North Georgia citizen. (Dalton, Ga.) 1868-1924, February 19, 1920, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1847—SEVENTY-TWO YEARS OLD. An Ad in THE CITIZEN is worth Two on the Fence. Spot Cotton Today 40 Cents DALTON, GA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1920. VOL.LXXHI. NO. 19. §1.50 PER ANNUM. Council Starts Hunt For Property Owned By City of Dalton Deeds Being Looked Up—Will TCing is Elected Tax Assessor—To Elect Other Assessor in March ’o Arrange Dates for Pri mary and Transact Other Business SATURDAY, MARCH 7, DATE FOR MEETING Determine Whether or not to Hold State and County Primaries Separ rately, Elect Chairman and Determine on Assessments The Whitfield County Democratic Ex ecutive committee has been called to meet at the court house here at 11 'clock Saturday morning, March 6, for ibc purpose of making arrangements for the primary elections of this year. The formal call is as follows: To the Members of the Whitfield County Democratic Executive Committee: An important meeting of the Whit field County Democratic Executive Com mittee will be held at the court house Dalton at 11 a. m. o ’clock Saturday, March 6, for the purpose of making ar rangements for the holding in Whitfield county of the preferential primary £ot Democratic nominee for President of the United States, in line with the ac tion of the Democratic Executive Com mittee of Georgia taken at the meeting ia Atlanta; also for the purpose of fix ing a date for the primary for the Dem ocratic nominees for the county offices, determining upon the assessments to be paid by the candidates, and to transact any other business that may come be fore the meeting. The presence of ev ery member of the committee is earn estly dcsird. T. S. McCamy, Secretary. The meeting was called by the sec retarv of the committee owing to the vacancy in the chairmanship of the committee that has existed since the death of the late Judge S. B. Felker. At the meeting, it will be necessary to select a chairman from the commit tee to make arrangements for the hold ing of the primaries in the various dis tricts. Three Primaries Probable. Tiie committee this year will be called on to see after the holding of at least two, and probably three primaries. The first will come April 20, at which the people will say whom they want the Georgia delegation to support in the National Democratic convention to be held June 28 in San Francisco. There are no funds available for this pri mary, and either volunteers to hold the election without*ay will be called for, or money will be raised among the friends of the candidates to defray the expenses of the election. This will be determined at the meeting of dihe coun ty committee Mareh 6. if it is decided to hold the county primary separate from the state pri mary, it will make necessary the hold 'ng of three Democratic primaries this year. Four years ago, for the first time in years, Whitfield held a county pri mary separate from the state primary. While it is necessary in this plan to hold two primaries, it gets rid of the “yard long” ticket which is so con fusing to the voters and which gives flection managers a regular nightmare when it comes to counting the ballots. At the meeting to be held by the committee, the presence of the candi dates for county office, and those who •ire not candidates yet but who intend to be, is desired, for the committee wants the views of the candidates as to whether or not the state and. county primaries should be held separately. City council, at the meeting Monday night, started a still hunt for certain pieces of property owned by the city, appointing committees to look into the matter. The question was opened by the col ored people of Dalton asking the city to provide additional ground for the colored cemetery, stating that the pres ent cemteery was filled with graves, and more room was imperative. That the city owns an acre of ground adjoining the present cemetery is known, and the council is now tracing the records to find the deeds so that when the ground is put into the pres ent cemetery was filled with graves, and as to its ownership. Following this, Cliff Carey addressed communication to city council asking that the small strip of land owned by the city on Hamilton street, just north of the railroad crossing, be sold to him, he wanted to erect a business house on The property in question is the tri angular plat bounded by Hamilton and Hawthorn streets and Jthe right of way of the Wester & Atlantic railroad. This suggested to council the city’s property on Waugh and Henderson streets which was purchased years ago chert bed. A committee was ap pointed to find out about this