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►e experimented with. It needs an ad-
Qinistration of practical common
ense. It can ill afford two years more
if scrapping, and worse than snail-
ike progress. The people know this,
,nd it is the reason Colonel Trammell’s
landidacy is appealing to them. A
ote for him is a step forward. It
neans much to .the* city of Dalton.
SHOULD SELECT GOOD ENUMERA
TORS.
TIte gal ton (Citizen
THANKSGIVING.
The actual work of enumeration
for the United States census will
begin the first of April next. Rome
is to have eight enumerators, and
it is very important that good and
competent men he selected for
these positions. Supervisor L. H.
Crawford, who has been appointed
to act in that capacity for the
Seventh congressional district,
will have the appointment of these
enumerators.
There will be a large number of
applicants, and there will prob
ably be no lack of good material to
select from. Mr. Crawford should
exercise his best judgment in
Odds Favor Trammell for Elec
tion to die Office.
EDITORIAL POT-POUR I
Services are held at the churches ana
much real good is done in the way of
remembering the helpless, and doing
acts of charity that should be more
characteristic of those whose worldy
possessions are such as to enable them
to practice practical Christianity. The
sick should be visited, the sorrowing
comforted, the poor succored and the
despondent cheered.
No man lives to himself. Each is a
unit in the great mass and an integral
part of the whole.
We all have much for which to be
thankful: We are alive, and that is
much. The world is beautiful and is
here for man’s enjoyment. Go into the
woods and there are great trees and
beautiful flowers; there you will find
crystal waters, laughing and leaping
down the lofty palisades; sweet sing
ing birds are here and there, and a
thousand other things to interest and
benefit and bless mankind. All are for
man’s enjoyment. If nature does not
appeal to you there are the great arti
ficial centers—man’s work—the cities
for your delectation.' There are mag
nificent art galleries, where are to be
found famous paintings, representing
the labor of love and the consecration
of great and lofty souls. Go into the
theaters and there you will see life
portrayed, and hear the music of the
masters; into the streets and you will
see written on the faces of those you
meet the tales of life that have never
been told; into the great libraries and
you can commune with the master
CANDIDATES WORK.
Editor
.Associate Editor
Mars is receding. . Perhap
Martians didn’t get , any val
points from our Panama
work.—Atlanta Constittuion.
Or from our prohibition laws.
City Is Stock Company, Citizens Are
Stockholders, and Business
Head Is Needed.
OFFICIAL ORGAN
of the United States Circuit and District
Courts, Northwestern Division, North
ern District of Georgia.
The race for the mayoralty continues
to draw the undivided interest of the
citizens of Dalton; and whenever a
group of folks are seen talking with
their heads together, you can put it
down as a safe bet that the mayor’s
race is the sole topic of conversation.
Since the last issue of The Citizen, J.
H. Robinson has come into the field,
and with the election just two weeks
off it is safe to say that there will be
no new candidate to enter against P. B.
Trammell and Mr. Robinson.
Prom the talk of the people on the
street corners, the odds greatly favor
the election of P. B. Trammell. Hun
dreds have said Mayor Trammell so
often that they believe it to be an as
sured fact that he will be the city’s
chief executive next year. Those who
predict Mr. Robinson’s election are in
the - minority, although there are some
who do so.
The taxpayers have come to realize
that the city is. one big stock company,,
the annual taxes being the capital stock
of the company, they are the stockhold
ers and the mayor and council are, re
spectively, the manager and hoard of
directors. They have awakened to the
fact that the administration is the ,body
that is managing their own business
affairs, and they have determined to
elect men who are the better fitted to
successfully conduct the affairs of the
municipality.
Sentiment has gone abegging at last
The people seem united In the desire
to elect those men for mayor and coun-
cilmen in the different wards who are
thoroughly competent to take charge
of and run the.city government. In
this election, more than in any former
election, can he heard the citizens dis
cussing the relative merits of the va
rious candidates, and it is certain that
friendships are going to cut less ice
than ever before.
“Shall I voe for my neighbor because
he is a good, honest fellow and *1 like
him, or is it my duty to vote' for the
man that will best serve the interests
of the city?” is the question that is
being debated on all hands; and the
A Weeping Bride.
That bride that wept all the time
during her wedding ceremony may not
have been as silly as she seemed.
Macon News. •, ii .
Maybe she was not. weeping, We
prefer to think of her as laughing.
One Tear ....
Six Months ..
Three Months
Entered at the Dalton, Ga., Postoffice for
transmission through the malls as second-
class matter.
