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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. * ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 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 ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 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