property and offer it for sale. License Ordinance. Council discussed the license fee or-, dinance for the current year, which will probably be fixed at the next meeting of the council. From the brief discus sion, it appeared that council is going to make a material raise in the special business license sheet this year. Tax Assessor Elected. Will King was elected as a member of the board of tax assessors for the year; but council failed to agree in the second member of the board. After many ballots, the council found it im possible to elect a man, and the election was deferred until the March meeting. Ex-Slave Relieved of License. ’Squire Wadley was present and ask ed council to relieve him of his license for operating a dray. The old man made an appeal that brought the council to a unanimous vote in relieving him of the payment of Ijis license. He stated that he was an old citizen of Dalton, had been born and reared as a slave and had always done his best to make a good citizen. Council appreciating the truth of his statements gladly relieved him of the license. Important Gathering Will ' Be Held Thursday at Court House FRANK REYNOLDS WILL BE SPEAKER .Good Roads Question Most Important Matter Facing Georgians—Many Counties Have Voted Bonds— Large Crowd Should Attend BISHOP CANDLER WILL DEDICATE PARSONAGE Prominent Churchman WEI Be Here Sunday, Feb. 29 Bishop Warren A. Candler, one of the m °st prominent leaders of the Southern Methodist church, will be in this city Sunday, Feb. 29, the main object his visit being to dedicate the new district parsonage recently purchased here. At 11 o’clock in the morning, he wEl conduct the services at the First Meth °dist church, and will preach again ni ght if his strength permits. At 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon, he will preside over the dedication serv ices to be held at the newly purchased district parsonage on Thornton avenue This service will be public, and all are cordially invited, to attend. A special committee is arranging the program which will be outlined in the next issue °i The Citizen. VETERANS TO PETITION CONGRESS FOR PENSIONS Petition Being Circulated Among Mem bers of Local Camp Mr. J. W. Brooker, a well-known mem ber of the Joseph E. Johnson Camp, United Confederate Veterans, is circu lating a petition among his comrades asking that the U. S. Congress place Confederate veterans*on the country’ 0 pension roll. The petition is directed to Hon. W. D Upshaw, of the Fifth district, who is leading the fight for the pensioning of Confederate veterans. The petition reads as follows: To the Congress of the United States Government: To Hon. W. D. Upshaw, M. C., 5th Dist, State of Georgia: We, the undersigned ex-Confederate soldiers by our signatures affixed be- ■, do earnestly petition the Congress of the United jStates Government to frame and enact such pension laws as will place us on the same footing as the -United States soldiers of the Civil kelly bogle now with RAWSON-UPSHAW company Popular Dalton Boy to Travel for At lanta Concern. The many local friends of Mr. Kelly Bogle, will read, with interest, the fol lowing which appeared in ‘ * The Firing Line” section of the Atlanta Constitu tion of Sunday: Rawson-Upshaw eompany announce that Mr! C. K. Bogle has joined their sales force £nd will be ready to go on the road within a very few days. As quickly, in fact, as the catalog can be gotten ready for him. Mr. Bogle is a native of Dalton, Ga., and is exceedingly well known throughout the northern part of the state. For three and a half years he was with Brumby company at Marietta, Ga., and also for-more than year was in the sales department of ie. Georgia Railway and Electric com pany, and his many friends predict that he will either lead or stand very close to the top of the list of the auto motive equipment and bicycle salesmen traveling out of the city of Atlanta. Mr. Fred Houser, secretary of the As sociation of County Commissioners of Georgia, has written a letter to Judge . J. Wood, chairman of the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners, asking that a meeting be arranged here for Thursday, Feb. 26, for the purpose of discussing the good roads question. The matter of good roads is now re ceiving decided attention and enthusi asm in alLparts of Georgia, and the work that is being done now is going to result in real highways in all sections of the state. Reynolds the-Speaker. The meeting, to be held here, will take place at 3 o’clock next Thursday afternoon at the court house, and the speaker will" be “Good Roads” Rey nolds. Mr. Reynolds is turing the state in the interests of the road building program, and everywhere he