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An Ad in THE CITIZEN is worth Two on the Fence.
1847—SEVENTY-TWO YEARS OLD.
DALTON, GA, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1920.
VOL. LXV1I1. NO. 35. $1.50 DEE ANNUM
prominent Local Attorney’s
Formal Announcement
to the Voters.
HIS ANNOUNCEMENT
IS VERY BRIEF ONE
John H. Carr Announces for Reflection
As County Commissioner—Commit
tee To Meet and Fix Assess
ments for Candidates.
E. Mann, one of the most promi
nent attorneys of this city, is the first
full-fledged candidate for the oflflce of
judge of the Cherokee circuit, making
his formal announcement in the press of
the circuit this week. The Citizen first
announced several weeks ago the posi
tive information that Col. Mann would
be a candidate for the oflflce, and his
formal announcement this week sets at
rest any doubt of his intentions.
Col. Mann, before moving to Dalton,
lived in Ringgold, where he practiced
law. He represented Catoosa county in
the state legislature, and was also state
senator from his district. After he
moved to this city, he retired from poli
tics and devoted his full time to the
practice of his profession. In order to
keep his hand in, however, he ran for
councilman from his ward and was
elected a few years ago.
Without losing time, Col. Mann has
begun an active and aggressive cam
paign for the oflflce of judge. As a suc
cessful lawyer, he has practiced largely
in the courts of the other counties of
the circuit and is well known. That he
is a lawyer of decided ability is gener
ally acknowledged, and with a large
number of friends working hard for
him, he’s going to make a fine race for
the office which he is eminently quali
fied to fill. His announcement merely
states his candidacy, being as follows:
To the People of the Cherokee Circuit:
I am a candidate for Judge of the
Superior Courts of the Cherokee Circuit,
subject to the primary to be held Sep
tember 7th, 1920.
The vote and influence of each and
ail will be appreciated.
Respectfully,
WILLIAM E. MANN.
Great Registration
Of Voters Is Shown
After Work Is Over
Registrars Complete Work and Besults
Show 3,516 Qualified To Partici
pate in Coming Elections Here.
Whitfield county voters are interested
—very much interested—in the coming
elections, as is evidenced by the regis
tration of voters, for this year, the books
contain the names of over 3,500 voters
after the registrars have completed their
work. This list is approximately 200
bigger than the registration of four
years ago.
Prom studying the figures by districts,
it is apparent that if the list is accurate,
containing no duplications and having
the men registered in the districts in
which they live, then in some of the dis
tricts there are many who have not
registered, while in others, practleally
all qualified to vote have registered.
The Upper Tenth, which is one of the
small districts of the county, shows only
seven names less than the Ninth, one
of the big districts. The Lower Tenth
shows nine more than the Ninth.
The figures show that almost half of
those registered live in the Dalton dis
trict, which is about right, as the Dal
ton box usually votes about as many as
the other districts combined. The list
shows 1,898 in the twelve districts out
side of Dalton, and 1,618 in the Dalton
district.
The Varnell district is the seeond larg
est, with Cohutta third. The registra
tion by districts is as follows:
Dalton 1,618
Rocky Pace 140
Tunnel Hill • 140
Cohutta IS®
Ninth ... 158
Upper Tenth 151
Lower Tenth 1®1
Trickum 158
Varnells 268
Fincher 185
Carbondale 18®
Tilton 158
Mill Creek 99
Total ..3,516
Figures Show 5,501 People
Living in Dalton on
January 1, Last.
TO ASK GOVERNMENT
FOR A CORRECTION
Figures Approximately 300 More Than
Government Secured in Census and
Show Slight Gain Over 1910—
Names Have Been Arranged.
RINGGOLD BAPTISTS
PLANNING BIG MEETING
Carr for Commissioner.
Mr. John H. Carr, a member of the
board of comity commissioners, is a
candidate for re-eleetion, making his
formal announcement in The Citizen
this week.
Mr. Carr is the tenth man to an
nounce for the oflflce of county commis
sioner, four of whom are to be elected
by the voters in the August primary.
