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4 ROVAI. Bakin6 Powder Absolutely Vure Makes the food more delicious and wholesome RCVAL BAKINQ POWDER CO., NEW YORK. THE DALTON ARGUS. Entered st the Postoffice in Dalton, Ga., as second-claso matter and issued every Saturday by A. H. Shaver. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY. TELEPHONES, NCS. 1 and 23. A.. 11. SHAVI2R, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. SATURDAY, AUGUST 5. 1899. Ella Wheeler Wilcox says she wrote “Solitude.” We see no urgent reason for her having made any such humiliating confession. The kissing bug is a native of the Phillippine Islands. Hobson killed its business over there, and it had to come to America to make a living. Ex-Gov. Atkinson declares that there are conditions which may in duce him to re-enter public life. What “conditions”—a chance to get office ? “Fame, fame, O what is fame?” Go ask Dennis O’Connell, of Mt. Sterling, 111., who is reputed to be able to eat more onions than any other man in America. Unless the negroes quit commit ting rape in Georgia, they will be exterminated. This is the certain end and they should recognize the fact before it is too late.—Rockdale Banner. “Will the dog be an issue in the next campaign in Georgia?” asks the Darien Gazette. Yes; in some counties it will be simply a question of choice between two canine dispo sitions. Politics in Mississippi have al most reached the South Carolina level. McLaurin was elected to the United States senate from Missis sippi last week because he “ate greens with his knife.” Russell Sage, the New York multi-millionaire, has given SI.OO towards the repair of the cemetery in which his ancestors are buried. He need have no fear of heart disease — especially of enlargement. In the south a mob is not able to run a town more than a few hours at a time. Note the Bainbridge case. In the north the mob is often able to run the town about as long as it pleases. Note the Cleveland case. — Savannah News. That’s the difference in the two sections. The “law and order” in the south is genuine, while that at the north, like the red paint on the Irish man’s parrott, is only surface deep. Joe Wheeler has evidently been spoiled by too much flattery and petting. He seems now in a fair way to make a goose of himself. — Waycross Herald. Yes; Old Joe is a grand old man, but he is getting too prone to fall on the necks of the yankees and weep, to suit me. We like the record Joe made in the sixties far better than the record he is making now. Hon. Hoke Smith says of the I’hillippine war: “Nine-tenths of the people of our section are opposed to continuing the war. The sentiment all over the south, I believe, is over whelmingly against trying to retain the islands. The Filipinos are fight ing for liberty in the same way we did 100 years ago and the American people are already sick and tired of the slaughter going on there.” And Hoke Smith is eminently correct. The Georgia Weekly Press Asso ciation decided at its last meeting to turn that organization into a work ing body hereafter. Good; let them stick to that agreement and we will see an improvement in Georgia journalism. Heretofore the annual meetings of the association have been a failure, so far as being a benefit to - or resulting in the advancement of ; the weekly papers. Editors with no i surplus cash cannot afford to attend ; these meetings merely for the pleas ure, because they cannot afford it. » But they would make a sacrifice to ( attend if they were turned into ( business meetings.—South Georgia Home. THE DALTON ARGUS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1899. THE LADIES’ CONVENTION. The Annual Convention of the Home Mission Society of the North Georgia Conference will meet in Dal ton, Sunday, August 27th, and ex tends through to the next Wednes day night, August 30th. The body numbers from fifty to sixty delegates, and is one of the most notable, most pious, most distinguished gathering of consecrated Christian women that meets in the United States. It is a great honor to Dalton to be allowed the privilege of entertaining it, and the good it will do in the community can only be measured by the amount of the grace of God that is poured out upon it, the earnestness of the prayers that are raised for its bless ing, and the heartiness with which the good people of Dalton welcome it and entertain it. It can meet here and revive and refresh every Chris tian in the city, or it can meet here and its history as to benefit and im provement to our people will be told in the reading of the minutes of its business session. It all depends upon the people of Dalton —if they open their hearts to its gracious in fluences, they will be blessed; if not, they will stand still (?) —No; there is no such thing as standing still in this world; we either go forward, or go backward. It is needless for The Argus to urge the hospitable people of Dalton to open their doors to the delegates. Were there five times as many in number, all would