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Judge Tarver Sounds Warn
ing in Charge to Grand
Jury
“STILLS DOT HILLS
AND VALLEYS HERE”
Tells of Increase in Liquor Traffic and
Urges Jury to Make Rigid Investi
gation—Jury Is Busy With
Work
When court met Monday morning,
the grand jury was called, and, on re
tiring, selected Thomas R. Glenn as
foreman, returning, after perfecting
the organization, to the court room to
hear the charge of Judge M. C. Tarver.
Judge Tarver informed the jury that
owing to the double killing in Tilton, in
connection with which one man was
being held, a special session of that
body had been called; but, he said, he
wanted the jury to investigate other
matters as well. He told the jury .to
remain in session for one week, two
weeks or three weeks or as long as was
necessary to complete the work.
He called attention to the unrest
throughout the world which has taken
the form of lawlessness in many places,
and he urged a rigid investigation of
all matters brought before the jury,
with a firm attention to duty which
would serve as a preventive of law
lessness here.
Judge Tarver devoted the most of
his time to his charge on the prohibi
tion laws, stating that while there were
many crimes much worse than the mak
ing or selling of whiskey, still it was
whisky that was at the bottom of fully
half the crimes committed.
He stated that he had been informed
that recently three automobiles passed
the convict camps here, the first contain
ing whisky, the second kegs to be fill
ed, and the third being filled with men
with repeating shotguns to guard the
whiskey. He also told of officers re
cently finding on one small fanm in
the northern part of the county, twenty-
nine still sites.
Illicit stills are dotting the mountains
and "Valleys of this county, he said, and
he called upon the jury to make a
thorough investigation, Teturn bills of
indictment where the evidence warrant
ed, and assist in the breaking up of
the liquor traffic which has grown won
derfully during the past year.
He charged on the carrying of con
cealed weapon?, gambling, lewdness and
other crimes, his whole time being de
voted to the charge on criminal laws,
for the jury was not supposed to in
spect the books of the county officials.
In connection with his charge on the
criminal laws, he told the jury of the
recent organization of a Child’s Wel
fare League in the circuit for the pur
pose of giving the children of criminal
parents or those being reared among
criminal surroundings, a chance to make
good.
He lamented the fact that the state
had no laws that could deal with the
child before he became a criminal, hav
ing no place to send him until after he
had committed crime, and he added that
the organization was formed for the pur
pose of handling such cases. He urged
the jury to investigate, and, where mi
nor children were found in. criminal
homes, to indict the father or mother
who was guilty of crime, and in that
way the children could be taken and put
in some industrial home where they
would have a chance to become useful
citizens.
After JJtdgp Tarjve^ ’s charge, the
jury retired and began its deliberations.
The jury is made up of the following
well known citizens: Thomas R. Glenn,
foreman; S. R. Hassler, S. P. Reed, G.
W. Cline, R. D. Bazemore, T. F. Pierce,
P• B. Jordan, Berry Wood, J. F. Wilson,
W. E. Bare, T. J. Hall, J. L.' Randolph,
B. F. Giddens, H. A. Winstead, W. C.
Pangle, J. L. Wheeler, H. B. Crawford,
J- H. Cargal, M. A. Keister, J. D. Col-
lum, J. p. Howell, Jr., H. J. Head, Field
ing Flemister. *
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♦ COTTON CROP ABOUT ♦
♦ HALF OF LAST YEAR’S ♦
♦ — ♦
♦ There were 5,068 bales, of cot- ♦
♦ ton .ginned in Whitfield county, ♦
^ from the crop of 1920 prior to ♦
♦ December 13, 1920, as compared ♦
♦ with 10,119 bales ginned to He- ♦
♦ cember 13, 1919. v ♦
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The great work accomplished by the
police department under the supervision
of Police Chief Bates reflected in a fi
nancial statement to be made at meet
ing of city council tonight, showing
the receipts from Chief Bates, in his
street tax and special license collec
tions, and in the fines from recorder’s
court.
It is an evident fact that during
the past year Dalton has experienced
unusually fine order. There has been
practically no open lawlessness here.
