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Stipe Shtltatt Office : Gordon Street, near the Bridge. SATURDAY, JUNE 24, ISB2. PUBLISHER'S NOTICE. t®’* If you are indebted to the Argus for subscription, lookout for your bill on printed strip, and com® up and pay. ' If you are one year overdue, arrangements will be made to collect, and a red mark will denote immediate business. CURRENCY. Fruit Jars at Sloan & Walker's drug store. —ts. Fruit Cans for the million. John W. Bogle has a large lot of fin Fruit Cans. Call and get you a supply while the fruit is here. —ts. Sloan & Walker, druggists, have just received a large stock of Fruit Cans. Go and see them.—Adv. The finest gymnast of the junior class was a pretty little blond. The storm of which we had a slight touch Sunday night, was very annoy ing in the northwest. Thee Rollins exhibits a bunch of oats from a two acre patch seven feet and two inches high. We are glad to see in our midst Rev. T. A. Seals. He has a large number of warrli friends in this town. The benches at the Methodist church have been scraped and sand papered. They are all right now. The force on the Red Clay and Oolte wah branch is largely increased, and will probably be ready for the ears by the Ist of August. The small amount of $2,000 added to the Dalton female college would double its benefits to our town, in the increase of boarding pupils. Col. Nat Harben shows up on the po tatne question. It was an Early Rose and weighed one pound and seven ounces. A Dalton young man received an aw ful hard little missive through the mails the other morning. Being a memento of lost opportunites it nearly broke his heart. We irrvife to -be advertise ment of S. W. Bachman. He has .. wide reputation as a nurseryman, is a county man, and thoroughly reliable. As much cannot be said of every nur sery. Rev. B. E. L. Timmons, pastor of the Methodist church at Calhoun is spend ing a few days in Dalton. He is one of the examining committe. He is very popular with his people and deserves to be, for he has the name of being a line pastor and evangelical preacher. Rev. W. F. Glenn, presiding elder of the Rome district spent a few days at the commencement, he is one of the ablest men in the north Georgia confer ence. He was the guest of Col. Tom Jones, his cousin. Col. Hendersou is anxious to make a permanent display of the agricultural products of Georgia, and asks the farm ers of this county to furnish him speci men binds of wheat, oats, barley, rve, millet, clover or other products. Full length binds done up nicely, with the name of the variety and producer plainly marked. With all of last Sunday’s attractions, the lecture of a female gospel temper ance crusader, at the \fethodist church, attracted a house full. She made a I nice talk, was evidently a cultivated I woman, exhibited traits of the fair lec- I turer, was pleasant and entertaining, I but we would never take her for the I stormy petral of the Ohio nitro glicerine I army that just blows up the saloonisl I and his beer kegs like a rocket. An Kngli&li Lady Lectures. ■ Madame Gaylord Smith, the distin- ■ guished English woman, whose lecture ■ will be presented to the citizens of Dal- Bjton, Monday evening, at Trevitt hall, ■has for fifteen years lectured in all Eng- Bish speaking lands with marked suc- B'ess. Although having thrice traveled Biround the world in her tours of lectur- Bi’g, she, only as a tourist claims prece ■lence in her north-west labors. Hei B»ices fire low, and all who would ol>- original information will not fail to ■‘car this accomplished and learned ■ady. At the residence of the brides father, ■ohutta Spring, Ga., on the 21st, by ■ vv. S. H. Henry, Rev. H. S. Mcßride, ® Fayetteville, Tenn., to Miss Fannie! S aterhousc. We have always remarked ’ Sw of middle Tennessee I y' a< protl le ‘ r passionate fondness ; ■ron'if <hat nf '% aDCe ’ * ,aß " lOre ' 1 itkJ’R e U- Tbe r/' vdl k,,u " n i It/*' %d “ Ulc re «id^fclooA V ' Ct)oksev > llr Varnell Staffs alter S. Davis !' Alice Harr l 7'vw* d -’laughter of Ulfel Wcwi3> fur l!ie MS’ ' l,at J| appiu esa ' f"’ ll deserving. Corr( , ( Intent of the f* fountain sO ; ‘ l,ays ' “ Tl ‘ fc '’'is secfi<>rJ?w^ 111 to have put In . in a prosper- amw It was -T' 1 '; y 0 ’’? 