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Fifty-eight Years Old
DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1909.
f1.00 PER ANNUM.
BEAUTIFUL CLUB TEAM IS A' GO,
STARTS SPRING CLEANING THE FEVER HERE
Council Assists Ladies in Work of
Making Dalton Neat.
PEOPLE are busy
Cleaning-Up Day is Here and Looks
of Things Will Be Improved When
Work Is Finished.
T
USE SPRINKLER
I Local Baseball Enthusiasts Plan
ning Big Things.
E
FOR FILTER
Council Turns Down Proposition
for a Time.
CANDIDATES OUT
Streets Are Too Dusty Thinks
City Papas.
Many Are Hard at Work Trying for
Team—Backer Has Been Found
and Things Look Good.
WASTE IS TOO GREAT
Filter Plant Won’t Get Improvements
for a Time—Filter Representa
tive Present.
The sound of the trash wagon whis-
t j e is heard abroad in the land, for
spring cleaning is on in Dalton. The
members of the City Beautiful Club
are busy at the work of making this
eitv cleaner; and when the “hands”
finally knock off, Dalton is going to
be a much better place in which to
live.
The ladies of the City Beautiful Club
asked the council for their co-opera
tion, and their efforts were endorsed
at the meeting Monday night. Not
only did the council extend its best
wishes, but it also decided to give the
ladies all aid possible—to co-opreate
with them and make the spring clean
ing one to be remembered for years
to come.
Councilman McKnight was appointed
as chairman of a committee to con
sult with the ladies and see just what
they wanted done. The council was
perfectly willing to furnish teams and
men for the work, and placed John
Lowry, superintendent of road con
struction, as an overseer, to watch the
MUST STAY AWAKE
From the present outlook, one would
I chalk it up in the cinch column that
this city will have baseball this year—
not a few practice games, hut real,
Fathers Use Some Strong Language | P ure > unadulterated baseball. The can
didates for the team are out, and there
When Discussing the Dusty | is some tajl | hust i ing be i n g done; fqr
Condition of Streets. |the majority of the places are in doubt.
A backer has been found; and this per
son is confident that the team can he
The city fathers got up on their I made to at least break even,
hind legs and howled at the meeting Every pretty day that comes around,
last Monday night when a discussion numb ers of candidates can be found
. ,„ tossing the hall around and getting in
concerning the sprinkling of streets
shape for the opening game. The prac-
was entered into. It was not omy a t j ce was b egun a nttle late in the sea-
shame, but it was something worse son; but then baseball in a city the size
than that, in their opinion, because the of Dalton rarely ever gets away in
streets are permitted to lose them- earnest before the middie of June when
„ , , the college men begin to roll in, so
selves m a sea of dust; and they ., ,. . , , .,
the practice is not as early as it seems.
straightway decided to remedy mat-1 ^ present, there are about fifteen or
ters. twenty candidates out; and there are
Hardly a member failed to enter loads of good material in that bunch,
into the discussion; and one and a ll | Amon S the old who are working
were of the opinion that the petition
of a number of merchants on Hamil-I
ton street calling for the sprinkling of
the streets and promising to pay for
are Neal and Henry Hamilton, Lewin
Kidd, Tom Hickman, Emmett Bohan-
an, “Blue” Williamson, “Bully” Felker,
“Umps” Ray.. Among the new men
, •, „„„ ... i are Vising, Welsh, a catcher, from
persons hired by the city, and see the WO rk would work a hardship on I C h attan00 g a , Wilson, Mehaffey, Bogle,
that they did good work. these merchants.
There are men at the fire hall paid
forced to do it,” was the general
opinion, and this, strengthened by Wa-
Xow the good work is going on. The
wagons are kept busy hauling off tlm
trash, practically everybody in Dalton
is carrying a broom, and interest in
the work is being kept at a high pitch.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
of this week were the days set aside
by the City Beautiful Club for this gen
eral cleaning up business, and even by dre headquarters on the job.
and a “dark horse” who hails from
.Jasper, the home town of the mighty
to do this work, and they should be He and who comes with claims as
£ j ” wop o-omirti 1 1
a pitcher.
The team will start off with new
ter Superintendent Black’s statement uniformS( and tbe team is now dec iding
that the city had an abundance of on j ugt wkat kind COV erings they
water on hand, made the city fathers wan ^ These uniforms will be bought
even more eager to get the drivers at from a first -class house and will be the
Wednesday morning, things began to
put on a new appearance.
