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An Ad in THE CITIZEN is worth Two on the Fence.
1847—SEVENTY-TWO YEARS OLD.
DALTON, GA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1920.
VOL. LYXVUI. NO. 37. $1.50 PEE ANNUM
j 0 governor Heads Party
In National Election
In November.
Iboosevelt CHOSEN
AS RUNNING MATE
invention in San Francisco Adjourned
^esday—Leaders Express Satis-
faction Over Ticket Selected—
Who the Nominees Are.
■-Jimmy” Cox, governor of Ohio,
|i' nominated for Democracy’s candi-
iate for the presidency, and Franklin
D Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the
javT) 0 f New York, for the vice presi-
jcncv, by the Democratic national con
vention in session at San Francisco,
governor Cox was nominated on the
iith ballot. Mr. Roosevelt was not op
posed for the vice presidency, the other
candidates who had been nominated
sithdrawing.
Saturday night, after a long session
nith numerous ballots, in which Wil
liam G. McAdoo, Governor Cox and At
torney-General Palmer were the lead-
ing candidates, the convention ad
journed over to Monday, when the first
iallots taken showed little ehange over
he cues of Saturday. When Mr. Pal-
ner released his delegates, both Cox
md McAdoo gained, and then the con-
ration swung to Cox and he was put
ner, a McAdoo leader making the mo-
ion to make the nomination unani
nous.
Democratic leaders throughout the
iountrv have expressed the greatest
atisfaction over the nominations, feei
ng confident that the combination
aakes a ticket that will wade through
o victory in the November election.
In naming Governor Cox, eyes are
urned on Ohio, which state will name
he president, for the two big parties
are named Ohio men. Senator Hard-
ng, the Republican nominee, has mixed
t with Governor Cox in the past, and
iom former results it looks like the
hanees of Cox are the better. Both of
the candidates are newspaper men.
Bryan Got His.
The convention sat down squarely on
William Jennings Bryan, and Mr. Bry
an didn’t appreciate it one bit. The
N'ebraskau found his power gone, and,
while those present were willing to
Acer him on, his power in the conven
tion was at a minimum.
Who the Candidates Are.
Dayton, Ohio, July 6.—James M. Cox,
the Democratic presidential nominee
"'as born at Jacksonburg, Butler county,
Ohio, March 31, 1S70. He had a pub
lic school and high school education.
His early life was spent working on a
farm and attending school. His par
ents were not even comfortably sup
plied with money and young Cox “had
k> wort for all he got.”
While still a bov he became printer’s
devil on a Cincinnati newspaper, and
then after a short season teaching
school, became a reporter on the Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Bought Dayton Paper.
His shrewd appraisal of men and
things won him favor in the sight of
Haul Sorg, millionaire tobacco man, and
"hen Sorg was elected to congress in
the ’90’s, Cox became his private sec-
Marv. Th a f wa3 ^he Ohio governor’s
■cal entry into politics. His acuteness
^ a secretary caused 'Sorg to back him
hnanciahy in buving the Dayton News
m 1898.
Vithiu two years the News from a
-ability, became one of Dayton’s best
paying enterprises. It was Cox’s un-
ea nny perception of public opinion that
® a de h.m a successful editor. At that
ae showed no signs of becoming a
Conner.
the paper grew and earned more
p 0le - v ’ C°x bought the Springfield
s tfa s-Rep uW ; c in 1903 and formed the
' e "» League of Ohio with himself as
Ber an H editorial director.
Elected Governor.
.• * as in 1909 that Cox, who had had
Severe Storms Swept •
Over County, Causing
Considerable Damage
Two Houses Struck By Lightning in
Dalton, But No One Was Injured—
Gardens and Crops Damaged.
lb
e ye on” Ohio politics since his
district in congress from
Then he was
!n Washington, made formal en-
• '»to state politics. He served the
3* Ohio
- rear until 1913.
governor. Republicans said that
t ;^ ect i° n as a Democrat was an ac-
Htank" 38 ^ eate ^ for re-election by
19jj' Willis, Republican, but in
Uj . 0x <<e ame back,” defeating Wil-
^ a tig plurality. He was elect-
(Continued on page two.)
Dalton experienced the last of the
week and Sunday some of the severest
rain and electrical storms of years, the
rain of Friday night being accompanied
by. a heavy fall of hail which damaged
crops and gardens to a certain extent;
so heavy was the hail that on the f ollow-
nig morning in a yard on Depot street,
upward of forty dead sparrows were
counted on the ground beneath some
shrubbery.
