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DALTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 7. 1904.
$1.00 P«r Annum
FROM ST. LOUIS
An Interesting and Instructive the infamous returning board
oounted him out eight to seven
Letter.
EPOCH MAKING CONVENTION
Will be the One Now in Session at
the World’s Fair City. Many
Prominent Georgians on Hand.
[By Frank Reynolds.]
St. Louis, Mo., July 4, 1904.
It is a far cry—a long stretch
of imagination to believe the
American eagle was anywhere but
in “Sane Looey” to-day, and the
fanfaranade kept up far into
night, and if I didn’t know Trox
Bankston was down in Georgia,
I’d think he was here multifari
ously. Colvard and I got into
4 Malto,” a middle Ptfllman, and
lower berths. General Passenger
Agent Harman, of the W. & A.
came along to see that all went
well. Senator Bacon, Gordon
Lee, Tom Loyless, Judge Maddox,
Jack Cohen, Judge Little, of the
supreme cogrt, John Temple
Graves and Jas. M. Smith shared
our car with us. Got here in
good time. An interesting feature
of the trip was a game of stud
pqker by some of the “kids” in
flie drawing rqom with Parker
buttons for chips. During the
trip we naturally fell into dis
cussing presidents and their nom
inations.
Georgia had three candidates
when George Washington re
ceived the nomination. They
were John Milton, Edward Tel
fair and James Montgomery. In
1*32 Jackson was nominated at
Baltimore by acclamation ; Polk
in 1844 at Baltimore on the ninth
ballot; Cass in 1848 at Baltimore
qn the fourth ballot; Pierce at
Baltimore in 1952 on the forty-
ninth ballot; Buchanan at Cin
cinnati in 1856 on the seventeenth
ballot. Convention of 1860 at
Charleston, S. C., took fifty-seven
ballots wfth no choice, adjourned
tq meet in Baltimore and nomi
nated Douglass on the second
ballot. McClellan in Chicago in
1864 on the first; Seymour in
New York in 1868 on the twenty-
second; Greeley in Baltimore in
1872 by acclamation; Tilden in
Si. Louis in 1876 on the second;
IJancock in Cincinnati in 1880 on
the secqnd; Cleveland in Chicago
in 1884, on the second; Cleveland
in St. Louis in 1888 by acclama
tion, and again in Chicago in
1892 on the first; Bryan in Chi
oago in 1896 on the fifth, and in
1900 in Kansas City by acclama
tion.
The republican party was
formed in 1855 in Pittsburg and
organized next year in Phila
delphia, with Gen. John C. Fre-
mont, of California, as its nomi
nee. The cry was “Free soil, free
trvde and Fremont.” He was
known as “the path finder, be
cause he had pushed far into the
west. Dark horses have never
figured in the democratic party
and to but little extent with the
republicans, save in the Cincin
nati convention, when Hays won
out over Grant and Blaine. Hays
working and managing
but the “third
and Hays was seated. Pasco, of
t lorida, was a member of this
board and a committee went down
there to “see” him and threw the
odds to Hays. All of that board
are now dead. When Blaine
ceived the nomination in Chicago
in 1884 a foolish preacher friend
in discussing from the pulpit
Blaine’s attitude on prohibition,
his hatred for the Catholics and
contempt for the Confederate
soldier, a reporter paragraphed it
as “Rum, Romanism and Re
bellion,” and Grover Cleveland
won out. Thirty days before the
republican convention of 1860
Lincoln’s name was scarcely
heard, but his friends were active
and they put him in over Seward
Judge Parker has more delegates
instructed for him now than Til
den had in ’76, Hancock in ’80,
or Cleveland in ’84.
Colvard and I will take in the
Pike to-night, but no bad money.
Senator Baccn. regaled us with a
lot of good jokes which I will save
for another letter. Col. Menton,
of New York, and a Parker man
ager, left me a note at my hotel
to come over to Planter’s and
take everything not nailed down,
Nothing genuine here unless
“Parker” is blown in on the bottle.
SHOWING THE RIGHT SPIRIT.
SUPERINTENDENT CARL McCAMY.
He has recently been appointed Superintendent of the Dalten water, gas and
electric light plants. He is a graduate of the State Technological •School,
and is thoroughly capable of fil ing the responsible position which
he holds with credit to himself and satiafaction to the city.
