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DALTON, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1920.
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people
Being Shown What
the New Army-
Means
PROGRAM ARRANGED
FOR REST OF WEEK
3^ Concerts, Lecture and Demon
stration Feature—Recruiting and
Showing People What Army Is
Objects of Visit Here
Autpmobile Driver
Ran into Wagon and
Woman Was Injured
After Wrecking Wagon, He Put on
Speed and Got Away—Warrant
Is Issued
After an arduous trip through the
mud and slush caused by the recent
rains, Major Haywood, with .five other
officers and 140 men arrived here from
Eomef and went into camp at the fair
grounds in the western part of the
city The fair association offered the
use of the buildings, and the detach
ment accepted with thanks, and, as
a result, despite the protracted rains,
the men have excellent sleeping quar
ters.
The soldiers who are temporarily in
Dalton constitute a detachme'nt of reg
ular troops from the 5th Division at
Camp Gordon. They are making a tour
by motor convoy of leading, cities in
Georgia. Their object is two-fold: to
stimulate recruiting, and to attempt
by active and friendly association to
insure the continuance of the cordial
relations and good understanding which
existed between the army and the pub
lic during the World" War. It is desir
ed to keep alive the interest of all
citizens in their army, and to bring
about a recognition of the' fact that
tbe Regular Army is not only in theory
but in fact a part of the nation.
It is understood that similar detach
ments are being sent out from military
posts and camps at contiguous areas
throughout the' country. The people
of the different sections and commun
ities are to be given an opportunity to
see and meet the soldiers stationed ill
their midst. It is thought that by
bringing together in friendly associa
tion the’ soldier and' the citizen there
trill be created in- the mind of- each a
greater consciousness of a~ common pur
pose and a common country, and it is
believed that the democracy of under
standing and feeling thus established
will prove’ as beneficial in time of peace
ss it was in time of war.
The detachment from the 5th Divi
sion consists of six officers and 140
men and is under ' the command of
Major J. E. Haywood of the 60th In
fantry. Included in the detachment is
the well known 5th Division band con
sisting of its band leader, Mr. B. J.
Galyean and 33 meli.
The great majority of the officers and
men of the detachment saw overseas
service during the World War. Sev
eral members were' decorated for brav-
ery in battle, and several bear the
marks of their service. The command
os officer, Major Haywood, served
with distinction in France for more than
twelve months and was wounded in
action.
The Fifth Division.
The Fifth Division, a detachment of
which is now in Dalton, is one of the
seven divisions of the United States
%ular Army. ]jt (is ^tajtiorjed at
Camp Gordon, and is under the com
mand of Brigadier General Wilds P.
Richardson.
The division has a distinguished ree-
or d of service in the World War. It
arrived overseas in May, 1918, and
from then until the signing of the arm
istice played an important part in the
operations of the American Army in
France. It was stationed for about a
month in the Anould se'etor, and later
"as in the St. Die sector for more than
a month. It took part in the St. Ma
id offensive, and alBo in the Meuse-
Argonne offensive.
frr its various operations the division
aaptured a vast quantity of enemy war
material such as artillery, wagons, am-
monition, rifles, machine guns, supplies,
aad a considerable amount of miscellan-
* 0Ua equipment. In the St. Mihiel of-
ensive alone it captured in addition to
equipment 13 150 mm. guns, 25
,7 mni guns, lj25{ machine gun)4 30
re och mortars, a large amount t>f
s mall arms ammunition, and 1,242 offi-
< - er 8 and men. Its nn-ntnre in the
Mrs. Miles Walston, of Chattanooga,
was seriously injured, -gniT^her hus
band and Mr. Sam Walston, were bruis
ed and scratched Sunday night shortly
after dark when the wagon in which
they were riding was completely wreck
ed when struck by a swift-moving auto
mobile on Hamilton street. The ident
ity of the driver of the car was not
known at the time.
The' actions of the driver after strik
ing the wagon eaused decided feeling
against him here, for, after wrecking
the wagon, instead of stopping he got
away as fast as he could, without wait
ing to see if anyone had been seriously
injured.
Mr. Walston states that he secured
the license number of the car, which
was, according to his statement and
that of two others, No. 96,767. He im
mediately communicated with the
authorities at the capitol in Atlanta
and was informed that the license was
for the ear of Marion Almond, of Con
yers. On the force of this, Mr. Wal
ston had a warrant issued against Al
mond, the warrant charging speeding.
