Newspaper Page Text
ESTABLISHED 1847—SEVENTY-T HREE YEARS OLD.
DALTON, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1921.
VOL. LXXIV. No. 22. $1.50 PER ANNUM.
Literary
C'ontestants'for the Disr
trict Meet Are Se
lected Here
athletic TEAM TO
BE SELECTED LATER
Genevieve Jarvis, Recitation; Mary
Stuart Sims, Music; May Boyce
Yarbrough, Girls’ Essay; Bob
McCamy; Boys’ Essay
The literary team to represent Dai-
,0,, High school at the district meet
], e en selected as follows:
• "Recitation. Miss Genevieve Jarvis.
Declamation. Warren Sims.
Music. Miss Mary Stuart Sims.
Girls Essay, Miss May Boyce Yar-
brmu-'h.
1;(|VS - Essay. Bob McCamy.
The preliminary contests for the se
lection of representatives in recitation
and music were held Friday night at
"the High school auditorium, and a
hare crowd attended. Decided talent
was shown by the girls who entered
the contests, and the award of places
ly the judges was as follows:
Recitation, Miss Genevieve Jarvis,
drst ; Miss Kathleen Freeman, second;
Miss’ Jewel Thomas, third. Music,
Miss Mary Stuart Sims, first; Miss
Betty Hamilton, second; Miss Martha
McWilliams, third.
It was planned to announce the ath
letic team Friday * night, but others
who had not been out for practice put
iu their appearance last week, and it
was decided not to select the team un-,
til the last of the month. The names
of all representatives must be sent ip.
by April 1, and the places on the ath
letic team will be held open until thy
last minute.
The district meet will he held April
10-16 at Cedartoyvn. and the local high
school will send excellent literary and
athletic teams who will well up
hold the honor of Dalton High. The
local school has won the athletic, liter
ary and notebook cups more times
than other school in the district, and
the representatives this year are go
ing with the determination of doing
their very best. At present, Dalton
High holds two of the three cups.
The spelling contest will take place
about the first of April. A list of
words will he sent to each high school
principal, and these words will be
given out to the senior class in a writ
ten exercise, the papers to be sent off
to be graded, and the class making the
best grade being awarded first place.
The notebooks will also be prepared
and seat to the district meet. These
notebooks represent the daily work of
tbe pupils of the high school.
it is probable that a large number
of high school students will accompany
the contestants to the district meet.
BILL WHITE BOUND OVER
ON SEVERAL CHARGES
Farmer’s Bonds Aggregate $900 after
Hearing Here
Shadowland Theatre
Reopened on Friday
With Great Program
Under New Management, Theatre Is
Offering Fine Line of Pictures
—Plans for Future
The Shadojpland Theatre, under the
management of Mr. R. W. Sherrill, of
Copper Hill, Tenn., was re-opened Fri
day with an excellent program, and,
in view of th’e class of pictures being
shown, *the attendance is rapidly pick
ing up. N
Mr. Sherrill operates a number of
motion picture houses, but he will re
main here for a time until conditions
justify his turning the active manage
ment of the local theatre over to some
one else.
Friday, the opening day. the attend
ance was excellent, and the ones who
attended were well repaid, for it was
an excellent picture shown.
Mr. Sherrill states to The Citizen
that his pictures will be the famous
Paramount-Artcraft films, the best to
he had, -and that he intends giving to
Dalton people the highest class pic
tures to be procured. He has many
fine pictures to come.
The new chairs have been installed,
affording comfort while the show is
going on. The seating capacity is
about 500. Some interior painting will
be done, and when this is completed,
the theatre will present a most attract
ive appearance. Owing to the fact
that warm weather is here, nothing
has been done looking to heating the
building; but a steam heating plant
will he installed in the fall so the thea
tre can continue in operation through
out the winter.
RAILWAY COMPANY WILL
OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS
Seven Scholarships to Athens to Be
Awarded
Mr. H. B. Herrin, agent for the N. C
& St. L. Railway here, has received the
following information from his com
pany:
The management of the N. C. & St.
L. Railway has subscribed for seven
scholarships of $25.00 each to the boys’
annual short course at the State Col
lege of Agriculture, Athens, these
scholarships to be awarded to prize
winning boys who are members of cer
tain agricultural clubs, and who live
in counties served by this company s
lines in Georgia, namely: Catoosa,
Whitfield. Gordon. Bartow, Floyd and
Fulton. The object in offering scholar
ships is to encourage greater interest
in agricultural activities by the boys
throughout the state.
