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ESTABLISHED 1847—SEVENTY-THREE YEARS OLD.
DALTON, GA., THURSDAY, MAY <12, 1921.
VOL. LXXIV. No. 28. $1.50 PER ANNUM.
Interest in Methodist Revival
Continues to Increase With
Each Day
LARGEST CROWD HEARD
SERMON SUNDAY NIGHT
Meeting Enters Second Week With
Bright Prospects for Genuine
Revival—No Time Yet Set
to Close Meeting
*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
♦ SPECIAL SERVICE ♦
4 TONIGHT FOR MEN ♦
4 ' ♦
♦ Rev. H. C. Emory, who is cou- ♦
4 ducting a stirring revival meeting ♦
♦ at the First Methodist church, has ♦
4 announced another special serv- ♦
<i ice for men to be held tonight ♦
♦ (Wednesday). ♦
4 The entire middle section of ♦
♦ benches will he reserved for the ♦
♦ men. and it is hoped to have more ♦
4 than enough men present to fill ♦
4 them. Men will largely make up ♦
♦ the choir. ♦
♦ The service will be similar to ♦
4 the special service held last week, 4
4 and while liis remarks will be di- ♦
4 rected largely to the men, women 4
♦ and children are also cordially in- ♦
4 vited to attend the service. 4
4 Mr. Emory has an important ♦
4 message for the men of Dalton at ♦
4 tliis service, and he wants to see ♦
4them present in large .numbers. ♦
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Sunday, the revival at the First
dhodist church entered its second
■ek with marked increase in interest.
Sunday morning’s service was devot-
to Mothers Day observance, the
■ge congregation joining in thank-
Iness for Mother. The crowd was
lly stirred by the program, the serv-
■ being a beautiful one honoring
ttherhood.
Sunday Night’s Crowd.
Sunday evening, it was necessary to
en all the Sunday school rooms ad
dling the main auditorium of the
ireh, and then the church was crowd-
tn its capacity. It was decidedly the
•gest crowd that any service at the
urch has ever attracted. Rev. Mr.
uory delivered a forceful sermon, his
liject being "Prepare to Meet Thy
receding the great service of Sun-
night, a special service for men
hoys was held Sunday afternoon
! o'clock.
Experience Meeting.
aturday evening, preceding the Ser-
!, an old-fashioned "experience
■ting" was held, in which members
the congregation spoke of what the
‘ting had meant to them,
u view of the fact that there is
liing of the spectacular connected
h the meeting, and the people can’t
attending because of any desire for
sensational, the large attendance
mean only one thing: that the peo-
aire truly interested in what the
aker has to' say. Sunday night’s
wd was evidence that the people
nted the meeting to continue, and
it is now in the second week. Just
r long the meeting will last is
yet known: hut services have been
louneed through Sunday.
Advertising Man of
Redpath Chautauqua
Is Busy Here Today
First of Advertising Matter Is Being
Posted—Local Organization Next
Week
Mr. B. F. Armstrong, advertising
man for the Redpath Chautauqua, ar
rived in the city yesterday afternoon
and is busy today posting the first of
the advertising matter for Dalton’s
chautauqua which opens Tuesday, May
HI. for five big, interesting days.
Mr. Armstrong states that the pro
gram this year is even better than the
high-grade program given last year.
Mr. Armstrong brings with him the
program for the .chautauqua, showing
the admission charges for the various
attractions. The price of a season
ticket will he considerably less than
half the amount that will be charged
for the individual programs. For seven
of the ten entertainments, single ad
missions are 55 cents, including war
tax; for two, the admission is So cents,
and for one, $1.10. From this it is
readily seen that it will be to every
one’s advantage to purchase a season
ticket, the price for which, including
war tax. is $2.75 and admits holder
to every entertainment.
Within the next few days, the local
guarantors who are bringing the great
entertainment to Dalton people, will
meet and Organize for the sale of sea
son tickets. Special committees will
be appointed, and the ticket sale will
be started, in all probability, one day
.next week.
Next week, another representative
of the Redpath Chautauqua will be
here to complete the advertising cam
paign and assist the local committee
in the sale of season tickets.
In the meantime, all lovers of real
amusement—the kind that is whole
some and enjoyable in every way—are
urged to get ready’to purchase season
tiekets as soon as members of the local
committee make the campaign. Last
year, enough tickets were sold to make
the chautauqua pay its way without
the guarantors being forced to make
up a deficit, and this year, every effort
is going to be made to repeat last
year’s success.
