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established 1850,
“THAT WHICH PLEASES MANY MUST POSSESS MERIT’’-THE CITIZEN PLEASES MANY.
Fifty-eight Years Old
VOL. LV1II. NO. 27.
DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, A P R IL 8, 1909.
91.00 PER ANNUM.
AT COURT HOUSE MONDAY ANOTHER DATE
Numbers Honored Memory of
Deceased Attorneys.
tributes in full.
Attorneys and Business Men Spoke of
Lives of Col. R. J. McCamy and
Col. C. C. Bowen.
E
GETS NOTHING
[Funds in the Treasury Are Very
Low.
CHARTER MUST WAIT.
Owing to Fact That the Treasury is
City Council Backs Up Action of in Shaky Condition, Charter Won’t
Former Meeting. I Be Revised Yet.
A good sized crowd gathered at the
court house Monday afternoon at 3
o’clock to pay tribute to the memory
of Col. R. J. McCamy and Col. C. C.
Bowen, two members of the local bar
who died last August
Among those who spoke of these for
mer members of the local bar were
Col. S. P. Maddox, Col. W. C. Martin,
Judge G. G. Glenn, Col. M. C. Tarver,
Mr. R. H. Baker, Capt. R. P. Neal, Mr.
McEntyre, of this city; Judge Neel,
Col. T. C. Milner, of Cartersville; Col.
Skelly and Col. Erwin, of Calhoum
Mr. R. H. Baker had prepared a
written memorial to Col. McCamy, and
after it was read Judge Fite ordered
that it be placed on the minutes of
the court, together with the memorials
prepared by the selected committees.
The exercises to Col. McCpuny were
taken up first, and following is the
tribute prepared by the committee:
May it please your Honor:
Immediately preceding and since the
war between the states to within a
recent period, the Dalton bar was the
peer of any bar in the state of Geor-
ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Where Money Goes—Amount
Stricken From Voucher.
The committee appointed by Mayor
Wood to revise the charter of the city
j of Dalton met with the council Mon-
Dads Want School Board to Show | d a y night—at least Col. Martin was
present to represent this committee
After considerable discussion, the city
fathers decided that the matter could
wait until some other time, as the
funds in the treasury were getting rath
er low; and the whole business wound
up by the action of the council in de
ciding to revise the charter immediate
ly being rescinded.
Col. Martin briefly explained the po
sition the committee was in. He stat
ed that they wanted the work mapped
out by the council before they took hold
That the council meant business
when the members, by a majority vote,
decided that the city should not bear
the burden of expense connected with
the running of the ninth grade, was
shown as clearly as the nose on your
face at their last regular meeting.
This came up when the chairman of
the finance committee read his report.. . ..
, , , a of it, as they were unwilling to go
In the report was embraced the ... ,
, „ . I ahead and revise the charter know
ing that the chances were that the
council would refuse it when it was
presented. Col. Martin also stated
. , „„„ ™ . . that the work would be considerable,
school board, stated that $77.50 of the . . , . . . ..
’ . I and that some one who understood the
amount was what the mnth grade cost . . . , . ..
, , matter should be appointed and paid
for the month, and asked that the fQr ke work
council approve the voucher with this
amount stricken if they didn’t approve
it in full. This the council did; they
PAYSJJCENSE
Company Expects Council to Re
duce Fee to $15.
Robert H. Baker Elected Fore
man of Jury.
SEWER QUESTION.
Filters Will be Bettered—Firemen to
State Convention 1 —Record Kicks—
Printing Committee.
voucher for school purposes, accompa
nied by an itemized statement of the
monthly expenditures. In sending up
the statement, Mr. Trammell, of the
The council then considered the
plan of appointing a committee from
. their body to meet with this special
appro\ed it with the ninth gra e ex I cbar t er committee; but when the com-
penses stricken.
Later on in the evening an ordinance
gia. To caU the roll of those const!- was adopte d to the effect that all or-
mittee was named and voted on it
seemed that the members didn’t want
it, and the motion was lost.
