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l he Whitfield County Fair will continue in full blast Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 19th and 20th.
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THE DALTON CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1914.
VOL. LXV. NO. 1. $1.00 PER ANNUM
COUNTY FAIR HOLDING FORTH
THIS WEEK OFFERS MUCH TO VISITORS
Main Building Crowded
Excellent Displays of Prod
ucts of County Farms.
WOMAN’S BUILDING
SHOWS FINE TASTE
AH Agree That Fair' Is the Best
Ever Held—Midway Abounds in
Good Attractions, Insuring
Big Time for AIL
The Whitfield county fair opened
Monday at the fair grounds, and it is
decidedly, the best fair ever held here.
Any doubt as to the accuracy of this
statement can be easily verified by a
visit to the grounds.
The fair is far better than the offi
cers hoped for. The farmers have
taken unusual interest, and the main,
agricultural building is filled with more
and better exhibits than it has ever
before housed. Three fine general dis
plays have been made by J. I. Tibbs,
the Richardson Farm and D. Puryear.
They are most artistically arranged and
are filled with prize exhibit®. This
feature is decidedly better than ever
before. . ■ ,
An evidence that many of the farm
ers have gone in for grass -culture is
the fine display of hay shown in the
main building. Alfalfa, herdsgrass,
peavine, native grasses and various
other grades of hay show that the
.farmers are awakening to the vast pos
sibilities of this branch of agricul
ture.
Bin Exhibits.
In the large number of bins, there
is a fine array of exhibits. Prize corn,
sweet and Irish potatoes, beets, fruits,
pumpkins, peanuts, small grain, etc.,
are being shown to decided advantage,
combining to show to the visitors just
how wonderfully productive are the
farm lands of this county.
The building is fairly bristling with
exhibits of a high-grade nature. There
has never before been' such an assort
ment, coupled with such high quality.
Interesting Exhibits.
In addition to the excellent farm ex
hibits, the building offers many other
interesting exhibits from local manu
facturers, merchants and others..
The Southern Railway has- again
brought its interesting and’ instructive
exhibit to the Whitfield fair. <Jt is
divided into three distinct features,
there being departments for domestic
science, horticulture and dairying.
_ Competent instructors are in charge
of this exhibit, being courteous and
obliging and eager to show all visitors
every feature of the three depart
ments.
The Southern Railway has done' much
for farm conditions and the general
upbuild of ■'Che South. The road has
gone to considerable expense to give
the people of this section information
on dairying, horticulture and domestic
science, by bringing this exhibit to
the fair. *
Among the local manufacturing
plants that have exhibits are the Mas
cot Stove and Manufacturing company,
TI ill Bros., Farrar Lumber company-and
The A. J. Showalter company.
The Mascot company is showing the
fine new range recently patented and-
which is now being built by the local
plant. It affords many new features
not possessed by other stoves, which
shows superiority over many makes,
and it is being demonstrated for fair
visitors.
The Farrar Lumber company has its
customary excellent exhibit; Hill
Brothers are showing the products of
their marble cutting plant; The A. J.
Showalter company is showjng blank
books, song books, printing, binding,
etc.
An interesting exhibit has been made
hv the J. K. Orr, Shoe company, of At
lanta, showing “Georgia made’* shoes,
which is attracting much attention. >
In the agricultural building Mrs. D.
A- Jennings has a novel exhibit in
w'hich rag rugs and carpets are made.
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Many Witnesses Appealing Be
fore Jury, and Twenty J Seven
Bills Secured.
JUDGE MADE CHARGE
. ABOUT BOOTLEGGING
Urged Jury to Recommend Calling of
Legislative ' Session to Protect
State Road—Other Matters
Discussed.
The grand jury, in session at the
court house this week, perfected its
organization by the election of S. B.
Felker, foreman; Buell Stark, clerk, and
J. C. Black, deputy clerk, after which
the jurors returned to the court room
to hear Judge Fite’s charge.
In the beginning he asked the jury
to recommend the calling of a special
session of the legislature to protect the
state road property, in view of the per
sistent rumors that the Louisville &
Nashville road was planning to parallel
the state road with tracks of their own,
thereby cutting down the road’s reve
nue and diverting it into other chan
nels.
