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THE CITIZEN |
covers Whitfield!
Like the Sunshine, t
City Could Sell Electric Light Plant
for Nice, Juicy Sum—Some of
the Business.
•Old Soldier 86
War Records Given-
Years of Age, Joins Camp.
Reports Made.
Outlined the Objects of Government
' Demonstration Work—Is
Growing Rapidly.
Looking for Place to Go Into
Winter Quarters.
An unusually interesting meeting of
the old soldiers was held at the court
house last Saturday morning, a large
attendance being on hand on account
of the ideal weather on. that day.
A number of interesting talks were
made by the old soldiers after, the
regular order of business had been
finished/*; -It seemed that nearly all
of those present had something to
say, and the meeting was finally ad
journed in a hurry by Commander,
Felker in order to enable those from
a distance to catch their trains home.
One of the most interesting fea
tures of the meeting was the talk by
A. G. Franklin, an old soldier who en
rolled his name among the members
of Camp Joseph E. Johnston. Mr.
Franklin spoke at length on his ser
vice,, and made the statement that he
He was
State Agent Gentry, in charge - of
the Government demonstration work
that is being conducted to better con
ditions of Georgia farmers, was in
the city Monday of this week, having
stopped over here eh route from At;
lanta to his old home in Texas. -While
here he was guest of honor at a big
dinner at the Britton hotel, where
about fourteen interested people were
gathered together to meet Mr. Gentry.
Seated at the table were Mr. Gen
try, who occupied the position of hon
or at the head of the table; Mr. Charles
Foster, who has charge of .demonstra
tion work here; ex-Sheriff J. M. John
son, Qounty School Commissioner J. C.
OWNER WAS
Mr. C. Smith, Senior Partner, Was
Well Pleased With Dalton—Is\
Big Company.
Dalton has an excellent chance to
land the Smith Carnival Company for
this winter. The company goes into
winter quarters with the close of next
week, after concluding a week’s en
gagement at Selma, Ala., and the man
agement is seriously .considering Dal
ton as a suitable place in which to
winter.
Mr. Cr Smith, senior partner in the
company, was in the city Saturday of
last week. While here he made a
trip to the fail/ grounds and was very
much impressed with the looks of
things. G. L. Lewis, treasurer of the
fair association, accompanied him, and
to Mr. Lewis; Mr. Smith expressed
himself as being highly pleased with
Dalton. He would not commit him
self; but said that he would return to
i his shows and take the matter up
is eighty-six year of age.
readily accepted as a member when
he made application, as Judge Bogle
knew his record on account of the
pension he is drawing.
Under the head of election of new
members, Major T. S. Lucas, superin
tendent of the local public school sy&-
tem,-'was chosen as an auxiliary mem
ber of the camp, he having made appli
cation.
The committee appointed to draft a
tribute of respect on the death of
Comrade Oxford, made its report, the
tribue being as follows: ?
“Another one of Joseph E. Johnston
Camp has* answered roll call'. for the
last time on earth, has crossed over
the river to rest in the shade on the
other side, and to answer roll call up
yonder.
“J. L. Oxford whs born in North Car
olina January 8, 1840.
He moved tt>
Georgia early in life and was married
to Miss Mary Rachael Poole, Dec. 11,
1859. Six children were born to them.
Was married the second time to Miss
Kate Cary in January, 1901, and has
been a member of the Baptist church
for over forty years. We have known
him for forty-five years. He was a
good soldier, Christian and citizen, a
kin ^father and'a loving husband. We
have met Mr. Oxford in good health
and after he had lost his health, and
have always -found him cheerful and
he loved to talk about our Christian
duties on e^rth. We believe that he
has filled his mission on earth and
has returned to God to receive his
reward.
“On February 27, 1862, he joined
Capt. R. P. Wellborn’s Company E, 9th
Georgia regiment, Anderson’s brigade,
army of Virginia.
the points of fancy poultry and for
creating a better interest in the cul
ture of standard bred poultry, and
ought to be supported by every breeder
of fancy fqwls of any description in
the county. Such a show not only
affords a breeder the very best oppor
tunity of advertising his birds, but
quoted some figures. Two years ago,
there were seven men doing this work
in Georgia—that is, seven agents, in-
done exclusively in seven counties.
This year, with the work only two
years old, the work is being carried
on in seventy counties, and 8,000 farm
ers have enlisted in the cause which
will benefit them and their neighbors.
