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XtiE DALTON ARGUS
Official Organ of Whitfield County
Entered at the Postoffice in Dalton,
Ga., as second-class matter and issued
every Thursday by R. A. Johnstone.
R. A. JOHNSTONE,
Editor and Proprietor.
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The alleged state-wide prohibition
law is Janus faced beside an error and
a farce.
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We must have the two big power
companies bring their cables into
Dalton.
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Lot the public know about those I
umbrellas, gum shoes and rain coats
you have for sale.
A big permanent auditorium over
at the fair grounds would help might
ily for many reasons.
Tn about 30 days Dalton will cele
brate the opening of her Great White
Way and it will be the second one in
the south. •
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Judge Russell agrees with The Ar
gus that more and better country
schools are needed. We must and
shall have them.
Judga Russell explained his posi
tion on the local option matter to the
entire satisfaction of the strongest
prohibitionists here.
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Never mind Pearline, Dal on 's great (
white way is on the road and its com
ing is like some people are said to get ,
to heaven—by degrees. j
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Judge Dick Russell seems to have
spiked the gun of some of his politi
cal enemies by the explanation of his
. local option platform when in Dalton
last week. j
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The Atlanta Constitution has a head- <
line 'which reads: “Atlanta has low- t
est rates for washing your sins away.” i
This is probably due to the volume <
of business. > i
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Th extension of the Western & At- J
lantic railway to the sea as advocat-p
ed by Judge . Russell means many <
Kindreds of thousands to the people 1
Georgia. It must come. i
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We are opposed to whiskey in any
shape, form or fashion but to us Plain
Dick Russell appears to be more hon
est on the whiskey question than
either of his opponents —Calhoun
Times.
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The Argus grants to all its readers
the. right of free expression, provid
ed in their writings they couch their
language in courteous terms. It does
not. however, follow that The Argus
endorses the communication in the
whole or in part.
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The enterprise shown by the Chat
tanooga Manufacturer’s Association
in sending several car loads of the
things made in that city to the state
fair at Macon is one that has no pre
cedent in this country and nowhere
else that is known. It is only ap
proached in part by the manufactur
ers of Scranton, Pennsylvania, who
have a fine indoor fair every year.
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‘Judge Russell convinced every hear
er yesterday so far as we were able to
learn that be would make a fine gov
ernor and a great many offered him
their influence and support. They will
be but little fireworks in the cam
paign in this section. The plain peo
ple—thoe who make the country —
have the bit in their mouths and are
going to elect their own governor this
time and it looks very much like Dick
Russell to us.
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The merchant who does the greatest
msiness and the one who prospers
ost is the one that advertises. You
* not think so but it is a fact that
le with an idea above a mole will
e. It is the city that does the
Ivertising that grows and pros
most but like the merchant it
advertise that which it has
•eason some merchants do
is because they have no
rtise that wise people
VALUE or THE COUNTY FAIR
The editor of the Argus has mad"
i* a special point to interview several
o’ Whitfields oldest, most conserva
tive and best know farmers as to the
value of the county fair to the farm
ers of Whitfield.
One of them said: the increased
value to them in the past ten years
(since the fair organized) has
been fifty thousand dollars.
Another one said it had been nearer
one hundred thousand.
Yet anothefir cited a certain neigh
bor. who ten years ago did not have
over ten head of live stockall told and
! valued at about 500 dollars, whereas,
now that same farmer owns 16 head
jof work stock, not io mention the
cows, sheep and hogs.
Each one seen by the editor said
this increase undoubtedly due
to the prizes, which stimulated keen
compelrtion and thus not only increas
ed the quantity but the quality.
This is certainly very gratifying to
hose who started the fair, and to those
who have worked so persistently since
for its success.
What has been in the matter of live
stock was true of the other
products of their farm, garden, and
poultry departments.
Tnteligent and intensive farn/ing
is bound to make this section richly
independent.
