the highly interesting race ques
tion. Maybe the genial host led
the conversation to this subject to
fit in with a previously arranged
plan of his; no one knows whether
he did it or not. At any rate they
ft 1J to discussing the treatment
accorded the negro, north and
south.
“You northern people don’t
know how to handle the negro,”
ventured one of the southern
guests, Hanfi therefore, you are
frequently treating him unjustly—
not through intention, but merely
through ignorance.”
“Who doesn’t know how to
treat the negro ?” demanded one
of the Ohio gentlemen, as a pre
face for an airing of his pronounc
§d views. “I tell you it is you
people who don’t know’
That was as far as the debate
got. The stillness of the summer
night out side was at that instant
broken by the sharp crack of a
pistol somewhere in the back yard.
“There he goes
!” shouted a
“Ketch
Bang! Bang!
I he dinner - guests could stand
no more. Led by the host himself,
who was excited—but not overly
so, because to him, of course, the
proceeding was a nightly occur
ence, perhaps—they rushed for the
back porch. The mob was just
coming around the corner of the
house, dragging its victim at the
end of the rope.
“Here, you!” yelled one of the
Ohio men on the porfch. “Stop
right where you are!” He meant
what he said, too.
The mob halted at the foot of a
high pole which stood in the pale
light of the moon like a gigantic
gallows. The figure of a man
went up the pole to adjust the
rope, which was done in a jiffy,
and just aa the guests in a flying
wedge formation made a rush for
the rescue, threatening, shouting,
screaming and begging for the poor
wretch, a wild whoop rent the air
and the negro’s body was jerked
from the ground and hung twist
ing and writhing from the pole,
“My God, this is awful!” groan
ed a spectator, jerking a handker-
from his coat tail pocket and mop
ping his face.
Other exclamations, shrieks and
perhaps a prayer or two were
drowned in the fusilade of pistol
shots the mob fired at its dangling
victim. They were dancing wild
ly about the foot of the pole now,
shooting and yelling like Coman-
ches, so the rescuing party could
do nothing but wait until the
fiendish thirst for human gore was
satisfied.
All at once, with a concerted
yell and a last volley from the pis
tols, the mob broke and fled.
The guest from New York rushed
to the pole, a gleaming blade in
his hand—one of the blades given
away as souvenirs at the conven
tion, maybe—a fierce determina
tion in his heart. He would cut
down the body, call the police
aud—
Down came the corpse with a
dull, sickening thud. Half a doz
en willing hands reached forward
and took hold of—a suit of Mr.
Philips’ old cloths, stuffed with
straw.
Half an hour later, when eyes
had receded into sockets again,
and lumps in throats had been
duly swallowed, some one said
something about the race question.
“Better let the south settle
that,” meekly observed one of the
northerners. “They seem to un
derstand the negro better than we
do.”
Then began the laugh, which
COMES FROM TEXAS
What Resulted From a Citizen News
Item.
We have the following interest
ing communication from a friend
on The Jacksboro, Tex., News:
“Billie Smith sent back to Geor.
gia for some old-time Georgia rat
tlesnake watermelon seed. Two
of the seed were planted in a pot
in McCall’s barber shop. The
other morning Mr. McCall heard a
rattling similar to a rattlesnake.
On investigating it was found
that the rattlesnake melon was
growing so fast that it actually
rattled. Mack was considerably
rattled. It’s the rich Texas soil
that makes the vine grow in such a
manner.”—Atlanta Constitution.
The above is the result of an
editorial originally appearing in
The Citizen last year about the
Hon. Mell Branch, of Augusta,
who had quit advising the Popu
lists to “raise more h— and less
cotton” and had himself gone into
the lucrative business of raising
and putting on the market water
melon seed of the rattlesnake va
riety. Our old friend W. G.
(Billy) Smith, now of Jacksboro,
wrote us for Mr. Branch’s address
which we furnished, and it now
shows what an item in The Citizen
will result in.
A Witty Lawyer s Excuse.
John D. Coffey, for many years
the wit of the Hamilton county
bar, is dead. # He was one of the
self-made men of Ohio who earned
aud enjoyed distinction, none of
which came to him through poli
tics, says the Marietta (O.) Lead
er. -While Mr. Coffey was one of
the youngest men of the Hamilton
county bar he appeared one morn
ing before an unusually “crusty”
court an hour tardy to try a case
which had several times been con
tinued. The stern judge proceed
ed to “roast” the young lawyer,
and demanded to know what were
his grounds for being so late.
“I have very good grounds,
your honor,” explained the bud
ding Blackstone.
“Well, what are they?” de
manded the court.
“Coffey grounds,” meekly re
plied the rebuked one.
For a moment the court’s eyes
flashed fire, but when it was ex
plained that a newly-arrived Cof
fey would be named for the judge
there was a titter in the court, in
which the judge himself had con
siderable difficulty in not joining.
rough voice in the yard,
him, ketch him!”
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The dinner guests went into a
state closely boidering on a panic
The ladies grabbed hold of their
legal protectors, several of whom
made a move as though they would
run out and investigate.
“Good heavens!” exclaimed Mr,
Philip, “that chicken thief has
come back again aud the boys are
after him.”
Bang! Bang! from the yard.
“Here he is, boys. I got him
that time. Bring the rope!”
This last right under the win
dow where every guest heard it as
plainly as though it had been
shouted in the room.
