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An Ad in THE CITI7.EN is worth Two on the Fence.
ESTABLISHED 1847—SEVENTY-THREE YEARS OLD.
“Doc” Lowry’s Death
In Rome Is Grieved
By His Friends Here
I Body of Former Dalton ivra.n is Brought
Here for Burial — Was Express
Agent in Rome
j Importance of Dixie High-
way Realized by State I “ r ; D / * L “ , ' 3r - who
" Idled at 8:30 o’clock last Thursday
Road Board | morning at his home in Rome, was
brought here Saturday morning and
taken from the train to West Hill
cemetery, where, after a brief service
by Dr. Frank K. Sims, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, interment
was made with Masonic honors, Dalton
State Highway Commission Is Working I Lodge No. 105, Free and Accepted Ma-
[MUCH ALREADY DONE
TO BETTER HIGHWAY
to Make Georgia’s Link of the
Dixie a Real Thoroughfare—
—Some of the Flans
I sons, being in charge of the burial.
. Mr. Lowry’s death caused genuine
I sadness here where he lived for many
years. He was born and reared in this
section, moving from Dalton to Ring-
gold and going from there to Rome.
Recognizing the value of the- Dixie _•
6 s | He was, for many years, Southern Ex-
lighway as an avenue through which
I
Union Thanksgiving Service
This Morning at First
Baptist Church
MACON MINISTER
TO HOLD SERVICE
and
and
Banks and Post Office Observe Holiday
Manufacturing Plants
Business Houses Close
Part of Day
for
tourists and homeseekers from other
lections of the country may get a first
(land view of the natural resources of ]
leorgia, the program of highway con
traction by the. State Highway De-
! press. company agent in Rome, but of
later years was connected (with the Sou-
I them Foundry there.
‘Doe” Lowry, as he was familiarly
I called by his hosts of friends, was one
I of the best known citizens of Rome
, , . .. He had many warm friends in this
bartment, provides for the completion _ . ,, „ 58 _
f , ’ * ■ city. He was a brother of Mrs. W.
If a first-class highway from the Ten- g. Clayton and Mrs. Lizzie Wells, of
lessee line to the extreme, southern Dalton.
Boundary of Georgia. Construction The immediate family surviving him
is already begun or is in immediate eons ^ s ^ s of his. wife, who, before her
. *. ,. . marriage, iwas Miss Lizzie Abernathy,
|rospect m practically every one of l f rarrell; Ala> one daug]lter; Miss
ie twenty counties through which the Sara Lowry> | and two S0nSj Messrs.
|)ixie Highway passes. With the com- Alwood and Howard Lowry,
letion of these projects each of which
constitutes a link in the great inter-
[tate thoroughfare, the Dixie Highway,
far as Georgia is concerned, will be
reality a broad boulevard over which
ehicular traffic from the middle west
an pass without delay or difficulty,
trough the Empire State of the South.
SINGING NEXT SUNDAY
AT DUG GAP CHURCH
The Dug Gap singing class invites
all singing classes of the county to
meet next Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock at the church for an afternoon
| The Highway department, in making I of musie. The public is cordially in-
nblie the plans for reconstructing the ] vited to attend.
rie Highway, has just announced the
arious projects included in this par
cular phase of the highway program, | amples of road building in the south,
adicating the degree of progress made i The highway from the Pike county
on each link and the nature of the im- j ]j ne to Barnesville includes a stretch
rovements under way. I of 9.72 miles of sand-clay road now
| Entering Georgia from the north, the j under construction, but the project from
e Highway traverses Catoosa coun- J Barnesville to Forsyth is being held up
and construction has already begun because no funds are available to
a stretch of road 7.7 miles long carry out the plans already completed
m Ringgold to the Tennessee line. | by the department. It is expected
[his will be a chert road shortening j that progress will be made on this link
e distance to Chattanooga by four before spring.
dies. Twenty-seven miles of sand-clay
In Whitfield county a new concrete road from Forsyth to the Bibb county
ridge has been erected over Swamp ]i ne constitute Monroe county link of
reek, near Dalton, eliminating a bad the Dixie Highway, this project being
ot, while maintenance work is being under construction and ' progressing
pne along the whole stretch of Hhe rapidly,
xie highway in the county. Bibb county has constructed prac
ie Gordon county link of the Dixie I tically its entire link, with six miles
Ighway is being improved by the | of the highway now completed,
detraction of an initial stretch of In Houston county the highway is
miles of gravel-surfaced road be- i n good shape by reason of the sand
men Calhoun and the Bartow county clay roads constructed for the most
This work is now underway and I part -with strictly county funds al-
progressing rapidly. though the highway department gave
Dad terrors are being removed in assistance in some instances.