is being cordially received. Frank T. Reynolds needs no introduction to the people of this, his home county, and there should be such an outpouring of good roads enthusiasts at the meeting as to fill the court house to its capacity. Mr. Reynolds was a pioneer in the good roads movement in Georgia. Years back, when he was editor of The Citi zen, he eternally hammered on the countless advantages of good- roads— the fact that no matter how much real cash they cost, they would prove a real economy in the long run. He was one of those who blazed the trail for good roads, and the association of county commissioners, appreciating his enthu siasm and his intelligent arguments for good roads, this year secured Mr. Rey nolds for the purpose of'preaching the doctrine of .good roads ‘ ‘ from Rabun Gap to Tybee light.” Boll Weevil Meeting To Be Held Thursday Should Get Big Crowd Men Experienced in Fight on Weevil to Address Meeting—Farm Bureau AriTiniiTie.es New Organizations People Want Good Roads. He is going into every section of Georgia—not only the thickly populat ed counties but those off in the back- woods,—and his circuit riding is doing a vast amount of good. The people are being shown what good roads will mean to them, and they are demanding good roads, making the building of them possible by the authorizing of bond is sues. The State Highway department has a plan whereby the state will issue a great sum in bonds for the purpose of connecting all of the county seats with first-class roads. This, however, .will not come tomorrow, and the coun ties are being urged to vote bonds and build the roads, the-counties to be re imbursed later by the state funds for building the roads along standard spec ifications. Many Counties Vote Bonds. And in scores of the counties of Georgia, the people have voted bonds and construction work is in progress in many sections. Practically e^ery coun ty which has voted on the matter of road bonds has lined up with the pro gressive counties, and there have been remarkably few votes polled against bonds in any election. There has been widespread comment on the question of good roads in Whit field county, and from the expressions coming to' The Citizen,'the time is ap parently right for an election. There has been, however, no concerted action which would justify the board of coun ty commissioners in calling an election of bonds for roads, and until this is done, there will be no election held. If the.people really want an election for bonds for roads, and until this is ready to call the election; but until it is shown that there is a desire _ the part of the people to have the election, the commissioners are waiting. Action Probable at Meeting. At the meeting to be held here next Thursday, it is probable that some ac tion will be taken. Mr. Reynolds comes here under the auspices of the Asso eiation of County Commissioners of Georgia, the association being made up of the members of the boards in all of the counties. He will make an interest ing and intelligent presentation of the matter, and then it will be up to the people to take what steps they see fit In addition to the good roads meet ing to be held at the court house here next Thursday afternoon, another im portant meeting will be held—the boll weevil meeting to take place at 10 o’clock next Thursday morning at the court house, when hundreds of farmers are expected to come to Dalton for the purpose of hearing men experienced in the work of fighting the cotton pest tell how to wage intelligent war on the boll weevil. The meeting will be started promptly at 10 o’clock, and the speakers will be A, C. Lewis, state entomologist, and Charles E. Kellogg, field agent in ani mal husbandry of the State College of Agriculture. Both of these men have had extensive experience in getting the best of the boll weevil, and. they can give the farmers of Whitfield county some valuable pointers; The boll weevil agfieap-ed in this county last year, and the time for fight ing him is right now before he gains firm foothold. Efforts now will ac complish much more than the same ex penditure of energy several years from now. It is not thought that the weevil wEl do any great amount of damage this year, for it takes him about a year af ter he arrives to set up housekeeping and get the lay of the land. He will be a quiet visitor this year; but he wEl be plotting harder than the Htin' ever thought of plotting, and he will be dis tributing his cohorts into positions from which the assault can be made “in the spring of 1921.” The men coming here want to pre vent Whitfield county farmers from being lulled into a feeling of security because of the small damage that is