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Won Display Cup, Losing Other
Cups By a Very Narrow
Margin
SCORED MORE POINTS
THAN OTHER SCHOOLS
Rome High Was Second in Points
Scored—Calhoun Won Literary
Cup and Cartersville Got Ath
letic Cup—Dalton’s Showing
Dalton High again won the honors at
the district meet held Friday and Sat
urday at Cedartown, scoring a total of
ol points, with Rome High, second, and
Calhoun third. Dalton won the note
book cup, nlaking a clean sweep by tak
ing all five first places; Calhoun won
the literary cup, with Dalton, but two
points behind, and Cartersville won .the
athletic cup, with Dalton and Berry
tied for second place.
The total points made by the 15
schools participating in the iqeet were
as follows:
Dalton, 51; Rome, 2S; Calhoun, 22;
Marietta, 19; Cartersville, 19; Berry,
10: Dallas, 12; Cedartown, 7; Darling
ton, 3; Buchanan, 1; LaFayette, 1;
Adairsville, 0; Tallapoosa, 0; Rock-
mart, 0; Chickamauga, 0.
The meet was decidedly the best ever
held by the Seventh district high school
association, for it attracted the biggest
attendance, with more schools entered,
and with at least three district records
broken in track events.
in the pole vault, Hitchcock, of Dal
las, aiul Swain, of Calhoun, each vault
ed 10 feet. Buchanan, of Dalton, went
9 feet, 10 inches. The previous district
record was 9 feet, 3 inches. In the
high jump, Hitchcock, of Dallas, broke
another record, jumping 5 feet, 6 inches.
In tlie broad jump, Jones, of Carters
ville. set a new record, with 19 feet,
inches.
Methodist Church Is
Planning for Revival
Which Starts May 1st
Rev. H. C. Emory to Conduct the
Meeting — Prominent Evangelistic
Singer to Organize Great Choir
Starting Sunday, May 1, a series of
services will be held at the First Meth
odist church, the members of which
are planning for a big meeting.
Rev. H. C. Emory, the popular and
gifted pastor of the church, will be in
charge of the meeting and will do the-
preaching, which fact insures an in
teresting revival, for Rev. Mr. Emory is
an earnest, forceful preacher, who,
during the short time he has been in
charge of the First church here, has
gained a wonderful hold on the mem
bers of his congregation.
The music will be made a feature of
the services, and Mr. Dick Boyd, of
Florida, famous evangelistic song lead
er. will be in charge of the large choir
that will be organized. He will bring a
pianist with him to Dalton, and stir
ring revival music will feature eaci
service.
Services will be held twice daily at
the church during the meeting, the
hours for the services to he announced
later. Just how long the meeting will
last depends on the interest taken. It
has been some time since the First
Methodist church here has held a pro
tracted meeting, and the people are
anxious for it to start, believing that
much good will result from it. not only
for the church but for the city as r
whole.
Athletic Events.
The athletic events came Friday
afternoon, Cartersville High winning,
with IS points, while Dalton and Ber
ry tied for second place, with 13 each.
The events went as follows:
100-yard dash — Bearden. Dalton,
first; .Tones, Cartersville. second; Ses
sions. Marietta, third. Time. 11 seconds.
High jump—Hitchcock, Dallas, first;
3\vain, Calhoun, second; Black, Dalton,
third. Height, 5 feet,. 6 inches.
Shot put—Morris, Rome, first; Sew
ell Derry, second: Hattuck, LaFayette,
third. Distance, 3S feet, 3 inches.
Dole vault—Hitchcock, Dallas, and
Swain, Calhoun, tied for first places;
Buchanan, Dalton, third. Height, - 10
feet.
220-yard dash—Alverson. Berry, first;
Bearden, Dalton, second; Sessions,
Marietta, third. Time, 24 4/5 seconds.
Board jump—Jones, Cartersville,
first: Brannon, Darlington, second;
Brooker. Dalton, third. Distance, 19
feet, s'2 inches.
LIEUT. T. B. KITTREDGE
<cy Barrett Kittredge, who spent
years with the Hoover relief ad-
.'aistration in Europe, now in charge
the Polish Red Cross organization as
Of nrtvssioner for the League of Red m jttee.
ess Societies.
440-yard dash—Gilbreath. Carters
ville, first; Hibbel, Marietta, second;
McCamy, Dalton, third. Time, 59 2/5
seconds.
120-yard hurdles—Jones, Cartersville,
first; Watson, Rome, second; Bearden,
Dalton, third. Time, 15 4/5 seconds.
