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A PATRIARCH GONE.
Jesse Trotter, of Dalton, Passes
to His Reward.
AN HONORABLE LIFE.
A NacceoHrul nn<t IliHerprlxlng Hiim-
Mnn, m llrvout and < <»n
aiatent Cbrhllnii Im Dead.
An old landmark is gone; a father In
larael la no more; a true man and de
vout Christian is gathered to hia fathers.
Jesse Trotter ia dead, North Georgia sor
rows, and the sympathy of all the people
goes out to the bereaved family. Last Sun
day morning |God summoned him home,
and the call found him ready. Sur
rounded by a devoted wife, loving chil
dren and Borrowing friends, he peace
fully fell asleep in Jesus as sweetly and
confidingly as the babe falls asleep in its
mother’s arms—leaving behind him the
heritage of an honorable record, a life
well spent, a character unimpeachable
and a name above suspicion and beyond
reproach.
HIS USEFUL LIFE.
Jesse Trotter was lairn in Sevier coun
ty, Tenn., November 15th,1832, and lived
in that county until 10 years of age,
when his father moved to Bradley coun
ty, Tenn. Jesse Trotter received his ed
ucation in “the old field schools” of
Bradley county, and
led the life of a far
mer until he was 24
f'ears of age. In 1856
le 'came to Georgia
and located in Whit
field county, selling
goods at Beaverdale,
and doing a good bus
iness. In 1859, he 1
came to Dalton, and
eneered the mercantile
business, and has been
ill l>usiness here ever since, except during
the war. The war ruined him, and his
business and property was destroyed.
He was completely impoverished by the
war, and borrowed s7u after its close
upon which to start life anew. That $75
was the seed from which the present
mammoth business of Jesse Trotter &
Sons, of Dalton, ami of Trotter Bros., of
Chattanooga, have sprung- at the time
of his death father and sons having the
fruit of that seed to the amount of fully
SIOO,OOO. What a monument to his
business ability and honorable methods!
Mr, Trotter managed his business
until he was 40 years of ago, when his
health failed him, and he had been con
fined to his home an invalid ever since.
Even after his confinement to the house,
he managed the business through his
sons J M., T. O. and W.
H. Trotter. Mr. Trotter took
an active part in the enterprises of
Dalton, being one of the original sub
scribers to the Crown Cotton mills, the
First National bank, and many other
of Dalton’s industries and enterprises.
He was public-spirited, and always will
ing ami liberal in his efforts to help
build up Dalton.
In 1855 he was married to Miss Salina
J. Kiley, a most estimable young lady of
Washington county, Tenn., who survives
him with seven living children—three
boys and four girls—J. M., T. 0. and W.
H. Trotter, Mrs. Martha Robertson,
Misses Geneva, Lucy and Lillie Trotter
all worthy children of a wort hy sire
It was not the pleasure of the editor
of The Argus to have known Jesse
Trotter, but he gathers ,the substance of
this sketch from conveisation with Mr
Trotter’s friends,and those who knew him
all his life. It is the evidence of the
people as to his sterling worth and his
straight-forward character.
In regard to Mr. Trotter’s Christian
character, Rev. D. P. Bass said to the
editor of The Argus on Wednesday:
“Having known Brother Trotter fifteen
years, during nine of which 1 was as
sociated with him in business, and hav
ing visited him regularly in his late
years of confinement, gave me a tine op
portunity to know him. lie was a man
of fine practical sense, good moral char
acter, and in e-ery way reliable; a good
citizen, social ami confidential; a kind
husband and father; loyal to his church.
On first acquaintance, I found him a de
vout, growing, developing Christian He
did not only develop the full Christian,
but in his last years, like the matured
apple, hung and mellowed on the tree,
until it dropped off. Besides what he
told his family and others, he told me
when we were alone, that he was
‘ready.’ He died quietly and without a
struggle,"in other words he fell to sleep,
and I have no doubt that he sleeps in
Jesus.”
Mr. Trotter was a patient sufferer dur
ing the years of his affliction and confine
ment, and he possessed that rare dispo
sition that allowed nothing to oppress
nor daunt him. Though he met with
several business reverses, he would not
be vanquished; he never gave up, but
bravely battled until success crowned
his efforts. He was one among ten
thousand, and his generation shall not
look upon his like again.
Jesse Trotter was aeonsistent member
of the Methodist church, an honorable,
true, square man; he numbered his
friends by the thousand, and was uni
versally beloved throughout this section.
