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Established September 187. ]l. A. WRENCH, Editor and Proprietor. SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1387? The President is getting invitations to visit all around. The local railroads are adopting one cent a mile rates for the Piedmont Ex position. The careful reading of an article, clipped from the Atlanta Constitution, telling how to build a town, might do some good. Hon. W. C. Glenn has introduced a bill to amend the charter of Dalton ; also a bill authorizing the mayor and council of Dalton to operate water works. The delegates to the Horticultural Convention will begin to arrive Wed nesday afternoon. The committee re quests these who have agreed to ac commodate them, to be at the trains to take them in charge. • We are informed by a gentleman who was told bv a director of the L. & N. R R., that his body had decided to go as high as fifteen million dollars for the state railroad, if it had been of fered for sale a few years ago, when the question was agitated. If it will bring ten millions let it go. The Augusta and Chattanooga rail road survey is progressing in this di rection. If Dalton wants the road something has got to be 'done. Now is the tinn; for every man to say just how much money he is willing to loan to get it here. The company has guar anteed $500,000 prftfyrred stock along the line. When this is Raised a New Wai?"'company will < ’T»uiM "Idi'e Mad. Dalton, to" get the road, has got to take a slice of‘that stock. Let us all do our wluty. ,r - We learn from a private letter to Mr. W. C. Huff, of our city, that Col. J. G. W. Mills, of Red Clay is in a crit ical condition from pyaemia, or blood poison. Some two weeks ago Col. Mills used an acid to remove some warts from his right hand. Inflamma tion set in and despite all efforts to counteract its ravages, it progressed so rapidly that on Wednesday it was nec cesary to amputate a part of his hand and his physician now reports the probable loss of the entire arm and L great danger of losing his life. I A new departure in church music I was inaugurated at the Methodist I church, last Sunday, or rather a de- I parture from ways that have become I common in most city .churches. I Hymn books were distributed through I the congregation, and after the volun- ■ tary, Bro. Robins announced that ■ words and tunes familiar to most peo- ■ ple had been selected, and all who ■ could, were expected to join heartily ■ m this part of the service. The effect ■was notable. While the choir lead, it ■was to tunes known by most church ■ going people,and those sang who never ■«ang before, and those who had only ■sang the more. The idea is a good ayd might well be adopted by oth- B* 1 COn g r egations. Leaders will here ■alier be placed about through the con ■K’mgaDon to encourage general sing ing. I* To the voters of Whitfield County : ■ l is being reported all over the coim ■•' by one of my opponents, (.1. A. |B-'ongley) in the race for Clerk of the Superior Court, that if I am elected it only be for a short time, as 1 in ■* n< l to resign next December or Jan ■,' 11 ' and go to Atlanta* Now, I wish ■" state that itis false and without any ■ouudation ; if elected. I will till out ■ lie unexpired term of Mr. Hamilon, ■ Respectfuly, D. Sholl. ■ Get Rocky Face Mineral Water for ■*" babies. On sale at the lee House. @])c klrdlon Stegw HOW TOWNS ARE BUILT. Before you cook your rabbit you must catch him. A town that expects to prosper in this country must so spread its nets as to catch live men —energetic men,progressive men. A town with any natural advantges at all will succeed if its citizen are ener getic and enterising. For a commu nity of live men will not sit down and whittle white pine and allow’ the town and its interests tostand-till. A town must have natural comn rcial advan tages—but it might haw ill the ad vantages in the world, and yet not prosper if it citizens are so constituted as to be willing to look after only their own indivual affairs. Wichita, a Kansas town, is an example of wdiat can be acomplised by the ener gy, the enterprise and the united pub lic spirit of its citizens. "Wichita has grown in a year or two from a compar atively insigniffcant little town to a great trade and railroad center. There has been an increase of over 20,000 in population. Lots in town sell for more than $2,000 a front foot. What is the secret of this wonderful progress? Let a business man of Wichita tell the story : “We organized. We held almost nightly meetings, and among the first things we agreed upon was to hang to gether and stay’ by each other through thick-and thin. “We advertised by hundreds of thou thands of circulars. AVe set forth all