receive a cordial, warm reception and hospitable en tertainment. The warm hospitality of Dalton is too well known for that to be doubted for a moment, and what The Argus urges upon you is not simply to open your doors, but to open your hearts, and above all open your souls to its blessed influence. Its session will mark a gracious sea son of revival in Dalton —if not of public manifestion, certainly of in dividual good and church improve ment. BRUNETIERE AND AMERICA. In the Foreign Letter in the cur rent number of Literature, a corre spondent signing himself W. M. F. quotes interestingly from M. Bru netiere’s recent book, in which he details his impressions of this coun try, and in particular of American audiences. M. Brunetiere is a close observer, and many little points which have escaped other public speakers en tirely have appeared to him es pecially significant. Thus he men tions a curious stir which went through a Baltimore audience when he quoted Carlyle’s eulogy of Shake speare from M. Izoulet’s translation of Heroes and Hero Worship. The people, according to M. Brunetiere, felt themselves “glorified in this apothesis of Shakespeare.” A simi lar feeling was noticed in Canada when the critic read the “Cid,” “An dromache,” and Pascal’s Pensees, which, according to the writer, awoke in the hearts of the French Canadians the thought that, al though British citizens, they were of French origin. Whether or not there is any foundation for M. Brunetiere’s ideas, they make a most useful argu ment in his appeal to the French people, with which he concludes, begging them to defend the glory and the age of the classics. “Shall we be less French than they?” he says. “Shall we learn from them what we owe to ourselves ? And shall we not recognize that whatever there is taken away from the glory of these men and of their age is, alas! not taken from them, but from us—taken from the French soul ?” Forty cases of yellow fever are reported at the Soldier’s Home, near Hampton, Ya., just across the Hamp ton Hoads from Norfolk. Os course, we all expected yellow fever this year, and can only pray for its visi tation upon the country to be as light as possible. A most sensible man truly says: “When the negroes fully realize that their living and welfare in this coun try depend entirely on their good conduct, it will be much better for them.” SPECIAL NOTICE. Since making the announcement last week that, during Miss Cecil Huff's absence on account of her eyes, the Woman's Department of The Argus would be discontined, the editor has been fortunate enough to find a young lady to occupy the place (during Cecil’s retirement), in the person of Miss Clara Freeman, the bright daughter of Col. Sam R. Freeman, of Atlanta, and a younger sister of Mrs. W. H. Prater, of Dal ton. Miss Freeman is in her seven teenth year; yet, while young, she has developed a wonderful literary ability, having made some most cred itable contributions both in prose and poetry. Cecil kindly installed her in the place the first of the week, and the editor bespeaks for her the generous consideration of the public for her first efforts in a new, strange position, and requests for her all the help and encouragement it is possi ble for you to give her in the pursuit of her calling. They used to call the editor of The Argus a “goldbug”, but, thank goodness! nobody ever called him a “kissing bug.” The telegraphic dispatches this week tell us of a white woman being assaulted by a negro brute right in the shadow of the White House in Washington, and also tell of many recent assaults in that city, and relate the story of miscegenation rampant in the na tion’s capital. This is what might have been expected, and if these brutes should attack the ladies of the White House themselves, we might be led to again believe in old fashioned retributive justice; for all these outrages really lie at the door of such fellows as McKinley. GOV. CANDLER’SHORSE SENSE. Recently, Gov. Allen D. Candler was asked by the Chicago Inter- Ocean to answer these two questions in regard to the race problem in the south: “What Is the cause of the conflicts between the whites and blacks ? “Is there a remedy, and if so, what is it?” Gov. Candler replied in a two-col umn letter, Under date of July 26th, and it is a characteristic letter strong, to the point and free from beating the devil around the bush. He plainly says the cause of the race conflict in the south lies at the door of the yankee “fools and fanatics” who placed the ballot in the negro’s hands, and have been encouraging him toantagnize his white neighbors ever since; and he then declares that the only chance for the negro and the south to live on terms of peace is to take the right of suffrage away from him (partailly at least) and thus remove all cause for designing whites corrupting the blacks and arraying them against their neigh bors. On this line, the Governor says: “It has required many generations of tuition to fit the Anglo-Saxon, the strongest race in all the elements of true