His death is a loss to the community, as
well as to the mercantile world. Dalton
was proud of him; Dalton is proud that
he has lived in her midst; Dalton is
proud that his descendants still live
among us.
Mr. Trotter’s funeral services occurred
at his late residence Monday afternoon,
Revs. A. W. Quillian and D. P. Bass of
ficiating. The pall bearers were: L. S.
Flemister, T. A. Berry, W. E. Oslin, R
H. Baker, J. W. Barrett ami Frank Sam
pierour.
THE ARGUS; DALTON, GA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1893.
OUR CITY FATHERS.
Their Regular Monthly Nemtlon Held
MoiKlny Night.
The Dalton city council met Monday
night, with a full board present.
The street committee made its report
which showed little work being done,
owing to the bad weather.
'l'hc cemetery committee reported
five burials during the month of Janu
ary— four adults and one infant.
The finance committee audited
about S4OO worth of accounts —gas,
streets, cemetery, etc.
The marshal turned into the treasu
ry SSO0 —the fines and tax fifas for
month of January.
The city clerk turned in $57 in li
censes collected last month.
Supt. Spencer of the waterworks
turned in $125 for water rates.
The new ordinance defining the
duties of the water commission was
read for the second time.
The marshal was instructed to be
gin at once the collection of the street
tax.
D. C Bryant. A. P. Roberts, and J.
If. Kenner were elected city tax as
sessors for the year 1893.
Murderer Captured.
A Tunnel Hill special, under date
of February sth., says:
A murderer has been captured
by Detective Drake, of Compton, Ky.
He was captured about daylight this
morning at Villanow, Ga., fifteen miles
from this place. The murderer, Brack
Roberts, of Breathitt county,Kentucky,
was tried last June for the murder
of Doss Bowman, and was sentenced
to the state prison for life. He took
his case to ’he court of appeals and
while waiting for its decision he broke
jail, in November last, and made his
escape to this state, where he was lo
cated by Detective Drake and captured
by him. Detective Drake left
with his prisoner for Jackson, Ky.
Gave Them Floggings.
Wednesday, M. Sykes caught three
little negro boys stealing bologna sau
sage from his Hamilton street meat
market. He called Chief of Police
Fincher and had them arrested. He
told the police that he did not care to
prosecute the boys and have them ly
ing in jail a dead expense to the coun
ty, but if the boys’ parents would pay
the marshal’s fee. and whip them good
he would let them oft*. Their parents
agreed to this and the boys were given
such a thrashing as they will not soon
forget. They will not steal any more
soon.
A Deserved Compliment.
Superintendent C. G. Spencer, of the
Dalton water wc/ks, -has been down to
Cartersville talking water works to the
mayor and aidermen of that town.
He appeared before the Cartersville
eouncil by special invitation of that
body, who paid his expenses there and
back for the pleasure and profit of
hearing him talk. This is a deserved
compliment to one of Dalton’s efficient
officials.
Another Cow Tale.
To the Dalton Argus,
The only way to solve the “town
cow” problem which is just now agi
tating the minds of the Dalton pub
lic, specially the ladies, is to peti
tion the council to appoint a “cow po
liceman,” whose duty it will be to “fire”
the horrible animals oft' the sidewalks
or raise a fund to elevate them so it
would deprive the cannibalistic beasts
of the pleasure of attacking female
pedestrians. A Milk Drinker.
The Anti-Option Bill.
The anti-option bill has been passed
by the senate, and st ill the country is not
happy. The truth of the matter is,
there is not one man in ten who knows
or cares anything about the anti-option
bill, and there is not one in a hundred
who believes it will accomplish one
tenth what its friends claim for it. Anti
option or no anti-option, if the farmers
continue to raise too much cotton and
too little hog and hominy they are going
to have the same old hard times.
At St. Mark’s.
Rev. J. B. Craighill preaches at Cal
houn tomorrow at 11 o’clock a. m.
Tomorrow evening, he preaches at
St. Mark’s church in Dalton at 7:30
o’clock.
Next W ednesday, the 15th instant,
being Ash Wednesday, he will hold
services at St. Mark’s church, Dalton,
at 11 o’clock a. in.
Got Dalton Down Right,
Dalton is forging ahead with a vim
and energy that are sure to wrest suc
cess along many lines. Just now Dal
ton is working for another cotton fac
tory, and of the SIOO,OOO required, $50,-
00(5 has been subscribed and the sec
ond half is assured. This is the sort
of “clenched fist” work that tells.