It was the report of the finance com-
not be paid until they had been sub- mittee that frightened the council;
mitted together with an itemized
tuting the Dalton bar during this pe- ders drawn by the school board should
riod sustains the accuracy of this
statement | mnxea togetuei wi.u I this report showed where more money
Of the older members may be men- sheet to the mayor and council, and I ^ gpent ^ taken in ^
tioned Col. J A. R. Hanks Col. LA. that such orders shou ld not be coun-l ^ Qf ^ year With th e dis-
W. Johnson, Judge Dawson A. Walker, tersigned by the mayor and clerk un- 1
CoL W. K. Moore and Judge C. D. tbe council approved them
McCutchen; each of these distinguish^ This pract ice of having the school I “that the expense of”hi7ing”a
ed gentlemen were lawyers of the b oard send in an itemized monthly
highest type, not only in this imme- 1 sbee t of expenses is something new,
man to draft this new charter could
not be easily met at the present time,
diate section, but were so recognized as orders dr awn by the board in the ^ & motion w& put and carried that
by the courts of last resort in Geor- ‘ paS |. bave been approved by the coun-
gia, as well as by the bar of the state. 1 cil without going into every item.
Two of these distinguished gentlemen
graced the bench in Georgia—Judge
Walker, the supreme bench; Judge
McCutchen, that of the superior courts
of this, the Cherokee circuit.
The opinions of Judge Walker rank
with those of his colleagues and his PRESBYTERIAN,
predecessors on the bench, and are, ^ meeti of the Westminster I
fP* controUln * fte P ri “ cll,leB Leag , e „, as conducted by Mies Flo Her-
The volumes ot the supreme court roll, the subject for the evening being
the Book of Proverbs. Mrs. McBryde |
the charter committee be released from
duty, and the motion to have the char
ter revised be tabled. From talk that
came' up later, it was seen that the
members of the council intend to have
this work done at some future date;
and the motion was tabled only to
be taken up again at some future date.
reports during the period Judge Mc
Cutchen was on the bench attest the
fact that the cases he tried were sel-
Fv* dom reversed. His knowledge of the
law was such, and such care was exer
cised in the trial of cases that error
seldom resulted.
Col. Johnson had few equals as a
criminal lawyer. No client he defend
ed ever suffered the death penalty,
and few r were convicted, and, if con
victed, usually of some minor offense.
Col. Moore was known as a natural
lawyer. His knowledge of the law
from principle was a weapon wielded
with consummate skilL
Col. Hanks, skilled in the law, the
senior of the other four, was acquaint- portant business matter which
ed with the evolution of the law in
VISIT CITY
made a very interesting talk on “The
Ideal Woman” as pictured in the last
chapter of this book. Another enjoy
able number on the program was the
talk on “Consecration” given by Mr. , ~ r
Field, of Atlanta. Tom Barclay will | Three Possible Congress Candi
dates Here Monday.
JOHNSON TALKED.
P. Maddox, A. W. Fite and M.
Johnson Here in a Bunch—
Mr. Johnson Will Run.
w’hat was known as the Cherokee Sec
tion of Georgia. Practicing law dur
ing a period rich In reminiscence and
anecdote of Georgia’s great lawyers,
it has been a source of great regret
that articles from his pen giving his
recollections of the lawyers of this
period were lost. The loss of these
reminiscences can never he replaced,
and is a loss of incalculable value.
Associated with these eminent law
yers, younger In years and practice,
were Col. J. E. Shumate, Col. R. J-
McCamy, Col. Jesse A. Glenn and Col.
T. R. Jones, the latter being the young
est.
Col. Jones had In him much of the
ability of his contemporaries. His
forcefulness as an advocate was of
frequent comment. His position at the
bar was an enviable one, characterized
by the demeanor and conduct of a
great lawyer and a gentleman.
Following after these as members
of this bar, but whose deaths preceded
some of those mentioned, were Col.
B. Z. Herndon, CoL W. C. Glenn and
Col. Trammell-Starr.
