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ESTABLISHED 1847—SEVENTY-THREE YEARS OLD.
DALTON, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 16, lp21.
VOL. LXXIV. No. 33. $1.50 PER ANNUM.
r:tv Park to Be Scene of Great HIGHWAY department
gives OUT STATEMENT
Gathering Scheduled for
Friday Night
VITAL MATTERS TO BE
DISCUSSED AT MEETING
Prominent Speakers Will Address
Crowd on Questions Confronting
Dalton—All Interested in City
Are Urged to Be Present
Work That Has Been Accomplished
in Short Time Is Shown
The Dalton Improvement League lias
called an important meeting for Fri
day night of this week for the pur
pose of discussing matters of vital con
cern to the people of Dalton and Whit
field county. The meeting will be held,
weather permitting, in the city park;
if the weather is unfavorable, the High
school auditorium will be used.
There will be pleasure mixed with
business, for there will be music and
refreshments—it will be a rousing
good time for all who attend, and all
interested in the welfare of Dalton and
Whitfield county are urged to be pres
ent.
A number of out-of-town speakers
will he here for the meeting, and these,
with some of the best speakers in Dal
ton. will have a vital message for the
people. There will be a number of
women speakers.
In calling the meeting, the Dalton
Improvement League states that condi
tions confronting the tax payers of
Dalton make it to the interest of all
to attend. An especial invitation is
extended the women to be on hand.
Every effort is going to be directed
toward making the meeting the biggest
booster gathering this city has ever
had. and all are earnestly urged to be
on hand to take part in the meeting.
BIG MEETING TO BE HELD
AT WARING SCHOOLHOUSE
Farm Bureau and Club Rally Friday
Night
Farm bureau and club rally meeting
at Waring sehoolhouse Friday night,
June 17. Mrs. Elizabeth Moore is to
he present to train the club children,
making ready for the district rally to
he held at. the fair grounds July 6; and
Charles O. Smith, county agent, is to
he on hand with a set of beautiful
cheese charts and will give an illus
trated lecture on dairying and cheese
making; besides other important mat
tes to lie taken up. Everybody is
cordially invite'd.
PRESBYTERIAN MEETING
COMES HERE NEXT YEAR
The young people of the Chero-
kee Presbytery at the annual con-
veution ■ held Tuesday of last week
at Rome, voted to hold the 1922 meet-
me in this city. There were about
fifteen members of the Christian En
deavor Society of the First Presby
terian church of Dalton who attended
■he meeting.
The following statement dealing with
overhead expense of the State High
way Department, progress of construc
tion on the state highway system, and
reasons necessitating bridge construc
tion, was issued by the State Highway
Board for the information of the mem
bers of the legislature and the public
in general.
"The State Highway Department
was created by act of the legislature
at the session of 1919. The department
commenced to function on January 1
1920. It has been at work, therefore.
alKnit eighteen months.
“During that period the department
has handled in round figures a total
of Sis.000.000. counting construction
already completed and construction let
to contract. Of this amount, the state
motor vehicle fund has constituted not
more than 16 per cent. The balance
has come from the federal government
and the counties of Georgia. One of
the first things done by the depart
inent' was to make "available for imme
diate expenditure on Georgia roads, the
accumulated funds which has been ap
portioned to this state by the federal
government, but which had not been
obtained for the reason that Georgia
had" no highway department, fully or
ganized and authorized to transact
business.
"The overhead expense of handlini
the above-stated total of SIS,000,000
will figure less than six per cent. This
compares favorably with the most eco
nomically administered state highway
departments in the entire United
States. It is considerably less than
the overhead expense of a majority
of the state highway departments, and
only one state shows a smaller over
head, and it is only a fraction of one
per cent smaller.
“As to progress of construction on
the proposed state highway system
The system, as projected, will con
sist of 4.S00 miles of highway linkin;
together every county seat in the state
with not less than two main roads
radiating from each. In eighteen
months, since -the department com
menced to function, it has been able
to complete, or get under construc
tion 1.2Q0 miles of the state system.
This is far better than we expected ait
the start. To have launched in eigh
teen months one-fourth of the entire
system without a state bond issue is
a remarkable and gratifying record,
we believe. It is surpassed only by
the states which have had state high
way departments in full operation for
several years.
“Not only this, hut the .work has
been conducted simultaneously in all
congressional districts, as the law re
quires, and has embraced 112 of the
155 counties of the state which is the
very best evidence to prove that th
distribution of the funds has been gen
eral and state-wide, and has not beo
confined to any favored localities.
