North Georgia citizen. (Dalton, Ga.) 1868-1924, May 06, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEstablished 1850. “THAT WHICH PLEASES MANY MUST POSSESS MERIT”->fH^'CITIZEN PLEASES MANY. Fifty-eight Years Old VOL. LVIII. NO. 31. DALTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, A'PH*$tov6 f 1909. 91.00 PER ANNUM. CITY MAKES GOOD SHOWING AT END OF FIRST QUARTER Saving of About $2,000 Over Last Year. STILL A DEFICIT. Waterworks is Really Making Money This Year—Councilman Hamilton is Optimistic. OLD SOLDIERS TO BE JNORED Memorial Services Will Be Held at Court House. DELEGATES TO J. H. Moore, John Dowling and J. I. Tibbs, Chosen. VETS HOLD MEETING. Ordinary's Room at Court House Fill ed With Old Soldiers—Busi ness of the Meeting. ONE-HALF CROP IS EXPECTED State Entomologist Here Exam ining Peach Trees. STRANGE CONDITION. February Cold Wave Had Strange Ef fect on Trees—North Georgia Peaches Injured Most. Council Elected Members at Last Meeting. THE PERSONNEL. Board Has Power to Appoint Health Officer—Will Mean More Sanitary City. PUBLIC SCHOOL MATTERS DISCUSSED BY CITY COUNCIL E Several Streets May Be Made Continuations of Others. Councilman McKnight Wanted To Know About State Money. COLLEGE BUILDING. Colored People Seem to Want to Help Replace Their Building— Committees Named. Councilman Hamilton has prepared a statement showing the receipts and disbursements for the first four months of this year. The report shows that the city is in better shape financially than it was at this time last year. In talking with a Citizen represen tative after he had made his report to the council, Mr. Hamilton stated that while the expenses showed over $2,500 more than the receipts, still the expenses over the receipts up to this time last year were about $2,000 more. Mr. Hamilton’s table was complete up to the last meeting in April. One feature of the report that is causing the council to feel good is that the waterworks show a small profit, not counting tne credit for free service. This is out of the ordinary; and Councilman Hamilton goes even further and says that he firmly be lieves that the waterworks system will show a neat profit at the end of tne year. When Mr. Hamilton made the re port to the council, he had a slight error; with this correction his report is as follow's: Disburse- Receipts. ments. Waterworks .... $1,584 29 $1,540 76 Gas works 2,812 77 1,787 97 Cemetery 45 50 124 25 Tax, 1909 5 40 License 1,524 25 Street tax 5 00 Fi fa’s, 1908 ... 597 93 Recorder’s court 396 55 Miscellaneous ... 76 60 190 04 Salary 677 12 Streets 416 15 Nuisance 128 80 Relief 55 98 Fire 489 22 Lights 1,320 33 Schools 3,125 26 Borrowed money. 2,285 66 Totals .$9,333 95 $9,755 88 Overdraft 421 93 SEVENTH GRADE PUPILS . PAY VISIT TO CITIZEN. Will Make Their Visit Subject for Composition. The Citizen was given a pleasant surprise Tuesday morning when the "A” division of the seventh grade of the Dalton public school dropped in for a minute inspection of the print ing plant. The pupils were accompa nied by Miss Freeman, teacher, and Major T. S. Lucas, and the main ob ject of their visit was to secure in formation for a composition they will write. From the composing room into the press room and then on into the bin dery of The A. J. Showalter Co., the pupils and instructors eagerly made their way. Many had never before seen a printing and binding establish ment and to them the visit w r as doub ly interesting. Many eager questions were asked by the pupils, and the prize composition will later be printed in The Citizen. The linotypes, Miehle, Campbell and Whitlock presses, the folding, cutting and stitching machines and the pro cess of book binding were carefully investigated. The compositions the pupils will write give promise of be ing extremely interesting. The Citizen enjoyed the visit of the school children, and they will be wel comed at any time they desire to re turn. Following made up the party: Miss Freeman, Major T. S. Lucas, Alma Combee, Nellie Joyce, Meneree Ox ford, Clarice Richardson, Minnie Watt, Gertrude Nelson, May Thomas, Lou Collum, Nora Daniel, Alma Tank- ersley, Harold and Marsh Home, Kirk Carr, Claude Hudson, Sam Berry, Oscar Thomas, Edd Warmack, Char lie Williams, Paul Kellogg. Many weak and nervous women have been restored to health by Fo ley’s Kidney Remedy, as it stimulates the kidneys so they will eliminate the waste matter from the blood. Impuri ties depress the nerves, causing ner vous