North Georgia citizen. (Dalton, Ga.) 1868-1924, June 30, 1921, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextLocal Cotton Market June 29 Good Middling .10% Strict Middling .10% Middling .10 ilteett An ad in THE CITIZEN is worth Two on the Billboard. Local Cotton Market June 29 Good Middling .10%. Strict Middling .10% Middling .10 Relished 1847—seventy-three years old. DALTON, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1921. VOL. LXXIV. No. 35. $1.50 PER ANNUM. Celebrate Glorious Fourth List of Prominent Speakers Se cured for Farm Bureau Fed eration Gathering pair grounds SERVE for important meet Matters of Genuine Importance to Be Brought Up—Boll Weevil Expert Is Among Speakers—Basket Dinner at the Noon Hour WALTER GRANGER The Seventh District Farm Bureau federation will meet here Wednesday, j u ly 6, and will bring hundreds of peo ple to Dalton. It will be the greatest farm gathering ever held here, and there will be something of interest to all who attend. This week a list of the speakers who will be here has been secured, includ ing Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president of the State College of Agriculture; C. A. Cobb, editor The Southern Ru- ralist; R. A. Kelley, president of the Georgia Farm Bureau federation; Dr. William Bradford, assistant state agent for boys’ clubs; E. C. West brook, boll weevil specialist; L. H. Marlatt, cheese specialist; Miss Lois P. Dowdle, state agent for girls’ clubs Miss Mary E. Creswell, director of iiome economics work in Georgia. From the above list, it is evident that matters of genuine importance to the farmer will be discussed. The meeting will attract farmers and others from a majority" of the counties of the Seventh congressional district, and especially large delega tions are expected from the counties adjoining Whitfield. The program will be opened prompt ly at JO o'clock at the county fair grounds, and at noon, the meeting will take a recess for a big basket dinner, to resume at about 1:30 for the after noon's work. Special committees have charge of arrangements for tfie meeting,j and a cordial welcome will be given all who attend. Matters of genuine importance to the fanner will be discussed at the meeting, among them being the correct method of fighting the boll weevil, the need of better marketing facilities for the farmers, the benefits to be de rived from community cheese plants, and girls’ club work, the farm Dixie Highway Folk Plan Big September Meet in Cincinnati Northern and Southern Caravans to Meet in Ohio City to Celebrate Opening of Eastern Route BKBSSKSSggBSajgf&c w! X i - Cwfc,'.. „ ■ A new photograph of Walter Gran ger of the American Museum of Natu ral History, who will go with the An drews “Missing Link" expedition to the interior of China, with the consent and co-operation of the Chinese gov ernment HARDWICK’S MAN LOST IN SPEAKER’S RACE Herbert Clay Made President of Sen ate Without Opposition In the organization of the general as sembly last week in Atlanta, Governor elect Hardwick’s man, Representative Howard Ennis, of Baldwin, was not elected speaker of the House, but re tired in favor of Representative W. Cecil Neill, of Muscogee, who was elect ed unanimously. In the senate, Senator Herbert Clay of Cobb county, was elected president without opposition, Senator Clay was Hardwick leader in the elections last fall. ■" The general assembly is down to work, and many bills have been intro duced. among thepi being the custo mary capital removal bill by the Bibb county delegation, a bill aimed against the highway department, and numerous others. boy bureau federation and the importance its work, together with other mat ters. Pleasure will be combined with the business of the meeting, for the basket toner at noon will be one of the fea- tures of the day. It Is desired that J bio "union” picnic will be held, with' a li spreading dinner together. Members of the boys’ and -girls’ dubs of this and other counties of the terest and profit. district are wanted at the meeting, for there will be much of interest for them. Many of the leaders in the club work in Georgia will be here, and they desire to meet a large number of the club members. While the meeting is primarily for the farmers, all others interested are cordially invited. The meeting is not confined to members of the farm bu reau by any means—all will find a cordial welcome and something of in- COUNTY BOARD WANTS BIDS ON SEVERAL NEW BRIDGES Will Erect Four Over Creek* in Whitfield County and Will Join Murray County in Building Another