Thanksgiving will be observed here
in a quiet manner today. The feature
of the observance will be union ser
vices at 11 o’clock this morning at the
First Baptist church, the Thanksgiving
sermon to be delivered by one of the
visiting .Baptist ministers here attend
ing the Bible conference at the church.
Dr. Fugate, of idacon, probably will
preach the sermon.
Bus'ness will not be at a standstill;
but a number of manufacturing plants
will close for the day. The banks and
the post-office will observe the legal
holiday. While few, if any, business
houses will be closed for the entire day,
a majority will close for a portion of
the day, 'giving the employes plenty of
time to partake of the customary
Thanksgiving dinner.
There will be a number of big din
ners, as is always the case. At them,
many will eat too much rich food and
will suffer the annual pangs that fol
low the great day. Then there will be
many nimrods in the fields, for some
people use Thanksgiving as the time
for the annual hunt.
The local public schools were dis
missed Wednesday afternoon for the
remainder of the week, enabling those
teachers who live away from Dalton to
spend their Thanksgiving at their re
spective homes. Studies, will be J
sumed Monday morning.
On the whole, Dalton is planning
DALTON, GA_, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1920.
Farm Bureau Plans
A Rousing Meeting
Here December 7th
VOL. t.vyiv- No. 7. 51.50 PER ANNUM.
Prominent Speakers Will Be Here to
Tell of Work of Great Organiza
tion of the Farmers
The Whitfield County Farm Bureau
is planning a lively mass meeting to
be held at the court house here
Tuesday, Dec. 7, at which there will be
number of prominent speakers who
will talk on matters of general interest
to the farmers. ,
The local organization of the farm
bureau started with a membership of
about 120, and the permanent organ
ization was formed last week. Owing
to the fact that a cold rain fell through
out the day set for perfecting the or
ganization, the attendance was compar
atively small, and it was unanimously
decided to hold another meeting early
n December, sp the people could be
shown just what the farm bureau or
ganization is.
At the meeting to be held December
7, District Agent Strahan will be here
and will bring with him several others
interested in the great farmers’ organ
ization. These speakers will be prepar
ed to answer any questions anyone de
sires to ask about the farm bureau, out
lining what the organization has al
ready done and what it plans to ac
complish.
Whitfield county started the organ-
zation almost two years ago, and work
ed up much interest among the farm
ers. It was not, however, until this
month that a campaign for paid' mem
berships was started, and in the cam
paign, about 120 people joined. Half
of .the money collected remains here for
local work, the remainder goes to sup
ply each member with the marketing
bulletin issued* by the organization,
to pay the expenses of putting the or
ganization into all parts of the country
and to pay the expense of the national
and state organizations.
While the presence of every member
of the Whitfield county organization is
desired at the meeting to be held here
on December 7, it is also desired that
all who have not yet joined be present
and learn just what a great work is
being done by the organization, with
a view to enrolling as a member.
Former Dalton Man
Accomplished Big
Engineering Feat
| W. H. Well’s Master Mind Figured
How Southern Road Barrier Could
Be Surmounted
Books for City Election to
Be Closed Saturday
Night
MORE CANDIDATES
COME INTO LINEUP
Kenner Brothers are Opposing Candi
dates for Councilman from Sixth
Ward—New Candidates Add
Interest to Election
One of (world’s wonders in civil
engineering was accomplished by a
Georgia man, W. H. Wells, who was
bom in Dalton, May 7, 1848,” says a
Toccoa dispatch in the Macon Tele
graph. His highest and greatest
work was done on the North Broad,
a viaduct on the Southern railroad,
two miles from Toccoa. It is a
piece of concrete work stretching
from one mountain to another with
depth of more than two hundred feet
fiom top of rail to bottom of river
it is known as a river, -but in reality
a small stream, probably four to six
inches deep, and runs through a long
IILI MEET
Com and Cotton Club Win
ners to Be Announced
December 4
BOYS WORKED UNDER
REAL DIFFICULTIES
The registration books for the city rrw of mountains on either side for
election will close Saturday night of J severa ^ miles.
this week, and all who have not already “ This was the ^ eatest difficulty
■, • ... found on the line of the Southern road
registered and who (want to vote, will ... . , , .
