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I he started on his quest of the Holy
Grail. Just outside his castle gate
sat a poor leprous beggar, asking alms.
Sir Launfal tossed him a golden coin
and turned from him with loathing.
The beggar refused to pick it up and
muttered a curse on the gallant knight.
Sir Launfal spent many weary years
in his quest. He searched in all lands
and all climes, but being overtaken
by old age was forced to give it up.
Bent and gray, he was returning to
his castle to end his days in disap
pointment. On approaching his castle
gate, there sat the same old leprous
beggar, asking alms. The broken heart
of Sir Launfal was filled with pity,
for one who appeared as miserable as
himself. Dismounting from his horse,
he divided his last crust with the
poor beggar, and dipping some water
from the brook with the coarse wood
en' cup which he had carried for
many years, he held it to the lips of
the poor beggar, when lo! he saw that
he held in his hand the object of his
life-long search—the Holy Grail.
In burying his selfishness he had
found his true self, and the labor of
a lifetime was rewarded.
The teaching of this story is that the
gift that is prompted by selfishness
or pride, is barren, and can never car
ry a blessing with it.
“The Holy Supper is kept indeed,
In whatso we share with another’s
need.
Not what we give, but what we share,
For the gift without the giver is
bare.”
JUNIUS.
Now is the time for snow birds and
snow poets.
a vo thousand years ago Christ dem
onstrated his keen insight into, and su
perior knowledge of, human nature in
s parable of the Good Samaritan. It
has never yet been equalled, and hu
man nature has not changed. The same
applies today. So long as we are up
and can get about, wear decent clothes,
pay what we owe, smile occasionally,
natter much, and truckle to wealth
more, we can be respected. But let
us fall along the wayside, let misfor
tune overtake us, and the’tempter over
come us, and the results are the same
today they were two thousand years
ago. The self-righteous will pass us by,
the “truly good” will refer to the “mor
ally _ stunted” in pitying tones while
passing by on the other side with
drawn skirts and subdued footsteps.
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“Oh, the beautiful snow!” Spare us;
we will not write one now.
Dr. Broughton’s assistant has quit
him. Took him a long time to find the
grandstander out.
At a recent performance of French
opera we recognized only the price and
polite ushers.
Editor
We have had more varieties of
■weather up here the last few weeks
than Heinz ever dreamed of.
■Associate Editor
TELEPHONE 18.
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Coarts, Northwestern
Iggttt .and District
Division, North-
The last we heard of him, Clair
Rowell was, as the preacher says, on
“praying grounds and pleading terms.”
ern District of GeornS.
Terms of Subscription
This is referred to by philosophers ;
“Life’s Ironies,” but properly spea]
ing, it is the result of hypocrisy with
A Rome man fasted 24^ days and died
ft* Dalton, Ga.
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transmission through
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are more willing to help those who ean
help themselves than we are to lend a
hand to those who can’t, or who, on
account of the heavy hand of adver
sity, are down, and need only a little
We think it would be a capital idea
to teach young men in the public
schools how to hook up hooks and eyes,
say about 20 in 10 minutes.
entry into these columns.
lift to arise.
The point we are driving at is illus
trated thoroughly . by the following
The Rome Tribune-Herald says
Peary “may have been to the pole, and
the public is willing to believe it, pro
vided he proves it.” The Rome paper
is quite correct.
story clipped from the Washington
i he 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. When he presents your
bill, please pay it. You will feel better,
and S8 will we.
If there are any who do not take The
Citizen, now is the time td subscribe.
Post:
A few nights ago. a well-known
temperance advocate of North-
Adams, Mass., slipped on the ice'
and broke both legs. The pain
was excruciating, and he rolled on
the sidewalk and appealed to pass
ers-by for help.
Men and women walking past
the helpless man made a detour,
and, as frequently happens, sim
ply murmured, “Drunken beast.”
Many of them, undoubtedly, were
temperance advocates themselves.
They believed in charity, helpful
ness and brotherly love. And so
they turned up their noses and
passed by.
After five or ten minutes, dur
ing which the temperance advocate
groaned and writhed on the cold
pavement, the town drunkard came
along. “Hello!” he said. “Looks
as though you’re up against it.”
And the town drunkard carried
the temperance advocate to the
house of the nearest doctor.
Tom Watson denouncing any one for
deserting anything is,' to say the least
of it, ludicrous. Tom has spent most
of his life deserting friends, party and
every! long else that suited his erratic
whims. V ' ■ ’
Taken Stock
Now is the time to pay your sub
scription. We need the money.
Will offer some extra special
bargains in few days.
According to the president, that
which" is “drinkable is whisky.” Work
ing on this hypothesis, our own Mill
creek might be considered a delightful
intoxicant after proper filtration.