likely to result this year. It is a habit the boll weevil has—that of not rushing in before he is really ready to attack and to attack in great numbers. A better time for- the meeting could not have been selected, and the pres ence of every cotton growing farmer should feature the meeting to be held here Thursday afternoon, a similar meet ing will be held at Mt. Vernon, begin ning at 2:30 o’clock, so as to ienable the farmers of the west side of the county to hear the discussions without having to travel the rough roads to Dalton. Community Farm Bureaus. Mr. C. O. Smith, county farm agent, and Miss Jewell Colclough, home dem onstration agent, continue busy with the work of organizing the community farm bureaus in this county. Last Thursday night, there was a large at tendance at a meeting held at Gordon Springs, and an enthusiastic farm bu reau was organized - there. Monday night, a similar meeting was held at Carbondale, and an excellent organiza tion was perfected for that district. This brings the number of districts organized up to ten, or practically one- fourth of the entire county is now or ganized in the great work that is being planned. Tonight, a meeting will be hel dat Tilton, and a farm bureau will be formed there. It has now reached the point where the districts are asking Mr. Smith and Mina Colclough to visit them and per feet the organization. The farmers are showing a real interest in the work that is being planned, and a most effective organization is being welded together. The state farm bureau, which is keep ing np with the organization work that is being done in all sections of the state, has stated that up to the present, Whit field has progressed farther with its or ganization than any other county. Will Offer to Succeed Him self as Solicitor General INTERESTING RACE NOW IN FULL BLAST Is Serving First Full Term—He Has Been Twice Elected—Voters of Circuit Will See Lively Contest Committee Is Ready To Take Donations To Armenian Relief Importance of Raising Fund Is Shown by Conditions Existing Among This Unfortunate People Joe M. Lang, the popular solicitor general of the Cherokee circuit, is a candidate to succeed himself, making formal announcement of his candidacy in the press of the circuit this week. Mr. Lang’s friends were confident he would offer for' re-election; but until a formal, signed announcement is made, there is always some doubt.: .His an nouncement, however, sets that doubt aside, and the voters of the circuit are going to see one of the most interesting campaigns ever conducted for the office of solicitor general. Mr. Lang will be opposed by Judge G. G. Glenn, of this city, who annonneed two weeks ago, and it would be hard to find two gentlemen who are better versed in the manner of getting around among the voters than are the two can didates for solicitor general. Both are genial, friendly men—the kind of men who are always warmly welcomed by the voters, for they make a campaign decidedly interesting in a good-natured way. This is one campaign which is not likely to result in any mud slinging. Each man will attack the other’s public record, of course, for that is legitimate campaigning; but the election only will tell what the majority of the voters think about the records of the aspirants. Mr, Lang is now serving his first full term as solicitor general. On the death of Col. Milner a number of years ago, Col. S. P. Maddox was appointed solic itor general of the Cherokee circuit; but when the election was called to name a successor to Col. Milner, he didn’t offer for the office. Mr. Lang was one of the aspirants for the unexpired term, and he was elected. Four years ago, he offered for a full term, and was again elected. His home is in Calhoun, where he was engaged in the practice of law up to the time he was elected solicitor general. He is an excellent, friendly gentleman of unquestioned honesty, and having a wide circle of friends in the circuit, is certain to prove a strong factor in the race. His announcement is as follows: For Solicitor General. To the Voters of the Cherokee Circuit: I hereby annocnce my candidacy for re-election as Solicitor-General, subject to the September primary. I am grateful to the people for giv ing me an unexpired term.and one fall term; and hope that I merit and will receive at your hands a second full term. Yours very truly, Joe M. Lang. Calhoun, Ga., Feb. 16, 1920. STATE FOOD INSPECTOR MADE TRIP TO DALTON Mr. J. E. Bodenhamer, state food in spector, was a prominent visitor to Dal ton Monday, coming here for the pur pose of inspecting conditions in this city. toward the building of good roads in Whitfield county. In view of the genuine