S VILLAGE * |
IMPROVEMENT %
The condition of a town defines
with unerring certainty the kind
of people living in it.
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The Citizen, as it always does,
has complied with its promise, and
the gold fish are now swimming
in the park fountains.
term
ling was
was
Grant’s campaign
idea would not go. Conks
at the head of Blaine’s
forces (Blaine was in Europe) and
after a week’s balloting Sunday
and Conkling saw the
plumed knight’s” star bedimmed,
and wrote Hays a note on a slip
of paper, congratulating him
the dark horse. This wound up
the dark horse idea. Tilden re
ceived over half million populai
votes in his race against Hays but
came
The Savannah Press Comments on
the Action of Crown Mills.
The almost entire absenoe of
strikes in Southern cotton facto
ries has often been commented on.
Some people have attributed it to
the lack of organization among
the employes. The real reason
doubtless lies in the better feeling
that exists between employer and
employed, in the desire of the
former to promote the welfare pf
labor as much as possible, and in
the appreciation of the working
people that employers are not
slave drivers, but men with genial
hearts and jeady willingness to
reipedy wrongs if any exist.
A recent occurrence up in Dal
ton demonstrates the kindly feel
ing that should exist everywhere
between capital and labor. One
of the cotton mills of that town
has felt the necessity some time
for closing down for a fortnight
in order that the machinery might
be overhauled and put in first-
class conditiqu. This could have
been done at any time by the
owners. All that was necessary
was to notify the hands that the
mill had closed and that they
could return to work in two
weeks. In the North such ab
rupt notices are not uncommon.
But the Dalton mill owners were
not men of that stamp. They
felt a direct personal interest in
their employes. To stop opera
tions at some times would mean
complete idleness for the hands,
and perhaps deprivation, or at
least, the exhausting of the sav
ings laid by. It was accordingly
determined to hold on until the
peach season set in, when there
would be an ample out of door
work of a most healthful character,
with good pay for all of the men
and women who desire it In
this way the employes would
obtain an outing in the country
round about Dalton, the peach
growers would be able to secure
labor just when most needed, and
the mill could be overhauled with
out injury to any one.
As long as this spirit continues
in the South there will be no fear
of the great strikes and disturb
ances that so frequently occur in
the North. It is merely an appli
cation of the golden rule to Indus
trial life.
Put the sidewalks on your
ground in good condition, and
when all the property holders
have done their duty in this
respect, the entire system of walks
in the city will be in perfect
order.
If you disagree with any sug
gestion made here, dp not get
mqd and blow like ftn adder, but
try and improve upon it by pre
senting something better. Cer
tainly no one will insist that
Dalton has been completed.
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Almost any of the vacant
suburban lots can be bought, for
park purposes, at $100 per acre.
And the locating of a public park
in any section of the city, of from
to five acres, would benefit
the adjacent property more than
the cost of the land.
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Whether the place where you
'.ive be large or small, there is no
good reason for not having the
yards attractive. Give nature a
small package of grass seed and
few hours of intelligent work
and she will make for you a
beautiful yard.
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When a suggestion is made that
a thing be done, which you know
is right and ought to be done,
don’t grunt around like a baby
and say, “Now that should not
have been mentioned.” But go
rather like a sensible person and
do the thing suggested, thereby
helping yourself and the town in
which you live,
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A committee has been appointed
by the Improvement Society to
confer with the city authorities
and determine upon the matter of
employing a civil engineer for the
purpose of establishing a uniform
grade for the streets and side
walks in Dalton. This is an im
portant question, and should meet
with success. To make work
permanent and save doing it
again in the future a uniform
grade ought to be established.
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A committee from the Improve
ment Society will confer with the
colored people looking to the
organization of an improvement
society among them. We believe
that Dalton has the best colored
population of any place in the
South, and we know that the
movement will be readily taken
up by them, and soon the good
results will be seen in the making
of many improvements about their
homes.
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A careful study of village im
provement work, will convince
any thinking person, that it now
furnishes a field, affording more
opportunities for doing universal
good to human kind than any
other. No city is so large, no
town so small, no organization so
strong, no society so weak, no
individual so high, no citizen so
humble, but that modern, civic
improvement work will touch with
better inspiration for higher
ideas of living-
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In the pioneer days of town
building people erected fences
around their premises for self
protection, and because it was
then the custom. But this cus
tom, like many others, has been
improved upon. Mutual interest
in the general effect, and to save
the expense of building and main
taining fences have caused them
to disappear in many places.