He also spoke of a change in the
superior court^ terms,* stating that he
thought it would be better for the Oc
tober term to begin the first, instead
of the second, Monday in October, and
the January term the fourth, instead
of the first Monday in January.
In his eharge on criminal matters,
Judge Fite read several* letters rela
tive to blind-tigers operating in this
city, and urged the jury to get busy
and round up the bootleggers.
He also touched upon the state game
laws, pistol toting and gambling.
As to the Sunday laws, he stated
that he had given the people due notice
of his intention to enforce the Sunday
blue laws, and he thought the grand
jury ought to investigate to find out
if there had been any violations after
his warning. He exempted the livery
stables and garages in cases of neces
sity.
The grand jury retired after the
eharge and settled down to business.
More subpoenas were issued than ever
before, and the first few days saw a
large stream of witnesses going to the
court house. ,
Up to this morning, the jury had
returned twenty-seven bills of indict
ment. The jury is made .up of the fol
lowing:
S. B. Felker, foreman; J. R- Hen
dricks, Thomas S. Wilson, •Henry P.
St*icy,' John A. Wilson, William H.
Stroup, C. F. Springer, William H.
Speck, William C. Pangle, S. F. West
brook, T. D. Bates, Scott Parker, Buell
Stark, A. M Reed, O. C. Henderson,
S. A. Glass, J. H. Robinson, J. C.
Black, R. E. Cooper, J. D. Brackett,
W. C. Fincher, Joseph Bogle, W. P.
Moore.
Lamping the Political Horizon
From One End of County
To die Other-
NATIONAL, STATE,
LOCAL SHARE ALIKE
Resume of Happenings of Fast Week
In Political Arena—-Some News
And Views of What States
And Politicians Do.
(Ex-Governor John J3ary Evans, of
South Carolina, will head the fight for
woman suffrage in that state.)
There’s a feel of jubilation ’mong the
women of the land
At the prospect of securing lively aid
In the fight for votes for women by an
earnest, working band—
•Oh, there’s joy among the petticoat
brigade! •
The army has been mobilized; it’s
marching to the air
Of ‘ 1 Dixie. ’ ’ Hear the tramp of
many feet.
Hurrah! they’re coming, marching; it’s
the women proud and fair;
A man is leading them a-down the
street.
And on the flaunting banners, floating
proudly up above,
Emblazoned is a name both proud and
grand:
“John Gary Evans’’—read it out in ac
cents full of love; ,
He’s volunteered to lead the woman’s
band.
As governor, he wore a stylish, long
Prince Albert coat,
Silk hat and .other things as dignified;
But these are used as delicacies by a
hungry goat;
He’s firmly tossed such foolishness
aside.
He wears a dainty coatsuit, trimmed in
braid and buttons bright;
His headgear is the neatest velvet
bonnet.
And dainty Mary Janes are twinkling
' in and out of sight;
That hat—why there’s a crimson
feather on it!
Oh, some may mock and sneer at him
for taking woman’s part;
But let them sneer; we’re for him,
yes, by heavens!
The women are victorious at everything
they start.
Our hat is off to Johnny .Gary Evans!
Negro Woman, Bitten
By a Strange Insect,
Died From the Injury
Anna Smith, a negro woman living
a feW miles north of here, died Tues
day as the result of a bite from an
unknown insect.
The woman was picking beans in her
garden when the insect bit her finger.
She suffered great pain at the time,
and the poison spread rapidly, her en
tire arm :being infected. The poison
spread into her system, causing her
death. '
She didn’t see the insect which either
stung or bit her, and the case was a
baffling one to the attending physician.
A Barnesville dispatch to the Atlanta
Journal says United States Senator T.
W. Hardwiek will make a speech at the
opening of the Barnesville fair.
The dispatch is the most unkind cut
yet leveled in the direction of Hon.
Rufe_ Hutchens, of Rome, the candidate
of the progressive party for the short-
tailed toga.
The Barnesville fiar opens the last of
this month—before the national elec
tion, and the correspondent has figured
Mr. Hutchens opt of the job before the
election!
According to an Ohio man who was
in the office of The Citizen this week,
that grandoldstate is going to line .up
with the prohibitionists in November.
