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fol M.ur.M-lf; price lon ;i.~ tin v can
where.
n ho are behind, ami in the grass
,tn! . ot ton, ~hoi;M an .
investment, saying nothing of
the increase in your crops. The hard labor saved
in preparing your wheat, cloverand turrip kind
this fall will pay; for a harrow in a short time.—
N<> farmer would be without oue after using it a
short time. Terms easy. If you wish to be sup
plied, call early. Every Harrow warranted to
give entire satisfaction, on a fair trial, or money
refunded. J. E. Morris, Agt., Dalton.
Country Merchants and Teachers are Infor
med that W. M. Haig & Co., Dalton, can fur
nish any of the Standard School Books, now used
in this section, nt publishers’ wholesale prices.
'They cannot lie undersold in any .utrxat. Send
your orders, or call at store, Hamilton st.
Fruit. Jars at Sloan & Walker’s drug
store. —ts.
Fruit (lans for the million. John W.
Bogle lias a large lot of tin Fruit Cans.
get you a supply while the fruit
is here. —ts.
Sloan & Walker, druggists, have just
received a large stock of Fruit Cans, (io
and see them. —Adv.
Get Your Coal While its Cheap.
I will sell Sod ly coal (lump) during
the month of July, at 14 cents per bushel
by the car load, on 60 days time.
4t. John Keller.
CURRENCY.
The Citizen is for T. K. Jones, Esq.,
for Senator from this district.
The Red Clay and Ooltawah road is to j
be completed by Augiv** Ist.
This section has been submerged by a
flood of rains the past week.
A Whitfield County farmer is claim- i
ing 1500 bushels of corn from 30 acres.
Fruit and vegetables are wastefully
abundant here now, and but little mar
ket.
The property last sale day went dirt
cheap, but most of it was sold for per
fection of titles.
i Cotton blooms, tomatoes, early corn,
etc., are reported so numerously, that
we have forgotten about this being a late
season.
The Argus has 720 subscribers,anil its ;
increase denotes 1000 in a few months.
Our advertising rates are very low.
Bob Anderson, in honor of Jiis native
town, will have the elegant new’ postal
car, now, being built by the W. & A. R.
R. simps, named Dalton.
Quite a number of patent fruit-dryers
have been sold in this market, showing
that the good house-wives are working
ahead.
As the prospect now stands smiling
plenty beams from every farm and eyery
field in Whitfield county. No product
is lagging behind.
There are nine hundred and forty
V\ hitfield count}' voters that don’t care j
a continental about the result of last j
Tuesday’s hob-nobbing in Georgia.
Dr. and Mrs. Strickland, of Cedartown
are visit ng J. W. Bogle, of this city.
We learn they are thinking of moving
to Dalton.
A grand excursion will leave Chatta
nooga for Arkansas and Texas on Tues
day, July 18th, via Nashville route, and
return via Memphis and Charleston.
Tickets good for 30 days.
Marriage license for the past two :
weeks were isssued to the following cou
ples by Judge Underwood : William L.
Swafford and Mary Lenn; AlfredQuillin
and Mary Wells, (col.); Govan Withrow
and Mary Byrum, (col.)
As a matter of fact the old Dalton A
Morganton railroad charter is dead by
lapse of time. Daltnn people had as
well realize that there are no Aladins
these days, to charm railroads into ex
istence.
A lew days ago we were shown by S.
M. Morgan, of this place, Irish potato
\ ines with well developed potatoes grow
ing on every branch of the top vines.
They came from a patch that yielded at
the rate of about 400 bushels to the acre.
A fellow in Cartersville jail, writing
moral ethics for the young men of Wal
ker county, through the Messenger, en
joins them to keep out of the Dalton
and Atlanta jails, as they are not con
• acted in a manner conducive to the
pleasure and seranity of gentlemen? He
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wipeJnPrspecs, winked,
them. They had been adopting the
committees pronuneijunento by sections.
I thought it was a stumble on Stephens;
but when the Colonel was about to put
the question as to whether everybody
was pleased with our Jud Clemant’s
record, and wanted him nominated
again, Col. Star, of the Times, wanted a
rising vote, an enthusiastic pitch to close
up with. It was quickly seconed, and
Col. L. had the resolution read, and put
it to the house.
About one-third of them riz!