“Having thus completed or let to
contract one-rourtli of the entire sys
tem in eighteen months, the Highway
Department is planning now, if author
ized by the legislature, to take over
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DADE COUNTY OFFICERS
BROUGHT TO LOCAL JAIL
Mob Violence Against Two Wlio Killed Men in Attempt
ing Arrests Feared—No Attempt Made to Take
Men from Sheriff When He Left Trenton
1. Moore, deputy sheriff, and Word
Bag,
' e ' county policeman, both of Dade
county
aften
"ere brought here Thursday
noon and placed in the Whitfield
j° nnt} " i ail - the men being brought here
r ° IU Trenton because mob violence
"as feared.
Moore, in an attempt to arrest his
cousin, John Moore, a young
‘ c fi ar ged with drunkenness, shot
J 1 ' killed him. With the boy killed
k* s brother. Walter Moore, the kill-
occ-urring at Moore’s home in Dade
countv.
According to the statement
ar , e 11 Citizen representative on his
^'al here, Deputy Moore said the
"as armed and resisted arrest.
f a?e sll ot and killed Chester Daniel.
' or.--ion 0 f the matter is that he
' "‘arrant for the arrest of Tom
I>a!- lens a,1( i found him with three
sho n *> brothers who insisted that he
the"^ n0t arrest Stephens. Alone with
0,lr nie n. one of whom was threat
ening him with
hatchet, he opened
fire and killed Chester Daniel and
slightly wounded Daniel's brother. He
received a severe gash in the head
from the hatchet in the hands of one
of the men. and it was necessary to
take out a part of the skull. Page’s
escape from death was a-narrow one.
Sheriff Homes, of Dade county, had
the two officers in custody, but they
were not confined to jail, being given
the rufi of the jail yard. On his ar
rival here, Sheriff Holmes stated that
he thought the fears of mob violence
unfounded; but he brought the men
here at the request of their relatives
who had heard threats against them.
Sheriff Holmes left with the men in
an automobile at about 2 o’clock Thurs
day afternoon from Trenton, and no
attempt was made to take them away,
from him. The trip here was without
incident.
Business Men’s Team
Bowed Down to Girls
by Closest of Scores
Six to Five Was Final Count in Inter
esting Baseball Game Monday—
Caldwell Deserved to Win
The American Athletic Girls (and
men) humbled. the Business Men’s
baseball team here Monday afternoon
bj winning a close game by the score
of 6 to 5. It was anybody’s game until
tlie last woman was out.
The game was scheduled for 4
o’clock; but a crowd was in line when
the ticket window was opened at 3
o clock, and there were approximately
1.000 people on hand when the umpire
called, “Play Ball!”
A little duck-limbed lady was on
the hill for the visiting team, and she
worked mighty well for about four
innings, when a long boy, who had
made a miserable attempt to play
short-field was called in to relieve her.
He worked the rest of the game and
had the Indian sign on the locals. •
The locals started the scoring, and
seemed to have the game salted away,
To Give Information
On Public Utilities
Is Starr’s New Work
Public Service Corporations Form
Publicity Committee to Bring
About More Cordial Relations
District to Be Organized to In
sure Great Crowd at Farm
Bureau Meeting
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
SECURED FOR MEETING
Dr. Soule of State College Will Prob
ably Be Here—Meeting Scheduled
for July 6th Will Bring Repre
sentatives from Entire District
Plans looking to making the district
farm bureau rally here on July 6 a
truly representative farmers gathering
for Caldwell was heaving a great brand are being made, and indications are
of ball and had the ladies and their that the meeting will bring to Dalton
entiemeu friends reaching for them
(not the ladies but the ball). He de
served to win; but his support was hot-
what it should have been, and the lo
cals finally lost. ( A dropped fly in the
outfield let in two runs for the visitors
in the^eighth, and the game was gone.
Back to the little lady pitcher. It
was in .the fourth frame that she tried
to slip one past a batter, and he handed
it back to her so fast she couldn’t see
it. The ball hit her in the fourth in
ning. Did she double up and quit? Well,
not so you would notice it. She picked
the ball up and threw the runner out
by a stride at first. She disappeared,
however, after that inning.
Its a difficult matter to write any
coherent account of just what happen
ed, for it’s not often Dalton people get
a chance to see female women play the
national game; but there were several
high-lights worthy of notice.
