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That Which Pleases Many Must Possess Merit**—The Citizen Pleases Everybody ESTABLISHED 1850. SIXTY-TWO YEARS OLD. Many Delegates Expected to At tend Tri-County Masonic Convention Here. GRAND MASTER WILL BE AMONG SPEAKERS Col. Robert L. Colding, of Savannah, is THE DALTON CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1914. Carries Fully 133 Counties in Hrs Race to Retain Seat „ in the Senate. UNCERTAINTY IS SHORT-TERM RACE Harris Apparently Certain Winner in Contest for Governor, -with Hard man Running Close—Results of Other Contests. Senator Hoke Smit>( swept the state in his race for the long term senator- ship yesterday ? carrying fully 133 coun ties out of 148, over his opponent, ex- Governor Joseph M. Brown. Judge N. E. Harris is apparently a winner in the race for governor, hav ing 76 counties, with Hardman seeond with 66, and Anderson thipd with 10. It is thought Judge Harris has. enough convention votes to nominate him on the first ballot. The raee for the short-term senator- ship is unusually close, with Slaton leading with 60 counties; Hardwick, second, with 45 counties; Felder, third, with 38 counties, and Hutchens, fourth, with 5 counties, according to the At lanta Constitution. A later telegram received here from Hardwick states that Hardwick has a lead of about 150 convention votes. This will undoubtedly be decided by the state convention to be held in Ma con, as none of the candidates has enough county unit votes to get the nomination on the first ballot. Other Contests. The other state house offices, where the nomination was contested, will go to the following: Railroad commissioner, Hon. Paul B. Trammell; attorney general, Clifford Walker; state treasurer, W. J. Speer; judge court of appeals, Judge nash Broyles; commissioner of agriculture, James H. Price; prison commissioner, K. I,. Rainey; state school superinten dent, M. L. Brittain; comptroller- William A. Wright. All state house officials offering for re-election were nominated, with the exception of Attorney General Grice. He was defeated by Clifford Walker, of Monroe. LANG DEFEATS NEEL FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL Indications Are Calhoun Attorney Has Carried Ail But Bartow. Several Hundred 1 Farmers Pres ent at Mt. Vernon Agri cultural Gathering. FARMERS SHOW DEEP INTEREST IN WORK Miss Dowdle, Prof. Firor, D^. Bradford and Messrs. Cown and McAllister the Speakers—Big Picnic Dinner at Noon. J. M. Lang, of Calhoun, was yester day elected solicitor general over J. M. Xeel, Jr., of Cartersville, by a majority of approximately 1,500 votes, according io reports reaching here this morning. From information obtainable, it ap pears that Lang carried Gordon, Whit field, Murray, Catosa and Dade coun ties, Neel carrying his home county by a majority of approximately 900. l.ang carried Gordon by a majority about equal to Neel’s majority in Bar tow, according to a message from Cal houn. Lang carried Whitfield, Murray, Catoosa and Dade by majorities which "ill total fully 1,500, if not more. Mr. Lang will therefore fill the un expired term of the late Hon. T. C. Milner, which consists of two years. The old crows snatch From melon patch, Fed sweet meat for their summer’s hatch; Game fishes watch the river’s top, And gulp up insects as they drop; The hoeman leaves the handworn tools, And seeks a rest by blinking pools; While claps aloud The thundercloud, A-making thirsty Nature proud. —ROBERT SPARKS WALKER, In “Guide to Nature.’’ ‘ ‘ The farmers of Whitfield county are certainly alive to the importance of studying the finer points of their oc cupation,’’ said Dr. Willianj Bradford, assistant state agent of the Boys’ Corn club, here Saturday, when he stopped for a few minutes after attending the field meeting for farmers held at Mt. Vernon. The meeting attracted about 300 farmers, their wives and children, and the greatest interest was shown. Considering the fact that the meeting was held in the country, and a consider able distance from the center of the county*, the attendance was considered unusually fine. The crowd began gathering early in the morning, and by 10 o’clock, the time for the beginning of the speaking, practically all were present. ^ The speakers were Miss Lois P. Dow dle, district agent for Girls’ Canning clubs, who talked of the work of the clubs, giving information and instruc tion to the members present; Dr. Wil liam Bradford, assistant state agent for Boys’ Corn clubs, whose talk was on the work of the clubs and other farm questions; • Prof. Firor, who talked on truck farming; Mr. S. M. Cown, gov ernment demonstration agent, whose subject was soils and fertilization, and Mr. McAllister, tick