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Local Cotton Market June 9 Good Middling .11% Strict Middling .11% middling *10% AN Ad in THE 'CITIZEN is worth Two on the Fence. Local Cotton Market June 9 Good Middling .11% Strict Middling .11% Middling .10% 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 (Continued on last page) 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 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 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. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 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. (Continued on last page) 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. 1