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Memorial Day Exercises to Be Held Friday Afternoon, May 6th three BRIEF TALKS INSTEAD OF ORATION unch to Veterans at Noon at First Methodist Church, Followed by Program — Decoration a t Confederate Cemetery Confederate Memorial day will be observed here on Friday afternoon, May 0. with an entertaining program at the First Methodist church, follow ed by the decoration of the graves in the Confederate cemetery in the west ern part of the city. Mrs. H. J. Smith, president of tire Bryan M. Thomas Chapter, United Paughters of the Confederacy, in announcing the program, urges espec ially that all Daughters of the Con federacy attend and bring with them wreaths made for the children to place on the graves. The public is cordially invited to attend the exer cises. At noon, the Daughters of the Con federacy will serve lunch to the vet erans in the parlors, at the Methodist church, and promptly at 2 o’clock, the public exercises will be opened with music by an orchestra. W. M. Sapp will give an account of bis earliest remembrances of Memorial day, after which “Dick” Boyd will give a vocal solo. A 15-minute speech of greetings to the old veterans will be delivered by Dr. G. W. Yarbrough, after which there will he music, by the orchestra. Mr. .T. S. Thomas will make a talk n keeping the patriotic fires alive, ibis to he followed by music and the benediction, after which the parade will form for the march to the ceme tery. Automobiles have been secured for the veterans, and Messrs. O. C. Alley and C. L. Carter will he marshals to arrange the parade. The march will be from the church on King street to Hamilton street, tlienee southward to Crawford street, thence westward to the cemetery where the graves of Southern heroes will be decorated with flowers and "taps” will be sounded. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SUBJECT OF LECTURE A lecture on Christian Science will he given Sunday afternoon. May 1st, in the auditorium of the Carnegie Li brary, Rome, Ga.. at 3:30 o’clock, by Miss Mary V. Ewing, C. S. B. of Chi cago. member of the hoard of lecture- Church of Christian Science, ship of the mother church, the first church of Christian Science, in Boston. Mass. The lecture is free, and the public is cordially invited to attend. flGIIT FACES DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER ton Negro Sentenced for Killing Chattanooga Grocer nk Will Dwight, the Dalton who Broke jail here several is ago by knocking down the : son of Sheriff T. N. Peeples, pay the death penalty for mur- aid the jury in the case Tuesday loon in Chattanooga, ight. with two other negroes, en- a store operated by a Mr. Stoner, ' d man. with the intention of rob- and Mr. Stoner was killed, the trial Tuesday, Dwight con- 1 to being with the crowd, but 1 having fired the shot which kill- r. Stoner. ■ jury was out less than an hour ben brought in a verdist of guilty aider in the first degree, fixing malty at electrocution. TRIOX BASEBALL TEAM COMING HERE SATURDAY 'll Mill Team Starts Season With a Big Rush e Grown Cotton mill baseball team al the season with a one-sided r > over Calhoun Saturday in Cal- • winning by a score of 10 to 2. e local team made three home a nd Caldwell struck seventeen :e Calhoun batters, u Saturday, ,the fast Trion team he here, and a good game is as- • id the mill baseball park. Christian Education District Leader Here E. R. Hall Spoke at First Methodist Church Sunday—C. O. Smith Local Chairman. Mr. E. K. Hall, of LaFayette, chair man for the Dalton District, North Georgia Methodist conference, in the Christian Education movement being conducted by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, addressed the congre gation at the First Methodist church here Sunday morning, telling of plans for the campaign for funds which will be started May 31 and will be complet ed June 6. Mr. Hall has taken hold of the work as district chairman in a way to in sure the success of the campaign. He is going over the district putting de cided enthusiasm in the movement. Just what the district’s quota will be is not yet known. At a meeting to he held Thursday of this week in At lanta, the quotas for the various churches of the district will probably be announced. Rev. John F. Yar brough, presiding elder for the district, will attend and participate in the meet ing. Smith Local Chairman. C. O. Smith, county farm agent and a prominent Methodist, will be chair man of the committee to raise the First Methodist church’s part of the fund here. Mr. Smith will announce his various committees within a short time. Henry H. Ahrens, for many years on the editorial staff of the old New Orleans Picayune, and afterwards spe cial writer on the Times-Picayune, and now connected with the Christian Ed ucation Movement of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in