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THE DALTON ARGUS.
Entered at the Postofitce in Dalton, Ga., as
econd-clajM matter and issued every Saturday
by A. H. Shavkr.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY.
TELEPHONES, NOS. 1 and 23.
A.. 11. SHAVER,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
SATURDAY, JULY 2Q» 1899-
Only a fool always does what he
“has a right to do.”
Atlanta never gets left. She has
found “a classmate of Dreyfus” in
her classic precincts.
Bob Ingersoll is now joining in
tlie grand chorus: “There’s a Hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight.”
The Norcross News, edited by S.
W. Dußose, bobs up serenely among
our exchanges. It is bright and
newsy, and seemingly deserves suc
cess.
He who does wrong gains strength
by true repentance. God honors the
plea of the penitent, and blessed be
his name, he is as merciful as the
world is bard.
Isn't it about time that the Mc-
Kinley gang were getting up a fund
to erect a monument to Sampson’s
Matanzas mule ? His only deed of
valor during the late war ought to be
recognized.
Mountebank Broughton of At- ‘
lantasayshe will “always continue
to preach on the streets if he spends '
the rest of his life in jail.” That’s a
horrible paradox for a man who pro
fesses to be orthodox.
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Chairman Trammell, of the
Railroad Commission, has created
considerable comment by his propo- ,
sition to reduce freight rates on
short-haul cotton. The farmers like
it, and the railroads don’t.
That Manila newspaper “round
robin” will amount to nothing. Em
peror Hanna would strangle every
newspaper in the world if it was to
his interest to do so, and McKinley
obeys Hanna implicitly.
Bob Ingersoll was noted for his
eloquence and for his bright wit. It
is safe to presume that his pyrotech
nic oratory and illuminated humor
will electrify all the big and little
Luclfers in the uttermost parts of
Hades. Ingersoll and Satan must
certainly be hail fellow well met
The English sparrow is not such a
pest as it would seem to be at first
It destroys caterpillars along with
other things, and the news comes
from Boston that since the sparrows
have been exterminated, the public
parks of that city have become de
serted by the women and children
because of the many worms and bugs
in them.
Alger’s resignation, and Elihu
Root’s appointment as Secretary of
War simply shows that McKinley
thinks more of New York’s delega
tion next year than of Michigan’s,
and more than likely Alger resigned
just to give McKinley and Hanna a
chance to strengthen the presidential
fences all along the line. It shows
William fears Teddy.
Hon. Walter B. Hill, of Macon,
the newly-elected Chancellor of the
State University, is a Methodist. Os
the teaching force of twenty-one
professors in the University at Ath
ens there is now one Baptist and two
Methodists and one Catholic. The
rest of the positions are about equally
divided between the Presbyterian
and Episcopalian denominations.
“The fool hath said in Ins heart,
there is no God.” So did Bob Inger
soll. But, although he was an in
fluence for great evil in this world,
his puny efforts to detract from the
blessed truths of the Gospel would
have been absolutely ridiculous, but
for the horrifying sacrilege in his
utterances. It takes no prophet nor
son of a prophet to tell that he shot
the shutes.
minutes by Dr
Mileo 1 aln 1 "One cent a dose." I
THE DALTON ARGUS, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1899.
WANTS MORE LIKE HIM.
‘ In speaking of that altercation in
s Bawtow Superior Court, last week,
' in which a witness knocked a lawyer
down in court for asking him insult
ing questions, Editor Henry Mcln
! tosh, of the Albany Herald, says:
“We take off our hat to Mr. Mun
ford, of Cartersville. He did what
any self-respecting man would have
dime under similar provocation and
was entitled to a vote of thanks
rather than a fine for contempt of
court.
“Mr. Munford has blazed a path
' that the public should not be slow to
, follow, for the liberty which many
lawyers have presumed, during lat
ter years, to take unto themselves in
, the court room is something alto
gether unreasonable and insufferable.
It is the right of a lawyer while sub
jecting a witness to cross-examina
tion in order to bring out important
facts bearing on a case, to ask as
many questions as he pleases, but it
should not be his privilege to make
insulting inferences or to subject a
witness to unnecessary humiliation.