The home of Councilman J. N. Caylor
was struck by lightning, and a hole was
burned in the roof. Mr. and Mrs. Cay
lor were shocked by the lightning. Then,
on Sunday afternoon, the home of Lon
Stone was struck by lightning, a chiffo
nier being damaged and several of Mrs.
Stone’s dresses being ruined.
The storms were of unusual severity,
being accompanied by high winds. Gar
dens in Dalton suffered heavily, corn be
ing blown down and other vegetables
being cut by the hail. As a result of
the high winds, trees were uprooted, and
many limbs were broken off. One tree
fell across the electric wires causing bad
service until it could be removed.
The river and nearby creeks were
badly swollen as a result of the heavy
rainfall, bottom-lands being flooded and
ruining crops planted there, and in
places, the creeks backed up over the
roads.
Almost continuous lightning accom
panied the storms.
FINE MEETING HELD
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Evangelistic Conference Attracted Fine
Attendance.
The all-day evangelistic conference
held in the First Baptist church on the
last day of June was a meeting of great
spiritual power. Quite a numbeT of
preachers and laymen from Whitfield
and Murray counties were in attendance,
and plans were laid for progressive evan
gelism in the churches during the next
few months.
Dr. Major, from Atlanta, and Dr. O’
Hara, divisional secretary, where pres
ent and delivered inspiring addresses on
evangelism. The meeting, however, was
not formal to any degree, and some of
the best talks were made by pastors of
the local churches.
There were' good congregations at'
both the morning and afternoon ser
vices, and those present were unanimous
in the conviction that the conference
will result in a stimulation of the
churches and Christian workers to a
greater zeal and activity for the salva
tion of the lost, and for spiritual power
in the churches. Special plans were laid
for advertising the revival services in
the churches during the month of Aug
ust.
Special Session Called To
Investigate Recent
Homicide Here.
CALENDAR FOR JULY
TERM IS ARRANGED
Cases Set for Two Days of Superior
Court Which Opens July 26—List
Of Grand and Traverse Jurors
Drawn for July Court.
Judge M. C. Tarver on Saturday ar
ranged the calendar for the July term
of Whitfield Superior court which meets
here Monday morning, July 26. . He
also drew the jurors, including a special
grand jury to investigate the recent
killing of Hiram Hyde by Mayor Pro
Tern Carter L. Bang, and the shooting of
Carl Puryear 'by Archie' Cargal.
Following is the calendar:
All criminal cases and bond forfeit
ures stand for trial and hearing on
Tuesday, July 27.
Monday, July 26.
The State vs. George Davis.
Minnie Robbins vs. Whit Robbins.
Willie May Tibbs vs. John I. Tibbs.
William H. Headrick vs. Mrs. W. H.
Hill et al.
J. H. Cook vs. Lizzie Dell Cook.
Jesse Murray vs. Annie Murray.
W. H. Bryan vs^ W. T. Halliday.
Harry Atkisson vs. Bessie Atkisson.
T. A. Black vs. J. B. Maynard et al.
Italy M. Carter vs. William Carter.
Thomas V. Crow vs. Jessie M. Crow.
Henry N. Lasater vs. Mrs. Annie Bell
et al.
Lonie Hopkins vs. Will Hopkins.
James H. Whitecotton vs. Lily White-
cotton.
W. N. Tatum et al vs. C. W. Woodard
et al.
Dalton Fruit & Pro. Co. vs. J. A.
Moore.
Stewart Wright vs. C. C. Nuckolls.
J. C. Starr, Adm., vs. T. J. Walters.
Starr & Shellhorse vs. J. E. Carter.
S. H. McKnight vs. W. C. Puryear.
G. C. Mashburn ■ vs. Mrs. Mattie R.
Masliburn.
Southern Real Estate '& Inv.- Co. vs.
W. S. Talley.
J. M. Ward, L. C. vs. W. M. F. Mor-'
gan.
T.
PROMINENT RESIDENT
OF VABNELLS IS DEAD
Many Dalton People Attended J. J.
Caylor’s FuneraL
Mr. J. J. Caylor, a leading resident of
Varnells, died Sunday, his death caus
ing -a severe shock to the people
throughout this section where he was
well and most favorably known. He
was 75 years of age at the time of his
death.
Mr. Caylor was a retired farmer and
merchant. He was, at one time, in
business here for a short time, conduct
ing a store in North Dalton. He was a
good, substantial citizen, and his loss
will be especially felt in the community
in which he lived.