The Citizen will not accept whiskey ad
vertisements,
tlonable natur
have co entry
Patent medicines of a ques-
e, and cure-all nostrums can
ito these columns.
Zeiaya’s Club.
Zelaya seems to haave formed a
Half-Hundred Club. '* He has them
executed 500 at the time.—Savan
nah Press.
It occurs to us that a Half-Thousand
Club would be better..
DALTON, GA., THURSDAY, NOY. 25.
Who is the man respected?
man who cannot be controlled.
The way to get rid of the hookworm
once for all is to swallow the early
bird.
A Great, Speech.
The Gadsden, Times says Seab
Wright made a great speech in
Gadsden, but did nbt know -what
he was talking about. — Rome
Tribune-Herald.
Who? The people or Seab?
Elbert Hubbard says a chaperon is
not so had, but the need of one is
simply fierce.
Sir Thomas Lipton will try again
in 1911. There’s genuine sporting
blood for you.
His Name is Cash.
A man named Sash is a candi
date for Alderman in Dalton. His
name ought to carry him through.
—Rome Tribune-Herald.
Does our contemporary mean that
our fellow townsman Cash is to jump
through a sash and land in office?
Every man was once a boy.
hope we shall not be contradicted:
is really a fact.
The House of Kuppenhdmef
Chicago
A current event: the merger of the
American Telegraph & Telephone com
pany with the Western Union.
Mayor Satisfied.
The mayor of Cairo, Ill., has ex
pressed himself as pleased with
the successful double lynching by
the mob in that city. Now watch
the federal supreme court yank
him up and put him in jail in
Washington for contempt of court.
—Augusta Herald.
The New York- Evening Post must
also be pleased. It hasn’t so far said
a word.
lieve alike. What is salvation to one
will prove the reverse to another.
Nothing is permanent, not even the
eternal hills. It is this great variety
of things, and the vast difference in
people, that make of life the pleasant
occupation it is. If we were all any
one thing life would not he worth
while, and humanity would be bored
to death in .twenty-four hours. Let us
all he thankful on this good day for all
Old Sam’l Johnson said “No man but
a blockhead ever wrote except for
money.” Maybe so, but did he get it?
T HAT real economy in clothes-
buying is striking the right
average in price.
The penny-wise purchaser who puts
price above everything else—to whom
the dollar in hand means more than
the clothes on his back—he goes wrong
every time.
He buys at the lowest price and the value is
always less than the price is low.
Other men forget economy entirely. They
forget that after a certain price is reached
additional money is simply paid for the ficti
tious value of the tailor’s name and standing.
We offer in the new garments we are showing
direct from
Governor Brown pays little attention
to the prison commission. He should
fire the members and rent out their
office.
Tribune-Herald. We wish to state that
the people of Rome need have no fears
as to the result of the census in that
city. Supervisor Crawford is interested
in getting the best possible material
to do the work all over the district,
and if Rome has any of this kind he
will get it We believe he will be able
to find it, and in this event it may be
possible for Rome to make almost as
good showing as Dalton is destined to
make.
“In addition to the compensation
they receive the enumerators ought
to take a pride in making the best
possible showing for their section,”
says the Tribune-Herald. Now if we
are to understand by this that the
enumerators are to count every citizen
in Rome at lfeast twice we fear the
worst for Dalton.
The Buzzard.
“Tom Watson has paid a glow
ing tribute to the buzzard. We
believe this the first one this bird
has got,” observes the Dalton Citi
zen. Surely the * Citizen does not
mean .to intimate that this is an
instance of birds of a feather flock
ing together.—Columbus Enquirer-
Sun.
Now we didn’t think about it that
way. If we had it would have been
more gentlemanly jto have used the
eagle instead of the buzzard.
The original sauer kraut man, N. T.
Wilder, died last week. We regret to
chronicle the death, for he was the
kind of man we cabbage to.
Maybe all the members of the prison
commission are like Rufe* Hutchens,
and that that is the reason Governor
Brown doesn’t pay any attention to
them.
The Baptists, in selecting Elberton
for their next convention, missed being
entertained by the best people in the
Dalton invited
Notwithstanding the fact that he
caused millions to rest in agony, we
sincerely hope the sauer kraut king,
who died last week, will be able to
rest in peace.
not doubted by any one. Each candi
date has hundreds of friends here, and
that also is certain;, but the approach
ing election is not going to see the
friends of one candidate lined up
against the friends of the other. The
business of the city for the approach
ing -two years-is of a greater scope and
importance than that which has faced
any incoming administration in the his
tory of the city. This business is that
of the citizens of Dalton altogether,
and they are going to pick the man
they think can meet the changes that
must be made face to face and know
just what is best for the people as a
whole.
