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Vol. XXIV.—No. 50.
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| GREATEST SLAUGHTER SALE ON RECORD-PRICES CUT TO THE CORE! *
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/|\ Nothing' like it in the history of Dalton merchandising. High prices knocked
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Deep Cuts and Slashing Prices on Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Notions,
Crockery, Glassware, Tinware, Hardware, Groceries and Drugs.
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Don t buy a thing till you see what we’ve got, and hear our prices, as we guarantee to save you \l/
BIG MONEY ! Our store is crowded with NEW GOODS. Nothing old or shelfworn.
Read a few prices from different departments :
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Cl? Dry Goods. Clothing. We quote you only a few prices Shoes. Groceries. Ml?
/i\ J h)L a .. e .. a . n .? nt .. Os . L ° Om BleaCh b ! a -i k c ’ ay 7 orßt e d _ here to give you an idea what Men’s solid leather Shoes, plain or Extra good Flour $175 ...
•f? Outing, extra good ..... .5c '’’ * 5 ° re< an( wort 1 ’ we are doing. Here is the whole coin toe. worth $1.50, for $1 00 j Arbuckle’s Coffee 10
™ Cantmi Flannef 5c close at a sacrifice ] thing IH a nutshell :If yOU Want ; * re n s $2.00 Shoes we sell for 150 Lion Coffee 1()
/ik Cotton Checks " 5c Men’s Hats, good ones, for only 50 the best goods going, and Want Children’s Shoes from 25c up. We ]b ? ' for ',K 1 V
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Men’s heavy Undershirts 25c Wc Combs for .. 5c MENT STORE, Opposite Hem- 10c Box Stationery ami Enr 5c \f/
Cl? w. Ladies Corsets for 25c don’s COttOll warehouse. 25 best Envelopes for 5c Drilcrc
/Ak Hardware. Men s good Suspenders 10c 500 page Tablet for 5c LFFUgS.
•I. Everything usually kept in a first- Men s ,0< ‘ Handkerchiefs oc Don’t listen to others’fairy tales, but join Memorandum Book 3c Prices much lower than drug stores
/Ak class Hardware store. Our prices are Neckwear cheaper than anywhere in the procession and come direct to the Day Books 5c . vou - Come and see. We are in a . .
K uaranteed lowest. else j u town. Home of Low Prices. Pencils, per doz 9c position to save you money on this line.
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SAWMILL ASSOCIATION
Georgia and Florida Lumber Men
Meet in Valdosta.
Valdosta, Ga., September 30. —The
Georgia Sawmill Association held
two interesting sessions in this city
today and was tendered an elaborate
reception at the Elks’ Club tonight
by the local members of the associ
ation.
The lumber men met at the Val
dosta hotel, quite a number of the
leading sawmill men of Georgia and
Florida being in attendance.
Reports received indicate that the
lumber market has improved con
siderably within the last thirty days.
They also show a better car “supply
and much improvement in labor con
ditions.
a The next monthly meeting of the
association will be held at the Vaides
Wp hotel in this city on the first Tuesday
in November, during the state fair.
That meeting will no doubt have the
largest attendance in the history of
the association.
Poisoned by Milk.
Atlanta, Oct. I.—Seven children,
four of J. J. Saul, of 318 Whitehall
street, and three of his brother-in
law, J. Saul, of 172 S. Pryor street.are
critically ill at the home of their pa
rents, supposed to be the result of
ptomine poisoning, caused by bad
milk.
The children all drank milk which
came from the same dairy, and were
all taken suddenly and seriously ill
about 11 o’clock a. m. Monday. Dr.
L. Amster was called in immediately
B and ministered to the children, all of
whom he pronounced in a serious
condition.
The children were all taken sick
about the same time, and Dr. Amster
said that he thought, from all the
symptoms displayed, that they had
been attacked by ptomine poisoning,
caused by drinking bad milk.
Some of the milk which the chil
dren drank has been saved and will
be sent to a chemist for analysis.
Al] of the children are in a critical
condition, and it is thought that
death may follow.
THE DALTON ARGUS.