B ’ I by the engineers, when they began to
have to hurry. On Monday morning I ma t e the survey, to double track the
of next week, the books will be turned j line from Atlanta to Washington,
over to the city registrars for revision. I This was the last work to be finished on
It has been decided here that the |
women, by registering, can participate
the election, and Mayor Wood has
urged all to register first at the court
[rtow county, where funds raised by Between Hawkinsville and Abbeville
pular subscription are being matched | a 600-foot concrete and steel bridge has
been erected eliminating a bad spot in
the highway and the department is
assisting in the construction of an
other concrete bridge across the Ocmul-
gee River at Hawkinsville.
Eight miles of bituminous macadam
road are under construction in Ben
Hill and Irwin counties between Fitz
gerald and Ocilla, while between Nich-
olls and Alma 6 miles of sand-clay road
are under construction preparatory to
hard surfacing.
Another stretch of the Dixie High
way in Bacon county is being built
from Alma, in Bacon county, to the
Ware county line, a distance of 17
miles. This link is 17 miles long and
will eliminate one of the worst stretches
of the Dixie Highway by transforming
it into a sand-clav road of the most
modern type.
The Ware county link of the high
way includes 10 miles of sand-clay road
from the Bacon county line to Way-
cross and a long stretch of bituminous
macadam southward to the Charlton
county line. Cont’nuing on toward
Jacksonville in Charlton county, this
bituminous macadam road runs straight
to the Florida state line. This 26
mile link from Waycross to the state
line borders the Okefenoke swamp and
puts into commission a stretch of the
Dixie Highway that has hitherto been
practically impassable at certain sea
sons of the year.
Concluding its resume of the (work
already done and now under construc
tion, the highway department state
ment declares that additional projects
will be inaugurated within the next
few months, as many counties are pre
paring to co-operate with the depart
ment in constructing permanent high
ways with the aid of state and federal
funds.
filar for dollar by state funds paid
rough the Highway department. This
id is normally almost impassable in-
ater, but when repairs are complet-
will be in good cond’tion.
Cobb county there is under con-
iction a project involving a four
le stretch of road between Marietta
Smyrna. This will be surfaced
th bituminous macadam and will
an important link in the highway,
icultv in obtaining rights of way
[causing some delay in the construc-
of this road.
The Fulton county link of the Dixie
jhway is of concrete and asphalt
boughout. This road is being kept
! excellent condition by maintenance
erations carried on continuously.
The department also has underway
hstruction projects along the western
inch of the Dixie Highway leading
from the Tennessee line through
Iker, Chattooga, Floyd, Paulding and
t>b counties. A concrete road 2.8
3es in length is being buil-t between
and Lindale, this project being
If complete, while 17.9 miles of sand
road are being) donslfhic'ted in
bb county along this route. ^The con-
ion of the western branch through
biker and Chattooga counties is
Id.
ioing southward from* Atlanta the
rie Highway construction includes
54 miles of sand-clay road in Clay-
county which is 10 per cent com-
e, while in Henry county there has
i completed a seven-mile stretch
[fine sand-clay road which connects
with the Clayton county link of the
Estate thoroughfare,
fen miles of excellent concrete road
re been completed in Spalding county
B g the line of the Dixie Highway,
ag this link one of the finest ex-
i pleasant Thanksgiving.
Lesche Club Will
Handle Red Cross
Christmas Seals
Woman’s dub to Again Hare Charge
of Sale of Seals to Fight Tubercu
losis in Georgia
The Lesche club of Dalton will again
have charge of the sale of the Red
Cross Christmas seals this year, and a
big sale is expected here.
