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V *i > IL Established 1850. "THAT WHICH PLEASES MANY MUST POSSESS MERIT”—THE CITIZEN PLEASES MANY. \ 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 r 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.