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An Ad in THE CITIZEN ia worth Two on the Fence. ggTABLISHED 1847—SEVENTY-TWO YE AES OLD. DALTON, GA^ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1920. VOL. LXXVHL No. 48. $1.50 PER ANNUM F a |r Dates Changed, Opening Day Being October 1 8th Arrangements for County Fair Could Not .Be Per fected in Time OCTOBER 18 STARTS INTERESTING WEEK postponement for One Week Will Give Farmers Better Chance to Make Exhibits —' Gtood' Amusement Feature Is Secured Representative of Cotton Association Wants Organization Meeting Called for 10 o’clock Satur day Morning at Court House—Ob jects of Organization The dates for the Whitfield county fair this year have been changed from the week of October 11 to the week of October 18, and the fair will be held October 18-23, inclusive. This action was taken by the directors of the fair association, after it was found that all arrangements for the fair could not be completed by the 11th. Monday, a contract was signed with a representative of the famous J. F. Murphy Shows to play in the fair grounds the week of October 18, and this insures an excellent amusement feature for the fair, for the Murphy shows are known here, having been at the fair here two years ago when it was generally acknowledged that the thews were the beBt and cleanest that had ever been here. Mr. Murphy carries with him only the cleanest attractions, and he will bring here about ten shows, three rid ing devices, an excellent band and free attractions. It solves the amuse ment problem unusually well, and in jures a genuine good time for all who attend. ■With the postponement of the fair for a week, it will be neeessary to shange all existing arrangements; but that can be done owing to the time in which to do it. It should, and doubtless will, mean better agricultur- >1 exhibits, for crops are very late ibis year. It will give the farmers more time in which to make arrange ments for bringing in the exhibits. Owing to the !a,te harvesting season, the postponement' will be of a decided advantage. Wednesday an advance man of the Murphy , shows arrived here with advertising matter to thoroughly bill Dalton and the surrounding section, advising the people of the change of dates of the fair. That Mr. Murphy’s shows are of the high-class order is shown by a clause in the contract whereby any show or concession which the fair officials con sider objectionable can be stopped’ on notice of the fair' officers. Plans for the biggest, kind Of a fair arc underway, and the people are urged to co operate - in every way to make it a success from every standpoint. The dates are October 18-23, inclusive; make your plans now to attend and make some kind of an exhibit. singing on Friday. Mr. J. L. Buchanan, in charge of ar rangements for the big. singing con tests on Friday of fair week, October « states that he has found unusual interest among the singers am} pre dicts by far the most spirited' singing contest ever held at the fa'r. A num- ifr of classes are training for the big Mr. J. M. Holder, a representative of the American Cotton Association, is in the city this week for the purpose of* interesting the farmers in the or ganization of a branch of the asso ciation in this county. This week he is going into the rural districts talk ing the matter over with the farmers with a view to getting a chairman in each of the districts so the county can be systematically organized. At 10 o’clock next Saturday morn ing,* there will be a meeting of the farmers for thejrarpose of discussing the matter looking to the formation of the organization here. The meeting is one of genuine interest to the cot ton farmers, and a large attendance is desired. At the Montgomery meeting of the organization, it was decided that cot ton should be held for a minimum price of 40 cents per pound, the meeting holding that cotton could not be prof itably grown at any figure below 40 cent!