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DALTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 14.1004.
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(INTERESTING ITEMS
THIRTEENJEAR OLD
Boy Shoots a Woman to Death
Yesterday
FOR ADVANCING ON MOTHER
And Also Shot His Sister-in-law,
A Family Mix-up With a
Dreadful End
Dublin, Ga., July 13.—Mrs Rob
ert Floyd, in Lowery district, this
county, was killed yesterday by
Malcolm Currie, the 13-year-old
son of Mrs. Elmina Currie.
Currie shot Mrs. Floyd six or
seven times and then shot Mrs.
Thomas Currie, his sister in law,
in the side, inflicting a serious, but
not necessarily dangerous, wound.
The row started by Mrs. Currie
endeavoring to get her child, which
for several years has been in charge
of her son, Thomas Currie, who
married a daughter of Mrs. Floyd.
It is said that Mrs. Floyd start
ed toward Mrs. Currie with a
knife, vyhen the boy began shoot
ing, killing her instantly.
No arrests have been make, al
though it is said that warrants will
be sworn out for Mrs. Currie and
Malcolm Currie,
HOPE
The Lessons of Life are Found in the
IJses ofi Adversity.
We are indebted in the Valdos
ta Times for the consolation af
forded by the following happy
thought: “It’s always darkest
just before the dawn; most sultry
before the coolest shower; you’re
alwaps hungriest just before the
dinner bell rings; and the most
tired just before bedtime. And
you are just as likely to be the
most discouraged just before
things come your way. The tide
ipust go out as far as it can before
ft begins to come in. So don’t
give up this time. Stick. The
homely nag often comes under the
wire first, because it didn t know
that it was beaten on the first
quarter. Anybody can start off
With a rush, but few come in
with a hurrah.”—Macon County
Citizen.
AU of which means that poor,
weak human nature, always start
ing off on a wrong tack, must be
beaten back occasionally to bed
Of the Greatest of All Demo-
' cratic Conventions.
FACTS AND FUNNY RESIDUE
Gathered in Committee Rooms, Head
quarters and in the Lobbies of
St. Louis Hotels.
(By Fbank T. Reynolds.)
The things you see and the
things you hear make funny read
ing when a little time elapses.
The many incidences, collo
quies and repartee of the greatest
of all democratic conventions out
at St. Louis would, if compiled,
make a book of rare and racy
reading that would run into many
editions.
A pleasant and amusing episode
of the week was the automobile
ride gotten up by Editor Gray of
the Atlanta Journal. The party
consisted of Mr. Gray, Editor
John Temple Graves, Editor
Henry McIntosh, of Albany;
Judge J. L. Sweat, of Waycross;
Senator Tom Hudson, of Ameri*-
cus; Judge Riley, of Fort Valley;
Judge M a ddox, of Rome, and
myself. About half way out to
the Exposition the electricity in
the auto gave out on Lindell
Boulevard and there we were in
the midst of palatial homes. The
chauffeur phoned in for aid and
was told there was a “tick” in the
machine and to kick the tick.
Graves wanted te know if it was
a cow tick. As we approached
the Buckingham Club a big,
strapping, stiff-backed, liveried
white fellow with folded arms,
freckled-faced and retrousse nose
coldly informed us we could not
be admitted. I suggested to Mr.
Graves that with the fellow’s air,
which seemed to say “defile not
God’s annointed,” he must be the
Duke of Buckingham. To this
Judge Riley told me that he and
John Temple were in college
together, and when the professor
of rhetoric had dramatically read
fropa Shakespeare that “the Puke
of Buckingham was now in the
field” that John Temple suggested
to the professor to take down the
bars and let the Duke out. Any
how Judge Maddox promised
never to ride in one of the tilings
again. President Francis gave
the delegation a cordial welcome
at the Georgia Building, which is
a replica of Gen. Gordon’s home,
rock before it can get upon a an( j OV er most charming-
foundation for a new start; and
this means that the lessons of life
are found in the “uses of adver
sity,” that peace and contentment
come only from an internal ac
knowledgment that we aie fiail
atoms seeking each his place
the ecnomy of the universe. We
are happiest when we are neatest
that place, and we are nearest that
place when we come to the inner
consciousness that we can do little
qf ourselves to force our destiny
more than to look for the guiding
Ffand.—Macon Telegraph.
Saved From Terrible Death.
