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§ - fcocal Cotton Market July 13 Good Middling .10% Strict Middling .10% fiddling -10 An ad in THE CITIZEN is Worth Two on the Billboard. Local Cotton Market July 13 Good Middling .10% Strict Middling .10% Middling .10, ^BUSHED 1847—SEVENTY-THREE YEARS OLD. DALTON, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1921. VOL. LXXIV. No. 37. $1.50 PER ANNUM. Rule Against Chief Bates Is Dismissed By Superior Court farmers Heard Important' Mat ins Discussed Last Wed nesday at Fair Grounds fOBB MADE GREAT TALK oN MARKETING problem Picnic Dinner at Noon Was Enjoy jble Feature of Gathering—Farm Bureau Sponsored Meeting—The Speakers for Occasion It was a representative gathering at beard the many able and instruc- jre talks made last Wednesday at the (onnty fair grounds by the experts iere for the district farm bureau rally. With Dr. F. K. Sims acting as mas- U fl f ceremonies, the speakers dis- soils, live stock, marketing, jjiiy products, 'the boll weevil, the Isrm bureau work, the extension work ,1 the State College of Agriculture jj, t at. etc. The subjects discussed af- '.rded interest to farmers of all kinds. The talk of C. A. Cobb, editor of the iorthern Ruralist, was a great one, M with the very best kind of advice •dative to the marketing of crops, tadardization was the feature Mr. » stressed especially—the great im- brfance in selling potatoes in large quantities, of having the same kind of otatoes rather than a mixture of sev nl kinds; of having the same breed chickens, of bogs and cattle, etc., and not mixed breeds. Mr. Cobb’s talk arried added weight by reason of the let that he had, in the past, had the ra.il experience, and knew what he ns talking about. Miss Lois Dowdle, state agent for (ids’ clubs told of the importance of extension work being done "by the ate college. Prof. XIarlett talked on the commu- itT cheese plants. Prof. Jernigan, professor of animal sbandry, talked of live stock. Prof. Westbrook urged quick and ffeetive war on the boll weevil. A. Kelly, president of the Georgia iteration of the Farm Bureau, talk- cf the work of the organization, in ternally paying his respects to the te department of agriculture which - taken out after the farm bureau ionization. Dt- William Bradford talked on Nt—the importance of the “one- ie of wheat” necessary to the well taeed farm. Another speaker was Mr. Ise Moore, linuan of the Hamilton county, council of farmers, who talked Market gardening. At noon, a big picnic dinner was ^ which proved one of the inter- teg features of the day, the discus- ® liein S resumed in the afternoon. meeting attracted upward of 111 hundred people who profited great- '■ lending and paying close atten- 11 to the words of the experts who *6 here. Officer Has Not Violated Provisions of Parole According to Testimony of Many Witnesses Saturday The rule nisi issued in superior court here against R. L. Bates, police chief, to appear before Judge M. a Tarver last Saturday morning and show cause as to why his parole should not 1 be revoked by the court, was dismissed, following the hearing, when witness after witness testified that Chief Bates, so far as they knew, had carried out all the provisions of the parole since the April term of court. Arthur Joyce and John Harden were the chief witnesses against Chief Bates; They both testified that they had seen him under the influence of liquor since April. Bates’ attorney showed in the hearing that Joyce had it in for Chief Bates, and that Harden had nothing to say relative to any misconduct on the part of Chief Bates until after the chief .failed to recom mend him for re-election as a police man. The court room was crowded to its capacity showing the great interest the people had in the matter. Witness after witness testified that "they had seen Bates almost daily since April and that they had not seen him in the least under the influence of whiskey. Specific instances where it was alleged that certain people had taken Chief Bates home when he was intoxicated were refuted by the testimony of the men named. The hearing was a victory for the chief, who was present in court and was represented by Judge G.’ G. Glenn. John Tibbs testified that on the Fourth of July Chief Bates had cursed in the presence of his mother and sis ter, and Judge Tarver bound him over on a bond of $100 for the grand jury to investigate the charge. Business Men Re-elected All Of ficers at Their Meeting Held Thursday Night MADE PLANS FOR REAL BARGAIN DAY JN CITY Each Member Will Offer Real Bar gain in Advertisement—Work ing for Tourist Camp—Im portant Business, of Meeting MAN HELD FOR ROBBERY OF BOY LAST SATURDAY Homer Mashburn Held by One Man While Another Searched Him Bill Balls is in jail here on a charge of highway robbery, it being alleged that he was one of the two men who relieved Homer Mashburn, a young boy, of $1.S0 in money and a watch, on last Saturday morning. According to the boy, two men caught him near the Dalton lee plant, and, while one held_ him, - the other went through his pockets. DISTRICT CONFERENCE HELD AT * STILESBORO Number Went from Here to Meth odist Conference This Week W. C. Bowen was re-elected president of the Dalton Business and Merchants Association, with other officers re-elect ed Thursday night as follows: E. C. Coffey, vice president; W. M. Sapp, secretary-treasurer; W. C. McGhee, C. P. Hannah and J. S. Thomas, finance committee. The meeting was attended by a maj ority of the members of the organiza tion, and several matters of importance came up for discussion. , Tourists' Camp. A committee, composed of P. B. Fite, W. M. Denton, B. A. Tyler and T. S. McCamy, was appointed to confer with the fair association looking to the es tablishment Of a tourists’ camp at the county fair grounds. These camps are maintained in many cities and towns and are proving very popular with visitipg automobilists. The fair grounds would be an ideal location for a tourists’ camp, for the buildings could be used in bad weather. Free water and free lights could be secured from the city. The committee will go before the fair officials and see if arangements can be made whereby the camp will be maintained here. Bargain Days. It was voted to have certain bargain days for shoppers, either semi-monthly or monthly, with each member of the organization offering one genuine bar gain. It is planned to have a special committee go over the articles offered for sale and consider the prices, and to strike out all that are not real bargains, in this way protecting not only the buyers but the reputation of the association for straight-forward honest representation of what the mer chants have to offer. A special advertisement will be car ried in The Citizen each time these bargain days are to be held here. The people should form the habit of watch ing for these advertisements, for on these days bargains that are real bar gains will be found at the various places advertising. The Dalton District Methodist Con ference was held Tuesday at Stilesboro, and attracted scores of prominent min isters and laymen from the churches of the district I Among the Dalton people selected to represent the churches here were Rev. H. C. Emery, Rev. C. H. Williams, Rev. John F. Yarbrough, presiding elder; W. C. Martin, H. J .Smith, John Brown, M. S. Charles and Walter Davis. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ONE HUNDRED FIFTY ♦ ♦ REGISTERED AT ROOM ♦ ♦ _ ‘ ♦ ♦ On Wednesday of last week, ♦ ♦ the day the farmers held their ♦ meeting at the county fair grounds ♦ ♦ here, 150 women and children reg- ♦ ♦ istered at the Maples Memorial ♦ ♦ Restroom, showing tb£ great bene- ♦ ♦ fits the people are obtaining-from ♦ ♦ this institution. ♦ ♦ Those who have questioned the ♦ ♦ benefits of tHe restroom have only ♦ ♦ to consider these figures to have ♦ ♦ their doubts completely answered. ♦ ♦ The restroom affords a place, for ♦ ♦ the tired mother and child to rest ♦ ♦ while here on a shopping tour or ♦ ♦ on any other business, and many ♦ <> are taking advantage of it. . ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ FORMER DALTON MAN BUILT GREAT BRIDGE Eugene Camp Took Charge of Work And Put It Through The Punta Gorda Herald, of Punta Gorda, Fla., in its issue of June 30, contains an article of almost two pages relative to the building of the great Charlotte Harbor bridge there, the bridge being of concrete and steel, 14 feet wide and a mile and a quarter long. The bridge was built under the great est difficulties. Mr. Eugene Camp, formerly of this city, as chief engineer of the Jaudon Engineering company, was to prepare the plans and specifi cations and supervise the work of a contractor to whom the job was given. The contractor fell down, after build ing less than half the bridge, and when it was impossible to get other contrac tors to undertake the work, Mr. Camp made a proposition to complete the bridge which was accepted. He saved the county thousands of dollars. The paper contained a picture of the bridge, together with a picture of Mr. Camp and one of Mr. F. Perry King, formerly of Murray county, who was assistant engineer in direct charge of construction. The bridge was opened at a big Fourth of July celebration. AMERICAN LEGION CALLS AN IMPORTANT MEETING Large Crowd Desired at 4:30 O’clock Saturday Afternoon at Courthouse An important meeting of the Amer ican Legion will be held at 4:30 o’clock next Saturday afternoon at the court house, and the presence of" all members is earnestly desired. Business of real importance will come up, and the local post will make tentative plans for a banquet to be held within a short time. L Rev. Crudup on Committee Working to Establish Bap tist School in This Section COMMITTEE OF FOUR TO CONSIDER PLANS May Improve Hearn Academy or Else Build New School as Part of Mercer University—Would Mean Much to Dalton EXPRESS HORSE BOLTED ON HAMILTON STREET DADE COUNTY WHISKEY CASE AGAIN POSTPONED OST OF FIGHTING WEEVIL IS ANNOUNCED BY STATION *° r «ia Experiment Station Gives Interesting Figures e tati?e to Cost of Distributors and Calcium Arsenate- Can Buy Cheap or Expensive Poison “Guns. *ork 'Ls, , riew of the fact that the boll Is * ler( ' in numbers, the follow- Ietin iss ued by the Georgia Ex- i * s hiti<m is especially timely: , ' n ‘ or S!a Experiment Station has nuuiher of inquiries of late as COs t of dusting cotton with cab arsenate. As with other farm J loas - however,: i. al I)r °Uem and will differ rad- •Mcordiiu; to the skill with which k carried on and with the ” ike Best that the Experiment can do for the farmers inter nes 1° ^ ve l ^ ern certain facts and 1 <it will enable them to form - ^ of the probable cost. f J t,le calcium arsenate to J® 1 som e form of dusting ma ted I.' 0 * 1 a ~ faruier should buy will to / tge ' J 1J Pon the acreage he • o US - As a general rule the ;ir|iines will dust at a much Per acre provided it is used capacity. cover ^ ^" US now on the market ^ from § to 15 acres a season, ted Cost £rom $12.00 to $20.- " cost s full ^the an d will last only about one Per acre cost of these ma- r season i s aliout $1.50. The labor cost of covering one acre of course varies with the scale of wages and the energy of the laborer. About one acre per hour is about as fast as one of these guns can be operated. However it is not possible to maintain this rate in continuous operation as the guns are so very laborous to oper ate that from two to three hours is as long as one man can operate one. An other disadvantage of these guns is the difficulty of operating them at night, when it is possible to do the most ef fective work. It & probable that *he future use of these. machines will be for use on rough land where the larger types of machines cannot operate. The cart, type of duster, costing from $75.00 to $300.00 will take care of an acreage of from 60 to 125 acres a season, depending on the machine. A o-ood duster should last longer than one season if given the proper care, so that the per 'acre cost of the ma chine is less than half of that of the hand guns. The labor cost is also, much less as one man and a team can cover 15 to 30 acres a night. A new type of machine which is now on the market is built so as to rest on a saddle, and is so built that the Judge M. C. Tarver has again con tinued the Dade county whiskey case, at the request of attorneys who are seeking to get released the carload of whiskey which was seized severitl weeks ago at Trenton. They want to secure additional evidence, and were not able to get it here by last Saturday, the time set for the hearing. The mat ter will come up here on Saturday, Aug. 20. operator can crank the machine with both hands while sitting in the saddle. Such machines cost about $55.00. This type of machine appears to be especial ly valuable on rough land, which is not suited to the cart type. The large power machines, costing $500.00 or more are suitable for large plantations only as they will take care of as much as S00 acres per season and shohld