Advice is a good thing in a way, but
it won’t pay board or hire a cook.
Happy New Year
The New York World presents the
matter graphically
FIVE SPRINGS.
/‘The new 14-inch
gun shoots a projectile weighing as
much as 24 legal bushels of wheat. The
gun itself weighs 640 barrels of flour.”
Move on, old 1909, for 1910 is with us.
We trust the New Year has no sorrow in store, but is coming
to all laden with peace and happiness WELCOME 1910.
New Year’s resolutions are now in order. Start right in every
thing. If you are not a customer .of ours begin now, you can’t go
wrong. We expect to continue to sell
Kupperheimer Clothes
and the same high class goods in each department of our three
stores. •
And again wishingthatyour midday table for 1910 may be laden
with the good things of the land, we are,
Brokaw says he wouldn’t* have his
wife back, and few, if any, can blame
him.
Christmas day. has come and gone
and everybody seemed to have a good
time. The new year will soon he
here—the brave, bright new year, the
I clean, white unwritten page of life!
Who of us will keep the cleanest rec
ord beginning anew with the bright
new year? Are we determined to lift
our gaze to the hills and go steadily
onward performing our duties well
with a hearty good will?
We wish our editor and bride a
happy and prosperous new year.
Those who visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Hix were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gilbert
and children, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Clark,
Messrs. Sanford Hix, Will Clark and
George Bird.
Mr. and Mrs. Revis were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Putnam Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. William Camp visited his daugh
ter, Mrs. Charley Rivers, Sunday.
Mrs. Camp and daughter, Sadie,
called on Mrs. Calloway Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Touchstone called on
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Monday evening.
The Rev. Joe Nichols is calling in
our homes today with his prayers and
encouraging words to the unconverted.
May the good Father bless him in his
work.
The editor of the Macon News has
quit smoking. He says: “No, thank
you. We never smoke a gift cigar
about Christmas. We do not approve
of a man giving' away his wife’s pres
ents, anyway.”
No matter what the people who saw
ns thought, we feel better for having
worn that tie.
Our" socks evidently leaked our
Christmas presents, or Santa passed
them by unnoticed.
The Augusta Herald, since Cook’s
siip-up has been announced by the
Copenhagen university, has been very
busy saying “I told you so.” But the
Herald will have to show us the proof
that Peary reached the pole before we
are satisfied. Our opinion now is that
Cook is a faker, and that Peary is a
monstrous parasite, who may or may
not have reached the pole.
The “Atlanta—-The Half-Million
City” edition of the Atlanta Georgian
of last Friday was easily the" prettiest
piece of newspaper work we have ever
had the good fortune to see. Typo
graphically it was as near perfect as it
could have been, and the many illustra
tions used were extremely well brought
out. The paper contained the infor
mation that “the best efforts of the
Georgian” had been expended to make
the issue great; and great it was, in
the truest sense of the word. The fea
ture of “the men who have made Geor
gia” was well executed; and in every
department the edition measured up to
perfection. Too much praise cannot be
Bradley, Cook’s backer, exclaims:
“To.hell with the north pole!” Must
want to thaw the thing.
Sincerely yours
A Rome man found an owl in his
room at a hotel Christmas. Most folks
see monkeys and snakes.
Mr. Knox is now after Mexico, and
it’s up to the “Greasers” to slip out
of the difficulty if they can.
Last week’s Citizen was handled in
its entirety by T. S. McCamy, the as
sociate, editor.
Mr. McCamy is a news
paper man of exceptional; ability, and
whether it be editorial work, local
news or Society, his work shows that
finish characteristic of the thorough
journalist. The editor of The Citizen
would be uncandid, as well as ungrate
ful, if he failed to make due Acknowl
edgement of the splendid work of Mr.
McCamy.
9, (I and 13 Hamilton Street, Dalton, Ca
The loafers in Dalton, though their
means of support be visible, are. be
coming a menace to the city.
Let’s all resolve to, have better roads.
What’s the use saying we can’t? Pig
mies always use the word can’t.
THE LAW KNOWS NO COLOR.
at the bar of his country, white or
black, must be accorded a fair trial ac
cording to the law of the land, and that
law knows no color. * * • For the two
errors indicated, and these alone, the
suggestion of error is sustained, the
judgment of affirmance vacated and set
aside, the judgment of the court be
low is reversed, and the cause re
manded for a new trial.”
These interesting quotations show
not. only the protection of a negro
criminal from an attorney’s appeal to
race prejudice, but the conviction of a
white man for the murder of a negro.
■ If any Northern court can show a
cleaner record in the adjudication of
inter-racial disturbances, we should he
pleased to have it brought forward.
+ LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. +
That $1,500 liquor loss in Macon was
the most serious sustained by the citi
zens of that city in many years.