11 - i I. X " force m this ei *’ " prove a Amr. “opte are bounti- i V* ilk and butter. " T ll isult I f 1 I■! HIM ■ COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS. Dalton Female College—A Delightfully Successful Week. The commencement sermon of the above institution was delivered on last Sunday by Rev. Dr. Rankin, of Knox ville, Tenn. He had a very large aud- I ieneeand the sermon was a finished one, I j and of a high order as to its thought and ' rhetoric. On Monday the faculty ex j amiued the several college classes, i They departed a little from the usual custom, and instead of written examina tions, thej' were oral. The ready an swers given by the students to the sev eral questions indicated that they had been well trained. The examining com mittee appointed by the north Georgia conference were well pleased with the methods of President Smith as to the management of the college, and were ■ well satisfied that those connected with the institution were doing good work. The first entertainment given was on Friday night before the commencement. It was by the little girls in Mrs. Lester’s department. Perhaps no part of the commencement is usually more enjoy ed than this. This was shown by the fact that about five hundred people assem at the college chapel to witness their re citations and gymnastics. The exorcises in Mrs. Lester’s depart ment on last Monday deserve a special mention. The answers to the various questions asked, the accuracy and pro priety of the language in which they were expresed, evinced the most careful and painstaking work on the part of the i teacher, and a remarkable degree of ap i plication on the part of the little learn ers. Those who witnessed this part of the exorcises were delighted with it. Mrs; Lester deserves and receives the highest commendation for the faithful performance of the most important part of education, the laying of the founda tion upon which the edifice of knowledge is to be reared. It is well nigh impossi ble to estimate properly the value of a right beginning in the procurement of an education, the fact is, the beauty and symetry of the completed structure of know ledge depend upon it. The thor oughness and evident acquaintance with its course of study, in the highest classes i of the college, bear faithful testimony to j Mrs. Lester’s noble work in the prepar atof^ - department. Th eSoph o m o re ex 11 ibit i o n w* a s a han d - some success the girls were evidently well drilled in the graces of recitation. The large audience greeted with rounds of silent applause the various kttle girls as they appeared on the stage. Below we give the programme: Gertrude Horne and Nellie Knight— J /Esthetic daughter. Ludie Bass —Theßald-Headed Man. Carrie Bitting—Evening on a Farm. Fannie Emmons-Asleep at the Switch. Jennie McCutchen —Death Makes ail Men Brothers. Belle Nichols —The Old Fireman’s Story. Flora Thomas—Aunt Jemima’s Court ship. z Geneva Trotter —Church Reveriesofa School Girl. Ada Wooten—The Ride of Collins Graves. May Walker and Peasants—-Elocution ‘ under Difficulties. The exercises were interspersed with excellent music by Mad. Ruhl’s music 1 class, and closed with an appreciated display of calisthenics. Thisis quite an ' interesting feature of the college. Wednesday morning, at 9 o’clock, the joint celebration of the elio and callio- I pian societies, was highly enjoyed by I another crowded house. Lack of space, [ that torment of the reporter, during commencement week, forbids a detailed notice of there young ladies, as they each deserve. Here is the programe ex- I cept the interspersion of music. Minnie Field, Dalton, Ga. Saluta tory. Mattie M. Gordon, Dalton, Ga. The Editor’s Guests. I Blanche Divings, Dalton, Ga. The Polish Boy. Subject for discussion: Affirmative: Fannie Lester, Ada I Wootten, Kate Harben, Clios; Negative. Jennie McCutchen, Nettie Wells, Nellie Barrett. Cabopeans. After which Prof. W. AV. Seals, of I Culthert, delivered a short address, ' highly classical yet practical in its