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DALTON, GA., SEPT. 27, 1906
War is hell, but how about At
lanta’s race riot ?
What is going to become of the
negro anyway?
Anarchy reigns in Atlanta, and
all on account of the negro.
There always comes a time to
return a favor or a kind act.
Negroes are r ported to be
leaving Atlanta by the hundreds.
Who cares ?
No ballot looks right to us uik
less it has Dick Russell’s name
“blown in” on it.
There are fif teeu candidates and
Dick Russell running in the race
for appellate court judges.
The Atlanta News sowed to the
wind in advocating anarchy, and
will no doubt reap a whirlwind.
Ip all the negroes who loaf were
made to work there would be
fewer assaults and no race riots
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Daughters of the Confed
eracy will edit the Citizen during
the week of the County fair.
This will also be “Home Coming’
week for old Dal on boys and
girls. This special issue will be
a fine nv dium for advertisers, and
we hope the merchants will extend
the ladies a liberal patronage.
All editorial matter, news, local
and otherwise, will be handled by
the ladies in charge and the edis
tiou will be splendid in every
detail
The Citizen is glad to extend
to the ladies an opportunity to
raise funds for the beautifying of
the Confederate cemetery, and it
hopes the merchants and others
will patronize the edition liberally.
The Ciiizen is charging the
ladies nothing for the issue. They
will get every cent the paper
earns the week it is turued over to
them.
THE ATLANTA RIOTS.
The Rome Tribune says there
are a lot of men who will not al
low themselves dictated to, but not
many of them are married.
Just remember, that when the
time comes, God will not look you
over for creeds, diplomas and
badges, but for scars.
The father told his little girl who
asked him how he knew it was a
stork that brought the new baby,
that he knew it because he saw
his bill.
The Citizen believes with all
its soul that the separation of the
races, as advocated by John Tem
ple Graves, is the only logical solu
tion of the negro question.
The Albany Herald, in view of
the Atlanta race riots, is calling
on the officials of Albany to close
all negro dives and saloons.
Every city in the state should
clean out all negro dives, and
make the loafers go to work.
The names of Hill and Stevens
appeal to all Georgians, and just
at this time the people are going
to have an opportunity to honor
the son of one of them by voting
for Hon. Benjamin Hill for judge
of the Court of Appeals.
Hon. Frederick C. Foster, of
Madison, is a candidate for judge
of the court of appeals, which ques
tion comes up before the people on
the third of October. For thirty-
six years Judge Foster has been a
practitioner and student of the
law, and has splendid qualifica
tions for a j udge in a court of last
resort.
Hon. H. C. Peeples, for a long
time a law partner of Hon. Hoke
Smith, is a candidate for one of
the judgeships of the proposed
court of appeals. Mr. Peeples is
excellently qualified for the posi
tion he seeks, and we are sure the
people of this county will make no
mistake in supporting him.
Hon. Chas. G. Janes, of Cedar-
town, is one of the newest entries
in the race for a judgeship on the
new court of appeals. Col. Jones has
the endorsement of the bar of the
Tallapoosa circuit, over which he
presided for twelve years. He
is a fine jurist, and if elected will
fill the position with justice and
fairness.
The Citizen is not at all sur
prised at the race riots in Atlanta.
In fact it said something about it
a few weeks ago. The crime for
which the rioting is done is enough
to .shock the people into insensible
rage, but when there is added to
this the open advocacy of lynch
law, anarchy, etc., by a daily news
paper in the city in which it oc
curs, no wonder the young men
went all to pieces in Atlanta last
Saturday night. They no doubt
had been reading daily these fire
brand editorials, urging mob law
and violence. The negroes had
been reading them also, and in
stead of tending to a cessation of
the crime they naturally increased
it, for it must be remembered that
these negroes are brutal and low
and place no value ou their own
lives or the lives of other people.
From day to day they were filled
with a feeling of resentment to
ward the whites which expressed
itself in an increasing number of
brutal and fiendish assaults upon
white women, with the result of
Saturday night’s rioting and the
continuous performance since.
Therefore we are constrained to
the belief that the riot was caused
by newspaper writings before the
rioting commenced and not by ex
tras that were brought out at the
time of the unfortunate occur
rence, and we desire to say that
not all of Atlanta’s papers were in
it, nor even a majority of them.
Sherman said: “War is hell!”
and the way Atlanta managed the
riot, after she was plunged into it,
is worse than hell, the truth of
which will be made plain as time
goes on.
In a war the leaders are immor
talized, the killed are martyrs, the
soldiers who survive are revered
as patriots, and pensioned for life
in all civilized countries.