From the talk prevalent on the
streets, it seems certain that Trammell
will be the choice of the people, be
cause the majority are of the opinion
that he is better fitted for the im
portant office. The two men are being
weighed, not as good citizens, for they
both are that, but as business men;
andjthe man who has the better busi
ness qualifications in the opinion of the
voters is going to be the man elected.
A Good One.
Another special from Dalton, Ga., via
the Special Cold Storage and Fast
Weekly Freight service from that town
to Chattanooga, otherwise known as
Frank T. Reynolds, secretary of the
chamber of commerce, who manifests
his first and abiding love for the Geor
gia town by an every Sunday visit
there.
A North Georgian made a visit to
one of the papers in Dalton, that sort
of a visit so delightful to the heart of
the newspaper editor of the i rural,
brand, to pay a subscription. He was
best city in the state,
them, you know.
That still which was captured in
North Dalton is now on exhibition at
the council chamber. It is a monu
ment to that American genius which
supplies every want.
The fact that it is feared the Hope
diamond, valued at $80,000, was lost
■when Senor Habib was drowned seems
to he causing more worry than the
death of the senor.
The supervisor liv
ing in this city, makes it impossible
for us to expect other than a proper
count.
Even his loyalty to his home
city could not be brought to bear with
sufficient force to overcome Rome’s
advantage shQuld she count her citi
zens twice.
TAYLOR WANTS BONDS.
One of Mose Wright’s brothers is re
ported to have said that Gordon Lee
has the newspapers of the Seventh dis
trict bought. News to us. Our check
has not yet been received.
Taylor county may expect to re
main at the bottom on the good
roads problem until she becomes
more interested in the question.
Butler has more than toted her
load in building good roads in her
territory, but there is a limit to
one’s strength if not to her pa
tience. We have advpcatdS, and
we are right, the issue of 30. or 40-
year bonds to the amount of $100,-
000. This amount judiciously ex
pended for the next three or four
years would constitute an invest
ment that would yield a large profit
to the farmers of Taylor county.
It is certainly time for us to wake
up from our slumber.—Butler
Herald.
Yes, and Whitfield should have
bonds. The roads will never be any
better, or certainly not good, so long
as we sit down and apologize for the
ones we have. What is needed is a
man to take the initiative. The peo
ple are all right, and want good roads,
and will follow a man who has the
courage to lead. The best soldiers in
the world are not worth a continental
without a commander. Whitfield county
will never have good roads if the au
thorities fail to move for them. Some
body must take the lead. If those in
authority won’t do it, it is up to the
people to elect officials who will.
’ This county should vote at least a
$100,000 bond issue as a starter. Time
will prove us to be right in this, and
time will also bring the bonds. The
people can’t always he fooled by au
tomatons in office.
the truest economy in quality clothes. The
prices range from $15.00 to $25.00 or $30.00.
And every dollar that you pay for these
Kuppenheimer Clothes brings back an actual
value in return—a value based on real style,*
rich worth of fabric, specialized tailoring and
expert finish.
Let us show you the clothes and prove this
economy for yourself.
They have discovered polecats in
Chattanooga’s auditorium. Booker T.
Washington being the last attraction
before the discovery, it comes as an
economic blessing in that it will save
the expense of fumigation.
who, waxing sociably with the subscrip
tion-receiving sociability, inquired his
name and business.^
“I’m a preacher,’V said the visitor.
“What kind of a preacher are you?”
further asked the journalist.
“I gad, I’m a good one,” was the
rather surprising answer from the re-
The report is current that Clair
Rowell first prints his letters to his
best girl as editorials in the Rome
Tribune-Herald and then sends her
marked copies of the paper.
THE MAYORALTY RACE.
“The author of ‘Quo Vadis’ says he
writes best when he writes with scar
let ink,” says the Macon News. Noth
ing strange about that. In writing
with scarlet ink his manuscript is more
red.
The Citizen had hoped that in the
mayoralty race there would be no op
position to Colonel Trammell. The citi
zens in great numbers went to him
and urged him to get in the race, and
it was with reluctance that he agreed
to enter. All the while certain forces
were at work trying to get out a can
didate, but it was hardly expected that
it could be done, but it was, and the
people who are interested in progresr
sive government, administered with
economy and common sense, must still
fight to win. However, with a strong
man like Colonel Trammell as leader,
with working forces all lined up and
pulling harmoniously together, there is
anticipated nothing but success.