KNITTING MILL WANTS
ADDITIONAL EMPLOYES
Healthy Sign Is Advertisement in This
Issue of Citizen
Elsewhere in this week’s issue of
The Citizen, the Dalton Hosiery Mills
are calling for additional help.
The advertisement states that the
mills now have orders to insure the
running of rhe mills at full time, with
a complete force of operatives in the
future.
The knitting mills throughout the
country were hit hard when the slump
came last fall, and the advertisement
of the local mills is a healthy sign
that conditions are brightening to a
marked extent.
Bill White, a farmer living near
Viiriii-Ls. was hound over to the grand
jury on several charges, the bonds ag
gregating $900. '
i: ■ i, charged with assault and bat
tery on his daughter, Lillie W bite.
w -;h cursing in the presence of fe-
u Mes and with pursuing his usual avo-
ca ‘iion on the Sabbath.
White made the bonds and was re-
ie;t- d. rhe matter to he investigated
! the grand jury when that body
Uw' - Lore in April.
EUROPEAN RELIEF FUND
APPROXIMATELY $1000
Bigger Part of Amount Asked Is Con
tributed by People
: ■ ■ • European relief fund that was
' :, -t raised here under the direction
t F. K. Sims, county chairman, and
'"*• J. Copeland, chairman of the solicit-
v committee, is now approximately
- and it is probable a little more
' Vl -: l>e secured before the fund is
’ 1 ‘ '■ -1- The county was asked to give
f 1 "'" 0 . and. while the amount secured
■ t as much as was asked for, never-
the response was a generous
one,
- he city and county schools helped
Materially in raising the fund.
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
♦ DALTON MAN FOREMAN ♦
+ FAMOUS HAMON JURY ♦
♦ ♦
+ Dr. Ben Loughridge, a former ♦
♦ resident of this city where he op- ♦
♦ erated a drug store many years ♦
♦ ago. was foreman of the famous ♦
♦ Hamon murder jury at Ardmore, ♦
♦ Okla.. last week. Clara Smith ♦
♦ Il-amon was on trial charged with ♦
♦ murder in the killing of Jake ♦
♦ Hamon, millionaire oil man and ♦
♦ politician of Oklahoma, and the ♦
♦ jury, after being out 40 minutes, ♦
♦ returned a verdict of not guilty. ♦
♦ According to an account of the ♦
+ jury's verdict, as it appeared in ♦
+ the New York' World, Mr. Lough- ♦
4. ridge did the right thing when the ♦
+ woman thanked the jury. Says ♦
♦ the World: "When she reached ♦
+ B. F. C. Loughridge, foreman, ♦
+ she thanked him as the others. ♦
+ Loughridge placed his arm around ♦
♦ the young woman and whispered ♦
+ to her. She smiled and kissed ♦
+ him on the cheek. Asked what he ♦
♦ had whispered, the foreman said: ♦
♦ ‘I told her to go and sin no ♦
, „ *
♦ more.
4 Mr. Loughridge came here from ♦
♦ Murray county and ran a drug ♦
♦ store, later going to Oklahoma. ♦
4. He is 73 years of age, and is well ♦
« known by the older residents of ♦
♦ Dalton- ^ *
♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
Murray County Man Heads the
Eighteenth Division of
Odd Fellows
FALL MEETING DATE
CHANGED TO AUGUST
Second Degree Exemplified by Dal
ton Team—Division Meeting At
tracted Good Attendance—
Prominent Speakers Here
Farmers Far Ahead
With Work for This
Season of the Year
Cotton Acreage Will Be Materially
Reduced Thinks Farm Agent—
Little Fertilizer Bought
The meeting of the ISth division of
Odd Fellows, entertained here Wednes
day of last week by Cohutta lodge,
came to a close Wednesday night, after
a most interesting and profitable ses
sion.
In the business meeting, the follow-
g officers were elected for the year:
W. B. Robinson, of Spring Place, divi
sion deputy grand master; W. A. Gil-
bett, of Whites, assistant division
deputy grand master; J. D. Brackett,
of Dawnville, secretary; F. J. Vining,
of Dawnville, treasurer.
It was voted to change the time for
the fall convention. It will be held on
the fourth Wednesday in August, and
the place for the meeting will be de
cided by the officers later.
The opening session of the conven
tion held here took place at the court
house. W. M. Sapp made the address
of welcome, and the response was by
H. J. McCormack, past division deputy
rand master of Stilesboro. In the
morning session, interesting addresses
were made by T. H. Robinson, of
Gainsville, grand secretary of the
Georgia grand lodge; Judge M. C. Tar
ver, of this city, and W. B. Robinson,
of Spring Place.
