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PACE FOUR
CONGRATULATIONS PERSONAL
THE ATLANTA-CHATTANOOCA HIGHWAY.
The Dalton (Eitizen.
mniHID IVEBT THURSDAY
*y
T *K A. t. SHOWAME* CO.. Pr*rrUt«r*
congress. That he will there is little
doubt, and if he is there is no doubt of
his election.
Could anything be fairer or more in
keeping with an honest effort to know
just what the district wants him to do?
In order to know things it is veiy nec
essary to find out. In order to do
things for the people it is necessary to
know what they want. Hence the
course of Mr. Lee. Let the people
speak out by answering Mr. Lee's
questions. It is a matter of only a
moment, and no expense.
ABOUT CONVICTS AND ROADS.
Whitfield county, one of the best
counties in the state, is in some respects
the most backward. Every county in
the state equal in importance to this
is working convicts on the roads, and
is doing it at a most satisfactory ex
pense to the taxpayers. Then why are
not we? It seems more time and en
ergy are spent in apologizing for what
we have than is expended for what we
have not and should have.
% Good roads are cheap at most any
price, but good roads do not cost too
much.
Another thing that is overlooked is
that the maintenance of good roads is
as nothing compared with the yearly
expense of filling up the same mud-
holes. When permanent roads are
built the mud tax ceases.
Working convicts on the roads has
been demonstrated to be both sensible
and sane, as well as economical. The
officials of no county expect to build
roads for nothing. If they do we are
sure the taxpayers have too much sense
to believe it can be done. I
We are simply letting other coun
ties of our class get ahead of us be
cause we are acting like a bunch of ;
doubt be followed out by a vote favor
able to the issue of the bonds, and,
when this is done, Bartow will be in
line for the national highway and
ready to do her share of the work.
Fulton has already built to the line
of Cobb. Cobb is doing excellent work
upon her main thoroughfares, but, per
haps, without direct reference to the
construction of this national highway.
We are satisfied that any movement
looking to the constraction of this high
way will enlist the interest and co
operation of the Cobb county authori
ties. # *
Gordon adjoins Bai-tow on the north.
While we have,not heard very much |
from Gordon on the subject, we arej
satisfied that Gordon will also co- j
"operate.
Whitfield and the other counties be-
tween Gordon and Chiekamauga park
can be counted on for active co-opera
tion as soon as the movement takes
ton Citizen, whose marriage to Miss
Huff, of that city, occurs today, the
Tribune-Herald extends its heartiest
congratulations. We have felt inter
ested in Mr. Shope ever since he be
came editor of The Citizen. His work
has been recognized as indicating talent
of a high order, and The Citizen is per
haps the best edited weekly paper in
Georgia. During the course of fre
quent visits to Borne, when he is always i
a welcome visitor to the Tribune-1
Herald office, the editorial writers of!
this paper have learned to know and
appreciate his strength • of character, i
genuine worth and native ability. We ;
have frequently differed with him on,
political matters, but these differences j
have never affected our warm friend- J
printed in another column of this pa
per. This editorial deals with the pro
posed national higlnvay between Chick-
arnauga National park, Chattanooga
and Fort McPherson, Atlanta.
The Citizen has been probably the
foremost* advocate of the building of
a military road between these points
from the time it was first suggested,
and, if we are not mistaken, it was
from The Citizen’s office that the sug
gestion came originally.
The revival of interest at this time
is accounted for, no doubt, by the gen
eral demand for a better class of high
ways all over the country, which was
aroused by the work of the Journal and
New York Herald for the establish
ment of a national highway between
New York and Atlanta.
We are glad to see; that considerable
enthusiasm is being aroused over this
Editor
Associate Editor
THE BIG ROAD.
• Elsewhere on this page is an editorial
from the Atlanta Journal we desire
to call attention to. It treats of the
proposed national highway betw r een
Chiekamauga National park, Chatta
nooga, and Ft. McPherson, Atlanta.
The Citizen has for several years
been agitating the question of»this
road, and. it considers that now the
project is about to take definite shape.