Bill Glenn as he was familiarly
known, was a member of the Atlanta
bar when he died, but at all times
held high in esteem by the lawyers
of his home town. These gentlemen
though younger In years and in the
practice, possessed many if not all of
the qualifications of the older prac
titioners, learning from them the high
standard of great lawyers. These men
were lawyers not satisfied with know
ing the law, but they endeavored to
M. L. Johnson, of Bartow county,
who wouldn’t much care if the people
be leader for the next meeting.
Mrs. W. M. Denton was hostess to I
the Ladies’ Improvement Society at
its regular monthly meeting on Tues
day afternoon. Lilacs and violets weie
used in profusion throughout the house, j
this color scheme being carried out in I
the delicious ice course which was
served during the afternoon. An lm-
came |
up before the society was that of put
ting additional lights in the church,
“VaaT «■» Seventh District shonM choose
eaHy date. ± , , 0 f him as Mr. Lee’s successor, was in
society wil e e Tuesda y in the city Monday, carrying with him
Mrs. Sue Allen, the first Tuesday | & fnllfledged candidate , al-
M Ts P ecial Easter service will be held though he didn’t state positively that
a + t his P church on next Sunday evening he woufd be m the lace for cor i
I s JohnTs Commandery of sional honors. M hen asked about his
Knights Templars, .which will be con- candidacy, he stated that he was seu-
dueted by Dr. J. W. Bachman, pastor ously considering entering
of he First Presbyterian Church, of when the time came, and he wanted
Chattanooga. An excellent musical everybody else to consider him as a
program is being prepared, and the ser- possible candidate
• • Unff looked forward to with Although he dn
muchinterest, especially by the secret | make a positive statement that he
order men.
A letter from the Western Union
Telegraph Company was read before
the city council Monday evening, the
letter stating that the $25 license for
the past year would be paid by the
company, and in the letter was the
correct amount.
This fee of $25 placed on telegraph
companies doing business here was de
cided on by the council of last year,
the fee previous to that time being
$15. At the time of the increase of
the license, the Western Union people
registered a kick, stating that the li
cense w r as too high for the amount of
business they got from this point. For
a time, it rocked on, and it was at a
meeting this year that it was brought
to the notice of the council that the
fee had not been paid.
The Western Union company stated
in the letter that it was too late to
raise a kick about last year’s license,
and so the amount was being for
warded ; but they said that they would
expect a reduction to the former fig
ures, $15, for this year.
Now, the council has already made
out the license fee ordinance, and the
license to be charged telegraph com
panies is down on the ordinance at
$25. It is not likely that the council
will make this reduction even though
the company expects it.
Printing Committee.
The council now has a new commit
tee, one on printing; and that commit
tee is composed of Councibnen Ru
dolph, Bearden and Hill. The duty of
these members is to look after all
city printing, procure stationery for
the different departments of the city
government, etc. When any printing
is to be done these men will secure
prices, and then submit the matter to
the council for approval.
Delegates to Convention
A letter from the secretary of the
Georgia Firemen’s Association was
read before the council asking that
delegates be sent to the annual con
vention, which meets this year in Ma
con. The dates for the convention
are April 13-15. The matter was re
ferred to the fire committee with
power to act. Whether or not the
council is willing to bear the expense
of sending delegates, delegates will at
tend the convention, as the local fire
men are greatly interested in the as
sociation.
Sewer Question Settled
Another matter to come up before
the council was that of sewer connec
tions. This matter was discussed at
a former meeting, and the council
then decided to charge for connections
to the sewer 1 per. cent of the value
of the property connected. The coun
cil Monday night decided to charge
this amount for connections, and not
charge any annual rental for sewer
privileges. The water commissioners
will have a collector out within
few days, who will collect this amount
ManufacfMer’s Record Want More
Just where it was started is not
known; but it is a fact that nearly
every person has something to say
of the work of the grand jury. Ru
mors that the present grand jury is
about the liveliest little wire imagina
ble are flying thick and fast; and ev
eryone is expecting the jury to do
mountains of work. Just how much
these rumors mean will be known
within a few days.
When court convened Monday morn
ing the names of the grand jurymen
were called and, while a number had
been excused from duty by Judge Fite,
still there were just exactly enough
drawn at the last term of court to
get the required number—23.
