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Eighteenth Division to Meet
Here Next Wednesday
for Business
RIDLEY TO PRESIDE
OVER CONVENTION
Public Exercises at Court House-
Several Grand Lodge Officers to
Be in Attendance—Interest
ing Program for Meeting
The meeting of the Eighteenth
division of Odd Fellows here on
Wednesday, March 1G, will bring
many prominent members of the
order here. Mr. T. D. Ridley, di
vision deputy grand master, will
preside.
The convention will be entertain
ed by Cohutta Lodge No. 260. There
will be scores of visiting Odd Fel
lows, and a big meeting is in pros
pect. The following program has
been arranged for the meeting:
Public Exercises at Court House.
Assemble, 9:30 A. M.
Music
Invocation Rev. Josiah Crudup
Music
Welcome Address——W. M. Sapp
Music
Response to Welcome
T. D. Ridley, D.D.G.M.
Music
Address John S. Wilder, D.G.M.
Song 4
Address T. H. Robertson, G. Sec.
Impromptu Talks.
FR1EN DSH1P—LOVE—TRUTH
Adjourn for Dinner.
Assemble at lodge room, on Ham
ilton street promptly at one o’clock
in the afternoon, for transaction of
business.
The team contest, which will be
in the Second degree, will be held
at the lodge room, commencing at
7 o'clock p. m. The .prizes to be
awarded will be $20.00, first; $15.00,
second; £10.00, third.
The meeting was to have been
held with Cohutta Lodge No. 260,
but on account of the total loss of
their hall by fire, Dalton Lodge
graciously tendered its home, which
has been gratefully accepted by the
stricken brethren.
M. F. Caldwell, J. L. Wallace, J
E. Springfield, M. A. Keister, Com
mittee for Dalton; I. S. Anderson, W.
C. Feagan, W. D. Nance, G. M. Ta
turn, Committee from Cohutta.
At a meeting of the Whitfield
County Farm Bureau, held Wednes
day afternoon of last week at the
court house, additional officers were
elected as follows:
Mrs. Earl Miller, Waring, first
vice president; C. M. Hollingsworth,
Dalton, second vice president.
With the election of these two
officers, the complete list of officers
has been named.
At the meeting, Mrs. Earl Miller,
Mrs. M. E. Judd and Mr. H. C. Smith
were appointed delegates from this
county to attend the meeting of the
State Farm Bureau Thursday and
Friday of this week in Atlanta. It
is probable that all three of the
delegates will attend the meeting, as
will Mrs. Elizabeth, Moore, home
economics agent, and C. O. Smith,
county farm agent.
Mr. Strahan, district demonstra
tion agent, was present at the meet
ing and made an interesting and in
structive talk on co-operation in
buying. Whitfield county, with Mr.
C. O. Smith as demonstration agent,
started the co-operative buying by
purchasing a quantity of the in
gredients of fertilizer. Since this
county made the move, other coun
ties have rapidly fallen into line,
and the baying of fertilizer by the
agents is becoming general through
out the state. The order blanks for
the fertilizer prepared by Mr. Smith,
have been sent as a sample into all
the counties by the extension de
partment of the State College of
Agriculture.
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Fund Growing.
The committee appointed at the
meeting last month to raise funds to
pay the county’s part of the salary
of the farm demonstration agent,
reported that approximately $500
had been secured utp to the day of
the meeting. The committee will be
kept at work until the remainder of
the fund is secured.
Prominent and Popular Res
ident Succumbs After
Great Fight
Funeral Service Conducted Wednes
day Afternoon from First Pres
byterian Church of Which He
Was an Officer
HIGH SCHOOL TO NAME
ITS REPRESENTATIVES
Declamation Contest to Be Held Fri-
’ ' day Night
PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT
GOT EXTREMELY BUSY
hires Came Thick and Fast Latter
Part of Week
Dalton’s paid fire department got
its “baptism of fire” extremely early,
and came through with flying colors.