All of the old rags, papers, tin cans,
ashes—in fact, every kind of trash is
being swept up and made ready for
the trash wagons, which are making
the rounds of the city several times
daily.
The work is divided off by wards,
each of the eight wards in the city
being looked after by a committee
especially appointed for this work. In
addition to these committees, every
manufactory and business house, the
depots, etc., are expected to put on a
new look, persons having been named
for this work by the City Beautiful
Club.
“Trash breeds disease and it must
go," is the slogan; and it is going just
as fast as the wagons can haul it off.
Xot only is a dirty city unsanitary, hut
it makes a mighty poor impression on
visitors, and it is because of these two
things that the work is being pushed.
The City Beautiful Club urges all to
niake a careful inventory of their stock
of tin cans and trash, and have every
thing they can spare ready for the
trash wagons when they come around.
goods.
The present plans are to start the
season with a three-game series at
home, after which the team is planning
for a road trip of two weeks. In case
The plea that Hamilton street cer
tainly ought to be kept in a well sprink
led condition at all times met with the
hearty approval of all members.
One word led to another, and finally . .
, ’ .. „ ' the games can he secured, the route
the drivers of the wagons of the fire | “ . ^ „
department came in for a certain
amount of criticism. One councilman
stated that he had been informed that
the drivers slept through the nights,
and it was a hard matter to a wake j team as t h e men have not been put to
them in case a fire broke out. Then|. _ f
will probably include series with Rome,
Cedartown, Marietta and Cartersviile
After this long march, they will return
home for other games.
It’s a little too early to dope out a
the council decided that one man
should remain awake all night, the
watch being changed around so that winning team. The new
should take his turn at B * ,
hard work; but with the abundance of
candidates on hand showing up first-
class, there should be little trouble in
each driver
keeping awake.
management is confident that this is
the very year to break the hoodoo
which has hovered over the national
POULTRY ASSOCI /iT ; , ° N AY game in this city ever since the break-
WILL ME l up 0 f the Tennessee-Alabama-Georgia
Chicken Men Enthusiastic About Big
Poultry Show.
league, when this city sunk a bunch
of money to watch a crowd of near
ball players lose game after game.
PEOPLE OBJECT
TO SEWER RATE
Collections for Sewer Connections
Coming Slowly.
BUSY TERM OF COURT BROKE
LAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
NEW ORDINANCE
John Lowry Made Street Boss—Screens
for Council Chamber—Few
Odds and Ends.
LOCAL FIREMEN
PLAN TO ENTER
Will Probably Take Part in
Tournament at Savannah.
There will he no improvements made
at the local filter plant for a time, was
the decision of the city council at reg
ular meeting last Monday night. The
city is not ready to jump blindly into
the matter, and accept the first bid,
was the substance of the objection
raised by the majority of the members.
At the first meeting in this month,
the filter tank was thoroughly dis
cussed, and, as the sand was worn
out, it was decided to get bids for put
ting in new sand, and see how much
another tank of the same capacity
would cost. The present filter, when
installed, was guaranteed to filter 500,-
000 gallons of water per day. This tank
cost $2,600; and Mr. Davidson, repre
senting the same company that in
stalled the filter here, was present to
quote a price for the addition tank.
He made a price lower than what the
first one cost; but the city fathers
were a little backward in taking it up.
With the improvement proposed, the
city would have a filter with a daily
capacity of 1,000,000 gallons.
Councilman Bifihop raised an objec
tion, stating that he thought the coun
cil should meet with the board of
water commissioners first and secure
bids from several different companies.
Councilman McKnight was opposed to
the plan to enlarge the filter plant, be
cause, he stated, Water Commis
sioner Hamilton had told him that the
waterworks was pumping three times
as much water as was being paid for.
He added that the council wanted to
see the receipts from the water works
system amount to more than the dis
bursements of it.
Mayor Wood made a short talk tell
ing the council they should begin to
think faster about the matter, as sum
mer was coming on, and the council
would feel had if typhoid fever should
develop from using creek water which
was unfiltered. When one of the coun
cil stated that no unfiltered water
would be pumped into the water mains,
he reminded him of the fact that it
would have to be used in case of a bad
fire; and that once it had been pumped
into the pipes, the germs would re
main there.
Councilman Bishop made a motion
that the matter go over until the next
meeting, and, having easily obtained
a second, the motion was carried.
ROBERT LOVEMAN SIGNS
CONTRACT FOR NEXT YEAR
Will Remain With Alkahest Lyceum
System.
Robert Loveman, local poet and
reader* has signed a new contract with
the Alkahest Lyceum System, of At
lanta, the contract to hold through the
year.