“The burden of this evil rests largely
with our judges, for they have abso
lute authority in the court room and
can prevent, if they will, lawyers
from overstepping the bounds of pro
priety and legal etiquette. When a
judge fails to accord to a witness
that protection from insult to which
he is entitled, no fair-minded man
will blame the witness if he knocks
the offending lawyer down.
“We glory in Mr. Munford’s spunk.
We would there were more like him.
Mr. Mclntosh is correct, and is on
a line with what The Argus has
always held. Judges should protect
witnesses from insults from lawyers
rather than fining them for resenting
sucli treatment. Lawyers should be
made to treat witnesses with de
cency. .
Jerry Simpson is trying to pub
ish a newspaper without advertise
ments, subscribers or brains. We
don’t see how he can run a paper suc
cessfully without advertisers and
subscribers. Os course, the third
commodity is not necessary. No
body ever imagined it was.
Editor Atys Hilton is pleased to
say editorially, in last week's issue
of the Dublin Dispatch: “Editor
Shaver, of the brilliant Dalton Ar
gus, was here with two or three mem
bers of his family. We know him of
old and were glad to see him in this
section. He thinks much of Dal
ton’s greatness, but says Dublin is
another town after his heart.”
Thursday, August 17th, there will
be held at the Court House in Dal
ton, a big Farmers’ Institute of the
farmers of Whitfield and surround
ing counties, to discuss questions
pertaining to farming and farm life.
Cols. Jordan and Cooper, of Atlanta,
will be here, and other distinguished
speakers on agricultural topics will
be here, and every farmer in this sec
tion should attend.
Immortality?
Lucky is the poet who can say
with Horace that he has, in his
works, reared unto himself, “a mon
ument more enduring than bronze.”
The approval of one generation may
be unanimous and the next may con
sign the unfortunate verse writer to
oblivion. A notable case of this kind
is recalled in the current number of
Literature.
Fifty years ago Robert Pollock’s
poem, “The Course of Time,” was one
of the popular books of the day. In
1869, it had reached its seventy
eighth thousand, and there was still
a large demand for it.
There seemed every reason to be
lieve that the poet had achieved a
lasting fame. Over his grave hh
friends placed an obelisk with the
inscription:
“His Immortal Poem is his Monu
ment.”
“Alas! for prophecy,” says Liter
ature. “Poor Pollock, it is to be
feared, is remembered now only by
the few. Yet he has not been en
entirely forgotten. At the time of
the celebration of the centenary of
his birth a proposal was made to
erect a memorial to him in the vi
cinity of the place where he was born
in Scotland, and the scheme has re
ceived a fair measure of support.”
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BUSINESS NOTICE.
I regret very much that my w’ork
on The Argus must be discontinued
for awhile on account of my eyes.
The work has been exceedingly
pleasant, and I appreciate very much
the kindness and leniency of its read
ers to me. Cecil Huff.
While in Atlanta, Miss Cecil Huff,
the society editress of The Argus,
had her eyes examined by Dr. J. M.
Crawford, and she is now resting
them. Her retirement, even tempo
rarily, is a source of deepest regret to
the editor, as it will be to the readers
of The Argus; for, although the
youngest journalist in the state, she
did superior work, and no paper and
no reading public has ever had more
faithful, more painstaking or more
intelligent service than she has
given. During her retirement, of
whatever duration, the Woman’s De
partment as a department will be
discontinued, and the news handled
in other departments, for the reason
that trained help is not available,
and it is far easier for the editor to
do the work himself than it would be
to train other help, even if the satis
factory party could be procured.
WANTED I
A bright young man, a practical
printer, who has had experience in
reportorial and editorial work, and
in canvassing. He must be able to
take The Argus in the editor’s ab
sence and run it just as if the editor
were present in person.
Good salary to the right sort of
man, but none other need apply, for
if service did not come up to repre
sentations and recommendations, the
position w’ould not last twenty-four
hours. Address by mail.
A. H. Shaver, Box 276.
Remember, that The Argus is
offering a free scholarship and en
trance fee in the College at Dahlonega
to the young man who will bring in
the largest list of subscribers by Sep
tember Ist. Be sure you contest for
it; it is a rare opportunity for any
young man.