1 uesdav of last week was the day
Uk 1 paid department took charge,
:| nd on Wednesday, a roof blaze
sen t the department to the home of
ouacilman Stewart, the fire being
extinguished with little loss. Thurs-
;'>■< the barn of B. K. Hix, on Mor-
r ' s street, caught tire, and on Fri-
;, y. tire broke out in the Junior
bfikr hall over the Harlan Hard
ware Store. Very little damage re-
Milted in either case.
* EUROPEAN RELIEF ♦
FUND IS GROWING ♦
♦
Gwing to the fact that several ♦
interested in raising funds for 4
^‘utiicid county’s share in the ♦
European relief campaign ask- ♦
e< l for additional time, the ♦
Cant Paign was not closed last 4
A ' tl 'k. as was intended, but is ♦
^ 'Ell in progress. Air. J. J- 4
^ j 'Tt iand. chairman of the so- ♦
'citing; committee, reports that 4
about sl 00 was added to the ♦
lur >d after The Citizerfs article ♦
°f last week. ♦
Georgia is one of the 14 ♦
^ j' d.es that have not yet raised ♦
4 ~' r quotas in the campaign, ♦
^‘ ! "d. because of this Georgia is ♦
^ u, ntinuing the campaign. 4
If You have not yet contribu- ♦
^ fo this worthy caiase, do so ♦
^ I once. It i s probable that by ♦
t ncx * week, a more definite an- ♦
Gjouncement relative to the ♦
11!, e the campaign will close ♦
Can Ee made. ♦
Pupils of the Dalton High school
are busy training for the contests
that will decide the school’s repre
sentatives for the district meet to
be held in April at Cedartown. The
athletic team is busy, and many are
trying for places. From the mate
rial on hand, Dalton High^ will put
an excellent athletic team in the
field.
The preliminary contest for a rep
resentative in declamation will be
held Friday night of this week at
the High school, and, in order to
defray expenses ^of contestants to
the district meet, an admission fee
of 25 cents will be charged. The
exercises will start in the school,
auditorium at 8 o’clock Friday even
ing. On the following Friday even
ing, the contests in recitation and
mimic will be held.
The program for next Friday
evening is as follows:
Music—Orchestra.
Announcements.
I The True Grandeur of Nations—
Morton Huff.
2. Education and Progress—Quit
lian Wilson.
3. The independence of Cuba-
West ey Johnson.
4. The'Spirit of Washington—Ma
son Treadwell.
5. .America’s Roil of Honor—War
ren Sims.
6. Graves’ Tribute to Grady Roy
Dantzler.
7. A Struggle Between Two W orlds
—Elton Bearden.
8. The South and Her Problems—
Weems Johnson.
9. Our National Flag and Its Un
dying Anthem—Oliver Lawton.
10. The Grave of Napoleon Clark
Jones. , „ ,
11. Liberty or Death—Walter Fol
som. _ ,
12. An Adjuration—Clayton Buc
anan. ' ,
13. Graves’ Tribute to Grady—Mai
ter Jones.
14. Resistance to British Aggression
—Harry Hardin.
15. Discontent, the Spirit of Pro a -
ress—Tom Horan.
16. The Unknown Speaker—Frank
17. The Courage of Wpodtow Wil-
son—Horton Herrin.
BODY BROUGHT HERE
FROM PUEBLO, COLO.
William McCrary Lynn, aged 34
years, popular member of a promi
nent local family, died Saturday
at Pueblo, Colo., his death re
sulting from pneumonia. Mr. Lynn
went to Colorado in search of health
last year, and had grown much bet
ter. He was expecting to return
home this spring; but pneumonia
proved too much for his wasted
strength, and, despite the great fight
he had put up, his death occurred
within a week after he was stricken.
News of Mr. Lynn’s death came in
a telegram from his wife who was
with him, to his brother-in-law, Mr.
W. K. Moore, Sunday morning. Mr.
Moore left Sunday afternoon, meet
ing Mrs. Lynn, who was accom
panying the bo.dy of her husband
here, in St. Louis, Mo., and return
ing here wfith her.