Chief Bates and his deputies have pre
served the peace and have turned a
substantial sum into the city treasury
The receipts from all sources for 1920
reach the total of $12,680 in 1920, as
compared to $6,930.66 in 1919, the ex
cess being almost enough to pay the
entire operating expense of the police
department. Here are the figures for
the past two years:
Chief’s Collections:
1920 1919
Business license .. 8,128.50 4,423.41
Fines 2,944.001 1,416.3(5
Street tax 1,555.50 1,090.90
Total $12,628.00 $6,930.66
The report from the police chief will
be by far the best ever made for any
one year, and Chief Bates is to be
warmly'commended by the citizens and
tax payefs of Dalton—by those who ap
preciate the fine police protection given
the business man and citizens in gen
eral, and by those who realize the
city ’s need of money and who compare
Chief Bates’ collections with those of
former chiefs.
FORMER DALTON MAN
KILLED IN COLLISION
L. & N. Freights Met Headon Near
Crandall
B. F. Stevenson, a former resident of
this city, was among the four men who
lost their lives late Wednesday after
noon of last week when two freight
trains on the Louisville & Nashville
road went together headon near Cran
dall, in Murray county. The others
killed were W. A. Milner, brakeman;
E. M. Hurt, fireman, and W. O. Rymer,
conductor. J. W. Johnson, engineer,
was badly scalded.
Officials of the road give as the
cause of the wreck the overlooking of
an order by the crew of train No. 54,
running as a second division, which was
to go into a siding for the south-bound
train No. 43.
The injured men, J. M. Johnson and
W. O. Rymer, were taken by Bpecial
train to Knoxville, and it was in Knox
ville that Conductor Rymer’s death oc
curred. The three men who were killed
were taken to Etowah, Tenn., and pre
pared for burial.
Mr. Stevenson, brakeman, who was
killed, was a son of Mrs. Nannie J-
Stevenson, of this city. He is survived
by his wife,-his mother and the follow
ing brothers and sisters, Messrs. H. W.
Stevenson, of North Carolina, and N
F. Stevenson, of this city; Mrs. J. O.
Evans, of Greenville, N. C., and Mrs.
Robbie Wilson, of Chatsworth.
The body was taken to Hopewell in
Gordon county, for funeral service ana
interment.
CUPID SETS NEW MARK
FOR MARRIAGE MARKET
Total of 284 Marriage Incenses Issued
During Leap Year
During 1920, there were 28£^ mar
riage licenses issued, which number is
far in excess of the previous record of
221, which was set in 1919. It was one
case where the, women came into their
own, for it was Leap Year, and the
fair ones undoubtedly took advantage
of 'it.
In 1919, when 221 licenses were is
sued, it was thought the number would
stand as a record ‘for a number of
years, for it was in excess of any pre
vious figures. Heretofore,' the number
had been just about the same from year
to year; but the past year saw a real
change.
Here are the figures for the past de
cade:
1911.
1912.
1913.
1914.
1915.
.178
1916....
... .214
.176
1917....
....212
,214
1918....
....193
.212
1919....
....221
.192
1920....
....284
Board Adds Two Weeks to
the Annual Sessions in
County
INCREASE IS MADE
IN TEACHERS’ PAY
Important Action Taken at Meeting—
Educational Conference to Be Held
Here—Cohutta Given Addi
tional School Fund
At a meeting of the county board of
education Tuesday morning at the
court hogse, a general revision of the
salaries of teachers in the county
schools was made. It was seen that
with the additional funds available, it
would be possible to make a slight
increase in the salaries of a majority
of the teachers, the increase ranging
from $2.50 to $5 per month. A few
teachers will not be affected owing to
attendance figures; but a majority will
be.
In addition to this, it was also de
cided to increase the length of the
school term by two weeks.
Mr. J. D. Field, county school super
intendent, informed the board that he
had received a check for $500 for the
Cohutta school. The school applied
for this some time ago, it coming out
of the special appropriation made by
the legislature for consolidated schools.
At the same time, Dalton applied for
$1,000 from the special high school
fund, but the application was rejected.
The increase in pay for the teachers,
while hot any big amount, together
with the increase in- the length of the
county school term will meet with' gen
eral favor on the part of the friends
of education.
School Conference.