To Open Bids Saturday, July 23. * a meeting of the board of county toimissionei's Tuesday morning, plans ® 0( 1 specifications for the new bridges be erected in the county were adopt- und bids are being asked for in the ^vertisirg columns of The Citizen 15 "eek. At the same time, the acting with the hoard of com- ioners of Murray county, asked ’ )r bids on the county line bridge to 6 uilt or er Sugar Creek between the w ° counties. county will construct four per- anen t bridges and will receive bids ^ these up to 1:30 o’clock Saturday, iriiD Tlle bids for the coun ty l* 116 it 6 " ^ be received up to 3 o’clock , a Same afternoon. All bids must be ,®paaiea by certified checks for _ for each bridge. e Plans as adopted by the county call for reinforced concrete and steel and concrete. The county bridges will be located at the following places: Over Chickamauga creek, near Free man’s Spring. Over Mill creek, at the Bitting and Daves places. 1 Over Little Swamp creek, just south of Center Point. Over Coahulla creek, at the Ander son crossing on the Cohutta-Beaverdale road. The board reserves the right to ac cept or reject any or all bids if the price is considered too high. , The four, together with the county line bridge, will‘prove a big step tow ard getting rid of the wooden bridges in the county. There are, however, a number yet to be built before all wood en bridges are done away with.' A caravan of 200 or more automo biles from the South, with a thousand persons aboard, will roll into Cincin nati September 8, for the fall meeting of the Dixie Highway association, to be held in that city September 9 and 10. A similar caravan from the North will be due to arrive at th# same time for the same occasion. The Southern caravan will be from the more than .100 counties along the Southern divisions of the Dixie High way in the states of Florida, Georgia, horth and South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. The one from the North will be made up from the coun ties on the Northern divisions in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. The Chattanooga Automobile club, which inaugurated the Dixie Highway movement six years ago and brought about the formation of the Dixie High way association, has taken the initia tive in organizing this tour of high way advocates from the South. Let ters outlining the plans are going to all of the 113 counties in the six Sou thern states on the designated Dixie Highway routes. The organization of the tour is being started well in ad vance, so that every interested commu nity may have ample time to arrange for its representation. It is proposed that there be at least one car from every county, each with a full complement of passengers. From the larger cities it is desired that each have several cars. Chattanooga ex pects to send at least ten cars and the other cities, it is hoped, will be repre sented proportionately. This tour will mark the opening of the Chattanooga-Knoxville-Lexington- Cincinnati route or Eastern division of the Dixie Highway. Construction work in progress this summer will have pro gressed by September, so that the en tire route will be available for this tour and for the fall and "winter tourist movement between the North and South, opening up an entirely new ave nue for the tourist travel to the South east. BIG SINGING SUNDAY WILL ATTRACT MANY Big Crowd Expected to Meet at Court House in Afternoon-. Next Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, another big union gospel singing will be held at the Court house, and a large crowd is expected to attend. These singings, held monthly here, are always filled with matters of in terest to all lovers of sacred song, and the public is cordially invited to at tend. There will be prominent singers here from this and neighboring counties, and a big day .is in prospect ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ BOLL- WEEVIL HERE; ♦ ♦ HASTE IS NECESSARY ♦ ♦ ; 1 • ♦ ♦ J. C. Maness, of the State ♦ ♦ Board of Entomology, is in the ♦ ♦ city today, and this morning, he ♦ ♦ found plenty of evidence of the ♦ ♦ presence of the boll weevil. In ♦ ♦ every cotton field he visited, he ♦ ♦ found punctured squares, show- ♦ ♦ ing where the weevil was feed- ♦ ♦ ing and laying eggs to raise ♦ ♦ more weevils. ♦ ♦ It is imperative that” there be ♦ ♦ no delay if the farmers are to ♦ ♦ make any cotton, according to ♦ ♦ Mr. Maness. It is now too late ♦ ♦ to kill the old weevils before ♦ ♦ they begin laying eggs; but ♦ ♦ much effective work can be ♦ ♦ done. The . proper course to ♦ ♦ pursue is: ♦ ♦ Watch the squares. Where ♦ ♦ you find one that has become ♦ ♦ yellow, pick it off your cotton, ♦ ♦ or, if it has already fallen off, ♦ ♦ pick it up, and burn these ♦ ♦ squares. ♦ ♦ Get calcium arsenate, mixed ♦ ♦ in the right proportions, and ♦ ♦ dust your cotton with it. ♦ ♦ Third, continue to cultivate ♦ ♦ your cotton. Don’t stop bat ♦ ♦ stay with it and do real work. ♦ ♦ Don’t wait till tomorrow. ♦ ♦ Every day counts at this stage ♦ ♦ of the game. ♦ ♦ With this plan followed, you ♦ ♦ will make cotton in spite of the 4* ♦ weevil. If you let it alone, the ♦ ♦ weevil will get it. