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iocal Co«on Market June 22 flood Middling .10% strict Middling .10V 4 giddltog 10 tit urn 1847—SEVENTY-THREE YEARS OLD. AN Ad in THE 'CITIZEN is worth Two on the Fence. Local Cotton Market June 22 Good Middling .10*4 Strict Middling .IO74 Middling .10 DALTON, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1921. VOL. LXXTV. No. 34. $1.50 PER ANNUM. r „ ia G”eral Assembly Met jeorgm f#r fifty Day Session Wed nesday Morning paces for OFFICERS PRODUCING interest pernor Dorsey Delivers Farewell Message te Legislature—To In augurate Governor Hardwick Saturday—The Work legislature opened the , n at the eapitol in At- i Wednesday), and organ ic perfected by the elec- ■s of both the senate and The session lasts fifty A. Bradford, represent Sporting Goods to Be Feature of New Store Opening Here July 1 Lumpkin Hardware Company to Be Known as The Winchester Store —Manager Announces Policy The dear: jinuil sessi today ation will of ottic i house. jrs. Hon. Iivefr( „n Whitfield, was at his post leu the house was called to order. Governor Dorsey’s' farewell message [till urge principally a reorganization s t:ite finances, and this will he feature of Governor Hardwick’s in ,jil message following his inaugura lH which will take place next Sat [day. legislation mated, during his admin station will lie brought to the legis- atniv's attention by Governor Dorsey, lg the hills enated into law liein; be following: Creation of the state highway de- ntnient: creation of the state bank- i» department, with one of the best 1 tanking laws in the United jutes; passage of the constitutional mendment providing for . school tax- in hy every county ; passage of vo- ational educational laws; creation of Billing school for mental defectives; Mtigauizaiim) of state training school or. hoys at Milledgeville; creation of 'welfth district argrieultural school at faycross; codification of school laws; reatioh of illiteracy commission, which sfetantiallv reduced the percentage f white adult illiteracy; creation of ite bureau of markets; reorgahiza- n of tuberculosis sanitarium at Al- : passage of various health legisla- «: laissago of workmen’s compensa- ii law: creation of budget conimis- m. not liy constitutional amendment the retiring governor will urgently W'limiicnd. i in a commission created tatmo wiiich performed much work ®'l demons;rated, he believes, the We of a permanent commission with institutional powers. Motive to die contests-for officers, 'Atlanta Journal of Sunday, said: . speaker of the house n rd Ennis. of Baldwin Neill, of Muscogee conu- ; or Hamilton, of Floyd president of the senate ort Clay, of Marietta, o-kson. of Gray, are the inures of the opening of The Lumpton Hardware Co., an es tablished Cartersville firm, will open a branch store in Dalton about July 1, in the Cannon building, next door to the City Drug Store. In addition to a stock of general hardware and tools, this firm will specialize in baseball, tennis and golf goods. A comprehen sive line of fishing tackle will also be carried. This company has been selected as "the Winchester store” in Whitfield county and will represent this famous manufacturer’s new products exclu sively. Winchester guns and amuni- tion will lie featured in this new store, and a stock of Leader and Repeater shells will always be available for the sportsmen in this territory. Mr. W. H. Lumpkin, manager of this company who has been in Dalton for the past few days, says: “The purpose of this store will he to supply the people of this city and sur rounding country hardware of the highest quality for a less price. To this end we will offer the highest class of merchandise to he obtained any where, give the best service and in dividual attention to every order that will he intrusted to us, and make a ’one-price-to-all,’ which price will be the lowest possible price (based on a cash consideration, which eliminates loss by had debts, interest, bookkeep ing and delivery expense) consistent with the modern, efficient method of conducting business.” The announcement of the opening of this store will be made in the next issue of this paper. Mr. Fred Wheeler, of Cartersville, a practical hardware man. will be manager of this branch store. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ YOUNG BOY KILLED ♦ *• PLAYING WITH GUN ♦ ♦ «- ♦ A little S-year-old son of Mrs. ♦ ♦ Bill Childers, of Murray county, ♦ ♦ was instantly killed Wednesday ♦ ♦ aftenoon by a load from a shot- ♦ ♦ gun.’ Just how the accident occur- ♦ ♦ red is not known. At the time ♦ ♦ he was with two little Cheek ♦ ♦ children at Spring Place, and ♦ ♦ their story is that they don’t ♦ ♦ know what happened. ♦ ♦ The children were in a room at ♦ ♦ the Cheek home when the acei- ♦ ♦ dent occurred. As the gun was ♦ ♦ found standing behind a door af- ♦ ♦ terward, it is supposed that they ♦ ♦ were fooling with it and it was ♦ ♦ discharged. The load took effect ♦ <■ in the head. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ IIS fontests r sotween Ih> Spiny, Cecil T. mid I la ty. and taween lie W J. 11. ,i gttestiag f legislate Tim speak lo Messrs. I then Geevu 8»nty. witl race I “sitleretl c '■"veriiur Hi-Kimis is i# Ennis - ■ « Mr. fifteen Mills (](v| j re than c. ftp hulls, ? %v 'and Barters h, Herbert - Nfrs fr, Irie. win. that la. B - .lacks- Mu are : | B. M | house, fQatehey. senate. lusifion. Znek '•titling f,,. “%e. j.,,, ’"“tty. H-h. ytsterda Preside: Bout 0|,|; THOMAS W. MILLER Couldn’t Get Technical Error Corrected in Time to Hold His Seat TO STRAIGHTEN OUT CITIZENSHIP PAPERS District Boy Scout Worker Is Plan for Northwest Georgia Representative from National Organ ization Here Conferring With Those Interested Former Councilman Working to Get Matters in Shape So He Can Offer in Election to Fill Vacancy Created -- race narrowed down i:is. Neill and Hamilton 'arswell. of Wilkinson -w a few weeks ago. n Ennis and Neill is ardwick is supporting race for speaker, and "Uts claim that he will ' l y a margin of at i-s. Mr. Neill, however, edges of support from ajority'of the members lie arrived in Atlanta i ciied campaign head- Kimball House. claims to have written - I'ty members of the - practically four-fifths but the supporters of claim that his chances ■ "1 as Mr. Clay’s, the veteran clerk of Major Devereaux F. veteran secretary of be re-elected without of Clay county, is “aker pro tern, of the K. VoeeUe, of Camden * a candidate, retired - C. Brown is running i'o tern, of the senate ’an, so far as announc- 11. lb of Gordon county, be last house, and W. ! 'alhot county, door-keep- • for years, are candi- ictionJ erVf 1 '. Conroe county, mes- % thi ' ' nate - and A. P. Griffin, ’ ' nity. doorkeeper of the °htK aed on last page) p ager ■ Morris, °f the for , Thomas W. Miller or Delaware is the alien property custodian to suc ceed Francis P. Garvin, ifor. Miller retired from congress in 1917 and en listed as a private of infantry. He served 12 months overseas, was raised to lieutenant colonel, and received two citations. He is one of the incorpora tors of the American Legion. Councilman Dave Stewart has re signed his place on city council, follow ing his inability, within the limited time, to get his citizenship tangle straightened out. In talking with a representative of The Citizen Mr. Stewart stated that he intended to get busy and get the correction made in his papers at the earliest possible mo ment. He hopes 'to have matters in shape so that by the time the election is held for a councilman from the Eighth ward, he will he in position to offer as a candidate to fill the va cancy which now exists. Some time ago, R. L. Bates, police chief: J. II. Robinson, ex-mayor, and George King, former councilman from the Eighth ward, brought action in superior court in an effort to unseat -Councilman Stewart on the ground that he was not a. citizen of this coun try. The case was twice continued, the final time for the hearing having been set for Friday of last week. Thursday night. Air. Stewart informed Judge Tarver that he would resign as councilman. Air. Stewart was deprived of citizen ship after his papers had been issued, totally through a technical error in his proof of 'eligibility to become a citizen. This was the failure of one of the wit nesses to sign his name in one place on the papers. This error was dis covered after the papers had been is sued, and an order was passed cancell ing the papers: In court, Mr. Stewart Stated that he knew nothing of his papers' having been cancelled, and he started to work to get the order of cancellation revoked, hut the time lim it had passed, and he was unable to do so. Now, he will go ahead and get the matter straightened out in the earliest time possible. The larger cities of the South have been using the program of the Boy Scout movement for many years in training their boys in citizenship and character-building activities; but it is only recently that a systematc effort has been made to extend the advant ages of the movement to smaller towns and the rural communities. Recently this effort took definite shape in Georgia through the organiza tion of district committees in the Con gressional districts of the state to have charge of the development and promo tion of Boy Scout troops throughout the state. At a recent meeting in Rome, a Dis trict Boy Scout Executive Committee was formed for the Seventh Congres sional district of Georgia with Mr. Harry P. Meikleham, of Lindale, as district chairman; Mr. C. B. Caperton, of Trion, as district treasurer, and representatives from the various coun ties of the district. Mr. William M. Sapp, of Dalton, was appointed county chairman for Whitfield county. Un der the direction of this