WHAT THE EDITOR SHOULD BE.
Editor Toney, of the Campbell
News, in alluding to a recent reunion
of his employes, says: “It was a
great inspiration to us. Never be
fore in our life did we feel the great
responsibility resting upon us as we
do now. Never before did we realize
the great importance attached to the
editorial chair.” Such meetings do
great good, when they bring editors
to realize their responsibility, and
the interdependence of the human
family. Too many editors, alas, cut
loose as if they felt no responsibility
and were absolutely independent—
even of brains.—Dalton Argus.
The Argus is right. The editor
should be a thinking man. He
should study every question pertain
ing to life in all its phases. He
should be a man of convictions, and
fearless in expressing his convictions.
If he is battling for the right—as ev
ery editor should —he will come out
triumphant in the end. The editor
that is working for money, and
money alone, is a disgrace to bis
profession--and is falling far short of
his desires. He should possess a
higher and nobler ambition than
is offered by a money consider
ation—that of educating the people
to a sense of their duty to themselves,
their fellowmen, their country and
their God. The editor that has no
desire to extend a helping hand to
down-trodden humanity, is a mighty
poor specimen of humanity himself.
—Campbell News.
“It is awful hard to get people to
pay any attention to us when we are
telling them things for their own
good.” And often they are right. In
trying to do good, you should confine
yourself to legitimate work. Don’t
imagine the Lord has any special
work for you outside of the plain,
every-day path of duty.
The effect of the encouragement of
negro rapists by the blooming idiots
of the yankee press and pulpit is
seen every day. The outrages of the
negroes continue, and the lynchings
continue. There were five lynchings
in South Georgia at one time this
week, and they will continue until
the rapists are exterminated. And
so mote it be.
A Child Enjoys
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soothing effect of Syrup of Figs, when in
need of a laxative, and if the father or
mother be costive or bilious, the most
gratifying results follow its use; so that
it is the best family remedy known and
every family should have a bottle.
Manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co.
Taylor’s Headache Pow
ders always cure the worst
headaches. Bryant & Fin
cher.
There Is to-day a crying need of a ref
ormation in the treatment of the body.
The basis of this reformation is to be found
in the thesis of Dr. R. V. Pierce: “Dis
eases which originate in the stomach must
be cured through the stomach.”
In the thirty odd years of Dr. Pierce’s
experience as chief
consulting physician
to the Invalids’
Hotel and Surgical
Institute in Buffalo.
N. Y., he has treated
more than half a
million people, with
a record of ninety
eight cures in every :
hundred. The
held by Dr. Pierce y;
that the stomach is«
the chief
place of disease, isL
abundantly borne 5 ?
out by the success
of his treatment 1
which is addressed
primarily to the
stomach and other
organs of digestion
and nutrition.
No other medicine
acts so powerfully
and as perfectly on
the stomach and
other organs of di-
gestion and nutrition, as Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery. Men and women af
flicted with shortness of breath, heart dis
ease, suffocation, dizziness, spots before the
eyes, “liver pains,” and similar ailments
have been promptly and perfectly cured by
the use of ‘Golden Medical Discovery.”
Thomas A. Swarts, of Sub-Station C., Colum
bus, Ohio, Box 103, writes: "I was taken very
sick with severe headache, then cramps in the
stomach, and my food would not digest, then
kidney and liver trouble, and my back got so
weak I could scarcely get around. At last I had
all these at once, and I gave money to the doc
tors whenever I thought they would do me any
good, but the more I doctored the worse I got,
until six years passed. I had become so poorly
I could only walk in the house by the aid of a
chair, and 1 got so thin I had given up to die,
thinking that I could not be cured. Then I saw
one of my neighbors, who said, • Take my ad
vice. and use Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis
covery and make a new man out of yourself.’
The first bottle helped me and after I had taken
eight I was weighed and found I had rained rj
pounds, J have done more hard wont in the
past eleven months than I did in two years be
fore, and I am healthy to-day and do not feel
anything like dying. I cannot give Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery too much praise.”
ALGER’S RESIGNATION.
Whether the President was dissat
isfied or not with Secretary Alger’s
management of the war department
there can be no doubt that he is glad
to be rid of him. Practically the
whole newspaper press of the coun
try was against him, and the Presi
dent had long felt that he was a
political burden that was steadily
growing heavier.