^The jury’ then retired to elect a fore
man and clerk; and on their return
to the court room, were sworn in, R.
H. Baker, the foreman, taking the oath
first. The clerk appointed is Lee
Routh.
After the grand jury had organized,
work was begun. If this jury follows
in the tracks of former juries they
will be busy until about the middle of
next week, when they will adjourn af
ter making their presentments.
The grand jury is composed of the
following:
William D. Kitchens, Ed F. Hamil
ton, Albert K. Howell, Henry C. Ham
ilton, Edgar Jackson, Sam R. Hassler,
George W. Tipton, R. J. L. Richard
son, George V. Freylach, William K.
Bridges, William A. Manis, Frank A.
Hamilton, Newt A. Bradford, Thomas
J. Bryant, Robert R. McArthur, Rob
ert H. Baker, Columbus V. Earnest,
Richard E. Carroll, William H. Kirk,
Ben W. Throgmartin, Jacob B. Loner,
David C. Henton, Lee Routh.
PROMINENT DOCTOR
WILL LOCATE HERE.
(Continued on page 8.-
would be in the race for Congress
man Lee’s job, still his words and ac
tions left no room for doubt. He is
in the race, and that’s all there is to it.
Mr. Johnson is one of the most
Dr. Otto C. Grunitz, of North Carolina, I rom i nen t farmers in the state. For
is Coming. | severa l years he was at the head of
j .. | the Georgia division of the Southern
Dr. Otto C. Grunitz, of RItc ® ’ ' Cotton Association; and is. consequent-
°- "'“rrieUeY’to'aMendHestat. k widely known among the farming
ed that he had visited Dalton in the class. He was one of the candidates
t and was very much impressed for the legislature from Bartow eoun-
vdth the city. He stated positively tv, and while there were two to be
in his letter that he would locate here, selected, he ran ahead of the ticket
The coining of Dr. Grunitz will add severa j hundred votes, getting a vote
another to the excellent corps of doc- mueb i argei . than the 'man who ran
tors here, and he will receive a warm L econd on tbe ticket,
welcome. j From the present, it would seem that
_ ,, 3TT7 „ 2 Rover- there wiU be tbree candidates from the
noTo^orge Curry today telegraphed Cherokee circuit, as both Hon. S. P.
t President Taft his resignation as Maddox, of this city, and Judge A. W.
governor of New Mexico. I Fite have stated that they are seriously
Some tirfR ago, the city of Dalton
was advertised in the Manufacturer s
Record. The city decided to discon
tinue the advertising, and asked for
a statement. When the statement was
asked for the clerk wrote that the ad
vertising should be discontinued. This
was not done and when the amount
for the advertising was sent the Rec
ord, they sent another statement for
$27.20 for additional insertions, stat
ing that the advertisement was not
discontinued until the city had made
a settlement. A letter to this effect
was read at council meeting, and the
matter was referred to the city attor
ney. He will investigate it, and if the
city is liable for it, the amount will
be paid.
thinking of being in the race. While
others are mentioned in this circuit
still it looks like these three are the
ones who will bear watching.
When Mr. Johnson was here Mon
day, he managed to stroll up to the
court house. Meeting a number of hi
friends on the way, he stopped for
handshake; but at last reached the
court room; and the three candidates
were then sheltered under the same
roof. The three candidates got away
with the meeting in first-class shape
ar.d there was absolutely no blood spat
tered around the walls.
IS
CIGARETTE DEALERS RAPPED
N JUDGE FITE’S CHARGE
JURY LIVELY ONE.
Lee Routh Made Clerk, and is Being
Given Plenty of Work—Rumors
Flying About.
COURT GRINDS
SLOW BUT SURE
Few Cases Tried the First Two
Days.
FIVE TRUE BILLS.
Business Up to Wednesday Morning—
Cought Will Probably Adjourn
Friday for Week.
There seems to be very little business
before the court, the first two days of
this week having passed off quietly
with only a few cases decided. Prac
tically the entire morning Monday was
taken up in organizing the court and
the charge of Judge Fite. Court then
adjourned at three o’clock for memorial
exercises.