This road is essential to the govern
ment, and will be built. We must take
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transmission through the mails as second-
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The Citizen will not accept whiskey ad
vertisements. Patent medicines of a ques
tionable nature, and cure-all nostrums can
haTe no entry into these columns.
TEMPERANCE HILL.
DALTON, GA., THURSDAY, DEC. 16.
PAY UP.
The people are prosperous, and so is
The Citizen. Many subscriptions are
now due it, and our only authorized
collector and solicitor, W. E. Franklin,
is now out.
aim vrnr R ; ch Men , s G{fts Ape poQp
and little daughter, Cecil Mae, spent' 5eside this; want to ^ on record ^
Monday very pleasantly with Mr. and ! saying that I regard Electric Bitters as
Mrs. Henry Westmoreland and little one of the greatest gifts that God has
daughter, Blanche. made to woman.” writes Mrs. O. Rhino.
Miss Lula Whaley spent Friday vault, of Vestal Center, N. Y. "I can
morning with Miss Beryl Stacy. never forget what it has dons for me.”
Miss Dollie Staten spent Friday This glorious medicine gives a woman
afternoon with Miss Suddie Westmore- buoyant spirits, vigor of body and jnbi-
land. lant health. It quickly cures Nervous-
Mi*. and Mrs. Hepry Westmoreland ness, Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Head-
and daughter, Blanche, spent Sunday
with Mr. J. F. Stacy and family.
Mr. Ben Westmoreland spent Friday
night with Mr. and Mrs. J. S." Rich
mond, near Dalton.
Mr. Frank Westmoreland is on the
sick list this week.
Miss Beryl Stacy spent Monday aft
ernoon with Miss Suddie Westmore
land.
We are glad that Mr. and Mxs. Jack
Jennings moved into our settlement
la^t week.
Mi*. S. R. Staten called on Mr. R. F.
Westmoreland Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mxs. Jack Jennings spent
this road. There are powerful influ
ences behind the movement, and the
government is not unmindful of its
needs for this road. Then, too, it would
commemorate one ^ of the greatest
events of the civil war—Sherman's
march to the sea. The patriotic—sen
timental reasons, if you please—are
great and commanding. They cannot
be overlooked in a discussion of this
question. - !
The suggestion of the Journal, that
the authorities in each county take ac-
1 tion, is a good one. The truth is, there
should be a meeting of all the, county
officials of the counties through which
this proposed road runs. A discussion
of roads in general would not be bad,
and would tend to generate that en
thusiasm so necessary to the building
of good roads. All great triumphs are
the result of enthusiasm.
When he presents your
bill, please pay it. You will feel better,
and so will we.
If there are any who do not take The
Citizen, now is the time to subscribe.
The Griffin Daily Herald is a very
healthy looking youngster.
If the comet caused warm weather
this winter, pray tell us what caused
WHY NO PARCELS POST.
With all of Claire Rowell’s single^
ness, we shall still continue to think of
him kindly.
It is recalled that in 1898 the
Adams Express company pre
sented its stockholders with $12,-
000,000 in bonds. Two years ago
it presented them with $24,000,000
in bonds. In construing a will it
became necessary for a New York
court to decide whether these bonds
were dividends on the stock or not,
and the appellate division of the
supreme court in New York has
/decided that they constituted divi
dends of 300 per cent on the stock,
in addition to the regular annual
dividends of 8 per cent. Last
month the Wells-Targo company
also divided 300 per cent among
its shareholders, which was in ad
dition to the annual dividends of
10 per cent.
These illuminating figures call to
mind the explanation given* by an
American statesman a few years
ago of our lack of a parcels post
system which would give the peo
ple a cheap means of transporting
their packages. Ife gxplained
simply by calling five express'com
panies by name and mentioning
the “influence” they naturally
brought to bear against a parcels
post system.;—Macon Telegraph.
The express
MORE DANVILLE PROOF.
Jacob SchraU, 432 South. SL, Dan
ville, HL, writes: “For over eighteen
months I was a sufferer from kidney
and bladder trouble. During that whole
time wa£ treated by several doctors
and tried several different kidney pills.
Seven weeks ago I commenced taking
Foley’s Kidney Pills, and am feeling
better every day, and will be glad to
tell any one interested just what
Foley’s Kidney Pills did for me.” S. J.
