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Council Talks Like Next Year
Will See Change.
Minors and Women Eligible
Job of Enumerators.
WOULD BE BETTER.
SCOPE OF CENSUS.
NO COURT THURSDAY.
Would Satisfy Everybody—In All Prob
ability Change Will Be Made
With New Year.
Amendments Will Be Voteji on in the
Coming City Election—What
They Propose.
Enumerators Will Stand Examination
—What the Schedule of Ques
tions Will Include.
Many Jurors' Excused-
Continued—Criminal^ Docket
Will Come Friday.
-Kiliebrue Case
MAN WAS BOUND OVER.
Raid Was Made on John Wells’
Home Saturday.
An interesting matter that, came in
for discussion at the council meeting^
Monday night was the question of put
ting the recorder of Dalton on a salary,
instead of paying him by means of the
fee system. From the words of the
members of the council, it looks as if
the recorder will be paid a salary next
year.
The discussion lasted only a few sec
onds, and could hardly be dignified by
that name:
The November term of -city court
opened at the courthouse Monday
morning, Judge Glenn calling court to
order at 10 o’clock.
A large number of the jurors drawn
had been excused from duty by Judge
Glenn, and of those drawn only nine
were on hand and ready for work. The
sheriff secured nine others easily and
there was no delay caused.
In announcing the order of business;
Judge Glenn stated that the criminal
docket would not be reached before
Thursday morning. On being reminded
that Thursday will be Thanksgiving
day, Judge Glenn stated that he would
have to hold court unless he received
an invitation to dine with on'e of the
attorneys. Col. S. P. Maddox came to
the front and asked the court to dine
with hiip, so Judge Glenn decided to
accept the invitation and adjourn
With the time for taking the govern
ment census near at hand, some gen-
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4- Couneilmanic Resolution. +
+ At council meeting Monday +
+ night the following resolution +
+ was intorduced by Councilman +
4- Rudolph and adopted by the 4-
4- unanimous vote of the council: 4-
4- Resolved, That this council 4-
4- does hot approve the charter 4-
+ amendments as a whole passed +
4- by the last legislature, and think 4-
4- the people should defeat it at the 4-
4- polls. .+
Taken Before Judge Newman at Rome
Saturday Afternoon—The Ar
resting Officers.
A small-sized still was found at the
home of John Wells in North Dalton
last Saturday morning, the raid being
made by Revenue Officer Camp, Police
Chief Fincher and Policeman Britton.
Wells was captured at the time the
raid was made.
When the officers went to the house
they found the still cold. It, together
with a jug of “backings” and a jar of
“mash,” was carried to the council
chamber. About 40 gallons of beer
were found.
Wells was locked in jail Saturday,
where he remained until the afternoon
train for Rome was due. He was then
taken to the depot by the arresting
officers and was accompanied to Rome,
where he appeared before the United
States Court on the charge of running
He was bound over
but a number of the coun-
cilmen expressed their views on the
subject and all vsfiio had a word to say
made it clear that they favor the sal
ary system.
It came up when the Tarver bill was
being read before the council and
members were discussing the different
topics embraced in the bill. The ques
tion of cutting the recorder off from
all fees brought the expressions of ap
proval from the members. *
There is no doubt but that the salary
system of paying the recorder would
meet with the hearty approval of the
great majority of the citizens; and
it'is safe to say that no one would like
the plan better than the recorder him
self. No matter how honest a man
may be, when the people know his pay
depends on his fining of prisoners he
is bound to come up for criticism. To
no man is the present system of pay
ing this official more distasteful than it
is to the recorder himself, for he re
alizes how a number of people will
criticise him every time he fines a
criminal.
Hints were made at council meeting
Monday night that the recorder would
go on a salary next year. One mem
ber spoke of the passing year as an ex
periment, so that the council could
form an idea of how much a recorder
should be paid. While some of the
members had nothing to say on^ the
question, at least three spoke out as
being in favor of the institution of the
salary system for paying the recorder,
and it seems certain that such will tye
adopted with the new year.
