North Georgia citizen. (Dalton, Ga.) 1868-1924, January 06, 1910, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text| THE CITIZEN | I covers whitfield! “ 4- | Like the Sunshine. J THE CITIZEN | COVERS WHITFIELD f Like the Sunshne. ± With Abolition of City Glenn Off Bench. Decide to Make Poultry Show Annual Event. Veterans Start New Year With Increased Enthusiasm. Mayor-Elect P. B. Trammell Unable to Attend Meeting. Mayor Wood Limits Debate and Rushes Through. THANKS HELPERS CLEAR UP BUSINESS BRIEF WAS MEETING Next Show Will Be Held Earlier in Year and Will Be Bigger and Better. Places Made Vacant by Grim Reaper Are Filled—New Members Are Accepted. After Short Business Session Council Will Adjourn to Buchhoiz Res taurant for Banquet. Clerk Sapp Thanked Judge for Treat ment of Officials and Glenn Makes Reply. For First Time Council Wasted Little Time and Members Got Some Sleep Monday Night. Plans for Coming Fair Look Wonderfully Good. Resolution Concerning Govern ment Sewer Adopted. The local camp of Confederate Vet erans started the new year off with increased enthusiasm, The executive committee of the Dalton Poultry association held an en thusiastic' meeting at the court house Saturday of last week, the meeting being attended by a large number of the men who make up the committee. At the meeting it was definitely de cided to make the poultry show an an nual event in this city,, each year to witness big improvements over the previous year. y At'the meeting Saturday the busi ness for the'old year was cleared up and the men, despite the fact that the show was no big financial success the past year, immediately put on an op timistic air and decided to show the people that they can get up With the passing of the old year came the abolishing of the city court of Dalton, “This is the night we celebrate”— that is the sentence that is running riot through the noodles of the city officials; and celebrate they will, after the brief business meeting at the coun cil chamber tonight (Wednesday). Extensive preparations have been made by L. Buchhoiz; and he assures the officials that he will place before them a spread fit for a king. The ban quet gives every promise of being fine in every single particular, and the council, the other city officials and the few invited guests are eagerly await ing the big time. The council will meet this evening at the regular time—7 o’clock, and the work will be rushed through. Among other things to be done to night will be the election of policemen, two, to be chosen by the new council. This race promises to be interesting, as it is understood there will be a number of applicants for the two posi tions. Policeman Carr resigned from the force Saturday night, and since that time his place has been filled by Can Walker. Among those mentioned as applicants are S. C. Britton, Can Walker, A. C. Jackson, A. C. Painter and Harry Cook. This morning Clerk Carroll had only the application of A. C. Painter, but it is understood that the names of all the above mentioned men will be brought up and voted on at the meeting tonight; and there may be more. Aside from the election of policemen the business of the meeting will be extremely brief. Mayor-elect Trammell Can’t Attend. Owing to sickness, Mayor-elect P. B. Trammell will not be on hand tonight to take the oath of office as the city’s chief executive. He has been in a dangerous condition-for several weeks, is now«,much better; but his present condition will not permit of his being present at the meeting tonight. Mr. Trammell is now said to be on the road to recovery; but it will take time. Mayor W. E. Wood will name the standing committees for the new year and will serve as mayor until Mr. Trammell is able to take charge. The absence of Mr. Trammell will make the meeting shorter, as he has been too ill to prepare his message outline his policies for the year of 1910. the year of 1910. i The Annual Reports. Today the different committees are busy finishing up their reports for the year, the reports to be read tonight after the meeting has been called to order by Mayor Wood. After the reading of the reports, the new officials will be sworn in, and that will be about all of the business, with the exception of electing two police men and a mayor pro-tem, as was stated above. The Banquet. Following out a time-honored cus tom, the old officials, together with the newly elected officials, the news paper men and a few special guests, will banquet pt Buchholz’s restaurant after the meeting has adjourned. Mr. Buchhoiz has given his careful attention to the arrangements for the banquet, which will be better