School superintendents and members
of the boards of education of Whit
field, Dade, Catoosa, Murray and Gor
don counties will assemble here next
12
Saturday morning for the purpose of
meeting State School Superintendent
M. L. Brittain, and discussing with him
matters of -genuine importance relative
to school conditions in this section of
the state. In addition to Mr. Brittain,
there will be a number of specialists
here.
The conference will last the better
part of-the day, starting at 9:30 o’clock
in the morning and holding until 4
o’clock in the afternoon, i
Mr. Brittain has called the confer
ence, urging all boaijfl members pS
well as the superintendents from the
five counties, to be in attendance.
PROMINENT YOUNG AUTHOR
MADE INTERESTING TALK
Horace A. Wade Spoke to Large Audi,
ence at Baptist Church
Horace A. Wade, America’s youngest
novelist, who, at the age of 11 years,
published hi first book, “In the Shad
ow of Great Peril,” was a prominent
visitor to Dalton this week, being ac
companied here by his parents. The
family formerly lived at Cohutta, this
county, and have many warm friends
among Dalton people. At present, they
reside in St. Louis, Mo.
Sunday night, the gifted young auth
or made a talk at the meeting of the
Baptist Young People’s Union at the
First Baptist church, and the church
'was crowded to its capacity.
His talk showed the genuius that this
red-blooded young American is, for he
hit out straight from the shoulder in
telling of his interesting experiences.
He has traveled extensively through
this county, had rubbed shoulders with
notables in American literature, has ap
peared before the movie camera and
done a little of everything a lively
young American does.
And, in spite of the words of praise
that have been showered upon him, to
gether with the many flattering press
notices he has received, he is still just
a likable youngster, who has kept his
head through it alL .
He has written a number of books,
and they have had a great sale.
His talk at the First Baptist church
was thoroughly enjoyed by all who
heard him.
Monday night the present city ad
ministration met for the purpose of
ciosmg any business that might come
before them, for tonight (Wednesday)
the new city administration will take
charge of local affairs.
At the meeting Monday night, a re
quest from B. 0. Bivings that he be
relieved of paying the hotel license and
continue to pay the license for operat
ing a boarding house met faith favor
able consideration at the hands of city
council. ~ This was the only business
that came before the meeting, council
taking a recess until tonight, when the
year’s affairs will be closed up.
, The Program for Tonight.
Tonight, the dfS council will meet for
the purpose of hearing ^the annual re
ports of the various departments. Clerk
Carroll today is completing the financial
report, which will show just how well
me city fared during 1920. The in
creased property values, together with a
3ligut increase in the tax rate will
bring in more money than in former
years, and, in addition, the collections
of Police Chief bates have been un
usually large. With these matters con
sidered, it is believed that in spjte of
the increased cost of everything, the
city will make a good financial showing
for the year. •
After the reports are read, the old
council will retire, Mayor Wood will
swear in the new councilmen, salaries
will be fixed, after Mayor Wood has an
nounced his standing committees for the
year, and then th# city cofficials who
are elected by council will be named.
They include a city attorney, physipian,
water commissioner, sexton, policemen
and a street superintendent. Those
elected will take the oath of office be
fore Mayor Wood.
It may be that some other business
will fie transacted; but the custom has
been for the rontine work to be dis
posed of, after which adjournment is
had and a banquet is enjoyed.
Mrs. S. C. Ellis this year will prepare
the banquet for the city officials, and it
promises to be a real feast. It will be
served in the council room at fire head
quarters, and, in addition to all. city
officials, including the school board,
superintendent and principal, there will
be a few special guests present, and
after the banquet, the affair will be
turned into a booster meeting, at which
plans for 1921 will be discussed.
The councilmen who hold over for
another year are Councilmen Ben Sta
ten, from the First ward; Carter Stacy,
from the Fourth ward; Van F. Kettles,
from the Fifth ward, and Dave Stewart,
from the Eighth ward. Councilman
Caylor, from the Third ward, will suc
ceed himself, and' the other new mem
bers will be Councilmen-elect Jud Wil
liams, from the Second ward; Walter
Kenner, from the Sixth ward, and F. D.
Percy, from the Seventh ward.