Where the government appropriated
$3,000 for the first year’s work in
Georgia, appropriations this year will
amount to $30,000. . >
This demonstration work was first
launched by the government in Texas,
when the farmers of that stalje were
given assistance in fighting the boll-
weevil.
When the bollweevil first started its
deadly work in Texas, a conference of
the farmers was called, and plans for
eradicating the evil were advanced. • It
was Dr. Knapp who a^yanced the the
ory' for destroying the bollweevil; but
the farmers were unable to make an
other crop through lack of seed. The
government was persuaded to purchase
a number of carloads of seed and dis
tribute it among the 1 farmers.
In talking of this, Mr. Gentry made
the statement that he was positive the
bollweevil would reach this state with
in a fejv years.
In talking of the work that is now
being done by the government, the
young man by representing tne 4<sa
district in the state senate, later serv
ing two terms in the state legislature
as the representative from Whitfield
and being, for one term speaker pro
tem of the House and was considered
one of the best parliamentarians in
the state.
Was Internal Revenue Collector.
He resigned from the legislature to
accept the appointment ofrintemal rev
enue collector for the state of Georgia,
made by President Grover Cleveland.
Here be distinguished himself as a
man of fine business capacity and ex
ecutive ability.
When his term of office expired, he
returned to Dalton and became as
sociated with the First National Bank
against the. advice many of his friends
On August 23, 1863,
he was wounded at Brandy Station, on
the Rappahannock river and was sent
to the hospital at Culpepper’s court
house, Virginia, August 24. After get
ting well he returned to his duty and
surrendered with his company at the
close of the war.
Joseph E. Johnston Camp extends
their sympathy to the bereaved family.
“G. W. STAFFORD,
• “W. H. C. FREEMAN,
“A. J. YORK, Committee.”
Among those who made interesting
talks to the camp were MajorsWailes,
who spoke of the reunion of the mem
bers of Wheeler’s cavalry in Atlanta,
Sunday, November 21. Dr. Lee
preached the sermon to the old sol
diers, and the day was enjoyed by all.
Comrade Dowling made a short talk-
to the camp. It was the first meeting
he had attended in some time, and he
spoke of the pleasure it gave him to
meet again with the-old soldiers.
Just before the camp adjourned,
Comrade G. W. Hendricks, one of the
oldest veterans present, made an in
KNIGHTS OFPYTHIAS
ELECT NEW OFFICERS
C. A. Deakins Chosen Chancellor Com
mander.
ADDITIONAL DELEGATES
HAVE BEEN APPOINTED
The local Knights of Pythias at their
regular weekly meeting Wednesday
night of.last week, elected officers,
with the following results:
C. A. Deakins, chancellor command
er; Robert Hill, vice-chancellor; Wal
ter Hamilton, keeper of records and
seals; R. O. White, master at arms;
John Black, master of finance; G. W.
Horan,-master of exchequer; J. D. Wil
liamson, prelate; W. F. Manning;'inner
guard; G. T. Bullard, outer guard.
The local lodge is in a highly flour
ishing condition, and new members are
being added weekly.
Two Others Named to Rivers and Har
bors Congress.
MAGNIFICENT SERMON
BY LOCAL MINISTER
Rev. F. K. Sims Pleased People of
Cartersville.
FOR RENT—6-room house on Spen
cer street, large lot and all modem
conveniences; will rent by month or
by year. Farrar Lumber Company.
1 THE CITIZEN
COVERS WHITFIELD |
x he Sunshine.
Established 1850,
THAT WHICH PLEASES MANY MUST POSSESS MERIT’’-THE CITIZEN PLEASES MANY.
Fifty-eight Years Old
VOL. lix. no. 10.
DALTON, GEORGIA, T HURSDAY, DEC. 9, 1909.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
SO WAS THE BOND ISSUE
sr”-*'
Voters Spoke Out Loud and Clear !
Wednesday.
THE OTHER RESULTS.
Wills Defeated Hamilton; Thomas Won
Over Perry; Mann Elected;
King Beat Russell.
+++++++++++++++++
+ The result in Wednesday’s elec- +
+ tion: +
+ FOR MAYOR: +
+• P. B. TRAMMELL ...428- +
+ —:— Ht
+ FOR CO UNO ILMEN: +
+ First Ward. “ +
+ John Will'? '< 44 +
+ F. A. Hamilton..... 34 +
+ Fourth Ward. +
+ John Thomas 50 +
+ Will Perry 28 +
+ Fifth Ward. +
+ W. E. Mann 55 +
+ Hnse Longley 13 +
+i Eighth Ward. +
+ George King 25 +
+ Joe Russell 15 +
+ . Charter Amendment. +
+ Against 238 +
+ For . 165 ^
+ School Bonds. +
+ Against . .. .244 +
+ For . 150 +
+++++++++++++++++
AGENT GENTRY
Given Big Dinner at the Britton
Hotel.