arranged in every particular than any one ever held before. At the banquet the retiring officials and the new officials will be given an opportunity to address the gathering, and this feature promises to be ex tremely interesting. Tonight is the night of all nights for the men who manage the affairs of the municipality, and “big doings” are ex pected. It was a business-like meeting held by the city council Monday night, the meeting lasting in all barely 30 min utes. There was no juggling or fuss ing; but the rules were rigidly ob served and the members were enabled to finish the work of the year and get home in time to enjoy a good night’s sleep. At the suggestion of - Councilman Rudolph at the opening of the meet ing, Mayor Wood conducted the busi ness after the manner of Uncle Joe Cannon, the v cloture rule being ob served. It was when the motion that the re port of the finance committee be adopted came up that Councilman Ru dolph urged Mayor Wood to hold the members strictly to the rules of de bate. Mayor Wood thought well of the suggestion and announced that he would see that the rules were closely followed. The result of this announcement was that what looked to be the beginning of a lengthy and bitter discussion was changed over to an extremely brief and friendly discussion, and the re port of the committee was adopted. The report of the finance committee showed that the year has been the best known in a long time. Strict economy was followed and unless the lawsuits started during the year 1909 take a large amount of money out of the city treasury, the present admin istration is to be highly congratulated. Where other councils have increased the floating debt, the council for 1909 cut it down about $6,000, the report shows. Several councils have de creased the floating debt; but the 1909 council cut it down far more than any other one, and too much credit cannot be given the administration for the fine showing. The report went on to show the floating debt was something over $10,- 000 at the time of the meeting, as com pared to about $15,000 at the begin ning of the year. With this overdraft in the bank there is still something like $1,000 due the city from taxes for the year that has just passed, the 're port showing that fully $6,000 had been clipped off the floating debt. When the present administration took charge of the city government it was announced that strict economy would be practiced, and from all indi cations this claim has been made good. COUNCIL WILLING an unusually, large number of the old soldiers being present at the court house Saturday morning at 11 o’clock. Members who had not been present in months were on hand to meet again with their com rades, and the meeting was easily the most interesting held in a long time. Two new names were added to the camp roll. J. M. Higgins was made a member. He served as a soldier in Company F, Sixtieth Georgia, and made a good record in the war be tween the states. J. I. Tibbs, Jr., was made an auxiliary member, being a son of a confederate veteran. The fact that the old soldiers are rapidly passing away was forcibly brought to the attention of the camp when it was found that two officers had~to be appointed to fill vacancies caused by death. the ceremony occupying only a few minutes Friday morning at the court house. Judge Glenn, in Fairs Could Co-operate and Get Better Attractions—Spring Races Are Suggested. Matter Will Be Taken Up With Gordon Lee and Investigation Will Be Requested. City Attorney McCutchen read a resolution pertaining to the govern ment sewer connection before the city council Monday night, the resolutioil later being introduced by one of the inembers and adopted by a unanimous vote. The council hopes, by the adop tion of the resolution, to settle the gov ernment sewer question for all time. The resolution, a copy of which will be forwarded to the postmaster-gen eral and a copy to Hon. Gordon Dee, asks only that the government investi gate local sewer conditions and, after learning of local ordinances governing connections with the sewers, to settle the difficulty that has been pending for several months. The resolution goes on to tell of the ordinance against the running of gut ter water into the sewer, and it- also tells - of the size of the sewer at the place the government sewer enters it. Believing the sewer to be too small— or rather smaller than the "government contract calls for—the resolution asks that the saving of approximately $500 to the government caused by the con nection with the city sewer be used to make the city sewer adequate to take care of the waste water by en