importance of the question Mr. Reynolds will dis cuss, the people who have the interests of Whitfield county at heart should attend that meeting in great numbers. It should be turned into a free-for-all discussion of good roads and the best means of getting them. At this time of the year, when the. winter has put the roads of the county in bad condition, it is especially fitting that the meeting CAYLOR’S DEPARTMENT STORE BOUGHT BY ROUTH Important Business Change Made This Week One of the most important business changes that has occurred here in sev eral years is the purchase of the Caylor Department store by Lee Routh. The store is one of the biggest in Dalton, being filled with high-class mer chandise. The deal was closed Tues day, and Mr. Ronth is planning now for the future of the big business. For the present Mr. Ronth will oper ate the-two stores he now owns, and he may continue this policy. Mr. Caylor will retire from the mercantile field and will devote Ms entire attention’to the management of the Dalton Broom fac tory wMch has had a wonderful growth during the past year. Mr. Ronth has been a successful mer chant of Dalton ever since he went into business for himself. He has devoted practically all of Ms business experi ence to-the management of a five, ten and twenty-five cent store, and has had a wonderful success. That he ■will make Mr. J. D. Field, county school super intendent, as chairman of the Armeni an Relief committee of Whitfield coun ty, and Mr. James J. Copeland, cashier of The Bank of Dalton, as treasurer of the committee, are anxious to secure subscriptions to the worthy cause to prevent the Armenians from starvation. It is not probable that there will be any active canvass for funds to this worthy cause; but all who want to have a part in the great work are requested to hand their contributions to Mr. Field or Mr. Copeland. Governor Dorsey has consented to act as honorary state chairman of the Geor gia division of the American committee for Near East relief, and as chairman of the executive committee in charge of the work in Atlanta. At a confer ence yesterday Governor Dorsey ex pressed his unqualified approval of the Near East relief campaign, designating it in his judgment, as other great Amer icans have done, to be the most urgent call before the people, and the situation in the Near East to be the most desper ate in the world. While F. V. Dennison is directing the work of the campaign in Georgia, L. E. Platt, director from the New York head quarters, is in charge of the campaign in Atlanta, assisted by a board of At lanta’s leading citizens. The testimony of the emissaries from this country, who have gone to investi gate conditions in the Near East, gives harrowing descriptions on the one hand of the conditions existing among these unfortunate people, and on the other hand shows the more hopeful conditions wherever American aid has gone. Already the American committee is beginning to see good results from the funds already sent to Armenia. Insti tutions have been established for the care of children who were freezing and starving to death. Women have been released from brutal servitude, and scattered families reunited. Great Task Ahead. But the winter cold and hardships, and the already impoverished condition of the people generally, have left a work to be done, which at times seems almost hopeless. No testimony which has been given regarding the conditions of these people is more stirring than that which has recently been brought over by American missionary spirits, After a battle against death from typhus; the “Queen of Armenia,” Mrs. William N. Haskell, wife of Colonel Haskell, high commissioner of the allied council and representative of the Near East Relief, 1 Madison avenue, New York, formerly the American commit tee of Armenian and Syrian Relief, has again returned to her work in Armenia. Mrs. Haskell was aiding the refugees in a Near East Relief center where she was stricken with typhus. She was taken to a hospital at Constantinople, where, after weeks of illness, she recovered Queen of Armenia. Mrs. Haskell gained the title, “Queen of Armenia, ’ ’ through her unselfish and untiring efforts for the people of Ar menia, even at the risk of her own life and health, and many times she brought aid to starving orphans and her unosten tatious but effective cutting of govern mental red tape when the lives of worn en and children were at stake. She is now in Erivan, capital of the Armenian republic, and while her husband is aid ing the infant republic in its govern mental -problems, she is working with the Near East Relief, feeding the starv ing, educating the orphans, re-establish ing