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Fifty-eight Years Old
VOL. LVIII. r NO. 30.
DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, A P R I L 29, 1909.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
TO GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON
Governor-Elect Brown Favors the
Project.
DALTOin MATT G^f IT.
Col. Tomlinson Fort Writes Interest
ingly of Monument to Great
General—Other Matters.
Col. Tomlinson Fort, a well-known
lawyer of Chattanooga, the man who
offered to start a fund to build a mon
ument to that great Southern gen
eral, Joseph E. Johnston, by giving
$100, has written an interesting letter
to F. T. Reynolds, who, in turn, has
handed it to The Citizen.
In the letter Col. Fort called Mr.
Reynolds’ attention to the fact that
Governor-elect Brown expressed him
self as favoring the building of a
monument by the state to Gen. Jos
eph E. Johnston. While Mr. Brown
didn’t commit himself as to where the
monument should bo located, still Dal
ton is the proper place for it, as it was
here that Gen. Johnston reorganized
the army, and converted it into that
great fighting and retreating machine
which has received more genuine
praise than any other army in his
tory.
Col. Fort’s letter is interesting, and
The Citizen prints it in full:
April 23, 1909.
■“Col. F. T. Reynolds, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
“The Dalton Citizen of the 22d
quotes your letter of the 15th, in
which you refer to the reception in
Chattanooga of the Hon. Joseph M.
Brown, governor-elect.
“I do not regard it as a violation of
the Ten Commandments that you use
my name, but you omit two matters
discussed:
“1. That the city of Dalton buy the
hill to the East of the present depot,
which was a location for an earth
work placed there during the civil
war, and convert it into a park.
“2. That the state of Georgia should
appropriate money enough to erect
there a monument to old Joe Johnston,
to commemorate the most memorable
campaign of the civil war, beginning
May 1, 1S64, and ending July 18, 1864
—79 days—during which there were
over 100 recorded engagements, forty
of which were battles fought between
an army of 43,8S7, which at the close
had increased to 60,000, and on the
other side an army of 110,123, which
had decreased to about 95,000. You
will recall that Mr. Brown expressed
himself favorable to the project. I
am not quite sure that he committed
himself as to the location of the monu
ment, although he was favorable that
the state erect a monument to General
Johnston.
“3. The question of the future of
the Western and Atlaniic railroad was
discussed. It was suggested that Mr.
Brown had written a pamphlet dis
cussing the Western and Atlantic rail
road at a time when it was suggest
ed that its feeders would refuse to
give it business, and his pamphlet met
the question by saying that with the
use of the Tennessee river the West
ern and Atlantic railroad would be
self-supporting, and could dictate rates
of freight over a large part of Geor
gia. You -will remember that it was
then suggested that the line of the
Western and Atlantic railroad extend
ed to Brunswick or Savannah, or both,
would enable the state to protect its
property in the Western and Atlantic
railroad. You will remember that Mr.
Brown was guarded in what he had
to say in regard to the extension of
the Western and Atlantic railroad, but
acquiesced in the statement that when
Georgia abolished the lease of the con
victs she ought to have put the con
victs at work extending the Western
and Atlantic railroad.
“Yours,
“TOMLINSON FORT.”
POULTRY MEN
PLAN TOR SHOW
Many Chattanoogans Interested
In Local Chicken Show.
WILL ISSUE CATALOG
Meeting Held at Court House Saturday
and Coming Show Discussed—
- Premiums to be Large.
The Dalton poultry associa'tion met
at the court house last Saturday af
ternoon, and the coming December
show was extensively discussed by the
members present. The show will be
conducted .on a large scale, and the
premiums offered for the prize birds
will offer inducements to poultry
breeders all over this and adjoining
states.
It was decided at the meeting Sat
urday to issue a catalog, giving a list
of the cash premiums, for the prizes
will he paid in good, hard coin. This
catalog will be arranged and will be
published in the course of a short
time.
When the discussion as to the prem
iums that would be given to the prize
winners arose it was decided to have
them sufficiently large to insure a
number of entries from this and sur
rounding cities. At first the associa
tion thought that they would be un
able to offer large prizes the first year;
but they have now decided to make
the prizes much larger than they at
first intended.
The Dalton chicken show is coming
in for a large share of talk in Chatta
nooga. Will Townley, of that city,
was here Tuesday, and stated that the
poultry men there had always wanted
to have a show, but had been afraid
to try it for fear it would prove a
failure. Dalton has been a little bold
er, and the show will bring here a
number of birds from Chattanooga.