At the night session, the per capita
tax for subordinate lodges was raised
from 3 to 5 cents, and the Dalton de
gree team exemplified the second de
gree.
* The division is made up of the lodges
of five counties, namely: Whitfield,
Murray, Catoosa, Gordon and Bartow.
The membership of the five counties is.
in around numbers, 2,000. A majority
of the lodges of the division were rep
resented at the meeting.
Whitfield county farmers are far ad
vanced with their work, and are bend
ing their tnergies toward making big
crops this year. Cotton, however, will
not occupy the attention of past years,
for. according to the way the farmers
talk, there is going to be real cut in
the acreage in Whitfield county.
Last year, the farmers were plant
ing far up in May, for the rainy season
set in early, and little coiild be done
before May. The work now is as far
advanced as it was by the middle of
May last year. Many have already
planted corn, and many acres has been
plowed and prepared for planting.
C. O. Smith, county farm agent,
states to a representative of The Citi
zen that from the way the farmers
talk to him, he believes the cotton
acreage will be materially reduced this”
year—probably as much as fifty per
cent. Many realize the menage in the
boll weevil which is expected to do
great damage this year in this section.
Another thing is the small amount of
fertilizer the farmers are buying. They
are going to use just as little fertilizer
as they think they can get by with.
The boll weevil has already been
seen here this spring He got through
the mild winter with flying colors, and
he is on hand and ready for his work
of destruction this year. Many farm
ers, however, are going to beat him by
planting little cotton and turning their
energies toward food and feed crops.
County Can Get Some Real
Help if the Board
Wants It
HIGHWAY ENGINEER
MAKES FINE OFFER
State Will Pay Two-Thirds of Cost
and Then Take Over Road and
Keep It Up—Board Hears
„ Proposition
EX-SERVICE MEN CAN
GET FREE EXAMINATION
Dental Work and Physical Examina
tion are Free
DODGE “MOVIE” WILL BE
SHOWN HERE TUESDAY
Public Invited to Witness Interesting
• and Instructive Film
II. P. McArthur, of the McArthur
Auto company, local agents for the
fiunous Dodge 'automomile, announces
that on next Tuesday night, the great
Dodge “movie” will he shown here, and
the public is cordially invited to at
tend and witness this great picture
free of cost. It will be shown in the
Cherokee club rooms over Mr. Mc
Arthur's business on Hamilton street,
and no admission will be charged.
The picture shows the manufacture
of Dodge cars in every detail. It is
especially interesting to the automo
bile owner, and will give the prospec
tive customer an excellent idea of
what he is getting when he buys a
Dodge. It will take about an hour
and a half to show the film.—Adv.
The United States government is de
sirous that all ex-service men from
either the Army, Navy, or Marine
Corp, receive such dental attention as
they may at present be in need of.
They also are giving them the oppor
tunity of a complete physical examina
tion, with the object, first and primar
ily, of taking care of all illnesses or in
juries which may have arisen from
causes in the service; and second, in
order to give the man the opportunity
of knowing what his present physical
condition may be, so that he may take
proper measures in time to maintain
his health. This work is all done at
government expense and includes
such complete examination work, as
X-ray, laboratory, etc., as may be in
dicated in each individual case.
They should write the oflice of the
American Red Cross at the Auditorium
building, Rome, Georgia, where they
will be given the necessary informa
tion which will set the machinery in
motion. It would be better, of course,
for them to call there personally, and
they should always be particular to
bring their discharge papers or to give
their. Army numbers and organizations,
so that they may be identified. The
examination work for this territory
has been assigned to the Harbin Hos
pital but the men cannot apply direct
ly there, without first having made
formal application through govern
ment channels.
A representative of the State High
way department Tuesday appeared be
fore the board of county commission
ers with a proposition for the county
and state jointly to build a portion
of the Dixie Highway, the state to
furnish two-thirds of the money, and
after the completion of the road, for
the state to take it over and main
tain it as a part of the state highway
system. He said the division engineer
would be here within a short time to
go further into the matter with the
hoard.
The figures, as mentioned by the
engineer, would be approximately $4,-
000 for the county, and $S,000 for the
state, or $12,000 as the cost of the
stretch of the highway. It would be
correctly graded and constructed, and,
after being built, all expense on the
stretch of road would cease for the
c(ounty, for thej state highway 'de
partment wqvfldf look after all up
keep costs and would see that the
road was kept in first-class order.