The state will hold an election on the
date set for the national elections to
find out the sentiment of the voters as
to a state : wide prohibition, and, accord
ing to this man, the sentiment at pres
ent is wonderfully strong for prohibi
tion.
Sepretary of the Navy Daniels has
been traveling around with Mr. Rye,'in-
Tennessee, talking to Tennesseeans and
telling them of the importance of lining
the state .up with democracy in this
year’s election.
Mr. Daniels came prominently: into
the limelight'when he firmly tabooed the
use of intoxicants in the Navy, insisting
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Church Already Making Prepara
tions For Entertaining
State B. Y. P. U.
PRESBYTERY MET
IN Codes COUNTY
Rev. J. H. Patton, of Marietta, Named
Moderator of Cherokee Presbytery
—Cradle Roll Day Featured
Last Sunday’s Service.
Although the time for the state con
vention of the Baptist Young People’s
Union is not until next June, already
the First Baptist church, which will
entertain the convention this year, is
making plans for it. The following
article, written by Frank H. Leavell,
state secretary of the organization, ap
peared in the Christian Index, showing
just how Mr. Leavell was impressed
with Dalton 'as the next convention
city:
“Many of the young people of the
state are already looking towards Dal
ton for the convention next June. The
people of Dalton are already begin
ning to prepare for their coming.
“On September. 13. the writer spent
a busy and very happy day with the
Dalton people. The people are eager
and intense in their expectations for
the .convention. They are now doing
definite’ work along the lines of getting
ready to make the 1915 meeting such a
one as that of this year. Their city is
truly delightful, as it is called, ‘ De
lightful Dalton. ’ It is high and cooled
by the mountain air and breezes. The
streets are broad and are kept clean.
They are beautifully parked and have
an abundance of shade trees. The
city park is just across the street' from
the Baptist church. It is a fine place-
to go.
“In the afternoon the officers were
called together for an executive meet
ing, at which time we went thoroughly
over the plans for the best working
of a B. Y. P. U- They were eager to
get every possible- suggestion for the
betterment of- their Union. They had
nok-adopted. all the helps, but gladly
did so.
] “At the -night hour they had an
installation of the newly elected offi
cers. Brother O; D. Fleming is their
new pastor. .He. :is -himself a young
man full of interest for his young peo
ple, as he is for all departments of
the church. Before the entire church
he led-in the .installation of the in
coming officers, giving them a‘ charge
for faithfulness and commending to
them the important work that they
■were - accepting. The --officers installed
were, in part, president, W. S. Bogle^
vice-president,- Lee Routh; secretary,
Miss Sarah Bogle; corresponding sec
retary, Prof. J. R. Humphries. These,
as are the others whose names I have
not before me,"are consecrated, capable,
talented and determined, and they aim
for higher things than they have yet
realized. The Junior Union, under the
leadership of . Mrs. W. M. Sapp, With
Miss Ella Bess Hester as. president, is
doing a high grade of work.
It was delightful and refreshing
to find a church that gives the young
people’s work the cp-operation that
it. should have. It is recognized as a
part -of the church. Brother McWil
liams, the superintendent of one of the
livest Sunday schools that the writer
has visited for months, is a fine ex
ample of what an honorary member of
a Union can do for it. Of the older
members of this church, there are
quite a number, who so help the B. Y.
P. U.”
Cherokee, Presbytery.
The Cherokee Presbytery, embracing
the Presbyterian churches of abont
fourteen.North Georgia counties, was
in -session at Mars -Hill near Acworth,
Cobb county, \ fro nr Tuesday through
Thursday- of. last-w.eek..
w.Reyy F. Hi Sims, of this city, the
retiring moderator - of the -Presbytery,
jprCached the opening sermon on Tues
day- evening.
In the elections; Rev; J. H. Patton,
of Marietta, was elected moderator,
lit 01)1 II
School Clubs Have Charge of In
teresting Occasion at Fair
grounds Today.
SINGERS OF COUNTY
GATHER TOMORROW
Friday Will Be Devoted to Interest
ing Singing Contest^—Fiddlers
to Pull Off Interesting Match
On Saturday.