THREE ORGANIZATIONS
WILL FURNISH WARDS
Sapp Presented Gift by the Eastern
Stars
At a meeting of Dalton Chapter, No.
65, O. E. S.. last evening, it was unani
mously decided to furnish a room at
the Hamilton Memorial Hospital, and a
committee, composed of Mesdames Jen
nie I.. Newman, J. W. Hutchison and
T. F. Imckridge. and Mr. G. W. Hutchi
son, was appointed to confer with the
proper authorities and perfect the ar
rangements.
W. M. Sapp, Grand Patron, Grand
Chapter. O. E. S.. Georgia, was pres-
seiited with a pair of gold cuff buttons
in appreciation of the fact that thirty-
two new Chapters have been instituted
since last Grand Chapter, T. D. Ridley,
presenting the gift in behalf of the
local chapter.
At the regular meetings of the Ladies'
Aid Society of the First Baptist church
and Fannie Fester class of First Metho
dist Church, this week, each agreed to
furnish a room at the Hamilton Me
morial Hospital, and the same thing is
lieiug contemplated by* other organiza
tions of the city. •
HAMILTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
COMPLETED BY CONTRACTOR AND
TURNED OVER TO LOCAL COMPANY
Formal Opening of Hospital for Public Inspection Thursday of This
Week—Lesche Committee Will Have Charge of Program and
Show People Through Building.
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
MOVEMENT FUNDS COMING
Actual Campaign Doesn’t Open Until
May 29
Nashville. Tenn.—Although the fi
nancial appeal for the $33,000,000 to
be raised by the Christian Education
Movement for the 01 Educational in
stitutions of the Southern Methodist
church will not he made until the week
of May 20-J line 5. the headquarters of
the movement in this city announces
that gifts of more than $1,000,000 in
the aggregate, have already been made.
These gifts range between $5 and
$350 000.
Dr. Stonewall Anderson, treasurer
of the movement, said: "There is a
place in the Christian Education Move
ment for the large gifts of persons who
wish to establish a memorial in the
college of their choice that will live
long after they are dead to benefit
mankind; and there is also a place
for the smaller gifts of the hoy * or
girl, just returned from college, who
wish to make a gift of love or grati
tude to the college that gave them a
start.”
RIDGEDALE WON UPHILL
GAME FROM CROWN MILLS
Heartbreaking Finish to Game That
Seemed Tucked Away
After being shut out up to the 9tli
inning, Ridgedale playing the Crown
Mill team here Saturday, came to life
and aided by the crumbling of D. Cald
well's support, scored 4 runs and tied
the score. C. Caldwell relieved D.
Caldwell and allowed the visitors to
score 2 more runs in the 11th, winning
6 to 4.
Both teayis used two pitchers. D.
Caldwell struck out 12 men and de-
deserved a shut-out.
C. Caldwell got his third home run
of the season.
Calhoun will play here next Sat
urday.
Score: R H E
Ridgedale- 00000000402 0 10 5
Crown 40000000000 4 10 4
DALTON TEMPLARS ARE
GOING TO CONVENTION
Large Crowd Will Go to Maoon for
Annual Gathering
Headed by T. I>. Ridley., grand gen
eralissimo of the Georgia Grand Com-
mandery. Knights Templar, fifteen
members of St. John's Commandery No.
19, Knights Templar will leave Tues
day afternoon of next week for
Macon to attend the annual meeting of
the grand commandery on Wednesday
and Thursday.
The crowd will be composed of O. C.
Alley, eminent commander: C. r. Han
nah, generalissimo; J. W. Looper. cap
tain general of St. John's Com-
mandery, and the following past com
manders of the local coiqmaudery: C.
D. McCuteheu. H. J. Smith, W. M.
Denton, F. A. Hamilton, C. F. Springer,
C. C. McCamy, J. M. Black. J. H. Wat
son. II. R. Farrar. T. D. R-idley, E. C.
Coffey and J. P. Godwin.