teach- | fugs, and generally appreciated. Thursday morning the Junior young ladies but added to the charms wlrch i had preceded. One is so captivated by ■ the first of these exhibitions, thatadjec- | tives become common placed and noth- ■ ing is left to warm our enthusiasm but the strikingly perceptible advance of the pupils as they are graded. The fol i lowing programe, interspersed w ith inu ! sic, shows what was done: NellieG. Barrett, Dalton, Ga. Beauty | is a Dew Drop —Knowledge a Sunbeam. Belle Boaz, Calhoun, Ga. Learning i to spell. Minnie Field, Dalton, Ga. Little I Things. Maggie Gormnn, Dalton, Ga. Fashion. Kate Harben, Dalton, Ga. A Visit to I 1 the Cave of .Eolus. Eila Lew is, Dalton, Ga. Cobwebs, j Seab. Wright was not on hand, and i Col. Avery gave a short, pointed and in- 11 : struetive off hand talk. Thurs lav night a charmed number of ' , fascinating young ladies presented them . selves for the last honors of the school room, the degrees of perfection. They, ; each, in turm, acquited themselves , : creditable, and when we say this, we intend it as no mere passing compli I ment. We give names of class and sub- ; jjects of essays: * Miss Kate Gary, Dalton, Ga- Oxygen and Nitrogen Chemically and Morally Considered. Mises Lou Shumate, Dalton, Ga. Without a Cbm position. Miss Ida M. Stafford, Dalton, Ga. Going—Gone At the conclusion, Prof. Smith, prac tical and pointed as usual, conferred the degrees impressively. Little Bertha Keller was introduce. 1 at the close, and her highly dramatic elocution and conception was startling in one so young, and received general ap plause. Last night the annual concert of Mad. Ruhl and her large class was quite an event, but we must defer further notice. Crawford High School Exercises. On Sabbath morning at ten o’clock a large and appreciative audience gather ed in the spacious and well ventillated auditorium of the Baptist church to hear . the annual sermon, by Dr. C. H. Strick land, of Knoxville, Tenn. The preacher selected as his text the 16th v. of the Ist cha i, of 2nd Peter. The sermon was a grand setting forth of the evidences of Christianity. Mr. Strickland is a man of handsome phisique and graceful man ners, and sustained the reputation he has won as an elegant and brilliant orator. The music rendered by Prof. Henry Sehoeller and his choir was ex quisite, especially the opening and clos ing voluntaries. These were sublime renditions of parts of the grandest ora torio’s of the century. On Monday night a crowded house listened with delight to the speeches of the young men of the academic classes. These little masters did well as a rule, and what is better, as their prin cipal explained, they did it with little or no spe cial training. The fire of the orator burns nat urally within them. It is hard to discriminate where all did well, but wo cannot forbear to give especial mention to Masters Johnnie Riley and Brandon Mixon. Master R. on “America,” w ould have done credit to one double his height, and Master Mixon did full justice to “Our Minis ter’s Sermons.” His manner was good, his tones full and clear. The public, examination and juvenile declama tion occurred on Tuesday morning before a re spectful audience. The little boys gave the strongest evidence of tlie illness and faithfulness of their instructor?. On Wednesday evening-the chapel of the Fe male College was filled to vvertlowing with beau tiful girls and interested parents to hear the ad dress as of the young men of the advanced classes. Tho elocution of the young ineu was generally good, a > a rule, distinct and clear, yet there may have been gentlemen present w 1.0 did not hear because of peculiarity of organism—their organs being impressable only by the silvery tones of the girls approaching “sweet sixteen.” Among tiic young gentlemen it wotdd be diffi cult to select the orator of most promise; but we cannot desist from noticing Lewis Shumate’s i presentation of the closing paragraph of Mr. Blaine’s most remarkable memorial oration on President Garfield, than which there is nothing finer to b. found among the choicest extracts of j English literature. Tho speaker spoke calmly, and yet earnestly. Lewis promises to ! make his mark as a speaker. Henry Ru-. 