Cotton as a sole crop must be
abandoned, in-fact we must not depend
upon any one crop, it would be viola
ting the nature of our soil, be can
too many kinds of crops to place
our dependence upon one.
'"his country ami climate of ours
rre too generously supplied by a
bounteful nature to be relegated to
a single crop.
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ENFORCING THE LAWS.
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Judge Fite has ordered the grand i
jury of Whitfield county. Ga., to in- 1
diet drug store proprietors, vendors ]
of fruits, soda water, cigars, etc., in <
the city of Dalton, who shall sell their 1
wares on Sunday, which means that
every place wherein any kind of bus
iness is done shall be closed, be do
not know, says the Chattanooga Times
that the order affects the sale of
drugs or the compounding of physi
cian’s prescriptions —probably not
because the law exempts that class
of business in the idea that it is a
work of necessity and mercy. But
the inhibition is against every form
of business not necessary.
The instructions of the judge are
consistent with his oft repeated as
sertion that be is a champion of law
I '
i enforcer, and we cannot say that he
'is very far wrong. Tn fact, he is in
a measure right, and if every judge j
in the country would follow his ex- .
ample there would be a mighty hustl- i
ing to purge the statute books of the
many dead letter laws that now clut
ter them to no purpose. Whether
; Judge Fite can enforce his order is
questionable; certainly the single ex
ception of enforcing these laws under
his jurisdiction will create no such
i widespread demand as will secure
their repeal, because everywhere else
thy are dead lettrs and give no offense.
His action raises the question whe
! ther a judge shall exercise common
1 sense and sound judgement to accord
’ with the spirit of the times, or whether
he shall hark back to the times of
b* re-law sentiment and in the letter
of his oath of office demand the en
i forcement of every foolish or freakish
law then enacted and kept on the
i statute books through the inaptness
I and cowardly indecision of subsequent
■ legislatures. Judge Fite appears to
- have finally concluded to fake the lat
-; ter view of it and while his action
> may work an inconvenience and per-
> haps carried to its logical consequen
: ces prove distasteful to a majoritv of
i the people of Dalton, he may fully
; defend himself by declaring That he
, doesn’t make the laws. Tn this,
; he differs with 99 per cent, of his
i idicial brethren, but to “differ” ap
ars to be life and breath and dis-
I action for the judge of the Geor-
> a. Cherokee circuit.
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t If you have the blues go out to the
3 First Methodist church tonight and
i ( hear some good old religious singing
- j and a good sermon by Dr. Foote and
; you will be surprised how much bet
ter von will feel.
DOCAL OPTION.
The/Times has been for local option
as long as Dick Russell has and The
Times has nefer waited for it to
prove itself a popular issue to sub
scribe to it. We would not be sur
prised if the majority of the people
of Georgia are on that side, but we
do not believe that a majority of
them want to tie that question to lie
ail of any man’s political kite. —Val-
dosta Times.
But Judge Russell did the tieing |
and to the tail of his own kite. No j
other candidate seems to have bad I
the temerity to do so.
MISINFORMATION BY THE
BUSHEL.
The Dalton Argus of recent date
contained the following bits ol mis
information. towit:
“An esteemed Middle Georgia
exchange says that the larger
per cent of the State papers fa
vor the election of ‘Little Joe’
Brown for governor. Without
surrendering any opinion we have
regarding the power of the press
(knowing also its weakness) we
kindly refer our friend to the race
made by the late Governor W.
Y. Atkinson who had the support
of only about twenty papers out
of the then one hundred in the
State. About eighty bitterly op
posed him. and yet. and yet he de
feated the ‘Old Guard’ (Gordon.
Brown, Colquitt, et al.) to the
tune of 25.000 majority. Strange
fbines —ill happen in the life of
new. pap ‘re. even.”
Whv The Telegraph is designated
as a “Middle Georgia exchange” is
not much eh arer than the alleged
facts set forth. We saw a statement
in a paper pr’nted not far from Dal
ton that “all.” the county papers
had lined up for Pope Brown. This
led to a checking of the papers that
come to the office, the result of which
The Argus notes.