our advantages in such a manner that strangers, jvho were led by’ our circu lars to give us a call were notdeceived but, on the contrary agreed that we had not put it as strong as we might. “Every town in the east of notorie ty was not only' served with our circu lars, but our newspapers. And the news paper advertising did double duty. Our people made it a rule to ask all their friends to advertise. - number of copies, loaded down with advertising and great .advantages, and we found by’ conversing witii parties who finally’ came here prospec ting that the full advertising columns of our papers which they had seen did more than all else to importance of the place. “AVe found then we could not over do this thing—that the more we paid out for these purposes the more were our profits. Every’ new comer was a customer to most of our stores, and while their advertising paid to them rich returns, it served the double pur pase to impress the eastern man who had an eye to business with the fact Whicita was a rising town, and thus we have gone on until we have added population since I came here of over 20,000, and property has increased in business places more than a thousand fold, and in the country round about us the appreciation has been over 400 per cent. “I known as well as you can know that printer’s ink is the best capital to boom a town. Had we not used it unsparingly Wichita would not been larger than Carthage. As it is it will soon outrank any town in the state.'’ This is characteristic ; there is a fa miliar twang about it that reminds us of home, sweet home, as it were. In other words, the Wichita man talks like an Atlanta man, and the wonder ful growth of the Kansas town is par alleled by the extraordinary growth of Atlanta during the past fifteen years. The moral of this is obvious. Then* is not a town in Georgia, nor in the south, that cannot achieve a reasona ble degree of prosperity' by blowing its own horn. —Atlanta Constitution. This is just what the Argus has been trying to preach into the Dalton peo ple. AVe have got to come to look at public affairs as a part of the individ ual affairs of every citizen. AVe are as selfish a lot as ever God huddled to gether. AVe must get out of it. No town can possibly move abreast of the times without the combined efforts of its people. If our business men cannot always spare time to public demands we must have an information bureau, and a paid agent to represent us. Then we must all pull together with a will and energy that cannot fail. Good Milch Cows,with young calves, for sale. H. A. Wrench. DALTON, GEORGIA. JULY 30. 18S7. THE DALTON ARGUS' NINTH ANNIVERSARY TRA! T EDITION, SEPTEMBER 8, 1837. North-western Georgia needs being properly' made known to the outside world. This can only be aCcomplish ey thoroughly through newspaper ad vertising, and by none so well as a re cognized journal published lit one of its principal trade centres. In under taking this task itis not necessity that the publisher of the Arg.l'S should as sume a position of superiority,but it is doubtful if any otherhas given rhe ma t ter a more thorough study,tor has be come so generally known inrthe North as a developing influence. In the sev eral past trade editions of the Argus it has reached a large positive constit uency amongst those interested in the*South, and North Georgia in par ticular. Besides this advantage the Argus will be judiciously distributed at the northern Fairs and Expositions, under the direct supervision of its edi tor, and also at the Piedmont Exposi tion. AVe propose to issue 50,000 cop ies, 16-pages, 5 columns to the.page, or if necessary to double the size. Every page will be devoted to the advertising and proper pesentatioft of this section, in every’ industrial and social phase. Such a paper as it will be has never been atttempted before in this quarter. That none may doubt the good faith of our contract the exact number of pa pers will be sworn to, and the affidavit published. As this enterprise will be more a matter of public spirit on the part of the publisher, than money-making, every one interested in our section’s development is expected to give a lib eral helping hand. All general advertisers must appre -♦***?' interest them we give the'toHo.wing low scale of rates: One page 13x22 - - SIOO.OO One half page ... 