Monday morning, a large number of
his friends from Dalton went to Var
nells for the funeral services which
were conducted by Masons, the Cohutta
lodge having charge, assisted by Dalton
Lodge No. 105, Free and Accepted
Masons.
Mr. Caylor is survived by his wife
and the following sons, Messrs. Arthur.
Caylor, of Adairsville; Summerfield
Caylor, of Atlanta, and Edgar Caylor,
of Varnells; also by one grandson, John
Taliaferro. *
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
vrp.T.T) ENJOYABLE MEETING
Members of the Joseph E. Johnston
Camp, United Confederate Veterans,
held their regular monthly meeting last
Saturday'at the court house. There was
no business of any especial importance
to come before the meeting; but the old
soldiers thoroughly enjoyed being to
gether again. At the next meeting, the
first Saturday in August, the annual
elections of the camp will be held.
Hampton Cotton Mills vs. John
Holland.
H. J. Taylor vs. J. L. Collins.
The State vs. Z. P. Baker.
The Dalton Fruit & Prod. Co. vs. Z.
Weatherby et al.
F. H. King vs. Nix & Co.
The following jurors were drawn:
Grand Jury.
Robert A. Shatzer, John A. Crawford,
Wh. H. Speck, Fielding J. Flemister,
Wilburn H. Lane, John A. Looper, Bart
ley C. Wilson, John T. Isbill, Thomas A.
Nance, John N. Caylor, Marcus H. Grif
fin, William B. Head, Robert A. True-
love, Lee H. Elkins, James P. Godwin,
John W. Hutchison, Robert Smith, Geo.
L. Carpenter, James O. Carder, William
S. Jordan, John M. Redwine, Wilbur R.
Cline, Joseph F. Cline, J. Shelby Hall,
Jesse W. Souther, Wm. A. Moody, Wil
lis W. Calloway, G. M. Cannon, Jr., Sam
uel H. Wilson, Walter A. Johnson.
Traverse Jury.
G. J. Jernigan, O. E. Tatum, W. L.
Bandy, S. N. McWilliams, J. H. Shugart,
A. G. Brown, J. M. Towers, W. M. Den
ton, R. S. Shields, W. F. Anderson, R. M.
Hill, J. A. Bryant, A. C. Burns, H. L.
Caylor, W. E. Bare, D. C. Hagin, S. B.
Shields, R. L. Dunn, R. H. Brown, C. P.
Warmack, Huston McDonald, J. C. How
ell, A. B. Capehart, J. D. Patton, R. J. L.
Richardson, T. S. Shope, Chas. C. Speck,
W. F. Summerour, Sr., H. F. Whitener,
W. D. Carnes, L. N. Wood, J. H. Wood-
all, J. M. Walker, John Howel, W. T.
Broadrick, F. J. Cargal, M. A. Keister,
John McCurdy, A. E. White, F. B.
Percy, R. F. Nelson, W. M. Mitchell,
Benjamin Jameson, F. W. Petty, Grover
Roach, G. W. Keister, J. E. Thompson,
P. H. Wolfe, Samuel Vaughn, A. L. Sta
cy, T. D. Ridley, R. S. Vining, E. B.
White, R. L. Harlan, Robert Skates, E.
W. Petty, Milas Shields, G. W. Sisk, A.
M. Reed, J. C. Lynch.
Chief Bates Reports
Large Collections
For First Half Year
Chief’s Report Shows Gain of Over
$3,000 Over Last Year—Must
Weigh Ice—Council Met.
At the meeting of city council Mon
day night, action on the tax rate for
the year and the semi-annual report was
postponed, as the committee appointed
to take action on the requests of several
for lower assessments had not made in
vestigation, and Clerk Carroll could not
make a statement until the matter was
definitely settled. Council also wanted
the presence of Mayor Wood .before
taking action on the tax apportionment.
The semi-annual report showing the
financial statement for the first six
months of the year will be ready at the
next meeting, and at that time, the tax
rate will be fixed.
Police Chief’s Report.
The report of Police Chief Bates for
the first six months of 1920 was an ex
cellent one, showing total collections of
$7,640 through June 30. This is an
increase of over $3,000 over the collec
tions from licenses," recorder’s court
fines and street tax for the first six
months of last. year.
Collections from business licenses were
$5,742.08, as compared to $3,002.66 for
the same perior of last year; from street
tax, the collections were $772.92, as com
pared to $1,071.90, or a decrease of about
$300, and from fines in recorder’s court,
,125, as compared to $474.20, a gain
of about $650, or more than twice the
collections of last year. The total gain
over last year’s collections was $3,-
091.24.