4- The Proposed Amendments. 4-
4- If the charter amendments are 4-
4- favorably voted at the election of 4-
4- Wednesday, December 8, the city 4-
4- council can, under no circum- 4-
4- stances—
4- Put the tax rate over $1.10 on 4-
4- $100. +
4- Pay the Recorder by^fee sys- 4F
4- tern. +
4- Run a higher school unless it 4-
-t- is self-sustaining. +
Mines and Quarries. The statistics
realtive to population and agriculture
will be collected wholly by enumera
tors under the supervision of super
visors of each congressional district.
Statistics relative to manufactories and
mines will be collected by special
agents and employes of the bureau at
Washington detailed for that purpose.
Period and Time for Enumeration.
The act provides that the enumera
tion of poulation and agriculture shall
begin on April 15, 1910, and shall be
completed within 30 days in case of
rural districts and small towns.
Kiliebrue vs. the W. & A. road and
Hilderbrand would be continued for
the term.
Monday was given over to the or
ganization of the court, no cases being
tried. Carl Holland entered a plea of
guilty in a misdemeanor case and
was fined. Oscar Green also plead
guilty, and the case of the State vs.
Charley Holland was nolle prossed.
Judge Wright Presides.
Judge Wright, of the Rome circuit,
reached the city Monday to preside
in the case of S. J. Wall vs. the Crown-
Cotton mills.
Owing- to the absence of G. W. Ham
ilton, Jr., an important witness in this
case/ court adjourned early Monday
afternoon. Tuesday morning Mr. Ham
ilton had returned to the city and the
case was resumed.
Judge Wright made a great impres
sion on the attorneys. It is doubtful if
there is a better judge in the state
than Mose Wright and the local attor
neys were greatly pleased with his
work. Fair and impartial in his rul
ings, and with a thorough knowledge
of the law, he is the kind of a man
who goes far toward placing the ju
diciary on a high plane of dignity and ,
efficiency.
Tuesday was given over to the case
of Wall against the Crown mills and
resulted in a mistrial.
Tuesday night the case of W. C.
a blockade still,
uficler a $200 bond.
Aside from the finding of the still
and the booze in his house, thdre was
no other evidence against Wells, as he
was not found operating the moon
shiner’s outfit.
When the raid was made and ‘the
still taken tQ council chamber it cre
ated a large amount of interest. The
fact that it was found within the city
limits added to the interest of the
crowd that quickly gathered to view the
trophies of the hunt.
What People Will Vote On. 4-
For Mayor.
For Councilman, First Ward. 4-
For Councilman* Fourth Ward. 4:
For Councilman, Fifth Ward. 4-
For Councilman, Eighth Ward. 4-
For or against charter amend- 4-
Incor-
porated cities which had 5,000 or more
inhabitants under the census of 1900
must be completed in two weeks.
Each congressional district is di
vided into enumeration districts and
each enumerator is given a clearly de
fined district, in order to facilitate and
to simplify the conduct of the work.
The law provides that the population
of incorporated towns, villages or cities
shall be returned separately; and the
population of each shall be clearly and
plainly distinguished from that of the
rural territory within the civil dis
tricts.
The act authorizes the employment
of special enumerators for institutions,
such as prisons, hospitals, asylums,
benevolent institutions, reservations,
For or against school bonds.
WANTED—To buy a pair of good
mule colts.
HON. RILEY GIDDENS
Apply to Porter Moore.
IS DANGEROUSLY ILL.
BURGLARS GAINED
FREEDOM AFTER RUN,
Condition Is Considered
Physicians.
When each congressional district
has been divided into enumeration dis-
tricts- it will be the duty of the super
visor to designate suitable persons in
each district to perform, the work of
enumeration. This will require the
greatest possible care, as the success
and value of the census absolutely de
pend upon the thoroughness and -ac
curacy with which enumerators per
form their duty. /
Examination for Enumerators.