Mr. Townley stated that the Chatta
nooga fanciers were delighted with the
idea of a chicken show so near home,
and that from what he had heard from
the people of that city, he was con
fident that more than one hundred
birds would be entered from Chatta
nooga alone.
The show will be held during Christ
mas week in some buildings on Hamil
ton street. If it is a success, as local
people are confident it will be, larger
quarters will be secured for later
shows.
CHEROKEE CONVENTION
TO COME TO DALTON.
Odd Fellows Held Meeting and Elect
ed Officers.
JIM PAINTER ACQUITTED
OF WHISKY SELLING.
Recorder Longley Gives Prisoner
Benefit of Doubt.
Jim Painter, a young man of North
Dalton, was arraigned before Record
er Longley Tuesday afternoon, the
charge against him being the illegal
sale of liquor. He was prosecuted
by Knox Henderson, who stated that
lie bought two bottles of whisky from
him Sunday morning.
Several witnesses swore that Paint
er was in bed at the time Knox swore
he bought the whisky from him.
The defendant was represented; by
Col. Mann, and Recorder Longley gave
the prisoner the benefit of the doubt
■■which existed, and acquitted him.
°tW 8 Early Risers
The famous little iiIHs-
Cartersville was filled with Odd Fel
lows last Friday and Saturday, the
convention of the Cherokee division of
this great secret order bringing to
gether about 265 delegates, together
with a large number of visitors.
The convention was held in the
court house, which was filled with in
terested people who enjoyed the ex
ercises. Judge Fite made the address
of welcome, which was responded to
by Mr. R. N. Steed, of Eton. A num
ber of others made speeches.
Dalton was selected as the next
place of meeting, and the big conven
tion will be held here on the third
Friday and Saturday in September.
This city entertained the convention
a few years ago, and the Odd Fellows
were given a cordial invitation to re
turn to Dalton. They have accepted
the invitation, and will hold the con
vention here in the early fall of this
year.
Before the convention at Carters-
ville adjourned, officers were elected
as follows:
R. N. Steed, of Eton, division dep
uty grand master; W. C. Walton, of
Cartersville, district grand warden; R.
E. Chambers, of Ramhurst, secretary;
Dr. S. A. Brown, of Eton, treasurer.
CITY BEAUTIFUL CLUB
IS BUSY AT CEMETERY.
Brightening up Appearances of the
Silent City.
The cemetery committee of the City
Beautiful Club is hard at work clean
ing up the cemeteries, work having
started Wednesday, and will be con
tinued through Friday of this week.
West Hill cemetery and the con
federate burying ground are being
greatly beautified by the committee.
As there is much to be done, the com
mittee urges all who are interested
to aid them in this work.
A
Mr. McCracken, of Alkahest Ly
ceum System Here.
BOOSTING THE PLAN
Will Dalton Follow Other Cities and
Have Annual Chautauqua—Peo
ple Are Interested.
There has been much talk about
this city holding an annual Chautau
qua for the past several years; and
this past interest is again being fan
ned into a flame. Mr. McCracken, a
representative of the Alkahest Ly
ceum System, of Atlanta, was in the
city the last of the week, his busi
ness being to get the people inter
ested in holding a Chautauqua, and,
while he was here only a short time,
and was able to see only a few peo
ple, still he met with some encour
agement. The plan is being favorably
discussed among local folk, and the
outcoihe may be that Dalton will soon
be numbered among the Georgia cities
that hold these great festivals of mu
sic and speaking annually.
Albany, Dublin, Valdosta and a num
ber of other Georgia cities having
about the same population as Dalton
have these big chautauquas yearly,
and they always prove to be the big
gest event of the year. Not only
do the people enjoy the fine attrac
tions secured for these events, but
they are instructive. They are the
means of bringing together almost the
entire population of a county in which
they are held.
The plan to hold a Chautauqua here
is by no means a new one, as the
people have been considering it for
a number of years, but have never
gone after it in earnest.
Being run on a charge for admis
sion basis, chautauquas have, for the
most part, been self-sustaining; and
a city runs little risk of losing money
when one is held. The time for Dal
ton to get in the Chautauqua circuit
now seems ripe; and it is believed
that Mr. McCracken’s visit will bring
good results.
Was Here to Look Into Post Of
fice Building.
AT ROME BANQUET
Wouldn't Talk About Politics—Visit
Had No Political Significance—"
Praised at Rome.
JUNIORS TO ENTERTAIN
THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 6.
Will Invite Friends to Enjoy Excellent
Program.
Dalton council No. 30, Junior Order
of United American Mechanics, will
entertain a number of their friends
Thursday e% r ening, May 6, at their
place of meeting in the A. J. Showal-
ter Co. building.