Today is school-club day at the fair
grounds.
Today the corn of the Boys’ Corn
club, the canned goods of the Girls’
Canning club, and the hogs of the Pig
club will be judged and the prizes
awarded.
And the clubs have made most cred
itable exhibits. The corn shown by
the boys is fully up to the standard,
and there are more exhibits made in
this department than ever before.
There is a keen, good-natured rivalry
among the boys, and they have had a
decidedly successful year.
This year marks the first exhibits
made by both the canning and the
pig clubs. Both of these clubs were
organized in Whitfield county for the
first time this year, and, in view of
this, the exhibits made are unusually
good.
These features have attracted many
visitors to the fair grounds today.
Singers’ Day Tomorrow.
Friday will bring the annual sing
ing contests at the fair grounds, for
which big prizes have been offered.
. Interest in the day has spread over
the county, and it is believed, that
many classes will contest for the prizes
tomorrow.
Singers’ Day has, in the past, -at
tracted the biggest crowds of the
week, and the association is planning
for a record-breaking crowd tomor-
IW. ,
Fiddlers’ Contest.
A contest for the fiddling champion
ship of NortH Georgia will be pulled
off Saturday, the closing day of the
fair.
Those who can drag a bow across
the strings and pull ‘ ‘ Turkey in the
Straw” from the vitals of the fiddles,
are expected to be present in large
numbers, for good prizes will be given
in the ^contest.
Every fiddler in North Georgia
(violinists alone barred) is cordially
urged to attend the fair that day and
bridg along his fiddle. There is going
to be a big, whole-souled contest among
the fiddling fraternity, and if you can
qualify, be sure to be on hand Satur
day.
Barbershop and Residence Bur
glarized in North Dalton
Saturday Night.
TRIED TO REMOVE
CHAIR FROM SHOP
About $75 Worth of Silverware Taken
From Rushton Home—-Burglars
Greased Shoes to Throw Dog Off
*
Scent—Warrants Drawn.
Burglars, Saturday night or early
Sunday morning, entered the barber
shop of Luther Williams and the resi
dence of R. A. Rushton, in North Dal
ton, getting away without being cap
tured.
Whether or not the two jobs were
pulled off by the same gang is not
known; but one man claims to have
seen four men break into the barber
shop, and makes the assertion that he
recognized two of them as Spencer and
John Goad. Warrants charging these
two with burlary were issued and
placed in the hands of officers, but
neither has as yet been apprehended.
Not satisfied with gathering Up what
was lying around loose in the barber
shop, the .burglars made a strenuous
effort to run away with one of the
heavy barber-chairs, taking it up from
the floor and dragging it to the door,
where it was abandoned when they
found they couldn’t get it through
the door. -
The home of R. A. Rushton was
burglarized* the same night. The* burg
lars got away with about $75 worth
of silverware.
Sunday morning, their tracks were
plainly discernible. They showed that
the burglars had rubbed axle-grease
over the soles of their shoes, presuma
bly in an effort to prevent bloodhounds
from taking the trail.
TEN CENTS FOR COTTON.
Will trade cottage bringing good rent
monthly, assessed by city at $750.00
in exchange for cotton at 10 cents, or
for cotton mill stock. Address P. O.
box No. 22, Dalton.-—Adv.
and T. M. Stribling, of Cedartown, tem
porary clerk.
The meeting was devoted to a dis
cussion of church work and church
conditions in thh presbytery. The at
tendance was good, and the meeting
decided to assemble "in Rome in April
for the* spring meeting, the First
Presbyterian church of Rom,e inviting
-the presbytery to meet with them.
Cradle Roll at Methodist Church.
Last Sunday morning, the Sunday-
school services at the First Meth
odist church consisted of - entertain
ing the members of the school’s cradle-
roll. Certificates were given the little
boys and girls, and music and rcita-
tions featured.
The service was in the nature of a
general good time for the youngsters.
They were given full leave to do as
they pleased, there being no lessons
heard,- and that they enjoyed the ser
vice was clearly evident.
After Looking Over Grounds, He
Claimed All Conditions Ad
verse to Flights.
