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4 TM* WORTH OBOmOlA OITIZBM, DALTON, OA. iYwrift (Senrgia; Citizen Published every Thursday. 'fhonis : B4ilsrlal and Business Office 180 • Hotel Organ of the County. Official Organ United States Circuit and District Courts, Northwestern Division, North ern District of Georgia. T. tt. SHOPS, I - A. J. SHOWALTER, I ^Mrletora T- *• SMOPE and P. T. REYNOLDS, Bdltara. T««a mt S ubscrlptiaa: •m luI Six Months Three Mouths Bl.M .. .60 . .26 “CHEAP RIDICULE OF RUSTICITY. a*-Xntered at the Dalton, Ga., Postoffioe for transmission through tha malls as second- eiaiis mall matter. Thursday, July 7, 1904. For Representative. I respectfully announce my candidacy foi the Legislature from this oounty nubject to a Democratic primary. W. W. Skymoub. Run iu the BliDtl Tiger! The time to advertise is all the time. It is all one way at St. Louis— Parker. Such harmony as they are hav ing at St. Louis! It will be Parker, and he will he nominated to-morrow. Bryan’s failure at St. Louis is as pathetic as it is deserving. The Citizen has never been for anything else but Dalton. Dalton is the best town in the best state in the United States. The Fourth was very quiet in Dalton, save only a few prohibi tion “jags.” Windjammer Bryan does not seem to be doing much at the convention. Self-interest and concrete selfishness hurt at own worse than an epidemic of small pox. vVe hardly know how the St Louis convention gets along without Trox Bankston. Uncle Russ Sage says it is foolishness to get sick, and that it is an “irreparable loss of time.” “The situation is unchanged Parker will be nominated on the first ballot.”—Associated Press “Sarge Plunket” is doing column with the state press on the Constitution that is very inter esting indeed. Arkansas populists in con veution assembled endorsed Thos L. Watson, of Georgia, for presi- come We make a protest against this custom dent. Such is fame. Every day somebody tells The Citizen that they are going to put out Bermuda glass and raise fiu stock. It is a good way to get rich. The Atlanta Journal “covers Georgia like” the dew,” and . we might add that it is covering the democratic convention the same way. Marion Butler declined to preside over the national populist convention, and says he has joined the republicans. One by one they quit. The difference between Cleve land and Bryan—cheers for Cleveland at mention of his name. Bryan walks in convention hall at St. Louis and no applause is heard. The prohibitionists nominated Silas C. Swallow, of Pennsylva- nia, for president last week at Indianapolis. One swallow will not make a spring, a drink or a president. Blind Tigers are again run ning rampant in Dalton, so it is reported. The police should use every means at their command to locate these offenders and bring them to justice. If the people of Georgia want to sell the W. & A. railroad The Citizen will give eight million dollars f or it We are determined to make The Citizen pay, if we have to run it in connection with a railroad or two. Under the above caption the esteemed Atlanta News discusses very ably and forcibly the custom some metropolitan newspapers have of ridiculing news items found in the country papers. Not long since The Citizen had one of its local items held up to the people of Chicago, by one of the Chicago papers, for their amusement, and it must have done the work, for the same thing was soon followed again by the same paper, and later by a New York paper. However, The Citizen did not raise any kick at the time, taking it as being evidence of a wide circulation and a readable pa per. Since our attention has been called to it by the News, it has occurred to us that perhaps we were being made fun of by these metropolitan papers,when we were taking it as complimentary. We may now ask them for an explan ation, of course requesting them to select the weapons. The editorial of the News is as follows: It has become the custom among many of the leading newspapers of the oountry to clip from their various coun try exchanges the trivial events which are chronicled in their local columns and to star them in their metropolitan environment of typography. In a measure it looks comical. There is really something amusing in the iso lated statement from the Waterloo, Ind., “Dawn,’’ that Rebecca Comeagain enjoyed a visit from her best beau last Sunday. It is moderately amusing to have it noted in a great metropolitan sheet like The Washington Post, for in Btance, that the weighty charms of Miss Minnie Ringo, of somewhere in Ken tucky, have found a happy alliance with Mr. Jack Avoirdupois. But there Is really little value in thu^ undertaking to mak§- sport of that de- bvlifcful Ilfs which exists in the rural districts. There Is something more than humor, humorous though it be, in the little quatrain which says: ‘I would flae from the city’s rule and law— From its fashions and forms out loose— Togo