North Georgia citizen. (Dalton, Ga.) 1868-1924, September 23, 1920, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textm%m An Ad in THE CITIZEN is worth Two on the Fence. JJTASLISHED 1847—SEVENTY-TWO TEARS OLD. DALTON, GA^ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1920. VOL. T.yyvilt. No. 47. 51-50 PER ANNUM Blilledgeville Church After Services of Dr. Prank K. Sims, of Dalton H E IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING CALL jells Congregation of Matter—TTa_<a Slade Great Record With Local Church, and Dalton People Yet ' Hope He Will Remain Here Dr. Frank K. Sims, popular and able pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Dalton, announced at the Sunday morning service at his church that he had received a call to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church ■ of Mil- ledgeville, and that the call came in such a way he had accepted an invita tion to preach at Milledgeville the first Sunday in October. He is seriously con sidering the call. Dr. Sims came to Dalton about 13 rears ago as pastor of the First Pres byterian church here, and during his res idence in Dalton he has made thousands of warm friends and admirers, being one of the most universally loved preachers who has ever been in this city. His friends and admirers are not confined to his own church but are found in all other churches and among those with no church connections. He has played a big part not only in Dalton’s religious life but in all other matters of civic good, and Dalton people as a unit hope he will decide to remain here. As pastor of the local First church, Dr. Sims has had many calls, among •them being several to leading Presby terian churches of the South, including churches at Birmingham, Atlanta, Sa vannah, OolumbidJ, S. 0., and other Southern cities; but he has elected to reman here where he has done an excel lent work. Heretofore, however, he has not seriously considering the calls. .Vow the First church of Milledgeville, cne of the most influential churches of the state, in a college town where lie would have an opportunity to reach hundreds of young men and women, has extended a strong call for his services. A committee «.f Milledgeville citizens came here in person to deliver the call, and is was an invitation not only from the First Presbyterian churcb, but from the city as a whole, the eueational in stitutions, other churches and the city. It was decidedly unique and a call ttiat meant a serious consideration on the part of Dr. Sims. Advertise Georgia Object of Meeting to Be Held at Rome Governor Dorsey Principal Speaker at Enthusiastic Meeting to Be Held Monday—Dalton People Going Mr. Cole E. Morgan, connected with the “Advertise Georgia Enherprise,’’ was in Dalton Saturday to arouse in terest in the big meeting to be held September 27 in Rome. Many Dalton people will attend. Georgia’s new enterprise of bringing thousands of new citizens to buy and cultivate the undeveloped and idle lands iu this state, increasing the agricultural production and swelling the total of the state’s , property values and therefore the state’s income, is to be explained by Governor Hugh M. Dorsey, who is gen eral chairman of the enterprise, in an address to be delivered in Rome on Mon day, September 27. The meeting will be held at the Floyd county court house at 2 p. m. Special invitations have been extended to men of affairs in this agri cultural district and many citizens from other towns are expected to attend the meeting which will be open to'the public. No politics, it is distinctly brought out, is involved in the series of address es Governor Dorsey is to deliver this subject. His tour will not begin until nearly a week after the primary, and his talks will be confined to the Work of the ‘ ‘ Advertise Georgia Enter prise,” which is an official organization of the state and endorsed by the House of Representatives in a resolution unani mously passed. The men who have organized and who are carrying through this enterprise, with the Governor as general chairman, are stressing the fact, also, that it is designed to benefit every county iu Georgia and the state as a whole, and. not any particular city, county or section. The Advertise Georgia Enterprise has created more interest throughout the state than any public movement since the first days of the world war, for it is realized that this enterprise does not involve gifts from the public but invest ments which arc expected to bring di rect and handsome returns. Leading men in Georgia—bankers, merchants, Names of Prominent Citizens Don’t Appear on Gov ernment Census STUBBORN FIRE KEPT FIREMEN ON THE JUMP House on Emery Street Totally Destroy ed Saturday. A big two-story frame house, occupied hy Mr. Massengill and family and Mr. f’rater Gossage and family, caught fire Saturday about noon and by the time tte firemen reached the scene, it was seen that the building could not be saved. The house was old and burned like paper. By Strenuous work, the fire- ®ea prevented the fire from destroying Ike nearby houses. Owing to the start the fire got before discovered and the speed at which it burnerl, little of the furniture was sav ed. ^ SECOND PRIMARY COMES WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3 Clifford Walker and Thomas W. Hard wick Candidates for Governor. Ike second primary for a Democratic °°nunee for governor of 'Georgia will ^ helot Wednesday, Oet. 6, and the