eradicator, whose remarks were on live stock and the ben efits that will result from, a completion of the tick eradication work. At noon, a big picnic dinner was spread and thoroughly enjoyed, the meeting being resumed in the after noon. H proved one of the most successful meetings of the farmers ever held in this section. ODD FELLOWS ENJOYED PICNIC AT COHUTTA About One Thousand People Assembled for Exercises. About 1.000 people gathered at Cohut- ta Saturday for a monster picnic at which the Cohutta Odd Fellows were hosts. Forming jn ..line of march at the hall, the Odd Fellows marched to the big grove where the meeting was called to order by Dr. Wooten, master of cere monies. Addresses were made by T. D. Ridley and Buell Stark, of this city; J. M. Lang, of Calhoun, and Rev. J. T. Wade, of Ringgold. During the day, an excellent musical program was rendered by the Lindale Concert band. At noon, a big picnic dinner was spread in the shade of the big trees, and enjoyed by the large crowS. The day was one filled with pleasure and profit to all who attended. IVoman Died While Kneeling at Altar At Revival Meeting Improvement of Creek 'Would Benefit From 3,500 to 5,000 Acres. COMPLETE REPORT OF INVESTIGATION Complete Reclamation Impracticable At This Time—Recommendations to Greatly Improve Conditions Presented in the Report. Mrs. Fannie Bennett, wife of Mr. Jim Bennett, a well known and highly re spected resident of this county, died Thursday night while kneeling at the altar at a religious revival then in prog ress at New Hope church. The meeting had been accomplishing much good, the people taking a decided interest in the work. When a proposition was made by the minister, Mrs. Bennett, with others, went to the front and kneeled at the altar. While kneeling, she suffered an attack of heart trouble, dying before medical assistance could reach her. Recommendations looking to improve ment of conditions of Coahulla creek, which would benefit from 3,500 to 5,000 acres, are embraced in the report of the preliminary investigations made by J. V. Phillips, government drainage engi neer, who looked into the matter. The report, which will be of interest to many people of this section, is appended in full: * Introduction. On June 24, 1913, this office received through the Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, a re quest from C. L. Foster, of Dalton, Whitfield county, Georgia, for assist ance in determining the feasibility and cost of improving Coahulla creek in that county from the Tennessee line southward to the Conasauga river. A preliminary field examination was made of this area. April 3-6, 1914, by J. V. Phillips, Drainage Engineer of this of fice. The accompanying map is based upon the U. S. Geological Survey chart of the section under consideration. Some • of the landowners along the valleys of this creek and tributary streams that would be affected by the proposed reclamation are: Messrs. C. L. Foster, J. S. Hall, W. 0. Fraker, D. H. CaudqU, L. H. Dillard, H. J. Vernon, E. O. Herndon, J. Perkins, J. A. Hill, S. A. Glass, D. P. Keith, James Thom son, John Robertson, R. F. Dantzler, W. ,T. Watt, J. E. Hunsucker, E. W. Bagby, Dick Rollins, Bill Anderson, R. Pack and W. H. Prater. Geographical Location and Area. The proposed Coahulla creek drainage district is located in the north-central part of Whitfield county, Georgia, in the foothills of the mountains. The watershed of the creek is long and com paratively narrow and contains about 182 square miles. Its greatest length is about 34 miles, and it has an average width of 6 miles. Rising in Bradley county, Tenn., Coa hulla creek flows in a southerly direc tion through the central part of Whit field eounty, Ga., emptying into the Conasauga river about 6 miles south east of the town of Dalton. County roads cross the stream at 1Y< to 3 mile intervals along that part of the., creek which it is proposed to im prove. The Chattanooga-Borne division of the Southern railway parallels the creek to the west at a distance of about 3 miles, between Dalton and the state line. Natural Surface Conditions. The watershed is generally very roll ing, some of it being broken and pre cipitous. Elevations vary from about 650 to 1,000 feet above sea level. Mill creek, the only stream of importance emptying into Coahulla creek in the proposed district, rises southwest of Dalton, on the slopes of Mill Creek mountain and Chattooga mountain, flows north for about 9 miles, thence east and southeast for about 8 miles and empties into Coahulla creek. A branch of Mill creek extends north from a point north of Dalton. The water shed area of Mill creek and its tributa ries is about 52 square miles. There are probably 3,500 to 5,000 