The plan apparently met with favor
at the hands of the board, and, accord
ing to a statement made by Judge
H. J. Wood, ordinary,, the question
Will come up for final action as soon
as the district highway engineer ap
pears before the board and makes a
definite proposition, giving the board
the figures on what the work will
cost.
BIG SINGING CLASS
AT MT. RACHEL CHURCH
Mr. Frank Buchanan is conducting
an unusually large singing class at
Mt. Rachel church, having 80 pupils
taking the 15-day course. At the com
pletion of his school, he will give an
entertainment at the church.
Examinations Show
Many Children Are
Physically Unfit
Minor Defects in Mosts Cases Can
Be Corrected by the
Proper Diet
The health work being done in the
county school system under the direc
tion of Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, home ec
onomics agent, shows that there is an
alarmingly large percentage of the
children who are defective in certain
particulars, a great majority of the
cases, however, being due to improper
nourishment. s
Mrs. Moore's work shows' that these
improperly nourished children are not
confined to any one district, hut are to
be found in all districts; also, that
they are not confined to any class of
people, being children of the wealthiest
people in the county as well as the
children of the poorer people.
These children, who are physically
defective are not nearly so far ad
vanced in their studies as they should
he. Their minds are sound, but their
physical condition is such as to make
them dnll and stupid.
The dentists of Dalton have volun
teered their services and will examine
he children who are in school free
of charge.
Many children are found to be un
derweight this can be corrected with
the proper diet. Others with defective
teeth, throat trouble and eye trouble
can be benefited wonderfully.
Mrs. Moore will have assistance iu
the work from local doctors and dent
ists. and specialists will come from
time to time to help. The work will,
in time, he productive of much good in
the county.
FINE FLORIDA ORANGES
SENT BY HENRY LASATER
Mr. Henry Lasater, who. with his
family, is making an extensive auto
mobile trip through Georgia and Flor
ida, last week sent to the editor of
The,Citizen a crate of Florida oranges.
The fruit was choice and unusually
:ood and was appreciated by those
who. tried it. Mr. Lasater and family
will be gone for some time longer, but
intend eventually to return to Whit
field county to make their home.
DALTON DELEGATION TO
ATTEND STATE MEETING
Woodmen to Hold Convention
April at Valdosta
CHILDREN’S SERVICE
AT HAMILTON STREET
Special Easter services, following by
services for children, will be held at
11 o'clock Sunday morning at Hamil
ton Street Methodist church, and the
public is cordially invited to attend.
GOOD EXHIBITS SHOWN
AT TEACHERS’ MEETING
The teachers-institute at Dalton was
tfell attended Saturday and some very
helpful suggestions were given in re
gard to the Whitfield county school
roll. Following is a list of the ex
hibits :
Drawing, banner, booklets on health,
whistles, map drawing, and. especial
ly, the maps of Whitfield county, well
balanced lunch and fancy work of any
kind.
Bertha Nance, chairman.
Poland Honors Two American Aviators for Valor
Messrs. R. M. Hill and H. R. Davis,
representing Dalton Woodmen of the
World, and Morris Palmer, represent
ing Dawnville Woodmen, will leave
here in April for Valdosta to attend
the state convention of Woodmen of
the Woriq to be held at Valdosta.
The convention will attract repre
sentatives from a majority of the
Woodmen Camps in Georgia.
COHUTTA PLANNING
FOR EASTER SERVICE
Sidewalks for Permanent Im
provements Designated
by Council
COMMITTEE ON PARK
IMPROVEMENT PLANNED
Following Change in Ordinance Side
walk Resolution Passed—Sewer
Extension to Be Made in
Eighth Ward—Council Met
Cohutta—The children of the Union
Sunday school held at the First Presby
terian church are looking forward
eagerly to the Easter egg treat to be
given next Sunday morning.
Rev. J. M. Wooten will fill the pulpit
at the eleven o’clock hour. Special
music is being prepared. The Chris
tian Endeavor Society is planning an
interesting Easter program for the
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Everybody is invited^
Prince Casimir Lubomirski, Polish envoy, decorates Capt. Harmon Rorison, Wilmington, N. C., and Lieut. Kenneth
Shrewsbury, New York, with ‘Wirtuti Militari” for services against the Reds. Paderewski (left) Rorison, Lubomir-
ski, Shrewsbury, Pershing. Insert, President Pilsudski of Poland.