Tn regard to the W. 5 . Atkinson
race- The Telegraph supported him.
and our impression is that while both
Atlanta papers opposed him a majori
ty of the country papers stood with
The Telegraph.
As to “Gordon., Colquitt. Brown,
et al.” Colquitt was dead. Brown died
that year and took no part in the
campaign. Gen. Gordon took no ac
tive part.
Th” “25,000 majority” is wholly
a myth. There were no State pri
maries in those days. The counties
held court louse mass meetings at
separate dates —each at its own time
and pleasure.
I The 25,000 majority referred to
J way have been that over James K.
| Hines, the IJopulist candidate for
Governor that year, and now special
attorney for the Railroad Commis
sion. But in that election two of the
.“Old Guard” supported Atkinson
and all the Democratic newspapers of
the State were with the nominee of
their party —Macon Telegraph.
If Macon is not in Middle Georgia
our travels have been in vain and our
geography at fault.
Tt was not The Argus who said
that most of the country exchanges
favor Pope Brown —rather inclined
to think they favor Dick Russell.
By the “Brown. Colquit. Gordon
et al.” we meant the LINE UP which
defeated Tom Norwood in his mem
orable campaign.
As to the majority of the country
I weeblies being apposed to Atkinson
it was a boast of his friends that he
was elected in spite of them. Per
haps Joe Terrell. Warner Hall. John
( Little Bill Osborn. Bill Brantly. Jim
Flynt and others will remember as well
'as wo will that Governor Atkinson
defeated (with the valuable help of the
i Telegraph,) the niost astute set of
• politions the state had after the civil
war. despite the majority of country
weeklies.
Was a Hummer.
Judje Fite is holding court in Editor
jShope’s town again this week, and
■ the charge which he delivered to the
' grand jury, as we judge from the re
i port published in the Dalton Argus
was a “hummer.” —Albany Herald.
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3 ONE-POUND PACKAGES SODA
FOR 10 CENTS. BOWEN BROS.
LITTLE JOE’S NEUTRALITY.
Joe Brown's position of “neutrali
ty” on the vital subject during the
campaign simply means that he is ■
satisfied with the present inadequate |
law governing the sale of liquor in
this state.
It would seem, therefore, that un
less “Little Joe” comes out square
ly for state wide prohibition, Pope
Brown is the only candidate the pro
hibitionists of Georgia can afford to
i tie to in the present gubernatorial
| mix-up.—Jackson Argus.
“SWATTING CONGRESS.”
Representative Roddenbery. who
comes to Crongress from Georgia, has
no illusions about the importance of
his job r the esteem in which notional
legislators are held at home. He tells
this story.
A little Georgia boy, whose father
had just been elected to the Legisla
ture of that state said one day:
“Maw. pop's a pretty big man now,
aint he?”
“Oh I dunno,” answered his mother
“lb he makes a good record they’ll
send him to Congress, won’t they
maw ? ’ ’
I hunno. 'Maybe. I ain't every
had much use for Congress sence they
would't pay for the cotton that was
stole durin’ thne war. Still, if they
want to send your paw up there it clont
make no diff’rence as fur’s I’m con
cerned. They can’t swat Congress
too hard too suit me.”
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JUDGE RUSSELL STIRS
NORTH GEORGIA PEOPLE
Rome, Ga., Oct. 17 —North Geor
gians are interested in the aggressive
campaign being waged by Judge Rich
ard B. Russell, the local option candi
datt for governor of Georgia. Judge
Russell will speak at LaFayette. in
Walker county, on Friday, Oct. 20.
He will then come to Lindale, a man- j
nf act tiring village of Floyd county,
and speak at 8 o'clock the same night.
Well-informed politicians believe that
Judge Russell is very strong through
out this section, and his followers
state that they expect him to carry
every county in the Seventh con
gressional district, with the possible
exception of Paulding.
