North Georgia citizen. (Dalton, Ga.) 1868-1924, September 10, 1914, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text| Ad in THE j CITIZEN is worth [Two on the Fence mm Tbe Citizen Is the HOME Paper of Whitfield Rushed 1850. slxtt-two teaks old. ‘That Which Pleases Many Must Possess Merit”—The Citizen Pleases Everybody G eat Attendance Marked Open ing Day, Necessitating Rapid Changes. [high school shows LARGE INCREASE itteadance in North Dalton School is Slightly Off; But Others Make TTp for Loss—Over 1,100 On First Day. If the first day’s enrollment counts I for anything, the enrollment in the city I public schools this year is going to 1,400 and may run over that I figure. Monday, over 1,100 enrolled in I tie schools, the occasion marking the Ihiggest opening day’s attendance here. The North Dalton school alone of the | white schools showed a slight fall off opening day attendance, this being more than made up in the other schools. The Emery stregt school (colored) also didn't come up to the opening enroll ment of last year. The large attendance has caused a rapid shift in arrangements. It has been necessary to secure desks from the North Dalton school to use in the down town schools. Largest Primary Department. In the primary department at Fort Hill and City Park schools, a veritable overflow came on the first day. The rooms wouldn’t begin to hold the first and second grade pupils. However, work lias been done, and the congested condition is being remedied as well as possible. It is thought the board of education will be able to make such preparations as will make it unnecessary to add other rooms to the schools. However, there is room on Fort Hill should it become necessary to fit up another schoolroom. High School Big. The enrollment in the high school is the source of gratification on the part of those interested in the schools. Last year, the high school had an en rollment of 60, which was, up to that time, a fairly good enrollment. This year, one hundred and seven entered the ld^h school grades, and fully fifteen more will be present the first of next week. This will give the high school an attendance more than double what it was last year. New Teachers. Great satisfaction has been expressed by Superintendent C. D. Meadows and the board of education over the wqy the new teachers in the high school have gone to work. They have shown decided ability in handling the in creased attendance, and aptitude in placing the pupils and getting them down to work. Those connected with the school management are confident they have secured excellent teachers for the high school department, which is under the supervision of J. H. Watson. Schools Down to Work. The first day was given over to as signing the pupils to their places and giving them lists of the books needed. Tuesday the classes were organized, and now the schools have buckled down to work for the -school year. Tlie prospects for the work in the schools this year are unusually bright. IV ith increased enrollment, the schools fnter upon the new year, well equipped to accomplish much good work. ST. JOHNS COMMANDERY PLANNING MEMORIAL DAY Policemen and Cal Sansome En gaged in Exciting Running - Fight Sunday Afternoon. FUGITIVE HAD GUN COCKED WHEN FOUND Man Wanted on Charge of Violating Prohibition Law—Bullets Flew Thick and Fast for a Time— Was Bound Over Monday. Graves of Departed Sir Knights Will Be Decorated Sunday. St. Johns Commandery No. 19, ^sights Templar, will hold a social Meeting, followed by a smoker, in the Masonic temple Friday night of this at which the final plans for the °t>servance of memorial day will he made. ■^t the smoker there will be guests ‘ r om Chattanooga, and the Calhoun and •^airsville members of the local com- ^andery. Sunday, the annual memorial ex- erc ises will be held. Throughout the " JU “try, similar exercises will be held 011 that day. . Sir Knights whose deaths oc- ^ here and whose graves in West Hill cemetery will be covered with ^ ere Sunday were W. C. Huff, James *^ s > G. D. Ferguson and B. D. Leon id An exciting gun fight between Cal Sansome, a- man wanted on the charge of viblating the prohibition law, and several policemen, interrupted the quiet of Sunday afternoon. Although about a score of shots were exchanged, none took effect. Sansome was finally cap tured in a corn field in North Dalton. Sansome was arrested Saturday night on the charge of bootlegging. While being taken to jail by Deputy Sheriff Duckworth, he managed to escape from the officer. Looked for Trouble. Sunday afternoon he appeared on the streets in the main business section of the city. He was armed with a pis tol, and was apparently looking for trouble. It is alleged that he had threatened to even things with Walter Smith, a special officer on whose initia tive the warrant had been issued against Sansome. When Sansome darted behind the business buildings on Hamilton street between King and Crawford streets, officers closed in from behind. He en tered the store of Horan & Son where, at the point of his pistol, he forced G. W. Horan, Jr., to unlock the front doors and