acres of valley land within the water shed that would be directly or indirect ly benefited by the improvement of Coahulla creek. This is but a very rough estimate, as during the examina tion the dense undergrowth and in many places the thickly timbered low lands precluded accurate estimation. Moreover, questioning of the landown ers seen showed their knowledge of the acreage to he very vague and con flicting. No very wide tracts of low lands were seen during the examination. Very little of the wet and overflowed land along the valley examined is un der cultivation. However, much is in pasture, and in conversation with land- owners it was learned that they did not consider the type of soil in the low lands suitable for successful cultivation. There seems to be much close or craw fish ’ ’ soil in the creek bottoms (Continued on page 8.) Dalton will entertain the Tri-County Masonic convention next Tuesday, Au gust 25, and a large number of visitors are expected here. The Convention will bring delegates from the Masonic lodges of Whitfield, Murray and Catoosa eounties, and the program for the big day offers many de eided features of especial interest to Masons. * The leading speaker will be Col. Rob ert L. Colding, of Savannah, grand mas ter of the grand lodge of Georgia, and other interesting speakers will be pres ent to participate in the public exer cises of the morning session, which will be held in the Masonic temple. At noon, the Eastern Stars will en tertain at a luncheon in honor of the visiting delegates. Dalton will extend a whole-hearted welcome to the Masons, and everything will be done toward making their stay here a pleasant one. The following program will be car ried out: Public Exercises. 9:30 a. mi—Assembly promptly at 9:30 at Dalton Masonic temple. 10.-30 a. m.—Welcome address by Worshipful Grand Marshal F. F. Baker. Music by orchestra. 11:00 a. m.—Response, by Dr. Samuel A. Brown. 11:30 a. m.—Address, “Masonry,” by Grand Master Robert L. Colding, of the Georgia grand lodge. Music by the orchestra. 13:45 a. m.—Talk, “Absent Broth er, ” by Col. Samuel P. Maddox. Luncheon in banquet hall by Eastern Stars. 3:30 p. m.—Business session, election of officers and fixing place of next meet- ing. !:30 p. m.—Exemplification of work in third degree, by Masters and Past Masters. ‘God Be With You Till We Meet Again;” “Home, Sweet Home.” The public is cordially invited to at tend the morning exercises; and all Masons are invited to attend the aft ernoon session. Every Masonic lodge in the counties of Whitfield, Murray and Catoosa is urged to send duly authorized repre sentatives, and the secretaries are re quested to forward the per capita as sessment of three cents per member, as fixed iby the_by-laws of the convention. H. B. FARRAR, W. M. W. M. SAPP, Secretary. BIG POLITICAL RALLY CLOSED THE CAMPAIGN About Pour Hundred People at Court House Saturday Night. The A big political rally, attended by about 400 people, marked the formal close of the interesting campaign for county office, which culminated in the primary of yesterday. The Lindale Concert band was pres ent, and furnished good music, and the speakers were Senator M. C. Tarver, Judge G. G. Glenn and W. M. Sapp. All made Interesting speeches, and the best of order prevailed, the meet ing being an interesting one. All of the candidates had been -in vited to attend and speak, but- few ac cepted the invitation. Somebody’s girl or boy is going to stand at the head .of their class this term. Are yon doing everything -within your power to help your child in his or her fight to he Number one? How about their eyes? Many children are handicapped in their studies by poor vision. Have their eyes examined be fore school opens—do it now. Examina tion by us means honest advice and opinion, hacked by years of study and practical experience. DR. HUBBS,* Optometrist. With Fitts Drug Co. Big Attendance Expected at Meeting of Eighteenth Divi sion, I. O. O. F. W. B. SLOAN, GRAND MASTER, IS SPEAKER Two Grand Lodge Officers Will Attend —Public Exercises to be Held at Court House, on Wednesday— Program. The Eighteenth division of Odd Fel lows will be in convention here Wednes day and Thursday, August 26-27, and local members of this prominent order are making all preparations for enter taining several hundred delegates. The division embraces the lodges of Whitfield, Bartow, Gordon, Murray and Catoosa eounties, being the biggest in the state, and the convention customa rily attracts fully 300 wearers of the three links. On Wednesday, public exercises will be held, Hon. W. B. Sloan, grand mas- r of the Georgia grand lodge, being the leading speaker. Wednesday eve ning’, the convention will go into execu tive session in the handsome new lodge rooms in the Crawford building, and Thursday will be devoted altogether to a business meeting. The Odd Fellows will find a cordial welcome and will be highly entertained while here. The program for the convention is as follows: Wednesday, Aug. 26. 