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The Da Ito n A rgu s PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY BY rtlE ARGUS PUBLISHING CO B. L. HEARTSII.L. Proprietor Entered as second class matter at the Dalton. Ga.,* post office. rEliM* OF SL’BSt IMI’TIOX : pally, Oue Year $5.00 Daily, Six Months 2.50 Dally, Three Months - 1.25 Weekly, One Year 1.00 Weekly, Six Months .5(1 Weekly. Three Months .25 lfi| *■ K " % ARGUS OWN BUILDING The telegraph service of The Argus covers the news 01 the entire world. It is supplemented by a local news service unexcelled by the ’eportorial service of any newspaper South, mak ing it a phylscal impossibility for aay lerson living in this section to do without The Argus except at a dis tinct loss. All the local news first. You can help Dalton by helping Dalton enterprises. o ‘‘Have I done all I could for Dal ton?’’ ought to be asked and answer ed by every citizen of the town. o Bryan hopes never again to become a candidate for the presidency, and lie is not alone on that proposition. o By a vote of 92 to 4 Adairsville has decided to have a free school system —-and a very wise decision it was. o If the meat we eat is as bad as the government inspector says, what must it have been before inspection began? o South Georgia is complaining about dry weather. . But that is nothing new—they are always eomplainng about something. o Georgia’s two d>sLi iguished sena tors a,c< *s"*?•’? sick list. Here's liop .-- mg that they will soon be themselves again. o No less than a dozen are after the seat of the late Congressman Griggs in the Second district. It will like ly prove a most interesting contest. o Dispatches say Cook will prove his claim as the first discoverer of the north pole. This may be true, but there would always remain many doubting Thomases. o The records show that there were thirty-three per cent more crazy peo ple in Savannah the past year than the year before. Will bet Atlanta can beat this record and not half try. o The republican party is having its troubles, which bid fair to be ex tended. May they increase—it is the best thing that has happened in many a day. o The New York Evening Bost has dosed what Advertising Manager Burr thinks is the largest contract for advertising space ever made with a daily newspaper. Mr. Burr signed it up with John Wanamaker personally, and it is for a page a day for five years, a total of 227,628 inches o ' We are not kicking but really isn’t Dalton about to outgrow her present passenger depot ? If you don’t think so take a peep at almost any time when one or more trains are expected to arrive. The fellow who could gain entrace into the waiting room at this time would be eligible as a member of a football team. And especially is this true in inclement weather, and since the doors on the W. & A. trains have been closed so passengers arriving in the city are forced to remain at the depot until the train departs. ’ o THE IDEAL SUBSCRIBER. If all subscribers would follow the example of this one the editors would always be happy and they would have a clear passport to better things. Try it: 1 ‘Good morning sir: Mr. Editor, how are the folks today? I owe you I for next year’s paper, and I thought 1 iI 'd come in and pay. And Jones is going to* take it,-and this is his money here. I shut down lending it to him and then coaxed him to try it a year. And here is a few little items that i happened last week out our way; 1 thought they’d look good in the pa per and so I just jotted them down. And here is a basket of apples my wife picked expressly for you; ami here is a pumpkin from Jennii>»-she thought she must send something too. You're getting out a mighty good paper, as all of our family agree; just keep your old goose quill a flap ping and give bad men a good one for me. And now you are chuck full of business and I won’t be taking your time; I've got things of my own to tend to —good day, sir. 1 believe I will climb." —Fayette City. (Pa.,) Journal. a MR. BRYAN ON THE COUNTRY PAPER. ‘•I am glad to commend the work of the country newspaper. It can be owned by the editor who edits it and, therefore, has behind it a con science and character which can be identified, which is close to the peo ple and can give voice to the sen timents of its readers. Me have to depend more and more on the country papers for an educational work that is necessary to a correct understand ing of public questions. '1 here is a lot of difference between the man who writes what he is told to write and the man who writes what he be lieves is a message to his readers. At this time, when the