To what extent Gen. Alger was re
sponsible for the scandals of the war
with Spain it is impossible to say
with any degree of certainty. Many
of the leading members of his own
party believe that there would have
been fewer scandals if a different
sort of man had been at the head of
the war department. It must be ad
mitted in his favor that the two com
missions which investigated the con
ductof the war found nothingagainst
him. Still, it doesn’t follow from
that the war department was ably
managed during the war with Spain,
or that it has been conducted with
ability since then. The reports of
the investigating commissions only
showed that Secretary Alger did
what he could to meet the demands
upon the war department. Another
man might have done a great deal
more. That no crookedness of any
kind was traced to him is not partic
ularly to his credit, because so dis
tinguished an official was expected
to be thoroughly honest.
It is probable that the President
stood by him until he entered into a
political partnership with Gov. Pin
gree of Michigan. Pingree is not a
friend of the administration’s, and
the President lost confidence in his
Secretary of War when the latter
joined with the administration’s en
emies to make war on the adminis
tration’s friends—Senator McMillan,
whom Gen. Alger seeks to succeed in
the senate, being one of the ad
ministration’s strongest supporters.
Gen. Alger is now free to make his
fight for a seat in the senate. Asa
matter of fact, he ought to have re
signed from the cabinet just as soon
as he made up his min'd to become a
candidate for the Senate.
It is doubtful if his resignation will
call forth many regrets. It will be
remembered that as the head of the
war department he had some good
points. He was popular with the
subordinates of the department, and
was always approachable. The fact,
however, that he was on bad terms
with the Commanding General of the
army was against him. The Secre
tary of War and the Commanding
General, particularly in the time of
war, should be on the best of terms.
The war department is in constant
need of advice and information from
the Commanding General.
It is safe to say that the resigna
tion was not a surprise to the Presi
dent. It is not improbable that the
visit of Gov. Roosevelt to Washing
ton a few days ago was the result of
the desire of the President to find
out from him whether or not he
would accept the office of Secretary
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known at that tinm that >I «
resignation would ko, hi t)( I 1S
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Alger’s Kueccssor.-sav !tll „ nll I 1
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and the silver bug were all 1
of late the kissing hug has : I f
topic of interest and ttow X,. w ' I
comes to the from wit| , tho 7 I 1
ling” bug, a description jf w| . .JI
“a bug about two inches al ”
with corresponding beam,
rigged and black. Because the new
bug shows a tendency to strike * I '
victim on the neck, Jersey folkslJ I ’ ’
called him ‘the strangling biur% J F
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African one.” I
THE DRUNK ArTf? W| LL
A dying drunkaTTTn Oswego x
Y., left the following as his last will I
and estate: I
“I leave to society a ruined c| iar I
acter, a wretched example a i J I
memory that will soon rot* I 1 I
to my parents as much sorrow a I
they can, in their feeble state 2 I
I leave to my brothers and I
much shame and mortification as 1 I
can bringon them, I ].. ave to ‘ s
wife a broken heart and life of sham?
I leave to each of my children nov- I
erty, ignorance, a low character and J
a remembrance that their father
filled a drunkard’s grave." -X
Thousands of fathers have left just isl
such a legacy as this, and The Ar- I
gus regrets that Butts county has I
and is yet furnishing examples of
this type.—Jackson Argus.
Bachelor Fain has broken loose I
again on the subject of kissing
Hear him.
That “kissing bug” displayed ex- I
cellent taste in coining south in |
search of the Georgia girl, but he dis- I
played “powerful” poor judgment in I
mistaking Commissioner Stevens fur I
said girl.
For one, Brother Fain, we are will- I -
ing for the bugs to confine themselves I '«
to other men, and leave the Georgia I 8
girls to us humbugs of the sterner I 4
sex.—Dalton Argus, |
Our opinion, Brother Shaver, is I 1
that the bugs ought to devote their I ’1
entire time to benedicts and leave the I Ji
girls to us humbugs of bachelors,
We believe, also, that the wives of
all of you married brethren will J
heartily assent to the latter section
of this opinion, if not the first.-
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