Refreshments will be served, and a
committee is now busy 'at work pre
paring an interesting program for the
occasion. A number of prominent
citizens of Dalton will be on hand to
make addresses, and music will be
rendered during the evening.
ASK OUR AGENT
to give you the names of people who
have bought
DAVIS’ 100 PER CENT PURE PAINT.
You will recognize among them the
prominent people of your locality,
many of whom are doubtless your per
sonal friends. Ask them their opinion
of Davis’, and we are sure you will
use it.
For Sale by Farrar Lumber Company.
Hon. Gordon Lee stopped over in
the city Sunday on his way home
from Rome, where he attended a ban
quet given by business men of that city.
Mr. Lee’s visit had no political signifi
cance, as he was here merely for the
purpose of investigating the work on
{he federal building.
At the banquet at Rome, Mr. Lee
came in for a large amount of praise
from the other congressmen attend
ing the banquet. They all stated that
the seventh’s representative in the
house was a man who did things.
They stated that he was admired, and
had the confidence of both parties,
and that the seventh district of Geor
gia was excellently represented by
Hon. Gordon Lee, who is one of the
ablest members of the house.
While here Mr. Lee positively re
fused to discuss' his future plans. He
remained silent when questioned as
to whether or not he would run again.
A Citizen representative talked with
him for several hours; but not once
during the lengthy conversation did
he speak of-his political plans for the
future.
Whether Mr. Lee enters the race
for congress or not had nothing to
do with his business here Sunday. He
was not here in the interests of Gor
don Lee, but was here on business for
the government; and not once did
he lay aside his duties to interest the
people in his own personal plans.
It is understood that some parts
of the government building now in
the course of erection here don’t meas
ure up to the requirements of the con
tract, and it was to look into this that
Mr. Lee spent a part of Sunday here.
He left on the noon train Sunday
for Chickamauga where he is spend
ing a few days with his family. He
will return to resume work at Wash
ington the latter part of this week.
PRESSING CLUB ENTERED
WHILE OWNER’S HOME BURNED.
Hal Walker Lost from Fire and Thief
Monday Night.
Monday night, about ten o’clock, the
house occupied c by Hal Walker, a ne
gro tailor, was burned to the ground,
the fire causing a severe loss to Wal
ker.
The same night, the pressing estab
lishment conducted by Walker was
broken into, and two suits of clothes
were stolen. No traces of the thief
were left behind to aid the officers in
their search for the guilty party.
It was when Walker reached his
business Tuesday morning that he dis
covered his second loss of the night.
The two disasters coming to Walker
during the same‘night form a coinci
dence which leads many to suspect
that the fire and the robbery were the
work of the same party. Walker is a
hard-working negro, and is respected
by all who know him.
FOLEY$H0NEY™>TAR
stops the cou^h and heals lungs
WILL HE MOVED
Site Near Elk Mills Selected by
Executive Committee.
WILL ISSUE STOCK
Number of ahares Will Be Doubled,
and Effort to Sell to Farmers
Will Be Made.
The executive committee of the
Whitfield County Fair Association held
an interesting meeting at the court
house last Saturday morning, the two
important features of the meeting be
ing the final decision of the committee
to change the place for holding the
fair and the plan to place 115 shares
of stock on the market, the shares to
be sold, for the most part, to the
farmers.
A location for the fair grounds was
reported on by the committee, the plat
being situated north of the Elk mills,
and facing on McCamy street. The
land is owned by the Nichols estate
and contains about six or seven acres.
The association has been offered this
land for $1,500; and Mr. Caylor, chair
man of the committee appointed on
a new site for the fair grounds, had ex
amined the plat and stated at the
meeting Saturday that with a little
work it could be placed in first class
condition. Before the meeting ad
journed, he was appointed a committee
of one to close the trade.
The new location for the fair
grounds will be even more convenient
to the majority of the people than the
former grounds. It is easily accessi
ble, and there -will be no lopg hill to
climb in reaching it. The new fair
grounds will be several times larger
than the old ones, and, in all probabil
ity, a race t^ck will be built. Before
the meeting, a big portion of those
who attended the meeting were talk
ing of introducing horse races as a
feature of the fairs in the future, and
every man present was of the opinion
that these races would prove the big
gest kind of a drawing card. With
various races to break the monotony
of viewing the exhibits, the fair would
prove far more interesting and profita
ble, was the opinion expressed.
When the question of selling more
stock was broached, several opposed
it; but the committee finally decided
that the capital stock be increased to
$1,000. At the time of the meeting
oply $425 was the amount of stock
owned, so it was decided to issue 115
more shares. By Tuesday morning,
twenty-four shares had been placed.