The money derived from -the sale of
the seals goes directly into the fight on
tuberculosis. Relative -to the campaign
in Georgia, the organization says:
That the crusade against tuberculosis
is Georgia, as well as throughout the
country, will be financed this year, as
heretofore, by the sale of Christmas
seals, was announced today by the
Crusade Against Tuberculosis in Geor
gia, which is the official name of the
united agencies combating the great
white plague.
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey and other
prominent citizens are sponsoring the
annual sale of seals, among these be
ing Dr. M. L. Brittain, state school su
perintendent; Dr. T. F. Abercrombie,
state health officer; Mrs. J. E. Hays,
pres-’dent of the Georgia Federation of
Women’s Clubs, and Miss Mary E.
Creswell.
The advisory committee in charge
of the sale is composed of Julian V.
Boehm, Atlanta; Thomas J. Hamilton,
Augusta; Mrs. J. T. Fletcher, Colum
bus; W. L. Daniel, Rome; Lee M. Happ,
Macon, and Mrs. Frank P. Mclntire, Sa
vannah. - |
The sale of seals * will commence on
the first day of December and continue
until Christmas Day. Jas. P. Faulkner,
general manager of the Crusade
Against Tuberculosis, will be in gen
eral charge of the sale of seals, as
heretofore.
Selling Christmas seals as a means
of financing the crusade against tuber
culosis was originated in this country in
1907 by Miss Emily P. Bissell, of Del
aware. The first season’s sales netted
$3,000. In the following Christmas
season the sale of seals was undertaken
on a national scale and $135,000 was
raised. Last year the sale of seals
brought $4,000,000. These figures show
the great and marvelous growth of the
MISS JEWEL COLCLOUGH
COMPLETES WORK TTP.pT!
Has Accomplished Much as Home Dem
onstration Agent
the entire line, and contained the heav
iest engineering expense.
Steel Girders Abandoned.
‘‘The pre-war plans of the new line
. , . . .included two steel viaducts, one over
house and tnen with the city clerk, L, u r> .. . cn n c ^ •
J ’ North Broad more than 1,600 feet in
and on December 8, go to the polls and length and. 2*10 feet high. While the
vote. -Many women will do so. There United States was engaged in war it
are many already registered, and others I looked; as if the completion of the work
arq registering this week. All are I could not be ' carried forward. How-
, . . . lever, Mr. Wells was not to be outdone
ur ge o ge usy. I j 3ecauge 0 f 0 f s t ee ]_ The difficulty
In the election of December 8, there I wag overcome .by concrete piers,
a warm contest on for the office of I These are built- hollow and are re-in
city treasurer. Tom Gilbert stated | forced with steel to support the girders
last week that he was out after the lurrying the permanent way across the
~ _ river. A bold scheme, especially when
office and out to win, and now George ... , ■ . .. ; „
° it is remembered that these hollow con-
Springfield, the present treasurer, says L rete pierg would be tw Q hundred feet
he is a candidate for re-election. The I high. Having decided on the form of
race between the two should be a good piers, no time was lost in commencing
construction of this remarkable viaduct.
So far, Clerk Carroll has no announc
ed opposition for the office of clerk.
Lively Contest in Third.
In the Third ward, a most interest-
So far re-inforced hollow concrete had
I never been employed for piers so high,
but this circumstance did not deter
I Mr. Wells, who prepared the plans and
| put them into execution. The experi
Miss Jewel Colclough, home demon
stration agent for Whitfield county dur
ing the past year, has completed her
work here and tendered her resignation.
She left Sunday for her home in Max-
eys, Ga., followed by the best wishes
of her many friends and admirers here.
Miss Colclough has accomplished a
great work among the women and girls
of the county during the past year.
The interest taken in her work was
evidenced by the large number who
were members of the various girls
clubs, and that excellent work was ac
complished was amply shown in the
exhibit made by the girls and women
interested in the work at the recent
county fair.
All interested in the home demonstra
tion work regretted to see Miss Col
elough leave.
Christmas seals as a national institu
tion.