*, The. association is urg"ng the holding of cotton for forty cents. The organization is also promoting, thq, movement ta build bonded cotton warehouses, in-which there is a licensed grader and where cotton can be cor rectly graded and stored arid the own ers can borrow money on same so they will not have to sacrifice it. All of these matters' will be touch ed on at the meet ng Saturday morn ing at the court house, and a large at tendance is desired. DALTON BOY JOINS NAVY THROUGH ROME STATION Game Commissioner Sees Fine Outlook for Hunting Season Game Reported Plentiful Over Entire State—First Open Season Starts Tomorrow The lid will be pried loose on the 1920-21 hunting season tomorrow, when the open Season for deer, squirrel and ’possum starts, and many of the hunt ers are anxious for the getaway. This year, the squirrel and ’possum crop is reported unusually, large, and tomorrow night, the woods will resound with the voices of “Wheeler,” Jack,” “Trailer,” and “Ben. The open season for quail and doves doesn’t open until November and all real sportsmen will wait until then before' going after these noble game birds. Reports from all sections of the county would indicate a good season, for game is said to be unusually plen tiful. In addition to the big bird crop, there are more rabbits than have been here in many -years. The rabbit is not protected by the Georgia game laws; but he should be. There are many states that protect the rabbit with the other game. From Atlanta comes an optimistic report from S. J. Slate, state game and fish commissioner. Among other things, the article says: Predicting that the hunting season of Georgia th ; s winter will be the best since the department of game and fish was established, Commissioner S.' J. Slate Friday announced the open sea sons, the state and national laws as revised, and urged all sportsmen to take advantage of the period to “go into the woods’ - ’ where they will be amply repaid. , Georgia’s huriting season is consid ered' in full sway after November 20, when, sportsmen are allowed to shoot quail, dove, turkeys anil plovers, while the- period for- deer; cat squirrels and opossum goes into effect October 1. Mt. Slate, in his statement, gives a complete review of conditions and prospects for gn excellent hunting sea son, declaring that there is abundant sport for all this year. “This, has been a strenuous year upon most peo ple and we believe the relaxation of a few days spent in the woods is the greatest of all sports,” said the com missioner, “and will be of great bene fit to a large number of men in. Georg ia.” • - ft * ? * t ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦! October Superior f»« COMPLETE TEXT OF ♦ | . Court to Convene LEAGUE OF NATIONS ♦ The Citizen prints elsewhere ♦ ♦ in this issue, the complete text ♦ ♦ of the League of Nations and ♦ ♦ urges everyone to read it in its ♦ ♦ entirety. Although the League ♦ ♦ of Nations is the niost widely ♦ ♦ discussed issue before' the Amer- ♦ ♦ ican people, very few have read ♦ ♦ it. The Citizen believes the ]?eo- ♦ ♦ pie want to read it and so an en- ♦ ♦ tire page is given to its publics- ♦ ♦ tion. ♦ ♦ Extra copies are being printed ♦ ♦ of this week’s Citizen and the peo- ♦ ♦ pie are urged to preserve this is- ♦ ♦ sue for future reference. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Here Next Monday Business Will Probably Be Completed in Week—List of Jurors Drawn for Term Meeting of Committee and Delegates to Be Held Here Saturday LIST OF WHITFIELD COUNTY DELEGATES Popular and Able Congressman Will Be Declared Democratic Nominee y - # at Meeting—To Elect Execu tive Committee Recruiting Officer. Will Spend Four Days Weekly Here L. E. Neal, the navy recruiting .offi cer from the Navy Recruiting station, Rome, was in Dalton Friday and Sat urday fQ{ the purpose of giving out information to all ex-navy men, and. also recruiting for the navy. He en listed one man while here for the Machinist School, Hamjpton Roads, Va., the recruit being Robert Proctor. The navy recruiting'’ officer has now made arrangements for one of the recruiting officers from Rome to be in Dalton four days each week, which will be Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Expresses Appreciation. The commissioner expresses appre ciation for the support given his de partment, and requests , every hunts man to co-operate with author'ties in enforcing the game and fish laws in the future. He says: “October 1 really is the beginning of the game season in Georgia, as on thait date the. season opens for squirrels and for deer. The season opens more auspiciously this year than for many years. The reports from practically all wardens in the state coincide upon this one fact. The heavy rams of last spring forced quail from the swamps up to the highlands and during the nesting season the