The Robert Loveman Concert Com
I>any appeared in Atlanta last week,
and from the accounts in the Atlanta
papers, the people were greatly pleased
vitit the work.
It is probable that the contract was
made out after Mr. Loveman’s appear
ance in Atlanta, which would go to
prove that the big lyceum company
Las confidence in his ability as an en
tertainer. The Alkahest people em
ploy only the best talent, and the con
tract sent Mr. Loveman is a great com
pliment.
. ,,, Since that time, the game has not
The Dalton Poultry Association wll M been patronized here; but with the
hold its regular monthly meeting at outlook for a good b unch here
the court house next Saturday, at it is be lieved that the fever
which time, more definite plans for the
big fall show will be discussed.
When the association was organized
some., time ago, those present at the
meeting were extremely optimistic
about the show which they planned
to hold in December during Christ
mas week. Believing in the venture,
GENTRY BROS. SHOWS
MADE GOOD IMPRESSION
The people are raising a great big
kick about the rate charged by the
council for sewer connections, and Su
perintendent of Water Works J. C.
Black, whose duty it is to collect this
money stated to the council that he
was meeting with rather poor success.
The people are unwilling to pay the 1
per cent of the valuation of the abut
ting property for these sewer connec
tions, and are not running Mr. Black
down to get him to take their money.
At the meeting Monday night, the
council heard an ordinance from Coun
cilman Rudolph,- forcing all property
on the line of the sewer to be con
nected with it. As the decision of the
council to charge this 1 per cent rate
for sewer connections was merely a
resolution, this was inserted in the
Rudolph ordinance, which was given
its first reading Monday night.
John Lowry, former street boss, was
elected to that position Monday night.
Mr. Lowry has made one of the best
street bosses the city has ever had.
During his period of service, a number
of excellent roads were'built. His sal
ary was placed at $40 per month.
Capt. T. J. Peeples was present at
the meeting with a petition signed by
a number of property owners of the
eastern part of the city to force Mr.
Kenner to reopen a lane which he had
closed up. The lane formely connected
4th and 5th avenues. The council in
structed Chief Fincher to make a case
against Mr. Kenner, and in that way
it would be seen whether he had a
legal right to close the alley.
A communcation from the Daughters
of the Confederacy requesting that the
council clean up the soldiers’ grave
yard for the decoration day exercises,
was read, and the matter was referred
to the cemetery committee.
It is a well-known fact that the
present council must have its little
joke at every meeting, and it was
sprung when one member made a mo
tion that screen doors and windows
be placed in the council chamber. Then
came the joke about the number of
bald-headed men of the council, and
the plan met with universal approval
Mayor Wood and Councilman King
are about the only members of the
present administration who can boast
of any great amount of hair, and they
haven’t any too much. It’s a sure
thing that if the council room is
screened, the flies are going to be cut
of a big hunch of fun shooting the
schutes.
Plans Are On Foot for Big Gathering
at Savannah—Officers of
State Association.
of the old days when Dalton was the
best baseball town of its size in the
state, will take hold of the fans again,
and there will be lively going-ons at
Sunset Park again.
The grounds will be put in first-class
condition, the diamond scraped, filled
in and rolled, and the game will get
it was an easy matter to secure a lar 0 e away witk a j ump a fter the organiza-
LICENSE FEE ORDINANCE
GETS MORE AMENDMENTS
guaranty fund at tne initial meeting
and since that time, many others have
joined the association.
The meeting Saturday will he well
attended, as the chicken fever has se
cured a strong hold on the promoters,
who intend to have a show as good as
any held in the larger cities of the
South.
DR BACHMAN TO LECTURE
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
tion of the team is completed.
FOR SALE—One good pair of 3-year-
old work mules. Or will exchange
them for 1-year-old mules. Porter
Moore.
Two Fair Sized Crowds Witnessed Two
Performances.
The Gentry Brothers’ dog and pony
shows visited this city Tuesday, and
pleased two fair-sized crowds in the
afternoon and night. The show has
appeared here frequently in the past,
and the two exhibitions yesterday
brought together a number of friends
of the shows.
Many new features have been added
since the last visit of the shows; and
the performances Tuesday pleased lo
cal people more than any other similar
shows. The animals were well trained
and the show ran smoothly during the i were attracted to the fire,
entire performance. was a total loss.
HOUSE BURNED WHILE
FAMILY WAS EATING
Home of Yatie Capehart Destroyed by
Noon Fire.