McKnighL
The editor of the Citizen is now a
full-fledged matrimonial missionary,
vice John Reese retired.
The Telegraph says bonds and pros
perity win out in Macon. Something
like that is bound to happen in Dalton.
The Atlanta Journal says “a Con
necticut man, 71 years old, 50 of which
he has spent in jail, wants a pardon
at Christmas.” Don't look like he
would enjoy lividg anywhere else.
Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Westmoreland.
Miss Lula Whaley spent Friday
The New York Sun says President
Taft’s message is “unpnnctuated with
consternation.” That is a fine phrase.
• Congressional politics is at fever
heat in the tenth. Tom Hardwick
seems to be real mad.
Would Help Some.
President Taft says -the actual
loss to the government growing
out of the transmission of second
I class mail matter is $63,000,000.—
j Macon News.
Why don’t the postoffice department
get after such gigantic fakes as “Com
fort,” published at Axigusta, Me? It
is reported to have four million sub
scribers, and you never heard ’of any
body subscribing to it. It is also re
ported that its proprietor is a big re
publican politician and a liberal con
tributor to campaign funds. The paper
Tom Lawson says Taft is a “puddle-
dub” president. Well, if he is it is
almost certain he is not a molly-coddle.
EDITORIAL ROTPOURI.
The Darien Gazette informs the pub
lic that the legislature meets in six
months. Why mention anything so un
pleasant ?
Four-Flushed.
- The Dalton Citizen thinks Teddy
Roosevelt “four-flushed” in the sugar
trust frauds.—Macon News.
Those who have never seen any bet
ter roads than we have very naturally
consider that there are none better in
the world. ?
Pleasure Out of Work.
The Dalton Citizen says “One should
get pleasure out of his work.” Some
times that is the only thing one does
get.—Elberton Star.
The labor trust is now jumping on
the steel trust. Go it, octopi! The
public will be the referee, and also the
sufferer.
It cannot always be so.
companies' wield a wonderful influence
over our law-makers, but the people
are getting wiser, and soon they will
demand the parcels post. There is
really no economic use for express
companies. The work they do is, prop-
DAWNVILLE.
Headline says the “Atlanta Chamber
of Commerce is interested in farming.”
But not to the extent of doing any of
it, .we opine.
Last Sunday was such a rainy day
that Brother Henry, of Deep Springs,
failed to fill liis appointment here,
which we all regret very much.
I am glad to state our sick are all
better, as far as I know, and every
I one seems to be happy as the holidays
are so near at hand; and, of course
everyone is anticipating a nice time,
and I hope there won’t he one of the
band disappointed.
The marriage bills are ringing in
every direction. I guess I will have
The Savannah Press wants an or
ganization for the suppression of all
noises. The best way would be to move
away from them.
Where Is He?
Dr. Cook declares he wanted to
get away from civilization. Why
didn’t he go to Chicago?—Rome-
Tribune-Herald.
Maybe he did.
The Marietta Journal says Tom Wat
son is a political hermit wrapped in
the solitude of his own isolation, and
again that he is “grand, gloomy and
peculiar.” s
Best Weekly in the State.
Editor Shope, of The North Georgia
Citizen, is turning out just about the
1 best weekly in the state. Dalton ought
to, feel proud of The Citizen.—North
east Georgian.
The “irooly” ambitious politicians
are really worried over Gordon Lee’s
course about congressional matters. He
wants to know what the people he is
serving want him to do.
of Tilton, are visiting their grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Rollins, this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Walden spent
last Thursday night with the latter’s
mother, Mrs. Cora McHan.
Mr. John Robinson was the guest
of Mr. Jim Vamell Sunday at dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Witt and chil
dren spent Saturday night and Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Strick
land.
Messrs. Gib, Sam and Ulysses King
were the guests of Mr. L ,E. Hair
Sunday.
Mr. Bass McHan was the guest of
friends near Harmony Thursday night.
Messrs. Arthur and Ernest Rollins
and sister, Miss Maud, and Misses
Alline and Frances Morgan called on
Miss Margie Thompson Saturday even
ing.