Hence in the cities and in many
small towns, the absence of fences
akes the lawns and grounds
along the walks and streets look
like one continuous park.
PARKER ON FIRST.
Indications are Pointing that
Way Now.
NOMINATION TOMORROW.
The Distinguished New Yorker Cer
tain of Nomination on Friday.
Interesting Notes.
Rev. J. N. Meyers Dead.
Rev. J. N. Meyers died at his
home in Douglasville, Ga., yester-
day, and was brought here for
burial, the funeral occurring this
afternoon from the Methodist
church at 4 o'clock, Rev. W. F.
Quillen officiating. He was the
father of Mr. Osgood Meyers, of
this place. Mr. Meyers was well
known to the editor of the Citi
zen, and he can truthfully say that
he was a most excellent Christian
gentleman and had many friends.
Saved From Terrible Death.
The family of Mr». M. L. Bobbitt of
Bargerton, Tenn., saw her dying and
were powerless to save her. r lhe iuos^
skillful physicians and every remedy
used failed, while consumption was
slowly but surely taking her life. In
this terrible hour Dr. King’s New Dis
covery for Consumption turned despair
into joy. The first bottle brought im
mediate relief and its continued use com
pletely cured her. It’s the most certain
cure in the -world for all throat and lung
troubles. Guaranteed Bottles 50c and
$1.00. Trial Bottles Free at Fincher &
Nichols Drug Store. jul
BY FRAKK T. REYNOLDS.
St. Louis, July 6, 1994.
The convention met today and
went into permanent organization
as per program.
Dr. Mary Walker is a conspic-
uous figure, but I miss the rugged
countenance of Susan B. Anthonyr
Mary and Sue and I saw Han
cock nominated in ’80 at Cincin-
natti. Mary and Sue they grew
so hilarious they fell upon each
other’s necks and wept for joy
while the big organ in the music
hall and the two bands played
“Should Auld Acquaintance be
Forget.”
Col, Jack Chinn, of Kentucky,
is here, and explained to some of
the verdant ones what a Scotch
high-ball was, though he said
one but a d—d fool would drink
one; plain old Kaintucky straights
were good enough for Kaintuck-
ians, and they are the best God
ever made.”
The Georgia contingent here
was augmented last night by Milt
Saul, Washington correspondent
Atlanta Journal, and Felton
Knight, of Cedartown.
It has been decided that M. W.
Littleton, of Brooklyn, shall place
Parker in nomination, and if Bry
an attempts to do any windjam-
ming Baily, of Texas, has been se
lected to puncture it.
Mrs. Chas. M. Hall, daughter
of Judge Parker, is here, the
guest of Mrs. Dan. Manning, and
will occupy a box at the coliseum
during each session of the conven
tion.
It now looks as if the nomina
tion will be postponed until I ri-
day and all think by that time
there will be a solid vote cast for
Parker on the first ballot, and the
feeling is growing that Harmon,
of Ohio, will be the man for Vice
President, but there'can be no
sort of doubt about Parkar.
Clark Howell tells me that the
committee here has had over fifty
thousand requests for tickets,
which is in great contrast to that
of the recent Chicago eonvention,
where there were no requests and
many vacant seats.
HARMONY AT ST. LOUIS
IS GRATIFYING
Most Likely to Be Parker on
First Ballot
W. J. BRYAN HAS LOST OUT
Georgia Delegation Goes Down the
"Pike” at Night and Makes
History During the Day
By Frank T. Reynolds.
St. Louis, July 5, 1904.— All
the lack of harmony in the Geor
gia delegation may be written on
your thumb nail. On the way up
the delegation met in the club
car of the special and here Judge
Maddox was asked to resign the
chairmanship of the Georgia dele
gation, which he did, and imme
diately upon the election of James
R. Gray, of the Atlanta Journal,
in his stead, Judge Maddox was
unanimously chosen as a member
of the platform committee of the
National Democratic Convention.
Hon. Clark Howell was unani-
no mously re-elected a member of the
National Democratic Executive
Committee, and he was so notified
upon our arrival here. Mose
Wright was chosen to second the
nomination of Parker for Georgia,
and Georgians are looking for
ward to a ten minutes’ speech that
will put Mose “on the map.” Tom
NOTES.