Up to the time his health broke,
Mr. Lynn was a member of the office
force of Barrett, Denton & Lynn
company, proprietors of the Dal
ton Flour Mills, his father, the late
lamented Mr. Alexander W. Lynn,
Sr., having been one of the founders
of this prominent local firm. He
was married in Coosa, Ga., to Miss
Mary Daniel.
Mac Lynn, as he was called by his
intimates, occupied a distinct place
in the hearts of those who knew'
him. Being at all times a gentleman,
in the truest meaning of the term,
he earned the respect and love in
w r hich he was held by his fellows.
Although frail of body for many
years, his character was strong, as
were his affections, for in his friend
ships, he was true, generous to a
fault and not only willing but anx
ious at all times to be of service.
In the social life of Dalton, Mr.
Lynn was popular with all. He was
a member of Dalton Lodge No. 1267,
B. P. O. Elks, and took a decided
interest in the work of this great
fraternity; but it was in the work
of the First Presbyterian church
that he w r as of greatest service. He
was a member of the board of dea
cons of the church, and he was most
active in this work. In his passing
the church has lost one of its most
valuable young men—a tireless
worker who delighted in doing more
than he was called on to do, and,
withal, a faithful, earnest member.
There are" far too few T of the Mac
Lynn type of citizens, and his death
is a decided loss—one that his
friends will feel more as time pass
es and alleviates the first keen pangs
of sorrow'.
In addition to his wife, Mrs. Mary
Lynn, Mr. Lynn is survived by three
sisters, Mrs. E. P. Davis, Mrs. W. K.
Moore and Miss Victor Lynn, al# of
this city.
Funeral Wednesday.
Tuesday afternoon, the body of
Mr. Lynn arrived on the Dixie Fly
er, and was taken to the home of
Mr. W. K. Moore. A large crowd
of sorrowing friends were at the
train.
The funeral service will be con
ducted at 2 o’clock this afternoon
(Wednesday) from the First Presby
terian church by Dr. Frank K. Sims.
The pall bearers will be Messrs. C.
L. and H. C. Hamilton, Hubert Judd,
Ogburn Alley, Lamar. Westcott and
Tom McCamy. An honorary escort
of Masons will accompany the body
to the grave in West Hill cemetery,
Mr. Lynn having been a popular
member of Dalton Lodge . No. 105,
F. and A. Masons, and of Western
Chapter No. 80, Royal Arch Masons
Dalton’s “spring cleaning” will be
underw r ay in full force within the
next week, for everything possible
to make the city bright and attrac
tive will be done prior to April 5,
the opening day of the state D. A.
R. conference.
Dalton will entertain this cultur
ed gathering for thee days, and
the conference will bring to Dalton
between 75 and 100 of the leading
women of Georgia. The Governor
John Milledge Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, will be
the hostess chapter.
In order to make their stay here
doubly pleasant and to let them see
Dalton at its best, a “spring clean
ing” of gigantic proportions is go
ing to be put through.
At the meeting of city council
Monday night, a committee of
women appeared, requesting that
the city co-operate with them in
making the city especially attractive
for the D. A. R. conference, and
Mayor Wood appointed both the
Park and Street committees as a
special committee to serve with the
women in the campaign. Mrs. M.
E. Judd, representing the City Fed
eration, named the following com
mittee of women: Mrs. P. B. Tram
mell, Sr., Mrs. L. J. Allyn, Mrs.
C. W. Moore, Mrs. W. C. Martin,
Mrs. W. N. Morse, Mrs. M. E. Judd,
Mrs. D. C. Bryant and Miss Willie
White.
The committee met Tuesday morn
ing and mapped out the preliminary
campaign.
An effort will be made to interest
everybody in having Dalton put on
its best bib and tucker for the D. A.
R.'conference. Not only the streets
i;rid front yards; but the rear yards
as well, should be cleaned up, with
the trash piled up and burned or
left for the garbage carts to haul
away.
Alleys in the center of the city
will he cleaned out, and all unsight
ly litter should be collected up.
Tht w r omen w r ant the visitors to see
Dalton without a single unsightly
spot, and they ask the co-operation
of all.