While the family of Mr. Yatie Cape
hart, of Trickum, was eating dinner
last Sunday, the house, in some man
ner, caught fire and quickly burned to
the ground. It was while seated at his
table that Mr. Capehart discovered the
blaze after it had gained great head
way.
By quick work, the bigger portion of
the furniture was saved by Mr. Cape
hart and a number of. neighbors who
The house
Hrttstic ftrtnttnQ.
«ln the Saddle from Damascus to Je-1
rusalem.”
Job
Printers’ License
* Changes.
is $5—Other
The painters and plasterers
come into their own at last, au e
council has decided to place a license
of $5 per year on persons following
either of these trades. The paintei
wanted this at the last meeting, u
the council took no action at a
time.
Another addition made to the license
fee ordinance at council meeting was
the placing of a license of $5 on a
job printers.
EARLY RISERS
The famous little ©ills. (
Dr. Bachman, of Chattanooga, v\ ill |
lecture at the First Presbyterian
church on the evening of the second
Sunday in May, his subject to be “In
the Saddle from Damascus to Jerusa
lem.” . ..
Dr Bachman comes to this city the
second Sunday of next month to de
liver the annual sermon to Confederate
veterans in the morning, and in the I
evening the regular Sunday evening
services at the Presbyterian church
will be dispensed with, and the people
will have the privilege of hearing Dr.
Bachman’s lecture.
The lecturer has spent a number of
years in the far East, and his lecture
will be one of the greatest interest.
Dr. Bachman has been pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Chatta
nooga for over twenty years, and is an |
extremely forceful speaker.
E run a Job Printing Garage, and are willing to lend our skill, time
and talent for the benefit of those who desire printed publicity in
precise proportions. We produce printing that pleases, and what
is better, we do not hold you up.
We have the best equipped printing plant south of Nashville, and do work
of all kinds all the time. We have in our employ the most skilled labor we
can obtain, and this labor is well paid, and the money is spent with the Dalton
merchants and other business people who derive their business and income
from Dalton people. Our steady increase in local business indicates that the
business people appreciate reciprocity. We want your business. Telephone
the orders, or ask for a representative to call on you.
Wbe E. 3% Sbowalter Company,
EAR a |!T“*R^ O ERsl^ ele PY 50,ne Eighteen. 2>alton, (Georgia
GEORGIA FIREMEN
All Second Week Consumed by
Business.
W. H. BIRD ACQUITTED
Closing Days of Court Were Filled
With Interest—Smithey Not
Guilty of Perjury.
Dalton will, in all probability, enter
the big tournament planned by the
Georgia State Firemen’s Association to
be held at Tybee in June, 1910,” said
Chief Black while telling of the meet
ing of the association at Macon last
week. “The tournament promises to
bring about the largest gathering of
firemen in the history of the state, as it
is confidently believed that practically
every department of Georgia will send
representatives to the big meet,” he
continued.
Chief Black returned Sunday night,
after having attended the meeting in
Macon last week. Before returning
home, he made a trip to Brunswick.
He believes that the state association
is going to begin to do great things,
and thinks that the tournament being
planned is the very thing to get every
Georgia city interested.
The tounament of Georgia firemen
will be held at Tybee during June of
next year, when the state firemen will
he the guests of the Savannah depart
ment. There will he all kinds of reel
races, wagon races and engine races,
number of the larger cities of the
state having already stated that they
would send engines to work for the
prizes to be offered. Aside from these,
the tournament will he on the same
line as those which are held by the
Georgia-Alabama firemen’s assciation.
Chief Black stated that he was unable
to say positively that this city would
enter; hut the chances are that it will;
and he is confident that the local team
can make a good showing in the vari
ous contests.
In speaking of the meeting held at
Macon last week, Chief Black made the
jstatement that about twenty cities
were represented. He spoke enthu
siastically about how the delegates
were entertained by Chief Miller and
Assistant Chief Williams, of Macon.
In giving a brief outline of the con
vention, he said;
“Tuesday afternoon, the delegates
enjoyed an automobile ride over the
city. Wednesday morning, officers of
the association were elected. The new
officers are Chief Thomas Ballantyne,
of Savannah, president; C. C. Bunn,
Jr., of Cedartown, vice-president;
Chief E. E. Thompson, of Cordele, sec
retary; Chief T. E. James, of Albany,
treasurer; Chief W. P. McArthur, of
Americus, statistician. After the elec
tion of officers the new president made
an interesting talk, after which the
convention adjourned for a trolley ride.
