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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. - - •• - "