can didates win be Thomas W. Hardwick, led in the first primary, and Clif- for d Walker, who ran second, being a comparatively few votes behind Hard wick. The second primary was decided on by state executive committee in the ®ceting held last Thursday in Atlanta, ” 10 u none of the results, as declared by tie counties in the first primary, was tl|£ ng<& • p •*., ' There is no money £or holding the Primary and an effort* to get volunteer Action managers throughout the state lste 'ng made. ' ’ farmers and business men of all lines— know that greater population is the key to greater prosperity, and that the com ing of new citizens, bringing new cap ital, new energy and new enterprise to Georgia will be of incalculable benefit to the state. There is no county which has not inducement to offer such new comers, arid every county is to be given opportunity, through the Advertise Geor gia Enterprise,-to set forth its claims to the home-seeker’s attention. It is proposed to raise, through pub lic subscription and otherwise, a fund of $300,000, to be devoted to a campaign of advertising Georgia in the big nat ional magazines, farm journals and other •mediums. A large part of this fund is to be reserved for a “follow-up sys tem, ’ ’ continuing for three years, by which inquiries from interested persons will be taken up and the seeker of a new home be put in touch with the county organization which have land to offer. It is contemplated that each county will have its own organization or bereau which will assist in looking after that county’s interests. That many thousands of farmers in other states, especially in the Middle West and West, are anxious to find new farm lands in better climates is well known. Thousands of such farmers are moving every year. The majority are going into Southern California, which has no advantage over Georgia and which cannot equal Georgia in several respects, because California has had the advantage of advertising through the great fruit growing companies and other interests. Western Canada, too is be ginning to spend $1,500,000 ill an ad vertising campaign to attract American farmers to her lands. The $300,000 fund is to be raised through a county quota system, each county’s quota being based on her tax able values and total land acreage. MATTER IS CLOSED BY CENSUS BUREAU About Seventy-Five People Selected at Random Show Just How Inaccurate Are Government Figures—List Returned to Shrine Club There will be no correction made of Dalton’s census figures, according to a filial (l'ette^ ixec^ived by the Dlaljton Shrine club from the census bureau, in which regret is expressed that the peo ple of Dalton are disappointed at the official census but stating that nothing can be done now. The census bureau returned the list of names sent in by the Dalton Shrine club, with the names of those enumerat ed in the government census stricken from the list and with the names the government enumerators didn’t get be ing noted. These lists go to show just how inaccurate is Dalton’s census, and that Dalton made a substantial gain in the past decade instead of showing a loss as the census bureau has announced. Among those missed by the govern ment enumerators are many people who have lived here for years and who are known to practically all Dalton people. Here are a few selected at random from the lists of Dalton people who, the gov ernment says, were not enumerated: Mrs. H. C. Erwin and family, Paul B. Fite and family, John Oakes and has big family, T. B. Wright, Mrs. Wright and two children, W. E. Stroup and family, Mr. and Mrs. B. O. BLvings, Dr. and Mrs. W. U. Gordon, Gordon Bowen and family, Dr. and Mrs. Teall, Walter Springfield and family, W. H. Stroup and family, Walter Chaffin and family, Mrs. D. L. Dettor, Baxter Mad dox and wife, Sheriff and Mrs. C. A. Connally, Miss Carrie Green, Carl Eslin- gcr and family, Mrs. L. J. Allyn and son, Jerome. The Citizen could print the names of many others who are equally as well known and who were not included in the census. Then there are hundreds in the northern and southern sections of the city who were bona fide residents of Dalton when the census was taken and whose names do ■ not appear. The above list represents about seventy-five people who are known to practically everybody in Dalton. While the Shriners have abandoned hope of getting something like an accu rate count of Dalton’s population, still the lists of names missed by the govern ment enumerators are going to be thor oughly checked, and all doubt as to their being bona fide residents of Dal ton when the census was taken is going to be removed, and then the correct list will be published, so the people'can see just how inaccurate are the govern ment’s figures for Dalton’s population An examination of the lists shows that Dalton had a population of wee over 6,000 when the census was taken, rather than the 5,219 shown by the gov ernment, which is a material difference and one which the people believe should be corrected. May Get Government Funds for Education When Congress Meets Shortage of Teachers Is Alarming—Re lief Would Come if National Bill Became Law at Next Session County School Superintendent Field is apprehensive over the outlook for teachers for the coming winter’s ses sion of the county schools. Owing to the high cost of living and the fact that the pay of teachers in the county schools has increased but little, those who will stand by their work are hav ing a hard time making a living— es pecially those teachers who have to pay board. Many have gone into other work where the pay is larger. That the pay of teachers will be in creased some time in the near future is certain, for if it is not, the schools will be forced to close. A strong effort going to be made when Congress meets to provide an appropriation from the government to supplement the state and county funds so the teachers will be paid a living wage. Relative to this, the following from the National' Educa tional Association is of genuine inter, est and importance: The teachers shortage remain.