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
4- COUNCILMEN TOOK ♦
♦ DISHES AND LEFT ♦
♦ At the meeting of city council ♦
♦ Monday night, an effort was made ♦
♦ to raise the salary of Police ♦
♦ Chief Bates back to $150 per ♦
♦ month, the amount that council ♦
♦ had paid Chief Bates up to a ♦
♦ few weeks ago when it was cut ♦
♦ $12o. Right while there was ♦
♦ somewhat of a wrangle in pro- ♦
♦ gress, Councilman Stewart made ♦
♦ a motion to adjourn, and as that ♦
♦ is one motion that's always in ♦
♦ order. Mayor Wood put it, Coun- ♦
♦ oilmen Stewart, Staten and Stacy ♦
♦ alone voting to adjourn. v
♦ When Mayor Wood declared ♦
♦ the motion lost and called for ♦
♦ action on the license fee ordi- ♦
♦ nance, the three council men who ♦
♦ had voted to adjourn solemnly ♦
♦ arose and adjourned anyway. ♦
♦ IVith four councilmen remaining. ♦
♦ Mayor Wood decided not to go ♦
♦ forward with the business and ♦
♦ council adjourned. ^
♦ It was a new §tunt the council ♦
♦ pulled, and, while it was hardly ♦
♦ legal, they got'away with it. As ♦
♦ the couldn’t have their way, ♦
♦ they just took their dishes and ♦
♦ went home. ^
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦**+
At the meeting of city council Mon
day night, a resolution was passed
relative to sidewalk construction jvork
to be done immediately. > At a call
meeting of council the week previous
the sidewalk ordinance was changed in
one particular, namely, the committee
was given authority to permit, in cer
tain sections of Dalton, the property
owners to lay 4-foot walks instead of
5-foot walks, and an entirely new or
dinance, with this change, was adopt
ed.
In view of this, it was decided that
to make the legality of the work cer
tain, the streets designated for the im
provements should be included in a
new resolution, and these, with others
determined on Monday night, were in
cluded in the resolution. The streets
to get the improvements immediately
are as follows:
Morris street, from Thornton avenue
to Henderson street, both sides; Depot
street, from Morris to Emery, both
sides; Spencer street, from Morris to
Emery, east side, and from Morris to
th^ line of Mrs. Hornete property,
west side; Pentz street, from Waugh
to Cuyler, west side, and from Waugh
to Crawford, east side; Long street;
from' Hamilton to Glenn, north side,
and from Hamilton v to Southern Rail
way crossing, south side; Glenn sfreer
from Long to Puryear’s alley, west
side; North Green street, from Morris
to Fort Hill school, east side.
In addition, the work on Nortn
Thornton avenue from Hawthorn to
Waugh street, east side, is being done
Sewer Extension.
Councilman Stewart was given au
thority to bake $300 of his ward’s
street funds and rual e an extension
to the sewerage system, on Spencer
and Emery streets.
City council also voted to construct
a cement sidewalk on the east side of
the city park south of the Fjrst Pres
byterian church, and the Park commit
tee was instructed to confer with Mrs.
M. E. Judd relative to the work plan
ned in the city park north of the court
house, as outlined by a landscape
gardener.
Council voted to install a gasoline
pump furnished by the Standard Oil
company as a filling station for the
city's trucks, in that way getting the
city's gasoline at wholesale cost.
D. A. R. HISTORY STARS
ARE AWARDED PUPILS
The pupils of the Fort Hill school
who are wearing the D. A. R. History
Stars for the month of February are:
Dimple Bryant. Felicia Houston, Edith
White, Anna Mary Hinkle, Adele Hol
lingsworth, Eleanor Stone.
KNIGHT TEMPLARS TO
HOLD ANNUAL ELECTION
Large Attendance Desired at Meeting
—Easter Services
St John's Commandery No. 19,
Knights Templar, on Friday night at
7:30 o'clock, will hold the annual elec
tion of officers, and the attendance of
every member is desired.
At 6:30 o’clock Sunday evening, the
Sir Knights will meet at the Masonic
Temple and from there will go in a
body .to the First Presbyterian church
where special Easter services will be
held for them. Rev. King, editor
of the Wesleyan Christian Advocate,
to deliver the sermon.
Card of Thanks.
The family wish to thank the neigh
bors and friends for their kindness
and sympathy during the sickness and
death of our bro/ther, anjc) for the
beautiful floral offerings.
Mrs. J. C. Milam,
J. S. Thomas,
Retta W. Thomas.
- - •• - "