The colonel, thinking there was a
trace loose somewhere, had the eulogy
pronounced again, and told all in favor
to rise.
And about one-third of them riz!
It began to look as if there was a bus- j
ted buckle somewhere sure and the pon-
I derous voice of the massive lunged Sec
retary emphasized the words of praise
again.
“Now all in favor of the resolution en
dorsing Mr. Clemants, stand up,” sim
plified the chairman.
And about one-third of them riz!
But the Colonel was not to be out-done.
; lie transfigurated the proposition, so
: that all who favored the resolution could i
; sit, and they sat, unanimously.
Observer.
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Murray County, via the Times.
Crops grassy.
Creeks all on a boom.
Cotton blooms plentiful.
Wheat nearly all threshed.
Three jail inmates; felonies.
Dr. Johnson critically ill with cancer.
Col. Luffman reports 22) » bushels of
i wheat from half bushel sowed.
Sumach Seminary has large increase
, of students enrolled for fall session.
Mrs. Angelina Campbell, notice of ill
ness last week, died Monday.
The Times stirs up the Dalton people
on their slothfulness about the Gaines
ville railroad; says Murray is working
for it, and invites the co-operation of ■
Daltonians.
From Dawnville.
This neighborhood is inflicted with j
I considerable sickness. John W. Wig
s gins and 1). W. King are both recover
ing from serious spells. The little son
of J. M. Miller is ill.
J. M. Lane’s oldest daughter died of
typhoid fever a few days ago. The little
son of J. M, Summey, also died Satur
day night. Your correspondent tenders
sympathies to the bereaved, and con
gratulations to the recovered.
The farmers are “getting in the grass,”
and the soil continues to soak in daily
showers.
T. N Stanford is putting in the wet
day improving his beautiful home.
The young people will picnic at the
head of the island, der W. W. Davis, on
the 15th. Uno.
| We hear that the Murray county mass
meeting included Bacon with Stephens
in its endorsement for governor, after
some discussion, and that only two men
; voted against it.
Chattanooga Talk.
There are twenty-five prisoners in the
county work-house.
The walking match was our chief
Fourth of July celebration.
There are twenty-eighty persons in the
city jail. Twenty-three are males.
Over $3,000,000 is invested in manu
facturingenterprises at Chattanooga, $2.-
900,000 of which is in the iron interests.
More than 3,000 hands are employed in
the various manufactories.
Mrs. Ricks, of Riceville, who became
insane over the death of her child, was
taken through the city yesterday to the
asylum.
River men report a most extraordi
nary steady boating tide this season.
One of the oldest of them said yesterday
that more wheat would come to Chatta
nooga from below Kingston this year
than had been realized in all the last
four years together.
The corn market is at present very
dull, there being scarcely any demand
except locally. Receipts are very light
and prices are stiff, and have risen some
what since last week, being now the
same as for wheat.
The wheat market is still quiet and
dull, the demand not having developed
as yet. A few small lots of new wheat i
continue to arrive, and bring from SI.OO ■
to $1.05 per bushel,.but there have as yet
been no shipments.
Hay and oats market very dull, the
demand being very light and receipt, 1
likewise. No new oats have yet come i
into market. |
Flour continues to decline, and pres-
decline
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the jolly, good natured Bob An- -
derson, superintendent of the W. & A. 1
R. R., than whom, none have been more 1
successful in the good opinions of em- ’
ployees, or more deserving in their ad- '
vancement. i
Robt. A. Anderson was born in Henry 1
county, this state, October 3, 1833, and I 1
come to Dalton with his father, John An- \ ’
derson, one of our prominent old timers, j
in the spring of 1847. Bob received his
education in thejittle old log academy, j
where the lillies and the rushes used to
grow, which stood near where the fe
male college is now located. After a
few years divided between the school
I room and his fathers store, he opened a I
store at Kings Bridge, this county,
where as he once told me, he made
nothing but a reputation as the crack
rifle shot of the neighborhood, as he had
I ample time to practice between chills,
for this country then, could out shake a
Wabash settlement.
In 1856, Mr. Anderson, growing rest
less of an easy going, non-progressive
life, obtained a clerkship in the W. & A.
depot in Chattanooga, under Gen. Wm.
Bishop, who was at that t ime agent. So
faithfully did he perform the duties as
signed him that he became a fixture in
the office.