exhaustion and other ailments. Commence today and you will soon be well. Pleasant to take. Sold by all druggists. PROGRAM AGREED. Druckenmiller’s Concert Band Will Make its First Appearance—Mrs. Shumate to Deliver Crosses. The daughters of the confederacy, aided by Mr. Don Druckenmiller, have arranged the program for the memo rial day exercises to be held at the court house Friday afternoon. Lunch eon will be served the veterans at the noon hour on the grounds of the court house, after which the crowds will gather in the superior court room for the exercises. The Druckenmiller concert band, which will furnish the music, will meet at twelve o’clock, and during the lunch hour the sex tette will play Southern melodies. Following is the program that has been arranged: Invocation—Rev. J. A. Timmerman. Mountain Moose March—The Druck enmiller concert band. Introduction of Speaker—Rev. F. K. Sims. Address—Col. O. P. Levert, of At lanta. Dixie—The Druckenmiller concert band. Song—Public school children. Delivery of Cross of Honor—Mrs. May McAfee Shumate. First Violets—Andante and waltz— The Drukenmiller concert band. Benediction—Rev. F. K. Sims. The band will then form in the yard, and while the line for the march to the cemetery is being arranged, “Flee as a Bird”—funeral march, will be played. The music at the cemetery will be played by the sextette from the band. The selections will be a number of sacred airs, the sextette being com posed of Mr. Don Druckenmiller, Mr. Aborn Smith, Mr. Jesse Smith, Mr. Joe Buchanan, Mr. J. P. Godwin and Dr. Jackson. An interesting feature of the pro gram is the music by the Drucken miller concert band, which will make its first public appearance Friday af ternoon. The band was organized a number of months ago, and practices have been held regularly. The band is made up^pf fifteen men, as follows: Don Druckenmiller, J. P. Godwin, W. B. Farrar, Carl Bivings, Ogburn Alley, Dr. Jackson, Jesse Smith, Lester Steed, Frank Pruden, W. J. Reeder, Aborn Smith, Sam Maddox, Joe Buchanan, Albert Carter, Joe Black. Mr. W. M. Sapp will be marshall of the day. The merchants are requested to close their stores from 1 to 4 o’clock Friday afternoon. CITY BEAUTIFUL CLUB DID WORK AT CEMETERY. Much Other Work is Yet Needed at City of the Dead. The eemetery committee of the City Beautiful club has completed its work at the cemeteries, and the w'ork has brightened up the appearance of the silent city wonderfully. Three days of last week were set aside for the work, and the ladies were kept very busy during that time. Now their work is done; but still many im provements could be made at the eem etery. Owing to the large amount of work required to clean up the cemetery properly, the club members w T ere una ble to do all of it, and they think that now is the time for the city officials to get busy and have the remainder of the w 7 ork done. The ladies have given the city a good start in the w'ork, and with a few more days* work, the ceme tery could be made a beautiful spot. TWO VALUABLE DOGS KILLED BY POLICEMAN CARR. Dogs Were Supposed to Have Been Rabid. Two valuable dogs, one owned by Chief of Police Fincher, and the other by Mi*. Luck Treadwell, were killed this week by Officer Carr. The owners of the dogs had them killed because they showed signs of going mad. Chief Fincher’s dog was killed Tues day, and the dog of Mr. Treadwell was killed Wednesday. Mr. Treadwell’s dog was bitten by a rabid dog about a year ago. The Ordinary’s room at the court house was filled to overflowing with confederate veterans last Saturday morning when tne local camp met at 11 o’clock. It was the largest gather ing of members the camp has had in a long time, and the meeting was filled with interest. After the roll .call of officers, Mr. Parker, of the Argus, was elected an auxiliary member of the camp, after which it was decided that the time was ripe for the election of delegates to represent the Joseph E. Johnston camp at the re-union of veterans to be held in Memphis during the early part of June. Comrades J. H. Moore, John Dowling and J. I. Tibbs were elected as delegates, and Commander Felker will select the alternates with in a few days. It was decided that the delegation should go over the N. C. & St. L. railroad. Mr. Latimer, traveling passenger agent of that road, has stated that a through car can be furnished, and the veterans w'ill not have to change cars. Commander Felker read a commun ication from J. S. Prather, of