. Relay race—Berry, first; Rome,
second; Marietta, third. Time, 1 min.,
43 4/5 seconds.
Total points: Cartersville, IS; Dal
ton. 13: Berry. 13; V Rome, 11; Dallas.
9; Calhoun. 7; Marietta, 6; Darlington,
3: LaFayette. 1.
Notebook Exhibit
In the notebook work, Dalton made
a perfect score, winning first place in
all five books. The contest resulted
as follows:
English—Dalton, first; Cedartown,
second; Marietta, third.
History—Dalton, first; Cedartown,
second; Marietta, third.
Science—Dalton, first; Marietta and
Rome tied for second.
Foreign languages — Dalton, first;
Lome, second.
Mathematics—Dalton, first; Mariet
ta. second; Rome, third.
Total points: Dalton, 25; Marietta,
Cedartown, 6; Rome, 6.
Literary Contests.
In the literary contents. Calhoun
won first place by 2 points over Dal
ton. The events were decided as fol
lows :
Spelling—Dalton, first, 95.6S; Dallas,
second, 94.45; Calhoun, third, S1.37.
Boy’s essay — Edmond O’Conner.
Rome, first; T. W. Harbour, Calhoun,
second; Cecil Cornelison, Cedartown,
third.
Girl’s essay—Sarah Frances North-
cutt, Marietta, first; Vivian Jarvis.
Dalton, second; Katherine Logan.
Rome, third.
Recitation—Genevieve Jarvis, Dalton,
first; Gertrude Strain, Calhoun, second;
Laura Mae Hamrick, Buchanan, third.
Music—Jessie Mae Moak, Rome, first;
Winnie Kelson, Calhoun, second; Eliza
Holmes, Marietta, third.
Declamation — Charles Allen, Cal
houn, first; Carroll Grimes, Berry,
second; Joe Collins, Cartersville, third.
Total points: Calhoun, 15; Dalton,
13; Rome, 11; Marietta, 6; Berry, 3;
Dallas, 3; Buchanan, 1; Cedartown, 1;
Cartersville, 1.
Cartersville Gets Meet.
In the business session, it was decid
ed to hold next year’s meet at Carters
ville, officers being elected as follows:
L. C. Evans, Cartersville, president; J.
H. Watson, Dalton, secretary; J. E.
Purks, B. F. Quigg, M. C. Allen, L. O.
Evans and J. H. Watson, executive $om-
C. O. Smith, county farm agent, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, home economics
agent for this county, are enrolling
members in the various boys and girls
clubs for 1921. Mrs. Moore has secur
ed approximately 150 members of the
poultry and canning clubs, and Mr.
Smith has enrolled about 75 in the
corn, pig and cotton clubs.
While the work of the canning club,
including home gardening, will not be
slighted in the least, still, the main
work this year will be directed toward
building up the poultry club, for it is
realized that the poultry industry, if
built up right, will mean much for the
county in the future. An expert from
the State College of Agriculture will
devote considerable time to this work
in Whitfield this year, and much in
terest is being shown in it.
Col. W. C. Martin, president of the
county board of education, has shown
especial interest in this work this
year and intends helping In a practical
way. At a recent meeting of the farm
bureau; he showed his interest by of
fering to furnish the money for the
purebred eggs wheTe the person want
ing to enteT the work was unable to
purchase the eggs.
Among the boys, the main interest
this year appears to center in the corn
club. They are not anxious for the
cotton club work, owing to the unfavor
able outlook for prices this fall.
The agents will continue to enroll
the boys and girls of the county in the
clubs, and prospects for large and
enthusiastic clubs are bright.
Farm Loans.
C. O. Smith, county farm agent, en
thusiastically indorses the recent farm
loan organization formed in this coun
ty. In reference to the matter, he
says:
“To my mind one of the greatest
things that has come to the farmers of
Whitfield in quite awhile is the organi
zation in the county of the Farm Loau
association. This is. strictly a farm
ers’ organization, and the money is
furnished by the U. S. government for
the protection and the betterment of
the people in the rural districts who
need working capital.
"The farmer, who has a mortgage
on his farm, or other indebtedness he
will have to meet in the near future
with very little prospects of having the
money when debts come due, can bor
row one half the worth of his farm
on a long time loan (from five to forty
years), and liquidate all his indebted
ness. with enough left to make the
necessary improvements to make home
comfortable and a place where the
young people will be glad to stay in
stead of drifting off to the towns and
cities. The truth is I have been made
so tired by this everlasting talk of back
to the farm stuff; our slogan should
be better conditions and stay on the
farm. The heads of families should
make it so interesting for our boys
and girls while they are with us, giv
ing them the advantage of an agricul
tural education and in other ways mak
ing the old country home the happiest
and best place in the world to live (as
it should be), that our young people
will be too glad to stay with papa and
mamma till they have homes of their
own.