Chief Bates was heartily commended
for his fine work as a collector.
Deed to Street.
Council accepted a deed made to the
city of Dalton by the Hamilton Land
Co. for property to continue Jones street
northward from Crown street 1,200 feet,
the property being given the city by
the land .company on condition that the
street be worked and kept in repair.
The heavy rains of the past week re
sulted in considerable damage to certain
culverts, and the street committee was
instructed to have all necessary repairs
made.
Must Weigh Ice.
Council adopted a resolution calling
on the ice company to carry on each de
livery wagon suitable scales for the
weighing of ice, and requiring that all
ice be weighed when sold.
The clerk was instructed to notify
the railroad that certain crossings are
in bad condition and to call on the rail
roads to put them in good shape imme
diately.
Commissioners Get Sugges
tions for Establishing
Civic Center.
Board of Education
Had Lively Session
With District Lines
In Absorbing Districts, Some Wanted
More Than Their Share—Dalton
Girls To Attend Normal.
WOULD GIVE DALTON
REAL BEAUTY SPOT
Plan Would Convert Present Jail Into
Public Library, Building New Jail
Elsewhere—Commissioners
Held Meeting.
INFORMATION FOR VETS
OF SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
All Can Secure Information by Commu
nicating With W. S. Buchanan.
Police Chief Bates is in receipt of a
letter from Walter S. Buchanan, Route
2, Louisa, Va., which states that the
president has signed a pension bill that
is of great interest to Spanish-American
War veterans. It applies alike to those
who saw service in the Philippine in
surrection or the China relief expedition,
as well as veterans of the Spanish war,
and widows of veterans.
Mr. Buchanan, who is national aide
de camp of the Army and Navy union,
will be glad to furnish any information.
He can be reached at the above address
and asks that a 2-cent stamp be inclosed
for a reply.
Chief Bates himself was in the service
during the war, and there are many
others in this section.
J. C. JOHNTON BEINGS
IN SOME EARLY CORN
Mr J. C. Johnston, a well known res
ident of the Varnells section, Monday
brought to Dalton some extremely early
corn, stating that for several days he
had been having roasting ears out of
his garden.
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
+ ♦
♦ HERE’S A FAIR SNAKE ♦
♦ STORY—READ RIGHT ON ♦
♦ ♦
♦ Sam Thompson, Jr., of Mill ♦
♦ Creek, has brought in the cham- ♦
♦ pion snake story of the year, and ♦
♦ he vouches for its accuracy. ♦
♦ He was in an automobile and ♦
♦ saw a monster rattlesnake start ♦
♦ across the road immediately ahead ♦
♦ of the car. The snake had a half- ♦
♦ grown rabbit by the ear leading ♦
♦ it toward his den in a rockpile ♦
♦ nearby. When the car hit ‘the ♦
♦ snake, the grip on the rabbit’s ear ♦
♦ was loosened, and bunny went ♦
♦ from there. The snake, when ♦
♦ killed} was found to have eighteen ♦
♦ rattles, so it must have been the ♦
♦ father of a large family. ♦
♦ Mr. Thompson doesn’t say so; ♦
♦ but- it mnst have been necessary ♦
♦ for the snake to whip the rabbit ♦
♦ with his tail when it lagged along ♦
♦ the way. ♦
A plan for a most attractive civic
center were laid before the board of
county commissioners at the meeting
Tuesday morning by Messrs. W. C. Mar
tin and W. K. Moore, and the matter is
being seriously considered by the com
missioners.
The plan would have the building now
used as the Whitfield county jail con
verted into a home for a county library,
with the buliding of a new jail else
where. This would have the First Bap
tist church and the High school on the
north side of the plat, immediately south
of which comes the city park, then the
court bouse, a county library, with the
Presbyterian church next and the Con
federate memorial park immediately to
the south, With the improvement of
the grounds, the building of concrete
walks around the property, the tearing
down of the fences around the county’s
property and other plans for beautifica
tion would give Dalton an unusually
attractive civic center.
The board appreciates the fact that
the county must have a new jail or else
do extensive repair work on the present
one. The jail was condemned by the
last grand jury, with the request that a
new jail be built for the county.
The talks made in favor of the plan by
Mr. Martin and Mr. Moore made a de
cided impression on the board, for it
would cost little more than the tearing
down of the present jail and the building
of a new one. The board realizes that
the property now occupied by the jail is
too centrally located to make an ideal
jail site, and that a jail placed further
fro'-i the center of the. city would be
much more desirable. Then, too, the
advantages of a free county library are
appreciated fully.