homelife and fitting the people to be able to administer their own affairs when opportunity is given them. Unselfish. Work. Mrs. Haskell, like her husband, has never wavered in her belief in the Ar menian people nor in her faith that if the American people even partially un derstood the real situation in that striken land they would give generously to aid in saving the remnant of the race that escaped the bullets and knives of the Turks and Kurds, the horrors of the desert, deportations and the starvation and cold of their refugee days. It is no. wonder that the grateful people can call her “The Queen” and her husband a king among men. Data for Fair Catalog Is Compiled and Ready for Printers BIGGEST CATALOG YET ISSUED HERE be held, and Frank Reynolds should re ceive an enthusiastic welcome from Ms a success of Ms new business is the be come folks. lief of Ms hosts of friends here. Premium List Will Show Many Changes for This Year—People Axe Inter ested in Fair and lt Should Be Best Ever Held Here PROMINENT ALABAMA MAN DIED IN EL FASO, TEX. Mr. John T. Ashcraft, Leading Lawyer of Florence, Passes Dalton people will learn with sorrow of the death of Hon. John T. Asheraft, father of Mr. Fletcher Asheraft who is well known here where he was married to Mrs. Emma Bivings Brown. Mr. John T. Ashcraft was the first citizen of Florence, Ala., being a leader in religions and all other work that was for the good of his city. He stood Mgh in the affections of Ms fellow citizens. Data for the 1920 Whitfield county ^ fair catalog' has been compiled and will be turned over today to the printers with the request that it be issue as soon as possible. The catalog this year will be the*big- gest ever issued, having the names of the officers, the dates of the fair, the premium list and other information of interest, as well as a large amount of advertising from local business concerns. The merchants have bought liberally of the advertising space this year. During a number of years past, the fair association has secured from the merchants a number of prizes to be of fered in different departments; but this year the merchants have, been asked for no prizes—all to be given by the asso ciation. The premium list this year will show a number of changes over the list of last year. The aggregate amount of money offered in prizes is materially in creased. The different departments have been turned over to special committees, and the list of premiums has been com pletely revised. TMs year, the catalog will be issued and placed in the hands’of" the fanners earlier than it has ever been before. It will enable the farmers to read the pre mium list and make their plans for ex hibits before planting time. The association is now in excellent condition, being out of debt and ready for big things tMs year. The people have pledged much better co-operation than in the past, and there is no reason why the 1920 fair should not be the best ever held here. INCOME TAX MEN WERE TTP.-R.T! TO HELP PEOPLE Number Took Advantage of Opportunity to Make Returns Representatives from the office of the internal Revenue Collector were i» Dalton Monday and Tuesday for the- purpose of assisting the people in mak ing out their income tax returns, and a number took advantage of the®oppor tunity to make returns. The time limit for making returns is? near at hand. All returns must be im on or before March 15, and those whose incomes for 1919 .were such as to make necessary the making of returns should get busy. Single persons whose incomes amount ed to as much as $1,000, and married persons whose incomes were as much as $2,000 must make returns. The sin gle man whose net income was $1,000 doesn’t have to pay an income tax, but he must make a return. The married man is allowed an exemption of $2,000, and $200 additional for each of Ms chil dren under 18 years of age; but if hi? exemptions are such lhat he doesn’t have to pay an income tax, he must make a' return provided his income reaches $2,000. Better get busy now before it is too late. WHITFIELD COUNTY MAN GROWS GREEN COTTON C. F. O’Briant Produces Unusual Cc ton on His Farm The last of the week Mr. C. F. O’Bri ant a well known farmer of the Grove Level settlement, brought to Dalton some curious cotton he had grown on Ms farm, the cotton being of a greenish eolor and very fine texture. Mr. O’Briant states that he produced a number of stalks of the cotton last year and carefully preserved the seed, wMch he intends planting this spring. He states that the plant is unusually hardy and very fruitful.

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North Georgia citizen. (Dalton, Ga.) 1868-1924, February 19, 1920, Image 1