a recent interview regarding the movement, gave the following clear and compre hensive statement as to the work the church is endeavoring to accomplish: “The movement is an attempt on the part of the Southern Methodist Church to discharge her obligations to South ern Methodist boys and girls so that they may obtain the best preparation in their own section and not be forced to enter eastern or northern colleges. It is an honest effort to raise the edu cational standard of the South, and through Christian leadership give the children of the South the very best that any school or college in the land can -offer. Similar movements have already been inaugurated by other Protestant, denominations. “To this end the Christian Educa tion Movement seeks to arouse mem bers of the Southern Methodist Church to the importance of fully equipping and modernizing the ninety-one edu cational i>lants maintained and con trolled by the church. It is interested in better pay for teachers and the full est development, mental, moral and physical of the young people enrolled as students. In other words, leaders of the movement, through its program, seek to make good their slogan that Christian education is the complete education. “According to leading churchmen Southern Methodist schools last year turned away 5,000 students on account of crowded conditions. These schools enroll 25,000 students each year. It is now proposed to supply the necessary space, equipment and endowment to bring these educational institutions up to 50,000 capacity each year, making it possible for Southern boys and girls to obtain the highest advantages in their own section. “The Christian Education Movement claims not only to promote the highest and best type of education, but to ex emplify the truest form of real Amer icanism. The schools, college and uni versities of Southern Methodism have always been true to the best Amer ican ideals and with the schools of the Southern Presbyterian and Southern Baptist churches strengthened through similar movements, I am fully con vinced that in the near future we need not hang our heads in shame when comparisons are made with the splen did equipment, well-paid teachers and ample accommodations of schools in the North and East. “It is gratifying to note the large number of letters received from promi nent men who assure, the leaders in the movement of their heartiest sup port. Practically every southern gov ernor has endorsed the enterprise, and former President Woodrow Wilson, Josephus Daniels. John K. Mott and a host of equally strong and virile men have written wishing the movement the great success it deserves.” SIR WILLIAM GOODE Sir William Athelstane Meredith Goode, K. B. E., former New York re porter, is chairman of the Austrian section of the international repar ations commission. Highway Department Is Given Clean Bill By State’s Auditor Department Complimented for Busi ness Methods—Work Is Com mented on—The Report ANTIOCH PLANS TO SING ON SECOND SUNDAYS People of Antioch are planning to have regular singings on the second Sunday of each month, and the public is cordially invited to attend. That the state highway depart ment which has charge of the construc tion of a state system of highways in Georgia, has surmounted many ob stacles and difficulties that threatened to seriously hamper the good roads program, is the statement made in the report of the special auditor, who, ac cording to the state highway laws, has completed an examination of the de partment's operations and accounts. Tlu auditor's report, submitted to the governor, shows that although severely handicapped by certain unavoidable conditions, the highway department has successfully coped with the prob lems of a business that in six months grew from a basis of $400,000 per year to $4,000,000 per year. Of particular importance is the state- mem of the special auditor that all funds have been properly handled and all records were found in good order. The report of the audit, made by J. A. Drerery, certified public accountant, is voluminous and covers every detail of the department's operations, conclud ing with general comment on the situ ation. "Speaking generally, the work of the highway department has been carried on as well as we believe possible un der the existing circumstances. We do not mean to say that it has been per fectly done in all instances, but con sidering the many handicaps under which the office force has labored, it is a matter of congratulation that some error or errors of major importance have not occurred- There were er rors, hut all clerical, and the same have l>een corrected on the records. “The business of this board has grown almost overnight from a very small volume to a large one. For the first, six months of the year the busi ness of the department was on a basis of $400,000 a year. For the