The family of Mr». M. L- Bobbitt of
Bargerton, Tenn., saw her dymg and
were powerless tp save her. The mos
Skillful physicians and every reme y
used failed, while consumption was
slowly hut surely taking her: hie. 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 P° ttlfc “ ® were
11.00. Trial Bottles Free at Fincher A
Nichols Drug Store. JU
Bryan will vote with the dem
ocrats, but we want every party to
call on us when they want a wag
on, buggy, set of harness or lap-
robe and whip.
Dalton Buggy Co.
ly by Mrs. Hughes and in charge
of Hon. Dudley Hughes, Commis
sioner H. V. Washington and
Hon. O. B. Stevens.
Champ Clark was asked why
Mr. Bryan was permitted to do
m so much talking, replied “we were
like a doctor I once heard of who
had a patient whose trouble he
could not diagnose a°d began
giving the fellow all sorts of nos
trums and quack treatment. A
friend of the patient asked the M.
D. what lie meant by it. The M
p. replied, ‘J’m trying tq throw
him into fits, for I have a —good
remedy for fits.’ ” You can make
the application by the subsequent
events of the convention
Not everybody knows why
Pennsylvania is called the Key
ston State. One of them told me.
When the electoral college met to
cast votes in the election of
George Washington there were
13 states with a vote each. Six
for Washington and six
against. Pennsylvania cast her
vote for G. W. and ever since
has been known as the Keystone
State- .
One of the interesting arrivals
at the convention was Dr. Mary
Walker, of Washington, dressed
KILLED IN COLLISION
Picnic Train Runs Into a Freight-
Many Were Injured.
Chicago, July 13.—Twenty per
sons were killed and about twen
ty-five injured tonight in a collis
ion on the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois Railroad at Glenwood,
Ill., twenty-three miles south of
Chicago. The collision occurred
between a picnic train from Chi
cago which was returning from
Momeyce, Ill., and a freight, into
the rear end of which the excur
sion train dashed at high speed.
The picnic train was coming north
and the freight train was on the
south-bouud track. A misplaced
switch threw the picnic train over
on the south-bound track, and
before tlio engineer could apply
the brakes, ran at forty miles an
hour into the rear of the freight.
The locomotive, baggage car and
first coach of the picnic train were
demolished, and all of the killed
and iujured were on the locomo
tive and in the two cars.
A New Song.
The new song is going the
round of the press: “We d> n’t
want to buy at your place; we
won’t trade any more; you’ll be
sorry when you see us go into
some other store. You can’t sell
us any stale goods, we have opened
wide our eyes; we don’t want to
trade at your store, because you
don’t advertise.”
Ordered the Fountain.
The park committee of the Vil
lage Improvement Society has
ordered a pretty fountain for
Sophoclean park. This will make
the third fountain for Dalton.
Baby Go-Oart.
Good as new—little
Cheap. Apply at
Citizen Office
used.
as usual in male attire, consisting
of sharply creased trousers and a
frock coat, with a silk hat atop of
her gray locks. A brilliant lav
ender tie finished the startling
presentation.
Dr. Mary struck the Southern
Hotel about the middle of the
afternoon, and from that time on
was the center of a curious group.
She was, as of old, fighting for a
woman’s suffrage plank in the
party platform*
“I came out here to do what I
can for woman,” she declared.
“We are entitled to as much con
sideration in politios as in busi
ness.”
Said a New Yortf delegate who
stood by:
“What’ll ye have, a cigar or a
box of pins?”
Dr. Mary looked him over crit
ically for a minute and then, turn
ing on her heel, left in high dudg
eon.
When the name of Allen G.
Thurman, of Ohio, was presented
to the Democratic Convention of
1888 as its candidate for vicp-
president, instantly thousands
upon thpusands pf bandanna
handkerchiefs were in the air, on
the floor and in the galleries until
over all the convention a canopy
of bandannas \vayed and swelled
as 15,000 voices gave joyous
plaudits to the “old Roman” of
the Democratic party. Mr. Thur
man had been known for a gener
ation or more by that title because
of his unflinching support of all
the democratic policies, and as a
remembrance of the old snuff tak
ing days in the United States
Senate, he never used other than
a bandanna handkerchief. He
was near the 80-year line—about
the age of Davis, the now candi
date for vice-president, but John
W. Daniels, in his speech in the
convention bestowed this laurel
wreath on the “old Roman:”
Age may e’er his brow be flung
But bis heart, hie heart la ever young.
And the same may be said of
Honorable Henry G. Davis, of
West Virginia.
PARKER AND DAVIS
TICKET TO SAVE US
PEACHES AND CREAM
The Season Now Upon Us For
These Things.