The water and light commissioners
who hold over are Messrs. J. S. Thomas
and T. D. Ridley, the term of the chair
man, Paul B. Trammell, expiring.
As all other officers elected by council
serve for one year, it will be necessary
to elect the entire police force, except a
chief, and a sexton, attorney, physician
and street superintendent.
TO PRESENT CHRISTIAN
EDUCATION MOVEMENT
Prominent Educator and Laymen of
Methodist Coming Here
Rev. James E. Dickey, of Atlanta,
educational secretary for the North
Georgia conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South, has called dis
trict meetings in each of the ten dis
tricts of the conference, where the min
isters, leading educators and represent
ative laymen will discuss plans for
inaugurating the Christian Education
movement. The meeting for the Dalton
district will be held here next Tuesday,
Jan. 11.
> Georgia people are especially inter
ested in the Christian education move
ment, because the Southern Methodist
\^hurch maintains nine great colleges
and universities in the state, and the
success of the movement will mean an
expenditure of over $5,000,000 on im
provements and endowment on these
institutions within the next few years.
The Methodist schools in the state
are: the Thomas Industrial Institute,
at De Funiak Springs; Southern Col
lege, at Southerland; Andrew College,
at Cuthbert; Emory University, at At
lanta; LaGrange College, at LaGrange;
Wesleyan College, at Macon; South
Georgia College, at McRae; Sharks Col-
leg, at Sparks; Reinhardt College, at
Waleska; Young-Harris College, at
Young Harris, and Vashti Industrial In
stitute, at Thomasville.
Murder Charge Faces Man
in Connection With Dual
Killing
COURT MET MONDAY
FOR BUSY SESSION
Grand Jury Returned Indictment of
' *
Murder Against Ed Sloan and He
Is Given Trial—Business to
This Morning
The ease of the State vs. Ed Sloan,
charged with murder, is being heard
in superior court, and it will require
most of today (Wednesday) to com
plete it. . ■=•
The case grew out of the dual kill
ing which occurred December 18 a short
distance south of Tilton. Wright
Bishop and Jim Sloan, the latter a
brother j>f the man now on trial, lost
their lives.
Shortly-before noon of Tuesday, the
grand jury returned an indictment
against Ed Sloan, charging murder, and
shortly after the noon recess of court,
the case was called. The jury was
secured with little trouble, and the
evidence was started Tuesday after
noon, being resumed when court met
this morning.
The State is attempting to prove
that after Wright Bishop had been shot
down by Jim Sloan and had, in turn,
shot and fatally wounded Sloan, Ed
Sloan, who was with Jim Sloan at the
time, rushed up and, standing over
Bishop, shot him.
* The defense is attempting to show
that Ed Sloan was unarmed, and had
nothing to do with the shooting.
The story told by the witnesses is
about the same as that told before the
coroner’s jury and later before Judge
Tarver at the preliminary hearing
when Sloan was bound over to the
grand jury.
Jim and Ed Sloan, in an automobile,
met Wright Bishop, his brOrther-in-law,
Gene Pankey, Bishop’s young son and
his nephew, who were in a buggy. The
car and buggy were stopped, and Jim
Sloan and Wright Bishop engaged in
conversation after getting out on the
ground. It was then that the two
began shpoting. The shooting was the
result of trouble which had existed be
tween the Sloan and Bishop families
for some time.
The evidence was all in shortly be
fore 11 o’clock this morning and So
licitor-General Lang opened the case
for the state. He was followed by
George G. Glenn, for the defense. W.
E. Mann will close the state’s argu
ment, and M. B. Eubanks will make
tLe closing argument for |the defense.
Court Met Monday. v ~
Whitfield superior court met Monday
morning for a busy session. Up to thiB
morning (Wednesday), the following
business had been disposed of.
W. M. Sapp vs. T. J. Selders; verdict
for plaintiff for $1,750, interest and at
torney’s fees.
William B. Woolbright vs. Western &
Atlantic Railroad company; verdict for
plaintiff for $10,000. Mr. Woolbright
is the engineer who was so severely in
jured .here some time ago when the
Dixie Flyer sideswiped a caboose of a
freight train in the yards just south of
the depAt.