The plan of the committee is to get
the farmers of the county to take all
of this stock if possible, for, in that
way, the farmers would become more
interested and would strive to make
the fairs better. There will be no dif
ficulty in selling all of this stock, as it
has proved to be a fine investment,
the association having declared a 50
per cent dividend this year.
The catalog committee appointed
some time ago was not on hand to
make a report, which will make the
delay in getting out the catalogs great
er. The sentiment pf the meeting was
that the committee was taking too
much time, as the catalogs should be
in the hands of the farmers just as
soon as possible.
LOST—Gray pony with halter on.
Pony is branded and hard to approach.
Finder will be liberally rewarded on
return to Fincher and Vernon.
Hrtistic printing.
T HE fellow who tries to attract business without advertising
is like the fellow who throws his sweetheart a silent kiss
in the dark. He knows what he is doing—but nobody else does.
We want your advertising, and we want to do all your printing for
we have the facilities with which to properly serve you. Our
steady increase in local business indicates that the business peo
ple appreciate reciprocity. We want your business. Tele
phone the orders, or ask for a representative to call on you.
Ube H. 3\ Sbowalter Company,
telephone Eighteen. IDalton, (Seorgxa.
FOR ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY
LOCALS SPLIT
DOUBLEHEADER
Won From Eton; Then Lost to
Tunnel Hill.
GAMES WERE SLOW
Small Crowd Witnessed Contests—
Tunnel Hill Won Friday—Last
Game Was Interesting.
First game:
Dalton 16.
Eton 0.
Second game:
Dalton 5.
Tunnel Hill 7.
The above tells the story of Satur
day’s doings at Sunset. The game
with Eton was a runaway, as Felker
held the visitors in the hollow of his
paw from beginning to end. Only
three hits were secured by the Eton
team, and two of them were the meas
liest kind of bumps. Felker also
worked the last four innings in the
Tunnel Hill game, and also secured
a shut out. His afternoon’s work con
sisted of 13 innings of hard work, dur
ing which time he gave up six hits,
struck 16 men, gave not a single pass,
and didn’t hit a man. Going some,
ain’t it? Besides this he made eight
assists, showing that he was rather
frisky in doing about.
Welsch’s one handed stab of a line
drive right of second was the only re
deeming feature of the first game,
which contained not one bit of inter
est, owing to the fact that the visitors
were outclassed badly in every de
partment of the game.
Following is the box:
Exercises at Court House Will Be
Interesting.
CROSSES OF HONOR
Thirteen Veterans Will Be Honored by
Receiving Crosses—Col. O. P.
Levert, the Orator.
DALTON
ab
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h
po
a
e
Kidd, c
5
2
3
8
1
0
Williamson, 3b.
6
2
3
2
1
2
Mehaffey, ss. ..
6
2
1
0
3
2
Hickman, rf. ..
4
3
0
1
0
0
Wilson, lb. ...
4
3
1
13
1
0
Welsch, 2b. ...
5
1
1
1
2
1
Ray, If
5
2
2
1
0
0
Tavlor, cf
5
1
2
1
0
0
Felker, p
5
1
1
0
4
°
Totals 45 17 14 27 12 5
ETON ab r h po a e
Jackson, rf. — 4 0 0 0 0 0
Steed, 3b 4 0 0 0 1 2
Patterson, cf. . 4 0 0 1 1 0
Stokes, 2b. — 4 0 1 3 3 2
Strawn, p, If... 4 0 1 1 3 0
Davis, lb 3 0 0 9 0 1
Sarvis, ss., p... 3 0 1 0 1 1
Wilbanks, c. .. 3 0 0 10 0 1
Dunn, If., ss... 3 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 32 0 3 24 11 7
Score by innings:
123456789
Dalton 5 5120220 x—17
Eton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0
Summary—3-base hits, Williamson;
2-base hits, Kidd (3), Taylor; struck
out by Felker, 7; by Strawn, 5; by
Sarvis, 4; base on balls off Strawn, 1;
off Sarvis, 3. Umpire, Mr. Vining.
The Tunnel Hill-Dalton game was
far more interesting but went the
wrong way. Dalton had several op
portunities to win; but everyone fell
flat. In the ninth inning with two
out and second and third occupied, all
that was needed to tie the score was
a little single; but Kidd could not de
liver, after having hit the ball all over
the lot before. But his inability to
hit was excusable, as it was so dark
that the ball could hardly be seen.
Tunnel Hill took the lead in the first
inning and was never overhauled.