nests were better protected and after they hatched the young broods were not drowned out nearly as much as usual. From every section - of the state comes.the Report thajt young quail is more abundant than it has been .for a long time,” ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ RECKLESS DRIVING ♦ + MUST STOP, HE SAYS ♦ ❖ ♦ <> Judge John R. Tarver, recorder ♦ event < and the singing will be held in j ^ (if the q oca [ police court, wants ♦ toe _ amusement building, next to the ^ r ,j automo bilists put on notice ♦ s ?ncu!tural building, Friday afternoon ^ tllat t he city ordinances in re- ♦ of fair week. i 4. to an automobile speed l m- ♦ ♦ it will be rigidly • enforcejd here. ♦ ♦ “ In view' of the recent trag- 4 -♦ edies in Atlanta caused by. reck- ♦ less driving,” says Judge Tarver, ♦ <r • ‘ I have told the police ttf be ex- ♦ ♦ tremely vigilant in apprehend- ♦ a nil cnnniipN 'hnth men and 4 ALLEGED FORGER HELD FOR DALTON OFFICERS Members of the Seventh District Democratic Executive Committee, to gether with several delegates from each of the thirteen counties making up the district, will meet here next Saturday for the purpose of canvassing the- vote cast in the recent primary for. a Dem ocratic nominee for congressman and declaring the result. Son. Gordon Lee, who carried ten of the thirteen' coun ties and received a large popular ma jority over Mr. Claude H. Porter,- will be declared the nominee. The meeting will' be held at non at the court house, and, after the vote in the thirteen counties is consoliedit ed officially, the wlner will be declared. In view of the fact that the rules of the committe call for the apoint- ment of delegates' from among the friends of the successful candidate, the meeting twill be composed of the friends of Congressman Lee from each of the thirteen counties. After the result of the recent pri mary is officially announced, Mr.^ Lee will make a brief speech of acceptance, after which the delegates will elect an executive committee to serve for the ensuing two years. The Democratic ‘executive committee has named the following as -delegates from Whitfield county to the conven tion: Henry Wood, J. D. Brackett, J. B. Brown, S. A. Glass, Horace Coyle, W. M. Sapp, W. C. Bowen, T. D. Ridley, T. S. Shope, H. J. Smith, Gordon Mann, N. A. Bradford, J. S. Hall, S. P. Mad dox. The October term of Whitfield su perior court will be held next Week, meeting at 10 o ’clock next Monday ■morning. The calendar, as arranged, shows a brief session, eases being set through Thursday. The civil docket will bo taken up Monday and will be con tinued through Tuesday. - All bond cases and forfeitures are set for Tues day, with jail cases subject to call. Wednesday will be devoted to crirn^ inal matters, and only one civil case is set for Thursday. It is probable that all business will be completed by Friday. The grand jury will be in session throughout the term. The following grand and traverse jurors were drawn for the. term: Grand Jury. Eugene O. Herndon, Felix J. Vining, William C. Fraker, W. L. Roberts, Owen H. Fagin, James S. Richardson, Miles Whittemore, Lee H. Dillard, Frank K. Sims, David (X Henton, Ja cob L. Morris, R. L. P. Thomas, Wil liam _F. Thacker, Sam C. Farmer, Isaac Er Cady, William J. Watt, Thos. L. Boyd,' Charles E.. Bevil, Robert Deck, John B. Wallace, Jr., Jesse L. Palmer, Walter S.. Richardson, T. J. Smith, Claude Stewart, Andrew L. Meers, Lewis B. Lawton, D. C. Hagin, Henry Wood, Claude E. Jay, Thos. C. Bryant. Traverse Jury. . Henry Lanier, W. A. Moody, Frank -H. Rains, Lon W. Earnest, Wm. H. Houston, Thos. L. McGhee, A .B. Hill, Thos. W. Stevens, Jos. L. Buchanan, D. B. Bearden, John Whitten, Oliver Stone, H. Nf Lasafer, -Thos. H. Wil liams, Frank Springer, James W. Davis, John T. Faucette, H. M. Springfield, Frank A. Hamilton, Jos. N. Smith, Jos. F. Dougherty, J. W. N. Bray, Lon Stone, Bert H. Suits, M. Springfield, Julius C. Flowers, F. H. Hogan, J. Lee Redwine, Chas. W. Stone, Roy Whittemore, W. O. Davis, Robt. B. England, Jno. C. Black, Arnold Sut ton, Sam M. Prothro, John B. Keith, Sam Gates, A. F. Williams, Jesse Ken- nemer, Hiram B. Crawford, Andrew C. Ward, Baxter Maddox, Robt. R. Gil lian, Robt. S. Vining, John H. Bow man, Sain A. Glass, Wm. B. Head, W. B. Henderson. Baptist Minister Voices His Views On Carnival Evil Rev, W. H. Coleman, Wanted Here, Captur ed In Chattanooga The prizes