OF VETERANS
Two New Members Added to
Camp Roster.
MADE FINE ADDRESS
Wednesday’s election was by far the
tamest affair pulled off ' in Dalton in
many moons, the vote being the light
est known in a dozen or more years.
Even in those wards where there were j with his two sons who were equally
races for places on the city council interested in the company with him.
who considered the field too small for
two banks at that time. The success
of that institution shows the result of
his! wisdom and work. ■>
Good Work on Board of Education.
A few years ago he was elected a
member of the board of education. At
that time/Dalton only had a grammar
school, being far behind any city of
its size in the'state in this respect.
After working to improve the schools
as. they were and getting the school
in North Dalton established with the
other members of the hoard he led
the fight for the high school.
After getting'it under headway, the
council declared it illegal and abolished
it The fight that was carried on by
the council is well known to every
citizen of Dalton. When the counci
voted to abolish the ninth grade (for
that was all .there was to the high
school at that time) the teacher and
pupils went to Mr. Trammell to see
what they Should do. Without making
any big talk about it, he told theni to
go ahead with th? work, and when
the hoard was ready to stop the school
they would be notified. The next meet-
mg of the council the school was agam
abolished, and at the third mating
when some member suggested bring
ing" the matter up again it was tabled
by a member who said the city ha no
high school-as it had been abolished.
(Continued on page 7).
WAS INTERESTING
OLD BUSINESS
BEFORE DADS
Councilman Hill Was Again In
Our Midst.
A WOULD-BE BUYER
Judge Fite Causes Audience to
Sit Up and Notice. *
NEW TRIAL WANTED
I Judge Tells Jury It May Consider De-
New Building on Hamilton and fendant a Negro and Witness
King Streets Secured.
a White Woman.
STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING.
The stockholders of the Farmers
Gin Co. will hold a called meeting at
the office of the Union Warehouse at
Dalton, Tuesday, December 14th, 1909
at ten o’clock, a. m.
J. IV. N. BRAY, Manager.
PLANS COMPLETED ]++++++++++++++++
|+ What Judge Fite charged:
i
Than In-i +
+
•f-
+
+
Bigger Preparations Made
tended, On Account of Unex
pected Interest in Show.
the
+
Tuesday of next week marks
opening of the big poultry show, and!
the members bf the association are | +
congratulating themselves on the sue- +
cess of the movement which is now +
assured. Everything looks good and + +
it looks as if the annual chicken show j
will he made a permanent affair ijpr
this city.
In his charge to the jury in
the Jordan case, Judge Fite
Tuesday afternoon used the fol
lowing words:
“In determining whether or
not the language used was un
becoming, you may consider the
social standing of the defendant
and Mi&s , and also the fact
that the defendant is a negro
and Miss is a white lady.”
[By request the name of the
young lady is omitted here.]
A genuine sensation was sprung by
Judge Fite at the court house Tuesday
afternoon when he was charging the
jury in the case made again Ed Jordan,
the negro vjho, a few weeks ago, is
alleged to have written a note to a
young white woman, asking if -he could
call on her. In his charge the judge
told. the jury it .could take into con-
tance, has so far exceeded what was I sideration the social standing of the
expected by the management that the i defendant and of the prosecuting wit-
association has found it necessary to ness, and also the fact that the de-
have another lot of coops made so as j fendant was a hegro and the prosecut-
to accommodate all the entries that I ing witness a white lady,
wifi be made. Work has already be- The case again Jordan caused a de
gun on these extra coops and by the i cided feeling here. When it was re
time the date of the show comes ported on the streets that he 1
Secretary Sapp, in talking of the
approaching show, gave a Citizen rep
resentative the following interview:
“Everything is certainly looking
mighty good for the big poultry show.
The interest shown in this event by the
local fanciers and by those from a dis-
around everything will be ready for | wanted to call on a young white wo-
one of -the biggest and best poultry j man,- the feeling against
and pet stock shows ever held in this jwas, for a time, at a high
the negro
pitch; and
part of the state. * I the city was thrown into excitement.