last several seasons. Their cost per acre, theoretically, is even lower than that of the cart type of duster. The trouble with this type of machine is its heavy weight which makes it difficult to operate on wet ground. Also, the machines are more complicated Jhan the other types and loss of time due to mechanical diffi culties are apt to be large under the usual farm conditions. As these ma chines arc large they are suitable only for smooth level ground. It is usually necessary, therefore, to supplement them with hand guns or some other smaller type of machine. The calcium arsenate costs about 15 cents per pound. The amount used will depend upon the skill of the oper ator and the season. When properly applied five pounds per acre is enough for one application, but in unskilled hands it is best to allow seven. The number of applications will depend on Sometimes it is necessary to dust only part of a field. A rough estimate of calcium arsenate necessary per acre would be about 20 pounds. R. P. Bledsoe, Agronomist. Tore Up Buggy and Pulled Wheel Off Automobile While the driver was delivering a package Tuesday morning, the horse hitched to the wagon of "the South eastern .Express company got frighten ed and ran away on Hamilton street. The buggy of Mr. Fielding Flemis. ter, local agent for the express com pany, was in the path of the animal and was badly wrecked. A wheel was torn off the automobile of Dr. Painter, the horse being stopped just before it could enter, the store of Carter & Sons. Quarterly Conference. The third quarterly conference for the Varaell charge will meet with the Pleasant Grove church, on Saturday, July 11th. A change in the place for the above meeting from' Mt. Olive* church at Cohutta to the above named church should be noted by all concern ed. The revival services will also be gin at Pleasant Grove Sunday, July 12th. We invite every individual in the entire community to join us re gardless of denomination. The morn ing services will begin at 10:30, and the evening, services at 7:30. R. W. Green, Pastor. DALTON MINISTERS TO START TENT MEETING Emory and Yarbrough Planning Services at Chatsworth Rev, John F. Yarbrough, presiding elder, and Rev. H. C. Emory, pastor of the First Methodist church here, on v Friday night will starts a big tent meet ing at Chatsworth, and decided inter est attaches to the services. They will have with them in the meeting “Dick” Boyd and F. W. TwiL ley, who will have charge of the mus ic. These are the < gentlemen who made the season, varying from one to six. ,so many friends during the Methodist meeting held here early in the summer. The meeting will open Friday night of this week, and will continue until the preachers in charge- decide the ipeeting should be closed. For some time, the Baptist people have been thinking about and advo cating a Baptist school of high grade for Northwest Georgia. They now have twelve of* these schools in the state, hut there is none in this imme diate section, the nearest being at Mor- ganton on the east, and Cave Spring on the south. Last week, Rey. Josiah Crudup, pas tor of the First Baptist church here, attended a meeting at Macon of a spe cial committee charged with the con sideration of this matter. The meet ing was held in the office of Chancellor R. W. Weaver, of Mercer University. At this meeting, Rev. Josiah Crudup and Dr. F. L. Hardy were appointed a special committee to petition the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention to appoint a like committee of two to act with them to select and recommend a site for the proposed school. This action was taken in pursuance of-the recommendation of the last Bap tist state convention in the adoption of the repoft of the department of edu cation, a paragraph of which reads as follows: It is recommended that the conven tion hereby petitions the Home Board to give the portion of the funds set aside in its survey for the 75 Million Campaign for Northwest Georgia for consolidated Northwest Georgia school. This should, as planned, as sociate the local associations in the territory which have approved or may approve the project, the Home Board, and the State Convention in building the strong institution we have been planning as a part of the Mercer Uni versity system at Hearn Academy or more suitable location if such appears. It is also