, After the wagon was completely
wreeked by the car, Mr. Walston, who
was not seriously hurt, started after
the ear, calling to the driver to stop.
He followed the car on King street
toward the court house; but it got
away from him.
Mr. and Mrs. Walston were here from
Chattanooga on a visit to his brother,
and Sunday night, they were being
taken to the depot when the car ran
into their wagon.
Mrs. Walston’s arm was seriously in
jured, and she was badly cut about the
face. She will re’eover.
WAS UNIVERSALLY
POPULAR IN CITY
All Dalton Grieves
FORMER DALTON MAN
TO DEVELOP PROPERTY
Mr. J. A. Collum Offered Big Price for
Texas Farm
Mr. J. A. Collum, formerly of this
city but now a resident of Atlanta, has
returned from a trip to Texas where
he went to look into his farm property
which is right in the midst of the oil
fields. He decided, instead of selling
his property, to develop it. himself, and
is raising $300,000 for that purpose.
Mr. Collum bought the farm, which
consists of 320 acres, in 1900, paying
$2,200 for it. Now he has been offered
$200,000 for the land; but he won’t
sell. Within less than two miles of
his property there! is a big producing
well, and there are others in the neigh
borhood... Mr. Collum is organizing a
company to develop the property.
ALFRED TEASLEY SHOT
BY ROBBER IN MEMPHIS
210
men.
Argonne
Its capture
offensive included
nu n. gnus, 3 210 mm. howitzers, 17
‘ fflin. guns, 677 machine gone, nearly
fe ® ®fflion rounds of small arms am-
^tion, and 1,115 officers and men.
"he division suffered a total of 8,-
{Continued on page eight)
Former Dalton Man. Will Recover from
His Wound
Mrs. John Springfield has returned
from Memphis, Tenn., where she went
on learning that her brother, Mr. Al
fred Teasley, had been shot by a rob
ber in the! railroad yards. She found
hin wound was not of a serious nature.
The bullet passed through the fleshy
portion of the thigh, missing the bone.
Mr. Teasley formerly lived in this
county, going from here to Chatta
nooga where he! was a member of the
police force, • and later he went to
Memphis. An organized band had been
engaged in systematic robbery in the
railroad yards there, and Mr. Teasley,
wsijh a brother officer, were patrolling
the yards when Mr. Teasley came up
on one of the robbers who was guard
ing a pile of loot. The man shot him
and ran.
Dalton people will be! glad to learn
that he is now on the road to recovery.
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+ KETTLES HAS PET
+ BEVY OF BEAUTIES
+ Mr. Van F. Kettles has had a ♦
Collector Blalock
Has Received New
Income Tax Blanks
Some Changes Make Tax Lower for
Average Man—Some of Exemp
tions Allowed
Former Dalton Man Died
Saturday Night in
Chattanooga
of This
Big-Hearted Cheerful Gentleman
—Body Brought Here
Burial
for
Joe Smith, known to his hosts of
friends here as “Beedy” Spilth, died
last Saturday night shortly after 11
o’clock, at his home in Chattanooga,
news of his death causing a severe
shock to people of this city where Mr.
Smith spent the bigger portion of his
life. He was 46 years of age at the
time of his death.
Mr. Smith had been in declining
health for several months; but was not
confined" to his bed until a short time
before his death occurred, aturday
his brothers, Messrs. Charley and Gray
Smith, of this city, were summoned to
his bedside and they were with him
when he passed away.
The body was brought here Monday
afternoon and taken from the! train to
West Hill cemetery, where funeral ser
vices were conducted by Rev. Josiah
Crudup, assisted by Dr. Frank K. Sims.
A large crowd of friends accompanied
the’ body to the grave, and the beauti
ful floral tributes went to show the
high esteem in which Mr. Smith was
held. . ,
Joe “Beedy” Smith was universally,
popular. He possessed the qualities
that attract people of atL classes and-
all ages. Big" hearted and lovable, al
ways cheerfnl and friendly, he readily
made friends. For many years, he
was in the employ of the Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad, in
the company’s local freight office. He
made a most capable cleric. His cheer
fulness was contagious, and with his
crew of men in the warehouse, he ac
complished a wonderful amount of
work.
When the railway offices here were
consolidated under government owner
ship, Mr. Smith went to Chattanooga
where he accepted an excellent posi
tion with the Dowler string of motion
picture shows, remaining with the com
pany up to the time of his death, for
so well was he' thought of that de
spite the fact that he could do no work
for six weeks prior to his death, he
received his weekly pay check up to his
death.