last six ’months it was on a basis of $4,000,000 per year, and at the rate for the month of December the total for the year would have run more than. $7,000,000. “As a consequence of this unexpect ed increase in the volume of business, the office force has been put under a very heavy strain. That the men and women composing it have successfully coped with this trying situation is a subject of commendation. The busi ness and operations have expanded so rapidly that the system of accounting, as well as the accounting and clerical forces, were almost overwhelmed with the amount of detail necessary to carry oh the work efficiently. It is hardly necessary to go into details, but it is sufficient to say that despite handicaps the work has been done ef ficiently and well, and has been di rected by executive ability of a high order. All records were found in good order and all funds have been properly accounted for.” The auditor’s report closes with the recommendation that the office force be expanded to keep pace with the large and constantly growing volume of work. Banquet to Be Given Thursday Night by Local Busi ness Men CHATTANOOGA MAN IS EXPECTED TO SPEAK Banquet to Be Held at Shelton’s Cafe, and Large Crowd Is Ex pected—If You’ll See Commit tee, You Can Get in on It Members of the Dalton Business and Merchants association will have an enjoyable banquet Thursday even ing of this week at Shelton’s Cafe, and the event is being awaited with gen uine interest. While the banquet is being promoted by the lassociatjon, those who are not members but who want their names in the pot can re serve plates by notifying either O. M. Stacy or Pharris Gregory, who are making the arrangements. The plates will cost $1 each, and the object of the banquet is to discuss local matters of importance. An invitation has been extended a representative of the Chattanooga Re tail Credit association to attend and make a talk, and, in addition, other short talks will be made. Everything possible to make the occasion . enjoy able and profitable will be done.. Mr. Shelton will prepare a real feed for the banqueters, and will arrange additional tables in his cafe to accom modate the crowd. Already about fifty plates have been reserved, and it is hoped that double this number will attend. Anyone interested in Dalton and Dal ton’s progress, whether he be a mem ber of the Dalton Business and Mer chants association or not. is wanted at the banquet. Ail are urged to make reservations immediately with Mr. Gregory or Mr. Stacy. Economics Agent Is Busy in Club Work In County Schools Time Limit for Organizing Commu nities Has Passed—Program of Work for Year is Announced Bank of Dalton Offers $200 in Gold for Corn Valuable Prizes to Be Awarded at County Fair to Ten Producing 100 Bushels. NICHOLAS KAL0GER0P0UL0S Nicholas Kalogeropoulos, premier of Greece. Boy Scout Council Is Organized for Seventh District Important Meeting Held Last Week in Rome—W. M. Sapp Placed on Executive Committee Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, home econ omics agent for Whitfield county, an nounces that the time limit has passed for the organization of additional community canning and poultry clubs, but anyone desiring to join any of the community clubs already organized can do so. There are clubs at Center Point, Dug Gap, Broad Acre, Oarbon- dale, Five Springs. Pleasant Grove, Waring. Cohutta and Crown Point Mrs. Moore has also organized sew ing clubs at Center Point and Five Springs, these being the first organized in this section of the state, and they are doing good work. The Center Point club meets each Saturday after noon at the home of Mrs. Clara King, and the Fve Springs club meets each Tuesday afternoon at the school house. Itinerary Decided On. Mrs. Moore announces the following itinerary for each month the remain der of the year: Center Point—Fridays before the first and third Sundays. Dug Gap—Thursdays before the first and third Sunday^. Broad Acre—Fridays before the second and fourth Sundays. Carbondale—Monday before the first Sunday and Tuesday before the third Sunday. Five Springs—Tuesdays before the first and third Sundays. Pleasant Grove—Wednesdays before the first and third Sundays. Waring—Wednesdays before the sec ond and fourth Sundays. Cohutta—Tuesdays before the sec ond and fourth Sundays. Crown Point—Thursdays before the second and fourth Sundays. Board of Education meets on first Tuesdays and County Farm Bureau meets on Saturday after first Tuesday. Saturday of each week will be public office days. Office at Maple’s Restroom, A Boy Scouts’ Council for the Seventh Congressional district was or ganized last Friday in Rome, Mr. W. M. Sapp, of this city, being made a member of the executive committee. Relative to the meeting, the Rome Tri- 'bune-Herald had the following ac count : A council of the Boy Scoots of America, for