Take, for instance, the cornfed who
played first base. It was a pleasure to
watch her. How that woman could
field! She handled herself like a vet
eran leaguer, and she was leadoff
woman. She not only fielded her posi
tion in splendid style, but she could
whip the ball across to third like a
treak.
And then the hefty little lady who
played center garden. She was one of
the few who hit Caldwell.
several thousand people.
Mrs. M. E. Judd, chairman of the
general committee on arranjgemeuts,
is busy perfecting a county organiza
tion for the purpose of informing all
as to the objects of the big gathering.
She will appoint in each school dis
trict, special committees to insure big
delegations from every section of Whit
field county. Mrs. Judd will go farther
and have general chairmen appointed
in every county in the Seventh con
gressional district, for the meeting is
for the entire district and not for
Whitfield county people alone.
Dr. A. M. Soule, of the State Col
lege of Agriculture, will, in all prob
ability, be one of the prominent speak-
3. Dr. Soule will be here unless
The locals threw the game away in
the early part by not running out a
couple of pop flies, both of which got
lost in the sun and hit the ground. One
man scored from third on one of these
dinky little hits; but the batter failed
to run it out, and the counter was not
registered.
The batteries for the game were
Caldwell and Wallace for the locals,
and Miss Cunningham, Riley and Treld
for the visitors.
All-in-all despite some errors on both
sides, it was a game well worth going
to see.
B. Y. P. U. IS ORGANIZED
AT CHATSWORTH CHURCH
Mr. F. F. Farrar, president of the
Baptist Young People’s Union of the
First Baptist church, together with
fourteen other local workers, went to
Chatsworth Sunday night and perfect
ed the organization of a B. Y. P. U.
at the Chatsworth Baptist church. The
anization was started with genuine
enthusiasm, and good work is expect
ed there.
some engagement calls him out of the
state. Other prominent speakers will
be her, among them being President
Kelley, of the Georgia Farm Bureau
Federation.
It may be that a speaker will be
sent here by the National Farm Bu
reau; but this has not been decided as
yet.
The county fair grounds, where the
big meeting will be held, will be put
in shape so that all will have the op
portunity of witnessing and hearing
everything that takes place.
Relative to the approaching big meet
ing, Mr. C. O. Smith, county agent,
makes the following statement:
“By the help of Mrs. M. E. Judd and
District Agent E. R. Strahan, Mrs.
Moore and County Agent Chas. O.
Smith have been able to land one of
the biggest meetings (and should be
one of the grandest occasions) for
Whitfield county that has come to us
in years.
“The farmers meeting for the
Seventh district is to be held at the
fair grounds in Dalton. July 6, begin
ning at 10 a. m„ and lasting well into
the afternoon. Every family in Whit
field should be there, bringing a well-
filled basket to make things pleasant
at the dinner hour, and to hear the
good things to be said by the dis
tinguished speakers that are to be pres
ent.
“I want to appeal to the farmers,
business men and ladies, both in and
out of the towns, to do their part and
help to make this an occasion of great
profit and one long to be remembered
in this part of the country.
“There will be plenty of ice water on
the grounds, and the committee on ar
rangements is going to leave nothing
undone to add to the comfort of all
present.
“The program will be announced
later.”
Linton K. Starr, a native Georgian,
formerly of Dalton, has severed his
connection with the Atlanta Journal
to become executive secretary of the
newly created Georgia Committee on
Public Utility Information. He is a
graduate of Emory University and a
former student of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. Following experience with
trade publications, he was reporter for
the Atlanta Constitution and later a
reporter for the Atlanta Journal, which
paper he served as state news editor,
telegraph editor, make up editor, cov
ered various assignments, and was as
sistant city editor at the time of his
resignation after eleven years with
that paper.
For many years he has been a close
student of public relations, having had
considerable experience as publicity
counsel and active publicity director,
In matters of public relations, he has
served various interests such as hotels,
amusement enterprises, etc. During
the war, he conducted an extensive
campaign to arouse interest in and en
courage support of the selective serv
ice law. He has done publicity for
Emory University, for Southern Bap
tists, various conventions, etc., and has
had experience as advertising writer.
Having representation in the Geor
gia Committee on Public Utility In
formation are practically every lead
ing electric, gas and street railway
company in Georgia. The chairman of
the committee is Mr. George T. Smith,
of the Augusta-Aiken Railway and
Electric Corporation. The vice chair
man is Mr. Preston S. Arkwright, pres
ident of the Georgia Railway and Pow
er Company. Other members of the
executive committee are Mr. C. D.