larging it from the point where the government sewer connects to the out let. The resolution asks for no money for connections, but requests the au thorities to have an investigation made and if the city’s claims are reasonable to correct the matter. The council adopted the resolution by* a unanimous vote, and the mem bers are of the opinion that it will resultjn a thorough investigation from the government. toward, and his thoughtfulness of, them, thanked the members of the bar, the attaches of the court and others for their co-operation in making the work of the city court extremely pleasant during his term of office. Judge Glenn’s last official act was to dismiss the case against Martha McCrary. At the brief session of court Friday m'orning he also freed Sam Painter and overruled two motions in civil matters. Friday at midnight the court was no more, being dis missed in accordance with the will of the people as expressed in unmistak able manner at the polls in a recent election. Before taking the oath of office, Judge Glenn, in a printed statement, outlined the manner in which he would conduct the court. He' made good the truth of his statement that he would permit everyone the chance of paying out, the only exceptions being wife beaters and children whippers. He stated that he would give these a straight chaingang sentence if they came before him. In his statement Friday morning he outlined the work of the past year, his statement later being engrossed on the minutes -of the court. The closing remarks of Judge Glenn were as follows: “In taking my leave of the bench, I desire to state that my duties and sur roundings have been of the most pleas ant kind and character. This was brought about by the highly honorable and able members of the Dalton bar, by the efficient and capable sheriff and his deputies, by the genial and affable clerk, and other attaches of the court: to all of whom I am under lasting obligations. In the discharge of my duties as Judge, I made many mistakes and committed many errors; yet the records will show that not a single one of my decisions has been reversefi or overruled, even a greater show than the one of 1909— a great big undertaking, as those who saw the show last year will bear wit ness. The date for the 1910 show will be moved up, the association hoping by the change in dates to meat with bet ter weather for the show this year. Just what time the show will be held -is not known, but a date will be set at a future meeting. It will, however/ be several weeks before the middle of December, the time the show was held in 1909. Chaplain William McNabb’s place was filled by Assistant Chaplain J. C. Lynn, Capt. R. P. Neal being elected assistant chaplain. John BLACK MINORCAS MADE / HIGHEST SGORE AT SHOW Miller & Routh Dissolved Part nership J; Citizen Corrects Error Made Some Time*Ago. anuary In reporting the first annual poultry show here in December, The Citizen stated that the Partridge Wyandottes of M. L. Blevins made the highest score and Mr. Blevins was awarded the cup. Mr. Blevins did receive the cup, but his chickens didn’t make the highest score. The Black Minorcas of Mrs. W. J. Townley, of St. Elmo, Tenn., made the highest score, the cock, hen, cockerel and pullet making the high total of 375 1-2 as compared to 371, the score made by the chickens of Mr. Blevins. Mrs. Townley lost the cup because her birds were solid color, giving the parti- color birds a handicap. Mrs. Townley understands the handicap and doesn’t claim, the cup; but the honor of having the highest scoring birds is justly hers, and the correction is gladly made. FUTURE PLANS How Dalton Bargain Store Enlarged Business During the Year That ■ Has Just Passed. ones who will work. I would further urge that .the fair association officers of Calhoun, Rome, Cedartown and Cleveland “be asked to come and ar range for a line of midway attractions that will be a credit to them all and be a source of profit to us all. As you, and all of us, know, a,visitor can in one day take in all of the exhibits of even a state fair, for the reason that one only hunts out the things that are new or the line in which he or she might be specifically interested; thus you see if there is not a source of COHUTA MASONS HAVE THE ANNUAL ELECTION With the first of the year the part nership of Miller & Routh was dis solved, these popular owners of the Dalton Bargain Store deciding to dis continue their business relations. Lee Routh, who draws out of the Dalton Bargain Store, will go into business for himself, having secured the building formerly, occupied by the Carter Dry Goods company. Mr. Routh will