recommended that the execu tive committee take immediate steps to carry out these plans.” It will be seen that it is not yet definitely settled whether there will be a new school or an improvement and extension of the work of Hearn Acad emy at Cave Spring. The committee will have to consider that matter. It is entirely possible that a new location may he advisable, and that this very section might be the logical place for the school. The committee is not yet prevared to make definite statements, or to receive propositions. This school will be well equipped wherever it may be located, and will be of immense value econom ically as well as educationally to the place that succeeds in getting it. It would be well therefore for baptists and other good citizens to be cohsi<L ering the matter, and when the time comes to be ready to put in their claim for the location of the school The school will be maintained by the Baptists as a part of the Mercer sys tem according to the plan that the church is endeavoring to carry out, but like all Baptist schools, will be for the use of all the people without de nominational discrimination. Two Candidates Are « ^ . 1 Out for Councilman In the Eighth Ward Arthur Edwards and N. N. Robert son After Stewart's Job—To Serve only Through Remainder of Year Voters of the Eighth ward will elect a councilman next Saturday to fill the ^vacancy caused by the resignation of Councilman Dave Stewart, and Arthur Edwards and N. N. Robertson are the candidates that are out in the open after the job. Mr.-Edwards is yardmaster here in the employ of the Southern Railway, and Mr. Robertson is a barber at John Ray’s shop. Both have many warm friends, and the race in the Eighth ward promises to be a dose one. Mayor Wood called the election just ten days before the date set for the holding of it, and the candidates have little time in which to see the people; but they are both busy, and will see as many as possible before Saturday. The man elected will serve the re mainder of the year. In December, at the regular city election, the Eighth ward will elect a councilman, so the one elected next Saturday will serve oiily about five months. It may be that others may decide to enter, but the probability is that there will be no other entry. Southeastern Supply House Moving to Dalton from Chattanooga, Tenn. BUILDING REMODELED FOR THIS BUSINESS Famous Overalls to Be Sent Thorugh- out Southeast from This City— Cannon in Charge of Basiness Going in Hardwick Building BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOLS MEHT JULY 31 AT ETON Interesting Program Is Plenned With Prominent Speakers • in line with a southwide effort to develop Baptist schools and to strengthen loyalty to distinctive Bap tist principles, the North Georgia As sociation of Sunday Schools of Murray and Whitfield counties will hold their annual convention at Eton on Sunday, July 31. There will be an all-day meeting, with dinner on the ground, and it is hoped that every Sunday school of the forty-two in the association will be represented. Dr. J. W. O’Hara, of Cartersville, one of the state enlistment workers; Mr. J. W. Merritt, state field Sunday school worker, besides several of our own .Sunday school people, are schedul ed to take part in the program. This association was only organized last year, but severhl divisional meet ings have been held, and much inter-- est has been shown in -the work. A great big day is being anticipated. The branch house of W. M. Finck A Co., famous Detroit overall manufac turers, will Jbe moved to this city from Chattanooga, Mr. W. R. Cannon, sou thern representative of the fire, having leased the lower floor of the Hard- i wick building * on Crawford street, S t which is being remodeled for this pur pose. Mr. Cannon will have personal supervision of ^the distributing house, and will have ample help to take care of the business. The overalls, in large quantities, will be shipped from the factory at Detroit to Dalton, and will be distributed from here throughout -the Southeast ern states. A large stock will be car ried at all times by the house so that orders can be filled promptly, being shipped from Dalton on the day they are received. The establishment of the branch house in this section has meant much for the business of W. M. Finck & Co., for it has been the means of the company’s