LEADING PAPER OF NORTH GEORGIA.
JANE AS A DETECTIVE.
She is Deputy Sheriff of Marshall
County, Miss-
Mississippi claims the honor of
having the only woman deputy sheriff
in the United States. Miss Jane Mc-
Williams, of Holly Springs, is chief
deputy of her father, who holds the
office of sheriff of Marshall county,
and she actively assists in the dis
charge of the duties of the office,
both in civil and criminal business.
A few days since Miss McWilliams
captured Arthur Gammon,.a noted
diamond thief, or, at least, she fol
lowed his trail and through her work
he was landed in jail at Memphis.
Miss McWilliams is a forceful and
energetic young woman, cool and
daring, and a quick reader of char
acter. When not in search |of crim
inals or engaged with the civil work
of the office she spends her leisure
time teaching music and is an ac
complished musician.
Mrs. Carl Black Expires.
The death of Mrs. Carl Black,
which occurred at her home early
Monday morning has cast a gloom
over a large circle of friends and
relatives of the deceased.
Before her marriage to Mr. Black
a few years ago, Mrs. Black was Miss
Herndon, daughter of E. O. Herndon
of this city.
Her noble, self-sacrificing disposi
tion endeared her to all who knew
her —she lived for others, not self.
Where there w’as sickness or sorrow
her helpful and comforting presence
was always a blessing and she has
now gone to receive a rich reward.
Mrs. Black is survived by a hus
band and a number of sorrowing
relatives.
The funeral occurred Tuesday
morning from the residence, Rev. T.
J. Christian officiating, and the in
terment at West Hill cemetery.
Many friends came with their last
tokens of love and ladened the cas
ket with beautiful flowers.
The Argus joins the entire com
munity in sympathy to the bereaved
ones.
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Capt. J. H. Latimer was a pleas
ant visitor here Monday.
The Inter-State Fair will cost in
round numbers SIOO,OOO, and it can
all be seen for 50 cents.
None but the brave deserve the
fair —but anyone who has the price
will be admitted at the Inter-State
Fair in Atlanta.
Hon. John W. Maddox has been
invited to make a political speech
here the first Tuesday in October,
and will no doubt be here. —Spring
Place Jimplecute
In seeing the famous rough riders
of the Seventh Regiment, who will
be in attendance upon the horse
show in Atlanta every day, you see
the most daring equestrians in the
world.
Work on the long-distance tele
phone line from here to Chattanooga,
via Dalton, is moving along rapidly.
A large force of hands went to work
on the line between here and Resaca
Monday.—Calhoun Times.
Mrs. J. M. Berry is confined to her
room this week with a painfully
wrenched ankle, the result of being
thrown from her carriage by a run
away horse last Friday afternoon.
Her two children, who were driving
with her, were also slightly bruised.
There will be no services at the
Episcopal church next Sunday morn
ing, October sth, as announced, as
the rector has been called to meet
the Bishop at Cave Springs, where he
will make an official visitation. In
stead services will be held on the
following Sunday morning, October
12th, when tiie rector, Rev. F. W.
Ambler will be present.
Charlie Guntz, while working for
the electric light company, happened
to a serious accident Wednesday. He
was standing on the ground when a
chisel fell from the top of a pole, cut-
BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN PIEDMONT SECTION.
ting him on the shoulder, inflicting a
serious wound. He w r as given at
tention by Drs. J. C. Bivings and G.
H. Hightower and is now doing nice
ly-
Mr. Frank Summerour was exhib
iting a peach on the streets this week
which was grown on a tree in At
lanta. It weighed fourteen ounces
and measured twelve inches in cir
cumference. The tree was located
in Atlanta, and Mr. Summerour and
two other parties bought it, the price
paid for it being SIOO. Twenty thou
sand trees have been budded from it
already. It is an unknown variety,
but will be known as "Summerour’s
Choice.”
Cove City Dots.
We are still having very warm and
dry weather, and the cotton crop is
short; it will take about five acres to
make a bale.
The sweet potato crop will be very
good, but there is not a good stand of
late Irish potatoes.