Crops will soon be laid by a
you will have time to come in and
look at a new buggy or wagon
We can show you a most suitable
and substantial line.
Dalton Buggy Co.
Buist new crop Turnip seed,
best grown, at McCarty’s.
Tammany is not doing as much
as many would think.
It is very hot in St. Louis, but
Bryan is cutting very little ice.
Joe Baily, of Texas, refused the
chairmanship and it has gone to
Champ Clarke.
The Harmom boon for vice pres
ident is gaining fast, but, of course,
no true forecast can be made.
The Tammanyites are a fine
looking body of men. They wei’e
800 strong on the Pike today.
There is not a happier trio
St. Louis than Gray of the Jour
nal, Pendleton of the Telegraph
and Loyless of the Augusta
Chronicle.
All delegations are now conced
ing nomination to Parker. Some
say the first and second, but all
say that he will certainly make it
on the third.
Judge Ridley, of Fort Valley
Tom Hudson, of Americus, and
myself took in the Pike today
They are bettering on Parker re
ceiving nomination on the first
“Uncle Obe” Stevens and Mrs
Hughes served us refreshments at
Keystone state were not in the
Populist camp, and their eyes were
turned and their hearts set on
Parker, and every hour it looks
more and more as if Parker would
get it on first ballot. Things are
working very smoothly. The offer
of the vice-presidency to Marshall
Field has been declined with
thanks, and while the tender was
perfectly sincere it had a double
purpose, and served it well. There
has been talk of Gen. Black, of
Illinois, who is commander of the
G. A. R.
The platform will be sane, short,
sound, sincere and void of the
least taint of populism or chauvin
ism. The committee, although as
yet are non est, so far as formality
is concerned, but those who will
be on it have met and discussed
its every phase, and it has practi
cally been formulated and only
remains to be given formal sanc
tion by acceptance on the. part of
the convention assembled. While
no specific items are given out there
remains no doubt but that it will
be one that will hold up the credit
of this nation, both financially and
diplomatically, on any mart and
at any throne in the world, and at
the same time be one every loyal,
patriotic American citizen will
and should he proud to support
and acknowledge.
We took in the Pike last night.
WILL N. HARBEN.
Author of “Abn«r Daniel,” “Substitute,” Etc., who is spending the summer in
Dalton. Mr. Harben’s new book, “The Georgians,” will be published in
the fall. It is being held back on account of the continued large
sales of his last book, “The Substitute.”
Loyless, Sim Blalock and myself
raised fifty dollars from the dele
gation and bought two beautiful
watch charms and presented them
to Hon. Chas. E. Harman, G.P.A.,
of W. & A., and to “Jake*’ Hol
lenbeck, S. E. P. A., of L. & N ,
Atlanta. Their speeches of
acceptance will be published later.
The newspaper men along with
us are Tom Loyless, Earnest Dal
les, Fred Lewis, Henry McIntosh,
Jack Cohen, John Temple Graves,
Chas. R. Pendleton, James R.
Gray, Larry Gaunt, Ralph Smith
and Janies B. Nevin.
Col. Guffey, of Pennsylvania,
early last night gave Bryan to
understand that the boys from the
noon in the Georgia Building. It
will be remembered that “l ncl*
Obe” was a rod-hot Hearst man,
but you can’t tell it now.
James R. Gray, editor of the
Atlanta Journal, gave several of
us an auto ride over the Fair
Grounds today. President Fran
cis met us at the Georgia building
and gave us a very warm welcome.
John Temple Graves lead the pro
cession.
It’s a pink verbena from top to
bottom. You can see half the
women out there, and it doesn't
make any difference which half
they show you. If one had come
here at the first and would stay
to the end he could not, with a
dozen eyes, see it all.
No one should fail to go on the
Pike at least one night. The
scene is dazzliugly bewildering—
the electric effects is a run for
your mouev. You need not take
inja show unless you wish. Hagen-
back’s wild animal show is worth
the price. The great band con
certs are fine, only if the directors
would make fewer gyrations; it is
painful to watch them. The
street car service is perfect; no
waits anywhere. The hotels are
crowded an I are not robbing peo
ple; they only maintain prices and
ask to be allowed to put more
than one in a room—that s fair.
far
Camp meeting time is not
away, and many in this section
will want a new buggy, set of
harness, a lap robe and whip.
Come in and let us talk it over
and we will get together on the
price. Dalton Buggy Co.