Wednesday afternoon, the delegates
were guests of the Acme Brewing Co.
at a big banquet. Thursday morning
the Macon fire department made an ex
hibition run, every piece of apparatus
being used.
“The most important business of the
convention had to he set aside until
next year, as a majority of the fire de
partments of the state were not rep
resented at Macon. This was the re
port of the committee appointed to
draft a bill to be presented before the
next general assembly requiring the
fire insurance companies doing bus
iness in the state to pay to the depart
ment of very city in Georgia 1 per
cent of all premiums paid by that
city, the money to go towards a fire
men’s relief fund. This will be taken
up at the meeting next year. The
committee is composed of Chief W. C
Wilkerson, of Fitzgerald; C. C. Bunn
of Cedartown; Chief McArthur, of Am
ericus; Chief Slack, of Tifton, and
myself.”
Superior court broke last Saturday
afternoon after one of the busiest
terms on record. The second, or crim
inal week, was one long busy grind,
many cases being decided. In the
Bird arson case, the defendant, W. H.
Bird, had little trouble in proving
his innocence; and the verdict in the
Smithey perjury case was also “not
guilty.”
Following is the business of the
court from Wednesday morning up
to adjournment:
J. W. Eslinger vs. W. L. Williams,
certiorari; dismissed.
Estelle Stonecipher vs. James Kear,
complaint for land; verdict for plain
tiff for $500.
The State vs. Clifford Bearden, mis
demeanor; plea of guilty; fine $50 and
costs.
The State vs. Bill Smithey, perjury;
verdict of not guilty.
The State vs. Ed Nelson, misde-
manor; verdict of guilty; fine $25 and
costs.
The State vs. Charles Holland, Sr.,
Charles Holland, Jr., Hal Holland, Bill
Walders, Carl Holland, robbery; con
tinued.
Thomas H. Baker vs. Henry Long,
complaint; resinstated.
James E. Nichols vs. Southern rail
way company, complaint; verdict for
plaintiff for $1,000. Petition for re
moval to United States circuit court
denied.
The State vs. W. H. Bird, arson; ver
dict of not guilty.
The State vs. James Whittenmore,
stabbing; plea of guilty; fine $50 and
costs.
The State vs. Frank Short, Tom
Hembree, Walter Chafin, L. B. Murchi
son, E. W. Bohanan, misdemeanor;
demand.
The estate of Hepsie Crawford vs.
Maggie Lee Zuber, complaint; verdict
for plaintiff.
Mary B. Loughridge vs. Elk Cotton
Mills and M. D. & H. L. Smith; ver
dict for plaintiff for $5 and in favor
of injunction.
Motions for new trial were filed in
the following cases:
The State vs. Arthur Cregmiles, The
State vs. Claud Wamack, T. J. Bryant
vs. John White, W. W. Bruce vs. Whit
field Deverell.
MRS. J. LINDSAY JOHNSON
VISITS LOCAL CLUB WOMEN
Prominent Club Woman of Georgia
Was Here Tuesday.
Mrs. J. Lindsay Johnson, of Rome,
ex-president of the Georgia Federation
of Women’s Clubs, was in the city
Tuesday, conferring with officers of the
local literary clubs. Mrs. Johnson is
one of the most prominent club women
of the state, and the club women of
this city enjoyed her visit.
Mrs. Johnson was here on business
of importance to the state federation
and obtained certain data she wanted
from the local clubs.
T
38 TRUE BILLS
Nineteen “No Bills” Were Re
turned by Jury.
KNOCK AT COURTS
Body Adjourned Thursday Afternoon
When Presentments Were Read.
J. G. McLellan, Auditor.
After being in session for about ten
days, the grand jury of the April term
of court, adjourned Thursday after
noon after making the presentments
and being complimented by Judge Fite
for the work done. The resolution that
Whitfield’s representative in the legis
lature, M. C. Tarver, be urged to do
all in his power to have a bill passed
to abolish the court of appeals, came
in for its share of praise from Judge
Fite.
Another recommendation referring
to the courts was made, this being the
endorsement of the plank in Col. Tar
ver’s platform to submit the city court
question to the people of the county.
The grand jury was of the opinion that
the people should decide whether or
not this city court should be kept.
The two above recommendations
were the only parts of the present
ments that created talk, the remaining
recommendations being on the usual
line.
During their ten days of work, the
grand jurymen returned thirty-eight
true hills, and nineteen no hills, the
no bills being just one-half as many
as the true hills.
Mr. J. G. McLellan, auditor, was re
elected, his work having met with uni
versal satisfaction.