9:30 a. m.—Assemble at hall on Ham ilton street, form in line of marchj from Hamilton to Waugh, thence west to Cleveland street, south ,to Thornton avenue to Morris street, thence east to Hamilton street, thence north of King street, thence west to court house. 10 a: m.—Meeting called to order by Hon. W. B. Robinson, division deputy grand master. Opening prayer—Rev. C._C. Maples. Music. Welcome address—Hon. M. C. Tarver. Solo, “Hymns of the Old Chu/ch Choir,” Miss Minnie Freylach. Response—Hon. R. Noel Steed, past division deputy grand master. Music. Adjournment for dinner. 2 p. m.—Assemble at court house. Music. Address—Hon. Buell Stard, grand in side guardian. Mnsie. Address—Hon. W. B. Sloan, grand master. Solo, ‘ 1 A Little While, ’ ’ Miss Minnie Freylach. Address—Hon. T. D. Ridley, past div ision deputy grand master. Slftsie. Addresses—Various members. Music. Adjournment. 7:30 p. m.—Assemble at hall. Meeting called to order and opened by Division Deputy Grand Master Rob inson. Contest opening and closing of lodge. 'Contest by degree teams. Closing. Thursday, Aug. 27. 5) a. m.—Meet at hall. Opening by W. B. Robinson, division deputy grand master. ^ Awards of prizes to the winning de cree teams and lodge. Regular order of business. Address to the membership by Hon. W. B. Robinson. Addresses for the good of the cyder. Adjournment. City Will Soon Have Reed Band of Twenty Pieces, Says Director. THIRTEEN ALREADY HAVE JOINED BAND Bob Smith Will Direct Organization, and People Are Asked to Co-operate In Making Musical Organ ization Success. BETTER WATER IN SIGHT AT CITY PUMPING PLANT New Pump Working and Filter Equip ment Now in Transit. Yesterday the_ new pump began its work at Hie city .pumping station, and the manifold for one of the filter tanks is now in transit, being expected to ar rive at any time. With these improvements, the city will furnish much better service to the consumers than it has during the pres ent summer mouths. The installation of the new pump will succeed in effectually disposing of the milky looking water, according to the board of commissioners, and with the new filter workii: . the commissioners state that , the city will iiave the best water. By next summer,-Dalton will have an excellent reed band of twenty pieces, according to a statement made today by Bob Smith, who is working up interest in the proposed musical organization. Mr. Smith says success is assured, but asks the co-operation of the people to make it doubly certain. Already, thirteen have joined the pro posed organization and have purchased instruments. So far there are four clar inets, one piccolo, seven saxophones and two drums. The organization, when perfected, will give to the city an unusual musical organization, the drums and reed in struments alone being used. Mr. Smith’s plan is to perfect the organization of the band, and, after it is trained, to have the city and various women’s clubs co-operate in making it successful. The people will be asked to beautify the city park and have a place arranged for evening concerts during the summer months. That this co-operation will be cheerfully agreed upon is practically certain. So far, the membership of the band, together with the instruments they will use, is as follows: Bob Smith, director; Henry Smith, Lester Wallace, Ellis Huckaba and Ern est Gardner, clarinets; Ralph Smith, D. A. Merritt, Hamp Flemister, James Wells, M. P. Fann, A. W. Graves and Will Valentine, saxophones; Albert Carter, drums. Mr. Smith is desirous of obtaining six more men at once, who would be willing to purchase reed instruments. Defeated Senator M./C. Tarver My Majority of Only 61 Votes in Race. CONNALLY DEFEATS JOE GILBERT BY 113 Sapp, Coker, Nichols and Broadrick, Worthy and Ault Other Nominees— Big Vote Polled, and Much Interest Manifested. ’Squire N. A. Bradford was yester day nominated representative for Whit field county, defeating Senator M. C. Tarver by the small majority of 61, in the closest race in the primary for county office. Bradford carried the local box by over 100 majority, and, altho'agii Tarver came in from the ountry with a majority, it was not suffi cient to overcome the Bradford ma jority in the local box. Sapp, Connally, Coker, Nichols, Broadrick, Worthy and Ault were nominated for clerk, sheriff, treasurer, tax collector, tax receiver, surveyor and coroner respectively. Although there was a big crowd sur rounding the polls throughout the day, the