being able to supply goods to their customers in quick time, and has also meant a reduction in freight to the customer. N Mr. Cannon* has been, for years, one of the company’s leading salesmen, having led all of the salesmen a num ber of times, and his Dalton. friends will be glad to learn that the company has decided, on his recommendation v to put the branch house in Dalton. ' Just as soon as the building be put in shape, the goods will be sent here, and Dalton will soon be a dis tributing point for this justly famous brand of overalls. ATCO TEAM DEFEATED CROWN COTTON MILLS The Atco baseball team on Saturday defeated the team of the Crown Cotton mills at the mill park, by the score of 9 to 1. The visitors grabbed an early lead and were never headed. MRS. GRESSON INJURED WHEN AUTO HIT WAGON Had Arm Broken and Was Hart In ternally This Week Mrs. Ida Gres son, of Route 6, was painfully injured Monday when she was thrown from a wagon which was hit by an automobile driven by Bob Pierce, of Murray county. Her arm was broken, and she suf fered internal injuries. Her many friends hope for her complete recovery. VALUES OF GEORGIA FARMS SHOW MATERIAL INCREASE Well Over One Hundred Per Cent Gain Over Values of Ten Years Ago Says Census Report—Interesting Facts Concerning Crops and Live Stock Also Announced. The Bureau of the Census, of the Department of Commerce, announces, subject to correction; the following pre liminary figures from the census of agriculture of Georgia: The number of farms in Georgia in 1920 was 310,732. These farms con tained 25,441,061 acres, of which 13,- 055,209 acres were improved land. From 1910 to 1920 the number of farms increased 6.8 per cent; the total acre age decreased 5.6 per cent; and the improved acreage increased 6.2 per cent. In 1920, 67.7 per cent of the land area of the state was in farms, and 51.3 per cent of the farm land was improved. The number of white farmers in 1920 was 1S0,o45, of whom ISO,217 were na tive and 328 foreign-born. Of the na tive white farmers, 85,836 were own ers, 1,442 managers, and 92,939 ten ants. Of the foreign-born-white farm ers, 245 were owners, 16 managers, and 67 tenants. The 130,187 colored farm ers comprised 16,042 owners, 278 man agers, and 113,S69 tenants. The num ber of female farmers was 13,982, in cluding 5,354 owners, 14 managers, and 8,354 tenants. The value of all farm property -in 1920 was $l,3o6,685,196/ as compared with $5S0,y46,3Sl in 1910, an increase of 133.7 per cent The value of land and buildings in 1920 showed an in crease of 137.5 per cent; of imple ments and machinery, 202.4 per cent; and of live stock, , 92.9 per cent. The average value of land and buildings per farm was $3,663 in 1920, as com pared with $1,647 in 1910. Crop Values. The value of all crops harvested in Georgia in 1919 was $540,613,626. The acreage of com in 1919 was 4,- 269,455, representing an increase of 26-2 per cent, as compared with 3,383,- 061 acres in 1909. The acreage of Tvheat was 140,861 in 1919, as against 93,065 acres in 1909, an increase of 51.4 per cent. There were 4,720,49$ acres in cot ton in 1919, as compared With 4,883,304 acres in 1909, a decrease of 3.3 per cent. The production was 1,681,907” hales in 1919 and 1,992,408 bales in 1909. Tobacco had an acreage of 25,067 in 1919, as compared with 2,025 acres in 1909. The production was 10,584,968 pounds in 1919, as against 1,485,994 pounds in 1909. Farm Animals. Of the 310,732 farms in Georgia in 1920, 297,678 'reported domestic ani mals. / The number of horses on these farms in 1920 was 100,503. The value report ed for horses was $13,434,117, an aver age of $133.67 per head. The number of horses on April 15, 1910 (excluding spring colts, In order to make a Vnii- comparison with the figures for Jan uary 1, 1920) was 118,583. The total nnmber of cattle in J920 was 1,156,738. The'value reported for cattle was $35,235,147. The nnmber of cattle in 1910 (excluding spring calves) was 926,430. There were 2,071;051 swine on farms in 1920. The value reported for swine was $20,559,953. Domestic animals kept in village barns, city stables, and elsewhere not on farms were reported as follows: Horses, -5,653 in 1920, as compared with 31,528 in 1910; mules, 27,203 in 1920 and 15,556 in 1910 * cattle, 70,853 in 1920 and 63,172 in 1910; hogs, 107- 863 in 1920 and 52,562 in 1910.