Prominent Masons Coming j
Here for Great Meeting
illustrious Grand Master and Staff and Grand High Priest
and Staff Will Be Here May 30th.
niton Masons are going to enter-
i some distinguished visitors here
Monday, May 30. the occasion to
one of the greatest Masonic events
i' held in this section. The Illus-
ns Grand Master of the Royal and
icr Masters of Georgia, and his staff
ifficers, and the Grand High Priest
he Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Ma-
s, together with his staff of officers,
expected for the gr^at meeting,
his means that many of the leading
<ons of the state will be guests of
mcil and Chapter Masohs of Dal-
• and they are going to be royally
«tabled during their stay in the
ie distinguished guests will arrive
1 at noon, and at 4 o’clock in the
nioon, the Royal Arch degree will
■'inferred on a large class. The
work will last until oVclock. at which
time a reception will he given in honor
of the visiting Masons, the reception,
to be followed by a brilliant banquet
at the Masonic Temple.
Following the banquet, all the de
grees of the council will be conferred
on a class of about fifty.
Western Chapter No. 80. Royal Arch
Masons, and Dalton Council No. 7S,
Royal and Select Masters, will be
hosts on this occasion. Mr. J. P. God
win is high priest of the Chapter, and
Mr. R. E. Hinkle is illustrious master
of the Council.
nans are being perfected for a great
meetiug toward which the members of
both Chapter and Council are looking
forward with decided interest and
pleasure.
The Hamilton Memorial Hospital
building was turned over to the hos
pital company the last of the week by
the builders, and on Thursday of this
week, a "house warming” is planned,
at which everyone in Dalton will have
an opportunity to go through the
building and have the various features
explained by a committee of ladies
from the Lesche club.
Monday afternoon, a committee from
the directors of the hospital met a
committee from the Lesche club in
Dr. H. L. Erwin's 6dice, and plans
for keeping open house Thursday at
the hospital building were discussed,
after which the crowd weut to the
hospital on an inspection trip.
It was decided to have the hours
from 4 to 7:30 o'clock and from 9 to
10 o'clock Thursday evening of this
week; these hours being selected so as
not to interfere with the Methodist re
vival. The Lesche club, together with
the wives of the directors of the hos
pital, will plan the program, which will
probably consist of music and a gen
eral inspection of the building. The
public is cordially urged to attend.
A ward will be furnished complete
for the crowd’s inspection, and a spe
cial committee of ladies will be present
so that if anyone desires to furnish a
ward as a memorial to anyone, such
will he permitted. A number of Dal
ton people have expressed a desire to
furnish wards. At the meeting Mon
day afternoon, Dr. Ault had the figures
showing the cost of furnishing the
wards. The complete furnishings for
a one-bed ward will cost, in round num
bers, $125; a two-bed ward, $175, and
a four-bed ward, $200. The hospital,
wheu completely furnished, will have
approximately 50 beds.
The hospital building is one of the
most conveniently arranged and mod
ern hospitals in the entire country.
Complete, with the furnishings, it will
have cost about $75,000.
Hospital for Public.
A prominent member of the hoard of
directors has-requested* The Citizen to
state that the board wants the people
to understand that the hospital is not
to be a private institution hut is for
the people of Dalton and Whitfield
county as a whole. It is hoped that
eventually the, hospital will he self-
sustaining; but no one who needs the
hospital will be turned away because
of an inability to pay for service ren
dered.
The building, two-stories and base
ment, is constructed of hollow tile and
stucco, and is unusually handsome and
substantial structure.
For the present, it is probable that
only about half of the wards will be
furnished, the others to he furnished
as the need for additional room arises.
The building was made large enough to
fill all needs for a number of years,
it is believed.
The furnishings that go into the
building will be in keeping with the
structure. Only standard hospital
equipment will he purchased. It is
probable that a little later, the ladies
will give a linen shower; but this has
not been worked out.
The formal opening of the hospital
to the public comes at a most appro
priate time, for Thursday of this week
is hospital day throughout the coun
try.
MONSTER BALD EAGLE
KILLED NEAR DALTON
Neal Cochran Shot Big Bird at
Country Club
Ou last Friday evening, just about
dusk, Mr. Neal Cochran, who lives at
the foot of John's mountain near the
property of the Dalton Country club,
two miles south of Dalton, while sit
ting on his frout porch observed a
rabbit run into a briar patch uear the
fish pond of the Country club. He
quickly seized his magazine rifle and
went out in persuit of Molly Cotton-
Tail.