Improvement League to Help.
The Dalton Improvement League
wishes to state that its members will
co-operate in every way possible
with the committee of women work
ing for a permanently clean city,
and will help in the special cam
paign to have the streets and va-
cent lots in perfect order before
April 5th.
Board of Directors,
Dalton Improvement League.
MISS WAILES SECRETARY
OF IMPROVEMNET LEAGUE
Fills Vacancy Caused by Resigna
tion of O. C. Alley
Miss Will D. Wailes has accepted
the office of secretary-treasurer of
the Dalton Improvement League.
Miss Wailes is prominent in local
business circles, having an exten
sive real estate and insurance busi
ness, and her selection to this im
portant office is a wise one. She
will most capably fill the position.
The Improvement League is plan
ning for work this year, and w'ill
w-elcome any suggestions from the
citizens looking to the improvement
of Dalton in any way. A meeting
of the members of the organization
will be called at an early date.
STEAM ROLLER WORKED
ON DALTON’S STREETS
Machinery Appears to Be Excellent
Investment for City
The steam roller and scarifier
bought recently by a committee
from city council arrived, was' un
loaded and given the initial tryout
last Friday afternoon. Gordon
street, from Hamilton to Pentz, was
cut up with the scarifier, after w r hich
it w r as shaped up with the grader
and rolled. When the work was
completed, the street was smooth
and firmly packed. It was a good
job and attracted much favorable
comment.
Monday, the roller was put to
work on Morris street
It appears that the city has made
a good investment, and much good
work is expected.
Waded into Spring Three
Times and Finally Went
Under
MEMBER PROMINENT
TENNESSEE FAMILY
Seth L. Walker Met Tragic Death—
Three Women Witnessed Strange
Actions of Unknown—Body
Brought to Dalton
Last Friday afternoon, a man, un
known to the residents of the Var-
nells section of the county, was
drowned in the large spring near
Varnells, and the body was brought
here where, all of Saturday, it was
viewed by hundreds of people in an
effort at identification. Sunday, the
body was positively identified as
that of Mr. Seth L. Walter, member
of a prominent East Tennessee fam
ily. His brothers, Messrs. Tom and
Leslie Walker, of Chattanooga, came
here, and Sunday night, the body
was sent to Chattanooga.
Mr. Walker left Jacksonville, Fla.,
the Monday preceding his death, for
a visit to his old home at Rogers-
ville, Tenn. On his failure to ar
rive on time, his relatives became
alarmed, and, on learning of the
“unknown” who was drowned near
Varnells, they called a local kins
man, Mr. W. K. Moore, who went
to the undertaking parlors of J. L.
Buchanan, and was the first to pos
itively identify the body. He noti
ced Mr. torn Walker, in Chatta
nooga, and he and his brother, Mr.
Leslie Walker, came by the first
train.
Witnesses to Tragedy.
The inquest field Friday night
brought testimony t r o ni three
women, who stated they saw Mr.
Walker drowned. Their stories
were identical. They stated that he
approached the large spring and.
after taking off his coat, hat and
collar, waded out into the water.
When the water came to his shoul
ders, he returned to the bank. He
aid this three times, and the last
time, they called to him that he was
not in a swimming pool. He lo6k-
ed back and made some remark and
then fell over, apparently making
an effort to swim. He went down
immediately, and his body was not
recovered until life was extinct.
The body was brought here; but
search of the clothing failed to de
velop the identity of the man. The
only mark found was in his hat: the
initials, “S. L. W.” A handsome
watch and a sum ot money were
tound in tne pockets, me snoes
were badly worn, leading to the be
lief that, suffering at the time from
a mental derangement, he left the
train either here or south of here,
md had walked to Varnells. Several
uaiton people rememDerea seeing
him here during the week.
Member of Prominent Family.
Mr. Walker was a member of a
leading family of Tennessee, his
home being originally at Rogers-
ville, Tenn. Some time ago, he suf
fered a nervous breakdown, but had
grown better, and was, up to the
time he left Jacksonville, engaged
in railroad work. The supposition
is, from his peculiar actions in wad
ing into the spring, that he had a
return of his trouble and was men
tally unbalanced at the time.
