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1847—SEVENTY-TWO YEARS OLD.
VOL
Court Will Complete
Work of October Term
Some Time This Week
Vets Adopt Tribute
To Three Departed
Comrades of Camp
Presbyterians Make
A Strong Effort to
Retain Dr. Sims
ttte Business on Docket, and Court
May Break Today—Grand Jury Is
Busy With Deliberations.
Meeting of Joseph B. Johnson Camp,
U. C. V., Held Last Saturday
Morning at Court House
On His Great Work in Dalton
and Business Men
Farmers
-Will Join in Meeting
Tuesday Night
Gates to Open Monday, Oct.
18 for Big and Interest
ing Week
Congressional Conventh
Held Here Saturday
Drew Large Crowd
In Run-over Primary, He
Was Easy Victor Over
Clifford Walker
Whitfield
superior court met at 10
o ’clock Monday morning for the regular
October session.
The grand jury
At the meeting ^ of the Joseph E.
Johnston fcCamp, United Confederate
Veterans, held Saturday at the‘court
house, the folJowing tribute to three
was
An earnest meeting of the congrega
tion of the First Presbyterian church
was held last Sunday morning, at which
resolutions urging Dr. F. K. Sijns to re
main as pastor of the church were
unanimously adopted, after a number of
the members of the church had made
short talks, calling attention to the
great good done by Dr. Sims during
his thirteen years’ pastorate here;
At the time, Dr. Sims was filling the
pulpit of the First Presbyterian church
at MilledgeviUe, which church has ex
tended a call to him for his services,
he" church being assisted by the various
of Milredgeville, the
in an
was organised by the
election of B. A. Williams as foreman,
after which Judge Tarver charged the
jury, his charge being on criminal mat
ters.
Wednesday, court adjourned to resume
work again this morning. It is probable
that today’s work will finish the busi
ness of the term.
The following cases had been disposed
of up to the time count met this morn
ing:
T. W. Whitfield vs. Mrs. 'Mattie i,
Terrell-; settled.
Luther Hyde et al vs. C. L. King;
judgment for plaintiff for $500, plain
tiffs to pay the costs.
Simpson Grocery Co. vs. J. M. Smith;
dismissed.
J. C. Starr, Adm.
dismissed.
W.. J. Strain vs. Mrs. Antoinette Bar
nett, A. J. Barnett; vedict granting
plaintiff posession of property in dis
pute.
The State vs. Dulie Mason; verdict of
not guilty.
- B. B. Goodlett vs. Thomas Johnson;
dismissed. ' '
A. G. Mason Manufacturing Co. vs.
W. L. McWilliams; verdict for plaintiff
for $373.50, interest and attorneys ’ fees.
Kokono Bubber Co. vs. G. M. Lance;
verdict for plantiff for $334.13, inter
est and attorneys’ fees.
The State vs. Elmer and Laban Par
sons, Jr.; verdict of guillty;,the former
was sent to the reformatory, and the
la" ter was fined $75 and costs.
The State vs. Melvin Sloan; plea of
guilty; fine, $75 and costs.
T. H.-Keith- vs. Luther Bond; verdict
far plaintiff for $100 and interest.
seven divorces
departed members of the' camp
unanimously adopted:
TO DISCUSS BONDED
WAREHOUSE PRO JEC'
MEETING INDORSED
PARTY’S NOMINEES
WALKER VICTOR IN
WHITFIELD COUNTY
Somet'me, when all life’s lessons
have been learned,
And sun and stars forevermore have.
er Matters of Important Nature to
ome Before Meeting Which Will
Be held at 7 o’clock at The ,
Court House—All Invited
Lee Made Strong Speech of Acceptance--
Trammell Reelected Chairjpan of
District Executive Committee
The things which our iveak judgment
here has spurned,
The things o’er whifch we grieved
with lashes wet,
Will flash before us, out of life’s dark
night,
As stars shine more in deeper tints
of blue,
And we shall see bow all God’s plans
were right,
And how what seemed reproof was
love most true.”