manhood, for intelligent self government, and many of this race have not even yet learned success fully all these lessons. “How then can we reasonably ex pect the weakest of all races, men who have just emerged from a state of bondage, whose ancestors only a few generations ago were roaming naked in the jungles of Africa, subsisting on the spontaneous productions of the earth and the uncooked flesh of wild beasts, and who had never even heard the name of God, to be capable of self-government. “The idea is preposterous, and the greatest crime ever perpetrated, not only against American ideas and in stitutions and human liberty, but against the southern negro was when, without preparation he was clothed with all the rights and privileges and responsibilities of citizenship. “As in the case of the Anglo-Saxon, so in the case of the African, gener ations of this moral training will be required to fit him for these duties and responsibilities. This process is too slow to meet the emergency. “We need a remedy immediate in its effects and this remedy can only be found in a qualified suffrage. The ballot must only be entrusted to the virtuous and intelligent. Now many men vote who are intelligent, but not virtuous and many more vote who are virtuous, but not intelligent. “The safety of the state and the happiness of the people of both races demand that the voter be both vir tuous and intelligent. Restrict the suffrage to those having both these qualifications and one of the greatest causes of irritation will be removed, race prejudice at least in politics, will be eliminated, and the happi ness and the material and moral con dition of the southern negro will be greatly enhanced. “Erect this safeguard, continue to support free schools for the educa tion of his children. “Let the preacherand teacher con- It is something be sides bad air that makes a woman faint in a close theatre. A well woman wouldn’t faint. The woman who easily grows faint and dizzy —who has palpitation of the heart—a “stuffy” feeling hot flushes nervous troubles, better look for the cause in her digestive system or in the distinctly feminine organism maybe J in both. Women who are not quite well and don’t know just MJa what is the matter, and W® women who are really sick ObjffiS** and don’t know exactly what is the V matter should write at once to Dr. R. V. Pierce, ''LoNi at Buffalo, N.Y., A/ z? stating their symptoms in de- f tail. They will beadvised by Dr. Pierce with- J ZFjKh out charge. " /y /rfflw Dr. Pierce is, '’"7 /f’l'T and for over | ’ thirty years has been, chief consulting physician in the world-renowned Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. He has treated and cured more suffering women than any other physician in the world, and more of his “Favorite Prescrip tion,” for the correction and cure of all dis orders and diseases of the feminine organs, except cancer, has been sold than of all other similar medicines. Write to Dr. Pierce. If his medicines are what you need he will tell you so, if they are not what you need he will honestly say so and will tell you what to do. Dr. Pierce’s position is a sufficient guarantee that his advice will not be biased by the hope of selling you a few bottles of medicine. If you wish to study up your own case Dr. Pierce will send you, free of all cost, a paper-bound copy of his great 1000-page book, the “Common Sense Medical Ad viser,” of which over 750,000 were sold at $1.50 a copy. All that Dr. Pierce asks is that you send 21 one-cent stamps, to pay the cost of mailing only. If you prefer the book in fine French cloth send 31 stamps. Addresr Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. YT tinue to assiduously inculcate the lessons of virtue and mortality, pre cept upon precept, and line upon line, continue, as is now the case in Geor gia, and I believe in all the other southern states, to accord to him equal and exact justice in the courts and in the legislature, and above all let misguided fanatics at the north and elsewhere who do not and can not, unless they were on the ground, know the real situation in the south, cease their intermeddling and leave the matter to the southern white man and the southern negro for adjust ment, and soon there will be no race problem, rape will be reduced to a minimum, lynch law will become a thing of the past, tranquility will be restored and the negro will be hap pier, better protected and more pros perous than he has ever been.” Both Gov. Candler’s premises and conclusions are logically and practi cally correct. Fanaticism led the north to run amuck in casting indig nity upon the south, and it not only committed a sin against the south, but against civilization when it put the ballot in the hands of a race wholly unfitted to exercise the right of franchise. The cause of the ne gro’s evil deeds lies at the door of the north; the protection from him lies in the restriction of the ballot by the states, and in the summary punish ment of evil doers. Such wholesome talk as Gov. Can dler gives the Inter-Ocean will do the north good, if it has sense enough to profit by the Governor’s wisdom. An exchange suggests that the way to prevent the outrage of white women by negroes is to kill the ne groes before they commit the crime. There can be no doubt that such a disposition is fast growing, especially in communities where outrages have been committed.