great dailies are becoming more and more business en terprises rather than exponents of op inions, and especially when a num ber of them have become the property of predatory interests, the country newspaper increases in importance. —William Jennings Bryan. DUTY OF NEWSPAPERS. A man engages in the newspaper business to make a living, just like any one else in any oilier business. It is not the duty of a newspaper man to ferret out any mean or coiffenipti-I ble act any more than it is the duty of a citizen. The citizens of a com munity are responsible for the immor ality of a towp. for dishonest elec tions, for the breaking of the law — not the newspaper. How many busi ness men are there in a town who will condemn a wrong doer when they know it will injure them? And yet, that’s what some people expect a ! paper to do. The trouble is. the so called honorable people of a com- : munity haven't the moral courage to , stand up for the right. A majority of them, if they indorse an article con- ] demning the wickedness of some scion will come around to the editor in pri- ; vate and tell him he has done right, yet when it comes to talking it on the ' streets and elsewhere, their courage fails them, and the editor is left to tight the battle alone. It is the in dividual and not the newspaper that j hasn’t moral courage. Newspapers reflect the wishes of the people and are the result of existing conditions* which must be changed, if at all. by 1 individual efforts. 1 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Your attention is called to the fact that we have bought the drug busi ness of Dr. S. J. McKnight and are restocking it with a new lot of prescrip tion drugs and will soon install an up-to-date soda fountain. We will be prepared to fill your prescriptions and will appreciate your patronage. Griffin Bros Southern Queen Grates Are the very best —Will save their cost in coal in one wii ter, besides giving more heat. Have one put in and get read;/ for cold weather. We have a variety of styles and sizes, both black and plated ; also have Club House grates and extra grate baskets in all sizes, top tiles, fire brick fire clay, etc, Our prices are reasonable and we shall be glad to fill your wants. Have that stove set before the weather gets cold. Gardner Plumbing Co I- i ’SUNSHINE AND MOONStINEi' : : i AMHiiißiiuiiiiiiiiii'iiaißHißiiißiiiii • iii i a an (By James Wells.) The Land That is to Be. Sometimes I get to thinking. Os “The land of used to b’’ An’ it starts my spirits sinkh As old friends 1 seem to s e. Then I rouse me from my dnaming And another vision see. And with happiness I'm teemiig, In the land that is to be. I O, joyous land of beauty! 0, land that's ever bright; Where pleasure's in each dut', And hearts are ever light. Where never comes a sorrow. Where trials we'll never sei. On that magic day—tomorrow— In the land that is to be. O, lovely land that is to be. t Os fair and radiant hue. j Where only lovely things we sei. Where all our dreams come true. How could we live our dull, tired life Were it not for the visions wp see That bid us to triumph through rials and strife — In the land that is to be. .... Life. Life is largely what we make it, And the matter’s up to you, ! So decide how you will take its With a smile or feelin' blue? Come to think about it, Wouldn’t it be nice, If roses came in winter. And summertime had ice. • ••• Don't waste your energy on im possibilities—get busy and make pos sibilities of them. • ••• Deep Waters. A life that flows like a river. Silent and swift and deep. Is not disturbed by the pebbles Where shallower waters creep. ... To the hungry tramp —‘‘Much reading inaketh a full man. IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE what ready mixed paint you buy, or at what price; you pay for the linseed oil it contains at paint prices, and have to guess whether it is pure or adulterated. When you use the condition changes, since 2-4-1 is all paint and is made to stand the addition of one gallon or more of Pure Linseed oil—which YOU BUY YOURSELF at oil prices—the result is two gallons Pure Linseed Oil Paint —and in addition, a saving to you of about one dollar on the transaction. How Do You Like the Idea? For Sale by FARRAR LUMBER CO. Dalton, Ga. Money to lend on improved city property. Address Loans, care Argus, l-6-6t FOR SALE—Good house and lot on King street.. Apply to Dr. M. Ivl. Puckett. 3t THE t)AILY AKb US A NATURAL C3.VPASS. Trees Reliably Point thf. Way Th.