ADVERTISING DAY.
Governor Hoke Smith has set aside
Thursday. November 30th, as Geor
gia Advertising Day. The object of
this, as the proclamation sets forth,
is to so advertise our state, her fer
tile acres and her splendid oppor
tunities, as to bring to Georgia the
highest type of citizenship of other
states, “that our millions of un
tilled acres, from the sea to the moun
tains, may be made to yield of their
abundance and add to the physical,
financial and moral prosperity of our
state, and bring ns world-wide re
nown as a happy and contented peo
ple.”
That railroad from Dalton to Mur
ray county must be started soon.
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Dalton has no auditorium to hold
a convention if it had one coming.
Neither has it a hotel big enough to
accommodate half a crowd. A cham
ber of commerce could induce capital
to put one up better than the most
influential citizen in Dalton.
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We hope all communications to
The Argus will have hopeful tones
hereafter and that all kicking, buck
ing and growling will be cut out.
What We want and need now is to
get together. A growler and grumb
ler is about the most despised crea
ture in the world and no one, not even
his own ilk, has any use for him. An
ounce of sugar will catch more flies
than a barrel of vinegar any day.
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The Augusta Chronicle lets fall this
comment on the state campaign and
its “issues”: “Sometimes we won
j der if eligibility to high office in
Georgia is strictly confined to the
Smith and Brown families, remarks
the Tampa Tribune. Even our neo
trality doesn’t prevent us calling
Judge ‘Plain Dick’ Russell’s atten
tion to the fact that there is a good
j plank for his platform.—Albany
i Herald.
By James Wells.
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Let the Other Guy Alone.
If you want a life of pleasure,
Or of profit and of gain,
If you want to skip a measure
Os life’s sorrow and of pain;
If in the waste of after years
You do rtot wish to moan
With sighs and cries and bitter tears .
Let the other guy alone.
A fellow comes along some day
To sell a patent right,
And then you up like some fool jay •
An’ go ahead an’ bite.
An’ when you find vou've signed a
note
That costs you many a “bone,”
’Twill pay to, so you'll always vote. '
Let the other guy alone.
An’ when some measly little chap
Gets sorter fresh an’ gay,
An’ then you think you've got to
scrap.
An’ knock his “block” away.
An' then he simply wears you out,'
An’ breaks most every bone.
'Twill pay to, so you'll never doubt, J
Let the other guy alone.
An’ so I say in everv walk,
Tn business or in play.
Just keep an eye out on your talk
And walk the narrow way.
And if temptation comes to you,
Until all control has flown,
About something to you that’s new —
Leave the other guy alone.
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Fall.
A subtle melancholy in the air,
A feeling half of sorrow half of
joy,
Regret for summer with her moods
so fair
And joy for insect pests frost will
destroy.
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That “Lid.”
T do not want a Sunday drink —
T’d get it if T did —
Nor think the law is on the blink—
But OH! you Sunday lid!
Some Day.
The sun can shine but part the day.
And ever comes rhe dark, dark,
night.
Rut, weary traveler on your way.
The morn must come and all be
bright.
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JUST GEORGIA TALK.
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A Cool Time for It.
Darian Gazette: Os course John
Barleycorn will always he with us,
but there is no good reason why the
question now under discussion should
not be submitted to the voters at the
gubernatorial primary. Let’s .dispose
of he thing when the weather is cool.
Not Even Honorable Mention.
Sylvania Telephone: We don’t
know of any law against killing 'pos
sums; they did not receive honorable
mention in the game law.
It Doesn’t Matter.
Americus Recorder: .The people
continue to refuse to get excited.
As the Augusta Chronicle says, “Re
ally what does it matter which one is
governor ? ’’
Well, Who Doesn’t.
Eatonton Messenger: We want to
collect SSOO on subscription between
now and Nov. 15th.