60.00 Two columns 3.1x20 - - 40.00 .One column - - - - 25.00 Half column - - - - 15.00 One-fourth column - - 10.00 Two inches ... - 5.00 One inch 300 Directory card, 3 lines - - 100 Success in thisenterpri.se is the pub lishers greatest ambition,-the rates of advertising, therefore, have been pla ced just so as to cover actual cost. The editor of the Argus will write up any county town, village, or indus trial enterprise at the above rates, or publish sketch matter as may be fur nished. All legitimate advertising solicited. Frank Leslie’s Bunday Mag azine, for August, affords pleasant midsummer reading for all, Stories and poems abound and yet claims of those wiio like more solid reading are not over looked. The eyes of all now looking toward France, the articles on “Chan tilly,” the Due d’Aumale’s princely’ gift to the French nation, and the en tertaining descript ion of “Metz, its Mon uments and Memories,” will be espec ially attractive. Both articles arc pro fusely illutrated. Dr. Talmage’s ser mon is “The ships of war,” and was de livered by him to the Veterans of the American Navy on the day before Dec oration Day, at the special request of the men of the navy, both North and South, and editorially’ he discusses “Sympathy’ and Common Sense.” “Literary Pillage,” apropos of some re cent charge's of plagiarism, and“ Streaks of Light in the Cloud.” Those who have followed the course of the two serial stories, “In Exchange for a Soul by Miss Linskill, and “His Banner Over Me,” by Hiss Mathews, will be specially interested in this number, for exciting periods are reached, and the two short stories, ’’The Convict,s Message.” by Florence B. Hallowell, and “A Romance of an Old Dress,” by Millie AV. Carpenter, both convey excellent morals. Shiloh’s Vitalizer is what yon need for Constipation, Loss of Appetite, Diz ziness, and all symtomsof Dyspepsia.— Price 10 and 75 cents er bottle. For sale by D. C, Bryant, Dalton, ami R. L. Spriggs, Tunnel Hill. The. teething children of Dalton all cry for Rock Face Springs Water. GEORGIA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TWELFTH ANNNUAL SESSION. The twelfth annual Ses ion and exhi bition ot fruits, plants and vegetables, will be held in the city of Dalton, on Thursday, Friday ami Saturday, August 4th, sth .ind fitn, 1887. The past annual meetings have been numerously attended, and the exhibi tions as fruits and vegetables practically demonstrated the vast resources of Geor gia as a producing State. The impetus given to fruit culture and Horticultural taste, through the influence of the labors ol this Association, are visible through out the whole commonwealth. The forthcoming session, it is confidently expected, will be one of the most inter esting knd useful ever held by the Soci ety. All Horticulturists, Fruit Growers, progressive Agriculturists, and espec ially the ladies of Georida, are earnest ly’ and cordially invited to attend, and bring such articles for exhibition as will make the display of Georgia-grown Fruits, Flowers ami Vegetables credita ble to the skill and careful cultivation of its people. It is earnestly hoped that there will be a full attendance of members from every’ section of the State, that concentrated infformation and experience of fruit growers may be obtained, thus aiding the Society to perfect its several Cata logues of Fruits and \ 7 egetables adapted to each geographical division of the State. These Catalogues are now the recognized reliable guides of the Fruit Growers of Georgia, and have bad a most wonderful influence in developing its fruit growing interest. The Southern Express Company, with its usual liberality and interest evinced in the success of the Society, will carry free of charge all packages of Fruits, Flowers and Vegetable intended for tl e Exhibition. Packages should be ad dressed as follows: S. AV Bachman. A'iee President, Dalton, Ga., for State Horticultural Society, and the name of sender plainly marked on the package. All articles for the Exhibition should be sent to reach the Hall on Thursday at latest. A full lis<oi varieties should al so be sent with the articles contributed, that, a full report may be made by the Society. Applications f©v membeishi i> must be • • TTew mom bers will be supplied with back numbers of the proceeding of the Society as far as possible. P, J. Berckmans, President, Augusta Ga. T. L. Kinsey, Secretary, Savannah, Ga. PROGRAMME. First Day.—The Convention will as semble at 10 a. in. Address ot Welcome and Response. Calling Roll of members. President’s /Address. Appointment of Committees. Afternoon Srssion. — Reports of Dis trict and standing committee. Essays ami Discussion. Night Session.--Discussions on Cata logue. Second Day.—Reports of Special Corn mitjees. Election of Officers. Time ami place of next Convention. Essays ami Discussions. Afternoon Session. —Essaysand Dis cussion. Night Session. —Experience meeting. Third Day.—Discussions and Essays. Afternoon Session. —Unfinished ami Miscellaneous Business. New BtHiness. Aujourninent. Essays by practical Horticulturists will be read upon the following topiqs, and discussion will follow I,tie reading of each essay: 2. The chief obstacles to successful Fruit culture, as regards soil, climate, insects, diseases, etc., ami the best rem edies. 