Tuesday court settled down to busi
ness, and this morning the work was
being pushed to completion. From
appearances, court will probably ad
journ by Friday for the remainder of
the week; and a few days of next
week should see the completion of the
term.
Sheriff Gilbert and his deputy, Bar-
tonfield, together with five bailiffs, are
on hand to assist in the work. The
bailiffs are John Shope, F. T. Howard,
B. A. Wiggins, Jim Pangle and Tom
Stephens.
Judge Fite is presiding over the
court, and the business of the state
is being looked after by Solicitor T. C.
Milner.
Up to Wednesday morning, the
grand jury had returned five true bills.
The jury is just now getting busy, and
it is believed that many bills will be
returned. ^
Following is the business up to Wed
nesday morning:
,T. J. Nelson vs. Mattie Nelson, libel
for divorce, granted.
Sallie Hawkins vs. William Haw
kins, libel for divorce, granted.
John H. Smithey vs. Lula Smithy,
libel for divorce, granted.
W. W. Bruce vs. Whitfield Deverell,
verdict for defendant.
Emmie Roberts vs. J. L. Smith, ver
dict for plaintiff.
R. E. Hamilton vs. Millie Johnson
T TO PAY,
We Don’t Want Your License
Fees.”
YOU CAN’T PAY US.
You Generous Cuss, So Get Up Off
Your Knee3—May Sound Flat
But’s True; Get That?
Did you ever have several persons
clamoring around trying to hand you
a good lump of money?
And at the time they started to
hand it over, did you ever turn your
cold back on them and say: “Nay, nay,
vile fellows; take back your gold?”
Well, if you haven’t, you don’t rank
in the same class with the city papas.
This strange experience fell to their
lot at council meeting last Monday
night.
Towards the close of the meeting,
Chief Fincher stated to the council
that some of the painters, plasterers
and brick masons in the city desired
that people following either of these
lines of work be forced to pay an an
nual license to carry on their work
in this city. The painters were rep
resented at the meeting; but the talk
went for nothing. There was simply
nothing to It.
Now there are so many people who
try To dodge their licenses that this
proposition came as a surprise; and
before the proposition could be grasp
ed, some member had hopped up and
made a motion that the matter be ta
bled. This motion carried with a ven
geance; and there was no license
placed on this work.
The painters were complaining about
tramp painters coming through the
city, and taking a job at a lower figure
than any one could do it for. Then,
after the work was done, they would
skip out and leave their paint bill
unpaid. This interfered with their
w r ork, and they wanted protection.
Unless this matter is taken up again,
painters, brick layers and plasterers
will have to buck against these rank
outsiders as best they can; but—
Couldn’t the city make use of that
additional money that these generous
people wanted to hand out on a silver
platter?
Man Who Leaves Papers on
Counter Is Guilty.
TOUCHES FOUR EVILS.
Lewd Houses Cause of Race Suicide
Gamblers are Near—Thieves—
Agricultural Schools.
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April has begun, and it is very pret
ty weather. Some of the farmers have
begun to plant some.
Miss Ida Trulove visited Miss Carrie
Davis last Sunday.
Mr. Moody Love visited Mr. N. T.
Kenemer last Sunday night.
Mrs. Emma Smith passed through
Sweetwater one day last week.
Mrs. Ruth Kenemer visited Mr.
George Morris one day last w T eek.
Mr. M. C. Griffin visited Mr. Wal
ter Griffin one afternoon last week.
Mr. Armistead passed through
Sweetwater one morning last week.
Mr. Butler Crawford visited Mr.
Jesse Hall last Sunday.
Rev. Berges filled his regular ap
pointment at Mill Creek Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr. John Hall and his wife visited
Mrs. Clark last Sunday.
Oh, this world’s a good old place,
We are told;
But it isn’t in my case—
I’ve a cold.—Ex.
Mrs. Edna Lowry, appeal, discharged.
Claude Warnack vs. W. O. Wilson,
complaint, verdict for defendant.
Jim Warnack vs. W. 0. Wilson,
complaint, verdict for defendant.