Edwards & Stephens don’t think
they will get more than one hundred
bales of cotton to gin; and I think
they ginned three hundred last year.
Masters & Black have their gin up
and are ginning.
We have been without a preacher
over two months, and the people are
getting anxious to hear preaching
again. I wish Bro. Allen would send
us a preacher.
J. E. Helton has gone to Alabama
seeking a location.
The telephone men were here this
week and said that they had put
forty-nine telephones in Calhoun.
The telephone line will run about a
mile from Cove City, Ga.
Mr. Camp, from near Rome, was
up today looking after some land he
had in the Cove.
R. L. Mann has closed his school.
A Citizen.
A GEORGIA WONDER.
A Giant Oak Tree Which Owns Itself
At Athens.
A giant oak tree, which owns itself
and eight feet of ground on all sides,
is one of the chief attractions at Ath
ens, Ga., says a Washington news
paper.
This tree stands on Dearing street,
in fashionable Cobbham, and is one of
the most magnificent oaks in all the
south. It is tailand symmetrical;
its great limbs are shaped a? if by
the hand of an artist, and under its
shade several generations had shel
tered themselves from the heat or
have taken refuge in storm.
Nearly a century ago Col. W. H.
Jackson, son of Governor James
Jackson and father of Chief Justice
Jackson of the Georgia supreme
court, went to the court bouse in this
city and had a deed placed on record
in which he said :
"For and in consideration of the
deep love and veneration I have for
the oak tree (giving location) and a
great desire that the said tree be pro
tected for all time, I convey to said
oak tree entire possession of itself,
together with eight feet of ground on
all sides.
Col. Jackson loved the tree. He
bad watched its growth from his
childhood, and when he saw it stand
ing in its magnificent proportions it
pained him to think that after his
death it might fall into the hands of
those who would destroy it.
The land around the tree has been
sold at different times, fashionable
and costly homes have been built
close to the tree, but the wishes of
Col. Jackson, as expressed in the
deed, have been sacredly carried out.
District Hission Meeting.
The district meeting of the Wom
an’s Home Mission Society of the
Dalton district will be held in Dal
ton October 10-13. It is sincerely
desired that every charge in the dis
trict be represented.
Delegates are requested to send
their names to Mrs. P. B. Trammell,
Dalton, Ga.
Mrs. D. B. Freeman,
District Secretary.
One Dollar a Year.
WRECK NEAR ROME.
Freight Train Plunges Into Switch
Engine With Crash.
Rome, Ga., Sept. 30.—Last night at
8 o’clock a south bound freight train
plunged into a switch engine at the
Howard avenue crossing in East
Rome, wrecking both engines and
many cars.
No one was killed. Engineer
Banks, of the freight, had bis leg
broken and was cut on the head. His
injuries are not thought to be of a
serious nature.
Fireman Jake Collins, of the switch
engine, was badly jarred. He saw
the collision was coming and jumped
from bis engine just in time to save
his life.
The freight was bound for Atlanta
and was making good headways.
When near North Rome the air
brakes would not work, and the en
gineer lost control of the train which
contained 11 freight cars and a ca
boose.
He saw the switch engine standing
on the main track, but could not
check the speed of his train.
The engines came together with a
terrific crash, which could be heard
for blocks.
Millinery Openings.
This is opening week at the milli
nery stores and the displays are un
usually attractive and elegant.
Large crowds have visited the es
tablishments of the Dalton Millinery
Company and Miss Bosa Copeland
and have been loath to leave the
many handsome creations.
The street hats, shown in many
new shapes and styles are extremely
smart while in the pattern hats black
predominates in the loveliest ar
rangements.
Herron & Thomas’s miilinery de
partment. under the supervision of
Miss Hebb, is crowded with beauti
ful shapes and trimmings, and their
handsome display of pattern hats
this week could not be surpassed.
an exquisite display of plumes is
shown at both establishments and
some handsome pieces of real lace in
the Dalton Millinery 7 Company’s
show window, made by Miss Louise
Sutherland, are being greatly ad
mired.