committee it is confidently believed that a splendid piece of hoys’ work will be done in the Seventh Congressional district. It is planned to raise in the coun ties of the/ district a sufficielit amount to call a trained scout executive to organize and develop and maintain at their highest efficiency Boy Scout troops throughout the counties of the district. This Boy Scout executive will be under the direction of the dis trict executive committee composed of leading men from the various counties, and under his direction and supervision splendid results should he achieved. Arthur C. Tippens, a representative of the national oflice of the }Boy Scout movement, who is helping ip the pre liminary work in the district, was in Dalton Tuesday in conference with the county chairman, Mr. Sapp. Plants will he brought definitely before the men of the county very soon. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ HIT. BY LIGHTNING, ♦ ♦ BOY IS RECOVERING ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Milburn Teasley, 15-year-old son ♦ ♦ of Lee Teasley. a farmer living ♦ ♦ about seven miles north of here ♦ ♦ on the Cleveland road, was struck ♦ ♦ by lightning during an electrical ♦ ♦ storm Thursday afternoon, and ♦ ♦ lives to teU of his experience. ♦ ♦ The hoy was in the back ♦ ♦ yard at his home when he was ♦ ♦ struck. He was rendered uncon- ♦ ♦ scious, remaining in that state for ♦ ♦ hours before he rallied. It is ♦ ♦ thought that he will suffer no ill ♦ ♦ effects from the stroke. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Maples Restroom Is Accomplishing Much Good Now in Dalton Many People Using Public Restroom —City Council Believes in Good It Is Doing Committee Appointed to Draft Amendment to Charter of City of Dalton CHANGE IS ADVOCATED AT CITIZEN’S MEETING Prominent Speakers Addressed Crowd Friday Night—Improve ment League Takes Initiative in Movement . BUSINESS MEN’S TEAM GRABBED SWEET REVENGE Defeated Cohutta Team by One-Sided Score of 8 to 2 Friday afternoon, the Business Men’s baseball team of this city, got sweet revenge from Cohutta for the stinging defeat, administered hy Cohutta a short time before. The final score was Dalton. S; Cohutta, 2, The visitors used three pitchers in an effort to stop file slaughter; but the locals went right on with the bloody work. R. Caldwell was working well in the rifle pit. and held the game safe at all points. Carter, on first for the locals, fielded in great shape. Score: 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 S 9 Jt Dalton 20031 200 x—S Cohutta 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0—2 Batteries: R. Caldwell and Wallace; Creswell, McDonald."Sims and Nance. CAR OF WHISKEY IS JAILED BY JUDGE TARVER’S ORDERS Dade County Sheriff Ordered to Unload Car Seized at Trenton and Lock Booze Up—Case To Be Heard in Superior Court. Judge M. c] Tarver Friday afternoon ordered Sheriff Holmes, of Dade eoun- y. to “jail” the carload of whiskey which was being held in the Alabama Great Southern railroad yards at Tren ton in view of the fact that the mat ter probably will not be finally decided for several months. The whiskey was being sent from Kentucky to a Los Angeles. Cal, drug gist the car having a placard on it stating that the car was loaded with 700 cases of “Golden Glow’ whiskey and was being sent to the druggist for medicinal purposes under autlmnty from the federal government. Officers at Trenton found the car in the train and seized it. Judge Tarver was com- tions were to seize it and destroy the whiskey, but an injunction was secur before the booze was poured out. Tfter seizing the whiskey, a guard was placed over the car; but this meth od was rather expensive, and, over the protests of attorneys for the railroad company. Judge Tarver ordered the car unloaded, and the whiskey placed in the jail at Trenton anJB safely guarded by the sheriff. He set-the hearing of the matter for today (Wednesday), hut this was changed and the hearing will probably come up Saturday. It is probable that it will be months before the case is finally decided, for, in all probability, the supreme court will review it after it is heard in supe rior court. While it has not yet been proved that the shipper had any federal permit to move the whiskey, it is a question as to whether or not the Georgia law which prohibits the transporting of whiskey within the state boundaries could be set aside. The value of the shipment has been variously estimated from $40,000 to $100,000. MAYOR WOOD’S CONDITION IS'SHOWING IMPROVEMENT Was Critically Ill Saturday After noon But Is Better Now Mayor W. E. Wood’s many local friends will be glad to learn that his condition is showing steady improve ment, and attending physicians express the belief that with a proper amount of rest, he will be on his feet again. Saturday afternoon. Dr. Wood’s friends were greatly concerned