Applicants for positions as enumera
tors should apply to the supervisor of
the congressional district in which
they reside and will be required to
stand an examination of a practical
character, such as filling out of sample
schedules. These' applications will
meeting Monday night purposes cannot exceed five-tenths., of
rs discussed at length the l per cent.
amend the charter of _the As for the schools, the bill gives the
i After a thorough dis- city power to establish and maintain a
alution was introduced by' high school, provided a fixed tuition be
Rudolph, the resolution' charged each pupil, and further pro-
l6 council is opposed to vided the expenses incident to the run-
iit as a whole and would ning of the school shall not exceed the
e people defeat it in the tuition collected—in other words, the
on high school must be self-sustaining;
y of Amendment. and none of the money collected for
ive Tarver introduced in such a school can be used for any
>ral assembly a bill , to other purpose.
arter of the city of Dal- That part of the bill touching the re-
iincil secured a copy of carder’s court does away with the
it had passed the house, present fee system of paying the re
used to many of the sec- border. It says that no defendant
jiH S e n t a committee to shall be charged, in addition to his
y to defeat it when it fine, any money to pay the'recorder or
he senate. * the arresting officers,
littee accomplished its The council Monday night took ac-
at the bill was killed in tion as mentioned above, and it is now
mmittee and was never U p to.the people to say whether or not
.. the body proper. A they want the charter amendments as
, then offered by the sen- put before them by the state of
«Q<?pd in the house, and Georgia.
T rail Lost
District
Hon. Riley Giddens, ex-representa
tive from this county to the state leg*
islature, is seriously ill at his home
near Prater’s mill, and his physician
condition extremely
The burglar, or burglars, who broke
into the Keith store at Red Clay last
Wednesday night, escaped after being
given a hard*run last Thursday.
When Sheriff Gilbert was notified of
the burglary last Thursday morning,
he immediately got into. communica
tion with the authorities at Cleveland,
Tenn., and made arrangements for an
officer with bloodhounds to meet him.
The dogs were taken to Red Clay by
Deputy Henderson. -
The hounds easily struck the trail
and followed it for a number of miles,
finally losing it in the Alaculsey valley.
Sheriff Gilbert was accompanied by
Deputy Howard.
considers
grave.
For several months Mr. Giddens has
been in declining health, but it was
only recently that he was forced to
take to his bed. He has grown worse
for the past few weeks, until he is In a
precarious condition.
Mr. Giddens has hundreds, of friends
throughout the state who will deeply
regret to learn v of his serious illness,
and all have hopes of seeing him re-
cover'within a short time.
PARALYSIS CAUSED
DEATH OF MRS. SMITH,
Stricken Thursday and Lived Until
Monday Morning.
SPECIAL SERVICES
' AT MT. RACHEL CHURCH,
Mrs. Brawner Smith died at her —
home on South Spencer.street Monday *
morning at 5 o’clock, her death being +
caused by paralysis. +
Mrs. Smith was stricken last Thurs- 4-
day, but rallied slighty toward the last +
of the weelj;. Her condition was. ex- +
tremely serious at all times during her 4-
illness, and it was known that she had 4-
only a slight chance to recover. 4-
She was married three times, and 4-
eight children survive her, three .by +
her first husband, four by the second +
and one hy Mr. Smith, who also sur- 4-
vives her. _ r +
Funeral services were conducted at +
the home Tuesday morning at 9 +
o’clock, Rev. G. P. White officiating at 4-
the obsequies, and the interment was 4-
at Pine Grove. +
The death takes from Dalton a good 4-
woman and was a severe shock to her 4-
many local friends: - +
Juniors Will Celebrate Thanksgiving
Day.
The local council of Junior Order of
United American Mechanics will meet
Thursday evening in the secret order
hall and will enjoy a banquet A pro
gram for the banquet has been ar
ranged, and a number of interesting
speakers will entertain the crowd.
Sunday afternoon special services
will be held at ML Rachel Baptist
church, the services to be conducted by
Rev. H. D. Keith. The Juniors will go
to the church in a body, and seats will
be reserved for them.
DALTON HAS LOST
FACTORY TO ROME.
Sanders Overall Manufactory To Be
Moved Soon.
Mr. J. M. Sanders spent Tuesday in
Rome to complete arrangements for
the moving of his overall and tent fac
tory to that city within a short time.*'
The fact that the plant will be movdfi
from here causes regret among the
local friends of the men who conduct
the business. \
Rome capital- is interested in the
change, and the plant will be greatly
enlarged.
W. A. Leslie will move his family
to Rome within a few weeks to take
charge of the new business, and it is
probable that Mr. Sanders will move
there within a short time.
FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY
DIED OF DIPHTHERIA. +
ness at the same time. Under the
law, enumerators cannot resign after
they have been accepted (except for
justifiable cause) without incurring
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THE CITIZEN
Like the Sunshine.
THE CITIZEN
COVERS WHITFIELD
Like the Sunshine.
Rev. C. S. Martin Comes to
Hamilton Street.
Ed Jordan Locked Up Under
Very Serious Charge.
Dr. W. P. Lovejoy Remains Presiding
Elder—Rev. E. G. Thomason Goes
to Summerville.
THAT WHICH PLEASES MANY MUST POSSESS MERIT”—THE CITIZEN PLEASES MANY.
Fifty-eight Years Old
VOL. LIX. NO. 8.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
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Fathers Don’t Cotton to the Tar
ver Bill.
Mose Wright Presided
This Week.
FOII AN INSULT
ADOPT RESOLUTION.
OTHER
CHANGES
Councilman Rudolph, the resolution
being that the council is opposed to
the amendment as a whole and
like to see the people defeat it in the
coming election.
History of Amendment.
Representative Tarver introduced in
the last general assembly a bill_to
amend the charter of the city of Da-
The council secured a copy oi
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PRESIDENT TAFT'S PROCLAMATION. +
. T he season of the year has returned when, in 4-
A proclamation. cugtom established by our forefathers, 4-
accordance with the are wont to meet in their usual places 4-
the people of the Unite appointed by the civil magistrate
£ '.rsu—- “ ^
4— ties, or flood, or ’ . wars or rumors of wars. Peace and the
4- in quietness, undisturbe ^ industrial production animate
4- plenty of bounteous . to al i the renewed energies of benefi- 4-
+ . a cheerful and “l progress. It is altogether fit- +
and gratefully aehuowledge the dlviue +
source of these Uessings. Thursday> the 25th day of November, 4-
Therefore, I k el - e ^ y - i g and i call upon the people on that 4-
as a day of general f to repair to their churches and +
services of praise and thanksgiving to Almighty 4-
^ witness whereof I hare " set w hand and caused the.
seal of the United States £is 15t h day of November, in the
Done at the city hundred and nine, and of the in
year of our Lord, ^f^^TtheTne hundred and thirty-fourth,
dependence of the United State WILLIAM H. TAFT.
•j + n Knox, Secretary of State.
By the President, P. C. -&nox, *
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Frank Burdock Was Buried at Dug
Gap Last Saturday.
Frank, the four-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Burdock, died of diph
theria at the home of his parents near
Dug Gap last Friday.
Saturday the funeral services were
conducted at Dug Gap church by Rev.
C. Maples, and the interment was
at the nearby burying ground.
BOND PUT AT $1,000.
Is Alleged to Have Written Note to
Young White Woman and Tried
to Enter Home.
Ed%ordan, a negro employed on the
government building, is in jail with a
serious charge resting over him. He
was bound over hy Judge. Longley
Monday afternoon, the bond being
placed at $1,000. On bis failure to
make the bonid he was locked up.
Jordan is alleged to have gone to the
home of a young white woman Satur
day night and to have handed her a
note. The note asked if the writer
could call, and was signed with the
initials “E. J.” At the trial Monday
afternoon the young lady stated that
when Jordan handed her the note he
stated that it was written hy a young
man by the name of Robinson, who
was a worker at the government build
ing. Seeing that the initials could not
stand for a man of that name, she told
the negro and he said he might have
written it himself.
After he had been driven away from
the house, an attempt was made by
some one to enter a window. The
house-breaker was frightened away,
and as he leaped the fence the young
woman recognized him as the negro
who had brought the note there earlier
in the evening.
A search was made for the negro
Saturday night, but it proved fruitless.
Sunday morning Jordan was rounded
up and placed in jail.
At the trial Jordan stated that be
was drunk and didn't know what he
was doing. Before the‘trial he had told
several tales about the note.
Jordan’s case will be brought up be
fore the grand jury, which will., be in
session here the first week in De
cember.
Appointments for Dalton District.
W. P. Lovejoy, presiding elder.
Dalton—First church, J. A.