ALL DISAPPOINTED
OVER HIS DECISION
Aviator Pendhayn Arrived Wednesday
Morning and Left Wednesday Eve
ning—Association Worked Hard
To Keep Him Here.
Business Will Be Resumed At
Special Session To Be Held
In December.
LITTLE BUSINESS UP .
TO THE PRESENT
Court Will Adjourn to Permit Farmers
to Get Busy in Their Crops—The
Grand Jury Will Also Recess
Until December.
-Judge A. W. Fite announced Monday
morning, when the October term of-
Whitfield superior court was started,
that he would adjourn court this week
in order to permit the farmers to get
back to their fields which are white
with cotton needing attention, and that
a special term would be held in De
cember. He stated that the grand jury
would also recess until then, provided
the work was not finished this week.-
Up to this morning, there had been
little business disposed of, the follow
ing representing the cases up to the
meeting of court this morning:
Myrtle Hilton vs. B. G. Hilton, Ex
change National Bank of Fitzgerald,
Ga., garnishee; garnishee discharged.
W. L. McWilliams vs. J. T. and R. A.
Vick; certiorari overruled.
Will Manning vs. John Grant; cer
tiorari sustained and case dismissed.
J. Clinton Johnson vs. Eugene E.
Cady; verdict for plaintiff for $3.
The refusal of Aviator Joseph Pend
hayn to' risk himself and biplane by
making flights for the county fair this
week proved a severe disappointment
to fair officials and visitors generally. <
The association had a contract with
the Young Aeroplane company for air
ship flights three days during the coun
ty fair, the days being Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday. Wednesday morn
ing, Joseph Pendhayn, the aviator, and
his wife arrived from Chattanooga.
Paul B. Fite, chairman of the execu
tive committee of the association, with
a representative of The Citizen, met
Mr. Pendhayn, who stated that he had
been unable to find a place suitable for
making his rise. He was then told of
the work of Aviator Houpert, who flew
from Hamilton street at last year’s fair,
and, after looking it over, hp intimated
that the course could be used; but later
he reached a different decision, stating
that it was too risky. He stated that
the difference in the construction of a
biplane and a monoplane, the machine
used last- year, was such that wind cur
rents had a much greater effect upon a
biplane, and unless the wind was di
rectly from the north or sonth, there
would be great danger of his machine
crashing into, a building on Hamilton
street.
Officers of the fair, on learning that
he intended leaving, went to him and
argued, begged, threatened—in fact
used every means; but he couldn’t be
moved. He positively refused to run
the risk, as he put it, and there was no
changing him. He was requested to
remain at least one day longer, being
told that if the wind was unfavorable,
he wouldn’t be asked to make a flight;
but this he refused.
Mr. Pendhayn’s decision was a deep
disappointment to all—to the officers of
the fair association in - particular; for
banking on the contract with the com
pany, they had widely advertised air
ship 'flights, and regretted exceedingly
at being forced to disappoint fair visi
tors.
FORMER DALTON WOMAN
DIED IN SEATTLE, WASH.
Mrs. Emma B. Ayery, Widow of CoL 3
W. Avery, Dead.
News was received here Monday ol
the death of Mrs. Emma B. Avery
which occurred at the home of he:
daughter, Mrs. William Wilkins, in Se
attle, Wash., Sunday.
Mrs. Avery was the widow of Col. I
W. Avery, who occupies a prominenl
place in the history of Georgia. He was
colonel of a regiment during the civL
war, and was afterward secretary tc
Senator Joseph E. Brown.
He further distinguished himself b;
writing a history of Georgia.
Prior to her marriage Mrs. Avery was
Miss Emma Bivings, of Dalton. She
was a sister of Mrs. B. Z. Herndon and
Mr. B. C. Bivings, of Dalton, and Mrs.
Eugene Herndon, of this county.
The interment occurred in Seattle.
Mrs. Avery is survived by a son and
daughter, the former, Albert Avery, re
siding in Georgia. V
G. W. Adams vs. John Keith et al
lien dismissed.
The State vs. Watson Richardsoi
plea of guilty; fine of $50 to indue
costs.
Jordan vs. Jordan; verdict for d
fendant.
The State vs. Charley Miles; plea i
guilty to carrying pistol; fine of $;
to include costs.