If “Beedy” Smith ever had an cs 1
etay, his identity was not known. To
all—grown people and children—he
was known as “Beedy,” and he always
had a cheerful word for all. The chil
dren as well as the grown-people of
Dalton knew him and loved him, and
in Chattanooga where he! lived for the
short time after leaving here, it was
the same.
He was the kind of a man who does
real good in the world—the cheerful
friend to all—a man whose very pres
ence put to rout troubles and cares and
made his associates see the brighter
side of all things. His kind are rare,
and the world is the loser thereby.
There has seldom been a death which
has occasioned as much genuine sorrow
in this city. Dalton truly grieves the
untimely death of “Beedy” Smith,
and sympathizes deeply with his wife,
Mrs. Mamie Smith, and his brothers,
Messrs. Charley and Gray Smith.
Mrs. Smith, Mrs. J. C. Norton, Mr.
Charley Smith and Mr. Frank H. Dow
ler, Jr., aeeom^punied the body here
from Chattanooga Monday afternoon.
♦ friendly covey of partridges to ♦
♦ take np at his house on West Mor- ♦
♦ ris street, which is unusual to say ^
♦ the least, for the partridge is not ♦
♦. accustomed to moving to town, ♦
♦ and it is a considerable' distance to ♦
+ the nearest fields and woods. ♦
♦ * Mr. Kettles has noticed the bevy ♦
♦ on Sunday mornings, when they ap- ♦
♦ pear regularly to take breakfast ♦
+ with his chickens. It' is believe'd ♦
♦ that the covey raised in the fields ♦
♦ just east* of West Hill cemetery, ♦
♦ and it is not probable that they ♦
♦ have been shot into this year. It ♦
♦ is, according to Mr. Kettles, a ♦ on.
+ “whaling big” covey, having ♦
♦ about twenty birds in it; but liv- ♦
♦ ing within a quarter of a mile of ♦
♦ the center of the city, they are in ♦
♦ no danger of running afoul a gun- ♦.
♦ man. ■
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DARLINGTON HIGH TEAM
TO BE TTttRTi TOMORROW
Will Flay Return Basketball Game with
Dalton High
The basketball team from Darlington
High school of Rome will be here to
morrow for a game with the five! of
Dalton High school. These two teams
met in Rome, and Darlington was re
turned the winner by the close score of
12 to 9. The locals believe they are'
going to wipe out that defeat tomor
row, and they want a big crowd of en
thusiastic rooters on hand to cheer them
Last Friday, the game scheduled with
Rome High school had to Kef cancelled
because of the rain which fell through
out the afternoon, making play on the
outdoor court impossible. With favor
able weather, a great game is expect
ed tomorrow.
Internal Revenue Collector A. 0. Bla
lock has made the announcetneiit that
the forms and blanks necessary for
making out the 1919 income returns
have been received, and these will be
distributed imme'dialtelyt Tho?se |who
made no returns in 1919 will have to
make application for the blanks; but
those who made returns last year will
have the blanks mailed out to them.
It will probably be February before
the! blanks are put in the mails.
All individual returns and returns of
corporations must be made by March
15, and one-fourth'of the tax most be
paid when the returns are filed.
Relative to the income tax laws, the
Atlanta Journal had the following:
Two reductions have been made in
the tax to be paid by individuals on
incomes for 1919. On all incomes be
tween $2,000 and $4,000 that are. not
exempted, the government wiU only
collect 4 per cent, where’as incomes
under this heading were taxed 6 per
cent last year. Eight per cent on all
incomes over $4,000 will be collected
this year, whereas 12 per cent on the
same class was collected last year.
Operation on the surtax law begins
on incomes above $4,000, and runs as
high as' 60 per cent on incomes of
more than $1,000,000.
The exemptions this year are prac
tically the same as they were last year.
Single' persons will be exempted if
their income, did not exceed $1,000.
This exemption also applies to a mar
ried person not living with wife or
husband.
Married persons are exempted up to
$2,000, and where there are children
under eighteen years of age, depend
ent upon their parents for support,
$200 each is allowed for each one.
Other exemptions inelnde such items
as:
1. Pay not exceeding $3,500, for
active services in the, military or naval
forces of the United States received
during the taxable year prior to the
termination of the present war as fix
ed by proclamation of the president.