Were Nominated In St Louis
Last Week.
SIX CAR LOADS THIS WEEK
Went to the Eastern Markets From
the Orchards in and Around
Dalton.
It has been only a few years
since when the shipment of a few
hundred crates of peaches from
one Georgia orchard created great
interest.
Considerably less than a decade
ago a car load or two from an or-
chardist was a signal for mueh
comment by the press of the
state.
AMID TREMENDOUS SHOUTS
Every Element of the Party is Satis
fied With the Outcome of the
Great Convention.
A SAMPLE OF CARMAN PEACHES.
From Orchard at Solicitor-General Sam P. Maddox. The “Queen of the
South,” the Famous Elberta, will not Come on Before August 1st.
DIAMOND DUST
The
the
Games Last Week with
Sweetwater Team.
Dalton lost the first game with
Sweetwater last week by a score
of 14 to 11.
The game was a slugging match
from start to finish. Nalley,
Groves and McFarlan, of the Dal
ton team, and Heinz, of Sweet
water, each landed on the spheroid
for a “homer.” Hits and errors
were numerous, both teams having
an off day.
Batteries, Dalton — McCamy,
Payne and Groves, Sweetwater—
Fleming and Krider.
Umpire—McCutchen.
Official Scorers — Lynn and
i
Trammell.
Dalton 4, Sweetwater 1.
The long looked for turned up
in the shape of Jim Gotti ngham.
Cottingham celebrated his return
by pitching the best game that
was ever pitched in Dalton, allow
ing only two hits. One of these
was a scratch hit. The game was
truly a pitcher’s battle, in which
Cottingham had the advantage.
Very few errors were made on
either side. Heinz, the star of
the Sweetwater team, was knocked
out in the eighth, but it was too
late to do any harm.
SUMMARY OF GAME.
Batteries, Dalton—Cottingham
and Groves. Sweetwater—Senoir
and Krider. Hits off Cottingham,
2; struck out by Cottingham, 11.
Umpire—McCutchen.
Official Scorers — Lynn and
Trammell.
Third from Sweetwater.
On Saturday, in the last game
of the series with Sweetwater,
Dalton won easily by a score of
0 to 2. This made two out of
three from Sweetwater. The
feature of the game was a stop of
a ball, by Hamilton at third, that
seemed impossible to be fielded.
Payne, the regular third baseman,
while practising, had his third
finger knocked off, and Hamilton
went to third and Capt. Cotting
ham to center field. McFarlan
held down short in a manner that
won applause and praise from all
the spectators. The attendance
was slightly larger than usual.
SUMMARY OF GAME.
Batteries, Dalton—-Hayes and
Groves. Sweetwater—Senoir and
Krider. Hits off Hayes, 6, off
Senoir, 12.
U mpire—McCutchen.
Official Scorer—Lynn.
t VILLAGE * «
I IMPROVEMENT 1
The Epworth League, in con
nection with some other persons,
will soon begin the work of im
proving the grounds about the
First Methodist church.
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Pure air is essential to good
health. And to have pure air in
the city, the authorities and citi
zens must see to it that all the
ground is kept clean.
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Some receptacles should be
placed in the city park, so that
the litter and trash could be
placed in them and taken out by
the garbage wagon. This would
help to keep the park clean.
PROF. A. J. SHOWALTER,
Early last Saturday morning
Judge Alton Brooks Parker, of
New York, was nominated on the
first ballot for the presidency by
delegates representing the democ
racy of this country as was pre
dicted by The Citizen of last
issue.
Ex-Senator Henry G. Davis,
of West Virginia, was nominated
for the vice-presidency just after
midnight Saturday amid the
shouts and hurrahs of the immense
audience.
Bryan, Hearst, Hill, Cleveland
and Tammany have expressed
themselves as well satisfied with
the outcome and for the first time
will unite in their support of
these distinguished nominees and
the platform.
Details of how the outcome was
brought about would be tedious
but no step was taken incautiously
and ouly the best methods adopted
after the most careful considera
tions and conferences of nineteen
hours duration. The financial
plank was left out of the platform,
. by the committee in charge, after
I much thought and discussion by
Who Has One of the Finest Orchards of I Bryan, Hill, Bailey and Tillman
Elbertas in North Georgia. land so was the race question and
Now that a grower handles only r some other matters not so weighty
It is quite likely that, in the
near future, the entire plat of
ground between the walk and
south side of Crawford, from
Cleveland to Pentz streets, will
be newly sodded and put in first
class condition.