Atlanta, asking if he could persuade two mem bers of the local camp who served in the confederate cavalry to serve on his staff at the state re-union to be held in Athens. Attention was then called to the annual memorial day exercises to be held Friday, and a request that all veterans possessing them wear their crosses of honor on that day, was made. On the following Sunday, the annual sermon to confederate veter ans will be preached by Rev. Dr. Bachman, of Chattanooga. The vet erans will assemble at the court house at ten o’clock on that morning, when Commander Felker will call the camp to order, and the members present will form for the march to the church. The question of seeing if a pension could be secured for the widow' of the late William Nix came up. She want ed information from the camp about the war record of her late husband. William Nix was on the books of the camp as having served in “B” com pany, 39th Georgia. Mr. Collum, one of the seven survivers of the company, stated that there was no man in his company by the name of Nix. The camp was of the opinion that the company given w r as the wrong one, and a number of the members are trying to obtain information about Mr. Nix. From the talk that came up when the trip to Memphis was mentioned, it would seem that this camp will be well represented at the re-union, as a number present stated that they in tended going. If you desire a clear complexion take Foley’s Orino Laxative for con stipation and liver trouble, as it will stimulate these organs and thorough ly cleanse your system, which is what every one needs in the spring in or der to feel well. Sold by all drug gists. State Entomologist Worsham was in the city this week, his main business being to look into the condition of the peach trees in this section. In talk ing to a Citizen representative he stated that, from having examined the trees in practically every section of the state, he was of the opinion that Georgia would produce about one-half the average crop this year. •n “I find,” he said, “that the peach trees around Fort Valley will produce a yield of about one-half the average. From Fort Valley south, the crop will be larger, while in the nortnern coun ties it looks as if the crop will be about one-third or one-fourth of the average. The northern counties were injured more than the south Georgia counties. It was the cold snap in February that did the bigger portion of the damage. "The cold weather had a strange effect on the trees. I found in south and middle Georgia a number of trees loaded with peaches, but having no leaves. Of course, a big portion of these will drop off later. “Again, in south Georgia, I find trees still in bloom, while others con tain large green peaches. A number of the trees were killed by the cold wave. “It is hard to tell just what the crop will be; but I think a one-half crop is a conservative estimate. “The cold wave strangely affected the manner in which the trees bloom ed this year. Trees even in the same section bloomed at different times.” When asked if it would not be bet ter for the growers if the crop should be small, Mr. Worsham' said: “I ex pect it would. With the trees having only a small number of peaches on them, these peaches would naturally be larger and better, and would, con sequently, bring a larger price on the market. We can’t expect to have a full crop every year, and it seems that this is the year for tne crop to fall off.” FOLEYSHONEY^TAR •tops the cou^h and heals lungs MRS. WESTFALL DEAD FROM SWALLOWING BONE. Operation on Throat Was Unsuccessful and Death Followed. Mrs. Westfall, of Atlanta, formerly Miss Mamie Oxford, of this city, died Tuesday in Atlanta, and the body will be brought here for burial Thursday morning. Mrs. Westfall swallowed a fish bone about two weeks ago, the bone lodg ing in her throat. After suffering in tense pain for several days, she un derwent an operation; but the bone could not be located. The operation being unsuccessful her death resulted yesterday (Tuesday). The deceased was a sister of Mr. John Oxford, of this city, and had a number of warm friends here. Dalton now has a board of health; The council has appointed G. W. Ham ilton, Tom Black, Dr." J. G. McAfee, Dr. C. P. Gordon and Dr. Rollins as the members of this important board, and these gentlemen have power to elect a health officer, whose duty will be> to see that the city is put in a more sanitary condition. A resolution naming the above nam