Crouching near where he last saw
the rabbit, with his gun in hand ready
for action, he was * attracted by a
swishing, rushing noise. Upon look
ing up, he saw what he at first thought
was a flying machine slowly descending
over the place where he stood. Upon
closer observation he beheld a monster
bird hovering over him. He at once
concluded to take a shot at the huge
bird; he fired and killed a large bald
eagle. The bird measured five feet
and six inches from tip to tip of wings
its claws wefe three inches in length
and the body the size of a common
goose.
Judge T. J. Bryant, who lives near
Mr. Cochran, made tlie measurements.
He saw the dead bird and secured one
i of the feet and one wing.
There is great excitement and re
joicing among the neighborhood. Mr.
Albertson has recently lost several
small pigs and Mr. Ezzard has lost
two lambs, all of which mysteriously
disappeared, in the near neighborhood,
recently.
■Believes Man Nabbed Here is Badly
Wanted in North Carolina
POLICE CHIEF THINKS
HE HAS NEGRO WANTED
Police Chief Bates has a negro in jail
here who, he believes, is the one want
ed at Wmston-iSalem, N. Ct. on a
charge of shooting Deputies Scott and
Flynt there. The negro wanted goes
under the name of Will, alias. Irwin,
alias. Ernest Crawford, and a reward
of $700 has been offered for his cap
ture by the North Carolina officials.
Chief Bates, with Mr. Tobe Parker,
pulled the negro who is now in jail
here, out of a box car in the railroad
yards. He answers the description of
the one wanted, and Chief Bates has
been asked to send a photograph of
him to Winston-Salem so the officers
can tell whether or not he is the one
wanted.
ALLEGED SHOPLIFTER
CAUGHT HERE FRIDAY
Woman Taken Back to Chattanooga
to Answer Charge
Sheriff T. N. I’eeples last Friday ar
rested a woman who gave her name as
Pierce and who was wanted in Chatta
nooga on the charge of shoplifting.
Friday afternoon, the woman was
taken back to Chattanooga, the 'ones
coming here for her stating that she
was charged with having taken a val
uable coat from the Schwartz store.
"Nothing But The Truth,” Sparkling Comedy, at Chautauqua
“Nothing But the Truth,” widely-known comedy success, will be one of the notable features of the coming Red
path Chautauqua. The plot of this great American play is so full of amusing complications and surprises that it
Inspires one constant gale qf merriment from first to last.
yarnells Planning
for County Singers
Who Meet Sunday
Annual Spring Convention Promises
to Be Great Event for Lovers
of Sacred Music
Next Saturday, singers from all sec
tions of the county will meet at Yar-
nells for the first day of the Whitfield
County Singing convention, the con
vention to be entertained by the good
people of Yarnells.
Saturday will be devoted largely to
the business of the convention; but
there will be singing as well. Sun
day will bring the real singing day,
and it will be ah all-day affair, with
recess at the noon hour for the "din
ner ou the ground.”
Classes are expected to attend to
enter the singing contests, and. in addi
tion, there will be congregational sing
ing with a leader and the crowd join
ing in.
The county organization holds two
conventions annually: one in the
spring and the other in the fall. These
conventions always attract decided in
terest, with the bigger attendance in
the spring. Mr. J. H. Williams, presi
dent of the association, wants to see a
great attendance at the coming meet
ing at Yarnells, and he will not like
ly he disappointed. '
The public is cordially invited to at
tend and participate in the exercises
next Saturday and Sunday. The peo
ple of Yarnells are making prepara
tions for a big meeting.
Notice, Woodmen of the World.
The night of our meeting has been
changed from the fourth Saturday to
the second Saturday night in each
month. Every member is requested to
be present next Saturday night, May
14th, 1921. We will expect you.
J. W. SELF, Clerk;
GEO. L. STINSON, C. O.
FIRE DESTROYED HOME OF
OSCAR BROWN SATURDAY
Little Saved from Disastrous Fire
South of Here
Fire Saturday afternoon completely
destroyel the home of Mr. Oscar Brown
about eight miles south of here, little of
the furniture beiug saved.
The building burned rapidly, the tire
having gained great headway before
being discovered. The property loss
was in the neighborhood of $7,500.