2. Gifts ^not made as a considera
tion for service rendered) and money
and property acquired under a will
or by inheritance (but the income de
rived from money or property received
by gift, will or inheritance is taxable
and must be reported.)
3. Interest on bonds and other ob
ligations of the United States issued
before September 1, 1917, and on such
bonds and other obligations issued since
that date, to the extent provided by
the acts authorizing the issue! thereof.
4. Interest on bonds and other ob
ligations of United States’ possessions
(Philippines, Porto Rico, etc.)
5. Interest on bonds and othefr ob
ligations of states, territories, politi
cal subdivisions thereof (such as cities,
counties and townships), and the Dis
trict of Columbia.
6. Interest on Federal Farm Loan
bonds.
7. Dividends upon stock of Federal
Reserve! bankfs. However, dividends
paid by’member banks are treated as
dividends of ordinary corporations.
8. Interest on bonds issued by the
war finance corporation, only if and to
the extent provided in the acts author
izing the issne! thereof.
9. Proceeds of life Insurance pni
cies paid upon the death of the insured
to individual beneficiaries of the es-
state of the insured.
10. Amounts received by the insured
under life insurance, endowment and
annuity contracts, provided sueh pay
ments do not exceed the premiums paid
in. The amount by which the total
payments that have been received ex
ceed the total premiums paid in is in
come, and must be reported in sched
ule G.
11. Amounts received from accident
and health insurance and under work
men’s compensation acts pins the
amount of any damages received by
snit or agreement on account of in
juries or sickness.
12. Compensation paid by the state
or political subdivision thereof to its
officers , or employes.
All Officers Elected by Club At Re
cent Meeting—Club Has Member
ship That Is Growing Stead
ily Here
The Dalton Shrine club has elected
officers for the ensuing year, as fol
lows:
H. B. Farrar, president; J. H. Wat
son, vice president; T. D. Ridley, re
corder; G. W. Orr, treasurer; J. N.
Caylor, C. C. McCamy, Lee Routh, C.
P. Hannah and J. W. Looper, gov
ernors; H. J. Smith; F. T. Hardwick
and W. M. Denton, finance committee;
J. P. Godwin and C. C. McCamy, chem
ists; Rev. R. M. Dixon, chaplain.
The Dalton Shrine club is composed
of the Shriners of this city, and the
club has a large and enthusiastic mem
bership. While the majority of the'
Nobles have their membership in Yaar-
ab Temple, of Atlanta, other Temples
are also represented.
The club was organized shortly after
the big Shrine ceremonial put on here
by Yaarab Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.,
of Atlanta, about two years ago, and
its membership has shown a steady
growth. The club has held many inter
esting affairs since it was organized,
and plans for a big year in 1920 are
in the! making.
This city has a large number of
Shriners, and the big majority of tbem
are members of the local Shrine elnb.
MAN WANTED IN CALHOUN
ARRESTED ON TRAIN HERE
Roy Laudermilk Charged with Forgery
In Gordon County
Deputy Sheriff Mallett Monday
morning received a long distance tele
phone call from the authorities at
Calhoun asking him to meet the West
ern & Atlantic local train and arrest
Roy Laudermilk, who was wanted in
Calhoun on the charge of forgery. Mr,
Mallett secured his man.
Monday afternoon Sheriff Watts
came here and took charge of the pris
oner, carrying.him baek to Calhoun.
Lecture on “The Army
and the Nation” to Be
Given at Court House
H. B. Farrar Named Presi
dent by Nobles of
Dalton
CLUB IS PLANNING
PROGRAM FOR YEAR
Tonight at 8.00 o’clock Lieut. O. B.
Rand will deliver an address at the
court house on the subject: “The
Army and the Nation.” In this ad
dress, Lieut. Rand will deal with the
place of the army in our national life,
and the relation that should exist be
tween the army and the nation which
it represents. He will also speak of
the educational work that is being done,
in the army and the War Department’s
program in thaL connection.
Mr. Rand is the director of general
education at Camp Gordon. He' is a
North Carolinian by birth and a grad
uate of the University of North Caro
lina. He is also a graduate of Oxford
University, England, having been/ a
Rhodes scholar.
A band concert by the 5th Division
band will precede the address and will
begin at 7:30. The 5th Division band
is one! of the best bands in the army.
It is composed of the band leader, Mr.
B. J. Galyean, and 33 men. In the
work of this band the public may feel
assured of an excellent musical pro
gram.