Democratic Committee Met This Morn
ing to Consolidate Vote and E-
lect Women Members of Com
other churches
schools and the city as a whole,
effort to get his favorable answer to
the call.
Dr. Sims returend here this week.
He has not yet reached any decision.
That it is a matter for him to decide is
. fully appreciated by his hosts of warm
friends and admirers here, who, never
theless, truly hope he will elect to re
main in Dalton, where he has done a
great work, not only in the Presbyterian
church but for the good of the city as
a whole.
The resolutions offered at the meeting
and which were adopted Sunday morn
ing were as follows:
Whereas we are informed that our
beloved pastor, Dr. F. K. Sims, is con
sidering a call to a sister church in the
6tate, and whereas
We have by spontaneous and volun
tary increases in our -contributions !e
moved financial considerations as an
influence in this matter and now belie vs
that he will only consider this call from
the standpoint of bis usefulness in the
Master’s Kingdom and the work that he
may do in each church,
Therefore; be it resolved by the con
gregation of the First Presbyterian
Church of Dalton, in call meeting as
sembled that we point out to Dr. Sims:
The splendid growth of this church
under his pastorate and its possibilities
for the future.
That we assure him of our love and
loyalty and of our desire to go on with
this work under his able leadership to
greater things.
That we call to" his attention his po
sition and influence in this community
where his years of eheerfui, tactful con
secrated service have won for him a
place in the hearts of the people of this
entire section that he could not soon
build elsewhere.
That we who have been ministered to
by him for these thirteen years, say to
him who has baptized our children, mar
ried our lovers and hurried our dead;
that this parting must not be, but the
rather that with Browning we should
say:
“Grow old along with me!
The best is -yet to be,
The last of life for which the
first was made: _ -
My times are in His hand
. Who saith, * A whole I planned.
Youth shows but half.
Trust God: see all: nor be afraid! ’ ”
A meeting of the farmers and busi
ness men will be held at 7 o’clock next
Tuesday night at the court house for
the purpose of discussing conditions of
a general nature and the formation of
as organization to work for the best in
terest of the county as a whole.
T h e question of a bonded warehouse
w pi be a matter of vital importance
to come before the meeting. By hav
ing a bonded warehouse here, with a
licensed cotton grader, the cotton farm
ers would profit greatly, for, if they
wanted to hold their product for any
length of time, they- eould borrow
money on their warehouse receipt from
any of the banks. In addition, it
would give them the right grade of
their cotton.
But the bonded warehouse is not the
only matter of genuine importance that
will he brought up. It is realized that
what helps Whitfield county helps Dal
ton, and what helps Dalton, helps the
entire county, so the meeting wil 'be in
the nature of an effort to get the peo-
people of Dalton and those living outside
the city to working in harmony for the
bettemeut of the entire eounty. ~ .
A number of the farmers, discussing
the question of a bonded warehouse,
have approached local business men
asking their help. This help will be
freely given. The people of Daltou
will be glad to render any assistance
possible.
With the coming of the boll weevil,
farming conditions of necessity change,
and this will be another matter of im
portance for d’seussion at the meet
ing. ..Then there is the question of
meeting the readjustment of prices
which is worrying the business world at
present.
All of these matters will be brought
out at the meeting, and a large attend
ance is desired. It is a joint meeting'
of the farmers and business men, and
should draw- a big crowd. As stated
above, the meeting will be beld next
Tuesday night at 7 o ’clock at the
court house. Make your plans now to
attend.
The Whitfield county fair will ope*
Monday, October 18, for a big week,
and interest in the coming fair is
people
Delegates from every county of the
Seventh Congressional district met
here at noon Saturday for the purpose
of consolidating the vote cast in the
recent primary for congressman and
officially declaring the Hon. Gordon
Lee the Democratic nominee for the
office.
The meeting was held at noon at
the court house, Col. Paul B. Trammell
being made chairman, and T. S. Me-
Camy, secretary. The report of the
Vote, officially compiled by counties,
was read as follows, showing Con
gressman Lee’s official^ majority over
Claude H. Porter, his opponent, to be
3,475:
Lee Porter
866
1,256
273
774
250
2,000
1,042
895
369
883
821
Ml
694
growing daily among
throughout this section.
by a big majority. According to un
official reports from the state,'Hard
wick carried 100 of 154 counties, no
election being held in Towns county.
