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THE DALTON ARGUS. ■Vol. XXI.—No. 42. ■ti le local lines. ■tat Has Been Going On the Past Week Briefly Told. IBodaV (Friday, July 28th) is the ■t day of “Dog Days.” If it rains, ■■ ey say” we will have a wet Au- KKt. IK, v Sain Jones says cigarettes IKer ’injure the brain-that nobody ■th a thimbleful of the commodity ■uld smoke them. IKf anyone in Dalton has had two or |Be<> pieces of gold coin stolen from IKmi they may be put on track of ■Covering it by letting the editor of Argus know. ■(Valter Jones has a “kissing bug” ■his possesion, andiis very popular ■th the girls just now. Walter says IK not a real kissing bug—that he ■eds nothing of that kind to help ■n out. SK) writing The Argus from Post IKk Ga., Miss Beulah Turner, a ■tner Whitfield County girl, says: 181 am always glad when Saturday |Knes, so I can get The Argus, my |K home paper. I wouldn’t be with ■t it for anything.” ■rhe Sugar Valley High School Kens the first Monday in August, Ke 7th, in charge of E. I. F. Cheyne, ■ M., assisted by M. E. Rosser, A. ■ and a competent music teacher, ■nd to Prof. Cheyne, Sugar Valley, for his announcements, etc. gKllsewhere in this issue, on page 6, ■ll be found a letter from 110-110, ■iillippine Islands, from Ed M. ■jug, who will be remembered in |K.ltoii as a compositor on Thm ■kg us some two years ago. Ed is in the First Tennessee regi ■ent. ■fhere was a most delightful dining ■ the home of “Uncle Billy” Rich ■dson, Thursday. The invited Kests were: Rev. and Mrs. Luke ■. Johnson, Rev. W. L. Lingle, ■lines R. Huff and Rev. and Mrs. J. ■TM. Morris, and R. J. L. Richard- Ku and wife. ■ Loveman & Son’s opened up their ■andsome new clothing store (in the ■t v Hardwick building) last Satur ■iy, and gave out pretty boutownair ■uvenirs to all wffio called in. They ■rwhWe one of (she prc-uiest. ut.Y Jpuippeu stores in the state, and yoa ■tumid give them a call. ■ Burglars attempted to enter the ■omefifßev. John T. Richardson, ■n Selvidge street, Monday night, ■ut were frightened away. Citizens ■hould be on the alert. A good dose ■f lead administered now, may put ■ stop to the epidemic of burglaries, ■hat troubles our city annually. 9 Lieutenant Will W. Hamilton, of ■he Third United States Artillery, ■ocated at Havana, Cuba, has just Keen appointed to a position of very Kigh honor for one so young in the ■ervice. He has been promoted a ■nember of the General Courtmartial ■Board at Havana—one of the highest ■positions of honor in the army» ■ Berry R. Bowen and Sam A. Fra- ■ ier have gone into business, at Wood ■Bros.’ old stand in the O'Neill block, ■'lie firm name is Bowen & Frazier. ■See their adv. elsewhere in this is ■sue. Both are well-known, clever ■and popular gentlemen, and will, no ■doubt, do a good business. They ■lumber their friends by the score, land are popular all over the county. | County School Commissioner ■Berry has been busily engaged in ■ canvassing the schools and says that ■teachers are showing unusual inter- ■ est and activity and the schools are ■ rapidly filling up with bright and ■ willing children and young people, land he is seemingly cheered by a I well grounded hope that the present I session will result in much good work I done by the teachers in the advance- I mentof the pupils. I the North Georgia Milling Coin- I l )a Y (W. H. Prater, J. F. Robertson I a ?. . ' Leonard, proprietors) will I start to running the latter part of I next week, and will turn out IGO bar rels of flour and 150 bushels of meal I each day. The milling machinery 118I 18 of a superior quality, and has been I placed in position by Mr. McCreight, lan expert miller from Richmond. Br. new mill will do a good business, ersone l of * ta managers insures p’A v ’*‘ r y interesting account of the ourth International Epworth Convention,just held in In anapolis, Ind., is crowded out of mi* .issue, and will appear next At> ,/ . waa written for The l ' G ,Miss Amber Lenore As . Lrigli t young grana-daugh- * In Alisha Wrinkle, of Indian- - formerly chief of police of Xv' 1 . 10 , 11 ; and daughter of Miss Ellen ♦I, lllk ,fo that was. The letter proves siv^ Wr,ter to 1,6 a very smart girl of sixteen years of age. nr S T ee * tl, rr ad Vert isement in this issue out r r m le jeweler who bought fa lA .PP’ 8 jewelry department. riiiJ an .elegant gentleman, and is your confidence. tr.nH U ’ rS^i you all know that sterling BRnwt mai ? in charge, Mr. E. E. hmm?’ w > has always served the Mi ir fofohfully and promptly. buJn » ste PPed into a splendid Wai w? 8 ’ for n °where in this country there a nicer stock or a better LEADING PAPER OF NORTH GEORGIA. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN PIEDMONT SECTION. trade than Mr. Tapp had. For years he has been known as THE jewelry man of North Georgia. All Dalton and this section will rally to Messrs. Haff and Brown, they have a bright future before them. The Baptist festival Was “rained out” last night, or rather, it rained down so the peoole were kept in and prevented from going out. Miss Leila Berry entertained at a diningather home today (Friday), Misses Ethel Orr and Pauline James of Chattanooga, Arta Huffaker and Margie Huff. An elegant dinner was served and day was most enjoyably spent. Mrs. Mattie Lou Trevitt Hardy sold her Dalton property this week— her home place to J. Kirk Farrar, and the house opposite T. M. Felker to that gentleman. Mr. Felker says he - is going to put a handsome resi dence on the lot opposite him. Don't forget The Argus’ offer of a free scholarship in the North Geor- S;ia Agricultural and Industrial Col ege at Dahlonega, entrance fee and tuition, to the young man bringing in the largest list of cash subscribers by September Ist. It’s indeed a rare opportunity to get a splendid education. Baptist Young People’s Union —The devotional meeting of the B. Y. P. U. of the First Baptist church will be held on Sunday at 6:45 p. m. in the basement of the church. The topic will be “That Good Part.” The meeting next Sunday will be led by L. B. Burnett. The public is cordially invited to all these meet ings. The regular services will be held at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church next Sunday. Rev. Swaim will fill the pulpit both morning and night. At night he will preach a special sermon to the young people and he would like to see all the young people present who can come out. Both old and young are urged to be present at these services. Sour Stomach is one of the first eyinp toms of a coming Bilious attack. One it with a few doses Dr. M. A. Simmons Jffiver Medicine. For sale by Bryant & Fincher. « New Grocery Store I Ev ery dollar’s vtorth of stock absolutely fresh. Give us a call, at Wood Bros.’ old stand, next O’Neill Corner. BOWEN & FRAZIER, ’Phone 149. Another shipment of gin ger snaps, 25c. per barrel. Berry Grocery Co. JUST RECEIVED I at Loveman’s New Cloth= ing Store, 13 cases of Men’s Custom-made Shoes, all styles and shapes, rang ing in price from $2.50 to $4.00. Come quick. LOVEMAN’S. Choice Trunks and Cook ing Stoves at CAVENDER & McWILLIAMS BROS. Bryant & Fincher’s for the best cold drinks. Our 10 and 15 cent Box Station ery to go at 5 cents DALTON BOOK STORE. Get your Tinware, and Enameled ware at low prices. CAVENDER & McWILLIAMS BROS Coal. Don’t forget before placing your orders for your winter’s coal, that I am going to handle the best coal this fall as usual. Call on me, or ’Phone 37. E. O. Herndon. Why suffer from Bedbug bites? We’ve got the bed bug poison that gets the bed bugs both coming and go : ng. BRYYNT & FINCHER. The Berry Grocery Com pany comes to the front again with something new. This time it is “Junket.” Guess what it is ? 10 tablets make 10 quarts of jelly and 10 cents buys a box, 10 tab lets in a box. DALTON. GA.. SATURDAY. JULY 29, 1899. IN THE SOCIAL SWIM. The Comings and Goings of People Worthy of Note. Mrs. W. E. Oslin has been quite sick this week. Miss Ella Ferguson will return Saturday from Atlanta. Handsome Will Pitner was down from Cohutta Wednesday. J. E. Oxford is up from Savannah, visiting his father's family. John Bitting is down from Chatta nooga.—Summerville News. Ivan E. Allen, of Atlanta, is orna menting Dalton’s boulevards. Miss Carrie Horne will return home from Dublin next week. Col. I. E. Shumate made a legal trip to Rome, the first of the week. Porter G. Walker and wife are on a trip across the lakes to Niagara. Albert Gregg, of The Argus, spent Sunday and Monday in athens, Tenn. J. B. Brackett has changed his Argus address from Tilton to Dal ton. Charence Henry (“P. D.”) celebra ted his twenty-first birthday this week. Misses Lida and Alice Simmons leave next week for a visit to At lanta. Miss Lucy Freeman, of Fairburn, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. H. Prater. Misses Emma and Geneva Wil son have returned from Cohuttah Springs. Misses Fannie King and Millie Vance are at Catoosa Springs fora few days. Mr. John L. Brooker and Miss Maggie Warren spent last Sunday in Sugar Valley. Miss May Ramsey has returned from Arkansas, and is visiting her sister in Calhoun. Mrs. E. C. Cochran, of Tunnel Hill, and Mrs. West, of