Jarnagin Grocery company vs. Co
hutta Drug & Grocery company: verdict
for plaintiff for $75.47, and interest.
The State vs. Labon Parsons, Jr.;
verdict of not guilty.
The State vs. Jimmie Ray; demand.
Federal Rubber company vs. G. M.
Lance; verdict for plaintiff for $603.80
and interest.
Dalton Auto & Machinery Co. vs. G.
M. Lance; verdict for plaintiff fqj
$128.91.
Dalton Auto !& Machinery Co. vs.
Wallace Electric company; verdict for
plaintiff for $178.23 and interest.
Bill Jones Auto Company vs. G. M.
Lance; verdict for plaintiff for $650,
interest and attorney’s fees.
W. F. Griffin vs. G. M. Lance; verdict
for plaintiff for $300 and interest.
The State vs. Dal Henderson; verdict
of guilty; fine, $75 and costs.
The State vs. Bill Gazaway (two
cases); verdicts of guilty.
The State vs. Charley Jones; verdict
of guilty with recommendation for mer
cy. Motion for new trial filed.
The State vs. Cleve Bartenfield; ver
dict of not gnilty.
After having been closed down be
tween two ana three months, the piant
of the Duane Chair Company resumed
operation Monday morning, and now ad
manufacturing plants of Dalton are
working. o
The closing of the ° Duane factory
ihrew about 200 men out of employ
ment; an/* was a real blow to the city
as a "whole. It resulted from the many
cancellations of orders which closed so
manufacturings plants when the break
.n priees came last fall. For a time
there was no business and little pros
pects; but things are brightening daily
now*.
Many of the" manufacturing plants
took a breathing spell during the holi-
days^closing for a week or more; but
Monday saw all of them resume oper
ations. • The general belief among the
manufacturers is that business is going
to open up in earnest within a short
time, for prices are gradually becoming
stable, and the people are going to be
gin buying as they have in the past.
' Mr. Duane and Mr. G. E. Horan left
Set” -day night for Chicago on a busi
ness , rip connected with the Duane
Chair company. Before leaving, they
had orders sufficiently far ahead to
justify a resumption of operations. It
is highly probable that they w^ll re
turn with enough orders to insure the
plant’s being run at full force and on
full time from now on.
With- all plants now in operation,
prospects are much brighter than they
have been for months, and a good busi
ness year for the manufactories of Dal
ton is the outlook.
VICTORY MEDAL MAN
COMING HERE TODAY
Army Refcruiting Station Here Gets
Many Recruits
A Victory medal representative will
be in Dalton Thursday of this week for
the purpose of distributing Victory
medals from the Recruiting Office, Can
non Building. All that is necessary
for one to be given his medal is to
present, in person, his honorable dis
charge at the recruiting office. Come,
everybody who has an honorable dis
charge.
Chemical Warfare Service isi now
open. Enlistments for this bfaneh are
three years only. The stations of the
Chemical Warfare Serviee are Edge-
wood Arsenal, Maryland, 21 miles from
Baltimore, and Lakehurst Proving
Ground, Lakehurst, N. J. The following
branches of service, west of the Rocky
Mountains, are open:
Coast Defenses of Columbia, Coast
Defenses of Puget Sound, Airplane and
Balloon Service; infantry, field artillery
and engineering corps.
Following are the names of men who
enlisted since the first of December,
1920:
Clarence H. Burch, 60th Infantry;
Fred D. Travillian, 60th Infantry; Rob
ert W. Roe, 2nd Division Infantry;
Carl C. Rose, 21st Field Artillery; Sam
uel D. Greeson, 61st Infantry; Willie
Burns, Educational Center; James A.
Beavers, Educational Center; Edward
C. Gordon, Educational Center; Robert
L. Nation, Educational Center; Willie
C. Jones, Educational Center; Earl S.
Scott, Educational Center; John T. Wil
son, Educational Center; Winfield L.
Carter, Educational Center; William H.