His county unit vote is 236, which in
sures his nomination by a big majority.
Whitfield county went fpr Walker
by a majority of 5, it requiring the
official vote to determine the county.
Walker’s majority of 103 in the Dal
ton box gave him the county, for Hard
wick came to Dalton with a lead of 98.
The vote by districts as officially
compiled by the Democratic executive
committee at the court house this
morning is appended: ;
i Hardwick
Dalton 306
Tilton i 14
Carbondale 34
Fincher 10
Ninth 31
Lower Tenth _. 50
Upper Tenth 19
Cohutta 14
Varnell 76
Tunnel Hill _ 13
Rocky Face 29
Trickum 14
Mill Creek 27
vs. T. J. Walters:
Caimp Joseph E. Johnston, No. 34,
U. C. V-, is again called upon to revise
its roll call and strike therefrom the
names of three of its most beloved,
'faithful and esteemed comrades, name
ly, John W. Brooker, John W. Bowie
and John J. Townsend. Although' they
have heeded taps and have- been call
ed from the battles’ ’-of life by the
Great Commander, and have found
peaee on the celestial shores of time,
they are not forgotten, for the memory
of them is
tablets of our hearts.
Among the great exhibits to be
made at the fair wiil be that of the
boys’ and girls’ clubs. Miss Estelle
deeply graven upon thee
and time will
brightly burnish and polish their rec
ords on its eternal pages. We were
bound to them ‘ ‘ as with hoops of
steel,”” and we deplore the separation,
however, “soothed and sustained by
an unfaltering trust” we expect again
to clasp their vanished hands and
hear the’ voices now still.
John W. Brooker.
Comrade John W. Brooker, son of
Henry Brooker and Jane McGaughcy
Brooker, pioneers of this section, ( was
born in Murray county, Georgia, now
Whitfield, near Varnell Station, Jan
uary 31, 1842, and died at his home, in
Dalton, Ga., June 9, 1920, surrounded
by friends- and loved ones.
He Was laid -to rest at Grove Level,
near his boyhood home, and the spot
designated by a small Confederate
flag. He was Juried in a gray suit,
enclosed in a gray casket, the color he
loved so well, and to which he was .
loyal to the last.
He was first a member of .Capt. W.
K. Moore’s company, and was with the
State troops around Savannah; next
he enlisted with Co. “B,” 39th,
Georgia, under Capt. T. H. Pitner. •
He participated in the battles of •
Missionary Ridge, and from- thence to
Atlanta and Jonesboro, and was near
Greensboro, N. C., at the time of the 1
surrender, with Johnston’s army. For
a while, he was stationed at Savannah, j
in charge of a convalescent camp. (
He was at the siege of Vicksburg, j
with all of its hardships. At this
place he saw General U. S. Grant.
White camped near Dalton, his patri- *
otic mother came through the lines i
and brought food and colthing^ to her j
soldier-sons. Comrade Brooker was at
Frankfort, Ky., when General Buck- ^
ner was inaugurated as governor. He
is true to the. traditions of the South, *
and was “to the manner born.”
Peace to his sonlJ
He is survived by widow, who was
Miss Rebecca QuilHan, to whom he
was married Nov. 29, 1866, and seven
children, namely, Henry and Clem
Brooker, Mrs. -Nellie Trippe and Mrs. I
J. M, Rudolph, Mrs. J. M. Stoneeipher
and Miss Beulah Brooker, and Mrs.
Amzi Wolfe, and a large number of
relatives.
John Bowie.
John Bowie Was horn in South Caro- _
lina, April 17, 1834, and was the son'
of Charles Bowie and Fannie Johnson
Bowie, and died at his home near ^
Dalton, Ga., August 20, 1920. He was g(
married to Miss S. I. Hamilton, Aug- j.
ust 18, 1868, who preceded him to
the “Great Beyond” several years
„„„ tl
ago-
He was a loyal member of Co. “B,” lc
Cobb’s Legion, and took part in the ®
battles of Gettysburg, Sharpsburg 111
and Seven Days around Richmond.