In those days when politics and not
! merit ruled the appointments to posi-
I tions on the State road, it was a rare oc
currence for an employee to retain his
i position for more than one administra-
■ tion, but so faithfully and accurately
I did he discharge his duties, and so fa
miliar did he become with its rules and
regulations, governing the workings of
the road, that each incoming agent
found it advisable to retain him; in
other words, he did exactly what all
young men startling out in life should
strive to do—that is make so
useful that your employer “cannot do
without you.”
Mr. Anderson was made assistant
agent at Chattanooga in 1860 which po
sition he held up to the evacuation of
j Chattanooga by Gen. Bragg. He took
j charge of the records and papers of his
■ office and established himself in a box
j car, thus making an office on wheels,
and fell back with the army of Gen. Jo
seph E. Johnson, performing the duties
of an officer of the road, until the evacu
ation of Atlanta, by Gen. Hood, when he
went into the engineer corps, and was
l assigned to duty in Macon.
After the fury of war had passed, be
returned with the books and papers of
of his office to Chattanooga, having been
appointed agent at that place by Col.
Robt. Bangle superintendent of the W.
A A. railroad, which position he held
for four months, when he resigned to ac
cept the Atlanta agency of the Macon &
Western railroad, under Col. E. B. Wal
ker, superintendent, who for years was
the efficient master of transporation of
the W. & A. railroad, and well knew
the worth and abilities of Mr. A., as a
railroad official. i
He held the position of agent of the i
M. A W. R. R., until January 1870, when
his health became so bad that he was
forced to resign, and at the suggestion ,
of his physician, went to Florida, hoping '
in that mild climate to regain the
strength and vigor that he had lost by
a series of years of constant labor and
excitement, though when his friends '
bid him farewell on his departure, it
was with the sad belief that his race
was run and his mission finished, but to
their glad surprise he soon recovered
and returned with a new lease of life.
In the meantime the “wheel of for
tune” had again revolved and his old
friend Col. E. B. Walker was again oc
cupying the position of master of trans
portation of W. A A. R. R., and he
again called his favorite lieutenant to $
service as general freight agent, also act
ing as assistant-general freight agent of
N, A C. R. R.
He soon resigned the position of as
sistant-general freight agent of the N. A
C. R. R., to devote his entire time to *'
the discharge of his duties as general ■
freight agent of the W. A A. R. R., j
which responsible position he held up
to the date of the resignation of general
manager, Wm. Macßae, who might
properly be termed the “Stonewall Jack- n
son” of railroad officers. •
At a call meeting of the directors of ?
the W. AA. R. R., Mr. Anderson was ‘
unanimously elected superintendent to A
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna
tion of Gen. Macßae, which responsible
position he now fills with credit to him
self and to the entire satisfaction of the *
management of the road.
Perhaps no railroad official in the south A
is so generally beloved by his associates n
and subordinates, as Superintendent
Anderson. N
While he is modest, unassuming, afla- cc
ble and polite in his intercourse with all
vet he is firm and unyielding in fore-
ing a compliance with all orders tt
and regulations affecting the in c
terest and safety of the company. There w
were few better boys than Bob Anderson, y
or more deserving men. ai
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The only person, so far as I know,
ever burned to death, io Dalton, was
a young lady attending the old academy
referred to above, by the name of Miss
The academy stood in a wild
thicket of pines, and just beyond the
college, was a branch, grown up in wa
ter lilies, flags and rushes, which fur- l
ni&hed water for quite a duck pond. 1
The school pupils were wont to gather
the eggs dropped in the pond by the
flock of ducks, and it was while roasting
one of them in the wide fire place that the
young lady’s dress caught fire, and she 1
was so alarmed as to run ont into the
oj>en air, when the flames covered her
body, burning her so that she | '
lingered but a few hours in horrible
agony. But for some of the young men
at school catching and wrapping her in
their overcoats she would have burned
to death as she ran in her fright.
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As ihe young ladies, now graduating
withiu the walls of our handsome col
lege, will, in after years look back upon
its every familiar surrounding, with va
rious emotions, so now, do hundreds of
Dalton young people of the olden time,
when reverting back to the happiness
and crosses of youth. There in the old
log cabin, with a pride of good doing
equal to the first colleges of the state of
to-day, with the good old Presbyterian
missionary and his wife as teachers,
both men and women, that have done
Dalton honor, in peace and war, in
church and state, were educated—at
least, completed, so far as school train
ing went. May it ever remain the ideal
spot of Dalton memory.