Miss Nova Buchanon spent Thurs
day afternoon with Miss May Smith.
Mr. and Mrs.
' A Demand for Loving Kindness.
A great deal of loving kindness will
be needed in Georgia next year when
the political campaign' warms up.
Let’s work hard for a decent contest,
one devoid of all bitterness. The voters
can have such a campaign if they wnut
it.—Darien Gazette.
Copyright 1909
The House of fvuppcaheTnn
Chicago
A New York woman is suing her
husband for divorce because he served
her gingerale while he and his guests
drank ehampagne. The cause for ac
tion is certainly worthy.
chants. What they -send now by ex
press would be sent by mail with the
adoption of the parcels post, and at a
cheaper rate, which would apply to all
alike.
The parcels post
Just a wish that the Holiday season
will find our many friends and custom
ers as contented with what the past
year has brought as we are.
Our business has grown. We owe
that to you.
We have been as remarkably success-
tul in holding our old friends as in mak-
irig new ones.
We’ve kept the quality-the serv
ice—up. v
In 19,0, as in the past, we will handle
on y he best lines. Our leading cloth-
ing will come, as before, frnm
A Brooklyn woman got $8,000 for a
broken heart. If they come that high
it occurs to us that plate glass insur
ance would be a good thing for heart-
breakers to take out. *
A New Name.
Please note that the new minis
ter who has just come to Rome
never made known his desire to
wed until he had seen Rome’s rat
wearers.—Rome Tribune-Herald.
Look here, Rowell, if you, begin call
ing them “rat wearers” you will never
do any good.
is an economic ne
cessity and must come sooner or later.
GORDON LEE.
The late H. H. Rogers, of Standard
Oil, was the originator of the phrase,
“Johnny-on-the-spot.” He used it in
referring to John D. Archbold while
speaking to John D. Rockefeller.
If there is one good quality that
overshadows others possessed by Gor
don Lee it is his absolute honesty with
his constituency. He wants to be com
manded by the people instead of com
manding the people. He is the peo
ple’s servant and he strives to serve.
Makes a Man Wiser.
“The Dalton Citizen will probably
either be brighter or duller after its
next issue. Editor Shope is to be mar-
It is somewhat liai-d for the “inter
ested” ones to view, with anything but
alarm every step Gordon Lee takes.
Don’t wony, bi-ethren. Gordon is look
ing after the people’s interest in Wash
ington, and that, is why they want him
to stay in congi-ess.
Clarence Hair were
the guests of Mr. Mose Hawkins and
family Sunday. '
Messrs., Howard Walker, James Var-
nell, John Robinson and Lon Keith
were the guests of D. W. King and
family Sunday.' \
Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Fletcher, of
Cedar Valley, called on the latter’s
mother, Mrs. Cora McHan,* Monday
The Rome Tiibune-Hei’ald ^ays that
“when a politician ‘gets in bad’ with' a
newspaper he usually comes but worse.”
, That is the trui-h. A newspaper that
has backbone enough to put up a fight
for the light may make a few enemies,
but for every one so made it will gain
three friends instead.
accordingly. His action is most com
mendable.
He has addressed to the pdople whom
lie serves a letter asking them if they
consider him the best man to serve
them in congress again. Enclosed with
and in Hats, Gloves
Shoes, we will offe
quality.
Furnishing
goods of
s and
equal
For Fathers to Remember.
The father who is “chummy” J with
liis boy, gets down to that eagei*, in
quiring] x-estless little soul and explains
and encourages, does not need to c-ut a
bix’eh gad in oi’der to maintain disci
pline; and the mother who sympathizes,
cuddles pud plays with her children can
keep her slippei’s on her feet and her
hair brush on the dressing table. Chil
dren need love and sympathy as much
as flowei’s need air and sunshine.—
Eatouton Messenger.
Tom Watson seems to have lost the
foiee of the Georgian’s letter from
Collier’s Weekly, regarding its slander
of southern women. The letter was
not from the editor of Collier’s but
from its proprietor, Robert J. Collier,
who regretted the blunder of the editor,
Nonnan Hapgood. Read again, Mr.
Watson.
Surprising bar
gains in 5c and
Oc toys at
Buchholz