He is survived by one child, Mrs. C£
C. C. Speck, of Dalton. 01
Comrade Bowie was a --gentle-spirit- 811
ed Christian gentleman.
re
John J. Townsend. r€
Comrade John J. Townsend was Ci
bom December 14, 1834, and died July “
22, 1920. He was a loyal Confederate
soldier, and defended the Southland
when the souls of men wore tried with A:
Bartow ..
Cobb ....
Catoosa
Chattooga
Dade
Floyd ...
Gordon ..
Haralson
Murray ..
Paulding
Polk ....
Walker ..
Whitfield
Walker
409
Up to this morning,
had been granted.
The State vs. Archie Cargal; verdict
of guilty of shooting at another;
sentence, for one year to one year and
thirty days, on chaingang. ;
14,209 10,734
Lee Majority 3,475
is Indorse Platform and
Nominees.
A resolutions committee, composed
of Wesley Shropshire, of Chattooga,
chairman; E. B. Russell, of Polk; W.
O. Davenport, of Walker; J. H. Gordon,
> of Gordon; Otis Brumby, of Cobb; E. D.
Cole, of Bartow; Frank Peeples, of Mur
ray; Jeff Carter, of Catoosa; Webb Ta-
f turn, of Dade; A. I. Head, of Haralson;
Tom Salmon, of Floyd, and T. E. Garner,
of Paulding, was appointed by the
chairman, and the committee retired
and brought in the following resolu*
• tions which were unanimously adopt
ed by the convention:
Whereas, The Honorable Gordon Lee
, has been overwhelmingly renominated
by the voters of the Seventh Con
gressional district of Georgia, and
Whereas, He has labored faithfully
and earnestly during his service in
the National Congress to do every
thing which would advance the material
interest of the people of the* district,
and has worked and voted for the enact
ment of many constructive measures
vitally affecting the welfare of the
-district, state and nation.
Therefore, Be it resolved by tbie
Convention that we commend him for
his aid in securing the enactment of
good roads legislation, the amended
cotton contract, the rural credits bill,
and for his varied service fruitful of
splendid results.to our people. We in
dorse his record in congress, and hearti
ly commend him to the voters of the
Seventh Congressional district as our
Standard Bearer.
Be it further resolved, That we un
hesitatingly express our appreciation
for onrselves, and for the great body
of our people at home whom we are
honored to represent in this Conven
tion of his valuable services to the
district, his willingness to serve each
and every constituent in any manner
within his power and especially the
unselfish and valuable help rendered
to out ex-service men and their fam
ilies.
Be it further resolved, That <we fe
licitate the district upon our repre
sentative’s high rank in Congress, he
being the ranking Democratic member
of the great aid important Committee
of Agriculture. /Trusting in Demo
cratic success in the coming national
election we are confident he will” be
named chairnjan of this powerful .com
mittee with increased opportunities to
serve the people of the South, of
Georgia, and of the Seventh district.
Be it further resolved, That we in
dorse the action of the Democratic
Convention held in San Francisco in
the adoption of. a constructive ^ilat-
(Continued on last page.)
Total
Totals
A strong- effort is being made to
V **
have an- excellent poultry show in
connection with the fair this year,
and many fine birds are expected to
be put on display.
Next week, there is going to be made
a real drive for agricultural and live
stock exhibits for the fair. It is be
lieved that ’ this will result in the se
curing of many exhibits.
Committee Re-organized.
After the formal announcement of
the vote, declaring Clifford Walker as
carry inj
Whitfield county, the Demo
cratic Executive Committee was re
organized, R. A. Williams being re-
lected chairman and T. S. McCamy,
secretary.