--ugh the Wildor.iess. A famous Canadian guide, of whom his friends assert that you could take him up in a balloon blindfolded and drop him into the middle of the wilderness and he would find his way out, was asked by a New York hunter not long ago how he did it. “Is it true," said the New York man, “that you can find your way back to camp every time and in the etraightest line possible?” “That’s what they say," admitted the old guide, “and,” he added half apologetically, “1 should be asham ed of myself if it wasn't pretty close to the truth.” “How do you do it?” “Well, sometimes I know pretty well where I am—l mean in a gen eral way —and I feel the direction of the camp or whatever place it is I want to reach. You know that is an entirely different proposition from merely getting out of a forest or a section of country. The man who doesn’t know where he or any thing else is can always follow the streams and get somewhere some time if he holds out long enough. “But that is a different matter from taking an objective point, even imaginary, and then going straight through the wilderness to that point. Perhaps not many guides themselves can do that with absolute success, though it seems a very simple thing to me.” “Do you mean that you can hold a perfectly straight course through thick woods and across broken country without a compass or sun light to guide?” “As straight a course as could be followed in such country.” “What is your guide, the moss or growth on the shaded side of tree trunks ?” “No. That’s not to be depended on. Sometimes the dampness col lects on the north side of a tree, sometimes on the east side, some times on another slant. You can’t depend on it, for it may be one thing in one ravine and just the opposite where the currents of air and relative positions of tree and water are reversed. “But there is one thing which in any general stretch of country is infallible. That is the inclination of the trees. Every section has its ptevailing wind. If you know what is the prevailing wind of the region where you are it seems to me that anybody with half an eye ought to . be able to hold a straight course. “Os course you won’t find the trees in thick woods bending at a decided angle as you will find those on exposed ground. But if you ob serve carefully you will detect [ enough variation from a straight perpendicular to keep you going true. That’s the secret of my sense of direction, and it’s a secret every man in the woods can share.”— New York Sun. 4 The Unsewn Witness. The lecturer was growing very vehement .n the course of his ora tory. His subject was “How to Be Happy Though Married.” “As we all know,” he cried, “the duty of a wife is to be a loving helpmate to her husband by cooking his food, attending to the various requirements, conducting properly his household affairs, and so on, and bo on!” “Ah,” sighed the little man in front, “they never perform that last duty!” “Which one is that?” asked the lecturer. “Why,” explained the little man, “sew on and sew on!” And he ex hibited his shirt cuffs, which were fastened with pins. No Weight Needed. A village baker bought his butter from a well to do farmer in the neighborhood, who was a customer of his, but after a time he com plained that the farmer gave him short weight. His complaints were unheeded, and at length he laid them before the district magistrate. The fanner was summoned and forced to produce his scales, but he brought no weights. “I’ve brought do weights,” he explained. “I didn't need them.” “Not need weights?” the magistrate asked. “Not for the baker. I weigh his weekly pound of butter with the pound loaf he sends to me!” was the farmer’s re ply. —London Mail. The Wisdom of the People. It is easy to fool any single indi vidual, but it is hard to fool the people. What one man does not know another man is very apt to know, and a hundred people know more than any single individual who is trying to fool them. One of the hundred is sure to think of a good answer to any fallacious ar gument, and this will spread. A man does not know much, but the people are exceedingly bright, be cause they learn from each other.— Atchison Globe. j A GREAT RAZOR SALL MAIL ORDERS FILLED SFo IMPORTED WORS3/o\l i.ooo Fine Imported Razors will be Disced on sale at 97c. These razors I are from one of the leading importers ot razors n. the C mted States. The M.L Brandt CutWy Co of New York Theyareall high grade samples. We secured ~ 5 a big stock a£a ridiculous figure. The assortment compnsesallthewell known I . > makes including the “Wade & Butcher,” Brand B I "Wost-nholm” Pipe Razor, “Ben-Hur,” ’Lewi*. ’Blue Steel, popular brands | yg? » I ofa'l 'he famous makers. In fact, we have been selling the same yientical razors ■ ashizhas<2 >an t Sx.oo each. Every razor is guaranteed perfect. ar.a set ready * I for use Every raz orsold that does not give perfect satisfaction can beexchanged. 