let him out. Running Battle Started. From there he proceeded to the rail way station, where officers saw him and gave chase. Then started the running gun fight. Sansome headed northward, taking up the main line of the track, with Police Chief White, Policemen Holland and Thompson and Bailiff Gilbert in pur suit. Officer’s Narrow Escape. He turned and fired on the pursuing officers, who returned the shots. Police man Holland darted behind a telegraph pole just as Sansome fired one shot at him; the bullet struck the pole and was embedded therein. Fully a score of shots were ex changed. Sansome was seen to cut across the tracks and enter a corn field at the rear of a residence on North Hamilton street, just south of Selvidge street. In the meantime, officers had secured other cartridges and several shotguns. Thompson Effected Capture. Policeman Thompson, who had with held his fire, managed to keep close on the heels of the fugitive. He came upon him in the cornfield, where San some had laid down. Thompson was right at his heels before his presence was noted, and before Sansome could move the officers were demanding his surrender. Sansome had his pistol cocked, and the weapon was discharged when Thompson seized it. He was then loaded into an automo bile and taken to jail. Excitement Intense. When the officers surrounded the corn field in which Sansome had taken re fuge, it was a tense moment. Knowing that the man was armed and desperate and was well hidden by the denseness of the corn it was a decidedly ticklish in omen t just before the capture. Hun dreds of people had collected to watch the efforts directed by "the officers in getting him out. The fact that he was surprised and captured before he tad a chance to make an offensive move pre vented any further exchange of shots which doubtless would have resulted seriously. Sansome Bound Over. Monday morning, Sansome waived the preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury, his bondB in the various cases which grew out of Sun day’s escapade aggregating $500. Mass Meeting Called for Friday Night, and All Are Urged to Attend. DALTON MUST LINE UP WITH MOVEMENT Many Ready to Buy Cotton to Help Farmers of the South—Movement Popular Throughout Georgia— Attend That Meeting. A mass meeting of the citizens of Dalton and Whitfield county is called for Friday night, September llt'h, at the courthouse, the object of the meet ing being to line Dalton np with the other progressive sections of the state in the ‘ ‘ buy a bale of cotton ’ ’ move ment'. Realizing that the European war is bound to eause a severe blow to the South unless something is done, and that at once, the movement looking to the purchase of millions of bales of cot ton was inaugurated. The war has resulted in closing down cotton mills in the countries at war, the result being the country faces the fact that with a good, average cotton crop, there will be a market for only about half of it. This means cotton will bring practically nothing, unless something is done to relieve the situa tion. Seeing all of this, it was decided to interest the people in helping get the cotton off the-market, by calling upon all to buy a bale of cotton and hold it. Already the movement has gained great headway in Georgia; thousands of bales have been bought in different cities, and plans are being worked out to take care of more of them. While organizations in various sec tions of Georgia are busy at work, Dal ton must do its part. Already a num ber have stated to The Citizen their de sire to participate in the movement, and have promised to buy a bale, the price being 10 cents per pound, which is sev eral cents more than cotton is being sold for in the market. Luckily, the cotton crop in this sec tion is not yet beginning to move, and the organization to be perfected Friday night will be in time to accomplish much good. The plan doesn't begin to mean that those who buy are merely giving so much money away. With the cessation of hostilities in Europe, the price of cotton iS bound to mount upwards, and it is really considered an excellent in vestment, that will bring in good re turns. The chamber of commerce has se cured the Crown Concert Band to fur nish musie at the meeting at the court house at. 7:30 o’clock to-morrow night. All people having the interests of this section at heart are earnestly requested to attend the meeting, whether they lesire to participate in the actual buy ing of the cotton or not. Farmers, merchants, manufacturers, business men, professional meny clerks, laborers—all are urgently asked to be present at the meeting. Help in the movement which means the salvation of the South. John Reese Insists on Bringing on Another Gubernatorial Campaign. HE HAS ELIMINATED “UNCLE NAT” HARRIS Has “Little Joe’’ Brown an Aspirant— Atlanta Correspondent to Macon Telegraph Hasn’t Recovered from Convention—Read On. Fair Association Writes for Andre Houpert to Bring His Monoplane Here. OFFICERS HAVING BARBECUE TODAY MURRAY COUNTY LEVIES SPECIAL TAX FOR JAIL. Outcome of Cpunty Seat Question Now Only Matter of Time. At the recent meeting of the