where the strawberries grow on the straw, And the gooseberry grows on the goose.” These rural oharms are too important; they contribute too much to the health and the wealth of mankind to be ridi culed in the manner whioh our metro politan newspapers are continually ridi culing them. After all, it is from the rustic fields and quiet crofts—to employ that dear old English name—that the men who mold public opinion, the “men whe shape the whispers of a throne,” must THE DESTRUCTION OF DOOS. of holding up to common ridicule the sayings and the doings of Minnie Ringo and her fiance in order that they may be laughed at by the metropolitan world. The Citizen has its own staff corre«pondent in St. Loui«, .and prints to-day she very latest from the convention city. The Citizen always gives its readers every thing that is going. ADVERTISE ALL THE TIME. John P. Haines, president of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, makes this declaration: 1. It is supposed that a mad dog dreads water. It is not so. The mad dog is very likely to plunge its head to the eyes in water, thongh he cannot swallow it and laps it wifh difficulty. 2. It is supposed that a mad dog runs about, with evidences of intense excitement. It is not so. The mad dog never runs about In agitation, he never gallops; he is always alone, usually In a strange place, where he jogs along slow ly. If he is approached by a dog or man he shows no sign of excitement, but when the dog or man is nearenoagh he snaps and resumes his solitary trot. 3. If a dog barks, yelps, whines or growls that dog is not mad. The only sound a mad dog is ever known to emit is a hoarse howl, and that seldom. Even blows will not bring an outcry from a mad dog. Therefore, if any dog, under any circumstances, utters any sound other than that of a hoarse howl, that dog is not mad. 4. It is supposed that a mad dog froths at the mouth. This is not so. If a dog’s jaws are covered or decked with white froth, that dog is net mad. The surest of all signs that a dog is mad is a thick, ropy, brown mucus clinging to Bis lips, which he often tries vainly to tear away with his paws or to wash away with water. 5. If your dog should be bitten by any other dog, watch him carefully. If he Is infected by rabies you will dis cover signs of it possibly in from six to ten days. Then he will be restlesR, of ten getting up, only to lie down again, changing his position impatiently, turn ing from side to side and constantly licking or scratching some particular part of his head, limbs or body. He will be irritable and inclined to dash at other animals, and he will some times snap at objects which he im agines to be near him. He will be excessively thirsty, lap ping water eagerly and often. Then there will be glandular swelling about his jaws and throat, Tf he can, he will probably Stray from home and trot Blowly and mournfully along the high way or across country, meddling neither with maD nor beast, unless they ap proach him, and then giving a single snap. The only exception to this be havior occurs in ferocious dogs, which during the early stages of excitement may attaok any living object in sight. GOOD ROADS. When it is dullest advertise the hardest. The history of every great successful merchant is the same. They have advertised most when business was dullest, and then when it picks up they are certain to get more of it than the ones who cut their advertising out because business falls off a little. Because people are not buying is no sign that they are not reading and studying your advertisements They read them all the time, and when you fail to put them in the paper they are disappointed. Success in advertising, as in everything else, is in keeping eveslastingly at it. The seed you sow now will bring you a rich harvest next fall. The time to advertise is now, and the medium is The Citizen, Dalton’s greatest newspaper. Very Low Rate To Atlantic City, N. J , Via Southern Railway. One first class fare plus $1.00 for the round trip. Tickets on sale July 10-llth, final return limit July 23rd. For further information write, J. E. Shipley, T .P. a., Chattanooga, Teun. Chattanooga Glaea House can furnish glass, by its semi monthly cars, to all dealers in this section at LOWER PRICES than any other parties will deliver it. Send for priees. j u j U The worst “knocker” in the world is the “knocker” who “knocks” all the time and doesn’t know it. And the next worst “knocker” is the “knocker” who says everybody else is “knocking” all the time. The intention of this paragraph, is to “knock” the j Kodol Hyspepsfa ClIPO j harness, a lap robe or a good whip ' Digests what you eat. Fi A T Tnvr Rrm/ivT Cl ^ The Citizen has of late many times called attention to the fine condition of Whitfield county’ roads. They are no doubt better than the roads of any other North Georgia county, and for this Judge Bogle is due the credit. The judge is what may be properly