Flanigan, Athens Gas Light & Fuel
Company; Mr. F. L. Marshall, Gas
Light Company of Augusta; Mr. H. C.
Foss, Savannah Electric Company; Mr.
P. R. Bomeisler, Ware County Light
& Power Company, and Mr. L. A. Mar-
graw, Macon Railway & Light Com
pany. Executive offices will be at 324-
325 Healey Building.
Relative to the committee’s work,
Mr. Starr says:
“The Georgia Committee on Public
Utility Information will operate along
the same lines as similar committees in
other states, where committees -have
won public esteem and have proved of
great benefit both to the public and the
utilities.
“We believe that the utilities have
reached a period demanding first, the
highest possible standard of service to
the public and, second, the full under
standing by the public of the problems
of the utilities which, after all, are the
problems of the public.
•Communities face the inevitable ne
cessity of seeing the utilities serving
them prosper and grow in order that
the communities may prosper and grow
and that residents of communities may
conduct their business in accord with
modern practices, efficiently and eco
nomically.
“The utilities must secure and retain
public understanding and support in
order that they may serve growing com
munities. In brief—communities are
dependent upon utilities for commercial
and social advancement and it is equal
ly true that utilities are dependent up
on individual and community under
standing and support. Neither can go
forward without the other. We want
a deeper understanding of the inter
dependability of the public and public
utilities.
"The Georgia Committee on Public
Utility Information has nothing in its
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♦ FIRST COTTON BLOOM ♦
♦ RECEIVED BY CITIZEN ♦
♦ ♦
♦ Rev. S. M. Hair, of Tunnel Hill, ♦
♦ sends to The Citizen the first cot- ♦
♦ ton bloom of the season, which ♦
came from his farm just north of ♦
♦ Tunnel Hill on June 14. ♦
♦ This is much earlier than usual. ♦
♦ Last year, the first bloom came ♦
♦ in July 2. ♦
♦ The county has a fair stand of ♦
♦ cotton jn most places, but the ♦
♦ acreage has been cut. Indications ♦
♦ are that the crop will come in ♦
♦ unusually early this fall. ♦
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Great Time Promised All Who
Come to Dalton for Old-
Time Celebration
LITTLE GIRL INJURED
IN PECULIAR MANNER
Little Mary Joe Ault Had Wire Stuck
in Her Eye
While playing with a. small dog last
week, little Mary Joe Ault, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ault, was pain
fully injured. She was hitting at the
dog with a piece of wire, and the end
of the wire flew up, striking her in
the eye. At first, it was feared that
she might lose the sight in the eye;
but attending physicians state that she
is now on the road to recovery.
FAST DUANE TEAM WON
GAME FROM CALHOUN
Had Runaway in First Part
Game Saturday Afternoon
of
MERCHANTS PLANNING
FOR SUCCESSFUL DAY
Racing, Music, etc., Will Keep Crowd
Interested Throughout the Entire
Day—Dormer Soldiers Wanted
to Join in Observance
The fast baseball team of the Duane
Chair factory defeated Calhoun here
Saturday afternoon by the score of 16
to 6. The locals got an early lead and
were never headed.
The offerings of the Calhoun pitcher
were knocked to all corners of the lot,
after which Caldwell, of the Crown
mill team, went to the visitors’ assist
ance. and from then on, it was a real
ball game.
BODY OF HUGH GREGORY
BROUGHT FROM OVERSEAS
Interment Made June 10 in Cemetery
at Winter Garden, Fla.
Newark Boy Wins the American Marathon
The body of Lieut. Hugh Gregory,
who died in Army service overseas dur
ing the world war, was brought back
to this country, and was interred last
Friday in the cemetery at Winter
Garden, Fla.
Mr. Gregory formerly lived here
where he had hosts of friends and ad
mirers. He entered the officers’ train
ing camp at Fort Oglethorpe and was
commissioned a first lieutenant. He
contracted an illness while overseas
which caused his death.
program looking toward the universal
increase in rates: nothing looking tow
ard the dissemination of unfair propa
ganda ; nothing looking toward the uni
versal changing of regulatory laws.
“Our concern is in placing facts be
fore the public, believing that the pub
lic is fair when fairly treated. We
shall be glad at any time to furnish
anyone with information about the
utilities.”