Annual Memorial Day Exercises
Were Held Here Last
Friday
DINNER FOR VETERANS
INTERESTING FEATURE
Exercises Held in First Methodist
Church Were Largely Attended
—Three Speakers for Occa
sion—The Program
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4 FLAG WAS CARRIED ♦
♦ BY UNION VETERAN ♦
4 ♦
♦ To C. S. Wortley, of Ypsilanti, 4
♦ Mich., veteran of the Union army ♦
4 iu the war between the states. ♦
4 was accorded the honor of carry- 4
♦ ing the Confederate flag from the ♦
4 court house to the First Methodist ♦
4 church at the head of the Con- ♦
4 federate veteran's parade Friday 4
4 afternoon, opening the Memorial ♦
♦ Day services. ♦
4 Mr. Wortley was introduced to ♦
4 the veterans by W. M. Sapp, who ♦
4 spoke of him as one who, for four 4
4 long years, tried to take the flag ♦
4 of the Confederacy, and it was by ♦
4 unanimous vote that the flag was ♦
4 given into his' keeping for the ♦
4 march to the church. ♦
♦ Mr. Wortley expressed his ap- 4
♦ preciation of the honor, reciting ♦
♦ an incident where the colors of ♦
4 his regiment, the 20th Michigan, 4
4 had been captured by the Confed- ♦
4 federates and had been given back ♦
4 to the regiment at a reunion a 4
4 few years ago. ♦
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Confederate Memorial Day was fit
tingly observed here last Friday after
noon with an interesting and instruc
tive program at the First Methodist
church.
At noon, the Bryan M. Thomas Chap-,
ter, U. D. C., entertained the veterans
and a few others at lunch in the church
parlors. There were 26 of the Con
federate veterans seated at the tables,
the average age of the old soldiers be
ing 79 years. Mr. Josiah Perkins was
the oldest veteran present—87 years.
(Continued on last page.)
Community Exhibits Are
Talked by Fair Officers
Informal Meeting Held Saturday and Plans to Get
Additional Exhibits for the Fair are Made.
At an informal meeting of represent
atives of the Whitfield County Fair as
sociation and of the Whitfield County
Farm Bureau last Saturday afternoon
at the court house, matters concerning
the 1921 county fair here were discuss
ed, and decided enthusiasm was shown.
The community . exhibits, which
made such an impression at the fair
last year, will be worked up this year,
and chances are bright for many more
exhibits that were shown last year.
Waring, Cohutta and Five Springs
have all decided to make their commu
nity exhibits this year, and other com
munities are seriously considering the
matter. A special committee is go
ing to get busy within a few days and
visit the various communities in an
effort to get them to enter exhibits
this year. Broad Acre, Deep Spring.
Cedar Yalley. Center Point and Dug
Gap were reported as considering the
matter with a probability of putting
ou exhibits.
Another matter that was informally
discussed was the effort that will be
made to have a real live stock exhibit
at the next fair. B. C. Wilson, presi
dent of the fair association, told the
meeting that he had made arrange
ments for a feed house at the fair
grounds, with a responsible man in
charge who would see that the live
stock was fed and watered.
Amusements.
The question of amusements came
up, and, while no decision was made in
view of the fact that there was no
formality to the joint meeting and no
business could be officially transacted,
it was Apparent that the big majority
favored the bringing of a high-class
carnival company here for the fair.
Certain of the communities will have
entertainments at the fair, and when
this can be worked up satisfactorily,
the carnival will he cut out; but, un
til the people can he shown that there
will lie.enough amusement for the fair
without the carnival, this step will
not he taken.
Rules for Community Exhibits.
At the meeting, rules governing the
community exhibits were informally
made, these rules to he formally rati
fied wheu a meeting of the fair of
ficials is held.
It was decided that each community
making an exhibit must use only the
things produced in the district. That
is, it will not be permissible for a
community to go into another commu
nity for any part of its exhibit. Fur
ther, the entire exhibit must be in
place by noon of Tuesday of fair week.
After that hour, nothing can be add
ed to the exhibit.
More Individual Exhibits.
It whs also decided at the meeting
that work should be directed looking
to the bringing in of more individual
farm exhibits, and a number of wide
awake farmers will be asked to make
an individual • exhibit;.
It was further decided that automo
bile trips into various sections of the
county for the purpose of meeting the
farmers and getting them interested in
the fair should be made during the
summer months.
Catalogs Soon.
The printers are busy at work , on
the fair catalogs which will be issued
within a short time. Last week, work
was started on the advertising section,
and this week, the premium list is be
ing put in shape. This means that the
catalogs will be issued within a few
weeks.
Interest in the coming fair is being
shown on all sides, and a high-class
fair in every way is expected for the
coming fall.
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