for the winners are: Utstj $20; second, $15; third, $10; prili, $5. It is believed that many ’■assi's v.ill enter.' District Exhibits. Cohutta and Waring districts have I ,e %v t '(i the north east side of the . ^cultural building for their district I dibits, and the leaders state that . etfi'bits will fill this large space [. ^een the east entrance of the build- < and the north wall. It is probable P Tilton, Pine Grove and Center I 0 '»t will a la 0 exhibit, with a pros ify Tor others. In addition, several I J ' e stated their intention to make l^eral f arm exhibits. Exhibit at Southeastern Fair. lv * n ? to the change of dates in the L ' Tair, the county ^exhibit to be L to bbe Southeastern Faiy in At- a will leave. Dalton earlier than t * as at first intended. The exhibits ^ ^PPed from here on the 14th, . itr are urged to co-operate in or- 111 ake this exhibit truly reflect greatness of Whitfield county. i t .' s Specially desired that a di- • of products be shown, and the ♦ ing all speeders, * both men and ♦ women, here. I ' intend to do ♦ 4. everything poss’ble to see that ♦ 4, Dalton is not visited by the ♦ ♦ tragedies as a result of fast and ♦ ♦ reckless driving.” ♦ <• Automobilists would do well ♦ ♦ to take notice, the recorder in- ♦ ♦ sists. * ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ committee wants all who have choice potatoes, apples or other fruits, hay, wheat and other small grains, com, peanuts, tobacco—anything that can be profitable grown here to notify either Mrs. M. E. Judd, G: O. Smith, county farm agent, or T. S._ McCamy, of The Citizen. The county is going to make a great exhibit, and it should be a complete one in every way. A man wolf gave hiis name here as W. H. Coleman is being held by Chat tanooga officers for Dalton authorities, the man' being wanted here on the charge of forgery. When here, the man entered the store of J. D. Anderson Company and gave jris personal check on a Calhoun bank for $5.50, the check being re turned. He pretended to be a cotton mill operative, and later reentered Mr.* Anderson’s store and passed a check for $31, bearing the name of L. C. Boyd, a merchant of this county, Mr. Boyd declaring when the check was sent to him by the bank that the signature was a forgery. Mr. Andersion traced the man to Chattanooga where he was lost; but he later saw an account in the Chat tanooga Times of a man’s being ar rested there, for forgery. He investi gated and Sunday he went to Chatta nooga where he identified the man as the one who was here. The man is also wanted in Carters- ville and other places. He will not re turn here without requisition papers. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ BOY KILLED WHILE ♦ ♦ HUNTING SATURDAY ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The first victim of the 1920-21 ♦ ♦ hunting season in this section ♦ was Burl Watkins, the 14-year- ♦ ♦ old son of Mr. A. J. Watkins, a ♦ ♦ farmer who recently moved from ♦ ♦ this county into Walker, near Reo. ♦ ♦ The boy’s dog had “treed,” ♦ ♦ and he laid his gun across a log. ♦ ♦ In picking it up, the hammer ♦ ♦ caught on the log and the gun ♦ ♦ was discharged, the load blowing ♦ ♦ off a portion of his head and ♦ ♦ causing almost instant death; ♦ ♦ The entire community was ♦ ♦ socked and saddened, for the ♦ ♦ little fellow was popular among ♦ ♦ all the people who knew him. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ BATTALION OF SOLDIERS ENCAMP TTT.-R.Ti TOMORROW Josiah. Crudup Says They Ac complish No Good But Work Much Mischief The Citizen is in receipt af the fol lowing from Rev. Josiah Crudup, pas tor of the First Baptist church: Feating a deep interest in the wel fare of our city and its people, and especially the young people, the wri ter cannot longer remain silent in com fort concerning} a matter which he considers of great importance to the public welfare, both present and fu ture. Somehow or other there seems to be a wave of lawlessness sweeping over the country and the world. It has been variously accounted for, but we will not stop to discuss that. But whatever the origin it is up to the law-abiding people to take account of •the condition^ and to set ourselves against it with all our might, and against every manifestation of it, for if we encourage it in one way it may break out in another. The matter I have in mind now is gambling in general and the carnival in