—Rome Tribune.
Buy cotton seed meal ami hulls for
your cattle. Car load just received by
T. A. & S. E. Berr z .
“UNCLE JACK’’ BARNETT.
A Brief Sketch of One of Cove City’M
I.HiidniMrkM.
Andrew Jackson Barnett, “Uncle
Jack” as every body calls him, was born
in McMinn county, Tennessee, February
16, 1828. About the year 1830 his father
moved to the upper end of Murray county
a '!
he ever saw was M. P. Berry, the
present county school commissioner of
this county, who moved into the Nation
some years later. While taking a census
of the Indians for the federal govern
ment in 1857, “Uncle Jack’s” father con
tracted a fever; from which he died,
leaving a wife and eight children behind
him.
“Uncle Jack” never had much chance
of going to school in his young days, and
never got beyond “single rule of three”
in the arithmetic, He followed farming
in Murray county up to the breaking out
of the war, when in /August, 1861, he
joined company I), of the 22nd Georgia
regiment, and served in the “army of
Virginia” until the battle of Gettysburg,
where he lost a leg on July 3, 1863.
“Uncle Jack” saw some tall fighting
while in Virginia, being in the battles of
Seven Pines, Cbancellorsville and Get
tysburg—three of the hottest battles of
the war.
In October, 1863, he cawie home with
one leg ami without a dollar, and moved
to Coye City (then known as Redwine’s
Cove) in 1864, having sold out his land
in Murray county, and put up a saw and
grist mill and went to sawing, and grind
ing and farming with will; and he has
lived in that neighborhood ever since.
“Uncle Jack” has been married twice
May 6th 1850, Mr. Barnett was married
to Jane Gamble and on the 20th of
March 1869, he married S. A. E. Faith.
He has 15 children (7 by his first wife
and 8 by his second) and many grand
children. All of his children are living
and nine of them married.
“Uncle Jack” has served Whitfield
county as tax collector two terms. In
1876 lie was elected by 230 votes, and in
1878 he was elected by 250 majority. In
18G6 he was appointed notary public of
the Tilton district and served four years
in that capacity. He has been postmas
ter at Cove City the past 18 years, and
since 1874 has been running a general
store there.
But “Uncle Jack” shines best as a
farmer. He raises everything he needs,
and several years has sold S2OO worth of
own raised meat; last year he salted
down 2,500 pounds of pork. He has
always diversified his crops, raising corn,
wheat, oats, hay, potatoes, peas and cot
ton, butter, eggs ami chickens, and this
vear he proposes to add ten acres of to
bacco to the list, and build two tobacco
houses.
The farmer who raises what he con
sumes, and who makes cotton his surplus
crop is the backbone of the country,
the hope of its future prosperity. Such
is “Uncle Jack” Barnett —he sets the
farmers of this section the best of ex
amples—he is not dependent on anyone
but himself.
Next Thursday will be “Uncle Jack’s”
sixty-fifth birthday anniversary, and
The Argus congratulates him in advance.
Mav he live to see the 15th of February,
1950!
Which He Took.
A few weeks back, The Argus re
ceived a letter from J. M. Lowry, jr.,
Macon, Ga., saying : “Please send me a
sample copy of your paper. I want
to take a Dalton paper this year, and
have written to both the Dalton
papers for sample copies to see which
is the best—which comes nearest to
filling the bill,”
Thursday The Argus received the
following letter, which explainsitself:
Macon, Ga., February 7th, 1893.
To the Editor of The Argus.
Dear Sir :—Please consider me a
subscriber to your valuble paper from
February Ist. lam an old Dalton
boy, and am glad to know that she
has such a good paper. This has been
one of her greatest needs.
Please send me a copy of your last
issue, and accept my sincere thanks
for the sample copies sent.
With best wishes for your complete
success, I am very truly yours,
J. M. Lowry, jr. 253 2nd St.
Now, Try This I
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found it just the thing and its use had a
sneedy ami perfect recovery. Try a
sample bottle at our expense and learn
for yourself just how good a thing it is.
Trial bottles free S. J. McKnight’s Drug
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’ Not Hoopskirts.
It is not hoopskirts' that the women
are talking of wearing again. They are
“crinoline skirts” —made of a stiff cloth.
Just about as unsightly and awkward we
should imagine.
Job Printing.