But hack to the Farm Loan associa
tion as a means of accomplishing these
great things. The government is pro-
Daughters of Confederacy Plan
for Annual Observance on
May 6th
WILL SERVE DINNER
FOR OLD SOLDIERS
Exercises to Be Held in First Metho
dist Church—No “Orittor of the
Day” Selected; but Three
Short Talks are Planned
Confederate Memorial day will be
observed here on Friday, May 6, with
public exercises in the First Methodist
church, followed by the decoration of
graves in the Confederate cemetery,
and the Bryan M. Thomas Chapter,"
United Daughters of the Confederacy,
is planning the program.
It has been customary for years to
have the Memorial Day program some
time in May, instead of the regular
date in April which is set for the ob
servance, this being done because of
the fact that the flowers bloom later
here.
Mrs. H. J. Smith, president of the
Bryan M. Thomas Chapter, U. D. C.,
is busy working with her committees
for the occasion. At noon, the Daugh
ters will serve lunch to the old soldiers
in the ladies’ parlors of the First Meth
odist church, and the program will be
started at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
It is probable the program will be
ready for publication in the next issue
of The Citizen.
There will lie no “orator of the day”
this year; hut. instead, there will be
three short talks made in addition to
the musical features on the program.
The names of these speakers will be
announced with the program later.
The public is cordially invited—is
urged—to attend the exercises at the
church, and .go from there to the Con
federate cemetery for the decoration
of the graves. Automobiles will be
provided for the veterans who will
head the parade to the cemetery for
the decoration exercises.
SOUTHEASTERN EXPRESS
CO. STARTS MAY 1st
Local Office Will Be at Freight Depot
of Southern Road
posing to loan to the farmers through
the Farm Loan organization money at
six per cent on long term loans, from
five to forty years. One proposition
they are making, and the best one to
my mind, is the thirty-six year loan at
seven per cent so that in the thirty-six
years, the principal as well as all in
terest, will have been paid. I believe
that, if the farmers of this section will
take advantage of this most liberal of
fer by Uncle Sam, not only they and
their families will be helped but all
branches of industry will be benefited
by the additional money brought into
this section. It will enable those who
take stock in this Farm Loan associa
tion to pay up all their indebtedness,
will help the merchants to meet their
obligations, the bankers to have more
money to loan to other farmers, and
in many ways, be a great booster to
our county in these most strenuous
times.
“Any one who would like to know
more about this matter would do well
to see Mr. Copeland at The Bank of
Dalton, or your county agricultural
agent will be only too glad to help in
any way possible.”
The Southeastern Express company
will begin operation with May 1, and
the local office will be at the Southern
Railway freight depot here.'
The new express company is being
operated by the Southern Railway com
pany; but its officers are different from
the officers of the road.
This will give to Dalton two express
companies. The American Railway Ex
press company will continue to operate
but between Chattanooga and Atlanta,
it will handle express shipments only
for points on the Western & Atlantic
road. On the other hand, the South
eastern company will handle, express
shipments only for points on the South
ern lines.
Mr. F. J. Flemister, Southern agent
here, will be agent for the Southeastern
Express company. A wagon will be
put on the streets. The rates for ship
ments have not yet been supplied him
Ministers and laymen of the Dalton
District, North Georgia Methodist con
ference, met Tuesday in Calhoun for
the purpose of discussing with Dr.
Difekey, field secretary for Georgia, the
approaching Christian Education cam
paign to be launched by Methodists
throughout the country the last of May.
Decided interest was shown in the
meeting and much enthusiasm resulted.
Rev. H. C. Emory, pastor of the First
church, Rev. John F. Yarbrough, pre
siding elder of the district, Messrs. H.
J. Smith and John McLellan attended
the meeting from Dalton.
At first there was some doubt express
ed relative to the success of the cam
paign in this section; but those who
attended the Calhoun meeting got a
different viewpoint, and they are now
determined to raise the fund in the
Dalton district. Just what the quota
will be is not yet known; but it will
be announced within a few days.
Methodist institutions in Georgia
will benefit greatlv from the campaign,
for Georgia schools and colleges will be
given more of the fund to be raised
in the South than the people of the
•tate are asked to give.
Tech Campaign On.
