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- - . gstabiished 1850. ' LV111- NO. 29. “THAT WHICH PLEASES MANY MUST POSSESS MERIT "-THE CITIZEN PLEASES MANY. 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.