***
And while I’m meditative, a sad expe
rience of a few evenings since comes to
mind. I was sitting with my girl midst
the perfumed profusion of clinging wood
bines, on the portico, close to the walk
of a shady avenue, and yet, in the sweet
density of our seclusion, we could hear
the small talk of the promenading cou
ples, as they exchanged confidences,
told white fibs of love, and giggled in
mysterious hysterics. One couple that
had stood the others off, and was mak
ing a short stop base of our immediate
front attracted the attention of my “ither
self,” and “Shexclaimed she, “Let
us hear their nonsense.” The young
fellow was mumbling inaudibly, as if he
was taking a turn at the girl’s chewing
gum, while she, as if swinging on the
back yard gate, gave full vent to a pair
of robust lungs. I remember how I
fainted for modesty sake, when the fel
lows melodious charmer exclaimed,
“No, sir; you can’t hug me to-night,”
and how my own sweet girl asked me if
I was ill, and with foived melancholy
thought we had better go in out of the
chill, damp night air. I went with shiv
ering humility, but felt as if I was trying
to freeze in a fiery furnace.
Rob Random.
Snud»y School Association.
The Whitfield County Sunday School
Association will meet at Pleasant Grove
camp ground, on Friday before the first
Sunday in August, at 9 o’clock, a. in.,
for the purpose of transacting the usual
business of the association. Each school
in the county is expected and requested
to be represented on that day by dele
gates. All persons are invited to attend
on that day.
On the next day (Saturday) the annual
mass meeting will be held, and as far as
practicable the schools are expected to
attend in a body. No programme is an
nounced at this time —but the schools
will be allotted as much time each —say
30 minutes to be filled up with music,
recitations, addresses, Ac, —as each
school may desire. Short speeches will
be made by active Sunday school work
ers from home and from abroad. All
schools in the county, and all lovers of
this grand cause, are invited to be pres
ent. Come one, come all, and you will
be welcome.
W. T. McCarty, President.
S. E. Berry, Secretary.
W. K. Moore, Cn’m Ex. Com.
Market—Groceries, Produce, Jtc.
EGGS —Per dozen, 8.
BUTTER—Per pound, 15@20.
POULTRY—Hens, chickens Jo@l3.
BEESAX —Per pound,
POTATOES—Sweet, per bushel, $ 1.00; Irish
65c.
ONIONS—Per bushel, SI.OO.
WIIE VT—Red, »1.0 D white, $1.25.
CORN—Per bushel, sl.lO.
MEAL—Per bushel, sl.lO. (
HAY—Per cwt. S9O. .
OATS—Per bushel, 30@35c.
WHEAT BRAN—Per cwt.. $1.35.
DRIpD F RUIT— Apples, peeled, B; unpceled, F
sC(s3e.; peaches, 7(®5,
HlDES—Green, perlb.4@sc.; salted, Be.; dry
salted. He.
TALLOW—Per lb. s(®bc.
MOLASSES—Per gal. 55r570.
SYRUP—New Orleans, 65@75.
FLOUR—Per cwt. s3.2iKg>s3.tJo.
COFFEE—Per lb. 12(9IBc.
SUGAR—Standard A, II; extra C. 10; yel
low. 9c.
LARD—Tierce, He.; per lb. 15.
VA. A GA. RAILROAD.
Important Change of Schedule—June 25, 1882.
ISelnia Division.,
NORTH. ~ „ SOUTH.
Mail. Accom'n, Mail, Aeconi n,
Lv6:3oam 5:35 pm Selma Ar 9:15 pm I0:00sw
9:45 10:40 Calera, Lv 6:02 4:45
“ 4:lopm 7:45AM Rome, *ll:32aM 7:30 pm
“ 6:15 10:50 Dalton, “ 9:40 4:25
•• u'l3 1 ;85pmC level nd “ 7:00 2:20
“ 11*85 5:00 Knoxville “ 3:80 10:52 am
“ 1 *Ol am 6:40 Morrist'n “ 1:45 9:02
kr 4:15 10:«0 Bristol, 10:»>PM 5:00
I Alabama Central Division.]