The negroes charged with breaking
into the ear of the section gang were
tried, Hazel Craigmile and Jim Wright
entering pleas of guilty. They were
sentenced to six months in the chain
gang. Arthur Craigmile entered a plea
of not guilty. When the testimony
was introduced, it was to the effect
that Arthur Craigmile didn’t break the
car; but he was guilty of receiving the
stolen goods. The verdict of the jury
was guilty of simple larceny, and he
w as sentenced to serve twelve months in
the chaingang.
When court convened Wednesday
morning, the case of T. J. Bryant vs,
John White was taken up.
When discussing criminal law, Judge
Fite, in his charge to the grand jury,
touched up the cigarette dealers rath
er sharply. He told just what fixed
guilt on the dealer, making the state
ment that a man didn’t have to sell
cigarette papers to minors to be guilty
of a misdemeanor; but he is guilty if
he leaves cigarette papers on his coun
ters where minors are tempted to take
them. If papers are left in sight of
customers w r here they can step up and
get them, the person running the busi
ness is just as guilty as the one who
makes a practice of selling them.
In addition to the grand jury getting
a bill against these, he stated that
such dealers should be compelled to
pay a license for handling cigarettes.
Judge Fite’s charge took up some
thing over and hour of time, and his
words were closely listened to by a
large crowd of interested people, many
of whom went to the court house mere
ly for the purpose of hearing the
charge, as was evidenced by a num
ber leaving after Judge Fite had con
cluded his remarks.
In his charge, Judge Fite defined the
duties of the grand jury, charging them
on civil and criminal matters. He
spoke of the books of the country offi
cers, and asked that they be gone over
thoroughly.
In speaking of tax-dodging he stat
ed that he had been informed that
in the city of Atlanta the stores car
ried more dry goods than the tax rec
ords for the entire state showed. It
was the same way about money, the
Atlanta banks having more cash on
hand than the tax records showed for
the state of Georgia. He rapped the
tax-dodger severely, stating that the
manner of collecting taxes should be
changed so that the poor wouldn’t
have to bear the burden of taxation.
In discussing the schools, he spoke
of the great benefit derived from them,
and added that he would like to see
an agricultural school similar to the
agricultural schools in the congres
sional districts of Georgia, in every
county. The boys could then get the
benefit of such a helpful schooling
without having to go so far away
for it.
After the usual charge on civil mat
ters, he took up the criminal laws.
He repeated the statement he has
made a number of times that the four
great evils are blind tigers, gambling,
lewd houses and pistol-toting. In charg
ing on these matters, he stated that
it didn’t take much to get a bill
against persons guilty of these prac
tices. He told the jury that if the
circumstantial evidence was sufficient
ly strong, to get true bills £nd let the
cases be tried. He stated that while
he had heard there were a number
of blind tigers in the county, he was
confident that there were at least five
persons carrying concealed weapons
to every operator of blind tigers in
the county. From that he branched
off to the pistol-toting habit, stating
that to carry a pistol a person must
have it in plain view, so that every
one could see it, or he would be guilty.
He added that if a person carried a
pistol in his pocket, even though a
part of it was exposed, he would be
guilty of carrying concealed weapons,
provided any passerby couldn’t tell
that it was a pistol.
As to the laws against gambling,
Judge Fite went thoroughly into them.
He stated that we wouldn’t send gam
blers off for the first offense; but
for the second offense he would send
him to jail, and the third time he
would send the guilty one to the chain-
gang.
In discussing lewd houses, Judge
Fite begged the grand jury to get after
that evil. He stated that these hous
es were the cause of the present-day
families being so small, and also kept
a number of men from marrying.
Immediately after the charge, the
grand jury retired to get busy with the
work before them.
People past middle life usually have
some kidney or bladder disorder that
saps the vitality, which is naturally
lower in old age. Foley’s Kidney Rem
edy corrects urinary troubles, stimu
lates the kidneys, and restores
strength and vigor. It cures uric acid
troubles by strengthening the kidneys
so they will strain out the uric acid
that settles in the muscles and joints
causing rheumatism. Sold by all drug
gists.