carry a line similar to the one he has had for several years, and his generally recognized business ability insures for him success. The Bargain sfore will be owned by Mr. Hugh Miller taking E. G. Freeman Made W&rshipful Mas ter for Year. a record not possessed by any judge in Georgia. At all times, in disposing of nearly two hundred cases, both civil and criminal, I fiave tried to discharge my whole I Saw no favorites and had no but tried to dispense justice Cohutta lodge No. 64, F. and A. M., met Christmas night for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year. The attendance was good and the lodge was enabled to elect its full quota of officers for the first time in its history. E. G. Freeman was chosen as wor shipful master, and Cohutta Masons are confident that the lodge will pros per greatly during his term of office. He is a good secret ortfer man and takes a big interest in the work. Other officers were elected as fol lows: J. L. Renfroe, senior warden; Lewis Rains, junior warden; R. A. McCoy, chaplain; T. B. Cahoon, treas urer; W. H. Isbill, secretary; J. B. Wallace, senior deacon; Martin Long, Jr., junior deacon; Alph Rains, senior steward; Will Rose, tyler. The majority of the newly elected officers being present, they were in stalled the same night. The lodge has taken on new life and great things are expected of it during the year 1910. y Announcement. J. C. Johnston, R. F. D. No. 1, Var- nells, Ga., has been made agent for the nursery of Smith & Bros., of Concord, Ga., and will be pleased to receive your orders. As there will be many people he won’t see, he solicits your enrresDondence. He can save you duty, pets, equally and impartially to all, it mat tered not who they were. “My only regrets are that often I was called upon to decide questions in which good friends were. involved, and often had to pass sentence upon life long friends and upon those whom I loved and respected. I hope that I still retain the confidence of these friends. “I now recall that I made many a poor devil happy by giving him his freedom, and remember well the smiles of gratitude and thanks of those I lib erated, when I told them to go and sin no more. Not a one ever returned. I gave everyone a chance to* pay out and secure his liberty; and my great est satisfaction now is, that I never broke any woman’s heart by sending her boy to the chaingang. Even if I do say it myself, I have the consoling thought in thinking and believing that, in me the poor and the unfortunate had a friend, for at all times, in every sentence that I passed, the records will show that I tempered justice with mercy; for I was ^taught by a mighty MAT NATIONS SHOT LAST SATURDAY NIGHT Miller Bros, his younger brother into partnership. The business will be conducted at the same stand. " The success of the Bargain store as owned by Miller & Routh was little short of marvellous and showed thq power of printer’s ink. When the part nership was first formed the firm de cided to uZe the columns of The Citi zen regularly, and the files of this paper will show that they kept up their advertising the year in and the year out, refusing to drop out . during the dull months. While space was used in other papers in the surrounding coun ties, The Citizen was the only paper used regularly; and the firm doesn’t hesitate to give this paper due credit for the building up'of their business. The first year an appreciable in crease in business was noticed, and the sales for the second year ran over $6,000 more than the year previous. It was the continuous use of space" in this paper that did it, and The Citi zen is just as proud as the former owners of the Dalton Bargain Store that the business has been so greatly enlarged. __ The young men who have decided to branch out and have businesses of their own are both good fellows and deserve to succeed, and The' Citizen has no hesitancy in predicting success for them both. Shooting Was Accidental and Injury Was Slight. The police were called to Manly town last Saturday night when the report of the shooting of Mat Nations of Nations, did the shooting, was sent in. Russ Pierce, a companion When the police reached -there it was learned that the shooting was ac cidental. ‘ Pierce was fooling with a pistol and it was accidentally dis charged, the bullet passing near the head of Mrs. Nations and, going through the hand of Mat Nations. Pierce was arrested by the police, but was released the following morn ing. GRESHAM IN CHARGE OF THE HOTEL DALTON of Hotel Dalton, took cnarge last Sat urday, beginning with the first of the new year. That he fully intends to make the hotel