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Conventions in July t and August Planned ' For Sunday Schools Whitfield County Convention Comes in August—Prominent Workers Are Secured for two Months Barbecue to Be Given as Part of Juniors’ July Fourth Celebration There. STATE OFFICER WILL BE AMONG SPEAKERS Flag and Bible to Be Presented Var- nell School by Local Juniors— Members Planning for Great Day There Next Monday Card of Thanks. We desire to thank our friends for their kindness during the sickness and death of our son aiyl husband, Mr Dennis Grant; also for the beautifu floral tributes. Respectfully, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Grant, Mrs. Dennis Grant. GROVE LEVEL PEOPLE PLAN CHILDREN’S DAY SERVICES Children’s Day will be observed at Grove Level next Sunday, July 3, be ginning at 10 o’clock, a. m. Preaching service at 11:00. An interesting pro gram is being arranged, consisting of recitations, songs, solos, quartets, and congregational singing. We invite all singing classes to meet with us, and the public is cordially invited. Committee. DALTON NIGHT ATTRACTED LOCAL PEOPLE TO CALHOUN Interesting Revival Under Direction of Rev. J. F. Yarbrough About fifteen automobiles filled with Dalton people went to Calhoun last Thursday night to attend he revival service conducted by Rev. J. F. Yar brough, presiding elder of the district Announcement was made that Thurs day would bring Dalton night and about two scores of Dalton people at tended. Rev. Mr. Yarbrough has been hold ing a most successful revival, with “Dick” Boyd and F. W. Twilley in charge of the music. ' - • i Vamells will be the scene of a big Fourth of July gathering next Monday when members of Dalton Council No. 30, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and their friends, meet there for an interesting day. A flag and Bible will be presented to Vamells school by the Juniors, with interesting ceremonies planned for. the presentation. A special train will be chartered by the Juniors to leave here at 8.30 o’clock next Monday ipoming, and there will be ample room for all who want to attend. Reduced railroad rates will be secured for this train. At 5 o’clock Monday afternoon, the train will leave Vamells for -the return trip. In addition to the special train, many are planning to go by automo bile to Vamells for the exercises. Boh Blackburn, of Atlanta, state vice-councilor of the Junior Order, will be the principal speaker on this occasion. There will be other prom inent speakers. At noon, a barbecue will be pulled off. the barbecued meats to be served with a big basket picnic dinner, and this will be an enjoyable feature of the day. In addition to the speaking, barbe cue and dinner and the flag raising, other things of interest will make thq day one of special pleasure. The Jun iors want a large attendance, and in dications are the crowd will be a 'big on More than one hundred and twenty- five county Sunday school conventions will be held this summer, during the months of June, July and August, un der the auspices of the Georgia Sunday School Association, according to an an nouncement made by R. D. Webb, gen eral superintendent. At each of these conventions, two specialists in Sunday school work will be presented to assist in the program, and in personal con ferences to present modem methods in Sunday school work that will make for bigger and better Sunday schools. The Whitfield County Sunday School Convention will be held on August 24th in the Presbyterian Church, .Cohutta. Announcements about program, speak ers, etc., will appear later in this paper. In order to put through the program adopted by the executive committee og the association, which is composed of fifty-seven men—pastors, business men and other professional men—it was necessary to supplement the force of employed workers by securing the serv ices of Prof. W. S. Nicholson, of Augus ta, for the months of July and August, and