over his condition, for at one time it was feared that he couldn’t survive the heart attack under which he was suf fering. He was taken ill Friday night at the booster meeting of citizens at the high school auditorium. The decided change for the better is extremely gratifying to his friends who hope to see him fully recovered with in a short time. INTERESTING LECTURE NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT Centenary Fund of Methodist Chnrch to Be Shown in Pictures The Maples Memorial Restroom, es tablished here by private subscription as a memorial to the late lamented Rev. Charles C. Maples, is accomplish ing excellent results, and is being largely used by ladies from the country who come to Dalton. In addition to serving as an ideal place for women and children to find a comfortable place to rest after their shopping tours, it is being used for other purposes which are proving of de cided benefit to the people of the coun ty as a whole. Last year, the basketry work taught at the restroom was productive of ex cellent results, and, in addition, the school of instructions for home demon stration agents held there was one of the two such schools conducted in the state of Georgia. This brought the agents from many adjoining counties here. The city appreciates the importance of the rest room as is evidenced by the regular appropriation made toward its maintenance. The restroom is serving a fine purpose, and those acquainted with what is being done hope for its maintenance for all time. At a meeting’of representative citi zens of Dalton Friday night at the high school auditorium, a movement was launched to change the charter of Dalton hy substituting for the coun- cilinanie form, the commission and city managerial form of government. F. T. Hardwick, chairman of the meeting, was authorized to appoint a committee to draw up the charter amendment to be introduced in the general assembly during the present session. Saturday morning, the board of directors of the Dalton Improvement league met and selected W. K. Moore, president of the Crown Cotton Mills; Frank Manly, proprietor of the Manly Jail works. »nd Judge M. C. Tarver as the com mittee. the league's selection meeting with the approval of Mr. Hardwick. This committee will draft a charter amendment and will submit it to Hon. N. A. Bradford, representative, for passage. At the meeting Friday night. T. C. Betterton, of Chattanooga, was a prom inent visiting speaker giving his views on commission government. He char acterized tlie city manager, selected by the commissioners who are elected by the people as the ideal form of city government, the commissioners not to number over three whose duty it is to make and enforce the ordinances and select one man to look after the city's business in its entirety. Mr. Betterton was followed by Judge Tarver who further championed the city manager plan with the commis sioners subject to recall if they fail in their duties. Other speakers of the evening were H. J. Smith, who talked of the need of a hotel; Frank Manly, who advocat ed a bond issue for the building of a modern high school; Mrs. M E. Judd, who spoke on co-operation between the country and the town; Miss Carrie Green, who pledged the support of the women to all measures for the better ment of Dalton, and Mrs. Julian Mc- Camy. who very pointed and forcefully called attention to the fact that it was the time to stop talking and go to working. Representative Bradford informed the meeting that he wanted to do any thing in the legislature that the people wanted done, and pledged his support to any charter amendment the maj ority of the people of Dalton might want. LIQUID DEATH INVENTOR Council Insists Sanitary Laws Must Be Enforced by Police Department MUST AVOID TYPHOID EPIDEMIC IN DALTON Maples Memorial Restroom Appro priation Continued—Sewer Com mittee Given Further Time— Business of Meeting Councilman Kenner Monday night called for a rigid enforcement of the sanitary ordinances in Dalton, and council instructed the police committee to notify the officers that Dalton must be cleaned up immediately. Mr. Kenner stated that if the police couldn’t handle the matter, the work should he taken out of their hands, and the salary paid for this part of their work should he paid to a sanitary officer who - would see that the ordi nances were enforced. With the state board of health warn ing all sections of Georgia against ty phoid fever, local physicians have told eouncilmen that something had to be done here or Dalton would be visited by the disease. In some sections of the city, accord ing to Councilman Kenner, property has riot been connected to the city’s sewerage system, and the police were instructed to notify property owners that these connections must be made at once. Council took the view that it was a time for quick action in order to keep