Everyone in Georgia who sends
Christmas package or a Christmas greet
ing card is familiar with the beautiful
little seal which i 3 placed on the pack
age or envelope as a token of good
cheer and of aid to the movement for
the eradication of the most widespread
and destructive of all infectious dis-
i. The seals have become a well
established and almost universal fea
ture of Christmas mail. No card, letter
or package is considered complete with
out a seal. As the seals only cost a
penny apiece, the cost is small and no
body misses the money that goes into
them.
Georgia has always responded to this
appeal with the usual public spirit and
•warm-hearted generosity which char
acterize her citiz'enship. The sales in
Georgia have mounted from year to
year in proportion to the increase in
other states. This year a total of $100,-
000 is expected to be raised in Georgia.
Of this amount, approximately ninety
per cent will remain in Georgia to
finance the Crusade Against Tubercu
losis in the state.
In addition to the seals, a new fea
ture \this year will be the sale of
Health Bonds” to persons desiring to
make large donations. These bonds
range in denominations from $5 to $100.
They ar eprinted in facsimile of the
usual bond and bear interest coupons
payable in results of the. crusade.
ing race for councilman has developed, men * bas proved successful beyond a
with the announcements this week of " _ _ .. _
!fhe Bridge Proper.
J. N. Caylor, present councilman who < <T he bridge is 1,613 feet long, and
is offering for re-election, and T. F. j rests on two concrete abutments and
Pierce, former councilman from the eight hollow and two solid concrete
Second ward, who has moved into the fpi ers - The highest of these is 190 feert
Third ward. from the ground, and more than 200
It is also stated/that Dr. H. L. Jarvis feet to the t0 P of tbe La shape
and J. T. Yick wall also be candidates these P iers are oval on the inside and
in the Third. rectangular on the outside, measuring
Mr. Caylor was the first to hand his 30 feet b y 34 at the to P> with a batter
announcement to The Citizen. For the an ^h to an inch to each
past two years, he has been councilman |^ 0 °t °fi height on all sides.- The side
from the Third ward, having been elect- walIs var y in thickness from'4 feet at
ed two years ago without opposition, j base to 3 1-2 feet at the top". In each
As chairman of the finance committee, h° U °w pier there are diaphragms at
Mr. Caylor has made an excellent rec-1 i n| t erva ls °f 50 feet, which tie the struc-
ord on city council, being active in J ture together. The piers are highly re
committee work as well as in matters^jinforced with steel rods. This style of
that have eome before the council in struc ture resulted in a great saving
open meeting. He has taken a real | over the old ®° lid type pier. The two
•List of Prizes to Be Awarded at Meet
ing to Be Held at Court House
Here—No Record Yield
Expected
Is
interest in the city, and, having a host
of friends in the ward, he is certain to
make a good race for re-election.
His formal announcement follows
For Councilman.
To the Voters of the Third Ward:
■ Desiring td continue to represent you
on city council, I announce my candi
dacy for re-election, and will appre
ciate very much your vote and influ
ence in my behalf in the city election
of December 8. As your councilman,
I have worked at all times for your
best interests, and will continue to do
so if again honored with the office.
Thanking you for your past favors, and
hoping my work has met with the ap
proval that will merit my re-election,
I am,
Very truly yours,
J. N. Caylor.
Pierce Announces.
T. F. Pierce, who also announces
from the Third ward this week, has,
like Mr. Caylor, seen past service on
cty council, and, being a business man
of real ability, he also made a fine
record on council.
Mr. Pierce was councilman from the
Second ward. He iB a young business
man owning one of the most profitable
grocery stores in Dalton, which goes
to show his real business ability. He
is one of the most popular residents of
the northern part of the city ana would,
elected, make the ward an able
representative on the council. His
statement to the voters is as follows:
For Councilman.
To the voters of the Third Ward.
I am a candidate for councilman from
the Third ward, and (will truly appre
ciate your vote and influence in the
election of December 8. If honored
with the office, I will give you my very
best services at all times, working al-
(continued on last page.)
piers next to the abutments are the
lowest in height. The superstructure is
of eleven 100-foot and eight 26-foot
double line.
Enormous Quantity of Materials.