-, a men ace to the public schools according to preliminary reports made public ty the National Education Association. Re plies to questionnaires sent out by the Association have come from all' sections of the United States. These report^ show that in places where teachers salaries have been increased one hun dred per cent or more the situation is nearly always satisfactory. But such places are comparatively few* and in localities where salaries have been in creased fi^ty per cent or less thf teacher shortage is commonly greater} than year ago. Rural communities are hard est hit. Signed reports from-superin tendents of many counties indicate that a third of their rural school cannot open for want of teachers. . Tens of thousands of schools will be m charge of teachers who have had no profes sional preparation and whose academic training barely exceeds that of the children they teach. Relief from this serious situation, which imperils the stability of Ameri can rural life, will be sought from the next session of Congress. Renewed e£ forts will bo made to obtain the passage of the Smith-Towner Bill, which creates a department of education with a secrc tary in the President’s cabinet and pro vides federal aid of $100,000,000 for education. North Georgia Association Held Great Session at Eton Church WILL MEET NEXT AT DEEP SPRING RALLY DAY SERVICE PLANNED FOR SUNDAY Home Coming Dey at First Baptist Sun day School. SECOND BAPTIZING AS RESULT OF MEETING The Elk City Baptist church will have a second baptizing as a result of the re cent successful revival conducted at the church, at 3 o’clock next Sunday after noon near the city water pumping sta tion. The church has decided to have regular service on the second and fourth Sundays in each month, both morning and night, and on the Saturday nights before the second and fourth Sundays, The public is cordially in vited. James A. Boyd, Pastor. Services at First Methodist. The subject for the morning sermor of Rev. R. M. Dixon at the First Metho dist church next Sunday will be “In the Beginning, God Created Heaven and Earth.” At the evening service, the subject will be “The Earth was without Form and Void. ’ ’ The public is cordial ly invited. JUDGE TARVER’S EXPENSES. Georgia, Whitfield County. In person appeared M. C. Tarver, who on oath deposes and says, that as candidate for Judge Superior Courts Cherokee Circuit, in the primary held September 8, 1920, he expended the following sums for the purposes stated. Announcements . $90.00 Assessments 170.00 Envelopes, stationery & postage 300.00 Advertising 63.70 Incidentals 200.00 Total $823.70 That said funds were derived from his own private resources. M. C. Tarver. Sworn to and subscribed before me this September 18th, 1920. W. M. Sapp, C. S. C. The Home Coming, or Rally Day ser vice, to be held next Sunday morning, Sept. 26, at the First Baptist Sunday School is a call to all those ‘ ‘ old timers ’ we have been taking a vacation from Sunday school during the summer, and to all who have not yet started the good habit of coming to Sunday school reg ularly. A short and interesting program, em phasizing the real mission of the Sun day school, will be given by representa toves from the primary to the adult departments. The workers of the Sunday school are' planning for a big day, and a cordial welcome awaits all those who will at tend this service. To Preach to Convicts. Rev. Josiah Crudup, pastor of the ^First Baptist church, will conduct relig ious services at 3 o’clock next Sunday afternoon at the convict camp. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ IMPORTANT MEETING ♦ ♦ SET FOR SATURDAY ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Democrats from all sections of ♦ ♦ Whitfield county, including the ♦ ♦ women as well as the men, are urg- ♦ ♦ ed to attend the big mass meeting ♦ ♦ scheduled for 10 o’clock next Sat- ♦. urday morning at the court house, ♦ ♦ for the purpose of electing a Demo- ♦ ♦ cratic Executive committee for ♦ ♦ Whitfield county. ♦ ♦ In view of the fact that the worn- ♦ ♦ en will participate in the state ♦ ♦ elections two years hence, a special ♦ ♦ invitation is extended the women ♦ ♦ who will affiliate with the Demo- ♦ ♦ cratie party to be present. It is ♦ ♦ probable that women will be elect- ♦ ♦ ed to membership on the committee. ♦ ♦ The attendance of all loyal Dem- ♦ ♦ ocrats is desired at the meeting, ♦ ♦ formal call for which was made ♦ ♦ last week by R. A. Williams, ♦ ♦ present chairman of the committee. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Rev. Josiah Crudup Reelected Moderat or and Other Officers Reelected— / Hope to Establish School in This Section of State The North Georgia Baptist Associa tion held its fifty-ninth session last week with the Baptist church at Eton, This association is composed of forty- four Baptist churches, all of which, with one or two exceptions, are in Whitfield and Murray counties. It is the opinion of those who attended the association that this last session was one of the very best in all history of the associa-. tion. The churches were iwell represent ed, and the local attendance was splen did. There was good interest in all of the proceedings, and a spirit of harmony indicating unity of purpose at present and. promising great things for the future. The former officers were all re-elected: Rev. Josiah Crudup, moderator; C. L. Foster, clerk; and J. M. Bridges, treasurer. The new executive commit tee is as follows: Lee Routh, chairman; C. N. King, W. F. Langston, T. G. Babb and C. L. Isbill. Reports of contributions for the past year show a very large increase over any preceding year. Last year the churches nearly doubled the year before in their benevolences, but this year they went about three times last year. Many of the churches have added con siderably to the salaries of their pastors. There were also reports of good meet ings and big baptizings in many of the churches. There were some preceedings of spec ial interest representing the general affairs of the association. Some of the churches were not represented and made no reports of benevolence, and a few have made no reports for a year or two. A special ’resolution was passed direct ing the moderator and the chairman of the executive committee to communi cate* with all such churches and express to them the fraternal interest of the as sociation in their welfare, and the desire of the association for their cooperation in the benevolent and other work of the Baptist people. Another resolution was passed hav ing for its aim a better understanding among the churches, and a readier means cf communication, and to this end the moderator was directed to appoint Committee on Cooperation consisting of one member from each church in the association. Probably the most outstanding and most interesting of the new matters was the proposition to establish a Baptist Seconary School in this part of the state. This proposition was received with great enthusiasm. It is probable that such a school will be established somewhere in north-west Georgia in the near future. Ana it is up to the Baptists and their friends here to get right on the job with mind and heart and secure this school for this section and for this association, Such a school would greatly benefit this whole section and would strengthen the Baptist brotherhood and citizenship manifold. The next association will be held at the church at Deep Springs. Cotton Warehouse Talked at Meeting of County Fanners Representative of American Cotton As sociation Addressed Meeting of Whitfield County Farm Bureau J. Q. Nolan, a field representative of the American Cotton Association, addressed a meeting of the Whitfield County Farm Bureau at the court house Saturday afternoon, there being about fifty members of the local organization present to hear him, and the meeting being productive of much good. Mr. Nolan’s talk was on the mark eting of crops, and many valuable poin ters were received by the marketing di vision of the farm bereau. He stressed the big importance of the bonded cotton warehouses, where thif cotton farmer can take his cotton, have it correctly graded and store it until -he is ready to sell, with the right to bor row money on the warehouse receipt in order to hold it. In centrally lo cated places, the government will have an expert cotton grader to whom samples from all bales will -be sent if desired so there will be no doubt as to the quality of the cotton. Many cities throughout the state have built coton warehouses, the movement having been received with enthusiasm in practically every section where an ef fort has been made to build a bonded warehouse, and local people are serious ly considering the feasibility of erect ing a bonded warehouse in Dalton. This will' be taken up later if enough interest is shown. STAENS STOCK CO. TO BE HEBE ALL NEXT WEEK Popular Company Will Be Warmly Wel comed to Dalton. The Starnes Stock company will -be i here all next week, and the return of this popular show will be of interest to hundreds of Dalton people. Mr. Starnes always has a good show, and this year, according to information, fa no exception. The company has been spending ocn week in Dalton for many years, and the members of the company have many friends „ here who will be |*lad to learn of their return engage ment to Dalton. The company will show all next week in their tent theatre, with a change of program each' night. WARING PEOPLE URGED TO ATTEND MEETING Will Make Preparations for District Fair to Se Held The people of Waring interested in the district fair planned for that sec tion are urged to attend a meeting to be held at 7:30 o’clock Friday night. Men and women of the section are ex pected to attend. The people of Waring are planning an excellent fair, and at the meeting plans will be made to make the fair a big success. REV. LUKE JOHNSON WILL PREACH HEBE ON SUNDAY k Rev. Luke G. Johnson, presiding elder of <the Griffin district, will be here Snn- day and will preach at the First Method ist church at, 11 o’clock in the morning. The public is cordially invited. ROME FAIR GETS GREAT GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT Requires 5,000 Feet of Floor Space Occupying Entire Building