termed “a good roads ordinary.” As time goes on, our roads will be improved until no county in the state will have better roads than old Whitfield. We doubt if there are many now. The value of good roads need not be argued by The Citizen now, as it has before many times gone thoroughly over this phase of the question. The farmers are the people who receive the bene fits of good roads, and nobody realizes this quite as well as the “hardy handed tillers of the soil.” Commenting on the value of good roads, the Columbus En quirer-Sun says: The good roads movement eanaot be pushed too vigorously in Georgia. There is no public improvement that speaks in more convincing toneB of a country’s prosperity and progress than first-class public highways. They are one of the country’s best assets. When a stranger goes into a strange city there is nothing that impresses him more favorably than well kept streets and sidewalks. They are unmistakable evidences of that city’s progress and development. This is true of the coun try. First-class public highways at once impress the stranger that people of that country are in a prosperous con dition; that they want te build up and develop the country. Such highways are one of the greatest inducements that any country can hold out to home- seekers. The man who wants to better his condition by a change of residence is bound to find greater attraction in a section with good public roads than in one without them. Good roads are advantageous in nu merous ways. Aside from the fact that they give easy transportation to and from market, they tend to build up a country socially, educationally, r6r ligiously and otherwise. The country with good roads offers easy communica tion between the homes of those who live in it, as well as easy access to the schools and churches, even though they may be situated at some distance. In addition to this, good roads always enhance the value of property through which or by which they run, and in this way in the course of a few years they pay for themselves. Georgia has for several years been enthusiastic for the improvement of her publio roads, and the movement should be enoouraged and pushed until every section of the state has a system of good THE CONVENTION. The National Democratic Con vention is now in session iu St. Louis, and while no nomination has yet been made, one is likely to be made before midnight to night. The Citizen has the convention thoroughly covered by its own correspondent and it finds that it is very ably done, and assures its readers that they can rely on the correctness of the St. Louis lets ters, which have all been verified by telegrams since they were written in St. Louis. As is well known there is no one who is more familiar with public men and affairs than Mr. ■Reynolds, and his best work is that of the kind he is now en gaged in. It is possible that no nomina tion will be made until tomorrow, and it is then a foregone conclu sion that Parker will be nomi nated. This morning’s dispatches indicate that he will go in on the first ballot, but The Citizen hardly takes this view of the situation, feeling that the “fovorite sons” vote, if nothing else, will prevent it. The mention of Grover Cleve land’s name sets the convention wild, which indicates there is no mistaking his popularity and strength. He is not attending the convention. Bryan is, but so far has failed to create enthusi asm. He is speaking this after noon, bitterly opposing the money plank of the platform, and we suppose everything else that fails to line up with the Kansas City platform. However, everything indicates that the anti-Bryan ma chine is slowly but surely rolling over the Nebraskan. LADIES DAYS. JUDGE ALTON BROOKS PARKER. The Distinguished New York Jurist Wh# May Receive the Democratic Nomination fer President before Midnight Tonight. DALTON WINS FIRST. Drink a Bottle of D CENTS At all Stand. Qrecere and Saloons FOURTH ESTATE. The berinuda grass campaign is taking root around Dalton.— Darien Gazette. A cotton factory in Dalton has paid a 95 per cent, dividend This is well worth heralding to the world.—Savannah Press. The Athens Banner pleads for more money for training schools for teachers. Better buildings better text books and larg salaries accomplish nothing with out better trained teachers. The Savannah Press says the Augusta Chronicle printed the Declaration of Independence on the fourth of July, and that it was the biggest scoop The Chronicle had had in a long time The JJalton Citizen refers to them as ‘‘the old, unsightly red hills of North Georgia.” 'J’he poetry of the late Henry R. Jack- son evidently does not thrill the bosom of Editor Shope.—Savan nah Press. The governor of a great state like Georgia should not receive less than $5,000 salary. The bill increasing the compensation to that amount should be passed without a dissenting voice.