election was a most orderly one, there being no trouble or confusion of any kind. Lang swept the eounty for - solicitor general, getting a majority of 893 over Neel, polling over 2 votes to his oppo nent’s one. The county went for Dr. Hardman for governor; Smith and - Slaton, for senators; Wright for comptroller- general; Walker for attorney-general; Speer, for state treasurer; Brittain, for state school superintendent; Rainey, for prison commissioner; Price, for com missioner of agriculture; Broyles, for court of appeals, and Trammell, for railroad commissioner. T)ie vote for county officers was as follows: For Representative—Bradford, 1110; Tarver, 1049. For Clerk—Field, C27; Sapp, 1256. For Sheriff—Anderson, 484; Connally, 827; Gilbert, 714. For Treasurer—Cagle, 76; Carey, 268; Coker, 763; Loner, 360; Maples, 663. . For Tax Collector—Brooker, *1020; Nichols, 1143. For Tax Receiver—Broadrick, 1401; Head, 449; Palmer, 311. Worthy, for surveyor, and Ault, for coroner, were unopposed, their nomina tions being practically unanimous. FORMER DALTON MATRON TCTT.T.ETl IN CHATSWORTH J. D. Smith Held Charged with Murder of Mrs. Sue Moore. The peach erop at Stephenson, Va., is estimated at 100,000 bushels, which will be ready the last of July. Early apples from growers there are estimated at 25,000. bushels and will be shipped July 1st. , Mrs. Sue Moore, formerly of this city, a well known and highly respected resi dent of Chatsworth, was killed at an early hour Wednesday,morning, and the coroner’s jury charged J. J. D. Smith, a well-known liveryman of that place, with having murdered her. Mrs. Moore was a widow of the late Mr. Fred Moore, of Dalton, being the widow of Dr. Price prior to her mar riage to Mr. Moore. She resided on North Hamilton street, in this city,' for a number of years, and was beloved by wide, circle of friends and ad mirers here. Mrs. Moore was boarding with the family of Mr. Smitli. About 2 o’clock Wednesday morning, Smith returned home from a trip, and Mrs. Moore was in the room with his wife. According to Smith’s stoiy, he had taken down an old army rifle and was examining it when Mrs. Moore started to leave the room. He states that he didn’t know the gun was loaded, and it was accidentally discharged, the bullet entering Mrs. Moore’s shoulder and causing death to result shortly after- rards. At the inquest, the physician’s exam ination showed the ball had ranged slightly downward, and as Smith’s de scription of the accident indicated that the muzzle of the gun was pointing slightly upward, the jury returned a verdict that deceased'came to her death from a gunshot wound and the same was murder. The body was brought here today, and will be interred in West Hill ceme tery Saturday morning, the funeral Services to be conducted at the First Methodist church at 10 o’clock. Mr. E. W. Linden, Summerville, Ga., sold his peach crop at $1.25 per crate, f. o. b. shipping point. CARD TO PEOPLE. Dalton, Ga., Aug. 20, 1914. To the People of Whitfield County: I desire to thank my friends for the good showing made for me on yesterday, and to assure them that I will always be at their command if I can serve them in any manner. I am especially grateful for the large majorities given me in the two dis tricts in which I spent most of my boy hood days, and for the majority vote given me by the country districts. Retiring from the general assembly, I point»with pride to six years’ con scientious service, devoted to your in terests, and without regard for anything except the welfare of the majority. I have no bitterness for those who honestly opposed me, and trust that all my friends will give to my opponent in the general election their support, as I shall do. Respectfully, ' MA'LCOLM C. TARVER. City Council Made Record for Brief ' J Meeting on Monday Exactly seven minutes after Mayor B. R. Brown called city council to or der Monday night, he put the motion to adjourn, the meeting setting up a record for briefness for succeeding councils to shoot at. Clerk Carroll read the minutes of the preceding meeting, which were ap proved, after which it was decided to have Police Chief White get busy and collect the accounts against property owners for oiling the streets. If these accounts are not paid by September 1, the accounts will be placed with the city attorney for collection by due pro cess of law. Following this business council ad journed. The Owensboro Ditcher & Grader Co., Owensboro, Ky., have increased their capital to $250,000, for the manu facture of farm ditchers and graders. They propose to plaee this kind of ma chinery in reach of farmers at greatly reduced prices. An Ad in THE CITIZEN is worth Two on the Fence Tbe Citizen Is the HOME Paper of Whitfield