Prof, and Mrs. Floyd Field, of At lanta, for the month of August. Other workers who will help in these con ventions include Miss May King, of At lanta, and J. G. Jackson, of Macon. These workers are well qualified by experience and study to help the Sun day schools in this particular way. The employed workers who will attend these conventions include R. D. Webb, gen eral superintendent; Miss Daisy Magee, children’s division superintendent; Miss Myra Batchelder, superintendent of Atlanta division, and Miss Cora Hol land. Specific results in the holding of coun ty Sunday school conventions are seen in attendance campaigns, organization of Sunday schools where needed' effi- ieney points put in Sunday schools, ai^* workers encouraged and given practi cal help in meeting their problems in the religious education of their pupils ADMIRAL C. F. HUGHES CONGRESSMAN MOON’S DEATH GRIEVED HERE Distinguished Tennesseean Had Many Friends and Admirers Here The Chattanooga Times of Monday tarried an account of the death of former-Congressman John A. Moon, which occurred Sunday at his home in Chattanooga. Judge Moon was 66 years of age. and served in congress for 24 years, being one of the strong est members of Jhat body. Judge Moon was known and admired by many Dalton people who grieve his passing. He was a brother of Mrs. J M. Chauncey, formerly of this city whom he frequently visited. LECK STEARNS PULLS BABE RUTH’S STUNTS In a baseball game Monday after noon between Cartersville and the Dal ton Cubs (colored), Leek Steams pul led a Babe Ruth on the visiting team and slammed out two or three home- runs dnring the afternoon. At one point in the game, Stearns wanted to get on so bad he jumped in front of the ball, and the umpire waved Mm back. And so he proceeded to hit the next one over for the circuit Steams came to bat in the ninth and drove in the winning ran, the game ending 10 to 9. OPEN-AIR SERVICES DREW LARGE CROWD ON SUNDAY Presbyterians and Methodists Plan Union Services Through Summer Last Sunday night, fully 500 people attended the open-air services on the lawn of the First Presbyterian church, Rev. H. C. Emory, pastor of the First Methodist church, delivering an earn est and eloquent sermon. The Methodists and Presbyterians have decided to hold union services each Sunday evening during the hot summer months. Each evening when weather permits, the services will be held on the lawn at the Presbyterian church; when the weather is unfavor able, the services will be held in the First Methodist church. BUSINESS MEN’S TEAM • ADDS MORE VICTORIES Defeated Calhoun and Eton—Chair Factory Defeated Tunnel Hill The Business Men’s team last week won two more games, defeating Cal houn Thursday afternoon by the score of 8 to 2, and winning Friday from Eton by the score of 6 to 3. Saturday afternoon, the Duane Chair factory team won from Tunnel Hill by the score of 17 to 7 in a game featured by heavy swats/ The Business Men’s team is rapidly getting getting in shape; and deserves much better patronage than has been given. The team went to considerable expense to purchase uniforms and other equipment, and as they are tam ing out a good brand of baseball, the people should go over the hill and wit ness more of the contests. A most rea sonable charge is made at the gate. Rear Admiral Charles F. Hughes, U. S. N., in command of the third bat- tleship division, has arrived in PhiU adelphia from a Pacific ocean cruise. MISS CONNOLLY TO TALK HERE ON BETTER FILMS Educational Expert of Newark Thursday Night at Crescent In Miss Louise Connally, representa tive of the National Committee for Bet ter Films, the people of Dalton will have an opportunity of hearing a fine speaker on a topic of vital interest. She will speak at the Crescent Theater Thurs day night at 8 o’clock. Another talk will probably be arranged for at some other point on the following day. Miss Connally is educational expert for the Newark, N. J., Library and Museum but devotes part of her time to lecturing on art, religion, education, civics and suffrage. She is a former upervisor and superintendent of schools and well equipped for educational work. She is anxious that constructive work be done in communities and has visual instruction for her special hobby. Of her valuable time, Miss Connally has-given the whole month of June to Georgia, touring the state in the interest of. more worthwhile motion pictures, she has visited Atlanta twice, been in Savannah, Augusta, Americus, Bruns wick, Macon, Albany, West Point and Rome. In these places she has