He is survived by four sisters and
lour brothers, as follows: Mrs.
George Webster, of Jacksonville,
Fla.; Misses Belle Walker, of Rogers-
ville, Tenn., and Jessie and Margie
Walker, of Chattanooga; Dr. Hugh
Walker, of Los Angeles, Cal.; Messrs.
Tom and Leslie Walker, of Chatta
nooga, and Lynn Walker, Bristol,
Tenn. He was a nephew of Mrs.
George W. Hamilton, of this city.
WHITENER BUYS STORE
OF KING & ALBERTSON
Will Operate Business at Present Lo
cation on Hamilton Street
An important business deal took
place the past week when Mr. Henry
Whitener purchased the grocery
business of King & Albertson, on
Hamilton street, and will operate
the business at the same stand, add
ing a line of dry goods and notions.
The business will be operated by
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Whitener.
Children of the county schools
will assemble here April 8 for a
great, big day, for the following in
teresting program has been arrang
ed:
The program will begin at 9:45
a. m.—sharp.
Meeting will be called by the
sound of the Dalton Brass Band, if
they *can serve.
Song, “Glory to Old Whitfield,” by
schools and teachers of the county.
Spelling Contest—100 words to be
selected from Hunt’s Spelling Com
plete, limited to grades below the
eighth (oral).
Ready Writing Conest—Subject,
History of Whitfield. Time 1 hour.
Number of w r ords must not exceed
500. Contestant from any grade.
Recitation—“Annabel Lee,” “Little
Griffen of Tennessee,” or subject
approved by the teacher. Contest
ant from any grade.
Declamation—“The Homes of the
People,” by Henry W. Grady. Con*
testant from any grade. This may
be found in Practical Fifth Reader.
Public speaker will be announced
later.
Noon hours from 12:30 till 1:30.
Afternoon program at the Fair
grounds.
100 yard dash—no limitation.
Running broad jump—limited to
the grades below the eigth.
The egg race—no contestant above
sixth grade. This for girls only-.
The three legged race—100 yards
—no limitation. In this two boys
equal one. They simply have two
inside legs strapped together sub-
tantially.
Sack race—50 yards— no limita
tion. Boys and girls may both en
ter for this. Regular fertilizer sacks
to be used, and brought by the con
testants. In this the contestant gets
in the sack, holds each side with
either hand.
Vaulting—nothing below the sixth
grade to enter this contest.
Chinning the pole — contestant
from any grade.
The potato race—limited to con
testants not over 16.
School parade—time and place to
be decided by committee.
Bread display. Recipes will be
handed to teachers at institute Sat
urday.
School exhibits w r ill be at Fair
ground. This may consist of any
thing that the individual (teacher
sees fit.
Each school prepare yells.
One contestant for each feature
rom one school.
Exhibit Committee—Mrs. Frank
Dantzler, Miss Bertha Nance, Miss
Phoebe. Broadrick, Miss Julia Dell
inger, Mr. G. K. Kimsey.
Regulation Committee—Mr. Ern
est Neal, Miss Mary Kenemer, Miss
Lois Hunt, Mr. F. K. Hassler, Mr. C.
C. Allen.
Pennant Committee — Miss Cecil
Hamrick, Miss Callie Peeples, Mr.
H. C. Kenemer, Miss Fanny Russell,
Miss Lucile Rogers, Miss Bertha Is-
bill.
County yell: “Ga.! Ga.! Rah!
lah!! Rah!! Whitfield! Whitfield!
Ia! Ha! Ha! Are We in it? Well,
I guess! We are the champions of
old U. S.!”
All club girls wear or bring white
suits. We w r ill have pictures made
of the club girls, if the weather is
permissible.
TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE
TO BE HELD SATURDAY
To the County' Teachers:
You are hereby urged to attend a
dual-purpose meeting next Satur
day, March 12, beginning 9:30 a. m.
It is very important that all teach
ers be present, together with the
trustees, trustees to be invited by
their teachers.