The North Georgia Fair Association has lately completed arrangements for the showing in Rome of the entire exhi bit of the United States Department of Agriculture. The Department has spared no pains to assemble in Wash ington an exhibit that will not only give to the people an idea of what the Department of Agriculture really is and what it is doing for the farming inter ests of the country as a whole but has assembled this year’s exhibit with spec ial attention to the needs of this sec tion of the south. It will require 5,000 feet of floor space and will occupy the entire main building at the North Geor gia Fair. Within the exhibit will be illustrated, in an attractive and force ful way, the activities of the Depart ment and the resuts achieved. There will be actual working models that give a graphic presentation of the subjects they are designed to illustrate. Many of them are of particularly in genious construction and illustrate in the most practical way how the every day work of the -farm may be accomp lished with more system, in less time and with better results. Besides the models there will be colored transparen cies, maps, charts and photographs and the instruments and appliances used in the various activities will be on dis play. The Weather Bureau will show how it is able to forecast storms, frosts and floods. The Bureau of Animal Industry will show how to improve and increase the country’s supply of meat, milk and poultry. Another department of speeial in terest to the fanners will be the ex hibit of the Bureau of Piant Industry. One of the most interesting features of the exhibit will be a display of the Forestry Service. The important work of road building has not been overlooked and the Bureau of Public Roads will illustrate with working models the construction and upkeep of the various types of roads. inns 111 FI Annual County Fair Opens Its Gates for Big Show October 11th OFFICERS ARE BUSY PERFECTING PLANS Will Make Trip Over County Week Pre ceding Fair after Exhibits—Pure bred Live Stock Herd May Come Here-Many District Exhibits Increasing interest is felt in the Whit field county fair as the date for the opening approaches, and the people from all sections of the county are making preparations to attend. The fair opens Monday, October 11, this being a lit tle more than two weeks off, and the fair officials are busy completing ar rangements. Prior to the opening, the grounds will be thoroughly overhauled and put in first-class shape for the fair. Repair work on the fences, buildings and stalls will be done so there will be no danger of damage to the display of farm prod ucts, live stock, poultry, fancy work, etc. Little repair work will be necessary this year for the opening of the fair; but there are many things to be worked out which >will keep the officers busy. Talk in a number of communities would indicate that this year the most ntercsting displays will be made as district exhibits, and many will make them, competing for the district prizes. Last year, Waring’s exhibit was an excellent one, and this year, acoirding to those in touch with the matter, there will be at least five of these district xhibits. Every effort is being made tc get the farmers of the county really Urested this year so the agricultural exhibits will be unusually fine. Tlio fair association is in communica tion with the Aberdeen Angus Breeders association, and it is probable a herd of pure bred cattle wall be brought here by the association, not to compete for the live stock prizes but as a show herd This will add greatly to the live stock show. Just w’hat the amusement feature for the fair will be the association is not yet ready to announce; but this will be up to the standard. The week prior to the opening of the fair, many automobiles filled with those interested in seeing a great fair this year, will go through the county for the purpose of interesting as many as possible and securing exhibits for the big show. With the time for the opening near, all should get busy now and talk the fair, which, with the proper coopera tion, will be one of the greatest ever held here. RED CROSS PLANNING WORK FOR NEXT YEAR Vast Amount of Money to Be Spent In Relief Work Atlanta—The American Red Cross has appropriated $48^00,000 for its program of relief and service for the fisical year ending July 1, 1921, accord ing to official announcement from na tional headquarters. This is $21,000,000 less than the ap propriation of the Red Cross for the fiscal year recently ended. Of last year’s appropriation, $838,386.40 was spent in the southern division, the states of Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina, al though the total receipts to the Bed Cross from the division were but $566,- 117. The proportionately large amount spent in the south is due to the number of camps, military posts, and United States Public Health hospitals located in this section, as well as the great ex pansion of its nursing and social service program which the Red Cross under took in the south. In the light of the nearly a million spent in the south last year, all of which was exclusive of expenditures by the individual chapters, it is believed a pro portionately large amount of the 1920- 21 appropriation 0 f the Red Cross will also be spent in the south.

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North Georgia citizen. (Dalton, Ga.) 1868-1924, September 23, 1920, Image 1