spokeu Great Crowd Expected to Parti cipate in Old-Fashioned Cele bration of July Fourth MANY PRIZES OFFERED FOR INTERESTING DAY Races and Other Contests With Bass- ball In Afternoon Will Make Day of Pleasure to All Who Come Here—Plans Announced Between 5,000 and 10.000 people are expected by the Dalton Business Men’s association at the big, old-fashioned 1 Fourth of July celebration here next Monday, and between $500 and $l r 000 will he spent to make the day one of genuine pleasure to all visitors to Dalton. A prize list, aggregating money and merchandise valued at about $200 ap pears elsewhere in this issue, the list showing the many different contests in which prizes are offered. In addi tion to this list, John D. Anderson company has offered a $5 prize to the fattest woman, and Karl Miller, 25 pounds of sugar in the needle race. The merchants will meet again Thursday night of this' week, at which final plans for the celebration will* be made. It is probable other features will be added. In the afternoon, the Business Men’s baseball team will play the Lock an* Dam team from near Chattanooga, this team having a reputation as one of the fastest amateur baseball teams in Ten nessee. An interesting game is certain when the two teams meet. An admis sion fee of 35 cents will be charge* for the game. Program Starts at' ID O’clock. Starting at 10 o’clock, the day’s program will get underway. All per sons wanting to enter the contests are expected to meet at that hour in front of the Joseph E. Johnston monument on Hamilton street and register with Frank S. Pruden, chairman. There will be a fiddlers' contest, before Rotary clubs, chambers of com- 100-yard dash, sack race, tug-of-wa merce, Parent-Teacher associations, women’s clubs of all kinds, teachers, reachers and motion picture audiences The slogan of the committee she repre sents is “Selection—Not Censorship— The Solution.” pie eating contest, relay race, whee barrow race, walking match, egg an spoon race,' needle race, three-legge race, one-legged race^ chln-the-pol contest, bicycle race, broad jump; an (Continued on page three.) FARM VALUES SHOW GREAT GAIN DURING PAST DECAD1 Over Doubled in Value According to Government Censu Figures—Number of Farm Owners Also Increased —Colored Farmers Fewer than Ten Years Ago. Some interesting features are to be oted in the census bureau’s report of farm activities in Whitfield coun ty, with the comparison drawn with the figures of 1910. The value of farm lands in the county, during the ten-year period, in creased 139.4 per cent, jumping from $2,184,534 in 1910, to $5,230,722 in 1920. The increase in values was $3,- 046,188. The number of farms increased by 2 per cent, jumping from 1,816 to 1,- S52. While the number of farms op erated by white farmers increased by 5- per cent, going from 1,689 to 1,773, the number of farms operated by color ed farmers showed a decrease from 127 to 79, the percentage of decrease being 37.8. A gratifying feature connected with the report shows an increase in the number of farm owners, and a de crease in the number of farms operat ed by tenants. Nine hundred seventy- four owners operated their fawns last year, as compared to 931 in 1910, the increase being 4.6 per cent, while there were 878 tenants last year, as compar ed to 885 -in 1910, a decrease of .8 per cent The total 1920 farm acreage is giv en at 157,279, as compared to 102,383, Domestic Animate Jan. 1, 1920 April 15, 1910* i arm reporting do mestic animals Animals reported: Horses 1 - 1808 1375 2433 5663 365 4505 1734 1350 Mules TftAS Cattle __ JOUU Sheep OlDi Swine 4301 showing a loss of 3.1 per cent; but tl improved acres increased from 7'i 890 to 78,022, a gain of .2 per cei Animals on Farms, The following tables show the nui ber of domestic animals on the fara in 1920, ah compared to 1910, togeth< with the principal crops: • flgures for domestic anima in 1920 are not very closely compa able with those for 1920, since t present census was taken in Januai before the breeding season had t ffnn, while the 1910 census was taki in April, or about the middle of tl breeding season, and included mai calves, colts, etc. , Acres | Quantity Principal Crops Harvsd-I Harvested Lorn 19191 20,4s7 |325,793 bu. 19091 18,267 213,937 bn. Hay 1919j 8,527 „ 1909) 5,414 Cotton 1919 16,669 19091 9,890 Trees: Peaches -1919) 44,464 1909(269,407 8,076 ton 5,443 ton 8,125 bal 4,041 bal 41,372 bn. 34,971 bn.

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North Georgia citizen. (Dalton, Ga.) 1868-1924, June 30, 1921, Image 1