Had the Grain Wrong.
Dublin Courier: The Augusta jury
that decided that “bottled in bond”
whiskey was only imitation and did
not come under the prohibition law
was splitting hairs the wrong way of
the grain.
A Cha.r.ce for All.
Enquirer Sun: An Alabama con
temporary observes that “the people
of 24 states aer to have a chance to
head President Taft and to' Major
Butt.”
An opera house is a luxury, but
me of those necessary luxuries and
Dalton must have one soon.
' The luguet. Chro„ iele is
oM top. It k n „ ws a ~,|j trail
it sees one. he °
W e will give a year’s snWr
I for Truth to the man !1 ’ tlo n
man. woman.
!or newspaper reporter thm *
iJefe Russell My lh „ .
the state could not be mW-ed.
i Uncle Remus’story of th tarl ~
! an d the rabbit would afford us a |
.text to preach a political sermon L?
jto some of the papers ii G eorsria "
[supported “Little Joe’’
, . , iasC time
1 but we won t.
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The Macon Telegraph h
made the Chattanoogam A. W1! th
Tuesday think they were a- hoir ,
when they picked up i^. e
| to see the aecond section of that paner
I full of Chattanooga adveriisments
.and a whole lot of pictures „f he r
lie buildings.
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j When Judge Russell was on the
( Western circuit bench and a jury j
j brought in a verdict of guilty f or a Vl
| man who had been charged with the
! offense of running a blind tiger or
| violating the prohibition law he im
| posed fines from five hundred to one
thousand dollars and never under five
hundred. He sometimes added one
year in the pen if the parly was a man
of good education and knew better.
The records of the courts in that cir
cuit will show these statements to be
sacs.
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WANTED—COVZ PEAS. SOR
GHUM SEED AND BLACK WAL
NUTS. BOWEN BROS.
A WHAT ANYHOW.
The Brunswick News wants to
;know whether Joe Brown is ‘‘a pro
. hibif ionist, a local optionist or what «
! anyhow. ” Our private opinion is ■
I that he is a what anyhow. It may ”
be remarked in passing that in the
eyes of Joe-Brownites a what anyhow ■ I
is simply perfection, while in the opin
ion of the antis it is something awful.
—Albany Herald.
2 PACKS SNUFF FOR 15 CENTS.
BOWEN BROS.
SATISFIED THE PROHIS IN
DALTON.
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The Dalton Argus has practically
(espoused the cause of Judge Russell.
So far as we have seen this is the first
•'newspaper in the -tale that has come
to a near-line-up for Ike appellate
court judge. After his speech in Dal
ton Saturday, the Argus said editori
ally: “Judge Russell explained his
positiofi on the local option matter to g
the entire satisfaction of he strong- |
est prohibitionists here.’
All of which shows that the Bi-Pol
itical Machine has found that Pop e
Brown is not strong in North Geor
gia, and they have decided to switch
the prohibitionists to Russell, it they
can.
Tt is a queer game and preth hoi
tactics. We shall watch with i llttl
est the two-horse ride of the Bi
Political machine. Ye haxe seen ex
pert circus riders perform a feat on
.two horses, but not when they ' ver
going in opposite directions.- M.i‘ l
Telegraph.
W e would be glad to have the Tel
egraph tell us who it means
‘‘they. ’’ We have espoused the cause
of Judge Russell because we thin’
him the best and most accept"bl ( 1 .
for the place and know t t
going to win because his plats jl
appeals to the largest numb' l 1
ers in the state. This latter state
ment we do not expect the ' '
to believe but we want to so.' 1 ■'
to say after the election
so.” The Telegraph is to- 1 a
friend and too sincere in 11
it espouses to have a smal
ourselves poke fun at it al' '
tion, so we have our fun
never like to jeer a fallen !'
he is ever so big.
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The press agents for Woodr' 1 ”
son are very busy these " \
your Uncle Jud Harmon wib
democratic Thermopolae.