Macon, spent Tuesday in Dalton. Miss Linnie Blosser has returned to* Atlanta, after a pleasant visit tQ Mrs. Sam Jjoveman. Mr. and Mrs. R. .F, of Highland Park, are visiting their relatives in the city. Henry C. Hamilton spent several days this week on a surveying tour down about Stark’s. Dr. J. G. W. Mil s, of Tunnel Hill, was howdying with his many Dalton friends, the past week. W. T. Ray, one of Tunnel Hill’s staunch citizens, is a new cash sub scriber to The Argus. Mrs. Lilian W. Carter and Mary and Emily have been visiting in Chattanooga this week. Miss Rosebud Bivings is spending a few days at home. She goes back to the Springs next week. Mrs. Luke G. Johnson returned from Catoosa Springs last Saturday, much improved in health. Rev. W. L. Lingle leaves Monday for North Carolina, where he will spend a month’s vacation. JudgeS M. Walker was down from Chattanooga this week, on a visit to his brother, Ralph Walker. Miss May Gordon will complete her Normal course in Athens, and return to Dalton in September. Mrs. J. W. Ingram and little daughter, Helen, of Jacksonville, Fla., are boarding at the college. Miss Blanche Bivings returned to Gordon Springs the first of the week, after two days’ pleasant stay at home. Hon. Will A. (“Bun”) Black went down to Calhoun Sunday to see but, The Argus don’t tell tales out of school. Mr. John Day, of Cleveland, vis ited in Dalton Sunday. One of the fair daughters of the city being the attraction. Mrs. Lee McWilliams will spend another week with her husband’s family over in Walker county. Re turning next Wednesday. .Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brown returned home from the west, the first of the week, and John went over to his Murray farm Wednesday. Miss Mary McGaughey, who has been most pleasantly entertained the past few weeks by Miss Lucy Mad dox, returned to Atlanta Wednesday. Mrs. Rich Emmons and daughter Ethlynne came up from Atlanta, Tuesday, on a visit to the families of Mrs. W. C. Huff and Mrs. Hannah Emmons. Misses Alice Langston and Mary Ivey, two charming young ladies of Chattanooga, came down Saturday and will spend two weeks visiting Misses Lida and May Ferry. Will N. Harben. wife and child, returned from Gordon Springs, Tues day, and are at Hotel Dalton. Next Wednesday they leave to visit Prof. A. A. Jones’ family in Asheville. Misses Lucy Jones and Ida Lou Milam, of Cartersville, are visiting the family of John A. Crawfcrd. Miss Eula Whitehead, who has been visiting there, returned home to Car tersville. the first of the week. Mrs. Sam P. Jones and her daughter Miss Laura will arrive Monday from Car tersville, to visit Mr. Crawford’s family. John T. Camp leaves Sunday to serve as revenue guager at Sword’s Distillery, Alcovy, Ga. Mrs. G. W. Orr and Mrs. Minnie Bradley returned from Catoosa Springs Wednesday afternoon. Prof. G. J. Orr, wife and children arrived today from Brunswick, and will spend the month of August at the home of Mrs. Sam W. Farns worth. All Dalton will rejoice to see these pleasant people again. Miss Ruth Allen, a popular young lady of Dalton, who has been spend ing the summer at St. Simons Island, is visiting Mrs. J. I. Lowry on Court land street Miss Allen has many friends who will welcome her. — Wednesday’s Constitution. (Continued on Page 8.) Guaranteed Shoes, cheap. CAVENDER & iIcWILLIAMS BROS. New Grocery Store I Ev ery dollar’s worth of stock absolutely fresh. Give us a call, at Wood Bros.’ old stand,” next O’Neill Corner. BOWEN & FRAZIER, ’Phone 147. FANCY Pineapples, California Peaches, Fancy Watermelons, Con cord Grapes. L. BUCHHOLZ, ’Phone 57. Finally Settled. The following decision was handed down in the Supreme Court Wednes day, July 26th: 714, Peeples et nl. v. Cavender et at al. Be fore Judge Fite. Whitfield superior court. Cobb, J. —1. Under the ruling made in the case of Conley v. Buck, 100 Ga. 187, the demurrur to the petition in the present case was properly over ruled. 