The public is cordially urged to at
tend this lecture and concert tonight at
the court house. Lieut. Rand’s address
is not only aducational but is intensely
interesting. This lecture, connected
with the band concert, will form an
enjoyable evening’s program for all
who care to attend. There will, of
course, be no charge for admission.
OFFICIALS WONDERING
ABOUT THEIR SALARIES
Council May Again Take Up Salary
Question Monday Night
NOTED GEORGIA WOMAN
DIED SUNDAY NIGHT
Mrs. Ella E. Lofton Formerly Lived in
This City
Mrs. Ella E. Lofton died Sunday night
in Atlanta, news of her death causing
sorrow among a large number of tbe
older residents of this city where she
at one time lived when her husband, Dr.
G. A. Lofton, was % pastor of the First
Baptist church. She was a ponsin of
Mrs. Julia Sapp, of Dalton. The At
lanta Journal had the following notice'
of her death:
Mrs. HUa E. "Lofton, widow of ,the
late Rev. George A. Lofton, and for
many years a distinguished figure in
southern Baptist activities, died Sun
day night at the home of her brother,
Charles J. Martin, 867 Pe'aehtree street.
In feeble health for some time past,
Mrs. Lofton was in her seventy-eighth
year. The end came quietly.
A native of Madison, Ga., and a grad
uate of the Baptist Female college of
"hat place, she married the late Mr.
George A. Lofton when he was adjn-
tant of the Ninth Georgia artillery dur
ing the war of the sixties. As her hus
band later attained an eminent place as
a noted divine, author and artist, she
contributed a large measure of ability
and effort in furthering his work and
at the time of her death was often refer
red to as “Thef Mother of Missions in
Tennessee,” a title earned during her
long presidency of the Woman’s Mis
sionary union of that state. This ser
vice was concurrent with Dr. Lofton’s
pastorate at the Second Baptist church
of Nashville.
Mrs. Lofton came to Atlanta in 1860
with her mother and other members of
her faily. She was active in relief work
during the war and at the death of her
mother, Mrs. Elmira Martin, in 1863
assumed the place of he'ad of the house,
soon after earning for her desperately
wounded brother. Shortly after making
Atlanta her home she became identified
with the Se'cond Baptist church, of
which her mother also was a member.
Mrs. Lofton is survived by a son,
John M. Lofton, of Little Rock, Ark.,
and her brother, Mr. Martin, of Atlanta,
The body will be sent to Nashville for
funeral services and interment. H. M.
Patterson & Son are? in charge.
* All-Day Singing.
Sunday, Feb. 1, there will be an
aU-day singing at Hopewell, led by
Prof. McD. Weams. Everybody is
invited to come and be with ns. Also,
Prof. Weams starts a twelve-night
singing sehool on the following Monday
night, Feb. 2.
Lieut. Rand to Give People Insight
Into Great Work Government
Is Doing
MANY CANDIDATES
WILL ENTER RACES
Not Probable That Judge Tarver Will
Have Opposition—Plenty of Poli
tics This Year in Whitfield
County
The city officials are wondering just
what will happen when city council
meets next Monday night, for the sal
ary question will probably be raised
again.
At the first meeting of the new ad
ministration, the salary committee rec
ommended a schedule of salaries, and
ien the council proceeded to tear it
up, giving a general raise of salaries
throughout the - list. Councilman Pur-
year put council on notice that the ques
tion would be re-opened at the next
meeting. Re-opened it was and with
the result that the salaries as fixed at
the first meeting were revised down-
vard.
Then Councilman Stewart put council
on notice that the next meeting would
see the salary question again raised,
and so the officials are completely at
sea. It is probable that next Monday
night, however, will bring the final ac
tion; either the salaries will remain as
fixed at the last meeting, or they wi|J
be fixed again for the balance of the
year.
DOUBLE WEDDING TOOK
PLACE AT COURT HOUSE
Judge Wood Performed the Ceremony on
Saturday Afternoon
Judge H. J. Wood on Saturday after
noon showed his versatility by officiat
ing at a double wedding, and he got
away with it in great style.
The contracting couples were Miss
Lon Thomason and Claud Williams,
and Miss Artimis Thomason and Mr.
Claud Long.
All four of the young people are
residents of North Dalton, and are re
ceiving the congratulations and best
wishes of their friends.