the Seventh Congres sional district of Georgia, was organ ized here at a luncheon at Hotel Gen eral Forrest yesterday. The meeting was in response to invitations ■ to a number of men in the various counties of tlie district, extended by Capt. H. P. Meikleham. district chairman, of Lin- dale. The council made arrangements to secure an executive to give direction to the promotion and extension of the Scout program throughout the entire district. In addition to aiding the ex isting Scout troops, the council will organize new troops in each town and all the rural communities of the thir teen counties, embracing the Seventh Congressional district, and supervise summer camps for the Scouts. Following the statement of the pur pose of the meeting by Captain Meikle- ham, Stanley A. Harris, southern re gional director of the National Coun cil, Boy Scouts of America. New York City, spoke on the Boy Scout movement and the Georgia plan of extension. An executive committee was selected, com posed of Col. W. W. Mundy. Cedar- town. chairman; W. M. Sapp, Dalton, C. B. Caperton, Trion; Frank C. Bunt ing, Marietta, and Capt. Meikleham, Lindale. Those in attendance were: Walter Shaw, LaFayette; W. M. Sapp, Dal ton; G. E. Bennett Rome; E. P. Har- very, Rome; C. R. Caperton, Trion; Capt. H. P. Meikleham, Lindale; Stan ley A. Harris, New York City; James Maddox. Rome: Frank C. Bunting, Ma rietta ; Robert W. Graves, Rome: C. E. Carmack, Memphis, Tenn., and E. Pierce McGhee, Rome. Represent atives for the counties not in attend ance were named as follows: Haralson county, Col. Walter Matthews, Buch anan ; Polk county, Col. W. W. Mundy, Cedartown; Dade county, Senator Wal ter W. Cureton, Rising Fawn; Mur ray county. T. W. Brooke, Chatsworth; Catoosa county, Rev. R. E. Rutland, Ringgold; Gordon county, A. L. Hen son, Calhoun; Paulding county, C. A. Roberts, Dallas; Bartow county, Rev. L. C. Vass, Cartersville. The premium list for 'the 1921 Whit field county fair has about been com pleted and will be in the hands of the printer within a short time so the cat alogs can he printed and distributed through this section. The catalog committee held a meet ing Saturday, at which the premiums in practically all departments were ar ranged. Great Corn Prizes. The Bank of Dalton this year is offering $200 in prizes to the corn growers of the county, and will give (his amount of money provided enough ->f the farmers can produce the amount of com necessary to participate in the money. The bank’s plan is to give to each of the ten farmers who raise as much as 100 bushels of corn on an acre of ground, $20 in gold. While it is no little job for a person to produce 100 bushels of corn on an acre, still it has been done frequently in this county by members of the Boys’ Com club. Rules for the contest will be announced later. Poultry Prizes. Additional prizes will be offered in the poultry department. Col. W. C. Martin, who is taking decided inter est in the work of the Poultry club this year has made announcement that through The Bank of Dal ton, those desiring to engage in the special poultry work can borrow the money to buy 45 eggs of purebred chickens to get a start. Col. Martin will give all the prizes in the Poultry club work again this year. Community Exhibits. The fair this year will give $100 in prizes in the community exhibits. The first prize will be $40; second, $30; third, $20, and fourth. $10. The community exhibits will be made the feature of the fair this year, with a special committee busy work ing up the interest, in the different sections of the county. Last year, Co hutta, Waring and' Five Springs made attractive exhibits, decided rivalry be ing shown, and this year, many more communities are expected to enter for the prizes. The fair officials realize that more interest can be aroused in the fair by means of the community exhibits than in any other way, and they will work to get more communities interested. Advisory Board. An advisory board, composed of Mrs Judd, chairman; J. G. and John Me Lelian and Tom MeCamy, has been ap pointed, and a finance committee, com posed of Mrs. Jndd, J. G. and John Me Lelian. has been named for the 1921 fair. The new officers are taking -hold of the fair- with the determination of building up the interest and making the 1921 fair better and bigger than any held heretofore. They are meet ing with decided encouragement from the people of the county. Genuine Interest Attaches to Re vival Services at Method ist Chnrch MUSIC LEADERS WILL ARRIVE ON SATURDAY Saturday Evening Will Bring Organ ization of Choir—Rev. H. C. Em ory Will Conduct Meetings— Two Services Each Day Dalton, ’phone 41S-J. Help for Club Members. Those desiring to engage in poultry club work and who haven’t the money to buy pure-bred eggs can borrow $3, the amount needed for the work, at The Bank of Dalton and make a per