He is now completing his seeond term
ns a member of the board, having been
twice elected bv the voters of the coun
ty- He has taken a keen interest in
the county’s affairs by attending regu-
larlv the meetings of the board and
taking an active part in all matters.
Mr. Carr is a prominent farmer of the
^est side of the county, his home being
oear Mt. Vernon church. He enjoys
the confidence and esteem of those who
blow h m, and will make a strong race
f° r re-election. His announcement is
as follows;
For County Commissioner.
To the Voters of Whitfield County:
I respectfully announce my candidacy
fo- re-election as a member of the Whit-
® e -T County Hoard of Roads and Reve-
ar| T if again honored with the of-
ce ’ continue to give my very best
6er 'ices. T favor good roads and the
c pkeep of same after they are built, and
I I nork at all times for the best inter
s °f ihe county. Thanking you for
'■r support in the past, and trusting
■ s er\ip es have been such as to merit
• 0Dr 'otn^f or me a g a i Dj x am,
Respectfully yours,
J. H. CARR.
To Fix Assessments.
f j 1 Meeting of the county executive
nutiee recently, a committee, com-
j ^ °f R. A. Williams, P. B. Trammell,
lj c .p ®brieLls, j. d. Brackett and T. S.
^ am H> was appointed to fix the as-
iain^ entS f ° r ^Hbiidates to get their
lions ^ ° n ^ 1C TicLcts in the coming elec-
This committee will meet Satur-
fiav
and will
arrange the matter. The
e ntrv v . “““8°
• ls ts close August 1.
All-Day Conference To Be Held There
Next Sunday.
One June 9-11, we had a central evan
gelistic conference at Mercer university.
Macon, Ga. Many representative Bap
tists were there. All sermons, addresses,
songs and prayers were on revival lines
as to needs, methods, etc. “Millions
for the Master” must mean souls as
well as money. We are to have many
one-day extension conferences to co-ope
rate with Jesus for a state-wide, soul
winning campaign. The one for Catoosa
county will be held with Ringgold Bap
tist church, June 30th. It is an all-day
meeting, beginning at 9 a. m.
Rev. J. W. Gilmore, of McDonough,
Ga., will lead in this meeting. Let every
ehureh be represented with a goodly
number. Prayers, songs, sermons, tes
timonies. Come, let us draw night to
God and He will draw nigh to us. Come
■without fail. Have you a passion for
souls? Come, tell us about it.
J. Pruette, Pastor,
Ringgold, Ga.
The final figures in the Shriners’ cen
sus of Dalton, taken by committees
within a few hours, are 5,501, the names
having been compiled and arranged in
alphabetical order by Frank Sims, Jr.,
alter considerable work.
Several duplications were found, and
these were taken out, the final figures
being secured after Mr. Sims had
worked over the lists thoroughly.
The government gave Dalton a popu
lation of 5,222, showing a loss of 102 in
the past decade. Dalton people were
confident an error had been made, the
people thinking that there were at
least 6,000 people here, so the Dalton
Shrine club met and agreed to take the
census in an effort to get information
to give the government showing a mis
take had been made here. Others were
pressed into service, and the canvass of
the city was made on Sunday afternoon,
the entire work being completed within a
few hours. It was a difficult undertak
ing, for the Shriners took the census in
May with instructions to count those
■who were here January 1. Some had
moved out and others had come in.
Those moving in could not be counted,
and the names of some who had moved
out were not known. It is probable that
others were missed unintentionally, for
it is a difficult matter to reach every
house.
However, the final figures, with dupli
cations eliminated, show 5,501 people—
approximately 300 more than the gov
ernment figures show, and an effort will
be made to get a correction, for it shows
that while the growth of Dalton was not
in proportion to what it had been be
fore, the city showed some increase,
which is much better than the decrease
shown by the government figures.
The names have been arranged in al
phabetical order, with the relationship
to family, the street and number of res
idence, and these names will be for
warded to the census bureau. It is
probable the names will be cheeked with
the names the government secured, and,
instead of a recount, those who were
missed by the government enumerators
will be added.