The campaign to raise 15,000,000 for
a greater Tech is on this week, and the
campaign is meeting with decided suc
cess. Committees have been appointed
throughout Georgia and in other states.
In this county, C. C. McCamy has been
appointed as chairman.
Within a short time, the campaign
to raise a substantial fund for the Uni
versity of Georgia will be underway.
Judge C. D. McCutchen has been asked
to serve as chairman for the organiza
tion in this county.
BISHOP MIKELL WILL
BE HERE NEXT SUNDAY
Distinguished Divine at St. Mark’s
Episcopal Church
The Rev. Harry K. Mikell, D. D.,
Bishop of Georgia, and the Rev. G. W.
Basque, D. D.. of Atlanta, will hold
sell ices at 11 o clock Sunday morning
at St. Mark’s Episcopal church.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the services.
jim McCarty’s death
IS JUST LEARNED HERE
Former Dalton Man Died Last August
in Los Angeles, CaL
MRS. T. A. McENTIRE
DIED AT EAST POINT
Body Brought Here For Interment
Monday Morning
Mrs. T. A. McEntire. aged 51 years,
formerly a respected resident of Dal
ton, died Saturday night at her home
in East Point, Ga., the body being
brought here for interment in West
Hill cemetery Monday morning, Rev.
J. A. Boyd officiating at the obsequies.
Mrs. McEntire was a good, Christian
woman, being the wife of Rev. T. A.
McEntire who, with one son, T. A.
McEntire, Jr., survives her.
SPECIAL SERVICES
SUNDAY AT BETHEL
On next Sunday, April 24, there will
be special services at Bethel church.
Sunday school will be held at 9:45
o’clock, with preaching at 11. Imme
diately after preaching, a church con
ference will be held, and all members
especially are urged to be present.
W. P. Edwards, Snpt.;
C. H. Williams, Pastor.
Information that Jim McCarty had
died last August in Los Angeles, Cal .
has just reached his relatives here!
Only meager, information was receiv
•d. According to the word his brother.
Mr. W. S. McCarty, received, he was
confined in a sanitarium when his death
occurred.
Mr. McCarty lived here many years
ago. moving from Dalton to Koine and
laier going to Chattanooga where he
made a small fortune. Big hearted
and of a most friendly nature, he had
many friends here who will learn of
his death with sorrow.
Federal Aid Plans
For Road Building
Have Been Announced
Appropriation of $100,000,000 per
Year Is Administration Program
for the Next Five Years
Sinking Fund Commission Is
Commended for Handling
Its Collections
COUNCIL TAKES OUT
AFTER ICE COMPANY
Substantial aid from the government
for highway construction is promised
in the plans as mapped out in Wash
ington last Thursday. The Atlanta
Constitution carried the following in
.reference to the administration pro
gram:
‘The executive committee of the
American Association of State High
way Officials, in conjunction with the
president and advisors,, completed to
day the administration program for
federal aid to post roads, and the same
will go to congress at once. The pro
gram consists of two bills, one legisla
tive and the other appropriation. The
latter carries- $100,000,000 a year for
four years.
“The legislative bill makes some rad
ical changes in the 1916 law, but is re
garded as strengthening that measure
and is satisfactory to the Georgia com
mission and to that state’s delegation
in congress.
“The administration road measure
is outlined by W. R. Neal, chief engi
neer of the Georgia highway commis
sion, who was on the committee to
frame it, in the following statement to
The Constitution:
MARKETING SYSTEM IS
OBJECT OF MEETING
Gathering of Importance to Farmers
At Memphis
At a meeting of the advisory board
held in Atlanta during the past week, R.
A. Kelley, president of the federation
was elected to represent the Georgia
Farm Bureau Federation at the meet
ing in Memphis, April 26, called by the
American Farm Bureau Federation to
consider a cotton marketing plan.
The grain marketing plan of the
American Farm Bureau Federation-as
prepared by the committee of seventeen
of that organization after spending six
months carefully considering all grain
marketing plans advanced, has been
finally ratified and will be put into ef
fect in the grain growing states of the
country this summer. This plan is said
to he one of the best cooperative mark
eting plans that has ever been adopted
and much benefit is expected to accure
to the grain growing farmers of the
country from it.
It is expected that a plan similar to
the grain marketing plan will be pre
sented at the meeting in Memphis, and
it is expected that a committee will be
appointed at the meeting, composed of
the leading brains of the south instruct
ed to carefully consider all cotton mark
eting plans advanced before finally sub
mitting a plan.
Indications are that all of the cotton
raising states will have large delega
tions at the Memphis meeting, nnfl it is
to be hoped that Georgia will be well
represented. ’•
Essential Changes.