The program for the School Rally
on April 8 will be explained, and a
copy of same handed to each teach
er. The program is published in
The Citizen this week.
J. O. Martin and his assistants
will be here for institute work.
Each teacher w-ill be expected to
bring the" following data: First,
number grades; second, number pu
pils in high school (anywhere else
if not at home); third, number chil
dren; fourth, number classes; fifth,
number minutes given to each reci
tation; sixth, number pupils any
where in college.
The Berry short course will be
discussed.
Truly yours,
J. D. FIELD, Supt.
Council Ratifies Action of
Committee in Buying
City Equipment
OTHER SIDEWALKS
WILL BE IMPROVED
Committee to Secure Auditor—Will
Dispose of Teams and Old Ma
chinery—Council Held Meet
ing Monday Night
At a meeting of city council Mon
day night, the resolution calling for
permanent sidewalk work was
changed in one particular, the mix
ture for the base for the concrete
w'alks being made one part cement,
three parts sand and five parts rock.
This will make the cost of the walks
lower to the property* owners.
Additional streets were added to
those for the permanent walks Mon
day night. They are Pentz street,
from Crawford to Cutyler, west side
only; Long street, from Hamilton to
Glenn, north side, and from Hamil
ton to Southern Railway crossing,
south side; Glenn street, from Pur-
year’s Alley to Long street, west
side only.
Firemen Elected.
City council ratified the selection
of Fire Chief Perry of men for the
new fire department. They are
Millard Staten, John Freylach, Paul
Stinson, James Harlan, Joe Wrench,
B. Hewett, George Tester and Frank
Mitchell.
The committee appointed to con
sider the question of pensioning
Uncle Billy” Renfro, veteran sex
ton, reported that Mr. Renfro didn’t
want to be pensioned, but preferred
to continue his work. A helper for
him was employed, and he was re
tained as sexton.
A special committee, composed-of
Councilmen Percy, Kettles and Ken
ner, was appointed to employ an
auditor to make the city audit.
A request from the mayor of
Madison, Ga., that council request
the railroad commission to re-open
the matter of increased telephone
rates was tabled, as the rates as re
cently fixed do not apply here.
New Machinery Purchased.
The purchase of the steam roller
and trucks made by the special com
mittee in Chattanooga, was ratified
by council, the clerk being instruct
ed to draw a voucher for the bal
ance on the steam roller equipment.
The cost of this was $3,250. In ad
dition, two trucks, costing $7,391.50
were purchased. Councilman Ket
tles opposed the purchase of the
trucks.
A special committee, composed of
Councilmen Percy, Caylor and Ken
ner, was appointed to investigate
liability insurance for the trucks,
and the street committee was given
authority to dispose of the teams
and wagons the city doesn’t need,
and also buy one additional wagon
and have 'sheds built for the new
equipment bought.
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♦ HE PUTS POWDERT
♦ IN'PAPA’S PIPE
♦ Dalton has a candidate for
♦ the honors heretofore -held by
♦ “Willie,” that world-famous
♦ joker, about whom so much
♦ has been written—f’rinstance:
♦
♦ “Willie with a red-hot poker
♦ Jabbed out baby sister’s eyes.
♦ ‘Isn’t he the little joker,’
^ Papa grunted with surprise.”
/
♦ Well, as stated above, Dal-
♦ ton has Willie’s rival for down-
♦ right playfulness, and he’s Les-
♦ ter Hood, young son of Mr. Jim
♦ Hood, a well known resident of
♦ North Dalton. Recently, . his
♦ father returned home tired
♦ from worlj and called for his
♦ pipe. Lester went after it and
♦ volunteered to fill it for him.
♦ He put it about half full of
♦ powder and sprinkled tobacco
♦ on top. When the match was
♦ struck, things began to happen
♦ rapidly.
♦ When a' physician got through
♦ with his examination, it was
♦ found that Mr.' Hood wouldn’t •
♦ lose the sight in his eye; bist
♦ it was fearfully'burned.
♦ And now Lester doesn’t play •
♦ practical jokes any more.
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