Following are the figures by wards:
First ward 1,067
Second ward 518
Third ward 904
Fourth ward 687
Fifth ward 584
Sixth ward 692
Seventh ward 583
Eighth ward 466
Total 5,501
INTERESTING PICTURES
FRIDAY AT CRESCENT
Women Have Secured Fine Program for
the Morning Show.
Baptists Will Hold
A One-Day Conference
At First Church Here
Important Meeting Scheduled for Next
Week in Line With a Recent Meet
ing At Mercer University.
Two weeks ago there was held at Mer
cer university an evangelistic confer
ence that promises to make history.
Over two hundred ministers from all
parts of the state came together, and
continued in conference and worship
and prayer for the best part of three
days, and there faced God as best they
could, and faced one another, in the de
sire for the salvation of lost souls. The
keynote of the meeting was evangelism
and the necessity of prayer and active
effort for the salvation of the people
from sin.
At this conference there were ap
pointed forty-five other one-day confer
ences to be held in different parts of the
state at which people are invited to
come together and pray for the divine
direction of the Holy Spirit, and for
power, to bring lost people to a saving
knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The conferences will be largely infor
mal, but men of distinguished ability
and piety will be at each one to assist
in the services.
One of these conferences will be held
at Dalton on Wednesday, June 30, at the
First Baptist church. All people, and
Christians especially, are invited to at
tend this conference, and to come in a
spirit of prayer, and with the desire to
help in the services. It will be an all
day service, and lunch will be served
at the church by the Ladies ’ Aid society.
The churches of the North Georgia asso
ciations are requested to see that they
have representatives in attendance.
Dr. W. F. Major, of Atlanta, is ex
pected to be here and assist in the ser
vices, but the exercises will be largely
in the hands of the preachers and lay
men in attendance.
The following tentative program has
been arranged:
10 a. m.—Gospel songs; prayer—Get
Close to God.
10:30—The One Task for the Chris
tian; a Season of Prayer.
ll«,15—Enlisting an Associafoon for
Soul Winning; Song and Season of
Prayer.
11:50—Enlisting a Church for Soul
Winning; Song and Prayer.
12:30 p. m.—Adjournment; Lunch.
1:30 p. :n.—Devotional Services; Songs
and Prayer. ■
2— The Pastor’s Part in this Simulta
neous Campaign for the Lost of Georgia;
Song and Prayer.
3— On God’s Altar for Service and
Sacrifice in this Supreme Task. Open
conference. Experience Meeting.
Adjourn at Will.
Josiah Crudup.
Biggest Wholesale Business
In Dalton Is Bought By
Chattanooga Firm.
NEW OWNERS TAKE
HOLD SEPTEMBER 1
Trigg, Dobbs & Co., Inc., Adds Local
Wholesale Grocery To Chain of
Grocery Stores—Mr. Smith
And Mr. Trail Remain Here.
RED CROSS TO ASSIST
IN FIGHT ON PLAGUE
Situation
Not Alarming
Cross Officials.
Says Red
AMERICAN LEGION TTRT.T)
INTERESTING MEETING
Ten Added To Charter Membership—To
Organize Woman’s Auxiliary.
The women who have been securing
a number of interesting motion pictures
for the little people announce an ex
cellent program for next Friday morn
ing (tomorrow) at the Crescent theater,
the show beginning at 9:30 o’clock.
Alice in the Looking Glass will be
one of the motion pictures, and the
other will be a “motov” picture, fea-
turinp' mechanical dolls in place of real,
live, bonest-to-goodness folks, the dolls
to play Puss-in-Boots. The program is
an excellent one, and should attract a
large attendance.
D. A. R TO CONDUCT
rOOD EXCHANGE HERE
Various Articles To Be Served Saturday
At Cannon’s.
The Governor John Milledge Chap
ter, Daughters of the American Revo
lution, will have on sale at 4 o’clock
next Saturday afternoon at Cannon’s
on the Corner, various dainty foods, in
cluding cakes, pies, rolls, etc.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend.
The Dalton post of the American Le
gion held an interesting meeting Friday
night at which ten additional names
were added to the charter membership.
These names were on the original peti
tion but were in some way overlooked.
The post therefore has started with a
charter membership of 38 instead of 28.
Dr. Sam Easley also tendered liis appli
cation and he was elected.