At the meeting Tuesday, the matter
was first advanced, but it was too big
a matter for any hasty decision, so the
board took it under advisement.
New Road Authorized.
The board voted to build a new road
from near the home of Mr. H. D. Keith
over what is known as the “island” at
the river to connect with a Murray
county road at that point. No bridge
is contemplated at that point right at
the present, as the river is shallow here
and can be easily forded except in the.
case of high waters.
The board also made a slight change
in the Cleveland road at Varnells.
It was voted to secure plans for a
concrete bridge on the Riverbend road
over Bear creek.
The board decided to put the convict
gang for a few days on what is known
as the O ’Barr road to the Bitting place.
Tho Whitfield county board of educa
tion ran up against a snag at the meet
ing of Tuesday morning when action de
fining the lines of several school dis
tricts in the northern part of the coun
ty came up. Little Prospect, Tuckers,
Mars Hill and Keelers districts were
wiped out as a result of the excellent
building erected at McGaughey’s; but
in apportioning the districts to the sur
rounding districts, there was a warm
time for certain.
Finally the board had to exclude the
crowd and discuss the matter, after
which the district lines were definitely
defined. These districts have been ab
sorbed by Mt. Pleasant, Beaverdale,
Hopewell, McGaughey’s and Cohutta
but the change will not become effective
until the seats and blackboards are in
stalled in the new building at McGaugh
ey’s.
Mr. C. O. Smith, farm demonstration
ager.t, appeared before the'board and
requested co-operation in having, at a
number of schools, plats of ground for
demonstration purposes for club work,
The board expressed a willingness to
co-operate in the work, but no definite
action was taken.
The new law making it necesary for
applicants for entrance in the Georgia
Normal and Industrial College, Mil-
ledgeville, to have their applications
presented by the boards of education of
their respective counties brought the
following applicants from this county
Misses Edna and Frances Collum, Mary
Frances Black, Mildred and Christine
Hobbs, Helen Jordan, Rosebud Ezzard,
Alethea Looper and Lncile Wood.
Seventh District Medical
Society in Session
Yesterday.
FINE PROGRAM MONDAY
MORNING AT CRESCENT
‘Modem Mother Goose” and Motoy
Picture for Little Folks.
An interesting program will be given
next Friday morning, July 9, at the
Crescent theater, the pictures having
been secured by club women of Dalton
and the proceeds will go to the fund for
scholarships for Whitfield boys and girls
at agricultural schools.
The program of tomorrow morning
will include a Modern oMther Goose,
with 105 trained children taking part
In adidtion there will ibe another of the
entertaining Motoy pictures, either A
Trip to the Moon or Golden Locks and
the Three Bears.
The program deserves, and doubtless
will attract, a large attendance.
MR. TIM SMITH INJURED
IN FALL FROM AUTOMOBILE
Was Unconscious for Long Time But
Will Recover.
Mr. Tim Smith was seriously injured
the last of the week in a fall from an
automobile. For a long time, he was
in an unconscious state, but he is now
recovering.
When the car in which he was riding
was sharply turned near his home on
Glenn street, he was thrown out, strik
ing on his head.
TWQ MORE CANDIDATES
QUALIFY FOR PRIMARY
Luther Roberts and J. W. Eslinger Pay
HON. CLIFFORD WALKER IN BE
HALF OF A BETTER
GEORGIA.
Reprint of Artie 1 ® From the Carrollton
Free Press Reporting Spech of Hon.
Clifford Walker Made in Carrollton.
The aa'dress of Hon. Clifford Walker,
Attorney General of Georgia, was one
of the most powerful and convincing
ever delivered in Carrollton on Memo
rial Day. His main line of thought is
the Improvement of Educational Con
ditions in Georgia,” and in a most in
cisive manner he dealt with the ques
tions of Visiting Nurses,, Good Roads,
Living Salaries, Medical Examinations
for our school children, Immigration
Tests, and not least of all, Bolshevism,
that foal vulture whose sable shadows
are upon every land. Surely everybody
will want Clifford Walker, princely and
patriotic as he is, a devout churchman,
an active layman, a constructive states
man, an educational reformer, for our
next Governor. A very prominent man
of our own town who went to school
with him when they were boys, said to
+ j the writer, “I have never heard one
word against Clifford Walker.”—Adv.