11, too, won laurels for himself in the manly, dignified way in which he delivered an eulogy on Stonewall Jackson. Frank Manlaj distinguished himself for the dearness and distinctness of Ids enunciation. He, appeared as noble as he is Manly. But we must stop for each of the dozen are de serving of mention. At the close, Dr, T; E. Smith of Cartersville, delivered a timely and profound ly philosophical address, subject; “Talk.’’ We shall not undertake auy analysis of this address, as it would necessarily, iir the space at our com mand, be unjust. Prof Dyer, in conclusion, made a few appro- i | priate remarks, thanking the audience for their presence and interest, Theorder during the en tire exercises was of the most respectful. I'rof. Dyer’s presence and deportment on the stage was I commanding and easy. He lias shown himself ' worthy of our patronage and esteem, which he I has largely received. Lee at LaGrange. The popular pastor of the M. E. ’ Church, Sduth, of this city, Rev. J. W. ! Lee, declivered the literary address and | ' presented the prizes to the sophomore ! I class of the LaGrange female college, i last week. We transfer the friendly crit- | icism of the Reporter to our columns as ! a well deserved tribute to our towns- i man : Rev. James W. Lee, A. M., pastor of ' the Dalton Methodist church, was intro duced by Dr. Heidt. Mr. Lee is rather below the medium height, of square build, projecting, dome-like brow, thoughtful face and intense eyes. His : manner is earnest, bis voice shrill, but , not harsh. His subject was “Ideas.” I He convinced bis auditors, that he had ; some of bis own, and that they were ’ good one;S. Mr. Lee’s address was ; original, if not profound. Man embodies i a divine idea. The world is full of ideas I of deity. Man’s capabilities arc immense - He was created W'tli powers which ena- i ' ble him to grasp the whole world—in I the full meaning of that term —natural I laws, government, history, poetry, fie- ! lion, social, political and religious prob- ; lems. lie is avast microcosm—it is to I him a cabinw of pleasure. Hijprogress i is in proportion to a faithful repioduc- I , tion of tiie world in his tin 'ight, or his I ' hojdingtrue ideas. Mr. Lee here traced i•- the misconceptions and mistakes of man- i kind —how they have missed true idea. I This was manifested in mythology— | peopling a world with imaginary beings, ' rj who had no counterpart in real life; in ' Egyptology—a wlmlp nation puttingtheir t home-lii'e and happiness into pyramids ■ to’perpetuate the names of unworthy I ' kings; in physics—pi i.-.ecution.; of Go- - pornieus and Galileo instanced—anath- j ematized because they had got the true | idea. In the nineteenth i entury, we have i got God’s thought in utilizing the forces i of nature in the steam ship, the tele- : • graph, etc, Mr. Lee concluded with an i eloquent panegyric upon this era and a I glowing prophecy of what is to be. He ' impressed his auditors as a man of ; thought and ability, who has a future. : Wanted, Agents by the National Mat I rimonial Alliance and Chattanooga Mu- ‘ tual Aid Association. For terms, apply ' at once, S. B. Sherrill, secretary, 1 <3• Church st., Nashville, Tenn., or M. M. Bright, Cbattafiooga, Tenn. B. C. Biv- I ings, Local Agent, Dalton, Ga. Im* I 1 New wheat is i’»:ni iinto the Mari- ! .r, ROB RANDOM. Offliand Impressions of Persons and Things in General. I have never been able to figure out. i the derivation of commencement as ap i plied to the closing exercises of colleges, I without it’s the beginning of the hot pe- I riod, where people get enough condensed fire into their blood on the first night to ’ last them the balance of the season. The commencement commenced last Friday and by Sunday bad commenced to break out in spots. At 10 o’clock the boys at Crawford high school were mus -1 I tered for the proverbial sermon, and an hour later the girls of Dalton Female college filled the crowded chapel for the same purpose. For the entire week its charms ’nave been gathering perspiring I humanity, into