At the meeting, The Cootie, a month
ly publication devoted to the interests
of ex-service men, to appear here at an
early date, was adopted as the official
paper of the locaLpost.
A committee, composed of Charley
Deck, Jim Steed, Sam Berry and Sam
Easley, was appointed to take steps
toward organizing a woman’s anxiliary
to the local post. The mothers, -wives
and sisters of ex-service men are eligi
ble to membership.
Mr. Folsom was here from Atlanta to
attend the meeting and address the
members on the government’s war risk
insurance.
The monthly meeting date was fixed*
the time being the first Wednesday
night of each month at 8 o’clock.
Atlanta, Ga.—While the situation in
regard to the appearance of bubonic
plague in Florida is not alarming, an
intensive effort will be made immediate^
-y by the United States Public Health
Service, the American Red Cross and
other agencies to prevent any spread of
the disease, according to Joseph L. Mc-
Millin, manager of the Southern division
of the Red Cross, who went to Pensa
cola early in the week at the request
of health authorities there.
Mr. MeMillin returned to the South
ern division headquarters here today,
and stated that the United States Pub
lic Health Service with state board offi
cials, have representatives on the
ground and are not alarmed over the
situation.
“A special car bearing laboratory
equipment and trained rat catchers and
exterminators has arrived in Pensa
cola,” he says. “Only two cases are
reported so far, though others are ex
pected to be discovered in all probabil
ity. In Pensacola a thorough campaign
will be carried on to rout all evidences
of the plague, and in other coast cities
surveys will be made to discover all, if
any rats affected. The survey will be
made by trained experts, with the Bed
Cross co-operating in furnishing trans
portation, supplies and personal ser
vice.”
After these surveys, states Mr. Mc-
Millin, the state board of Ijealth will
endorse a state wide campaign by chil
dren of the Junior Bed Cross to exter
minate rats throughout Florida.
The Smith-Hall Grocery company of
this city last week disposed of its local
business interests to Trigg, Dobbs & Co.,
Inc., of Chattanooga, Tenn., the com
pany to take over the business Septem
ber 1, next. News of the big business
deal comes as a decided surprise here,
for it was generally considered that the
firm would be about the last business
here to dispose of its holdings.
Trigg, Dobbs & Co., Inc., of Chatta
nooga, is one of the largest wholesale
grocery houses in the South, and of re
cent years, the company has been en
larging by buying wholesale grocery
houses in neighboring cities. The pur
chase of the local - ' wholesale grocery
store gives Trigg, Dobbs & Co. their
sixth branch store.
The Chattanooga concern has, for
some time, considered the matter of lo
cating a business in Dalton, but didn’t
want to do so with Smith-Hall in the
field. The local concern was approached
with a view to selling the business, and,
after a suitable proposition was made,
the Smith-Hall company accepted it.
Just what will be paid for the local
business is not known—in fact the sell
ers and purchasers don’t know yet how
much it will amount to. The business
was sold on a percentage of cost on
what the goods will invoice on Septem
ber 1 when the new owners will take
charge. Just what that percentage was
The Citizen was not informed. The
company here retains its notes and ac
counts, selling to Trigg, Dobbs & Co.
the big building, together with the
stock of goods as it will be on Septem
ber 1.
The Smith-Hall Grocery company is
the biggest mercantile establishment in
this city. The business is rated in Dun’s
reference book as being worth between
$300,000 and $500,000. A vast volume
of business is done by the company, con
fined largely to Dalton and the sur
rounding counties.
Just what Messrs. H. J. Smith and J.
S. Hall, the owners of the business, will
do they are unable to say. Dalton peo
ple will be glad to know they will con
tinue to live in Dalton, and later will
probably engage in some other line of
business. They have been business
partners for about 17 years, and have
been wonderfully successful, their busi
ness having shown a steady and substan
tial growth. )
In addition to owning the Dalton
house, they have a big interest in the
Flemister Grocery company, of Carters-
ville. They will retain their interest in
that company.
ADD-DAY SINGING SOON
AT PROSPECT CHURCH
There will be an all-day singing at
Prospect church on the first Sunday in
July. The Old Christian Harmony book
will he used and the old people are espe
cially urged to attend. Every person is
cordially invited to be present with
their books.