—Waycross Herald. This acrostic has been suggested by the New York Journal about the five men most prominent in the pres ent administration’s affairs: SHAFTER. HANNA. ALGER. MoKINLEY. EAGAN. Yes; it is truly a story of “shame” to the whole country. In the course of an interview a few days ago, Ex-Gov. Boise, of lowa, is quoted as having said: “Sixteen to one is not and never was an essential of democratic faith. It cannot be made so now, because the democratic party will never be united in its fa vor.” If our memory serves us rightly, Gov. Candler of this state made a somewhat similar declara tion in ins campaign for the governor ship, supplementing it with the statement, however, that bimetal lism is democratic faith—which is Ex-Gov. Boise’ position.—Savannah Nows. And there is much food for thought in Horace Boise’s opinion. It shows the general drift of democratic sen timent all over the country, and is an evidence that the democratic party realizes the necessity of winning next year. One Minute Cough Cure quickly cures obstinate summer coughs and colds. “I consider it a most wonderful medicine,— quick and safe ”—W. W. Merton, May hew, Wis. For sale by Bryant & Fincher. northeast EVENT. The editor o7Kn RGCs b ceivedan invitation toatl guest of that city, the at Elberton, Ga., which August 21st through 4., The program™ racihg, bicycle contests h >| tournaments, fire works’ dL loon ascensions, military brass band tournament, h*-1 and tennis games. An oUi’m r 11 1 Georgia barbecue and a bh swappers’ convention are at a I on the programme. The crown' the “queen of the carnival” place at 9 o’clock Monday Z , I August 21. “Her Majesty” the most beautiful young lad" U northeast Georgia! a „| voting contest is now i„ see who will win this distine The destruction or the-Maine” X be the most thrilling Md M( .’ event of the week, a huge hat/ ship, built especially for this „,j' pose, s now in course of construe,L and the grand fire works’ di.nl.; will take place at night on the«»’ ing day after an address by ex-Gov ernor Bob Taylor of Tennessee, all J which will be free to visitors Distinguished orators from all sec tions of the country will be present among them being General Joh nB ’ I Gordon, Hon. Clark Howell,Hon } * G. dußignon, Judge Emory Speer 1 Congressman W. M. Howard and I Col. James M. Smith, of Georgia- I Senator Ben Tillman, of South Cart/ I lina, and his happy political family- I Hon. Bob laylor, ex-Governor of I Tennessee, and Rev. Sam P. Jones, 1 of the world at large. Mrs. W. IL Pelton will also grace the carnival with her presence, and will deliver an address on the opening day. It will be one of the biggest occa sions ever known in Northeast Geor gia, and the editor of The Argus will certainly be on hand, if he finds it possible to attend. The New York Independent calls Bob Ingersoll “a brilliant Fourth of July Rocket.” Was there ever a better description of a man ? Gener ally, in mercy and in leniency of judgment, we feel that Jesus made ‘ expiation for the sins of a fallen world. Today his name is spoken with reverence by people of every nation ality, and his blessed gospel is puri rifying and ennobling the lives of millions, who can say “I know that my Redeemer liveth.” There is a hope that makes pain and misfortune easier to bear, and is glorifying in death. But, the pagan Ingersoll died suddenly, hoping nothing of the future. We almost look beyond and see the fate that suddenly overtook the soul that scoffed at its maker. We know that his life left no im portant impress upon the minds of men, and he will soon be forgotten. His vain theories were no solace to dying humanity; they gave nocom fort to the living. The fact that H. Clay Evans is’ again talked of for the republican nomination as Governor of Tennes see shows better than an almanac the hour of low tide in republican politics in that state. P'or Hendache caused most likely by a Disordered Stomach, accompanied by Constipation, use Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. For sale by Bryant & Fincher. _______ Berry- Bryant H ard ware Co. have bought 100 White Sewing Machines, and will sell the highest grade nia chine for less money than ever sold before. Leave your name at the store if you want a machine, and our traveling salesmen, Shultes oiCJohn son, will carry a machine to your home. Taylor’s Headache P° w ' ders always cure the worst headaches. Bryant A Ri cher. I Sammer colds I S are noted for hanging on. a, They weaken your throat g and lungs, and lead to < <5 serious trouble. *- Don’t trifle with them. g =5 Take Scott’s Emulsion at g* once. It soothes, heals, g and cures. < 50c. and sl. All druggists.