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mm Established 185a. “THAT WHICH PLEASES MANY MUST POSSESS MERIT’’-THE CITIZEN PLEASES MANY. All Home Print VOL. LIV. NO. 4 1 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. *■ O * 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. * * * 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. * * * 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. * * * 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, * * * 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. * * A 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. * * * 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- ♦ * * 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.