Timmerman.
Dalton—Hamilton Street, C. S.
Martin.
Adairsville—*A. L. Hutchinson.
Calhoun—Frank Quillian.
Calhoun Circuit—A. W. Con
way, supply.
Cartersville—H. B. Mays.
Chatsworth—J. C. Adams.
Chickamauga—O. M. Ponder.
East Cartersville—H. Wills,
supply.
Emerson—L. B. Hughes, sup
ply.
Fairmount—D. P. Read.
Kingston—B. H. Trammell.
Lafayette—H. S. Smith.
Lafayette Circuit—H. Green,
supply.
Lyerly—-J. E. Rorie.
Murray—Richard P. Elrod.
Ringgold—N. A. Parsons, sup
ply.
Sufiligna—L J. Lovem.
Summerville—E. G.'Thomason.
Trion—H. M. Strozier.
Tilton—D. P. Johnson.
Tunnel 'Hill—G. H. Yarbrough,
supply.
Whitfield—W. L. Lyons, sup
ply.
in Alaculsey
1 Thursday.
The North Georgia Methodist con
ference adjourned Monday evening,
after the ministers had been assigned
places for - the approaching year. The
session of the conference at SL Paul’s
church in Atlanta was one of unusual
interest, in that a number of impor
tant affairs came before the body.
It was unanimously decided that the
North Georgia conference is In favor
of the four-year limit for preachers.
A memorial to this effect will be pre
sented to the general conference.
A number of changes were made in
the Dalton district. However, Rev.
Dr. W. P. Lovejoy was sent back as
presiding elder;. Rev. J. A. Timmer
man was returned to the First church
of this city; Rev. Frank Qiullian was
returned to Calhoun; A. W. Conway
to Calhoun circuit; H. B. Mays to Car
tersville; A. L. Hutchison to Adairs
ville; D. P. Read to Fairmount; Rich
ard P. Elrod to Murray; H. M. Strozier
to Trion; H. S. Smith to LaFayette.
Of the miinsters changed hut remain
ing in the Dalton district, Rev. E. G.
Thomason goes to Summerville, C. S.
Martin comes to Hamilton Street
church from Chickamauga, J. E. Rorie
goes from Whitfield to Lyerly and N.
A. Parsons goes from Tunnel Hill to
Ringgold.
W. R. Mackay goes from Kingston
to Winterville, in the Athens district;
A. M. Sprayberry from Ringgold to
Groyetown, in the Augusta district; J.
A. Sprayberry from LaFayette to Flo-
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GOVERNOR BROWN’S PROCLAMATION.
Many p.re the blessings vouchsafed to our people from the plente-
■ ous palm of the great Father in this harvest-time of a most bountiful
• year.
The profits arising from advanced prices in cotton have more than
• made up for crop deficiency; the yield of corn has been so unusual
■ that the cribs of the husbandman are fuller than for years of the
■ golden grain of the field; the larder and the smokehouse are comfort
ing reminders of the plethora of ante-bellum days, while the heavy
hand of the baneful credit system is gradually, but surely, being lifted
v from''the .home of the provident planter.
No harsh clashes between capital and labor or other disorders
* threaten the peace and the prosperity of our state; no famine or pesti
lence has interrupted the health or the happiness of our people; and
good times bless every section and all the interests of our beloved
commonwealth.
Therefore, in accordance with the custom that has obtained from
the earliest days of the republic, and the action of the president of
the United States, I, Joseph M. Brown, governor of the state of Geor
gia, do issue this my proclamation designating Thursday, the 25th day
^ of November, 1909, as a day of thanksgiving.
On that day the people are requested to rest from regular occupa
tions, and to assemble in bouses of worship, and about the family al
tars to give thanks to Almighty God for his multiplied blessings I
especially request that the widow and the orphan, the poor and th
afflicted be remembered by word and deed.
Given under my hand and the seal of the executive department af
at the capital in the city of Atlanta, this 19th day of November’ i
the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine and of
independence of the United States one hundred and thirty-four
JOSEPH M. BROWN Governor
By the Governor, Benjamin M. Blackburn, Secretary- of v .
Department. ' of Executive
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