better than ever is his statement and he is contemplating sev eral changes which will work toward the comfort of his guests. Mr. Gresham comes here from Car- tersville, where he has made the Hyatt hotel highly^ successful. He has made a reputation in the business through his connection with the Carter sville hotel; and he has hundreds of friends all over the country. Mr. A. H. McEntyre, the retiring proprietor, goes to Atlanta to- take charge of the Gelders hotel on the comer of Broad and Marietta streets. The hotel is a good one, and the friends of Mr. McEntyre wish for him unbounded success. Mr. Gresham, while he will give the bigger part of his attention to the local hotel, will still remain proprietor SUDDEN DEATH CAME TO BAPTIST PREACHER Foley’s Kidney Remedy will cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble that is not beyond the reach of medi cine. / It invigorates the entire system and strengthens the kidneys so they eliminate the impurities from the blood. Backache, rheumatism, kidney and bladder troubles are all cured by this great medicine. Griffin Bros. GREAT BIG REVIVAL IN ELK MILL SECTION Twenty Conversions Already Recorded There. A big revival is being conducted at the Elk Mills, and from reports of the meeting it would seem that big suc cess is being met with. The meeting is under the direction of Rev. George H. Messenger and his mother, * and their appeals have re sulted in the conversion of 20 persons already, despite the fact that the meet ing has beenin progress only a short time. Rev. I. H. Keys, a retired Baptist minister, died suddenly Sunday night or early Monday morning at his home in this city, his death being discovered when the family arose. Rev. Mr. Keys has been a citizen of this city for a number of years. He was a minister of the Baptist de nomination, but had done little work during his residence here, preaching only a few sermons at the churches in communities out from Dalton. He was a quiet, unpretentious old gentleman and had a number of friends here. Funeral services were conducted at Pine Grove Tuesday. , Rev. I. W. Williams Testifies Rev. I. W. Williams, Huntington, W. Va., writes us as follows: “This is to certify that I used Foley’s Kidney Remedy for nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble and am free to say that Foley’s Kidney Remedy will do all that you claim for it” Griffin Bros. ; |PI RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS WANTED. The Government Pays Railway Mail Clerks $800 to $1,200, and Other Employes Up to $2,500 Annually. See Bowen Bros. Number 1 pine shingles, $4. Number 2 pine shingles, $2. Brick, lime, cement. Rough, undressed lumber, $10 per thousand. See us before you buy. Uncle Sam will hold spring examin ations throughout’the country for Rail way Mail Clerks, Custom House Clerks, Stenographers, Bookkeepers, Depart mental Clerks and other Government Positions. Thousands of appointments will be made. Any man or woman over 18, in City or Country can get In struction and free information by writ ing at once to the Bureau of Instruc tion, 393 H, Hamlin Building, Roches ter, N. T. It is a dangerous thing to take a cough medicine containing opiates that merely stifle your cough instead of curing it. Foley’s Honey and Tar loosens and cures the cough ^.nd expels the poisonous germs, thus preventing pneumonia and consumption. Refuse substitutes and take only the genuine Foley’s Honey and Tar in the yellow package. Griffin Bros. A TRAVELING SALESMAN H. F. Beers, 617-7th Ave., Peoria, Ill., writes: “I have been troubled for some time with kidney trouble, so se verely at times I could scarcely carry my grips. After using one bottle of Foley’s Kidney Pills are healing and antiseptic and will restore health and strength. Griffin Bros. COHUTTA EASTERN STARS TO ELECT THIRD SATURDAY If you want the best coal and the largest tons phone Number 2. Stove wood, 18 inches long. Oak heater wood, 18 inches long. BOWEN BROS. The desirable residence property, known as the Lyle home, on Thornton avenue, next door to the Methodist parsonage, is for sale. W. E. BRYAN, Agent, Wanted—All kinds of game. Rabbits, 8 cents. Birds, 81-3 cents. Possums, 5 cents per pou BOWEN BROS. Get Bowen Bros, fore you buy. price on feed be- Established 1850, “THAT WHICH PLEASES MANY MUST POSSESS MERIT ”~THE CITIZEN PLEASES MANY. * Fifty-eight Years Old VOL. LX. NO. 14. - r ^— - tt ■ ' 7—t-— ■* V—" - V " DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JAN. 6, 1910. $1.00 PER ANNUM.

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North Georgia citizen. (Dalton, Ga.) 1868-1924, January 06, 1910, Image 1