The women members of the com
mittee were suggested by the com
mitteemen and were formally elected,
with the erception of the members
from Upper Tenth and Varnells, the
comnfitteemen from these two districts
being absent. These names will be
Must Pay $600 per Week in Advance
They Show Here in Future—Police
men Elected at Meeting Monday
City council at the meeting Monday
bight took out after the carnival com
panies by amending the license fee
ordinance in reference to the license
that must be paid by all carnival
companies coming here in future;
changing the fee from $300 to $600
per week, with the additional pro
vision that the police Chief collect the
license before they are permitted to
open the shows.
The motion to amend the license fee
ordinance was nfade by Councilman
Hfl-rilnr. and it was carried without a
As mentioned in The Citizen last
week, Friday will 1 be .made a great
day, with a keen interest being shown
in the coming singing contest. Many
•lasses are expected to compete for the
four prizes offered.
STAMP OUT ILLITERACY
IS OBJECT OF THE WORK
Mrs. Elizabeth Moore Arrived Here
Friday to Organize County
The advance man of the, famous J:
F. Murphy Shows was here last week,
and put out many pieces of adver
tising matter.
OFFICERS NABBED TWO .
CARS AND SOME BOOZE
In an effort to stamp illiteracy out
of Whitfield) county, Mrs. Elizabeth
Moore arived here Friday and began
the work of getting the county organ
ised to accomplish the work intended.
Mrs. Moore is going into the vari
es school districts' and instructing the
county school teachers in the work
of organizing clases and teaching the
people who have never had the oppor
tunity to attend school.
Mrs. Moore will spend a month here
getting the county thoroughly or
ganized.
The fair can safely
promise the people who attend the big
gest and cleanestt aimusemnt' feature
eve^ secured for Dalton.
Among the many featnre attrac
tions of the Murphy shows are Prof.
D. M. Bristol’s Society Circus and
Educated Horse Show, presenting his
beaujiful white ’-Arabian horses, five
in number, together with ponies, mules
and educated goats. It is a first elass
show in every way. Prof. Bristol
is probably the oldest horse trainer in
America and is the only man who ever
toured the world with an educated
horse show- and brought it safely back
to this country.
J. B. Cullens ’ all-star colored min
strel show will be another feature,
Officers Friday night nabbed G. C.
and H. E. Hill in a big Cadillac car
and secured about six gallons of white
‘ ‘ licker.
After waiving indictment,
they entered pleas of guilty and were
sentenced to three months on the
mayor names men ♦
TO SECURE FUNDS ♦
Acting on the request from the ♦
Democratic National Committee, ♦
Mayor Wood has appointed the ♦
following committee to solicit ♦
funds from local people for the ♦
Democratic paTty: *
A. L. Edwards, chairman; J. G. ♦
McLellen, J. J. Copeland, T. D. ♦
Eidley and T. S. McCarny. As the ♦
request was that the Mayor take ♦
a leading part in raising the fund, ♦
Mayor Wood will also serve as a ♦
Member of the committee. *
The time for raising funds Jo ♦
help defray the expenses of the ♦
Present campaign, for the presi- ^
dency is now. All are urged to be ♦
ready to contribute when any ♦
Member of the committee calls. ^
If you are not approached, see ♦
sonie member of the committee ^
uud hand him your contribution. ♦
More definite announcements of ^
tile plans will be made in The Citi- ♦
Zfi a next week. ^
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
where plenty of good wholesome fun
will be had. >
♦ The potato curing honse owned ♦
♦ by Prater & Wilson will be operat- ♦
♦ ed this year, the owners having ♦
♦ turned the house over to Mr. C. ♦
♦ O. Smith, county farm agent, who ♦
♦ will pnt a competent man in ♦
♦ charge and will, himself, supervise ♦
♦ tfie management. ♦
♦ This wiR -insure the best of ser- ♦
♦ vice at the curing house here this ♦
♦ year, and all farmers having ♦
♦ sweet potatoes to store and who ♦
♦ haven’t the proper place to store ♦
♦ them would do well to consult Mr. ♦
♦ Smith. +
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦j
ecial rally day services will be
at 11 o’clock next Sunday mom-
at the First Presbyterian church,
the public is cordially invited,
customary. communion service
be held Sunday evening.
He was married April 8, 1855, to
Louisa Holland.