board of commissioners of Murray county, a special tax of six mills was levied for the erection of a new jail at Chat- worth, and this action will bring the county seat matter to a definite show down. The special levy will erect a jail cost ing approximately $12,000. It has been persistently rumored that those opposed to removal of the county seat will file an injunction to restrain the commissioners from collecting the special tax. If that is done, the mat ter will go to supreme court for a final settlement as to whether or not the award of the county seat to Chatsworth was legal. On the other hand, if no injunction is filed, the tax will be collected, and the jail built, causing the final settle ment of the whole matter. That Murray county people as a whole will welcome the final -settlement is certain, for the question has kept the people aroused since the election for removal was held. With things settled either way, the people will dis miss the matter and take np other af fairs, working together for the upbuild of the good county-to the .east of here. John Reese, Atlanta correspondent to the Macon Telegraph, is a news writer of splendid ability; but he has gone one step too far. He has insisted on precipitating another gubernatorial campaign before the voters of a poli tics-ridden state have drawn a breath of relief over the close of a heated campaign. ‘ ‘ Uncle Nat ’ f Harris hasn’t even taken his seat—much less warmed it up—and yet Reese has forecasted the race for governor two years hence*- He has succeeded in eliminating ‘ ‘ Uncle Nat, ” who, he thinks, will not offer for a second term. With the gov ernor—designate out of it, he }ias build- ed, with amazing skill, a ticket show ing no less than eight aspirants for the governorship. And of that eight, guess the name of one of them. He is no less than our old, time-honored friend and pa triotic statesman, Joseph M. Brown, twice governor. In spite of the fact that the name of J. M. Brown appeared among the list of Mr. Reese’s eligibles. Potshots is honestly of the opinion that the linotype operator, the proof reader, the telegrapher or . some other design ing man, perpetrated a grewsetne joke on Mr: Reese and .made him say J. M. Brown when he really wrote J. M. Sla ton. However, that is merely an opin ion. Of the other candidates Mr. Reese has lined up for the governorship two years from date, he has Dr. L. G. Hard man, C. M. Candler, Judge W. E. Thomas, J. R. Smith, R. A. Broyles, W. J. Harris and Congressman Gordon Lee. Dr. Hardman made an excellent race only a short time back, and it is proba ble that fie will make the race again. C. M. Candler, chairman of the railroad commission, has been urged time after time to offer fpr the governorship and time after time, pre-election predic tions have had him in the line-up, but he has never been seriously tempted, if statements of his friends go for anything. Mr. Candler appears very well satisfied with his present position, thank you. Judge W. E. Thomas bare ly side-stepped being a candidate in this year’s race, and he, also, is a strong probability. W. J. Harris ran awhile this year and then quit, so he may try it again. That Congressman Gordon Lee has been lamping the gov ernor’s chair to ascertain if it is built along lines that will afford him a com fortable seat, is also certain. He may be another one of the aspirants. As to R. A. Broyles and J. R. Smith, Mr. Reese may be right. But Hon. Joseph M. Brown? Surely Mr. Brown will not offer again. He’s already held one full. term and a part of another, and his showing against Senator Hoke Smith was hardly enough to cause him to entertain any decided hopes that the voters want to elect him again. But if Mr. Reese said Gov ernor Slaton, and his paper misquoted him, then that is altogether a different matter. The Seventh district executive com mittee will meet Saturday, September 19, at Rome, for the purpose of for mally declaring Congressman Gordon Lee good enough to lead the Democratic party to victory in the November elec tion. Chairman Paul B. Trammell, of the district committee, has decided on the date, making it conform to-the wishes of Congressman Lee, who may find it possible to attend the convention. The meeting will be one of the sim plest imaginable. The old plan of appointing delegates from eaeh county- will be abandoned. The committee will meet, canvass the vote and for mally declare Mr. Lee the party’s nomi nee- for congressman; It is not considered probable that the-Republicans will put out a candi date in opposition to Mr. Lee this year. So far the party leaders in the district hare shown no signs of activity in that direction. William Sulzer, ex-governor of New York, has cut out for himself-the hard task of '‘coming baek.’ ’ Whether or Flans for Approaching Fair Will Be Made at Meeting This Afternoon— Work for Big Fair Is Under Way Now. Buell Stark, secretary of the county fair association, has written to Mr. Andre Houpert, the well-known aviator, relative to making arrangements for his appearance at the county fair here this year. * Mr. Houpert made some excellent flights here last year, and people of this section are well acquainted with his work. So well did he execute his work that the fair association this year has decided to bring him back here, if such is possible. Mr. Houpert flew in a monoplane when here last year. He took off from Hamilton street, and each of the flights was made without a slip. In spite of the limited space he had for taking off and landing, his work was as smooth as if he had had a regula tion ' field, and by his work here he clearly demonstrated the fact that he is an expert at the flying game. At present he is making flights in Kansas, and it is thought that he will be here, for he greatly enjoyed his stay in Dalton and, before leaving, expressed a desire to return here. Barbecue Today. Officials of the fair association, the members of the various committees and a few invited guests are enjoying a big barbecue today at the home of Buell Stark, south of here. The Dalton people left shortly before noon, the big feed being pulled off at one o’clock. This afternoon, the com mittees will get down to work and will map out plans for the approaching fair. The fair this year opens Monday, October 12, just four weeks from next Monday, and, realizing that the work must be done in a hurry, as the time is short, the activity will start imme diately after plans are laid this after noon. The work of cleaning off the grounds and putting the buildings in shape will be started shortly, but the time for this is ample, as little work is necessary. In the meantime, J. A. Shope con tinues to sign contract with various at tractions for the midway, and promises something doing at all times throughout the day and night. The men connected with the manage ment of the fair are all catching the fever, and a big show is going to be put over this year. Up to Noon Today, No Message Had Been Received From # Governor Slaton. OFFICERS .READY TO EXECUTE •SENTENCE Old Prisoner Still Claims His Innocence Of Crime for Which He Was Con victed—Will Mark First Legal Hanging in County. not he can make it remains to be seen. Some say they never come back. Mr. Sulzer, who has held office for something like a score of years, has always grabbed, his votes from the democratic party. Now, lo and behold, he hails himself as an original member of the progressive party, and he is de pending on the progressives and the Colonel to pull him through. He is also flirting with the prohibition party and the American party, according to the newspapers; but just what the American party is Potshots is unable to say. Now, Mr. Sulzer has been a gladiator who has fought tooth and toenail against Tammany, his activities in this direction having resulted in Tammany’s getting busy, and Sulzer was im peached, his gubernatorial robes being stripped from him. Now that he has lined up with the Colonel and his fellow Bull Meese, the voters of New York have a hard pro position on hand. On the one hand they have a man bitterly opposed to Tam many and its activities, which is well and good; but on the other hand, he is lined up with the Colonel and the progressives. The whole country will await the result with interest. Down at the rough and ready con vention in Macon,, two gavels were relegated to the scrap heap. One “of them was shattered while the chairman was banging for order while the ones on the floor , howled and ran around, and the head of the other was lost when it slipped its moorings. The loss of the first one is easy to account for; it was amply smashed to splinters; but the-final abiding place of the second is a deep mystery. - The Albany Herald has suggested that it went down the throat of a delegate Unless Governor Slaton interferes within the next few hours, W. I. Um- phrey, convicted of the murder of Jos eph Pritchett, will be hanged at the county jail here at 11 o ’clock tomorrow morning. The old prisoner has experienced a most frying situation. Sentenced to be executed Friday, August 7th, he Was respited just two and one-half hours be fore the time set for his death. The first respite fixed Friday, August 28th, as the date for the execution; but again Governor Slaton granted a respite until Friday, September 11th. The second respite came in ample time to give the old man rest from the excitement inci dent to the near approach of the gal lows. Up to noon today, less than twenty- four hours from the time for his execu tion, no word has been received from Governor Slaton. Many believe the governor will not interfere this time; but more believe he will, this belief probably being based on the fact that this county has never had a legal execu tion, when preparations for hangings have been made here a number of times in the past. Old Man Reticent. The aged prisoner is reticent concern ing his fate. Since Thursday night, August 6th, few people have visited him. At that time the death watch was placed over him, and all except relatives and ministers have been barred from seeing him. Still insisting on his innocence and his determination to go to his death with out making any statement on the gal lows, the old man is apparently re