sweltering masses . ; of eager excitement. There was one . I good thing about the double dose of last . Sunday. Those who were crowded out . | from the first, spread themselves in i j graceful profusion over the choice seats • ! at the chapel and smiled themselves L : into a sweat, of good humor at the | scrouge for seats when the stampede .'commenced from No. 1. The babies ■ I have exhibited commendable apprecia- tion, and thrown in their encores with . out partial discrimination. And the . small boys have been equally as consid > erate, in many instances actually leav . ing the favorite attraction of all large as sembles, the ring necked five at home. I # ** f I dropped in to hear the woman tem ' perance lecturer last Sunday, and was drawn so close to the thread of the dis . course, or the unnatured splen- J dor of her eye trimmings, that 1 I wasn’t thinking much about things , around, when suddenly I was attracted , to a struggling female, pulling as if a • country cur had caught onto the flap 8 strings of her back drapery, and before I could take in the situation a report as . if two widths ol a new silk dress had - been snapped into bias shreds smote s upon my ear. The lady was a friend of mine, and I had just made up to murder . the dog supposed to bo pulling the • beautiful rep pattern into doll rags, and ’ ! made a pitch forward only to find that I was stuccoed to the bench like a help- ■ less .deeper in the grim embrace of a ‘ nightmare. With the horror of imagi nary happenings griping around my brain, limp and spiritless, I gave up the ! struggle and settled back into the glued i scat. A gentleman near me, not long ■ back from the wild western frontiers, ' thought it was an Indian attack and reached for his hip pocket, to find that he Lad grown to the bench. I soon ' found that every body in church was stuck fa t to their seats as if they had just taken a shower bath of Spalding’s prepared glue and couldn’t learn wheth er some bad boy’ had dressed it in sor ghum, or the trustees had a job of fire proof pitch to save insurance; or it may be a new kind of religious zeal spread on to keep a noddin > brother from fall ing over to the amusement of simpering misses; or a patent stucco to keep a fel low from turning away from the con- ■ tribution basket; or an occular of the wonderful tenacity of a new sticking plaster. If for any of the enumerated purposes I pronounce it a success, and can furnish any number of unsolicited trustworthy testimonials. Ts, however, the object of the trustees was to get a campmeeting endorsement for economy’ by’ us’ng tar pitch for turpentine and , J sorghum for varnish, the sexton to do | the mixing and putting on, instead of a ! painfer, it is my purpose to place on ex i hibition an autograph album containing I a full expression of the exasperated feel ! ings of the dozen young ladies, minus ! each a width of a new silk dress, the owners of seventy-five stained muslins j and as many more handkerchiefs. I tremble to charge upon them the sup- j pressed profanity of the rougher sex. I hope the seats will be sand d before to morrow, or cushioned with cotton bal ing. or as a young lady, in the heat of vs passion, remarked, curry combed with the instigatros of the foul plat. Ron Random. *Tiie beneln ,-i were varnislicl last Winter, and ■ tlleir condition, a bad job, afiectcd by the hot I weather, wan not previously known. The scats have lieeu thoroughly scraped and dried. | 1 IOME IIAISKIJ FRUIT TREES’ rron sale, by s. w, bachm vn, L' TH.TON. GA. « 3,000 ira.'li d A pole Trees, two years old next r all. and first class in every respect. Shoekb ’ . Jackson, Stevenson's Winter. WilK -ap Mango, Limbertwig, Goss, Buekinliam, Belf itnwer, Hor c, Early Harvest, Red June. 10 cents Each, or s9per Hundred. A !so n lot of three j ear old budded Peach i Tree-, locentseauh. [ a Also, <cupnernong (rrftpe Vines, Wild Goose Phinis. 25 cents oavh, or 5 for sl. j Standard Bartlett Poars trees, 40 cents each, or three for sl. tsep 23 AV > r riCl> ! THIS «(>O Bu'ihelN TNG vv Crop s IRISH POTATOES. BRING THEM IN EARLY! 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