The “Spirit of ’76” will hold forth
here on Monday. July 4, when the
Business Men’s Association of Dalton
pulls off a big, old-fashioned Fourth
of July celebration, with all the fancy
fixings and trimmings.
The business men have offered many
valuable prizes fox’ the different events
of the day, the prize list, as finally de
cided on, being as follows:
Best fiddlei-—100 pounds Cameo and
Acme flour given by Barrett, Denton
& Lynn Co.
Second best fiddler—Pair of shoes
given by Eaton & Coffey Co.
Tallest person—Basket of groceries
iveu by Beri-y Grocery Co.
Heaviest person—Merchandise, value
$5, given by Bowen Bros.
Oldest twins—Merchandise, value $5,
given by Cannon’s on the Comer.
Every set of triplets—Suitable pres
ent to each by City Drug Store.
Winner, 100-yard dash—Pair racing
shoes given by Cherokee Manufacturing
Co.
Winner sack j-ace—Rug valued at $5
given by Carter & Sons Furniture and
Undertaking Co.
Oldest automobile in running condi
tion—Spotlight given by Dalton Auto
& Machinery Co.
Tug-of-war—Merchandise, value $5,
given by Dalton Fruit & Produce Co.
Oldest buggy or wagon—Merchan
dise, value $5, given by Dalton Buggy
C °- . .« •
Pie-eating contest—'Something else
good to eat given by Dalton Bakery.
Relay race—Safety razor given by
Fite Hardware Co.
Youngest married couple—Suitable
present for each given by Dalton Novel
ty Store.
I'gliest man—Something nice for the
face given by Fincher & Nichols.
Prettiest baby—$5 in gold given by
R. 1*. Gregory & Son.
Man’s costume with greatest number
of colors—Silk shirt given by C. P.
Hannah.
Wheelbarrow race—Razor valued at
•$3 given by Harlan Hardware Co.
Man with largest head (literally) —
Hat given by Harlan & Neal.
Walking match—Sport coat given by
J. Hyman.
Egg and spoon race—Set of nice
spoons given by R. E. Hinkle.
Three-legged race—Merchandise val
ued at $5, given by Leonard-McGhee
Furniture Co.
One-legged race—Safety razor given
by Mitchell’s Pharmacy.
Chin-the'iK>le contest—Groceries to
value of $5 given by Stacy Bros.
Greatest number in family—Some
thing for each member given by
Rou til’s.
Bicycle race—First, .bicycle lamp
given by J. A. Shope; second, pair
boys’ shoes given by Thomas Dry
Goods Co.
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DOUBLE TRAGEDY SHOCKS
CATOOSA COUNTY PEOPLE
Scene at the start of the American Marathon at Boston, and, at the right, Frank Zuna of Newark, N. J:, cross
ing the tape, winner of the race. He established a new record for the. course, running the 25 miles in 2:18:57 3-5.
Zuna was cross -country champion of the A. E. F.
Prominent Young Farmer Kills Successful Rival and Then
Takes His Own Life, According to Finding of
Coroner’s Jury Investigating Matter.
The lifeless bodies of Otto Smither-
man, aged IS years, and Earl Williams,
aged 20 years, were found early Mon
day morning near Pleasant Grove
church, Catoosa county, by John Smith-
erman. father of one of the boys kill
ed. and Levi Dunn, a friend. Smith-
emian’s throat was cut, and only the
bones held the head to the body. In
addition, the body was fearfully mu
tilated. Earl Williams’ body was
found hanging to a tree nearby.
The finding of the coroner’s jury was
that Smitherman was killed by Wil
liams who afterward .took his own life
by hanging himself. Jealousy is be
lieved to have been at the bottom of
the tragedy, for both of the- young men
who had formerly been close friends
had sought the hand of a prominent
young woman of Catoosa county.
A razor was found nearby, this being
the weapon used on Smitherman.
According to information from Ca
toosa county, Miss Flora Stroup, the
young woman in the case, accompanied
by SmitheAnan, on Sunday came to
Dalton where Miss Stroup was to Visit
relatives. He returned to Ringgold
Sunday night and started for his home
in his buggy. His failure to arrive
caused his father to become uneasy,
and he went to look for him, finding
the mutilated body near the road.
It is said that recently it was rumor
ed that Smitherman and Miss Stroup
were to be married, and that Williams
had made threats against Smitherman.
Both of the young men were members
of prominent Catoosa county families.
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