WESTWABD, EABTWARI».
,ve 4:20 ptn Selma Ar 11 :00 am 1
5:45pm . .Uniontown .. Lvo 9:42 am
“ 7:00 pm ..Demopolis “ 8:60 am
“ 8:45 pm York “ 7:15 am
9:20 pin Lauderdale “ 6:40 atn
Ar 10:00pm. Meridian “ 5:35 ain
Mail train north connects at Calera with L. A I
7. for all W estern cities and with Rome Railroad
it Rome for Atlanta, and at Dalton with VV. A A.
orUhattanooga and points north, at Bristol with
i. A W. for all eastern cities.
Accommodation train leaves Selma at 5:35 p nt, ■
onnecting with L. *N. at Calera, for all west- fi
rn cities. At Cleveland and Brislon for lenn.
nid Va. summer reports; Norristown for Warm
inrlngs ami other resorts in N. C. By this train
rennessee resorts are reached in daylight, and
b-ough connections for Norfolk and Old Point i
Comfort. Both trains smith connect at Calera I
vith fast trains for Montgomery. |
Mail train south connects at Calera with L. K |
>7. for Montgomery, and Meridian with M- & O. i
tnd V. AM7 R Rd f s. for Mobile, New Orleans ,
ind Vicksburg. „ , *'
Purior KvctiDiiig Chiurs P*;,
TNO. M. BiUDGLS.TJIv. riup’t. }
KAY KNIGHT, a. G. P. Ag’t.
HERRON’S]"
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Special Announcement for the Spring!
We present to our patrons, and the public generally, this Season tho moat
pletc assortment of Goods ever shown here.
They were purchased for CASH, and we now offer them at INSIDE FIGURES
No XKKlsta.ls.o»
BUT SEE US AT ONCE, AS WE SELL AT
BOTTOM PRICES FOR CASH.
We know that money is scarce this year with you, but remember that
Prices will be in Proportion to Your Purse
and if we have the Goods you want, and you can spare the money, now is th e
time for you to secure
JTHIL GOODS for tlie LEAST MONEY
AT
HERROIW «fc SON’B,
FOUNTAIN HEAD FOR BARGAINS.
--L-.U u sbsssshssbs
WM. A. MILLER, C. T, CARGILL.
MILLER & CARGILL,
WHOLESALE QUEENSWARE
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No. 184 Market Street,
CHATTAHOOGA. TEJSTJST.
Refined Petroleum and Lubricating Oils.
|»ep3 6m |
W. F. Fischer & Bro.
215 MARKET STREET,
CHATTANOOGA, THGSTISr.,
Have on hand the largest and best selected stock of
JEWELRY, JEWELRY, JEWELRY,
In the city; In part as follows:
DIAMONDS :
Diamond Rings, Diamond Pina,
Diamond Ear Drops, Diamond Studs.
WATCHES :
Gent’s Gold Stein and Key Winders,
Gent’s Silver Stem and Key Winders,
Ladies’ Gold Stem and Key Winders.
Ladies and Gent’s Gold Chains,
Ladies’ Gohl Necklaces and Lockets,
Ladies’ Fine Gold and Stone Sets,
F* no Gold Set Rings,
18 kt. Plain Gold Engagement
and Wedding Rings,
Solid Silver and
Silver-Plated Ware,
Clocks, Spectacles, Ac., Ac
e We are Sole Agents of the Celebrated
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THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
ORDERS ZBY IM? All.. SOLICITED.
THE “WHITE” SEWING MACHINE,
The Ladles’ Favorite!
BECAUSE
IT IS THE lightest running
tho most quiet; makes the prettiest
stitch ; and has more conveniences than
KSHMIm!' y*. f any
It is warranted five years and is the
> easiest to sell, and gives tho best satis*
» faction of any Machine on the market.
Intending purchasers are solicited to
• >j examine it before buying. Responsible
jCjn’dealers wanted in all unoccupied ter*
ritory.
.T. I). Ac T. smith,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers,
marll till janl 59 Broad Street, ATLANTA, GA.
Anryd.etz.
H. DIETZ & co -
PORK AND BFGF PACKERS,
cuheks or
3& Walnut Stroo