In Atlanta a riot is begun be
tween the Anglo-Saxon and negro
races. No matter the cause, the
riot is on, a few of both races are
killed, and the heads of many are
skinned. The ministers denounce
the whites as outlaws; and the
press condemns the outlawry.
The militia is called out to sup
press these WHITE OUTLAWS,
and the recorder on his bench lect
ures the WHITE OUTLAWS, as
he sentences them to the rock pile
for thirty days, and the negro is
referred to as an innocent citizen
by all of the above.
Keep this up, gentlemen of At
lanta, if you want the dose re
peated. The negro says: “Hear
the preachers condemn the whites
and defend us; read how the pa
pers speak of our innocence and
the white man’s guilt; look at the
white trash working on the rock
pile for fighting negroes; see the
governor’s soldiers out to protect
us; we are right; everybody up
holds us; we will try them again.
Next time we shoot into cars we
will take good aim; next time we
lie in ambush we will get more
than one policeman!” etc., etc.
Shame on you, Atlanta!
It is your duty to suppress
everything that will tend to incite
riot. Keep it down if possible.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel, but being in
Bear ’t that the opposed may beware of
thee.
But when one is started between
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the white man and the negro, see
that the white man gets the best
of it on all sides. No stone should
have been left unturned to prove to
the blacks that this is a white man’s
country, and that the white man
must and shall rule. This should
have been proven even if it had
been necessary to mas acre a thous
and negroes. You should have
chased them as rabbits out of the
brush! While at present it would
have seemed cruel, still had you
done so, we would have been will
ing to guarantee your safety from
black uprisings for twenty years,
but as you have acted you may ex
pect a return of it in a few weeks,
and you have endangered every
community in the south that has a
negro population.
For the sake of white manhood
and pure womanhood—for the fu
ture glory of this southern land—
for the sake of civilization, religion
and God—let the next race riot
end differently.
BENJAMIN H. HILL
Among the many candidates
for tbe new court of appeals to
be voted on October 3rd, is Ben
jamin H. Hill, of Atlanta. In the
organization of this important
court it is highly important that
lawyers of unquestionable ability
and high personal character should
be selected. There is no more re
sponsible position under the gov
ernment than that of the Appel
late Court, and the people should
see to it that none but the best
men are put upon this bench. It
is the concensus of opinion that
no man in the race surpasses Mr.
Hill in legal attainment and per
sonal fitness. ■ The lawyers of his
bar have with unanimity called
upon him to make the race, de
claring in their request that he
“combined all the elements which
go to make a good judge, includ
ing learning, ability, fairness and
industry.”
Reuben R. Arnold, one of the
foremost lawyers in Georgia,states
“that the interest of the public re
quire that this court shall be com
posed of just such lawyers as Mr.
Hill,” especially emphasizing the
fact that Mr. Hill has enjoyed “a
general practice and his mind has
not become warped by representing
special interests, and that there
fore he was well fitted to exercise
a perfectly impartial judgment on
all matters that might come before
him as a judge.’’ Mr. Hill has
been a lawyer strictly, never be
fore having offered for public po
sition. We hope that the people
of the state will elect him one of
the three judges on October 3rd,
as we believe that in so doing,they
will secure the services of an able
and valuable public servant.
THE SOUTH’S IMPERIAL STAPLE.
A CALL DOWN
The Augusta Chronicle says:
“The Hon. Hoke Smith is pro
ceeding ou the idea—just as we
knew he would—that a political
‘ring’ in Georgia isn’t such a bad
thing, after all—if he is allowed
to control it.” Every man who
is making a state campaign must
have an organization. Long en
trenched in power, the organiza
tion may become a ring. There is
no use taunting Hoke Smith this
early in the game.—Savannah
Press.
It is Hearst and Hughes in New
York. Alliterative to say the least
of it.
Now I get me up to work,
I pray the Lord I may not shirk ;
If I should die before the night,
I pray the Lord my work’s all right.
The south is coming to her own
and her uncrowned King Cotton
is the great vehicle on which she
is moying forward at such a rapid
rate.
This from the Baltimore Man
ufacturers Record is an eye opener:
Over $2,000,000,000 is invested in cot
ton mills in Europe and America depen
dent upon the south for their raw mate-
terial. It is estimated that 10,000,u00
people in Great Britain alone live on tbe
cotton industry of that country. The
balance of trade in favor of the United
States depends upon our cotton exports
which now annually reach $400,000,000
or more than the world’s gold produc
tion. Of this royal crop, imperial in
magnitude and in domination of the
world’s financial and manufacturing in
terests, the south bolds a world-monop
oly. Its ability to increase cotton pro
duction to meet the world’s growing
needs, and its ability to develop cotton
manufacturing commensurate with its
monopoly of cotton production, are lim
ited only by its labor supply. Economic
forces will of necessity bring about a
great increase in population and thus
prepare the way for a vast expansion in
manufacturing and in production as the
price and demand may justify. The
south produces 80 per cent, of the cot
ton for the 119,000,000 spindles in the
world, but has less than 10,000,000 spin
dies itself. Think of the limitless possi
bilities for expansion in this industry
alone when you are studying the future
of the south.