There are very few, if any, thought
ful people who want to see a continua
tion of conditions that have existed in
our municipal affairs for the past year
or so, and in order to get rid of it the
quarrelsome member, who objects to
everything and attempts tyrannical
domination of the entire city, must be
silenced, and must not now be permit
ted to elect his man as mayor. ’
This paper believes in the reign of
common sense and justice to all, and
•it believes the people, at least the ma
jority of them, believe the same way.
The Citizen, in all sincerity, counsels
the people, not from 'a selfish motive,
to beware of the “pretender” who
would dictate the policy- of this city
even as a czar. His ideas are imprac
tical, having been, warped by revolu
tionary tantrums, and he is prejudiced
against prevailing customs of govern
ment by the seductive influences of a.
class of latter-day literature whose
teachings are all out of joint with the
times, and coptrary to that wisdom
necessary to guide successfully our mu
nicipal affairs.
The city of Dalton is not in shape to
HERRON & THOMAS
One thousand
pairs of sample
Rival church factions in Clinton,
Ind., caused the destruction of the
church by dynamite, set off by an en
thusiast It was a shocking example
of united a church stands; divided it
falls.
S. B. FELKER IS MADE
SUBSTITUTE REGISTRAR.
Shoes to'be sold
at once, reckless
prices on every
pair. They must
go, every pair at
factory cost.
Shoes! Shoes!
sample Shoes to
close out fast.
HERRON & THOMAS
9, 11 and 15 Jiamilten Street
Balten, Georgia
The council has unanimously elected
S. B. Felker a registrar to serve in
the absence of Maj. H. A. Russell this
year.
Major Russell left here some time
ago for a visit to his son, Congressman
Gordon Russell, in Texas. It is ex
tremely doubtful that he will return in
time to do the work of a registrar this
year. '
The other registrars are B. R. Bowen
and W. M. Jones. They will meet with
in a short time to go over the regis
tration books and^ revise the list of
voters for the Conning election.
That Atlanta sensationalist (name
less here forevermore), who recently
had a “call” from Brooklyn, is reported
to have one now from London. Why
don’t they kidnap him if they really
warit him?
SCHOOL CHILDREN MAKE GIFTS
TO T HE POOR OF THIS CITY
the brightest Thanksgiving spent in
this city in many years. The provisions
ill be a regular godsend to a number
of homes.
Not only will the gifts do a great
deal of good to the people who receive
them, hut the children will be greatly
benefited from the work. Wednesday
the gifts were made eagerly, and every
little heart beat in pleasant anticipa
tion at the thought of the pleasure
they would he instrumental in giving
to the poor. It encouraged the blessed
Wednesday morning the spirit of f
giving was strong on the children of
the public schools, and as a result
many were the homes that have been
brightened for Thanksgiving day.
It was the idea of'Miss Mattie Lee
Huff for the children to bring some
thing to school to give to the poor to
day (Wednesday), and the little folks
responded nobly.
It was not the gift of a few children,
but every little boy and girl took some
thing to he given- to the poor. When
WILL OPEN up - first-class steam
laundry in Dalton if local party will
buy half interest at a bargain. Ad
dress “G,” care Citizen.
Meet your friends at Capt. McWil
liams’ big shier—4 miles east of Villa-
how—Dec. 8-and 9.
Dalton has again put it all over
Rome. While the thirsty Romans (and
they are legion) have been having
their booze shipped to them from dis
tant points,' Daltonians have been able
to secure theirji at the old still in the
north end of the city.
should
The ‘Back from Elba Club’
remember Napoleon’s famous plaintive
wail: “Able was I ere I saw Elba.”
It doesn’t make any ’ difference at
‘whicn end of the 'qnotation you begin,
lit reads the same way from either.
BOB LOVEMAN LEAVES NEXT WEEK
FOR WORK WITH ALKAHEST BUREAU
S. W. Divine is contributing some
ver-y ' fine articles to the Chattanooga
Times. His Sunday contribution on
prohibition was a gem of sarcasm and
ridicule. The‘ one ih Tuesday’s issue,
relating his impressions (as a stranger)
of Chattanooga’s auditorium, was as
humorous as Mark Twain.
The Macon News wants to know
rhat spiked punch is. Come up,
rother, and we will fix you so there
. ill no longer be any doubt on your
nihd.sj The morning after will thor-
caghly convince you.
witn bouttiern audiences than he now
is. His many local friends are watch
ing his work with intense interest.