(Macon Telegraph.)
In view of* the New York Evening
Post’s worse than utter lack of sym
pathy for the white people of the
Christmas Giving.
Editor Citizen—A letter on this sub
ject may appear a little out of season
after Christmas is past, yet I feel that
a few words may not be entirely out of
place.
The Christmas spirit, which is so
much in evidence at this season, we
consider to be one of the happiest out
growths of Christianity. There is
nothing which so- nearly approaches
the Christ spirit as this desire to make
someone happy. It should be en
couraged and developed to the highest
extent, especially with the young. A
dhild who does not like to give and
receive gifts at Christmas time would
be an anomaly.
But wrappted up in this beautiful
custom lies hidden a danger and there
fore, this letter. Too many people
give expecting a gift in return. We
So far as is known at the present
time, Dr. Cook stands out clear and
strong before the world as a faker. We
are not sure that he is, but the evidence
is all against him. He has been
hounded by Peary and his cohorts ever
sihee the announcement was made of
his discovery of the pole. He has had
much to contend with. Peary is a sort
of pet of the scientists, and an accred
ited representative of the government
in the capacity of a naval officer.
While he was out looking for the pole
his salary was going on. He -was not
serving the government at all; he was
earning nothing except fame for him
self. His disposition is ugly, and he
seems to be “swelled up.” His own
estimation of himself is that he is a
great man—far greater than he has yet
A Seattle Irishman refused to aceept
legacy of $30,000; and an English-
an can’t see the point of that joke.
South in connection with the perplex
ing race problem, and its intense pro
negro partisanship (inherited by its
editors from their grandfather, Wil
liam Lloyd Garrison), it was a matter
of course that that newspaper should
comment as follows on the recent triple
murder and consequent arrests in Sa
vannah :
“It has, of course, for years been
the rule in the event of a crime in cer
tain portions of the South, to arrest the
nearest negroes, apd examine them aft-
if they are not previously
Best values in winter lap robes.
drinkable its
£t says “if it’s
:y.” The president has not seen
much ’ “prohibition” whisky, evi-
CROSS ROAD8.
erward, i
lynched. We do not, however, recall,
outside of Russia or Turkey, any hap
penings similar to that in Savannah,
We have had some bad weather for
I Christmas, hut everybody seems as if
I he had a nice time.
The Christmas tree at Mt. Vernon
was real good for the kind of a day
it -was. A very large crowd' attended.
We had very good behavior. ;*
Messrs. Will and George Bankston
spent Monday with Mr. Madison West
brooks.
! Mr. John Reed spent Sunday with
his sister, Mrs. Carpenter,
j Miss Sallie Coulter, of Ringgold^
Y spent the Christmas holidays with
Misses Ethel and Esther Wood.
Mrs. T. D. Bates spent one day last
week with hen: sister, Mrs. Frank
Bates,
Miss Henrietta Westbrooks spent
Sunday night with Miss Edna Wood;
and Miss Edna Wood spent Monday
n(ght with Miss Henrietta Westbrooks.
Miss Willie Lou Wood, of Dalton, is
spending a few days with her cousin,
Miss Edna Wood.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wood and chil
dren spent Monday with Mr. J. H.
Wood and family.
Messrs. Sam and James Carr are
spending a few days with their broth
er, Dr. Carr, .of Glen Mary, Tenn.
Miss Ethel Wood called on the Miss
es Carr Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Eulalia Kitchens is spending
Christmas with home folks.
Miss Pearl Kenemer spent Saturday
night with the Misses Wood.
Those visating at Mr. W. T. Wood’s
Christmas day were Messrs. Neely Mc
Arthur, Frank Hammontree, Misses
Sallie Coulter and Pearl Kenemer.
The postoffice department faces a de
ficit of over $17,000,000; but think of
the stamps that will be used on Happy
New Year cards. •
where 200 negroes have been rounded
up and placed in jail merely on suspi
cion that they might be connected with
the killing of two white women and
the mortal injury of a third. This
latter lived long enough to accuse her
husband of the crime and the evidence
against him is multiplying. This, we
say, leaves the Savannah officers of the
law in a singularly unfortunate posi
tion.”
As everybody in Georgia knows, the
■wild accounts of the wholesale arrests
of negroes have been authoritatively
denied. .Mayor Tiedeman, of Savan
nah, in an official statement addressed
to the Telegraph, has denounced them
as “the unwarranted, exaggerated, un
just and unfortunate stories sent out
by a sensational correspondent.” As
for the muttered words of a dying
own
That New York man who requested
that only democrats attend his funeral
evidently wanted to be buried by . those
the business.
receive. In that case the moral effect
is entirely lost, and it becomes a mere
matter of exchange without even the
advantage of utility considered.