—Sa vannah Press. . A citizen of Dalton is putting in eighty acres of bermuda grass and will raise cattle extensively. Bermuda grass does well all over Georgia and cattle raising should be a great and profitable industry in this state.—Savannah Press. roads. Tbs Madison Madisonian thinks it a “very obscure man of letters who hasn’t been made a D.D., LL.D. or D.F.” The rest of us are all colonels.—Atlanta Con stitution. With the possible exception of a very few, and they belong to the band. The Not Cleveland Boys Could Match Dalten. Up Monday it looked as if Ju piter Pluvius was going to stop baseball, and everything else, f>ut after the threatening clouds had passed and the sun poured forth its brilliant rays, before a crowd of 400 people, Dalton played the first game of the season on local grounds, Cottingham was in the box for Dalton, and Hi? for Cleve land. The pitohing of Cotting ham, coupled with the brilliant playing of the home team, won the game by a score of 12 to 1 Some Bryan man up in the grand stand wanted the Dalton team to make the score 16 to 1. Hix, of Cleveland, was pitching fine ball, but the Cleveland team wouldn’t or couldn’t back him. Steed was called in from short to take Hix place and Hix went to short, where he played a magnificenf game, making some beautiful stops, and getting three hits out of four times up. After Steed had been substituted McFarlan secured one of the prettiest home runs ever seen on the local ground. It cleared left field by about twenty feet and landed in Capt. Kidd’s corn field. Aside from this home run the playing of Groves was the feature of the We want to sell you a set of lap robe or a good wh Dalton Buggy Co. The North Georgia Citizen persuades Us through Its “What We Have” col umn to think that the town of Dalton has most everything and of the very best,—Atlanta Constitution. Certainly; and what it hasn’t, it is getting, and in time will have it all—including a new railroad. Full line Screen Doors. Evans & Co. Buist new crop Turnip seed, best grown, at McCarty’s. game. It is estimated that about four hundred people saw the game The receipts amounted to $96.65. The following is the way Dalton lined up; Spangle, e.j Cottingham, p.; Hayes, 1 b.; Lightfoot, 2 b.; Mc Farland, s s.; Payne, 3 b.; Ham ilton, c. f.; Groves, r. f.; McCamy, 1. f. SUMMARY OF GAME. Batteries: Dalton—Cottingham and Spangle. Cleveland—Hix, Steed and Griffin. Hits off Cot tingham, 8; off Hix and Steed, 10. Errors, Dalton, 4; Cleveland, 8. Home runs, McFarlan, Payne. Umpire—Shumate. Attendance, 400. AS SEEN FROM THE PRESS BOX. The home run of McFarlan re minds us of the days of Whitaker. Payne, the Chattanooga boy, besides getting a home run, a base on balls, and a two bagger, ac cepted all his chances without an error. Here’s to Manager Harris. Now Hayes is gone, we need a first baseman. Groves, the Spring Place boy, is a good hitter, good fielder and good catcher, and plays the game from start to finish. Lightfoot, the old Eastern lea guer, who plays second base for Dalton, accepted all his chances without an error, besides making good at the bat. The editor does not want to be gin the season by knocking, but we say this, Capt. Pottjngham ought to keep a coach at third i base. Somebody wondered if Capt. Kidd is going to sue the baseball association for that corn McFar-j Ian's home run destroyed. It is very encouraging to a] pitcher to have a beefer, who has more lungs than brains, sit in the grandstand and veil against him, especially when the beefer lives in Dalton. Manager Harris has signed Fleming, the old Swpetwaterj pitcher, who pitched the twelve inning tie game here. Sweetwater comes for three games—Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Friday and Saturday. Admission Free TO ATTEND Loveman’s Great Remnant Sale. Hundredsof doI= liars worth of rem?* FOR PRESERVING. Pint, quart and half gallon Mason jars. Half and one gallon stone jars with lids. Jelly Glasses^ Jar Rubbers,, Pure Spices, Pure Vinegar, at | HailtS to be Sold at McCarty’s. Grocers’ and butchers’ pass books. A. J. SHOWALTER CO. JUST "Siff 1 ONE-HALF RAILROAD. DIRECT ROUTE TO THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION. TWO TRAINS DAILY. In Connection with W. & A. R. R. & N. p. & St. L. 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Crimson Clover prevents winter lesening of the soil, is equal in fer tilizing value to a good application of stable manure and will wonder fully increase the yield and qual ity of corn or other crops which follow it. It also makes splendid winter and spring grazing, fine early green feed, or a good hay crop. Even if the crop is cut off the action of the roots and stubble improve the land to a marked de gree. » r . pric 7 * nd *P« C I«1 cir cular telling about seeding etc. T.W.Wood & Sons, Seedsmen. RICHMOND, - VIRGINIA. Wood’* Descriptive Fall Catalog, readv about August 1st, tells all about Farm and Vegetable Seeds for Fall plan™ ing. Mailed free on request. LOVEMAN SONS.