Georgia Legislature
Opened 1920 Session
Yesterday At Capitol
Law-Makers Must Provide More Funds
in Some Way—Highway Legislation
Is Very Important Matter.
CHILDREN’S DAY SUNDAY
AT HAMILTON ST. CHURCH
The Children’s day at Hamilton Street
Methodist church last Sunday was in
every way an admirable success. In
spite of the rainy weather, the crowd
was large and very attentive.
About forty of the bright-eyed little
girls and boys , Sunday school children
of North Dalton, participated in the ex
ercises to the very great delight of all
present, exhibiting the natural God-given
talents.
Much praise and credit is attributable
to Mrs. Laura Staples and Miss Ella Wil
liams for their faithful efforts in J;he
preparation of the program and training
of the children; also to Mr. Will Mc
Nally in that he took great delight in
conducting the song service.
May there be many more such days
here on earth, typical of the great day
in the beyond to which all are called by
Him who said, ‘ ‘ Suffer little children to
come unto me, for of such is the king
dom of heaven.”
By one who was there.
The 1920 session of the Georgia legis
lature opened at 11 o’clock yesterday
morning at the eapitol in Atlanta. The
session will last for fifty days. Hon.
John N. Holder, one of the candidates
for governor, at present speaker of the
house of representatives, is presiding
over the jiouse, and Senator Sam Olive,
who is a candidate for congress from his
district, and president of the senate, is
presiding over the upper house of the
legislature.
The matter of paramount importance
at this session is the question of fi
nances. It is acknowledged by all that
more money is needed to run the state,
and more must be provided. Right at
present, the state’s finances are in bad
shape, for Georgia has been running a
year behind, and the legislature must
make some provision at the present ses
sion to meet the increased appropria
tions needed.
In an article relative to the meet
ing of the legislature, the Atlanta Jour
nal says:
Highway Program.
Highway legislation ranks with fi
nance in the order of its importance
upon the calendar of the 1920 session
of the general assembly. The highway
program consists of two parts. Part 1
as passed in 1919 is temporarily halted
by the test case of the constitutionality
of the motor vehicle law. Part 1 con
sisted of the motor vehicle law im
posing a license upon autos and trucks
and appropriating the. receipts to the
highway department, plus the law cre
ating the highway board and defining
its powers. The constitutionality of
both laws is involved in the pending
court case. If the supreme court holds
the laws to be constitutional, the high
way department will go on function
ing and the legislature won’t have to
cure the defects by amendment. If the
court knocks out the laws, they will
have to be re-enaeted by a roll call
vote, this being the point involved in
the test case.
Part 2 of the highway program con
sists of a bill to amend the constitu
tion so as to authorize a state bond
isue. The figure discussed ranges from
$40,000,000. Present motor vehicle re
ceipts aggregating $1,700,000 are
enough to pay the interest and sinking
fund on a $40,000,000 bond issue, and
the receipts will grow larger from year
to year. Hence it is proposed to build
the projected state highway system in
a lump, or practically in a lump, by
means of a bond issue, so that the pres
ent generation ean enjoy its benefits in
completed form, instead of building it
annually in piecemeal by means of the
annual motor vehicle revenue. The
highway sentiment is strong throughout
the state, and there is every indication
that the legislature will carry through
the program in good shape without crip
pling amendments.
Constructive Record.
The present legislature proved itself
in 1919 to be one of the most construc
tive in the history of the state. At that
session it. enacted Part 1 of the highway
program; started Part 2 on the road to
passage; passed the Elders-Carswell
amendment to the constitution which
provides for a local school tax in every
county; revised and codified the school
laws of Georgia and strengthened the
compulsory education law; passed the
act revising the state banking laws and
creating the department of banking;
passed the act creating the department
of printing; and otherwise made a bril
liant record.