2. Apple culture in the Cotton States. 3. Facts connected with the early va rieties of peaches and other fruits in tended for Northern markets. 4. Best, methods of packing ship ping Fruit. 5. The Newer Fruits. (>. Grape Culture for market and Wine making. 7. Utilization of surplus fruit. 8. Strawberry and other small fruits. I 9. Changes effected upon some Veget- I ables by climate and cultivation. 10. Mulching ami other methods to counteract effects of drought. 11. Best methods to embelish city gardens. 12. Improvement of rural homes. 13. Lecture upon Entomology with relation to fruit growing. Will yoc suffer with Dispepsia and Liver Complaint? Shiloh’s A’italizer is guaranteed to cure you. For sale by D. C. Bryant, Dalton, and R. L. Spriggs, '1 unnel Hill. 3-4 ly. I have a ninety acre farm, improved for sale. Two miles from town. Price S9OO ; half cash. 11. A. Wrench. Burlarics are numerous all over the State. AVhero’s the sliot gun! One Dollar a Year The status of the negro in Georgia is best regulated by letting it alone. Let us have a North Georgia harvest feast, at Dalton, in October, and invite the President up to see Georgia char acter on its native heath. The northern man who comes south in the winter never gets an idea of what Georgia is when the fields are white with fleecy cotton and the corn fields are grinning with plenty. Oc tober is the time to see Georgia in all her glorious fullness. The manner in which the Southern Laud and Improvement Companies are beginning to advertise indicates a Loom the coming season that will cast a shadow over the tame affairs of last winter. If Dalton is going to do any thing it is time she was getting off her night gown. STATE AFFAIRS. Senator Colquitt has been making prohibition speeches in Chicago. The re-union of the Eighch Georgia Regiment takes place in Rome on Au gust 30th. Mormon proselytes have been work ing the country people around Augus ta, making converts. Thomasville has shipped 2500 crates of LeConte pears already this season at good paying prices. The fourth annual session of the Georgia Bar Association will be held in Atlanta on AA’ednesday, Aug. 3. A tomato whiph weighed one pound and six ounces has just been picked by Judge R. 11. Hardaway, of Thom asville. A million Georgia melons pass though Atlanta’during the season on iheir way to. the Northern and Wes- Meru Catarrh heatlh and a sweet breath srcureii, by Stiloh’s Catarrh Remedy. Price 50 cts. Nasal Injector free. For sale by D. G Bryant. Dalton, and R. L. Springgs, Tunnel Hill. Mrs. Matt Crowford, living near Dra nesville, Marian county, had seventeen hogs at one stroke of lightning one day last week. Croup, Whooping Cough and Bron chitis immediately >elieved by Shiloh’s Cure. For sale by D. C. Bryant. Dal ton, ami R. L. Spriggs, Tunnel Hill. Americus offers for sale $30,000 worth of 6 per cent, bonds running thirty years,the erection of water works being the object for which they are is sued. Sleepless Nights, made miserable by that terrible cough. Shiloh’s cure is the remedy for you. For sale by D. C. Brvant, Dalton, and R. L. Spriggs,Tun nel Hill. A syndicate, composed of New York and London bankers, has agreed to furnish the money necessary for the construction of the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus railroad. Shiloh’s Cough and Consumption Cure is sold by 11s on a guarantee. It cures Consumption. Sold by D. C. Bryant, Dalton, and R. L. Spriggs, Tun nel Hill. One car load of melons netted a Ca milla shipper $6. Another got returns of $375 for a car load. There are mil lions in it sometimes. For lame back, side or chest, use Shi loh’s Porous Plaster. Price 25 cents. — For sale by D. C. Bryant, Dalton, and R. L. Spriggs, Tunnel Hill. The company who will erect a $30,- 000 ice factory at Anniston have writ ten offering to put a factory in Talla poosa if desired by the people. The Verdict Unanimous W. D. Sult, Druggist, Bippus, Ind..tes tifies • "1 can recommend Electric Bit ters as the very best remedy. Every bot tle sold has given relief in every case. One man took six bottles, and was cur ed ofßheumatism of 10 years’standing.” Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellvjlle.Ohio. affirms: “The bestselling medicine I have eve.'handled in my 20 years’ ex perience is Electric Bitters.” thousands of others have added their testimony, so that the strict is unanimous that Electric Bitters do cure all diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or blood. Only 50 cents a bottle at R, P. Baker & Co.’s Drug Store.