“ ’Fore Gawd, boss, I ain’t stole
fiem gtfickens,” cripd a pleading
yoice, and the weird squawk of a
hen smote the ears of the dinner
party.
Several guests ran to the win
dow. Then it was the northern
hair began the porcupine act. A
mob outside seemed to be strug
gling with something wild.
“Tie it tight. Who cares if it
does choke him?” a deep voice
cried,
“Lemme go, fo’ Gawd’s sake,
boss! I bought dese chickens,
’fore Gawd I did!
“Have you got the rope tied ?
Now foy a tree! Shut up, you
black devil!”
Bang! Bang! Bang!
“Oh, Lawdy! Please, white
yy
man—
has not subsided yet.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, )
„ Lucas County. |
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney * Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore
said. and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot
be cured by the use of Hall’s Catarrh
Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 6th day of December,
A. D., 1886. A. W. Gleason
(Seal ) Notaby Public.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, and acts directly on the blood and
muous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY $ CO., Toledo, O
Sold hy all druggists, 75 cents.
Fake Hall’s Family Pills for constipa
tion.
RAGS WANTED.
Large, clean cotton rags
wanted by The A. J. Show-
alter Company.
£3TAPI4SBEI> 18*’
PEACHES
AND
CREAM.
W* hav* th* Cream, Trada
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WHO HAS HIE FEMES?
WRIT! OR WIM
MURDOCK & CO.
COLUMBUS, O.,
WHO FUD THE PEOPLE.
RIGHT HEREJN DALTON
Hightower & Talley Guarantee to
Refund Money If Hyomel Fail*
to Cure the Worst Case
of Catarrh.
It is no uncommon thing to see
a medicine advertised as a “guar
anteed cure.” But investigation
usually shows that the guarantee
is made by some unknown firm,
hundreds of miles away.
The guarantee, though, that
comes with Hyomei, is entirely
different. It is made by Hightower
& Talley, one of the most reliable
drug firms in this section. They
advertise that if Hyomei does not
cure the worst case of catarrh, they
will return the money without any
question or argument, No busi
ness house in Dalton has a better
reputation for square dealing than
Hightower & Talley, and when
they guantee that they will refund
the money if Ilyo.nei fails to cure
catarrh, no one has any question
as to the agreement being lived up
to, both in the spirit and letter.
Hyomei is very easy and pleasant
to use. J ust breathe it through
the little inhaler that comes with
every outfit; every breath will
bring recovery that much the
nearer. It kills all the germs of
catarrhal troubles in the air pass
ages of the head, throat and lungs,
soothes and heals the irritated
mucus membrane, and is the only
natural cure for catarrh.
The complete outfit costs but
one dollar, and the extra bottles of
Hyomei can be obtained for fifty
cents. Do not let a slight catarrhal
trouble develop into one that may
be serious and chronic. Use Hy
omei at once, remembering that
you run no risk whatever when
you try Hyomei on Hightower &
Talley’s offer of “No cure, no pay.”
SURELY COMING
The
L. & N. R. R. Buying Rights
of Way to Dalton.
The Atlanta papers of last Sat
urday printed quite a good deal
of news about Mr. D. F. Mc-
Clatcbey, of Marietta, having
bought options on §250,000
worth of property in Atlanta for
the L &. N. railroad.
The reporters tried to locate
Mr. McClatchey in Atlanta, Ma
rietta and Cartersville to get him
to verify the reports. He could
not be found in these places, but
was in Dalton, the guest of his
daughter.
The Citizen is betraying no
confidence when it assures the
people of Atlanta the purpose for
which Mr. McClatchey obtained
options was for the L. & N. rail
road. In a brief conversation
with a Citizen editor Mr. Mc-
Clatehey absolutely gave out no
information, nor was he inter
viewed on the subject for the
reason that The Citizen already
bad official information concern
ing the intentions of the L. & N.
railroad. It will build into Dal
ton from Wetmore, and has the
advantage of getting into the city
by three routes. The one taken
will be the one that shall cost
them the least sum. The Citizen
may say further that it is highly
probable the D. & A. Railroad
will be built within the next
twelve months. The railroad sit
uation in Dalton is fine. It is
the duty of every citizen to give
all the encouragement to the
roads that, under the circum
stances, is due them.
COTTON MILLS SOLD.
Two Fine Georgia Plants Under the
Hammer.
Barnesville, Ga.—The big cot
ton mill of the Barnesville Manu
facturing Company was sold at
public sale here today by J. W.
Cabaniss, trustee for the stock
holders. It was bid in by Cap
tain Henry Blun, of Savannah,
for the bondholders, at §50,000.
The capital stock amounts to
§150,000. The bondholders get
the mill with their first mort
gage bonds aggregating §75,000,
while the stockholders and other
creditors get nothing. The mill
cost §215,000, but has not been
operated since 1901. The bond
holders will probably organize a
new company for disposing of the
property.
Rome, Ga , June 8.—The plant
and properties of the Raccoon
Cotton Mill, at Raccoon, was sold
yesterday at receiver’s sale and
was purchased by Mr. John D.
Cleghorn, former president of the
company. The price paid was
§50,625.
The mill was erected about
twenty years ago and a few
months ago was placed in the
hands of the receivers, Messrs.
J. D. Taylor, of Summerville,
and J. W. English, of Atlanta,
being placed iu charge of the
property by the court.
The mill has not been running
for some time but the plant will
probably be put in operation by
the new management.
The A. J. Showaltcr Co.
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