particular.' I do not* konw that carnivals are any worse than they were last year, but that is no apology for them. It has seemed to me that all that I have seen in recent years have been dominated by the gaming fea ture. Gambling is one of the most dis astrous of all vices, and every one of- us ought to be interested in its sup pression, for while we may not en gage in it personally there are many New Democratic Executive Committee to Be Com posed of 34 ARRANGEMENTS FOR PRIMARY ARE MADE Committeemen Agree to Hold Guber natorial Primary Next Wednes day—Old Committee Re-elect ed at Mass Meeting Artillery Battalion Making Long Hike to Camp Benning A battalion of field artillerp, the First Battalion of the 83d Field Artil lery, will camp in . Dalton tomorrow at the fair grounds, and the people are cordially invited to visit and inspect the camp and learn something of TJnele Sam’s great peace-time army. The battalion 1 aCtpm fe The battalion left Camp Knox, Ky., qfi September 15 for a hike through Kentucky, Tennessee and a big part of Georgia, being on the way^to C. Benning, near Columbus, Ga., which they expect-to reach on Sunday, Oc tober 10. The hike will be a distance of about 630 miles. The battalion is -motorized, and a trip to the camp will be a matter of real interest , to all. The battalion will, in future, be sta tioned at Camp Benning for the pur pose of making artillery demonstra tions for stadents at the infantry school there. The battalion will march overland, and will, give the people' a splendid opportunity to see a battalion of mod ern field artillery marching, complete ly equipped for campaign. It is probable that the battalion will camp over-night here Friday, leaving early the next morning for Adairs- ville, .where they will remain through Sunday. All who care to look over the out fit will be cordially welcomed at tfie camp here. SPECIAL SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DON’T FORGET —-US When you need any thing in the line of neat and attractive Printing. Are you interested in faith ? In ser vice? Interesting discussion of these subjects Sunday night at the B. Y. P. U., First Baptist church, 6:45 to 7:30. Special music and other interesting features. At 7:30 the entire member ship of the B. Y. P. U. will adjourn to the main auditorium, where they will have charge of a thirty minutes’ song service, after which the pastor, Rev. Josiah Crudup, will preach from the subject: “Counting the Cost,” a subject young and old alike should be vitally interested in. All young peo ple of the- city are cordially invited to these services—Sunday night, October R. indirect ways by which any of ns might be victimized by it. -As to the carnival it seems to the writer to be a school of rice In general and of gambling in particular. If those who favor carnivals entertain a different opinion of them, why we respectfully refer the issue to the public. The writer thinks that it is high time that we absolutely shut out the carnival from the community. ‘ Even a brief consideration by our people ought to lead to decisive action in the matter. As a people we get. no sub stantial benefit from the carnival. They pay into the city treasury a tax of $300.00; but we pay it all. They wheedle from our people for rag dolls and other trumpery enough to pay that back and (then carry awajy several times that much from the community. And, what do they leave us in return for it? Doubtless there is a part of it that might be innocent amusement if it could be separated, but it is so jumbled up that the whole thing is contaminated. But the big thing that they leave is a loose and lawless and vicious atmosphere as to morals, and the unwholesome gambling spirit with which they have inoculated onr peo ple, for a large part of the carnival consists of rows of gambling devices of various degrees of flagrancy strung around the grounds. Fathers and mothers of this city, and you good people in the country .too, these places are veritable schools of gambling for your children, and the way of a gamb ler is a very quick road to degradation. If we allow these people with their gambling schools to come here contin ually and instruct the youth in the ways of gambling we may expect our children and ourselves to reap the fruit of it in tears later on. The law is not going to be as lenient with your boy as the public has been with these strangers. Only a