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♦ GROUND HOG WILL RE ♦
♦ IN OUR MIDST MONDAY ♦
♦ ♦
♦ Mr. Ground Hog will be a dis- ♦
♦ tinguished visitor to Dalton next ♦
♦ Monday, and if he gets a scare ♦
♦ thrown into him from seeing bis ♦
♦ shadow, he is going to duck and ♦
♦ duck fast. ♦
♦ Febnrary 2 is the date the little ♦
♦ fellow always wakes np from his ♦
♦ winter’s nap, stretches himself and ♦
♦ takes a bracer—that is this has ♦
♦ been bis custom in the past; but ♦
♦ this year he’ll be minus the bracer. ♦
♦ Gronnd-hog day is an old insti-
♦ tution. According to general be- ♦
♦ lief, if the day is a bright one ♦
♦ and he lamps his shadow, he ♦
♦ straightway returns to his hole ♦
♦ and drifts off to dreamland for six ♦
♦ long weeks, which are bound to be ♦
♦ rough ones, no matter what Mr. ♦
♦ Snyder, of Griffin predicts. If ♦
♦ the day is cloudy, he remains out, ♦
♦ and there will be an early spring. ♦
♦ Here’s hoping.
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Geo. G. Glenn Precipitates
Race for Solicitor
General
Unless all signs fail, this is going to
be' a great big year in politics, and
it’s getting,an early start, for Judge
George G. Glenn, of this city, has al
ready taken off his coat, rolled up hiB
sleeves and begun to campaign in earn
est for the office of solicitor general
of the! Cherokee judicial circuit.
Judge Glenn has threatened for
many years to rim for solicitor gen
eral; but before the time came, -he
backed off. This year, however, it
is different—he is in the raee now and.
he intends to stay in till the last
whistle blows.
This means a contest for the office,
for the present solicitor, Mr. Joe M.
Lang, of Calhoun, is going to make the
raee again, and with the two in the
running, there will be' lively times.
They both have the faculty of meet
ing a man and knowing him by his
first name ever afterwards. They can
shake more paws and be more solic
itous about the welfare of a man’s fam
ily than any two other men in the
circuit. Both are good fellows, and
both have many friends, and it’s go
ing to be a real race when it gets
warmed up.
For the judgeship, Jndge Mi C. Tar
ver will offer for re-election, and, while
there has been considerable talk of
some one to oppose him, that'“some
one” has not yet been found; in faet,
there has been no lawyer in the cir
cuit “prominently mentioned’’-for the
office. The! talk of opposition has all
been to get out a candidate rather than
any boost for any particular man in
the -circuit. It would not be at all
surprising to see Judge Tatrver re
elected without opposition; but then
there is plenty of time for the bee to
sting someone before the primary.
Many County Contests.
It is not probable that there will be
a single county official re-elected with
out opposition. That reeent law mak
ing the? term of office for the eounty
officials four, instead of two years,
makes the offices all the more attrac
tive.
Already there has been considerable
talk about candidates for ordinary,
sheriff and elerk; but those who want
the jobs of tax collector and receiver
and county sehool superintendent have
so far kept in the background. _ -
To Fill Many Office*.
This year the voters will have the
opportunity of voting for candidates
for all kinds of offices. From the pres
ident on down, there' will be plenty of
adtion. Georgians will vote tfor a
president and viee president, U. S.
senator, governor, and the state house
officials, and then the districts will
elect congressmen; the judicial eir-
cnits, judges and solicitor general; the
cuits, judges and solicitors genera); the
counties, representatives in the legis
lature and the eonrt house? families,
and the city politics will also hob np
serenely. Oh, there’ll be plenty to oc
cupy the minds of the voters in 1920.
In the majority of the counties, jt
seems the desire to hold early primaries
for the county officials, and sueh wiU
probably be decided on here when the
Democratic executive committee meets,
t Circuit Races.
The Chatsworth Times, in a political
story last week, had the following to
say of the! approaching eapaign in the
Cherokee circuit:
Hon. George G. Glenn, of Dalton,
breezed into The Times offiee on Mon
day, and declared that"he was a can
didate for solicitor-general of the
Che'rokee eirenit. Although he has not
yet made his formal announcement, he
declares that he is nevertheless a can
didate and that his formal entrance in
to the race will be made in due? time.
This is assurance of at least enc inter
esting campaign during this political
year, for it is generally understood that
Solicitor-General Joe M. Lang will ho
a candidate to succeed himself, and both
of these gentlemen know how to got
right down among the boys who do the
voting when the fight waxes warm.
In the Cherokee eirenit, H iow ap
pears that Judge M. O. Tarver will bn
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