A doctor says that he can make
’ any bad boy good by operating
upon hi* brain. That may be the
seat of his badness, but it isn t
the seat to operate upon, the doc
tor to the contrary, notwithstand
ing,— Rome Tribune.
They are raising a row in At
lanta because an enterprising
wholesale house distributed Bryan
badges with the legend on it,
“Ask the revenue man.” Many
people wore them without know
ing that they were advertisements
and few people knew what the
sentence really meant. The agi
tation gave the liquor house a big
advertisement.—Savannah Press.
Missouri has succeeded in being
shown that the Standard Oil
profits in that state are 600 per
cent.—Atlanta Journal.
A Philadelphia doctor asserts
that the free use of cigarettes by
boys makes liars out of them. And
eventually they get into congress
and people find them out.—Macon
News.
The Atlanta News which has
been advocating lawlessness as »
means of checking negro outrages
should b-i held responsible for At
lanta’s race war Such anarchistic
doctrine as put forth by the News
can have but one result—a reign
of terror.—Gadsden (Ala.) News.
The Charleston News and
Courier says that “Bryan will
leave Georgia a Hokesmith demo
crat.” There are no other kind|in
Georgia now, esteemed, contem
porary.—Rome Tribune.
A Georgia judge is quoted a
saying, “A wife is entitled to at
least one kiss a day.” Whether
he had his own, or some other fel
low’s wife in mind when he said
it, isn’t stated.—Macon News.
The superstitiously inclined
have now discovered that when
Friday follows the 13th of the
month it is a sure sign that the
next day will be Saturday.—
Mncon News.
Having brought his admiring
Sunday school class to the point
where they are able to swallow the
argument that the methods of the
Standard Oil Company are justified
by Joseph’s “corner” of the wheat
maiket in Egypt and by the man
ner of producing the American
Beauty rose, Mr. Johu D. Rocke
feller, Jr., has arranged to give
them a picnic, and in his typewrit
ten circular letter explains that
“the expense will not be more
than 75 cents a person.” The ex
penses of chaperones and cice-
rones are sometimes paid by sub
scription, but Mr. Rockefeller gen
erously agrees to pay his own 75
cents.—Macon Telegraph.
Cotton
Will bring a good price this
fall, so you can afford to buy
a new
K
Domestic
Sewi ng
Machine.
They are for sale by
Cay lor & Yates,
Dalton,
and they guarantee them to
be as light running and do
as good sewing as any
Machine on earth. The
price is within reach of all
and the terms are easy.
FIFTH ANNUAL EVENT
Whitfield County Fair
Dalton, Ga.
October 16 to 20 inclusi
ve.
Reduced Railroad Rates!
Through the efforts of Senator a. S
Clay and Hon. Gordon Lee, the War Depart
ment has consented for the Twelfth Regi
ment United States Cavalry to encamp
opposite the fair grounds for the week and
give daily exhibition cavalry drills inside the
fairgrounds. The splendid Twelfth Cavalry
Band of Thirty Musicians will give two
concerts daily.
The Pleasure Angle
inside the grounds will consist of some of
the finest low priced amusement features
ever seen in the South for the money.
Three Mammoth Tents
will be used for concerts, picnics, resting,
Etc., Etc.
Educational Day.
Friday will be Educational Day, when every
school child in Whitfield county, if accom
panied by a teacher or superintendent, will
be admitted at half price. They must come
in a body.
The Great Live Stock Parade
takes place Friday afternoon.
All-Day Sinaing.
Saturday, October 20th, the All-Day Sing
ing takes place, conducted by Prof. A. J-
Showalter. The afternoon will be devoted
to class or community singingfor the prizes.
Basket Dinner.
The Confederate Veterans’ Basket Dinner,
Picnic and Reunion takes place Saturday,
October 20th, when Gen. A. J. West, of
Atlanta, will be present and deliver a speech.
Can You Afford to Miss It?
You Cannot Afford to Miss lt<
F. T. REYNOLDS,
President.
G. L. LEWIS,
Secretary-
W. M. SAPP,
Treasurer.
T. P. FREEMAN,
Superintendent.
C. R. EVANS,
Chairman Board of Directors,
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