Brewer, 56th Coast Artillery Corps;
Arvel Roberts, Quartermaster Corps;
Gordon P. Giddens, 6th Infantry; Her
bert A. Wells, 6th Infantry; William
Ware, 60th Infantry; Floyd E. Cape-
hart, 60th Infantry; Luther Adams,
60th Infantry; William M. Flowers,
61st Infantry; Willie A. Lankford, 7th
Engineers; William H. Hargis, 6th In
fantry; Tom Hall, 11th Infantry; Edge-
bert Hall, 11th Infantry; Hermon H.
Hammontree, Infantry.
MBS. I. E. SHUMATE DIED
AT HOME IN WASHINGTON
Was Beloved Matron of This City Be
fore Moving There
Mr. E. C. Coffey this morning re
ceived a telegram from Washington,
Ga., conveying.the sad intelligence that
Mrs. I. E. Shumate was dead. The
news will be received here with gen
uine sorrow, for Mrs. Shumate formerly
lived here and had many friends and
admirers.
Mt3. Shumate was the widow of the
late lamented Col. I. E. Shumate, who,
during his lifetime, was one of the
city’s most prominent and respected
lawyers. After Col. Shumate’s death,
she moved to Washington, Ga., where
she resided up to the time of her
death.
Action Taken by New Mem
bers at First Meeting
Held
STATEMENT SHOWS
EXPENSE FOR YEAR
Upward of $100,000 Spent Last Year
—Board Cuts Wages at Convict
\ Camp—New Road Commission
ers Are Elected
The new hoard of county commis
sioners took charge of the county’s af
fairs the first of the year, holding the
first business meeting on Tuesday, the
meeting lasting until about 4 o’clock
in the afternoon. One of the first mat
ters the new board did was to stop the
work of the county farm demonstration
agent.
Mr. C. O. Smith had been employed
by the old board just a short time ago
for another year. The new board de
cided that owing to the, county’s finan
cial. condition, together with there be
ing no law for making an appropriation 1
for such work, the work should be dis
continued here immediately. -
In this retrenchment movement, the
board then cut salaries at the convict
camps, reducing the night guards from
$60 to $40; the day guards from $60
to $50, and the/ warden from $125 to
$100 per month. It was also decided to
cut. out the blacksmith at the camp
during the remainder of the winter.
Commutation Tax.
The board made the commutation
road tax the same as it was in 1920—
|5 or ten days’ work.
Some new road commissioners were
appointed to fill vacancies caused by
resignations. G. M. Tatum, J. H. Bow
man and Wesley Carter, three of the
new commissioners, were road commis
sioners in their respective districts last
year, and they all resigned. * The new
commissioners are as follows:
Lower Tenth—H. F. Souther.
Cohutta—Will Manis.
Carbondale—J. W. Miller and Fred
Hix.
Ninth—Frank Cline.
South Dalton—M. L. Broadrick.
The board decided to meet again
Thursday of this week and go to the
convict camp- for the purpose of in
specting the work done and get an idea
of the work planned. The commission
ers will then decide whether or net
to move the gang from the present
camp.
Big Expenses.
An itemized statement showing the
expenditures of the county for 1920
was presented to the board, the state
ment showing total expenditures of
$113,453.65. The statement, which is
of interest, is appended:
Expenditures for Year 1920.
Maintenance of convicts... .$ 20,739.74
Equipment of convicts 548.84
Tracks ... 5,150.94
K °ads 19,607.28
Bridges , 52,960.56
County Farm 2,705.07
Poor 1,332.21
Jail Fees 11,866.32
Expense of Jail 950.40
Stationery, record books,
ete 697.52
Court House expense 732.31
Non-resident witnesses..... 243.73
Inquest and Lunacy 142.00
Clerk Superior Court 356.15
Smallpox 240.59
Elections 305.00
Solicitor General Salary'.... 652.72
Tax Equalization Board.... 405.00
Vital Statistics, W.
M. Carroll $256.00
Vital Statistics, Jus
tice Peace 175.00 432.00
C. 0._ Smith, Co. Agt 950.00
Feeding Jurors 264.75
Conveyance, during Superior
Court 328.00
County Auditor 125.00
C. L. King, bond forfeiture. 100.00
Board of Registrars 26.00
Att’y Fees, Sol. Gen. case.. 230.00
Jury Re visors 30.00
County Board 1,150.00
Sundries 1R1.52
m
$1:3,453.65