In the way of educational legislation
there is .one other matter which the ed
ucational leaders of the state are urging
the legislature to consider at the coming
session. County school superintendents
are elected now by popular vote. School
superintendent Brittain, backed by the
educational forces of the state, urges the
passage of a law providing for their
election by county boards of education
without stipulation as to where they re
side. Superintendent Brittain in his re
port to the legislature declares the popu
lar election of superintendents is retard
ing the whole machinery of common
school education.
cn mil
San Francisco Filling With
Men to Attend National
Convention.
NOMINEES TALKED;
PLATFORM DRAFTED
President Wilson, the Real Loader—
Bryan Fight Expected—Matter of
Nominees Causing Speculation
Since McAdoo’s Statement
preaching at Ebenezer.
Ebenezer people, please remember
next Sunday is our regular preaching
day. Sunday school, 9:45, preaching, 11
a. m. All are invited and urged to
come. s -
J. Pruett, Pastor.
MEN CHARGED WITH RAISING
’RTT.T.S TAKEN TO ROME
The Democratic hosts have swarmed
on San Francisco preparatory to the for
mal opening of the national convention
next Monday.
According to press dispatches from
Washington, the administration forces
are in the dark as to the candidates to
be nominated for president and vice
president; but the question of a plat
form has, in the main, been settled.
Administration leaders anticipate a fight
with William G. Bryan on the platform.
Senator Carter Glass has the outline of
the platform President Wilson and Mb
followers want, and the Virginia senar
tor will have charge of the fight for the
administration’s platform.
The Glass platform calls for ratifica
tion of the treaty without reservations
which injure its “essential integrity,”
condemns the Republican congress,
praises the Wilson administration, calls
for a reduction in the cost of living by
passage of measures advocated by Presi
dent Wilson in one of his messages to
congress and declares against a soldier
bonus.
Still in the making are the prohibi
tion and labor planks.
The only contest for seats in the con
vention is in the Georgia delegation, and
this contest will be decided at a meeting
of the national committee tomorrow.
The Palmer delegates have been certified
to the committee; but the Smith-Watson
delegates will try to oust them. The
contest will be decided so that when
the convention meets next Monday, the
work can go forward.
McAdoo Not a Candidate.
The announcement of William G. Mc
Adoo that he would not permit his name
to go before the convention has put
party leaders up in the air as to the
nominee for president. McAdoo appear
ed to be the leading candidate.
Senator Carter Glass, of Virginia, for
whom a boom was started after Mr.
McAdoo’s announcement, appears to be
anxious to keep out of it owing to the
fact that his state will go for the Dem
ocratic nominee anyway. Governor
James M. Cox, of Ohio, would, in all
probability, get the nomination without
trouble if someone could put William J.
Bryan to sleep. Bainbridge Colby, sec
retary of state, and John W. Davis, am
bassador to Great Britain, have been
mentioned as possible dark horses.
A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney general
is a prominent candidate for the nomi
nation; but from press dispatches, he
doesn’t appear to have any decided
change to get it. Governor Edwards, of
New Jersey, has been prominently men
tioned. ,
Officials Chosen. J
After the meeting of the subcommit
tee of arrangements the following ap
pointments were announced, subject to
the approval of the national committee
which is to meet on June 25.
Temporary chairman, Homer S. Cum
mings, Connecticut; secretary, Edward
G. Hoffman, Indiana; executive secre
tary, W. R. Hollister, Missouri; chief
reading secretary, Representative Thom
as F. Smith, New York, former secretary
of Tammany Hall; chief tally clerk, A.
R Canfield, Michigan; parliamentarian,
Clarence Cannon, Missouri, former par
liamentarian of the United States house
of representatives; honorary sergeant at
arms, John R. Martin, Missouri; ser
geant at arms, J. J. Hughes, Oklahoma-
chief doorkeeper, J. J. Sinnott, Vir
ginia; official reporter, Harry Couch,
Indiana.
The two men giving their names as
William Feeler and Bob Cannon, who
were arrested here last Thursday morn
ing on the charge of passing a $l-bill
which had been raised to $10, were Sat
urday taken to Rome and turned over to
the Federal authorities.
CHILDREN’S DAY SUNDAY
AT POPLAR SPRINGS
Next Sunday a special program
taring Children’s Day will be give)
Poplar Springs church. The publii
cordially invited to attend and par
pate in the interesting exercises.