short time ago I saw a handsome young man of onr own people under arrest, and when I inquired the cause I was told that he had been gambling. "We entertain at a high price these vicious schools, and then put stripes on the boys for prac ticing what they have learned. But it has been asked, Why don’t the officers stop the gambling? That is a very pertinent question. One offi cer who admitted that the parties were law-breakers said that it seemed pretty hard to arrest and punish these people and then .allow others like them under different patronage to openly ply their trade. That was a true saying, and it is an open challenge to our • people. The whole traffic ought to be suppress ed. Those gambling devices plainly violate the law, and the operators (Continued on last page.) In future, the Whitfield County Dem ocratic Executive comm'ttee will ‘be composed of 34 members, instead of 17, and of the 34, there will be 17 wom'en and 17 men, this action being taken at the mass meeting of Democrats of the county in session last Saturday morning at the court house. At the meeting, the chairman of the present committee, Judge R. A. Williams, was authorized to appoint a committee to select from each militia district out side of Dalton a woman member, and to select five women from the Dalton district, these names to be presented for election when the committee meets on th6 morning of October 7 to com pile the vote cast the preceding day in the primary for a Democratic, nomi nee for governor. At the meeting, the present members of the committee were re-elected with out a dissenting vote, with the excep tion of the member from Cohutta. Mr. Julius Parrott, the retiring member, requested'that he be not re-elected but that Mr. G. L. -Groover succeed him. The meeting voted for this substitu tion. The men who will serve on the new committee are: R. A. Williams, Paul B. Trammell, J. A. Longley, G. W. Stafford and T. S. McCamy, Dalton; R. S. Shields, Up per Tenth; J. D. Brackett, Lower Tenth; G. L. Groover, Cohutta; A. L. Meers, Varnells; G. W. Head, Tunnel Hill; Henry Wood, Rocky Face; E. A. Truelove, Mill Creek; W. C. Pangle, Trickum; L. W. Thomason, Carbon- dale; D. C. Henton, Tilton; D. P. Keith, Fincher; Parker Warmack, Ninth. While the attendance at the mass meeting was not as large as was hoped, it was a meeting of representative people from, all sections of the county. Approaching Primary. The approaching primary for a Dem ocratic nominee for governor was dis cussed, and all of the members of the committee present agreed to hold the election without pay, if necessary, thereby insuring the holding of the election in Whitfield county. ■Dr. W. E. Wood and Mr. J. J. Cope land, speaking for the friends of Clif ford Walker, one of the two candi dates in this primary, stated that they would guarantee that, if pay for hold ing the election were needed, they, the friends of Mr. Walker, would Bee that his share of the ‘ expense would be forthcoming. R. H. House, speaking as a friend of Thomas W. Hardwick, stated that he. was confident the Hard wick men would do their part toward holding the election. The second primary for governor, made necessary by reason of the fact that no one received a majority of the county unit votes in the first primary, will be held throughout the state next Wednesday, and decided interest at taches to it. The candidates are Thomas W. Hardwick, who ran first in the first primary, and Clifford Walker, who was a close second. John Holder, who carried a number of counties, will not be a candidate, as the law pro vides that the two high men enter the second primary. In the first primary, Mr. Walker carried Whitfield county by a plurality of about 100 over Mr. Hardwick, who was second man in Whitfield/ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ FIRST BALE CAME ♦ ♦ TO CITY SATURDAY ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ To T. E. Drum, of Chatsworth, ♦ ♦ comes the honor of bringing to ♦ ♦ Dalton the first bale of the new + ♦ crop of cotton, Mr. Drum having ♦ ♦ sold Saturday the bale, which ♦ ♦ weighed 432 pounds, to J. A. ♦ ♦ Looper, buyer for the Crown Cot- ♦ ♦ ton Mills, the price paid being ♦ ♦ 31 cents per poiyid. + ♦ The crop is very late this year, ♦ ♦ but the picking season is^ beg'n- ♦ ♦ ning and will be on in earnest ♦ ♦ within a short time. + ,♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*