2. The provisions of section 5536 of the civil Code, authorizing a defend ant in error, upon application to the who signed the bill of excep tions, to have transmitted to this efmrt any parts of the reoord mate rial to a clear understanding of the errors complained of in the bill of exceptions of the plaintiff’s in error, and which are not therein specified, do not authorize the granting of an order by the judge, upon application of the defendant in error, directing the clerk to transmit to this court, for the purpose of having error as signed thereon, exceptions pendente lite filed by the defendant in error in the court below. Where, however, the plaintiff in error specifies and has brought to this court a bill of excep tions pendente lite filed by his ad versary, it is permissible for the defendant in error to assign error on such bill of exceptions in this court. Judgment affirmed. All concur ring. J. W. Harris, F. A. Cantrell and J. A. Glenn, for plaintiff in error. R. J. & J. McCamy and Jones, Martin & Jones, contra. JUST RECEIVED! at Loveman’s New Cloth ing Store, 13 cases of Men’s Custom-made Shoes, all styles and shapes, rang ing in price from $2.50 to $4.00. Come quick. LOVEMAN’S. Peaches, Watermelons, Cantaloupes. Bananas and Lemons, fresh daily. The best and freshest fruit is the cheapest. L. Buchholz. $lO Reward! I will pay ten-dollars reward for the arrest and conviction of any one guilty of stealing fruit or produce from the garden on corner of North Depot and Waugh streets, be he old or young, big or little, white or black. Ben E. Green. New and second hand school books DALTON BOOK STORE. Special Notice. I have sold my drug business in North Dalton to Dr. W. H. Holbrook. He will make all collections and is responsible for all debts. I will con tinue my practice in Dawnville. Dr. T. C. Smith. Fancy Ice Cream Sodas, at Buchholz’s, ’Phone 57. Our 10 and 15 cent Box Station ery to go at 5 cents DALTON BOOK STORE. One Dollar a Year TO MEET HERE. The Convention of the Home Mis sion Society Comes in August. At the monthly meeting of the Home Mission Society last Friday at the Methodist Parsonage, the ladies began active preparations for the coming of the Annual Convention, which meets here August 27th. The following committees were ap pointed : On Arrangements—Mesdames L. G. Johnson, Horace Smith and Onle Starr. On Reception—Mrs. Starr and Misses Fannie Brown and Lou Shu mate. On Decoration —Mesdames D. K. McKamy, Fincher and Oglesby. On Music—Misses Mattie Lee Huff and Fiora Lester. On Entertainment—Mesdames W. C. Martin and P. B. Trammell. On Advertisement—Mrs. Lida Huff and Mrs. John Berry. On Securing Homes—Mesdames J. W. Barrett and Frank Hardwick. On Assignment—The committee on arrangement will serve. Mrs. C. L. Deardorff will make the address of welcome in behalf of the Dalton auxiliary. It is desired that all the Methodist ladies w’ho will take delegates will notify either Mrs. Joe Barrett or Mrs. Frank Hardwick. Let all enter into this work with heart and soul, that much good may be accomplished for the cause of Christ here and elsewhere. Let all who hesitate to open their homes to delegates be reminded that the Great Teacher said, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, ye have done it unto me. Mr and Mrs. B. Lankainp, Elston, Mo, writes: “One Minute Cough Cure saved the life of our little boy when nearly dead with croup.” 60 barrels of Ginger Snaps just received. Only 25c. per barrel. Berry Grocery Co. New Store, Fresh Goods I We have- opened up a brand new, clean fresh stock of staple and fancy groceries, in the O’Neill Block (old Wood Bros.’ Stand), and will be pleased to have all of our friends and the public generally give us a trial. We are going to always keep every thing first-class and fresh, and pro pose to sell at rock-bottom prices. Call and tee us, or ’phone us an or der. BOWEN & FRAZIER. ’Phone 149. Best Coal. Give your orders to J. D. GRAHAM for your winter’s coal. Cheapness is not ' merit; quality must tell the tale. Do not judge the worth of coal by tlie price adver tised. Economy lies in buy ing something good. Night Class. On August Ist, I will open a night class of Shorthand and Typewriting. All persons wishing to enter, please give me their names at once. Class rooms in Hardwick’s new building. J. M. Rudolph. For hay, bran, cotton seed meal and hulls, corn meal, flour, corn, salt, meat, coffee, sugar, syrup, etc., come to Gregory & Gregory. Milch Cows for Sale. Three No. 1 fresh Jersey Milch Cows for sale. E. O Herndon. Embroidery Work. Any one desiring to take lessons in Embroidery, Battenberg or Poin Lace work are invited to call on Mi s'! Fitch, at the Baptist Parsonage, wl o will be glad to give lessons at reas onable rates. Specimens of her work can be seen at the Parsonage or at Mr. Cannon’s store. Orders taken for work for Christmas presents. At home Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays You will find the choicest st ock of Umbrellas, Hosiery, Suspenders, and all kinds of Notions, at CAVENDER & McWILLIAMS BROS. New and second hand school books DALTON BOOK STORE. A full car McFarlan bug gies just, arrived, of the latest designs. Sanders Manufac turing Co.