W. L. Roberts, candidate for ordinary,
and J. W. Eslinger, candidate for
county commissioner, have qualified for
the Democratic primary to be held Aug
ust 20, having paid their assessments to
’Squire R. A. Williams, chairman of the
Democratic executive committee.
They, with Hon. N. A. Bradford, who
paid his assessment some time ago, are
the only ones who had qualified up to
noon Wednesday.
DR. WARREN STUART MADE
ENTERTAINING ADDRESS
Talked on China to Large Andiance at
Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Warren Stuart, a prominent edu
cator and missionary to China, ad
dressed an audience last night at the
First Presbyterian church on China—•
Her Past, Present and Future Possi
bilities.
Dr. Stuart was born in China, his par
ents being missionaries to China at the
time of his birth. He has spent prac
tically his entire life there, coming to
this country for his collegiate education
and then returning to continue the
great work among the Chinese as presi
dent of Hangchow Christian college.
Dr. Stuart being an attractive speak
er and knowing thoroughly his subject
made a most entertaining talk, inviting
questions from his audience.
During his stay here he is guest of
his relatives, Dr. F. K. Sims and family.
FELTON PRESIDENT
FOR CURRENT YEAR
Memorial to Late Dr. Battey Will Be
Erected — Prominent Visitors on
Program Given at Court House—
Upward of Fifty Attended.
At a meeting of the Seventh District
Medical society here yesterday, it was
decided to appoint a special committee
to take steps to raise funds to ereet a
suitable memorial to the late Dr. Rob
ert Battey, a pioneer surgeon of Geor
gia, who lived and died in Rome. Just
what form the memorial will take was
not definitely decided.
The society was entertained here by
the Whitfield -County Medical society,
and it was one of the best meetings held
since the organization was perfected.
Dr. H. L. Erwin, of this city, presi
dent of the organization, presided over
the meeting.
Officers for the year were elected in
the business meeting as follows: Dr.
Howard E. Felton, of Cartersville, pres
ident; Dr. U. F. McLean, of Calhoun,
vice president, and Dr. M. M. McCord,
of Rome, secretary and treasurer.
The invocation was by Dr. Yarbrough
at 10 o’clock, after which Col. W. C.
Martin, in behalf of the city, extended
a cordial welcome to the visiting physi
cians and surgeons. Dr. J, G. McAfee
added to the welcome in behalf of the
physicians of Dalton, and the response
was by Dr. Howard Felton, Ganters-
ville.
After the reading of the minutes of
the preceding meeting, and numerous
reports, many excellent papers were
contributed as follows:
Ectopic Gestation, Dr. George R.
West, of Chattanooga.
Diagnosis of Renal Surgical condi
tions, Dr. W. H. Lewis, of Rome.
Pyelitis, Dr. W. L. Funkhouser, of
Atlanta. 1 .
Duodenal and Gastric Uleer, Dr. Coop
er Holtzelaw, of Chattanooga.
Infant Starvation, Dr. M. M. Mo-
Cord, of Rome.
Sinuses, Dr. Stuart Lawwill, of Chat
tanooga.
Nasal Accessory Sinuses, Dr. George
B. Smith, of Rome.
After the papers, Dr. Stuart Roberts,
of Atlanta, made a great address, his
subject being Organization in Medicine.
The diagnosis and treatment of syph
ilis waB the subject of Dr. J. P. Bow-
doin, of Adairsville.
The question, of a place for meeting:
in 1921 was left open, the officers to-
decide that after receiving invitations
from the cities wanting to entertain
the society.
A resolution of thanks to the Whit
field County Medical society for their
hospitality and generosity extended
their guests was passed.
At noon, those attending the meeting
were entertained, at lunch at the Brit
ton hotel. There were upward of fifty
in attendance.
MOTOR LICENSE TAX LAW
HELD VALID BY COURT
Decision Makes Available Big Fund for
Road Work.
The validity of the motor vehicle
license tax act passed by the general
assembly of Georgia in, 1919 is upheld
by the state supreme coart in a unani
mous decision handed down Tuesday
morning. This decision upsets the opin
ion of Attorney General R. A. Denny
and the contentions of Secretary of
State S. G. McLendon that the act was
invalid because of the alleged failure
of the record to show that the legisla
ture passed the act by a yea and -nay
vote.
The decision makes the automobile
fund immediately available for highway
construction purposes by permitting the
governor to draw his warrants against
it for this purpose. Had the decision
been otherwise it would have been nec
essary for the statute to have been re
enacted by a yea and nay vote in order
to make the automobile fund available.