signed to his fate. Although weak from the confinement and mental worry, he is apparently sound of body. Officers Axe Ready. Unless word is received from Govern or Slaton to the contrary, the execution will take place at 11 o’clock tomorrow morning. Preparations were all made more than a month ago, and : all that remains to be done is the fastening of the rope to the hook in the ceiling. - Sheriff T. Jt. Glenn, who will spring the trap, states that the officers are ready to do their duty. Commuted Sentence or Nothing. General opinion is to the effect that Governor Slaton has granted .the last respite, and that if he interferes in any way this time it will be to commute the sentence to life imprisonment. The first respite came at the request of the prison commission to give that body time to investigate the rumor that the old man was insane. The second respite was also granted at the commission’s recommendation, on the grounds that the body had not had sufficient time to pass on the plea for a recommendation that the governor commute the sentence. The commission has now had five weeks in which to make all investiga tions and take some action, and it is thought that the time was ample. Little Done. Apparently there has been little ef fort made to save the prisoner. Just what those working for him have ac complished is not known here. It seems that no concerted effort has been made, the work being done by individuals rather than a body. Prisoner 65 Years Old. W. I. Umphrey, convicted of the mur der of Joseph Pritchett, is, according to his own statement, 65 years of age, having been born in 1849. He claims to be a veteran of the Union army during the Civil war. However, according to Mb own statement as to his age, he was only 15 years of age at the close of the Organization Perfected to Fur ther Work of Odd Fellows In Whitfield County. RIDLEY PRESIDENT OF ORGANIZATION Object Is to Stimulate* Work, and Body Will Work Toward Settling All Disputes Within the Lodges— Meeting September 19. At a meeting held at the court house Saturday, the Past Grands Association, I. O. O. F., of WMtfield -county, -was formally organized by the election of the following officers: T. D. Ridley, president; J. L. Palmer, vice-president; J. C. Osborn, secretary and treasurer; Buell Stark, J. L. Buch anan and Max Keister, committee on ways and means. The organization will be made up exclusively of those who have served some lodge of Odd'Fellows in the capa city of noble grands. Only those who have held this office will he eligible for membership. Mr. Ridley, the first presi dent of- the association, states- that from the interest shown it is thought the membership will number fifty. The association will meet at the Odd Fellows’ hall here Saturday, September 19, at 10 a. m. o’clock at wMch time the committee on ways and means will make a report, outlining certain features of the work, etc. All past grands of this county are urged to attend and partici pate in the* meeting. The main object of the association is to keep in touch with the thirteen lodges of Odd Fellows in Whitfield county, with a view to seeing that they keep up the work, pay all dues, conduct aggressive campaigns for members and keep up interest in the work. The or ganization will also attempt to settle all differences within the lodges, keep ing everything running smoothly and taking this work out of the hands of the grand lodge. It will mean much for Odd FellowsMp in this county. (Continued on page eight.) while he had his mouth open. It might, however, have passed through the. outer hull of some puddin’ head and may even now be used as a raft on the sea of stump water in the cavity customarily occupied by a brain in the normal man’s bean. But then the gavel has nothing on some of the delegates. A number of them lost their heads and haven’t yet recovered them. Get Together Over This Golden Rule Of Business By MOSS. B usiness sue- i-ess is built on actual MU TUALISM. It is not a cutthroat p r o p o s ition. al though at times it seems so. Every pbrse of business activity must contribute to the WELFARE of ALL parties con cerned. Now tbe most SUCCESSFUL merchants in this city are CON SISTENT advertisers in this pa per. They have built up their trade ou SERVICE to tbe cus tomer. dependable and desirable merchandise and BEST VAL-~ UES for the money. These advertisers recognize the value of the patronage of the readers of this paper. That’s why they are spending their money with us to display their news. Don’t you think in justice to yourself and to them that you should make it a (mint to follow their ads. CLOSELY and CON SISTENTLY? They are trying to save yon money by their spe cial inducements. If it pays them to get your trade it pays you to give it where if is made worth while. The merchant advertises be cause he wants to GET TO GETHER with YOU. You ought to watch his. ads, because you want" to GET TOGETHER with HIM. Your interests aud bis are actually and positively MUTUAL.

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North Georgia citizen. (Dalton, Ga.) 1868-1924, September 10, 1914, Image 1