God only knows how many hearts
are made to ache at Christmas time, by
having the observance of this time
honored custom forced upon them by
their well-meaning friends, when their
means are not equal to the demand.'
“Killed himself because he had no
money for Christmas’
experienced
Bring on the old New Year resolu
tions. They will do as well as any.
It will only be a short time until they
go to the dust heap, anyway.
PSWNSi/lAA
While Zelaya and Cook seem to be
long to the Down and Out club, they
have put away enough money to keep
from freezing this cold weather.
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Taft has at last settled the question,
“What is whisky”; and now the re
serve stock that was being held for
analysis can be pnt into circulation
again. \
The Rome-Tribune Herald says: “A
dollar may not go as far these -days,
but it certainly gets there quicker than
formerly.” In other words, it goes
faster. +
President Taft is said to have spent
Christmas day trying to determine
“What is Whisky ?” Many a man has
done the same thing much to his sorrow
negro tor shooting the white man.
“This is our country, we bought it
with our own blood, and we have a
right to own and rule it. The time to
turn a ‘nigger 5 loose for shooting a
white man will never come in Amite
country.
Selling Ranges and Stoves is like
selling any other line of Merchan
dise—if we give our customers a
thoroughly good stove we have a
satisfied customer—the BEST ad
vertisement any merchant can
have. We have been selling Stoves
for ten years. We figure that we
have about 500 customers talking
Stoves for us. The fact is, we
will not sell any Stove we cannot
guarantee. In the first place, we
buy Stoves only from the most
reputable manufacturers; they
guarantee them to us, so we run
no risk whatever in guaranteeing
them to our customers.. All Stoves
sold on thirty days' trial. About
12 or 15 styles. We always name
the closest cash price, but if you
prefer to pay part cash and want
easy terms on the balance, glad to
oblige you.
is a too com
mon headline in the papers at Christ--
mas. Friends and loved ones were ex
pecting the gifts, and rather than face
their disappointment, he takes his
life. Truly, Christmas is becoming a
costly affair. You-must give gifts, and
they must he up-to-date and in style.
| Is there not danger that we give be
cause it is the fashion ?
We may learn a beautiful lesson
from Lowell’s exquisite story of “The
Vision of Sir Launfal.”
In the time of King Arthur and his
Round Table,
jPPPmillB'... mur
dered a jnan in that house where the
shooting occurred, he don’t deny. This
defendant was surely having a time
out there murdering a white man.”
The opinion handed down by Chief
Justice Whitfield reads in part as fol
lows :
“The language to the effect that he
murdered a white man in the house out
there he did not deny, is direct com
ment upon the failure of the defendant
to testify. It is impossible for us to
see any other construction to be given
this lagnuage, and, under repeated de
cisions of this court, this is fatal error.
But, aside from this, it certainly needs
no argument to show that these re
mar
woman that seemed to accuse her
husband, it need only be said that the
>man was promptly arrested, that ap
parently he prtfved an alibi, and that
bacteriologists testify that the blood
stains found on some of his clothing
are much older than the murder.
But it is only to be expected that the
Post should welcome the lurid accounts
of yellow correspondents in every such
case as this, and that it should go on to
say:
“If colored persons had the stand
ing in the courts there that they are
entitled to,, there would be many suits
for illegal arrest and imprisonment of
innocent persons. Being only ‘niggers,’
the injured know full well that this
redress is denied them; they can take
satisfaction only in the fact that they
are still unlynched and that the supe
rior race it itself indicted.”
If the Post cared to be fair it would
not confuse the calm and judicial in
quiry of the courts with the frenzy
many gallant knights
spent their lives in the quest for the
Holy Grail. This was the cup from
which our Lord drank the last sup
per. It was said to have been carried
to England by Joseph of Arimathea,
and was kept by his descendants for
many generations, always bringing
them prosperity and happiness, as
long as they remained pure. At last
one of them betrayed the trust and
the precious cup disappeared.
Among the noble knights who re
solved to find it was the brave Sir j
Launfal. On a beautiful summer
morning, mounted on a noble charger,
It is now up to Peary to let Copen
hagen examine his.
The whimsical Watson is now at
tempting to meddle with congressional
affairs in this district. The truth is,
Tom as a meddler, and a genuine jack
ass. is a great success.
■ks of the district attorney, the rep- ff/fC'ff
resen tative of the state, in his closing ©' if/
argument td the jury, were a direct ap- -^22213355
peal to race prejudice, and are of such
a highly inflammatory character, and authorities „„ „
so manifestly transcend any legitimate antiseptic for the
bounds of argument, as to necessitate Kidney Remedy a
reversal of themselves, if there had any irregularities,
been no other error. Every defendant maladv. s t -m.
tenth
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