ed gentlemen as the local board of health was read before the recent meeting of the council, and the reso lution was put through without a sin gle dissenting vote. When the matter was brought up for discussion, Mayor Wood stated that an aggressive board of health was badly needed in Dalton. He said that a board of health was elected about four years ago, but never qualified. In giving his opinion of the powers of this board he stated that he was under the impression that the board could appoint a health officer and pay him a salary for doing the work. He added that he considered the health officer should be elected from the mem bers of the board. The duties of this health officer is one is elected, will be to see that the city is made more sanitary. Mayor Wood stated that he knew of instances where people had died with tubercu losis, and other families moved into the houses made vacant by these deaths without the houses being fu migated. “It is nothing less than crim inal that such a thing is permitted,” were his words. The board is expected to meet with in a few days to organize, elect a chairman and get dow T n to business. PROF. SUMMITT TEACHING AT JONESVILLE, VA. Has Charge of Jonesville Institute at That Place. The local friends of Prof. J. H. Sum- mitt w'ill be glad to learn that he is now in charge of Jonesville Institute, an excellent school in Virginia. Prof. Summitt was once principal of the Dalton Female College, and made a number of friends during his stay here. The following clipping from the Jonesville (Va.) Star will be of in terest to his frieqds in this city: Prof. J. H. Summitt was here this week, and arranged with the school authorities to take charge of Jones ville Institute. Professor Summitt comes highly recommended, and will no doubt be the right man in the right place. Professor Brown resigned in order to take charge of a school at his home town. He has many friends in Jonesville who will regret to see him go, for he has done good work, and leaves the Institute in a flourish ing condition. With the co-operation of patrons and officials we will con tinue to have one of the best schools in this part of the state. °Uttle 8 Early Risers The famous little pills. Hrtistic lftnnttnQ. 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. ITbe H. 5. Sbowalter Company, telephone Eighteen. 2)alton, (Seocgia. NOW INVESTIGATING. Rudolph Introduces Ordinance, Which, _ if Put Through, Will Blot Out Names of Several Streets. An interesting ordiance was intro duced by Councilman Rudolph at the regular meeting of the city fathers last Monday night. The ordinance { would blot out the names of several streets now down on the city map, the streets to be x made continuations of others. The ordinance didn’t reach every street that will be changed if an ordi nance is put through; but these will be added to the ordinance before any final action is taken. The ordiance as read Monday night would do away with Cleveland street, making it a continuation of Selvidge street; would make McCamy a con tinuation of South Hamilton street; Glenn a continuation of North Depot street; First avenue a continuaiton of Henderson. There are a number of streets in this city which connect with others, the streets running in a straight line; and Councilman Rudolph’s ordinance was introduced to do away with con fusion caused by this. ✓ But here another difficulty present ed itself; with such a change made, the streets would have to be re-num- bered, and would cause confusion when property on these streets now recorded would change hands. Mr. Walter Jones was present at the meet ing, and spoke of this confusion that would be caused. The result of the matter was that the ordinance w r as held over until the next meeting so that it can be inves tigated more fully. PROGRAM IS ARRANGED FOR JUNIOR ENTERTAINMENT. Large Number of Invitations Have Been Issued. The following invitation has been is sued: You are cordially invited to attend a musical and literary entertainment to be given by Dalton Council No. 30, Junior Order United American Me chanics at Masonic Hall, Thursday ev ening, May 6, 1909. Program. W. M. Sapp, Toastmaster. Music, by Dalton Band. Prayer, Rev. H. D. Keith. Opening Address, T. D. Ridley, State Vice-Councilor. Music. Talk on the Tenets of the Order, Col. M. C. Tarver. Speech, I. M. Cornelison. Speech, Col. H. A. Langston. Quartette, Smith, Smith, Black, Vance, “Silver-throated Songsters.” Address, Hon. Thomas