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A first-class merchant wants a
neat, well-kept store, and will not
have a clerk who is satisfied to
live in dust and filth A clean,
orderly place of business attracts
customers, while dirt and disorder
will drive them away.
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The repair work now being
done on the streets by using
crushed rock is a splendid thing.
Wherever this, rock is placed on
the streets the work is permanent,
and will not have to be done over
each time it rains.
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Remember that what any one
may do to improve his own resi
dence, or grounds, or to improve
himself, has the force of example,
and is likely to stimulate the feel
ing of improvement in others, and
thus produce some good result.
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A new fountain has been or
dered for the angle, on Thornton
avenue, and will be put in at once
The united effort of all the people
near this place, in beautifying
their properties, furnishes a fine
example of what may be done in
the line of improvement, when
little money and work are put
into it.
We have 8 stoves left going
regardless of cost
BOWEN BROS.
Hosiery days Fri
day & Saturday
Loveman Sons
a dozen or so cars would scarcely
be noticed and only then by the
statistician in his annual report to
some magazine devoted to the
produce world.
Since the last issue of The
Citizen Messrs. Sam P. Maddox
and W. Frank Sumroerour have
shipped to Boston six car loads of
the Carman variety, which is their
earliest, but within the next
two weeks they, with the many
other growers around Dalton, will
be shipping that many Elbertas
daily, and from the outlook now
the total number of cars will
reach 100 for the season. The
crop is particularly fine and only
the very best of the crop will be
packed. Ample help has been
engaged—help that is experienced
—and the great consuming mark
ets that get the North Georgia
peach will revel in the luciousness
of the fruit. The Elberta is to
the fruit crop what the rose is to
the flower garden—the queen.
Where To Meet Your Friends.
The building to be known as
the Art Hall, at the coming State
Fair, will be a novel structure. It
is to be circular in shape, one hun
dred feet in diameter, and two
stories in hieght. The floor is
paved with brick and cement, and
altogether will be made fire-proof.
There will be a fountain in the
center, surrounded by plants and
flowers. The articles forming the
art exhibit will be hung on the
walls, thereby guaranteeing advan
tage to all exhitors in this class.
It will be the meeting point and
resting place during the Fair.
“Meet me at the art hall” will be
as familiar as “meet me at the big
State Fair.” Filled with ai t ex
hibits, music, flowers, fountains
and Georgia girls, it will be well
worth a journey to Macon to see.
Eighteen Thousand Dollars in
premiums for agricultural exhibits
alone, plenty of mu>ic, all the
shows and amusements that can be
gathered together, racing and
every attraction, the big Fair at
Macon, October 19-28, will te tb e
biggest and best of all the fairs.
When the platform was finished
and unanimously reported by the
committee to the convention it was
wired to Judge Parker and within
a few hours he sent the following:
“Hon. William F. Sheehan,
Hotel Jefferson, St. Louis.
“I regard the gold standard as firmly
and irrevocably established and shall
act accordingly if the action of the con
vention of today shall be ratified by ths
people. As the platform is silent on ths
subject, my views should be made known
to the convention, and if it is proved t®
be unsatisfactory to the majority I re
quest you to decline the nomination for
me at once, so that another may be nom
inated before adjournment.
(Signed) A. B. Pibkkb.
The receipt of that message
threw consternation into the camp
of those not familiar with political
methods and unacquainted with
the exact status and attitude of
Parker and his friends and for a
time there was some wrangling
over what sort of reply should be
sent him. When the convention
was made fully aware of the situa
tion in all its relations and bear
ings the following answer was
carefully prepared, approved and
forwarded:
“The platform adopted by this con
vention is silent on the question of the
monetary standard, because it is not re
garded by us as a possible issue in this
campaign, and only campaign issues
were mentioned in thejplatform. There
fore, there is nothing in the views ex
pressed by you in the telegram juat re
ceived which would preclude s man en
tertaining them from accepting a nomi
nation on said platform.”
President Roosevelt and Judge
Parker are out after votes, while
we are out for the sale of our
wagons, buggies, carriages, etc.
Call and let us show you.
Dalton Buggy Co.
Canning Berries.
The N. Dietzen Co., at Waring,
has started its- cannery and they
are putting up blackberries. Its
distillery will soon be ready for
the peach and other fruit crops.
We can supply anybody
with table dishes or crockery,
lamps, enamel ware, etc.
BOWEN BROS.