“The essential changes in the old bill
are—First, that the state must provide
funds each year to at least equal the
amount apportioned by the federal gov
ernment to said state. This amends
part of section 3 of the act of 1916 al
lowing subdivisions to provide funds to
meet federal aid.
“Where the state's constitution pro
hibits engaging in internal improve
ments. the state is allowed until the
close of the .first regular session of
the legislature to pass necessary law:
to comply wilh this provision.
Second—Section 6 of the act is to
be amended to prohibit approval of any
project in a state until after the state
has provided a state fund adequate for
the maintenance of federal aid roads,
said maintenance to he under direct
supervision of the state highway de
partment. Any road not being main
tained will cause futher federal aid to
the state to be withheld, and will
authorize the government to do the nec
essary repair work out of federal aid
due the state and to withhold further
payments to the state until this amount
(cost of work) has been paid into the
government treasury by the state.
Must Submit Maps.
“Third—States must submit maps
showing systems upon which federal
aid is to be expended. This system
must be approved by the government
and must not exceed 7 per cent of total
road mileage of state and at least 60
per .cent of each year’s funds must be
expended in construction on expedited
system which shall not exceed 3 per
cent of the road mileage of the state.
“We have interviewed the secretary
of agriculture, President Harding, thq
executive committee of the farm bu
reau, now in session, and have also in
terviewed Senator Townsend, who
states that he will not urge this year
the construction of a national system of
roads but will report out a bill for fed
eral aid which must provide a national
commission and also insure expenditure
of funds only on a system of roads of
national importance of a very limited
mileage. He will also insist on the
states providing state funds to match
federal funds and adequate mainten
ance. The only bone of contention be
tween us now is the size of the state
system on which we wish to expend the
We want 7 per cent,
License for Ice Dealers Reduced,
Bakery Agency License Added and
No Action Taken on Laundry-
Meeting Held Monday
That the people of Dalton are pay
ing too much for ice was the view tak
en by members of city council at the
meeting Monday night, and, as a result,
the license fjee ordinance was so amend
ed as to permit agents for out-of-town
ice plants to sell ice here. The ordi
nance called for a license fee of $50 per
year for the manufacture of ice, and
$100 per year for dealers, the evident
purpose of the former ordinance being
to protect the local industry. At the
meeting Monday night, a license fee of
$10 per year for manufacturers and
dealers in ice was fixed.
At the same time, request for a small
license for operating a bread wagon
here was made by a Rome bakery, and
council voted to place the license on
this at $20 per year, at the same time
attention being called to the fact that
a bakery license in Dalton was $10- per
year.
Then came the question of the laun
dry license; but by that time council
was fighting shy, and the matter was
not gone into.
Audit Received.
The audit made of the city books by
William H. James & Co., of Atlanta,
certified public accountants, was pre
sented to city council; but the report
was not read. The councilmen were
asked to read the report by the next
meeting nighk at which time it will
be discussed at length.
The audit showed the city’s affairs
i good shape, there being no evidence
to show where any city official handliife
the city’s money had failed to account
for funds collected.
The report made several recom
mendations relative to the printing of
special books and receipts, and council
voted Monday night to have all print
ing done as recommended.
The report commended the water,
light and sinking fund commission for
the method in which the sinking fund
on the bonded debt has been handled.
Time on Sidewalk.
Residents on Emery street asked for
an extension of time in'which to lay
permanent sidewalks, and this request
was .granted, they being given until
July 1 to make the improvements.
The street committee was instruct
ed to look into the advisability of cut
ting down Gleen street so as to con
form to the grade established for the
sidewalks.
D. A. R. Thanks People.
We desire, through the columns of
The Citizen, to thank all who helped
make the recent state conference of
the D. A. R. such an enjoyable suc
cess here. We are truly grateful to
everyone who assisted in any way.
Respectfully,
Gov. John Milledge Chapter, D. A. R.
By Mrs. Paul B. Trammell) Regent.
PROF. A. A. MICHELS0N
"♦.-fe. «£. A.. jjHMM
national funds.
Mr. Townsend not over 2 per cent.
“The farm federation bureau goes to
the other extreme wishing to expend
the funds on a much larger percentage
of the - roads; but I believe willing to
join uk on the middle ground. Mr.
Morton, of Athens, is on the farm bu
reau and is now in Washington/’
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Final tests have been completed
successfully on an astronomical de
vice perfected by Prof. A. A. Mi.chel-
son, noted scientist of the University
of Chicago, whereby the exact dimen
sions of stars may be determined.
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