“The poultry breeders from far and j The negro was locked up and no vio-
near have rallied to the support of j lence was attempted against him.
the association in such a way as to |, The charge on which Jordan was
leave no doubt as to the success of tried was-for drunkenness on the pub-
the show. lie highway, the drunkenness
“This movement is purely for tke j determined by the language or <
purpose of gaining information as to of the defendant
Both the young lady and her
gives him more knowledge of the real i chaingang.
-make up of a fancy fowl than can he j Immediately after the sentence, the
secured in any other way. j attorneys for the defendant filed mo-
‘Every lover of fancy poultry who tion for a new trial,
exhibits -his fowls, whether he wins’] Jordan not only faces the chaingang
a prize or not, will be more than re- j sentence, hut he is also held under
paid for the slight cost by the infor- two other.charges; one being for using
mation he will get concerning his fa- j indecent language in the presence of a,
vorite breed. j female, and the other for attempted
swore against the negro, and
the jury after Judge Fite
unique charge.
•The jury, after remaining out only
a short time, brought in a verdict of
guilty, and the judge sentenced the
defendant to twelve months on the
,
m
m
burglary.
HIGHER COURT AFFIRMS
VERDICT IN WARNACK CASE
“Let every breeder in ‘the county
write the secretary -for a catalogue and
entry blank at once and send a few of
his best specimens to the show so as
to have them scored on regular score
cards by an expert poultry judge. Appellate
These score cards go to the exhibitor, I
and show at a glance the good as well j
as the had points of each specimen j The court of appeals this week af-
entered. This alone will he worth firmed the verdict of the superior
Court Considers Case
the Second Time.
For
more to the exhibitor who really cares court in the case of Claud.Wamack.
for his birds than the small entry
fee charged by the association.
“The association will furnish coops
and food, and all entries will he well
cared for during the show, by a capa
ble superintendent.
“The show will he held in the new
store which is being erected on the
Corner of Hamilton and Bong streets,
which will insure comfort to all in
case of bad weather.
‘‘Send tojlay and get a catalogue and
help this good cause along.”
The case is too well known in this
section to attempt to go into the his
tory of the case which went to the
higher court three different times.
IVarnack killed Chester "Wilson sev
eral years ago. In his first,trial he
was sentenced to ten years, being con
victed of voluntary manslaughter. This
decision was reversed by the Supreme
court. The" second hearing resulted
in a mistrial and in the third trial
Waraaek was convicted of involuntary
manslaughter. This time it went to
the court of appeals and again the
lower court was reversed.
The last verdict, which has been af
firmed by the court of appeals, was
a conviction of involuntary manslaugh
ter in the commission of a lawful act
without due caution apd - circumspec
tion.
Messrs. G. L. Lewi's and T. S. Shope
have been appointed by Governor
Brown as delegates to the Rivers and PROGRESSIVE MERCHANTS.
Harbors-'- Congress, which will be in I indications are that Dalton is
sessionSifc "Washington December 8, 9, j in a state of prosperity. There cer-
10. Lasij week, in announcing his ap- j tainly must be a great deal of money
pointments to the congress, F. T. Hard- ■ circulating, and judging from the way
wick was selected as one of the five I one of our new firms is advertising
delegates from the Seventh Congres- j they are undoubtedly getting lots of
Rev. F. K. Sims, who recently
preached to the people of Carters
ville, made a great impression on
them, as the following clipping from
the Cartersville News will show:
Rev. F. K. Sims, of Dalton, oc
cupied the pulpit at the Presbyte
rian church Sunday morning and
e\ ening and preached two magnifi
cent sermons. The members of
the Junior Order United American
Mechanics attended the morning
service in a bodv.
sional district. These other local gen-j good out of Citizen ads. Ever since
from the state the Economy Store opened they have
| patronized The Citizen very liberally,
■ knt they broke their record two weeks
This Is wVorth Remembering ago *>y running a double page adver-
IVhenever you bare a cough or cold, I tisement; and, listen! thev
just remember that Foley’s Honey and
Tar will cure it Remember the name,
Foley’s Honey and Tar, and refuse sub
stitutes. S. J. McKhight.
were so
The Jersey cranberry crop is esti
mated at 150,000 barrels for this sea
son.
well pleased with the results that they
came across with a full page ad last
week. They recently bought the large
stock of H. & M. Goodfriend, of Mid-
dlesboro, Ky„ at 55 cents on the dollar
They have Mr. M. Goodfriend and Mr
Chas. Brown, who will be with them
through the big stock combined sale.
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