Hill. Music. Talk, Judge Geo. G. Glenn. Selection — “Southern Melodies,” Smith, Vance, Smith, Black. Address, Judge A. W. Fite. Music. Music. Refreshments. We cordially and earnestly request all who receive invitations to be pres ent. Come and be with us, and an evening of profit and pleasure is prom ised. THOMAS HILL, W. M. SAPP, THOS. D. RIDLEY, Committee. A. T. GILBERT, Councilor. CARD OF THANKS. We, the undersigned, do sincerely thank Rev. C. C. Maples, the brother firemen and employes of the N. C. & St. L. R. R. and all the friends, who so sympathetically ministered to us during our late bereavement in the death of our dear loved one, Newton T. King. GEORGE KING, Father. Mrs. N. T. KING, Wife. BROTHERS and SISTERS. The public schools of the city came in for their share of attention at coun cil meeting Monday night, the schools being discussed several times during the meeting. The $500 voucher for school purposes was not adopted in the report of the finance committee, the council voting favorably on the report with this item stricken. -It was when Councilman Hamilton had finished reading the report of the finance committee that the schools came up for discussion. An item call ing for $500 for school purposes was read out in the report, and Council man Hamilton then went on to explain it. He said that Mr. Trammell, sec retary of the school board, had told him that the voucher would not be paid if he found the school fund too low. This caused Councilman Mc Knight to make a few remarks on the subject of money in the hands of the school board. Dr. McKnight said that he had been informed by county school commissioner Sapp that the state had paid over to the school board $2,500, and he wanted to know what had become of it. An attempt was made to telephone Mr. Trammell and ask about the money; but the ’phone was out of commission, and he could not be reached. Councilman Mc Knight then went on to say that the council had regularly appropriated money for the expense of running the public schools. At the close of the discussion it was decided to adopt the finance committee’s report with the item of $500 for schools stricken from it. The Second Discussion. It was when the committee appoint ed to investigate the feasibility of securing the female college building for public school purposes was called on to report that discussion number two arose. Councilman McKnight stated that he had talked with a num ber of the trustees of the female col lege, and was of the opinion that the building could be secured if the city would pay off the outstanding debt on the building. The debt, he stated, amounted to about ■ $1,500. This amount, with $500 for improvements, could, he believed, place the building in good shape. He then said that if the city could secure it, it could be used for public, and, if the people saw fit, for high school purposes. The committee was then empowered by the council to act as they saw fit in the matter. In talking of the city’s securing the building, Councilman McKnight stated that he thought a board should be elected by the people to take charge of the building. When told by Mayor Wood that the election of such a board would cause the city to have two school boards, Councilman Mc Knight stated that such w r as not his intention. He said that, while he didn’t Intend to say anything about it, he thought the people should elect a school board and do away with the one elected by the council. Mayor Wood took sides with him in that, stating that he was of the opinion that the charter gave the council the power to elect the school board. The Colored School Building. The committee appointed to look in to the matter of re-building the house for colored children, brought up dis cussion number three. Councilman Bishop stated that he had heard that the colored people wanted to help In the fund for this purpose. He was appointed a committee of one to find out what they wanted done. He will do this and report back to the coun cil at the next regular meeting. WHAT’S THE USE studying color cards, catalogues, etc., and worrying yourself, wife and friends to death, trying to decide which of the many ADULTERATED paints is the best? One is just as good as the other, but if you wish a paint that is DIFFERENT, buy and use Davis’s 100 Per Cent Pure Paint. For sale by the Farrar Lumber Co., Dalton, Ga.

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North Georgia citizen. (Dalton, Ga.) 1868-1924, May 06, 1909, Image 1