If you want any bill heads, letter
heads or other commercial iob printing j
done, call at The Argus office, and we I
promise to satisfy you as to price and i
quality of work.
and nettled among
the Indians; all
his neighbors were
Indians; there were
no white people in
that section. “Un
cle Jack” never
had any white
children to play
with, and he says
the first white boy
GOVE CITY CHAT.
WliHt Is Going «»•* in That Lively Eittle
Settlement.
Cove City, February 9.—Rev. A.
J. MaYin, of Tilton, stopped here yes
terday ; had been to Everett Springs
on business.
Misses Ella Nations,of Blue Springs,
Anna Mote, Naonie Masters and
Emma Redwine, and Messrs. Frank
Masters and Lee Redwine were enter
tained by Miss Rosa Barnett Sunday.
Justice court was held Saturday.
All cases were continued except one.
’Squire Yeager will have several cases
at the March term of court.
Nesbitt Cook, from above Dalton,
spent last night with A. J. Barnett.
H. I. Redwine went to Dalton on
business yesterday.
The school children enjoyed a spell
ing bee Friday night.
Cove school is flourishing under the
care of Prof. R. L. Mann.
Silas George, who was injured by
falling on a snag while hunting in the
mountains during the snow died last
Friday morning, and was buried at
Mt. Horeb church on last Saturday.
I see from last weeks correspondent
that Mr. Barnett has been selling dogs
to someone. We think there is a great
many more dogs that could be spared
from this vicinity.
However solicitous mothers may be
about the health and comfort of their
little children, they cannot prevent
them from contracting croup and
whooping cough. But while they can
not prevent their troubles, they can
readily cure the little ones with Dr.
Bull’s Cough Syrup.
mw Hiiim
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Will begin Monday, the 6th inst., at
nine o’clock in the morning; large and
comfortable school room, corner Hamil
ton and King streets, upstairs, over Can
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Day session from 9 a. m. to 1 p. in.
Night session from 7 p. m. to 9 p. m.
A practical education is more valuable
than any other accomplishment, as it
qualifies one for many positions. It is a
stepping stone that leads to higher places.
It is the gateway to advancement and in
dependence.
A book-keeper and stenographer, who
is a good penman and understands the
elements of the English language and
the practical part of matematics, would
be safer from poverty than a great Greek
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Those who wish to enter any or all
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MAGGIE ('.JOHNSON vs Wm. M. JOHNSON.
Libel for Divorce and Alimony in Whitfield
• Superior Court.
The defendant is hereby notified to be andap
pear at the next superior court in and for said
county, on the first Monday in April, iso:;, then
and there answer the complaint of the plaini ill’
in an action for dirorce and alimony, or in de
fault thereof the court will proceed according to
the statute in such eases made nnd provided.
Witness the Hon. Tbos W. Milner, judge of
said court. D. Sholl, C. S. (.'.
Maddox & Starr, Petitioners’Attorneys.
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Application for Charter.
State of Georgia, Whitfield County.
To the SuperioriCourt of said County: *
The petition of James H. Savage and James
Noble & Co., of Anniston, Ala., D. C. McMillin.
Sr,, of Chattanooga, Tenn., D. C. McMillin, Jr., of
Dalton, Ga., and the “Keeley Institute of At
lanta,” of Atlanta, Ga., shows that they have en
tered into an association under the name and
style of the “Keeley Institute of Dalton:” that
the object of said association is to establish an
institution in the city of Dalton, in said county
and state, for the cure of nervous disease, es
pecially such as result from thv use of liquor,
opium’ and tobacco, ami for the cure of the
opium, liquor and tobacco habits, under the ,
system now and heretofore employed by the !
Leslie E. Keeley Company, a body corporate
under the laws of Illinois —with the power to
purchase and hold property, real ami personal,
to sue and be sued, and to exercise all powe rs
usually conferred upon corporations of similar
character, as may be consistent with tin- laws of
Georgia. Said institute is to have its office and
place of business in the city of Dalton, in said
county.
Petitioners show that the capital stock of "aid
association is live thousand dollars, and that the
full amount thereof lues been paid in. Petitiouei
desire the privilege of increasing the capital
stock to the sum of twenty dive thousand dol
lars —saidjstock to be .non-asse-sable.
Petition* rs pray the passage of an order by
the court gratiting this, their application, and
thabthey and their successors be, incorporated
for and 'during the term of not exceeding twenty
years, with the privilege of renewal at the ex
piration of that time, for the purposes hereinbe
fore set forth. Maddox A Starr,
Petitione rs’ Attorneys.
Filed in office, this the 27th day of January, Isii:*.
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