They cinched the game in the fifth,
when they hit the ball fore and aft,
making a total of six clean bingles off
Welsch, the hits netting five good runs.
The feature of the contest came in
the first inning when Taylor made
his mighty heave from deep center
to first, completing a double play.
This is the way the box reads:
DALTON ab r h po a e
Kidd, c 5 1 2 10 1 0
Williamson, If. 5 0 4 0 1 0
Felker, 2b., p.. 3 1 0 0 4 0
Mehaffey, rf. .. 5 0 0 1 0 0
Bohannon, ss. . 5 1 1 1 2 1
McAuley, 3b. .. 4 0 0 0 0 1
Wilson, lb. ... 4 6 1 12 0 2
Taylor, cf 5 2 2 1 1 1
Welsch, p, 2b ..5 1112 1
Totals 41 5 12 27 9 6
The memorial day exercises to be
held at the court house Friday of next
week gives promise of being the most
interesting ever held. The Daughters
of the Confederacy are now busy ar
ranging the program, most of which
has been decided on. Many of those
placed on the program to take part
in the exercises have not yet been
seen, and so the complete program
cannot be announced at present.
The court house will be especially
decorated for the occasion, the large
court room to be filled with flowers
and flags.
An especially fine musical program
is being arranged; songs by the school
children, music by Druckenmiller’s
concert band, quartette music, solos,
etc., will help greatly in making the
afternoon exercises enjoyable.
“Private” O. P. Levert, of Atlanta,
the orator of the day, will deliver the
address to the confederate veterans.
Mr. Levert is a polished speaker, and
his address, in which he will call up
the stirring days of the sixties, is be
ing anticipated with pleasure.
The ceremony of conferring crosses
on a number of veterans will be one
of the interesting features of the ex
ercises. Thirteen veterans, who serv
ed on the confederate side in the civil
war, will be given these crosses.
The luncheon to be served the vet
erans at the court house is being
planned with care by the Daughters
of the Confederacy. This idea of serv
ing refreshments to the old soldiers
is a new one, and the daughters are
going to make the luncheon one to
be remembered by the old “vets.”
After the exercises at the court
house have been concluded, those
present will form in line for the march
to the confederate cemetery in the
western portion of the city, where the
graves will be decorated with quanti
fies of flowers.
The Bryan M. Thomas chapter,
Daughters of the Confederacy, will at
tend the exercises in a body, and will
wear the confederate colors—red and
white.
Every person in Dalton is urged to
put aside his business and attend the
exercises, and join in the march to
the cemetery where the graves will
be decorated.
EPISCOPAL LADIES TO
' HOLD PARLOR SALE.
Affair Will Be Held at Home of C. M.
Hollingsworth.
The Woman’s Auxiliary of St.
Mark’s Episcopal church will hold a
parlor bazaar at the home of Mrs.
C. M. Hollingsworth on North Thorn
ton avenue next Saturday afternoon
from 3 to 5 o’clock. The sale will be
for the benefit of the church.
Many attractive and useful articles,
such as fancy, hand-made neck pieces,
aprons, kimonas, etc., -will be on dis
play. The public is extended a cor
dial invitation to be present at the
sale.
Harris, p., 3b.
5 13
2 3
0
Ward, c
.513
10 0
0
Carr, ss
.512
0 1
0
King, If., 3b..
.522
0 0
1
Smith, B., cf..
.500
2 0
0
Moore, lb. . .
.501
8 0
0
King, rf
.500
1 0
0
Totals . ...
45 7 13
27 7
4
Score by innings:
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9
Dalton
.00110
10 11—
5
Tunnel Hill ..
.11005
0 0 0 0—7
Summary—2-base hits, Hardy; dou
ble plays, Taylor to Wilson, Kidd to
Wilson; struck out by Smith, 8; Har
ris, 1; Felker 7; hits off Smith, 8 inn
ings, 12; of Harris, 1 inning, 0; off
Felker, 4 innings, 3; off Welsch, 5 inn
ings, 10; stolen bases, Dalton 8, Tun
nel Hill 4; base on balls off Smith 4,
off Harris 1; passed balls, Ward 1.
Umpire, Mr. Hamilton.
Friday afternoon the Dalton High
School team went to Tunnel Hill and
was overwhelmingly beaten; score, 16
to 2.
TUNNEL HILL ab r h po a e
Smith, W., p., 2b.5
Hardy, If., 2b.. 5
The best known pills and the best
pills made are DeWitt’s Early Risers.
They are small, easy to take, gentle
and certain, and are sold by Fincher
& Nichols.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve
The Best Salve In The World.