1 ($2.00 BRANDT S razor Strops 97c11l The Brandt Self-Honing Razor Strop is the best razor strop on I AvA) the market to-day. The only razor strop in the world that nones ■ zsAjfes and strops your razor at the same time and enables you to obtain | j IC Nan edge which only an experienced barber can give. The Brandt ■ | Self-Honing Razor Strop will put a keener edge on a razor anth g I W*WB BitiliMaM fewer strokes than any other razor strop. Your razor will show, ■ 1 ESJSSMSB and your face will feel the difference at once. Guaranteed never ■ BPwl to become hard or glossy. Sold and advertised everywhere at $2.00. ■ Kfe • < q Our price during this sale 97c each. * $2.00 Brandt Safety Razors 97c I ; por nien w * lo cannot use a straight razor, we have placed on sale ■ J g the celebrated Brandt Safety Razors. They come with a blade made of K the finest Sheffield steel, which is full hollow ground, rhe Bran it ■ B’ade will last a lifetime and can be honed and stropped same as an ■ g ffiSKS ordinary razor. Fully guaranteed The regular price of th.’s razor is j . i $2.00; during this sale we will sell them at 97c each. L Fincher & Nichols Damn, Ga, $2.00 Razor Hones 97c \ Mail Orders ' Filled TRY A WANT AD. IN THE DAILY ARGUS IT WILL WORK FOR YOU Plain Sewing Wanted Mrs. Thos. R. Westmoreland 87 S. Spencer St. Dalton, Ga. O. A. SIMS, M. D. Office Up Stairs in Rear of Herror & Thomas’ Store. Office Hours:—7:3o to 9:00 a. m. 2 to 4 p. m.; 7 to 9 p. m. Residence—4B South Depot Street Tramp—Thank you, that will do very well —and I shan’t need the rag. t. a. mcentire CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER General repairing—All sorts of Car- ! penter work done in first-class style, I Also grates and Brick work. Drop me a card and I will call at once. Photographs oFine Photos at the lowest price possible consid ering quality of! work. Specia attention given out door groups birthday din-I ners etc. J. B. FINLEY, Photographer. MRS. H.H. ROBERTS Dressmaking Parlors. Now Open. Up Stairs in the Felker Building, 301-2 N. Hamilton St. Opposite Dr. M. M. Puckett’s office. Phone 241. . | J. M. RUDOLPH ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Upstairs Hardwick Building. Commercial practice, collections an | bankruptcy law a specialty. Commissioner to take testimony. DALTON - GEORGIA FOR SALE. My place at Ringgold, Ga. Five room house, large barn, 4 acres land, under fence, young orchard of 150 trees; apples, peaches, grapes; best well water in Ringgold. Price S6OO, $250 cash; balance on easy terms. J. B. FINLEY, 261-2 N. Hamilton St., Dalton, Ga. ■' [ WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD TIME TABLE IM EFFECT SUNDAY, MARCH 28 SOUTHBOUND ARRIVES DEPARTS No- 1 4:13 p.m. 4:17 p.m. No. 3 4:05 a. m. 4:08 a. m. No. 93.....8:17 a. m. 8:21 a. m. No. 95 5:46 d. m. 5:49 p. m. northbound ARRIVES DEPARTS No. 2..„.11:57 a.m. 12:01p.m. No. 4.....11:57 p. m. 12:01a.m. No. 92..._ 808 p. m. 8:11 p. m. No. 94 10:01 am. 10:04 a.m W ANT ADS PHONE YOU WANTS TO J THE DAILY ARGUS PHONE 166 Advertisements in this column only one cent a word. J. H. Reynolds has opened up a I nice general repair shop on the Green property, near the union warehouse, and invites his customers and friends W to give him a call. All work done up to-date and guaranteed. Three good experienced hands at work. ts For new or second-hand Heaters see J. A. Shope. A full line, cheaper than you can buy anywhere. ts For Stoves of any description see J. A. Shope. ts FOR SALE—Fifteen good second hand buggies for sale cheap. Apply to John Heindon, at Bryan’t livery stable. FEATHERS WANTED! One thousand old feather beds wanted. Phone No. 222 and let us surprise you in prices. We also make feather mattresses. S. VAUGHN. NOTICE. 1 I have moved my blacksmith shop , to the back of Bryant’s livery stable. Will be pleased to do your .repair work and horeshoeing. All work iguaranteed. ! w. C. HOWARD. DR. G. B. LORD OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Phone 33. Office at Residence 28 Selvidge St. FOR RENT—My store on South Hamilton street, and a nine-room res idence on Selvidge street. Apply to J. T. Richardson. JTr '* - - •* h’i a fl ' PEARL MOOINIE EXPERT PIANO UNER AND REPAIRER. Dalton, Ga. (Formerly of St. Louis) Guarantees to make any old piano good as new. Nine years experience in factory work. Orders left with John A. Shope, No. 9 King street, will be given attention. I alienee is a gift of experience. >