sonal note for the amount, paying in installments if desired. Meeting Saturday. Next Saturday, £he Cedar Valley community will have a picnic at Miss Phoebe Broadrick’s home, at which the work for the year will be outlined, and basket making will be taught. FIVE SPRINGS PLANNING FOR EXHIBIT AT FAIR Community Farm Bureau Appoints Special Committee Five Springs—The community farm council of Five Springs met at the school house Tuesday evening, April 19th. The program was enjoyed by all Mr. O. C. Smith gave a good talk on terracing and explained how .to work with the terraces after they have been built. Mrs. Moore gave a good talk and ex plained how to treat the young chick ens. The following committee was ap pointed to make plans for a connnu uity exhibit at the fair: Mrs. Bell Thomas. Mrs. Mary Hardin, Mrs. H. C. Smith, Messrs. J. H. Smith, T. W, Quillian. George Speck. Hillie Roach and S. R. Parks. The ladies and club members will have a meeting at the school house at 2 p. m. Tuesday, May 3. All are in vited to come. CRUDUP WILL PREACH ANNIVERSARY SERMON Special Services for Odd Fellows at ML Rachel Sunday Anniversary services for Dalton Lodge No. 72,, I. O. O. F.. will be held at 11 o’clock next Sunday morning at Mt. Rachel Baptist church, and the public is cordially invited, local Odd Fellows extending a special invitation to members of sister lodges to attend. The sermon will be delivered by Rev. Josiah Crudup, and special seats will be reserved for the Odd Fellows. Mem bers of Dalton Lodge will meet at 10 o’clock Sunday morning at the hall and will inarch in a body to the church. Revival services for which the pas tor and members of the First Metho dist church have been planning for several weeks will oped at 11 o’clock next Sunday morning. At 7:30 o’clock Saturday night; all who will assist in the singing are urg ed to be at the church for choir prac tice. Mr. P. M. (“Dick”) Boyd, gift ed evangelistic soloist and song leader, will be present to begin the organiza tion of the large choir. Mr. Boyd will be accompanied here by Mr. F. W. Twilley, talented pianist, who will as sist him with the music which will be made one of the big features of the meeting. Announcement has been made by Rev. H. C. Emory, pastor, who will personally conduct the meeting, that thdre will be two services daily. On Sundays, the hours will be 11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m., and on other days, the hours will be .3 and 7:45 p. m. Tnat the preaching will be in ex cellent hands is well known by those who are acquainted with Rev. Mr. Em ory, the church’s popular and able pas tor, and he states that all who at tend the meeting will be more than pleased with the music. Both Mr. Boyd and Mr. Twilley have been with him in a number of other meet ings, and they are not only excellent musicians; but they -are most com panionable, likable gentlemen. DISASTROUS FIRE IS NARROWLY AVERTED Fire Friday afternoon damaged a' number of buggies in the building on the corner of Hamilton and Gordon streets, the stock being owned by the Dalton Buggy company; but the blaze was extinguished by the firemen before any big damage had resulted. The fire caught in a box of paper, and was dis covered in time to prevent a serious loss. FIRST SUNDAY SINGING HERE IS CALLED OFI May Meeting of Singers Will Not Be Held Says Leaders Owing to the many all-day singings scheduled for the first Sunday in May, the union gospel sing will not be held at the court house here. Leaders who have worked up de cided interest in the monthly singings at the court house state that plans are already being made for the June »in g which will be held the first Sunday afternoon in June. GEORGIA DOCTORS MEET MAY 4-6 AT ROME, GA. Georgia Physicians Will Unveil Monument to Dr. R. Battey The Medical Association of Georgia will hold its seventy-second aminni meeting in Rome, May 4th to 6th, at which time the monument erected by the physicians and people of the state to the memory of the late Dr. Robert Battey will be unveiled. Dr. Battey was Georgia’s pioneer surgeon having performed the first operation for the removal of diseased ovaries. Forty- eight years ago, when the thought of opening the peritoneal cavity caused the boldest surgeons to pause, and in the face of bitter local criticism that reached even to threats of lynching, he first removed diseased ovaries and cured a bed-ridden patient who is still living. Robert Battey was a native Georg ian, a gentle, modest village doctor, who when pelvic surgery was in its infancy, by his conrage and originality became world-famous and . 'brought great honor to his state and section. The monument will be unveiled on the second day of the meeting, May 5th, at which time addresses will he made by Dr. Howard A. Kelly, of Baltimore; Dr. Geo. R. West, of Chattanooga, and Dr. Geo. B. Glover, of Monticello, Fla.