Dalton healthful for the people. Council voted to continue to give $5 monthly toward the support of the Maples Memorial Restroom. The committee on the Morris and Green street sewer extensions was granted additional time. The resignation of Councilman Stew art was tendered and was accepted by the council; hut no provision was made for calling an election to name his suc cessor in the Eighth ward. Tlie Lescbe club and women of the Presbyterian church were granted the right to sell refreshments on the streets July 4 for the purpose of rais- : funds for the improvement of the city park sonth of the Presbyterian church. An announcement recently of the discovery by chemical welfare service of a liquid poison so strong that three drops will kill anyone whose skin it touches has brought a protest from A. Franck-Philipson, a prominent Chi cago chemist. Correspondence made public by him indicates that he had offered the government just such a poison in August, 1917, and was tlie first man to suggest the use of air planes to distribute “liquid death.” BAIL ALLOWED OFFICERS BROUGHT HERE FROM DADE County Policeman Page and Deputy Sheriff Moore Easily Made Bond of $5000 Required For Their Appearance Before Grand Jury In order to give the Methodists an idea of what the Centenary Fund is being used for, Mr. B. G. Hodge will be here next Saturday night to deliver a lecture tft 8 o’clock at the First Methodist church. A stereopticon will be used to illustrate the lecture, which will be both interesting and instructive. No admission fee will be charged, and no money will be solicited, and the public is cordially Invited to attend. Word Tage, county policeman, and ,T. V. Moore, deputy sheriff, the Dade county officers who were brought here June 9 because of rumors that mob violence against them was contemplat ed, were admitted to bail in the hear ing here Friday afternoon before Judge Tarver. Bond in the sum of $5,000 for the appearance of each before the grand jury in September at Trenton was fixed, and they easily made the bond and were released from custody. Page shot and killed Chester Daniel in McBryar Bros.’ store at Trenton on Friday. June 3, while he, Page, was attempting to arrest Tom Stephens. Moore killed his cousin, John Moore, on Lookout Mountain on the following Sunday when he was attempting to ar rest him for drunkenness and shooting on the public highway. There was practically nq conflict in the testimony-in the Moore hearing. The evienee was that he attempted to arrest John Moore and shot him while Moore was advancing oil him with a pistol. Judge Tarver stated that it would be for a jury to decide as to whether or not the officer was laboring under a reasonal fear for his safety or whether he was too hasty in shoot ing. There was some conflict in the testi mony in the. Page hearing. Page had gone into the McBrayar store with a warrant for the arrest of Tom Steph ens whom he found with the three Daniel, hoys. Several witnesses testi fied that Chester Daniel seized a soft- drink bottle and was trying to prevent the officer from taking Stephens. The evidence of the Daniel boys was that Page shot without provocation. Page killed Chester Daniel and wounded an other of the Daniel boys. Page him self received a severe wound in the head. ADDITIONAL PRIZES FOR FOURTH CELEBRATION Karl Miller and Anderson Offer Prizes—Baseball in Afternoon Two additional prizes are offered for the Fourth of July celebration here. Karl Miller has offered 25 pounds of sugar for the winner in the needle threading contest, and John D. Ander son offers $5 for the fattest woman. Rev. H. C. Emory will read the Dec laration of Independence in front of the Joseph E. Johnston monument. The merchants met last week and made additional plans for the big cele bration. It was decided to have a baseball game in the afternoon, and some strong, out-of-town team will be secured for a game with the Business Men’s team. BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL TO MEET AT ROCKY FACE Interesting Program Planned for Next Sunday Afternoon A meeting of especial interest to workers of the Baptist Sunday schools of the westside division of the North Georgia Association of Sunday Schools will be held at Rocky Face church next Sunday, June 26, at 2:30 p. m. These meetings, held from time to time, are for the purpose of developing the Sun day schools, and to deeper denomina tional loyalty. Some of the things to be discussed are: Evangelism, the need of prepara tion on the teacher’s part, how to build up the attendance, and how good sing ing helps a Sunday school. Special music by the singers of the division will also add to the interest of the meeting. The Sunday schools in this division are Rocky Face, Mill Creek, Friend ship and New Hope. It is hoped that all of these Sunday schools will be well represented at this meeting. ——————— mm — Hi