“It required upwards of a half-mil
lion men to complete the bridge, first
and last. The girders alone required 70
flat cars to transport from the factory,
they weigh 2,010 tons. The piers re
quired the enormous amount of 45,364
cubic yards of concrete. There are 274
tons of steel placed in the piers to re
inforce them. There are 2,242 cross ties
on the job. There were used in the
building of the piers 244,663 feet of
lumber. This was enough to -build a
house with 48 rooms, or eight houses
with six rooms each. It cost nearly a
million dollars and was more than two
years in building. It cost in lives, five,
three white men and two negroes. The
negroes got into a quarrel and one
punched the other off on the highest
point, which was fully 210 feet. He
was broken so badly until he could
have been put into a barrel without
difficulty. It was finished in June. R.
O. Parsons, chief engineer of the Char-
lottte Division, was in direct control.
As the train passes over this great
piece of engineering, the passengers
never know it unless they look out the
window. It seems to be as solid as
the earth, and yet it is so fixed that
the girders are on rollers to take care
of the momentum of the train which
passes over it at the rate of thirty or
forty miles an hour. There are sev
eral small cottages in the gorge whieh
look to be flat, when seen from the
window of the cars.
Engineers from France,
Japan and even Soviet Russia, have
looked over the masterpiece of work
with astonishment. They declare there
is not another piece in all the world
like it.”
Members of the) Whitfield County.
Boys’ Corn and Cotton Club%will meet
here Saturday, Dec. 4, at which time
the final judging will take place and
the prizes will be awarded.
About 25 members of the clubs made
exhibits at the county fair, and it is
believed that more than this number
will have their, records here on Decem
ber 4th when the prizes will be award
ed. •
The year has been most discouraging
to the clnb members. The planting sea
son was enough to discourage anyone,
for the continuous rains caused the
greatest damage. Some members of
the corn club lost their crops from high
watei after it was planted. Then the
lateness of the planting of . cotton was
another matter to greatly discourage
the young farmers. Those, however,
who had the courage to go through with
the work in the faee of such difficulties,
are especially to be commended, and
while the yield -will not approach 'what
it has been in the past, it was. made
under the most- trying conditions.
The following prizes will be awarded:
Cotton Clnb,
In the Boys’ Cotton club the scoring
will be as follows:. Yield, 30 per eent;
cost, 30 per cent; staple, 15 per cent;
history work, 15 per cent; oil value of
seed, 10 per cent.
Prizes in this club are given by the
Crown Cotton Mills,
First prize—$15 worth of farm tools,
scholarship to Athens.*
Second prize—$12.50 worth of farm
tools.
Third prize—$10.00 scholarship to
Powder Springs.
Fourth prize—Scholarship to Powder
Springs.
•Fifth prize—$10.00 scholarship to
Powder Springs.
Boll Weevil Campaign eontest ‘prizes,
given by Bank of Dalton, rules and
regulations published in Dalton Citizen
and State Farm Bureau Extension
News.
First prize—Spraying outfit.
Second Prize—Modern farm tool,
selected by winner.
Corn Club.
(Prizes in this elub are offered by
Mrs. M. E. Judd, M. H. Judd, Smith-
Hall Grocery Co. and The Dalton Citi
zen.)
First prize—Scholarship to Athena.
Second prize—Scholarship to Powder
Springs.
Third prize—Scholarship to Powder
Springs.
Fourth prize—Scholarship to Powder
Springs.
WARN FARMERS AGAINST
LETTING COTTON DAMAGE
Cotton Damaged by Weather Worth
Practically Nothing
Atlanta, Ga.—Cotton merchants and
brokers in this city, acting in co-oper
ation with those throughout the state, -
have issued a warning to farmers rel
ative to the damaging of eotton by ex
posure to the weather. A most urgent
reqnest is being sent out over Georgia
urging every farmer to take precau
tions to prevent weather damage to
cotton either in bales or in seed.
That badly weather damaged eotton
will not be handled by the cotton mer
chants and brokers of Georgia is in
dicated by the tone of the statement,
which points out that (with eotton at its
present low prices weather damage re
duces the value to the point where it
is practically worthless.
More than $100,000,000 was lost to
the farmers of Georgia in 1918 through
weather damage to cotton and the cot
ton men say that this year there are
indications that the same laek of at
tention on the part of the producer*
i3 evident. Weather damaged cotton la
already being received in Atlanta
